"Woah! Now this is good old-fashioned nightmare fuel."
— Crow T. Robot, Mystery Science Theater 3000
"Can't sleep... clown will eat me..."
— Bart, The Simpsons
"You'll never sleep again!"
"They float... they ALL float... and when you're down here with me... you'll float, too..."
"You are gonna haunt my dreams!"
— Jacqui Briggs (to Alien), Mortal Kombat X
"Did I say this was a love story? No - it's a horror movie."
— Wade Wilson, Deadpool (2016)
"There's no earthly way of knowing... which direction we are going... There's no knowing where we're rowing... or which way the river's flowing... Is it raining? Is it snowing? Is a hurricane a-blowing? ...Not a speck of light is showing, so the danger must be growing... By the fires of hell a-glowing...is the grisly reaper mowing? YES! The danger must be growing, for the rowers... keep on rowing... And they're certainly not showing... ANY SIGN THAT THEY ARE SLOWING! RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHH!"
— Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
If you suffer
heart problems,
don't play this.
Seriously. I won't
be responsible for
your death.
heart problems,
don't play this.
Seriously. I won't
be responsible for
your death.
— Opening message box of Wakana's HDLC 2014 entry
"I believe the word you're looking for is, 'AAAAAAAH!'"
— The Penguin (to Max Shreck), Batman Returns
"At least it's nice to know I won't run into another one of those things... Well, except for the new recurring nightmare I'm going to have from now until the heat-death of the universe. [...] I'm gonna go now, friends. I'm gonna go... Not sleep. No sleep. Never again sleep. From the USS Hephaestus Station, this is the... Newly traumatized Doug Eiffel. Signing off. G'night."
— Doug Eiffel, Wolf 359, "Extreme Danger Bug"
"Let's just say I need to see it destroyed with my own eyes if I am to ever sleep again."
— Myrian Jahzia, Diablo III
"I am not the type to faint
"When things are odd or things are quaint
"But seeing things you know that ain't
"Can certainly give you an awful fright! What a sight!"
"When things are odd or things are quaint
"But seeing things you know that ain't
"Can certainly give you an awful fright! What a sight!"
— Pink Elephants on Parade, Dumbo
"Oh! Looks like somebody's having a bad dream!"
— Dream Lamp, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6
"I saw the results of your experiments at Gritnea Tower. The mutilated bodies... the rotting flesh... It was the most horrifying experience of my life. I wonder if my nightmares will pass when I kill you?"
— Ranulf, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
"You look afraid. Don't be afraid. This is a dream; the last dream you may ever have, for nightmares are coming."
— SCP-990, SCP – Containment Breach
"It's like every nightmare I ever had fused into one, cloned itself, f***ed the clone, and then made THOSE!"
— Vegeta after seeing the Cell Jrs, Dragon Ball Z Abridged
Luke: I won't fail you. I'm not afraid.
Yoda: Ohh... You will be... You will be.
Yoda: Ohh... You will be... You will be.
"OK, that was the freakiest thing I've ever seen."
— Emperor Kuzco after seeing a Giant Spider devour a poor fly, The Emperor's New Groove
Nightmares have increased to 7: THEY ARE COMING THEY ARE COMING THEY ARE COMING
Uh... wah! What even IS that?!
"Oh, that image will HAUNT me!.."
—Kowalski seeing a penguin get eaten by a leopard seal in a nature documentary, The Penguins of Madagascar, "All Choked Up"
"WARNING: READ AT YOUR DISCRETION — HERE IS WHERE THIS ARTICLE TAKES A DETOUR STRAIGHT INTO HELL."
May you attain enfrightenment...
1: NO
2: NO
3: NO
1: NO
2: NO
3: NO
— ZeroRanger, Stage 2-1 right before its boss goes One-Winged Angel
"Remember, it's just a bad dream, fat boy."
— Pvt. Cowboy, Full Metal Jacket
"Oh great. Thanks for the nightmare fuel."
— MacCready, Fallout 4
Rapidly aging and melting away
Buzz-saws for hands and the monsters of clay
When video-tape logos emerge from the void
And the unearthly synthesizers they employed, it was
Good old-fashioned nightmare fuel
Good old-fashioned nightmare fuel
Buzz-saws for hands and the monsters of clay
When video-tape logos emerge from the void
And the unearthly synthesizers they employed, it was
Good old-fashioned nightmare fuel
Good old-fashioned nightmare fuel
— Lemon Demon, Nightmare Fuel
"Haha! Good luck sleepin' tonight!"
— Soos, Gravity Falls
"Trigger Warning: This is really scary."
— Kyle Mann, Babylon Bee
"Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope SO MUCH NOPE."
— JonTron
fun fact: the age rating in this game includes the "fear" warning
no other Kirby game has had this before
what in the name of God is in this game that warrants this but not the bleeding eyeballs and demonic screeches of the damned
no other Kirby game has had this before
what in the name of God is in this game that warrants this but not the bleeding eyeballs and demonic screeches of the damned
— A comment on this
video covering Kirby and the Forgotten Land
video covering Kirby and the Forgotten Land"Oh! Looks like somebody's having a bad dream!"
— Lamp, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
