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* In one episode of ''[[House (TV)|House]]'', a severely autistic boy constantly draws squiggly lines on his whiteboard. The reason? He sees them constantly ''[[Eye Scream|because he has parasitic worms in his eyeballs]]''.
* In one episode of ''[[House (TV)|House]]'', a severely autistic boy constantly draws squiggly lines on his whiteboard. The reason? He sees them constantly ''[[Eye Scream|because he has parasitic worms in his eyeballs]]''.
* Young Locke liked to draw the Smokey monster in the 'Cabin Fever' flashback in ''[[Lost]]''. Strange in that this was ''years'' before he first encountered it on the island.
* Young Locke liked to draw the Smokey monster in the 'Cabin Fever' flashback in ''[[Lost]]''. Strange in that this was ''years'' before he first encountered it on the island.
* [[Inverted Trope|Inversion]]: The Empty Child from ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' drew hundreds of pictures of houses and families, in keeping with the "Are you my mummy" theme.
* [[Inverted Trope|Inversion]]: The Empty Child from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' drew hundreds of pictures of houses and families, in keeping with the "Are you my mummy" theme.
** And a variant in "Fear Her", where today's [[Monster of the Week]] is a possessed young girl. She has drawings of her abusive dad, and of every missing kid in town on her walls... {{spoiler|and it's because she drew them that they're missing to begin with.}}
** And a variant in "Fear Her", where today's [[Monster of the Week]] is a possessed young girl. She has drawings of her abusive dad, and of every missing kid in town on her walls... {{spoiler|and it's because she drew them that they're missing to begin with.}}
** The "Fear Her" example got worse when the picture of the abusive dad {{spoiler|actually came to life. The first time it came to life was after a tense period while Rose tried to find out what was in a wardrobe. When she opened it, the picture glowed red and growled, much the same way a screamer would do in something like the Ghost Car video. The second time, it actually escaped from the wardrobe that it had been drawn on and walked towards them, intent on abusing them from beyond the grave.}}
** The "Fear Her" example got worse when the picture of the abusive dad {{spoiler|actually came to life. The first time it came to life was after a tense period while Rose tried to find out what was in a wardrobe. When she opened it, the picture glowed red and growled, much the same way a screamer would do in something like the Ghost Car video. The second time, it actually escaped from the wardrobe that it had been drawn on and walked towards them, intent on abusing them from beyond the grave.}}
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* In an episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', a little boy at a hospital compulsively draws a monster that adults can't see. After Buffy kicks its ass, we see a picture he drew of the monster with X-ed out eyes and Buffy standing over it [[Buffy-Speak|all triumphant-like]].
* In an episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', a little boy at a hospital compulsively draws a monster that adults can't see. After Buffy kicks its ass, we see a picture he drew of the monster with X-ed out eyes and Buffy standing over it [[Buffy-Speak|all triumphant-like]].
* In an episode of ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'', Dean connects with a little boy who's been traumatized into mutism by witnessing his father's drowning. Said boy presents Dean with a picture of swirly dark water, representing the lake, and a red bicycle...
* In an episode of ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'', Dean connects with a little boy who's been traumatized into mutism by witnessing his father's drowning. Said boy presents Dean with a picture of swirly dark water, representing the lake, and a red bicycle...
* In an episode of ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'', Hera Agathon horrifies her mother, Sharon, by drawing pictures of the Eye of Jupiter, yellow-haired women, and the number 6. Sharon, meanwhile, had been having dreams of Cylon Number Six taking Hera away from her, and walking into the Opera House on Kobol. It's creepier when you watch the show.
* In an episode of ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'', Hera Agathon horrifies her mother, Sharon, by drawing pictures of the Eye of Jupiter, yellow-haired women, and the number 6. Sharon, meanwhile, had been having dreams of Cylon Number Six taking Hera away from her, and walking into the Opera House on Kobol. It's creepier when you watch the show.
** And she does it ''again'' later in the second half of the season. Her seemingly harmless drawings of "stars" turn out to be {{spoiler|musical notation Kara uses to remember a song from her childhood - "All Along the Watchtower".}} Helo and Athena really need to get their daughter a new hobby, or at least take away Chekhov's Crayons.
** And she does it ''again'' later in the second half of the season. Her seemingly harmless drawings of "stars" turn out to be {{spoiler|musical notation Kara uses to remember a song from her childhood - "All Along the Watchtower".}} Helo and Athena really need to get their daughter a new hobby, or at least take away Chekhov's Crayons.
* In ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'', Molly Walker suffers from nightmares and continually draws the same symbol in her more nightmarish drawings. Then she was [[Put On a Bus]] and we [[Noodle Incident|never found out]] [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|what it meant]].
* In ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'', Molly Walker suffers from nightmares and continually draws the same symbol in her more nightmarish drawings. Then she was [[Put On a Bus]] and we [[Noodle Incident|never found out]] [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|what it meant]].
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== [[New Media]] ==
== [[New Media]] ==
* Parodied, like many things, by ''[[The Onion]]'', which [http://www.theonion.com/articles/us-children-still-traumatized-one-year-after-seein,1285/ played this trope] on Janet Jackson's infamous [[Nipple and Dimed|"wardrobe incident"]].
* Parodied, like many things, by ''[[The Onion]]'', which [http://www.theonion.com/articles/us-children-still-traumatized-one-year-after-seein,1285/ played this trope] on Janet Jackson's infamous [[Nipple-and-Dimed|"wardrobe incident"]].
* Not really an example of this [[Trope]], but [http://somethingawful.com/d/comedy-goldmine/trippin-on-fema.php this SomethingAwful Photoshop contest] based on a literal Nightmare Fuel coloring book was too good to pass up.
* Not really an example of this [[Trope]], but [http://somethingawful.com/d/comedy-goldmine/trippin-on-fema.php this SomethingAwful Photoshop contest] based on a literal Nightmare Fuel coloring book was too good to pass up.
* [http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/dspl_thread.php5?thread_id=397908&x=james+book+for+tom This] /x/ thread. (NSFW<ref> female genital images.</ref>)
* [http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/dspl_thread.php5?thread_id=397908&x=james+book+for+tom This] /x/ thread. (NSFW<ref> female genital images.</ref>)
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[[Category:Horror Tropes]]
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[[Category:Nightmare Fuel Coloring Book]]
[[Category:Nightmare Fuel Coloring Book]]
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