Basic Trope: An otherwise lighthearted work has a moment that's unexpectedly creepy.
- Straight: Animal Adventures is an animated kids' movie featuring Funny Animals that go on adventures, and is overall fairly lighthearted in tone. However, the scene where Emperor Evulz nearly kills the protagonists is surprisingly dark.
- Exaggerated:
- Leon the lion dies a very horrific, Family-Unfriendly Death in the otherwise G-rated movie.
- Animal Adventures has so many unexpectedly creepy moments that it's a surprise it managed to be for kids in the first place.
- Downplayed:
- There's a scene in Animal Adventures that involves an uncomfortable amount of Fridge Horror.
- Animal Adventures is already pretty dark for a kids' movie to begin with, but the heroes' near-death at the hands of Evulz is much scarier than expected.
- Justified: ???
- Inverted: A horror work has a moment that's surprisingly lighthearted.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Nothing surprisingly creepy ever happens in Animal Adventures.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "What could possibly be so scary about a kids' cartoon taking place in a World of Funny Animals— OH MY GOD!"
- Implied: Alice and Bob are happily watching a Show Within a Show. We don't see what happens, but suddenly, they're terrified.
- Played for Laughs: Black Comedy Burst
Surprisingly Creepy Moment can't be that creepy, can it?
