History Main / SweetnessAversion

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* ''Webcomics/{{Boyfriends}}'' Part of the reason of its infamy, due of most of the chapters only consist of the titular characters act like SickeninglySweethearts almost in every chapter.

* Many people react in react in disgust to the over-the-top, frequent love scenes, love phrases and love acts in the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series.

* Lewis Carroll's lesser known duology, the ''Literature/SylvieAndBruno'' books. The overly-cutesy perfection of the title children is probably the main reason these books are not given the same love as Alice.

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* ''WebComics/{{Boyfriends}}'' Part of the reason of its infamy, due of most of the chapters only consist of the titular characters act like SickeninglySweethearts almost in every chapter.

* ''Webcomics/{{Boyfriends}}'' Part of the reason of its infamy, due of most of the chapters only consist of the titular characters act like SickeninglySweethearts almost in every chapter.

* ''Webcomics/Boyfriends'' Part of the reason of its infamy, due of most of the chapters only consist of the titular characters act like SickeninglySweethearts almost in every chapter.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{ChalkZone}}'' is considered by many to be the [[SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel sweetest and cutest]] of all the Franchise/{{Nicktoons}}. This initially hurt its reception amongst viewers who thought it was too saccharine, but the show would later earn itself a decent-sized fanbase over the years.

* ''VideoGame/TokyoMirageSessionsFE'' is a crossover between ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' and ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' franchises, both of which are known for being rather dark. ''Shin Megami Tensei'' games are commonly set AfterTheEnd and feature dark storylines with plenty of people dying. ''Fire Emblem'' is lighter, but it's still stories about war, where most characters can be KilledOffForReal. This game, meanwhile, is set in modern Japan, and focuses on {{Idol Singer}}s, with an extremely idealistic view on the profession at that. The game ended up being so LighterAndSofter than both of its parent series has ever been, that both fanbases were alienated by it, and the game bombed in retail.

* Elmyra was a character who appeared in some episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''. Her defining traits, where she has a behavior of a five-year-old in a teenager's skin, were clearly meant to be taken only in small doses when she was first created. Therefore, when she was promoted as a main character in the show ''WesternAnimation/PinkyElmyraAndTheBrain'', it opened all sorts of floodgates for this to happen. Having to listen her cutesy childish talk for a half hour at a time very quickly grated on viewers' nerves, and is a good example of why some supporting characters are better left in that role.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsAllEnginesGo'' is a particularly infamous example of this. It basically took the charm of the original ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' series and turned it into a wacky, saccharine, and sugar-coated Canadian preschool cartoon with cuteified 2D designs for the characters, a [[JustTrainWrong complete disregard for basic logic and physics]], the adult engines acting friendlier with little-to-no sign of their usual personality flaws, and the five main characters (Thomas, Percy, Nia, Kana, and Diesel) turned into child characters [[ChildrenVoicingChildren that are voiced by actual kids]]. This gave the show a far worse reputation than the already-contentious Creator/HiTEntertainment model and CGI eras, ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad'' [[note]]Which also suffers from this trope, but even so, was considerably less afraid to show darker themes; notably, [[BigBad Diesel 10]] being more than willing to kill human and locomotive alike to achieve his ends.[[/note]] and the ''Big World! Big Adventures!'' era.

* While none of the cartoons made by Creator/FamousStudios are particularly well-regarded because of their StrictlyFormula nature (and in the case of ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' SeasonalRot compared to the cartoons made by Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer), the cartoons starring WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost and WesternAnimation/LittleAudrey are the most derided by critics for combining Famous' tendency for formula with overtly mawkish sweetness. Within Casper's series (particularly in the comics), Spooky and the Ghostly Trio became {{BreakoutCharacter Breakout Characters]] for being an antidote to this trope.

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* ''Film/TheCraftLegacy'' ran into this problem, coming off as significantly LighterAndSofter than the [[Film/TheCraft original]] CultClassic. A few critics and audience members have noted that while the film's emphasis on everyone being kind, inclusive and only using magic for good is wholesome and idealistic, it also results in large chunks of the film feeling like plot fluff - if not downright dull - due to a lack of meaningful conflict or dramatic tension, especially considering it was [[NeverTrustATrailer marketed]] as a horror/supernatural thriller. The heavy use of [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkles]] doesn't help.

This is an audience reaction to works that are strongly [[LighterAndSofter attempting to be kid-friendly]] -- using almost all the tropes of cuteness and {{idealism|Tropes}}, like there's some kind of checklist. '[[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saccharine Saccharine]]' is the watchword.[[note]]Referencing an artificial sweetener that leaves a bitter aftertaste, just like consuming these works.[[/note]] Viewers react to this by avoiding the works in question.

* During the early [[TheEighties 1980s]], UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC. Creator/{{CBS}} affiliate WDVM (now WUSA) commissioned a tooth-rotting promo using the branding of "Ours to Share." The campaign was basically one they could have gotten away with if it was a smaller city, but certainly not in D.C., as the reaction was harsh enough for WDVM to fire their creative services director as a result. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIUj0J-7kt4 Watch and look for dentures]].

* Creator/DreamWorksAnimation thought in the early 2010s that doing sentimental films ''á la'' Disney (''totally'' inverting the studio's previous formula) would be a good idea. Due to some negative receptions from audiences, they snapped out of it and brought comedy back on the front (although far less gag-based than before).

* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsAllEnginesGo'' is an infamous example of this. It basically took the charm of the original ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' series and turned it into a fun-loving, saccharine, and sugarcoated Canadian preschool cartoon with cuteified designs for the characters, the adult engines acting friendlier, and the five main characters (Thomas, Percy, Nia, Kana, and Diesel) turned into child characters [[ChildrenVoicingChildren that are voiced by actual kids]], which made the show have a far worse reputation than the Creator/HiTEntertainment model and CGI eras, ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad'' (which also suffers from this trope, but wasn't afraid to show darker themes) and the BWBA era.

* Elmyra was a character who appeared in some episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''.
Her defining traits, where she has a behavior of a five-year-old in a teenager's skin, were clearly meant to be taken only in small doses when she was first created. Therefore, when she was promoted as a main character in the show ''WesternAnimation/PinkyElmyraAndTheBrain'', it opened all sorts of floodgates for this to happen. Having to listen her cutesy childish talk for a half hour at a time very quickly grated on viewers' nerves, and is a good example of why some supporting characters are better left in that role.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{ChalkZone}}'' is considered by many to be the [[SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel sweetest and cutest]] of all the Franchise/{{Nicktoons}}. This initially hurt its reception amongst viewers though as many it was too saccharine, but the show has earned itself a decent-sized fanbase over the years.

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* ''Series/FullHouse'''s syrupy tone was a major complaint back in the day. But hey, if the show didn't fit this, it wouldn't have [[Administrivia/RenamedTropes been]] the {{Trope Namer|s}} for [[SentimentalMusicCue Full House Music]]. Seasons 6, 7, and 8 toned down a bit on this, though, only having that occur whenever [[CousinOliver Nicky and Alex]] are involved. On an interesting note, any moment on a show that is overly sappy (even if the show itself is not normally) is called a "Full House Moment" outside of Wiki/TvTropes.

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* SweetnessAversion/{{Advertising}}
* SweetnessAversion/LiveActionTV
* SweetnessAversion/WesternAnimation
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