Dragon Ball/Nightmare Fuel: Difference between revisions

** The next transformation, while not as graphic, is even more [[Body Horror]] after Frieza extends his shoulder guards and grows spikes on his back, his face stretches out and then contorts his face into making his nose into a malformed beak while his head elongates. He then plays [[Dragon Ball Abridged|paintball with Piccolo who had been a match for him earlier...just remove the "t"]], his last transformation is unimpressive as he cracks his skin and emerges in his 4th and true form, [[Uncanny Valley|the placid expression and ghostly design makes up for it though]] and [[Would Hit A Child|is]] [[Hero-Killer|easily]] [[Lack of Empathy|the worst]] [[Oh Crap|one]] of them all as Goku find out {{spoiler|At least until he turns Super Saiyan}}

** Arguably the worst part about Frieza is how he's not just going to ''kill'' you; he wants you to die ''terrified''. Probably the best example is in ''[[Dragon Ball Kai]]'' after he {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Medic First|kills Dende]]}} and then [[Flash Step|Flash Steps]] right behind the heroes, and says this priceless bit of dialogue, all while [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhCn_q04qBk this music is playing in the background.]

** Another example is when he impales {{spoiler|Krillin}} on his horn, and bucks him up and down as blood spatters around.

** To add to it, as has been mentioned he was not created to be evil like Cell and Buu. He commits xenocide regularly because it is simply ''cheaper than buying the planet'' before he sells it off to someone else. It's all a ''real estate scam!''

** And of course, the line in the Z dub after he {{spoiler|kills Krillin}}, Freeza tells a joke which should be [[So Bad It's Good|so bad]] [[So Unfunny It's Funny|it's funny]] but it goes right past that and makes Freeza seem as evil as possible.

*** Get to the uncensored version, and you see Krillin's chest expand right before he explodes. [[Body Horror|OH MY GOD...]]

** And of course there's the sheer ''power'' Frieza wields. The Saiyans and the Ginyu Force were all intimidatingly strong, but Frieza is '''this''' close to being a horribly evil [[Physical God]]. When Goku shows up to fight [[The Brute|Nappa]] or the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Ginyu Force]], we know everything will be okay, but after he shows up to fight Frieza, and seems to be winning for a while, Frieza states that if he uses half of his full power, he can finish Goku. Okay, this is all trash talk we've heard before, but then Goku realizes, with a look of genuine fear, that ''Frieza isn't bluffing.'' The alien tyrant then gives him a savage [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]], stopping only to say:

** Goku tries to turn things around with the Kaioken x 10, greater than anything we've seen before...and it ''doesn't even slow Frieza down.'' That's the moment where the viewer realizes just how bad things are for the heroes.

** There's also the fact that Frieza's forms were specifically designed to look like monsters from the author's own childhood nightmares.

** Frieza's 4th form is pretty freaky when he first transforms into it, mostly because of how his chalk-white skin combined with it being his most humanoid form makes him look ghostly. Of course, it doesn't hurt that his first order of business is to {{spoiler|[[Complete Monster|blast Dende]]}}.

** The scene when Frieza appears shortly after the Dragon Balls become useless was already scary when you see his angry expression. However [[Dragon Ball Abridged]] made this scene [[Up to Eleven|even scarier]] when the camra zooms in on him [[Slasher Smile|smiling menacingly]]. The dialogue (which is quite possibly the best line in the Abridged series) tops it all off.

'''Frieza''': "[[Faux Affably Evil|Oh, don't mind me.]] By all means... '''''Give me some ideas...'''''" }}

*** The original lines were very chilling on their own:

** Frieza {{spoiler|floating in space with a chunk of his face, an arm, and his lower half missing}} is pretty disturbing. Surprisingly, the Nicktoons broadcast of Dragonball Kai only edits this for blood, and [http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/tanookikuribo/Tanooki%202/vlcsnap-2011-06-22-21h57m20s85.png nothing] [http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/tanookikuribo/Tanooki%202/vlcsnap-2011-06-22-21h56m46s3.png else].

** His actions, by themselves, are very disturbing. His attitude, however? When he's not angry at you, [[Faux Affably Evil|He's rather polite.]]

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS6-OyDkQoE Cell's battle aura in his Imperfect Form is made of the souls of the people he absorbed.] ''And they're crying out in pain.''

** If you think the way he absorbs normal people is bad, wait till you see how he absorbs Androids 17 and 18. His stinger opens up into a funnel and he sucks them in whole like a snake. Watch as the bulge in his tail that was once Android 17 gets smaller and smaller as he advances towards Cell's torso until completely disappearing... You have the pleasure of watching from Android 17's PoV as Cell's tail slowly opens and descends. You actually ''see the throat of his tail''. On top of that, what Cell ''says'' as he does this:

** Cell's absorption of Android 18 is even worse. 17's reaction to the final attack was a look of shock and then a bit of swearing, and Cell swallowed him pretty quickly. With 18, there's something [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|perversely sexual]] about it. It takes a ''long'' time to swallow her, and it's not a smooth process either; there's lots of creepy sucking motions, accompanied by 18's frightened cries, not to mention that when the tail first sweeps down over her, [[Hell Is That Noise|she]] '''''[[Hell Is That Noise|screams]]'''''.

*** Something similar happens when Cell confronts 16, 17, and 18. Cell looks at 18 in a way that seems almost covetous and says one of the creepiest lines ever:

** Another thing that's really disturbing is how after Cell absorbs Android 17, he imitates his voice in order to try to convince Android 18 to be willingly absorbed. The worst thing is that for a split second she seriously looks like she's considering doing that, until Cell makes the mistake of using 17's voice to call Dr. Gero 'great'. (Or refer to him as Dr. Gero-sama, depending on which version of the show you watch.)

** Cell's [[Non Standard Character Design|overall design]] is creepy, especially compared to [[Uncanny Valley|Frieza]] and [[Omnicidal Maniac|Buu]] because of how different it is to the rest of the cast. He/It was a lizard/insect hybrid with [[Hellish Pupils]] and was generally menacing. And when he absorbed 17, [[Nightmare Retardant]] aside, it's surreal seeing a monster like that getting an expressive, humanlike face. Thankfully, the effect dissappears when he reaches perfection.