History SpiritualAntithesis / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' episode ''[[Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E07HankAfterDark Hank After Dark]]'' is exact opposite of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E9HomerBadman Homer Badman]]''. In the latter, Homer gets mistakenenly accussed of grouping a woman and nearly has his life destroyed when media jump in to sensationalize the hell out of the situation for views. In the former, Diane's offhand mention of allegations against popular actor, that were not as well-known as she believed, make media go after ''her'' on assumption she is slandering the guy to build herself up. While ''Homer Badman'' ends with status quo restored and Homer's reputation cleared, ''Hank After Dark'' has Diane forced to [[PutOnABus flee the country]] until the thing calms down.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'' is this to ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'': While both shows are sequels to a Cartoon Network series about a KidHero dealing with that same hero in his teen years and are DarkerAndEdgier than the [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse respective]] [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 shows]] they're a sequel to, ''Steven Universe Future'' is made by the same people who made the original ''Steven Universe'' and is DarkerAndEdgier by virtue of deconstructing [[ShellShockedSoldier how a kid would react to all the trauma of his formative years]] while ''Ben 10 Alien Force'' was made by different people than the ones who made the original ''Ben 10'' series and was DarkerAndEdgier by virtue of putting Ben in much darker situations than before.

* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' to ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''. Both iconic animated series from the TurnOfTheMillennium about [[ChildProdigy young scientific geniuses]], the two shows derive their humor and drama from completely opposite sources. The entire premise of ''Dexter's Lab'' hinges on the fact that '''nobody knows''' that Dexter has a secret laboratory, while the premise of ''Jimmy Neutron'' hinges on the fact that '''everyone''' knows that Jimmy is a lab. ''Dexter's Lab'' mainly revolves around Dexter's continual struggles to keep his scientific experiments secret, while ''Jimmy Neutron'' is all about how Jimmy's reputation as a genius colors his relationships with the people in his life. [[DependingOnTheWriter Most episodes]] portray Dexter as an awkward and socially isolated kid whose problems mainly stem from his inability to be his true self around others, while Jimmy's problems mainly stem from the fact that he's often a little ''too'' [[InsufferableGenius eager to flaunt his intelligence]]--but despite that, he still has two loyal friends as [[TrueCompanions his constant companions]]. Another notable difference is that while most episodes of ''Dexter's Lab'' usually rely on NegativeContinuity, ''Jimmy Neutron'' has an established continuity, and several episodes tend to reference older ones.

* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' to ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''. Both iconic animated series from the TurnOfTheMillennium about [[ChildProdigy young scientific geniuses]], the two shows derive their humor and drama from completely opposite sources. The entire premise of ''Dexter's Lab'' hinges on the fact that '''nobody knows''' that Dexter is a genius, while the premise of ''Jimmy Neutron'' hinges on the fact that '''everyone''' knows that Jimmy is a genius. ''Dexter's Lab'' mainly revolves around Dexter's continual struggles to keep his scientific experiments secret, while ''Jimmy Neutron'' is all about how Jimmy's reputation as a genius colors his relationships with the people in his life. [[DependingOnTheWriter Most episodes]] portray Dexter as an awkward and socially isolated kid whose problems mainly stem from his inability to be his true self around others, while Jimmy's problems mainly stem from the fact that he's often a little ''too'' [[InsufferableGenius eager to flaunt his intelligence]]--but despite that, he still has two loyal friends as [[TrueCompanions his constant companions]].

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' is set in a sci-fi future, has been cancelled and revived a few times, does have more consistent continuity and manages to shuffle being either a comedy and heartwarming show.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' takes place in a suburban town in a (relatively) modern era, is a long running show of over 3 decades, suffers through NegativeContinutiy and is mostly a GagSeries that often verges on SadistShow.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' is a spiritual antithesis to ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''. Both shows take place in American town where paranormal events usually occur. Both have boy and girl as protagonist. While in ''Gravity Falls'' two kids are siblings and are sent to paranormal town during the summer vacation, in ''Grim Adventures'', kids are residents of same neighbourhood and are not siblings. Also kids of respective gender have opposite personalities- boys: Dipper is smart, curious and a little shy, while Billy is dumb and hyperactive; girls: Mabel is hyperactive and talkative, but not as dumb as Billy, while Mandy is cruel and emotionless and more anti-social than Dipper. Main adult characters in cartoons have different personalities Pines twins' granduncle, Stan Pines is an average human, who is a souvenir shopkeeper, who tries to attract tourist and uses his grand-niblings to advertise his shop, but for his selfish purposes, and Billy's and Mandy's friend, Grim is a Death God, who lost a competition to them and thus forced to serve them, is very sensitive and kind person, whom kids are using for their purposes. Both Stan and Grim work as these jobs due to psychological trauma in their youth. Residents of Gravity Falls are unaware of supernatural events, while Endsville residents are monsters, who live alongside humans. Also, Gravity Falls is a continuity based show while Billy and Mandy runs on NegativeContinuity, using a SnapBack every five episodes.