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* ''VideoGame/SuperFillyAdventure'' is a fun little ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fangame that has you attend one of Pinkie Pie's parties and save Ponyville with your flank-kicking combat abilities. Even the "bad" ending where you become so obsessed with baking muffins that Ponyville burns down is far more silly than disturbing. [[spoiler:Then you discover the secret "Blank Flank" ending, which is accessible only if you play the game at a very late hour...]]

* [[WebAnimation/MysterySkullsAnimated Mystery Skull's]] "Ghost" starts off as a cute and colorful homage to ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' accompanied by an upbeat dance number with some [[LyricalDissonance unexpectedly gloomy lyrics]]. By the end of the video, viewers have been treated to [[spoiler: DemonicPossession, MindScrew, a brutal murder, and a shockingly sad backstory to the "villain" of the video,]] though the upbeat music stays consistent throughout.

* ''WebAnimation/PonyAndBoy'' has an ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''-like art design, but then there's creepy scenes like the nightmare sequence of the boy taking out his pony's heart. The short ends on an ominous note with [[spoiler:the boy being sacrificed to something by the pony.]]

* ''WebAnimation/TokyoMagicStar'' starts out as a normal magical girl fanime. Things go downhill from there.
* A somewhat frequent occurrence in YouTubePoop, whether [[PlayedForLaughs for the sake of a joke]], or, more rarely, as a genuine plot element in more story-based [=YTPs=]. One of the more notable examples is ''WebAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasWhoSkellingtonsRevenge'' by Creator/MoBrosStudios. The first half of the video is simply the typical YTP [[HilarityEnsues hilarity ensuing]] as WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants and other characters get ready for Christmas. Halfway through, though, [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack Skellington]] decides to try taking over Christmas again, summons a massive demon called the Black Hiver, and spirits [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy]], and the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' mercs away into an AcidTripDimension. The rest of the video is them all fighting to save Christmas from being destroyed forever, and [[AnyoneCanDie Anyone Can (and does) Die]] doing so save for [=SpongeBob=]. [[EarnYourHappyEnding Luckily, SpongeBob saves the day, everyone who was killed gets revived, and they all make it home just in time for Christmas morning]].]]

** ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear2'' is much LighterandSofter than the original ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'' movie, but near the end of the movie, during the final battle between Kenai and Atka, Kenai [[spoiler: ''bleeds'']] while Atka tries to kill him. What makes this moment very terrifying is the fact that ''not once'' do they ever show any [[spoiler: blood]] in the first movie, not even when Kenai [[spoiler: kills Koda's mother,]] leading to his KarmicTransformation.

* ''Manga/PlusSizedElf'' is first and foremost an {{ecchi}} comedy series, so it's to be expected that in the chapter about the girls telling each other ghost stories the main joke is that none of their stories are actually scary... until Mero tells a straight-up horror story about going fishing and catching a severed head, which is drawn in a full-page spread in all its grotesque glory.

* ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'': So you've been shooting your way through plasma toting aliens for about half the game on a ring-shaped planet. So far, nothing too bad. Then Cortana starts freaking out, and yelling at you to find the captain as soon as you can. So you find Keyes' last known location, and find the she was so nervous... along with your own kind shooting you in confusion. [[spoiler:The Covenant came across some sort of parasite that turns people into zombie-like monster called the Flood, who are so powerful that one parasite can eventually multiply enough to turn a whole species extinct. Keyes followed suit and his squad and himself were horrifically mutated. Then they bust through the doors and try to overwhelm you as you try to get to the surface. The introduction of the Flood caught many people who were accustomed to the typical sci-fi story thus far off guard.]]

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' is a light-hearted romp through the world that includes dinosaurs, a giant garden, and a super jazzy New York stand-in. [[OhCrap Then you end up on a ruined medieval fantasy world and fight a hyper-realistic dragon]], all looking like they wandered in from ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''. This is despite the fact that the first area is a literal ghost town where you meet your spectral side-kick, which actually is rather pleasant and inviting if monochrome.

%%* ''Website/{{Bogleech}}'': [[http://bogleech.com/comics/life.png The gwound is made of tasty!]] Although this was intended to be an inversion.

%%*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''
%%***''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' (because of its freaky stories that often pertain to loss of identity and existential dread).

* The webgame ''VideoGame/CookieClicker'' is a game that starts out with you clicking on a large cookie in order to make cookies. Then you can purchase buildings which will make cookies for you, one of which is a nice grandma who will bake cookies. Various upgrades are available to increase the rate at which the buildings create cookies. One of which is a bingo center specifically for the grandmas. It allows you to purchase even more grandma-centric upgrades, up until one called One Mind. Purchasing this upgrade, [[ShmuckBait despite the description advising against it]], starts the Grandmapocalypse. Things only get worse from there.

* The webgame ''VideoGame/CookieClicker'' starts off mundane, then moves to ridiculous, then suddenly turns creepy when you unlock the "grandmapocalyse", with progressively warped images of grandmas appearing on the page background, creepy status/news updates that keep getting worse and worse from "unnerving" to "apocalyptic", and some disgusting worm-like things raiding your cookie stash, which you have to fend off.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' takes things even further. Not even counting how downright gruesome and unnerving Pokedex entries have become[[note]]entries include souls leaking out of bodies, trainers dying from their Pokemon attempting to show affection, and the previous generation's Mega Evolution mechanic actually resulting in severe psychological damage to a Pokemon[[/note]], the game's plot brings up a number of SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome moments that reveal just how harsh the ''Pokemon'' world can be and the main story ends with [[spoiler:the player character and Lillie entering another dimension in order to coax Lillie's mother, Lusamine, back home, only for the woman to completely merge with one of the Ultra Beasts that inhabit that universe.]] The postgame features you helping the International Police to stop [[EldritchAbomination the Ultra Beasts]]. It is explicitly stated at one point that [[spoiler: the police are using you as bait and one of the Ultra Beasts is mentioned to have actually killed someone.]]

* The viral 2015 [[Website/YouTube YouTube]] parody short film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyd51lvu3xw Every 90s Commercial Ever]] starts out as the title suggests - your average cheesy 1990's children's advertisement. Complete with basic clichés such as TotallyRadical clothing, lingo, music and editing. [[spoiler: Then the CG-enabled [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome teleporting accident]] [[BodyHorror happens]]....]]

* One morning, NHK aired an anime with a scene of a cute adorable angel, which suddenly transforms into a [[HumanoidAbomination creepy demonic form]]. And yes, it was part of a [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids kids' show]]. Must be [[https://honeysanime.com/the-horrifying-childrens-anime-that-aired-on-morning-nhk/ seen]] to be believed.

** Ah, ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''. It's one of the closest adaptations in terms of spirit, so it's probably a kid-friendly story about an eleven-year-old who roams the countryside to be a Pokémon mast- holy shit, is that a rotting Psyduck zombie?! [[spoiler:Oh, God. Are the [[KnightTemplar Elite Four]] planning to commit genocide [[WellIntentionedExtremist in order to preserve the world for Pokémon]]?!]] And who's that creepy masked guy?!
** ''Manga/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure'' is a fairly normal ''Pokémon'' story about a friendly WildChild going on an adventure with his Piplup. Partway through the series is when the more unnerving elements begin popping up. Namely, Mitsumi's DarkAndTroubledPast as [[spoiler:a CreepyChild orphan raised by Team Galactic's leader Cyrus as a TykeBomb]]. It's as disturbing as it sounds. Mitsumi is then blackmailed by Team Galactic into siding with them again, where she's forced to give a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Hareta's Pokémon ''and'' Hareta himself. The arc ends with Mitsumi [[spoiler:attempting to [[DrivenToSuicide invoke]] RedemptionEqualsDeath]], but luckily she's [[InterruptedSuicide saved]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' is for the most part a cute and sweet film, coming prepackaged with an emotionally touching story about growing up and dealing with change so its NightmareSequence is particularly suprising.

** In ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'', the main villainous team plans to turn Pokémon into fighting machines via MindRape and has essentially taken over two of the region's towns, coming surprisingly close to achieving their goals.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonGatesToInfinity'' certainly seems cheery at first, starring two Pokémon adventuring together and trying to make a home for themselves while exploring an uncaring world, and the whole thing is drenched in ThePowerOfFriendship. Eventually, [[spoiler:one of your allies is brutally murdered and you are beaten nearly to death, the QuirkyMinibossSquad is revealed to be a ''suicide cult'', and the world is threatened by an EldritchAbomination made of despair, hopelessness, and bitterness.]]

*** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'', the sixth ''Paper Mario'' game, takes it up to a new level. Don't be fooled by the goofy-looking origami enemies and the villain, King Olly, looking and acting like an immature angsty teenager--said villain is a RealityWarper fond of inflicting BodyHorror by forcibly and painfully folding up the paper characters, which is ''not'' PlayedForLaughs. Pretty early into the game, Mario starts finding Paper Macho enemies, large-sized papier-maché versions of enemies with empty holes for eyes and a stop-motion movement that looks uncannily out of place in the setting. It goes even further late into the game when Mario enters Bowser's Castle and sees what King Olly has done to it: Bowser's Castle has always been dark and foreboding, but it never had [[spoiler:Slender Man analogues peeling themselves off the walls, a giant Buzzy Beetle made up of the still-living mutilated fragments of Bowser's minions, or the giant sentient pair of scissors that created said Buzzy Beetle monstrosity and whose every attack is a OneHitKill]].

* The viral 2015 [[Website/YouTube YouTube]] parody short film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyd51lvu3xw Every 90s Commercial Ever]] starts out as the title suggests - your average cheesy 1990's children's advertisement. Complete with basic clichés such as TotallyRadical clothing, lingo, music and editing. [[spoiler: Then the CG-enabled [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome teleporting accident]] [[BodyHorror happens]]....]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjOF89lOZyI Ибражы (Ibrazhy)]] is definitely this. It starts with a girl who gets drunk on the said drink and enjoys herself in another world, and ends with her having a bad trip and ending up in an asylum.