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1. Metal Fight Beyblade Episode 31

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Beyblade: Metal Fusion, also known as Metal Fight Beyblade (メタルファイトベイブレード, Metaru Faito Beiburēdo), is a Japanese manga created by Takafumi Adachi, serialized in Shogakukan's monthly magazine CoroCoro Comic between September 2008 and February 2012.

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Despite being mostly a Merchandise-Driven kids' show depicting about happy kids playing spinning tops, Metal Fight Beyblade has some moments that was truly terrifying to watch and witness. Some characters also tend to induce these themselves.

Metal Fight Beyblade Episode 31

Metal Fusion/Metal Fight

• Reiji. Let's do a list, shall we? He enjoys tormenting his opponents, even after he's clearly already won the battle (during his battle with Hyoma, for example, where we see Poison Serpent actually wrapping itself around Hyoma's neck in a way that would make someone think of strangulation), he has no qualms about scaring the everloving crap out of little kids and he talks like snake going after his prey. His eyes are also usually hidden and, when they open, he looks outright insane!
• Yu being betrayed by Dark Nebula. The kid only lost one time and he was forced to battle Reiji, who stuck to his usual routine of tormenting his opponent. Made even worse when Yu spotted Ryuga watching him and begged him to help, only for Ryuga to turn and walk away from him, showing that the person he thought was a good friend was only using him, shredding the last bit of hope he had for anyone to help him. He manages to escape but, when he appears before Gingka and his friends, he looks completely battered and passes out immediately after he saw them, as if he's just then finally reached the limit of his energy. He's then captured again and left in a dark room, just being forced to wait for whatever punishment might be coming to him.
• The end of Kyoya's fight against Ryuga in episode 49, in which we see possessed Ryuga for the first time. It ends with Kyoya's crushing defeat and him being Impaled with Extreme Prejudice by L-Drago itself.

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  • Adding onto this, the dark power itself. It continuously gained more and more power inside of Ryuga's body until it completely took control of Ryuga's body and made him take on the appearance of demonic, dragon-like creature.

Metal Masters/Baku

• Continuing on the subject of the dark power, we learn a lot about it in this season when it's discovered that it's infected Tsubasa, bringing out a darkness in his heart that we eventually learn about through flashbacks. Tsubasa's dark side was just completely insane and only wanted to win, no matter what. This lead to the destruction of the entire arena during his and Yu's battle against Damoure and Benkei, as well as knocking out Damoure, Benkei, AND Yu.
  • Then, later on, we learn the origin of the dark power: It was the dark emotions in the hearts of the people that L-Drago was passed down to through the centuries, including greed, ambitions, anger, and desires of those people. Think about it: a power actually created by the darkness in peoples' hearts...
  • There's also the nightmare Yu had after the above mentioned battle. A little kid, especially a normally happy one like Yu, dreaming of an entire building going up in flames while he can only stand there and watch. You wouldn't imagine such graphic imagery from the mind of a kid like him.

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• Julius' ghastly expression◊after◊ he crosses his Despair Event Horizon when he lost against Damian. The way it's drawn is just downright terrifying.
• Any battle involving Damian can qualify as this, especially when Hades Gate is used. Getting dragged down into a gate that leads into a world that mirrors Hell itself? Good god.
  • Adding to that, Damian is also ready to get Kerbecs' beast to beat you up with chains whenever you do or say something funny to him.
  • Something scarier? The Hell dimension can also blast infernos to burn you up, as Kyoya can testify. Worse, they can appear on wherever spot you are standing. Burned by an inferno is not a joke!
• The Arrangement, in general. Depending on how compatible you are with it, going through the process can be VERY painful. Even for those that are 100% compatible, the Arrangement brings out, aside from enhanced beyblading skills, intensified negative emotions, and in the cases of Jack and Damian, possible insanity. In fact, it turns Zeo, who is a previously such a Nice Guy into someone who is loaded with hatred. And let's not even start on what it did to Toby.
• The potential of the Spiral Force. A small discharge was enough to annihilate an entire landscape. And if Ziggurat wasn't lying, a meltdown of it could destroy the entire planet. If Gingka and co. hadn't stopped Faust and Twisted Tempo, it would have been The End of the World as We Know It.
• The fact that Twisted Tempo can create black holes and drag people into alternate dimensions with its space-warping ability. If that's not enough, it is shown what happens to those trapped inside: stuck in a timeless, grey-scale world for possibly eternity. THAT is the terrifying ability of a Beyblade with Reality Warper powers.

Metal Fury/4D

• A minor detail in the long run, but a group of tomb-robbers who had been tailing Ryuto actually threatened him with knives! In this world where most people use magical spinning tops as a way of settling their disputes, it is at least a bit frightening to see actual deadly weapons being used.
• Rago's line to Kenta in Episode 148 more or less qualifies as this, where he threatened to kill him. You know it is a nightmare fuel when a villain attempts to kill a hero in a mostly Merchandise-Driven kids show.

  Rago: It's fine. If you really want to die that badly, let me finish you first.

• The entire story of Metal Fury is basically centered around the Apocalypse and, when everything's said and done, the destruction caused during the final battle isn't just magically fixed: it stays around for, presumably, many years after.
  • And this battle effected the entire world: volcanoes erupted, earthquakes ensued, buildings were destroyed, etc. Also, some people died...This IS a kids' show, right?!

Episodes

Beyblade: Metal Fusion

Newcomer Gingka saves Kenta from the Face Hunters but then is challenged to a 100-to-1 battle.

Before Gingka's new friend Madoka can finish fixing his broken bey Pegasus, he uses it to fight Kyoya.

Kenta challenges Gingka to a battle. Kyoya is challenged to battle Doji.

Doji presents Benkei with the powerful Beyblade Dark Bull so he can defeat Gingka.

When a crab-obsessed villain named Tetsuya Watarigani kidnaps Madoka, Gingka must battle him to save her.

Hikaru Hasama issues a challenge to battle Gingka with Benkei's help, but Kenta poses as Gingka and fights her instead.

Benkei trains Kenta to face Hikaru again. Madoka gives Kenta a bey part to help him create a new special move, which he uses to defeat Hikaru.

Doji sends Kyoya to Wolf Canyon to prove his worth.

Kyoya returns from Wolf Canyon and battles Benkei, destroying the warehouse they're in.

Gingka battles Kyoya, and Kyoya creates a tornado that rips through the city, which inadvertently summons Gingka's friends to cheer him on.

Gingka and the gang arrive at the Dark Nebula and are assaulted with a bey storm from above. They must use their special moves to fend it off.

The gang are met with traps set by Merci on their way to confront Doji. Doji asks Gingka to join forces with him.

Gingka battles his long-lost nemesis Ryuga, but his anger gets in the way of winning.

In flashbacks, we learn about Gingka's father, Ryo, who originally had the bey Pegasus and was defeated by Ryuga and lightning L-Drago.

The gang sets out to find Gingka in his hometown but are faced with challenges along the way, including a mysterious traveler named Hyoma.

On their way to Gingka's village, the gang is tested by Hyoma, who reveals he is an old friend of Gingka's.

When the gang arrives in the village, Gingka is not there. Gingka climbs a mountain to obtain a scroll that may hold the key to defeating Ryuga.

Hyoma and Gingka show the gang their beyblading stadiums of the past. Hyoma challenges Gingka to a battle, the kind they've never done before.

Benkei and Kenta learn how to change parts on their beys, which makes their beys even stronger, especially for the Aquatic Tag-Team Tournament.

Gingka and his friends go to the remote Beyblade Island to participate in the intense Survival Battle competition.

The Survival Battle continues, and it's down to the wire with eight competitors remaining. Who will win?

In the jaw-dropping finale of the Survival Battle, the fight takes an unexpected turn and everyone is shocked by the final victor.

As the winner of the Survival Battle, Yu is granted his wish: to have a Battle Bladers tournament, the biggest beyblade competition in the world.

Battles heat up as the bladers earn points for entry into the Battle Bladers competition. Gingka meets a new rival, Tsubasa, who tests his strength.

Kyoya comes across a calculating opponent named Tobio, aka Captain Capri, whose moves appear erratic but not unstoppable.

Tsubasa proves his worthiness as a blader and joins forces with Doji's Dark Nebula Organization.

The competition to make it into Battle Bladers heats up with Yu battling Hyoma and Tsubasa battling Kenta.

As everyone gears up for Battle Bladers, the crab-obsessed Tetsuya is up to his usual tricks defeating everyone -- except Gingka.

Kenta befriends a new blader, Sora, who has amazing power but no control. Sora copies Gingka's special move but cannot pull it off.

Gingka is pushed to the limits when he enters an important challenge match and faces a self-proclaimed magician named Ryutaro.

Four battles go on in four different stadiums as the competition heats up to make it into Battle Bladers.

In an exciting challenge match for Battle Bladers, six bladers are pitted against each other at the same time.

When Phoenix saves Gingka's bey pointer from Tetsuya's claws, Gingka must battle Phoenix and loses all his points.

Gingka has to create a new special move when battling his new opponent, Teru, whose ballet skills make him an incredible blader.

Tsubasa sneaks into the Dark Nebula but is caught by Doji, who makes him battle many Dark Nebula bladers to earn his freedom.

Tsubasa is almost defeated by Ryuga in an intense battle, but Phoenix comes to the rescue. Gingka fights Tobio in a stadium of moving walls.

When a gang led by Busujima takes over their stadium, Kenta and Sora have to battle hard to get it back.

Even though Gingka panics about winning back enough points to enter Battle Bladers, he gives up a match to help his friends win against Tsubasa.

Gingka beats Phoenix, leading Phoenix to return his pointer with enough points for Battle Bladers. Tsubasa has been working for the WBBA.

Battle Bladers begins, but it turns out that Doji is in charge. Regardless, Benkei, Kenta and Gingka beat their first opponents.

Hyoma must battle an unknown blader, Reiji from the Dark Nebula, who uses a Poison Serpent to take him down.

The gang nurses Hikaru back to health after her defeat by Ryuga; Yu is forced to battle Reiji to see if he can stay with the Dark Nebula.

Benkei battles his idol, Kyoya; Gingka battles Ryutaro, and the winner's celebration is cut short when they are visited by the wounded Yu.

After a fierce battle with Ryuga, Tsubasa is eliminated from Battle Bladers; Ryuga issues a challenge to Gingka, who readily accepts.

The semifinals pit Gingka against Reiji. Doji takes Yu away, so Hyoma and Kenta go to the Dark Nebula to save him.

Gingka manages to defeat Reiji using a mirror to reflect his attacks; Phoenix helps rescue Yu and defeats Doji in battle.

The masked blader Phoenix is revealed to be Gingka's father; Ryuga saps Doji of his energy, making Ryuga more powerful.

Kyoya and Ryuga meet in an intense semifinal battle. Kyoya is ahead until L-Drago takes over in a final explosion.

Ryuga builds a special arena for his match with Gingka. Gingka is winning until Ryuga mutates into a monstrous figure.

In a spirited finale, Gingka battles with a mutated version of Ryuga. Gingka uses the spirit of all bladers to free Ryuga from the dark bey and win.