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* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' uses many common fantasy/sci-fi tropes that tend to be played in a rather light-hearted manner in other works, taking their horrifying implications to the deep end: A LovePotion? [[spoiler: It causes the entire humanity to be horribly mutated into monsters obsessed with Morty.]] An ExpendableAlternateUniverse? [[spoiler: Turns out to be a traumatic experience for Morty when he has to leave his dimension by the first time, Morty is clearly traumatized by the notion that his friends and family are all doomed and he will spend the rest of his life with identical strangers.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' uses many common fantasy/sci-fi tropes that tend to be played in a rather light-hearted manner in other works, often showing taking their horrifying implications to the deep end: A LovePotion? [[spoiler: It causes the entire humanity to be horribly mutated into monsters obsessed with Morty.]] An ExpendableAlternateUniverse? [[spoiler: Turns out to be a traumatic experience for Morty when he has to leave his dimension by the first time, Morty is clearly traumatized by the notion that his friends and family are all doomed and he will spend the rest of his life with identical strangers.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' uses many common fantasy/sci-fi tropes that tend to be played in a rather light-hearted manner in other works, often showing taking their horrifying implications to the deep end: A LovePotion? [[spoiler: It causes the entire humanity to be horribly mutated into monsters obsessed with Morty.]] An ExpendableAlternateUniverse? [[spoiler: Turns out to be a traumatic experience for Morty when he has to leave his dimension by the first time, Morty is clearly traumatized by the notion that his friends and family are all doomed and he will spend the rest of his life with identical strangers.]]
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* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' plays many tropes commonly associated with HumongousMecha anime (more specifically the SuperRobotGenre), using the usual premise of teenagers piloting giant robots to fight againts monsters with much more darker undertones, showing how the KidHeroes of those stories are basically child soldiers, and how traumatic it would be for them having to fight against Eldritch abominations of unpredictable nature.
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* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' plays many tropes commonly associated with HumongousMecha anime (more specifically the SuperRobotGenre), using the usual premise of teenagers piloting giant robots to fight againts monsters with much more darker undertones, showing how the KidHeroes of those stories are basically child soldiers, and how traumatic it would be for them having to fight against Eldritch abominations of unpredictable nature. Not to mention that their own robots are actually Eldritch abominations themselves under their armor, which are heavily implied to have their own soul.
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A SisterTrope to PlayedForDrama.
Compare FridgeHorror.
Contrast PlayedForLaughs.
Compare FridgeHorror.
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PlayedForDrama. Compare FridgeHorror.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' uses many common fantasy/sci-fi tropes that tend to be played in a rather light-hearted manner in other works, often showing taking their horrifying implications to the deep end: A LovePotion? [[spoiler: It causes the entire humanity to be horribly humated into monsters obsessed with Morty.]] AnExpendableAlternateUniverse? An ExpendableAlternateUniverse? [[spoiler: Turns out to be a traumatic experience for Morty when he has to leave his dimension by the first time,Morty is clearly traumatized by the notion that his friends and family are all doomed and he will spend the rest of his life with identical strangers.]]
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* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' plays many tropes commonly associated with HumongousMecha anime (more specifically the SuperRobotGenre), using the usual premise of teenagers using giant robots to fight againts monsters with much more darker undertones, showing how the KidHeroes of those stories are basically child soldiers, and how traumatic it would be for them having to fight against Eldritch abominations of unpredictable nature.
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* Despite its innocent beginning, ''Manga/{{Narutaru}}'' plays the whole [[{{Mon}} Mon]] genre (and tragedy), showing everything that could possibly go wrong by giving real-life kids OlympusMons. [[spoiler.By the end of the series, almost every character is dead and humanity is wiped out from the face of earth.]]
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* Despite its innocent beginning, ''Manga/{{Narutaru}}'' plays the whole [[{{Mon}} Mon]] genre (and tragedy), showing everything that could possibly go wrong by giving real-life kids OlympusMons. [[spoiler.By the end of the series, almost every character is dead and humanity is wiped out from the face of earth.]]
* Despite its innocent beginning, ''Manga/{{Narutaru}}'' plays the whole [[{{Mon}} Mon]] genre (and tragedy), showing everything that could possibly go wrong by giving real-life kids OlympusMons. [[spoiler.By the end of the series, almost every character is dead and humanity is wiped out from the face of earth.]]
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* Guns are commonplace weapons and a familiar sight in virtually any action setting, but Season 3 of ''Series/{{Daredevil}} is credited with making firearms scary in the person of Bullseye, who dispenses instant death to unsuspecting victims.
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A SubTrope of PlayingWithATrope. PlayingWithATrope.
A SisterTrope toPlayedForDrama and PlayedForDrama.
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* ''{{Manga/Uzumaki}}'' is based around horrific things involving spirals, so some of the stories are about the various ways that EverythingsBetterWithSpinning is not better at all, including how a spiral-shaped scar spins into a black hole.
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*''{{Manga/Uzumaki}}'' ''Manga/{{Uzumaki}}'' is based around horrific things involving spirals, so some of the stories are about the various ways that EverythingsBetterWithSpinning is not better at all, including how a spiral-shaped scar spins into a black hole.
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* ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'' plays up some parts in ''{{Disney/Frozen}}'' as if it was horror (this is a CampaignComic).
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* ''Film/BrightBurn'' makes it clear that it wants to do this to the SupermanSubstitute from the get-go by copying every possible beat from the trailers for Creator/ZackSnyder's ''Film/ManOfSteel'' up until the kid learns that he's an alien with superpowers... and then the rest of the trailer showcases Creator/JamesGunn's idea of what ''[[BewareTheSuperman really]]'' happens when a bullied, maladjusted kid [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers finds out that he's potentially invincible.]]
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A SubTrope of PlayingWithATrope.
A SisterTrope to PlayedForDrama, PlayedForLaughs.
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* The Creator/StephenKing short story ''The Cat From Hell'' goes UpToEleven with CatsAreMean with a cat that is out for revenge on a guy who got his fortune from a drug tested unsafely on cats. But this cat doesn't just go after that guy, but kills his immediate family and anyone who gets in the way of the cat's vengeance, including killing a hitman by [[AttackTheMouth jumping into his mouth, causing him choke to death]], then [[OrificeInvasion crawling all the way inside his body]].
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ckv_Dz-Sio Mrs. Doubtfire Recut As A Horror Movie]] shows the eponymous character as a crazed stalker.
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* The Creator/StephenKing short story ''The Cat From Hell'' goes UpToEleven with CatsAreMean with a cat that is out for revenge on a guy who got his fortune from a drug tested unsafely on cats. But this cat doesn't just go after that guy, but kills his immediate family and anyone who gets in the way of the cat's vengeance, including killing a hitman by [[OrificeInvasion jumping into his mouth, causing him choke to death, then crawling all the way inside his body]].
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* When ''WebVideo/SFDebris'' reviewed the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Captain's Holiday", Chuck started it by mocking Picard's ScrewGunSafety attitude with a kid finding the tossed phaser and accidentally shooting himself. The scene is also PlayedForLaughs, but still doesn't shy away from how dangerous such an action was.
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** Weselton talks about how he heard people in the palace over the years said [[http://elsaletyoufinish.tumblr.com/post/90880723513/kobv-frozen-0016 they sometimes felt rooms become as cold as the grave]]. Mary even compliments Walter on making Elsa's powers seem spooky. Then she's genuinely spooked out by Weselton further interrogating her.
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* For a while, there was a copypasta floating around the internet about "the scariest video game ever". According to the story, you play as a madman with an insatiable appetite that compels him to devour everything he touches, and he is trapped in a dark labyrinth where he is hunted by terrifying spirits that graphically tear him apart if they catch him. The twist at the end (for readers who have not caught onto the joke yet) is that "the scariest game" is ''VideoGame/PacMan''.
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* For a while, there was a copypasta floating around the internet about "the scariest video game ever". According to the story, you play as a madman with an insatiable appetite that compels him to devour everything he touches, and he is trapped in a dark labyrinth where he is hunted by terrifying spirits that graphically tear him apart if they catch him. The twist at the end (for readers who have not caught onto the joke yet) is that "the scariest game" is ''VideoGame/PacMan''.
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* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' deconstructs many WesternRPG gameplay staples by giving them horrific in-story justifications. For instance, the ExperiencePoints are revealed to be an expression of the [[PlayerCharacter Exile]] actually devouring the life force of the people and creatures she murders, while RelationshipValues turn out to be an indicator of how successful she is at {{More Than Mind Control}}ling her traveling companions.
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* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' deconstructs many WesternRPG gameplay staples by giving them horrific in-story justifications. For instance, the ExperiencePoints are revealed to be an expression of the [[PlayerCharacter Exile]] actually devouring the life force of the people and creatures she s/he murders, while RelationshipValues turn out to be an indicator of how successful she s/he is at {{More Than Mind Control}}ling her traveling companions.
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** When darker ice appears within the ice of Elsa's palace after she finds out she cause EndlessWinter in her kingdom, Dick describes the effect as something like a Japanese horror film. Mary, [[http://elsaletyoufinish.tumblr.com/post/95018117508/kobv-frozen-0051 has a genuinely freaked out look as Anna]], and says if anything starts coming out of the ice [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere she's quitting the campaign]].
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* A famed example is the "Scary Mary" recut trailer for Mary Poppins, which plays the well-known scenes of wonder and childhood whimsy of the original film with jarring music, much like a horror film would.
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* Guns are commonplace weapons and a familiar sight in virtually any action setting, but Season 3 of ''Series/{{Daredevil}} is credited with making firearms scary in the person of Bullseye, who dispenses instant death to unsuspecting victims.
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* The Creator/StephenKing short story ''The Cat From Hell'' goes UpToEleven with CatsAreMean with a cat that is out for revenge on a guy who got his fortune from a drug tested unsafely on cats. But this cat doesn't just go after that guy, but kills his immediate family and anyone who gets in the way of the cat's vengeance, including killing a hitman by [[OrificeInvasion jumping into his mouth, causing him choke to death, then crawling all the way inside his body]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' has the PrincessClassic played for horror. Rebellious princesses are sent to the [[BoardingSchoolOfHorrors St. Olga's Reform School for Wayward Princesses]], where students are psychologically broken down and stripped of their identities, slowly becoming brainwashed into becoming perfect princesses.
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* TropeTropes
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This is when tropes have their scary elements and/or possibilities brought up.
This can be done in several ways:
* Simply adding horror elements to the trope.
* Mixing non-horrific tropes with horrific ones.
* A DeconstructedTrope that plays up the horrific consequences.
* Characters InUniverse bringing up the FridgeHorror of the trope.
* Going FauxHorrific with the trope.
This might even be inspired by one of the writers finding AccidentalNightmareFuel in a trope and then applying it deliberately.
Now it's very rare to see actual horror tropes done this way, since they are technically played for horror by default, but it's not unheard of. Perhaps the horror is {{exaggerated| trope}}, or the work finds new horrific implications of the trope.
Furthermore, this in ''no way'' excludes horror works from having examples. In fact they can get plenty of scares by finding the scary elements in things that usually aren't.
Now keep in mind the absence of horrific elements doesn't count as NothingIsScarier, unless we're meant to be freaked out by something not happening.
A SubTrope of PlayingWithATrope.
A SisterTrope to PlayedForDrama, PlayedForLaughs.
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* ''{{Manga/Uzumaki}}'' is based around horrific things involving spirals, so some of the stories are about the various ways that EverythingsBetterWithSpinning is not better at all, including how a spiral-shaped scar spins into a black hole.
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' is basically the MagicalGirlWarrior genre played for horror, showing how a lot of the innocently fun elements of typical Magical Girl stories could easily have a much darker purpose, and that if so, they would be ''very'' good for manipulating young middle school girls.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* The Creator/StephenKing short story ''The Cat From Hell'' goes UpToEleven with CatsAreMean with a cat that is out for revenge on a guy who got his fortune from a drug tested unsafely on cats. But this cat doesn't just go after that guy, but kills his immediate family and anyone who gets in the way of the cat's vengeance, including killing a hitman by [[OrificeInvasion jumping into his mouth, causing him choke to death, then crawling all the way inside his body]].
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' deconstructs many WesternRPG gameplay staples by giving them horrific in-story justifications. For instance, the ExperiencePoints are revealed to be an expression of the [[PlayerCharacter Exile]] actually devouring the life force of the people and creatures she murders, while RelationshipValues turn out to be an indicator of how successful she is at {{More Than Mind Control}}ling her traveling companions.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'' plays up some parts in ''{{Disney/Frozen}}'' as if it was horror (this is a CampaignComic).
** Weselton talks about how he heard people in the palace over the years said [[http://elsaletyoufinish.tumblr.com/post/90880723513/kobv-frozen-0016 they sometimes felt rooms become as cold as the grave]]. Mary even compliments Walter on making Elsa's powers seem spooky. Then she's genuinely spooked out by Weselton further interrogating her.
-->'''Walter:''' "And he leans close, almost like he's trying to see the darkness in your pupils."
** When darker ice appears within the ice of Elsa's palace after she finds out she cause EndlessWinter in her kingdom, Dick describes the effect as something like a Japanese horror film. Mary, [[http://elsaletyoufinish.tumblr.com/post/95018117508/kobv-frozen-0051 has a genuinely freaked out look as Anna]], and says if anything starts coming out of the ice [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere she's quitting the campaign]].
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[[folder:Web Video]]
* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'': Spoony had a FauxHorrific reaction to the WTHCastingAgency of the ''Film/WingCommander'' movie.
* When ''WebVideo/SFDebris'' reviewed the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Captain's Holiday", Chuck started it by mocking Picard's ScrewGunSafety attitude with a kid finding the tossed phaser and accidentally shooting himself. The scene is also PlayedForLaughs, but still doesn't shy away from how dangerous such an action was.
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[[folder: Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' has the PrincessClassic played for horror. Rebellious princesses are sent to the [[BoardingSchoolOfHorrors St. Olga's Reform School for Wayward Princesses]], where students are psychologically broken down and stripped of their identities, slowly becoming brainwashed into becoming perfect princesses.
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!!Indexes
* HorrorTropes
* TropeTropes
[[caption-width-right:350:How AnIcePerson trying to hide her powers might seem like a monster when found out.]]
This is when tropes have their scary elements and/or possibilities brought up.
This can be done in several ways:
* Simply adding horror elements to the trope.
* Mixing non-horrific tropes with horrific ones.
* A DeconstructedTrope that plays up the horrific consequences.
* Characters InUniverse bringing up the FridgeHorror of the trope.
* Going FauxHorrific with the trope.
This might even be inspired by one of the writers finding AccidentalNightmareFuel in a trope and then applying it deliberately.
Now it's very rare to see actual horror tropes done this way, since they are technically played for horror by default, but it's not unheard of. Perhaps the horror is {{exaggerated| trope}}, or the work finds new horrific implications of the trope.
Furthermore, this in ''no way'' excludes horror works from having examples. In fact they can get plenty of scares by finding the scary elements in things that usually aren't.
Now keep in mind the absence of horrific elements doesn't count as NothingIsScarier, unless we're meant to be freaked out by something not happening.
A SubTrope of PlayingWithATrope.
A SisterTrope to PlayedForDrama, PlayedForLaughs.
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!!Examples
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''{{Manga/Uzumaki}}'' is based around horrific things involving spirals, so some of the stories are about the various ways that EverythingsBetterWithSpinning is not better at all, including how a spiral-shaped scar spins into a black hole.
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' is basically the MagicalGirlWarrior genre played for horror, showing how a lot of the innocently fun elements of typical Magical Girl stories could easily have a much darker purpose, and that if so, they would be ''very'' good for manipulating young middle school girls.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* The Creator/StephenKing short story ''The Cat From Hell'' goes UpToEleven with CatsAreMean with a cat that is out for revenge on a guy who got his fortune from a drug tested unsafely on cats. But this cat doesn't just go after that guy, but kills his immediate family and anyone who gets in the way of the cat's vengeance, including killing a hitman by [[OrificeInvasion jumping into his mouth, causing him choke to death, then crawling all the way inside his body]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' deconstructs many WesternRPG gameplay staples by giving them horrific in-story justifications. For instance, the ExperiencePoints are revealed to be an expression of the [[PlayerCharacter Exile]] actually devouring the life force of the people and creatures she murders, while RelationshipValues turn out to be an indicator of how successful she is at {{More Than Mind Control}}ling her traveling companions.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'' plays up some parts in ''{{Disney/Frozen}}'' as if it was horror (this is a CampaignComic).
** Weselton talks about how he heard people in the palace over the years said [[http://elsaletyoufinish.tumblr.com/post/90880723513/kobv-frozen-0016 they sometimes felt rooms become as cold as the grave]]. Mary even compliments Walter on making Elsa's powers seem spooky. Then she's genuinely spooked out by Weselton further interrogating her.
-->'''Walter:''' "And he leans close, almost like he's trying to see the darkness in your pupils."
** When darker ice appears within the ice of Elsa's palace after she finds out she cause EndlessWinter in her kingdom, Dick describes the effect as something like a Japanese horror film. Mary, [[http://elsaletyoufinish.tumblr.com/post/95018117508/kobv-frozen-0051 has a genuinely freaked out look as Anna]], and says if anything starts coming out of the ice [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere she's quitting the campaign]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Video]]
* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'': Spoony had a FauxHorrific reaction to the WTHCastingAgency of the ''Film/WingCommander'' movie.
* When ''WebVideo/SFDebris'' reviewed the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Captain's Holiday", Chuck started it by mocking Picard's ScrewGunSafety attitude with a kid finding the tossed phaser and accidentally shooting himself. The scene is also PlayedForLaughs, but still doesn't shy away from how dangerous such an action was.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' has the PrincessClassic played for horror. Rebellious princesses are sent to the [[BoardingSchoolOfHorrors St. Olga's Reform School for Wayward Princesses]], where students are psychologically broken down and stripped of their identities, slowly becoming brainwashed into becoming perfect princesses.
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!!Indexes
* HorrorTropes
* TropeTropes
