History Main / ValuesDissonance

* [[ValuesDissonance/AnimatedFilms Film -- Animated]]
* [[ValuesDissonance/LiveActionFilms Film -- Live-Action]]

See also UnfortunateImplications and DiscreditedTrope. Also see GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff, in which it's critical acclaim rather than moral values that is on the line. See CultureClash and InnocentBigot for when this happens in-story and DeliberateValuesDissonance for when the author is doing it on purpose. Please list that trope instead of invoking this trope on any works that do so. Also see HaveAGayOldTime and GetTheeToANunnery, where dialogue is interpreted differently due to linguistic shifts. Has similarity to GoodFlawsBadFlaws. Also see TheGenerationGap, which is a subtrope encompassing differing values among generations (for instance, between the World War II and Baby Boomer generations). BlueAndOrangeMorality is this trope exaggerated. Contrast ValuesResonance. Compare ''and'' contrast FairForItsDay, for works whose values are notably more resonant than their contemporaries' but still carry some significant dissonance. Can sometimes result in UsefulNotes/MisplacedNationalism. And of course, this is likely to result in DudeNotFunny.

See also UnfortunateImplications and DiscreditedTrope. Also see GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff, in which it's critical acclaim rather than moral values that is on the line. Also see FairForItsDay, in which the work actually has ''less'' values dissonance than its contemporaries. See CultureClash and InnocentBigot for when this happens in-story and DeliberateValuesDissonance for when the author is doing it on purpose. Please list that trope instead of invoking this trope on any works that do so. Also see HaveAGayOldTime and GetTheeToANunnery, where dialogue is interpreted differently due to this. Has similarity to GoodFlawsBadFlaws. Also see TheGenerationGap, which is a subtrope encompassing differing values among generations (for instance, between the World War II and Baby Boomer generations). BlueAndOrangeMorality is this trope exaggerated. Contrast ValuesResonance. Can sometimes result in UsefulNotes/MisplacedNationalism. And of course, it's likely to result in the exclamation, DudeNotFunny

** ''ValuesDissonance/CalvinAndHobbes''

* EsotericHappyEnding: What might be considered a happy ending for some ''definitley'' isn't for others.

Sometimes, the difference is even closer to home. A show where the death penalty for a criminal is a good ending in a state that accepts such a measure may not be as accepted as such in a state that frowns on execution. With the multicultural nature of many places, sometimes a trope only has to go down the street to become completely unrecognizable. Differing religions, classes, and life experiences can mean that a person's view of a trope differs from the "standard" that said trope is derived from.

Sometimes, the difference is even closer to home. A show where the death penalty for a criminal is a good ending in a state that accepts such a measure may not be as accepted as such in a state that frowns on execution. With the multicultural nature of many places, sometimes a trope only has to go down the street to become completely unrecognizable. Differing religions, ideologies, socioeconomic backgrounds and life experiences can mean that a person's view of a trope differs from the "standard" that said trope is derived from.

Sometimes, the difference is even closer to home. A show where the death penalty for a criminal is a good ending in a state that accepts such a measure may not be as accepted as such in a state that frowns on execution. With the multicultural nature of many places, sometimes a trope only has to go down the street to become completely unrecognizable. Differing religions, backgrounds or life experiences can mean that a person's view of a trope differs from the "standard" that said trope is derived from.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: A story set in a different time or place intentionally depicts the setting having cultural differences that the target audience might find problematic or even immoral, usually for the sake of historical and/or cultural accuracy or to make statement about said cultural differences.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: A being follows morality that cannot be accurately measured by our understanding of what's right and what's wrong. (Compared to BlackAndWhiteMorality.)

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: A story set in the past features an unsanitized depiction of all the problematic cultural differences in its setting, for the sake of historical accuracy and raising awareness about it.

** ''ValuesDissonance/HarryPotter''

** ''ValuesDissonance/AndThenThereWereNone''

** ''ValuesDissonance/HarryPotter''

Since there are so many countries (193 UN members and 2 observers to be exact, and that's just counting those that have international recognition) and cultures in the world, it's not surprising that there are so many different outlooks on life — what's important, ''who's'' important, what constitutes justice and what qualifies as cruelty changes depending on where you are. Even in countries that speak the same language, values can be different. The UK and the USA, for example, share a language and are regarded as culturally similar to one another... but handguns are legal in the USA, whereas they are mostly banned for civilians in the UK. The UK also has no death penalty, while the US does have a legal category called “a capital crime” for certain severe federal offenses and certain very serious crimes in the state law codes of about twenty-five states. This leads to some fundamental differences in the way the legal system is perceived, even between two countries that are alike in many other ways.

Since there are so many countries (193 UN members and 2 observers to be exact, and that's just counting those that have international recognition) and cultures in the world, it's not surprising that there are so many different outlooks on life — what's important, ''who's'' important, what constitutes justice and what qualifies as cruelty changes depending on where you are. Even in countries that speak the same language, values can be different. The UK and the USA, for example, share a language and are regarded as culturally similar to one another... but handguns are legal in the USA, whereas they are mostly banned for civilians in the UK. The UK also has no death penalty, while the US does for federal offenses and offenses against about half the states. This leads to some fundamental differences in the way the legal system is perceived, even between two countries that are alike in many other ways.