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** ''CrapsackWorld/TheSimpsons''

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* A ''[[RuleOfFunny comedic]]'' Crapsack World is PlayedForLaughs and is made up of [[LethallyStupid idiots]], [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]], {{Butt Monkey}}s, [[TheChewToy Chew Toys]] and the occasional OnlySaneMan, with plenty of ComedicSociopathy to go around. The "upside" is that it's usually [[SatireParodyPastiche parodic]] and [[CrossesTheLineTwice funny in its extremes]]. Though people die left and right, it likely has NegativeContinuity to facilitate the inhabitants' suffering. [[BlackComedy Black comedies]] and [[SadistShow Sadist shows]] are often set here. May be a CrapsaccharineWorld, a WorldOfJerkass, or a WorldGoneMad. Examples: ''{{VideoGame/Borderlands}}'', ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'', ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', and ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021''. ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' is [[BlatantLies not an example of this in the slightest.]]

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* A ''[[RuleOfFunny comedic]]'' Crapsack World is PlayedForLaughs and is made up of [[LethallyStupid idiots]], [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]], {{Butt Monkey}}s, [[TheChewToy Chew Toys]] and the occasional OnlySaneMan, with plenty of ComedicSociopathy to go around. The "upside" is that it's usually [[SatireParodyPastiche parodic]] and [[CrossesTheLineTwice funny in its extremes]]. Though people die left and right, it likely has NegativeContinuity to facilitate the inhabitants' suffering. [[BlackComedy Black comedies]] and [[SadistShow Sadist shows]] are often set here. May be a CrapsaccharineWorld, a WorldOfJerkass, or a WorldGoneMad. Examples: ''{{VideoGame/Borderlands}}'', ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'', ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021'', and ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021''. ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' is [[BlatantLies not an example of this in the slightest.]]''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}''.



** ''CrapsackWorld/FamilyGuy''
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* An ''[[StatusQuoIsGod immutable]]'' Crapsack World has agony InherentInTheSystem, both physically and metaphysically, and cannot be saved or made a better place. Trying to break TheCorruption [[StatusQuoIsGod will instead always result]] in [[DownerEnding it winning]], often [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu breaking every bone in your body in the process]], and any positive changes that you try to make will ultimately be torn down and revealed to be AllForNothing -- or, even worse, they will only succeed in [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making things even worse for you and the people that you were trying to help]], and/or [[GambitRoulette even accomplish whatever the villains wanted in the first place]]. Examples: ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Literature/Fahrenheit451'', ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', ''Literature/XeeleeSequence'', ''Franchise/DeadSpace'', ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'', ''Franchise/{{Devilman}}'', ''VideoGame/{{LISA}}'', ''Website/SCPFoundation'', the ''[[Creator/ProjectMoon Project Mooniverse]]'', the ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'', most ''Series/BlackMirror'' settings, and any non-LovecraftLite [[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror Fiction]] in general.

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* An ''[[StatusQuoIsGod immutable]]'' Crapsack World has agony InherentInTheSystem, both physically and metaphysically, and cannot be saved or made a better place. Trying to break TheCorruption [[StatusQuoIsGod will instead always result]] in [[DownerEnding it winning]], often [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu breaking every bone in your body in the process]], and any positive changes that you try to make will ultimately be torn down and revealed to be AllForNothing -- or, even worse, they will only succeed in [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making things even worse for you and the people that you were trying to help]], and/or [[GambitRoulette even accomplish whatever the villains wanted in the first place]]. Examples: ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Literature/Fahrenheit451'', ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', ''Literature/XeeleeSequence'', ''Franchise/DeadSpace'', ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'', ''Franchise/{{Devilman}}'', ''VideoGame/{{LISA}}'', ''Website/SCPFoundation'', the ''[[Creator/ProjectMoon Project Mooniverse]]'', Creator/ProjectMoon universe, the ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'', most ''Series/BlackMirror'' settings, and any non-LovecraftLite [[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror Fiction]] in general.

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