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| 10 | ->''"Speaking of brands, how exactly is my brand going to mesh with a kids game? I'm Deadpool! I hack off limbs and blow people's brains out! I've been sodomized by Inara from '' ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. ''I drop more F-Bombs than a face-blind Tourette's patient yelling at his own reflection in the mirror."'' |
| 11 | -->-- '''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}''', questioning how an adult character like him could work in ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khqpjRXnNjQ Deadpool Tries Joining the MCU]]'' |
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| 13 | When a franchise meant for an older demographic with copious amounts of swearing, erotica, violence and gore, and other such mature nastiness that isn't for children to witness crosses over with another franchise meant for a general audience with hardly any of those things, it results in the creation of a Demographic-Dissonant Crossover. |
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| 15 | To avoid controversy from MoralGuardians, the adult-oriented property is often {{Bowdlerise}}d, especially with characters from those properties becoming {{Badbutt}}s. Though the reverse also tends to be true, where the child-oriented property is made DarkerAndEdgier or RuderAndCruder to AvoidTheDreadedGRating. However, this may result in fans of the edited property [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks being alienated by the changes]]. This is a common issue with a Demographic-Dissonant Crossover, as often times fans of one property will be satisfied while fans of the other property will be angry. It can be extremely difficult, if not outright impossible, to please everyone. Some of the more contentious examples of Demographic-Dissonant Crossovers (among the fandom) have an AudienceAlienatingPremise as a result. |
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| 17 | This is quite common in FanWorks, as the world of fanfiction gives aspiring writers the ability to combine whatever franchises they are fans of without [[ScrewedByTheLawyers copyright or trademark concerns]] as long as the fanfiction creator doesn't profit from the fan works nor deprive the creators of the original works of revenue. Fan works, naturally, do not have to worry about adhering to network standards, and can make the child-oriented properties as "adult" as they wish to a certain degree, without [[ScrewedByTheLawyers attracting lawyers]] from the creators of the original properties, who may fear that the fan works could ruin the reputation if they become sufficiently popular and later implement a FanworkBan. |
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| 19 | Official such crossovers happen occasionally, and they can work surprisingly well if the tonal dissonance is kept under control--for one famous example, ComicBook/ThePunisher agreeing ahead of time not to kill anyone in Riverdale is what allows ComicBook/ArchieMeetsThePunisher to work as well as it does. If the crossover takes place in the show or series catering to the younger Demographic, expect TheThemeParkVersion or LighterAndSofter version of the character(s). |
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| 21 | Note that if a work happens to be suitable for children but is targeted to an older demographic and has official crossovers with works not suitable for children, it does not count - as an example, the [=XCOM=] Squad from the M-rated ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' makes an appearance in the ''Brave New World'' expansion for ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} V'', which is rated E10+ but is squarely aimed at adult gamers on account of its complex strategic gameplay and mature presentation of world history. There's a reason why this trope isn't called "Age-Rating-Dissonant Crossover". |
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| 23 | Demographic-Dissonant Crossovers are often a GatewaySeries for the mature works that cross over into it. |
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| 25 | A SubTrope of WeirdCrossover. A SuperTrope to SesameStreetCred, specifically in the cases creators of adult-oriented media make a cameo on a kids' show, and SoMyKidsCanWatch when those creators make a cameo on a kids' show to show to their own children. Compare and contrast the similarly named DemographicallyInappropriateHumour, as well as MisaimedMerchandising and StoryBreakerTeamUp. |
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| 27 | !!Examples: |
| 28 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 31 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGJrSccCZv4 This]] Creator/KidsWB promotion crosses over ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' with... ''Series/SeventhHeaven'', which wasn't even on Kids WB. |
| 32 | * In the 90s Creator/FoxKids held an event promoting the adult animated series ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', complete with animated crossover bumps featuring the ''King of the Hill'' cast interacting with characters from Fox Kids series. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1FLRlVnHJQ Here]] is a bump where Hank tries to sell propane to the ''WesternAnimation/{{Silver Surfer|TheAnimatedSeries}}''. |
| 33 | * A promotion for ''WesternAnimation/LifeWithLouie'' featured Louie Anderson waking up in a live-action rendition of the house of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. |
| 34 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-TG7mwO2-U This]] Target commercial promoting ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie'' has a cameo appearance by Stewie and Brian from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', a show with a ''much'' older target demographic than that of ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. |
| 35 | * Creator/ParamountPlus[='=]s "A Mountain of Entertainment" commercials feature a wide array of [=IPs=] the company owns, to the point where characters from Creator/NickJr and Creator/ComedyCentral shows will appear in the same commercial. Pluto TV, also owned by Paramount Global, does this as well. |
| 36 | [[/folder]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 39 | * ''Franchise/LupinIII'' is a series about a GentlemanThief and targets older audiences more often than not. ''Manga/CaseClosed'' is a series about a KidDetective and targets preteens and teenagers. However, there have been [[Anime/LupinIIIVsDetectiveConan two]] [[Anime/LupinIIIVsDetectiveConanTheMovie crossovers]] between both works. |
| 40 | * ''Manga/HowHeavyAreTheDumbbellsYouLift'', a light-hearted comedy about high-school girls really into excercise, is [[SharedUniverse set in the same universe as]] and features cameos of characters from ''Manga/KenganAshura'', a ''very brutal'' fighting series with many mature and sexual themes. ''Kengan'' itself also had a non-canon crossover with ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', which never ventured in its depiction of fighting and violence anywhere close to the bloody and gory manner ''Kengan'' had. |
| 41 | * The adorable ''Anime/RascalTheRaccoon'' has had crossover merch with the dark and depressing ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' and had not one, but ''two'' crossover campaigns with the gritty and violent ''Anime/AttackOnTitan''. |
| 42 | [[/folder]] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 45 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}} vs. The Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin just that]]. A crossover between the bombastic and lighthearted world of ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'', and the violent and gory world of the ''Terminator''. |
| 46 | * ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyTransformersFriendshipInDisguise'' is a crossover between IDW's G1 ''Transformers'' comics (aimed at adult fans of the original G1 franchise) and ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' (aimed at pre-teen girls). Strangely, it works. |
| 47 | * The long-running high-school comedy series ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' notoriously crossed over with Marvel's brutal vigilante ComicBook/ThePunisher in 1994's ''ComicBook/ArchieMeetsThePunisher'', well before Archie's later turn to routinely producing adult-oriented horror and soap opera titles. Archie characters have since crossed over with other [=IPs=] that clash with their family-friendly image such as ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' (in ''ComicBook/ArchieVsPredator'' and ''ComicBook/ArchieVsPredatorII'') and ''Film/{{Sharknado}}''. |
| 48 | * In 2019, Creator/DCComics and Maurício de Sousa Produções published a crossover between their two most popular properties, the teen/adult-oriented ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' and the kid-friendly ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'', respectively. While the writing and revised character designs specifically appealed to young children, the plots catered to [[ParentalBonus older readers]] by being chock-full of references to DC's classic stories. Most noticeably, two of the child characters re-enact the famous opening of ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', which is widely regarded as one of the company's most violent and disturbing novels. |
| 49 | * In 2016, DC created a crossover line with Creator/HannaBarbera called ''ComicBook/HannaBarberaBeyond'', where adult ([[JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith though not grown-up]]) versions of their famous kid-friendly shows were serialized between 2018 and 2019, but before that they made ''DC meets Hanna-Barbera'', with one-shot crossovers that could be possible, like ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' with ''Franchise/GreenLantern'', to utterly bizarre combinations, such as ''Series/TheBananaSplits'' and ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad''. |
| 50 | [[/folder]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 53 | * ''Fanfic/AManOfIron'' is a FusionFic between the mostly PG-13 Franchise/MarvelUniverse, and the very adult ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''/''Series/GameOfThrones''. |
| 54 | * ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheBerserker'' is a crossover between two fantasy works: the family-friendly (though still dark at times) franchise ''Literature/HarryPotter'' and the very much ''not'' family-friendly manga ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. |
| 55 | * ''Fanfic/MortalKombatVsTheOwlHouse'' is what happens when you mash the ultraviolent and mature ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' series with ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', an animated kid-friendly show created by Creator/{{Disney}}. |
| 56 | * Being a show that is perfect for FanficFuel, ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' is the subject of many crossover fics that involve properties well outside its pre-teen to teenage demographic; such as ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'' and ''VideoGame/BioShock1'' for ''Fanfic/GoTellAuntRhody'' and ''Fanfic/TotalDramaRaptured'', respectively. |
| 57 | * ''VideoGame/EquestriaAtWar'' is a GameMod for the war strategy game ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIron'' that fuses it with the colourful kids' show ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. |
| 58 | * ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'' is one of the best-known cases of this, being a FusionFic between the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' franchise and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. |
| 59 | * ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangeleMon'' retells the story of the psychologically terrifying ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' in the universe of the much more kid-friendly ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' franchise. |
| 60 | * ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'' features Phoenix Wright from the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series, which is aimed at teenagers and mature audiences in later installments, getting transported to Equestria, the setting of the very light, kid-friendly ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. |
| 61 | * ''[[Fanfic/EdEddNEddyDevilManCrybaby Ed, Edd n Eddy/Devilman: crybaby]]'' is a crossover between the mildly naughty but family-friendly ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' with the violent and often sexual ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby''. |
| 62 | * ''Fanfic/InfinityVerse'' is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover encompassing many different properties, some of which are intended for kids such as ''WesternAnimation/SheZow'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil''. Others not so much, especially ''Anime/BlackLagoon'' and ''Manga/ElfenLied''. |
| 63 | * ''Fanfic/ChristianGreyVsPepperPotts'' has characters from the Marvel Universe transplanted into the NSFW ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''. |
| 64 | * ''Fanfic/ADarkKnightForEquestria'' has the fluffy and family-friendly setting of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' visited by the Batman of the adult-oriented ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''. |
| 65 | * ''Fanfic/ElfenLiedChildrenOfDestruction'' is a crossover between the ''shonen'' action series ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and the very violent ''seinen'' show ''Manga/ElfenLied''. |
| 66 | * ''Fanfic/FuryAndFlame'' has characters from the older kid/teen-oriented ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' end up in the grim and adult world of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''/''Series/GameOfThrones''. |
| 67 | * The multiversal crossover plot of ''Fanfic/InfinityCrisis'' allows for works as diverse as the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and the novels of Creator/RoaldDahl to co-exist with the likes of ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' and ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''. |
| 68 | * ''Fanfic/ShatteredSkiesTheMorningLights'' crosses over five series that run the gamut of the MagicalGirl genre spectrum, from the pure and lighthearted innocence of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' to the dark psychological drama and CosmicHorror of ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Magica]]''... and the dissonance is [[TropesAreTools part of the point]]. |
| 69 | * The meta nature of ''Fanfic/TheStoryToEndAllStories'' allows for characters as varied as Franchise/HannibalLecter and the Franchise/PowerRangers to make cameo appearances. |
| 70 | * ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomverse'' is a crossover between ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'', which are both family-friendly works (albeit the latter tending to deal with heavier topics). However, all the stories have its characters encounter characters from more mature works like ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' during their journeys, visit train cars that are mirrors of locations like ''Franchise/SilentHill'', and there are additional references and shout-outs to everything from ''Manga/{{Uzumaki}}'' to ''VideoGame/FatalFrame''. |
| 71 | * ''Fanfic/ALoudAmongDemons'' is a crossover between the child-friendly ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' and the incredibly adult ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss''. It's lampshaded when Loona from the latter series finds out that the worst thing Lincoln from the former show ever did above ground was breaking his dad's trophy. |
| 72 | * ''Fanfic/TokimekiPokeLiveAndTwinbee'' is a crossover between the all-ages ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'' franchise with a focus on the games, the lighthearted {{Seinen}} ''Franchise/LoveLive'' franchise (Even though LL! has a PeripheryDemographic of young girls in East Asian countries, particularly Japan.), the DatingSim series ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' and the ''{{VideoGame/Twinbee}}'' series of [[CuteEmUp Cute 'em Ups]]. But it also has a dose of grittiness added in the form of characters using swear words (especially [[SirSwearsALot Mia Taylor]]), various [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt apocalypses]] mentioned throughout the series ([[NightmareRetardant even if most of them can be prevented at least]]), Special Stories going for a more psychological feel, and a more mature feel overall thanks to topics like adoption and [[GlobalWarming climate change]] being mentioned, which are otherwise absent in most official entries of the franchises involved in the crossover. In addition, there are also [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] to franchises aimed at adults like ''{{Franchise/Rambo}}'', ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'', ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' and ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' splattered throughout the fanfic series, which contrast the ones towards family-friendly franchises such as ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears Ruby-Spears Mega Man]]''. |
| 73 | * One particularly common crossover in fan works is crossing over the lighthearted and family-friendly ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' series with the silly, yet still M-rated and bloody FirstPersonShooter ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. There are countless fanfics, fan art, and [=MLP:FiM=] inspired maps and {{Game Mod}}s for [=TF2=]. |
| 74 | * ''Fanfic/RickAndTheLoudHouse'' combines characters and plotlines from the raunchy and heavily nihilistic ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' with the lighthearted and slapstick-heavy ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse''. |
| 75 | * ''Fanfic/TheSilverRaven'' is this due to being a FusionFic between ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' and ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series. The former is a series that, despite being a HorrorComedy, is still very much intended for younger audiences. The ''Devil May Cry'' series, meanwhile, is aimed at older audiences and has far more visceral action, language, and blood. |
| 76 | * ''Fanfic/DuelingTriggerFinger'' is a FusionFic between the ''shonen'' franchise ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' and the much more mature ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' series. While the former does occasionally dabble in darker and more mature themes, it never did to the extent the latter does on a regular basis. |
| 77 | * ''Fanfic/{{Paradoxus}}'' crossovers ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' and ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub''. The former is an MMORPG targeted at males between the ages of 18 and 28. Meanwhile, the latter is a Western MagicalGirl cartoon aimed at females ranging from 4 to 14 years old. |
| 78 | * ''Fanfic/GodOfWarNotAllGods'' crosses the gory, older audience-aimed ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' with Nintendo's more kid-friendly ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''. |
| 79 | * While both ''Ladybug'' and ''Madoka'' are MagicalGirl shows, they are very different examples of the genre. ''Ladybug'' is a very upbeat, cheerful show that mixes magical girls and superheroes with a very goofy world seemingly filled with anything, while ''Madoka'' is the TropeCodifier for the MagicalGirlGenreDeconstruction genre that stays grounded in a specific dark aesthetic. In ''Fanfic/KwamiMagiHomuraMagica'', Homura is often baffled by elements of ''Miraculous Ladybug'' when she has to deal with them and the ''Miraculous'' cast finds the ''Madoka'' elements to be rather disturbing. |
| 80 | * ''Fanfic/SuicidalOverconfidence'' is a crossover between the lighthearted ''WesternAnimation/CentralPark'' and the much darker Franchise/MarvelUniverse. |
| 81 | * ''VideoGame/SmashRemix'', a GameMod for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros64'', adds several more characters on top of the original game's 12-character roster. While most of the new additions hail from games rated E and rated T, among them is [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay Conker]], specifically based off of his appearance in ''Conker's Bad Fur Day,'' a game that is known for being very vulgar and inappropriate for children, though the content included isn't particularly vulgar. Also included is content from ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' (the dataDyne Central stage), ''[[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 GoldenEye 007]]'' (the Golden Gun), and ''VideoGame/Doom64'' (the Spawned Fear stage), all three being gritty FPS games. |
| 82 | * ''Fanfic/TheBalefulBureau'': While both ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' and ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'' have horror elements, the former is a HorrorComedy ConspiracyLiterature series aimed at kids and younger teens while the latter is a NewWeird with elements of {{cosmic horror|story}} aimed at adults. |
| 83 | [[/folder]] |
| 84 | |
| 85 | [[folder:Films — Animation]] |
| 86 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' (which is aimed towards families) contains references to all different ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' media, where it's all implied to happen in the same universe, from the DarkerAndEdgier [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Dark Knight Trilogy]] and Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse to the campy [[Series/Batman1966 Adam West TV series]]. But where the film plays this the most straight is when [[spoiler:the prisoners from the Phantom Zone]] are revealed to be famous antagonists from many well-known works of fiction. Most of the works represented are at least appropriate for children, such as ''The Wizard of Oz'', ''King Kong'', and ''Harry Potter''. One notable exception, however, is the presence of Agent Smith and his clones from the R-rated ''The Matrix'' movies, as well as the shark from ''Jaws'', though he is used as the punchline for a joke. |
| 87 | [[/folder]] |
| 88 | |
| 89 | [[folder:Films — Live-Action]] |
| 90 | * ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'', a movie about the family-friendly ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', features cameo appearances by characters from multiple adult-oriented works, such as ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', ''Series/GameOfThrones'', ''Film/MadMax'', ''Film/TheMatrix'', ''Film/{{It|2017}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', ''Film/WhatEverHappenedToBabyJane'', and most confounding of all, ''Film/TheDevils'', a '''''X-rated''''' and highly controversial film that Warner Bros. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes hasn’t given a release on video in the US]], and whenever it has been released on international home video such as a Japanese Laserdisc and British DVD, tends to be cut down. |
| 91 | * ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'' features numerous characters from family-friendly media (such as [[Franchise/DuckTales Scrooge McDuck]], [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 He-Man]], WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins, and the eponymous Rescue Rangers) alongside characters from very adult media such as [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Randy Marsh]], [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead Butthead]], and [[WesternAnimation/BigMouth Detective Florez]]. In a ''Disney movie'', no less. |
| 92 | [[/folder]] |
| 93 | |
| 94 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 95 | * ''Franchise/KamenRider'': |
| 96 | ** Many crossovers in the franchise are this due to the inclusion of Kamen Rider Shin from ''Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue''. While most ''Kamen Rider'' instalments have dark and serious themes, they're still aimed at young audiences and can be goofy at times, whereas Shin comes from a movie aimed at an adult audience that contains gruesome imagery, a nude scene, and no lighthearted moments. This is amplified in any crossover including their LighterAndSofter sister series ''Franchise/SuperSentai''. |
| 97 | ** ''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiChouSuperHeroTaisen'' includes a brief appearance from the protagonists of the ''Series/KamenRiderAmazons'' spin-off web series, which is also aimed at adult audiences, containing many graphic and bloody fight scenes and heavier themes than the usual affair ''Super Sentai'' and ''Kamen Rider'' tend to deal with. They also reappear in other crossover media still aimed at younger audiences such as video games or stage shows. |
| 98 | ** ''Film/KamenRiderSaberPlusKikaiSentaiZenkaigerSuperHeroSenki'' has a cameo from the ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'' team, a comedic spin-off aimed at adult audiences due to its raunchy humor and more adult jokes. |
| 99 | * "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth The Stolen Earth]]"/"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Journey's End]]", the two-part finale of ''Series/DoctorWho'' Series 4, was a CrisisCrossover between the parent series, a family show, and contemporary spin-offs ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', which was very much adult-themed, and ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', which aired on a children's TV channel. "The Stolen Earth" highlights the differences the spin-offs when Sarah mentions that [[SupermanStaysOutOfGotham she tries to avoid the Torchwood team]] on account of them carrying "too many guns", nodding to her teenage son as she does so. Far from offended, Captain Jack cannot resist flirting with her and she seems to appreciate his compliment. |
| 100 | * The adult live-action horror TV series ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' had a [[Recap/SupernaturalS13E16ScoobyNatural crossover episode]] with the children-oriented ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', with Sam and Dean Winchester being sucked into an enchanted television and [[ToonTransformation assuming animated form]]. The episode is tonally very much adult-oriented, with the ''Scooby-Doo'' characters being horrified to encounter genuinely supernatural events and actual murder. |
| 101 | * ''Series/SesameStreet'' is aimed at kids of preschool and early elementary school age, but there have been a few appearances of characters from works for older people: |
| 102 | ** Three skits (one about the letter W, one about body parts, and one about brushing teeth) featured characters from ''Series/HappyDays'' (Fonzie was in all three and Richie also featured in the tooth-brushing skit). While ''Happy Days'' isn't an adult show, it contains risqué jokes that make it more suitable for around middle school age and up. |
| 103 | ** One skit involves the characters C-[=3P0=] and [=R2=]-[=D2=] from ''Franchise/StarWars'' visiting. ''Star Wars'' is kid-friendly, but is a bit too violent for kids that young; it's more suitable for ages seven and up. |
| 104 | ** The remake of the song "Monster In The Mirror" features many celebrities who were very popular at the time the song was produced, including an appearance from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', which is a series MUCH too adult for ''Sesame Street'''s audience of children. |
| 105 | ** The skit '"Law And Order: Special Letters Unit" parodies ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'' (a show about ''sex crimes and child abuse'') going so far as having Muppet parodies of Elliot Stabler, Olivia Benson, John Munch and Donald Cragen. |
| 106 | ** A particularly noteworthy example of this trope is a ''Series/GameOfThrones'' skit where Elmo asks Cersei and Tyrion Lannister to be more respectful and work with others. ''Game of Thrones'' is a show that's way too inappropriate for young kids watching ''Sesame Street'' since the former series is famously filled with violence (though not particularly {{Gorn}}y), foul language and especially sexual content. |
| 107 | [[/folder]] |
| 108 | |
| 109 | [[folder:Magazines]] |
| 110 | * The German version of ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' had numerous cases of this with its pages covering animated media, such as the general audience-aimed ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' with the adult-oriented ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends''. In general, while most of its pages about animated media include only family-friendly works, they tend to feature a decent amount of slapstick-style gore, as well as occasional sexual content. |
| 111 | [[/folder]] |
| 112 | |
| 113 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 114 | * [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal's Islands Of Adventure]] is built this way. Being an amalgamation of lands based on the child-friendly worlds of Creator/DrSeuss and old newspaper comics, Greek myths and classical fables, the family-friendly but still dark worlds of Creator/MarvelComics [[Ride/TheWizardingWorldOfHarryPotter and]] ''Literature/HarryPotter'', and the often terrifying world of ''Franchise/JurassicPark'', it's a bit hard to get a handle of who the park is exactly for. |
| 115 | * Some family-friendly theme parks such as [[Ride/CedarFairEntertainment California's Great America]] and Thorpe Park in the United Kingdom have rides based on mature franchises, in these cases, ''Ride/MassEffectNewEarth'' and ''[[Film/SawI Saw: The Ride]]'', respectively. The former of the two rides has a LighterAndSofter [[{{Disneyfication}} Disneyfied]] plot than the rest of franchise it is from in order to fit in with the rest of the park. |
| 116 | * Many of the former Paramount Parks originally had rides themed after films aimed at mature audiences, such as ''Film/TopGun'', ''Film/TombRaider'', and ''Film/TheItalianJob''. However, these rides have been genericized after Ride/CedarFairEntertainment purchased these parks, as Cedar Fair doesn't have the rights to any licensed Viacom property. |
| 117 | [[/folder]] |
| 118 | |
| 119 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 120 | * ''Toys/{{Tamagotchi}}'' |
| 121 | ** In the early 2020s, Bandai started releasing a number of ''Tamagotchi'' virtual pets based on video game and anime properties, including a few that fall outside of ''Tamagotchi''[='=]s main demographic of children. Among them are ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba''. |
| 122 | ** 2005 had Hanerutchi, based off the Japanese variety show ''Haneru no Tobira ~You knock on a jumping door!~'', a show whose claim to fame was [[NeverLiveItDown a segment in which someone accidentally says "penis"]] during a game segment. |
| 123 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' is a series for the most part aimed at children, and even installments and products aimed at adults are still appropriate for older children and teens. This makes it surprising that there exists an official crossover with ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', with the release of an Optimus Prime in the colors of the Eva Unit-01, accompanied by a short story about the ghost of Starscream possessing an angel and Optimus helping NERV defeat him. |
| 124 | [[/folder]] |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 127 | * ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': |
| 128 | ** In its first two entries (''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros64'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee''), the series was a MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover that only featured characters from Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s own franchises, the vast majority of which are child-friendly E/E10+-rated video game series, such as ''Franchise/DonkeyKong'', ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'', ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]'', and ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. ''Melee'' is rated T for Teen, but all games represented here were at the time rated for all ages (E for Everyone). Though many of Samus Aran's games are T-rated, they were all released after ''Melee'', so the presence of ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' didn't raise any eyebrows, and only displayed this trope from ''Brawl'' onwards (as it was the first to show Samus in her "[[SensualSpandex Zero Suit]]" persona); the same applies to the characters from the often T-rated ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series (as none of their games were even available stateside until 2003). |
| 129 | ** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' would be the start of non-Nintendo {{guest fighter}}s joining the roster, with the very first one announced being Solid Snake from ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', an '''''M'''''-rated series notorious for its realistic depictions of the horrors of war and violence, sex, profanity, tobacco usage, and political conspiracy storylines. Snake's ''Brawl'' arsenal is conspicuously limited to mines, grenades and similar [[StuffBlowingUp explosive]] weapons rather than anything that shoots bullets, and while he ordinarily smokes like a chimney, NoSmoking is in full effect here. |
| 130 | ** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' one-upped ''Brawl'' with the inclusion of the title character from ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' as its final DLC character. ''Smash Bros.'' director Masahiro Sakurai admitted it was difficult to tone down [[BadGirlComic a character so overtly sexual]] in a way that still stayed true to their source material without affecting ''Smash''[='=]s own age rating. |
| 131 | ** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', in addition to bringing back all veteran characters in the series (including Snake and Bayonetta), added Joker from ''VideoGame/Persona5'', a game drenched in sex, blood, violence and profanity, as its second DLC fighter (and first from the Fighters' Pass). Unlike Snake, Joker actually gets to wield a fairly realistic model pistol as part of his moveset (with the attack in question [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin simply called "Gun"]]) - this was jarring enough to players that the line "For his Neutral Special, he wields a gun." from his Content Approaching trailer (April 2019) would become a [[MemeticMutation meme]]. In addition to this, several of the DLC Mii costumes are based on characters from adult-oriented games as well, such as Travis Touchdown (''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''), Dragonborn (''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'') and Doom Slayer (''Franchise/{{Doom}}''). Spirits of ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' characters were also made available, and Yuri Kozukata from ''VideoGame/FatalFrame'' is an Assist Trophy. Lastly, many of the introduced characters hail from T-rated games with a higher degree of violence and/or fanservice elements than others, such as ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' (Simon and Richter), ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' (Kazuya) and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' (Pyra and Mythra). |
| 132 | * Any Creator/{{Disney}} crossover game that includes characters and elements from the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' franchise becomes this, including ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' and ''VideoGame/DisneyHeroesBattleMode''. Being one of Disney's few major {{Cash Cow Franchise}}s with a PG-13 rating, filled with heavy drinking and swashbuckling violence, it makes for quite the disconnect seeing characters from the series alongside Disney's more family-friendly fare. |
| 133 | * ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': The series is a crossover of the kid-oriented Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon and the teen-and-older ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games. ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' also adds the equally teen-oriented ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' to the mix. |
| 134 | * ''VideoGame/SegaSuperstars'' crosses over kid-friendly Creator/{{Sega}} properties like ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall'', with characters from the company's properties meant for older audiences like ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead''. |
| 135 | * ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'' is full of Franchise/{{LEGO}} version of properties that are meant for wildly different age demographics. From kid-friendly fare like ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' and ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', to adult-oriented franchises suitable for teens and older like ''Series/TheATeam'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', to all-ages franchises like ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', and ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''. |
| 136 | * [[Creator/RyuGaGotokuStudio Due to sharing the same developer]], the E rated ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall'' and the M rated ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' have had numerous CompanyCrossReferences. Namely, Kiryu appears as a playable character in ''Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania'' and plushies of the monkeys have appeared as crane game prizes throughout the ''Like a Dragon'' series. |
| 137 | * ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth'' has Gachapin and Mukku, two characters from the preschool show'' Hirake! Ponkikki'' appear as guest characters. |
| 138 | * ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse''. Though Franchise/TheDCU had been telling "mature" stories with their properties even back then, having them crossover into the ''infamously'' violent ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' franchise still seems like a strange choice for an actual installment. DC didn't want to depict their characters getting dismembered (at the time), so this is the only mainline ''Mortal Kombat'' game with a T rating. Later, the ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'' games would have ''Mortal Kombat'' characters as guest fighters, and conversely, ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' included the Joker as DLC. In both cases, the games retained their respective age rating. |
| 139 | * Capcom's side of the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series includes characters from games all over the rating scales. Ranging from E/E10 series such as ''Franchise/MegaMan'' and ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'' to strictly M-rated ones such as ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' and ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''. |
| 140 | * ''VideoGame/PokemonConquest'' is a crossover between the lighthearted, all-ages ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' franchise and the more serious ''VideoGame/NobunagasAmbition'' series, which is based on historic Japanese warfare and is aimed at teenagers. |
| 141 | * ''VideoGame/PowerBomberman'': The {{Guest Fighter}}s include characters from some M-rated franchises, including ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' and ''Franchise/SilentHill''. |
| 142 | * ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' is a crossover series that involves pulling HumongousMecha and their pilots from various SuperRobot and RealRobot shows. Many of these shows target wildly different demographics, although the games usually aim for teens and older, so any adult themes are usually toned down. For example, in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX'' you have series aimed at children like the ''Anime/MashinHeroWataruSeries'', ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' and ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'' alongside series that target older demographics like ''Anime/CodeGeass'', ''Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam'', and ''Anime/CrossAnge''. (In fact, part of ''X''[='=]s FixFic interpretation of ''Cross Ange'' hinges on its characters being paired with and consequently influenced by ''Wataru''[='=]s innocent SaturdayMorningCartoon tone.) |
| 143 | * ''VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale'' mostly drew characters from games aimed at teenagers and adults, such as ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' and ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', and which are varying degrees of violent and gory. However, a few of the games represented, such as ''VideoGame/ApeEscape'', ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper'', and ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'', are targeted toward preteens or even younger audiences. The violence in those games rarely goes beyond cartoonish slapstick, which creates quite a contrast when Sackboy is slapping Kratos around. The game's stages invoke this dissonance; all of them consist of game worlds merging, including some crossover {{Sugar Apocalypse}}s played straight (witness the monstrous Hydra from ''God of War'' corrupting the vibrant toon world of ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' into a grim storm) and inverted (the ''VideoGame/ApeEscape'' monkeys turning the RealIsBrown battlefields of ''VideoGame/{{Killzone}}'' anything but brown). |
| 144 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', an M-rated franchise, and ''VideoGame/ApeEscape'', which is rated E, had crossover minigames in their respective third entries. [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater The former]] had the Snake Vs. Monkey minigame, which featured Solid Snake (using Naked Snake's model) catching the apes with a "Monkey Shaker" (actually a modified EZ Gun). Ape Escape 3 had the Mesal Gear Solid minigame in which "Pipo Snake" helps out Solid Snake defeat a group of apes who have hijacked the latest Mesal Gear. |
| 145 | * ''VideoGame/FallGuysUltimateKnockout'', a funny colorful game intended for all ages, has had a surprising amount of crossover costumes with video games geared towards mature audiences, such as ''VideoGame/HalfLife'', ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'', ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', and ''Franchise/{{DOOM}}''. |
| 146 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Forza}} Horizon'' series, a racing game series aimed at all ages with real-world licensed cars, features a few crossover fictional cars from intellectual properties spanning all age demographics. For example, ''Forza Horizon 4'' has cars from the kid-orientated Toys/HotWheels and Toys/{{LEGO}} toy brands (as well as a DLC world based on the latter), the Teen-rated ''Franchise/JamesBond'' series and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', and the M-rated ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series and ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077''. |
| 147 | * The kid-oriented ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher'' series [[CompanyCrossReferences regularly features special monsters based on other properties by]] Creator/{{Tecmo}}, including M-rated ones like ''VideoGame/FatalFrame'' and ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive''. |
| 148 | * The kid-targeted ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series has featured a few microgames based on the T-rated ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage''. |
| 149 | * Warner Bros.'s ''Smash Bros.''-esque platform fighter ''VideoGame/{{Multiversus}}'' went into this territory as soon as it was announced, placing a sizable number of kid-friendly characters like [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Bugs Bunny]] and [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Finn and Jake]] alongside Arya Stark from the ''very'' TV-MA worthy ''Series/GameOfThrones'' and the titular stars of Creator/AdultSwim's ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''. The dissonance would further continue with the later addition of R-rated movie characters such as [[Film/TheMatrix Agent Smith]] and [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]]. |
| 150 | * The ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'' puzzle spinoff ''Puni Puni'' has had collabs with franchises with very different target audiences than the source material; with some [[https://twitter.com/yokai_punipuni/status/1453955732148129801 examples]] [[https://twitter.com/yokai_punipuni/status/1470224500415680513 being]] the very graphic ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' and ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''. |
| 151 | * ''VideoGame/TeddyTogether'' and its Japan-only sequel ''Neko Tomo'' are aimed at young children, but feature references to ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' and the ''VideoGame/{{Tales|Series}}'' series, both aimed at teens and older. The bear and cats also later appeared in cameo form in ''Cinderella Girls'', ''Shiny Colors'', and ''One For All''. |
| 152 | * The Platform/PlayStation versions of ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'', a lighthearted E for Everyone game, have Kratos, the hero of the infamously violent ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' series, as an optional {{Superboss}}. The ''Shovel Knight'' wiki acknowledges it by describing his exploits as "far too grim to be explained here". |
| 153 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', a relatively low-key and chaste game aimed at general audiences, received a free DLC sidequest that crosses over with ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'', an RPG aimed squarely at teens and up that is loaded with {{fanservice}} and cursing. |
| 154 | * ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' is a bright, colorful, lighthearted T-rated shooter, and most of its crossover content falls into a similar tone. However, there's plenty of content from mature franchises available as well, including ''Franchise/JohnWick'', ''Franchise/RickAndMorty'', ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'', ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'', ''Franchise/{{Doom}}'', ''Franchise/TheWitcher'', ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'', ''Franchise/DeadSpace'', ''VideoGame/AlanWake'', ''Franchise/EvilDead'', ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'', ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', ''Franchise/RoboCop'', ''Film/BadBoys1995'', ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', and more. On the other end, ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''[='s=] Jack Skellington stands out in the game as a character from a PG-rated Creator/{{Disney}} family film. |
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| 156 | |
| 157 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 158 | * ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' generally does a good job of making sure its matchups are fairly reasonable both thematically and tonally... except for occasional oddballs like "[[Franchise/MortalKombat Goro]] vs [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Machamp]]". |
| 159 | * From WebAnimation/FlashGitzAnimation: |
| 160 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Wn48geCJ8 "Racist Mario"]] revolves around [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] deciding to purge ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' of all the non-Creator/{{Nintendo}} characters due to his FantasticRacism against them. He eventually meets his match when [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]] shows up, culminating in a ColossusClimb when Mario eats Toad's mushroom head for a PowerUp and Kratos scales his gargantuan form, gouges his eyes out, and [[spoiler:bangs Peach and Daisy as his reward]]. |
| 161 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bev68yefNHs "Kratos vs. Elsa".]] ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: [[VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4 Kratos and Atreus]] try to kill [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Elsa]] due to Kratos' homophobia and Elsa being a gay icon. [[spoiler:Turns out it was actually a SecretTestOfCharacter, as Kratos wanted to see if Atreus was tolerant of gay people. When Atreus fires his arrow at Elsa, Kratos decides that he failed the test.]] |
| 162 | [[/folder]] |
| 163 | |
| 164 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
| 165 | * ''WebVideo/CartoonsInDanganronpa'': Asides from the fact that the series is based around the mature ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' franchise, most of the characters involved are from series aimed at or are at least appropriate for children, with the glaring exceptions of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' and ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''. It gets lampshaded in the "Teaching Charlotte French" short when [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Dib]] notices that Kyle, Cartman, and Morty all swear more often than anyone else. |
| 166 | * Masahiro Inoue's indie Tokusatsu production ''Jisariz'', aimed at adults, features two of the villains from ''Series/{{Dogengers}}'', which tends to be more family friendly. |
| 167 | * ''WebVideo/GTAButWithTalkingTrains'' crosses over ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', faithfully retelling the events of the former's "Wrong Side of the Tracks" mission in the much more family-friendly style of the latter. |
| 168 | [[/folder]] |
| 169 | |
| 170 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 171 | * ''WesternAnimation/BluesCluesAndYou'', being a reboot of the original ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' series, is intended for the Creator/NickJr audience of young children. So having an appearance from Creator/SamanthaBee on her immensely raunchy late-night political comedy series ''Series/FullFrontalWithSamanthaBee'' is VERY jarring. |
| 172 | * ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': Most sketches are {{Dark Parod|y}}ies involving "mashups", a collision of two pop-cultural items (usually one "innocent" and the other "mature") degenerating into chaos, like [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]] travelling to [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity Vice City]]. |
| 173 | * ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': "The Main Man" featured Lobo, who is a more adult oriented character. It doesn't help that the ''WebAnimation/LoboWebseries'' is rated TV-MA. |
| 174 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'' features an appearance from the adult-oriented character Lobo. While this wouldn't be ''too'' unusual for the {{Audience Shift}}ed post-cancelation seasons, this was back when the show was still airing on Creator/CartoonNetwork. |
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