Lighter and Softer: Difference between revisions
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* ''[[Day of the Tentacle]]'' is more purely a comedy, as opposed to its predecessor, ''[[Maniac Mansion]]'', which was a horror/sci-fi game with some funny bits.
** Also, unlike the first game, ''DotT'' has no unwinnable scenarios or time limits.
* For the [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] series, this started with ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'', while ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'', the ''[[Sonic Storybook Series]]'', and more recently ''[[Sonic Colors]]'' take it back in this direction after the [[Darker and Edgier]] ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' and the [[It Got Worse|infamous]] ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'' compared to RPGs ''in general'' at the time of its release (originally in 2000 on the Dreamcast, then [[Updated Rerelease|ported in 2003]] for the [[Nintendo GameCube]]) was lighter and softer in its impossibly optimistic and clean-cut protagonist [[Determinator|Vyse]], as opposed to the more (at the time) recent cynical brooding heroes [[Final Fantasy VII|Cloud Strife]] and [[Final Fantasy VIII|Squall Leonhart]], a not-too-overly-complicated plot (it had its dark moments, but even so), and rather simplistic battle system. Because of the amounts of darkness and cynicism that began to dominate, however, this was well-received.
** Taken somewhat further in the U.S Dreamcast release when situations involving drunkenness and a particular near-rape scene involving one of the female protagonists was edited out.
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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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