History NightmareFuel / TheAvengers

* The [[KubrickStare first]] [[PsychoticSmirk look]] we get of Loki. It's this extremely disturbing look in his eyes and a SlasherSmile terrifyingly similar to the profile picture for NightmareFuel. [[http://i47.tinypic.com/34h6j4l.png Take a look.]]

* [[spoiler: {{Thanos}}... [[TheReveal Just Thanos]]. [[OneSceneWonder Two shots of him in the whole movie.]] [[TheVoiceless Not one line of dialogue.]] [[ItGotWorse More than enough to wet your undies.]]]]

** This makes his capture at the end of the film even more brilliant. He's had his ass handed to him by the Avengers, is staring down the tip of one of Hawkeye's arrows, and more than likely will face some All-Father wrath when Thor takes him back to Asgard, and yet none of those were likely the reasoning behind...
-->"''If it's all the same to you... I'll have that drink now.''"

* The [[KubrickStare first]] [[PsychoticSmirk look]] we get of Loki. It's this extremely disturbing look in his eyes and a SlasherSmile terrifyingly similar to the profile picture for NightmareFuel.

* When Tony gets back to Stark Tower and Loki, the god who [[spoiler:[[HeroKiller already killed at least one of his friends]]]], is there. Tony's alone, his armor is damaged too badly to use, and the others won't be there for a few minutes yet. He goes in anyway and banters coolly, but the second Loki approaches him with the scepter, just for a second, you see Tony's bravado slip badly, and you realize then just how scared he really is. It just sends shivers up your spine to imagine being in that position.

--> '''Black Widow:''' More like a psychiatrist.

** Also rather [[FrideBrilliance appropriate imagery]] on Loki's side, as it looks like he's throwing his victim onto an altar to be sacrificed.

** Bonus points for the subtle implications that being unconscious undoes the MindControl, meaning that unless Loki was re-possessing them every morning, anyone under his control [[AndIMustScream was awake the entire time.]] [[FridgeBrilliance Which also explains]] why Clint looked more and more worn down every time we saw him: he hadn't slept for days. It would also explain why Selvig speaks in such an overexcited way while under mind control, as if he's had too much caffeine.

* Hawkeye needs the eye scan of a certain man to open a door that holds a meteorite shard. He gives a hand held scanner to Loki, who proceeds to crash the guy's party, hold him down over a decorative slab in front of the terrified crowd, and - possibly not understanding precisely how the thing works, probably just for kicks - ''[[EyeScream stick the scanner right into the man's eye]]''. [[NothingIsScarier We can't directly see the point of impact]], but on Hawkeye's end, the scan comes through ''and the eye is jerking around in death throes.''

-->"''If you fail, if the Tesseract is kept from us, there will be no realm, no barren moon, no crevice where we '''can't find you'''. You think you know pain? [[{{Thanos}} He]] will make you long for that '''[[FateWorseThanDeath so sweet as pain]]'''.''"

-->'''Loki:''' [[FalseReassurance I won’t touch Barton.]] [[ToThePain Not until I make him kill you slowly, intimately, in every way he knows you fear.]] And then he’ll wake [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone just long enough to see his good work]]. And when he screams, I’ll split his skull! That is my bargain, you mewling [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain quim]]!

* Natasha's leg is pinned under some debris... and then Bruce starts to groan and the real panic begins; the mere threat of the Hulk is the only thing that's made her show genuine fear in the film so far, and now she's trapped in an enclosed space while he's on the way. What makes it worse is that Bruce manages to give her an agonized look, powerless to stop what's coming, before he Hulks out ''practically right next to her''. (And also, as par for the course, the transformation looks ''extremely'' painful as he tries to fight it.) She manages to free herself before she gets squashed, but what follows is a nightmare chase that ends with her huddled in a dark walkway, very nearly whimpering with pain and shock. This is Black Widow, who beat up three men while tied to a chair and faced down Loki, and [[NotSoStoic she's traumatized]].

--> '''Black Widow:''' Yeah, a building he levelled.

** Depending on how far you're willing to [[WildMassGuessing interpret]] some of the subtler cues about Loki's behavior (the craziness, lying about being "thrown" into the abyss, crying when he has to fight Thor, the mental connection with the Other/the Chitauri) along with the fact with the terror described above? It's possible that the only reason he's doing any of this is because he used the Tesseract as a bargaining chip to keep Thanos from completely ruining him, and ''they are literally in his head''.

** The Hulk might be an in universe example for Natasha, the mere prospect that Banner might turn has her pulling her gun on him and she looks ''terrified''. There's a good reason why she says, "Bozhe moi"[[hottip:*:Translation: "My God."]] earlier when Coulson tells her she's getting the "big guy". And he doesn't mean Stark.

* [[spoiler: The Other]] threatening Loki. Loki's become quite the hardcore villain since we've last seen him, killing SHIELD agents left and right, mind-controlling people, mind-raping, and doing battle with some pretty tough opponents. And yet that, dear audience, is ''fear'' in his eyes, on his face, when [[spoiler: the Other]] whispers in his ear:

** Bonus points for the subtle implications that being unconscious undoes the MindControl, meaning that unless Loki was re-possessing them every morning, anyone under his control [[AndIMustScream was awake the entire time.]] [[FridgeBrilliance Which also explains]] why Clint looked more and more worn down every time we saw him: he hadn't slept for days.

** In the scene mentioned above, where she's huddled in a dark stairway, [[ItGotWorse it gets worse]]. She thinks she's lost the Hulk, so she sneaks through, but then she turns and [[StealthHiBye the Hulk pops up]] and [[JumpScare roars at her]], resuming the chase.

-->"''If you fail, if the Tesseract is kept from us, there will be no realm, no barren moon, no crevasse where we '''can't find you'''. You think you know pain? [[{{Thanos}} He]] will make you long for that '''[[FateWorseThanDeath so sweet as pain]]'''.''"

* The [[KubrickStare first]] [[PsychoticSmirk look]] we get of Loki. It's this extremely disturbing look in his eyes and a SlasherSmile terrifyingly similar to the profile picture for NightmareFuel.
* Loki getting the retinal scan data for Hawkeye was chillingly gleeful on Loki's part. Plus the poor sap he chose is twitching in agony with his head offscreen...it was a bit disturbing.

* The [[KubrickStare first]] [[PsychoticSmirk look]] we get of Loki. It's this extremely disturbing look in his eyes and a SlasherSmile terrifyingly similar to the profile picture for NightmareFuel.

** The Hulk might be an in universe example for Natasha, the mere prospect that Banner might turn has her pulling her gun on him and she looks ''terrified''. There's a good reason why she says, "Bozhe moi"[[hottip:*:Translation: "My God."]] earlier.

** The Hulk might be an in universe example for Natasha, the mere prospect that Banner might turn has her pulling her gun on him and she looks ''terrified''. There's a good reason why she says, "Bozhe moi."[[hottip:*:Translation: "My God."]]

** The Hulk might be an in universe example for Natasha, the mere prospect that Banner might turn has her pulling her gun on him and she looks ''terrified''.

* The scene in which Natasha interrogates Loki, and in an incredibly menacing speech Loki punches his cell wall so hard it rattles, lists off all her sins, belittles her attempts at redemption, and ends by describing his plans for Clint, whom he has under MindControl.

** Bonus points for the subtle implications that being unconscious undoes the MindControl, meaning that unless Loki was re-possessing them every morning anyone under his control [[AndIMustScream was awake the entire time.]] [[FridgeBrilliance Which also explains]] why Clint looked more and more worn down every time we saw him: he hadn't slept for days.
* Natasha's leg is pinned under some debris... and then Bruce starts to groan and the real panic begins; the mere threat of the Hulk is the only thing that's made her show genuine fear in the film so far, and now she's trapped in an enclosed space while he's on the way. What makes it worse is that Bruce manages to give her an agonized look, powerless to stop what's coming, before he Hulks out ''practically right next to her''. (And also, as par for the course, the transformation looks ''extremely'' painful as he tries to fight it.) She manages to free herself before she gets squashed, but what follows is a nightmare chase that ends with her huddled in a dark walkway, very nearly whimpering with pain and shock. This is Black Widow, who beat up three men while tied to a chair and faced down Loki, and [[NotSoStoic she's traumatised]].

** In the scene mentioned above, where she's huddled in a dark stairway, [[ItGotWorse it gets worse]]. She thinks she's lost the Hulk, so she sneaks through, but then she turns and [[StealthHiBye take a wild guess who appears beside her]] and [[JumpScare roars at her]], causing the chase to be resumed once more.
* Hawkeye needs the eye scan of a certain man to open a door that holds a meteorite shard. He gives a hand held scanner to Loki, who proceeds to crash the man's party, hold him down over a decorative slab in front of the terrified crowd, and - possibly not understanding precisely how the thing works, probably just for kicks - ''[[EyeScream stick the scanner right into the man's eye]]''. [[NothingIsScarier We can't directly see the point of impact]], but on Hawkeye's end, the scan comes through ''and the eye is jerking around in death throes.''

* The very concept of Loki as a villain. Imagine you're fighting an enemy who you know is insane and desperate. You have him locked up, but there's ''still'' something not right - it's almost as if he ''wants'' you to keep him locked up. Slowly, subtly, he starts messing with your head. ''Are'' you still human? ''Can'' you be redeemed? He begins to tear at the seams of the only group capable to stop him, getting into your head and stirring it around. The worst part is that, short of manipulating him right back (which is ''incredibly'' difficult), ''you can't stop him doing it.'' He's mentally disturbed, nigh-on impossible to kill, and you may not even realise that he's tearing you apart until it's too late to stop him.

** A more subtle example during this scene is Tony's unsettling mirthless smirk at one of Loki's comments (specifically, that Loki has already met Earth's mightiest heroes). Given the mood of the scene, it makes perfect sense, but it still looks [[TheUnsmile extremely wrong.]]
* The "cage" Loki is placed in. Manages to hit both claustrophobia (nigh-unbreakable enclosed space) AND acrophobia (designed to be dropped ''30,000 feet'') triggers. There's also a side of FridgeHorror in Bruce Banner's ''total lack of surprise'' when Loki mentions the cage was originally designed to contain the Hulk, like he's just resigned to the fact that his "curse" justifies such extreme precautions.
* [[spoiler: The Other]] threatening Loki. Loki's become quite the hardcore villain since we've last seen him, killing SHIELD agents left and right, mind-controlling people, mind-raping and doing battle with some pretty tough opponents. And yet that, dear audience, is FEAR in his eyes, on his face, when [[spoiler: the Other]] whispers in his ear:

** A more subtle example during this scene is Tony's unsettling mirthless smirk at one of Loki's comments (specifically, that Loki has already met Earth's mightiest heroes). Given the mood of the scene, it makes perfect sense, but it still looks [[StepfordSmiler extremely wrong.]]

* [[spoiler: The Other]] threatening Loki. Loki's become quite the hardcore villain since we've last seen him, killing SHIELD agents left and right, mind-controlling people, mind-raping and doing battle with some pretty tough opponents. And yet, that dear audience, is FEAR in his eyes, on his face, when [[spoiler: the Other]] whispers in his ear:

** In the scene mentioned above, where she's huddled in a dark stairway, [[ItGotWorse it gets worse]]. She thinks she's lost the Hulk, so she sneaks through, but then she turns and [[JumpScare take a wild guess who pops up beside her and roars at her]], causing the chase to be resumed once more.

* The [[KubrickStare first]] [[PsychoticSmirk look]] we get of Loki. It's this extremely disturbing look in his eyes and a smile terrifyingly similar to the profile picture for NightmareFuel.