Lighter and Softer/Playing With

Basic Trope: A dark and edgy show has a light-hearted sequel.


 * Straight: A work with dark and gritty elements has a softer and kinder sequel made for fans to like it again.
 * Exaggerated: The remade show is so over the top with its light-heartedness, it's almost diabetic.
 * Justified: The writers didn't want the darker show scare off its audience, so they made a light-hearted sequel to bring its old fans back.
 * The sequel was meant to be a parody of its predecessor.
 * Inverted: Darker and Edgier
 * Subverted: The show appears to have elements of light and softness of a kids' show, but it isn't.
 * Double Subverted: But then, it turns out it is.
 * Parodied: The show remains the same, but suddenly, the characters act like morons and drink tea.
 * Deconstructed: The show is not light-hearted enough for the newer audience to forget about the darker predecessor and many old fans actually liked or loved it and bash on the sequel for being so childish.
 * Reconstructed: The show manages to appease both the newer audience and the older fans, despite being lighter in tone.
 * Zig Zagged: The show has episodes that either have a darker or lighter overtone.
 * Mood Whiplash
 * Averted: The sequel has the same tone of the previous work.
 * Enforced: "We need to make a sequel to this game, but it won't be as dark as the last one."
 * Lampshaded: "Hey, this movie doesn't seem so dreary and drab, like the last one."
 * Invoked: A test audience watches a movie and some of them complain that the movie needs some humor.
 * Defied: "Let's not make the movie too comical or too dramatic."
 * Discussed: "I didn't like this older show. It was too emotional and depressing..."
 * Conversed: "Oh, man, that guy just fell face-first on a pie! Ha-ha!"

Now, let's go back to Lighter and Softer and have some cookies and milk!