# 'Grimm' needs monsters that are more horrifying **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-needs-monsters-that-are-more-horrifying/639086 "2012-10-28T00:27:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-needs-monsters-that-are-more-horrifying/639086/1 "2012-10-28T00:27:57Z")
The _Grimm_ Wesenverse is filled with monsters with scary names in bad German, but too many turn out to be just things like weremice and werebeavers. Nothing to give you nightmares. The show needs to plumb the depths of Western Culture to find monsters that are more horrifying; reach into our hearts to find what really scares us. To get them started I propose: 1. [Erdbeerkurzekuchen](http://blogs.babycenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/shortcake2.gif) 2. [Mein Kleinepferdchen](http://www.hubworld.com/hubworld/images/my-little-pony/frienship-is-magic/show-pages/galleries/characters/252x252/mlpfim-character-rainbow-dash_252x252.png) 3. [Der Sorgebär](http://www.picgifs.com/clip-art/cartoons/care-bears/clip-art-care-bears-753178.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-needs-monsters-that-are-more-horrifying/639086/2 "2012-10-28T01:55:00Z")
Why oh why did I click those links - guess I’ll be sleeping with the lights on for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-needs-monsters-that-are-more-horrifying/639086/3 "2012-10-28T01:59:36Z")
I warned you. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-needs-monsters-that-are-more-horrifying/639086/4 "2012-10-28T02:02:05Z")
I should report you for violating the 2-click rule for NSFA imagry - dear god man - that was disturbing… not that I would mind seeing Grimm dispatch a few of #1 - could you imagine the splurt? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-needs-monsters-that-are-more-horrifying/639086/5 "2012-10-28T02:05:58Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > The _Grimm_ Wesenverse is filled with monsters with scary names in bad German, but too many turn out to be just things like weremice and werebeavers. Nothing to give you nightmares. The show needs to plumb the depths of Western Culture to find monsters that are more horrifying; reach into our hearts to find what really scares us. To get them started I propose: > > 1. [Erdbeerkurzekuchen](http://blogs.babycenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/shortcake2.gif) > > 2. [Mein Kleinepferdchen](http://www.hubworld.com/hubworld/images/my-little-pony/frienship-is-magic/show-pages/galleries/characters/252x252/mlpfim-character-rainbow-dash_252x252.png) > > 3. [Der Sorgebär](http://www.picgifs.com/clip-art/cartoons/care-bears/clip-art-care-bears-753178.jpg) You MONSTER! Thank God you dodn’t likk to [DasPurpleDinosaurier](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&safe=off&sa=X&biw=1600&bih=736&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=IxEXhs-FoqFYsM:&imgrefurl=http://everydayfoodstorage.net/2011/12/02/preparedness-fridays-barney-bag/food-storage-recipes&docid=rm9YZi28prF8BM&imgurl=http://everydayfoodstorage.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Barney.jpg&w=1269&h=2216&ei=hpKMULjzIc_ryAHN8oGwDQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=2&sig=115918821702932114469&page=1&tbnh=144&tbnw=80&start=0&ndsp=39&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0,i:146&tx=37&ty=69)! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-needs-monsters-that-are-more-horrifying/639086/6 "2012-10-28T03:18:50Z")
Das [Schmetterling](http://www.onlinekunst.de/septemberzwei/poster_schmetterlinge.html). ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-needs-monsters-that-are-more-horrifying/639086/7 "2012-10-28T03:46:48Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Das [Schmetterling](http://www.onlinekunst.de/septemberzwei/poster_schmetterlinge.html). It’s like Silence of the Lambs times ten! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-needs-monsters-that-are-more-horrifying/639086/8 "2012-10-28T22:40:32Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Das [Schmetterling](http://www.onlinekunst.de/septemberzwei/poster_schmetterlinge.html). So beautiful! So fragile! So [bloodthirsty!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApWAs9P0Sh8&feature=youtu.be) ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-needs-monsters-that-are-more-horrifying/639086/9 "2012-10-28T22:58:40Z")
Hey! The second Care Bears movie is terrifying when you’re four. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-needs-monsters-that-are-more-horrifying/639086/10 "2012-10-31T01:30:36Z")
People wore costumes a day early at work which produced two more, each scarier than the last: [Grüß Gott Kätzchen](http://www.kawaiikakkoiisugoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hello-kitty-color.gif) [Heller Regenbogen](http://www.beautifulbodybistro.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/rainbow-bright.gif) Absolutely ghastly. Is it obvious that my daughters grew up in the '80s and '90s? And why could nobody have dressed like my favorites, [Jem und die Hologramme?](http://newleaderscouncil.org/sanfrancisco/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Jem-and-the-Holograms.jpg)