diff --git a/engines/nancy/misc/specialeffect.cpp b/engines/nancy/misc/specialeffect.cpp
index b2d9e6deb70..a964a986cf3 100644
--- a/engines/nancy/misc/specialeffect.cpp
+++ b/engines/nancy/misc/specialeffect.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void SpecialEffect::init() {
 }
 
 void SpecialEffect::updateGraphics() {
-	if (g_nancy->getTotalPlayTime() > _nextFrameTime && _currentFrame < _numFrames) {
+	if (g_nancy->getTotalPlayTime() > _nextFrameTime && _currentFrame < (int)_numFrames && isInitialized()) {
 		++_currentFrame;
 		_nextFrameTime += _frameTime;
 
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ void SpecialEffect::onSceneChange() {
 }
 
 void SpecialEffect::afterSceneChange() {
+	if (_fadeFrom.empty()) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (_type == kSceneChangeFadeCrossDissolve) {
 		g_nancy->_graphicsManager->screenshotViewport(_fadeTo);
 	} else {
@@ -66,7 +70,7 @@ void SpecialEffect::afterSceneChange() {
 
 	// Workaround for the way ManagedSurface handles transparency. Both pure black
 	// and pure white appear in scenes with SpecialEffects, and those happen to be
-	// the two default values transBlitFrom uses for transColor. By doing this
+	// the two default values transBlitFrom uses for transColor. By doing this,
 	// transColor gets set to the one color guaranteed to not appear in any scene,
 	// and transparency works correctly
 	_fadeTo.setTransparentColor(g_nancy->_graphicsManager->getTransColor());
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ void SpecialEffect::afterSceneChange() {
 
 bool SpecialEffect::isDone() const {
 	if (_type == kSceneChangeFadeCrossDissolve) {
-		return _currentFrame >= _numFrames;
+		return _currentFrame >= (int)_numFrames;
 	} else {
 		return g_nancy->getTotalPlayTime() > _fadeToBlackEndTime;
 	}
diff --git a/engines/nancy/misc/specialeffect.h b/engines/nancy/misc/specialeffect.h
index 33b03340bc7..d66b2080105 100644
--- a/engines/nancy/misc/specialeffect.h
+++ b/engines/nancy/misc/specialeffect.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ protected:
 	uint16 _fadeToBlackTime = 0;
 	uint16 _frameTime = 0;
 
-	uint _currentFrame = 0;
+	int _currentFrame = 0;
 	uint _numFrames = 0;
 	SPEC *_specialEffectData = nullptr;
 };
diff --git a/engines/nancy/state/scene.cpp b/engines/nancy/state/scene.cpp
index ac9c7704162..4f6c7246f38 100644
--- a/engines/nancy/state/scene.cpp
+++ b/engines/nancy/state/scene.cpp
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ Scene::Scene() :
 		_actionManager(),
 		_difficulty(0),
 		_activeConversation(nullptr),
-		_lightning(nullptr),
-		_specialEffect(nullptr) {}
+		_lightning(nullptr) {}
 
 Scene::~Scene()  {
 	delete _helpButton;
@@ -117,7 +116,6 @@ Scene::~Scene()  {
 	delete _inventoryBoxOrnaments;
 	delete _clock;
 	delete _lightning;
-	delete _specialEffect;
 
 	clearPuzzleData();
 }
@@ -142,7 +140,6 @@ void Scene::process() {
 			g_nancy->_sound->loadSound(_sceneState.summary.sound);
 			g_nancy->_sound->playSound(_sceneState.summary.sound);
 		}
-		run(); // Extra run() call to fix the single frame with a wrong palette in TVD
 		// fall through
 	case kRun:
 		run();
@@ -202,10 +199,6 @@ void Scene::changeScene(uint16 id, uint16 frame, uint16 verticalOffset, byte con
 		_sceneState.nextScene.paletteID = paletteID;
 	}
 
-	if (_specialEffect) {
-		_specialEffect->onSceneChange();
-	}
-
 	_state = kLoad;
 }
 
@@ -602,12 +595,8 @@ void Scene::beginLightning(int16 distance, uint16 pulseTime, int16 rgbPercent) {
 }
 
 void Scene::specialEffect(byte type, uint16 fadeToBlackTime, uint16 frameTime) {
-	if (_specialEffect) {
-		delete _specialEffect;
-	}
-
-	_specialEffect = new Misc::SpecialEffect(type, fadeToBlackTime, frameTime);
-	_specialEffect->init();
+	_specialEffects.push(Misc::SpecialEffect(type, fadeToBlackTime, frameTime));
+	_specialEffects.back().init();
 }
 
 PuzzleData *Scene::getPuzzleData(const uint32 tag) {
@@ -627,6 +616,10 @@ PuzzleData *Scene::getPuzzleData(const uint32 tag) {
 }
 
 void Scene::load() {
+	if (_specialEffects.size()) {
+		_specialEffects.front().onSceneChange();
+	}
+
 	clearSceneData();
 
 	// Scene IDs are prefixed with S inside the cif tree; e.g 100 -> S100
@@ -700,10 +693,6 @@ void Scene::load() {
 
 	_flags.sceneCounts.getOrCreateVal(_sceneState.currentScene.sceneID)++;
 
-	if (_specialEffect) {
-		_specialEffect->afterSceneChange();
-	}
-
 	_state = kStartSound;
 }
 
@@ -714,18 +703,19 @@ void Scene::run() {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (_specialEffect && _specialEffect->isInitialized()) {
-		if (_specialEffect->isDone()) {
-			delete _specialEffect;
-			_specialEffect = nullptr;
-			g_nancy->_graphicsManager->redrawAll();
-		}
-
-		return;
-	}
-
 	Time currentPlayTime = g_nancy->getTotalPlayTime();
 
+	if (_specialEffects.size()) {
+		if (_specialEffects.front().isInitialized()) {
+			if (_specialEffects.front().isDone()) {
+				_specialEffects.pop();
+				g_nancy->_graphicsManager->redrawAll();
+			}
+		} else {
+			_specialEffects.front().afterSceneChange();
+		}
+	}
+
 	Time deltaTime = currentPlayTime - _timers.lastTotalTime;
 	_timers.lastTotalTime = currentPlayTime;
 
diff --git a/engines/nancy/state/scene.h b/engines/nancy/state/scene.h
index 8255c876a3b..506b0044a57 100644
--- a/engines/nancy/state/scene.h
+++ b/engines/nancy/state/scene.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define NANCY_STATE_SCENE_H
 
 #include "common/singleton.h"
+#include "common/queue.h"
 
 #include "engines/nancy/commontypes.h"
 #include "engines/nancy/puzzledata.h"
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ private:
 	NancyState::NancyState _gameStateRequested;
 
 	Misc::Lightning *_lightning;
-	Misc::SpecialEffect *_specialEffect;
+	Common::Queue<Misc::SpecialEffect> _specialEffects;
 
 	Common::HashMap<uint32, PuzzleData *> _puzzleData;