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Line 1: {{work}}{{Darth Wiki}} [[File:~~Nightmare_Valley~~Nightmare Valley.jpg\|frame\|You're not perfect...<ref> Aaaaand cue childhood trauma!</ref>]] Line 10: ** In the beginning of "King Ramses' Curse", a [[The Swarm\|giant black swarm]] chases the thieves who stole the slab. They bury it just in time for the cloud of doom to reach them. The camera pans to the side as they scream, and when it pans back, there's nothing left of the thieves or their car. * The episode [http://courage.wikia.com/wiki/Perfect "Perfect"] had the [[Fan Nickname\|Perfect Trumpet Thingy]], pictured above. This is most definitely the scariest thing to ever appear on the show. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7wbfdQ_fa4 It's even better when you see it in motion.] There are two reasons behind its "being creepier in motion": the vaguely off-key (or distorted, take your pick) background music, and the way the creature's eyes seem to imply that [[Hypocritical Humor\|it is somewhat of an incomplete experiment]], waiting for someone to put it out of its misery.<ref> To give an example for the sake of comparison, the [[Harry Potter\|"Wiz Kids"]] segment of ''[[Treehouse of Horror]] XII'' had a scene involving Bart Simpson trying to turn a frog into a prince, only for the poor thing to become an incomplete mutant being constantly vomiting and begging Bart to kill it.</ref> [[The Wiki Rule\|The CTCD wiki]]'s official name for the "character" in question is ''Eustace's Trumpet'',<ref> (because of the saxon genetive in the URL, linking to the article is impossible, but you can look for it [http://courage.wikia.com/wiki/Perfect in the already mentioned article for the episode)]</ref>, that is, a nightmarish hallucination about the titular trumpet broken at the beginning of the episode. Notably, the trumpet's [[Nightmare Fuel]] potential is acknowledged in the article itself. On a related note, another creepy factor about the entire episode is the recurring theme of imperfection, [[Adult Fear\|as it is]] - especially counting the "it's your fault"-ish way the line is delivered by the trumpet - [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop\|likely to induce slight cases of inferiority complex among the more literal-minded viewers.]] ** Not to forget [[Sadist Teacher\|The Perfectionist]], not only does she torment Courage and give him nightmares like the aforementioned dream, but when Courage finally accepts him for who he his ''she melts''. * There's also a nightmare factory of an episode that is "Courage in the Big Stinkin' City". The whole episode is creepy, but it really cranks it [[Up to Eleven]] when Courage enters the house to retrieve a package. He opens a few doors that have cartoonish things in them (like an oncoming shark, or King Ghidorah), but when he opens the third door, he sees [http://courage.wikia.com/wiki/The_Violin_Girl a puppet girl playing the violin.] She soon turns around revealing a freaky demon face and ''screams''! And the camera is zoomed ''really close''. The [[Fridge Horror]] that is the monster behind the door from the same episode. Complete with skeletons around the room and a "help me" message written on the window. {{quote\| '''Schwick''': You wanna know what made these bones? You don't wanna know what made these bones.}} Also, the whole entire reason Schwick sent Courage to get the package with a squeegee inside was only because he needed to remove the "help me" message. Possibly to lure more victims without suspicion. * "The House Of Discontent" is about as intentionally scary as the above examples. The premise involves an [[Uncanny Valley]] spirit harvest moon with a [http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4660441418_443e5147d4_m.jpg creepy white human face and dark soulless eyes] trying to entrap and ''melt'' the Bagge family because Eustace failed to grow a plant to ensure his farmer status. Again, like Ramses, [http://courage.wikia.com/wiki/The_Spirit_Of_The_Harvest_Moon the Spirit Harvest Moon]'s [[Leitmotif]] is quite creepy. Line 28: {{reflist}} ~~[[Category:Main/Western Animation/TV/Nightmare Fuel]]~~ [[Category:Courage ~~The~~the Cowardly Dog]] [[Category:Nightmare Fuel]]