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Arlo the Alligator Boy nightmare fuel
Original film | I ♡ Arlo
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  • Compared to most other characters, Ruff and Stucky are deeply unpleasant to look at, and they've got the dispositions to come with it. Throughout the film, they're the human equivalent of super persistent predators, stalking Arlo all across his journey and threatening to keep him as a captive at their gator farm.
  • The Beast. Up until the end, this creature under Ruff and Stucky's command is The Unseen, with only brief glimpses of what appears to be some sort of canid monster reminiscent of a werewolf. And that's not even mentioning its imposing size and Glowing Eyes of Doom.
    • Related to the above, when Ruff and Stucky interrogate one of the farmers that Arlo ran into, the latter breaks free from his restraints...only to feel the Beast breathing down his neck before it drags him into the darkness, presumably to his doom.
    • At the final act, we finally see the Beast. And while it's somewhat amusing to see that it's a roided-out man-corgi that at times acts like a regular dog, it's still a ferocious animal that actually manages to give Bertie, the toughest character thus far, a fight for her life.
  • The deer on the road letting out a scream with bulging eyes before Alia almost runs it over.
  • Ruff and Stucky dragging Arlo away at the Met Gala as he begs his dad for help, who's too paralyzed by his guilt to do anything. Thankfully, he comes through in time to rescue him.
  • Marcellus seeing Gordy in the distance while cleaning up Seaside, who gives him a "shhhh" gesture. It's as brief as it is ominous, and it leaves the fish man looking more than a little disturbed.

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