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* ''[[9 Chickweed Lane]]'' started life in 1993 as a gag-a-day strip about 3 generations of females and their daily experiences. It has since become a piercing look at personal relationships and the human condition, with its recent "mega-arc" - encompassing the lives of many people - lasting several years.
** Or, as a commenter on the [http://joshreads.com/?p=6827 Comics Curmudgeon blog puts it...]
* ''[[For Better or For Worse]]'', although that has turned around somewhat as Lynn Johnston has essentially done a [[
* While the initial issues of Archie's ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures]]'' remained somewhat close to its cartoon source in tone, the series eventually got progressively more serious, with multiple deaths, more introspective stories, and even a scene showing [[Adolf Hitler]]'s suicide.
* ''[[Doonesbury]]'' always had a political element, but in its first couple of years in national syndication it was mostly a light-hearted strip about college life (continuing where Garry Trudeau's work at Yale left off). Once [[Richard Nixon|Watergate]] happened it focused more and more on politics. On top of that it became more of a serial strip, and even introduced [[Anyone Can Die]] to the comics page.
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** A lot of the disgruntled fans apparently weren't paying attention—Glenn Eichler stated during an interview that they started pushing the show in this direction during Season 3.
** It could also be counted as a meta example when you consider that ''Daria'' was a [[Spin-Off]] of ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]''. Watching later seasons, it can be hard to tell that the show spun off from something containing the line [[Toilet Humour|"I am the Great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole!"]]
* ''[[
* The fourth (and for about four years, final) season of ''[[Futurama]]'' dipped in this territory. While still overall episodic and comedic, "The Why of Fry" revealed that there had been a subtly done "arc" all along, and episodes like "Jurassic Bark" and "Leela's Homeworld" were outright tear jerkers.
** A common belief is that a lot of the emotional episodes were produced because the writers weren't sure which episode would end up being aired by FOX as the finale.
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