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- Assassination Classroom: The one time Koro-sensei got really angry
◊. - Cyberpunk: Edgerunners: "Hey... This mess my fault?◊"
- Fragments of Horror: the story "Magami Nanakuse" has a pretty horrifying one◊after the main character tries resisting creating any tics while imprisoned.
- When you see K of From the New World, you'll shit bricks.
- Hellsing: Alucard... Dear◊ GOD!◊
- Higurashi: When They Cry:
- Whatever happens... WE'RE A HAPPY FAMILY, RIGHT?◊
- Really, Higurashi is a gold mine◊ of nightmare face material. (Potentially spoiler-ish link, beware.)
- Whatever happens... WE'RE A HAPPY FAMILY, RIGHT?
- From Hunter × Hunter, we give you Hisoka, the king◊ of creepy◊ expressions◊ in this series. And in case you really don't feel like sleeping, here's a lovely one.
- King Crimson◊ from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.
- Jujutsu Kaisen:
- Mahito◊ psyches himself up.
- This one particular random cursed spirit.
- Mahito
- Maria no Danzai: Kowase realizes how fucked he is... then sees Maria's face◊.
- Tomura Shigaraki◊ from My Hero Academia.
- Gaara from Naruto has several of these prior to his Heel–Face Turn. The examples below are just scratching the surface!
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Eva-01 just had a bit of a bad day, that's all.◊
- One of the evolved roaches◊ from TerraforMARS.
- The face◊ that Toriko makes when he's sufficiently angered.
- The Unforgiving Flowers Blossom in the Dead of Night: Is the docile sheep already doomed!?◊
- Classic Yu-Gi-Oh! was fond of this. Look at Yami Marik◊.
- And what about Bakura◊?
- What the hell is wrong with Noah's face◊?
- Hell, even KAIBA was good at this◊.
- And what about Bakura
- Spoilers for Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL: Rei's face when he is revealed to be Vector.
- Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V:
- Sora's tendency to have a little too much fun in his "hunting games": Exhibit A◊.
- Yuri was great at this too◊.
- Spoiler, but YUYA made one when he finally fell to Zarc's influence.
- Sora's tendency to have a little too much fun in his "hunting games": Exhibit A
- Invincible: Conquest◊ knows how to thank you in the most insulting way possible.
- Batman:
- The Joker◊ demonstrates.◊
- The Joker again◊, for the Death of the Family, in which his face is removed and worn as a mask, held on by straps and hooks. This image is toward the end of the story where the face is beginning to decay. This one is one of the covers.◊
- This face◊ from The Killing Joke is pretty nightmarish even by Nightmare Face standards.
- The Joker
- The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye: Vos' favourite method of torture◊.
- Sonic the Hedgehog and co. have seen some◊ really nasty stuff throughout their comic book adventures.
- 101 Dalmatians: Cruella de Vil demonstrates.◊
- Commander Rourke◊ from Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
- Batman: Mask of the Phantasm: The Joker demonstrates again.
- Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker: Blatantly recalling the horror of that scene, the Joker does it again!◊
- Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker: Blatantly recalling the horror of that scene, the Joker does it again!
- Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you... human Lucifer◊ from Cinderella III: A Twist in Time.
- Pinocchio: "They never come back... as BOYS!◊"
- In The Care Bears: Adventure in Wonderland of all movies, the evil wizard makes this face◊ for a fraction of a second.
- Jangles the Clown◊ from Inside Out.
- Thrax from Osmosis Jones: Hi, baby!
- The Princess and the Frog: "I HOPE YOU'RE SATISFIED!◊"
- Ruber◊ from Quest for Camelot, when he breaks into Juliana's home.
- Moana: "You wish you were nice and... SHINY!"
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: SpongeBob foaming at the mouth and Patrick melting when both try not to sing the Goofy Goober theme song.
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney): Judge Claude Frollo demonstrates.
- The infamous face from Inland Empire.
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure: "And when they pulled the driver's body from the twisted... burning... wreck, it looked like... THIS!◊"
- Brought to you◊ by Jacob's Ladder.
- Gwynplaine, The Man Who Laughs.
- And, similarly◊, Mr. Sardonicus.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: BILBO WANTS HIS PRECIOUS◊
- This◊ beautiful young lady appears in House on Haunted Hill (1999).
- Skyfall: "Look upon your work, mother."
- The brief flashes of of The Demon from The Exorcist
- Raiders of the Lost Ark: There's a very good reason you should never look into the Ark of the Covenant. First you see this◊, then your face does this. That is, if your head doesn't shrivel up. Or explode.
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit: "Remember me, Eddie? When I killed your brother, I talked JUST! LIKE! THIIIIIIIIIISSS!!!"◊
- Pennywise (1◊, 2◊) from It (1990) and from◊ It (2017).
- Muppets Most Wanted: "You have wocka-ed your last wocka, bear."◊
- Smile (2022): The Entity's true form.◊
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: Palpatine's true face has UNLIMITED POWEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR!!◊
- Phenomena: Frau Brückner's son has a face only a mother could love.
- Lily from VHS.
- A Deadite-possessed Cheryl from The Evil Dead (1981).
- Deadite Ash from Evil Dead 2.
- You DO NOT want to bump into a Night Stalker◊ in the dead of night. (from Caverns of the Snow Witch)
- Needs more◊ Steven Moffat.
- Breaking Bad spoilers: Gustavo's face after the bomb explosion.
- Barlow from 'Salem's Lot
- Smiling Nova from Ultraman Mebius. Sweet dreams.
Music
- The cover art◊ for You Won't Get What You Want. A face that not even a mother could love...
- One has to wonder how the citizens of Termina stay sane with this looking down on them at all times.
- NOT TAKE MIRROR!◊
- ...or else you will DIE!◊
- The Yume Nikki FACE (Seizure Warning)
- NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS◊.
- From Splatterhouse 3: Jennifer has become a mindless beast. And the 2010 version.
- You're not even safe from nightmare faces in cute games like Animal Crossing (2001). Forget to save while you're on the train, and not only do you lose all your items and money, but you get this as a face for the rest of the play session◊.
- Friday Night Funkin':
- Gold has seen better days.
- Apparently he's seen better nights, too...
- DISABLED just wants a hug.
- Cartoon Cat gives off a rather impressive one when he turns into Boyfriend during his song "Reruns". Good luck trying to unsee this.
- Gold has seen better days.
- Nightmare's handsome mug.
- Suikoden II: DIE PIG!!!
- Undertale:
- Catch the "friendliness pellets", Flowey said.◊ It'll be fun, he said.◊
- In this world...◊ (spoilers for Neutral route)
- "if you keep going the way you are now..." (spoilers for No Mercy route)
- "SINCE WHEN WERE YOU THE ONE IN CONTROL?" (spoilers for No Mercy route, seizure warning)
- Catch the "friendliness pellets", Flowey said.
- Resistance: Fall of Man: "Human history just got a little less human."◊
- Izanami wants to say hello.◊
- and so does Nine.◊
- Josh Scorcher put it best: DOES THIS LOOK LIKE THE FACE OF MERCY TO YOU?!
- He also has this face.
- He also has this
- and so does Nine.
- Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse:
- "I devoured their faith -- their souls."◊ (spoilers for the neutral routes)
- "That's right: I'm Shesha." (spoilers for the neutral routes)
- "I devoured their faith -- their souls."
- Literal Nightmare Face.
- You'll dread seeing this◊ every time you die to the Tenth Colossus in Shadow of the Colossus.
- The title screen◊ of Soft & Cuddly.
- The face◊ from the Japanese horror game Death Forest.
- It's probably for the best that this face◊ in Wario Land 3 (possibly meant for Rudy's transformation) was Dummied Out.
- Kokichi Oma from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony normally looks like a cute kid, but occasionally displays some horrifying facial expressions that get worse as the game goes on, ending with this one.
- Just Shapes & Beats: You have been DESTROYED.
- The developers of MLB: The Show 2017 discovered a glitch with the hair slider that resulted in these monstrosities◊. One looks like he has a tumbleweed for a head, the other looks like his head is made of rotting wood. People with trypophobia, turn away.
- NBA 2K15 has face-scanning technology that is supposed to adjust the facial features of the player's customizable character to match the player's face. It...doesn't work very well.◊
- Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2: "Dr. Stiiiiles... Do you know what else the 'Healing' Touch is good for...? It's also good for... KILLING!"◊ (spoiler, both on image and in URL)
- Magaki says SHINE!!!◊
- Warchief Ull. Half his face is melted thanks to Izila fire arrows. Just look at it◊.
- Persona Q2: Doe before his boss transformation.
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Mr. Wild Ride himself.
- Mob Psycho 100: Thought Shigeo was not scary enough when angry? Reconsider at once◊.
- Sleepless Domain: NOW YOU'RE STARTING TO INCORPORATE MY MEMORIES.◊
- Girl Genius: A face◊ only the Other could love.
- Jeff the Killer: here◊ and here◊
- Smile Dog
- Sonic.exe: "I AM GOD" and this face at the end of Sonic's level in Version 5.
- The Observer from Tribe Twelve is SO happy to see you◊!
- The Spoony Experiment's... thing◊.
- LUIGI, I GOT TERMINAL SEVEN. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, LUIGI.
- On the other hand, a frame from the right middle gif is currently the picture for the Vinesauce Funny Moments page, so make of that what you will.
- WE WILL WAIT FOR YOU NO MORE
- "Just sit back and relax, WHILE I EAT YOUR BRAINS!!!"◊
- Halloween Rinny is coming for you.
- "...and then she makes Kathy Bates in Misery look like a fucking Care Bear.◊"
- Michael Taylor's face at the ending of "The Demon Made Me Do It", from Bedtime Stories. It doesn't help that this is an actual, recent case of Demonic Possession.
- Zombiecore's magnum opus: a photomanipulation that edits his mouth to cover his entire face and places beady yellow eyes atop his head.
- Perhaps it's better if Rei doesn't smile...
- This wonderful character◊ is the Painter's partner in crime. Definitely someone you don't want to see at night...
- Ren's faces get especially exaggerated in Adult Party Cartoon, and this is by far possibly the worst example◊.
- HI GIRLS!!◊
- This is the true, canon, SpengBab.
- And in the same vein: Moar Krabs and "Does this look unsure to you?"
- And in the same vein: Moar Krabs
- When Jasper smiles, a puppy dies.
- Samurai Jack: Ashi... Ashi... Ashi... KILL THE SAMURAI!!!
- From Drawn Together: "VIDEO GAMES ARE THE FUTURE!!!"◊
Other
- The Thatcher Effect. *Shudder*...
- The only remotely scary thing◊ in Lechuza.
