The Legend of Korra/Nightmare Fuel

General

 * Amon. Let's run down the things that are creepy about him, shall we?
 * Steve Blum is using his creepiest possible voice for him.
 * He can.
 * He managed to have at his mercy as soon as the 4th episode...
 * He is literally Nightmare Fuel for Of all people,  is scared of him!
 * According to him,
 * Amon wears a mask because, in the same incident mentioned above, that same  Holy shit!
 * Amon's dull, dead eyes peeking out from behind the mask. They somehow make him look even creepier.
 * The worst part? He's got followers.
 * And we're not even sure if this guy is just evil, misguided but not evil, or EEEVILLL!
 * The reactions to  and how they treated the benders looked a lot like a public execution.
 * He's so competent. After only three major appearances he's already nearly unanimously considered by fans to be a Magnificent Bastard. Every plan that he's made are so well thought out and executed it's stunning.
 * Someone reversed a certain part of his speech in "The Revelation" and found a hidden message. Sweet dreams!
 * For those of you who don't want Amon's creepy voice to haunt your dreams, here's a description of that story. Someone noticed a strange echoing during the part where Amon says, "I've been forced to hide behind a mask ever since." They played that particular part backwards to find a "hidden message" that sounds WAY too convincing to be a coincidence. Allegedly, Amon says in the backmasked message: "Servants, I am the night." It's clear as day, and only makes Amon creepier.
 * Amon's confrontation with Korra is treated a lot like a scene of attempted rape- especially with Tenzin worriedly asking Korra if he took away her bending. After she replies with "No," she bursts into tears.
 * Amon reaching out to grab Korra after she is captured. We THINK he's going to attempt to take her bending away... but instead, he grabs her chin and lifts up her head so she is facing him. He doesn't do this harshly, or in a creepily suggestive way. The suspense of that scene, and how nonchalant he is as he's holding Korra's head up... it's just so unsettling.
 * His nonchalance in his confrontations with Korra? Try the nonchalance with which he actually performs his . This guy is capable of raping your soul and treating it like it's Tuesday.
 * Amon's followers. The other Equalists wear bizarre, inhuman gas masks with bright green eye lenses. As if that wasn't enough, they're horrendously athletic and paralyze people by manipulating life energy. Basically, just imagine a bunch of lovecraftian cultists jumping after you and destroying your own soul.
 * And like Amon, they're also very competent. They do not obey Mook Chivalry in the slightest and use every advantage at their disposal to overpower and dominate their opponents. Imagine an entire organization of nothing but Elite Mooks and you've got the Equalists.
 * Mako witnessed . Now think about how that would have likely happened. Hint-. Even worse when you consider that every single time he uses his firebending, he could be reminded of what happened...
 * The Lieutenant. Extremely fast, extremely powerful, he has proven to be a terrifyingly powerful combatant. Evil Sounds Deep applies to him as well, much like how it does with Amon. His remorseless electrocution of the Fire Ferrets while they were still in the water was... shocking, to say the least. You could really feel their pain and see it on their faces.
 * The Lieutenant. Extremely fast, extremely powerful, he has proven to be a terrifyingly powerful combatant. Evil Sounds Deep applies to him as well, much like how it does with Amon. His remorseless electrocution of the Fire Ferrets while they were still in the water was... shocking, to say the least. You could really feel their pain and see it on their faces.

"The Revelation"

 * Amon's speech. It brings to mind a certain figure from history who used his charisma to sway whole crowds of people. Also doubles as a moment of awesome.
 * When Amon Lightning Bolt Zolt, his lightning degrades to fire, then to nothing at all. Something about that is so unsettling. And how Amon threw Zolt off balance and cause destruction with the lightning just to remind the people how dangerous the bending arts were prior to that.
 * The look that benders have on their faces when Amon . The situation is bad enough, but it's even worse when the benders have this look of absolute, pure terror on their faces that is just so unsettling. Even worse when , has this terrified look as well. Knowing her character, it takes a lot to make her so visibly scared.
 * Aside from Bolin, Shady Shin, and Lightning Bolt Zolt, there were two other benders there.  Lightning Bolt Zolt may have been a bad guy and Shady Shin was, well, shady, but there is no evidence that those two other benders were anything other than innocent people. For all we know, they could have been trying to find an easy way to gain money to support their families.
 * Bolin helplessly trying to explain his situation as Amon calmly walks over to him on the stage.
 * Bolin being beat down by the Lieutenant. Bolin hardly stood a chance, while the Lieutenant cornered him and shocked him, putting Bolin in a pretty painful spot.
 * While probably a coincidence, reversing Amon's speech gives off some rather eldritch results.

"Voices in the Night"
"Amon: I received your invitation, young Avatar."
 * Made worse by how Korra called for one-on-one combat, held herself to the terms, and believed that Amon would do the same. But.
 * The cinematography is especially effective in this regard; first, Then the last thing we see before everything goes black is  And the light reflecting off the chi-blocker's masks. Their eyes look demonic.
 * When Amon finally walks out of the shadows, made even more effective by his inhumanly creepy Leitmotif.
 * When Amon finally walks out of the shadows, made even more effective by his inhumanly creepy Leitmotif.


 * Amon revealing his intentions for Korra. While it would be so easy to crush her right then and there, he won't do it because he knows that would only make her a martyr. Countless benders from about the Four Nations would be up in arms at her death. He makes it clear to her that their showdown will come, but not today. He is going to break her down, he is going to tear everything around her that she holds dear to her away, take everything from her. He's saving her for last.

"And The Winner Is..."
"Amon: THE REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN!"
 * The Equalists attack the Pro Bending Stadium in a blatant terrorist attack. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a terrorist attack in this show. And what an attack! Every cop is taken out by being electrocuted unconscious, Chief Beifong and Tenzin first, the Avatar and her friends are tied under the stage after also being electrocuted unconscious, the Wolfbats all have their bending taken, Amon blows up the stage (with Korra, Mako, and Bolin barely escaping), and gets away with the building all-but destroyed, and what's left is hanging with Equalist tapestries. They went there, folks.
 * From a directorial standpoint, we have this shot. Picture it: a pro-bending champion is crowned. The crowd goes wild— everyone is either standing and cheering or flailing and cursing the refs. And then the sound drops out, and everything slows down. The camera focuses on an audience member with a decidedly grim expression slowly pulling a mask over their nose and mouth. Then it goes across the arena, where another audience member does the same thing. It does this again. And again. And again. One of the masked men reaches into his popcorn and pulls out a weapon. The audience around them is completely oblivious. As are the heavily armed and armored police officers providing security. Everyone is oblivious until the Equalists begin using those weapons to neutralize the security detail and take out anyone who resists. That's right ladies and gentlemen; you've just witnessed the beginnings of a terrorist attack, on Nickelodeon.


 * The Lieutenant electrocuting the Fire Ferrets in the water! You can see the pain in their faces.
 * As funny as Shiro Shinobi's announcing was right when he is about to be electrocuted, the fact he is a defenseless non-bender and look of fear on his face, pretty much confirms that the Equalists are not against attacking non-benders who support bending. However, in a strange way it proves just how awesome he is as well. Even under attack, unlike other members of the Pro Bending Organization. Shiro not only kept his cool and stayed at his post, even while he was frightened enough to wet his pants he didn't beg or plead with the Equalist attacking him. He just kept doing his job in the face of a Nightmare Fuel situation.
 * Tahno's face right before he's stripped of his bending...the perfectly-drawn details around his terrified eyes!
 * Tahno's appearance afterwards. He's pale, he has dark circles under his exhausted, weary eyes, his normally well-kempt hair is a mess, and he walks with a slumping, utterly hopeless gate. He's exhausted himself trying to find a cure, to no avail, and is talking to the police so they can get information. Even though he was an asshole, one can't help but be worried sick about the poor guy's psychological well-being after the incident.
 * And Amon played everyone like fools. He knew where every guard would be, so he knew how Beifong was going to do security. The security checks weren't off-screen, we see them—they were everywhere, and yet somehow there were bombs on the stage, and Equalists snuck in with their masks and shock-gloves under their clothes or in their popcorn...
 * Aside from the obvious references to modern terrorism, the episode also shows Amon and the Equalists displaying unnerving similarities to a "certain other group" as Amon is now explicitly talking about "purging the impurities" of benders, and then promising to expand his purge to the rest of the world once he had finished in Republic City. His appearance at the stadium also had more than a few parallels with the Beer Hall Putch.

"The Aftermath"

 * Especially considering that
 * That terrifying man at the top of the page?  That's basically the last five minutes of "The Aftermath" for poor.
 * Crossing over with Fridge Horror: the arena announcer, Shiro Shinobi, narrates the "Previously On..." segments for every episode...
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 * That terrifying man at the top of the page?  That's basically the last five minutes of "The Aftermath" for poor.
 * Crossing over with Fridge Horror: the arena announcer, Shiro Shinobi, narrates the "Previously On..." segments for every episode...
 * Luckily,.
 * That terrifying man at the top of the page?  That's basically the last five minutes of "The Aftermath" for poor.
 * Crossing over with Fridge Horror: the arena announcer, Shiro Shinobi, narrates the "Previously On..." segments for every episode...
 * Luckily,.
 * Luckily,.

"When Extremes Meet"

 * , and he's taken Korra away we know not where, but he made it clear she'd never see Republic City again.
 * Worse,  something its inventor didn't think was possible.
 * As in "The Voice in the Night", what makes the scene ... "special" is it's amazing cinematography. The moment is revealed, you definitely get a sense of wrongness short only of the rising of an Eldritch Abomination.
 * Not to mention the disturbing sound effects in that scene. As Tarrlok is  Korra, you can actually hear the   swishing around.
 * Korra has to be given some credit here. She is downright scary after she's got Tarrlok on the ropes. There wasn't any good reason to blow up the floor. She was just that pissed. She also fully intended to roast him. Aang was only ever that scary in the Avatar State, and even that was arguably tame to just how far Korra seemed willing to go.
 * Also, when Korra breathes fire for the first time, she looks feral and enraged, like a freaking dragon on the loose.
 * As the non-benders of Republic City are, there are too many disturbing parallels that can be drawn to history. The Red Scare, for one- as well as the American internment of the Japanese, and Hitler imposing curfew upon the Jews.
 * The implication that all the non-benders live in one area is also somewhat horrific, because it shows that there really is a large amount of discrimination going on in Republic City. Slowly, but surely, we're being shown that, despite their own prejudice and extremist methods, the Equalists may actually have a point.
 * Tarrlok in general. He goes from being a merely egomanial douche to a racist, heartless maniac. He doesn't want Republic City to be equal- he wants to persecute non-benders based on suspicion alone.
 * Worst is how he comes off in the episode. Previously, he was an asshole, but was depicted as a calm, if slightly belligerent, manipulator. By the end of this episode?.
 * In a clip of the following episode, he goes as far as to
 * It's very brief, but in Korra's flashback, Yakone can be seen
 * Korra's reaction to Ikki blowing her crush on Mako to Asami is "I'M COMPLETELY CALM!" levels of both funny and terrifying.
 * Korra's reaction to Ikki blowing her crush on Mako to Asami is "I'M COMPLETELY CALM!" levels of both funny and terrifying.

"Out of the Past"

 * It's even worse when you notice the other body-twisting Yakone is doing, such as bending bones ways they can't go. Yakone is torturing Aang before going for the kill.
 * It's blatantly clear Yakone was going for a neck-snap by the animation.
 * The preview of the finale.
 * When Amon and Tarrlok face off, . Amon shrugs it off and keeps coming. Tarrlok's expressions say it all.
 * Not to mention the scene where down to a steel cell in a dimly lit basement under a cabin in the middle of nowhere looks to have been ripped straight from a typical horror film.
 * When Amon and Tarrlok face off, . Amon shrugs it off and keeps coming. Tarrlok's expressions say it all.
 * Not to mention the scene where down to a steel cell in a dimly lit basement under a cabin in the middle of nowhere looks to have been ripped straight from a typical horror film.
 * When Amon and Tarrlok face off, . Amon shrugs it off and keeps coming. Tarrlok's expressions say it all.
 * Not to mention the scene where down to a steel cell in a dimly lit basement under a cabin in the middle of nowhere looks to have been ripped straight from a typical horror film.
 * When Amon and Tarrlok face off, . Amon shrugs it off and keeps coming. Tarrlok's expressions say it all.
 * Not to mention the scene where down to a steel cell in a dimly lit basement under a cabin in the middle of nowhere looks to have been ripped straight from a typical horror film.