Misused: Multiple Demographic Appeal

This page desperately needs to be cleaned. I just read some of the examples on the page, most of them aren't even pointing out any tactics used for bringing in a Periphery Demographic, they're just saying it has one. Some of the examples, such as the MLP one, even go so far as to use the page as an excuse to gush about the works in question.

edited 20th Mar '12 8:10:18 PM by MyTimingIsOff

"Some of the examples, such as the MLP one, even go so far as to use the page as an excuse to gush about the works in question."

Why am I not surprised...

Anyway yeah I agree. This page has a lot of zero-context examples and natter.

edited 20th Mar '12 8:27:19 PM by KaiserMazoku

I thought Multiple Demographic Appeal is about creators intending the work to be meant for more than one target audience instead of unintentional audience.

I agree. That would make it an actual trope.

Mostly I think its evidence of pandering to both crowds instead of outright needing Word of God.

• A Benny Hill joke in MLP,
• A male Hotblooded at all things cute Pretty Cure Doujin artist (clean) side character in Heartcatch Pretty Cure etc.

edited 5th Apr '12 8:21:31 AM by Raso

Maybe this would work as a index for tropes like Parental Bonus, Parent Service, and Getting Crap Past the Radar.

The trope isn't the problem. It's the examples. Instead of saying what the Multiple Demographic Appeal is, they're just saying "this work has a Periphery Demographic."

A list of subtropes would be a good addition to the page, though.

edited 18th Apr '12 3:53:55 PM by MyTimingIsOff

Clocking due to lack of activity.

Locking up.