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* The beginning of ''LightNovel/{{Oresuki}}'' paints itself as a twisted take on the HaremGenre, with the main character being a manipulative jerk who [[HaremSeeker wants to have a harem]] but finds himself as the background character in someone else’s harem story, and the only person who’s into him is a creepy stalker. However, the parodic elements and jokes poking fun at harem cliches get dropped as soon as the series decides to start using the characters' DysfunctionJunction as the basis for serious storylines instead of making jokes about the genre. As the series goes on, the main characters’ dysfunctional relationships are largely resolved and more girls become legitimately interested in Joro, though it always retains a sense of self-awareness and the DysfunctionJunction hasn’t completely subsided. However, as mentioned above, those qualities are usually PlayedForDrama instead of being the source of jokes they were at the beginning of the story.
* ''LightNovel/TheHeroIsOverpoweredButOverlyCautious'' is a parody of isekai light novels at first; the hero summoned to save the world from the Demon King is TheParanoiac who won't go on any adventure unless his stats and skills are totally maxed, buys backups of his equipment and ''backups to the backups'', and treats everyone around him with suspicion, which pisses off nearly everyone around him. However, as the story goes on, more and more dark elements (like a character being subject to ColdBloodedTorture) appear, and the final arc is dead serious; [[spoiler:Seiya's paranoia, strength, and odd behavior gets revealed to [[CerebusRetcon be caused by failure to save his companions in the past]] and his HeroicSacrifice is played as straight as it could possibly be]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' starts off as a BlackComedy parodying [[TheMoralSubstitute religious cartoons]] such as ''WesternAnimation/DaveyAndGoliath'', pointing out all the hypocrisy and questionable morality hiding underneath. Then CerebusSyndrome sets in, and the hypocrisy and questionable morality of the characters ceases to be treated as a joke, causing the series to branch off in a completely separate direction.

* ''Film/HotFuzz'' makes fun of all the tropes of American buddy cop movies by pairing up an inexperienced cop and a big fan of them with a veteran who repeatedly demonstrates that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the reality of police work is a lot more procedural and boring]]. Then they find TheConspiracy and the final third takes all of the previous tropes and dials them UpToEleven, although still in a satirical way.

* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' is this applied to Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es. The premise is a stereotypical singing, [[FourthDateMarriage quickly marrying]], hopelessly naive princess getting lost in New York City and having her worldview shattered. Yet she proves to be enough of a BlitheSpirit to improve the lives of the people around her, and as more and more fairy tale characters show up the story slowly changing to a more traditional Disney Princess narrative, complete with true love, villains turning into dragons, funny animals, and a handsome prince.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' is this applied to Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es.
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* ''Film/HotFuzz'' is a great example, although it remains funny throughout.

* Music/{{Eminem}} started out satirising HardcoreHipHop hyperviolence, and later expanded to mocking TeenPop as well. After his movie ''Film/EightMile'' came out, showing him in a semi-autobiographical role as a struggling white rapper, his music got more serious and confessional in tone, and after he hooked up with [[Music/FiftyCent G-Unit]] he even went through a phase of making straight GangstaRap, albeit maintaining his wacky PsychopathicManchild persona through IronicNurseryRhyme-type music. After this, though, he would be back to goofing around with [[BigStupidDoodooHead parodic playground diss tracks]] and ToiletHumor, [[CerebusRollercoaster though not consistently]].

* Music/{{Eminem}} started out satirising HardcoreHipHop hyperviolence, and later expanded to mocking TeenPop as well. After his movie ''Film/EightMile'' came out, showing him in a semi-autobiographical role as a struggling white rapper, his music got more serious in tone, and after he hooked up with [[Music/FiftyCent G-Unit]] he went through a phase of making straight GangstaRap, albeit maintaining his wacky PsychopathicManchild persona through IronicNurseryRhyme-type music.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', in a very {{Mind Screw}}y [[Recap/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty way]].

* ''Anime/TheMillionaireDetectiveBalanceUnlimited'' uses its premise to poke fun at TuxedoAndMartini spy/detective fiction in its first few episodes--its protagonist, Daisuke Kanbe, is an [[TheBeautifulElite impossibly attractive and wealthy]] super-detective who uses his [[AwesomenessByAnalysis genius intellect]] and an arsenal of gadgets to save the day...but he's also a colossal {{Jerkass}} who believes that he can get rid of any problems or collateral damage he causes by throwing money at them, and who makes his ByTheBookCop partner's life miserable. All the parodic elements are dropped when the series starts focusing on [[spoiler:Kanbe's mother's murder, his father's disappearance, and the coverup surrounding it]], and the final few episodes feature loads of over-the-top, unironic action and setpieces that wouldn't be out of place in any ''Franchise/JamesBond'' film.

* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' was a darker take on {{Sitcom}} tropes from the beginning, with the Hollywoo(d) satire being fairly standard, lax and somewhat derivative, which made people think it was just [[AllAdultAnimationIsSouthPark another regular adult cartoon]] back when it premiered in 2014. Halfway the 1st season, the show switched gears from general satire to dramatic character study, with the refocus toward the damaged Hollywoo(d) characters coloring the satire moving forward, making it sharper and more vicious.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' began as a parody of the FantasyKitchenSink and fantasy in general, and then evolved into a whole universe with its own mythology. For example, in ''Discworld/TheColourOfMagic'', Rincewind meets a surprisingly-puny EldritchAbomination as part of a passing joke. One book later, the creatures of the [[EldritchLocation Dungeon]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dimensions]] are treated as a serious threat.

** The stories which bring Ankh-Morpork closer to the Industrial Age (creation of newspapers in ''Discworld/TheTruth'', the development of the clacks as somewhere between the telegraph and the Internet, any book involving Moist von Lipwig) tend to be far more rooted in reality than ''Discworld/MovingPictures'' and ''Discworld/SoulMusic'', which are mostly parodies and puns based on real world media and have a ResetButton to prevent the Discworld from modernising itself out of its fantasy setting.

* The beginning of ''LightNovel/{{Oresuki}}'' paints itself as a twisted take on the harem genre, with the main character being a manipulative jerk who [[HaremSeeker wants to have a harem]] but finds himself as the background character in someone else’s harem story, and the only person who’s into him is a creepy stalker. However, the parodic elements and jokes poking fun at harem cliches get dropped as soon as the series decides to start using the characters' DysfunctionJunction as the basis for serious storylines instead of making jokes about the genre. As the series goes on, the main characters’ dysfunctional relationships are largely resolved and more girls become legitimately interested in Joro, though it always retains a sense of self-awareness and the DysfunctionJunction hasn’t completely subsided. However, as mentioned above, those qualities are usually PlayedForDrama instead of being the source of jokes they were at the beginning of the story.

* ''LightNovel/TheHeroIsOverpoweredButOverlyCautious'' is very clearly a parody of isekai light novels at first; the hero summoned to save the world from the Demon King is TheParanoiac who won't go on any adventure unless his stats and skills are totally maxed, buys backups of his equipment and ''backups to the backups'', and treats everyone around him with suspicion, which pisses off nearly everyone around him. However, as the story goes on, more and more dark elements (like a character being subject to ColdBloodedTorture) appear, and the final arc is dead serious; [[spoiler:Seiya's paranoia, strength, and odd behavior gets revealed to [[CerebusRetcon be caused by failure to save his companions in the past]] and his HeroicSacrifice is played as straight as it could possibly be]].

* The beginning of ''LightNovel/{{Oresuki}}'' paints itself as a twisted take on the harem genre, with the main character being a manipulative jerk who [[HaremSeeker wants to have a harem]] but finds himself as the background character in someone else’s harem story, and the only person who’s into him is a creepy stalker. As the series goes on, the main characters’ dysfunctional relationships are largely resolved and more girls become legitimately interested in Joro, though it always retains a sense of self-awareness and the DysfunctionJunction hasn’t completely subsided.

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* ''Anime/PrettySammy'' started off as a parody of the MagicalGirl genre, in it's [=OVA=] incarnation. Partway through the TV series, however, it turns into a straight, if still comedic, Magical Girl show.

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* ''Anime/PrettySammy'' started off as a parody of the MagicalGirl genre, in it's [=OVA=] incarnation. Partway through the t.v. series, however, it turns into a straight, if still comedic, Magical Girl show.

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* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' is this applied to Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es.
* ''Film/HotFuzz'' is a great example, although it remains funny throughout.

* The film version of ''Film/KickAss'' is arguably this.
* ''Film/BehindTheMaskTheRiseOfLeslieVernon''

* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', in a very {{Mind Screw}}y [[Recap/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty way]].

* ''Film/{{Scream}}'' stylistically satirizes the SlasherMovie by lampshading and/or mocking the tropes of the genre. However, while mocking the clichés, the characters still fall victim to them. So, basically the ''Scream'' movies are saying "we know they're trite, but we're doing them anyway".

* ''Film/{{Scream}}'' stylistically satirizes the SlasherMovie by lampshading and/or mocking the tropes of the genre. However, while mocking the clichés, the characters still fall victim to them. So, basically the ''Scream'' movies are saying "we know they're dumb, but we're going to do them anyway".

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* ''Series/TheOrville'' plays a lot of Franchise/StarTrek tropes for humorous effect, but the actual plots and how they progress is ''very'' close to what you'd expect from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', just with a crew that is more of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits than the fleet's best and brightest.

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