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** ''VisualNovel/{{Utawarerumono}}'' was initially an adult game. Its huge success lead to an anime and a Platform/PlayStation2 game, both 'clean' to the point of often lacking fanservice (at least of more conventional sorts, though it does occasionally come up). The [=PlayStation=] 2 version followed the original, adult game closely but cut off on the brink of an H-scene then picking up afterwards. Only the original, adult game however, so openly blind-sides the player with the revelation that Dorii and Guraa [[spoiler:[[HoYay are actually male]].]] The others just kinda leave you unsettlingly uncertain.

->''Moral judgeyness aside, it's just ''weird'' from a fandom perspective how a lot of popular [[VisualNovel VN]] franchises started out as niche porn that was later cleaned up for general audiences – there's this whole aspect of the IP's history that you have to awkwardly skirt around any time the subject comes up in polite company. Like, imagine if Franchise/{{Batman}}'s first known appearance had been in an oddly high-budget Tijuana bible, and every time a comics industry thinkpiece wanted to name-check the iconic page depicting the first time he donned the cowl, they had to discreetly crop out the panel where he's getting railed by Franchise/{{Superman}}."''

* ''Wendy'', one of Jackie Lesnick's best remembered characters (or character templates) began as the focal character of ''The Wendy Project'', a site showcasing tons of pinups of Wendy and her friends ([[OldShame which, according to the artist's retrospective, were rather badly drawn]]). The characters would eventually star in the increasingly more wholesome comic bearing Wendy's name, and Wendy's character design was later reused in the filler series ''Cute Wendy'', which became a runaway success and spawned its own sequel/spinoff ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}''. Despite the CreatorBacklash involved, Jackie has continued to produce short pornographic comics on her ''Slipshine'' subscription service to this day, some of which still feature Wendy prominently, although slightly better drawn now.

* ''Anime/ProjectAKo'', similar to ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'' and ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'', was originally produced as part of the [[{{Lemon}} Cream Lemon]] hentai series, but the producers thought the comedy was too good to be broken up with sex scenes. They left plenty of [[LesYay suggestiveness]] in, though, like a few shots of B-Ko bathing, and '''lots''' of PantyShots.

* Many are surprised to find that ''VisualNovel/ComicParty'' was based off an H-game, considering that all the console versions were pretty clean, as was the original anime (rated PG in most countries) which contained almost no fanservice. (Some of the bonus [=OVAs=] and the sequel ''Revolution'' series do add some brief nudity, but no sex.)
* Creator/KeyVisualArts' games ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'' and ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'' were originally H-Games, but the anime versions and later releases of the games were clean, and many people thought the hentai actually detracted from the story. (And was oddly placed. See Mai's arc in ''Kanon'', where [[spoiler:they go to the school to fight demons, but take a break to eat supper and do it on the desks.]]) On that note, there's also ''VideoGame/EternalFighterZero''.

* Interesting Subverted in ''VisualNovel/Norn9'', the game has scenes that look like this and cuts to black before the characters actually have sex...but the only releases have been all-ages, meaning there never were any sex scenes to remove to begin with.

* ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' first came into the world in late 2011 as a teenager whose favorite things were looking up porn on his laptop and video games. Even before Omocat cancelled the graphic novel in favour of making the eponymous game, the ''Omori's Story'' one-shot lacked any trace of sexual content in favour of Omori spending a fun day out of White Space with his friends - and by the time the announcement trailer was released in 2014, she had aged him down to a preteen and laid the final nail in the coffin for any explicit elements.

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* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'', as it was originally going to be a family-friendly game like its predecessor, ''VideoGame/ConkersPocketTales'', but Rareware decided to tone it very higher.

* In its concept stages, ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' started off as a more mature BlackComedy. Evidenced by that it originally took place explicitly in {{Main/Hell}}, with the titular main character being sent there after being killed by a bus ramming him over, and also by the fact that Heloise was the spirit of a [[SerialKiller Serial Killer]] and that Lucius was the [[{{Satan}} Devil]] - on top of the fact that some of the surfaced concept art show gore (most prominently, [[https://lostmediawiki.com/w/images/f/fb/DeadJimmy.jpg this one]]). [[{{Bowdlerise}} Bowdlerization]] eventually came in once Creator/DisneyXD got a hold of the show. Somewhat downplayed in that this original version of the show wasn't really for adults as it was for tweens/teens.

* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', whose early seasons already straddled the line between content suitable for Creator/CartoonNetwork and its nighttime sibling Creator/AdultSwim, is based on two student films creator J.G. Quintel did when he was in college for animation. One is "The Naive Man from Lolliland," which, aside from a single use of the word "hell," isn't considered all that raunchy. "WebAnimation/TwoInTheAMPM," however, contains explicit swearing and references to drug abuse, with the entire premise surrounding two clerks eating candy laced with LSD during the night shift and tripping out.

* Downplayed in ''Franchise/MuvLuv'''s non-erotic versions, where they get away with as much as they possibly can, either fading to black at the very last possible moment or ''showing the scene anyway'' but the [=CGs=] cropped and the most explicit bits cut out. It's notably ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvAlternative'' that does the latter, which is understandable given that its content is definitely not meant for anyone who couldn't handle seeing sex and is more to appease the rating systems.

* ''Manga/MonsterMusume'' by Takemaru "Okayado" Inui was based on an online hentai comic titled ''Living with Monster Girl''. He has also made two other series, a one-shot, ''Manga/DeadlineSummoner'' which just lays on the fanservice, and a one-shot, now an ongoing series, ''Manga/TwelveBeast'' which has ''plenty'' of ecchi in-between the over-the-top comedy and the seriousness of war. The one-page comics included with the anime's DVD have [[ProductionThrowback the same style and layout]] of his early H-comics, but with Kimihito and his harem in place of the old characters. In an interview, he also said he would be interested in seeing an H-game based on his most famous creation.

* ''Manga/TheElderSisterLikeOne: The original story was a series of onee-shota (mature woman with adolescent boy) {{hentai}} {{doujins|hi}}. However, the underlying relationship was so heartwarming that it was made into an all-ages monthly serial. Extensive ShipTeasing ensued. On the other hand, Pochi has continued to produce the H doujins even while working on the serial ...and author notes indicate that the doujins are ''canon'' to the manga and simply take place further down the timeline.

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* Manga/TheElderSisterLikeOne: The original story was a series of onee-shota (mature woman with adolescent boy) {{hentai}} {{doujins|hi}}. However, the underlying relationship was so heartwarming that it was made into an all-ages monthly serial. Extensive ShipTeasing ensued. On the other hand, Pochi has continued to produce the H doujins even while working on the serial ...and author notes indicate that the doujins are ''canon'' to the manga and simply take place further down the timeline.

* ''Anime/DreamHunterRem'' started life as a one-shot hentai OVA. Due to popular demand, this one-shot was re-edited and re-released with a newly made episode as a mainstream title and eventually spawned four sequels.
* ''Manga/MonsterMusume'' by Takemaru "Okayado" Inui was based on an online hentai comic titled ''Living with Monster Girl''. He has also made two other series, a one-shot, ''Manga/DeadlineSummoner'' which just lays on the fanservice, and a one-shot, now an ongoing series, ''Manga/TwelveBeast'' which has ''plenty'' of ecchi in-between the over-the-top comedy and the seriousness of war. The one-page comics included with the anime's DVD have [[ProductionThrowback the same style and layout]] of his early H-comics, but with Kimihito and his harem in place of the old characters. In an interview, he also said he would be interested in seeing an H-game based on his most famous creation.

* The original of the Caramelldansen meme features a short dance loop from the H-Game ''Popotan'', set to the Swedish pop-song of the same title.
%% * The character Suzuran from the H-Game ''Suigetsu'' appeared on ImageBoards so many times with the catchphrase "Waha!" that people took to calling her Waha instead.

* A {{Cosplay}} example happens with the {{Hentai}} [[PornWithPlot with Plot]] ''Bible Black''. While the visual novels and their anime adaptations are clearly {{NSFW}}, the female high school uniform became so popular in the TurnOfTheMillennium that many cosplayers still wear that uniform in events today and even cosplay some major characters like {{Hot Teacher}}s Reika Kitami and Hiroko Takashiro, all without showing any of the H-content.

* The 1975 horror film ''Forced Entry'' was a loose remake of a 1973 porno of the same name.
* In the 1970s and 1980s it was not uncommon for porn films to have second versions released to mainstream theatres with sex scenes either removed or toned down. Examples include Cafe Flesh and Dixie Ray, Hollywood Star (the latter actually having an actual well-known film and TV actor, Cameron Mitchell, in a supporting - but non-sexual - role). Averted with the infamous ''Deep Throat'', which was released uncensored (since an R-rated cut would have been pointless). Since the 1980s it has been commonplace for some of the higher-budgeted porn films to shoot sex scenes with a second camera, or restage them altogether, to allow versions of the films to be shown on cable or released to video where hardcore is illegal. Such productions regularly appear today on networks like Cinemax.

* Explicit series being made for pay cable sometimes simultaneously film tamer versions without swearing and sex for broadcast and other more restrictive venues.
** When ''Series/TheSopranos'' was being produced, they made sure to be prepared to change certain scenes for syndication. They would frequently record alternate versions of scenes where a nude character (often the strippers in the club) would be in bikinis or lingerie, and occasionally a scene would be recorded with softer dialogue to avoid HongKongDub later.
** ''Series/DreamOn'', much like ''The Sopranos'', had nude scenes with alternate takes wearing underwear for broadcast syndication (it also briefly aired on the Fox network).

* A frequently used theme song for children's TV shows in TheSeventies was Music/JohnBarry's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUTsS8-vukw "Florida Fantasy"]], from the decidedly family-unfriendly ''Film/MidnightCowboy''.
* Inverted by Creator/MaitlandWard, who after a two-decade mainstream acting career and appearing in series like ''Series/TheBoldAndTheBeautiful'' and ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' transitioned to the porn industry, mainly in the "MILF" niche due to her age.

* Jackie Wilson and [=LaVern=] Baker recorded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4hSdSTVSMI an X-rated version of their duet "Think Twice"]] as a piss take during the recording sessions for that single, and later turned up on bootlegs and specialty compilations.
* The [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]]-[[CoveredUp popularized song]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2P68iML-VM "Mah Na Mah Na"]] originated in the score for ''Film/SwedenHeavenAndHell'', an Italian {{mondo}} documentary exploring lesbian nightclubs, porn films, swinging lifestyle of married couples and sex education of teenagers. The song itself accompanied several giggling girls into a sauna.
* The theme song for ''Series/ThePeoplesCourt'' apparently started out as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3jyxiJmFqM porno groove.]]
* The iconic "ColonelBogeyMarch" featured in ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai'' is a complicated example, as it didn't originally have lyrics when it was composed during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI--but [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Has_Only_Got_One_Ball the lyrics that soldiers would've sung]] in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, when ''River Kwai'' takes place, were deemed too crude to include in the movie. This makes the song an example of both WithLyrics and ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics at once!
* Music/LittleRichard's original lyrics to "Tutti Frutti" contained unacceptable levels of swearing and sexual innuendo (being a pretty transparent reference to [[HoYay gay anal sex]]) for contemporary radio broadcast, so songwriter Dorothy [=LaBostrie=] was brought in to hurriedly write new, clean, lyrics.

* Anthony Kiedis of Music/RedHotChiliPeppers used to rap obscene, sexually explicit lyrics, but no longer does, preferring to sing more romantic material. He will still do some of the older songs such as 'Sir Psycho Sexy' live, but has avoided doing many of the previous ones out of shame.
* Music/TheBlackEyedPeas re-wrote "Let's Get Retarded", a song from their 2003 album ''Elephunk'', as "Let's Get It Started" to serve as a promo song for television coverage of the 2004 NBA Playoffs. Guess which version ended up becoming a [[BreakawayPopHit bigger hit...]]
* The nursery rhyme ''Eeny, meeny, miny, moe'' has gone through some rather lurid incarnations over the past centuries, before being re-{{Bowdlerise}}d in the late twentieth century. The version that appeared in work by Creator/RudyardKipling and in ''Film/PulpFiction'', among others, doesn't use the word "tiger" (or "beggar" as it's bowdlerised in Britain, or "sailor" as in the American release of ''Film/KindHeartsAndCoronets''). The use of the version of the rhyme that has the N-word instead of tiger is an OldShame for ''Series/DoctorWho'' in that it appears in dialogue in an episode of the 1960s story, ''The Celestial Toymaker''. The episode in question is presently lost, however audio survives, and thus far official commercial releases of the audio have obfuscated this part of the soundtrack to avoid controversy.
* It's somewhat common for 19th-century music by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Foster Stephen Foster]] (like "Camptown Races" and "Oh! Susanna") and others to appear described as "Early American Songs" and are treated today as popular children's songs in the United States, without any reference to the uncomfortable reality that many of the songs were composed for use in {{Blackface}} MinstrelShows. Many of the originals also contained overtly racist language, which is quietly {{Bowdlerized}} these days.
* Goldo's OneHitWonder "Boom-Da-Boom" is mainly known for the version that describes the narrator being in a dream involving various Disney characters (and ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang'', for some reason). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtiWlaRMmPo The original version]] was about the narrator getting involved in a high-speed chase-turned-fight which goes FromBadToWorse when someone pulls out an AK-47.
* The song "Baby Shark" was originally [[https://theweek.com/articles/813561/baby-shark-once-wildly-inappropriate-children darker]] than the version most kids are familiar with - the original lyrics had the sharks attacking and killing a swimmer.
* The ABC song and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" have a tune that was originally used for a French song about a woman who was shunned for losing her virginity.
* The song "Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me" was based on a similar song called "Shew Fly" which was sung from the perspective of a slave (the line "For I belong to somebody" was originally "For I belong to Company G") and even had him use the N-word to describe himself.
* The traditional Americana song "The Big Rock Candy Mountain" is almost always performed without the final verse. Most of the song describes a hobo yearning for a place, a fabled paradise known as the Big Rock Candy Mountain, where he could live a life of ease without labour. The final verse is about a homeless teen telling off the man, accusing him of wanting to sexually abuse him.
* Music/KlausSchulze's album ''Body Love'' and its sequel album began as the score to a pornographic film of the same name.

* Few hentai[[{{Grindcore}} grind]] bands such as Aloys Fudanshi abandoned the hentai side of things and switched to regular {{Grindcore}}, blackened DeathMetal and powerviolence from ''Alive'' onwards.

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* Why does Franchise/{{Barbie}} -- an American children's doll -- have huge boobs? Because she's based on "Bild Lilli", a doll marketed to adult men in Germany. Lilli herself originated as a bawdy character in a German comic strip in the 1950s.
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* The PornWithPlot {{RPG}} ''Dragon Knight 4'' was ported to the SNES and [=PlayStation=] with all the {{Optional Sexual Encounter}}s removed.

* Creator/DataEast began its line of billiards games with a clean UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame titled ''Side Pocket''. However, all the (likewise clean) console releases of ''Side Pocket'', not counting the NumberedSequels, were based either on the nudity-enhanced update ''Pocket Gal'' or its sequel ''Pocket Gal Deluxe''.
* Creator/{{Taito}}'s ''Puzznic'' had one version exclusive to Japanese arcades that rewarded level completion with topless girlie pictures. The PC-98 port replaced them with clothed anime girls, while many other versions, including all home versions, had no girls at all.
* ''Kimihagu'' was originally an 18+ HGame for the PC (in Japan only). Six years later, however, it received a 17+ port for the iPhone [[NoExportForYou (still in Japan only)]].
* The maid training simulator/VirtualPaperDoll HGame ''Custom Order Maid 3D 2'' received a clean 12+ release titled ''Custom Order Maid 3D 2: It's A Night Magic''. There's also ''Custom Cast'', an all ages mobile app version of just the character creator intended for Vtubers which also has an option to create male characters, unlike the original (without mods, at least).
* The eroge ''Koikatsu'' also has an all ages character creator-only version called ''Vkatsu'' meant for Vtubers. A clean version of the game called ''Koikatsu Party'' also received a worldwide release.
* In ''VideoGame/{{IMGCM}}'', Studio [=MGCM=] has made two versions released simultaneously: The [[{{NSFW}} DX version]] and the regular version. The regular version of said game has all [[{{hentai}} pornographic scenes and dialogues]] from the DX version removed and some of them are replaced with scenes that makes sense for general audiences. However, this game still has some FanService, {{Stripperiffic}} dresses, SexComedy, LesYay subtexts, and {{visual innuendo}}s that include some [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Demon Realm plants and critters that look like women's breasts, male sex organs, etc.]], but it's still relatively clean. Because of this, all the main story scenes, dreams scenes, hallucinations, VisionsOfAnotherSelf and {{imagine spot}}s, that are exclusively available in the DX version, [[TakeOurWordForIt are left to players' imaginations.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' first came into the world in late 2011 as a teenager whose favorite things were looking up porn on his laptop and video games. Even before Omocat cancelled the graphic novel in favour of making the eponymous game, the ''Omori's Story'' one-shot lacked any trace of sexual content in favour of Omori spending a fun day out of White Space with his friends - and by the time the announcement trailer was released in 2014, she had aged him down to a preteen and laid the final nail in the coffin for any explicit elements.

* ''VisualNovel/RumblingHearts'' received the usual removal of sex scenes when it was ported to Dreamcast and [=PS2=], but also has one particular ending replaced in the ports. [[spoiler:Said ending involved the protagonist getting kidnapped by his love interest, forced to undergo hormonal replacement therapy, and sexually assaulted. The ports replaced this with a more run-of-the-mill happy ending.]]

* The remake of ''VisualNovel/YuNo'' predictably cut the sex scenes, but it's still very obvious what happened. This was also averted on its first console port - the Sega Saturn - due to the Saturn performing so poorly Sega allowed them in a fit of desperation.
* Downplayed in ''Franchise/MuvLuv'''s non-erotic versions, where they get away with as much as they possibly can, either fading to black at the very last possible moment or ''showing the scene anyway'' but the [=CGs=] cropped and the most explicit bits cut out. It's notably ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvAlternative'' that does the latter, which is understandable given that its content is definitely not meant for anyone who couldn't handle seeing sex and is more to appease the rating systems.
* ''Phantom Thief Silver Cat'': As per Steam's regulations, the commercial release features censored imagery (save for a couple of oversights), though dialogue makes it clear what's happening in every scene regardless.

* [[Creator/{{Aquaplus}} Aquaplus/Leaf]]:
** ''VisualNovel/{{Utawarerumono}}'' was initially an adult game. Its huge success lead to an anime and a Platform/PlayStation2 game, both 'clean' to the point of often lacking fanservice (at least of more conventional sorts, though it does occasionally come up). The [=PlayStation=] 2 version followed the original, adult game closely but cut off on the brink of an H-scene then picking up afterwards. Only the original, adult game however, so openly blind-sides the player with the revelation that Dorii and Guraa [[spoiler:[[HoYay are actually male]].]] The others just kinda leave you unsettlingly uncertain.
** ''VisualNovel/TearsToTiara'' was originally a adult PC game. Later remade for the [=PS3=] with (what is generally regarded as) superior character design. The anime then took the [=PS3=]'s take on things.
* Creator/KeyVisualArts' games ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'' and ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'' were originally H-Games, but the anime versions and later releases of the games were clean, and many people thought the hentai actually detracted from the story. (And was oddly placed. See Mai's arc in ''Kanon'', where [[spoiler:they go to the school to fight demons, but take a break to eat supper and do it on the desks.]]) On that note, there's also ''VideoGame/EternalFighterZero''.
* Inverted in the case of ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters''. Initially released as a clean visual novel with a gripping plot, followed by a manga adaptation, they then re-released it as ''Little Busters! Ecstasy'' as an adult version of the original one (plus extras).
* ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'' is based on a series of eroge for the PC, but removing the adult content doesn't impact the mecha/Lovecraft story much.

* ''VisualNovel/AseliaTheEternalTheSpiritOfEternitySword'' was originally an H-game/RPG mix for the PC. Eventually, it was ported to the [=PlayStation=] 2, which doesn't allow adult content. Then it was ported back. So all the references to the sex are there and you can even pinpoint when it happened, you'll just never see it.
* Many are surprised to find that ''VisualNovel/ComicParty'' was based off an H-game, considering that all the console versions were pretty clean, as was the original anime (rated PG in most countries) which contained almost no fanservice. (Some of the bonus [=OVAs=] and the sequel ''Revolution'' series do add some brief nudity, but no sex.)

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPPfs7ZCAQc Loud Nigra,]] one of the most widely used {{Stock Scream}}s in Website/YouTube comedy videos starting in the late 2010s, is originally from a pornographic video. Initially, it was used on [[YouTubePoop YTPs]] parodying porn or TheImmodestOrgasm, but later became a stock response for something really scary or [[ScreamingAtSquick disgusting]], or as a funny DeathWail.
* Suzi Hunter, the host of [[https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSphereHunter The Sphere Hunter,]] a Website/YouTube series dedicated to reviewing and analyzing SurvivalHorror games, is a trans woman who had been a pornographic actress during her transition. While she is open about being trans, she does not like to talk about her past as a sex worker, seeing it as a dark period in her life.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DeadEndParanormalPark'' is based on ''Webcomic/{{Deadendia}}'' [[RecursiveAdaptation in turn]] based on ''WebAnimation/DeadEnd''. The former iterations have plenty of raunchy sex jokes and in the case of ''Deadendia'' even guest participations by porn artists, but the Netflix show has been largely purged of that and doesn't really have anything objectionable for kids [[BannedInChina barring homophobic countries banning the show]].
* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', whose early seasons already straddled the line between content suitable for Creator/CartoonNetwork and its nighttime sibling Creator/AdultSwim, is based on two student films creator J.G. Quintel did when he was in college for animation. One is "The Naive Man from Lolliland," which, aside from a single use of the word "hell," isn't considered all that raunchy. "WebAnimation/TwoInTheAMPM," however, contains explicit swearing and references to drug abuse, with the entire premise surrounding two clerks eating candy laced with LSD during the night shift and tripping out.
* The TV series ''WesternAnimation/OhNoItsAnAlienInvasion'' is based on a short called ''Oh Shit!''.
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' is already a pretty crude show, but it's based off of an even cruder short Justin Roiland did for ''Website/Channel101'' called ''The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti'', a ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' parody where the solution to literally every problem the main characters encounter is for Mharti to lick Doc's balls. Yes, each instance of this was fully (if crudely) animated.
* ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' originally premiered in a short called ''Whoopass Stew!'', where Professor Utonium created the "Whoopass Girls" by accidentally adding a literal can of whoopass to his concoction instead of Chemical X. It was DarkerAndEdgier in general, including having the girls kill their enemies instead of just beating them up.
* In its concept stages, ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' started off as a more mature BlackComedy. Evidenced by that it originally took place explicitly in {{Main/Hell}}, with the titular main character being sent there after being killed by a bus ramming him over, and also by the fact that Heloise was the spirit of a [[SerialKiller Serial Killer]] and that Lucius was the [[{{Satan}} Devil]] - on top of the fact that some of the surfaced concept art show gore (most prominently, [[https://lostmediawiki.com/w/images/f/fb/DeadJimmy.jpg this one]]). [[{{Bowdlerise}} Bowdlerization]] eventually came in once Creator/DisneyXD got a hold of the show. Somewhat downplayed in that this original version of the show wasn't really for adults as it was for tweens/teens.

* Kohta Hirano, creator of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', started out writing freelance {{hentai}} featuring characters that eventually became the cast of the aforementioned work. In fact, one of his works, ''Legend of Vampire Hunter'', is identical in plot and character design to the first book of ''Hellsing'' -- except, of course, that the busty police officer is only ''threatened'' with rape in the latter work. Hirano being Hirano, he lampshades this all the time in the author's notes in the first volumes. Other characters used in previous hentai titles that were roped into the Hellsing series; Alexander Anderson from the short comic ''Angel Dust'', Pip Bernadotte and the Major from ''Coyote'', Doc and Schrödinger from ''Doc's Story'', Renaldo from ''Magic School'' and the Captain from ''Desert Guardian''. One of Anderson's many nicknames is "Angel Dust Anderson".

* ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'', openly -- somewhere around episode 10, an R-15 warning was added to the television broadcast, after which the {{ecchi}} content was upped... occasionally.

* A non-sexual example, ''The Phoenix'' features a comic strip called Looshkin, featuring [[[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife the titular blue cat]] and [[LivingToys a living teddy bear named]] Bear. The strip features a lot of slapstick and SurrealHumour. The original incarnation, the 2003-2005 AlternativeComics series ''Bear'', had that but also included swearing and stronger violence, so it was aimed at adults.