Basic Trope: A sequel or new installment for a work uses a different art style than the previous one did.
- Straight: "The Adventures of Alice and Bob" was a show that utilized a more realistic art style, while its sequel "The New Adventures of Alice and Bob" is much more cartoony.
- Exaggerated: "The Adventures of Alice and Bob" had an art style that was practically photorealistic, but its reboot "The New Adventures of Alice and Bob" has a Zany Cartoon art style.
- Downplayed: Both shows had cartoonish art styles to begin with, but "The New Adventures of Alice and Bob" exaggerates some of the more cartoony aspects.
- Justified:
- "The New Adventures of Alice and Bob" has some sort of tone shift in comparison to "The Adventures of Alice and Bob" (for example, Lighter and Softer and/or Denser and Wackier), so it's understandable that the art style would change as well.
- Alice and Bob can change the art style of their show.
- Inverted: Not applicable, considering any change in art style is a variant of this trope.
- Subverted:
- It turns out that the cartoony scene was just an Imagine Spot, Show Within a Show, or was otherwise not actually real.
- Many trailers for "The New Adventures of Alice and Bob" show a cartoonier art style, but the art style is the same as the original in the show itself.
- The cartoony art style was a case of Early-Installment Weirdness. Later episodes show an art style closer to the original show.
- Double Subverted:
- After the Imagine Spot, Show Within a Show, etc ends, the show ends up continuing to be in a cartoony art style.
- Later episodes return to using the cartoony art style shown in trailers/early episodes.
- Parodied: The characters in "The New Adventures of Alice and Bob" get to meet themselves in their original show, and comment on how they look nothing like them.
- Zig-Zagged: How similar "The New Adventures of Alice and Bob" looks to its original show is Depending on the Artist.
- Averted: The art style in "The New Adventures of Alice and Bob" looks the same as it does in its original show.
- Enforced:
- A new artist is doing "The New Adventures of Alice and Bob".
- As mentioned in "Justified", the reboot has a significant tone shift (such as Darker and Edgier, Denser and Wackier, Lighter and Softer, etc), so a different art style would make sense.
- The newer art style is easier to animate for a show that has more action in it.
- The reboot doesn't have the budget the old style demands.
- Black and white was considered ugly by the network when the new In Living Color show was made.
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