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▲[[Accidental Nightmare Fuel]] refers to things in media that scare people even though they were never meant to. Something that was meant to amuse or entertain to the audience would otherwise result in frightening people to the point of having nightmares. It's particularly common in media aimed at children and general audiences, as kids (usually) get scared more easily than adults, but can be seen pretty much anywhere by anyone, due to the extremely subjective nature of horror.
In short: It wasn't intended to be scary, but it turns out to be anyway.
'''The usual suspects of
* Puppet, animatronic, claymation, or CG characters who were meant to be cute, but who instead look like they crawled out from the [[Nightmare Valley|darkest depths]] of the [[Uncanny Valley]].
* [[Deranged Animation|Surreal animation]], which can bring about a variety of unintentional horrors.
* [[Family
* Sudden [[Art Shift|change in medium]] between live-action, traditional animation, CGI, or [[Claymation]] especially if it comes without warning and changes back just as quickly.
* [[Let's Meet the Meat]], aka, disturbingly displayed talking food.
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* [[Uncanny Valley|Unnerving]] children's toys.
There is an excellent discussion about this phenomenon and its possible psychological origins in [https://web.archive.org/web/20080929234240/http://www.avclub.com/content/node/79299 this blog post] at ''[[The Onion]] A V Club''. And check out the website [http://www.kindertrauma.com/ Kinder Trauma] — if you dare.
Contrast with [[Nightmare Retardant]] and [[Narm]]. If the offending material can make you sick, you've got [[Nausea Fuel]]. For deliberately scary (but not ''very'' scary) kids media, see [[Defanged Horrors]]. If a villain that causes this is in a show far more light-hearted than one would expect that sort of character to appear in, then it's [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show]]. Contrast [[Faux Horrific]] (it's not scary, but played up as if it is). If it becomes scary only in hindsight, it's [[Fridge Horror]].
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