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Basic Trope: A cute idealistic world.

  • Straight: Adam and his sister Brenda go to the mythical world of Happyland, a bright, colorful, happy world which runs off the Rule of Cute.
  • Exaggerated: The ENTIRETY of Happyland is made of some sort of confection.
    • Pain, hunger, poverty, and all negative feelings and situations are unthinkable in Happyland.
  • Downplayed: Happyland is a somewhat happier place than Earth, but it takes a lot of hard work and cooperation to make it stay that way, and problems still exist.
  • Justified:
    • The plants release spores that, when inhaled, prevent non-cute thoughts from occurring.
    • Happyland has been created and is run by a Fisher King with a mentality of a 5-year old girl.
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  • Zig Zagged: Adam and Brenda create the colorful world of Happyland using their crayons (despite being warned not to). It all works out nicely, until they develop their own separate religions of Adamology and Brendaism. Religious wars are about to be fought, but their religions combine into one, bitheistic religion where everyone gets along and sings happy hymns about friendship.
  • Averted: The world, if more pleasant than our own, still has its share of plausible dangers and problems.
  • Enforced: It's a series for very young children, and a more realistic setting would be inappropriate.
  • Lampshaded: "Welcome to Happyland! When it comes happiness, Disney ain't got nothin' on us!"
  • Invoked: An evil overlord creates a realm which is lovely and non-threatening to put the heroes off their guard and entertain the citizens.
  • Exploited: Brenda takes Adam to Happyland to recover from mental trauma (specifically, to counter overexposure to the Crapsack World they have been dealing with) because There Are No Therapists.
  • Defied: Adam and Brenda go to Happyland and are bent on destroying every aspect of it.
  • Discussed: "My world's so happy, it makes Disneyland look like crap!"
  • Conversed: "What is this?!" "Disney's newest show, Happy Happy Joy Joy Fun Farm. It's popular with all nice princesses, funny clowns, and lions".
  • Deconstructed:
    • Happyland's perfection causes everyone to become lazy (and fat) due to the lack of conflict. Nearby Crapsack World, Hatredville decides to take over Sugar Bowl and does it with ease.
    • While the majority of the population are happy with things the way they are, there are still some small but vocal groups who like stirring up trouble just for the fun of it. The government is trying to deal with them without being overtly harsh, putting a strain on workers who are just trying to make sure everyone is happy. The citizens are oblivious while the police become jaded.
    • Happyland turns out to be an (attempt of) Utopia, and the government believes Utopia Justifies the Means.
  • Reconstructed:

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