History Main / ArtStyleClash

* The crossover work ''The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries'' distinguishes characters from both works by giving the former thinner lines and subtly more realistic details like facial wrinkles and shading whereas the latter has noticeably thicker lines and flatter coloring.

* This is part of [[TheAce All Might's]] appeal in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. He is the only character drawn in a heavily-shaded "American superhero comics" style, in direct contrast to every other character in the shonen manga. At least once, someone breaks the fourth wall to comment on it.

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* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' takes place within the world of video games from different eras, genres and companies, both real and invented for the movie. So while the character designs fall within the traditional Disney aesthetics, there is a marked difference between the blocky Nicelanders from ''Fix-It Felix'', the more realistically proportioned SpaceMarines in ''Hero's Duty'', and the {{Animesque}} racers from ''Sugar Rush''.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' uses different artstyles for characters from alternate dimensions; Peter and Miles use an American comic book style, Gwen has something in between that and a pop-art album cover, Noir uses a black-and-white angular artstyle, Peni is heavily anime-inspired, Spider-Ham looks like he came out of a Looney Tunes cartoon, and [[spoiler: Miguel O'Hara visits the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967'' universe in TheStinger and adopts its artsyle.]]
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* ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' is set in a universe that crosses over the worlds of Creator/{{Disney}} and Franchise/FinalFantasy, both of which have ''vastly'' different art styles due to the different genre of both franchises. To say nothing of the variations of art styles between each fandom, with characters like WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} running around to save the Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es, and then meeting the photorealistic cast of the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCarribean''.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' is set in a universe that crosses over the worlds of Franchise/{{Disney}} and Franchise/FinalFantasy, both of which have ''vastly'' different art styles due to the different genre of both franchises. To say nothing of the variations of art styles between each fandom, with characters like WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} running around to save the Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es, and then meeting the photorealistic cast of ''Film/ThePiratesOfTheCarribean''.

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog:'' In most of the earlier 3D Sonic games, we see human characters who look pretty normal [[RealisticHumansCartoonyAnimals compared to the stylized anthropomorphic characters like Sonic himself]]. Heck, you don't even need to go to Sonic and his friends, comparing any human character to Dr. Eggman is more than enough.

* ''WesternAnimation/TwelveOunceMouse'' Season 3 is this. While the first two seasons were know for their [[StylisticSuck trademark art style]], Season 3 introduces new characters like Aria and Professor Wilx, who are '''''way''''' much better drawn that the main cast.

* Having a CastOfExpies, ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' has many characters with different art styles in a single cartoon. Secondary, Background, and [[OneShotCharacter One Shot characters]] increase the amount further..

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' falls into this as a result of ArtEvolution.
** Adult characters that debuted in early seasons are much more likely to have a cartoony and simplistic appearance than those who debuted in later seasons (Really, just compare Principal Victoria to PC Principal). The earlier character designs were not meant to be seen from [[CheatedAngle very complex angles]], which makes for a notable contrast in animation when seen next to more natural and expressive modern character designs. On the other hand, the base character design for kid characters has remained the same throught the series and very rarely has a kid introduced in more recent seasons looked any different than others clothes, hair and headwear aside. Not only that, but the more detailed environments of later seasons also contrast with most of the characters that were designed in the show's early years.

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'': Two words: [[spoiler: [[Characters/UndertaleFlowey Photoshop Flowey.]]]] An EldritchAbomination who only looks like a mess of parts, using a mess of artstyles not used or seen anywhere else before. The boss doesn't even look like it even belongs in this game (or ''any'' game, really) with only the character's ''face'' reminding what game you're playing.

* ''VideoGame/{{Kuukiyomi}}'' has lots of random characters appearing in the same universe, such as: cartoonish and round-headed ones like "You", the player protagonist from the series[[note]]including the female version of "You" from the third game[[/note]], middle-aged men, [[IdolSinger B.B.]]'s dance teacher, who has FunnyAfro hair, and [[FacelessMasses "bald" bystanders]]; semi-animesque ones like "You"'s girlfriend C-Ko, IdolSinger B.B., and other female extras; fully animesque ones like a PlayboyBunny girl action figure and Z.Z. the Virtuber; oval-headed ones like the punk rock member trio, etc.; both regular animals and anthropomorphic animals; even a number of semi-realistic ones like cowboys, the [[https://imgur.com/a/pfZWXqa troubled woman from the third game]] or even a realistically scary {{Oni}} (But only his legs).

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', while having a cartoony art-syle for the most part, has some instances of this. First of all, [[https://www.mariowiki.com/images/8/80/SMO_Shot_-_New_Donk_City.png take a look at this picture of Mario next to a New Donker]]. Pauline, the mayor of New Donk City, is also rather cartoony compared to the rest of the city, which has a more realistic approach to it. There is also [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs a very realistic T-Rex]] that appears as an enemy in certain sections of the game. And finally [[spoiler: there's the [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons Lord of Lighting, the Ruined Dragon]] in the Ruined Kingdom which looks like is more likely to be from something like ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' rather than a ''Mario'' game]]!

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' falls into this as a result of ArtEvolution. Adult characters that debuted in early seasons are much more likely to have a cartoony and simplistic appearance than those who debuted in later seasons (Really, just compare Principal Victoria to PC Principal). The earlier character designs were not meant to be seen from [[CheatedAngle very complex angles]], which makes for a notable contrast in animation when seen next to more natural and expressive modern character designs. On the other hand, the base character design for kid characters has remained the same throught the series and very rarely has a kid introduced in more recent seasons looked any different than others clothes, hair and headwear aside. Not only that, but the more detailed environments of later seasons also contrast with most of the characters that were designed in the show's early years.

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There are works that settle for a cartoony art-style for its characters and environments, others go for an {{Animesque}} art-style for its characters while others prefer a more realistic approach to everything.

Other works on the other hand... well, they just outright decide to take it UpToEleven and throw in many different art-styles together in the same work, and no, it is not just for a specific part, it is for the '''whole work'''. It is highly likely that this work takes place in a WorldOfWeirdness, so don't question why [[FurryConfusion an anthropomorphic animal is petting a non-anthropomorphic animal]] or why a ten-year old is a PintSizedKid while another one is just [[TeensAreShort slightly smaller than an adult]] among other things.

This can be seen as a SubTrope of MediumBlending. Not to be confused with ArtStyleDissonance (as that trope has the art-style not match to the context of the work, while in this trope it doesn't necessarily have to be the case) or ArtShift (which only happens for a certain amount of time or during very specific instances). Compare with RealisticHumansCartoonyAnimals, NonStandardCharacterDesign, and CartoonishCompanions.