A reasonable complaint. I rewrote the article and cut a bunch of the examples. From this point onwards, feel free to nuke anything that reeks of complaining about shows for being too dark and edgy.

I liked the whole "grimdark grimdark grimdark" title blurb. Motion to put it back. Just because there's some good reason why the trope doesn't deserve how much it does get made fun of, this still doesn't overrule the Rule Of Funny.

Are you crazy?

...how so?

We should rename that trope into Grimdark

I agree with Death Cloud, that sounds much better.

I agree with Master Hand. As the Tasted Like Dirt entry says, "Darker and Edgier is relative; i.e., in comparison to an earlier work in the franchise, this work is a lot edgier. This is an absolute trope: all examples are Grim Dark from beginning to end."

An example that occurs in reality, outside of fiction. And Real Life examples are not allowed here unfortunately.

I mean how would a Real Life example occur in Darker And Edgier?

The world got Darker And Edgier during the times of World War One and World War Two, then it got Lighter And Softer for a bit before becoming Darker And Edgier during the Cold War. Now, it's Lighter And Softer, though it's gotten slightly Darker And Edgier with the war and 9/11 and everything.

It was also Darker And Edgier during the dinosaur age, because the world was filled with vicious sharp-toothed predators out to kill you. After they went extinct, it got Lighter And Softer because the world was then populated by cute furry creatures.

In any case, I can't understand why Real Life examples aren't allowed. Anyone can agree that the world got Darker And Edgier during the World Wars. And during the Dark Ages.

Agreed!