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* '''''PHOTOMORPHING'''''. If you seriously think the baby in ''[[Junior]]'' looks creepy, these things look ''just plain ugly''. Some people in the [[Furry Fandom]] often do this to make themselves look like their anthros...with [[Nightmare Fuel|highly]] [[Nausea Fuel|unexpected]] [[Nightmare Fuel|results]].

** A recent [[Memetic Mutation|meme]] on [[Fur Affinity]] encourages people to find a photograph an an animal and photoshop it into their character. Fortunately, most people participating in this simply [[Amazing Technicolor Wildlife|recolor]] the picture and draw on cartoony looking clothes and accessories.

** It's incredibly bad when people who have apparently never seen ''[[Avatar (~~Film~~)|Avatar]]'' photoshop themselves to look like Na'vi...pure [[Nightmare Fuel]] right there.

** It's incredibly bad when people who have apparently never seen ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'' photoshop themselves to look like Na'vi...pure [[Nightmare Fuel]] right there.

* Referenced in a recent ''[[~~Teen Girl Squad (Web Animation)|~~Teen Girl Squad]]'' cartoon, where [[Otaku|Japanese Culture Greg]] is going to the prom with Chizuko, his robot date.

* Referenced in a recent ''[[Teen Girl Squad]]'' cartoon, where [[Otaku|Japanese Culture Greg]] is going to the prom with Chizuko, his robot date.

{{quote| '''Science Fiction Greg:'''You think I'd be into life-size realistic robots, but that thing makes me want to barf up my earlier energy drink into the one I'm currently drinking.}}

** Followed by Japanese Culture Greg getting UNCANNY VALLEY'D!

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* ''[[Cracked]] TV'' is hosted by Michael Swaim, a self-stated android who does absolutely nothing android-like, and therefore lands on the upward slope ''after'' Uncanny Valley, comfortably close to full-fledged human. His normal self is visible at the beginning of [http://www.cracked.com/video_17362_5-videos-that-tried-to-be-cute-and-failed-hilariously.html episode 15]. Then, after the forty-five second mark, he slowly becomes more and more creepy (the first change was an innocuous pink bowtie). By the end, he's reached complete and utter [[Nightmare Fuel]].

* The Nico Nico Douga "[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm7936045 Home Haruka]" meme is aaaall about this trope. (You'll need a Nico Nico account to see that video. If you don't have one... ''lucky you''.)

** A lot of things made with the [[Vocaloid|MikuMikuDance]] software straddles the line between awesome and awesomely disturbing. What's especially fun is that the software can be used to make a model of just about anything. Case in point: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-b9eD7YDGs this], a such video featuring [[Yu-Gi-Oh|Seto Kaiba]]. And if you're feeling especially brave, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxUUFar63KU here's the same model, dancing to Black Rock Shooter]. The creator even apologizes that ''she couldn't get the model's eyes to stop rolling back into its skull.''

** A lot of things made with the [[Vocaloid|MikuMikuDance]] software straddles the line between awesome and awesomely disturbing. What's especially fun is that the software can be used to make a model of just about anything. Case in point: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-b9eD7YDGs this], a such video featuring [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Seto Kaiba]]. And if you're feeling especially brave, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxUUFar63KU here's the same model, dancing to Black Rock Shooter]. The creator even apologizes that ''she couldn't get the model's eyes to stop rolling back into its skull.''

*** Besides the eyes, the only creepy thing is that he is singing with a ''[[Larynx Dissonance|girl's voice]]''.

* This is what made [[The Slender Man Mythos]] so captivating. The central [[Humanoid Abomination]] is an abnormally tall guy with [[The Blank|no face or hair]] that wears a business suit. He apparently can't talk, and he walks in a very stiff manner, often with his arms out in front of him. He can also teleport anywhere he wants. [[Paranoia Fuel|Like inside your house]]. The [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous|tentacles]] are a bit off-kilter as well.

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* Annoying Orange, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXsdAGEqeEg meet] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Jix4zVAaM Fruity] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xDC4laNejY Fables].

* For a long time in ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'', the only character whose face we saw was Vic, who was an image capture from the first Halo game. Acceptable enough as he never looked particularly real. Then along comes Reconstruction which gives us the Councilor. A much, much more realistic looking character (same effect, only they used an image from a newer game and used more advanced effects when making his mouth move) but there's still something about the way his face stays alarmingly still while his features are moving...

* Talked about in ''[[The Game Overthinker]]'' episode [http://gameoverthinker.blogspot.com/2009/06/episode-twenty-four-reality-sucks-aka.html "Reality Sucks"]. He uses [[Mega Man (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|Mega Man]] as the "[[Robot Buddy|humanoid but not trying to pass]]" left side, and [[The Sarah Connor Chronicles|Cameron]] as the "[[Ridiculously-Human Robots|so lifelike as to trigger empathy]]" right side. Joan Rivers represents the Valley and after all that plastic surgery, the [[Take That]] is perfectly [[Justified Trope|justified]].

* Talked about in ''[[The Game Overthinker]]'' episode [http://gameoverthinker.blogspot.com/2009/06/episode-twenty-four-reality-sucks-aka.html "Reality Sucks"]. He uses [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] as the "[[Robot Buddy|humanoid but not trying to pass]]" left side, and [[The Sarah Connor Chronicles|Cameron]] as the "[[Ridiculously-Human Robots|so lifelike as to trigger empathy]]" right side. Joan Rivers represents the Valley and after all that plastic surgery, the [[Take That]] is perfectly [[Justified Trope|justified]].

* Intentionally used by [[YouTube]] user [http://www.youtube.com/user/stoolsoftenercapsule stoolsoftenercapsule], who used to be known as "MrChriddof" before inexplicably closing that account in late March 2010.

* Zappos.com ads you may see around the internet. Including this very site.

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** The original [http://lunatique-sf.deviantart.com/art/Melancholic-Princess-88531011 Melancholic Princess] by Lunatique-SF. "For some odd reason, people on the internet started circulating my painting as some kind of urban myth involving some death curse..."

* Most of the attempts at making human-shaped cakes featured on [[Cake Wrecks]]. The infamous meatloaf baby is particularly horrifying.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp8dQhyJRBs This] [[The Legend of Zelda ~~(Franchise)~~|Zelda]] [[Fan Film]] contains the perfect storm of both [[Uncanny Valley]] ''and'' [[Off-Model]], with Link looking like he had a bad head injury and Ganondorf looking shiny. The animation itself, while decently choreographed, is jerky and unnatural, and the awful lighting makes things even worse. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRmbZf8fFXs Its] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL0olB1iZfU sequels] show little improvement, and the teaser for the next one features [[Skyward Sword|Fi]] (who already lacked proper eyes) with a misshapen head and her "Hair Hat" looking too realistic, and shots of horseback-riding that [[Narm|resembles someone riding a mechanical bull.]]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp8dQhyJRBs This] [[The Legend of Zelda|Zelda]] [[Fan Film]] contains the perfect storm of both [[Uncanny Valley]] ''and'' [[Off-Model]], with Link looking like he had a bad head injury and Ganondorf looking shiny. The animation itself, while decently choreographed, is jerky and unnatural, and the awful lighting makes things even worse. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRmbZf8fFXs Its] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL0olB1iZfU sequels] show little improvement, and the teaser for the next one features [[Skyward Sword|Fi]] (who already lacked proper eyes) with a misshapen head and her "Hair Hat" looking too realistic, and shots of horseback-riding that [[Narm|resembles someone riding a mechanical bull.]]

* [[~~Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|~~Atop the Fourth Wall]] has a surprising example with {{spoiler|the Entity. It's usually [[Eldritch Abomination|the complete opposite]], until you see it take the form of 90s Kid. Never mind the fact that it's acting and talking ''utterly different'' from [[Totally Radical|what we normally associate with him]], but the fact that his eyes ''are screens of static." Not to mention that the rest of the body keeps jerking to different positions without even moving. It's an example of this not only being invoked, [[Rule of Scary|but trying to creep us out.]] '''[[Nightmare Fuel|AND IT WORKED.]]'''}}

* [[Atop the Fourth Wall]] has a surprising example with {{spoiler|the Entity. It's usually [[Eldritch Abomination|the complete opposite]], until you see it take the form of 90s Kid. Never mind the fact that it's acting and talking ''utterly different'' from [[Totally Radical|what we normally associate with him]], but the fact that his eyes ''are screens of static." Not to mention that the rest of the body keeps jerking to different positions without even moving. It's an example of this not only being invoked, [[Rule of Scary|but trying to creep us out.]] '''[[Nightmare Fuel|AND IT WORKED.]]'''}}

* The [http://eschergirls.tumblr.com/ Escher Girls] blog. "This is a blog for pictures of female characters in [[Tits and Ass Pose|impossible or ridiculous poses]] or [[The Grotesque|with disturbing anatomy]] because the artists [[Fan Service|need to show teh sexy]]."

{{quote| Okay. Audience participation! Let’s do a little experiment. 1) Lie down on your side. 2) Bend your torso up 90 degrees. 3) [[Reality Ensues|Call the paramedics]].}}