History Sandbox / MaturityIsSeriousBusinessWickCheck

# FanNickname.WesternAnimation: Toddler Titans: ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''. Used by ''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter'' and fans of the original ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon [[Main/MaturityIsSeriousBusiness due to the show failing to meet the standards of maturity from the previous series]]. Other nicknames for the show include "Teen Titans No" and "Teen Titans Go Fuck Yourself".

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# Recap.ThirtyRockS2E3TheCollection: InUniverse, Tracy has to step in and be the adult when Liz and Angie fight, which he's not at all happy about.
-->'''Tracy''': You're making me act like an adult! An ''adult''!

# Series.ThatsMyBush: Parodied to the extreme with ''A Poorly Executed Plan''. In the episode, George's fraternity brothers from Yale come over for a visit. Predictably, chaos ensues. Ending with [[spoiler: AnAesop about [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness George having "grown up" while his fraternity brothers haven't.]]]]

# YMMV.WhiteFox: If it's not this is not their moe-show, expect an almost complete absence of any vulgarity, silly humor or funny happening on the screen. In particular, ''Literature/ReZero'' has a whole series of episodes, during which Subaru is [[AngstComa absorbed in insanity and does not react to stimuli]].

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# DarkerAndEdgier: This trope became extremely popular in ComicBooks as a rebellion against MediaNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} but also led to more than a decade of a lot of clumsy attempts by many writers to show that comics are "[[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness not kid stuff anymore]]."
# MultipleDemographicAppeal: ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', on multiple levels. Without even involving the miniatures and the rulebooks, the game's [[DarkerAndEdgier grim, dark]] setting of [[ForeverWar eternal]], {{hopeless war}} and vivid gothic imagery appeals to the MaturityIsSeriousBusiness mindset, as there can't be many settings much more scowlingly serious than the galaxy of ''40k''. At the same time, the unflinching commitment to these grimdark elements in a setting where {{FTL travel}} [[HyperSpaceIsAScaryPlace sends you through hell]] and nine-foot [[PoweredArmor armored]] [[SuperSoldier supermen]] fire [[{{BFG}} rocket-propeled grenade launchers]] one-handed while fighting underneath towering combinations of cathedrals and {{humongous mecha}} equipped with [[ChainsawGood chainsaws]] [[{{BFS}} the size of apartment buildings]]... it's all [[RefugeInAudacity so over-the-top]] that other fans can enjoy a more lighthearted take on it, even without involving the Orks.

# Characters.SonicTheHedgehogUnitedFreedomFighters: After the Metal Virus pandemic had ended, Cream the Rabbit soon became resourceful and mature.
# DarthWiki.PrettyCureAllStarsFanfics: Compared to the original franchise and series, which adheres to the ''RuleOfCute''. this is far down the road. While it gets around a few of the more unpleasant tropes, this includes examples of ''MaturityIsSeriousBusiness'' as well as the occasional ''FinaglesLaw''. Not to be confused with ''GrimDark'' in this instance.
# FanNickname.WesternAnimation: Toddler Titans: ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''. Used by ''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter'' and fans of the original ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon [[Main/MaturityIsSeriousBusiness due to the show failing to meet the standards of maturity from the previous series]]. Other nicknames for the show include "Teen Titans No" and "Teen Titans Go Fuck Yourself".

# Literature.TheDragonslayingMaiden: [[spoiler:After the CynicismCatalyst that was Overwatch, Dana’s grown a thicker skin and doesn’t take insults lying down anymore in order to fit in. She grows more willing to stand her ground, make threats, and use her immense strength to get people to do what she wants while still being [[TheHero the Heroine.]] She acts [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness more mature]] and [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure reasonable]] for the rest of the story, [[CharacterDevelopment so this isn’t a bad thing.]]]]
# Pt.DarkerAndEdgier: Estatrôpe ficou popular em gibis (ComicBooks) como uma rebelião contra a [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] que levava mais de uma década com tentativas estapafúrdias de mostrar que os quadrinhos ficaram mais sombrios e afiados, então revelando"[[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness não eram mais coisas de criança]]."
# Quotes.AnimationAgeGhetto: When are you too old to be watching cartoons? Answer: whenever I feel like! I deserve to watch whatever I feel like. You know why? Because [[WesternAnimation this]], [[MST3KMantra it's just a TV show.]] Maybe you'll [[EdutainmentShow learn something from it]], but just for enjoying a TV show, game, movie, song, in the privacy of your home doesn't define you. It won't make you an inferior or superior person. You say [[AnimationAgeGhetto cartoons are for kids]] because of [[MediaNotes/MediaClassifications that age rating]] in the same way [[Film/TheDarkKnight a PG-13 movie]] is made for 13-year-olds and no-one else is allowed to watch them, no-one. The age rating doesn't mean it's ''made'' for kids, it's that it's ''appropriate'' for kids. [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness Choosing to only enjoy stuff rated for an older audience doesn't at all make you more mature, it just means you're insecure about what others think of you over such trivial things.]]
# Quotes.{{Nintendo}}: '98: [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémania]] [[GottaCatchThemAll caught our]] [[Platform/GameBoyColor hearts]] [[CashCowFranchise and dollars too...]]\\
[[MediaNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 2001]]: The [[Platform/GameBoyAdvance GBA]] and [[Platform/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] [[MediaNotes/ConsoleWars lost some]] [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness marketshare]] [[MultiPlatform that day]]...\\

# Recap.ThirtyRockS2E3TheCollection: InUniverse, Tracy has to step in and be the adult when Liz and Angie fight, which he's not at all happy about.
-->'''Tracy''': You're making me act like an adult! An ''adult''!

# Series.ThatsMyBush: Parodied to the extreme with ''A Poorly Executed Plan''. In the episode, George's fraternity brothers from Yale come over for a visit. Predictably, chaos ensues. Ending with [[spoiler: AnAesop about [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness George having "grown up" while his fraternity brothers haven't.]]]]
# TabletopGame.BunniesAndBurrows: However, nobody took the game seriously because [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids it's about bunnies]]. With no weapons, mythical creatures, or unrealistic magics, players were at a loss for what you could do inside the game. Many were mystified that you could make an [[Literature/WatershipDown epic adventure with rabbits]] and dismissed the idea as "[[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness too silly]]".
# Trivia.YuGiOhArcVRemake: Following Yusho leaving his family (and the Championship Match), Yuya decided to withdraw from You Show step up and support himself and Yoko, getting a job at Kame Game and attending middle school. As a result, he had little to no time to practice Dueling for three years. [[red:► Misplaced.]]
# Webcomic.SonicTheHedgehogUnited: Cream is shown to be a mature kid, ever since she was cured of her Metal Virus infection. [[red:► Misplaced.]]
# YMMV.BostonCommon: Boyd gets some pretty serious character development in "Mercury Retrograde" (Season 2, Episode 4). [[spoiler: The early part of season two sees Boyd trying to move past his feelings for Joy. In this episode, Tasha sets him up on a blind date with a woman named Lisa. Boyd attempts to call Lisa, leaving her many - rather embarrassing - messages on her answering machine (you can tell Boyd hasn't dated in a while). As this is going on, Joy and Jack are cuddling inside Jack's classroom. When Jack tells Joy he loves her, she responds, "I love you, too, ''Boyd''." Jack and Joy then fight about what she said, and Joy leaves the room. She makes her way to the Pritchetts' apartment, where she tells Boyd what happened. They're sitting on the couch, ready to kiss, and possibly go even further, when Joy begins crying. She tells Boyd she doesn't know who she wants between him and Jack, and it's ''Boyd'' who tells her that he can't wait on her forever, and that Joy has to decide for herself who she wants to be with, and what she wants to do with her life. Joy returns to Jack, and they get engaged on a whim. Later on, Joy and Boyd are outside the student union, Joy waiting on Jack, and Boyd waiting on Lisa. Joy attempts to apologize for what happened, but Boyd tells her an apology isn't necessary. Lisa approaches Boyd, telling him the messages he left on her machine were "cute", and they leave, as Joy leaves with Jack, looking back at Boyd, as she is not over him, while he is making good progress on getting over her. Boyd does have some lapses on his feelings for Joy during the course of the second season, but this season focuses more on Joy's (obvious) feelings for Boyd.]]

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# DarkerAndEdgier: This trope became extremely popular in ComicBooks as a rebellion against MediaNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} but also led to more than a decade of a lot of clumsy attempts by many writers to show that comics are "[[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness not kid stuff anymore]]."

# MultipleDemographicAppeal: ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', on multiple levels. Without even involving the miniatures and the rulebooks, the game's [[DarkerAndEdgier grim, dark]] setting of [[ForeverWar eternal]], {{hopeless war}} and vivid gothic imagery appeals to the MaturityIsSeriousBusiness mindset, as there can't be many settings much more scowlingly serious than the galaxy of ''40k''. At the same time, the unflinching commitment to these grimdark elements in a setting where {{FTL travel}} [[HyperSpaceIsAScaryPlace sends you through hell]] and nine-foot [[PoweredArmor armored]] [[SuperSoldier supermen]] fire [[{{BFG}} rocket-propeled grenade launchers]] one-handed while fighting underneath towering combinations of cathedrals and {{humongous mecha}} equipped with [[ChainsawGood chainsaws]] [[{{BFS}} the size of apartment buildings]]... it's all [[RefugeInAudacity so over-the-top]] that other fans can enjoy a more lighthearted take on it, even without involving the Orks.
# SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: Many fan bases tend to take the object of their fandom more seriously than the casual viewer and often vocally demand that the show reflect this; see MaturityIsSeriousBusiness for more on fans of this mindset. PanderingToTheBase can pose a problem, however, if as a result of this a show initially quite 'silly' begins to take itself ''too'' seriously, with the result of turning off casual viewers.

# Laconic.MaturityIsSeriousBusiness: Serious = "Mature".

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[[folder: Misuse]]
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# DarkerAndEdgier: This trope became extremely popular in ComicBooks as a rebellion against MediaNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} but also led to more than a decade of a lot of clumsy attempts by many writers to show that comics are "[[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness not kid stuff anymore]]."
# EmotionalMaturityIsPhysicalMaturity: In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E13SoManyBirthdays So Many Birthdays]]", Steven changes to whatever physical age he feels like. Steven has a MaturityIsSeriousBusiness moment and suddenly ages, until it escalates and he becomes an elderly man on the verge of death. Fortunately, he eventually remembers how to have fun and return to his kid form. His appearance being linked to his emotional maturity could explain why, as a KiddieKid, [[OlderThanTheyLook he's fourteen and hasn't changed in physical appearance since he was eight]].

# MultipleDemographicAppeal: ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', on multiple levels. Without even involving the miniatures and the rulebooks, the game's [[DarkerAndEdgier grim, dark]] setting of [[ForeverWar eternal]], {{hopeless war}} and vivid gothic imagery appeals to the MaturityIsSeriousBusiness mindset, as there can't be many settings much more scowlingly serious than the galaxy of ''40k''. At the same time, the unflinching commitment to these grimdark elements in a setting where {{FTL travel}} [[HyperSpaceIsAScaryPlace sends you through hell]] and nine-foot [[PoweredArmor armored]] [[SuperSoldier supermen]] fire [[{{BFG}} rocket-propeled grenade launchers]] one-handed while fighting underneath towering combinations of cathedrals and {{humongous mecha}} equipped with [[ChainsawGood chainsaws]] [[{{BFS}} the size of apartment buildings]]... it's all [[RefugeInAudacity so over-the-top]] that other fans can enjoy a more lighthearted take on it, even without involving the Orks.
# SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: Many fan bases tend to take the object of their fandom more seriously than the casual viewer and often vocally demand that the show reflect this; see MaturityIsSeriousBusiness for more on fans of this mindset. PanderingToTheBase can pose a problem, however, if as a result of this a show initially quite 'silly' begins to take itself ''too'' seriously, with the result of turning off casual viewers.
# TrueArtIsAngsty: Related to ComedyGhetto, OscarBait, MaturityIsSeriousBusiness, DeathByNewberyMedal, SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids, CreatorBreakdown and CreatorRecovery. In stories, the SensitiveArtist is the one most likely to make this kind of art.
# Characters.SonicTheHedgehogUnitedFreedomFighters: After the Metal Virus pandemic had ended, Cream the Rabbit soon became resourceful and mature.
# DarthWiki.PrettyCureAllStarsFanfics: Compared to the original franchise and series, which adheres to the ''RuleOfCute''. this is far down the road. While it gets around a few of the more unpleasant tropes, this includes examples of ''MaturityIsSeriousBusiness'' as well as the occasional ''FinaglesLaw''. Not to be confused with ''GrimDark'' in this instance.
# FanNickname.WesternAnimation: Toddler Titans: ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''. Used by ''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter'' and fans of the original ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon [[Main/MaturityIsSeriousBusiness due to the show failing to meet the standards of maturity from the previous series]]. Other nicknames for the show include "Teen Titans No" and "Teen Titans Go Fuck Yourself".

# Literature.TheDragonslayingMaiden: [[spoiler:After the CynicismCatalyst that was Overwatch, Dana’s grown a thicker skin and doesn’t take insults lying down anymore in order to fit in. She grows more willing to stand her ground, make threats, and use her immense strength to get people to do what she wants while still being [[TheHero the Heroine.]] She acts [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness more mature]] and [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure reasonable]] for the rest of the story, [[CharacterDevelopment so this isn’t a bad thing.]]]]
# Pt.DarkerAndEdgier: Estatrôpe ficou popular em gibis (ComicBooks) como uma rebelião contra a [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] que levava mais de uma década com tentativas estapafúrdias de mostrar que os quadrinhos ficaram mais sombrios e afiados, então revelando"[[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness não eram mais coisas de criança]]."
# Quotes.AnimationAgeGhetto: When are you too old to be watching cartoons? Answer: whenever I feel like! I deserve to watch whatever I feel like. You know why? Because [[WesternAnimation this]], [[MST3KMantra it's just a TV show.]] Maybe you'll [[EdutainmentShow learn something from it]], but just for enjoying a TV show, game, movie, song, in the privacy of your home doesn't define you. It won't make you an inferior or superior person. You say [[AnimationAgeGhetto cartoons are for kids]] because of [[MediaNotes/MediaClassifications that age rating]] in the same way [[Film/TheDarkKnight a PG-13 movie]] is made for 13-year-olds and no-one else is allowed to watch them, no-one. The age rating doesn't mean it's ''made'' for kids, it's that it's ''appropriate'' for kids. [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness Choosing to only enjoy stuff rated for an older audience doesn't at all make you more mature, it just means you're insecure about what others think of you over such trivial things.]]
# Quotes.Nintendo: '98: [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémania]] [[GottaCatchThemAll caught our]] [[Platform/GameBoyColor hearts]] [[CashCowFranchise and dollars too...]]\\
[[MediaNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 2001]]: The [[Platform/GameBoyAdvance GBA]] and [[Platform/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] [[MediaNotes/ConsoleWars lost some]] [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness marketshare]] [[MultiPlatform that day]]...\\
[[KillerApp but we still loved to play]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros. Melee...!]]
# Recap.ThirtyRockS2E3TheCollection: InUniverse, Tracy has to step in and be the adult when Liz and Angie fight, which he's not at all happy about.
-->'''Tracy''': You're making me act like an adult! An ''adult''!

# TrueArtIsAngsty: Related to ComedyGhetto, OscarBait, MaturityIsSeriousBusiness, DeathByNewberyMedal, SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids, CreatorBreakdown and CreatorRecovery.

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[[Misuse]]
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# DarkerAndEdgier: This trope became extremely popular in ComicBooks as a rebellion against MediaNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} but also led to more than a decade of a lot of clumsy attempts by many writers to show that comics are "[[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness not kid stuff anymore]]."
# EmotionalMaturityIsPhysicalMaturity: In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E13SoManyBirthdays So Many Birthdays]]", Steven changes to whatever physical age he feels like. Steven has a MaturityIsSeriousBusiness moment and suddenly ages, until it escalates and he becomes an elderly man on the verge of death. Fortunately, he eventually remembers how to have fun and return to his kid form. His appearance being linked to his emotional maturity could explain why, as a KiddieKid, [[OlderThanTheyLook he's fourteen and hasn't changed in physical appearance since he was eight]].


# MultipleDemographicAppeal: ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', on multiple levels. Without even involving the miniatures and the rulebooks, the game's [[DarkerAndEdgier grim, dark]] setting of [[ForeverWar eternal]], {{hopeless war}} and vivid gothic imagery appeals to the MaturityIsSeriousBusiness mindset, as there can't be many settings much more scowlingly serious than the galaxy of ''40k''. At the same time, the unflinching commitment to these grimdark elements in a setting where {{FTL travel}} [[HyperSpaceIsAScaryPlace sends you through hell]] and nine-foot [[PoweredArmor armored]] [[SuperSoldier supermen]] fire [[{{BFG}} rocket-propeled grenade launchers]] one-handed while fighting underneath towering combinations of cathedrals and {{humongous mecha}} equipped with [[ChainsawGood chainsaws]] [[{{BFS}} the size of apartment buildings]]... it's all [[RefugeInAudacity so over-the-top]] that other fans can enjoy a more lighthearted take on it, even without involving the Orks.


# Characters.SonicTheHedgehogUnitedFreedomFighters: After the Metal Virus pandemic had ended, Cream the Rabbit soon became resourceful and mature.
# DarthWiki.PrettyCureAllStarsFanfics: Compared to the original franchise and series, which adheres to the ''RuleOfCute''. this is far down the road. While it gets around a few of the more unpleasant tropes, this includes examples of ''MaturityIsSeriousBusiness'' as well as the occasional ''FinaglesLaw''. Not to be confused with ''GrimDark'' in this instance.
# FanNickname.WesternAnimation: Toddler Titans: ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''. Used by ''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter'' and fans of the original ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon [[Main/MaturityIsSeriousBusiness due to the show failing to meet the standards of maturity from the previous series]]. Other nicknames for the show include "Teen Titans No" and "Teen Titans Go Fuck Yourself".
# Laconic.MaturityIsSeriousBusiness: Serious = "Mature".
# Literature.TheDragonslayingMaiden: [[spoiler:After the CynicismCatalyst that was Overwatch, Dana’s grown a thicker skin and doesn’t take insults lying down anymore in order to fit in. She grows more willing to stand her ground, make threats, and use her immense strength to get people to do what she wants while still being [[TheHero the Heroine.]] She acts [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness more mature]] and [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure reasonable]] for the rest of the story, [[CharacterDevelopment so this isn’t a bad thing.]]]]
# Pt.DarkerAndEdgier: Estatrôpe ficou popular em gibis (ComicBooks) como uma rebelião contra a [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] que levava mais de uma década com tentativas estapafúrdias de mostrar que os quadrinhos ficaram mais sombrios e afiados, então revelando"[[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness não eram mais coisas de criança]]."
# Quotes.AnimationAgeGhetto: When are you too old to be watching cartoons? Answer: whenever I feel like! I deserve to watch whatever I feel like. You know why? Because [[WesternAnimation this]], [[MST3KMantra it's just a TV show.]] Maybe you'll [[EdutainmentShow learn something from it]], but just for enjoying a TV show, game, movie, song, in the privacy of your home doesn't define you. It won't make you an inferior or superior person. You say [[AnimationAgeGhetto cartoons are for kids]] because of [[MediaNotes/MediaClassifications that age rating]] in the same way [[Film/TheDarkKnight a PG-13 movie]] is made for 13-year-olds and no-one else is allowed to watch them, no-one. The age rating doesn't mean it's ''made'' for kids, it's that it's ''appropriate'' for kids. [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness Choosing to only enjoy stuff rated for an older audience doesn't at all make you more mature, it just means you're insecure about what others think of you over such trivial things.]]
# Quotes.Nintendo: '98: [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémania]] [[GottaCatchThemAll caught our]] [[Platform/GameBoyColor hearts]] [[CashCowFranchise and dollars too...]]\\
[[MediaNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 2001]]: The [[Platform/GameBoyAdvance GBA]] and [[Platform/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] [[MediaNotes/ConsoleWars lost some]] [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness marketshare]] [[MultiPlatform that day]]...\\
[[KillerApp but we still loved to play]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros. Melee...!]]
# Recap.ThirtyRockS2E3TheCollection: InUniverse, Tracy has to step in and be the adult when Liz and Angie fight, which he's not at all happy about.
-->'''Tracy''': You're making me act like an adult! An ''adult''!

# DarkerAndEdgier: This trope became extremely popular in ComicBooks as a rebellion against MediaNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} but also led to more than a decade of a lot of clumsy attempts by many writers to show that comics are "[[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness not kid stuff anymore]]."
# EmotionalMaturityIsPhysicalMaturity: In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E13SoManyBirthdays So Many Birthdays]]", Steven changes to whatever physical age he feels like. Steven has a MaturityIsSeriousBusiness moment and suddenly ages, until it escalates and he becomes an elderly man on the verge of death. Fortunately, he eventually remembers how to have fun and return to his kid form. His appearance being linked to his emotional maturity could explain why, as a KiddieKid, [[OlderThanTheyLook he's fourteen and hasn't changed in physical appearance since he was eight]].

# MultipleDemographicAppeal: ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', on multiple levels. Without even involving the miniatures and the rulebooks, the game's [[DarkerAndEdgier grim, dark]] setting of [[ForeverWar eternal]], {{hopeless war}} and vivid gothic imagery appeals to the MaturityIsSeriousBusiness mindset, as there can't be many settings much more scowlingly serious than the galaxy of ''40k''. At the same time, the unflinching commitment to these grimdark elements in a setting where {{FTL travel}} [[HyperSpaceIsAScaryPlace sends you through hell]] and nine-foot [[PoweredArmor armored]] [[SuperSoldier supermen]] fire [[{{BFG}} rocket-propeled grenade launchers]] one-handed while fighting underneath towering combinations of cathedrals and {{humongous mecha}} equipped with [[ChainsawGood chainsaws]] [[{{BFS}} the size of apartment buildings]]... it's all [[RefugeInAudacity so over-the-top]] that other fans can enjoy a more lighthearted take on it, even without involving the Orks.
# SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: Many fan bases tend to take the object of their fandom more seriously than the casual viewer and often vocally demand that the show reflect this; see MaturityIsSeriousBusiness for more on fans of this mindset. PanderingToTheBase can pose a problem, however, if as a result of this a show initially quite 'silly' begins to take itself ''too'' seriously, with the result of turning off casual viewers.
# TrueArtIsAngsty: Related to ComedyGhetto, OscarBait, MaturityIsSeriousBusiness, DeathByNewberyMedal, SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids, CreatorBreakdown and CreatorRecovery. In stories, the SensitiveArtist is the one most likely to make this kind of art.
# Characters.SonicTheHedgehogUnitedFreedomFighters: After the Metal Virus pandemic had ended, Cream the Rabbit soon became resourceful and mature.
# DarthWiki.PrettyCureAllStarsFanfics: Compared to the original franchise and series, which adheres to the ''RuleOfCute''. this is far down the road. While it gets around a few of the more unpleasant tropes, this includes examples of ''MaturityIsSeriousBusiness'' as well as the occasional ''FinaglesLaw''. Not to be confused with ''GrimDark'' in this instance.
# FanNickname.WesternAnimation: Toddler Titans: ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''. Used by ''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter'' and fans of the original ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon [[Main/MaturityIsSeriousBusiness due to the show failing to meet the standards of maturity from the previous series]]. Other nicknames for the show include "Teen Titans No" and "Teen Titans Go Fuck Yourself".

# Laconic.MaturityIsSeriousBusiness: Serious = "Mature".
# Literature.TheDragonslayingMaiden: [[spoiler:After the CynicismCatalyst that was Overwatch, Dana’s grown a thicker skin and doesn’t take insults lying down anymore in order to fit in. She grows more willing to stand her ground, make threats, and use her immense strength to get people to do what she wants while still being [[TheHero the Heroine.]] She acts [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness more mature]] and [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure reasonable]] for the rest of the story, [[CharacterDevelopment so this isn’t a bad thing.]]]]
# Pt.DarkerAndEdgier: Estatrôpe ficou popular em gibis (ComicBooks) como uma rebelião contra a [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] que levava mais de uma década com tentativas estapafúrdias de mostrar que os quadrinhos ficaram mais sombrios e afiados, então revelando"[[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness não eram mais coisas de criança]]."
# Quotes.AnimationAgeGhetto: When are you too old to be watching cartoons? Answer: whenever I feel like! I deserve to watch whatever I feel like. You know why? Because [[WesternAnimation this]], [[MST3KMantra it's just a TV show.]] Maybe you'll [[EdutainmentShow learn something from it]], but just for enjoying a TV show, game, movie, song, in the privacy of your home doesn't define you. It won't make you an inferior or superior person. You say [[AnimationAgeGhetto cartoons are for kids]] because of [[MediaNotes/MediaClassifications that age rating]] in the same way [[Film/TheDarkKnight a PG-13 movie]] is made for 13-year-olds and no-one else is allowed to watch them, no-one. The age rating doesn't mean it's ''made'' for kids, it's that it's ''appropriate'' for kids. [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness Choosing to only enjoy stuff rated for an older audience doesn't at all make you more mature, it just means you're insecure about what others think of you over such trivial things.]]
# Quotes.Nintendo: '98: [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémania]] [[GottaCatchThemAll caught our]] [[Platform/GameBoyColor hearts]] [[CashCowFranchise and dollars too...]]\\
[[MediaNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 2001]]: The [[Platform/GameBoyAdvance GBA]] and [[Platform/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] [[MediaNotes/ConsoleWars lost some]] [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness marketshare]] [[MultiPlatform that day]]...\\
[[KillerApp but we still loved to play]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros. Melee...!]]
# Recap.ThirtyRockS2E3TheCollection: InUniverse, Tracy has to step in and be the adult when Liz and Angie fight, which he's not at all happy about.
-->'''Tracy''': You're making me act like an adult! An ''adult''!

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# It.InItaliano: It/LaMaturitaERobaSeria [MaturityIsSeriousBusiness]

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