History NightmareFuel / SuperSmashBrosBrawl

* During The Ruined Zoo, after the Porky battle, Wario shows up with his Trophy Gun. He tries shooting at Ness a few times, but Ness dodges with ease. Then, he decides to aim at Lucas instead. Ness [[TakingTheBullet takes the blow for him]], and Wario then approaches his Trophy and manages to scare Lucas away. We're then shown the sight of [[LaughingMad Wario maniacally laughing]] at the fact that he, for all intents and purposes, just shot and killed a child. The rain, lightning and [[ScaryFlashlightFace resulting sinister illumination of Wario's vicious grin]] don't help matters. It comes off as especially bone-chilling to anyone who associates Wario as the greedy yet comedic anti-hero in his home series. AdaptationalVillainy, ''indeed''.

* The Save Rooms in the Great Maze is desolate, with [[EldritchLocation the sky being ripped apart]] to reveal the eerie darkness that is Subspace. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bG52h9AyJs The music]] is a slow, unsettling arrangement of the once triumphant main theme of the game.

[[caption-width-right:350:Who would've thought that [[VideoGame/{{Wario}} a garlic-loving fat man]] could be [[AdaptationalVillainy genuinely creepy and sinister?]]]]

* During The Ruined Zoo, after the Porky battle, Wario shows up with his Trophy Gun. He tries shooting at Ness a few times, but Ness dodges with ease. Then, he decides to aim at Lucas instead. Ness [[TakingTheBullet takes the blow for him]], and Wario then approaches his Trophy and manages to scare Lucas away. We're then treated to the [[SarcasmMode lovely scene of]] Wario maniacally laughing at the fact he essentially just killed a child. The lightning effects don't help matters. It comes off as bone chilling to anyone who associates Wario as the greedy yet comedic anti-hero in his home series. AdaptationalVillainy ''indeed''.

* Samus getting [[TheWorfEffect worfed]] by Ridley: grabbed and scraped against the wall. It is fairly striking in its sheer brutality. So much so it got worked back into the ''Metroid'' series in ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' -- wall-scraping and all -- and it became Ridley's side special in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.''
* The player faces a giant, purple, yellow-eyed Diddy Kong, [[TheCorruption corrupted by Shadow Bugs]], almost bordering on SNKBoss on the higher difficulties due to his massive size and power.

* The '''Subspace Gunship''' that emerges from the hole created by the detonation of the Isle Of The Ancients. It's main gun works like a Subspace Bomb, and WordOfGod says that it rends space infinitely. On top of that, it's five secondary turrets are all individually powerful enough to utterly annihilate the Halberd and fire three shots per burst. If that doesn't kill their enemy, there's at least two more of the earlier mentioned turrets and five cannons that fire curving shots on either side. Had Kirby not struck a critical weak point with the Dragoon, it's very likely that would have been the end of any resistance against the forces of Subspace.
* When Link and Zelda revive Ganondorf in the SSE, he seems to be recovering from the beatdown Bowser laid on him (he's groaning and holding his head like it got hurt really badly). This implies that the trophy characters feel any pain they receive(d) before/in trophy form.

** [[http://ssbwiki.com/Puppit Puppits]]: corpse-like things with really long claws that just hang lifelessly from a string until they come across the poor unsuspecting character in their way, then they start attacking like crazy. Their trophy description points out that "nobody knows what's on the other end of the string".

** Mr. Game & Watch's Final Smash involves him turning into a giant octopus that hovers around with its undulating tentacles, with a constant ominous and unnatural humming sound throughout the whole thing. Let's just hope you haven't seen anything..."not safe for work," or this could get even more uncomfortable. Granted it's a cartoon octopus at least but still.

* During The Ruined Zoo, after the Porky battle, Wario shows up with his Trophy Gun. He tries shooting at Ness a few times, but Ness dodges with ease. Then, he decides to aim at Lucas instead. Ness [[TakingTheBullet takes the blow for him]], and Wario then approaches his Trophy and manages to scare Lucas away. We're then treated to the [[SarcasmMode lovely scene of]] Wario maniacally laughing at the fact he essentially just [[FridgeHorror killed a child]]. The lightning effects don't help matters. It comes off as bone chilling to anyone who associates Wario as the greedy yet comedic anti-hero in his home series. AdaptationalVillainy ''indeed''.

* Challenger Approaching fights are back, and they're even worse. Replacing Melee's Matrix-esque background and the deep mechanical warning siren, when you unlock a fighter in Brawl the game freezes for a split second before showing off a pitch black screen with a red spotlight on the unlocked characters silhouette, as crudely pasted letters spell out “CHALLENGER APPROACHING”. The warning siren is now very loud and panicky, and if you listen closely you can feel an eerie rumbling near the end. All of this happens very suddenly, without warning, and the mood of the game changes for the worse. Don’t be surprised if your son or daughter starts asking for a nightlight after seeing this. Hell, ''you'' might need one if you’re easily disturbed.

* Aside from the Dedede Brooches, trophies cannot self-revive after a fighter falls in battle. While they are simply not conscious, they could be sealed in a trophy for a very long time... and they could stay that way if the victor of the match hates them that much, or are much of a JerkAss like Wario.

[[caption-width-right:350:Who knew a garlic loving fat man could come off as scary?]]

* Pikachu stuffed into a jar and electrocuted, used as a source of electricity, doesn't look like a pleasant time for him.

* Even without prior knowledge of the ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'' series, the boss battle against Porky is scary, either for the spider robot or for the boy in question - Porky - trapped inside it, apparently screaming; in fact, the entire Ruined Zoo level seemed to be slight-to-extreme Nightmare Fuel, because of how it contrasts with the brightness of the ''SSB'' world, and starts with Lucas from ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' chased by [[ImplacableMan an unstoppable Pig King statue]]. Prior knowledge of both Porky from ''Videogame/EarthBound'' and the actual Ruined Zoo from the first ''VideoGame/{{Mother|1}}'', if added to the picture, makes it worse.

** Mr. Game & Watch's Final Smash involves him turning into a giant octopus that hovers around with its undulating tentacles, with a constant ominous and unnatural humming sound throughout the whole thing. Let's just hope you haven't seen anything..."not safe for work," or this could get even more uncomfortable.