History NightmareFuel / TheBigBangTheory

* When Howard is going into space the gang is sitting in the apartment watching the launch together. It's a heartwarming scene. It becomes Nighmare Fuel when you think about the Challenger disaster and consider what if it was your own friend/spouse in Howard's place.
* Stuart's entire life. His misfortunes may seem funny to us who watch him, but try to put yourself in his shoes. His life is basically an endless series of nightmares that come true.

* When Howard is going into space the gang is sitting in the apartment watching the launch together. It's a heartwarming scene. It becomes Nighmare Fuel when you think about the Challenger disaster and consider what if it was your own friend/spouse in Howard's place.

* Something about Leonard's mother's voice is a bit chilling. She sounds how a female version of [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream AM]] would. Think of Leonard's childhood. It's a wonder that he hasn't killed himself yet, with a mother like that. She is really is comparable to the likes of [[VideoGame/BioShock2 Sofia]] [[PsychoPsychologist Lamb]] and [[Franchise/SilentHill Dahlia]] [[SinisterMinister Gillespie]]. The way she {{Mind Rape}}s Penny with that smile on her face that's like Johan Liebert from ''Anime/{{Monster}}''... forget suicide, it's a wonder Leonard didn't turn into a serial killer! (Sheldon actually once ''did'' muse on the possibility that Leonard is actually a violent sociopath, simply biding his time before actually killing him!)

* Early in the first season, Penny lets slip to Sheldon that Leonard may have made light of Sheldon's accomplishments. The sight of a genuinely pissed-off Sheldon, towering over Penny as she backs away, demanding to know what exactly Leonard said. Up to that point, Sheldon had largely been played as a CloudCuckooLander, but seeing that scene, you could very easily believe it when Leonard says that Sheldon is one lab accident away from becoming a super-villain.

** Or let it slip that she accidentally combined Ebola with the common cold, or that she couldn't remember if she washed her hands after working with penicillin-resistant ghonnerrea.

* When telling stories about what life would be like if they never met Sheldon, Howard's story involves his mother being dead and it's unknown if she died naturally or Howard killed her. He still has her body and treats it as if she is still alive.

* Howard's mother. We never see her, she [[NoIndoorVoice always shouts]], and according to Howard, he doesn't live with her, ''she lives with him'',

* Bernadette's fake laugh is one of the most terrifying moments in the series so far.

* When telling stories about what life would be like if they never met Sheldon, Howard's story involves his mother being dead and it's unknown if she died naturally or Howard killed her. He still has her body and treats it as if she is still alive.

* Sheldon's fake smile with his eyes wide open and showing all of his teeth, to the point where it was the page image here for a ''long'' time.

* Raj trapped in Mrs. Wolowitz's house.

* Sheldon's fake smile with his eyes wide open and showing all of his teeth.

* In the episode where the guys fight over a prop of [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings the One Ring]], Sheldon has a nightmare where he gets it and [[BodyHorror becomes]] [[MythologyGag Gollum]]. It isn't a pretty sight.

* When Howard digs out his childhood set of magic tricks from the closet, he discovers the "dove in the pan" trick [[{{Squick}} still contains the dove.]]

** Or let it slip that she accidentally combined Ebola with the common cold, or that she couldn't remember if she washed her hands after working with contagious diseases.

** Or let it slip that she accidentally combined Ebola with the common cold, or that she couldn't remember if she washed her hands after working with deadly diseases.

* When Sheldon got even with Leonard for a scare prank. Not the prank itself, but the fact that the audience didn't see that coming ([[CannedLaughter Assuming there is an audience]]).

* When Sheldon got even with Leonard for a scare prank. Not the prank itself, but the fact that the audience didn't see that coming.

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%%* [[ShoutOut The]] [[TheTimeMachine Morlock scene.]]
* Sheldon's fake smile pictured above.

%%* [[StepfordSmiler Bernadette]]. Just Bernadette.

* When Howard digs out his childhood set of magic tricks from the closet, he discovers the "dove in the pan" trick [[{{Squick}} still contains the dove.]]

* When Howard digs out the childhood set of magic tricks from his closet, he discovers the "dove in the pan" trick [[{{Squick}} still contains the dove.]]

* It was already [[FridgeHorror pretty friggin scary]] but after Bernadette lets it slip that she and some other microbiologists crossed Ebola with the common cold Leonard asks, "Why would you do that?" and Bernadette responds "[[BlatantLies We didn't]]. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial That would be a terrible,]] [[AndThatsTerrible terrible thing]]." all the while wearing a huge smile on her face. Brrr. [[invoked]]

* Something about Leonard's mother's voice is a bit chilling. She sounds how a female version of [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream AM]] would. Think of Leonard's childhood. It's a wonder that he hasn't killed himself yet, with a mother like that. She is really is comparable to the likes of [[VideoGame/BioShock2 Sofia]] [[PsychoPsychologist Lamb]] and [[Franchise/SilentHill Dahlia]] [[SinisterMinister Gillespie]]. The way she Mind Rapes Penny with that smile on her face that's like Johan Liebert from ''Anime/{{Monster}}''... forget suicide, it's a wonder Leonard didn't turn into a serial killer! (Sheldon actually once ''did'' muse on the possibility that Leonard is actually a violent sociopath, simply biding his time before actually killing him!)

--> '''Sheldon''': [[NightmareFetishist You don't need to sell me on cats Leonard. I'm already a fan.]]

* [[InUniverse In-universe]] as to how [[ASexuality Sheldon]] would reproduce.

* In the episode where the guys fight over a prop of [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings the One Ring]], Sheldon has a nightmare where he gets it and [[BodyHorror becomes]] [[MythologyGag Gollum]]. It isn't a pretty sight.

* Something about Leonard's mother's voice is a bit chilling. She sounds how a female version of [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream AM]] would.
** Forget her voice, think of Leonard's childhood. It's a wonder that he hasn't killed himself yet, with a mother like that.
** And weirdly enough, he turned out to be the most socially competent one out of the geeks.
*** She is really is comparable to the likes of [[VideoGame/BioShock2 Sofia]] [[PsychoPsychologist Lamb]] and [[Franchise/SilentHill Dahlia]] [[SinisterMinister Gillespie]]. The way she Mind Rapes Penny with that smile on her face that's like Johan Liebert from ''Anime/{{Monster}}''... forget suicide, it's a wonder Leonard didn't turn into a serial killer!
*** Sheldon actually once ''did'' muse on the possibility that Leonard is actually a violent sociopath, simply biding his time before actually killing him!
* [[ShoutOut The]] [[TheTimeMachine Morlock scene.]]

--> "We're here to see Koothrapali, not [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker kill Batman]]!
* The Chair of Death from "The Infestation Hypothesis".

* [[StepfordSmiler Bernadette]]. Just Bernadette.