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This is what happens when the story or themes behind a cartoon, [[Comics]], or such don't match their art style. It can be intentional (a specific way for the author to get their point across) or unintentional, in which case it is often jarring. It is often used to portray [[Show Within a Show|a work of fiction within another]], so the audience doesn't mistake it for "reality". In such instances, [[Stylistic Suck]] may come into play.
Can be a sub-trope of [[Mood Dissonance]], and is itself the supertrope of [[Grotesque Cute]].
Compare with [[Crap Saccharine World]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Barefoot Gen]]''. It looks like a Saturday Morning Cartoon in the vein of ''[[Astro Boy (
* Some have said that the contrast between the [[Moe]] art and the bloody psychological horror plot is part of what makes ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
** It's even worse in the original visual novels for ''[[When They Cry]]''. The [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030202006/http://2disbetterthan3d.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/rena31.jpg art] [http://www.uk-anime.net/images/higurashi-shots.jpg style] can best be described as "Weird looking chibi-[[Puni Plush]]". Hard to imagine that cute little style is from one of the darkest series to come out of Japan in [[The Noughties]].
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica
* The anime adaptation of ''[[Violinist of Hameln]]'', originally a parody manga, removes all the humor and plays the [[Dysfunction Junction]] for its full angst value, but keeps the art style.
* ''[[Kaiba]]'', Just look at the page picture, then look at the trope list.
* ''[[
* ''[[Gundam AGE]]'', infamous for having a part of a kiddish cartoony art style with the tone of the story remaining dark and mature. '''[[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgement|FURTHER EXPLANATIONS NEED NOT APPLY.]]'''
* ''[[Cromartie High School]]'' has a very sharp-edged, heavily-shaded style that makes it look like a fighting anime in the vein of ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''. It's actually a high school sketch comedy, [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|even if they still react to everything as seriously as an action series would.]]
* ''[[Now and Then, Here
* ''[[Chirin no Suzu]]'' looks like a cute children's movie and, while it [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?|is a children's movie]], it is very dark.
* Can hit ''[[
== [[
* ''[[Maus]]''. Holocaust
* ''Batman: Black & White'', being all about the artistic experiments, had a few of these. One issue had a very dark, horrifying Two-Face story illustrated by Bruce Timm in the cartoony style he developed for ''[[Batman: The Animated Series
* Much of [[Jason Shiga]]'s comics have a serious tone that contrasts with his cartoony artwork. His characters are big-eyed and usually have [[Generic Cuteness]]; his plots involve [[Bus Stop|searches for missing parents]], [[Double Happiness|gang wars]], [[Fleep|terrorism]], [[Bookhunter|over-the-top police action]], or [[Meanwhile|the death of every human on Earth]].
* ''[[
* ''[[
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Harvest Moon]]: A Wonderful Life''. It's probably the darkest game in the entire series, dealing with some fairly deep thematic stuff (like aging, losing one's friends, cheating, etcetra). But it still has the same cuddly, [[Puni Plush]] aesthetic as the other games.
** In addition, ''Harvest Moon 64'' and ''Harvest Moon: Back to Nature'' qualify. They have simplistic, childlike character models and cutesy anime character portraits... which appear in games dealing with alcoholism, implied abuse, stagnating marriages, abandonment (parent abandoning child, in particular), and death.
* ''[[
* Similarly, ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** It should be noted that ''Conker: Twelve Tales'' was originally going to be a family-friendly game, not too dissimilar from ''Conker's Pocket Tales'', but then Rare caught on that it would've been too similar to their own ''[[Banjo
** ''[[Banjo
* ''[[
* Intentionally done in ''[[Yggdra Union]]'', where Kiyuduki Satoko's [[Puni Plush]] art style helps to conceal the dark nature of the game until [[Wham! Episode|the player gets whacked in the face with it]].
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* ''Raze's Hell'' features mostly cutesy art... since you play as a monster bent on fighting the [[Cute Is Evil|cuddly]] [[Evil Army]] bent on [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?|destroying ugly creatures]].
* ''[[Bastion]]'' looks like a [[Sugar Apocalypse]] at first, but it eventually becomes clear that the world (or at least the main character's nation) was pretty messed up even before the Calamity.
* This is one of the criticisms often aimed at the ''[[Battalion Wars]]'' games: Their art style is [[War Has Never Been So Much Fun|a little too cute for the combat involved]], but not quite cute enough for the characterization of the units and commanders.
* ''[[
* ''[[Corpse Party]]'' is drawn with cutesy anime characters but the game itself is mostly about people being murdered in a gory, horrible and bloody way. {{spoiler|Lets see, the characters in story can die from suffocated by a malicious ghost, forced to cut out their own tongue, buried alive, cut in half, have their ribs broken and their lungs pierced with them, have their eyes torn out, they can let their best friend drown, accidentally smash her to pieces with the pool drain, get stabbed with scissors, mauled to death, and best of all trapped in a time warp that forces them to relive the nightmare again and again!}}
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''
* ''[[
* ''[[Kit N Kay Boodle]]'' is drawn in a cute cartoon style, yet features near constant furry sex. Many readers find this [[Nightmare Fuel|extremely jarring]].
* ''[[Sonichu]]''. This incredibly-disturbing webcomic has art that looks like it was drawn by an elementary-schooler. Of course, this is because its creator is [[Giftedly Bad]].
* ''[[Kagerou]]'' starts out this way, with extremely bright colors and cartoonish art contrasted against the dark plot and tendency towards gore. Eventually, though, the art [[Art Evolution|evolves]] into a more realistic but still brightly coloured style.
* ''[[
* ''[[Purple Pussy]]'' is a super cutesy drawn webcomic for girls... featuring an unending supply of [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster F Bombs]] and [[Toilet Humor]] that will burn your eyes out.
* ''[[Wondermark]]'' is a [[Cut and Paste Comic]] made from sophisticated Victorian art. The jokes tend to be either very silly observations on modern neurotics to very silly poop jokes.
* ''[[Niels]]'' has the same cutesy style as ''[[Scandinavia and The World]]'' by the same author, despite having much darker subject matter. The author's [[Love and Tentacles|third comic]] is in a different style, so this is clearly a deliberate choice.
* Come on. ''[[Married to The Sea]]'', anyone?
* ''[[
* ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[South Park]]''.
* ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]''.
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', to a degree. It sometimes wants to be taken seriously as an action cartoon, but its stylized design, reminiscent of ''[[The Fairly
* The same goes for ''[[The Spectacular Spider
* While cartoons aimed at more adult audiences are not really all that unusual today, when ''[[The Simpsons]]'' first aired in 1989 it raised many eyebrows. This is because audiences were so used to the [[Animation Age Ghetto]] that adult animation seems bizarre and ironic.
* ''[[
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