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* Many of the things Cartman has done are without a doubt Nightmare Fuel.

* Kyle's nightmare in "Cartoon Wars" in which the town is attacked by terrorists, and Ike goes missing. Kyle finds him just as a nuclear warhead goes off, complete with a very graphic depiction of {{spoiler|'''IKE'S BODY MELTING WHILE SCREAMING.'''}}

* The scene in "You Got F'd in the A" where a traumatized Butters is looking through the box containing his old tap-shoes. The music starts off sad and sentimental as he looks through the articles about his winning performances, then turns darker and creepier, as do the articles. Later, we get a flashback to the trauma: during his last performance, his tap shoe flew off and knocked down one of the stage lights, setting off a small-scale massacre as people were cut in half by wires, crushed by falling objects and trampling one another. Oh, and Butters gets splattered with their blood as he watches in horror. Only ''South Park'' could turn a tap-dance competition into ''that''. And when Stan and some other kids finally convince Butters to tap dance again as part of a dance squad competing against a rival squad, he ends his performance by having his shoe fly off again, disconnecting some stage lighting and ''killing the opposing squad''. Which makes the South Park squad the winners by default. Which results in Butters yelling out in horror as his inadvertent killing of six people is '''celebrated.'''

** This exchange from ''Helen Keller: [[The Musical]]'' helps soften the blow a little bit:

{{quote| Cartman: Oh, man!<br />

* The scene with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg raping Indiana Jones. That scene is nothing short of disturbing.

* The Woodland Christmas Critters?

** Given what the villainous cohorts already [[Eye Scream|did with]] {{spoiler|[[Strawberry Shortcake]]}}, their own [[Up to Eleven|suggestions]] are pretty goddamn frightening.

* Wendy sending Miss Ellen into the ''fucking Sun''! Also Wendy getting Miss Ellen kidnapped by Iraqis and sent into the sun was solely [[Disproportionate Retribution|because]] [[Murder the Hypotenuse|Stan developed a crush on her]]?

'''Kyle''': Wendy, you didn't...!<br />

'''Wendy''': I warned her... [[Punctuated for Emphasis|Don't. Fuck. With Wendy... TESTABERGER!]] }}

* Passion of the Jew. Kyle has an EXTREMELY DETAILED dream where Jesus is crucified, and Kyle, in the end, is the one poking Christ with the spear. *shudder*

* Kenny McCormick's deaths. Sure, it is played as a [[They Killed Kenny Again|run]][[You Bastard|ning]] [[Death Is Cheap|gag]], but there are quite a few of them not for the faint of heart.

** Also, when Cartman once badmouthed her behind her back, he reacted with ''absolute fear'' when Shelley addressed him. Oh, and did I forget to mention she's based on Trey Parker's sister, ''personality and all!''

* "The Return of Chef": {{spoiler|He was burned, battered, impaled, shot, his face (including one eyeball) was pulled off, and his limbs were torn apart by a grizzly bear and a mountain lion, and he finally defecated as he died.}}

* In "Asspen" the B-plot features the parents being held hostage by realtors trying to sell them timeshares. The Nightmare Fuel comes when they try to leave the room... only to step through the door into the exact same room multiple times.

** The ending of the same episode is also a little... troubling, to say the least. To wit, {{spoiler|the scene where the nerdy girl lifts up her shirt to reveal two grotesque creatures in place of her breasts.}}

* Kenny's death scene in the movie, ''Bigger, Longer, and Uncut''. It even gets a [[Hope Spot]], which comes to a gory end (in exactly three seconds).

* All the "shit" imagery in "You're Getting Old". Also counts as ''serious'' [[Nausea Fuel]].

* The show's unsettling fixation on suicide. It ''really'' makes you wonder about the mental health of [[Trey Parker and Matt Stone|the creators]].

** In the episode "Marjorine", the reaction of Butters' parents when they think he's committed suicide, especially his mother's shriek when she sees his "body" hit the ground. It is one of the few times that I've found the show to fully cross over into [[Dude, Not Funny]] territory.

* The end scene of 1% with Polly Prissy Pants. Cartman is more fucked up than anyone thought.

** The charred body of Peter Panda.

* In "The Poor Kid" the police remark on how it's supposed to feel safe. However when they show the soft room surrounded by pictures of creepy looking clowns...

** Then there's {{spoiler|[[They Killed Kenny Again|Kenny's rather epic death]]}} at the end of the episode. Even with all the [[Foreshadowing|foretelling implications]], it still makes for some major [[Mood Whiplash]].