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** Rockstar is a developer and publisher famous for its self-conscious cultivation of a cool image, making their name with the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series and also releasing [[VideoGame/MaxPayne noir-inspired]] [[VideoGame/LANoire crime dramas]], [[VideoGame/MidnightClub slick open-world street racers]], [[VideoGame/{{Manhunt}} ultraviolent slashers]], [[VideoGame/TheWarriors adaptations of cult '70s action films]], and [[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption gritty Westerns]]... so imagine everyone's surprise when they made ''[[http://kotaku.com/that-time-rockstar-made-a-table-tennis-game-1750981913 Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis]]''. It was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin just that]]: a straightforward table tennis game, treated with the same seriousness as all of their other titles. Pretty much every retrospective on the game goes out of its way to note just how oddball and unlike the rest of the company's titles it was. ''Table Tennis'' was actually far more important to Rockstar than one may guess, as it was a test run for the new Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) that powered titles like ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' and ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' during the [[UsefulNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames seventh generation of gaming]].
** ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'' could also count as pretty oddball by Rockstar's standards, given its LighterAndSofter tone compared to the rest of their games. Its WideOpenSandbox gameplay and sense of humor, though, were still very much in the Rockstar tradition.
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* Creator/{{Bioware}} is well known for its {{Western RPG}}s. However, two of the works it made are much different.
** ''VideoGame/ShatteredSteel'' is a GiantRobot Simulation.
** ''VideoGames/SonicChronicles'' is a EasternRPG.
** ''VideoGame/ShatteredSteel'' is a GiantRobot Simulation.
** ''VideoGames/SonicChronicles'' is a EasternRPG.
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* Creator/{{Bioware}} is well known for its {{Western RPG}}s. However, two of the works it made are much different.
** ''VideoGame/ShatteredSteel'' isdifferent: their [[EarlyInstlalmentWeirdness debut project]], ''VideoGame/ShatteredSteel'', was a GiantRobot Simulation.
**Simulation, while ''VideoGames/SonicChronicles'' is a EasternRPG. EasternRPG.
* Similarly, Creator/ObsidianEntertainment is known primarily as a WesternRPG developer, yet their newest upcoming game, ''VideoGame/ArmoredWarfare'', is an online multiplayer tank simulator.
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* Eiki Eiki and Zaou Taishi are very prolific YaoiGenre authors but they've also written the hallmark yuri mangas ''Manga/HaruNatsuAkiFuyu'' and ''Manga/LoveGeneXX''
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''Manga/LoveGeneXX''.
* Similarly, ''Manga/SwapSwap'' is the only yuri manga by Tomekichi, who mainly writes in the yaoi genre.
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* Creator/{{Nintendo}} has the ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' series. It is far different from Nintendo's more cartoony output, having a more grim science fiction theme.
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* Creator/StanLee is one of the greatest superhero comic writers. He created and co-created a lot of SilverAge superheroes. He also created the erotic animated series ''WesternAnimation/{{Stripperella}}''.
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* Creator/StanLee is one of the greatest superhero comic writers. He created and co-created a lot of SilverAge UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} superheroes. He also created the erotic animated series ''WesternAnimation/{{Stripperella}}''.
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* Creator/StevenSpielberg has a really varied career, on which action\adventure and compelling dramas (usually of the historical variety) stand out. The true oddballs are the comedies ''Film/NineteenFortyOne'' and ''Film/TheTerminal'.
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* Creator/StevenSpielberg has a really varied career, on which action\adventure action/adventure and compelling dramas (usually of the historical variety) stand out. The true oddballs are the comedies ''Film/NineteenFortyOne'' and ''Film/TheTerminal'.
''Film/TheTerminal''.
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** VideoGame/AlienSwarm is a {{FreeWare}} top down shooter.
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* George Miller, director of ''Film/MadMax,'' later directed family movies about [[Film/{{Babe}} cute pigs]] and [[HappyFeet penguins]].
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* George Miller, Creator/GeorgeMiller, director of ''Film/MadMax,'' later directed family movies about [[Film/{{Babe}} cute pigs]] and [[HappyFeet penguins]]. And then, after thirty years, went back to ''Mad Max'' with the explosive ''[[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad Fury Road]]''.
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** Robert Munsch often makes kids books with hilarious, over-the-top situations and cartoony characters and colours. But then along came ''Love You Forever'', the biggest tearjerker of all kid's books...
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** Robert Munsch often makes kids books with hilarious, over-the-top situations and cartoony characters and colours. But then along came ''Love You Forever'', the biggest tearjerker of all kid's books...
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* ''{{Series/Daredevil}}'', unlike most of Creator/MarvelComics [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse live action superhero output]], is a gritty crime drama.
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* ''{{Series/Daredevil}}'', ''{{Series/Daredevil 2015}}'', unlike most of Creator/MarvelComics [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse live action superhero output]], is a gritty crime drama.
drama.
** Its companion series, ''Series/JessicaJones2015'', is a psychological thriller/horror with FantasticNoir thrown in, dealing with subjects such as PTSD and sexual assault.
** Its companion series, ''Series/JessicaJones2015'', is a psychological thriller/horror with FantasticNoir thrown in, dealing with subjects such as PTSD and sexual assault.
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* Creator/TimBurton is well-known as a director of movies which cross the horror genre over with another, such as the macabre musicals ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' and ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' or the comedy ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''. So when compared to his usual body of work, these four films ''really'' stand out.
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* Creator/TimBurton is well-known as a director of movies which cross the horror genre over with another, such as the macabre musicals ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' and ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' and ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' (and also [[DirectorDisplacement one he didn't direct]], ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'') or the comedy ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''. So when compared to his usual body of work, these four films ''really'' stand out.
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* Creator/FrancisFordCoppola is known for directing drama films like TheGodfather series, Film/ApocalypseNow, and ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', he also directed the family comedy-drama ''Film/{{Jack|1996}}'' about a young boy played by Creator/RobinWilliams who psychically ages several decades at an accelerated rate.
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* Creator/FrancisFordCoppola is known for directing drama films like TheGodfather ''TheGodfather'' series, Film/ApocalypseNow, and ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', he also directed the family comedy-drama ''Film/{{Jack|1996}}'' about a young boy played by Creator/RobinWilliams who psychically ages several decades at an accelerated rate.
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* Creator/StevenSpielberg has a really varied career, on which action\adventure and compelling dramas (usually of the historical variety) stand out. The true oddballs are the comedies ''Film/NineteenFortyOne'' and ''Film/TheTerminal'.
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* Creator/FrancisFordCoppola is known for directing drama films like TheGodfather series, Film/ApocalypseNow, and ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', he also directed the family comedy-drama ''Film/{{Jack|1996}}'' about a young boy played by RobinWilliams who psychically ages several decades at an accelerated rate.
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* Creator/FrancisFordCoppola is known for directing drama films like TheGodfather series, Film/ApocalypseNow, and ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', he also directed the family comedy-drama ''Film/{{Jack|1996}}'' about a young boy played by RobinWilliams Creator/RobinWilliams who psychically ages several decades at an accelerated rate.
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* Peter Berg, an actor turned director best known for action films such as ''Film/{{Hancock}}'' and ''Film/{{Battleship}}'', made his directorial debut with the BlackComedy ''Film/VeryBadThings'' (of which its premise may be more familiar to audiences as the later film ''TheHangover''). He's also gone against type as a producer, being one of the producers of the romantic comedy ''Film/LarsAndTheRealGirl''.
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* Peter Berg, an actor turned director best known for action films such as ''Film/{{Hancock}}'' and ''Film/{{Battleship}}'', made his directorial debut with the BlackComedy ''Film/VeryBadThings'' (of which its premise may be more familiar to audiences as the later film ''TheHangover'').''Film/VeryBadThings''. He's also gone against type as a producer, being one of the producers of the romantic comedy ''Film/LarsAndTheRealGirl''.
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** ''Film/PearlHarbor'' was a serious attempt at a historical drama/romance that lacked most of the traits common in his action films.
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* Creator/DarrenAronofsky would be the last person you would suspect to make a big budget religious film like ''Film/{{Noah}}'', especially considering his other works like ''Film/BlackSwan'' and ''Film/RequiemForADream''.
** Though, to be fair, the end result is entirely recognizable as an Aronofsky film.
** Though, to be fair, the end result is entirely recognizable as an Aronofsky film.
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* FrankMiller is known for his grim and gritty comics. He also created a more lighthearted comic called ''TheBigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot'', which was later adapted into a cartoon on Fox Kids.
* Trina Robbins is mostly known for her feminist underground comix and activism supporting women in comics. She also designed ''{{Vampirella}}'''s iconic costume.
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* FrankMiller Creator/FrankMiller is known for his grim and gritty comics. He also created a more lighthearted comic called ''TheBigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot'', ''ComicBook/TheBigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot'', which was later adapted into a cartoon on Fox Kids.
* Trina Robbins is mostly known for her feminist underground comix and activism supporting women in comics. She also designed''{{Vampirella}}'''s ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'''s iconic costume.
* Trina Robbins is mostly known for her feminist underground comix and activism supporting women in comics. She also designed
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* StanLee is one of the greatest superhero comic writers. He created and co-created a lot of SilverAge superheroes. He also created the erotic animated series ''{{Stripperella}}''.
* Creator/RalphBakshi is known for street-based dramas and comedies with over the top violence, sex, and nudity (''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'', ''WesternAnimation/HeavyTraffic'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Coonskin}}'', and ''HeyGoodLookin'') and fantasy films (''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', and ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce''). But he also directed the realistically grounded drama ''WesternAnimation/AmericanPop'', which is more down to earth than his street films and fairly realistic in its portrayal of violence and mild in its sexuality.
* Creator/RalphBakshi is known for street-based dramas and comedies with over the top violence, sex, and nudity (''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'', ''WesternAnimation/HeavyTraffic'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Coonskin}}'', and ''HeyGoodLookin'') and fantasy films (''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', and ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce''). But he also directed the realistically grounded drama ''WesternAnimation/AmericanPop'', which is more down to earth than his street films and fairly realistic in its portrayal of violence and mild in its sexuality.
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* StanLee Creator/StanLee is one of the greatest superhero comic writers. He created and co-created a lot of SilverAge superheroes. He also created the erotic animated series ''{{Stripperella}}''.''WesternAnimation/{{Stripperella}}''.
* Creator/RalphBakshi is known for street-based dramas and comedies with over the top violence, sex, and nudity (''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'', ''WesternAnimation/HeavyTraffic'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Coonskin}}'', and''HeyGoodLookin'') ''WesternAnimation/HeyGoodLookin'') and fantasy films (''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', and ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce''). But he also directed the realistically grounded drama ''WesternAnimation/AmericanPop'', which is more down to earth than his street films and fairly realistic in its portrayal of violence and mild in its sexuality.
* Creator/RalphBakshi is known for street-based dramas and comedies with over the top violence, sex, and nudity (''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'', ''WesternAnimation/HeavyTraffic'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Coonskin}}'', and
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* The first novel Creator/VCAndrews ever wrote was a sci-fi/fantasy book called ''Gods of Green Mountain''. It being so different from other works her fans are used to seeing is probably the reason why it took almost twenty years after her death to get published, and only in ebook format.
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* {{Disney}} is the last company that you would expect to produce and air a remake of the 1971 classic ''Film/BriansSong''. Very serious adult-level tearjerker dramas are not what Disney is known for. There was no {{Disneyfication}}. The only thing Disneyesque they did was inject a political correctness that isn't exactly accurate to the period setting (but that's mostly limited to omitting the racist terms that were thrown around in the original and to elevating the role of female characters). They also made the characters DarkerAndEdgier and left out the humor of the original (specifically, James Caan originally played Brian as a snarky extrovert while in the remake, he is more of a {{Jerkass}}). And this was shown on [[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Wonderful World of Disney]].
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* {{Disney}} Creator/{{Disney}} is the last company that you would expect to produce and air a remake of the 1971 classic ''Film/BriansSong''. Very serious adult-level tearjerker dramas are not what Disney is known for. There was no {{Disneyfication}}. The only thing Disneyesque they did was inject a political correctness that isn't exactly accurate to the period setting (but that's mostly limited to omitting the racist terms that were thrown around in the original and to elevating the role of female characters). They also made the characters DarkerAndEdgier and left out the humor of the original (specifically, James Caan originally played Brian as a snarky extrovert while in the remake, he is more of a {{Jerkass}}). And this was shown on [[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Wonderful World of Disney]].
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* Carol Reed was known for his gritty dramatic works (the most famous being ''Film/TheThirdMan''), but he won his lone Oscar for 1968's ''Oliver!'' -- a musical. His next film, 1970's ''Flap'', also falls under this since it's a comedy.
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These don\'t really count. Branagh often does classical royalty films (most of them being Shakespeare plays), and Thor and Cinderella fit that descriptor.
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* Creator/KennethBranagh, best known for directing adaptations of Shakespeare, directed ''Film/{{Thor}}'', a big budget special effects laden movie based on a comic book character.
** YMMV on how much of a stretch this was when you see how much [[WorldOfHam ham]] was required for Thor, and how both Brannagh and Creator/AnthonyHopkins likened the work to Shakespeare.
** He also directed ''Film/{{Cinderella 2015}}'', a big budget special effects laden movie based on [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} a Disney classic]].
** YMMV on how much of a stretch this was when you see how much [[WorldOfHam ham]] was required for Thor, and how both Brannagh and Creator/AnthonyHopkins likened the work to Shakespeare.
** He also directed ''Film/{{Cinderella 2015}}'', a big budget special effects laden movie based on [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} a Disney classic]].
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Creator's Oddball is a work which clashes with the rest of a creator's output. It can be much LighterAndSofter or DarkerAndEdgier. It can also be [[GenreShift a different genre.]]
This might be related to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, where the writer has
just started their career, and hasn't settled on a genre yet.
For actor, this is PlayingAgainstType, or in particularly bad cases, WTHCastingAgency.
Can also be a NewSoundAlbum if the change in direction doesn't take and the artist goes back to their signature style.
This might be related to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, where the writer has
just started their career, and hasn't settled on a genre yet.
For actor, this is PlayingAgainstType, or in particularly bad cases, WTHCastingAgency.
Can also be a NewSoundAlbum if the change in direction doesn't take and the artist goes back to their signature style.
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Creator's Oddball is a work which clashes with the rest of a creator's output. It can be much LighterAndSofter or DarkerAndEdgier. It can also be DarkerAndEdgier, or even [[GenreShift a different genre.]]
This might be related to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, where the writerhas
has just started their career, and hasn't settled on a genre yet.
For actor, If this occurs in an actor's filmography, that actor is PlayingAgainstType. If this occurs in an actor's filmography when it really shouldn't have, this is PlayingAgainstType, or in particularly bad cases, WTHCastingAgency.
Can also beWTHCastingAgency.
In music, this might become a NewSoundAlbum if the change in direction doesn't take and the artist goes back to their signaturestyle.
style. If it's a specific song, and it becomes successful, it's a BlackSheepHit.
This might be related to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, where the writer
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* Creator/WestwoodStudios is known for the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' series of RealTimeStrategy games (though the studio wasn't limited to RTS, all their game ''series'' were), but also made ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade'', a FirstPersonShooter.
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* Creator/TimBurton is well-known as a director of movies which cross the horror genre over with another, such as the macabre musicals ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' and ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' or the comedy ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''. So when compared to his usual body of work, these three films ''really'' stand out.
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* Creator/TimBurton is well-known as a director of movies which cross the horror genre over with another, such as the macabre musicals ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' and ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' or the comedy ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''. So when compared to his usual body of work, these three four films ''really'' stand out. out.
** His first feature film, ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'', has many of his stylistic touches, but is much lighter in tone, with a bright color palate and very little of the macabre humor he's better known for. Other than a NightmareSequence and [[DeadAllAlong Large Marge]], there are no horror elements at all.
** His first feature film, ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'', has many of his stylistic touches, but is much lighter in tone, with a bright color palate and very little of the macabre humor he's better known for. Other than a NightmareSequence and [[DeadAllAlong Large Marge]], there are no horror elements at all.
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** There's also his kid-friendly works in the 1980s, like ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouseTheNewAdventures'' and the adaptation of ''Literature/TheButterBattleBook'', which have a subversive edge to them but are nevertheless apt for family viewing.
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* Creator/RalphBakshi is known for street-based dramas and comedies with over the top violence, sex, and nudity (''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'', ''WesternAnimation/HeavyTraffic'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Coonskin}}'', and ''HeyGoodLookin'') and fantasy films (''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', and ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce''). But he also directed the realistically grounded drama ''WesternAnimation/AmericanPop'', which is more down to earth than his street films and fairly realistic in its portrayal of violence and mild in its sexuality.
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* Creator/RalphBakshi is known for street-based dramas and comedies with over the top violence, sex, and nudity (''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'', ''WesternAnimation/HeavyTraffic'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Coonskin}}'', and ''HeyGoodLookin'') and fantasy films (''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', and ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce''). But he also directed the realistically grounded drama ''WesternAnimation/AmericanPop'', which is more down to earth than his street films and fairly realistic in its portrayal of violence and mild in its sexuality.sexuality.
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This might be related to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, where the writer has
just started their career, and hasn't settled on a genre yet.
For actor, this is PlayingAgainstType, or in particularly bad cases, WTHCastingAgency.
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* Creator/JunjiIto is a manga artist who is famous for his horror mangas such as ''Manga/TheEnigmaOfAmigaraFault'', ''Manga/{{Gyo}}'' and ''Manga/{{Uzumaki}}''. He also created ''Manga/ItoJunjiNoNekoNikki'', a comedy about his daily life with his fiancee's cats.
* Creator/YoshiyukiTomino is an odd case. Fans who love his darker and more serious works like ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'' and ''SpaceRunawayIdeon'' (which earned him the nickname "KillEmAll Tomino") are often shocked or put off by his lighter fare like ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Gundam ZZ]]'' and ''Anime/{{Xabungle}}''. In this case, Tomino tends to let his current mood affect his writing, and his darker works were done during periods of CreatorBreakdown while his lighter shows come during periods where he's doing better. Ever since 1999's ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' he seems to have gotten completely over his darker side and acknowledges his flaws, culminating in an AlternateContinuity movie version of ''Zeta'' with a happier ending.
* Creator/MiyabiFujieda is best known for his YuriGenre mangas, but his ''Manga/TwinkleSaberNova'' is a {{Shounen}} FightingSeries with a mainly female cast but no romantic subplots.
* Eiki Eiki and Zaou Taishi are very prolific YaoiGenre authors but they've also written the hallmark yuri mangas ''Manga/HaruNatsuAkiFuyu'' and ''Manga/LoveGeneXX''
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* Creator/MarkMillar is well known for his DarkerAndEdgier versions of superheroes, such as ''ComicBook/KickAss'', and ''Comicbook/TheUltimates''. However, he also wrote ''ComicBook/{{Superior}}'', which is a reconstruction of the superhero genre, starring an IllBoy who comes to term with his illness. He also wrote ''ComicBook/{{Trouble}}'', a light-hearted Romantic comic.
* JackKirby and Joe Simon are most well-known for co-creating CaptainAmerica. Kirby went on to become one of the greatest superhero comic artists, creating and co-creating many popular superheroes. Simon is also mostly known for his work on superhero comics. But in TheForties Kirby and Simon also co-created... the romance comics genre.
* FrankMiller is known for his grim and gritty comics. He also created a more lighthearted comic called ''TheBigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot'', which was later adapted into a cartoon on Fox Kids.
* Trina Robbins is mostly known for her feminist underground comix and activism supporting women in comics. She also designed ''{{Vampirella}}'''s iconic costume.
* Stjepan Sejic is most well-known for working as an artist on ''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'' and also his erotic BDSM webcomic ''Webcomic/{{Sunstone}}''. He's now working on a LighterAndSofter all-ages Witchblade spin-off called ''ComicBook/{{Switch}}''.
[[AC:Film]]
* Creator/CharlieChaplin always directed comedies, starring himself--except for ''Film/AWomanOfParis'', a dramatic film about a tragic romance in which he doesn't appear except for a brief CreatorCameo.
* Creator/DavidLynch is known for surreal and disturbing dramas, often featuring bizarre imagery, weird sex, human deformities, and violence. That is, except for ''Film/TheStraightStory'', a G-rated, heartwarming family film about an old man who drives a riding lawnmower hundreds of miles to see his dying brother one last time.
* Creator/MNightShyamalan started of famous for his original drama films with twist endings. He tried to do an [[Film/TheLastAirbender adaptation]] of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. This departure from his standard formula was not well received, and considered his ParvumOpus.
* Creator/GeorgeLucas is famous for adventure films (''Film/IndianaJones'') and science fiction films (''Franchise/StarWars''). He also produced the film ''Film/HowardTheDuck'', which is a comedy film based on a comic book. He considers it his OldShame. His earlier film ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' also counts, being a realistic coming of age story.
* ''Film/{{Pixels}}'', is different from most of Creator/AdamSandler's output, for being a science fiction comedy.
* ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'': Because of its enormous success and long-lasting cultural impact, it's easy to forget that the film was a huge departure from Creator/JamesCameron's usual style of films, being a romantic period piece after having directed gritty sci-fi films like ''Film/TheTerminator'' and ''{{Film/Aliens}}'' during most of his career.
* It's hard to believe the Creator/RobertRodriguez from ''Film/{{Desperado}}'', ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'', ''Film/SinCity'' and ''Film/PlanetTerror'' is the same Robert Rodriguez from ''Film/SpyKids'', ''Shorts'', and ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSharkboyAndLavagirl''.
* Hideaki Anno, the creator of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', a dark mecha series with heavy amounts of symbolism and Mindscrew directed an LiveActionAdaptation of the anime ''Anime/CuteyHoney'', a lighthearted magical girl series with plently of FanService.
* Creator/AndrewDavis, known for his action films such as ''Film/UnderSiege'' and ''Film/TheFugitive'' as well as lesser-known action films like Ahnold's ''Film/CollateralDamage'', directed the family film ''Film/{{Holes}}'' that was Shia [=LaBeouf's=] feature film debut, and was based on a childrens' book.
* Creator/TimBurton is well-known as a director of movies which cross the horror genre over with another, such as the macabre musicals ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' and ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' or the comedy ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''. So when compared to his usual body of work, these three films ''really'' stand out.
** ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' is a conventional science fiction action film, a remake no less, with almost none of his SignatureStyle.
** ''Film/BigFish'', which avoids Johnny Depp, has only two moments which involve the supernatural [[spoiler:both of which turn out to be made up]] and is otherwise a generally bright and cheery film.
** ''Film/BigEyes'' uses uncharacteristically bright colors and does not feature any of Burton's usual actors.
* Stanley Kramer was a director best known for dramas regarding social issues (''Inherit the Wind'', ''On the Beach'', etc.). ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld?''. It's a screwball comedy.
* Creator/WesCraven joked that he went from "violence" to "violins" when he directed Creator/MerylStreep to an Oscar nomination in ''Film/MusicOfTheHeart''.
* Jay Roach, director of the Film/AustinPowers movies and ''Film/MeetTheParents'' also directed the TV movie ''Recount'', a political drama about the events of the United States presidential election in 2000.
* Creator/ZackSnyder, director of ultra-violent thrillers such as ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'', ''Film/ThreeHundred'', and ''Film/SuckerPunch'' directed the family film ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole''.
* George Miller, director of ''Film/MadMax,'' later directed family movies about [[Film/{{Babe}} cute pigs]] and [[HappyFeet penguins]].
* Ed Zwick, best known for historical war epics and the like (including ''Film/{{Glory}}'', ''Film/TheLastSamurai'', and ''Film/BloodDiamond'') made his directorial debut with the romantic comedy ''Film/AboutLastNight'', and took a break from the Oscar bait with his latest film ''Love and Other Drugs'', a sex comedy about a Viagra salesman.
** And prior to his epic film work, he was well known for producing television dramedies, most notably ''Series/{{thirtysomething}}'' and ''Series/MySoCalledLife''.
* Creator/SergioLeone is probably best known for his spaghetti Westerns, several of which involved actors being cast against type. His last film was ''Film/OnceUponATimeInAmerica'', a story about gangsters.
** When Creator/SergioLeone finished ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', he originally wanted to direct against type by making ''Once Upon a Time in America'', but gave into popular demand and made ''Once Upon a Time in the West'', which was the start of a new trilogy that would end with ''Once Upon a Time in America''.
** Apparently, Creator/SergioLeone--known for having something of a hard-on for America, or at least American history--had also planned to make a film about the siege of Leningrad during World War II. Sadly, he died before it got very far.
* SamPeckinpah's reputation for making hyperviolent films was established with such movies as ''TheWildBunch'' and ''Film/StrawDogs''. However, he also made ''The Ballad Of Cable Hogue'' and ''Junior Bonner'', two non-violent character studies about people trying to adjust to life in the changing world of the NewOldWest.
* Creator/RolandEmmerich, best known for large-scale disaster movies such as ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'', ''Film/IndependenceDay'', and ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'', tackled ''{{Film/Anonymous}}'', a historical mystery-thriller addressing the age-old question: "who wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare"? And his next film, ''Stonewall'', will be a historical drama focused on [[UsefulNotes/PrideParade the eponymous riots for gay rights]].
* Creator/TheCoenBrothers did a rewrite of the screenplay for ''Film/IntolerableCruelty'', and it was originally set to be directed Ron Howard and Jonathen Demme before the studio offered the Coens the option to direct it. They were initially reluctant because they didn't think it fit their sensibilities, which confused the studio since ''they wrote it.''
** The Coens are also known for making BlackComedy films. ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'', however, is not a comedic film at all.
* Creator/KennethBranagh, best known for directing adaptations of Shakespeare, directed ''Film/{{Thor}}'', a big budget special effects laden movie based on a comic book character.
** YMMV on how much of a stretch this was when you see how much [[WorldOfHam ham]] was required for Thor, and how both Brannagh and Creator/AnthonyHopkins likened the work to Shakespeare.
** He also directed ''Film/{{Cinderella 2015}}'', a big budget special effects laden movie based on [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} a Disney classic]].
* Creator/AlfredHitchcock, known to film history for directing suspense thrillers and crime dramas, often with explicit violence, took some time in 1941 to direct a ScrewballComedy called ''Mr. and Mrs. Smith'' ([[SimilarlyNamedWorks no connection to]] [[Film/MrAndMrsSmith the Brangelina film]]) starring Carole Lombard.
* Creator/JohnLandis mainly directed comedies like ''Film/AnimalHouse'', ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', and ''Film/ThreeAmigos'' but he has also directed the critically acclaimed horror films ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' and ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie''.
* Jerry Zucker is most well known for doing comedies like ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' and ''Film/TopSecret'' but he also directed the critically acclaimed drama film ''Film/{{Ghost}}'' and the Camelot drama ''Film/FirstKnight''.
* Not directing, but rather ''producing'': Creator/MelBrooks was a primary producer for both Creator/DavidLynch's ''Film/TheElephantMan'' and Creator/DavidCronenberg's ''Film/TheFly1986''. In order to keep anyone from thinking that either of these movies was a comedy, he insisted that he be completely uncredited.
* David R. Ellis the man behind such thrillers as ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane'', ''FinalDestination 2'', ''The Final Destination'', and ''Film/{{Cellular}}'' began his career directing the family film ''Film/{{Homeward Bound|TheIncredibleJourney}} II: Lost in San Francisco.''
* David Gordon Green was well known for making critically acclaimed dramatic independent films like ''George Washington'', ''All the Real Girls'', ''Undertow'', and ''Snow Angels''. Then, as his father put it, he went "from the Arthouse to the Outhouse" by making raunchy comedies like ''Film/PineappleExpress'', ''Film/YourHighness'', and ''Film/TheSitter''.
* Ang Lee, a director best known for dramas and period pieces such as ''Film/EatDrinkManWoman'', directed the first ''Film/{{Hulk}}'' film. Unfortunately his style did not lend itself well to the unfamiliar genre, and the sequel "rebooted" it.
* Creator/FrancisFordCoppola is known for directing drama films like TheGodfather series, Film/ApocalypseNow, and ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', he also directed the family comedy-drama ''Film/{{Jack|1996}}'' about a young boy played by RobinWilliams who psychically ages several decades at an accelerated rate.
* Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky, the director responsible for MindScrew films such as ''Film/ElTopo'' and ''Film/TheHolyMountain'' made a kid´s movie called ''Tusk'', which didn´t have any of the strange symbolism and violence of his other movies. [[CreatorBacklash He disowned the film.]]
* Francis Lawrence, the director from ''Film/{{Constantine}}'' and ''Film/IAmLegend'' also directed ''Film/WaterForElephants'', a romantic drama based on the book of the same name.
* Adult film director Paul Norman directed the horror film ''Film/IceCreamMan''.
* Tom Schulman, the Academy Award winning writer of ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'', made his directorial debut with the BlackComedy ''Film/EightHeadsInADuffelBag''. Carpe diem, indeed.
* Peter Berg, an actor turned director best known for action films such as ''Film/{{Hancock}}'' and ''Film/{{Battleship}}'', made his directorial debut with the BlackComedy ''Film/VeryBadThings'' (of which its premise may be more familiar to audiences as the later film ''TheHangover''). He's also gone against type as a producer, being one of the producers of the romantic comedy ''Film/LarsAndTheRealGirl''.
* Creator/GoreVerbinski, director of dark action flicks like ''Film/TheRing'', ''{{WesternAnimation/Rango}}'' and the first three ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' films, also directed the slapstick comedy ''Film/MouseHunt''.
* George A. Romero, best known for his ''Film/LivingDeadSeries'' zombie movies, has among his directorial credits the 1971 romantic comedy ''There's Always Vanilla''.
* Creator/MichaelBay, best known for his ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' films and ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', went against type with the true crime action/comedy ''Film/PainAndGain''.
** ''Film/PearlHarbor'' was a serious attempt at a historical drama/romance that lacked most of the traits common in his action films.
* Creator/RidleyScott usually does grim action films. Twice in the 2000s he made comedies, ''Film/MatchstickMen'' (which still had some adventure content as it deals with con men) and ''A Good Year'' (a straight-up romantic comedy, mostly to [[SceneryPorn shoot near his French home]]).
** Scott was also one of the executive producers of ''Film/TheATeam''.
* Creator/JohnHuston, well known for FilmNoir classics such as ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'', ''Film/KeyLargo'' and ''Film/TheAsphaltJungle'', also did the family musical ''{{Film/Annie|1982}}''.
* After a career of only directing comedies with, admittedly, little camera movement, Creator/KevinSmith went against type with a horror/action/thriller movie ''Film/RedState''. This movie was also [atypical for him as a writer.
* Creator/SidneyLumet, known for crime dramas such as ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'', ''Film/{{Serpico}}'', ''Film/DogDayAfternoon'', as well as ''Film/{{Network}}'', also did the family musical ''Film/TheWiz''.
* Think Creator/SamRaimi and you think fantasy/horror/adventure movies -- ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'', ''Film/{{Darkman}}'', ''Film/SpiderMan1'' and so on. You probably don't think Westerns (''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead''), dramas about found money (''Film/ASimplePlan'') or romantic dramas (''For Love of the Game'').
* Creator/JamesMangold has made a career out of playing against type - character study (''Heavy''), crime drama (''Film/CopLand''), institutionalised young women (''Film/GirlInterrupted''), time-travelling romcom (''Film/KateAndLeopold''), serial killer thriller (''Film/{{Identity}}''), biopic (''Film/WalkTheLine''), Western (''Film/ThreeTenToYuma''), action (''Film/KnightAndDay''), comics (''Film/TheWolverine'')...
* Jean-Pierre Jeunet did this with ''{{Film/Amelie}}'', a lighthearted romantic comedy completely in contrast to his [[{{Film/Delicatessen}} darker]] and [[Film/TheCityOfLostChildren more]] [[Film/AlienResurrection violent]] films.
* Creator/DarrenAronofsky would be the last person you would suspect to make a big budget religious film like ''Film/{{Noah}}'', especially considering his other works like ''Film/BlackSwan'' and ''Film/RequiemForADream''.
** Though, to be fair, the end result is entirely recognizable as an Aronofsky film.
* {{Disney}} is the last company that you would expect to produce and air a remake of the 1971 classic ''Film/BriansSong''. Very serious adult-level tearjerker dramas are not what Disney is known for. There was no {{Disneyfication}}. The only thing Disneyesque they did was inject a political correctness that isn't exactly accurate to the period setting (but that's mostly limited to omitting the racist terms that were thrown around in the original and to elevating the role of female characters). They also made the characters DarkerAndEdgier and left out the humor of the original (specifically, James Caan originally played Brian as a snarky extrovert while in the remake, he is more of a {{Jerkass}}). And this was shown on [[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Wonderful World of Disney]].
* Creator/RobMarshall is known for his musical films (''Film/{{Chicago}}'', ''Theatre/{{Nine}}'', ''Film/IntoTheWoods''), but also directed ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides''.
* The Russo Brothers were known for directing television comedy episodes for shows like ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', when they got the job to direct the big-budget {{Superhero}} ConspiracyThriller blockbuster, ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', which is now regarded as a contender for the best movie entry of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Creator/IanFleming, writer of ''Literature/JamesBond'', also wrote ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang'', a children's novel about a magical car.
* Steven Erikson is known for his gritty, serious work, most prominently the sprawling, complex fantasy epic ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen''. He also wrote ''Willful Child'', an affectionate, over-the-top [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]] parody.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''{{Series/Daredevil}}'', unlike most of Creator/MarvelComics [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse live action superhero output]], is a gritty crime drama.
[[AC:{{Music}}]]
* Music/KanyeWest is normally known for rap music, but ''808s & Heartbreak'' is a electropop album.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* Creator/{{Bioware}} is well known for its {{Western RPG}}s. However, two of the works it made are much different.
** ''VideoGame/ShatteredSteel'' is a GiantRobot Simulation.
** ''VideoGames/SonicChronicles'' is a EasternRPG.
* Creator/{{Valve}} created several well known FirstPersonShooters, like ''VideoGame/HalfLife'', ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' and ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' but it also has dabbled in other genres.
** ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' while in first person, is a puzzle game that is mostly non violent.
** ''VideoGame/{{Dota 2}}'' is a MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena.
** VideoGame/AlienSwarm is a {{FreeWare}} top down shooter.
* Creator/{{Nintendo}} has the ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' series. It is far different from Nintendo's more cartoony output, having a more grim science fiction theme.
* David Jaffe is mostly known for his brutal and violent games like ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' and ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''. He was also one of the designers for Mickey Mania for Sega Genesis.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* StanLee is one of the greatest superhero comic writers. He created and co-created a lot of SilverAge superheroes. He also created the erotic animated series ''{{Stripperella}}''.
* Creator/RalphBakshi is known for street-based dramas and comedies with over the top violence, sex, and nudity (''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'', ''WesternAnimation/HeavyTraffic'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Coonskin}}'', and ''HeyGoodLookin'') and fantasy films (''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', and ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce''). But he also directed the realistically grounded drama ''WesternAnimation/AmericanPop'', which is more down to earth than his street films and fairly realistic in its portrayal of violence and mild in its sexuality.
This might be related to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, where the writer has
just started their career, and hasn't settled on a genre yet.
For actor, this is PlayingAgainstType, or in particularly bad cases, WTHCastingAgency.
Can also be a NewSoundAlbum if the change in direction doesn't take and the artist goes back to their signature style.
For Franchises instead of writers, this is OddballInTheSeries.
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[[AC:AnimeAndManga]]
* Creator/JunjiIto is a manga artist who is famous for his horror mangas such as ''Manga/TheEnigmaOfAmigaraFault'', ''Manga/{{Gyo}}'' and ''Manga/{{Uzumaki}}''. He also created ''Manga/ItoJunjiNoNekoNikki'', a comedy about his daily life with his fiancee's cats.
* Creator/YoshiyukiTomino is an odd case. Fans who love his darker and more serious works like ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'' and ''SpaceRunawayIdeon'' (which earned him the nickname "KillEmAll Tomino") are often shocked or put off by his lighter fare like ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Gundam ZZ]]'' and ''Anime/{{Xabungle}}''. In this case, Tomino tends to let his current mood affect his writing, and his darker works were done during periods of CreatorBreakdown while his lighter shows come during periods where he's doing better. Ever since 1999's ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' he seems to have gotten completely over his darker side and acknowledges his flaws, culminating in an AlternateContinuity movie version of ''Zeta'' with a happier ending.
* Creator/MiyabiFujieda is best known for his YuriGenre mangas, but his ''Manga/TwinkleSaberNova'' is a {{Shounen}} FightingSeries with a mainly female cast but no romantic subplots.
* Eiki Eiki and Zaou Taishi are very prolific YaoiGenre authors but they've also written the hallmark yuri mangas ''Manga/HaruNatsuAkiFuyu'' and ''Manga/LoveGeneXX''
[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* Creator/MarkMillar is well known for his DarkerAndEdgier versions of superheroes, such as ''ComicBook/KickAss'', and ''Comicbook/TheUltimates''. However, he also wrote ''ComicBook/{{Superior}}'', which is a reconstruction of the superhero genre, starring an IllBoy who comes to term with his illness. He also wrote ''ComicBook/{{Trouble}}'', a light-hearted Romantic comic.
* JackKirby and Joe Simon are most well-known for co-creating CaptainAmerica. Kirby went on to become one of the greatest superhero comic artists, creating and co-creating many popular superheroes. Simon is also mostly known for his work on superhero comics. But in TheForties Kirby and Simon also co-created... the romance comics genre.
* FrankMiller is known for his grim and gritty comics. He also created a more lighthearted comic called ''TheBigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot'', which was later adapted into a cartoon on Fox Kids.
* Trina Robbins is mostly known for her feminist underground comix and activism supporting women in comics. She also designed ''{{Vampirella}}'''s iconic costume.
* Stjepan Sejic is most well-known for working as an artist on ''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'' and also his erotic BDSM webcomic ''Webcomic/{{Sunstone}}''. He's now working on a LighterAndSofter all-ages Witchblade spin-off called ''ComicBook/{{Switch}}''.
[[AC:Film]]
* Creator/CharlieChaplin always directed comedies, starring himself--except for ''Film/AWomanOfParis'', a dramatic film about a tragic romance in which he doesn't appear except for a brief CreatorCameo.
* Creator/DavidLynch is known for surreal and disturbing dramas, often featuring bizarre imagery, weird sex, human deformities, and violence. That is, except for ''Film/TheStraightStory'', a G-rated, heartwarming family film about an old man who drives a riding lawnmower hundreds of miles to see his dying brother one last time.
* Creator/MNightShyamalan started of famous for his original drama films with twist endings. He tried to do an [[Film/TheLastAirbender adaptation]] of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. This departure from his standard formula was not well received, and considered his ParvumOpus.
* Creator/GeorgeLucas is famous for adventure films (''Film/IndianaJones'') and science fiction films (''Franchise/StarWars''). He also produced the film ''Film/HowardTheDuck'', which is a comedy film based on a comic book. He considers it his OldShame. His earlier film ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' also counts, being a realistic coming of age story.
* ''Film/{{Pixels}}'', is different from most of Creator/AdamSandler's output, for being a science fiction comedy.
* ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'': Because of its enormous success and long-lasting cultural impact, it's easy to forget that the film was a huge departure from Creator/JamesCameron's usual style of films, being a romantic period piece after having directed gritty sci-fi films like ''Film/TheTerminator'' and ''{{Film/Aliens}}'' during most of his career.
* It's hard to believe the Creator/RobertRodriguez from ''Film/{{Desperado}}'', ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'', ''Film/SinCity'' and ''Film/PlanetTerror'' is the same Robert Rodriguez from ''Film/SpyKids'', ''Shorts'', and ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSharkboyAndLavagirl''.
* Hideaki Anno, the creator of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', a dark mecha series with heavy amounts of symbolism and Mindscrew directed an LiveActionAdaptation of the anime ''Anime/CuteyHoney'', a lighthearted magical girl series with plently of FanService.
* Creator/AndrewDavis, known for his action films such as ''Film/UnderSiege'' and ''Film/TheFugitive'' as well as lesser-known action films like Ahnold's ''Film/CollateralDamage'', directed the family film ''Film/{{Holes}}'' that was Shia [=LaBeouf's=] feature film debut, and was based on a childrens' book.
* Creator/TimBurton is well-known as a director of movies which cross the horror genre over with another, such as the macabre musicals ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' and ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' or the comedy ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''. So when compared to his usual body of work, these three films ''really'' stand out.
** ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' is a conventional science fiction action film, a remake no less, with almost none of his SignatureStyle.
** ''Film/BigFish'', which avoids Johnny Depp, has only two moments which involve the supernatural [[spoiler:both of which turn out to be made up]] and is otherwise a generally bright and cheery film.
** ''Film/BigEyes'' uses uncharacteristically bright colors and does not feature any of Burton's usual actors.
* Stanley Kramer was a director best known for dramas regarding social issues (''Inherit the Wind'', ''On the Beach'', etc.). ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld?''. It's a screwball comedy.
* Creator/WesCraven joked that he went from "violence" to "violins" when he directed Creator/MerylStreep to an Oscar nomination in ''Film/MusicOfTheHeart''.
* Jay Roach, director of the Film/AustinPowers movies and ''Film/MeetTheParents'' also directed the TV movie ''Recount'', a political drama about the events of the United States presidential election in 2000.
* Creator/ZackSnyder, director of ultra-violent thrillers such as ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'', ''Film/ThreeHundred'', and ''Film/SuckerPunch'' directed the family film ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole''.
* George Miller, director of ''Film/MadMax,'' later directed family movies about [[Film/{{Babe}} cute pigs]] and [[HappyFeet penguins]].
* Ed Zwick, best known for historical war epics and the like (including ''Film/{{Glory}}'', ''Film/TheLastSamurai'', and ''Film/BloodDiamond'') made his directorial debut with the romantic comedy ''Film/AboutLastNight'', and took a break from the Oscar bait with his latest film ''Love and Other Drugs'', a sex comedy about a Viagra salesman.
** And prior to his epic film work, he was well known for producing television dramedies, most notably ''Series/{{thirtysomething}}'' and ''Series/MySoCalledLife''.
* Creator/SergioLeone is probably best known for his spaghetti Westerns, several of which involved actors being cast against type. His last film was ''Film/OnceUponATimeInAmerica'', a story about gangsters.
** When Creator/SergioLeone finished ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', he originally wanted to direct against type by making ''Once Upon a Time in America'', but gave into popular demand and made ''Once Upon a Time in the West'', which was the start of a new trilogy that would end with ''Once Upon a Time in America''.
** Apparently, Creator/SergioLeone--known for having something of a hard-on for America, or at least American history--had also planned to make a film about the siege of Leningrad during World War II. Sadly, he died before it got very far.
* SamPeckinpah's reputation for making hyperviolent films was established with such movies as ''TheWildBunch'' and ''Film/StrawDogs''. However, he also made ''The Ballad Of Cable Hogue'' and ''Junior Bonner'', two non-violent character studies about people trying to adjust to life in the changing world of the NewOldWest.
* Creator/RolandEmmerich, best known for large-scale disaster movies such as ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'', ''Film/IndependenceDay'', and ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'', tackled ''{{Film/Anonymous}}'', a historical mystery-thriller addressing the age-old question: "who wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare"? And his next film, ''Stonewall'', will be a historical drama focused on [[UsefulNotes/PrideParade the eponymous riots for gay rights]].
* Creator/TheCoenBrothers did a rewrite of the screenplay for ''Film/IntolerableCruelty'', and it was originally set to be directed Ron Howard and Jonathen Demme before the studio offered the Coens the option to direct it. They were initially reluctant because they didn't think it fit their sensibilities, which confused the studio since ''they wrote it.''
** The Coens are also known for making BlackComedy films. ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'', however, is not a comedic film at all.
* Creator/KennethBranagh, best known for directing adaptations of Shakespeare, directed ''Film/{{Thor}}'', a big budget special effects laden movie based on a comic book character.
** YMMV on how much of a stretch this was when you see how much [[WorldOfHam ham]] was required for Thor, and how both Brannagh and Creator/AnthonyHopkins likened the work to Shakespeare.
** He also directed ''Film/{{Cinderella 2015}}'', a big budget special effects laden movie based on [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} a Disney classic]].
* Creator/AlfredHitchcock, known to film history for directing suspense thrillers and crime dramas, often with explicit violence, took some time in 1941 to direct a ScrewballComedy called ''Mr. and Mrs. Smith'' ([[SimilarlyNamedWorks no connection to]] [[Film/MrAndMrsSmith the Brangelina film]]) starring Carole Lombard.
* Creator/JohnLandis mainly directed comedies like ''Film/AnimalHouse'', ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', and ''Film/ThreeAmigos'' but he has also directed the critically acclaimed horror films ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' and ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie''.
* Jerry Zucker is most well known for doing comedies like ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' and ''Film/TopSecret'' but he also directed the critically acclaimed drama film ''Film/{{Ghost}}'' and the Camelot drama ''Film/FirstKnight''.
* Not directing, but rather ''producing'': Creator/MelBrooks was a primary producer for both Creator/DavidLynch's ''Film/TheElephantMan'' and Creator/DavidCronenberg's ''Film/TheFly1986''. In order to keep anyone from thinking that either of these movies was a comedy, he insisted that he be completely uncredited.
* David R. Ellis the man behind such thrillers as ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane'', ''FinalDestination 2'', ''The Final Destination'', and ''Film/{{Cellular}}'' began his career directing the family film ''Film/{{Homeward Bound|TheIncredibleJourney}} II: Lost in San Francisco.''
* David Gordon Green was well known for making critically acclaimed dramatic independent films like ''George Washington'', ''All the Real Girls'', ''Undertow'', and ''Snow Angels''. Then, as his father put it, he went "from the Arthouse to the Outhouse" by making raunchy comedies like ''Film/PineappleExpress'', ''Film/YourHighness'', and ''Film/TheSitter''.
* Ang Lee, a director best known for dramas and period pieces such as ''Film/EatDrinkManWoman'', directed the first ''Film/{{Hulk}}'' film. Unfortunately his style did not lend itself well to the unfamiliar genre, and the sequel "rebooted" it.
* Creator/FrancisFordCoppola is known for directing drama films like TheGodfather series, Film/ApocalypseNow, and ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', he also directed the family comedy-drama ''Film/{{Jack|1996}}'' about a young boy played by RobinWilliams who psychically ages several decades at an accelerated rate.
* Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky, the director responsible for MindScrew films such as ''Film/ElTopo'' and ''Film/TheHolyMountain'' made a kid´s movie called ''Tusk'', which didn´t have any of the strange symbolism and violence of his other movies. [[CreatorBacklash He disowned the film.]]
* Francis Lawrence, the director from ''Film/{{Constantine}}'' and ''Film/IAmLegend'' also directed ''Film/WaterForElephants'', a romantic drama based on the book of the same name.
* Adult film director Paul Norman directed the horror film ''Film/IceCreamMan''.
* Tom Schulman, the Academy Award winning writer of ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'', made his directorial debut with the BlackComedy ''Film/EightHeadsInADuffelBag''. Carpe diem, indeed.
* Peter Berg, an actor turned director best known for action films such as ''Film/{{Hancock}}'' and ''Film/{{Battleship}}'', made his directorial debut with the BlackComedy ''Film/VeryBadThings'' (of which its premise may be more familiar to audiences as the later film ''TheHangover''). He's also gone against type as a producer, being one of the producers of the romantic comedy ''Film/LarsAndTheRealGirl''.
* Creator/GoreVerbinski, director of dark action flicks like ''Film/TheRing'', ''{{WesternAnimation/Rango}}'' and the first three ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' films, also directed the slapstick comedy ''Film/MouseHunt''.
* George A. Romero, best known for his ''Film/LivingDeadSeries'' zombie movies, has among his directorial credits the 1971 romantic comedy ''There's Always Vanilla''.
* Creator/MichaelBay, best known for his ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' films and ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', went against type with the true crime action/comedy ''Film/PainAndGain''.
** ''Film/PearlHarbor'' was a serious attempt at a historical drama/romance that lacked most of the traits common in his action films.
* Creator/RidleyScott usually does grim action films. Twice in the 2000s he made comedies, ''Film/MatchstickMen'' (which still had some adventure content as it deals with con men) and ''A Good Year'' (a straight-up romantic comedy, mostly to [[SceneryPorn shoot near his French home]]).
** Scott was also one of the executive producers of ''Film/TheATeam''.
* Creator/JohnHuston, well known for FilmNoir classics such as ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'', ''Film/KeyLargo'' and ''Film/TheAsphaltJungle'', also did the family musical ''{{Film/Annie|1982}}''.
* After a career of only directing comedies with, admittedly, little camera movement, Creator/KevinSmith went against type with a horror/action/thriller movie ''Film/RedState''. This movie was also [atypical for him as a writer.
* Creator/SidneyLumet, known for crime dramas such as ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'', ''Film/{{Serpico}}'', ''Film/DogDayAfternoon'', as well as ''Film/{{Network}}'', also did the family musical ''Film/TheWiz''.
* Think Creator/SamRaimi and you think fantasy/horror/adventure movies -- ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'', ''Film/{{Darkman}}'', ''Film/SpiderMan1'' and so on. You probably don't think Westerns (''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead''), dramas about found money (''Film/ASimplePlan'') or romantic dramas (''For Love of the Game'').
* Creator/JamesMangold has made a career out of playing against type - character study (''Heavy''), crime drama (''Film/CopLand''), institutionalised young women (''Film/GirlInterrupted''), time-travelling romcom (''Film/KateAndLeopold''), serial killer thriller (''Film/{{Identity}}''), biopic (''Film/WalkTheLine''), Western (''Film/ThreeTenToYuma''), action (''Film/KnightAndDay''), comics (''Film/TheWolverine'')...
* Jean-Pierre Jeunet did this with ''{{Film/Amelie}}'', a lighthearted romantic comedy completely in contrast to his [[{{Film/Delicatessen}} darker]] and [[Film/TheCityOfLostChildren more]] [[Film/AlienResurrection violent]] films.
* Creator/DarrenAronofsky would be the last person you would suspect to make a big budget religious film like ''Film/{{Noah}}'', especially considering his other works like ''Film/BlackSwan'' and ''Film/RequiemForADream''.
** Though, to be fair, the end result is entirely recognizable as an Aronofsky film.
* {{Disney}} is the last company that you would expect to produce and air a remake of the 1971 classic ''Film/BriansSong''. Very serious adult-level tearjerker dramas are not what Disney is known for. There was no {{Disneyfication}}. The only thing Disneyesque they did was inject a political correctness that isn't exactly accurate to the period setting (but that's mostly limited to omitting the racist terms that were thrown around in the original and to elevating the role of female characters). They also made the characters DarkerAndEdgier and left out the humor of the original (specifically, James Caan originally played Brian as a snarky extrovert while in the remake, he is more of a {{Jerkass}}). And this was shown on [[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Wonderful World of Disney]].
* Creator/RobMarshall is known for his musical films (''Film/{{Chicago}}'', ''Theatre/{{Nine}}'', ''Film/IntoTheWoods''), but also directed ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides''.
* The Russo Brothers were known for directing television comedy episodes for shows like ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', when they got the job to direct the big-budget {{Superhero}} ConspiracyThriller blockbuster, ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', which is now regarded as a contender for the best movie entry of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
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* Creator/IanFleming, writer of ''Literature/JamesBond'', also wrote ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang'', a children's novel about a magical car.
* Steven Erikson is known for his gritty, serious work, most prominently the sprawling, complex fantasy epic ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen''. He also wrote ''Willful Child'', an affectionate, over-the-top [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]] parody.
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* ''{{Series/Daredevil}}'', unlike most of Creator/MarvelComics [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse live action superhero output]], is a gritty crime drama.
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* Music/KanyeWest is normally known for rap music, but ''808s & Heartbreak'' is a electropop album.
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* Creator/{{Bioware}} is well known for its {{Western RPG}}s. However, two of the works it made are much different.
** ''VideoGame/ShatteredSteel'' is a GiantRobot Simulation.
** ''VideoGames/SonicChronicles'' is a EasternRPG.
* Creator/{{Valve}} created several well known FirstPersonShooters, like ''VideoGame/HalfLife'', ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' and ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' but it also has dabbled in other genres.
** ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' while in first person, is a puzzle game that is mostly non violent.
** ''VideoGame/{{Dota 2}}'' is a MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena.
** VideoGame/AlienSwarm is a {{FreeWare}} top down shooter.
* Creator/{{Nintendo}} has the ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' series. It is far different from Nintendo's more cartoony output, having a more grim science fiction theme.
* David Jaffe is mostly known for his brutal and violent games like ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' and ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''. He was also one of the designers for Mickey Mania for Sega Genesis.
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* StanLee is one of the greatest superhero comic writers. He created and co-created a lot of SilverAge superheroes. He also created the erotic animated series ''{{Stripperella}}''.
* Creator/RalphBakshi is known for street-based dramas and comedies with over the top violence, sex, and nudity (''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'', ''WesternAnimation/HeavyTraffic'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Coonskin}}'', and ''HeyGoodLookin'') and fantasy films (''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', and ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce''). But he also directed the realistically grounded drama ''WesternAnimation/AmericanPop'', which is more down to earth than his street films and fairly realistic in its portrayal of violence and mild in its sexuality.
