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** For starters, you are greeted with the lovely image of [[spoiler: Lisa's hung corpse]], as well as this [[https://youtu.be/4VKF5U1EEfw beautiful piece]] of background music. [[SarcasmMode Really makes you feel welcomed, huh?]]

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** For starters, you are greeted with the lovely image of [[spoiler: Lisa's a scientist's hung corpse]], corpse, as well as this [[https://youtu.be/4VKF5U1EEfw beautiful piece]] of background music. [[SarcasmMode Really makes you feel welcomed, huh?]]

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* ''The Nice Neighborhood'', holy hell. A BonusLevel in Area 2 that’s arguably the scariest area in the game.
** For starters, you are greeted with the lovely image of [[spoiler: Lisa's hung corpse]], as well as this [[https://youtu.be/4VKF5U1EEfw beautiful piece]] of background music. [[SarcasmMode Really makes you feel welcomed, huh?]]
** Little, blood-coated, zombie-like creatures called Creeps infest the area. While they’re pushovers in battle, the sheer speed at which they scuttle around can easily catch a player off guard. The truth behind them definitely doesn’t make them less creepy, as they’re [[spoiler: failed attempts at creating SuperSoldiers]].
** You then find out that these were the homes of Joy Project scientists, who were trying to make a SuperSerum drug but [[GoneHorriblyWrong made a hyper-addictive drug that later mutates its users]]. Given that there’s copious amounts of eerie blood writing on the walls, it makes you wonder how many volunteered as living test subjects for Joy...
** One of the houses has Doctor, a Joy Mutant whose [[NonStandardCharacterDesign design differs from most of the other mutants]] in that he has [[UndeathlyPallor incredibly pale skin]], bloodshot-red eyes, and yellow teeth. After defeating him, you find a note from a man known as Dr. Lemont, a scientist who worked on the Joy project. The note start out with him expressing relief over being able to go home... before degrading into borderline nonsense about how he wants to smash his wife's face in over and over again. This implies that Dr. Lemont was the mutant you just faced, and that Lemont wrote this note ''while he was turning into a Mutant''.
*** Doctor gets even scarier once FridgeHorror settles in. The giant lump that is the majority of his body presumably prevents him from moving. Given his decayed appearance (pale skin, yellow teeth), and the note implying that he mutated around the time that the Joy project wrapped up, this implies that [[AndIMustScream Dr. Lemont was sitting and decaying in the basement for years]], possibly before the Flash occurred.
* If you’re playing on Pain Mode, you’ll [[HardModePerks be able to access the Joy Lab]], a secret laboratory located to the right of the after-mentioned Nice Neighborhood. The lab already invokes NothingIsScarier, but there’s two things that really make this location stand out.
** The third room has tanks containing various subjects. Two mutants (one of which is labelled “My favorite”), a fishman, and a Creep. Notably, the two mutants resemble ones previously encountered.
** The final room has a relatively fresh corpse and a note saying “Sorry darling, but my actions are just”. Here’s the kicker: [[spoiler: the corpse is a ''female'']]. In other words, whoever killed that person [[spoiler: helped screw over the entire human race]].



** The absolutely horrific landscape of The List by the end of the Joyful: dead bodies from Buddy's crusade, slain mutants dot the hills, blood and gore and maddening scrawls cover the walls and floor, and [[spoiler: Brad, his friends and Rando all looking on at you, disappointingly.]] It really hammers home just how awful Buddy's destructive crusade was, [[spoiler: and her shattered mental state by the endgame.]]
*** Just the way that [[spoiler: the hallucinations]] creep into the landscape; first theres just a few bodies... then joy mutants.. then suddenly [[spoiler: Brad's corpse at the end of the Painful RPG sits on a hill just above you.]]

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** * The absolutely horrific landscape of The List by the end of the Joyful: dead bodies from Buddy's crusade, slain mutants dot the hills, blood and gore and maddening scrawls cover the walls and floor, and [[spoiler: Brad, his friends and Rando all looking on at you, disappointingly.]] It really hammers home just how awful Buddy's destructive crusade was, [[spoiler: and her shattered mental state by the endgame.]]
*** ** Just the way that [[spoiler: the hallucinations]] creep into the landscape; first theres just a few bodies... then joy mutants.. then suddenly [[spoiler: Brad's corpse at the end of the Painful RPG sits on a hill just above you.]]

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* '''[[HellIsThatNoise Wally.]]'''
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* '''[[HellIsThatNoise '''[[KnightOfCerebus Wally.]]'''
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]]''' Just... everything about him. Traipsing through the first few rooms of his restaurant before you get to him, full of raw meat that's either [[ImAHumanitarian human]], [[{{Squick}} his and Lil' Nuggie's mutated flesh]], or both. His pre-battle speech, which alternates between insane threats and pleas to stay away. His [[HellIsThatNoise terrifying]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4v_nOmmA-Y laughter]]. His costume breaking as the battle goes on, revealing that he's [[BodyHorror been in it so long his flesh is]] ''rotting''. And to top it all off, he doesn't drop any Joy after you beat him, meaning ''he's not even a mutant. This happened on its own.''
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* The Joy mutants look absolutely horrifying, partly because of how [[BodyHorror varied]] their forms are and how different they are from the normal populace of Olathe.

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* The Joy mutants look absolutely horrifying, partly horrifying because of how [[BodyHorror varied]] their forms are alien and how different distorted]] they are from the normal populace of Olathe.look.

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* What's scary about the Great White Flash is that [[NothingIsScarier almost next to nothing]] is known about it. We don't know what caused [[spoiler: the [[{{Gendercide}} women to die off]] or how they died off..]]
* Everywhere. See MoodWhiplash on the main page for some details.
** The Joy mutants look absolutely horrifying, partly because of how [[BodyHorror varied]] their forms are and how different they are from the normal populace of Olathe.
*** There's also the fact that during battle, most mutants spend their turns [[TearsofRemorse crying]], [[TheScream screaming]] and [[HowlofSorrow moaning]] while only occasionally dishing out devastating attacks. This can be interpreted as them still having a little humanity left and being dimly aware of the monsters [[WasOnceaMan they've become]], which makes them doubly [[FridgeHorror frightening]] and [[TragicMonster tragic]].
** '''[[HellIsThatNoise Wally.]]'''

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* What's scary Just about the Great White Flash whole game is that [[NothingIsScarier almost next to nothing]] is known about it. We dripping with NightmareFuel. Even the smaller details in the game, [[ItsQuietTooQuiet like how certain areas don't know what caused [[spoiler: the [[{{Gendercide}} women to die off]] or how they died off..]]
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have any music playing over them]], evoke a feeling of subtle unease. See MoodWhiplash on the main page for some details.
** * The Joy mutants look absolutely horrifying, partly because of how [[BodyHorror varied]] their forms are and how different they are from the normal populace of Olathe.
*** ** There's also the fact that during battle, most mutants spend their turns [[TearsofRemorse crying]], [[TheScream screaming]] and [[HowlofSorrow moaning]] while only occasionally dishing out devastating attacks. This can be interpreted as them still having a little humanity left and being dimly aware of the monsters [[WasOnceaMan they've become]], which makes them doubly [[FridgeHorror frightening]] horrific]] and [[TragicMonster tragic]].
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** The constant hallucinations of Lisa that Brad suffers from.
** [[spoiler: Rando's [[BodyHorror face]] and backstory.]]
** Instant Kill attacks. Seeing your unique, quirky, useful and funny party members grow strong, powerful and capable instantly removed forever from your party with no hope of getting them back is deeply disturbing. Also double as a Tearjerker.

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** * The constant hallucinations of Lisa that Brad suffers from.
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** * Instant Kill attacks. Seeing your unique, quirky, useful and funny party members grow strong, powerful and capable instantly removed forever from your party with no hope of getting them back is deeply disturbing. Also double as a Tearjerker.


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In a series as dark as LISA, it's only inevitable that there will be quite the amount of horrifying things.

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* Tricky Rick has his own separate room within the inventory area. Try to speaking with him and what does he have to say? "''Don't mind me... I'm just waiting...''"
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* In the tunnel leading to Wally's, there is an NPC who is facing a cavern wall. When interacted with, he reveals his mutilated face and says, "I have [[EyeScream no eyes]] to see. But I can [[{{Autocannibalism}} taste it]]."
* It's implied that the "snow" on Snow Mountain is actually ash from the piles of corpses being cremated at the summit.
** At the top of the mountain, the player encounters a man running around frantically while engulfed in flames. It's a jarring contrast to the lifeless bodies surrounding him, and it has [[FakingTheDead unfortunate]] [[BuriedAlive implications]].
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* The fact that right before the final battle with Rando's army, [[spoiler: Lisa's theme from The First, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0HIShS8vBs The Sireen's Call]], plays very faintly in the background. It's the only other point in the game besides the title screen where it plays.]]
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* The Palace that Lisa is transported to is relatively nice-looking and safe. [[spoiler: That is, until the end, when Lisa reaches the final corridor and is greeted by Marty, represented here as a [[http://rpgmaker.net/media/content/games/4412/screenshots/screen_four.jpg grotesque, veiny mound of flesh covered in scraggly hair]], and surrounded by [[{{Squick}} vomit stains and broken beer bottles]]. It's undoubtedly the most intense instance of [[BodyHorror body horror]] in the entire game, which is compounded by the fact that the entrance to the next area is located behind him. This requires Lisa to move directly behind him, which makes it look like she's [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything entering his body]].]]

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* The Palace that Lisa is transported to is relatively nice-looking and safe. [[spoiler: That is, until the end, when Lisa reaches the final corridor and is greeted by Marty, represented here as a [[http://rpgmaker.net/media/content/games/4412/screenshots/screen_four.jpg grotesque, veiny mound of flesh covered in scraggly hair]], and surrounded by [[{{Squick}} vomit stains and broken beer bottles]]. It's undoubtedly the most intense instance of [[BodyHorror body horror]] in the entire game, which is compounded by the fact that the entrance to the next area is located behind him. This requires Lisa to move directly behind him, which makes it look like she's [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything entering being absorbed into his body]].]]
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* The Palace that Lisa is transported to is relatively nice-looking and safe. [[spoiler: That is, until the end, when Lisa reaches the final corridor and is greeted by Marty, represented here as a [[http://rpgmaker.net/media/content/games/4412/screenshots/screen_four.jpg grotesque, veiny mound of flesh covered in scraggly hair]], and surrounded by [[{{Squick}} vomit stains and broken beer bottles]]. It's undoubtedly the most intense instance of [[BodyHorror body horror]] in the entire game, which is compounded by the fact that the entrance to the next area is located behind him. This requires Lisa to move directly behind him, which makes it look like she's [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything entering his body]].]]



* The creepy and confusing scene with Jonathan and Slave Lord Jim at Dismal Island. It goes so quickly and with no explanation whatsoever that it's legitimately disturbing and frightening, especially given the fact that Jonathan makes noises that no other character does during the battle.

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* The creepy and confusing scene with Jonathan and Slave Lord Jim at Dismal Island. It goes so quickly and with no explanation whatsoever that it's legitimately disturbing and frightening, especially given the fact that Jonathan makes noises that no other character does during the battle.
* The Devil's Bathhouse segment in the third area, a series of winding, dark, and [[AlienGeometry implausibly large]] communal bathes deep within the earth. The corridors are narrow, the lighting is murky, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8oh_s6C4WU music]] that plays is creepy, and most rooms are filled with the [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness (presumably)]] hallucinatory [[BodyHorror Marty spiders]] from the first game. The whole place is decorated with gorgeous tile murals and is relatively clean, in sharp contrast to the [[CrapsackWorld dirty, broken-down wasteland outside,]] making it feel even more [[EldritchLocation unnatural]].
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* What's scary about the Great White Flash is that [[NothingIsScarier almost next to nothing]] is known about it. We don't know what caused [[the [[{{Gendercide}} women to die off]] or how they died off..]]

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* What's scary about the Great White Flash is that [[NothingIsScarier almost next to nothing]] is known about it. We don't know what caused [[the [[spoiler: the [[{{Gendercide}} women to die off]] or how they died off..]]
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* What's scary about the Great White Flash is that [[NothingIsScarier almost next to nothing]] is known about it. We don't know what caused the [[{{Gendercide}} women to die off]] or how they died off..]

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* What's scary about the Great White Flash is that [[NothingIsScarier almost next to nothing]] is known about it. We don't know what caused the [[the [[{{Gendercide}} women to die off]] or how they died off..]]]
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* What's scary about the Great White Flash is that [[NothingIsScarier almost next to nothing]] is known about it. We don't know what caused the [[[{{Gendercide}} women to die off]] or how they died off..]

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* What's scary about the Great White Flash is that [[NothingIsScarier almost next to nothing]] is known about it. We don't know what caused the [[[{{Gendercide}} [[{{Gendercide}} women to die off]] or how they died off..]
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* The way the Marty heads appear anywhere, at random, and are spread through the entire world. They don't do anything, but somehow, [[NothingIsScarier this is even scarier.]]
* The White World, containing only a few settings and each holding its own Smiling Marty, whose creepy smiles add to the unsettling nature of the whole area.




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* The creepy and confusing scene with Jonathan and Slave Lord Jim at Dismal Island. It goes so quickly and with no explanation whatsoever that it's legitimately disturbing and frightening, especially given the fact that Jonathan makes noises that no other character does during the battle.
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\nNothing yet* The whole idea that you're exploring the broken mind of a child who is sexually abused by their father.
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*** Just the way that [[spoiler: the hallucinations]] creep into the landscape; first theres just a few bodies... then joy mutants.. then suddenly [[spoiler: Brad's corpse at the end of the Painful RPG sits on a hill just above you.]]

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*** Just the way that [[spoiler: the hallucinations]] creep into the landscape; first theres just a few bodies... then joy mutants.. then suddenly [[spoiler: Brad's corpse at the end of the Painful RPG sits on a hill just above you.]]]]
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* [[spoiler: Sweetheart, the most powerful Joy mutant in existence. Even worse? ''It'' might be a '''she'''.]]
** The absolutely horrific landscape of The List by the end of the Joyful: dead bodies from Buddy's crusade, slain mutants dot the hills, blood and gore and maddening scrawls cover the walls and floor, and [[spoiler: Brad, his friends and Rando all looking on at you, disappointingly.]] It really hammers home just how awful Buddy's destructive crusade was, [[spoiler: and her shattered mental state by the endgame.]]
*** Just the way that [[spoiler: the hallucinations]] creep into the landscape; first theres just a few bodies... then joy mutants.. then suddenly [[spoiler: Brad's corpse at the end of the Painful RPG sits on a hill just above you.]]
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** The Joy mutants look absolutely horrifying, partly because of how [[BodyHorror varied]] their forms are and how different they are from the normal populace of Olathe.
*** There's also the fact that during battle, most mutants spend their turns [[TearsofRemorse crying]], [[TheScream screaming]] and [[HowlofSorrow moaning]] while only occasionally dishing out devastating attacks. This can be interpreted as them still having a little humanity left and being dimly aware of the monsters [[WasOnceaMan they've become]], which makes them doubly [[FridgeHorror frightening]] and [[TragicMonster tragic]].
** '''[[HellIsThatNoise Wally.]]'''
--> AAAAAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAA
** The constant hallucinations of Lisa that Brad suffers from.
** [[spoiler: Rando's [[BodyHorror face]] and backstory.]]
** Instant Kill attacks. Seeing your unique, quirky, useful and funny party members grow strong, powerful and capable instantly removed forever from your party with no hope of getting them back is deeply disturbing. Also double as a Tearjerker.
--> [[BeigeProse (x) bites your head off. (Party member) dies.]]
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