History NightmareFuel / TheSimpsons

* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E14MyFareLady My Fare Lady]]": Marge quits her Ride Service job, and gives Moe the smile from her car, to brighten up his refurbished bar. Just before the credits, however, it begins to talk, telling Moe he'll never be alone again. When Moe asks who the hell it is, it eerily replies, "You'll find out, soon enough..."

* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS33E6ASeriousFlanders A Serious Flanders]]" has Kostas Becker, aka the debt collecter, who basically walks right out of a serious drama and acts as a KnightOfCerebus throughout the entire two-parter. After violently murdering the Rich Texan, chopping him to pieces and ripping his face off, he single-handedly kills Fat Tony's crew in a bloody shoot-out, before killing Fat Tony by putting his head in a donut maker. He also forces Ned into hiding for three years, only to shoot him once Marge unintentionally reveals his hiding spot. He has almost no funny scenes or jokes, and is probably the most serious villain to step foot in Springfield.

* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E5MargesSonPoisoning Marge's Son Poisoning]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E22MargeAndHomerTurnACouplePlay Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play]]" begin with a particularly nasty couch gag, wherein all the couches and seating furniture come to life, and attack the citizens of Springfield. The Simpsons are menaced and pursued by their couch, which has sprouted MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily. Sherri and Terri are devoured by their beanbag chair. Moe fends off the advancing bar stools and booths in his tavern. And Homer, rather idiotically, attempts to seek shelter in the local couch store, only for all the couches present to lunge and pile on top of him. Given what transpires, and the eerie music that ends it, many have wondered if this was meant to precede a "Treehouse of Horror" episode.

->'''Homer:''' [[MotorMouth BARTYOUWANNASEE]]''''''MYNEW''''''[[HockeyMaskAndChainsaw CHAINSAWANDHOCKEYMASK!?!]]'''\\

->'''Homer:''' [[MotorMouth BARTYOUWANNASEEMYNEW]]'''[[HockeyMaskAndChainsaw CHAINSAWANDHOCKEYMASK!?!]]'''\\

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPZWSI36Nqg Black & Blue Swan]]'' from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E8TheTenPerCentSolution "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution"]], in which Itchy spins Stratchy around at such a rapid speed that he's ''stripped to the bone'', along with his guts flying everywhere, in a matter of seconds, making it [[NightmareFuel/BlackSwan just as scary as]] [[Film/BlackSwan the film it's lampooning]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPZWSI36Nqg "Black & Blue Swan"]] from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E8TheTenPerCentSolution "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution"]], in which Itchy spins Stratchy around at such a rapid speed that he's stripped to the bone, along with his guts flying everywhere, in a matter of seconds, making it [[NightmareFuel/BlackSwan just as scary as]] [[Film/BlackSwan the film it's lampooning]].

** Hell, the whole first part of this storyline is disturbing. While the Treehouse of Horror may be scary, the first half of this two-parter is psychologically horrifying. It may as well be titled ''"Springfield Feeds Your [[ParanoiaFuel Paranoia]] for 22 Minutes with Some Jokes In-Between."'' Even [[ItWasHisSled knowing full-well who the shooter is]], it's chilling to see how close everyone is to shooting Burns, justified as they are. Some notable examples would be Willie outright declaring that he'll kill Burns ([[ArsonMurderandJaywalking and wound Smithers]]), but probably the most unsettling is how Homer snaps when Burns asks who he is. [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct The fact that Dan Castenella manages to make Homer's usually dopey voice sound more deranged than it did when he literally tried kill his family in ''The Shinning'' is certainly worth noting.]]

* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E22ThePTADisbands The PTA Disbands]]": [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Bart]]'s TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior when school shut down.

* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E22ThePtaDisbands The Pta Disbands]]": [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Bart]]'s TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior when school shut down.

->'''Homer:''' [[MotorMouth BARTYOUWANNASEEMYNEW]]''''[[HockeyMaskAndChainsaw CHAINSAWANDHOCKEYMASK!?!]]''''\\

->'''Homer:''' [[MotorMouth BARTYOUWANNASEEMYNEW]]''''[[CHAINSAWANDHOCKEYMASK!?!]]''''\\

->'''Homer:''' [[MotorMouth BARTYOUWANNASEEMYNEW'''[[CHAINSAWANDHOCKEYMASK!?!]]'''\\

->'''Homer:''' [[MotorMouth BARTYOUWANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAWANDHOCKEYMASK!?!]]\\

* "Bart the Daredevil" has an existential moment for Homer. No matter how young they are, you can't ''really'' control what your kids do, you can only attempt to persuade them through reasoning or threats. When it sinks in for Homer that it's literally impossible for him to prevent his 10-year-old son from making a doomed skateboard jump over Springfield Gorge, given that he's made up his mind to do it and doesn't care about punishments or potential consequences, he breaks down crying, saying Bart's "a goner" and "as good as dead."

* In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E10TheManWhoCameToBeDinner The Man Who Came to Be Dinner]]" there was a scene with aliens giving birth over and over again, that could qualify as {{nausea fuel}} also.

* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E8FuneralForAFiend Funeral for a Fiend]]": During Sideshow Bob's trial in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYbe5uOcTuw this clip]], when his parents reveal that their son has a congenital heart defect, and they put the blame on Bart, the boy tries responding that Bob is a ManipulativeBastard. It goes FromBadToWorse at the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYbe5uOcTuw&t=0m56s 56-second mark]], when he angrily pulls a nitroglycerin vial (for his heart defect) out of his pocket with an "I didn't want to use this, but you've left me no choice!" Chief Wiggum sees that the nitroglycerin is a "bomb" and the crowd panics, but Bart snatches the vial and tosses it out of the window. Bob becomes horrified when he has lost the medicine and cries out, with a pained look on his face, ''"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAAAAND! I- I-"'' And then his body goes out of control as he wobbles around, still clutching his chest in a dizzying manner, before his body collapses and falls onto the floor in a lifeless pose (oh, and the unsettling music doesn't help matters either). Sure, the nitroglycerin-as-medicine thing is all a ploy, and [[FakingTheDead Bob gets better thanks to the "fake death" IV anesthesia his father, Dr. Robert Terwilliger Sr., had discreetly administered to him when he collapsed during the trial so that he can later wake up in an effort to incinerate]] his ArchEnemy [[MurderByCremation in his coffin]], but still, watching Bob in a pretense of agony as he falls into a temporary deathlike state like that is ''very'' unsettling, especially for kids.

** Although it's almost instantly softened by the fact that he can't go through with it ([[EvilIsHammy and sings a song about it]]), Sideshow Bob catches a ''very'' quick wave of VillainDecay reversal and [[ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat reminds us why he was scary in the first place]] when he hides in Bart's bedroom until Homer leaves, then tapes up his mouth and attempts a quick disposal by stabbing. For once, Bart doesn't cheat death by either [[BigDamnHeroes being rescued]] or [[GuileHero pulling a clever eleventh-hour trick]]: he gets to live simply because [[OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow Bob himself suddenly decides not to kill him]]. In other words, Bart's PlotArmor is the ''only'' reason that his family doesn't go to sleep suspecting nothing and wake up to find him dead and bleeding in his own bed.

* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E6HomerAndLisaExchangeCrosswords Homer and Lisa Exchange Crosswords]]": "[[CreepyChild No...]]
[[BlatantLies I'm not]] [[TranquilFury mad]]."

* Marge's SanitySlippage, especially in the third act, is especially disturbing in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E21ItsAMadMadMadMadMarge It's A Mad, Mad, Mad Marge]]", considering, you know, it's ''MARGE.'' '''GOING INSANE.'''

* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E22KrustyGetsKancelled Krusty Gets Kancelled]]": By the end of Krusty's failed ventriloquist act Alphonse the Dummy looks... [[https://k36.kn3.net/taringa/5/6/7/3/5/6/9/alesapi1/524.gif?9875 rather scary]]. Understandably, the poor kids were ''horrified''.

* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E10LisasFirstWord Lisa's First Word]]": The clown bed Homer made for Bart when he was a toddler.

--> '''Homer:''' [[RageBreakingPoint Oh you're dead, Burns!]] [[BewaretheSillyOnes YOU'RE DEAD BURNS!]]

* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E4BartSellsHisSoul Bart Sells His Soul]]", where Bart [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin sells his soul]] to Milhouse, in one of the darkest episodes of the series as noted by many. Bart becomes a CreepyChild pretty soon throughout the episode, eventually culminating in him threatening Ralph Wiggum.

** One of the other future scenarios was "Flander's Revenge", where we get to see Homer being impaled by [[BewareTheNiceOnes Ned Flanders]] sporting [[SlasherSmile a psychotic smile.]]

* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E6HomerAndLisaExchangeCrosswords Homer and Lisa Exchange Crosswords]]": "[[CreepyChild No...]] [[BlatantLies I'm not]] [[TranquilFury mad]]."

** The SurprisinglyCreepyMoment NightmareSequence where Ned [[DissonantSerenity walks calmly up the spiral staircase of a clock tower whistling "Bringing in the Sheaves" before opening a carrying case, assembling it, and opening fire at a crowd of men, women, and children on the ground]].

--> '''Ned:''' [[SanitySlippage Now calm down, Ned-dily-diddly-diddly-diddly... they did their best, shoddily-iddly-iddly-diddly... gotta be ''nice'', hostily-iddly-diddly-iddly...Ah]] '''''[[PrecisionFStrike HELL DIDDLY-DING-DONG-CRAP! CAN'T YOU MORONS DO ANYTHING RIGHT!?!]]'''''

* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E13SelmasChoice Selma's Choice]]": Selma takes Bart and Lisa to Duff Gardens after Homer falls ill from food poisoning. The trio are on this "It's A Small World"-esque ride called, "The Little Land of Duff," with robot kids from all over the world singing, "Duff Beer for me/Duff Beer for you/I'll have a Duff/You have one too..." Bart dares his sister to drink the water. Lisa is then forced to drink it by Selma and Lisa begins [[MushroomSamba tripping]] -- first, she sees the Little Land of Duff robots fading away, then Lisa begins rambling, "[[ParanoiaFuel They're all around me! No way out! NO WAY OUT, I TELL YOU]]!", and finally, Lisa sees Selma as a Medusa-like creature with multiple eyes and a snarling mouth for a shoulder. Lisa then screams and tries to beat Bart and Selma with an oar. [[NightmareRetardant Also counts as a]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments CMOF]].

* Homer's SanitySlippage towards the end of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E9ElViajeMisteriosoDeNuestroJomer The Mysterious Voyage Of Homer]]". After spending the episode desperately looking for his soulmate and believing he'd found one in the lighthouse keeper only to find out it's just a computer, Homer sees a ship heading towards Springfield. Believing they'll "have to be his friend" if they come to him, he smashes the light so that the ship will crash into the lighthouse. We see him not long after standing in the dark cackling to himself while he awaits the inevitable.
--> '''Homer:''' Hehehehe. Well, I won't be lonely for long! Hehehehe '''''[[LaughingMad HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]'''''

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* [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E15HomieTheClown "Homie the Clown"]]: Homer [[LostInCharacter gets way too in-character]] as Krusty and gives a genuine NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the actor playing the Krusty Burglar, bashing his head against the asphalt before delivering some very crunchy punches that are very much ''not'' just acting, to the point Homer has to be hauled away while the Krusty Burglar's actor begs for medical attention. All of this in front of a group of now-traumatized ''children'' who just wanted to watch a fun and harmless skit featuring their favorite fast-food mascots.

* [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E15HomieTheClown "Homie the Clown"]]: Homer [[LostInCharacter gets way too in-character]] as Krusty and giving a genuine NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the actor playing the Krusty Burglar, bashing his head against the asphalt before delivering some very crunchy punches that are very much ''not'' just acting, to the point Homer has to be hauled away while the Krusty Burglar's actor begs for medical attention. All of this in front of a group of now-traumatized ''children'' who just wanted to watch a fun and harmless skit featuring their favorite fast-food mascots.

* [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E15HomieTheClown "Homie the Clown"]]: Homer [[LostInCharacter gets way too in-character]] as Krusty and giving a genuine NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the actor playing the Krusty Burglar, bashing his head against the asphalt before delivering some very crunchy punches that are very much ''not'' just acting, to the point Homer has to be hauled away while the Krusty Burglar's actor begs for medical attention. All of this in front of a group of now-traumatized ''children'' who just wanted to watch a fun, lighthearted skit featuring their favorite fast food mascots.

* [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E15HomieTheClown "Homie the Clown"]]: Homer [[LostInCharacter gets way too in-character]] as Krusty and giving a genuine NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the actor playing the Krusty Burglar, to the point Homer has to be hauled away while the Krusty Burglar's actor begs for medical attention. All of this in front of a group of now-traumatized ''children'' who just wanted to watch a fun, lighthearted skit.

* [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E15HomieTheClown "Homie the Clown"]]: Homer [[LostInCharacter gets way too in-character]] as Krusty and giving a genuine NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the actor playing the Krusty Burglar, to the point Homer has to be hauled away while the Krusty Burglar's actor begs for medical attention. All of this in front of a group of ''children'' who were expecting a fun, lighthearted skit where Krusty would merely neutralize the Burglar instead of pulverizing him.
--> '''Kid:''' [[MemeticMutation STOP! STO-O-O-OP!! HE'S ALREADY DEAD!]]

** Following that, when Homer actually does pick up Bart, Bart is left speechless in anger as Homer attempts to pass off a very shoddy apology about how "they were both wrong". Bart slowly turns to Homer and imagines his eyes and ''the flesh on his face melting off like '''wax''''', until Homer asks "NOW HOW 'BOUT A HUG" in a horrifying voice. While some consider this a BigLippedAlligatorMoment, in context this scene conveys just how angry Bart feels from his own point of view. He loathes Homer so much at that point that he sees him as a disfigured monster.

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