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* ComicBook.TheNightGwenStacyDied description: The editors decided that the Goblin could not go unpunished for this, [[LaserGuidedKarma and so he died in the next issue]], [[HoistByHisOwnPetard impaled by his own glider]]. From this point onward, Spider-Man's world (along with the [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks comic book industry in general]]) had become '''[[CerebusSyndrome considerably darker]]''', forever haunted by the uncertainty of what had actually killed Gwen.
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* ComicBook.TheNightGwenStacyDied description: The editors decided that the Goblin could not go unpunished for this, [[LaserGuidedKarma and so he died in the next issue]], [[HoistByHisOwnPetard impaled by his own glider]]. From this point onward, Spider-Man's world (along with the [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks comic book industry in general]]) had become '''[[CerebusSyndrome considerably darker]]''', forever haunted by the uncertainty of what had actually killed Gwen.
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'''Why?''' On the TropeRepairShop thread for [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1634757867053926400&page=1#10 Knight Of Cerebus]], it was pointed out that a good way to pinpoint the problem would be to check out the trope it spun from, Cerebus Syndrome, to see if it had similar misuse and therefore a rename was needed. It does have an entry on Administrivia/SquarePegRoundTrope, so it likely is misused a lot.
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'''Why?''' On the TropeRepairShop Administrivia/TropeRepairShop thread for [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1634757867053926400&page=1#10 Knight Of Cerebus]], it was pointed out that a good way to pinpoint the problem would be to check out the trope it spun from, Cerebus Syndrome, to see if it had similar misuse and therefore a rename was needed. It does have an entry on Administrivia/SquarePegRoundTrope, so it likely is misused a lot.
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* WesternAnimation.{{Trollz}}: The latter half of the show's a bit darker than the first, with story arcs about the two remaining Ancients who have undergone a BalefulPolymorph, the girls accidentally causing magic to disappear, and Simon taking over Trollzopolis via brainwashing 4 of the girls to become evil.
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* WesternAnimation.{{Trollz}}: The latter half of the show's a bit darker than the first, with story arcs about the two remaining Ancients who have undergone a BalefulPolymorph, ForcedTransformation, the girls accidentally causing magic to disappear, and Simon taking over Trollzopolis via brainwashing 4 of the girls to become evil.
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* ComicStrip:ForBetterOrForWorse: Early comics, as shown by some of the reruns Johnston has done, were gag-a-day strips with the same general range of humor as ''Marvin'' or ''Baby Blues''. Later on, the strip developed a serious streak where the jokes would be mild to nonexistent for brief periods; for example, the coming-out story often had very gentle jokes in the last panel at best. The strip went into turnaround mode as it neared the end, ending almost every single strip in a groan-inducing bad pun, no matter how serious the content is supposed to be.
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* ComicStrip:ForBetterOrForWorse: ComicStrip.ForBetterOrForWorse: Early comics, as shown by some of the reruns Johnston has done, were gag-a-day strips with the same general range of humor as ''Marvin'' or ''Baby Blues''. Later on, the strip developed a serious streak where the jokes would be mild to nonexistent for brief periods; for example, the coming-out story often had very gentle jokes in the last panel at best. The strip went into turnaround mode as it neared the end, ending almost every single strip in a groan-inducing bad pun, no matter how serious the content is supposed to be.
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* Machinima.FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged: The first two seasons are fairly comedy-centric, with more jokes being told and more character interactions that are humor-based. Even after Sephiroth entered the picture in Episode 10, jokes were still told even though he firmly remained a KnightOfCerebus. Starting about halfway through the third season, things took a gradually-darker turn (somewhat in-line with the game). By the time the party returns to Midgar to deal with Hojo, story beats are being played completely straight with almost zero comedy or levity like there was before.
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* Machinima.WebAnimation.FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged: The first two seasons are fairly comedy-centric, with more jokes being told and more character interactions that are humor-based. Even after Sephiroth entered the picture in Episode 10, jokes were still told even though he firmly remained a KnightOfCerebus. Starting about halfway through the third season, things took a gradually-darker turn (somewhat in-line with the game). By the time the party returns to Midgar to deal with Hojo, story beats are being played completely straight with almost zero comedy or levity like there was before.
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* Anime.SchoolDays description: While the original game was a story that aimed to subvert the Harem genre with its many twists and dark themes, this anime series takes it UpToEleven by presenting a story that starts out with a happy innocent mood, but '''[[CerebusSyndrome gradually becomes much darker]]'''[...]
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* Anime.SchoolDays description: While the original game was a story that aimed to subvert the Harem genre with its many twists and dark themes, this anime series takes it UpToEleven up to eleven by presenting a story that starts out with a happy innocent mood, but '''[[CerebusSyndrome gradually becomes much darker]]'''[...]
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* Literature.TheGame: Hits about halfway through the book as the lighthearted antics of becoming a PUA turns into a battle for power and struggle for self-fulfillment.
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* Literature.TheGame: TheGame2005: Hits about halfway through the book as the lighthearted antics of becoming a PUA turns into a battle for power and struggle for self-fulfillment.
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* Anime.MaiHime: The show starts off fairly comedic with only a few dramatic elements dropped in. That doesn't last long...
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* Anime.MaiHime: MyHime: The show starts off fairly comedic with only a few dramatic elements dropped in. That doesn't last long...
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* Machinima.FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged: The first two seasons are fairly comedy-centric, with more jokes being told and more character interactions that are humor-based. Even after Sephiroth entered the picture in Episode 10, jokes were still told even though he firmly remained a KnightOfCerebus. Starting about halfway through the third season, things took a gradually-darker turn (somewhat in-line with the game). By the time the party returns to Midgar to deal with Hojo, story beats are being played completely straight with almost zero comedy or levity like there was before.
* WesternAnimation.{{Trollz}}: The latter half of the show's a bit darker than the first, with story arcs about the two remaining Ancients who have undergone a BalefulPolymorph, the girls accidentally causing magic to disappear, and Simon taking over Trollzopolis via brainwashing 4 of the girls to become evil.
* WesternAnimation.{{Trollz}}: The latter half of the show's a bit darker than the first, with story arcs about the two remaining Ancients who have undergone a BalefulPolymorph, the girls accidentally causing magic to disappear, and Simon taking over Trollzopolis via brainwashing 4 of the girls to become evil.
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* PlayingWith.HorribleCampingTrip: The campgoers' HumiliationConga is the opening "comedy" part of a DoNotGoIntoTheWoods HillbillyHorrors film. Things '''[[CerebusSyndrome become very dark very fast]]''' in the middle act.
* WebVideo.TheHorriblySlowMurderWithTheExtremelyInefficientWeapon: By Ginosaji vs. Ginosaji, Jack's situation is so pitiful that it's becoming hard to find it funny, culminating in him being dragged an indeterminate amount of miles by a bus (while still being hit with a spoon) and then suffocated (while still being hit with a spoon) to the point that he hallucinates about a "happy place," only to wake up in a full body cast [[RuleOfThree (while still being hit with a spoon)]]. He attempts to kill himself by jumping off a building... which still fails. It's hard not to feel sorry for him, even though his plight is PlayedForLaughs. '''If it's PlayedForLaughs, then it doesn't fit.'''
* Funny.{{OFF}}: The weird premise alone is funny enough. Well, before the game goes into CerebusSyndrome, that is. '''The game is dark from the very beginning, even if it has funny moments.'''
* Magazine.MacAddict:
** The original letters section was downright wacky, with things like "I love the sticky stuff that comes on the Macintosh", and "Did you know that Macintosh spelled backwards is Hsotnicam? I could make a new video-capture product with that name. --Ed Latimer, Hsotnicam Director, Founder, and President".
** Early on, the magazine was very bright and colorful. By the 2000s, it got a sterile, white makeover.
* Film.{{Splash}}: The movie starts out as a fairly light-hearted romance film. [[spoiler: Then it gets a lot more serious when Madison's secret is exposed and she's taken prisoner by the government, endangering her life.]]
* WebVideo.TheHorriblySlowMurderWithTheExtremelyInefficientWeapon: By Ginosaji vs. Ginosaji, Jack's situation is so pitiful that it's becoming hard to find it funny, culminating in him being dragged an indeterminate amount of miles by a bus (while still being hit with a spoon) and then suffocated (while still being hit with a spoon) to the point that he hallucinates about a "happy place," only to wake up in a full body cast [[RuleOfThree (while still being hit with a spoon)]]. He attempts to kill himself by jumping off a building... which still fails. It's hard not to feel sorry for him, even though his plight is PlayedForLaughs. '''If it's PlayedForLaughs, then it doesn't fit.'''
* Funny.{{OFF}}: The weird premise alone is funny enough. Well, before the game goes into CerebusSyndrome, that is. '''The game is dark from the very beginning, even if it has funny moments.'''
* Magazine.MacAddict:
** The original letters section was downright wacky, with things like "I love the sticky stuff that comes on the Macintosh", and "Did you know that Macintosh spelled backwards is Hsotnicam? I could make a new video-capture product with that name. --Ed Latimer, Hsotnicam Director, Founder, and President".
** Early on, the magazine was very bright and colorful. By the 2000s, it got a sterile, white makeover.
* Film.{{Splash}}: The movie starts out as a fairly light-hearted romance film. [[spoiler: Then it gets a lot more serious when Madison's secret is exposed and she's taken prisoner by the government, endangering her life.]]
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* Fanfic.RubyAndNora: The several instances of DeathByAdaptation make this story more serious in comparison, and it's not something that they'll recover from as the series goes on.
* Franchise.WinnieThePooh: Okay, it's ''Winnie-the-Pooh.'' so it's still pretty lighthearted, but compared to the original books there ''is'' a subtle undercurrent that wasn't there in the original books, mostly concerning Cristopher Robin growing older.
* Franchise.WinnieThePooh: Okay, it's ''Winnie-the-Pooh.'' so it's still pretty lighthearted, but compared to the original books there ''is'' a subtle undercurrent that wasn't there in the original books, mostly concerning Cristopher Robin growing older.
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* Literature.CatchTwentyTwo: Done intentionally.
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* Music.FablesOfTheReconstruction: The music becomes bleaker and more dour on this album, influenced by the mood of the recording sessions in snowy London.
* WesternAnimation.{{Hilda}}: {{Downplayed}}. Season 2 is a tad bit darker than the first season, featuring non-graphic death, non-graphic [[DeathOfAChild child death]] and significantly higher stakes compared to the first season. However, the show doesn't quite go ''too'' far into Cerebus Syndrome, and still keeps its general tone. '''If it's not significantly darker, then it doesn't fit.'''
* WesternAnimation.{{Hilda}}: {{Downplayed}}. Season 2 is a tad bit darker than the first season, featuring non-graphic death, non-graphic [[DeathOfAChild child death]] and significantly higher stakes compared to the first season. However, the show doesn't quite go ''too'' far into Cerebus Syndrome, and still keeps its general tone. '''If it's not significantly darker, then it doesn't fit.'''
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* ComicStrip:ForBetterOrForWorse: Early comics, as shown by some of the reruns Johnston has done, were gag-a-day strips with the same general range of humor as ''Marvin'' or ''Baby Blues''. Later on, the strip developed a serious streak where the jokes would be mild to nonexistent for brief periods; for example, the coming-out story often had very gentle jokes in the last panel at best. The strip went into turnaround mode as it neared the end, ending almost every single strip in a groan-inducing bad pun, no matter how serious the content is supposed to be.
* Manga.KannagiCrazyShrineMaidens: Earlier chapters/episodes focus on comedy and lighthearted situations involving the characters, and the supernatural aspect of Nagi's divine origin is only lightly touched on. As the story goes on, the material noticeably shifts towards exploring the more serious facets of the series, including Hakua's past, Nagi and Jin's search into her origins, and the reason for the impurities existence.
* Manga.KannagiCrazyShrineMaidens: Earlier chapters/episodes focus on comedy and lighthearted situations involving the characters, and the supernatural aspect of Nagi's divine origin is only lightly touched on. As the story goes on, the material noticeably shifts towards exploring the more serious facets of the series, including Hakua's past, Nagi and Jin's search into her origins, and the reason for the impurities existence.
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* Literature.{{Mogworld}}: The last third of the book is far darker with what came before it. [[spoiler:Meryl is deleted by Si-Mon, Mogworld is reset to the beginning of time by Jim, essentially destroying it, Thaddeus is incinerated by Barry, and Jim crosses the DespairEventHorizon.]]
* VideoGame.FiveNightsAtFreddysARSpecialDelivery: The skins at the start aren't necessarily scary and more light-hearted, like Freddy with a firework, Bonnie as a chocolate bunny, or Chica dressed as the Statue of Liberty. Later events however brought in skins that not only looked more menacing, like the Valentines Day or Heatwave skins, but some look more like [[AmbiguousRobots actual monsters than animatronics]], such as the Wicked Tides and Forest skins. Balloon Boy especially manages to get some skins that [[HumanoidAbomination only vaguely resemble the animatronic boy.]]
* VideoGame.{{Eversion}}: The game does this. The game starts off as a cutesy 2D scroller with colorful environments and non-threatening enemies. As you use your Eversion power more and more, the game starts taking a dark turn. Environments are gloomier, the music changes, and enemies seem noticeably depressed. Eventually, the game starts to look more like a nightmare than a happy platformer. You start to realize the effects your power has on the world around you, but you can't stop using the power if you want to progress. '''Fits more under SurpriseCreepy.'''
* Manga.BlackLagoon: Season One definitely had some dark themes, but Season Two was really dark. And then "Roberta's Blood Trail" happened.
* VideoGame.FiveNightsAtFreddysARSpecialDelivery: The skins at the start aren't necessarily scary and more light-hearted, like Freddy with a firework, Bonnie as a chocolate bunny, or Chica dressed as the Statue of Liberty. Later events however brought in skins that not only looked more menacing, like the Valentines Day or Heatwave skins, but some look more like [[AmbiguousRobots actual monsters than animatronics]], such as the Wicked Tides and Forest skins. Balloon Boy especially manages to get some skins that [[HumanoidAbomination only vaguely resemble the animatronic boy.]]
* VideoGame.{{Eversion}}: The game does this. The game starts off as a cutesy 2D scroller with colorful environments and non-threatening enemies. As you use your Eversion power more and more, the game starts taking a dark turn. Environments are gloomier, the music changes, and enemies seem noticeably depressed. Eventually, the game starts to look more like a nightmare than a happy platformer. You start to realize the effects your power has on the world around you, but you can't stop using the power if you want to progress. '''Fits more under SurpriseCreepy.'''
* Manga.BlackLagoon: Season One definitely had some dark themes, but Season Two was really dark. And then "Roberta's Blood Trail" happened.
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* Manga.TokyoGhoul: About the first quarter of :re is very light-hearted compared to the original series (one of the first scenarios is [[ItMakesSenseInContext the Quinx attempting to steal Sasaki's underwear]]). It isn't very long before the series reverts to the tone of the original, however, and at times is even darker.
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* Manga.FatalChaos: The story takes a sharp turn once [[spoiler:Max is heavily injured by the Judo Chick]].
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* Blog.MLPIsReal: It started as another Tumblr with funny moments, and then it drifted into the romantic/drama category in just a few questions. Some strips contained a bit of humor, but overall they still focus on the romance.
* ComicBook.TheNightGwenStacyDied description: The editors decided that the Goblin could not go unpunished for this, [[LaserGuidedKarma and so he died in the next issue]], [[HoistByHisOwnPetard impaled by his own glider]]. From this point onward, Spider-Man's world (along with the [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks comic book industry in general]]) had become '''[[CerebusSyndrome considerably darker]]''', forever haunted by the uncertainty of what had actually killed Gwen.
* ComicBook.TheNightGwenStacyDied description: The editors decided that the Goblin could not go unpunished for this, [[LaserGuidedKarma and so he died in the next issue]], [[HoistByHisOwnPetard impaled by his own glider]]. From this point onward, Spider-Man's world (along with the [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks comic book industry in general]]) had become '''[[CerebusSyndrome considerably darker]]''', forever haunted by the uncertainty of what had actually killed Gwen.
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* Anime.TweenyWitches: The series was pretty dark to begin with, but when Sigma and the warlocks show up, things start to become serious.
* ComicBook.MonicasGang: Pretty much any story written by Emerson de Abreu.
** The "Flying Donkey" arc introduces us to the biggest horrors in this series' history, Jim stayed dead for most of it, Sunny's Future self comes back to the present timeline to stop Jim from turning the world into a CrapsackWorld as he did in Future!Sunny's original timeline. By exorcising the spirit of the Flying Donkey, the protagonists may have played UnwittingPawn to the Children of Umbra that they thought were victims at first but are hinted to have become evil after 20 years in limbo, and if Future!Denise's words at the end of Issue #79 are any indication, it's not over yet.
** The Reversed Tower arc (#90-92) is this as well, by making Captain Fray an agent of the pestilence which threatens to corrode the world and reshape it to their own notion of order. The gang has to resort to Maggy's innate magic to guide them, but it falls upon Smudge, the closest person to Captain Fray, to save everyone from the growing madness of the titular place - a series of underground levels designed in the fashion of [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante's Inferno]] by an elite group to assume control over humankind, and upon which an orphanage was built as a front, to which a child Fray was sent after his parents died from a landslide. It turns out that he made a pact with the Serpent, the leader of the insects, to have his life saved in the event, and in return they gave him powers that cause corrosion and decay. Once he reaches adulthood, the Serpent comes to demand he becomes the bearer of the Curse of Pestilence, for if he refuses, it will pass on to the person he loves the most - his nephew, Smudge. And that is how he became the Captain Fray we know.
* ComicBook.MonicasGang: Pretty much any story written by Emerson de Abreu.
** The "Flying Donkey" arc introduces us to the biggest horrors in this series' history, Jim stayed dead for most of it, Sunny's Future self comes back to the present timeline to stop Jim from turning the world into a CrapsackWorld as he did in Future!Sunny's original timeline. By exorcising the spirit of the Flying Donkey, the protagonists may have played UnwittingPawn to the Children of Umbra that they thought were victims at first but are hinted to have become evil after 20 years in limbo, and if Future!Denise's words at the end of Issue #79 are any indication, it's not over yet.
** The Reversed Tower arc (#90-92) is this as well, by making Captain Fray an agent of the pestilence which threatens to corrode the world and reshape it to their own notion of order. The gang has to resort to Maggy's innate magic to guide them, but it falls upon Smudge, the closest person to Captain Fray, to save everyone from the growing madness of the titular place - a series of underground levels designed in the fashion of [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante's Inferno]] by an elite group to assume control over humankind, and upon which an orphanage was built as a front, to which a child Fray was sent after his parents died from a landslide. It turns out that he made a pact with the Serpent, the leader of the insects, to have his life saved in the event, and in return they gave him powers that cause corrosion and decay. Once he reaches adulthood, the Serpent comes to demand he becomes the bearer of the Curse of Pestilence, for if he refuses, it will pass on to the person he loves the most - his nephew, Smudge. And that is how he became the Captain Fray we know.
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* ComicBook.{{Eightball}}: While there the series never shied away from the dark and dramatic, early issues also featured a mix of comedic pieces of all stripes, from satire to absurdist humor. As Clowes became recognized more for his serious-toned work, though, the proliferation of humor pieces decreased. Acknowledged by Clowes when he released ''Twentieth-Century Eightball'', a collection of all the funny bits from the early days.
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* Anime.KillLaKill: The series was pretty dark to begin with, but when [[CuteAndPsycho Nui Harime]] and [[BigBad Ragyo Kiryuin]] show up, things start to become SeriousBusiness. '''Example outright admits the series was serious (although granted, the earlier episodes were more over-the-top and goofy, and while that never quite goes away it does become more serious as it goes on, so it could be a correct example with rewriting).'''
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* Film.AlicesRestaurant: The movie recounts about all the events of "The Alice's Restaurant Massacree", but the true emphasis is on the miserable marriage of Alice and her alcoholic husband.
* Anime.BattleGirlsTimeParadox: Episode 9, definitely.
* Anime.MaiHime: The show starts off fairly comedic with only a few dramatic elements dropped in. That doesn't last long...
* Anime.{{Tsuritama}}: [[spoiler:Several characters are in mortal danger at times, but ultimately EverybodyLives.]]
* Anime.BattleGirlsTimeParadox: Episode 9, definitely.
* Anime.MaiHime: The show starts off fairly comedic with only a few dramatic elements dropped in. That doesn't last long...
* Anime.{{Tsuritama}}: [[spoiler:Several characters are in mortal danger at times, but ultimately EverybodyLives.]]
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* Film.DjangoUnchained: Once Calvin and Stephen are presented on screen, the plot of the film focuses much more on the drama than the BlackComedy.
* Film.TheSoloist: The second half is far more dramatic and serious than the first, although for slightly different reasons than most works. Whereas the light-hearted works usually grow darker in attempt to be more mature, here some particularly jarring humour has been crammed in the beginning, apparently in an attempt to lure in the Robert Downey Jr. fans who wouldn’t normally watch such a film.
* Film.WhatWomenWant: The movie pretty much drops the comedy in the last half-hour, which makes sense considering [[spoiler:he costs Darcy her job (and loses her in the process), Nick's daughter gets an unwanted advance at her prom, the file girl is missing and believed to have committed suicide, and he loses his powers. Everything works out, though.]]
* Film.LordOfWar: The film becomes less funny and more serious when Yuri decides to start doing business in Africa. There's still a lot of black humor when he first starts doing so, but it soon morphs into drama and tragedy.
* Film.HappyDeathDay2U: While the comedy is still very present, this time Tree faces moral decisions that can get heart-wrenching. [[spoiler:Especially as her mother is still alive in the alternate timeline.]]
* Film.WhatWomenWant: The movie pretty much drops the comedy in the last half-hour, which makes sense considering [[spoiler:he costs Darcy her job (and loses her in the process), Nick's daughter gets an unwanted advance at her prom, the file girl is missing and believed to have committed suicide, and he loses his powers. Everything works out, though.]]
* Film.LordOfWar: The film becomes less funny and more serious when Yuri decides to start doing business in Africa. There's still a lot of black humor when he first starts doing so, but it soon morphs into drama and tragedy.
* Film.HappyDeathDay2U: While the comedy is still very present, this time Tree faces moral decisions that can get heart-wrenching. [[spoiler:Especially as her mother is still alive in the alternate timeline.]]
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* Film.TheLittleRascals: The series took a noticeable turn towards drama during the 1930-1932 era and the MGM era.
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* Funny.ConkersBadFurDay: Then we get the ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' parody. It's '''[[CerebusSyndrome pretty dark]]''', but one soldier on the boat gets some BlackComedy in before things ramp up...
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* ICarly.TropesAToE: ''iOMG'' is the first of a five episode 'arc' involving the Sam/Freddie 'romance'. The first promo from the 2nd episode is void of comedy, and instead concentrates on kissing, and Sam wondering if she has 'lost her mind' for liking Freddie. '''The tone returns to normal after the arc.'''
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* JustForFun.TheUglyBarnacle: The beginning of the story seems upbeat and implies the Barnacle will overcome his ugliness [[spoiler:but then everyone dies.]] '''I know it's a joke page, but it's still misuse because this isn't a serial work.'''
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* RuneScape.TropesAToG: The game has increasingly been said to exhibit this as Jagex has moved away from LighterAndSofter elements like the penguins' quest line and the wacky random events in favour of DarkerAndEdgier quest lines and [[CerebusRetcon remakes of or sequels to existing quests]]. This has proceeded to such an extent that "Bringing Home the Bacon" was specifically advertised by Jagex as being conceived as a more comedic quest -- and even ''it'' had the player aiding a character in all-but-explicitly [[ComedicSociopathy committing murder]] and [[FedToPigs concealing the evidence]].
** Zigzagged in more recent times, though. While the main storyline remains rather dark and epic in scope most of the time, there's still recent LighterAndSofter content like Violet is Blue.
* Literature.ThePendragonAdventure: The series does this as it goes along. The earlier books were very light, and almost cartoonish. But the books that conclude the series are very dark.
** Zigzagged in more recent times, though. While the main storyline remains rather dark and epic in scope most of the time, there's still recent LighterAndSofter content like Violet is Blue.
* Literature.ThePendragonAdventure: The series does this as it goes along. The earlier books were very light, and almost cartoonish. But the books that conclude the series are very dark.
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* Literature.ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents: ZigZagged. The series starts moving from darkness and Grimm-style misery into comedy and wackiness but then slides back into darkness again in the later books. The end of book five is when things really start to get dark.
* Laconic.SpookysJumpScareMansion: Satirically cute horror game where you explore the HauntedHouse of a CuteGhostGirl [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin filled with jump scares]]... '''[[CerebusSyndrome among other things]].'''
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* Literature.TheGame: Hits about halfway through the book as the lighthearted antics of becoming a PUA turns into a battle for power and struggle for self-fulfillment.
* JustForFun.CandleCove: The show gets progressively more disturbing and disjointed throughout the series. '''Kinda hard to determine the validity of this example because the show doesn't exist.'''
* JustForFun.CandleCove: The show gets progressively more disturbing and disjointed throughout the series. '''Kinda hard to determine the validity of this example because the show doesn't exist.'''
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* Literature.PavlovsDogs: Deliberately invoked at the start of the novel as things seem semi-under control.
* Literature.PavlovsDogs: Deliberately invoked at the start of the novel as things seem semi-under control.
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* VideoGame.LogicalJourneyOfTheZoombinis: ToneShift: With possibly a hint of CerebusSyndrome. The first leg of the journey is bright and silly. However, once the player passes Shade Tree, things get substantially darker (in terms of lighting and content) and more serious.
* VideoGame.{{Omori}}: [[spoiler:Once Black Space is unlocked, the story takes a turn for the worse. The creepy elements that were in the background are put into the spotlight, with the reveal that the source of Sunny's problems stem from him accidentally killing his sister Mari, and Basil helped him cover it up as a suicide to escape responsibility. You also lose access to the silly and colorful Headspace as Sunny has to deal with problems in the real world and can't hide from the truth anymore. Then, after everyone else comes together for a sleepover before Sunny leaves, in the middle of the night, Basil [[PleaseDontLeaveMe begins to go insane]], and when Sunny goes to help him, the shared guilt causes the two of them to beat each other up so badly that they're left hospitalized; [[FromBadToWorse and for Omori]] [[SplitPersonalityTakeover to try and take control]] from a weakened and despairing Sunny to make him commit suicide.]]
** [[spoiler:The Hikikomori Route is more darker and depressing than the Main Route, to the point where Black Space becomes something closer to ''VideoGame/DotFlow'' in terms of tone and atmosphere. By the end, Sunny choses to have Omori to [[DeathOfPersonality take over completely]] then confront the awful thing that he did. The ending has Omori either commit suicide or quietly move out of Faraway Town while Basil kills himself offscreen.]]
* VideoGame.PokemonSwordAndShield: LighterAndSofter: Compared to Generations V, VI, and VII, which were heavily plot-driven and featured morally-complex characters and increasingly apocalyptic scenarios, ''Sword'' and ''Shield'' scale it back quite a bit. The adventure this time around is a much more straightforward affair reminiscent of earlier games, and for the most part the bulk of the plot happens offscreen right until the very end, when CerebusSyndrome kicks in [[spoiler:and you have to stop a dangerous Legendary from destroying Galar]] - and even then, [[spoiler:the villain isn't planning on outright genocide or child murder]].
* VideoGame.{{Omori}}: [[spoiler:Once Black Space is unlocked, the story takes a turn for the worse. The creepy elements that were in the background are put into the spotlight, with the reveal that the source of Sunny's problems stem from him accidentally killing his sister Mari, and Basil helped him cover it up as a suicide to escape responsibility. You also lose access to the silly and colorful Headspace as Sunny has to deal with problems in the real world and can't hide from the truth anymore. Then, after everyone else comes together for a sleepover before Sunny leaves, in the middle of the night, Basil [[PleaseDontLeaveMe begins to go insane]], and when Sunny goes to help him, the shared guilt causes the two of them to beat each other up so badly that they're left hospitalized; [[FromBadToWorse and for Omori]] [[SplitPersonalityTakeover to try and take control]] from a weakened and despairing Sunny to make him commit suicide.]]
** [[spoiler:The Hikikomori Route is more darker and depressing than the Main Route, to the point where Black Space becomes something closer to ''VideoGame/DotFlow'' in terms of tone and atmosphere. By the end, Sunny choses to have Omori to [[DeathOfPersonality take over completely]] then confront the awful thing that he did. The ending has Omori either commit suicide or quietly move out of Faraway Town while Basil kills himself offscreen.]]
* VideoGame.PokemonSwordAndShield: LighterAndSofter: Compared to Generations V, VI, and VII, which were heavily plot-driven and featured morally-complex characters and increasingly apocalyptic scenarios, ''Sword'' and ''Shield'' scale it back quite a bit. The adventure this time around is a much more straightforward affair reminiscent of earlier games, and for the most part the bulk of the plot happens offscreen right until the very end, when CerebusSyndrome kicks in [[spoiler:and you have to stop a dangerous Legendary from destroying Galar]] - and even then, [[spoiler:the villain isn't planning on outright genocide or child murder]].
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* ComicBook.CerebusTheAardvark description: ''Cerebus the Aardvark'' is a comic book created by Dave Sim that '''[[CerebusSyndrome developed slowly]]''' from episodic comedy to high drama to AuthorTract.
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* Series.WandaVision: What starts as a goofy throwback to classic sitcoms of yesteryear featuring two superheroes in the starring roles, with occasional moments of SurpriseCreepy, slowly morphs into a somber and touching examination of how a lifetime of loss and crushing grief have affected Wanda.
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* Series.TheAmazingRace: Not so much of the show, but the attitude of the teams coming in has definitely shifted towards the darker over the course of the series. In the early seasons, the general attitude was one of a bunch of people taking an epic adventure around the world together, and there just so happened to be a million dollar prize at the end. Teams who played cutthroat were generally despised by the audience and the other teams, and were cut as the villains. Sometime around the first All-Stars, the general attitude shifted from "playing fair" to "playing to win".
** Also contributing to this is the elimination of the "eat, sleep, and mingle" Pit Stops during Season 14, which means teams in later seasons spend a lot less time socializing with each other, and are therefore more willing to play cutthroat.
** The biggest example of this shift is from Unfinished Business, where fans got upset about the teams working too much together, and giving each other answers to challenges. In the early seasons, this kind of cooperation was normal.
* Series.TheOfficeUS: HollywoodLaw (as well as Hollywood Finance): There is almost no onscreen fallout from Ryan's fraud indictment beyond him simply being fired from Dunder-Mifflin. This should have led to serious consequences for David Wallace (as his supervisor) and virtually all of the cast (who were material witnesses). However, between seasons 4 and 5 the prosecution simply evaporates and is barely mentioned again. This is partially an aversion of CerebusSyndrome and partially a RuleOfFunny, but it's jarring nonetheless.
* VerySpecialEpisode.WesternAnimation: Season 15's "[[Recap/SouthParkS15E7YoureGettingOld You're Getting Old]]" is a fairly straight VSE, both for its subject matter (depression and the cynicism that comes with age, as well as Randy and Sharon getting a divorce) and for '''[[CerebusSyndrome marking the show's shift towards more serious character development and angst.]]''' '''Uh, this show has never been serious.'''
* VideoGame.{{Anna}}: Much less of it than other examples out there, but the contrast between a peaceful landscape outside of the house and the absolutely terrifying interior is rather off-putting.
* VideoGame.KirbyMassAttack: DarkerAndEdgier: With a BigBad that's played straight as the first (and so far only) EldritchAbomination in the games to ACTUALLY come close to ''killing Kirby'', in contrast to the other antagonists ({{Eldritch Abomination}}s included) that Kirby CONSTANTLY trounces despite their difficulty and styles of attack, along with a series of elements exclusive to this game that would result in the deaths of certain Kirbys if not avoided, and however many Kirbys were eliminated by the {{Big Bad}}'s mooks until only one was left every time they left one of the islands, this game can easily be considered the darkest out of all the Kirby games, completely sealed in CerebusSyndrome compared to the other games. '''Also misuse of darker and edgier, and a clear exaggeration to make the game sound "cooler" (because dark and edgy = cool) than it actually is.'''
** Also contributing to this is the elimination of the "eat, sleep, and mingle" Pit Stops during Season 14, which means teams in later seasons spend a lot less time socializing with each other, and are therefore more willing to play cutthroat.
** The biggest example of this shift is from Unfinished Business, where fans got upset about the teams working too much together, and giving each other answers to challenges. In the early seasons, this kind of cooperation was normal.
* Series.TheOfficeUS: HollywoodLaw (as well as Hollywood Finance): There is almost no onscreen fallout from Ryan's fraud indictment beyond him simply being fired from Dunder-Mifflin. This should have led to serious consequences for David Wallace (as his supervisor) and virtually all of the cast (who were material witnesses). However, between seasons 4 and 5 the prosecution simply evaporates and is barely mentioned again. This is partially an aversion of CerebusSyndrome and partially a RuleOfFunny, but it's jarring nonetheless.
* VerySpecialEpisode.WesternAnimation: Season 15's "[[Recap/SouthParkS15E7YoureGettingOld You're Getting Old]]" is a fairly straight VSE, both for its subject matter (depression and the cynicism that comes with age, as well as Randy and Sharon getting a divorce) and for '''[[CerebusSyndrome marking the show's shift towards more serious character development and angst.]]''' '''Uh, this show has never been serious.'''
* VideoGame.{{Anna}}: Much less of it than other examples out there, but the contrast between a peaceful landscape outside of the house and the absolutely terrifying interior is rather off-putting.
* VideoGame.KirbyMassAttack: DarkerAndEdgier: With a BigBad that's played straight as the first (and so far only) EldritchAbomination in the games to ACTUALLY come close to ''killing Kirby'', in contrast to the other antagonists ({{Eldritch Abomination}}s included) that Kirby CONSTANTLY trounces despite their difficulty and styles of attack, along with a series of elements exclusive to this game that would result in the deaths of certain Kirbys if not avoided, and however many Kirbys were eliminated by the {{Big Bad}}'s mooks until only one was left every time they left one of the islands, this game can easily be considered the darkest out of all the Kirby games, completely sealed in CerebusSyndrome compared to the other games. '''Also misuse of darker and edgier, and a clear exaggeration to make the game sound "cooler" (because dark and edgy = cool) than it actually is.'''
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* ComicBook.{{Iznogoud}}: When the series was taken over by Tabary after Goscinny's death; while the stories remained mostly comical, they switched from eight to twelve page vignettes to 40+ page adventures more akin to ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'', with Iznogoud occasionally switching from VillainProtagonist to AntiHero.
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So, this trope is supposed to be a long-lasting tone shift in a series from lightheartedness to drama. But it tends to get used as an already serious work becoming even more serious or as a synonym for DarkerAndEdgier.
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* Anime.SchoolDays description: While the original game was a story that aimed to subvert the Harem genre with its many twists and dark themes, this anime series takes it UpToEleven by presenting a story that starts out with a happy innocent mood, but '''[[CerebusSyndrome gradually becomes much darker]]'''[...]
* Anime.SchoolDays description: While the original game was a story that aimed to subvert the Harem genre with its many twists and dark themes, this anime series takes it UpToEleven by presenting a story that starts out with a happy innocent mood, but '''[[CerebusSyndrome gradually becomes much darker]]'''[...]
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* Anime.PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion: The movie starts out even LighterAndSofter than the anime pretended to be, then quickly delves back into the dark and MindScrew themes that the anime was known for. '''The series was already dark, so this doesn't fit, especially because it's a movie and not a serial work.'''
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* Series.HomeImprovement: While the series never abandoned its comedy roots, the later seasons saw more serious plotlines, such as complications from Jill's hysterectomy surgery, or Randy leaving for Costa Rica for a year and the effect that has on the family.
* Series.TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir: The series started off as a lighthearted comedy about the young, funky, foul-mouthed Will Smith living with his rich, stuffy relatives in Bel-Air. The series went on to explore increasingly controversial topics, like racial discrimination ("Mistaken Identity"), [[ParentalAbandonment fatherhood and abandonment]] ("Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse"), gun violence ("Bullets Over Bel-Air"), alcoholism ("You've Got to Be a Football Hero"), [[DrugsAreBad and even drug use]] ("Just Say Yo"). The later episodes included several "serious moments" where actor Will Smith [[HeroicBSOD cries, screams, or breaks down]]. There was often no laugh track to end the show, opting instead for a somber, silent cut to the credits.
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* Series.HomeImprovement: While the series never abandoned its comedy roots, the later seasons saw more serious plotlines, such as complications from Jill's hysterectomy surgery, or Randy leaving for Costa Rica for a year and the effect that has on the family.
* Series.TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir: The series started off as a lighthearted comedy about the young, funky, foul-mouthed Will Smith living with his rich, stuffy relatives in Bel-Air. The series went on to explore increasingly controversial topics, like racial discrimination ("Mistaken Identity"), [[ParentalAbandonment fatherhood and abandonment]] ("Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse"), gun violence ("Bullets Over Bel-Air"), alcoholism ("You've Got to Be a Football Hero"), [[DrugsAreBad and even drug use]] ("Just Say Yo"). The later episodes included several "serious moments" where actor Will Smith [[HeroicBSOD cries, screams, or breaks down]]. There was often no laugh track to end the show, opting instead for a somber, silent cut to the credits.
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'''Why?''' On the TropeRepairShop thread for [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1634757867053926400&page=1#10 Knight Of Cerebus]], it was pointed out that a good way to pinpoint the problem would be to check out the trope it spun from, Cerebus Syndrome, to see if it had similar misuse and therefore a rename was needed. It does have an entry on Administrivia/SquarePegRoundTrope, so it likely is misused a lot.
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* Anime.DogDays:
** Season 1 Episode 9 really hammers it in. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted when the show returns to its light-hearted mood on Episode 11.]]
** In ''Dash'' Episode 06, Couvert accidentally releases an ancient Demon Lord. [[spoiler:Subverted again when he turns out to be [[HandsomeLech a huge pervert]] frequently at the mercy of the very first Hero.]]
** The first quarter of ''Double Dash'' focuses on the three kingdoms being alerted of a critical mass of demons surrounding the Dragon Forest, which can threaten to destabilize Flonyard again. Subverted yet again once the threat is dealt with.
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'''Why?''' On the TropeRepairShop thread for [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1634757867053926400&page=1#10 Knight Of Cerebus]], it was pointed out that a good way to pinpoint the problem would be to check out the trope it spun from, Cerebus Syndrome, to see if it had similar misuse and therefore a rename was needed. It does have an entry on Administrivia/SquarePegRoundTrope, so it likely is misused a lot.
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* Anime.DogDays:
** Season 1 Episode 9 really hammers it in. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted when the show returns to its light-hearted mood on Episode 11.]]
** In ''Dash'' Episode 06, Couvert accidentally releases an ancient Demon Lord. [[spoiler:Subverted again when he turns out to be [[HandsomeLech a huge pervert]] frequently at the mercy of the very first Hero.]]
** The first quarter of ''Double Dash'' focuses on the three kingdoms being alerted of a critical mass of demons surrounding the Dragon Forest, which can threaten to destabilize Flonyard again. Subverted yet again once the threat is dealt with.
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