Subverted Innocence

Writers like to play with our perceptions and subvert our expectations, especially when it comes to the innocent. Things associated with purity, happiness, and joy are frequently warped and twisted into something more sinister, either for humour, drama, or horror. These are the tropes that make you sit back and think, "Well, thanks for ruining my idyllic childhood."

Contrast with Obviously Evil.

Tropes:

 * Abandoned Playground
 * Age Inappropriate Art
 * Bad Humor Truck
 * Bad Santa
 * Backstory Horror
 * Blood-Splattered Innocents
 * Broken Ace
 * Circus of Fear
 * Conditioned to Accept Horror
 * Corruption by a Minor
 * Corrupt the Cutie
 * Crap Saccharine World
 * Creepy Child
 * Creepy Children Singing
 * Creepy Doll
 * Cute and Psycho
 * Deliberately Cute Child
 * Depraved Kids' Show Host
 * The Doll Episode
 * Enfant Terrible
 * Evil Orphan
 * Face of an Angel Mind of a Demon
 * Fractured Fairy Tale
 * From the Mouths of Babes
 * Girl Scouts Are Evil
 * Grotesque Cute
 * Hair-Raising Hare
 * Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
 * Ironic Nursery Tune
 * Killer Rabbit
 * Killer Teddy Bear
 * Knew It All Along
 * Light Is Not Good
 * Little Girls Kick Shins
 * Monster Clown
 * Nightmare Fuel Coloring Book
 * Ominous Music Box Tune
 * Pleasure Island
 * Psychopathic Manchild
 * Pure Is Not Good
 * Razor Apples
 * Stepford Smiler
 * Stepford Suburbia
 * Subverted Kids Show
 * Sugar Apocalypse
 * Super Fun Happy Thing of Doom
 * Fluffy the Terrible
 * Peace and Love Incorporated
 * People's Republic of Tyranny
 * Surprise Creepy
 * Troubling Unchildlike Behavior
 * Uncanny Village
 * Undead Child
 * Yandere