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Childhood trauma iceberg is an iceberg chart topic from r/IcebergCharts. The highest-scoring chart on it, "Gen Z Childhood Trauma Iceberg. (V1)", was posted by u/Guff_The_doge on 1 March 2021 and had about 1,847 upvotes when it was collected.[1] The subreddit has 45 other charts on the same or closely related topics; see Other versions.

Ten tiers of internet and TV moments that scared Gen Z as children. Each tier is paired with an image, from Weegee at the top to a screaming face at the bottom. Entries reflect the chart author's choices and are not verified fact.

"Gen Z Childhood Trauma Iceberg. (V1)" by u/Guff_The_doge (1 March 2021)

Tiers[edit]

Tier 1[edit]

  • William Afton's corpse
  • Fnaf Jumpscares
  • Agamemnon Counterpart
  • Giga Bowser
  • Fnaf4
  • Sabrina from Pokémon
  • Minecraft Mobs
  • CreepyPasta
  • Luigi's Mansion Beta Game Over
  • Vulgar Mario Sprite Animations
  • Haunted Gaming (Mutahar)
  • Scary Car Commercial
  • Inflation scenes
  • Kphoria Vore animations
  • Spanish MS Paint SpongeBob Parodies
  • Scary Maze Game
  • Zim harvests his Peer's Insides inside him
  • Scar's Death
  • Sailor Moon Villains
  • Weegee
  • MissingNo.
  • SpongeBob Close-ups

Tier 2[edit]

  • Herobrine
  • Chef gets boiled alive ad
  • I Feel Fantastic
  • Tom goes to Hell
  • Ao Oni
  • DNA Productions
  • Shreksorcist
  • Bambi's Mom is killed
  • Sonic CD "Fun Is Infinite" Screen
  • Manyards Elevator Ad
  • Wormy Closeup
  • MrCreepypasta's Fnaf audios
  • One Missed Call
  • Mac's Sugar Rush
  • 3Lamestudio Adult Clay Animations
  • IT (1990)
  • Blizzeta Boss Battle
  • Freddy Fazbear's Laughs
  • Judge Doom's Reveal
  • SuicideMouse.avi
  • Scottish anti-Drug Photograph ad
  • ShyGuy Unmasked
  • Violet turns into a Blueberry
  • Coco from Animal Crossing
  • Scared Shrekless
  • Mario gets Possessed

Tier 3[edit]

  • Peppa Pig and the Bacon
  • Tarzan Whammy
  • MisterDavie's MLP Animations
  • SpengBab and Patrixxx
  • Violin Girl jumpscare
  • Jeff Dunham's Puppets
  • Morbid PSA Ads
  • Zombie Avengers
  • Arnold's Nightmare
  • Jason Voorhees Unmasked
  • Arnold's Head Freezes in Space
  • Unsettling Simpson Scenes and Parodies
  • Jimmy Neutron Family Hour
  • M is bad
  • Loituma Onion Smash
  • McDonald's Nose Ad
  • Freddy Krueger's Kills
  • Frybo
  • Humpty Dumpty Kinder ad
  • Cyriak
  • MARIO Rom
  • Jason Voorhees's Kills
  • Deviantart
  • FlapJack Cat
  • Not without my handbag
  • Call of Duty
  • Let me hear your war cry
  • The ScareCrow's Hallucinations

Tier 4[edit]

  • Shaye Saint John
  • James Cauty's Splatter
  • Michael Jackson's Ghost Footage
  • Woody's Nightmare
  • Final Destination deaths
  • King Boo
  • Most Brutal Metal Scream
  • Errie Nickelodeon Ad's
  • Sims 2 – I ate my baby for dinner
  • Rainbow Factory
  • Girl Ghost
  • Lavender Town
  • Rasputin's Death
  • Tree Trunk's Death
  • OMG!!! Amazing Dancer!!!
  • Finn's Guardian Angel
  • GTA San Andreas Bigfoot + UFO
  • Cute Things Exploding
  • Billy reverses History

Tier 5[edit]

  • Zim and Dib become Balogna
  • Bill Cipher
  • Burger and Fries the cat
  • Magician Decapitates Wife
  • Exploding Tiger Trick
  • Rake Sighting
  • Cupcakes
  • Gory SML Videos
  • Suicide Mouse
  • Username:666
  • Samurai Jack Haunted House
  • Happy Tree Friends
  • The Luna Game
  • SpongeBob Face Freeze
  • Dawn Is Your Enemy
  • Cell Absorbs
  • Leela's Coma
  • I'm not Patrick, I'm Not Tommy!/Stu! 31 Flavors
  • Leatherface
  • There Is Nothing
  • Demonic Baby
  • The Ring and The Grudge
  • Val Val Val
  • Dark Animation Memes
  • Evil Dead II Laughing Scene

Tier 6[edit]

  • BND Logo
  • Weird PlayStation and Xbox Ads
  • Dan Howell's Halloween Livestream
  • Ninja Turtles Shock video
  • Slenderman
  • Mexican Doll Tree
  • Elmo Eats a Baby
  • GooseBumps
  • Unedited Footage of a Bear
  • Het
  • Disturbing Music Videos
  • REAL DEMONS CAUGHT ON TAPE
  • The Undertaker Kidnaps Teddy Long
  • Pico's School
  • Daneboe's Scariest face Vids
  • Evil Barney
  • Jeff The Killer
  • Pounce's Death (Clone High)
  • Bad Baby (NG)
  • Ed, Edd, and Eddy Lost Episode

Tier 7[edit]

  • Jack – A story from the past
  • Smile.JPG
  • Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon
  • LittleBaby's Ice Cream
  • Ghost in Japan
  • Red Mist
  • Child's Play
  • Scps
  • Dirtgirlworld
  • Amber Alerts and Weather Alerts
  • Gary Takes A Bath Girl
  • Squidward's Suicide
  • Steven get's Covered in cats
  • Obey The Walrus
  • Peter's Head Explodes
  • Vincent's Laugh in Thriller
  • Dora No more
  • Freak Fred
  • Salad Fingers
  • Bobek
  • Snow White & The Haunted Forest
  • Blank Eyed Girls in Adventure Time
  • Squidward eating Spongebob alive

Tier 8[edit]

  • Giygas in the end of EarthBound
  • Tails rapes and shits on Cream
  • KrainaGrzybowTV
  • Harry Pothead
  • Sharp Tooth
  • Rubber Johnny
  • Yume Nikki
  • Creepy Tape Found in Croatia
  • The Sneeze How Germs are Spread
  • Scary Stories to tell in the dark
  • Wonka's Boat Ride
  • Pencil Face
  • Tiny the T rex
  • Mr.Krab's Bloodlust
  • DQ Monster Ad 2006
  • NX_vcjZmQ9w
  • Happy Meal
  • Scrooge Puppet from Polar Express
  • Spooky Buddies
  • Billy the Puppet
  • Kuyang Dayak
  • Popsicle by TwistedGrim
  • You're Not Perfect
  • wpkepkw
  • Super Mario 64
  • Fallen Angel in Catalonia

Tier 9[edit]

  • Realistic Mario asking if you wanna get scared out of your mind?
  • Pinkie Pie loses her mind
  • Jackass Transformation
  • Koolaid Killer
  • Racist Mario
  • Dic Logo
  • Who's Hungry?
  • Bunchie the Green Lama
  • The Taste of Kyurri is Soothing
  • Pingu's Nightmare
  • Dexter's Lab Sore Eyes
  • Men in Black Monsters
  • Dolphin Muzzle
  • Rigby's Fear
  • Valve intro
  • General Skarr Suffocates in Space and Dies
  • Junji Ito Mangas
  • Klasky Csupo
  • Bongcheon-Dong Ghost
  • RackaRacka's Ronald McDonald Videos
  • Peppermint Park
  • Lost Media

Tier 10[edit]

  • iggy35
  • The Bloody Door
  • Clurds
  • Malleo
  • Katies Scary Face
  • Weird Chin faces
  • Amy gets possesed
  • Drag Me to Hell 2009
  • Evil Elmo
  • Nightmare Wolf
  • The House 1&2
  • Sad Satan
  • Vicious516's Creepypastas
  • The Original Lights Out ShortFilm
  • Max's Nightmare
  • Monster House
  • Scooby Doo Zombie Island
  • Omegle
  • Ghostscape
  • Old Youtube Arabic Videos
  • Bart the General
  • Elmo Eats a baby
  • Zom
  • Run the Gauntlet
  • Smosh found dead
  • Jakety Ghoust
  • Live Leak
  • Japanease Mcdonalds Ad
  • Yelling Creature

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ u/Guff_The_doge. Gen Z Childhood Trauma Iceberg. (V1). Reddit (r/IcebergCharts). 1 March 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2026.