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Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]] in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
* As far as [[Pixar]] movies go, only [[Monsters, Inc.|one franchise so far]] hasn't involved at least one death, but ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' and ''[[The Incredibles]]'' are considered to be among their darkest.
** As mentioned in the page quotation, ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' 3 is considered [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNzb79IQObk much] darker than the first two, as well as unusually dark for a [[Pixar]] movie. This is one of the more [[Justified]] examples, though, since the concepts introduced earlier in the series leave room for [[Fridge Horror]]. The third has a darker feel because it [[Ascended Fridge Horror|calls attention to a fair bit of said fridge horror]]. That, and it's a [[Prison Episode]] rife with disturbing elements like [[Killer Rabbit|sadistic teddy bears]] and [[Cymbal-Banging Monkey|cymbal banging monkeys]]. Considering the time gap in between each movie's theatrical release, this seems somewhat appropriate. It's almost as if Pixar directed the film at an older audience who grew up on the older films. The way ''Toy Story 3'' ended, it felt like Pixar wanted to give the now Teen/Young Adult audience of the first movie some closure on the series they came to love when they were kids.
** Before ''[[Toy Story 3]]'', there was ''[[The Incredibles]]'', with gun violence, [[Electric Torture]], [[Interrupted Suicide|suicide attempts]], large-scale destruction, bad guys who [[Would Hurt a Child]], and "[[Anti-Hero|good guys]]" who run from the police and lie to their own families, all in the same film. [[Brad Bird]]'s history of working on ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' really comes through in the style and tone of ''[[The Incredibles]]''.
{{quote|"Really, really little kids should not see this movie. They should wait till they get older. We're getting some reactions from people who were disappointed that their 4-year old was a little freaked out by it. Well, I don't want to compromise the intensity in order to please a 4-year old."}}
** Pixar's twelfth film ''[[Brave]]'' is said to be darker than the previous Pixar entries.
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** ''[[The Black Cauldron]]'' was known for its use of darker fantasy concepts, such as the undead, and was the first [[Disney Animated Canon]] movie to get a PG rating.
** Disney's ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', despite getting a G rating, may very well be the darkest movie of the [[Disney Animated Canon]]. The whole story is driven by the villain's sexual obsession with one of the female protagonists, and a number of darker themes - including lust and [[The Fundamentalist|religious fanaticism]] - are shown. Well, you can watch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwnh-sxaBwk the first five and a half minutes of it] and see for yourself. It's still [[Lighter and Softer]] than [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (novel)|the original book]] by far, though.
** While not as extreme as the above, ''[[The Lion King]]'' is considered darker than most Disney movies; it involved {{spoiler|the villain successfully killing one of the good guys [[Killed Off for Real|for real]]}}, and clearly subverted [[Never Say "Die"]]. It also dealt rather bluntly with issues like mass starvation. [[Roger Ebert]] notably stated that Lion King [https://web.archive.org/web/20051114100506/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=
*** Even in comparison to the first movie, the sequel is perhaps ''even darker''. Its [[Villain Song]] is considered much more intense than that of the first, subjects like child abuse and war are dealt with much more bluntly, and the violence is both heavier and more frequent.
* ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (animation)|How to Train Your Dragon]]'' wasn't ''that'' dark or edgy, but it was more serious compared to [[DreamWorks]]' other animated films. And it's still [[Darker and Edgier]] compared to the book it was based on.
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* ''[[Digimon X Evolution]]''. When Digimon die, they actually leave their corpses behind, the hero has an attack called "All Delete", and previous heroes are ruthless killers.
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