Basic Trope: A Sugar Bowl is conquered or destroyed.
- Straight: Candytopia gets conquered by the brutal Empire, which instills a ruthless and tyrannical reign.
- Exaggerated: Candytopia ends up getting obliterated by a horrifying Eldritch Abomination who also happens to be one of the most powerful entities in existence.
- Downplayed:
- Candytopia's royal family is deposed by the Big Meanie, who really is unpleasant but refrains from anything truly evil.
- An Anti-Hero or Villain Protagonist goes on a rampage in a blatantly Crapsaccharine World.
- Candytopia ultimately pushes back the Empire, but the fight takes a toll and the land will never be as innocent and carefree as it once was.
- Justified:
- The residents of Candytopia had no idea the Empire existed until they showed up on their shores, and so couldn't have imagined they'd be facing a war of any sort.
- The Candytopians are so used to dealing with Mr. Grumpypants that they aren't prepared for when a legitimate threat comes along.
- Inverted:
- The Empire gets conquered by Candytopia, much to the astonishment of the Imperial leadership and confused joy of their people.
- What once seemed a grim, morbid Crapsack World discovers Earn Your Happy Ending on a global scale.
- Subverted:
- The residents of Candytopia fight back against the invaders and drive them away on spears of peppermint cane.
- It later turns out that under the surface, Candytopia was such a Crapsaccharine World that the Empire's iron fist is a net gain for the populace.
- Double Subverted: ...and the newly empowered military, inspired by the Empire's example, leads a coup and establishes their own tyranny.
- Parodied: The Empire has a warped sense of humor, and their atrocities are as ironic as they are cruel.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: Despite the fact that both are known to exist and despise one another, the Empire never thinks to just up and invade Candytopia.
- Enforced: Candytopia was established in an earlier instalment before the word underwent severe Cerebus Syndrome, and destroying the happy town is the best way to Shoo Out the Clowns.
- Lampshaded: "This is the easiest conquest we've ever had! I love this job!"
- Invoked: One of Candytopia's Harmless Villains snaps and shows the Empire's forces the way to Candytopia in hopes of getting revenge and a cushy governorship.
- Exploited: When the Empire invades, one of Candytopia's Harmless Villains realizes Candytopia is doomed and cuts a deal with them.
- Defied: Candytopia makes it clear to the Empire that they have an army and won't be worth the trouble of conquering. At spear(mint)point, if necessary.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed: When Candytopia is invaded by the Empire, its defenses and armies prove to be more than a match for the Empire than expected. No real nation would have survived for so long without proper defenses and an acknowledgement of the cruelties of the world, and Candytopia turns out to be no exception despite its idyllic life and the kindness of its inhabitants.
- Reconstructed: Despite this, though, the pacifist and forgiving culture of Candytopia ends up giving the ruthless Empire the edge against Candytopia, and they successfully manipulate and destroy their way into conquering Candytopia anyway.
- Implied:
- When someone in Candytopia asks why a peaceful nation like it needs a standing army, they're told "long ago, we learned the hard way not all are as peaceful as us."
- While everything seems okay in Candytopia now, many older residents speak of a Great Off Screen War, with the tone getting markedly serious whenever they do.
- Candytopia is only seen in one installment as an incongruously innocent and cheerful nation amid a brutal world war. In a later installment, the whole nation is absent from the map.
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