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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': An InUniverse example in "[[Recap/CastleS7E6TheTimeOfOurLives The Time of Our Lives]]", which ({{maybe|MagicMaybeMundane}}) visits an AlternateTimeline where pulp crime novelist Castle never met Beckett and made her his new literary muse, and instead wrote a SliceOfLife novel that completely flopped and basically ended his career.
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'': An InUniverse example in "[[Recap/CastleS7E6TheTimeOfOurLives The Time of Our Lives]]", which ({{maybe|MagicMaybeMundane}}) visits an AlternateTimeline where pulp crime novelist Castle never met Beckett and made her his new literary muse, and instead wrote a SliceOfLife novel that completely flopped and basically ended his career.
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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/JunjiItosCatDiaryYonAndMu'', a comedy about his daily life with his fiancee's cats. It still has his signature disturbing art style that makes use of ''all'' of his horrific trademarks, but here it's PlayedForLaughs since they're [[ArtStyleDissonance applied to completely innocent and funny moments]].
** ''Manga/DissolvingClassroom'' has also several elements that are at odds with his usual output. While it's bleak and has an implied DownerEnding, the bad guys are punished in the end. Also, their powers are clearly depicted as coming from Satan/the devil instead of the usual unexplained supernatural evil force (not to mention that Christianity is largely irrelevant in Japan). And the fourth-wall-breaking ending that shows the evil siblings as AnimatedActors is uncommon for Ito as well.
** The Souichi stories in ''Manga/JunjiItoKyoufuMangaCollection'' are also rather unusual, since while it uses Junji Ito's trademark horrifying art style and definitely deals with the supernatural, it's primarily a horror-themed comedy about a boy causing mischief where for the most part, no one suffers any lasting harm. One story in ''Museum of Terror' is genuinely horrific and seems to imply that Souichi will grow up to be a genuine threat, but a later Souichi story has it be AllJustADream.
** ''Manga/DissolvingClassroom'' has also several elements that are at odds with his usual output. While it's bleak and has an implied DownerEnding, the bad guys are punished in the end. Also, their powers are clearly depicted as coming from Satan/the devil instead of the usual unexplained supernatural evil force (not to mention that Christianity is largely irrelevant in Japan). And the fourth-wall-breaking ending that shows the evil siblings as AnimatedActors is uncommon for Ito as well.
** The Souichi stories in ''Manga/JunjiItoKyoufuMangaCollection'' are also rather unusual, since while it uses Junji Ito's trademark horrifying art style and definitely deals with the supernatural, it's primarily a horror-themed comedy about a boy causing mischief where for the most part, no one suffers any lasting harm. One story in ''Museum of Terror' is genuinely horrific and seems to imply that Souichi will grow up to be a genuine threat, but a later Souichi story has it be AllJustADream.
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* Creator/JunjiIto is a manga artist who is famous for his horror mangas manga such as ''Manga/TheEnigmaOfAmigaraFault'', ''Manga/{{Gyo}}'' and ''Manga/{{Uzumaki}}''. He also created ''Manga/{{Uzumaki}}'', though a few of his series stand out from his usual horror fare:
** His most notable oddball is ''Manga/JunjiItosCatDiaryYonAndMu'', a comedy about his daily life with his fiancee's cats. It still has his signature disturbing art style that makes use of ''all'' of his horrific trademarks, but here it's PlayedForLaughs since they're [[ArtStyleDissonance applied to completely innocent and funny moments]].
** ''Manga/DissolvingClassroom'' has also several elements that are at odds with his usual output. While it's bleak and has an implied DownerEnding, the bad guys are punished in the end. Also,their the main characters' powers are clearly depicted as coming from Satan/the devil instead of the usual unexplained supernatural evil force (not to mention that Christianity is largely irrelevant in Japan). And the fourth-wall-breaking ending that shows the evil siblings as AnimatedActors is uncommon for Ito as well.
** The Souichi stories in ''Manga/JunjiItoKyoufuMangaCollection'' are also rather unusual, since while it uses Junji Ito's trademark horrifying art style and definitely deals with the supernatural, it's primarily a horror-themed comedy about a boy causing mischief where for the most part, no one suffers any lasting harm. One story in ''Museum ofTerror' Terror'' is genuinely horrific and seems to imply that Souichi will grow up to be a genuine threat, but a later Souichi story has it be AllJustADream.
** His most notable oddball is ''Manga/JunjiItosCatDiaryYonAndMu'', a comedy about his daily life with his fiancee's cats. It still has his signature disturbing art style that makes use of ''all'' of his horrific trademarks, but here it's PlayedForLaughs since they're [[ArtStyleDissonance applied to completely innocent and funny moments]].
** ''Manga/DissolvingClassroom'' has also several elements that are at odds with his usual output. While it's bleak and has an implied DownerEnding, the bad guys are punished in the end. Also,
** The Souichi stories in ''Manga/JunjiItoKyoufuMangaCollection'' are also rather unusual, since while it uses Junji Ito's trademark horrifying art style and definitely deals with the supernatural, it's primarily a horror-themed comedy about a boy causing mischief where for the most part, no one suffers any lasting harm. One story in ''Museum of
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* Creator/BruceCoville: Coville is well known for his stories about magic and science fiction, making a handful of stories ''without'' those elements into his oddballs.
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* Creator/BillPlympton's works usually tend to be quite adult in nature, but he does have some oddballs in his filmography:
** ''12 Tiny Christmas Tales'' is not only a sincere and ([[DerangedAnimation relatively]]) straightforward ChristmasSpecial, it's also one of his only family-friendly works, having a TV-G rating and even airing on Creator/CartoonNetwork.
** His first full-length feature, ''The Tune'', is also [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness pretty different from his usual works]], as it's a light fantasy musical with a sincere romantic subplot and lacks much of his trademark political incorrectness. If it was submitted to the MPAA, it likely would've gotten a PG-13 rating, on account of a very brief shot of nudity during the "Dance All Day" sequence.
** ''The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger'' is a short about, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a cow that wants to be a hamburger]]. It might be a little intense for younger viewers (particularly the climax where the titular cow finds out ''how'' hamburgers are made), but it's an allegorical fable with a happy ending, and kid-friendly enough to earn a G rating from the MPAA.
** ''12 Tiny Christmas Tales'' is not only a sincere and ([[DerangedAnimation relatively]]) straightforward ChristmasSpecial, it's also one of his only family-friendly works, having a TV-G rating and even airing on Creator/CartoonNetwork.
** His first full-length feature, ''The Tune'', is also [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness pretty different from his usual works]], as it's a light fantasy musical with a sincere romantic subplot and lacks much of his trademark political incorrectness. If it was submitted to the MPAA, it likely would've gotten a PG-13 rating, on account of a very brief shot of nudity during the "Dance All Day" sequence.
** ''The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger'' is a short about, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a cow that wants to be a hamburger]]. It might be a little intense for younger viewers (particularly the climax where the titular cow finds out ''how'' hamburgers are made), but it's an allegorical fable with a happy ending, and kid-friendly enough to earn a G rating from the MPAA.
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* Creator/NDCube is synonymous with the PartyGame genre and [[DigitalTabletopGameAdaptation board games]] thanks to their work on the ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' series and ''Clubhouse Games'', which can make it a shock to learn that the studio's very first game was ''[[VideoGame/FZero F-Zero: Maximum Velocity]]'', a high-speed futuristic racing title (as was ''Tube Slider'', the last game they made before going dormant for seven years).
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* Creator/NDCube is synonymous with the PartyGame genre and [[DigitalTabletopGameAdaptation board games]] thanks to their work on the ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' series and ''Clubhouse Games'', which can make it a shock to learn that the studio's very first game was ''[[VideoGame/FZero F-Zero: Maximum Velocity]]'', ''VideoGame/FZeroMaximumVelocity'', a high-speed futuristic racing title (as was ''Tube Slider'', the last game they made before going dormant for seven years).
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* WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom is this for Creator/ButchHartman, being a superhero action show rather than a wacky comedy like his other shows (although it does have its share of comedic moments)
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* Lyrick Studios, the producers of ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' and the original mass market distributor of ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'', also distributed some other series on VHS in their early days... as well as the far-right religious video ''Vatican 2: The Faithful Revolution''. The Audiovisual Identity Database, in its Lyrick Studios article, calls that video "a surprisingly non-children's release".
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* Lyrick Studios, the producers of ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' and the original mass market distributor of ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'', also distributed some other series on VHS in their early days... as well as the far-right religious video ''Vatican 2: The Catholic documentary series ''The Faithful Revolution''. Revolution: Vatican II'' about the Second Vatican Council, colloquially known as "Vatican II". The Audiovisual Identity Database, in its Lyrick Studios article, calls that video "a surprisingly non-children's release".release".
* Legendary freestyle skateboarder Rodney Mullen has appeared in many a skateboard video and movie doing what he does best either as a skateboarding extra, a stunt double for another actor e.g. filling in for Creator/BenStiller in the skateboarding scene in ''Film/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty'' or a playable character in ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater''. His role as Jace Skell in ''VideoGame/GhostReconBreakpoint'' on the other hand is a surprising outlier, as it marks his only non-skating theatrical role to date; the game does however make a subtle reference to Mullen's occupation in the form of a fingerboard found on Skell's desk, though.
* Legendary freestyle skateboarder Rodney Mullen has appeared in many a skateboard video and movie doing what he does best either as a skateboarding extra, a stunt double for another actor e.g. filling in for Creator/BenStiller in the skateboarding scene in ''Film/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty'' or a playable character in ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater''. His role as Jace Skell in ''VideoGame/GhostReconBreakpoint'' on the other hand is a surprising outlier, as it marks his only non-skating theatrical role to date; the game does however make a subtle reference to Mullen's occupation in the form of a fingerboard found on Skell's desk, though.
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* The exceptionally British Creator/AlistairMaclean is famous for his hard-bitten World War II and Spy Thrillers. He's also written ''Heartbreak Pass'', a SpaghettiWestern. Amusingly, as the story progresses, you can watch him struggling to keep the narrative from metamorphosing into one of his more typical works... and largely failing, to the point that the abrupt return of Western elements in the ending almost feels like a AssPull.
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* The exceptionally British Creator/AlistairMaclean is famous for his hard-bitten World War II and Spy Thrillers. He's also written ''Heartbreak ''Breakheart Pass'', a SpaghettiWestern. Amusingly, as the story progresses, you can watch him struggling to keep the narrative from metamorphosing into one of his more typical works... and largely failing, to the point that the abrupt return of Western elements in the ending almost feels like a AssPull.
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* Ti West, best known for horror films like ''Film/TheHouseOfTheDevil'', ''Film/TheInnkeepers'', ''Film/TheSacrament'', and ''Film/X2022'' also wrote and directed the Western ''Film/InAValleyOfViolence''.
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* Ti West, best known for horror films like ''Film/TheHouseOfTheDevil'', ''Film/TheInnkeepers'', ''Film/TheSacrament'', and ''Film/X2022'' ''Film/{{X 2022}}'' also wrote and directed the Western ''Film/InAValleyOfViolence''.
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* Martin Amis is mostly known for the flippant social and political criticism in his novels, short stories, and essays. He also wrote ''Invasion of the Space Invaders: An Addict's Guide to Battle Tactics, Big Scores and the Best Machines'', in which he interspersed commentary on the phenomenon of video games with reviews and tips on the latest arcade games from the perspective of a fan. The book is so dissimilar to the rest of his oeuvre that it is often assumed that he later disowned it, though he never did.
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* ''VisualNovel/{{Last Chance in Xollywood}}'': In-universe, Last Chance studio usually churns out NoBudget Z-grade exploitation movies, but they once made a film titled ''Police on Trial'', a documentary dealing with police brutality and social justice. [[spoiler:Randy made it after her twin sister on Earth was shot for a speeding ticket.]]
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* ''VisualNovel/{{Last Chance in Xollywood}}'': In-universe, Last Chance studio usually churns out NoBudget Z-grade exploitation movies, but they once made a film titled ''Police on Trial'', a documentary dealing with police brutality and social justice. [[spoiler:Randy made it after her twin sister on Earth was shot for a speeding ticket.]]
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* Another horror master, Creator/JohnCarpenter, has two movies that are science fiction but far from his usual fare, the pensive and romantic ''Film/{{Starman}}'' and the comedy ''Film/MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan''.
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* Another Creator/JohnCarpenter is best known for horror master, Creator/JohnCarpenter, has two and action films, but he had a number of movies that are science fiction but far from his usual fare, fare.
** In 1979, right after his BreakthroughHit ''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}'', he directed a straightforward [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV]] {{biopic}} of Music/ElvisPresley that's mainly notable nowadays for being [[ProductionPosse his first of many collaborations]] with Creator/KurtRussell, who played thepensive and romantic King of Rock & Roll.
** ''Film/{{Starman}}'' is a science fiction film like much of his work, but it's also a pensive and romantic drama that's been described as "''[[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]]'' for adults". Carpenter made it specifically to break out of his horror typecasting after ''Film/TheThing1982'' flopped at the box office.
** He intended for ''Film/MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan'' to be this, a sci-fi comedy far removed from his usually serious work. However, its star Creator/ChevyChase, for whom this was a VanityProject, saw the film as his own attempt to [[TomHanksSyndrome break out of his comedic persona]], and thecomedy ''Film/MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan''.[[HostilityOnTheSet clashes between their visions]] played a big role in the film's TroubledProduction.
** In 1979, right after his BreakthroughHit ''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}'', he directed a straightforward [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV]] {{biopic}} of Music/ElvisPresley that's mainly notable nowadays for being [[ProductionPosse his first of many collaborations]] with Creator/KurtRussell, who played the
** ''Film/{{Starman}}'' is a science fiction film like much of his work, but it's also a pensive and romantic drama that's been described as "''[[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]]'' for adults". Carpenter made it specifically to break out of his horror typecasting after ''Film/TheThing1982'' flopped at the box office.
** He intended for ''Film/MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan'' to be this, a sci-fi comedy far removed from his usually serious work. However, its star Creator/ChevyChase, for whom this was a VanityProject, saw the film as his own attempt to [[TomHanksSyndrome break out of his comedic persona]], and the
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* ''Manga/CrimsonSpell'' is the result of prominent [[BoysLove BL]] manga artist Creator/AyanoYamane dabbling in the HeroicFantasy genre. It's still a yaoi, but her [[Manga/FinderSeries other]] [[Manga/IkokuIrokoiRomantan works]] and most of her one-shots take place in a relatively "realistic" setting and are more action/crime based.
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* ''Manga/CrimsonSpell'' is the result of prominent [[BoysLove BL]] manga artist Creator/AyanoYamane dabbling in the HeroicFantasy genre. It's still a yaoi, but her [[Manga/FinderSeries other]] [[Manga/IkokuIrokoiRomantan works]] other works (such as the ''Manga/FinderSeries'' and ''Manga/AForeignLoveAffair'') and most of her one-shots take place in a relatively "realistic" setting and are more action/crime based.
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* Rather than a one-off, developer Syn-Sophia made a complete 180 with what kind of games they make. They were originally known for wrestling games under the name [=AKI Corporation=], but now exclusively make VirtualPaperDoll games including ''VideoGame/StyleSavvy'', the ''VideoGame/PrettySeries'', and ''Fashion Dreamer''.
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* Rather than a one-off, developer Syn-Sophia made a complete 180 with what kind of games they make. They were originally known for wrestling and beat-em-up games under the name [=AKI Corporation=], but now exclusively make VirtualPaperDoll games including ''VideoGame/StyleSavvy'', the ''VideoGame/PrettySeries'', and ''Fashion Dreamer''.
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* Creator/MarkGoodson Productions was known as one of the biggest GameShow producers, but the company also made a dramatic anthology called ''The Web'', along with the westerns ''Jefferson Drum'' and ''Series/{{Branded}}'', and another anthology called ''The Richard Boone Show''.
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* Creator/MarkGoodson Productions was known as one of the biggest GameShow producers, but the company also made a dramatic anthology called ''The Web'', along with the westerns ''Jefferson Drum'' and ''Series/{{Branded}}'', ''Series/{{Branded|1965}}'', and another anthology called ''The Richard Boone Show''.
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* Creator/JamesWan is one of the biggest names in modern {{horror}}, having gotten his start as the creator of the torture porn movie franchise ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''. He also directed ''Film/DeadSilence'', ''Film/{{Insidious}}'', and ''Film/TheConjuring'', which all fit his typical line of work. But his most successful movie by far? ''Film/FuriousSeven'', a high-octane blockbuster action film with an [[CarFu emphasis on vehicles]], and RuleOfCool is valued above all else. If one was introduced to Wan through this movie, they'd have a hard time believing he's one of the biggest names in the horror genre. He would later go on to helm ''Film/{{Aquaman}}'', which is yet another action-packed romp different from his usual output, this time in the superhero genre.
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* Creator/JamesWan is one of the biggest names in modern {{horror}}, having gotten his start as the creator of the torture porn movie franchise ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''. He also directed ''Film/DeadSilence'', ''Film/{{Insidious}}'', and ''Film/TheConjuring'', which all fit his typical line of work. But his most successful movie by far? ''Film/FuriousSeven'', a high-octane blockbuster action film with an [[CarFu emphasis on vehicles]], and RuleOfCool is valued above all else. If one was introduced to Wan through this movie, they'd have a hard time believing he's one of the biggest names in the horror genre. He would later go on to helm ''Film/{{Aquaman}}'', ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'', which is yet another action-packed romp different from his usual output, this time in the superhero genre.
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* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Music/NineInchNails became {{Pop Star Composer}}s with ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'', Creator/DavidFincher brought them back in ''Film/{{The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo|2011}}'' and ''Film/GoneGirl'', and another mature work followed with ''Series/{{Watchmen}}''. And then they did a Creator/{{Pixar}} movie of all things in ''Westernanimation/{{Soul}}''.
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* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Music/NineInchNails became {{Pop Star Composer}}s with ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'', Creator/DavidFincher brought them back in ''Film/{{The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo|2011}}'' ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragon Tattoo2011'' and ''Film/GoneGirl'', and another mature work followed with ''Series/{{Watchmen}}''. And then ''Series/Watchmen2019''. Then they did a Creator/{{Pixar}} movie movie, of all things things, in ''Westernanimation/{{Soul}}''.''WesternAnimation/{{Soul}}''.
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* ''Manga/MermaidSaga'' is a dark and serious work about an [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortal]] DeathSeeker... by Creator/RumikoTakahashi, the legendary master of romantic comedy. ''The Diet Goddess'' is also her only manga to be published in a {{shoujo|Demographic}} anthology, while most of her other works are either {{shounen|Demographic}} or {{seinen}}.
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* Creator/MohiroKitoh is well-known for his cynical and dark manga, most famously ''Manga/ShadowStar'' and ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}''. ''Noririn'' is a tame, fluffy manga about biking.'* ''Manga/MermaidSaga'' is a dark and serious work about an [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortal]] DeathSeeker...written by Creator/RumikoTakahashi, the legendary master of romantic comedy. ''The Diet Goddess'' is also her only work to be published in a {{shoujo}} anthology rather than most of her other works which are {{shounen}}.
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* ''Manga/MermaidSaga'' is a dark and serious work about an [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortal]]
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* Out of the Magazine/MangaTimeKirara pantheon, Izumo Ito's ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'' is notable for being a more serialized story (albeit one that still has many of Kirara's trademark tropes all over it) and rather dark, which is shocking given the traditional, adorable SliceOfLife works Kirara is best known for.
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* Out of the Magazine/MangaTimeKirara ''Magazine/MangaTimeKirara'' pantheon, Izumo Ito's ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'' is notable for being a more serialized story (albeit one that still has many of Kirara's trademark tropes all over it) and rather dark, which is shocking given the traditional, traditionally laid-back, adorable SliceOfLife works Kirara manga ''Kirara'' is best known for.
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* Creator/HiromuArakawa usually works on fantasy series with high stakes involved (like ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' and the manga adaptation of ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan''), but ''Manga/SilverSpoon'' is a SliceOfLife series that takes place in contemporary Hokkaido and has no fantastic elements at all. According to Arakawa, this was intentional since she wanted to challenge herself by making a more realistic series.
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* [[Music/{{Carpenters}} Richard and Karen Carpenter]] were best known for soft rock ballads, but took the occasional unexpected left turn, like putting a furious fuzztone guitar solo in the otherwise sedate "Goodbye to Love", doing a cover of Music/{{Klaatu}}'s ProgressiveRock hit "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft", and releasing the bouncy, slightly-bluegrass-flavored "Sweet, Sweet Smile" ... which became a top 10 hit on the CountryMusic chart in 1978.
* Country legend Music/BuckOwens had already displayed a lot of non-country influences in his music by 1969, but that year he released two singles that were much more rock than country: "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass", which featured fuzztone guitar and harpsichord (!) as lead instruments, and a live cover of [[Music/ChuckBerry "Johnny B. Goode"]] that would've put most garage bands to shame. However, he was a big enough star that they still managed to become #1 country hits.
** Owens received some backlash from longtime fans for those two records, plus a bluegrass/gospel cover of Music/SimonAndGarfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," due to a pledge he signed several years earlier stating he would never record a song he didn't consider a country song. Owens defended his choice of music, noting that he said he would not record in a pop-country vein, not record rockabilly or bluegrass (forms of country music).
** That stated, from about the mid-1970s to early 1980s, in part due to massive grief over the death of his best friend Don Rich in a tragic accident in 1974, an apathetic Owens began recording pop-country. While the music itself isn't bad, it also did not represent Owens at his best, something he later admitted. It wasn't until the late 1980s, when he had a brief comeback with Music/DwightYoakam on "Streets of Bakersfield", that he began to record in his classic styles and made vintage Buck Owens music.
* Composer Kikuo is most known for his dark and often disturbing Music/{{Vocaloid}} music, but he's also done some happy and cute {{moe}} [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denpa_song Denpa songs]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToqeQuZHa3s Would you believe this is the same guy that did "I'm Sorry I'm Sorry"]]? Even within his Vocaloid works there's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2P76nOpeDs Curry of Pure Water Song]]", a happy and upbeat song meant to advertise curry. There's also Infinite Dreamer, which sounds like a very mainstream pop song with none of Kikuo's signature surreal sounds, although the lyrics do have some dark implications.
* Music/{{WASP|Band}} had ''Kill, Fuck, Die'', their industrial metal album. The song-writing itself wasn't actually that far removed from the band's previous few albums, just a bit angrier, but the production turned it into something totally unlike anything else the band has recorded before or since.
* [[Music/DiaryOfDreams Diary of Dreams]] is normally DarkWave, but ''The Anatomy of Silence'' is entirely acoustic neoclassical songs.
* An unusual case: country star Charley Pride recording the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLobiH-ENiE disco-flavored]] [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Dallas Cowboys]] theme song in 1979.
* Country legend Music/BuckOwens had already displayed a lot of non-country influences in his music by 1969, but that year he released two singles that were much more rock than country: "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass", which featured fuzztone guitar and harpsichord (!) as lead instruments, and a live cover of [[Music/ChuckBerry "Johnny B. Goode"]] that would've put most garage bands to shame. However, he was a big enough star that they still managed to become #1 country hits.
** Owens received some backlash from longtime fans for those two records, plus a bluegrass/gospel cover of Music/SimonAndGarfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," due to a pledge he signed several years earlier stating he would never record a song he didn't consider a country song. Owens defended his choice of music, noting that he said he would not record in a pop-country vein, not record rockabilly or bluegrass (forms of country music).
** That stated, from about the mid-1970s to early 1980s, in part due to massive grief over the death of his best friend Don Rich in a tragic accident in 1974, an apathetic Owens began recording pop-country. While the music itself isn't bad, it also did not represent Owens at his best, something he later admitted. It wasn't until the late 1980s, when he had a brief comeback with Music/DwightYoakam on "Streets of Bakersfield", that he began to record in his classic styles and made vintage Buck Owens music.
* Composer Kikuo is most known for his dark and often disturbing Music/{{Vocaloid}} music, but he's also done some happy and cute {{moe}} [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denpa_song Denpa songs]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToqeQuZHa3s Would you believe this is the same guy that did "I'm Sorry I'm Sorry"]]? Even within his Vocaloid works there's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2P76nOpeDs Curry of Pure Water Song]]", a happy and upbeat song meant to advertise curry. There's also Infinite Dreamer, which sounds like a very mainstream pop song with none of Kikuo's signature surreal sounds, although the lyrics do have some dark implications.
* Music/{{WASP|Band}} had ''Kill, Fuck, Die'', their industrial metal album. The song-writing itself wasn't actually that far removed from the band's previous few albums, just a bit angrier, but the production turned it into something totally unlike anything else the band has recorded before or since.
* [[Music/DiaryOfDreams Diary of Dreams]] is normally DarkWave, but ''The Anatomy of Silence'' is entirely acoustic neoclassical songs.
* An unusual case: country star Charley Pride recording the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLobiH-ENiE disco-flavored]] [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Dallas Cowboys]] theme song in 1979.
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* ''Music/InTheLifeOfChrisGaines'', a rock album by Music/GarthBrooks under the fictional identity of Chris Gaines, an Australian rocker. Brooks originally planned to play Gaines in a film, which never materialized, so fans simply thought he'd lost his mind.
* ''In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy'' an album of metal and hard rock covers by family-friendly Music/PatBoone.
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* Happy hardcore act Music/{{Dune|Band}} released two albums of orchestral ballads; ''Forever'' and ''Forever and Ever''.
* Alt-rockers Music/{{Eels}} with ''[[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/0433b30576/cold-dead-hand-with-jim-carrey Cold Dead Hand]]''. In this instance, they teamed up (as the Clutterbusters) with Creator/JimCarrey (Lonesome Earl) to record a CountryMusic-style satirical piece on gun politics. For good measure, the band members dressed up as UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln, Music/JohnLennon, and UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi -- peace advocates who were all shot dead.
* ''Music/InTheLifeOfChrisGaines'', a rock album by Music/GarthBrooks under the fictional identity of Chris Gaines, an Australian rocker. Brooks originally planned to play Gaines in a film, which never materialized, so fans simply thought he'd lost his mind.
* ''In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy'' an album of metal and hard rock covers by family-friendly Music/PatBoone.
* Alt-rockers Music/{{Eels}} with ''[[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/0433b30576/cold-dead-hand-with-jim-carrey Cold Dead Hand]]''. In this instance, they teamed up (as the Clutterbusters) with Creator/JimCarrey (Lonesome Earl) to record a CountryMusic-style satirical piece on gun politics. For good measure, the band members dressed up as UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln, Music/JohnLennon, and UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi -- peace advocates who were all shot dead.
* ''Music/InTheLifeOfChrisGaines'', a rock album by Music/GarthBrooks under the fictional identity of Chris Gaines, an Australian rocker. Brooks originally planned to play Gaines in a film, which never materialized, so fans simply thought he'd lost his mind.
* ''In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy'' an album of metal and hard rock covers by family-friendly Music/PatBoone.
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* Music/JoyElectric is SynthPop, as the name implies. He dropped the "synth" half on the album ''Unelectric'' and recorded [[UnpluggedVersion acoustic arrangements]] of prior songs. And he dropped the "pop" half for ''The Tick Tock Companion'', which featured completely improvised, ambient synth jamming.
* "Anniversary" by DarkCabaret artist Music/{{Voltaire}} is a straight love song, with no references to death, goths, evil, or SciFi shows. His later country album may also count. The musical style is different, but the subjects of the songs are his usual fare. There's also his NewWave album, "What are the Oddz?".
* Although it was recorded as a joke, Music/AnalCunt's ''Picnic Of Love'' is a complete inversion of their trademark style: instead of short grindcore songs with BlackComedy lyrics and song titles, it consists of 2-3 minute acoustic ballads sung in falsetto, with titles like "I'd Love To Have Your Daughter's Hand In Marriage".
* Music/{{Ween}}'s ''12 Golden Country Greats'' was a country album, which used veteran country session musicians as a backing band. Though they'd had the odd country-influenced song before and since, it was still a pretty unexpected turn from their GenreRoulette-influenced sound, especially because the album generally plays it straight (well, aside from "Piss Up A Rope" and "Mr. Richard Smoker" anyway).
* "Anniversary" by DarkCabaret artist Music/{{Voltaire}} is a straight love song, with no references to death, goths, evil, or SciFi shows. His later country album may also count. The musical style is different, but the subjects of the songs are his usual fare. There's also his NewWave album, "What are the Oddz?".
* Although it was recorded as a joke, Music/AnalCunt's ''Picnic Of Love'' is a complete inversion of their trademark style: instead of short grindcore songs with BlackComedy lyrics and song titles, it consists of 2-3 minute acoustic ballads sung in falsetto, with titles like "I'd Love To Have Your Daughter's Hand In Marriage".
* Music/{{Ween}}'s ''12 Golden Country Greats'' was a country album, which used veteran country session musicians as a backing band. Though they'd had the odd country-influenced song before and since, it was still a pretty unexpected turn from their GenreRoulette-influenced sound, especially because the album generally plays it straight (well, aside from "Piss Up A Rope" and "Mr. Richard Smoker" anyway).
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* Most Music/PatBenatar albums are album-oriented rock and roll... except ''True Love'', which is jump blues.
* Music/AliceInChains' ''Sap'' and ''Jar Of Flies'' [=EPs=]. The albums surrounding them can best be described as grunge metal, but these eps are acoustic alternative rock.
* CountryMusic singer Music/AlanJackson did a very blues-pop oriented album, ''Like Red on a Rose'', in 2006. It was also the only album on which he did not work with producer Keith Stegall, instead choosing bluegrass pioneer Alison Krauss. Also, despite having written maybe 75% of his own songs, his only contribution as a writer on ''Like Red on a Rose'' was "A Woman's Love", a re-recording of a track from his 1999 album ''High Mileage''.
* Music/AliceInChains' ''Sap'' and ''Jar Of Flies'' [=EPs=]. The albums surrounding them can best be described as grunge metal, but these eps are acoustic alternative rock.
* CountryMusic singer Music/AlanJackson did a very blues-pop oriented album, ''Like Red on a Rose'', in 2006. It was also the only album on which he did not work with producer Keith Stegall, instead choosing bluegrass pioneer Alison Krauss. Also, despite having written maybe 75% of his own songs, his only contribution as a writer on ''Like Red on a Rose'' was "A Woman's Love", a re-recording of a track from his 1999 album ''High Mileage''.
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* ''Attention Please'' by Music/{{Boris}} is a dance-rock album that sounds nothing like their usual metal/hardcore/noise oriented albums.
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* Music/{{Metallica}}: The ''Load'' records, which completely abandoned their classic thrash style for a bluesy hard rock style. Then, they experimented with Alternative/Nu Metal with St. Anger. They have, since, returned to said thrash style.
* Ronan Harris of the [[{{Industrial}} Futurepop]] group Music/VNVNation collaborated with the GothRock band Mono Inc. for the single "Boatman".
* 99% of Music/{{Santana}}'s songs are Latin-infused rock of some kind with some glimpses of other popular genres... except the song "America" off of ''Music/{{Shaman}}'', which is, of all things, NuMetal, thanks to being performed with and written by P.O.D.
* Music/FrankZappa's album ''Music/CruisinWithRubenAndTheJets'' was considered an unusual departure in his oeuvre. The album contains no pointed political {{Satire}}, no BawdySong material, no sudden musical experimentations, no clashing of different musical genres, but is just an honest, straight-faced {{Homage}}/{{Pastiche}} to the {{Doowop}} bands he adored. For his fans, this was a huge AudienceAlienatingPremise.
* Rocker Music/LouReed's ''Music/MetalMachineMusic'', a double-album of proto-noise music consisting entirely of guitar feedback, a ''very'' huge departure from his experimental but usually still accessible glam rock and art pop output. It was a long-standing assumption that the album was a TakeThat at his record label to get out of his contract. However, Reed later admitted that he'd been completely serious about the album and also on a lot of drugs.
* Ronan Harris of the [[{{Industrial}} Futurepop]] group Music/VNVNation collaborated with the GothRock band Mono Inc. for the single "Boatman".
* 99% of Music/{{Santana}}'s songs are Latin-infused rock of some kind with some glimpses of other popular genres... except the song "America" off of ''Music/{{Shaman}}'', which is, of all things, NuMetal, thanks to being performed with and written by P.O.D.
* Music/FrankZappa's album ''Music/CruisinWithRubenAndTheJets'' was considered an unusual departure in his oeuvre. The album contains no pointed political {{Satire}}, no BawdySong material, no sudden musical experimentations, no clashing of different musical genres, but is just an honest, straight-faced {{Homage}}/{{Pastiche}} to the {{Doowop}} bands he adored. For his fans, this was a huge AudienceAlienatingPremise.
* Rocker Music/LouReed's ''Music/MetalMachineMusic'', a double-album of proto-noise music consisting entirely of guitar feedback, a ''very'' huge departure from his experimental but usually still accessible glam rock and art pop output. It was a long-standing assumption that the album was a TakeThat at his record label to get out of his contract. However, Reed later admitted that he'd been completely serious about the album and also on a lot of drugs.
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* The Music/{{Melvins}} have had several album-length left turns, but possibly the most surprising is ''The Bootlicker'': while their sound usually involves sludgy walls of feedback, this album features absolutely no guitar distortion. The actual content doesn't get any lighter and softer, but the arrangements bring to mind Music/TomWaits and {{Krautrock}} more than they do grunge or stoner metal. ''Freak Puke'' by Melvins Lite is probably the closest they've come to returning to this sound - that album did prominently distorted guitars; However, with [[Music/MrBungle Trevor Dunn]] sitting in on standup bass and Dale Crover restricted to playing his drums with brushes, it also emphasized the more jazzy and experimental elements of their sound.
* The Music/ButtholeSurfers' ''Weird Revolution'', which is much more electronica-influenced than anything they'd previously done. It may have been an attempt to roll with their popular BlackSheepHit "Pepper", although it was actually preceded by a couple of electronic-based soundtrack contributions, along with the similar but much more experimental ''After The Astronaut'', which got shelved after promo copies got scathing reviews.
* Music/{{REM}}'s 1994 album ''[[Music/MonsterREMAlbum Monster]]'' was this on purpose, featuring distorted, tremolo-heavy sex-rock songs compared to their usual folky alt-rock (with the exception of "Strange Currencies" and "Tongue"). Though it sold well at the time, many did not like the album [[VindicatedByHistory (at least not at first)]], the band's mainstream presence would rapidly drop off with their next album (which actually was well-received upon release and is still well-regarded today), and to this day it can't be mentioned online without it being brought up how common it is in used CD stores. The unreleased demos included on its 25th Anniversary reissue are far more in the traditional R.E.M. mode, and them being finished might have led to it being better received. At the time though, the group was so against being typecast as a band that played ballads such as "Losing My Religion" and "Everybody Hurts" that they deliberately did an about-face.
* The Music/ButtholeSurfers' ''Weird Revolution'', which is much more electronica-influenced than anything they'd previously done. It may have been an attempt to roll with their popular BlackSheepHit "Pepper", although it was actually preceded by a couple of electronic-based soundtrack contributions, along with the similar but much more experimental ''After The Astronaut'', which got shelved after promo copies got scathing reviews.
* Music/{{REM}}'s 1994 album ''[[Music/MonsterREMAlbum Monster]]'' was this on purpose, featuring distorted, tremolo-heavy sex-rock songs compared to their usual folky alt-rock (with the exception of "Strange Currencies" and "Tongue"). Though it sold well at the time, many did not like the album [[VindicatedByHistory (at least not at first)]], the band's mainstream presence would rapidly drop off with their next album (which actually was well-received upon release and is still well-regarded today), and to this day it can't be mentioned online without it being brought up how common it is in used CD stores. The unreleased demos included on its 25th Anniversary reissue are far more in the traditional R.E.M. mode, and them being finished might have led to it being better received. At the time though, the group was so against being typecast as a band that played ballads such as "Losing My Religion" and "Everybody Hurts" that they deliberately did an about-face.
