History MoodWhiplash / AnimeAndManga

** The Chun-Li vs Vega fight in the English dub. The quiet song Chun-Li listens to in her apartment abruptly switches to Music/KMFDM's ''[[{{Grunge}} Ultra]]'' when she sees Vega about to pounce.

At the end of the original version of ''Anime/DoraemonTheRecordsOfNobitaSpaceblazer''. A portal that links to another dimension where Doraemon has found a love interest has been destroyed, preventing Doraemon from seeing her ever again. A very sad tearjerker award bait theme song just played as the portal closed. Then Nobita's mom comes in and scolds him, he gives his excuse of the portal, she doesn't believes it, he lifts up that mat where the portal had formed, and a mouse appears, setting off Doraemon's phobia.

* At the end of the original version of the ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' movie ''Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer''. A portal that links to another dimension where Doraemon has found a love interest has been destroyed, preventing Doraemon from seeing her ever again. A very sad tearjerker award bait theme song just played as the portal closed. Then Nobita's mom comes in and scolds him, he gives his excuse of the portal, she doesn't believes it, he lifts up that mat where the portal had formed, and a mouse appears, setting off Doraemon's phobia.

** At the start of the series, Team 7 introduces themselves to each other. Kakashi ends up providing non-answers to the questions, Naruto reveals what we know about him- that he's a hyperactive prankster who loves ramen and wants to be Hokage- while Sakura all but outright states that she's head-over-heels in love with Sasuke before bluntly saying that she hates Naruto. [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Then Sasuke gets a turn]], and coldly states that he doesn't have any particular likes or dislikes, but he has someone he wants to kill. In the manga, Sasuke and Sakura are switched around and Sakura goes last, meaning that the mood switches back from serious to lighthearted once again.

* ''Anime/DivergenceEve'' is a story of death, zombies, horrible, horrible things happening to everybody....yet the ending is happy jpop to the main character bouncing around in skimpy outfits. It's like if somebody replaced the end credits of ''Shindler's List'' with ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''.

** Chapter 83 is a comedy chapter about Koro-Sensei being framed as a PantyThief. [[spoiler:Then it turns out to be a set-up for Shiro and Itona making another elaborate and dramatic attempt to kill Kuro-Sensai, which ends with Shiro committing what for many readers was a MoralEventHorizon moment when he callously dismisses Itona and leaves him to die.]]

* In ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', there's a fair amount in the tenth chapter. While they're getting ready for the match with Pravda, there's some lighthearted moments as they try to acclimatize the new Duck Team. Then Momo insists that they have to win and gets angry when some of her teammates doubt that they will, at which point she insists that it's absolutely necessary, and Anzu reaffirms this with [[OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristic seriousness]]. Then Yukari, the POV character of the manga adaptation, briefly reflects on all the friends she's made through tankery, and how fulfilling her life has become in the past year. While Yukari is doing so, she notices Miho talking with one of her family maids, then follows the two into a restaurant when she sees Miho's expression change suddenly. While the meeting between the two is initially pleasant Miho's maid then tells her that her family has decided that if she does not win against Pravda, [[spoiler:she will be disowned]].

MoodWhiplash in Anime & Manga

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' did this in the first season, alternating between wacky high school hijinks and RealRobot action arcs that could get rather grim. The sequels compartmentalised the two halves with all comedic ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' and more action/drama oriented ''The Second Raid'' having far few comedic moments though it wasn't entirely devoid of them, partly thanks to [[LargeHam Gates]].

* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' is a lighthearted comedy series about a girl reincarnating as a literal [[DatingSim otome game]] villain but turning into a BlitheSpirit who amasses a giant harem instead of getting killed off like she's supposed to. However, one chapter cuts away from this back to her past life as we see her best friend grieving for the first friend she ever made, though at the end she does come to terms with it [[spoiler:and is shown to have also reincarnated into the game as a member of said harem.]]

* The anime movie ''Anime/RingingBell'' starts out fluffy and cute -- the protagonist is a [[SweetSheep naive little lamb]] [[{{Keet}} with lots of energy]] -- however it quickly turns into a dark revenge story.

*** Heck, the first series' ''first episode'' is a... quite extreme case of this. It kicks off with a flashback [[TheTeaser cold open]] of the brothers trying to resurrect their dead mother, which, as you know, goes to hell pretty quickly, as the exciting scene turns to sheer horror when the audience sees Edward knelt over, clutching a bloody stump where his leg [[AnArmAndALeg once was]], and staring in horror at the... ''[[EldritchAbomination thing]]'' he and Al made and then [[TheScream screaming in terror]]. This is promptly followed by a amusing scene a 15-year-old Edward wandering in the desert. [[note]]''[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yeah, that was the start of the first episode.]]''[[/note]]

* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' runs heavy on it, the series is about the horrors of human devouring demons, how said monsters have ruined several lives, and the demon slayers hell-bent on killing them; with that said, the series is quite humorous even with so much drama, especially with so many eccentric characters who can change the tone of a scene forth and back at the drop of a hat. In particular, the aftermath of the big battle in the Red Light District arc [[spoiler:begins with a devastating spread of SceneryGorn. Tengen's wives start crying as he's about to die. He tries to say his last words, but Suma interrupts him when she starts sobbing loudly in an over-the-top fashion, followed by an angry Makio yelling at her to shut up and threatening to stuff rocks in her mouth. That's followed by a comical argument between the severed heads of Gyutaro and Daki...which quickly turns sad and tragic.]]

** There's also the intro, especially in the first episode. The series' intro, Lillium, can be seen as a calming, soothing, beautiful song, set to imagery that pays tribute to Gustav Klimt's artwork. What's the first thing the viewer sees after the intro? A twitching, bloodied, severed arm. [[FromBadToWorse Then the carnage only proceeds to get worse]].

* Same for ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', intermixing thrilling HumongousMecha action with highly painful drama. And [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguins]].

* ''Anime/GhostSweeperMikami'' refuses to let go of its original comic qualities, even when CerebusSyndrome manifests. As a result, even individual reports can shift between serious/tense/somber and comedic multiple times.