History Main / SugarApocalypse

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'': Duloc was already a CrapsaccharineWorld at best, but the ''Scared Shrekless'' special revisits it after everyone's cleared out and it's a run-down, creepy mess. To underline the point, that LyricalDissonance singing booth is now openly threatening.

* ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' runs on this. The setting is a [[EverytownAmerica small American town]] straight out of a Creator/NormanRockwell painting, and the first act feels like a lighthearted family comedy about a father who adopts a magical, cuddly pet for his son. Even when Gizmo gets water spilled on him and spawns several evil mogwai, the film doesn't feel like it's going to be any edgier than, say, ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', with Stripe and his gang's antics being mostly harmless. Then the evil mogwai get fed after midnight, turn into the titular, [[NightmareFuel genuinely scary-looking]] gremlins, and wreak havoc on the town (including murdering multiple characters on screen). It's an '80s Creator/{{Amblin|Entertainment}} family adventure film that suddenly drops its characters into a monster movie halfway through, at which point you realize why this is considered one of the films that led a horrified [[MediaWatchdog MPAA]] to create the PG-13 rating.

* The ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series is [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure no]] [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 stranger]] [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog to]] [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 apocalyptic]] [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed scenarios]], but ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' is the first to cross into this territory by featuring a city with an AmazingTechnicolorPopulation of FunnyAnimals that gets mercilessly decimated by Dr. Eggman's robots and, particularly, his new [[TheDragon Dragon]], Infinite.

* The [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mlp-infection MLP Infection AU]] trend does this with ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.

* An early ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]]'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0091.html strip]] spoofed the classic "Hostess Supervillain" strips, in which [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] and [[Creator/DCComics DC]] characters were able to DeusExMachina their way out of trouble with the use of [[Advertising/HostessFruitPies delicious fruit pies]]. How does Rich Burlew spoof these? The goblins ''kill'' "Fruit Pie the Sorcerer".
** Randy Milholland spoofed them in a completely different and, well, more [[http://superstupor.com/sust01042008.shtml Milholland-esque]] manner...
** Another [[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]] gives us [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0301.html The Battle of Movie Confections]] Where "let's all go to the lobby" takes a turn for the macabre.
** And a ''Magazine/DragonMagazine'' strip featured a sinister cult of ''breakfast cereal'' mascots, with the title "Cereal Killers".

Yet another inverse is when someone throws a GenesisEffect at the CrapsackWorld, possibly changing it into anywhere between a WorldHalfFull or even a full blown SugarBowl.

* The ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' series is [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure no]] [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 stranger]] [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog to]] [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 apocalyptic]] [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed scenarios]], but ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' is the first to cross into this territory by featuring a city with an AmazingTechnicolorPopulation of FunnyAnimals that gets mercilessly decimated by Dr. Eggman's robots and, particularly, his new [[TheDragon Dragon]], Infinite.

* LetsPlay/TheTerribleSecretOfAnimalCrossing
* One is in the making in ''Fanfic/TwilightRevised''. [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins]].

* ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' once had a ZombieApocalypse complete with TheVirus. [[DaylightHorror Only seen by day.]] And ''all the Smurfs get bitten'', before the cure is spread by accident. And it has lingering effects even after being cured: Grouchy Smurf, the first infected and the one who stayed under its effects the longest, used to not be grouchy before that. Oh, and it predates ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' by ''nine years''.[[note]] Grouchy's behavioral change ''only'' applies to the original comic book story "The Black Smurfs". The AnimatedAdaptation version "The Purple Smurfs" takes place after "The Smurfette", so Grouchy's behavior there is simply natural.[[/note]]

* In [[http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/forums/index.php?topic=19297.0 Hatchling]], [[spoiler: the player has to induce this in the Sugar Bowl region of the Sacchari Range in order to reach the true ending]].
* [[http://onastick.net/sitz/images/ Hello Kitty 40000]]. "In the grim future of Hello Kitty there is only war" -- "[[http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/File:MPost4244-motivator1377526vc8%2Ejpg In the grim future of Hello Vader...]]"

* ''Roleplay/RubyQuest''. Cute anthropomorphic animals right out of ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''... in a setting that's Creator/HPLovecraft meets ''Franchise/SilentHill''.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'' episode "Fozzie's Family Tree", Gonzo's TroubledBackstoryFlashback depicts his homeworld of Crouton "becoming normal", which begins with the weird space-age buildings progressively transforming into Earth-like high-rise boxes, and ends with the planet itself transforming into a giant 8-ball after [[HomeworldEvacuation Gonzo's parents send him away]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'' episode "Fozzie's Family Tree", Gonzo's TroubledBackstoryFlashback depicts his homeworld of Crouton "becoming normal", which begins with the weird space-age buildings progressively transforming into Earth-like high-rise boxes, and ends with the planet itself transforming into a giant 8-ball after Gonzo's parents send him away.

* Fittingly, this is the origin story of the Skaven (AlwaysChaoticEvil RatMen) from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' recorded in the ''[[https://warhammerfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/The_Doom_of_Kavzar Doom of Kavzar]]''. OnceUponATime there was a city called Kavzar, by all acounts a peaceful and prosperous town, where [[OurHumansAreDifferent humans]] and [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarves]] lived in harmony. They decided to build a giant tower to thank the gods for their well being, but the tower took too long to build, but thankfully a hooded stranger promised to help them. The stranger was able to complete the tower and put a giant bell to his god. Then he left, and the bell rang [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteen times]]. The rats of Kavzar started growing in size, eating all of the food and causing a famine. The humans aske the dwarves for food, but the dwarves had the same problem. Then the rats grew to the size of men and started ''eating'' the inhabitants of Kavzar. Then the giant rats (dubbed Skaven) wiped out the city's population... and this is the take of Kavzar.

* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'': The {{Unicorn}} OmnicidalManiac Twinkles the Terrible causes planets to explode in an cloud of pink dust, which settles in a heart-shape.

* The internet meme about an amusement park named "Glaggleland" has one always impending, courtesy of the vile smiley-like beast named Enphoso. While at first it seems like the park deserves it due to it's mysteriously obvious HappinessIsMandatory appearance, it really turns out to be a case of SheepInSheepsClothing as Glaggleland is presented as really being just a wacky and zany theme park without ulterior motives if a little off putting.

** This trope was the main reason why the crossover with ''Film/MarsAttacks'' and this series didn't happen, due to fears from both MoralGuardians and Hasbro of the likelihood reality of having the titular Martians possibly killing the beloved Ponies in horrible brutal manners which would have traumatized kids (even though the planned crossover plot would have been more in line with the Ponyverse rather than the Martians).

* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', another MagicalGirl deconstruction, takes this trope to [[NightmareFuel horrific]] and [[TearJerker heartbreaking]] levels. The fact that those cutesy little magic critter Familiars all want to kill the Magical Girls and any poor {{Muggle}} who happens to fall prey to a Witch's Kiss is bad enough, but that is but a scratch on the surface of how disturbing and terrifying the world of Magical Girls really is...

** This trope also played a role that prevented a crossover with ''Film/MarsAttacks'' and this series from outright happening, due to fears from both MoralGuardians and Hasbro of the reality of having the titular Martians possibly killing the Ponies in horrible brutal manners.

See also SubvertedKidsShow, SuperweaponSurprise, CrapsaccharineWorld, SurpriseCreepy, TroubledBackstoryFlashback, DangerouslyGarishEnvironment, and HorrorComedy. VileVillainSaccharineShow is when the show has a villain that by all rights should cause it, but doesn't... most of the time. ArtStyleDissonance is practically a requirement.

** This trope also played a role that prevented a crossover with ''Film/MarsAttacks'' and this series from happening, due to the titular Martians possibly killing the Ponies in horrible brutal manners.

** This trope also played a role that prevented a crossover with ''Film/MarsAttacks!'' and this series from happening, due to the emponyomous Martians possibly killing the Ponies in horrible brutual manners.

* ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown''. Played straight, then inverted when you find out what the [[KillerRabbit rabbits]] are capable of doing to ''each other''.
-->'''Fiver:''' The field... the field... it's '''covered with blood!'''
-->'''Hazel:''' Blood? Don't be ridiculous... Why don't you go fetch me a cowslip? There's some fine grass over here.

** Or Watership Down as done by Fraggle Rock.