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** In a way, ''Yu Yu Hakusho'' actually went through [[Cerebus Syndrome]] ''twice''. After becoming Spirit Detective, Yusuke had to do some semblance of actual detective work, tracking down fugitives and recovering magical items they'd stolen rather than just beating them up (though he did that too). Botan was set up as his assistant, proving him with detective tools and passing on his assignments from Koenma. This lasted for exactly one story arc, after which the series shifted into a simpler shonen fighting formula. With <s> a</s> two great big [[Tournament Arc]].
** After the Chapter Black Arc, in which it is revealed (as hinted at by Hiei and Kurama becoming good guys) that [[Grey and Grey Morality|not everything is as cut-and-dried]] as the previous theme of "Yusuke and Friends vs. Demons" action stories led us believe, the story suddenly becomes extremely character-driven, exploring Yusuke's disconnection with his formerly "normal" existence, Kuwabara's resolve to become something productive, Hiei's finding a new purpose in life, and Kurama resolving his demonic past. This is especially notable in the anime, where the first third of the Three Kings Arc has nearly NO fights, instead being low-key character pieces about Yusuke, Hiei, and Kurama, effectively going through Cerebus Syndrome ''twice'' as it evolves from an offbeat comedy to action show, then suddenly to a more character-driven series rather then the less serious and more action-oriented shonen [[Fighting Series]].
* This does ''not'' happen in ''[[Ranma
** In addition, during the manga, Kuno is implied to make two attempts at raping an unconscious Ranma.
** Nabiki sells Ranma as a slave to some yakuza to cover a restaurant debt and is surprised he escaped.
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* ''[[Farscape]]'' started off as a [[Fish Out of Water]] human-stuck-in-space series with a lot of comedy and some rather astute drama subplots. And then [[Darker and Edgier|it got darker]], and [[It Got Worse|darker]], and those dramatic subplots became featured with [[Mind Screw]]... and finally by the [[Peace Keeper]] Wars you have... er... well... [http://www.d2o2.com/pics/galaxy/index.html this. See entry number 3]. However the entire slide from: comedy -> drama emphasis was [[Conspiracy Theorist|too well written to be a accident]], and the show kept [[Growing the Beard]].
* ''[[Poirot]]'' series, after season IX, saw the deletion of regular comic relief characters like [[The Watson|Captain Hastings]], and inclusion of more serious, "dark" themes.
* ''[[
* Notably averted by [[Seinfeld]]. Despite being on the air for almost a decade, it never slid into drama. Not even a [[Very Special Episode]]. Even the series finale was all comedy.
* ''[[The Job]]'' started out as somewhat black comedy, but over the course of the series morphed into something very much like its [[Spiritual Successor]] ''[[Rescue Me]]''.
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* The flash game [http://www.kongregate.com/games/2DArray/viricide Viricide] goes, over the course of the paragraphs that pop up between the 17 waves, from jokes about an AI's malfunctioning doble entandra system, to said AI explaining that her programmer was taking depression meds while working on her, and one day told her he was going to solve all his problems by taking all the pills in the bottle at once instead of taking them two at a time. She never saw him again, but hopes what he did made him feel better.
** {{spoiler|She also goes from referring to her programer as "my programmer" to calling him "my father" and "Dad" and she ask you to [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|disable her "emotional core"]] which gives her a personality}}
* The main [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]] usually makes no attempt to do this, but the ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' and ''[[Mario
** ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' is the only Mario RPG to play the typical [[Grandfather Clause|Bowser kidnapping the princess]] plot straight; the second was already darker, starring an [[Eldritch Abomination]] as a [[Big Bad]]; and then ''Super Paper Mario'' came in, featuring an [[Omnicidal Maniac]], the main characters dying and going to Hell ([[Less Disturbing in Context]]), and [[The End of the World as We Know It]] actually happening.
*** They make a point in-game Mario and the others didn't die. Yes, that's right, [[To Hell and Back|Mario and his partners entered Hell alive and came back to tell the tale]]. (They probably [[Saint Seiya|awoke their 8th sense]]). ''Awesome''.
** ''[[
** The non-RPG games have an undead Bowser and Bowser's risky plot to expand his empire into outer space.
* ''[[Call of Duty]]: World at War'''s [[Nazi Zombies]] mode appears to be suffering from the syndrome.
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