I grew up at just the right time to be raised on the internet after the "wild west" era ended but before it became a corporate nightmare, so most of the "terrifying" media I encountered was stuff that was actually supposed to be scary. (Well, supposed to be: in retrospect, much of it just.. wasn't.)
There is like, one thumbnail I remember seeing on YouTube at like 5 am as a kid that scared me way more than it had any reason to:
Seriously, like what even is this? The more I look at it the more goofy it gets. Sub-par attempt.
_alexpine_ on discord. 2018 was HOW many years ago?!?! If RPGMakerFan12 is so good, why isn't there an RPGMakerFan13? lostmediawiki.com/User:BrightyLighty
It’s basically just a 4 minute compilation of Dora brutally dying while original music plays in the background. I think it’s self-explanatory as to why it spooked me lmao
This ident (that i found from this exact video) scared me for no reason at all when i was little, i don't really know why, it just was creepy:
That is weird how after everything is put on screen it's just weird pong sounds for a few seconds. It's like it's building up for a jumpscare that never comes. It doesn't help the animation looks so off.
This ident (that i found from this exact video) scared me for no reason at all when i was little, i don't really know why, it just was creepy:
That is weird how after everything is put on screen it's just weird pong sounds for a few seconds. It's like it's building up for a jumpscare that never comes. It doesn't help the animation looks so off.
Yeah, because it's an recreation of the ident so it looks kind of weird.
That is weird how after everything is put on screen it's just weird pong sounds for a few seconds. It's like it's building up for a jumpscare that never comes. It doesn't help the animation looks so off.
Yeah, because it's an recreation of the ident so it looks kind of weird.
Yeah, because it's an recreation of the ident so it looks kind of weird.
It is? Is the real one lost?
No, it isn't lost. I putted the recration since that's the one that i saw first when i was a kid, anyways here's the original (there's probably one in higher quality than this one): www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRbNA6-ZM_0
No, it isn't lost. I putted the recration since that's the one that i saw first when i was a kid, anyways here's the original (there's probably one in higher quality than this one): www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRbNA6-ZM_0
Operation, which became a special interest, and as I said in the Cursed Commercials thread, Bluetax Max, which I can't look at to this day without shaking and nobody better not do that to me.
I was also NOT a fan of Boohbah, another fear turned hyperfixation.
When I was a young kid, I was always freaked out by the *booooowww* at the end of the intro to the Merrie Melodies cartoons with the Abstract WB logo into and the OO of Cartoon in the end of the episodes. This and similar variations used with the cartoons of the time:
In my bedroom when I was 4-7 my parents had put border around the middle of the walls of wallpaper depicting the heads of Loony Tunes characters such as tweety bird, Sylvester, Road Runner and there was a few Wile E. Coyote heads and they were slightly bigger than the others and in low light when I could just see it, it used to freak me out a little. Not that Wile E. Coyote in the actual cartoons bothered me much just the head image on the wallpaper.
Oh, I adore this question. Despite being a child with a special interest in cartoons who was glued to the television, I was also afraid of my own shadow. www
Back when Noggin and The N shared a network, the sign on bumper for The N with the large wall of text and the voiceover absolutely petrified me. Perhaps it was because it seemed to happen so suddenly after the friendly Noggin shows, but I would always rush to change the channel.
Similarly, on [adult swim] there was an ad for.. I believe Old Spice? that was airing for a bit in the late 2000s. It was just a red screen with white text saying "residueisevil.com" accompanied by a group of people screaming that URL. Laying in bed trying to fall asleep I remember being so afraid of that ad coming on. I was also unnerved by their bumpers in memory of someone who had passed away that were completely silent, but that feels natural enough..
There's a scene in Total Drama Island where Cody is hobbling around covered in garbage, groaning in distress. I've watched the show many times over since then and of course now it's nothing. The things we find frightening as children can be a bit comical looking back..
Apologies for the long text wall! I just enjoy reminiscing on this sort of thing.
How about you? How will you live a life that faces death?
Post by cheesypizza2000 on Feb 24, 2024 4:00:03 GMT
In no particular order (thankfully I wasn't shown Disney movie deaths when I was very little): - Warning screen at the beginning of the Baby Einstein VHS tapes - Lion and bear from Teletubbies (I only remembered "it's the bear" but I specifically remembered that) - "Hi I'm Paul" - Spiderwick Chronicles scene where a cat is eaten by goblins - ET hospital scene - scene from the last Harry Potter movie with shriveled Voldemort - "Webkinz monster" hoax and similar "Nintendogs death" hoax - Spongebob: Wormy insect, exploding pie, Ripped Pants scene where Spongebob pretends to drown, Squidward torture episodes, extreme gross-out episodes, scene from "Suds" where Spongebob's eyes turn black, scene from "Atlantis Squarepantis" where the bubble is popped - Dora episode where she loses Osito - Dad playing RE4 on the Wii - Dad showing me Beavis & Butthead when I was about 5, maybe even younger than that - Black bear from Balto - Giant tortoise, horse in quicksand, statues with laser eyes from The Neverending Story - Game over screen from The Dog Island - Windows XP shutdown sound and some of the MSN sounds - Beginning of Blue's Clues episode "Steve Gets the Sniffles" in which Steve stops himself from sneezing - Blue's Clues shockwave game "Race Against Time" (despite Blue's Clues being my favorite show. I think just because of this particular game having a time limit) - Tamagotchis dying - Scene from Osmosis Jones in which Frank has a near-death experience - Yo Gabba Gabba episode in which Muno bites Foofa (that was the first episode I saw so it ended up making me scared of the series itself for a while) - Hello Kitty anime episode where a witch character chases her with a knife - Other Mother from Coraline - Lalaloopsy (same reason as above) - Tom & Jerry "Heavenly Puss" (hell scene) - Looney Tunes "Falling Hare" (Gremlin character steals WW2 fighter plane, near-miss involving skyscrapers) - Koopa's Tower collapse scene from 1993 Mario movie (same reason as above) - THX - MAD Avatar parody in which Blue is killed - Cobra from Rikki Tikki Tavi - Insaniquarium fish dying and octopus monster - Game over screens from flash games I don't remember the names of - Short YouTube video (I don't remember title/link) that I thought was gameplay of my favorite game The Dog Island but turned out to be a screamer - Resetti from Animal Crossing (he used to make me cry but when I was about 10 or 11 I thought he was funny)
