History Main / SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness

** The universe of the series is set in a world where the two major powers are 1) a corrupt government that overtaxes all its citizens to support the lavish lifestyle of a few wealthy aristocrats, and 2) a handful of bloodthirsty psychopaths who kill anyone they don't like and could overthrow the government if they didn't hate each other so much. In a manga where the main character is friends with a talking reindeer and a singing skeleton.

** The Dressrosa arc has a scene where Franky (a half-naked cola-powered cyborg with light-up nipples) fights a middle-aged man dressed as a baby, who then gets a heart-wrenching backstory about ''dressing in his dead son's baby clothes because it's the only way he can connect with his catatonic wife when she's injured in an accident after learning of his secret double life as a criminal''

* ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' (especially the [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor middle two]] [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario games]]) is very similar to ''Uprising'' in this respect.

* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' quite often pits two characters from opposite sides of this scale in a fight to the death: one funny, light-hearted character, and a Darker and Edgier counterpart. As was the case with "ComicBook/{{Batman}} (serious) vs. ComicBook/SpiderMan (silly)", ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} (silly) vs. ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} (serious)", "[[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Yang Xiao Long]] (silly) vs. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Tifa Lockhart]] (serious)", "Franchise/{{Kirby}} (silly) vs. [[Anime/DragonBallZ Majin Buu]] (serious)", "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]] (silly) vs. [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Starscream]] (serious)", "ComicBook/{{Raven}} (serious) vs. [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] (silly)", "[[Franchise/ResidentEvil Leon S. Kennedy]] (serious) vs. [[VideoGame/DeadRising Frank West]] (silly)", "ComicBook/GhostRider (serious) vs. ComicBook/{{Lobo}} (silly)", "[[Franchise/MortalKombat Goro]] (serious) vs. [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Machamp]] (silly)", "ComicBook/{{Cable}} (serious) vs. ComicBook/BoosterGold (silly)", "ComicBook/IronFist (serious) vs. [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda Po]] (silly)", "[[Webcomic/OnePunchMan Saitama]] (serious) vs. Franchise/{{Popeye}} (silly)", "[[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hercules]] (serious) vs. [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]] (silly)", and "[[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Stitch]] (silly) vs ComicBook/RocketRaccoon" (serious). [[spoiler:With the exceptions of "Raven vs Twilight Sparkle", "Leon S. Kennedy vs Frank West", and "Ghost Rider vs Lobo" the silly character won in all those examples just listed. Never once have BewareTheNiceOnes and BewareTheSillyOnes been so relevant.]] Directly acknowledged in the aftermath of "Cable vs Booster Gold" where Boomstick [[spoiler:expresses disdain and disbelief that a grizzled soldier of a BadFuture like Cable lost to the much goofier Booster Gold]], but Wiz takes the time to note that reputations of "silly vs. serious" only matter in the context of their stories, while ''Death Battle'' is meant to take an objective look at what those characters can do when they clash head-to-head and who would more likely win based on abilities, not reputations.

-->-- '''[[TheComicallySerious The Colonel]]''', ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' s

-->-- '''[[TheComicallySerious The Colonel]]''', ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''

* The {{WesternAnimation/Peanuts}} movies (excluding [[WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie The Peanuts Movie]]), the first two films, ''WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown'' and ''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome'' have sillier plots whereas the latter two films, ''WesternAnimation/BonVoyageCharlieBrown''and ''WesternAnimation/RaceForYourLifeCharlieBrown'' have more serious plots.

* The {{WesternAnimation/Peanuts}} movies (excluding [[WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie The Peanuts Movie]]), the first two films, [[''WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown'' A Boy Named Charlie Brown]] and [[''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome Snoopy Come Home'']] have sillier plots whereas the latter two films, [[''WesternAnimation/BonVoyageCharlieBrown'' Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back)]] and [[''WesternAnimation/RaceForYourLifeCharlieBrown'' Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown]] have more serious plots.

* The {{WesternAnimation/Peanuts}} movies (excluding [[WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie The Peanuts Movie]]), the first two films, [[''WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown'' A Boy Named Charlie Brown]] and [[''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome'' Snoopy Come Home]] have sillier plots whereas the latter two films, [[''WesternAnimation/BonVoyageCharlieBrown'' Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back)]] and [[''WesternAnimation/RaceForYourLifeCharlieBrown'' Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown]] have more serious plots.

* The {{WesternAnimation/Peanuts}} movies (excluding [[WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie The Peanuts Movie]]), the first two films, [[WesternAnimation/''ABoyNamedCharlieBrown'' A Boy Named Charlie Brown]] and [[WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome Snoopy Come Home]] have sillier plots whereas the latter two films, [[WesternAnimation/BonVoyageCharlieBrown Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back)]] and [[WesternAnimation/RaceForYourLifeCharlieBrown Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown]] have more serious plots.

* The {{WesternAnimation/Peanuts}} movies (excluding [[WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie The Peanuts Movie]]), the first two films, [[WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown'']] and [[WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome ''Snoopy Come Home'']] have sillier plots whereas the latter two films, [[WesternAnimation/BonVoyageCharlieBrown ''Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back)'']] and [[WesternAnimation/RaceForYourLifeCharlieBrown ''Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown'']] have more serious plots.

* The {{WesternAnimation/Peanuts}} movies (excluding [[WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie The Peanuts Movie]]), the first two films, [[WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown A Boy Named Charlie Brown]] and [[WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome Snoopy Come Home]] have sillier plots whereas the latter two films, [[WesternAnimation/BonVoyageCharlieBrown Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back)]] and [[WesternAnimation/RaceForYourLifeCharlieBrown Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown]] have more serious plots.

* The {{WesternAnimation/Peanuts}} movies (excluding [[WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie The Peanuts Movie]]), the first two films, [[WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown A Boy Named Charlie Brown]] and [[WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome Snoopy Come Home]] have sillier plots whereas the latter two films, [[WesternAnimation/BonVoyageCharlieBrown Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back)]]and [[WesternAnimation/RaceForYourLifeCharlieBrown ''Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown'']] have more serious plots.

* The {{WesternAnimation/Peanuts}} movies (excluding [[WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie The Peanuts Movie]]), the first two films, [[WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown'']] and [[WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome ''Snoopy Come Home'']] have sillier plots whereas the latter two films, [[WesternAnimation/BonVoyageCharlieBrown ''Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back)'' ]]and [[RaceForYourLifeCharlieBrown ''Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown'']] have more serious plots.

* The {{WesternAnimation/Peanuts}} movies (excluding [[WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie]]), the first two films, ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown'' and ''Snoopy Come Home'' have sillier plots whereas the latter two films, ''Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back)'' and ''Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown'' have more serious plots.

* There have been four ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' cartoon series so far and they each represent different takes on the material. The first, made in 1987, was everything the original comics were not - hammy, TotallyRadical, entirely light hearted and harmless, family friendly fun with an eye on selling TheMerch. The second one, made in 2003, took the serious plots of the comic (often literally), and replaced its somewhat dry characterizations with the more realized turtles from the previous show and live action films to deliver something very comparable to Avatar: The Last Airbender. There were campy superhero stories, and alternate universe tales where everyone dies. There was even an episode that was a straight-up Creator/HPLovecraft send-up. When Executive Meddling retooled the show, it become a lot more like the first cartoon and stayed that way until the ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever'' crossover movie, which plays up the differences between the two shows for laughs. The 2007 CGI movie was in line with the 2003 series' tone. The [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012 series]] so far has been the most serious. [[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles]] is the sillier again.

* There have been four ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' cartoon series so far and they each represent different takes on the material. The first, made in 1987, was everything the original comics were not - hammy, TotallyRadical, entirely light hearted and harmless, family friendly fun with an eye on selling TheMerch. The second one, made in 2003, took the serious plots of the comic (often literally), and replaced its somewhat dry characterizations with the more realized turtles from the previous show and live action films to deliver something very comparable to Avatar: The Last Airbender. There were campy superhero stories, and alternate universe tales where everyone dies. There was even an episode that was a straight-up Creator/HPLovecraft send-up. When Executive Meddling retooled the show, it become a lot more like the first cartoon and stayed that way until the ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever'' crossover movie, which plays up the differences between the two shows for laughs. The 2007 CGI movie was in line with the 2003 series' tone. The [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012 series]] so far has been fairly balanced, and many episodes have both serious ''and'' silly moments. It helps that it's pretty self-aware of its roots in both shows and the original comic.

* Creator/The {{WesternAnimation/Peanuts}} movies (excluding [[WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie]]), the first two films, ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown'' and ''Snoopy Come Home'' have sillier plots whereas the latter two films, ''Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back)'' and ''Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown'' have more serious plots.

* VideoGame/Jumpstart, the pre-school series until ''Jumpstart 2nd Grade'' were sillier whereas ''Jumpstart 3rd - 6th Grade'' were more serious.

* ''VideoGame/Jumpstart'', the pre-school series until ''Jumpstart 2nd Grade'' were sillier whereas ''Jumpstart 3rd - 6th Grade'' were more serious.