Line #4 PlayingWith/DarkerAndEdgier


1	'''Basic Trope''': A light work is either retooled or re-imagined to be darker than it previously was.
2	* '''Straight''': A show/book/movie is fairly lighthearted. A few years later, it's retooled into something different which is far more edgy in terms of subject matter.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** The original show/book/movie is explicitly aimed at children and is on the level of ''Literature/{{Judy Moody}}''. The retool makes it an R-rated gorefest set in a TownWithADarkSecret with graphic violence shown frequently, a regular use of sex scenes, and every other word being a swear, among other adult content.
5	** BloodierAndGorier
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** RuderAndCruder
8	** A new special episode of a lighthearted/humorous series which is definitely more serious than the usual episodes, but it's not to grimdark or cynical levels. Afterwards, it's just a one-time episode, the series resumes to being lighthearted/humorous again afterwards.
9	** The series gets more serious as it goes on, and the stakes are higher, but it remains a kids show for as long as it's still running, meaning things can't get ''too'' much more violent without bumping up the age rating.
10	* '''Justified''':
11	** Now that the heroes are stronger, [[KnightOfCerebus stronger and more evil villains try to stop them.]]
12	** Alternatively, the "dark" aspects of the series were [[FridgeHorror vaguely implied before]] and now they're just being [[AscendedFridgeHorror confirmed]].
13	** The reboot allows the creators to add mature content that they wanted to include a long time back, but wasn't allowed back in the original series.
14	** The original was explicitly aimed at preschoolers, while there's more at stake when making TheMovie due to the bigger budget, so they had to aim the film at a more general family audience.
15	* '''Inverted''': LighterAndSofter
16	* '''Subverted''': The show/book/movie has all the hallmarks of a DarkerAndEdgier retool, but is no more edgy or dark.
17	* '''Double Subverted''': ...At first, anyway. [[NonIndicativeFirstEpisode Those first few episodes/chapters/parts]] were only meant to lure in people who saw the original work.
18	* '''Parodied''':
19	** The DarkerAndEdgier aspects of the show/book/movie are nullified by extreme censorship and [[MonsterOfTheWeek Moral Guardians Of The Week]].
20	** Nothing about the show really changes, but everyone just starts swearing and [[ForTheEvulz killing each other for the hell of it]].
21	** The characters ''try'' to act darker and more serious, but it's all PlayedForLaughs, and they end up coming off as sillier than their lighter selves.
22	* '''Zig Zagged''':
23	** The show can never really decide which angle it wants to take. One episode will be incredibly dark, the next will be as light as the original.
24	** The show is as lighthearted as before, but it has more mature elements like death or sexual innuendo, as well as some wham episodes.
25	** The show is more violent and darker in tone, but balances this out with breather episodes and humor in the style of the original series.
26	* '''Averted''':
27	** The retool has the same tone as the original work.
28	** No retool is made at all.
29	** The show never changes in tone and atmosphere.
30	* '''Enforced''':
31	** RatedMForMoney
32	** "We're not getting enough of the 17+ demographic with this show/book/movie. Let's make some changes and see if we can't fix this."
33	** [[ExecutiveMeddling Studio executives]] force the creators of the show to make it edgy so that [[ScrewedByTheNetwork less people watch it and the executives could cancel it]] and replace it with some other dreck.
34	** SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids
35	** The writers ran out of ideas with the show as it currently was - the retool will allow them to explore new stories, as well as some implications that were left unsaid.
36	* '''Lampshaded''': One of the characters remarks: "Wow, this place is a whole lot scarier than I remember..."
37	* '''Invoked''': KnightOfCerebus
38	* '''Exploited''': Valerie the wizard needs a [[InsubstantialIngredients drop of pure sadness]] to make PolterGeist-damaging charges. Now that the show is darker and edgier, whenever there's a poltergeist infestation Valerie can just go outside and collect the sadness that's emanating from everyone all the time.
39	* '''Defied''': Valerie sees everything getting bleaker, so she forcibly takes over the town, installing a serpent-proof magical barrier and correcting the malignant policies that started cropping up.
40	* '''Discussed''': "Remember when all we did was stand around and tell jokes?"
41	* '''Conversed''': "Ah please, that show's for kids. I mean, look, that...one guy is killing that other guy. And did he just swear?"
42	* '''Implied''': The remake is very lighthearted on the surface, but has some vaguely implied BackstoryHorror and has much more FridgeHorror.
43	* '''Deconstructed''':
44	** The darker and edgier aspects only affect the parts of the show/book/movie which were prone to dark edginess to begin with, while the lighter and softer elements simply become [[CharacterDevelopment stronger]] from living side by side with the darker parts of the story.
45	** TooBleakStoppedCaring
46	* '''Reconstructed''': But over time the darker parts of the story begin overshadowing the lighter parts until everything in the story is at least a bit darker than they started with.
47	* '''Played For Laughs''': The remake turns the show into a BlackComedy SadistShow.
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49	Get the hell back to DarkerAndEdgier - the trope that's been revamped for the [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] 90s... [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitches!]]
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