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Nightmare
ナイトメア
SMT1 SFCDCBR SFC artwork from Shin Megami Tensei Artwork from Devil Children Black Book and Red Book
Other Name(s)	NitemareDemiKids Light Version and Dark Version
Origin	European culture
Race(s)	NightShin Megami Tensei Shin Megami Tensei II Shin Megami Tensei if... Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Colosseum 20XX Megami Ibunroku Persona Megami Ibunroku Persona: Ikū no Tō Hen SpecterDevil Children Black Book and Red Book Devil Children White Book Devil Children Light Book and Dark Book Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book
Alignment(s)	Neutral-NeutralShin Megami Tensei II Shin Megami Tensei if... Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Colosseum 20XX Neutral-ChaosShin Megami Tensei
Arcana	Moon

Nightmare is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

According to medieval and early modern European folklore, a nightmare (or simply mare) was a supernatural creature believed to cause bad dreams. In Germany, mares (Mahre) were conflated with elves (see Alp).

Design

Nightmare's first design, illustrated by Kazuma Kaneko, is that of a young child with sickly blue skin wielding a large knife. It has a blonde bowl cut and glowing red eyes, wearing a white shirt, overalls, and slippers. This design could be in reference to Gage Creed, a character from Stephen King's 1983 horror novel Pet Sematary, who has a similar appearance.

In the Devil Children series, Nightmare is a child whose face is obscured by a purple horse mask, but its evil grin is visible. It wears a dark blue hoodie with an upside -down star on the front, and long yellow-striped sleeves. It also has small demon wings and a horse's tail.

Gameplay

Megami Ibunroku Persona

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	Name Level HP SP Nightmare 13 91 156	Strength 9 Vitality 7 Dexterity 9 Agility 18 Luck 13
Location Abandoned Factory, Hypnos Tower
Class Order Type Subtype Recruit Personality Gender Demon Night (NDNight DemonRevelations: Persona ) Dark Occult — Foolish; Gloomy; Joyful Male
M. Atk M. Def EXP Persona EXP Yen Drop 69 62 54 92 ¥Yen580 Para Stone (△Less Common)
Resistances "Absorb:100% Element, Force / Weak: Physical" Sword Two-Hand Spear Axe Whip Thrown Arrow Fist ×2 ×2 ×2 ×2 ×2 ×2 ×2 ×2 Handgun Machine Gun Shotgun Rifle Tech Rush Anti-Boss Special ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×2 ×2 ×½×0.50 ×1 Fire Ice Wind Earth Electric Nuclear Blast Gravity Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Death Nerve Occult Curse Expel Prayer Bless Miracle Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Rpl ×1Repel (×1 Damage) NuNull Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) ×2 NuNull NuNull ×2
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Range Fist 1 Single enemy Sword
Skills SkillPersona / Revelations: Persona Cost Range Description Inherit Paralama / Paralyze 6 SP A Inflict Paralysis status (1 foe) ✔ Slumpa / BadLuck 4 SP C Inflicts Unlucky status (area) ✔ Deathtouch / DeathTouch 0 SP F Lowers experience (1 foe) ✘ Waltz of Sadness / Waltz 0 SP Two-Hand Inflicts Guilt status (area) ✘

	Name Level HP SP Nightmare 13 91 156	Strength 9 Vitality 7 Dexterity 9 Agility 18 Luck 13
Location Abandoned Factory, Hypnos Tower
Class Order Type Subtype Recruit Personality Gender Demon Night (NDNight DemonRevelations: Persona ) Dark Occult — Foolish; Gloomy; Joyful Male
M. Atk M. Def EXP Persona EXP Yen Drop 69 62 70 78 ¥Yen725 Para Stone (△Less Common)
Resistances "Absorb:100% Element, Force / Weak: Physical" Sword Two-Hand Spear Axe Whip Thrown Arrow Fist ×2 ×2 ×2 ×2 ×2 ×2 ×2 ×2 Handgun Machine Gun Shotgun Rifle Tech Rush Anti-Boss Special ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×2 ×2 ×½×0.50 ×1 Fire Ice Wind Earth Electric Nuclear Blast Gravity Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Death Nerve Occult Curse Expel Prayer Bless Miracle Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) Rpl ×1Repel (×1 Damage) NuNull Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) ×2 NuNull NuNull ×2
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Range Fist 1 Single enemy Sword
Skills SkillPersona / Revelations: Persona Cost Range Description Inherit Paralama / Paralyze 6 SP A Inflict Paralysis status (1 foe) ✔ Slumpa / BadLuck 4 SP C Inflicts Unlucky status (area) ✔ Deathtouch / DeathTouch 0 SP F Lowers experience (1 foe) ✘ Waltz of Sadness / Waltz 0 SP Two-Hand Inflicts Guilt status (area) ✘

Compendium

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Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei (A-Mode DDS)	Origin: Western Europe Demons which inflict nightmares on people. Since mares are female horses, they are depicted as black horses of the night. They're phantasmagoric monsters which instill fear in one's dreams.
Shin Megami Tensei II (A-Mode DDS)	出身地：西欧・アメリカ 人に悪夢を見せる夢魔。メアが雄馬の意味の為、夜の馬として黒馬の姿で描かれる。夢の中での姿は変幻自在で恐怖を与えるといわれている。 Translation:
Persona 2: Innocent Sin	A succubus that causes bad dreams and can take any form.
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment	Known as an ominous dream.
Devil Children Black Book and Red Book	GBC: おそろしいユメを　みせて　あいてのチカラを　うばうといわれる　あくむのデビル PS: 恐ろしい夢を　見せて　相手の力を　うばうと言われる　悪夢のデビル Translation: A nightmare Devil said to show horrible dreams and steal others' power.
Devil Children White Book	おそろしいユメを　みせて　あいてのチカラを　うばうといわれる　あくむのデビル Translation: A nightmare Devil said to show horrible dreams and steal others' power.
Devil Children Light Book and Dark Book	とてもおそろしい　夢を　見せて　相手の力を　うばうと言われる　大きな馬の　姿の　デビル Translation: A Devil in the form of a large horse said to show very horrible dreams and steal others' power.
DemiKids Light Version and Dark Version	A winged horse-like demon said to have the ability to strip an enemy of its powers.
Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book	とてもおそろしい　夢を　見せて　相手の力を　うばうと言われる　大きな馬の　姿の　デビル Translation: A Devil in the form of a large horse said to show very horrible dreams and steal others' power.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Nightmare
	NitemareDemiKids Light Version and Dark Version
Japanese	ナイトメア Naitomea	Nightmare
Korean	몽마夢魔DeviChil	Nightmare

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  Artwork from the Super Famicom version of Shin Megami Tensei
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  Artwork from Devil Children Black Book and Red Book
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  Sprite from the Super Famicom version of Shin Megami Tensei
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  Sprite from the Mega-CD version of Shin Megami Tensei
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  Sprite from the PlayStation version of Shin Megami Tensei
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  Sprite from the PlayStation version of Shin Megami Tensei II
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  Sprite from the PlayStation version of Shin Megami Tensei if...
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  Sprite from Shinyaku Last Bible II: Hajimari no Fukuin
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  Sprite from Shinyaku Last Bible III: Mugen no Eiyū
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  Sprite from Persona 2: Innocent Sin
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  Sprite from Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
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  Sprite from the Game Boy Color version of Devil Children Black Book and Red Book
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  Sprite from the PlayStation version of Devil Children Black Book and Red Book
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  Sprite from Devil Children White Book
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  Sprite from Devil Children Light Book and Dark Book and Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book
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  Card FD-016 from Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children Card Game: Goumaden
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  Nightmare and Sandman in Card FD-097 "Dormina" from Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children Card Game: Goumaden
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  Nightmare and Sandman in Card FW-100 "Dormina" from Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children Card Game: Byakusei no Monshou