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Nightmares are new type of monster introduced in The Rebellion Story. They resemble dolls with a pair of disembodied blue hands, and primarily attack by shooting exploding objects.

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In fact, the Nightmares are actually false opponents created by the witch barrier Rebellion takes place in.

Appearances

At the moment, Nightmares exclusively appear The Rebellion Story.

Two Nightmares appear in the movie. The first appears at the very beginning and is initially attacked by Madoka Kaname, Sayaka Miki, and Kyoko Sakura. The Nightmare is driven into a dining room where Mami Tomoe and Bebe are waiting. The magical girls then appear to defeat the Nightmare by feeding food to it. It's later revealed that Homura Akemi had assisted the magical girls in secret.

The second Nightmare is born from Hitomi Shizuki, when she feels frustration over her relationship with her boyfriend. Hitomi is seemingly swallowed up by her bed as the Nightmare appears. The magical girls contain the Nightmare and then defeat it by singing the Cake Song. At the end of the song, the Nightmare turns into a cake which Bebe swallows whole. Bebe then spits out a blob resembling Hitomi's head and a paper with a picture of a violin on it. Sayaka catches both things, and then throws the paper into the air. The paper turns into a silhouette of Hitomi's boyfriend. The blob flies up after the silhouette and vanishes into sparkles that purify the magical girls' Soul Gems. Hitomi then reappears in her bedroom.

It is eventually revealed that the characters are actually in Homura's witch barrier. The Nightmares were created by the Houra's subconscious so the magical girls would have enemies to fight.

Later in the movie, a Nightmare doll is seen briefly as Kyubey explains Homura's circumstances. Another appears briefly when Homura transforms into Homulilly.

Trivia and Observations

  • The disembodied hands of the Nightmares hint at the fact that they're puppets created by a witch. Furthermore, one of the hands has a covering over it's middle finger, which is the same finger a magical girl wears her ring on.