History Main / OutOfGenreExperience

* The second ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' OVA, which is based on the manga's "fake previews", takes the point of view of the supporting 104th trainees, and is meant to be much more comedic and nonsensical than the rest of the series.

** ''Film/RogueOne'' is a ''Film/TheDirtyDozen''-style war movie against the backdrop of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' SpaceOpera setting.
*** The final minutes of the film feel like something out of a horror movie as [[spoiler:Vader boards the Rebel capital ship and slaughters any rebel troopers in his way while trying to recover the stolen Death Star plans.]]

** Until the final chapters, ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' is pretty much a RomanticComedy occasionally punctuated by fact-finding trips into Dumbledore's pensieve. This was only played up in [[Film/HarryPotter the movie]], which eliminated most of the pensieve adventures. Notably, the filmmakers added the attack on the Burrow because they thought some action was needed in the middle part of the story.

** Somewhat downplayed in that the space aliens are supposed to look like devils, and that science-fiction elements were in the intro to the game (and that ''all'' the previous games in the series had major science-fiction elements towards the end of the game). Of course, wetsuit-wearing quarrelling visitors doesn't necessarily lead to wielding blaster rifles in [[spoiler: a raid on a submerged spaceship protected by robots]]...

** There's also the sudden change to rail shooter near the end.

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' is pretty much a straight Bioware RPG SpaceOpera. Commander Shepard wanders around the galaxy performing quests and beating up bad guys. Then there are two quests worth of downloadable content which turn the game temporarily into a heist movie and a detective movie respectively, with the appropriate mood, camera work, and tropes.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': We're all familiar with the classic Batman episode formula. Classic Bat rogue hatches zany scheme related to their particular motif, some detective work, track to abandoned factory, defeat. Several episodes in the series departed rather drastically from this pattern:[[note]]Though, that said, they wouldn't be too out of place in the ''comics'', where pretty much anything goes.[[/note]]
** Basically any episode that features advanced technology, like robots or gene-splicing, comes off as sci-fi to the point of being out of place in the dark deco FilmNoir setting.

* In the eighth episode of ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'', Edward becomes very determined to solve the mystery pertaining to a serial killer. Things get very ''Manga/CaseClosed''-y very fast. Especially funny because the villain in the episode (Barry the Chopper) is voiced by the same actor as Jimmy Kudo in the English dub.

** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' plays like a thriller with the Harry and the gang being on the run from the Wizarding government, which has been taken over by Voldemort and his followers. [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Part 1 of the film adaptation ups the thriller aspect to 11.]]

** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' plays like a thriller with the Harry and the gang being on the run from the government, which has been taken over by Voldemort and his followers. [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Part 1 of the film adaptation ups the thriller aspect to 11.]]

** Then there's ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' =eschews space opera and political intrigue in favor of a half-hour diversion into a sports film, which is only tangentially connected to what came before.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' has "Space Race", the two-part finale of the third season, which stands out for being a full-on ScienceFiction story about a mutiny on a space station and [[spoiler:a plot to colonize Mars]] in a [[WorkCom workplace comedy]] about [[SpyFiction spies]]. Justified as it's a direct spoof of [[Film/{{Moonraker}} a specific James Bond film]] that was also an example of this trope.
** The 8th season was also an [[ExaggeratedTrope entire season]] that is straight-up FilmNoir, justified as being Archer's [[AdventuresInComaland coma dream.]] It's also [[CerebusSyndrome considerably more dramatic]] than the rest of the series.
** The 9th season continued this trope with a shift to classic 1930s pulp adventure for Archer's next coma dream, although this was closer in tone to the first seven seasons of the show than the eighth season was.
** The 10th season did this a third time for Archer's last coma dream with a shift to much harder ScienceFiction than the Season 3 "Space Race" two-parter, complete with alien pirates, space gladiators, black holes, and its version of the villain Barry being a full killer robot with no human features whatsoever aside from having the same voice as the previous human Barrys. It was darker than Season 9, but lighter than Season 8.
** Other non-spy genres for the "coma dream" seasons that series creator Adam Reed considered included the Old West, HighFantasy, ZombieApocalypse, Biblical epic, and even a classic sitcom style reminiscent of Series/Cheers set at an Applebee's-style restaurant called "Archerbee's."

** They even lampshaded their pre-finale summation episode; when the Gaang takes a break from training to go see a play based on their previous adventures, Sokka comments that this exactly the kind of random time-wasting activity he misses since the show shifted to more serious and plot-driven episodes.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' episode "Schoolworld" adds sci-fi to the SliceOfLife comedy.
** The [[WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut theatrical film]] goes into the territory of spy thrillers and 1960s counter-culture, among others, to the point of being a GenreBusting.

* In the eighth episode of ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'', Edward becomes very determined to solve the mystery pertaining to a serial killer. Things get very Manga/CaseClosed-y very fast. Especially funny because the villain in the episode (Barry the Chopper) is voiced by the same actor as Jimmy Kudo in the English dub.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is a [[GenreDeconstruction desconstructive]] DarkerAndEdgier HumongousMecha show. In episode 26 there is an alternate reality sequence where all the characters are in a SliceOfLife [[HighSchoolAU school comedy]]. Amazingly this scene became the basis for a SpinOff manga, ''Manga/NeonGenesisEvangelionAngelicDays''.
* Most of the ''Manga/OnePiece'' movies are action-adventures (usually with with a LighterAndSofter tone than the manga due to being [[NonSerialMovie non-serial movies]]), but ''Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland'' is [[DarkerAndEdgier much closer to a horror]].
** Also while most of the show is a colorful, goofy, fantastical action series, during the [[BreakingTheFellowship Straw Hat Separation Arc]] [[AdventurerArchaeologist Robin]] ends up on a gloomy, grey ocean spanning bridge where cruel guards abuse the slaves who are building the bridge. The scenes are cold, grey, humorless and brutal.

* ComicBook/{{Fables}} did this for the first few storylines (corresponding to the trades). The first one is a murder mystery. The second is a political thriller. The third is a caper (even lampshaded as such). The fourth is a spy/war story.

* Creator/LuisBunuel and Creator/SalvadorDali's {{surrealis|m}}t art film ''L'Âge d'Or'' starts as a brief NatureDocumentary on scorpions before transitioning into... [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible whatever the hell the rest of the film is about]]
* Not only are none of the ''Film/{{Troll|1986}}'' films connected, but they also can't seem to decide on a genre within the films themselves. The first film doesn't know whether it wants to be a horror film or a fantasy adventure, with ''Film/Troll2'' and ''Troll 3'' (aka ''The Creepers'') it's hard to tell whether they were supposed to be straight horror films or horror comedies, and with the other ''Troll 3'' (aka ''Quest for the Mighty Sword'') it's hard to tell whether it's supposed to be a straight fantasy adventure or partly a comedy.

* ''Film/RogueOne'' is a ''Film/TheDirtyDozen''-style war movie against the backdrop of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' SpaceOpera setting.
** The final minutes of the film feel like something out of a horror movie as [[spoiler:Vader boards the Rebel capital ship and slaughters any rebel troopers in his way while trying to recover the stolen Death Star plans]].
** Then there's ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' which eschews space opera and political intrigue in favor of a half-hour diversion into a sports film, which is only tangentially connected to what came before.

* In ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' (The 1971 film); One of the scenes in the "Wonkamania" (everybody on Earth going crazy over getting Wonka bars to find the Golden Ticket) montage is basically a straight-up Police Procedural Show scene where detectives are trying to rescue a distraught woman's husband who was kidnapped for ransom [[note]]It becomes ComicallySerious when the ransom turns out to be a case of Wonka bars and upon hearing that, the woman calmly asks "How long will they give me to think it over?"[[/note]].

* ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' was this to the ''Film/JamesBond'' franchise. It was hardly the first Bond film to add ''some'' science fiction elements but never before had the franchise sent 007 into space and had the big climatic battle sequence fought by astronauts armed with energy weapons reminiscent of ''Franchise/StarWars'', which was not a coincidence as ''A New Hope'' had been released relatively recently. It was a very unsubtle attempt to FollowTheLeader that did the film no favours with critics.

* The Literature/NeroWolfe novels and stories are usually murder-mysteries. One exception to this is ''The Black Mountain'', which revolves around Wolfe's best friend and daughter being murdered by Soviet agents and forcing Wolfe to travel to his native Montenegro to locate the killer. While it still hinges on a murder, the novel is more of an adventure story with elements of a Cold War spy thriller.

* ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' the source material for WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends; does this with one of the last books the creator Rev. Awdry wrote (along with his brother George), ''The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways.'' The book has extensive history on Sodor from its Medieval to present day history, hotel recommendations, history on great engineering works, guides on religious sites, archeological discoveries, [[TheNeedForMead mead]] guides, and of course a detailed breakdown of railway history in the region. Many consider the book an awesome moment of [[ShownTheirWork showing off research from Awdry]], but considering the [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsAllEnginesGo light hearted goofy fare his characters are now famous for]] it is certainly a bit of a genre departure.

* Music/TechN9ne's "Devil Boy" jumps from HipHop to ThrashMetal for one-line:
-->Y'all act like I'm sayin'
-->[[MetalScream I LOVE]] [[{{Satan}} LUCIFER]] [[MetalScream I WILL KILL ALL OF YOU]]
** Also, the ''Therapy'' EP. The EP switches from his normal style of hip-hop, to (of all things), NuMetal. Justified since it was produced by [[Music/{{Korn}} Ross Robinson]].

* Invoked with ''Theatre/DerRosenkavalier''. After composing ''Salome'' and ''Elektra'', two extremely dark tragedies that pushed a lot of boundaries both in terms of story and music and were very popular with the around ten people who could see what he was trying to do, Richard Strauss decided that his next opera was going to be a light, fun crowd-pleaser that would appeal to a broad audience and bring in some much-needed money.

* A certain village in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' puts you right into a Spaghetti Western (or a light-gun FPS, depending how you play it).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' has "Space Race", the two-part finale of the third season, which stands out for being a full-on ScienceFiction story about a mutiny on a space station and [[spoiler: a plot to colonize Mars]] in a [[WorkCom workplace comedy]] about [[SpyFiction spies]]. Justified as it's a direct spoof of [[Film/{{Moonraker}} a specific James Bond film]] that was also an example of this trope.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has a couple of episodes like this. "Zuko Alone" is a random Western, complete with a ShowdownAtHighNoon. "The Beach" is a random TeenDrama, complete with {{Fanservice}} and a WildTeenParty. "The Puppetmaster" is a horror, conveniently aired near Halloween.
** They even lampshaded their pre-finale summation episode; when the Gaang takes a break from training to go see a play based on their previous adventures, Sokka comments that this exactly the kind of random time-wasting activity he misses since the show shifted to more serious and plot-driven/driving episodes.

* Most of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' is a supernatural-themed show, but any episode with [[TimeTravel Blendin Blandin]] is much straighter sci-fi.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' episode "Schoolworld" adds sci-fi to the slice of life comedy.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'' for the most part juggles action, comedy, and utterly gratuitous {{Fanservice}}, with 5 of the 6 vignettes putting a bit more emphasis on one of the three. And then there's "B-17", a brief but potent serving of triple-distilled NightmareFuel about a damaged WWII bomber succumbing to a small-scale ZombieApocalypse, with ''zero'' campiness and no giant boobies anywhere to be seen.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'' for the most part juggles action, comedy, and utterly gratuitous {{Fanservice}}, with 5 of the 6 vignettes putting a bit more emphasis on one of the three. And then there's "B-17", a brief but potent serving of triple-distilled NightmareFuel about a damaged WWII bomber succumbing to a small-scale ZombieApocalyse, with ''zero'' campiness and no giant boobies anywhere to be seen.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': We're all familiar with the classic Batman episode formula. Classic Bat rogue hatches zany scheme related to their particular motif, some detective work, track to abandoned factory, defeat. Several episodes in the series departed rather drastically from this pattern [[note]] Though, that said, they wouldn't be too out of place in the ''comics'', where pretty much anything goes [[/note]]:
** "Heart of Steel" features Bats fighting a computer (made by a well-meaning futurist) whose plot is to replace the entire species with {{Robot Me}}s.
** Basically any episode that features advanced technology, like robots or gene-splicing, comes off as sci-fi to the point of being out of place in the dark deco FilmNoir setting.

* Not only are none of the ''Film/{{Troll}}'' films connected, but they also can't seem to decide on a genre within the films themselves. The first film doesn't know whether it wants to be a horror film or a fantasy adventure, with ''{{Film/Troll 2}}'' and ''Troll 3'' (aka ''The Creepers'') it's hard to tell whether they were supposed to be straight horror films or horror comedies, and with the other ''Troll 3'' (aka ''Quest for the Mighty Sword'') it's hard to tell whether it's supposed to be a straight fantasy adventure or partly a comedy.

* Likewise, "Pierrot Le Fou" in ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' is an out-of-place horror episode, but replaces zombies with a super-powered PsychopathicManchild killer.

** Before then, ''Film/LiveandLetDie'' was the franchise's response to the popularity of {{Blaxploitation}}. Bond is sent against a Caribbean dictator/American drug kingpin who isn't out to TakeOverTheWorld, but is instead out to corner the American illegal drug market; unlike many other villains in the franchise, he's actually quite competent and comes damn close to succeeding at his plans. Not only that, but he's also got an underling who may or may not be the infamous Baron Samedi and is [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane implied to have actual magic powers]] -- something never seen before or since. There's also Sheriff J.W. Pepper, [[GenreRefugee who seems like he came straight out of]], say, a Creator/BurtReynolds movie than a Bond film.

* ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' was this to the Film/JamesBond franchise. It was hardly the first Bond film to add ''some'' science fiction elements but never before had the franchise sent 007 into space and had the big climatic battle sequence fought by astronauts armed with energy weapons reminiscent of ''Franchise/StarWars'', which was not a coincidence as ''A New Hope'' had been released relatively recently. It was a very unsubtle attempt to FollowTheLeader that did the film no favours with critics.

* Given what it's [[BoundAndGagged normally]] [[{{Ecchi}} like]], seeing ''Manga/NanaToKaoru'' briefly turn into a high school sports manga is unexpected. The heroine and her rival ''are'' on their separate school's track teams, though.

** Happens as early as ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' where you infiltrate the Gerudo Fortress, having to avoid guards and stunning them with your bow/hookshot and freeing prisoners covertly. And a simplified preview of this genre shift earlier in the same game, when young Link has to sneak past Hyrule Castle guards to meet up with Princess Zelda.
** The same type of genre change happens with greater work put into it to change the tone and gameplay later on, with ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' having it as early as the first dungeon and removing your sword. The tone also feels completely different from the rest of the game, being dark and dank, and you'll find yourself moving slowly, crouching, sidling along walls and hiding inside barrels a la the box from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. You also have to take out the searchlight operators in order to be able to move on.
** While ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' has elements of the stealth genre in the Silent Realm segments, the true example of this trope is the visit to the Eldin Volcano during the Song Of The Hero quest, where upon entry the volcano explodes, Link is captured and all his items are taken from him. He has to slowly sneak around the newly instated enemy camp and retrieve his items and has to use the ones he gets back to help him get the other ones as if they were gadgets like in a true stealth-action game.
** While ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' lets the player use OptionalStealth in almost every combat encounter, there are two specific sections where it is required: the mission to board Divine Beast Vah Rudania, and the mission to infiltrate the Yiga Clan Hideout.

* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'' flirts with this in the fight with Matt Helms, who's basically one giant slasher villain homage, and who's backstory is one of the few times the game and its predecessor deals with supernatural elements (his stage is even reached through an Akashic Point, another one of the rare supernatural elements.)

* ''WebVideo/MaggieMaeFish'': Maggie usually makes good humored video essays where she analyzes pieces of media through an academic and critical lens. "Change", however, is a video essay that focuses on no piece of media in particular (though she refers to ''Series/{{Hoarders}}'' and ''Film/{{Weekend}}''), and is more of a personal meditation in which Maggie talks about her recent personal experience with grief after losing her grandmother, and her dislike for unchanging things.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E24TheSimpsonsSpinOffShowcase The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase]]" transplants characters into new genres- Seymour becomes a street-smart detective's assistant, the eponymous family performs a song-and-dance skit, etc.

* Literature/TheRailwaySeries the source material for WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends; does this with one of the last books the creator Rev. Awdry wrote (along with his brother George), ''The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways.'' The book has extensive history on Sodor from its Medieval to present day history, hotel recommendations, history on great engineering works, guides on religious sites, archeological discoveries, [[TheNeedForMead mead]] guides, and of course a detailed breakdown of railway history in the region. Many consider the book an awesome moment of [[ShownTheirWork showing off research from Awdry]], but considering the [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsAllEnginesGo light hearted goofy fare his characters are now famous for]] it is certainly a bit of a genre departure.

* Music/{{Nightwish}} is usually a symphonic metal band, but their "The Islander" is Celtic folk-rock, and their "Slow, Love, Slow" might be described as dark cabaret/jazz. "The Crow, The Owl, And The Dove" is mostly acoustic pop.

* VideoGame/{{ULTRAKILL}}'s {{Bonus Level}}s all shift the game into a new genre for the duration of that level.