Logan watched Jaws when he was 4, and the opening of Scream when he was in *Kindergarten?!* As Filthy Frank once said, and I quote: *"Where the f@!k where your parents? Who ARE your parents?!"*
Also fun fact about Cacturne. As scary as what the pokedex entry sounds like, what make it worse is that it is a legitimate hunting strategy. After all it's how ancient humans used to hunt animals back in the day. Any coincidence that Cacturne also belongs in the Human-Like egg group? I think not.
It had been a while since I heard Tailypo as well. I think last I heard it was 7 in the 3rd grade Edit: I was actually in 2nd grade at age 7(and thanks for the first like)
Tailypo genuinely still terrifies me to this day, to this day I jump at any unidentified noise and this brought back terrifying memories. Thanks for the nightmares again, fawful.
Whenever I am watching something creepy or recently saw something creepy I am in a very unsettled state in which every noise creeps me the fuck out and I always cover myself up fully with a blanket (If I am trying to sleep). I know there is no danger, but the brain creates something like an illusion that subconsciously makes me fell threatened from things. Guess this is kinda similar to you and Logan.
Didn't watch scream until I was 12. I did watch Jaws when I was 5 though. Biggest difference is that I watched it by myself *alone* in the dark one night after we rented it from my local video rental place. After that day, it's still my favorite movie of all time.
When I was in elementary school, I obsessed over prehistoric life and would watch Walking With Dinosaurs over and over. This encouraged me to get the sequel series, Walking With Prehistoric Beasts. Eager young me turned on the first episode, which was fairly ok until the scene where a swarm of giant ants eats a baby bird alive while it's still hatching. That's probably the reason why insects still make me jittery
I grew up with the Walking With series too and I watched them in order of Paleozoic-Mesozoic-Cenozoic and I agree with that sentiment. That poor Gastornis chick... Thank the gods that ants shrunk down in the modern cenozoic era of today.
That scene, believe it or not, led me to believe that when Durant made its debut in The Pokémon Anime and they found Iris’ Axew dressed up in leaves as a superhero and took him away, they were going to eat him. And I remember a similar Arthropod trauma from The Walking With Series when The Mesothelae jumped down and killed a Petroclacosaurus as it squealed in agony traumatized my Arachnophobic soul when I saw it as a young kid.
Fun fact: When jaws was first coming out in theaters, my grandmother thought it was a documentary (somehow) and took my dad and my aunt to see it (they were about 7). Kinda messed them up a little.
I can sympathize with your number 1 choice, Logan. I’m super sensitive to unknown noises, and whenever I’m in view of open dark windows or doorways, I tense up, unsure of whether to stay still or pick up my pace. I’m always afraid that I’m going to see something. Just to be clear, I’ve never heard of the Tailypo before, but now it’s in my list of darkness mental projections. Thanks for that, man, and thank you for this amazing Halloween list!
You tell me Courage the Cowardly Dog is a kids' show, and I'd tell you your lying to me. I never watched it much as a kid. Based on the clips Logan showed, I'm glad I missed out.
The fact that I actually felt on-edge during the Number 1, a feeling of dread covering me I haven’t felt since reading The Mist, just like surprises me to a whole other level
How to terrify Child Logan: if he ever brings up how he beat Pokemon Sapphire, ask him, _"Oh! Did you get the _*_Cacturne Ending?_*_ The Cacturne Ending is my _*_favorite!"_*
16:44 WHAT’S YER OFFER?! XD Joking aside though, that thing scared the absolute shit out of me as a kid, and the way he talked didn’t exactly help either.
My parents took me to see Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith when I was 4 years old because they were Star Wars fans and we had just moved to a new town, so they didn't want to leave me with a random sitter they didn't trust. And that's how I got to see a man burn alive, children laying dead (great image for a 4-year old btw), and lots of murder before I was half a decade old. It scared me so bad that I couldn't watch that movie again until I was maybe 11 or 12. Fun times.
If it makes you feel better, I was scared of Darth Vader when I was really little; back then, I freaked out if I couldn’t see another person’s face (this also applied to costumed mascots), and that combined with that heavy breathing sound made Vader super scary to 4-year-old me. And while I eventually got over it and to this day enjoy a good Star Wars flick, my folks still remind me of it from time to time ^^;
@@EliseArainaiVader when I was younger I'm pretty sure, gave me nightmares when I learned and saw him, something to do with just how inhuman he seemed like he wasn't meant to be or something idk
Alright, here's what scared me as a kid. Keep in mind, this may be kind of stupid. Have you ever been scared by something that you trusted? A familiar piece of media that you know front to back, suddenly shocks you in a way that you just can't forget. Even bringing about sudden fear upon even remembering the accompanying music, as though you legit had PTSD? On a related note, do you guys remember Elmo's World? I'm not even joking. As a kid on the Autism Spectrum, I naturally gravitated towards the predictable format that the show offered. I always knew what to expect. It was familiar and safe. Well, for the most part. I don't even remember when I first saw the episode about dogs. I do know that it had to have been on the cassette, aptly titled "Babies, Dogs, and More," with the "more" meaning "farms." Admittedly, all three episodes on that VHS gave off somewhat unsettling vibes, but it was the second one on there, the one about dogs, that truly traumatized me. Okay, so, I'm just gonna give you a synopsis of the events within the episode in an attempt to explain to anyone reading why it unsettled me, for one reason or another. Here we go: Firstly, the episode starts with the standard greeting: Elmo welcomes the viewer to his titular, hand-drawn world. Only, for some reason, the camera is at a surprisingly low angle, when the camera is normally positioned at eye level. For some reason, Elmo is legitimately looking down at you. Then, after greetings are "exchanged," Elmo asks you to read his mind and guess what he's thinking about. This is usually accompanied by a hint or two, the first of which is the three main furniture items, those being the drawer, the shade, and the door respectively, barking. And the door in particular has the lowest, most intimidating bark out of all of them. Elmo opens the door and is subsequently trampled by a small stampede of dogs, multiple times. In fact, after the montage that follows, he enters the screen BEING PUSHED AND TRAMPLED YET AGAIN!!! Hell, when he's saying Dorothy's question, this time being "How do you walk a dog?", he looks in the direction that the dog hoard went, and decides to WHISPER the word dog! He is LEGITIMATELY CONCERNED that he might get trampled again! Elmo decides to ask Mr. Noodle, as usual. This time around, it's his brother, played by Michael Jeter (may he rest in peace). And the idea is that he is holding a leash that is suspended in midair, and it's supposed to represent a "pretend dog." Except this pretend dog is moving at breakneck speeds, running under Mr. Noodle's legs multiple times, leaping several feet into the air, and even causing the poor man to FLIP IN THE AIR and land on his side! HARD! After getting up, but not without failing to do so a couple times, Mr. Noodle is then DRAGGED AWAY by this PRETEND DOG! What the fuck! Moving on, the kids and the baby segments are as usual. Then we get to the counting segment, or what you could also refer to as "Elmo's Question for You." It's clear that for this question, Elmo is in front of a Blue Screen, because he does not look natural in his own world. Anyway, the question involves ice-skating dogs, which also look very unnatural in their movement and speed, coupled by the weird rendition of the Blue Danube Waltz by Richard Strauss. Enter the surprisingly dirty looking dog, which asks the next question: What can have a pet dog and what can't? Elmo and the dog go to the drawer, who uncharacteristically, obeys Elmo's wishes to receive an answer without causing implied physical harm, which is just super suspicious, because if there's one thing about Elmo's World that is almost 100% consistent, it's that the drawer is an asshole! And it doesn't help that the music in this segment is also weirdly unsettling for some reason. Then, we briefly check up on Mr. Noodle again, and see that he's gotten the hang of walking the pretend dog by now, but still somewhat struggling. And once again, the music is somewhat unsettling. Now, my memory is a bit foggy here, but I believe that it's just a standard story about how this one kid got a new puppy and detailing the responsibilities that come with it. Pretty standard stuff. Afterwards, it shows Elmo being absolutely overwhelmed by the dog hoard's licking. Yeah, remember those guys? They're back. Anyway, they run off, and the TV runs in like some kind of smaller dog breed so that we can have the usual cartoon segment. Also, the hoard comes back, because they want to watch as well, for some reason. Cartoon segment time: Dogs and their Feelings. It's portrayed like a legit therapy session for this one dog named Sigmund. The therapist asks Sigmund to portray his emotions for various hypothetical scenarios, with Sigmund refusing to cooperate, which is actually rather comedic in hindsight. Of course, the therapist ends up having to act them out herself, appearing very viscous for anger, might I add. Eventually Sigmund runs off, and soon comes back in a jersey because he "wants to play Basketball." He then hands the therapist a bone, and she proceeds to growl and shake it around in her mouth. And that's where it ends! One more look at Mr. Noodle, with the same music as last time, and Elmo wants to learn more. The hoard comes back, and they mention some brief facts about themselves before running off at the "sound" of a whistle. But as they're running off, Elmo still tries to get in one last question: Do dogs have jobs? And this is where the main source of my childhood trauma begins... Immediately after Elmo asks the question, the door barks again. And I'm not even joking, that bark does not even sound like a normal dog. It sounds like a hell hound or something! Elmo opens the door, and the real "guests" are revealed: William Wegman's dogs. For those of you who don't know what these are, they're these PEOPLE with ACTUAL DOG HEADS!!! The first one we see is a cop, and his accompanying music still leaves a mark on my very soul! It's such a commanding, forceful track, and even worse, it's the kind of thing that sticks around in your head afterwards! He tells Elmo that dogs do have jobs, and that some dogs work with the police. Cut to Elmo's reaction, and when we cut back, there's a different dog person there. This one is dressed up like a clown and tells Elmo that there are some dogs that work in the circus, with this really fast paced rendition of the Benny Hill theme behind him. Also, I didn't mention this earlier, but these two dog people are just against some sort of white void of a background. Then Dorothy imagines Elmo as a dog. And it is the most unnatural looking thing I have ever seen! Circus dog Elmo fails to jump through a hoop, and then laughs like his usual self. Next, the Elmo dog is trying to herd sheep, who are just droning on with their baas. Elmo dog joins them with sad sounding howls, and in pity, the sheep stand to attention like army soldiers! The voice of one of the dog people makes a really shitty pun about how the sheep "herd" Elmo, which is so bad that even the sheep don't get it, and then Elmo dog has them march off screen, but not before turning to the camera and laughing again for some reason. Lastly, Elmo dog is pulling a sled in an Arctic looking environment, with another Elmo riding the sled and telling him to mush? It's just super confusing... End of imagination segment. Both dog people are together now, and the leave with the excuse that they "have to bake a cake." What the fuck kind of excuse is that? Where did that even come from?! Elmo then shows a home video of Telly pretending to be a dog, but Telly is taking it really far, even licking the camera!!! That is not just pretend, if you ask me! Then, of course, Elmo plays "the Dog Song" on the piano to the tune of the chorus of Jingle Bells, and sings with the accompaniment of the dog hoard, and we say our goodbyes. Holy fuck. This may not seem like anything scary, but as an autistic toddler, this shit was the closest thing I had to a horror movie. If you want to see what the fuck I'm talking about for yourself, then look it up on UA-cam. You could also just look it up on the Sesame Street website, I think, but they changed the police dog's music there for some reason. So maybe look for the episode on UA-cam, and if you can, find a version that isn't posted by the official Sesame Street channel, just to be sure you get the full experience. Do I regret posting this long ass comment here? Absolutely not! I'm old enough not to give a shit about being mocked for this anymore.
This is the out of nowhere trauma that always makes me snap my head and read. I have no clue what you’re talking about, not actually seeing it, but I read and just wondered if this was one of those “lost episodes”
I didn't read all your comment but elmo(not the show) just elmo himself scared me to death as a kid, I dont exactly know why but he always creeped me out
@@poli6570 Dragons are my favourite personally, Land Sharks with wings that breathe fire that have so many different versions that you can go from “Massive winged lizard that razes villages just because” to “Large friendly doggo with wings and fire breath” to “Amazing Japanese culture icons” to “LITERAL FUCKING GOD” in the span of a few clicks, god I wish they were real (the friendly ones anyway)
22:25 Me: Here comes number 1. This has to be the most chilling terror yet. It would be interesting if it's something new that I didn't grow up with, but what if Logan and I both have familiar exposure to this fright. *......(tailypoooooo)......* Me: ...oh no... no, not that! Please, dear god, NO! ANYTHING BUT THAT! I DON'T HAVE YOUR TAILYPO I SWEAR! LEAVE ME ALONE!
That Cacturne entry felt so... accurate. Children can find fear in the smallest things. Imagination is a powerful tool, sometimes too powerful to control.
When I was about 8, A Goofy Movie scared me. Yes, really. Well, the intro did. That nightmare from Max's mindscape scared me from watching that or anything with Goofy for a month. Seeing Max morph into his dad was horrifying.
When I was young, I watched a Dutch movie called "De Rode Zwaan" (The Red Swan). It featured a little boy being bullied on a bridge. He hit the ground, acidentally dripping blood into the pond. This resulted in the fish in the water mutating into carp men, and crawling out of the pond. The boy runs around, screaming for help, but finds out all the adults are frozen in time. There's even a scene where one carp man gets his hand stuck in a car door, and cuts it off! That movie was the biggest thing that scarred me as a child, and I couldn't find it for years as an adult. A few years ago, I learned the movie scarred so many kids, it became banned from television.
Dude, the opening to Scream is truly masterful! I had that fucker on VHS as a child and I could never get enough of Scream, but it also scared the shit out of me as well. Even as a wee lad, I was a sucker for horror.
Fawful's Minion: *lists some actually scarey moments that could mess up a someone's childhood* Also Fawful's Minion: "grass / dark cactus quad weak to bug scarey." (No hate, i just like Cacturne)
I'd say the first Pokemon to scare me was Banette. That little piece of shit terrified me as a kid and made me actively hoard every toy I ever got out of fear of being hunted down by them in the future. Close second would be Rotom, but he's such a cute little goober, and I loved him the moment I saw him in that cursed chateau.
Amazing list! I've got a few of my scariest memories as a kid here: -The Green Goblin from the original Spider-Man movie scared the crap out of me when I first saw it at age 6! His design, the way his weapons turned people to skeletons, and Willem Dafoe's performance made me have to close my eyes sometimes! -Ursula from The Little Mermaid: She was scary! Her animation, her cursed victims, and her final form on the open ocean made me need to leave the room with how frightening she was! -The Knaaren from Rayman 3! They were so scary, with them being invincible, the way they would run at you endlessly, and the ways they talked about dismembering Rayman! -The Rodents of Unusual sizes, and the Shrieking Eels from The Princess Bride! I'm terrified of massive sea creatures, especially eels! And the Rodents are vicious and come out of nowhere! Definitely made me shake in fear! -And this might be obscure, but there were scenes from one of my favorite shows, Thomas the Tank Engine, which scared me! The episode with Percy pretending to be a Ghost, the Boulder with a face, the Bee that stings James with that horrifying close-up of his face and that scream! So scary! But I love talking about these sort of things! Kids need to get scared in order to help them overcome their fears!
The green goblin was scary (given I watched that movie when I was barely starting to talk) but I thought the hospital scene from Spider-Man 2 was legit horrifying to me
My childhood tramas: My first encounter with a Armos in LOZ OOT Dodongo's Cavern in LOZ OOT (The ambiance freaked the fuck outta me.) Creepy Castle's interior (I thought the moaning wasn't part of the "music", but an actual monster somewhere in there) Classic creepypastas like Slenderman and Tails Doll Enderman encounters in Minecraft The one time a bee got too close to my face The dragon puppet from Baby Einsteins(yes, it scared me) The quickly moving fish puppet from Baby Einsteins (I've even had a nightmare of that one) (also, I'm starting to think that Logan's mom wasn't the best person to raise a child. She let him watch Jaws at age 4? WTF?!?)
I can agree with you on 4 of those fronts actually: the creepypastas , the endermen, the bee encounter, which cemented a fear of being around bees and their cousins, and the dragon puppet, which was in the first “nightmare” or bad dream I remember having
The Blob from Class of 3000 The SA-X Sly Cooper 2 Contessa The Lurker Shark from Jak and Daxter Godzilla Any Halo level with The Flood (Especially 343 Guilty Spark)
Speaking of sly 2 the final mission of chapter 3 had this segment where you had to defend murray from bombs. If you failed murray falls down calling for bentely, and the screen fades to black. There wasnt even a description in the job failed banner. That screwed me up as a kid.
When I was 5, my Uncle made me watch Jurassic Park. The scene with the T-Rex tearing off the roof, which most of my family find funny, I was horrified by. Also, anyone remember Chibi Robo? Remember the bipolar murderous demon Teddy Bear? Bricks in my pants.
Halloween is my personal favorite holiday of the year. I enjoy putting together spooky shenanigans that, while simplistic in nature, manage to scare ADULTS so badly they do not want to come up my driveway. Tis a combination of a very spooky tune playlist, one of the creepier masks I could find(Hoxton Payday 2), and a tendency to just... sit. No seriously, that's it. I sit silently, and barely move. Everyone thinks something else is going to happen, or that I'm going to jump at them. The anticipation is what gets them the most.
One of my scariest nostalgic terrors was when playing Mega Man X5 that night, when Dark Dizzy/Necrobat stage when I had only him to deal with, it took place at a haunted planetarium where constellations were deceiving. The black hole appearing in the background causes the constellations to disappear and the Bat Mavericks and spikes emerge from said constellations, and I was ever so scared that night that I thought I was gonna have a bad dream about it. That was like something from a horror film. (shudders in fear)
I let’s be real, courage the cowardly dog was like right of passage for kids to go see horror movies, if you could handle that, you’d be fearless until adolescences.
Imagine team RWBY watching Courage the cowardly dog all of the episodes and their reaction to King Ramese and the clay girl and the monster from perfect.
I remember first reaching Chapter 2 in SPM as a kid and being scared for weeks afterwards. Whenever I would go back to try and beat the section where Mini chases you through the mansion I just... couldn’t do it. Took me years to finally muster up the courage to beat that chapter Lmao
I remember getting real scared of the mobs in Minecraft since it possibly end with me getting killed and losing all my stuff, especially if it was while I was underground or not near my home.
Like Sink or Swim for you, Speed Demon and Fungus Humongous from the 2012 TMNT series was my finest example. This series turned Tokka from a goofy Minion to a TITANIC MOLTEN SPACE KAIJU THAT CAN OUTRUN A *SUPERNOVA!*
When you mentioned how #1 made you extreme_y nervous about certain sounds, it reminded me of that creepypasta you wrote based on a dream you had. I reca__ that there were quite a few instances where you described the horrib_e sounds you heard in great detai_. The part where you had to audib_y witness _____ getting devoured comes to mind. It's as if those were the parts that stayed with you the most. This checks out pretty we__.
Speaking of Jaws, this is a true story my mom told me. Her dad, my late Grandpa Seymour, took her to see this film. As soon as the theme song plays, he grabbed her leg and she screamed in the theater. The audience turned and laughed then continued to watch the movie. But, here's the kicker...my mom was only 9 years old when Grandpa Seymour took her to see this movie.
As a kid, I read scary stories to tell in the dark often, I didn’t know why I couldn’t sleep for the longest time until I switched it out for Pokémon adventures manga. But walking through the old chateau as a kid in platinum scarred me, I can’t not hear that music around this time and I can’t even tolerate going back into that when I played pearl. The music just sounds so dissonant and even before I was into music my mind knew something was off about the place long before I had seen the ghosts in it or the phantom Pokémon in it.
I got some old spooks myself to talk about. 1. On the topic of Star Fox, I was never creeped out by Sector X as a kid. It was more so Andross's dumb blubbery face and that fake robot at the end of the blue route that always spooked me. Thank God I never saw the brain at the end of the red route until years later, otherwise I would have been scarred for WEEKS! Though that soul shaking death scream Fox let out when Andross attempted to kill him off still sends shivers up my spine... 2. Y'all can poke fun at me for this next bit, but when I saw House of the Dead at a Dave & Busters when I was like... 7 I want to say? That series scared the crap out of me and made me scared of zombies. Keep in mind as someone who has high functioning Autism, it left a lasting impact. Nowadays, I see it as good ol' B flick schlock with the cheesiest acting around and laugh at it. 3. Here's one I remembered from Pokémon; specifically from the Gen 3 anime. The episode where Pikachu absorbed the Red Orb to control Groundon and... The yells of agony that yellow rat belted out almost made me cry. Don't even get me started on how Pika's face looked! I think that made me avoid Pokémon for a short while too. 4. Courage the Cowardly Dog didn't piss my pants so much as scratched my head. But if we are talking about unsettling in another series... *Him* from Powerpuff Girls! Every time that feminine freak from this show's version of hell rolls in, he always makes my skin crawl. The voice, mannerisms, design... A lot of this crusty humanoid crustacean spawn freaked me out when I was in elementary school.
The oldest spook I had... let me tell you about how I first saw the Phineas & Ferb episode "One Good Scare Oughta Do It". Now, normally you'd think it would be stupid to be scared by a show about two kids pushing their skills to the limits over summer break. Hell, episodes like The Doonkelberry Imperative, Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together!, and Jerk De Soliel made me love the show in the first place, and I still have! But still, when the show got serious, it knew how to do it right. Some examples were "That's The Spirit!", "The Remains of The Platypus", and the non-canon episode "Phineas & Ferb Get Busted". However, none of those episodes scared me as much as Season 1's ninth episode. While it does start normal, after Phineas responds to Candace's quote "The only way you're building a haunted house is over my dead body!" with his vampiric "That's the idea." and sinister laughter, I was horrified for the rest of the entire duration of that one episode. It STILL haunts me today! Not even Pikachu absorbing the Red Orb or Metal Madness from Sonic Heroes horrified me that much! Thanks, Disney... for giving a kid like me NIGHTMARES FOR LIFE!
I have an experience with HotD. I was an early 2000s' kid, so I never really saw arcades that much. Last year, when me and my family had to stay at various campgrounds because we didn't have a house, (2019 was a rough year for us) one of the campgrounds we stayed at had a game room that had a HotD cabinet. Since I was 17 and had no relating childhood traumas, I thought, "Oh this looks interesting, I should give it a try while we're here." So I popped my quarters in and... Nothing. The game was broken and I had just wasted a FUCKING DOLLAR. Now, there was no "out of order" sign on it. The only thing that clued me in on that something was not right with this game was that the screen playing the demo was a bit discolored. Needless to say, I was PISSED that this thing ate my four quarters. But I've seen a review on both that game in general and the rest of the series, and you are absolutely right about the b-movie level acting. ("It's like they're inviting us in!") It's still an interesting game series that I hope to play someday, despite my absolute distaste for zombies.
For some baffling reason, my brother thought it was a good idea to show me “the rack” scene from saw 3 when I was around 10 or 11 years old. and that scene alone traumatized me so much that I refused to even look at a saw movie until I was around 16-17 years old. It was that bad Now I love the saw movies and it’s one of my favorite franchises. But the trauma that scene gave me, scarred me for years. THANKS BIG BRO!!
Congratulations Logan this is the first "scary kids things" countdown to legit terrify me, I live in the northwest so I've never heard of tailypo. thanks I guess. Solid list, as always I love hearing you gush about DK64, and its cool that you mixed it up across mediums. keep up the good work.
oh btw, the guy who was the voice of scream is Roger Jackson. for those of you who've played Zone of the Enders, thats the english voice of Colonel Nohman. let that sink in.
Excellent video as always, Mr. Minion, especially with the addition of branching out into other media. Now, as for a personal nostalgic terror of mine, pretty much everything about Laika's first and arguably strongest effort, Coraline. From the way the Other World and it's inhabitants shows more and more of their true nature, to the horrorifying tragedy of the ghost children, to the final encounter with the Other Mother in the O.W. ("Now, you're going to stay here...*FOREVER*.", still such a chilling line) that has so much tension that it could be poked through with a needle. When my 11 year old mind saw that movie, I knew I would NEVER forget it.
I love this new format of multi-media list. it gives you way more space to move around in and more source material. Please do more of these lists, they are awesome!
My number 1 is elfen lied. When I was six, I was watching channel at 3:34AM. Flipping channels until I was a cop shooting a girl. And then the next scene seening a girl just standing while the cops and soldiers just getting cut up into the bloody pieces. Not only made me scared of the scene and Lucy herself. She was something of a crush. Did I mention I was 6 years old!!!
My scariest nostalgic terrors: Game Overs screens in Kurushi demo, Donkey Kong Country and original Crash Bandicoot trilogy Cave of the Beast from The Twelve Tasks of Asterix Spider-Man turning into Man-Spider from Spider-Man: The Animated Series Nightmare Creatures demo Drowning in classic Sonic games Samara Morgan from The Ring(STILL scares me)
My god, Jaw’s at 4?!?! I’m surprised you ever took a bath again after that. Watching that movie at 12 in a landlocked state made me feel pretty at ease on the contrary, but I can totally understand being traumatized at 4. 4!!!!! That’s ridiculous.
Thank you Fawful for sharing some nostalgic memories with me as well as the Tailypo legend. Being a midwestern kid I have never even heard of this thing before.
Well excuse me Mr. "Tailypo" for eating your tail, I am goig to die and literally every single other animal I've eaten never came to tell me "Uh yeah I want my liver back". Your fault for getting close to me. Should have heard the dogs and gunshots in these past days.
Took me a few days, but I've remembered one of my own: _Coraline._ That movie really freaked out a younger me when I saw it on tv one night. Nothing really "stuck" with me - at least not that I remember - but it was very unpleasant at the time.
One of my childhood fears actually came from the Nickelodeon show The Amanda Show. There was a segment where a girl got a talking doll, and the thing just wouldn't shut up... or stay gone. No matter what the girl did, the doll kept coming back. It scared me bad enough that my parents wouldn't let me watch The Amanda Show again for a while.
@@jaketaller8567 Nowadays I can see that, but when I was really little, it was nightmare fuel. I was a very sensitive boy, instead of the horror obsessed weirdo I am today.
Strangely enough, I wasn't scared about the "tailypo" ghost story. What actually creeped when I was little (but not anymore) was the "In the dark dark house" ghost story.
So I remembered that one episode of top 9 worst tf2 weapons by fawful’s minion, so I checked him out. And well, fawful. You deserve more views. Good editing, charisma, and good clips. I wish this guy had a mil.
I remember very well what scared me the most when I was little. You know those animated short films about Dr. Seuss stories? Not those bastardized cash-grabs by Illumination, but the older ones that actually had input from the good doctor himself? Well, one of the more obscure ones (which is odd, considering it won an Emmy) is a Halloween special called “Halloween is Grinch Night,” released in 1977. It centers around the Grinch bringing a mysterious artifact/weapon called the “Paraphernalia Wagon” down to Whoville on a windy, stormy night, causing the entire town to flee inside their homes and lock the doors. A Who boy named Euikariah (I probably spelled that wrong) gets swept up by the wind and, after encountering the Grinch, tries to stall for time by pestering him. It’s really interesting how a Dr. Seuss special (written and produced by the man himself) was able to pull off such a foreboding atmosphere without betraying the overall style of his works. Anyway, the most memorable part of the cartoon (and what scared the crap out of childhood me) is at the climax, where after annoying the Grinch enough, he opens the wagon and makes Euikariah look inside. What follows can only can be best described as total acid trip, as hordes of surreal monsters come from every dark corner to chase and spook the kid. As I recall, a tape of Grinch Night was put on at the daycare center I went to one day when I was about four, and I specifically remember just being absolutely petrified in terror the whole time. I was so scared, I don’t think I was even able to scream or otherwise let the adults know I didn’t want to watch anymore. For almost ten years afterwards, I’d get nervous about seeing it whenever a teacher would put on a dvd of Dr. Seuss specials. When I finally saw the special again online at about fifteen, I could quite clearly see why it terrified me so badly. The monsters came popping up out of nowhere, taunting Euikariah in jeering song. And what was admittedly the most impressive aspect about the whole ordeal was how the Grinch’s monsters were surreal, nightmarish, and terrifying yet they were still in the exact same Dr. Seuss style that’s so warm and wholesome everywhere else!
I love this topic. It's surprisingly fun to share what scared us as children. As for what scared me the most as a kid, the introduction to Gmork from The Neverending Story will always be the scariest thing I've encountered watching a movie.
Courage was the TV show that made me hate my sister when I was a child. No joke, my sister had this thing for scaring the ever loving crap out of me. The King Ramsey episode was the one that she literally forced me to watch on UA-cam back in 2008. The CGI still haunts me to this day.
Freddy Kruger was my childhood fear. When I first heard of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, it scared me to the point where I was too afraid to sleep. I eventually always did cause I was a child, but I was always terrified that the one time I did fall asleep, I would never wake up again and end up in a nightmare and die. I eventually got over it, but I'm still afraid of being alone the dark to this day due to the unknown factor.
Now I know that this is going to sound lame, but one thing that scared me as a kid, was The Zen-Aku ark of Power Rangers Wild Force! It wasn’t just how fast and strong the guy was, but the fact that he had HIS OWN Wild Zords! The Dark Zords! Plus, if THAT wasn’t bad enough (and it was) he could swell his collection by capturing and corrupting the Rangers zords!
While i love Scooby Doo on Zombie Island - i do think the Evil Entity in Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorprated is a scarier concept and made for a 0_0 finale. It was definetly too recent to make this list though
The real Donkey Kong 64 horror is that crypt(?) from the desert area where that dude goes "GET OUT" and the clock starts ticking down. Always scared the piss outta me
Well, time to face our inner demons... they're real charmers, I tells ya what. Here's to you, DKC returns! THOSE CAVE LEVELS CAN SUFFER UNDER A LANDSLIDE.
My childhood traumas: Ghostbusters dogs (I had the exact same experience as Logan, made worse when my best friends dogs cornered me in his back yard) The time I saw a commercial for Jaws Anti-smoking commercials When I watched the first episode of the Magic School BUs (Arnold takes his helmet off in space, chaos ensues) Playing Super Paper Mario (it wasn't enough to put Mimi in the game, they had to put her in the SECOND CHAPTER) Watching Gravity Falls (I would've abandoned the show completely if the mystery didn't have me hooked) My best friend trying to convince me to play FNAF by describing it to me (All he accomplished was making me even more scared of it) And the haphulumps and weasels or however it's spelled from Winnie the Pooh (Don't mock me, I was a sensitive kid)
I’d definitely stick to video game focused lists for your main content, but throwing in something like this every once in a while would be a nice surprise. Keep it up, Logan!
Logan watched Jaws when he was 4, and the opening of Scream when he was in *Kindergarten?!*
As Filthy Frank once said, and I quote: *"Where the f@!k where your parents? Who ARE your parents?!"*
... This boi watched WHAT?! When he was WHAT!?
@James McClure ...
@James McClure umm... Coraline at 2. Still don’t watch that. ಠ_ಠ
@@mettatonsagent7541 at least Coraline is just body horror! ...wait.
@James McClure *is concerned*
The gravestone that just says "holy shit" just made me laugh
@simpn *it reminded me of that time jontron quoted “HALLYLUJAH? HOLY SHIT!”*
Same
13:04 This is to thank for it. X3
“Fawful’s Minion: Top Ten Scariest Nostalgic Terrors”
a.k.a.
“Encouraging the Viewer to Ask with Increasing Frequency, ‘Logan, Are You Okay?’”
YEAH. Logan is never okay, and I'm okay with that.
16:57
what background music did he use
BUSTER WOLF
@@officialteamsombie =)
Also fun fact about Cacturne. As scary as what the pokedex entry sounds like, what make it worse is that it is a legitimate hunting strategy. After all it's how ancient humans used to hunt animals back in the day. Any coincidence that Cacturne also belongs in the Human-Like egg group? I think not.
Holy shit. That makes it even worse.
Oh you've got to be kidding me.
Cacturne may look scary, but it's got a whopping SEVEN weaknesses, one being a crippling weakness to Bug.
Wasn’t expecting cacturne to show up on this list, what I expected to see was the ghost of cubone’s mom.
@@jackhumphries1087 Cacturne is nothing compared to the Psychic Gym Leader Sabrina. What were the writers thinking!!!!
Dude, I thought I was the only one who knew about Tailypo! Glad I'm not alone, unlike the old man-
It had been a while since I heard Tailypo as well. I think last I heard it was 7 in the 3rd grade
Edit: I was actually in 2nd grade at age 7(and thanks for the first like)
I remember reading this story in middle school. I've avoided woods since, and that was over a decade ago.
I've never heard of Tailypo until watching this. And now I'm gonna make sure I never go into a forest alone...
I just got over a fear of black cats now I’m going to spend the next 7 years getting over THAT
@Dee Dragon @Julio Figueroa
Mission accomplished for Fawful's Minion, then- X'D
23:48
Tailypo Voice: *scratchy, eerie, and very creepy*
Tailypo Appearance: *a tiny little fluffy boi*
Ikr? I for one was happy the tailypo got his tail back
Appearances can be *very* deceiving.
That version of the monster looks cute!
a tiny little fluffy boi *ready to tear you apart*
with claws the sharpness of unpackaged from the store knives-
Tailypo genuinely still terrifies me to this day, to this day I jump at any unidentified noise and this brought back terrifying memories.
Thanks for the nightmares again, fawful.
Whenever I am watching something creepy or recently saw something creepy I am in a very unsettled state in which every noise creeps me the fuck out and I always cover myself up fully with a blanket (If I am trying to sleep). I know there is no danger, but the brain creates something like an illusion that subconsciously makes me fell threatened from things. Guess this is kinda similar to you and Logan.
You watched Jaws at age 4 and Scream when you were in kindergarten?
HOW THE HELL DID YOU EVEN
Why do I have the feeling Jaws is the reason Logan is scared shitless of the ocean?
@@DMDarren I think it's Subnautica, not Jaws
Then again, I dunno either.
Didn't watch scream until I was 12. I did watch Jaws when I was 5 though. Biggest difference is that I watched it by myself *alone* in the dark one night after we rented it from my local video rental place. After that day, it's still my favorite movie of all time.
@@jackshottenkirk5835 Watching Jaws alone in the dark sounds like a death sentence.
@@KitsyKat apparently Sepherioth’s theme was inspired by the Jaws theme, to give you a idea of how influential it is
When I was in elementary school, I obsessed over prehistoric life and would watch Walking With Dinosaurs over and over. This encouraged me to get the sequel series, Walking With Prehistoric Beasts. Eager young me turned on the first episode, which was fairly ok until the scene where a swarm of giant ants eats a baby bird alive while it's still hatching. That's probably the reason why insects still make me jittery
I grew up with the Walking With series too and I watched them in order of Paleozoic-Mesozoic-Cenozoic and I agree with that sentiment. That poor Gastornis chick... Thank the gods that ants shrunk down in the modern cenozoic era of today.
That scene, believe it or not, led me to believe that when Durant made its debut in The Pokémon Anime and they found Iris’ Axew dressed up in leaves as a superhero and took him away, they were going to eat him. And I remember a similar Arthropod trauma from The Walking With Series when The Mesothelae jumped down and killed a Petroclacosaurus as it squealed in agony traumatized my Arachnophobic soul when I saw it as a young kid.
@@furychromthereddeath571That episode scarred me, dude. And then there was the part where the Mesothelae ate the babies and crushed the eggs.
God damn. That number one I’ve never heard of, and now I wish I didn’t. That narration was just... chilling.
I didn’t need sleep tonight anyway
It's a good thing I have work tonight, otherwise I wouldn't of benn able to fall asleep.
@Boogerbong Bootycplap I can see that, I mean imagine a raccoon that just says “Tailypo”. Honestly sounds like a crappy 90’s mascot.
And that background music was the chef's kiss!
What is the name of that piece? I wanna know!
DISCLAIMER: No chortles were had during the making of this video.
*from under a mountain of blankets* NO SHER, SHITLOCK.
13:06
holy shit, 2020-2020
may they rest in peace
Holy shit was a good man
He was, holy
Yeah I'll leave
Imagine being FM's mom and hearing him say multiple sarcastic "Thanks, mom!"
Fun fact: When jaws was first coming out in theaters, my grandmother thought it was a documentary (somehow) and took my dad and my aunt to see it (they were about 7). Kinda messed them up a little.
I can sympathize with your number 1 choice, Logan. I’m super sensitive to unknown noises, and whenever I’m in view of open dark windows or doorways, I tense up, unsure of whether to stay still or pick up my pace. I’m always afraid that I’m going to see something. Just to be clear, I’ve never heard of the Tailypo before, but now it’s in my list of darkness mental projections. Thanks for that, man, and thank you for this amazing Halloween list!
*NES Ghostbusters theme starts playing*
Oh god that is terrifying
God!
YouR HAVe a HORrORFiC pRofIel Picture!
You sure read the nes Godzilla. Or watch shin Godzilla
"Return the slab or suffer my curse"-King Rameses Ghost
WHAT'S YER OFFER!
Le Quack is back.
Courage the Cowardly Dog was intense.
You tell me Courage the Cowardly Dog is a kids' show, and I'd tell you your lying to me. I never watched it much as a kid. Based on the clips Logan showed, I'm glad I missed out.
@@antonhagbox02 it's actually a really good show. Watched it all the time as a kid.
The fact that I actually felt on-edge during the Number 1, a feeling of dread covering me I haven’t felt since reading The Mist, just like surprises me to a whole other level
i remember when i was read tailypo in 2nd grade, and 8 years later, i cannot see why i wasn't afraid of it, it is genuinely frightening
How to terrify Child Logan: if he ever brings up how he beat Pokemon Sapphire, ask him, _"Oh! Did you get the _*_Cacturne Ending?_*_ The Cacturne Ending is my _*_favorite!"_*
I've never heard of the Tailypo before.
I wish I didn't hear now.
do you know what background music he used
Agreed
18:11 Well. That explains the ocean fear. I wonder if he saw the MEG
16:44 WHAT’S YER OFFER?! XD
Joking aside though, that thing scared the absolute shit out of me as a kid, and the way he talked didn’t exactly help either.
Yeah, the CGI model used for King Ramses is kinda unsettling...
I was like 4 when I saw that episode I couldn’t watch the episode until I was 13
A perfectly spooky countdown, my ghoulish beany friend!
16:57 had me laughing to my grave XD
My parents took me to see Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith when I was 4 years old because they were Star Wars fans and we had just moved to a new town, so they didn't want to leave me with a random sitter they didn't trust. And that's how I got to see a man burn alive, children laying dead (great image for a 4-year old btw), and lots of murder before I was half a decade old.
It scared me so bad that I couldn't watch that movie again until I was maybe 11 or 12. Fun times.
If it makes you feel better, I was scared of Darth Vader when I was really little; back then, I freaked out if I couldn’t see another person’s face (this also applied to costumed mascots), and that combined with that heavy breathing sound made Vader super scary to 4-year-old me. And while I eventually got over it and to this day enjoy a good Star Wars flick, my folks still remind me of it from time to time ^^;
@@EliseArainaiVader when I was younger I'm pretty sure, gave me nightmares when I learned and saw him, something to do with just how inhuman he seemed like he wasn't meant to be or something idk
Don’t worry, Revenge of the Sith messed me up too when I saw it for the first time, and that was when I was ten or eleven!
Alright, here's what scared me as a kid. Keep in mind, this may be kind of stupid.
Have you ever been scared by something that you trusted? A familiar piece of media that you know front to back, suddenly shocks you in a way that you just can't forget. Even bringing about sudden fear upon even remembering the accompanying music, as though you legit had PTSD?
On a related note, do you guys remember Elmo's World?
I'm not even joking. As a kid on the Autism Spectrum, I naturally gravitated towards the predictable format that the show offered. I always knew what to expect. It was familiar and safe. Well, for the most part.
I don't even remember when I first saw the episode about dogs. I do know that it had to have been on the cassette, aptly titled "Babies, Dogs, and More," with the "more" meaning "farms." Admittedly, all three episodes on that VHS gave off somewhat unsettling vibes, but it was the second one on there, the one about dogs, that truly traumatized me.
Okay, so, I'm just gonna give you a synopsis of the events within the episode in an attempt to explain to anyone reading why it unsettled me, for one reason or another. Here we go:
Firstly, the episode starts with the standard greeting: Elmo welcomes the viewer to his titular, hand-drawn world. Only, for some reason, the camera is at a surprisingly low angle, when the camera is normally positioned at eye level. For some reason, Elmo is legitimately looking down at you.
Then, after greetings are "exchanged," Elmo asks you to read his mind and guess what he's thinking about. This is usually accompanied by a hint or two, the first of which is the three main furniture items, those being the drawer, the shade, and the door respectively, barking. And the door in particular has the lowest, most intimidating bark out of all of them.
Elmo opens the door and is subsequently trampled by a small stampede of dogs, multiple times. In fact, after the montage that follows, he enters the screen BEING PUSHED AND TRAMPLED YET AGAIN!!! Hell, when he's saying Dorothy's question, this time being "How do you walk a dog?", he looks in the direction that the dog hoard went, and decides to WHISPER the word dog! He is LEGITIMATELY CONCERNED that he might get trampled again!
Elmo decides to ask Mr. Noodle, as usual. This time around, it's his brother, played by Michael Jeter (may he rest in peace). And the idea is that he is holding a leash that is suspended in midair, and it's supposed to represent a "pretend dog." Except this pretend dog is moving at breakneck speeds, running under Mr. Noodle's legs multiple times, leaping several feet into the air, and even causing the poor man to FLIP IN THE AIR and land on his side! HARD! After getting up, but not without failing to do so a couple times, Mr. Noodle is then DRAGGED AWAY by this PRETEND DOG! What the fuck!
Moving on, the kids and the baby segments are as usual. Then we get to the counting segment, or what you could also refer to as "Elmo's Question for You." It's clear that for this question, Elmo is in front of a Blue Screen, because he does not look natural in his own world. Anyway, the question involves ice-skating dogs, which also look very unnatural in their movement and speed, coupled by the weird rendition of the Blue Danube Waltz by Richard Strauss.
Enter the surprisingly dirty looking dog, which asks the next question: What can have a pet dog and what can't? Elmo and the dog go to the drawer, who uncharacteristically, obeys Elmo's wishes to receive an answer without causing implied physical harm, which is just super suspicious, because if there's one thing about Elmo's World that is almost 100% consistent, it's that the drawer is an asshole! And it doesn't help that the music in this segment is also weirdly unsettling for some reason.
Then, we briefly check up on Mr. Noodle again, and see that he's gotten the hang of walking the pretend dog by now, but still somewhat struggling. And once again, the music is somewhat unsettling.
Now, my memory is a bit foggy here, but I believe that it's just a standard story about how this one kid got a new puppy and detailing the responsibilities that come with it. Pretty standard stuff.
Afterwards, it shows Elmo being absolutely overwhelmed by the dog hoard's licking. Yeah, remember those guys? They're back.
Anyway, they run off, and the TV runs in like some kind of smaller dog breed so that we can have the usual cartoon segment. Also, the hoard comes back, because they want to watch as well, for some reason.
Cartoon segment time: Dogs and their Feelings. It's portrayed like a legit therapy session for this one dog named Sigmund. The therapist asks Sigmund to portray his emotions for various hypothetical scenarios, with Sigmund refusing to cooperate, which is actually rather comedic in hindsight. Of course, the therapist ends up having to act them out herself, appearing very viscous for anger, might I add. Eventually Sigmund runs off, and soon comes back in a jersey because he "wants to play Basketball." He then hands the therapist a bone, and she proceeds to growl and shake it around in her mouth. And that's where it ends!
One more look at Mr. Noodle, with the same music as last time, and Elmo wants to learn more. The hoard comes back, and they mention some brief facts about themselves before running off at the "sound" of a whistle. But as they're running off, Elmo still tries to get in one last question: Do dogs have jobs? And this is where the main source of my childhood trauma begins...
Immediately after Elmo asks the question, the door barks again. And I'm not even joking, that bark does not even sound like a normal dog. It sounds like a hell hound or something! Elmo opens the door, and the real "guests" are revealed: William Wegman's dogs. For those of you who don't know what these are, they're these PEOPLE with ACTUAL DOG HEADS!!! The first one we see is a cop, and his accompanying music still leaves a mark on my very soul! It's such a commanding, forceful track, and even worse, it's the kind of thing that sticks around in your head afterwards! He tells Elmo that dogs do have jobs, and that some dogs work with the police. Cut to Elmo's reaction, and when we cut back, there's a different dog person there. This one is dressed up like a clown and tells Elmo that there are some dogs that work in the circus, with this really fast paced rendition of the Benny Hill theme behind him. Also, I didn't mention this earlier, but these two dog people are just against some sort of white void of a background.
Then Dorothy imagines Elmo as a dog. And it is the most unnatural looking thing I have ever seen! Circus dog Elmo fails to jump through a hoop, and then laughs like his usual self. Next, the Elmo dog is trying to herd sheep, who are just droning on with their baas. Elmo dog joins them with sad sounding howls, and in pity, the sheep stand to attention like army soldiers! The voice of one of the dog people makes a really shitty pun about how the sheep "herd" Elmo, which is so bad that even the sheep don't get it, and then Elmo dog has them march off screen, but not before turning to the camera and laughing again for some reason. Lastly, Elmo dog is pulling a sled in an Arctic looking environment, with another Elmo riding the sled and telling him to mush? It's just super confusing...
End of imagination segment. Both dog people are together now, and the leave with the excuse that they "have to bake a cake." What the fuck kind of excuse is that? Where did that even come from?!
Elmo then shows a home video of Telly pretending to be a dog, but Telly is taking it really far, even licking the camera!!! That is not just pretend, if you ask me!
Then, of course, Elmo plays "the Dog Song" on the piano to the tune of the chorus of Jingle Bells, and sings with the accompaniment of the dog hoard, and we say our goodbyes.
Holy fuck. This may not seem like anything scary, but as an autistic toddler, this shit was the closest thing I had to a horror movie. If you want to see what the fuck I'm talking about for yourself, then look it up on UA-cam. You could also just look it up on the Sesame Street website, I think, but they changed the police dog's music there for some reason. So maybe look for the episode on UA-cam, and if you can, find a version that isn't posted by the official Sesame Street channel, just to be sure you get the full experience.
Do I regret posting this long ass comment here? Absolutely not! I'm old enough not to give a shit about being mocked for this anymore.
This was a very interesting read. Thank you for posting!
This is the out of nowhere trauma that always makes me snap my head and read. I have no clue what you’re talking about, not actually seeing it, but I read and just wondered if this was one of those “lost episodes”
@@PKR0CKIN Believe me, it's anything but "lost."
@@ShinyDarkrai2K from the way you described, yeah. That is too fresh in now both our minds to not be real
I didn't read all your comment but elmo(not the show) just elmo himself scared me to death as a kid, I dont exactly know why but he always creeped me out
I also watched Jaws when I was 4. Sharks are my favorite animal for a reason.
Ah, a fellow shark lover I see
-then as you get older you realized the shark did nothing. Seriously shark should be more afraid of us given the shark hunting business.
@@starmaker75 agreed
I can never decide between sharks and bears honestly
@@poli6570 Dragons are my favourite personally, Land Sharks with wings that breathe fire that have so many different versions that you can go from “Massive winged lizard that razes villages just because” to “Large friendly doggo with wings and fire breath” to “Amazing Japanese culture icons” to “LITERAL FUCKING GOD” in the span of a few clicks, god I wish they were real (the friendly ones anyway)
I had a feeling Scooby Doo on Zombie Island is gonna appear here.
You and me both
@@MrDaimeon didn’t expect you to be a fan of this guy.
@@alvaroperez2349 Can't a man be a loyal minion to Fawful's Minion?
@@MrDaimeon can’t fault a man for that logic
@Andrew Zadworny not to mention dark as hell...
22:25 Me: Here comes number 1. This has to be the most chilling terror yet. It would be interesting if it's something new that I didn't grow up with, but what if Logan and I both have familiar exposure to this fright.
*......(tailypoooooo)......*
Me: ...oh no... no, not that! Please, dear god, NO! ANYTHING BUT THAT! I DON'T HAVE YOUR TAILYPO I SWEAR! LEAVE ME ALONE!
“ why do you wanna know my name. Because I wanna know who I’m looking at”
The Perfect Two sentence horror!
Mr. Fox "And there's my tailypo. he's wearing it as a tie."
That Cacturne entry felt so... accurate. Children can find fear in the smallest things. Imagination is a powerful tool, sometimes too powerful to control.
When I was about 8, A Goofy Movie scared me. Yes, really. Well, the intro did. That nightmare from Max's mindscape scared me from watching that or anything with Goofy for a month. Seeing Max morph into his dad was horrifying.
Yeah that got me as a kid as well
When I was young, I watched a Dutch movie called "De Rode Zwaan" (The Red Swan). It featured a little boy being bullied on a bridge. He hit the ground, acidentally dripping blood into the pond. This resulted in the fish in the water mutating into carp men, and crawling out of the pond. The boy runs around, screaming for help, but finds out all the adults are frozen in time. There's even a scene where one carp man gets his hand stuck in a car door, and cuts it off!
That movie was the biggest thing that scarred me as a child, and I couldn't find it for years as an adult. A few years ago, I learned the movie scarred so many kids, it became banned from television.
Dude, the opening to Scream is truly masterful! I had that fucker on VHS as a child and I could never get enough of Scream, but it also scared the shit out of me as well.
Even as a wee lad, I was a sucker for horror.
Fawful's Minion: *lists some actually scarey moments that could mess up a someone's childhood*
Also Fawful's Minion: "grass / dark cactus quad weak to bug scarey."
(No hate, i just like Cacturne)
For me it was Cofagrigus
It's ok to like either Pokemon, it's just that most people find them scary
I was a weird kid. The Ghost types and other spooky 'mons were almost always my favorites
No wonder he likes the bug type so much.
I'd say the first Pokemon to scare me was Banette. That little piece of shit terrified me as a kid and made me actively hoard every toy I ever got out of fear of being hunted down by them in the future. Close second would be Rotom, but he's such a cute little goober, and I loved him the moment I saw him in that cursed chateau.
It's always a good day when Fawful's Minion uploads (Especially near Halloween)
Honestly hope we get more mass media countdowns, this one genuinely sticks out as one of my favorite videos of yours partly thanks to the variety.
Amazing list! I've got a few of my scariest memories as a kid here:
-The Green Goblin from the original Spider-Man movie scared the crap out of me when I first saw it at age 6! His design, the way his weapons turned people to skeletons, and Willem Dafoe's performance made me have to close my eyes sometimes!
-Ursula from The Little Mermaid: She was scary! Her animation, her cursed victims, and her final form on the open ocean made me need to leave the room with how frightening she was!
-The Knaaren from Rayman 3! They were so scary, with them being invincible, the way they would run at you endlessly, and the ways they talked about dismembering Rayman!
-The Rodents of Unusual sizes, and the Shrieking Eels from The Princess Bride! I'm terrified of massive sea creatures, especially eels! And the Rodents are vicious and come out of nowhere! Definitely made me shake in fear!
-And this might be obscure, but there were scenes from one of my favorite shows, Thomas the Tank Engine, which scared me! The episode with Percy pretending to be a Ghost, the Boulder with a face, the Bee that stings James with that horrifying close-up of his face and that scream! So scary!
But I love talking about these sort of things! Kids need to get scared in order to help them overcome their fears!
The green goblin was scary (given I watched that movie when I was barely starting to talk) but I thought the hospital scene from Spider-Man 2 was legit horrifying to me
Oh yeah, Percy’s Ghostly Trick creeped me out too when I was little. Mainly the dark, fog-covered sets and almost horror movie-level theme.
......damn. that tailypo gonna make me think for a minute. Legit FANTASTIC job! Probably my favorite singular entry from you yet!
I suppose it would be a bad time to tell you that Courage is going to have a crossover with Scooby-Doo in a made for DVD film...
My childhood tramas:
My first encounter with a Armos in LOZ OOT
Dodongo's Cavern in LOZ OOT (The ambiance freaked the fuck outta me.)
Creepy Castle's interior (I thought the moaning wasn't part of the "music", but an actual monster somewhere in there)
Classic creepypastas like Slenderman and Tails Doll
Enderman encounters in Minecraft
The one time a bee got too close to my face
The dragon puppet from Baby Einsteins(yes, it scared me)
The quickly moving fish puppet from Baby Einsteins (I've even had a nightmare of that one)
(also, I'm starting to think that Logan's mom wasn't the best person to raise a child. She let him watch Jaws at age 4? WTF?!?)
I can agree with you on 4 of those fronts actually: the creepypastas , the endermen, the bee encounter, which cemented a fear of being around bees and their cousins, and the dragon puppet, which was in the first “nightmare” or bad dream I remember having
The Blob from Class of 3000
The SA-X
Sly Cooper 2 Contessa
The Lurker Shark from Jak and Daxter
Godzilla
Any Halo level with The Flood (Especially 343 Guilty Spark)
Speaking of sly 2 the final mission of chapter 3 had this segment where you had to defend murray from bombs. If you failed murray falls down calling for bentely, and the screen fades to black. There wasnt even a description in the job failed banner. That screwed me up as a kid.
My top 10:
10. Sweeney Todd
9.Coraline
8. MARX From Kirby Superstar
7.ROLLING. CRABBER. ROMP.
6. DK64 game over
5. TWILIGHT PRINCESS.
4. Ghostface
3. Leatherface
2. Early cartoons.
H.M: Ultra Beasts
1. PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA.
REGENERATORS FROM RESIDENT EVIL 4!
@@seanscudder5428 ngl, didn’t have that game.
Wait which Blob? The cute jelly monster that just wanted to hug people in Steve McQueen's version or the gorey nightmare of 1988?
When I was 5, my Uncle made me watch Jurassic Park. The scene with the T-Rex tearing off the roof, which most of my family find funny, I was horrified by.
Also, anyone remember Chibi Robo? Remember the bipolar murderous demon Teddy Bear?
Bricks in my pants.
Halloween is my personal favorite holiday of the year. I enjoy putting together spooky shenanigans that, while simplistic in nature, manage to scare ADULTS so badly they do not want to come up my driveway. Tis a combination of a very spooky tune playlist, one of the creepier masks I could find(Hoxton Payday 2), and a tendency to just... sit. No seriously, that's it. I sit silently, and barely move. Everyone thinks something else is going to happen, or that I'm going to jump at them. The anticipation is what gets them the most.
I don’t know what to say other than that’s pretty cool
One of my scariest nostalgic terrors was when playing Mega Man X5 that night, when Dark Dizzy/Necrobat stage when I had only him to deal with, it took place at a haunted planetarium where constellations were deceiving. The black hole appearing in the background causes the constellations to disappear and the Bat Mavericks and spikes emerge from said constellations, and I was ever so scared that night that I thought I was gonna have a bad dream about it. That was like something from a horror film. (shudders in fear)
17:09 jaws the shark lurking in the dark
also god that scream bit actually made me scared what the hell
I let’s be real, courage the cowardly dog was like right of passage for kids to go see horror movies, if you could handle that, you’d be fearless until adolescences.
Imagine team RWBY watching Courage the cowardly dog all of the episodes and their reaction to King Ramese and the clay girl and the monster from perfect.
Just wanted to say that I always love your detailed and thorough descriptions.
25:38 Eughhh... That delivery made me shiver...
I remember first reaching Chapter 2 in SPM as a kid and being scared for weeks afterwards. Whenever I would go back to try and beat the section where Mini chases you through the mansion I just... couldn’t do it. Took me years to finally muster up the courage to beat that chapter Lmao
Same.
What about the music from River Twygz Bed in chapter 7 of the same game
@@wafflemanofficial3130 And then there's... The World of Nothing...
OMG ME TOO! Except I just turned off the wii after dying to a cursya and haven't played the game since. Still want to go back to it.
There are very few lists that don’t just cover one specific category. Out of the few that do exist, this one is my favorite. Great job Logan !
GODDAMN DUDE!!! The opening of Scream in Kindergarden?!! And all of Jaws at FOUR??!!!!! Whoever your mother was clearly wasn't alright in the head.
I remember getting real scared of the mobs in Minecraft since it possibly end with me getting killed and losing all my stuff, especially if it was while I was underground or not near my home.
Tbh, the unexpected hissing of a Creeper still sends me dashing in this game.
Logan: On time for Halloween. Early in fact
Me: Wait that's illegal!
Like Sink or Swim for you, Speed Demon and Fungus Humongous from the 2012 TMNT series was my finest example.
This series turned Tokka from a goofy Minion to a TITANIC MOLTEN SPACE KAIJU THAT CAN OUTRUN A *SUPERNOVA!*
When you mentioned how #1 made you extreme_y nervous about certain sounds, it reminded me of that creepypasta you wrote based on a dream you had. I reca__ that there were quite a few instances where you described the horrib_e sounds you heard in great detai_. The part where you had to audib_y witness _____ getting devoured comes to mind. It's as if those were the parts that stayed with you the most. This checks out pretty we__.
which video is that in in?
@@critter_guy2197 It’s the Creepypasta, “A_one, are you?”. With the _ replacing the L from “Alone, are you?”.
Speaking of Jaws, this is a true story my mom told me. Her dad, my late Grandpa Seymour, took her to see this film. As soon as the theme song plays, he grabbed her leg and she screamed in the theater. The audience turned and laughed then continued to watch the movie. But, here's the kicker...my mom was only 9 years old when Grandpa Seymour took her to see this movie.
Sounds like Seymore was a bit of a prankster jerk XD
@@matthewgillis393 He was from the stories mom told me
12:17 Banshees bustin' nuts!
That Got me laughing so hard!🤣
0:00 Anyone else expecting Pokemon, or at least the mansion from Gen 4
Bruh, Old Chateau is barely scary
That is my favorite area in pokemon
Honest to god, I consider the story of XY (more specifically Y) FAR more terrifying.
The Ultra Beasts are the ABSOLUTE SCARIEST THING EVER!!!!
Good guess...
As a kid, I read scary stories to tell in the dark often, I didn’t know why I couldn’t sleep for the longest time until I switched it out for Pokémon adventures manga. But walking through the old chateau as a kid in platinum scarred me, I can’t not hear that music around this time and I can’t even tolerate going back into that when I played pearl. The music just sounds so dissonant and even before I was into music my mind knew something was off about the place long before I had seen the ghosts in it or the phantom Pokémon in it.
I got some old spooks myself to talk about.
1. On the topic of Star Fox, I was never creeped out by Sector X as a kid. It was more so Andross's dumb blubbery face and that fake robot at the end of the blue route that always spooked me. Thank God I never saw the brain at the end of the red route until years later, otherwise I would have been scarred for WEEKS! Though that soul shaking death scream Fox let out when Andross attempted to kill him off still sends shivers up my spine...
2. Y'all can poke fun at me for this next bit, but when I saw House of the Dead at a Dave & Busters when I was like... 7 I want to say? That series scared the crap out of me and made me scared of zombies. Keep in mind as someone who has high functioning Autism, it left a lasting impact. Nowadays, I see it as good ol' B flick schlock with the cheesiest acting around and laugh at it.
3. Here's one I remembered from Pokémon; specifically from the Gen 3 anime. The episode where Pikachu absorbed the Red Orb to control Groundon and... The yells of agony that yellow rat belted out almost made me cry. Don't even get me started on how Pika's face looked! I think that made me avoid Pokémon for a short while too.
4. Courage the Cowardly Dog didn't piss my pants so much as scratched my head. But if we are talking about unsettling in another series... *Him* from Powerpuff Girls! Every time that feminine freak from this show's version of hell rolls in, he always makes my skin crawl. The voice, mannerisms, design... A lot of this crusty humanoid crustacean spawn freaked me out when I was in elementary school.
The oldest spook I had... let me tell you about how I first saw the Phineas & Ferb episode "One Good Scare Oughta Do It".
Now, normally you'd think it would be stupid to be scared by a show about two kids pushing their skills to the limits over summer break. Hell, episodes like The Doonkelberry Imperative, Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together!, and Jerk De Soliel made me love the show in the first place, and I still have! But still, when the show got serious, it knew how to do it right. Some examples were "That's The Spirit!", "The Remains of The Platypus", and the non-canon episode "Phineas & Ferb Get Busted".
However, none of those episodes scared me as much as Season 1's ninth episode. While it does start normal, after Phineas responds to Candace's quote "The only way you're building a haunted house is over my dead body!" with his vampiric "That's the idea." and sinister laughter, I was horrified for the rest of the entire duration of that one episode. It STILL haunts me today! Not even Pikachu absorbing the Red Orb or Metal Madness from Sonic Heroes horrified me that much!
Thanks, Disney... for giving a kid like me NIGHTMARES FOR LIFE!
I have an experience with HotD. I was an early 2000s' kid, so I never really saw arcades that much. Last year, when me and my family had to stay at various campgrounds because we didn't have a house, (2019 was a rough year for us) one of the campgrounds we stayed at had a game room that had a HotD cabinet. Since I was 17 and had no relating childhood traumas, I thought, "Oh this looks interesting, I should give it a try while we're here." So I popped my quarters in and... Nothing. The game was broken and I had just wasted a FUCKING DOLLAR. Now, there was no "out of order" sign on it. The only thing that clued me in on that something was not right with this game was that the screen playing the demo was a bit discolored. Needless to say, I was PISSED that this thing ate my four quarters. But I've seen a review on both that game in general and the rest of the series, and you are absolutely right about the b-movie level acting. ("It's like they're inviting us in!") It's still an interesting game series that I hope to play someday, despite my absolute distaste for zombies.
For some baffling reason, my brother thought it was a good idea to show me “the rack” scene from saw 3 when I was around 10 or 11 years old. and that scene alone traumatized me so much that I refused to even look at a saw movie until I was around 16-17 years old. It was that bad
Now I love the saw movies and it’s one of my favorite franchises. But the trauma that scene gave me, scarred me for years.
THANKS BIG BRO!!
Congratulations Logan this is the first "scary kids things" countdown to legit terrify me, I live in the northwest so I've never heard of tailypo. thanks I guess. Solid list, as always I love hearing you gush about DK64, and its cool that you mixed it up across mediums. keep up the good work.
oh btw, the guy who was the voice of scream is Roger Jackson. for those of you who've played Zone of the Enders, thats the english voice of Colonel Nohman. let that sink in.
Logan, that Tailypo story freaked me out as a kid too. Trust me, I KNOW what impact that tale had on you.
"Cacturne!"
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*sigh*
Beautifly, use Silver Wind.
Excellent video as always, Mr. Minion, especially with the addition of branching out into other media. Now, as for a personal nostalgic terror of mine, pretty much everything about Laika's first and arguably strongest effort, Coraline. From the way the Other World and it's inhabitants shows more and more of their true nature, to the horrorifying tragedy of the ghost children, to the final encounter with the Other Mother in the O.W. ("Now, you're going to stay here...*FOREVER*.", still such a chilling line) that has so much tension that it could be poked through with a needle. When my 11 year old mind saw that movie, I knew I would NEVER forget it.
I love this new format of multi-media list. it gives you way more space to move around in and more source material. Please do more of these lists, they are awesome!
This is the first time I've heard that Tailypo story and
Oh my god I'm scared to sleep.
My number 1 is elfen lied.
When I was six, I was watching channel at 3:34AM. Flipping channels until I was a cop shooting a girl. And then the next scene seening a girl just standing while the cops and soldiers just getting cut up into the bloody pieces.
Not only made me scared of the scene and Lucy herself. She was something of a crush.
Did I mention I was 6 years old!!!
My scariest nostalgic terrors:
Game Overs screens in Kurushi demo, Donkey Kong Country and original Crash Bandicoot trilogy
Cave of the Beast from The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Spider-Man turning into Man-Spider from Spider-Man: The Animated Series
Nightmare Creatures demo
Drowning in classic Sonic games
Samara Morgan from The Ring(STILL scares me)
My god, Jaw’s at 4?!?! I’m surprised you ever took a bath again after that. Watching that movie at 12 in a landlocked state made me feel pretty at ease on the contrary, but I can totally understand being traumatized at 4. 4!!!!! That’s ridiculous.
Thank you Fawful for sharing some nostalgic memories with me as well as the Tailypo legend. Being a midwestern kid I have never even heard of this thing before.
I never heard of this thing either.
I don't want to have heard of this thing.
Me neither.
Well excuse me Mr. "Tailypo" for eating your tail, I am goig to die and literally every single other animal I've eaten never came to tell me "Uh yeah I want my liver back". Your fault for getting close to me. Should have heard the dogs and gunshots in these past days.
Took me a few days, but I've remembered one of my own: _Coraline._ That movie really freaked out a younger me when I saw it on tv one night. Nothing really "stuck" with me - at least not that I remember - but it was very unpleasant at the time.
Logan's mom needs to have a lesson in age ratings.
One of my childhood fears actually came from the Nickelodeon show The Amanda Show. There was a segment where a girl got a talking doll, and the thing just wouldn't shut up... or stay gone. No matter what the girl did, the doll kept coming back. It scared me bad enough that my parents wouldn't let me watch The Amanda Show again for a while.
You mean Rockabye Ralph? That sketch wasn’t scary at all. In fact, it was actually kinda funny.
@@jaketaller8567 Nowadays I can see that, but when I was really little, it was nightmare fuel. I was a very sensitive boy, instead of the horror obsessed weirdo I am today.
Strangely enough, I wasn't scared about the "tailypo" ghost story. What actually creeped when I was little (but not anymore) was the "In the dark dark house" ghost story.
So I remembered that one episode of top 9 worst tf2 weapons by fawful’s minion, so I checked him out. And well, fawful. You deserve more views. Good editing, charisma, and good clips. I wish this guy had a mil.
I remember very well what scared me the most when I was little.
You know those animated short films about Dr. Seuss stories? Not those bastardized cash-grabs by Illumination, but the older ones that actually had input from the good doctor himself?
Well, one of the more obscure ones (which is odd, considering it won an Emmy) is a Halloween special called “Halloween is Grinch Night,” released in 1977.
It centers around the Grinch bringing a mysterious artifact/weapon called the “Paraphernalia Wagon” down to Whoville on a windy, stormy night, causing the entire town to flee inside their homes and lock the doors.
A Who boy named Euikariah (I probably spelled that wrong) gets swept up by the wind and, after encountering the Grinch, tries to stall for time by pestering him. It’s really interesting how a Dr. Seuss special (written and produced by the man himself) was able to pull off such a foreboding atmosphere without betraying the overall style of his works.
Anyway, the most memorable part of the cartoon (and what scared the crap out of childhood me) is at the climax, where after annoying the Grinch enough, he opens the wagon and makes Euikariah look inside. What follows can only can be best described as total acid trip, as hordes of surreal monsters come from every dark corner to chase and spook the kid.
As I recall, a tape of Grinch Night was put on at the daycare center I went to one day when I was about four, and I specifically remember just being absolutely petrified in terror the whole time. I was so scared, I don’t think I was even able to scream or otherwise let the adults know I didn’t want to watch anymore. For almost ten years afterwards, I’d get nervous about seeing it whenever a teacher would put on a dvd of Dr. Seuss specials.
When I finally saw the special again online at about fifteen, I could quite clearly see why it terrified me so badly. The monsters came popping up out of nowhere, taunting Euikariah in jeering song. And what was admittedly the most impressive aspect about the whole ordeal was how the Grinch’s monsters were surreal, nightmarish, and terrifying yet they were still in the exact same Dr. Seuss style that’s so warm and wholesome everywhere else!
Number 8 alone convinced me to like this countdown.
That show was the bomb, and it's arguable that it still is.
Ahhhh, Courage the Cowardly Dog. The cartoon that taught me one of life's greatest lessons. "Anything worth its value, is worth fighting for."
Also, "Just because something's animated doesn't mean you should let your kids watch it."
It's in fact my favorite cartoon of all time
I love this topic. It's surprisingly fun to share what scared us as children. As for what scared me the most as a kid, the introduction to Gmork from The Neverending Story will always be the scariest thing I've encountered watching a movie.
@ 6:10
This was actually my first ever Kim possible episode. It was the show that made me fall in love with it
Courage was the TV show that made me hate my sister when I was a child. No joke, my sister had this thing for scaring the ever loving crap out of me. The King Ramsey episode was the one that she literally forced me to watch on UA-cam back in 2008. The CGI still haunts me to this day.
Freddy Kruger was my childhood fear. When I first heard of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, it scared me to the point where I was too afraid to sleep. I eventually always did cause I was a child, but I was always terrified that the one time I did fall asleep, I would never wake up again and end up in a nightmare and die. I eventually got over it, but I'm still afraid of being alone the dark to this day due to the unknown factor.
I wasn't really afraid of Freddy Krueger, but was terrified of his origin, how he was born. I shouldn't have found that when I was 10.
Now I know that this is going to sound lame, but one thing that scared me as a kid, was The Zen-Aku ark of Power Rangers Wild Force! It wasn’t just how fast and strong the guy was, but the fact that he had HIS OWN Wild Zords! The Dark Zords! Plus, if THAT wasn’t bad enough (and it was) he could swell his collection by capturing and corrupting the Rangers zords!
While i love Scooby Doo on Zombie Island - i do think the Evil Entity in Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorprated is a scarier concept and made for a 0_0 finale. It was definetly too recent to make this list though
You scared me with those last 3 segments, and it is something no kid should ever see or hear about.
The real Donkey Kong 64 horror is that crypt(?) from the desert area where that dude goes "GET OUT" and the clock starts ticking down.
Always scared the piss outta me
*i actually have never heard of the tailypo! I can see why it would pierce your very soul to this day!*
Thanks for the early Halloween treat,Logan!
Well, time to face our inner demons... they're real charmers, I tells ya what. Here's to you, DKC returns! THOSE CAVE LEVELS CAN SUFFER UNDER A LANDSLIDE.
I remember seeing Scooby Doo on Zombie Island when I was a kid, scared the absolute hell out of me, especially when I saw the Cat Creatures.
My childhood traumas:
Ghostbusters dogs (I had the exact same experience as Logan, made worse when my best friends dogs cornered me in his back yard)
The time I saw a commercial for Jaws
Anti-smoking commercials
When I watched the first episode of the Magic School BUs (Arnold takes his helmet off in space, chaos ensues)
Playing Super Paper Mario (it wasn't enough to put Mimi in the game, they had to put her in the SECOND CHAPTER)
Watching Gravity Falls (I would've abandoned the show completely if the mystery didn't have me hooked)
My best friend trying to convince me to play FNAF by describing it to me (All he accomplished was making me even more scared of it)
And the haphulumps and weasels or however it's spelled from Winnie the Pooh (Don't mock me, I was a sensitive kid)
Excellent list, with a perfect mix of callbacks to childhood horror and surprising comedy, as expected from the Minion himself!
I’d definitely stick to video game focused lists for your main content, but throwing in something like this every once in a while would be a nice surprise. Keep it up, Logan!
Courage wa s one of my top favorite shows as a kid. But it legit freaked me out at times
To be fair, I watched Scooby Doo on Zombie Island when I was four years old