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** It's a show for preteens and kids, on networks solely for kids and it gets an episode that parodies various [[Comedy Central]](!) shows. Especially notable is the ''[[South Park]]'' segment.
* This (and the fact it was not [[Merchandise-Driven]]) was what killed ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]''. Gaylord (one of the production companies) wanted to attract the 7-12 year old demographic, but the show's more mature tone and [[Character Development]] attracted an audience of teenagers and young adults - [[Merchandise-Driven|not the type who would beg parents for toys]]. Mix this with [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]] (the series did better in Latin America, the UK, and Germany) and Gaylord wasn't going to touch the idea of a second season.
* Many a ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers|Galaxy Rangers]]'' fan (then in their
* ''[[Animaniacs]]'' intentionally invoked this trope; it was marketed to kids, but was also intended for adults, with [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] and old pop culture references in nearly every episode. Yet, it had enough [[Slapstick]] and [[Toilet Humor]] alongside the [[Parental Bonus]] to keep the kiddies entertained, which is probably ''part'' of the reason it outlived many similar shows.
** Same with ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', which has a huge fanbase of both younger and older fans, and lasted about the same as Animaniacs did.
** ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' is pretty much an inversion, especially when they got their own [[Spin-Off]] on Sunday evenings. ''[[Animaniacs]]'' for all its '''brilliant''' [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|adult humor]] and [[Parent Service]] still had ''lots'' of slapstick and anvils dropping on people in every episode. And yes, Pinky's idiocy, catchphrases, and the show's occasional physical violence (against Pinky, usually) was there to keep the kids entertained. But practically everything the Brain said ([[Maurice LaMarche|as well as the fact that the voice actor is doing]] [[Orson Welles]]), ''and'' the pop culture references, ''and'' the often ''very'' scathing political and social commentary of the show, AND even the occasional [[Take That]] at the younger viewers, all possibly leads one to believe that the show was really a program for parents that kids would watch and not get 90% of what was going on (making the kids the Periphery Demographic). And even in Pinky's case, the "Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?" exchanges eventually got extremely out of a child's comprehension. I for one wonder if the failed ''[[Pinky, Elmyra
* ''[[Veggie Tales]]'' has fans who are neither children nor religious. The copious cultural-reference [[Parental Bonus]]es probably help.
* ''Little Howard's Big Question'' is an example of this, possibly due to "Big Howard" Howard Read being a rather excellent "grown up" stand-up comedian.
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