"Ew."
If you're in disbelief about how Chikn Nuggit, this cutesy-looking web animating series, could have its dark and disturbing moments, you clearly haven't learned from Happy Tree Friends.
- Iscream is NF Personified. There is no telling when they'll go from utterly cute to overly terrifying. Jump Scare may vary.
- In one Halloween short,
Chikn, Chee and Sody Pop are sitting in a circle telling ghost stories when Chee mentions the legend of the Black-eyed Children. Her and Chikn slowly turn to Sody Pop...who now has completely pitch-black eyes.Sody Pop: It worked though, didn't it?Chikn and Chee: (both scream in terror) - In "Eye love you", Chikn tells Cheezborger that your pupils dilate when you look at something you love. Chee stares at Chikn so long her eyes turn completely black with two hands reaching out of them to grab Chikn, only for him to scream and run away immediately.
- In "Iiiiiit’s tiiiime", The Thanksgiving background, with Chikn, who is holding a turkey leg in his mouth and has a pumpkin pie on his head, suddenly changes to a Christmas themed background accompanied by a Scare Chord, and Chikn now has a Santa hat on his head and a candy cane in his mouth. He pulls the candy cane out of his mouth, which reveals to have been pointed like a knife. He then sings the "Fa la la la la" part of "Deck the Halls" slowly and eerily. When he sings the last "La", the camera zooms in on his face which now has red snowflakes on his eyes.Chikn Nuggit: Fa la la la la, la la...la...la...
- In "The unpredictability of naps" , Chikin decides to take a nap. Ten minutes pass, and he feels refreshed.Chikn Nuggit: I feel amaaazing! Oh, it's only been 10 minutes? Ah... I'll sleep a lil bit longer... Mmm, maybe about 3 hours.
- 3 hours pass and he feels completely drained, dried up, and has a super raspy voice. To say he's the polar opposite of cute here is an understatement.Chikn Nuggit: WWWHY IS IT LIKE THIS?!
- 3 hours pass and he feels completely drained, dried up, and has a super raspy voice. To say he's the polar opposite of cute here is an understatement.
- In "...alright then" (as part of the Christmas Special 2021) Chikn sees the viewer as their little Gingerbread Man, before shoving them in his mouth to swallow them whole. A black screen then shows "YOU DIED" in red text.
- On one occasion, Fwench Fwy and Iscream wonder why they kiss with their eyes closed. They quickly discover why.
- One time, Sody made the mistake of asking to hear Chikn's bark. He reluctantly obliged, and his bark turned out to be so powerful that it ripped all the skin and muscles off Sody's head, leaving only his skull. Pausing at the right time reveals a surprisingly disturbing freeze frame.
- This short isn't overtly nightmarish, but it does feature Chikn having a very unsettling existential crisis. It's frightening seeing this normally happy-go-lucky pup on the brink of a mental breakdown— never mind that, given his true nature, such a breakdown would likely be tantamount to catastrophe.Chikn: That thing the clock guy said about empty voids is kinda starting to freak me out... Wait! Do I even... have a house? Sometimes it feels like I'm just... a puppet on a stage... available for whatever shenanigans happen next. What's happening...?
- The short released immediately after that is a television broadcast hosted by Bezel, who casually explains that with Chikn's godlike powers, the puppy's destiny is to warp the earth beyond recognition to his own "selfish desire", according to "a prophecy etched into the fabric of the universe itself". After his closing statement, it's likely safe to assume that from here on out, all bets are OFF.
- This short sees Iscream etching both their and Fwench Fwy's initials on a tree surrounded by a heart. After some brief fawning from their partner, Iscream turns around with a Nightmare Face, and their writing on the tree begins to bleed with text appearing on the screen that says "THE CONTRACT IS SEALED."
- This short walks the line between heartwarming and terrifying in essence. Chikn's soliloquy to himself about how his bad internal feelings are quelled when he's with his friends. Although, the way it's phrased makes it seem like that's the only time his burning inside feels less bad. What would happen if that one string holding Chikn's psyche up were to snap?
- Iscream's origin story gives us none other than The Overlord! Not only are they a Red and Black and Evil All Over Eldritch Abomination, but are also revealed to have sent Iscream to Earth in order to "bring the darkness" out of Chikn and have him eventually destroy the world, allowing demons to take over!
