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Nightmare Fuel / Rugrats: Search for Reptar

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  • "Let There Be Light" in which there's a power outage, and you need to control Tommy to find the light (i.e., the fridge). Little Tommy is only armed with a flashlight and there's freaking ghosts around the entire house. Strangely, he isn't afraid of the ghosts.
  • In the mini-golf level, there is a hidden entrance in the pyramid on the eighth hole. Inside the pyramid there is a maze of seemingly empty corridors filled with nothing but Reptar bars. You go around exploring and gathering the bars ...until you hear a strange mechanical noise and follow it to find a mummified version of Mr. Friend which immediately starts coming towards you, by which time, you're running out of there (luckily he is harmless in this encounter, but you won't know that when you first see him and could likely experience quite a Jump Scare from the sudden encounter). The pyramid is dimly lit, just like one in a horror game would be, and you encounter him in a tiny room after turning a very narrow corner, putting him right in your face. This should not have been in a kids game.
    • With the Mr. Fiend/Friend, once you realize that he is harmless, if you can handle the creepiness and move slowly enough, he will follow you out of the pyramid. Then he reaches sunlight and breaks apart, which actually makes you feel sorry for him since he is harmless here. Jump Scare and Body Horror aside, it can take up to 3 minutes to get him outside (if you don't get lost), which is a long time in that place...
    • Then there's the actual Mr. Friend level, where you have to fight an army of Mr. Friend dolls. The clincher is the first Mr. Friend coming to life: Tommy is on the ground looking up at the machine, but can't make anything out ...until Mr. Friend springs to his feet. If it doesn't freak you the hell out, you're dead inside.
      Mr. Friend: Oh boy, a brand new friend to meet! Let's wash our hands before we eat! You can call me Mr. Friend! You'll never, ever be bored again!
  • The Toy Palace level is full-on creepy in its dark, closed store feel and with monsters chasing after you, though the original episode was as well. The worst part of the first section is that you can encounter more Mr. Friend dolls at one point that will attack you, and there's no warning either. Oh, and you have to deal with them to get the Reptar bars they're guarding.
    • The last part of the level has you playing as Tommy collecting boxes to get high enough to press the button to activate Reptar so that he can fight Thorg. Trouble is, Thorg is waiting for you every time you go to get a box and you'll always hear his loud, metallic footsteps getting closer before you see him.
  • The "Visitors from Outer Space" level in which you play as Angelica and you have to fly, slowly, in an anti-gravity space area is very creepy.
  • The level based on "Grandpa's Teeth" was rather scary, set in a large maze with bizarre-looking geese popping out every now and then.
  • The level based on the "7 Voyages of Cynthia". You play as Spike, trying to guide him through an Absurdly Spacious Sewer as creepy music plays. Among the obstacles you encounter are steam blowing from pipes and water that's possibly radioactive, as indicated by cans marked with bio-hazard signs. If Spike runs into a wall or hits an obstacle, he will jump back and bark in shock.
  • Just getting a game over was terrifying if you were young enough. If you're playing as a baby they would fall into a sitting position and with a completely pitch black background and start crying. They would always say something, but listening to Tommy was scary and depressing, because he always said something like, "I'm sorry, Reptar..."

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