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Considering the [[Nitroplus|pedi]][[Studio Shaft|grees]] behind ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', some creep factors are to be expected. However, the sheer level of [[Nightmare Fuel]] to be found in the series's life has been rather terrifying. Do NOT be fooled by [[Ume Aoki]]'s [[Tastes Like Diabetes]] [[Art Style Dissonance|character design]], this show is basically "''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' [[X Meets Y|with]] [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]]s; a [[Tear Jerker]] with tears made of pure [[Nightmare Fuel]]. [[Running Gag|Yeah, it's that kind of show.]]

* While most remember the nightmare fuel from episode 3 onwards, the Nightmare Fuel was there as early as episode ''one,'' with the Anthonies. [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Anthony_scary.jpg See how freaky those things are?] Now look at them in action--theaction—the animation for them is [[Uncanny Valley|deliberately jittery]], and their babble translates to ''planning to cut Sayaka and Madoka up and present them to Gertrud.''

{{quote| '''Kyouko''': {{spoiler|If you're so caught up on making him yours, I've got an even better idea. Take the magic you just got and march in there, smash up his hands and his legs until he can never use them again. Make him completely helpless. Then he'll wholly be yours...his heart '''''and''''' his body. If you're too shy to do it, I'd be happy to take your place. Just as a favor to my new colleague. It'd be so easy...}}}}

{{quote| Kyubey: {{spoiler|"So this country calls women who still growing a 'shoujo', right? Well, for you all that are on the way to become witches ('majo'), shouldn't you be called '[[Mahou Shoujo]]'?"}}}}

* Episode 12 was mostly just [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome.]] However, {{spoiler|that universe ending witch Madoka was unbelievably unsettling. Just...that enormous [[Eldritch Abomination]] with two halves of a face? Completely engulfing the earth? Dear ''[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Madoka_the_Ultimate_Witch.jpg Christ.]''}}. [[Big OMG|OH MY LORD]]!!! Yes, that ''thing'' {{spoiler|is Kriemhild Gretchen, the witch form of our adorable protagonist.}}{{spoiler|Every new timeline}} sees her {{spoiler|absorb all the magical energy of the previous universes that Homura has went through,}} meaning that each time, {{spoiler|Kriemhild Gretchen}} is bigger and stronger -- waystronger—way beyond {{spoiler|Walpurgisnacht}} could ever hope to be. And there have been {{spoiler|at least 10 timelines}}, although {{spoiler|only 2 versions of Kriemhild Gretchen were seen prior to this.}} And the wish that created that ... '''thing''' was {{spoiler|infinitely stronger than any other wish, powered by 10+ universes worth of magical potential.}} There's a reason that version of {{spoiler|Kriemhild Gretchen}} is using ''celestial objects'' for ''eyes.''

** Also in the PSP game, there's an event that happens if {{spoiler|Charlotte eats Sayaka's Soul Gem and Madoka and Homura, being inexperienced, can't find Charlotte's barrier.}} We learned in Episode 6 that {{spoiler|Soul Gems are [[Soul Jar|Soul Jars]]s, and the body is useless without it.}} Add that to the fact that {{spoiler|Magical Girls die when they lose contact with their Soul Gems for 2 days,}} and that's pretty creepy on it's own. But, no, they had to make it ''[[Up to Eleven|even creepier]]'' by adding that {{spoiler|when a Magical Girl loses contact with her soul gem, she starts to '''decompose'''.}} {{spoiler|Luckily, Kyouko kills Charlotte before Sayaka dies. Happy ending right? '''Wrong'''. Sayaka's body had started decomposing already, before her Soul Gem came back. So she wakes up, unaware of what she looks like, and just happens to meet Kyousuke. Who '''FREAKS. OUT.'''}} [[Despair Event Horizon|You can guess what happens next.]]

* Sayaka is alone in a train compartment with two men who are badmouthing the girlfriend of one. She gets up and, in a scene that wouldn't be out of place in [[Higurashi]], asks them to [http://www.mangareader.net/mahou-shoujo-madoka-magica/8/20 tell her about the girl, then suddenly wondering why she should even protect guys who act the way they do.] She transforms into a magical girl and...[http://www.mangareader.net/mahou-shoujo-madoka-magica/8/21 nothing.] The two men are gone -- itgone—it is ''heavily'' implied that Sayaka killed them. [[Nothing Is Scarier|And the fact that we don't see anything...]] What's worse, there're multiple [[Word of God|Gods]] in this work, and each have completely opinion on this issue. Producer Shinbo said Sayaka {{spoiler|did ''not'' kill them, at least not in the anime}}. Hanokage says {{spoiler|she did}} in the manga, and writer Urobuchi says {{spoiler|it's deliberately ambiguous}}.

** Also a remainder to those who think of [[Magical Girl|MagicalGirlsMagical Girls]] as cute and pretty, being warriors their magic is aimed at KILLING, not just being flash and entertainment... also the target doesn't necessarily have to be other magical beings..

* [httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC49OdDoC-g70MlhVkOxz0 There's something seriously unsettling about the ED.] The flickering silhouettes of all the girls is really creepy, but the last one, with what seems like a naked Madoka running hysterically into the darkness and [[Nothing Is Scarier|slowly disappearing]] is just...damn.

** Oh, that thing? That's the mask of [[Faust|Mephistopheles]]. The anime is directly comparing making a contract with Kyubey to being a [[Deal Withwith the Devil]].