Lighter and Softer: Difference between revisions

== Comicbooks ==

* ''[http://www.spawn.com/features/series30/comic/ The Adventures of Spawn]'' is an online comic series designed to turn [[Spawn]] into a kid-friendly property. Yes, the military assassin who died and went to Hell, then made a [[Deal with the Devil]] in order to return to Earth. That Spawn.

{{quote| "Don't be ridiculous. We would never shoot the Hulk into space!"}}

** What's ironic is that the Mini Marvels comic strips included at the end of the mainstream Marvel universe actually ''parodies'' the shallowness and silliness. The Mini Marvels strips point out how the stories taken seriously are [[Narm|much more ridiculous]] than their Lighter and Softer counterpart.

** To say nothing of the comic version Starfire's [[Most Common Superpower|character design]]...

* The 1994 [[Re Boot]] of ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (Comic Book)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]''. Over the previous decade, the comic had been hemorrhaging readers for years, having gone from happy young superheroes in a bright and shiny future to cynical adults struggling to hold society together (and the insanely complex [[Continuity Snarl]] that came about after ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]''. So, the comic started over at the beginning with a focus on youth and idealism. (It got [[Darker and Edgier]] again when [[Dan Abnett]] and Andy Lanning took over writing duties years later, but that's another story.)

 

 

** The Earlier versions of codex was essentially one huge Satire, and then the American teenagers bought it into the GRIMDARK and well...it got darker.

* The spinoff trilogy of the ''[[Petaybee]]'' books, featuring [[Action Girl]] Yanaba Maddock's children, are far less dark than the originals.

* ''[[Fate of the Jedi]]'' fits this trope. Yes, there's Force psychosis, an [[Eldritch Abomination]], and attempts on the Solo family's lives in order to discredit not one but two heads of state, but when you consider Legacy of the Force had a teenage boy join the GFFA equivalent of the Hitler Youth, consider cannibalism, almost fall to [[The Dark Side]], lose his mother (which drives his father into a deep depression, contemplating suicide), and be tortured, molested, and forced to watch his mentor figure die, yeah.

** [[Young Jedi Knights]]. Just ... Young Jedi Knights.

* ''[[The Superhero Squad Show]]'', like the toyline it comes from, manages to include ''[[The Punisher]]''. How does that work, you ask? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XoRGgpF2qc Like this].

* ''[[Batman Beyond]]'''s spin off show ''[[The Zeta Project]]'' is much cuter and softer than what it was spun off from. MUCH. They also redesigned Zeta to be much more human-looking without even a [[Hand Wave]]. When Batman shows up in a [[Crossover]] episode, he doesn't mention that Zeta looks different than he remembers.

* During production, the crew behind ''[[Robotomy]]'' had to constantly be reminded that the show was airing in primetime, and so not to go ''too much'' toward [[Adult Swim]] content.

* G1 ''[[My Little Pony]]'' could be summed up as "Disney Princesses visit [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Sunnydale]]", as it featured very cutesy pastel-colored pony girls getting routinely threatened by horrible monsters.<ref>It should be noted that the original Pilot special was considerably darker then the G1 series.</ref> Follow-up Series ''My Little Pony Tales'' dropped the monsters and the magic, and turned it into a teen drama/comedy set in a quaint little town of near-anthropomorphic ponies. The G3 series, however, goes full-blown [[Sugar Bowl]], to the point of [[Tastes Like Diabetes]] sickening sweetness. The new ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' series thankfully dials it back a bit, finding a happy medium between cute slice-of-life comedy and adventure and danger.