History Main / DownPlayedTrope

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' downplays AllOfTheOtherReindeer. The Furious Five and Shifu treat Po with disrespect for most of the first film. However, during his second day, Po earns the respect of most of the Five through his HeroicResolve, [[ThroughHisStomach great cooking skills]], storytelling, and humor, while Shifu undergoes a JerkassRealization.

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' downplays AllOfTheOtherReindeer. The Furious Five and Shifu treat Po with disrespect for most of the first film. However, during his second day, Po earns the respect of most of the Five through his HeroicResolve, [[ThroughHisStomach great cooking skills]], storytelling, and humor, while Shifu undergoes a JerkassRealization.

* [=TCNick3=] of the ''LetsPlay/PartyCrashers'' downplays the SoreLoser trope, because while he does get rather salty whenever ends up in last place, he's rather content with getting 2nd or 3rd, essentially {{avert|ed}}ing the SecondPlaceIsForLosers trope.

** The pair also downplay HalfIdenticalTwins: they're almost the exact same in terms of height, face and body type, but have different hair styles and outfits, as well as [[DifferentAsNightAndDay personalities]]. (Also, [[Characters/GravityFallsMabelPines Mabel Pines]] wears braces while [[Characters/GravityFallsDipperPines Dipper Pines]] has a birthmark hidden under his bangs.)

* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'' downplays OneManArmy. [[Characters/TheDragonPrinceViren Viren]] utterly obliterates the guards sent to arrest him, but he's only able to do this because Aaravos is channeling primal magic through him. However, since he was able to use his abilities to hold off the king of the dragons, he certainly qualifies.

** The pair also downplay HalfIdenticalTwins: they're almost the exact same in terms of height, face and body type, but have different hair styles and outfits, as well as [[DifferentAsNightAndDay personalities]]. (Also, Mabel wears braces while Dipper has a birthmark hidden under his bangs.)

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' downplays MyGodWhatHaveIDone. It appears that Bolin is so focused on stopping Kuvira that he is not allowing himself to think about how he messed up by trusting her, but he is upset when he meets the innocent people Kuvira is interning in her camps, realizing that he has had a part (albeit unwittingly) in ruining their lives.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic's'' Princess Celestia downplays PrincessesPreferPink, as she only has a pink outline and pink strands in her hair; she is mostly white. Not that you'd know it, looking at the earliest toys based on her, which depicted her with a ''pink'' coat instead of a white one. Thankfully, with the arrival of Princess Cadance, a princess who really ''is'' pink, Celestia is now free to have the ''first'' toy that actually looks like her made ''years'' after her introduction.

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' downplays {{Yandere}}. Morty Smith doesn’t do anything creepy to Jessica or treats her as a possession. However, whenever he finds a scenario where he might end up with her, he goes to pretty sociopathic lengths to achieve it. He gave her a love potion because he couldn’t handle that she was dating Brad, which ended up mutating her and causing Rick to label him as a creep for trying to roofie her. Likewise, one of Morty’s Mindblowers shows that he’s violently protective of her, as he was willing to torture an alien for releasing a worldwide virus that nearly killed Jessica. He’s also willing to sell Rick, his own grandfather, for some trim as he ignored Summer’s concerns about Tiny Rick overwhelming Rick’s mind because he helped him get close to Jessica. Furthermore, upon gaining a death crystal that let him see a future where Jessica comforted him in his old age, Morty committed several atrocities to ensure it happens, up to avoiding resurrecting Rick and killing many cops and military man while acting like an AKIRA.

* ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomStranded'' downplays AbusiveOffspring. While Colette Bevier is not openly emotionally or verbally abusive to her father, biological mother, and stepmother(s), it's clear her love and regard for them (especially her stepmothers) is based on them [[SpoiledBrat spoiling her]], as she is not above [[ManipulativeBitch lying to and manipulating them by acting like a loving daughter to get what she wants.

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' downplays AllOfTheOtherReindeer. The Furious Five and Shifu treat him with disrespect for most of the first film. However, during his second day Po earns the respect of most of the Five through his HeroicResolve, [[ThroughHisStomach great cooking skills]], storytelling, and humor, while Shifu undergoes a JerkassRealization.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkTheStreamingWars'' downplays IHaveNoSon. While Liane still plans to raise her son Eric, she is resentful that he made her quit her job, causing them to lose their house and move into a hotdog house, and refuses to let him blame her for the loss of their house. When Eric comes up with a plan for them to move in with a rich old guy by Liane seducing him and need her to get breast implants, Liane refuses, pointing out that they don't have the money for breast implants. And when Eric got the money for the breast implants, Liane outright refused to get them, saying that when Eric made her quit her job, she promised herself that she would never give in to him ever again. Liane refuses to give in, even when Eric threatens to either call the police or runway, telling her son she is done with this. And when Eric said that he himself would take the breast implants, while shocked, Liane called his bluff and was annoyed and disappointed when Eric actually took the breast implants. When Eric asks Liana what she will do now that she knows he is serious about his threats, Liane tells Eric that she plans to go grocery shopping. Liane leaves as Eric threatens to go to school with his breast implants. It is implied that while Liane will not abandon her son Eric and will support him financially until he becomes an adult, she has given up on having a relationship with him and closed off emotionally from him.

* ''WesternAnimation/UnicornWars''
** This film downplays AllOfTheOtherReindeer. Tubby was shown to be made fun of because of both his weight and immaturity in his unit. While all his unit was admiring their bodies, he was insecure about his fat body, and with his brother making fun of him, the unit joined in. Later when Bluey revealed to the unit that Tubby had wet the bed, they all made fun of him, and finally, when do unit learned that Tubby was joining them, they were skeptical about how useful he would be on the mission. Despite this, it appears that Tubby is not constantly mistreated and is mostly accepted by the unit; it's notable that even though his unit was skeptical of his usefulness on the mission during the mission itself, he was never mistreated or an outcast from the unit.
** This film downplays ParentalFavoritism. When Bluey and Tubby unit stop by a town to see their family and friends before leaving to go to war, their father expresses Pride in both his sons, saying that their mother would be proud of them and give each of his sons a pie that was made from there mother's recipe. Bluey received almost the whole pie, while Tubby just received a slice, and he was shown not to be happy about this. Despite that, Bluey and Tubby's father was praising both of his sons; aside from that moment doesn't seem to favor either of his sons and shows love for both of his sons. It's possible he gave Tubby the shorter piece because he was concerned with his weight problems, as others pointed out that Tubby is overweight.

* ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomStranded'' downplays AbusiveOffspring. Colette Bevier is not openly emotionally or verbally abusive to her father, biological mother, and stepmother(s), but is not above lying to and manipulating them by acting like a loving daughter to get what she wants.
** It's eventually apparent that she has no real love for Stella and only sees her as a means to an end. This is best shown in "Dressed", where Colette notices her stepmother is feeling distressed after an argument with Star and [[LackOfEmpathy shows no concern for her emotional well-being, rather deciding to take this as another opportunity to manipulate her]] and becoming angry when Stella is too upset to take the bait. She later even refers to Stella as her father's "stupid wife that turned him against her" in "Traveled".
** In "Blackmailed", it's revealed that Colette is secretly in contact with not only her mother, but all of her previous stepmothers. She pretends to care about them by calling each of them her "favorite stepmother" and takes advantage of their failed marriages to her father in order to gain sympathy and use them for her plans. This proves that Colette never truly cared about any of her stepmothers, only what she could get from them. She is even anticipating adding Stella to the list once Jean-Luc inevitably divorces her.

*** In "Blackmailed", it's revealed that Colette is secretly in contact with not only her mother, but all of her previous stepmothers. She pretends to care about them by calling each of them her "favorite stepmother" and takes advantage of their failed marriages to her father in order to gain sympathy and use them for her plans. This proves that Colette never truly cared about any of her stepmothers, only what she could get from them. She is even anticipating adding Stella to the list once Jean-Luc inevitably divorces her.

* ''Film/HappyDeathDay'' downplays DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist. Every time Tree dies she wakes up she wakes up weaker and weaker and she feels the after effects of whatever killed her last. If the cycle goes on too long she won't even be strong enough to wake up at all.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''
** ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkTheStreamingWars'' downplays IHaveNoSon. While Liane still plans to raise her son Eric, she is resentful that he made her quit her job, causing them to lose their house and move into a hotdog house, and refuses to let him blame her for the loss of their house. When Eric comes up with a plan for them to move in with a rich old guy by Liane seducing him and need her to get breast implants, Liane refuses, pointing out that they don't have the money for breast implants. And when Eric got the money for the breast implants, Liane outright refused to get them, saying that when Eric made her quit her job, she promised herself that she would never give in to him ever again. Liane refuses to give in, even when Eric threatens to either call the police or runway, telling her son she is done with this. And when Eric said that he himself would take the breast implants, while shocked, Liane called his bluff and was annoyed and disappointed when Eric actually took the breast implants. When Eric asks Liana what she will do now that she knows he is serious about his threats, Liane tells Eric that she plans to go grocery shopping. Liane leaves as Eric threatens to go to school with his breast implants. It is implied that while Liane will not abandon her son Eric and will support him financially until he becomes an adult, she has given up on having a relationship with him and closed off emotionally from him.

* The Templar's AncientConspiracy status in [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag Assassins Creed 4]]. The Templars are rich and powerful in the Carribean but not so much that the similarly rich and powerful English Navy and plantation owners can't ignore them at their leisure.

* ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' downplays the eponymous [[Characters/JudgeDreddTheCharacter Judge Dredd]]'s reputation as TheDreaded. While Mega-City One's street Judges are still feared by any criminal unlucky enough to find one on their tail, the BatmanColdOpen and the early events of the main narrative show that Dredd doesn't appear to stand out from his colleagues, unlike the [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd source material]] and the [[Film/JudgeDredd 1995 film adaptation]]. However, this doesn't apply to his colleagues, including the corrupt Judges who get hired to hunt him down late in the movie and demand one million credits, implied to be in excess of their standard rate.

* ''Film/Dredd'' downplays the eponymous [[Characters/JudgeDreddTheCharacter Judge Dredd]]'s reputation as TheDreaded. While Mega-City One's street Judges are still feared by any criminal unlucky enough to find one on their tail, the BatmanColdOpen and the early events of the main narrative show that Dredd doesn't appear to stand out from his colleagues, unlike the [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd source material]] and the [[Film/JudgeDredd 1995 film adaptation]]. However, this doesn't apply to his colleagues, including the corrupt Judges who get hired to hunt him down late in the movie and demand one million credits, implied to be in excess of their standard rate.
-->'''Lex''': You got a problem with a Judge. Do you know who he is?\\
'''Ma-Ma''': No...\\
'''Lex''': I do. One million.