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{{trope}}
[[File:Diablo1-3 sm.jpg|link=Diablo (series)|frame| "You maniacs! You ruined it!"]]
{{quote|''"We're gonna fly to school each morning, we're gonna smile the entire time,''
''We're gonna be more happy, we're gonna finally be fine!''
''We're gonna get more calm and normal, we're gonna fix our state of mind,''
''We're gonna be less crazy, we're gonna finally be fine!"''|''[[Community]]'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}nT89wX6_Fig Season 3 opening]}}
The [[Different As Night and Day]] twin of [[Darker and Edgier]], when something is [[Tone Shift]]ed to be more kid friendly and frothy than the original source. This can either happen to a show over time, or it can be the result of [[Disneyfication]]. It may also be done purposefully if it's felt that the series has been getting overly dark. Thus, a Lighter And Softer installment may often follow one which made a point of being Darker And Edgier. Finally, if an adult or more serious TV show or movie has a spin-off aimed at children, this can be the result.
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Compare [[Bowdlerise]], [[Disneyfication]], [[Menace Decay]], [[Sequel Difficulty Drop]], [[WAFF]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* The three [[OAV]]s of ''[[Gunsmith Cats]]'', in addition to telling their own storyline rather than risking trying to adopt the manga storyline, also toned a lot of things down. May Hopkin's status as an underaged child prostitute and her [[Fantastic Arousal|sexual fetish for explosions and the scent of gunpowder]], Rally Vincent's tendency to stop her opponents by blowing off their [[Fingore|fingers]] or arms, the firepower of May's handgrenades, the general copious amounts of death, all of it went out the window. It is still pretty violent, though.
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* The [[Image]] comic book [[Wild CATS]] is very violent, dark and cynical. By contrast, the [[Wild CATS]] cartoon is more standard superhero fare.
* The second season of ''[[Superjail]]'' at least compared to the first. Characters are more humanized and sympathetic and less wantonly cruel, and this includes the inmates. Make no mistake that it's still a [[Gorn]] series, but less randomly cruel than in the first season.
* ''[[The Problem Solverz]]'' was originally pitched to [[Adult Swim]] and was much more random and surreal than the [[Cartoon Network]] series. Now the show is quite toned down and focuses more on the episode plots instead of arbitrary [[
* ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'' had an animated series, where the killer, man-eating plant was now friendly and tried to help the main character, and the psychotic sadistic dentist was a school yard bully who stole lunch money and food from Seymour.
* ''[[Baby Looney Tunes]]'', being a [[Spinoff Babies]] version of ''[[Looney Tunes]]'', is built on this.
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