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style="display:block;"><ul ><li> At the end of the second-season premiere of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TwoBrokeGirls' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TwoBrokeGirls' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1R3b0Jyb2tlR2lybHM='>2 Broke Girl$</a></em>, where we finally met Caroline's imprisoned father Martin (<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGhost' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGhost' data-format='W1tUaGVHaG9zdCBhbHdheXMgb2ZmLWNhbWVyYV1d'>always off-camera</a> during the first season), Caroline, who up to then had been the doting <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DaddysGirl' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DaddysGirl' data-format='RGFkZHlzR2lybA=='>Daddy's Girl</a>, realizes that she has been a victim of his malfeasance too, and rather coldly cuts the visit short without saying anything to him.</li><li> Frequently done in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TwoPointFourChildren' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TwoPointFourChildren' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1R3b1BvaW50Rm91ckNoaWxkcmVu'>2point4 Children</a></em>, most dramatically the penultimate episode of season 4, in which Ben, David and Jenny win Jenny's school talent show with a triumphent version of "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheBluesBrothers' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheBluesBrothers' data-format='W1tGaWxtL1RoZUJsdWVzQnJvdGhlcnMgRXZlcnlib2R5IE5lZWRzIFNvbWVib2R5IHRvIExvdmVdXQ=='>Everybody Needs Somebody to Love</a>", and then their house burns down.</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder1');">    A </div><div id="folder1" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheAddamsFamily' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheAddamsFamily' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZUFkZGFtc0ZhbWlseQ=='>The Addams Family</a></em> has "Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor", an episode in which Cousin <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheUnintelligible' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheUnintelligible' data-format='W1tUaGVVbmludGVsbGlnaWJsZSBJdHRdXQ=='>Itt</a> wants a job, so <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PerkyGoth' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PerkyGoth' data-format='W1tQZXJreUdvdGggR29tZXpdXQ=='>Gomez</a> and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DarkIsNotEvil' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DarkIsNotEvil' data-format='W1tEYXJrSXNOb3RFdmlsIE1vcnRpY2lhXV0='>Morticia</a>, who are a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HappilyMarried' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HappilyMarried' data-format='SGFwcGlseU1hcnJpZWQ='>Happily Married</a> couple, try to train him to be a marriage counselor by pretending to be a bickering couple. <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HilarityEnsues' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HilarityEnsues' data-format='SGlsYXJpdHlFbnN1ZXM='>Hilarity Ensues</a> when Gomez keeps forgetting he's meant to be mad...but then it goes away when Morticia worries he might be serious. He reassures her he's not, but, and this is somewhat out of character for Morticia, she isn't convinced. She even makes him sleep in the living room.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmesAndDoctorWatson' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmesAndDoctorWatson' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZUFkdmVudHVyZXNPZlNoZXJsb2NrSG9sbWVzQW5kRG9jdG9yV2F0c29u'>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson</a></em> (a.k.a. Russian Holmes) contains a rare inverse example of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' data-format='TW9vZFdoaXBsYXNo'>Mood Whiplash</a>, sad to hilarious. In "Hunt for the Tiger" (based on "The Empty House") Watson and Mrs. Hudson enter Holmes' room, for the first time since his death, to the soft strains of a violin. Watson finds Holmes' violin, looks at it with a heartbroken expression and begins to play. Badly. After a few seconds the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BackgroundMusic' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BackgroundMusic' data-format='QmFja2dyb3VuZE11c2lj'>Background Music</a> rockets to a crescendo and drowns him out.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/AllInTheFamily' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/AllInTheFamily' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0FsbEluVGhlRmFtaWx5'>All in the Family</a></em>: Many episodes did this, shifting from drama to comedy. A couple of examples:<ul ><li> One of the best to do this was Season 3's "Archie Gets Branded", where a mission to determine who painted a swastika on the Bunkers' front door. As the story unfolds to reveal that a neighbor was targeted and a Jewish activist urges "violence for violence", the mood shifts from side-splitting comedy to high drama and each side passionately arguing their point, back to a sigh of relief and light comedy ... to an unbelievable climax that will stun even series protagonist, the unflappable Archie.</li><li> "Edith's 50th Birthday": Much of the first half of the act sees a frightened Edith try to fight off her rapist, who by his actions is very experienced and is hep to every trick in the book; this is divided by light sighs of relief as, to help set up one of the most harrowing scenes — a shaken Edith warned to get rid of Archie when he has to come to the house to get a punch bowl — Archie and Mike get into one of their squabbles and cause another punch bowl to get broken and point fingers. Finally, the audience feels triumph when Edith finally gets rid of her attacker; he wasn't counting on a burning cake being flung into his face! Later, the audience is put in Edith's shoes, as she is petrified to even function normally, shaken from her ordeal and unable to begin to cope, and only when Gloria threatens her with disowning her and calling her selfish, and Edith slapping her in the face does she realize she needs to find a way to triumph over her attacker ... by going to the police station to identify him and put him away forever.</li></ul></li><li> In Season 6 of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheAmazingRace' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheAmazingRace' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZUFtYXppbmdSYWNl'>The Amazing Race</a></em>, Gus broke down crying at the Gate of No Return in Senegal where slaves were sent to the New World. He said that it was the only time in his adult life that he had cried. The next cut was to Kendra.</li><li> The '90s series <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/AmericanGothic1995' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/AmericanGothic1995' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7QW1lcmljYW4gR290aGljfDE5OTV9fQ=='>American Gothic</a></em> had a number of scenes with this, but one of the most outstanding is the episode "Learning to Crawl", which opens with an unusually cheerful scene of Caleb and Ben joking while Caleb helps clean the sheriff's office... then, in the middle of a line, 10-year-old Caleb gets nearly electrocuted in a sudden and random accident.</li><li> An episode of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/AmericasGotTalent' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/AmericasGotTalent' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0FtZXJpY2FzR290VGFsZW50'>America's Got Talent</a></em> featuring 6-year-old Aaralyn and her 9-year-old brother Issaiah. The entire intro plays them as an extremely cutesy brother-sister duo... and then they start singing their song, "Zombie Skin", a death metal ballad featuring Aaralyn screaming her lungs out. The looks on the judges' and audience's faces make it clear they were NOT expecting that.</li><li> Done rather tastelessly in an episode of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/AmericasMostWanted' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/AmericasMostWanted' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0FtZXJpY2FzTW9zdFdhbnRlZA=='>America's Most Wanted</a></em>. In the re-enactment, a desperate fugitive looking for shelter runs into an unlocked house to find two rednecks. They chase him out with baseball bats while banjo music plays and John Walsh wryly notes, "They <em>weren't</em> in the mood for company." Then the next unlocked house he goes to has an old lady who he brutally murders.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Andor' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Andor' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7QW5kb3J9fQ=='>Andor</a></em>: In "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AndorS1E7Announcement' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AndorS1E7Announcement' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9BbmRvclMxRTdBbm5vdW5jZW1lbnQgQW5ub3VuY2VtZW50XV0='>Announcement</a>" the episode cuts from Dedra receiving what sounds like a threat from her boss to a sunny beach resort and a gratuitously <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShirtlessScene' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShirtlessScene' data-format='W1tTaGlydGxlc3NTY2VuZSBzaGlydGxlc3NdXQ=='>shirtless</a> Cassian in a hotel room with his latest girlfriend, whom he clearly bedded the previous night.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Angel' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Angel' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7QW5nZWx9fQ=='>Angel</a></em>: In "A Hole In The World", Lorne spends some time with Wesley and Fred as their relationship is finally starting to blossom, then walks away singing "You Are My Sunshine". Fred gives Wesley her doe eyes and starts to sing along... and all of a sudden, a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScareChord' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScareChord' data-format='U2NhcmVDaG9yZA=='>Scare Chord</a> plays, Lorne practially spins around <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OOCIsSeriousBusiness' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OOCIsSeriousBusiness' data-format='W1tPT0NJc1NlcmlvdXNCdXNpbmVzcyBsb29raW5nIG1vcmUgc2NhcmVkIGFuZCBob3JyaWZpZWQgdGhhbiB3ZSYjMDM5O3ZlIGV2ZXIgc2VlbiBoaW0gYmVmb3JlXV0='>looking more scared and horrified than we've ever seen him before</a>, and Fred coughs up blood right on Wesley's face. She spends the episode dying a slow and agonizing death while AI can't do anything to save her.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheAquabatsSuperShow' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheAquabatsSuperShow' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZUFxdWFiYXRzU3VwZXJTaG93'>The Aquabats! Super Show!</a></em> episode "Showtime!" begins with the team trying to get their big break. When the team hears about something happening in the downtown area, they go check it out. On arrival, they witness a little girl fall into the clutches of aliens. The team and some other allies plan to stop them until <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>SuperMagic PowerMan</span> and Lanolin Lady show up, defeating the aliens and stealing the Aquabats' chance at fame. The episode maintains a light-hearted feel up to that point, when <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >the little girl that was rescued uses <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>SuperMagic PowerMan</span>'s headband to vaporize the superhero couple, and transforms into Space Monster M, who proceeds to terrorize a nearby city in his mecha form.</span> Suddenly the plan no longer becomes to save the world to get fame, but because peoples' lives are at stake. It is here that the Aquabats, especially the MC Bat Commander who's been the occasional <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IdiotHero' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IdiotHero' data-format='SWRpb3RIZXJv'>Idiot Hero</a>, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LetsGetDangerous' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LetsGetDangerous' data-format='W1tMZXRzR2V0RGFuZ2Vyb3VzIGdldCB0aGVpciBhY3QgdG9nZXRoZXJdXQ=='>get their act together</a> and outsmart Space Monster M, while the audience learns that <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >the team is stuck in a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GroundhogDayLoop' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GroundhogDayLoop' data-format='R3JvdW5kaG9nRGF5TG9vcA=='>"Groundhog Day" Loop</a></span>.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Arrow' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Arrow' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7QXJyb3d9fQ=='>Arrow</a></em>: In Season 3 Episode 9 "The Climb", Oliver must face Ra's Al Ghul in a duel to the death using swords. The fight begins with Ra's unarmed while Oliver has two blades. Ra's dominates the fight, taking one of Oliver's blades during the battle. Oliver seems outmatched when music of worry starts to play as our hero is held to a standstill at the end of a sword at around 40:43... suddenly at 40:48 Oliver uses his remaining sword to parry Ra's blade and mount an offensive. The music of concern gives way to optimistic music. Oliver is mounting his comeback and the song has almost gone full-on Arrow theme music.... which is abruptly stopped when at 40:53 Ra's uses his bare hand to stop Oliver's sword mid-swing. Ra's punches him in the throat, slices his abdomen, monologues, stabs him through the chest, and kicks him off the side of a mountain. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurHeroIsDead' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurHeroIsDead' data-format='W1tPdXJIZXJvSXNEZWFkIE9saXZlciBkaWVzIGZyb20gaGlzIGluanVyaWVzXV0='>Oliver dies from his injuries</a>.</span></li><li> An episode of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Arvingerne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Arvingerne' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7QXJ2aW5nZXJuZX19'>Arvingerne</a></em>'s first season includes an ecstatic celebration after a handball match, accompanied by a rousing electronic soundtrack, in stark contrast to the entire series up to that point. It then abruptly cuts to bored goth girl Hannah listening to her <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>MP3</span> player, the sound inaudible to us.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/AshesToAshes2008' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/AshesToAshes2008' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0FzaGVzVG9Bc2hlczIwMDg='>Ashes to Ashes (2008)</a></em> has a lot of this. The season 1 finale, in particular, goes from farcical to heartwarming to OH SHIT in the space of about fifteen minutes.</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder2');">    B </div><div id="folder2" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BabylonFive' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BabylonFive' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0JhYnlsb25GaXZl'>Babylon 5</a></em> has a lot of this. <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/JMichaelStraczynski' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/JMichaelStraczynski' data-format='Q3JlYXRvci9KTWljaGFlbFN0cmFjenluc2tp'>J. Michael Straczynski</a> has gone on record saying something to the effect of "I just love giving viewers a nice, happy scene, and them slamming them on the back of the head with a 2x4." He especially liked doing this as the introduction to a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhamEpisode' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhamEpisode' data-format='V2hhbUVwaXNvZGU='>Wham Episode</a>; making the episode look like a light walk in the park, then suddenly flinging you into the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MythArc' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MythArc' data-format='TXl0aEFyYw=='>Myth Arc</a> at breakneck speed.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BandOfBrothers' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BandOfBrothers' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0JhbmRPZkJyb3RoZXJz'>Band of Brothers</a></em> did this with episode to episode continuity. The last two episodes go from finding a Nazi concentration camp to them going into Hitler's summer home and hilariously looting it of everything of value (up to and including the photo album of his summer vacations).</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BattlestarGalactica2003' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BattlestarGalactica2003' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7QmF0dGxlc3RhciBHYWxhY3RpY2F8MjAwM319'>Battlestar Galactica</a></em> - "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S04E11SometimesAGreatNotion' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S04E11SometimesAGreatNotion' data-format='W1t7e1JlY2FwL0JhdHRsZXN0YXJHYWxhY3RpY2EyMDAzUzA0RTExU29tZXRpbWVzQUdyZWF0Tm90aW9ufX0gU29tZXRpbWVzIEEgR3JlYXQgTm90aW9uXV0='>Sometimes A Great Notion</a>": after discovering <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >that Earth is a radioactive wasteland</span> Dualla cheerfully reconciles with her estranged husband <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >then puts a bullet in her brain.</span><ul ><li> Thanks to the ensuing commercial break, the mood whiplashes again so suddenly <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrossesTheLineTwice' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrossesTheLineTwice' data-format='W1tDcm9zc2VzVGhlTGluZVR3aWNlIHlvdSBoYWxmIGV4cGVjdCB5b3VyIHNwaW5lIHRvIGJyZWFrIGZyb20gaXRdXQ=='>you half expect your spine to break from it</a>. <a class='urllink' href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zcum6lPrRo'>The commercial itself starts at 1:58<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a>.</li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Baywatch' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Baywatch' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7QmF5d2F0Y2h9fQ=='>Baywatch</a></em>: What shall we have as the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwoLinesNoWaiting' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwoLinesNoWaiting' data-format='W1tUd29MaW5lc05vV2FpdGluZyBCLVBsb3RdXQ=='>B-Plot</a> for the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProWrestlingEpisode' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProWrestlingEpisode' data-format='UHJvV3Jlc3RsaW5nRXBpc29kZQ=='>Pro Wrestling Episode</a>, where Hulk Hogan battles Ric Flair to <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SavingTheOrphanage' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SavingTheOrphanage' data-format='W1tTYXZpbmdUaGVPcnBoYW5hZ2Ugc2F2ZSBhIFJlYyBDZW50ZXJdXQ=='>save a Rec Center</a>? <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VerySpecialEpisode' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VerySpecialEpisode' data-format='W1tWZXJ5U3BlY2lhbEVwaXNvZGUgSG93IGFib3V0IFN0ZXBoYW5pZSBnZXR0aW5nIHNraW4gY2FuY2VyXV0='>How about Stephanie getting skin cancer</a>!?</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BeingHumanUK' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BeingHumanUK' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7QmVpbmcgSHVtYW58VUt9fQ=='>Being Human</a></em> (<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BeingHumanUS' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BeingHumanUS' data-format='W1tTZXJpZXMvQmVpbmdIdW1hblVTIGJvdGggdmVyc2lvbnNdXQ=='>both versions</a>) constantly whips between wacky sitcom hijinks and extremely gory supernatural horror, which can be more than a little jarring.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheBigLeap' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheBigLeap' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZUJpZ0xlYXA='>The Big Leap</a></em> invokes this when a live brawl between the cast on the in-universe reality show is cut off by a pre-recorded montage of everyone dancing happily together.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Blackadder' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Blackadder' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7QmxhY2thZGRlcn19'>Blackadder</a></em> - "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BlackadderS4E6Goodbyeee' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BlackadderS4E6Goodbyeee' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CbGFja2FkZGVyUzRFNkdvb2RieWVlZSBHb29kYnllZWVdXQ=='>Goodbyeee</a>" suddenly takes an abrupt swerve out of comedy territory in the final five minutes. The entire final episode features Blackadder once again attempting to get out of "The Big Push", that is, everyone in the trenches entering No-Man's Land assaulting the German front. In previous episodes, he and the other characters have gotten out of these assaults, but at the end of this episode <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > he realizes that there's no way to get out of it this time, and he, George, Baldrick and unexpectedly Darling, end up going over the top with everyone else, Blackadder's last words before going over being "Good luck, everyone". All of them are killed within seconds of going over, and the final, silent shot of the series is of an empty field of poppies in spring.</span> There are no jokes in these last few minutes whatsoever, it's entirely dramatic, and in a comedy series, this comes as being a very unexpected <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Tearjerker' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Tearjerker' data-format='e3tUZWFyamVya2VyfX0='>Tearjerker</a>.<ul ><li> A specific example of a beautifully-executed mid-sentence <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' data-format='TW9vZFdoaXBsYXNo'>Mood Whiplash</a> in this episode comes when Captain Darling, <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > about to go "over the top" to his likely death,</span> is listing all the things he'd hoped to do when the war ended. "Go back to work at Pratt and Sons" gets an audience laugh, as does "Keep wicket for the Croyden gentlemen", but these are followed by a brief pause and a wistful "Marry Doris". A character who'd been portrayed as just a petty comic foil to Blackadder up to that point suddenly gets humanized.<div class='indent'><strong>Darling:</strong> Made a note in my diary on the way here. Simply says..."bugger".</div></li><li> George gets a very similar mid-sentence whiplash.<div class='indent'><strong>George:</strong> Well, really, this is brave and splendid and noble...<em>[pause]</em>...sir?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Blackadder:</strong> Yes, lieutenant?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>George:</strong> I'm scared, sir.</div><ul ><li> There are jokes right up until Blackadder's penultimate line, but they are all extremely grim. It's called Trench Humour for a reason.</li></ul></li><li> And of course that moment moments before the end where they are lined up ready to go over the top, artillery booming in the background, when... silence falls.<div class='indent'><strong>Darling:</strong> Listen - our guns have stopped.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>George:</strong> You don't think...<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Baldrick:</strong> Maybe the war's over. Maybe it's peace!<br data-format="\\" /><em>You actually start to feel hopeful for the characters that fate has intervened and they have escaped certain death, and then Darling says...</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Darling</strong>: Thank God! We lived through it! The Great War, 1914 to 1917!<br data-format="\\" /><em>...And we know that the First World War actually ended in 1918.</em></div></li><li> A less dramatic, but still very jarring one occurs in the finale of <em>Blackadder II</em>, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BlackadderS2E6Chains' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BlackadderS2E6Chains' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CbGFja2FkZGVyUzJFNkNoYWlucyBDaGFpbnNdXQ=='>Chains</a>. The episode ends with Lord Edmund Blackadder defeating Prince Ludwig and joining the other characters in a party. Then the end credits sequence shows Blackadder finally catching the annoying minstrel and drowning him. It seems like all's well for Lord Blackadder... then cut immediately to the post credits scene showing all the season's major characters laying dead in a pile, apparently with all their throats slit, and then the reveal that Ludwig came back to kill them and disguise himself as Queen Elizabeth I.</li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BlackBooks' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BlackBooks' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0JsYWNrQm9va3M='>Black Books</a></em>: The first half of the final episode of the show is typical <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadpanSnarker' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadpanSnarker' data-format='RGVhZHBhblNuYXJrZXI='>Deadpan Snarker</a> alcoholism as the trio decide to head to a party. After they return the episode takes a turn when Bernard & Manny end up in an argument and Manny delivers a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheReasonYouSuck' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheReasonYouSuck' data-format='VGhlUmVhc29uWW91U3Vjaw=='>The Reason You Suck</a> speech. Despite the rest of the episode still having comedic moments, it's still horrendously dark compared to the first half.</li><li> One episode of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Bones' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Bones' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7Qm9uZXN9fQ=='>Bones</a></em> ends with Brennan singing "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" in a bar. Everyone's having fun until <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Pam shows up and shoots Booth.</span><ul ><li> In "Two Bodies In the Lab", Booth insists on staying with Brennan in her apartment after someone shot at her. At one point he notices a Foreigner CD in her music collection, and Booth and Brennan start rocking out to "Hot Blooded". Shortly after, Booth offers to get Brennan a beer. Just as he opens the refrigerator, he ends up getting the brunt of an explosion from a booby-trapped door.</li><li> The trope is also invoked in the episode "The Hole in the Heart", in this conversation between Brennan and Angela:<div class='indent'><strong>Angela</strong>: I mean, is this about Vincent?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Brennan</strong>: ...Yes.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Angela</strong>: Yeah. [Angela starts to leave]<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Brennan</strong>: And... I got into bed with Booth last night.[<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Beat' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Beat' data-format='W1t7e0JlYXR9fSBMb25nIHBhdXNlXV0='>Long pause</a>] Why aren't you saying anything?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Angela</strong>: <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShipperOnDeck' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShipperOnDeck' data-format='W1tTaGlwcGVyT25EZWNrIEJlY2F1c2UgSSBkb24mIzAzOTt0IHdhbnQgdG8geWVsbCAiSGFsbGVsdWphaCIgc28gY2xvc2UgdG8gbG9zaW5nIFZpbmNlbnRdXQ=='>Because I don't want to yell "Hallelujah" so close to losing Vincent</a>.</div></li><li> In "The Patriot in Purgatory", Brennan was inspired by watching a basketball game with Booth to bring several of the interns together for a "team building exercise", instructing them to identify as many unnamed bodies as they can. This quickly got derailed when <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Vasiri realized that the body he was identifying was a homeless veteran who was standing outside the Pentagon during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. By the end of the episode, the team determined that he died from injuries sustained when he pulled people from the debris, saving their lives. Booth delivered his eulogy as he was buried at Arlington Cemetery with full honors.</span></li></ul></li><li> The later seasons of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BoyMeetsWorld' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BoyMeetsWorld' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0JveU1lZXRzV29ybGQ='>Boy Meets World</a></em> had a lot of this because during those seasons <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CerebusSyndrome' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CerebusSyndrome' data-format='W1tDZXJlYnVzU3luZHJvbWUgdGhlIHNob3cgaGFkIGEgbG90IG1vcmUgc2VyaW91cyBwbG90bGluZXNdXQ=='>the show had a lot more serious plotlines</a> while continuing to be a sitcom, so in the more serious episodes, comedy relief scenes were injected between the serious scenes. A lot of the episode had a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwoLinesNoWaiting' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwoLinesNoWaiting' data-format='VHdvTGluZXNOb1dhaXRpbmc='>Two Lines, No Waiting</a> setup where one plot was comedic and one was serious.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BreakingBad' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BreakingBad' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0JyZWFraW5nQmFk'>Breaking Bad</a></em>:<ul ><li> In <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BreakingBadS5E5DeadFreight' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BreakingBadS5E5DeadFreight' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CcmVha2luZ0JhZFM1RTVEZWFkRnJlaWdodCBEZWFkIEZyZWlnaHRdXQ=='>Dead Freight</a>, the methylamine heist goes swimmingly, with no casualties as Jesse originally intended to, but then <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > the kid following them in the beginning finally catches up with them, and before anyone has a chance to react, Todd shoots the kid.</span></li><li> In <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BreakingBadS5E11Confessions' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BreakingBadS5E11Confessions' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CcmVha2luZ0JhZFM1RTExQ29uZmVzc2lvbnMgQ29uZmVzc2lvbnNdXQ=='>Confessions</a>, Jesse is finally on the track of getting away from all the mess in Alberqueque with hope for his future, then he looks for his cigarette <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > and after finding it missing, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EurekaMoment' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EurekaMoment' data-format='W1tFdXJla2FNb21lbnQgZ3Vlc3NlcyBleGFjdGx5IHdoYXQgaGFwcGVuZWRdXQ=='>guesses exactly what happened</a> to the ricin one...</span></li><li> In <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BreakingBadS5E13Tohajiilee' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BreakingBadS5E13Tohajiilee' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CcmVha2luZ0JhZFM1RTEzVG9oYWppaWxlZSBUbyYjMDM5O2hhamlpbGVlXV0='>To'hajiilee</a>, <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Jesse, Hank and Gomez finally corner Walt red-handed with his money barrels and proceed to arrest him, with Hank elatedly informing Marie it's over. Not more than 5 minutes later, Walt's Neo-Nazi backup arrive... and by the beginning of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BreakingBadS5E14Ozymandias' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BreakingBadS5E14Ozymandias' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CcmVha2luZ0JhZFM1RTE0T3p5bWFuZGlhcyB0aGUgbmV4dCBlcGlzb2RlXV0='>the next episode</a>, Gomez and Hank die and Jesse is shipped off to the Neo-Nazis for further blue meth production, with Walt even viciously revealing that he let Jane die.</span></li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheBrittasEmpire' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheBrittasEmpire' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZUJyaXR0YXNFbXBpcmU='>The Brittas Empire</a></em>: Brittas' death and funeral in "The Last Day" is played surprisingly seriously for the show, with everyone being very sad. However, this is then followed by a scene in the afterlife which has Brittas being his usual humorous annoying self, to the point where he is actually kicked out.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BrooklynNineNine' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BrooklynNineNine' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0Jyb29rbHluTmluZU5pbmU='>Brooklyn Nine-Nine</a></em>: The episode <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BrooklynNineNineS5E17DFW' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BrooklynNineNineS5E17DFW' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9Ccm9va2x5bk5pbmVOaW5lUzVFMTdERlcgREZXXV0='>DFW</a> begins with one of the shows' most famous Cold Opens as Jake is helping a witness identify a perp through a police lineup. She never saw the face, but remembered him singing "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/BackstreetBoys' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/BackstreetBoys' data-format='W1tNdXNpYy9CYWNrc3RyZWV0Qm95cyBJIFdhbnQgSXQgVGhhdCBXYXldXQ=='>I Want It That Way</a>," so Jake has them sing, and they produce a remarkably good rendition, even harmonizing at points and one (Number 5) really getting into it, as does Jake. Afterwards just as Jake is having fun, the woman states that she recognized the singing of Number 5 as the one who killed her brother, to which Jake (and likely the audience) exclaims "Oh my god I forgot about that part."</li><li> The <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BurnNotice' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BurnNotice' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0J1cm5Ob3RpY2U='>Burn Notice</a></em> Season Four episode "Friends and Enemies" is mostly lighthearted at first, with the week's client (a spy that Mike accidentally burned) being introduced to the trio's dynamic and making lighthearted banter. The villain is even defeated by having the police catch him with guns in his trunk—a trunk that snaps open dramatically two moments, after the car flips, spilling the guns all over the street. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Then cut to the next day, to where the not-arrested-after-all villain is horrifically torturing the client for information...</span></li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder3');">    C </div><div id="folder3" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/CallTheMidwife' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/CallTheMidwife' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0NhbGxUaGVNaWR3aWZl'>Call the Midwife</a></em> seems to want to find out how many emotions it can make viewers feel in a single episode. Answer: <em>All of them.</em> Repeatedly, without ever once becoming melodrama. The sudden jump from <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >the horror of a bloody back-alley abortion</span> to <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >a cheerful summer fete</span> in the space of <em>seconds</em>. In that particular case, the juxtaposition only underscores the horror of the first scene. <em>Dammit</em>, Heidi Thomas!</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Castle2009' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Castle2009' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7Q2FzdGxlfDIwMDl9fQ=='>Castle</a></em>:<ul ><li> It's pretty jarring when something dramatic happens during the end of an episode's opening and then the upbeat theme with the title card comes up right after. The ones that use the dramatic still version of the title card subvert this. Same goes for those who watch an episode with a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DownerEnding' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DownerEnding' data-format='RG93bmVyRW5kaW5n'>Downer Ending</a> on DVD and the upbeat theme in the credits comes up after that too! Way to ruin the mood!</li><li> The <em>Dark Castle</em> episodes themselves which rarely have any humor in them also apply to the trope.</li><li> A common gag in the show is for them to show a grisly murder scene or even the murder, and then <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SmashCut' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SmashCut' data-format='U21hc2hDdXQ='>Smash Cut</a> over to a cutesy domestic scene in Castle's apartment (e.g. guy shooting at van gets run over by van -> Castle making pancakes).</li><li> The ending. There was originally going to be another season, then it was announced that some of the main cast wouldn't be returning, and then it was announced just a few weeks before the end of the season that the show would be canceled, and the season finale became the series finale. The result is perhaps the most jarring case of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' data-format='TW9vZFdoaXBsYXNo'>Mood Whiplash</a> ever: <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >it cuts from the intended <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Cliffhanger' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Cliffhanger' data-format='e3tDbGlmZmhhbmdlcn19'>Cliffhanger</a> of Castle and Beckett lying bleeding on the floor to a cheerful <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FlashForward' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FlashForward' data-format='Rmxhc2hGb3J3YXJk'>Flash Forward</a> of them alive and happy with kids.</span></li></ul></li><li> The season 4 <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Charmed1998' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Charmed1998' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7Q2hhcm1lZHwxOTk4fX0='>Charmed</a></em> episode "Hell Hath No Fury". Funny jokes about Paige messing with magic and getting an accidental <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreastExpansion' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreastExpansion' data-format='QnJlYXN0RXhwYW5zaW9u'>Breast Expansion</a> one minute, a serious story about Piper literally losing herself in rage and grief over Prue's death the next. One of the better-acted episodes in the series, oddly enough.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Chuck' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Chuck' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7Q2h1Y2t9fQ=='>Chuck</a></em>'s 2nd season had "Chuck vs. Santa Claus", a hilarious homage and parody to <em>Die Hard</em>, with nearly every scene being a funny reference to the movie. In the end, the day is saved...and Chuck secretly watches Sarah execute the unarmed villain in cold blood, and then coolly lie to his face about it. Anna and Morgan are also on the outs.</li><li> Almost every episode of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ColdCase' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ColdCase' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0NvbGRDYXNl'>Cold Case</a></em> starts as such. There is at first a relatively happy scene with the victim and his/her family or friends, which brutally ends with the dead corpse of the victim, and police agents who close the investigation file...</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Community' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Community' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7Q29tbXVuaXR5fX0='>Community</a></em> has an episode where the guys are listening to a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VideoWill' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VideoWill' data-format='VmlkZW9XaWxs'>Video Will</a> Pierce's mom left behind on a CD. The first track on Pierce's mother's CD is a recording of her pleading with him to understand the finality of death. The second track is hardcore gangsta rap.</li><li> The BBC Adaptation of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Cranford' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Cranford' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7Q3JhbmZvcmR9fQ=='>Cranford</a></em> can be quite frankly emotionally exhausting to watch. Funny and witty one moment, heartbreaking the next. Then melancholy. Then heart-warming. Then... you get the picture.</li><li> In an episode of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/CriminologistHimuraAndMysteryWriterArisugawa' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/CriminologistHimuraAndMysteryWriterArisugawa' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0NyaW1pbm9sb2dpc3RIaW11cmFBbmRNeXN0ZXJ5V3JpdGVyQXJpc3VnYXdh'>Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa</a></em>, a light-hearted scene of the cast welcoming back Himura with an impromptu performance of an idol song is immediately followed by said idol tearfully being forced at knifepoint to record a ransom video.</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder4');">    D </div><div id="folder4" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/DeadLikeMe' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/DeadLikeMe' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0RlYWRMaWtlTWU='>Dead Like Me</a></em>:<ul ><li> Mason has to pose as a clown at a kid's party and it's hilariously cranky the entire time. Then it comes the time to collect the soul of the birthday girl's father.</li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/DeathInParadise' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/DeathInParadise' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0RlYXRoSW5QYXJhZGlzZQ=='>Death in Paradise</a></em> did this with the first episode of the third season after the murder <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > of Inspector Poole, the lead from the first two series</span>. The body was revealed with the knife sticking out and then the cheerful credits played <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > including footage of the now dead inspector humorously lugging his suitcase along the beach</span> before switching back to everyone sombrely mourning.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/DinosaurRevolution' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/DinosaurRevolution' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0Rpbm9zYXVyUmV2b2x1dGlvbg=='>Dinosaur Revolution</a></em>:<ul ><li> The antics of the ill-fated <em>Guanlong</em> duo are meant to be amusing at first... [[spoiler:until they end up stranded on a small island with crocodyliforms closing in.</li><li> An orphaned young <em>Protoceratops</em> and an elderly bull bond, and they manage to manage to reach a herd of other <em>Protoceratops</em> (who also scare away the two <em>Velociraptor</em> who had killed the young one’s parents and were trying to ambush them). Then, [as we see the juvenile being integrated into the herd, the old <em>Protoceratops</em> turns around and walks away, and we then see him traveling down to a <em>Protoceratops</em> graveyard where he lies down peacefully…</li><li> It's brief, but when most of the <em>Anhanguera</em> story (even <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackComedy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackComedy' data-format='W1tCbGFja0NvbWVkeSB0aGUgZGVhdGhzXV0='>the deaths</a> of the young <em>Anhanguera</em>) is played for laughs, it's a quick jolt back to reality when we see the broken body of one of the <em>Anhanguera</em> being scavenged by crabs.</li><li> A scene where two baby <em>Tyrannosaurus rexes</em> are playing ends with them being devoured by an antagonistic male <em>T.rex</em>.</li><li> Also later in the same episode, much hilarity is happening around an old <em>Ankylosaurus</em>. We first see a pair of <em>Troodon</em> chasing a juvenile pachycephalosaur, which tries to seek shelter underneath the <em>Ankylosaurus</em>, while the <em>Ankylosaurus</em> is seemingly oblivious to all this, even accidentally sitting on the male <em>Troodon</em>. Later, a young <em>T. rex</em> playfully tries to attack the <em>Ankylosaurus</em>, only to get knocked to the ground. Funny stuff. Then it chases the pair of <em>Troodon</em> into a cave. <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheDayTheDinosaursDied' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheDayTheDinosaursDied' data-format='W1tUaGVEYXlUaGVEaW5vc2F1cnNEaWVkIFRoZW4gdGhlIG1ldGVvcml0ZSBoaXRzLl1d'>Then the meteorite hits.</a> The juvenile <em>T.rex</em> survives along with the <em>Troodons</em>. He emerges <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AfterTheEnd' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AfterTheEnd' data-format='W1tBZnRlclRoZUVuZCBpbnRvIGEgY29sZCwgYmFycmVuIHdhc3RlbGFuZF1d'>into a cold, barren wasteland</a> - and finds the twisted corpses of its parents. But wait, the solemn moment can't last, there is a mammal to catch. And the clumsy juvenile, trying to catch the mammal, trips and falls. It seems to be funny - until we see the <em>T.rex</em> <em>lying on the bottom of the cliff, with a broken skull, in a pool of his own blood</em>.</li></ul></li><li> Done deliberately as part of the format in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/DocMartin' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/DocMartin' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0RvY01hcnRpbg=='>Doc Martin</a></em>, every episode will contain one dark, serious and weighty storyline, and one light <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/QuirkyTown' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/QuirkyTown' data-format='UXVpcmt5VG93bg=='>Quirky Town</a> style story. They will then interleave throughout the episode, often with both storylines crossing through the same scene, and leaving the viewer pretty wrung out emotionally by the end.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheDoctorOzShow' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheDoctorOzShow' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZURvY3Rvck96U2hvdw=='>The Doctor Oz Show</a></em>: Tends to do this in episodes with serious topics. It may start off with somber conversations with women who have lost family members to cancer... and one tiny commercial break later, audience members are passing brightly colored balls representing poop through a plastic tube representing the colon, with everyone laughing and cheering at a successful "bowel movement" into a plastic bucket.</li><li> The 2020 virtually-produced special <em>The Disney Family Singalong</em> does this near the end, with the fast-paced, energetic <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/HighSchoolMusical' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/HighSchoolMusical' data-format='W1tGaWxtL0hpZ2hTY2hvb2xNdXNpY2FsIFdlJiMwMzk7cmUgQWxsIEluIFRoaXMgVG9nZXRoZXJdXQ=='>We're All In This Together</a> being followed by a slow, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker' data-format='W1tUZWFySmVya2VyIHRlYXIgamVya2luZ11d'>tear jerking</a> rendition of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Cinderella1950' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Cinderella1950' data-format='W1tXZXN0ZXJuQW5pbWF0aW9uL0NpbmRlcmVsbGExOTUwIEEgRHJlYW0gSXMgQSBXaXNoIFlvdXIgSGVhcnQgTWFrZXNdXQ=='>A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes</a>, performed by <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/MichaelBuble' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/MichaelBuble' data-format='TXVzaWMvTWljaGFlbEJ1Ymxl'>Michael Bublé</a> and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/DemiLovato' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/DemiLovato' data-format='TXVzaWMvRGVtaUxvdmF0bw=='>Demi Lovato</a>.</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder5');">    E </div><div id="folder5" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> Used to great dramatic effect in <em>Eyes on the Prize</em>, the landmark <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/PBS' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/PBS' data-format='Q3JlYXRvci97e1BCU319'>PBS</a></em> documentary series about the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement' data-format='W1tVc2VmdWxOb3Rlcy9DaXZpbFJpZ2h0c01vdmVtZW50IEFmcmljYW4tQW1lcmljYW4gY2l2aWwgcmlnaHRzIG1vdmVtZW50XV0='>African-American civil rights movement</a> of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheFifties' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheFifties' data-format='VGhlRmlmdGllcw=='>The '50s</a> and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSixties' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSixties' data-format='VGhlU2l4dGllcw=='>The '60s</a>. At the end of episode four, "No Easy Walk," the series cuts directly from Rev. Ralph Abernathy happily reflecting on the afterglow of the 1963 March on Washington to the sound of loud police sirens in the aftermath of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, in which four young girls were killed. In addition, about 25 seconds of dead silence accompanies footage of mourners comforting each other and of workers removing the bodies of the deceased from the scene. The takeaway is that for as much progress as the movement had made by the summer and fall of 1963, it had a long way to go.</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder6');">    F </div><div id="folder6" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Farscape' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Farscape' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7RmFyc2NhcGV9fQ=='>Farscape</a></em> manages to do this so often that you would swear the entire show was bipolar. Prime example, in the episode "Revenging Angel" where John gets knocked unconscious due to a comedic accident... cue Harvey appearing in his coma-hallucination telling him that he's dying... cue John turning his <em>entire reality</em> into a Looney Tunes world... cue slap-stick and John asking all the main characters in his head how he should survive... cue his entire world blowing up and him flatlining. This is a one-episode example. Often the show will jump from the serious arc plotline with horrific and damaging psychological implications for the characters to good old harmless space opera fun in a very short amount of time. Admittedly the show is made of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrazyIsCool' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrazyIsCool' data-format='Q3JhenlJc0Nvb2w='>Crazy Is Cool</a> but there is a <em>heavy</em> emphasis on the crazy.<ul ><li> The <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/FarscapeS04E22BadTiming' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/FarscapeS04E22BadTiming' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9GYXJzY2FwZVMwNEUyMkJhZFRpbWluZyBsYXN0IGVwaXNvZGUgb2Ygc2Vhc29uIGZvdXJdXQ=='>last episode of season four</a> has a doozy, more so given that it wasn't intended to be the last regular episode at the time of broadcast. After seemingly besting their enemies, Moya takes the crew to an ocean planet for some R&R. Crichton and Aeryn are having a heart-to-heart in a boat while Moya and the others rest in the sea nearby. Aeryn reveals that she's having Crichton's baby, Crichton proposes, Aeryn accepts, we go in for the happy ending... and suddenly an unknown ship hurtles out of the sky and shoots the boat, disintegrating both of them. D'Argo, seeing this happen from Moya's bridge, screams in horror. We cut to the end credits, which roll in silence.</li></ul></li><li> Done many, many times in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Frasier' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Frasier' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7RnJhc2llcn19'>Frasier</a></em>, when a scene that is initially <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayedForLaughs' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayedForLaughs' data-format='UGxheWVkRm9yTGF1Z2hz'>Played for Laughs</a> becomes, upon further elaboration, much darker or more emotional than before. For example, Niles discovers that his wife Maris is cheating on him with his marriage counselor through a hilarious scene of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MissedHimByThatMuch' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MissedHimByThatMuch' data-format='TWlzc2VkSGltQnlUaGF0TXVjaA=='>Missed Him by That Much</a> where both he and the counselor think they are preparing for a steamy night with Maris. This leads to an equally hilarious confrontation, and an even more hilarious scene where Niles' anger at his wife boils over while coaching a group therapy session; only for the scene to turn into a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker' data-format='VGVhckplcmtlcg=='>Tear Jerker</a> halfway through when he bursts into tears and starts screaming at an absent Maris that he has never, ever cheated on her despite being tempted by Daphne, who treats him well and is a far better person than Maris is, for years, and finally breaking down sobbing that "I wanted to believe that [Maris has been always faithful to him] more than anything in the world, but now...now...I just can't see how I can...Now I just want to <em>die.</em>"<ul ><li> Oh God, Daphne when Niles is having heart surgery. It's terrific writing and acting because the others make the jokes and act as you would expect but Daphne is sat wondering if she is going to lose Niles not that long after they have finally managed to get together. Almost as good is the terrific scene with Martin who is equal parts reproachful, compassionate and understanding with her when he says "It's hard as hell for all of us".<ul ><li> One particular part that stands out involves a candy machine. Frasier and Martin are arguing about the machine, in typical sitcom fashion. Daphne grabs a fire extinguisher, <em>smashes the front of the machine,</em> calmly hands Martin the particular candy bar he wanted, then completely breaks down.</li></ul></li><li> In the episode before (<span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>S10E7</span>), we see Niles fretting about his toothache and the "1 in 10,000" chance that it could be heart trouble. Seems like typical Niles overanxiety, until the last scene where we find out he was right. Then it jumps back in the other direction when Niles is shown during the credits to be freaking out over being handed a water bottle.</li><li> "A Day In May" gives us three typically comical storylines featuring Frasier helping Lana sell a house, Niles getting jealous of Daphne's friendship with an attractive man, and Roz's daughter being sick in Frasier's car. This all contrasts with Martin's storyline which sees him attending the parole hearing of the man who <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CareerEndingInjury' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CareerEndingInjury' data-format='W1tDYXJlZXJFbmRpbmdJbmp1cnkgc2hvdCBoaW0gaW4gdGhlIGhpcF1d'>shot him in the hip</a> during a robbery. Martin's scenes are played without comedy and end with the man's parole being denied while his mother can only watch in tears.</li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Friends' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Friends' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7RnJpZW5kc319'>Friends</a></em> occasionally does this.<ul ><li> Never more than in the episode "The One With the Morning After" which deals with the fall out of Ross sleeping with another woman behind Rachel's back after believing she's left him. Even though it's a fairly serious episode, the majority of it still has a few hilarious moments such as Ross and Rachel taking a brief break from their fight to order pizza and Rachel intentionally ordering anchovies mixed in with the toppings and sauce because she knows Ross hates them. However, the very last scene completely abandons the humorous aspect and goes completely serious. Even the brief moment where we see the remaining four other characters still trapped in Monica's back room is suddenly <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayedforDrama' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayedforDrama' data-format='W1tQbGF5ZWRmb3JEcmFtYSBtdWNoIG1vcmUgc2VyaW91c11d'>much more serious</a> as they're all somberly listening in to the conversation, with Monica and Phoebe even breaking down into tears as they all realize that their two friends' relationship is over.</li><li> "The One With The Fertility Test" also has this. Most of the episode revolves around usual hi-jinks and Chandler freaking out about 'doing it in a cup'. Right at the end of the episode <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > he and Monica discover they probably can't have children and the scene fades out with them <em>sobbing in each other's arms</em>.</span> It's a punch in the gut that leaves you reeling and wondering what happened to so-called 'comedy'.</li><li> A lot of episodes with Monica and Chandler involve this, as the writers balance what is a genuinely sweet, heart-warming relationship and comedy. Their engagement episode goes from an amusing <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ZanyScheme' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ZanyScheme' data-format='WmFueVNjaGVtZQ=='>Zany Scheme</a> to Chandler breaking down thinking she's left him and a gut-wrenching proposal, to the others coming in to crack some jokes, and then back to them dancing quietly together. Hell, even their wedding vows switch between their tender declarations of love and Joey's messing up the order of service.</li></ul></li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder7');">    G </div><div id="folder7" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/GameOfThrones' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/GameOfThrones' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0dhbWVPZlRocm9uZXM='>Game of Thrones</a></em>:<ul ><li> The show features a lighthearted scene about Arya catching a pigeon and trying to trade it for a pie, <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > then moments later witnessing her father's execution.</span> And this was just after she killed the pigeon with her bare hands, breaking the bird's neck.</li><li> In the same episode, a humorous scene in which Tyrion, Bronn, and Shae play a drinking game leads into the tragic story of <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Tyrion's first love, and how it turned out that she was actually a prostitute his brother had hired to make a man of him, and how as punishment for marrying her, Tyrion's father made him watch as she was gang-raped by his entire garrison.</span></li><li> In the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/GameOfThronesS3E3WalkOfPunishment' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/GameOfThronesS3E3WalkOfPunishment' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9HYW1lT2ZUaHJvbmVzUzNFM1dhbGtPZlB1bmlzaG1lbnQgdGhpcmQgZXBpc29kZSBvZiB0aGUgdGhpcmQgc2Vhc29uXV0='>third episode of the third season</a>, the closing scene is of Jaime being threatened and ultimately <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >getting his hand chopped off</span>. This graphic, violent event is <em>immediately</em> followed an <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnachronismStew' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnachronismStew' data-format='W1tBbmFjaHJvbmlzbVN0ZXcgYW5hY2hyb25pc3RpYyByb2NrIGNvdmVyXV0='>anachronistic rock cover</a> of The Bear and The Maiden Fair, a comedic song which was sung earlier in the episode, turning a moment of pure horror into <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackComedy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackComedy' data-format='W1tCbGFja0NvbWVkeSBwdXJlIGhpbGFyaXR5XV0='>pure hilarity</a>.</li><li> However, the crowning example of this trope occurred in <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/GameOfThronesS3E9TheRainsOfCastamere' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/GameOfThronesS3E9TheRainsOfCastamere' data-format='UmVjYXAvR2FtZU9mVGhyb25lc1MzRTlUaGVSYWluc09mQ2FzdGFtZXJl'>Game of Thrones S3E9: "The Rains of Castamere"</a> during the wedding between Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey. Initially there were both hilarious moments (i.e. Walder Frey's utter Jerkassery and lecherousness on display) and utterly heartwarming moments (i.e. Talisa telling Robb she wanted to name their son after Ned Stark) with a light and happy atmosphere... then the eponymous "Rains of Castamere" song began to play as the Freys closed and bolted the doors, and Walder Frey loudly announces that he has a wedding gift for Talissa. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Within ten minutes Robb, Talisa and Catelyn have been butchered along with almost all the Stark and Tully bannermen while their soldiers are slaughtered by the Bolton and Frey traitors outside, thus ending the Northern Rebellion.</span></li><li> Jory's humorous <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DistractedByTheSexy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DistractedByTheSexy' data-format='RGlzdHJhY3RlZEJ5VGhlU2V4eQ=='>Distracted by the Sexy</a> moment in the brothel is immediately followed by a violent ambush resulting in his death.</li><li> This sometimes happens when switching between different plot threads. Arya training with Syrio? Cool, and even a little funny, but the next scene is Dany eating a horse's heart.</li><li> Theon's torture starts with a sudden, comically timed blowing of a horn.</li><li> This happens to Cersei, due to Tywin's <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhamLine' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhamLine' data-format='V2hhbUxpbmU='>Wham Line</a>. Just before that, she had been shamelessly gloating over the fact that Tywin was going to force Tyrion to marry Sansa... and then Tywin tells her of his plans for her, and she's brought nearly to tears.<div class='indent'><strong>Tywin:</strong> You're still fertile. You need to marry again and breed. <br data-format="\\" /><strong>Cersei:</strong> I am <strong>Queen Regent</strong>, not some broodmare! <br data-format="\\" /><strong>Tywin:</strong> You are <strong>my daughter</strong>! You will do as I command and you will marry Loras Tyrell!</div></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/GameOfThronesS5E10MothersMercy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/GameOfThronesS5E10MothersMercy' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9HYW1lT2ZUaHJvbmVzUzVFMTBNb3RoZXJzTWVyY3kgIk1vdGhlciYjMDM5O3MgTWVyY3kiO11d'>"Mother's Mercy";</a> After Jamie picks up Myrcella and her fiance from Dorne, there's a heartwarming scene where Myrcella admits that, deep down, she's always known that <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoolUncle' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoolUncle' data-format='W1tDb29sVW5jbGUgSmFpbWVdXQ=='>Jaime</a> <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrotherSisterIncest' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrotherSisterIncest' data-format='W1tCcm90aGVyU2lzdGVySW5jZXN0IGlzIHJlYWxseSBoZXIgZmF0aGVyLF1d'>is really her father,</a></span> but she's just fine with it, and the two of them embrace in a hug. Shortly afterwards, <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > blood pours from her nose and mouth as she succumbs to poison <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KissOfDeath' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KissOfDeath' data-format='W1tLaXNzT2ZEZWF0aCBzZWNyZXRseSBpbmZsaWN0ZWQgdXBvbiBoZXIgZWFybGllcixdXQ=='>secretly inflicted upon her earlier,</a> and dies right in Jamie's arms.</span> <em>Holy</em> <em><strong>fuck.</strong></em></li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/GilmoreGirls' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/GilmoreGirls' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0dpbG1vcmVHaXJscw=='>Gilmore Girls</a></em> uses this trope rapid fire in the season 6 episode in which Lorelai and Rory go back to Friday night dinners with Richard and Emily. We suddenly cut to:<div class='indent'>1. Rory and Lorelai arguing with Richard and Emily as the camera swings back and forth between the four of them.<br data-format="\\" />2. The four eating dessert while making polite chitchat.<br data-format="\\" />3. Richard and Emily having it out about Emily's almost buying an airplane while Lorelai and Rory sip their coffee quietly.<br data-format="\\" />4. All of them laughing as Emily recounts how she took Shira Huntzberger down verbally.<br data-format="\\" />5. Rory arguing with Emily because Emily wants to force her out of the DAR but apparently lacks grounds to do so. Richard and Lorelai sit on the couch staring at nothing. Bonus: Richard asks, "So, how's Luke?" and Lorelai says, nonchalantly, "He has a kid." Richard doesn't react.<br data-format="\\" />6. Lorelai and Emily rehashing the 21-year-old argument about Lorelai's refusal to marry Christopher when she got pregnant with Rory. Richard and Rory sit across from each other, looking bored.<br data-format="\\" />7. All of them sitting slumped in the living room, apparently exhausted. No one says a word.<br data-format="\\" />8. Lorelai and Rory exiting through the front door, still exhausted. Lorelai says, "Well, I think we've officially reinstated Friday night dinner."</div></li><li> The opening of the third season of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Glow2017' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Glow2017' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0dsb3cyMDE3'>GLOW (2017)</a></em> has the girls living it up in Las Vegas. Ruth and Debbie are doing a TV interview in character, Debbie as an All-American Girl while Ruth is an "Evil Russian." They talk of a coming shuttle launch and then watch as it's...the <em>Challenger</em>. Looking off, Ruth continues to push her character slamming the shuttle and "American teacher on board" while Debbie's face turns to horror watching the screen. She finally gets Ruth to watch as she realizes she was bad-mouthing the astronauts in literally their final moments.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheGoldenGirls' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheGoldenGirls' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZUdvbGRlbkdpcmxz'>The Golden Girls</a></em> propensity for this is why it's said to be one of the few shows to be able to do the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VerySpecialEpisode' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VerySpecialEpisode' data-format='VmVyeVNwZWNpYWxFcGlzb2Rl'>Very Special Episode</a> right. One of the earliest examples was when they spent an entire scene bouncing between a serious discussion about the state of the elder care system, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItMakesSenseInContext' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItMakesSenseInContext' data-format='W1tJdE1ha2VzU2Vuc2VJbkNvbnRleHQgdG8gam9rZXMgYWJvdXQgdGhlIHBpY3R1cmVzIG9mIHRvcGxlc3Mgd29tZW4gc3ByZWFkIG92ZXIgdGhlIHRhYmxlXV0='>to jokes about the pictures of topless women spread over the table</a>.<div class='indent'><strong>Sophia:</strong> Why do we let this happen? Why can't we care for our elderly the way they do in Japan? <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreadEggsMilkSquick' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreadEggsMilkSquick' data-format='W1tCcmVhZEVnZ3NNaWxrU3F1aWNrIFdoeSBhcmUgdGhlcmUgc2V2ZW50ZWVuIHNldHMgb2YgaG9vdGVycyBvbiB0aGUgY29mZmVlIHRhYmxlPyFdXQ=='>Why are there seventeen sets of hooters on the coffee table?!</a></div></li><li> The final episode of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheGoodLife' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheGoodLife' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZUdvb2RMaWZl'>The Good Life</a></em> has Tom, Barbara, Jerry and Margo returning from a party celebrating Jerry's promotion - only to find that <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >the Goods' house had been broken into, and needlessly and viciously vandalized when the burglars could find nothing of value to steal.</span></li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder8');">    H </div><div id="folder8" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Halo2022' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Halo2022' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0hhbG8yMDIy'>Halo (2022)</a></em>. The episode "Solace" opens with Master Chief sitting in silence, pondering recent revelations and death glaring at Halsey. Then Kai grabs his arm, and we see she's screaming in agony on a bed next to him in a crowded and noisy sickbay.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheHandmaidsTale' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheHandmaidsTale' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZUhhbmRtYWlkc1RhbGU='>The Handmaid's Tale</a></em>: A <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Downplayed' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Downplayed' data-format='e3tkb3ducGxheWVkfX0='>downplayed</a> one where a younger Fred Waterford and Serena Joy are about to enjoy a movie, partaking in a regular casual leisure as ordinary Americans do, then <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Fred picks up his phone to receive the news that the planned attacks are happening and the couple blithely agree it's for the best of the world and proceed to watch the film.</span></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/HawaiiFive0' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/HawaiiFive0' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0hhd2FpaUZpdmUw'>Hawaii Five-0</a></em>: The episode "Ina Paha" alternates between Wo Fat's brutal and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ColdBloodedTorture' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ColdBloodedTorture' data-format='Q29sZEJsb29kZWRUb3J0dXJl'>Cold-Blooded Torture</a> of <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>McGarrett</span>—using <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PsychoSerum' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PsychoSerum' data-format='W1tQc3ljaG9TZXJ1bSBtaW5kLWFsdGVyaW5nIGRydWdzXV0='>mind-altering drugs</a>, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ElectricTorture' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ElectricTorture' data-format='W1tFbGVjdHJpY1RvcnR1cmUgZWxlY3Ryb2Rlc11d'>electrodes</a>, and good old fashioned <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JackBauerInterrogationTechnique' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JackBauerInterrogationTechnique' data-format='W1tKYWNrQmF1ZXJJbnRlcnJvZ2F0aW9uVGVjaG5pcXVlIHBoeXNpY2FsIGJydXRhbGl0eV1d'>physical brutality</a>—and <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>McGarrett</span>'s drug-induced <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FeverDreamEpisode' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FeverDreamEpisode' data-format='W1tGZXZlckRyZWFtRXBpc29kZSBoYWxsdWNpbmF0aW9uc11d'>hallucinations</a> of a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LighterAndSofter' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LighterAndSofter' data-format='TGlnaHRlckFuZFNvZnRlcg=='>Lighter and Softer</a> alternate universe version of the pilot episode where Victor Hess is stopped from killing John <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>McGarrett</span> at the last second, Chin Ho is still on the force, Danny is a happily-married <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CowboyCop' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CowboyCop' data-format='Q293Ym95Q29w'>Cowboy Cop</a> who loves living in Hawaii, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LargeAndInCharge' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LargeAndInCharge' data-format='W1tMYXJnZUFuZEluQ2hhcmdlIEthbWVrb25hXV0='>Kamekona</a> is an imprisoned crime lord, and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MsFanservice' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MsFanservice' data-format='W1tNc0ZhbnNlcnZpY2UgS29ubyBpcyBhIGZvdXItdGltZSB3b3JsZCBzdXJmaW5nIGNoYW1waW9uIGRvaW5nIFRWIGNvbW1lcmNpYWxzIGZvciBsaXAgZ2xvc3NdXQ=='>Kono is a four-time world surfing champion doing TV commercials for lip gloss</a>.</li><li> The <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/HogansHeroes' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/HogansHeroes' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0hvZ2Fuc0hlcm9lcw=='>Hogan's Heroes</a></em> episode "Operation Briefcase" was surprisingly dark, featuring an agent actually dying (offscreen) while in Hogan's care, when most involved escapes by the skins of their teeth. Even more unpleasantly, this episode dealt with an attempt to assassinate Hitler—an attempt, as everyone should know, that failed.<ul ><li> In the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BatmanColdOpen' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BatmanColdOpen' data-format='QmF0bWFuQ29sZE9wZW4='>Batman Cold Open</a> of another episode, the guys are meeting an Underground agent who was a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WholesomeCrossdresser' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WholesomeCrossdresser' data-format='W1tXaG9sZXNvbWVDcm9zc2RyZXNzZXIgZmVtYWxlIGltcGVyc29uYXRvcl1d'>female impersonator</a> before the war. Jokes fly, then Germans crash the meeting, fire at the good guys and take off in pursuit of the Underground agent. Hogan and his men get up again, Newkirk cracks a joke at the expense of the French... and they realize that <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>LeBeau</span> is still on the ground and has actually been shot. Cue one of the most dramatic moments in the (usually) comedic series when Newkirk <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OOCIsSeriousBusiness' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OOCIsSeriousBusiness' data-format='W1tPT0NJc1NlcmlvdXNCdXNpbmVzcyBkb2VzIGEgMTgwIGZyb21dXQ=='>does a 180 from</a> his usual <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadpanSnarker' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadpanSnarker' data-format='RGVhZHBhblNuYXJrZXI='>Deadpan Snarker</a> persona and says quietly, "Colonel, my little mate's been hit."</li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/HowIMetYourMother' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/HowIMetYourMother' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0hvd0lNZXRZb3VyTW90aGVy'>How I Met Your Mother</a></em>:<ul ><li> The episode "Bad News" plays out as a standard infertility story where Marshall and Lily go to a fertility specialist to get a test to see why they are having problems conceiving (we already know Lily will get pregnant). The usual <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HilarityEnsues' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HilarityEnsues' data-format='SGlsYXJpdHlFbnN1ZXM='>Hilarity Ensues</a> with Marshall being locked in a bathroom having to get a sperm sample while his mother is talking to him through the door (unaware of what is going on). Robin has some bad first days at her new job where she becomes the new <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButtMonkey' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButtMonkey' data-format='QnV0dE1vbmtleQ=='>Butt-Monkey</a>. By the end everything seems to have worked out, Marshall and Lily are perfectly healthy, Robin has managed to turn things around at work and we think that the episode title is just a spoof. Then at the very last minute <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Marshall finds that his dad, whom he was about to call with the good news, had a heart attack and died.</span>. Marshall's reaction is a complete <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker' data-format='VGVhckplcmtlcg=='>Tear Jerker</a>.</li><li> The season 8 episode "Band or DJ?" has Ted feeling guilty that he's not really happy about <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Barney and Robin's engagement</span>. Lily privately confronts him about this. Future Ted says, "By this point in my life, I'd been hurt quite a few times already." Cue a montage of clips we'd seen before of Ted getting hurt in funny ways: Young Ted as a camp counselor getting hit in the nuts by one of the kids, Ted getting attacked on a bad date, getting a tattoo (butterfly tramp stamp) removed and screaming in a high-pitched voice, getting beaten up by <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > a female goat</span>, a couple more nutshots, etc. and then <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' data-format='W1tNb29kV2hpcGxhc2ggV2hhbV1d'>Wham</a>! <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Ted asking Robin if she loves him and getting rejected</span>. Then a couple of seconds later, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItMakesSenseInContext' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItMakesSenseInContext' data-format='W1tJdE1ha2VzU2Vuc2VJbkNvbnRleHQgYWxsIHRoZSBjbGlwcyBhcmUgcmVwbGF5ZWQgZmFzdGVyXV0='>all the clips are replayed faster</a> with just the hits (and Ted's pained reactions) even funnier when chained together...<span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Then Robin says, "No," again</span>. And if that wasn't extreme enough, Lily's <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker' data-format='W1tUZWFySmVya2VyIGNvbmZlc3Npb25dXQ=='>confession</a> <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > that sometimes she wishes she weren't a mother</span> seconds later takes it up to eleven. Ted and Lily have a heart-warming moment. This is immediately followed by Marshall opening (the previously constipated) baby Marvin's diaper only to get covered in a massive spray of confetti.<div class='indent'><strong>Future Ted:</strong> <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Kids, it wasn't confetti.</span></div></li><li> "The Lighthouse" started out with Robin and Loretta trying to up one another and arguing who makes better scrambled eggs than Loretta but when <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Loretta unknowingly mentions grandchildren in front of Robin who can't have kids</span>, the mood becomes a lot sadder.</li></ul></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/AustralianBroadcastingCorporation' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/AustralianBroadcastingCorporation' data-format='W1tDcmVhdG9yL0F1c3RyYWxpYW5Ccm9hZGNhc3RpbmdDb3Jwb3JhdGlvbiBUaGUgQUJDXV0='>The ABC</a> series <em><a class='createlink' rel='nofollow' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/HungryBeast' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/HungryBeast' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0h1bmdyeUJlYXN0'>Hungry Beast</a></em> swaps between sketches and serious current affairs, so in one episode you may have <a class='urllink' href='http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/stories/asbestos-deaths-and-james-hardie'>an exposé on the continuing problems of asbestos in Australia<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a> and <a class='urllink' href='http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/stories/great-pigeon-race'>a hilarious competition between Australian broadband and a pigeon<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a> in the same episode.</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder9');">    I </div><div id="folder9" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> An In-Universe example from <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ICarly' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ICarly' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0lDYXJseQ=='>iCarly</a></em>:<div class='indent'><strong>Spencer:</strong> She used to say "Winder" instead of "Window".<br data-format="\\" /><em>(Everyone laughs)</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Spencer:</strong> She's dead now.<br data-format="\\" /><em>(Silence)</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Spencer:</strong> She fell out a winder!<br data-format="\\" /><em>(Everyone laughs)</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Spencer:</strong> No, I'm kidding, she had a heart attack.</div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0ludGVydmlld1dpdGhUaGVWYW1waXJlMjAyMg=='>Interview with the Vampire (2022)</a></em>:<ul ><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E1InThroesOfIncreasingWonder' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E1InThroesOfIncreasingWonder' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9JbnRlcnZpZXdXaXRoVGhlVmFtcGlyZTIwMjJTMUUxSW5UaHJvZXNPZkluY3JlYXNpbmdXb25kZXIgSW4gVGhyb2VzIG9mIEluY3JlYXNpbmcgV29uZGVyLi4uXV0='>In Throes of Increasing Wonder...</a>": The touching heart-to-heart talk between the two de Pointe du Lac brothers abruptly switches to abject horror for Louis when Paul throws himself off the roof without warning and kills himself.</li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S2E6LikeTheLightByWhichGodMadeThe' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S2E6LikeTheLightByWhichGodMadeThe' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9JbnRlcnZpZXdXaXRoVGhlVmFtcGlyZTIwMjJTMkU2TGlrZVRoZUxpZ2h0QnlXaGljaEdvZE1hZGVUaGUgTGlrZSB0aGUgTGlnaHQgYnkgV2hpY2ggR29kIE1hZGUgdGhlIFdvcmxkIEJlZm9yZSBIZSBNYWRlIExpZ2h0XV0='>Like the Light by Which God Made the World Before He Made Light</a>": The cheerful atmosphere that Louis, Armand, Claudia and Madeleine are enjoying at the bar suddenly shifts to terror as Louis, Claudia and Madeleine are abducted by the <em>Théâtre des Vampires</em> with sacs covering their heads.</li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0l0c0Fsd2F5c1N1bm55SW5QaGlsYWRlbHBoaWE='>It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia</a></em>: In an early episode, the main characters accidentally blow up a neighboring business with a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BurningBagOfPoop' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BurningBagOfPoop' data-format='QnVybmluZ0JhZ09mUG9vcA=='>Burning Bag of Poop</a>. In the next scene they're chilling at the bar singing <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/Extreme' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/Extreme' data-format='W1tNdXNpYy97e0V4dHJlbWV9fSAiTW9yZSBUaGFuIFdvcmRzIl1d'>"More Than Words"</a> A Cappella.</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder10');">    J </div><div id="folder10" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> <a class='urllink' href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9x-nyYqst4'>This skit<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a> from the Israeli satire show <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheJewsAreComing' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheJewsAreComing' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZUpld3NBcmVDb21pbmc='>The Jews Are Coming</a></em>, featuring <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheBible' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheBible' data-format='W1tMaXRlcmF0dXJlL1RoZUJpYmxlIEFtbm9uIGFuZCBUYW1hcl1d'>Amnon and Tamar</a> telling the story of how they <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrotherSisterIncest' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrotherSisterIncest' data-format='W1tCcm90aGVyU2lzdGVySW5jZXN0IGJlY2FtZSBhbiBpdGVtXV0='>became an item</a>. They start off telling it like a cutesy story before Amnon finishes it with, ‘<span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >So I <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapeAsComedy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapeAsComedy' data-format='W1tSYXBlQXNDb21lZHkgcmFwZWQgaGVyXV0='>raped her</a></span>.’<span class="notelabel" onclick="togglenote('note0t6t1');"><sup>note </sup></span><span id="note0t6t1" class="inlinefolder" isnote="true" onclick="togglenote('note0t6t1');" style="cursor:pointer;font-size:smaller;display:none;">In the original Tamar getting a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeroicBSOD' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeroicBSOD' data-format='SGVyb2ljQlNPRA=='>Heroic BSoD</a> and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil' data-format='W1tSYXBlSXNBU3BlY2lhbEtpbmRPZkV2aWwgQW1ub25dXQ=='>Amnon</a> suffering a brutal comeuppance.</span> Part of the comedic value derives from the ending being a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForegoneConclusion' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForegoneConclusion' data-format='Rm9yZWdvbmVDb25jbHVzaW9u'>Foregone Conclusion</a> for just about any Israeli viewer.</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder11');">    K </div><div id="folder11" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> Any <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChristmasEpisode' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChristmasEpisode' data-format='Q2hyaXN0bWFzRXBpc29kZQ=='>Christmas Episode</a> is likely to be this in any given <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/KamenRider' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/KamenRider' data-format='RnJhbmNoaXNlL0thbWVuUmlkZXI='>Kamen Rider</a></em> series. Since the plotlines of franchise are usually fairly dark and serious, the Christmas Episode will provide a lighthearted break from the story before getting back into the nitty-gritty.<ul ><li> By contrast, its sister series, <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/SuperSentai' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/SuperSentai' data-format='RnJhbmNoaXNlL1N1cGVyU2VudGFp'>Super Sentai</a></em> will have more serious Christmas Episodes since by the time Christmas rolls around, <em>Sentai</em> is usually in its endgame, while <em>Rider</em> isn't a quarter of the way done yet.</li><li> However, one Christmas Episode that qualifies in a different way is that of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/KamenRiderExAid' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/KamenRiderExAid' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0thbWVuUmlkZXJFeEFpZA=='>Kamen Rider Ex-Aid</a></em>. The episode is mostly fairly silly, thanks in no small part to <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GenkiGirl' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GenkiGirl' data-format='W1tHZW5raUdpcmwgUG9wcHkmIzAzOTtzXV0='>Poppy's</a> antics. But then the second half has <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Kiriya, one of the main Riders, being brutally murdered</span> in the show's first major tragedy. The last shot of the episode is of <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Emu clutching Kiriya's <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TransformationTrinket' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TransformationTrinket' data-format='W1tUcmFuc2Zvcm1hdGlvblRyaW5rZXQgR2FtZXIgRHJpdmVyXV0='>Gamer Driver</a> while sobbing over where <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoBodyLeftBehind' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoBodyLeftBehind' data-format='W1tOb0JvZHlMZWZ0QmVoaW5kIGhpcyBib2R5IG9uY2UgbGF5XV0='>his body once lay</a></span>. The whiplash was so intense that it actually attracted some complaints, and even a child viewer <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" ><em>wanting to hunt down Kuroto Dan for killing Kiriya.</em></span> You can't make this up.</li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/KeepingUpAppearances' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/KeepingUpAppearances' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0tlZXBpbmdVcEFwcGVhcmFuY2Vz'>Keeping Up Appearances</a></em>: Hyacinth shops for a second car; A crime thriller ensues. Hyacinth tries to help her sister fix her marriage; An epic foot chase ensues. Hyacinth goads Richard into repairing some electrics and babysits dogs; The dogs run away when the church is turned into a virtual war zone and explodes.</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder12');">    L </div><div id="folder12" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> One episode of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/LaverneAndShirley' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/LaverneAndShirley' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0xhdmVybmVBbmRTaGlybGV5'>Laverne & Shirley</a></em> called "Why Did the Fireman...?" has Laverne dating a fireman named Randy (played by a pre-<em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Cheers' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Cheers' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7Q2hlZXJzfX0='>Cheers</a></em> Ted Danson). Randy is preparing to propose to Laverne, only to be interrupted multiple times in humorous fashion. The last interruption is a fire emergency that Randy has to respond to. He tells Laverne to go home and wait for him. She does... and is then told that Randy was killed in the fire. The rest of the episode takes a dark turn as Laverne must come to terms with Randy's death.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/LiveForeverAsYouAreNowWithAlanResnick' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/LiveForeverAsYouAreNowWithAlanResnick' data-format='RmlsbS9MaXZlRm9yZXZlckFzWW91QXJlTm93V2l0aEFsYW5SZXNuaWNr'>Live Forever As You Are Now with Alan Resnick</a></em>: Downplayed; Every time Teddy speaks, the bouncy <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BackgroundMusic' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BackgroundMusic' data-format='QmFja2dyb3VuZE11c2lj'>Background Music</a> is replaced with a jarring ambiance, making the scene go from upbeat, to unsettling, back to upbeat when the scene changes again.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Lost' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Lost' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7TG9zdH19'>Lost</a></em>: About mid-way through the two-hour series opener, the Losties get the radio from their plane working and hear a transmission in French. After a couple of seconds of them cheering that the French are coming to rescue them, Shannon translates the transmission which says in part: "I'm alone, all alone, the others are dead." The Mood Whiplash makes a creepy moment far more terrifying than it already would be, and this moment basically sets the tone for the entire series.<ul ><li> Possibly the most chilling moment in this show's history: in the season one finale, they're on the raft, they fire the flare—and suddenly there's a light! There's a boat! There's triumph music! They're saved! And then: <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > "Only the thing is, we're gonna have to take the boy." HOLY CRAP</span>.</li><li> A particularly heartbreaking one is the episode where Claire successfully delivers her baby, and Sayid surprises Shannon with a romantic dinner. All this at the same time Jack is trying (and failing) to save Boone's (Shannon's half-brother) life. The final scene shows people gathering happily on the beach to tell the good news. Then we see Shannon and Sayid also arriving and the look on Jack's face when he sees them.</li><li> On a similar note, the <em>soundtrack</em> for this show. A prime example is <a class='urllink' href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hre5fkdq-0'>"Life & Death"<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a>: the first three minutes are a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker' data-format='W1tUZWFySmVya2VyIHRlYXJqZXJraW5nXV0='>tearjerking</a> meditation on well, life and death, and the last thirty seconds is you being dragged into hell.</li></ul></li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder13');">    M </div><div id="folder13" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheMagicians' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheMagicians' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZU1hZ2ljaWFucw=='>The Magicians</a></em>: When Penny and Katy cast a luck spell to infiltrate the Library of Magic, Quentin and Julia stay home and Quentin has to hold the "Bad Luck Bear," an enchanted teddy bear that balances out the luck magic by giving its holder extremely <em>bad</em> luck (Julia couldn't because she was pregnant at the time). As Penny and Katy move along with their mission, we see Quentin fall victim to various comedic misfortunes, ranging from dropping his spoon in lukewarm tomato soup (the safest thing Julia could make for him) to a <em>python</em> coming out of the toilet while he was on it. But the lighthearted tone comes to a halt when Q's phone rings and it's his mother. Julia pleads with him not to answer, because they both suspect his mom is calling to inform him that his cancer-stricken father has passed away. Q doesn't answer during the mission, but when he calls her back later, his father had died all the same.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/MASH' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/MASH' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7TUFTSH19'>M*A*S*H</a></em> gave Col. Henry Blake a funny, moving, celebratory departure when he was finally released from his tour of duty as the 4077's commander... only to cut the legs out from under the audience <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnforcedMethodActing' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnforcedMethodActing' data-format='W1tFbmZvcmNlZE1ldGhvZEFjdGluZyBhbmQgY2FzdF1d'>and cast</a></em> by having Radar walk in on the kidding-around-as-usual surgeons and announce <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > that Blake's plane home was shot down with no survivors</span>.<ul ><li> As a comedy set in war-torn Korea, <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Mash' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Mash' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7TWFzaH19'>M*A*S*H</a></em> did this a lot. You could be laughing hysterically one minute and within seconds, you could be left as if you've just been punched in the gut.<ul ><li> This was parodied in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Futurama' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Futurama' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi97e0Z1dHVyYW1hfX0='>Futurama</a></em>; one episode had a robot surgeon clearly based on Alan Alda's character, which had an actual <em>switch</em> that it would flip to jump between jovial goofing around and war-weary angst (labeled "Irreverent" and "Maudlin" respectively).<div class='indent'><strong>iHawk:</strong> <em>[despairingly]</em> This isn't a war... it's a murder.<br data-format="\\" /><em>[flips switch]</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>iHawk:</strong> <em>[Groucho Marx voice]</em> Dis isn't a war, it's a moider!</div></li></ul></li></ul></li><li> Used to chillingly good effect in the episode "Queen of Hearts" in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Merlin2008' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Merlin2008' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7TWVybGlufDIwMDh9fQ=='>Merlin</a></em>. King Uther initially thinks it's hilarious that Arthur has been caught making out with Guinevere in the woods ("I was young once, I know about the temptations of serving girls!") only for him to coldly banish Gwen from Camelot on pain of death once Arthur declares his love for her less than thirty seconds later.<ul ><li> The episode also opens on a note of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' data-format='TW9vZFdoaXBsYXNo'>Mood Whiplash</a> in which Guinevere's beautiful sunlit coronation is suddenly interrupted by Morgana waking up in a panic, the whole thing having been her prophetic nightmare.</li><li> Season four premiere has Arthur, Merlin and the knights wandering in a desolate village. Tension is mounting and they don't even know what kind of monster they are looking for. Suddenly, Gwaine takes a bite from an apple, startling everyone and breaking the tension. Only for Elyan to discover dead bodies.</li><li> <em>The Wicked Day</em> yanks its viewers around like crazy. Okay, it's Arthur's birthday. Good, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreatherEpisode' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreatherEpisode' data-format='QnJlYXRoZXJFcGlzb2Rl'>Breather Episode</a>. There's an assassin. Ok, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MonsterOfTheWeek' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MonsterOfTheWeek' data-format='TW9uc3Rlck9mVGhlV2Vlaw=='>Monster of the Week</a>, can't be that bad. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Uther gets stabbed and has only days to live.</span></li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Misfits' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Misfits' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7TWlzZml0c319'>Misfits</a></em> has this on its very first episode: we have Alisha recounting to the boys how she got pulled over by a cop for driving drunk and tried to avoid it, which includes a lot of sensual licking and sucking of a water bottle (the guys' reactions, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheQuietOne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheQuietOne' data-format='W1tUaGVRdWlldE9uZSBTaW1vbl1d'>Simon</a> in particular, are <em>hilarious</em>), while at the same time Kelly is running for her life as a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrainwashedAndCrazy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrainwashedAndCrazy' data-format='QnJhaW53YXNoZWRBbmRDcmF6eQ=='>Brainwashed and Crazy</a> Tony attempts to kill her. One story interrupts the other time and time again, and when Kelly gets to the building the rest of the group is in it's when the episode turns 100% serious.</li><li> The third season <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ModernFamily' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ModernFamily' data-format='U2VyaWVzL01vZGVybkZhbWlseQ=='>Modern Family</a></em> episode "Virgin Territory" goes from a serious discussion and realization of girls growing up quickly to scenes where Luke and Manny, both too young to drive, try to impress a girl by slowly driving Mitch's car.</li><li> <em><a class='createlink' rel='nofollow' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/MondayNightFootball' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/MondayNightFootball' data-format='U2VyaWVzL01vbmRheU5pZ2h0Rm9vdGJhbGw='>Monday Night Football</a></em> on Dec. 8, 1980, when <a class='createlink' rel='nofollow' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/HowardCosell' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/HowardCosell' data-format='Q3JlYXRvci9Ib3dhcmRDb3NlbGw='>Howard Cosell</a> all but defined the trope when he announced the breaking news of the murder of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/JohnLennon' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/JohnLennon' data-format='TXVzaWMvSm9obkxlbm5vbg=='>John Lennon</a> right after the broadcast of a football play.</li><li> The 1990 <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/DisneyChannel' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/DisneyChannel' data-format='Q3JlYXRvci9EaXNuZXlDaGFubmVs'>Disney Channel</a> special <em>Mother Goose Rock 'N' Rhyme</em>, a "hip" take on children's stories with Jean Stapleton in the title role and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheCameo' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheCameo' data-format='W1tUaGVDYW1lbyB2YXJpb3VzIGNlbGVicml0aWVzIGd1ZXN0LXN0YXJyaW5nIGFzIG51cnNlcnktcmh5bWUgY2hhcmFjdGVyc11d'>various celebrities guest-starring as nursery-rhyme characters</a> (<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/CheechAndChong' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/CheechAndChong' data-format='W1tDcmVhdG9yL0NoZWVjaEFuZENob25nIENoZWVjaCBNYXJpbl1d'>Cheech Marin</a> as the Cat With the Fiddle, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/ZZTop' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/ZZTop' data-format='TXVzaWMvWlpUb3A='>ZZ Top</a> as the Three Blind Mice, etc.) includes what is in context a very strange scene that would be a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigLippedAlligatorMoment' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigLippedAlligatorMoment' data-format='QmlnTGlwcGVkQWxsaWdhdG9yTW9tZW50'>Big-Lipped Alligator Moment</a> if it wasn't pointedly referred to later on in the movie. <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheHero' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheHero' data-format='VGhlSGVybw=='>The Hero</a> is captured and imprisoned in a dungeon (the female lead eventually rescues him) where he is forced to view an angry, wild rock video in which the headbanging musicians tell him he's been a "bad boy", he is to be punished, and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlatantLies' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlatantLies' data-format='W1tCbGF0YW50TGllcyAiSXQmIzAzOTtzIGdvbm5hIGh1cnQgbWUgbW9yZSB0aGFuIGl0IGh1cnRzIHlvdS4iXV0='>"It's gonna hurt me more than it hurts you."</a> Then, after all of that, what is the hero's punishment? Two jokers in lemon-yellow fright wigs (think that guy from <em>Monty Python</em> with the ax through his hat, but even crazier) show up with some feathers, giggle and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreakingTheFourthWall' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreakingTheFourthWall' data-format='W1tCcmVha2luZ1RoZUZvdXJ0aFdhbGwgdGVsbCB0aGUgYXVkaWVuY2UgIktpZHMsIGRvbiYjMDM5O3QgdHJ5IHRoaXMgYXQgaG9tZSEiXV0='>tell the audience "Kids, don't try this at home!"</a>, and proceed to subject their victim to <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TickleTorture' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TickleTorture' data-format='VGlja2xlVG9ydHVyZQ=='>Tickle Torture</a>. The grotesque juxtaposition of something that is (for kids) terrifyingly scary with something that is absurd just becomes all the more unnerving for that very reason. (It's even worse when you consider that, during wartime, militaries - <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatTheHellHero' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatTheHellHero' data-format='W1tXaGF0VGhlSGVsbEhlcm8gZXZlbiB0aGUgbWlsaXRhcmllcyBvZiBkZW1vY3JhdGljIGNvdW50cmllc11d'>even the militaries of democratic countries</a> - perform "enhanced interrogation techniques" that are based on precisely this "serious/silly" dichotomy.)</li><li> Otherwise cheerful comedy <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/MrBean' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/MrBean' data-format='U2VyaWVzL01yQmVhbg=='>Mr. Bean</a></em> has an unexpected moment. At the beginning of the episode, Bean steals a cordoned-off parking space for his yellow car while attending an event at a school. As he is leaving at the episode's end, he finds his car has been moved to the middle of the parking lot, where a crowd is watching. On his way to the car, he stops to buy a dessert, while in the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FunnyBackgroundEvent' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FunnyBackgroundEvent' data-format='W1tGdW5ueUJhY2tncm91bmRFdmVudCBiYWNrZ3JvdW5kXV0='>background</a> his car is crushed by a tank; Bean having stolen a parking spot meant for the demonstration. Bean is oblivious to the crushing, and upon finally turning around he does a comical <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DoubleTake' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DoubleTake' data-format='RG91YmxlVGFrZQ=='>Double Take</a>. It's all been very funny until now, but suddenly the camera focuses on Bean's absolutely devastated reaction to his car being destroyed, with him solemnly approaching his crushed car and dropping to his knees, while a sad rendition of the main theme plays.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/MTV' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/MTV' data-format='Q3JlYXRvci97e01UVn19'>MTV</a>'s New Year's Eve Special for 1999/2000 was one of the biggest events in the network's entire history. One of the festivities of the evening was the world premier of a new <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/BackstreetBoys' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/BackstreetBoys' data-format='TXVzaWMvQmFja3N0cmVldEJveXM='>Backstreet Boys</a> music video, as they were the biggest musical group in the world at the time. What was the video? "Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely," a slow ballad about heartbreak, with a somber music video where each member is in a scene representing a trauma from their personal lives: Brian's open-heart surgery, Kevin's deceased father, AJ's deceased girlfriend, Howie's deceased sister, and Nick watching a young fan almost get hit by a bus. It's one of their most introspective songs and was nominated for a Grammy, but it was still a jarring break in tone for a New Years special.</li><li> The Milton Berle episode of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheMuppetShow' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheMuppetShow' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZU11cHBldFNob3c='>The Muppet Show</a></em> pulled this twice. As a vaudeville veteran, Berle got two sketches that started out soft and nostalgic and then went somewhere else. First, he performed a sad, reflective version of "The Entertainer", only for Miss Piggy to deliver a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LargeHam' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LargeHam' data-format='W1tMYXJnZUhhbSByYXRoZXIgbW9yZSBib21iYXN0aWNdXQ=='>rather more bombastic</a> version. Then came the closing number, where he starts out giving fatherly advice to Fozzie accompanied by gentle piano backing...then the tempo goes up, the tune turns into "Top Banana", Berle's black suit turns into a clown outfit, and the slapstick and puns start flowing.</li><li> The outburst by Captain Joe in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/FugitiveAlien' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/FugitiveAlien' data-format='RmlsbS9GdWdpdGl2ZUFsaWVu'>Fugitive Alien</a></em> became a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MemeticMutation' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MemeticMutation' data-format='TWVtZXRpY011dGF0aW9u'>Memetic Mutation</a> on <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000' data-format='U2VyaWVzL015c3RlcnlTY2llbmNlVGhlYXRlcjMwMDA='>Mystery Science Theater 3000</a></em>.<div class='indent'><strong>Ken:</strong> What did I do to deserve this?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Captain Joe:</strong> <em>[pensive]</em> We don't deserve half the things we get. <em>[laughs maniacally, then throws down his pen angrily]</em> <em><strong>You're stuck here!</strong></em></div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheMyth' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheMyth' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZU15dGg='>The Myth</a></em>: Xiao Chuan's arrival in the past is initially comedic, with his inability to understand what's happening and assumption he's stumbled onto a film set. Then he witnesses an execution and realises the seriousness of the situation.</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder14');">    N </div><div id="folder14" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/NCIS' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/NCIS' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7TkNJU319'>NCIS</a></em> does this in the episode "Two-Faced" (8.20). In many episodes, the final minutes after the climax are dedicated to comedy or romantic drama, and this is what it looks like when Tony and Ziva are sitting at a bar talking about their relationships (with a colleague and a liaison CIA agent respectively) when suddenly, the music changes and then... <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EyeScream' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EyeScream' data-format='W1tFeWVTY3JlYW0gZXllYmFsbCBpbiB0aGUgaWNlY3ViZV1d'>eyeball in the icecube</a>. And their expressions: <em>FUCK</em>.<ul ><li> Kate's <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > sudden death</span> at the end of Season 2 too, actually done twice. She <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TakingTheBullet' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TakingTheBullet' data-format='W1tUYWtpbmdUaGVCdWxsZXQgdGFrZXMgYSBidWxsZXRdXQ=='>takes a bullet</a> for Gibbs, but turns out to be wearing a bullet-proof vest. Everyone sighs in relief... and then she gets shot in the head.</span></li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/NewsRadio' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/NewsRadio' data-format='U2VyaWVzL05ld3NSYWRpbw=='>NewsRadio</a></em> tried this with the episode dedicated to Phil Hartman's death by inserting jokes to lighten the mood. It didn't work too well; the real-life tears from the cast were too overwhelming for much of the episode to be really funny.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/NewTricks' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/NewTricks' data-format='U2VyaWVzL05ld1RyaWNrcw=='>New Tricks</a></em> jumps from light-hearted comedy to serious police procedural drama to seniors humor to <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker' data-format='VGVhckplcmtlcg=='>Tear Jerker</a> moments, often multiple times in the same episode. If an episode ends on a somber note, it can make the sudden appearance of the show's happy credits theme tune rather jarring.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/NightAndDay' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/NightAndDay' data-format='U2VyaWVzL05pZ2h0QW5kRGF5'>Night and Day</a></em> does this deliberately and in spades, never taking itself especially seriously despite some relatively dark (for a soap opera) subject matter - and punctuating pathos-driven scenes with madcap fantasy sequences or comical interludes.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/NightCourt' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/NightCourt' data-format='U2VyaWVzL05pZ2h0Q291cnQ='>Night Court</a></em> did this from time to time, often going all the way around back to funny in the same scene. In "Leon, We Hardly Knew Ye" Judge Harry's foster son (and recurring character) Leon successfully runs away when he can't stand his nice, but prudish new adoptive parents. He's not seen again for the rest of the season. "The Hurricane: part 2" goes all the way back around to funny again. After helping deliver the babies of four couples during a thunderstorm and blackouts Harry slips away to have a deep and emotional talk with God in front of a cross someone left in the courtroom.<div class='indent'><strong>Harry:</strong> (speaking to God) You remember that one guy? Of course you do, you remember everything. I tell ya, that one shook my faith to the CORE. Then you drop this brand new life, right into my hands... But if I could just have the answers to a couple of questions, like if you've always been here than where did you come from? And does man have the capacity to rid himself of his own evil? And why IS the sky blue anyway? Well, maybe I can look that one up. But all this baby stuff... that's no accident, after all, you gave us Mozart, Van Gogh, Confucius, and LARRY BIRD!" * pulls a basketball from under his robes and tosses it through a hoop nailed on the cross*</div></li><li> In a bizarre case where it's used for comedic effect, the old UK sketch show <em>Not the Nine O'Clock News</em> where two politicians are in a shouting match until one of them drops dead on the stage, resulting in a line to the effect of: "How can you believe these lies! This man... <em>[URK]</em> ...will be sadly missed, and our condolences to his family."</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder15');">    O </div><div id="folder15" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> <a class='urllink' href='https://youtube.com/watch?v=5pF3wQBfRnc'>This clip<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a> from the children's variety series <em>Oha Suta</em> begins all peppy and upbeat...and then one of the hosts tells the viewers to not watch any recordings they made of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/PokemonS1E38ElectricSoldierPorygon' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/PokemonS1E38ElectricSoldierPorygon' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9Qb2tlbW9uUzFFMzhFbGVjdHJpY1NvbGRpZXJQb3J5Z29uIEVsZWN0cmljIFNvbGRpZXIgUG9yeWdvbl1d'>Electric Soldier Porygon</a> because it gave viewers seizures.</li><li> On <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/OneDayAtATime2017' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/OneDayAtATime2017' data-format='U2VyaWVzL09uZURheUF0QVRpbWUyMDE3'>One Day at a Time (2017)</a></em>, a flashback to 2001 shows Penelope and husband Victor move into their new place with Schneider boasting blonde hair. The duo handle having a newborn baby and the horror at realizing Penelope's parents are moving in with them with humor. Penelope settles down with baby Elena, hitting the TV...and hears the reports of a plane hitting a building in New York as the audience realizes <em>which</em> day in 2001 it is...</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheOrville' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheOrville' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZU9ydmlsbGU='>The Orville</a></em> uses this so often that the show might be best described as a bait and switch. Switching from a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrickJoke' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrickJoke' data-format='QnJpY2tKb2tl'>Brick Joke</a> about calling a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NegativeSpaceWedgie' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NegativeSpaceWedgie' data-format='TmVnYXRpdmVTcGFjZVdlZGdpZQ=='>Negative Space Wedgie</a> a "glory hole" to a nasty plot about a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ZombieApocalypse' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ZombieApocalypse' data-format='Wm9tYmllQXBvY2FseXBzZQ=='>Zombie Apocalypse</a>? Having a protagonist tortured by the bad guys? Well, one of them makes a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YourMom' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YourMom' data-format='WW91ck1vbQ=='>Your Mom</a> insult, followed by a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TeenyWeenie' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TeenyWeenie' data-format='W1tUZWVueVdlZW5pZSBkaWNrIGpva2VdXQ=='>dick joke</a>, then the captors <em>really</em> get serious and inject a drug causing agonizing pain, leaving the badass a shrieking wreck.</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder16');">    P </div><div id="folder16" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/PaperGirls' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/PaperGirls' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1BhcGVyR2lybHM='>Paper Girls</a></em>: Mac is having a great time laughing and busting the chops of her older brother on his life as a doctor...and then he coldly says his sister died when she was 16.</li><li> The "Secret Word" <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RunningGag' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RunningGag' data-format='UnVubmluZ0dhZw=='>Running Gag</a> in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1BlZVdlZXNQbGF5aG91c2U='>Pee-wee's Playhouse</a></em>. Any time the episode's secret word was spoken (always a word guaranteed to turn up in normal conversation), the entire cast would scream in a wacky manner while a bell rang in the background. And that does mean <em>any</em> time, which could be pretty jarring whenever it popped up during a moment meant to be a downer.</li><li> The hands-down funniest scene in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/PersonOfInterest' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/PersonOfInterest' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1BlcnNvbk9mSW50ZXJlc3Q='>Person of Interest</a></em> Season 3 episode "Endgame": Reviewing surveillance footage in the Library, Reese and Finch realize that the person who has potentially started a war between <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheMafiya' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheMafiya' data-format='W1tUaGVNYWZpeWEgdGhlIFJ1c3NpYW4gbW9iXV0='>the Russian mob</a> and the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CorruptCop' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CorruptCop' data-format='W1tDb3JydXB0Q29wIGNvcnJ1cHQgcG9saWNlIG9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbiBrbm93biBhcyAiSFIiXV0='>corrupt police organization known as "HR"</a> by <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FalseFlagOperation' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FalseFlagOperation' data-format='W1tGYWxzZUZsYWdPcGVyYXRpb24gYXR0YWNraW5nIGEgUnVzc2lhbiBtb2IgZHJ1ZyBzaGlwbWVudCB1c2luZyBhIGdyZW5hZGUgbGF1bmNoZXIgYW5kIHdlYXJpbmcgYSBnYXMgbWFza11d'>attacking a Russian mob drug shipment using a grenade launcher and wearing a gas mask</a> is a woman. They immediately suspect that it's Shaw. Shaw promptly walks in, notices she's getting funny looks and calls them weird. They show her the video and she starts fangirling over the tactics used, which reveals to Finch that it's actually Detective Joss Carter, because Shaw has no other friends. Shaw reveals that she loaned Carter some of John's weapons and equipment, leading to Reese's bemused reaction: "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SkewedPriorities' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SkewedPriorities' data-format='W1tTa2V3ZWRQcmlvcml0aWVzIFdhaXQsIHRoYXQmIzAzOTtzIE1ZIGdyZW5hZGUgbGF1bmNoZXI/XV0='>Wait, that's MY grenade launcher?</a>" From there, the scene quickly devolves into John all but commanding Shaw and Finch to get eyes on all 38 of the HR members whose numbers came up, despite there only being two of them, because if HR or the Russians discover who's really behind the attack, Carter is the only person who is going to die.</li><li> <em>Tonight, on a very special episode of </em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Popular' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Popular' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7UG9wdWxhcn19'>Popular</a><em>, Harrison must resolve his mixed feelings about his mother when his friends discover that she's gay...</em><ul ><li> <em>...and Mary Cherry chains <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/GwynethPaltrow' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/GwynethPaltrow' data-format='Q3JlYXRvci9Hd3luZXRoUGFsdHJvdw=='>Gwyneth Paltrow</a>'s personal shopper to a pipe in the school boiler room.</em></li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/PowerRangersRPM' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/PowerRangersRPM' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1Bvd2VyUmFuZ2Vyc1JQTQ=='>Power Rangers RPM</a></em>. Jesus. For a season that has unquestionably the darkest plot Power Rangers has ever done, this series also seems to have some of the most off-the-wall humor. Highlights include Ranger Green attempting to use his teleportation ability, only to teleport his suit, leaving him in his helmet and underwear, Ranger Green getting a wedgie from a disembodied robot hand, Ranger Green fumbling his one-liners, Ranger Green... y'know what? I think you <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButtMonkey' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButtMonkey' data-format='W1tCdXR0TW9ua2V5IGdldCB0aGUgaWRlYS5dXQ=='>get the idea.</a><ul ><li> Likewise with Dr. K. At first, she just seems a little strange and kinda funny, being protective about the ranger tech and even wearing bunny slippers in one episode. Though all urges to laugh at her behavior suddenly go away when you think of her back story...</li><li> Even stranger, is the fact that the series it was adapted from, <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0VuZ2luZVNlbnRhaUdvT25nZXI='>Engine Sentai Go-onger</a></em>; is dripping with campy, over-the-top parodies of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/SuperSentai' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/SuperSentai' data-format='RnJhbmNoaXNlL1N1cGVyU2VudGFp'>Super Sentai</a></em> tropes, complete with singing and dancing heroes. This makes for a case of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' data-format='TW9vZFdoaXBsYXNo'>Mood Whiplash</a> in itself for those who have seen both versions.</li></ul></li><li> The episode of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ThePriceIsRight' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ThePriceIsRight' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZVByaWNlSXNSaWdodA=='>The Price Is Right</a></em> airing on October 15, 1985, swerved into this at the end when host Bob Barker announced in a separate clip that <a class='urllink' href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tLhTxGZilM'>announcer Johnny Olson had died a few days earlier<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a>. Considering Olson had announced that day's game (which had been taped about a month earlier) and the fact that there were still a handful of episodes of various game shows that had not aired where Olson was still working nearly until the end<span class="notelabel" onclick="togglenote('note1lp15');"><sup>note </sup></span><span id="note1lp15" class="inlinefolder" isnote="true" onclick="togglenote('note1lp15');" style="cursor:pointer;font-size:smaller;display:none;">The last Price is Right episode he was able to complete was taped on October 2; 4 days before suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. That episode aired on November 8.</span>; Barker's announcement may have also been intended to explain why Olson's voice was being heard instead of being dubbed over.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ThePrisoner1967' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ThePrisoner1967' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZVByaXNvbmVyMTk2Nw=='>The Prisoner (1967)</a></em> episode "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/ThePrisonerE17FallOut' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/ThePrisonerE17FallOut' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9UaGVQcmlzb25lckUxN0ZhbGxPdXQgRmFsbCBPdXRdXQ=='>Fall Out</a>"<ul ><li> We go from the sparse, minimalist and intense episode "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/ThePrisonerE16OnceUponATime' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/ThePrisonerE16OnceUponATime' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9UaGVQcmlzb25lckUxNk9uY2VVcG9uQVRpbWUgT25jZSBVcG9uIGEgVGltZV1d'>Once Upon a Time</a>" to this gaudy, action-packed and intense episode.</li><li> Occurs within the episode itself, as it goes from tense and political to outright silly as the "Dem Bones" musical number begins, and then back to tense and political again.</li></ul></li><li> The main plot of the <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Psych' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Psych' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7UHN5Y2h9fQ=='>Psych</a></em> Halloween special "Tuesday the 17th" features Shawn, Juliet, and Gus investigating a Jason style serial killer at a summer camp while the B-plot is about Lassiter meeting up with his estranged wife for dinner.</li><li> Common in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/PushingDaisies' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/PushingDaisies' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1B1c2hpbmdEYWlzaWVz'>Pushing Daisies</a></em>, as it takes place in an extremely <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlidingScaleOfShinyVersusGritty' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlidingScaleOfShinyVersusGritty' data-format='W1tTbGlkaW5nU2NhbGVPZlNoaW55VmVyc3VzR3JpdHR5IGJyaWdodF1d'>bright</a>, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SugarBowl' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SugarBowl' data-format='W1tTdWdhckJvd2wgYmVhdXRpZnVsIHVuaXZlcnNlXV0='>beautiful universe</a> and has some hilarious dialogue, but all the main characters <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DysfunctionJunction' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DysfunctionJunction' data-format='W1tEeXNmdW5jdGlvbkp1bmN0aW9uIGhhdmUgcGFzdHMgdGhhdCB2YXJ5IGZyb20gdGhlIG1lcmVseSBzYWQgdG8gdGhlIGRvd25yaWdodCB0cmF1bWF0aWNdXQ=='>have pasts that vary from the merely sad to the downright traumatic</a>.</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder17');">    Q </div><div id="folder17" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> In <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/QuantumLeap' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/QuantumLeap' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1F1YW50dW1MZWFw'>Quantum Leap</a></em>, moments after many of Sam's leaps, especially if leaping from a very dramatic episode into a comedic one (or vice versa). "Oh, Boy!" Indeed.</li><li> The last 10 minutes of the Season 1 finale of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/QueerAsFolkUS' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/QueerAsFolkUS' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1F1ZWVyQXNGb2xrVVM='>Queer as Folk (US)</a></em>. Commitment-phobic Brian shows up at Justin's prom, where the two share an epic <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DanceOfRomance' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DanceOfRomance' data-format='RGFuY2VPZlJvbWFuY2U='>Dance of Romance</a> and even <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBigDamnKiss' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBigDamnKiss' data-format='VGhlQmlnRGFtbktpc3M='>The Big Damn Kiss</a> in front of everyone. Then they're leaving to continue their romantic evening when <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Justin gets gay-bashed with a baseball bat to the head and the season ends with Michael coming to Brian in the hospital waiting room, Brian looking utterly broken with Justin's blood staining his scarf.</span> Wow.</li><li> The <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/QuincyME' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/QuincyME' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1F1aW5jeU1F'>Quincy, M.E.</a></em> episode "Guns Don't Die" seems to have a standard <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EverybodyLaughsEnding' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EverybodyLaughsEnding' data-format='RXZlcnlib2R5TGF1Z2hzRW5kaW5n'>"Everybody Laughs" Ending</a> with Quincy and pals celebrating the happy wrap-up of the episode's case at Danny's. Then cut to <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > a little boy playing at home who finds a gun in his parents' bedroom; he approaches his sister while holding it to be a science fiction bad guy, counts to three... and fires, a big grin on his face. Freeze-frame on the kid as the gunshot echoes, roll credits, the end.</span></li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder18');">    R </div><div id="folder18" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> Done to great comedic effect in the <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/RedDwarf' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/RedDwarf' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1JlZER3YXJm'>Red Dwarf</a></em> episode "Tikka To Ride". Lister's irresponsible use of time travel to try and recover the ship's lost curry supplies results in them inadvertently preventing the Kennedy assassination and setting off a chain of events that results in humanity being wiped out by nuclear war. To <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong' data-format='U2V0UmlnaHRXaGF0T25jZVdlbnRXcm9uZw=='>Set Right What Once Went Wrong</a>, they get the version of JFK from the alternate timeline, who was impeached, disgraced and imprisoned when it was revealed that he shared a mistress with a mob boss; to travel back to 1963 and assassinate himself. The plan works, Kennedy thanks the crew for giving him the chance to redeem his legacy and walks away, fading from existence as reverent music plays. After a moment Lister declares "Oh smeg. I forgot to ask him if he knew any curry houses in Dallas." Rimmer and the Cat then very calmly begin beating him up for having learned nothing.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/RescueMe' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/RescueMe' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1Jlc2N1ZU1l'>Rescue Me</a></em>: One minute you'll be rolling on the floor at the various antics of the guys of 62 Truck, two seconds later a bunch of kids die horribly in a fire. Every episode is like that.</li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/ResidentAlienS1E10HeroesOfPatience' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/ResidentAlienS1E10HeroesOfPatience' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9SZXNpZGVudEFsaWVuUzFFMTBIZXJvZXNPZlBhdGllbmNlIEhlcm9lcyBvZiBQYXRpZW5jZV1d'>Heroes of Patience</a>," the first season finale of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ResidentAlien' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ResidentAlien' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1Jlc2lkZW50QWxpZW4='>Resident Alien</a></em>, has a scene in which the schoolkids Max Hawthorne and Sahar are threatened by the government agents, one of them even threatening, quite seriously, to shoot them. The agents are then delivered an epic drubbing by Max's paerents, Ben and Kate. It's a pretty scary moment followed by a quite intense one... the tension is then broken by the choice of the show's playing the love song "Sharing the Night Together" as Ben and Kate grab every object they can find to beat the two out of the house.</li><li> In the final episode of season two of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/RobinHoodBBC' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/RobinHoodBBC' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1JvYmluSG9vZEJCQw=='>Robin Hood (BBC)</a></em> Marian was <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >brutally stabbed to death by Guy and buried miles from home</span>. The first episode of season three dealt the raw and bloody emotional aftermath of this. But the <em>next</em> episode involves Robin laughing his head off as he hang-glides from the parapets of Nottingham Castle, and Marian was mentioned only a handful of times throughout the rest of the season.</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder19');">    S </div><div id="folder19" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> During an episode of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZVNhcmFoSmFuZUFkdmVudHVyZXM='>The Sarah Jane Adventures</a>,</em> Rani gets to meet the Doctor, and asks if she can see inside the TARDIS. The Doctor gives her a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeathGlare' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeathGlare' data-format='RGVhdGhHbGFyZQ=='>Death Glare</a>.<div class='indent'><strong>The Doctor:</strong> What, inside the TARDIS? <em>MY TARDIS?</em>...'Course you can, yeah.</div></li><li> In one episode of the British documentary series <em>Saving Lives at Sea</em>, a lifeboat crew pull a mentally disturbed woman out of the water:<div class='indent'>"Jesus is over there! Get off me! <em>[<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Beat' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Beat' data-format='e3tiZWF0fX0='>Beat</a>]</em> I like your boots."</div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ScreamQueens2008' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ScreamQueens2008' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1NjcmVhbVF1ZWVuczIwMDg='>Scream Queens (2008)</a></em> acknowledges this very trope in its second series when John Homa is teaching the girls how to cry in scenes. One girl is told to laugh hysterically about stories she's telling at Christmas when Homa suddenly tells her to imagine that the stories are about people who aren't alive anymore.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Scrubs' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Scrubs' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7U2NydWJzfX0='>Scrubs</a></em> features this rather prominently, being a comedy set in a hospital where people have a tendency to die occasionally.<ul ><li> The most egregious example must surely be: a pregnant couple find out that it is likely either the mother will die and their baby will live or vice versa, when the show suddenly cuts to J.D.'s fantasy that they are on <em>Candid Camera</em>, complete with laughter and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoFourthWall' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoFourthWall' data-format='W1tOb0ZvdXJ0aFdhbGwgcG9pbnRpbmcgYXQgdGhlIHNob3cmIzAzOTtzIGFjdHVhbCBjYW1lcmFdXQ=='>pointing at the show's actual camera</a> before cutting back to dealing with the dilemma. <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' data-format='TW9vZFdoaXBsYXNo'>Mood Whiplash</a> so strong you'll be massaging your neck for hours.</li><li> Upon learning (in the first 10 minutes of the show) that a patient has terminal cancer, JD imagines the rest of the episode as a wacky TV comedy. It turns out they got the results wrong, and the patient who actually has cancer "is anti-Semitic, so no one cares". Cue laughs. Oh, what is that strange beeping sound? Oh yeah, back to reality again, with the cancer patient losing consciousness.</li><li> In "My Roommates", Perry is constantly being one-upped by his friend, Ron. They even turn their children's playtime into a competition, and Perry's son sticks a bucket on his head while Ron's son builds a Lego building way better than a child that age should. It's played like part of the gag until a suddenly serious Perry points out that's a major warning sign for autism.</li><li> It's a wacky musical episode with songs about guy love written by the people who made Avenue Q! Oh, by the way, there's a brain aneurysm too. Particularly the last couple of songs—an upbeat, energetic song reminiscent of <em>Grease</em>'s "You're the One That I Want", which then cuts abruptly into a somber, haunting melody about the aneurysm patient asking what will happen to her, and being afraid she's going to die. <a class='urllink' href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGbQpw-B_EQ'>Enjoy<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a>.</li><li> How about "My Screw Up": Dr. Cox is joking with Ben as they're walking towards Jack's birthday when an obviously perturbed JD walks up to them:<div class='indent'><strong>JD:</strong> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadAllAlong' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadAllAlong' data-format='W1tEZWFkQWxsQWxvbmcgV2hlcmUgZG8geW91IHRoaW5rIHdlIGFyZV1d'>Where do you think we are</a>?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Dr. Cox:</strong> <em>[sobers, and attends <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Ben's funeral</span>]</em></div></li><li> "My Lunch" has a beyond-cruel one, cutting from <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheReveal' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheReveal' data-format='VGhlUmV2ZWFs'>The Reveal</a> that Todd was just pretending to be gay so he could check out Elliott and Carla to <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >JD and Cox trying and failing to save their rabies-infected transplant patients</span>.</li><li> An episode centers around Cox telling Jack a fairytale story that is really the story of JD trying to find out what's wrong with a patient. After he leaves the room, Jordan eagerly asks if the patient was okay, only for Cox to reply that that's the way he's telling it.</li></ul></li><li> This happens at the end of the seventh season finale of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Seinfeld' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Seinfeld' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7U2VpbmZlbGR9fQ=='>Seinfeld</a></em> when <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Susan dies.</span></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/SesameStreet' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/SesameStreet' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1Nlc2FtZVN0cmVldA=='>Sesame Street</a></em>, when dealing with the death of Mister Hooper. The scene where Big Bird shows his drawings of his friends to the adults is light and cute ... up until the point where Big Bird says he wants to show Mr. Hooper the drawing he made of him. The mood then turns changes abruptly as the adults have to explain to Big Bird that Mr. Hooper has died and he won't be coming back.<ul ><li> Also, there are three episodes that invoke this trope that have something to do with <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SickEpisode' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SickEpisode' data-format='W1tTaWNrRXBpc29kZSBpbGxuZXNzXV0='>illness</a> or injury. One has Maria, Luis, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CheerfulChild' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CheerfulChild' data-format='W1tDaGVlcmZ1bENoaWxkIEJpZyBCaXJkIGFuZCBHYWJpXV0='>Big Bird and Gabi</a> playing charades at Maria, Luis and Gabi's apartment. Maria is pretending to be a cow driving a car...when suddenly, she moans and grabs her side. It all goes downhill from there until the next episode, when she gets better. She even had to go to the <em>hospital</em>. The second opens on Luis and Gabi happily practicing a dance...until Luis starts moaning and his back is sore. Worst of all, it hurts whenever he <em>moves</em>. The third is about Gabi. She, her parents and Elmo are <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BirthdayEpisode' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BirthdayEpisode' data-format='W1tCaXJ0aGRheUVwaXNvZGUgZ2V0dGluZyByZWFkeSB0byBjZWxlYnJhdGUgaGVyIGVpZ2h0aCBiaXJ0aGRheV1d'>getting ready to celebrate her eighth birthday</a>. It has a light mood...up until Maria kisses her face, then looks at her funny and says she may have a fever. Then, it turns out she <em>is</em> sick.</li></ul></li><li> In the BBC show <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Sherlock' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Sherlock' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7U2hlcmxvY2t9fQ=='>Sherlock</a></em>: Whenever <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilIsHammy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilIsHammy' data-format='W1tFdmlsSXNIYW1teSBKaW0gTW9yaWFydHldXQ=='>Jim Moriarty</a> speaks it's hard to tell if you should be <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuddenlyShouting' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuddenlyShouting' data-format='W1tTdWRkZW5seVNob3V0aW5nIGxhdWdoaW5nIG9yIGNvd2VyaW5nIGluIHRlcnJvci5dXQ=='>laughing or cowering in terror.</a></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZVNpeE1pbGxpb25Eb2xsYXJNYW4='>The Six Million Dollar Man</a></em>: Due to a decision not to air the tragic original <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheBionicWoman' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheBionicWoman' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZUJpb25pY1dvbWFu'>The Bionic Woman</a></em> two-parter at the end of the season (even though it was filmed as such), viewers saw Steve grieving for Jaime one week, and then his usually happy-go-lucky, womanizing self the next week.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Skins' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Skins' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7U2tpbnN9fQ=='>Skins</a></em> did this one in series 4; sandwiched between Freddie's Episode 5 (which ends with <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Effy slitting her wrists</span>) and Effy's Episode 7 (which ends with <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Freddie being murdered with a baseball bat by Effy's psychiatrist</span>), is JJ's episode, which is an almost <em>too</em> saccharine love story (in which <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >JJ gets together with a colleague at the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SugarBowl' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SugarBowl' data-format='W1tTdWdhckJvd2wgY29uZmVjdGlvbmVyeSB3aG9sZXNhbGVyc11d'>confectionery wholesalers</a> where he works</span>). It sticks out like a sore thumb, doesn't advance most of the other arcs of the series, and is suspected by some to exist primarily because of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExecutiveMeddling' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExecutiveMeddling' data-format='RXhlY3V0aXZlTWVkZGxpbmc='>Executive Meddling</a>.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/StargateVerse' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/StargateVerse' data-format='RnJhbmNoaXNlL1N0YXJnYXRlVmVyc2U='>Stargate-verse</a></em>:<ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/StargateSG1' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/StargateSG1' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1N0YXJnYXRlU0cx'>Stargate SG-1</a></em>'s most prominent comedy episode "Window of Opportunity" ends with one of these. The episode's all wacky time-loop fun until we find out <em>why</em> the archeologist is looping time; he's trying to bring his dead wife back to life, which of course leads to an outburst from the usually jovial O'Neill:<div class='indent'><strong>O'Neill:</strong> Listen to me... I know what it's like.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Malikai:</strong> <em>YOU CAN'T!</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>O'Neill:</strong> <strong><em>I LOST MY SON!</strong> I KNOW!</em></div></li><li> The first part of the two-part episode "Heroes" dealt with a seemingly irreverent documentary director who is trying to interview the different SGC personnel. Very few treat him with respect and hte entire first part episode was seen as a bit comedic. The second part episode, on the other hand, dealt with the aftermath where a major character is killed during a rescue mission.</li><li> The end of the <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/StargateUniverse' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/StargateUniverse' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1N0YXJnYXRlVW5pdmVyc2U='>Stargate Universe</a></em> episode "Light". The mood the entire episode has been one of resignation. Then Rush realizes that they're all going to live, and the mood shifts to elation. Then they realize that Destiny is accelerating too fast for the shuttle to catch them, and the mood shifts again to action, as the crew works together to get the shuttle back home.</li></ul></li><li> In the <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1N0YXJUcmVrVGhlT3JpZ2luYWxTZXJpZXM='>Star Trek: The Original Series</a></em> episode "The Ultimate Computer", a malfunctioning computer controlling the Enterprise manages to kill <em>several hundred crewmen</em> aboard the other Federation ships engaging it in a mock exercise. No more than a minute of screen-time after the situation is resolved, Kirk struts back to his captain's chair and plops down with a massive grin on his face and a traditional <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EverybodyLaughsEnding' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EverybodyLaughsEnding' data-format='RXZlcnlib2R5TGF1Z2hzRW5kaW5n'>"Everybody Laughs" Ending</a> - accompanied by silly music.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1N0YXJUcmVrVGhlTmV4dEdlbmVyYXRpb24='>Star Trek: The Next Generation</a></em>: In "The Best Of Both Worlds: Part II", now-Captain Riker receives <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhoopiEpiphanySpeech' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhoopiEpiphanySpeech' data-format='W1tXaG9vcGlFcGlwaGFueVNwZWVjaCBhIG11Y2gtbmVlZGVkIG1vdGl2YXRpb25hbCBzcGVlY2ggZnJvbSBHdWluYW5dXQ=='>a much-needed motivational speech from Guinan</a>, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TimeToStepUpCommander' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TimeToStepUpCommander' data-format='W1tUaW1lVG9TdGVwVXBDb21tYW5kZXIgdXJnaW5nIGhpbSB0byByaXNlIGFib3ZlIGhpcyBwZXJzb25hbCBkb3VidHMgYXMgY2FwdGFpbl1d'>urging him to rise above his personal doubts as captain</a>. Afterwards, the <em>Enterprise</em> arrives at Wolf 359 and sees the horrifying aftermath of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CurbStompBattle' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CurbStompBattle' data-format='W1tDdXJiU3RvbXBCYXR0bGUgdGhlIEJvcmcgaGF2aW5nIGFubmloaWxhdGVkIGFuIGVudGlyZSBTdGFyZmxlZXQgYXJtYWRhXV0='>the Borg having annihilated an entire Starfleet armada</a>.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1N0YXJUcmVrRGVlcFNwYWNlTmluZQ=='>Star Trek: Deep Space Nine</a></em>:<ul ><li> The episode "Business as Usual" was mainly about Quark swallowing his conscience and going into the weapons trade with his cousin, suddenly confronted with ruthless employers and even more ruthless customers who casually laid out their requirements for death tolls (up into the millions, <em>to start with</em>). The B-Plot was that O'Brien's new baby, Kirayoshi, won't stop crying.</li><li> "The Magnificent Ferengi" bounced back and forth between ridiculous and awesome repeatedly. Especially evident in the end, when Quark's team has just beaten the remaining Jem'hadar in a shoot-out and captured their Vorta leader, the triumphant mood is suddenly turned hilarious by showing the dead Vorta (reanimated with carefully-controlled electrical impulses) trying to walk into a wall, with Nog saying "I can't turn him off!"</li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/StarTrekVoyager' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/StarTrekVoyager' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1N0YXJUcmVrVm95YWdlcg=='>Star Trek: Voyager</a></em>:<ul ><li> In "Infinite Regress", Seven of Nine starts manifesting the personalities of people she assimilated. So in the middle of her descent into madness, we get a comedy scene where she's a Ferengi trader. And then we immediately switch to pathos as she becomes the confused mother of a Starfleet officer, who was supposed to meet him at Wolf 359 (site of the big battle in TNG's "The Best of Both Worlds"). And <em>then</em> the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FridgeHorror' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FridgeHorror' data-format='RnJpZGdlSG9ycm9y'>Fridge Horror</a> creeps in on a sweet early scene of her as a little girl playing with Naomi Wildman, when we're reminded that this little girl was assimilated.</li><li> In "Latent Image", the Doctor discovers some of his memories about a junior officer who died during a medical incident where he had to choose between saving two patients were purged from his files because <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LogicBomb' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LogicBomb' data-format='W1tMb2dpY0JvbWIgaGlzIHJlYXNvbmluZyBmb3Igc2F2aW5nIG9uZSBwYXRpZW50IG92ZXIgdGhlIG90aGVyIGNhdXNlZCBhIGJyZWFrZG93biB3aXRoaW4gaGlzIHByb2dyYW1taW5nXV0='>his reasoning for saving one patient over the other caused a breakdown within his programming</a>. A flashback to the breakdown showed the Doctor comically bantering with Neelix in the Mess Hall before <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeroicBSOD' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeroicBSOD' data-format='W1tIZXJvaWNCU09EIGJlY29taW5nIHdyYWNrZWQgd2l0aCBndWlsdF1d'>becoming wracked with guilt</a>.</li><li> Another one involving Seven of Nine is in "Body And Soul", as she manifests other characters was when the Doctor's program is downloaded into her nanoprobes. Initially, this is played for comedy, with Jeri Ryan doing a hilarious pastiche of the Doctor's pompous mannerisms. And then it suddenly turns dark when Seven learns what's happening, and she feels <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MindRape' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MindRape' data-format='W1tNaW5kUmFwZSB2aW9sYXRlZF1d'>violated</a></em>.</li></ul></li><li> Season Two of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1N0YXJUcmVrU3RyYW5nZU5ld1dvcmxkcw=='>Star Trek: Strange New Worlds</a></em> hits a Mood Whiplash Rollercoaster from "Among the Lotus Eaters" to "Hedgemony": We start with an episode where the crew of the <em>Enterprise</em> is inflicted with amnesia and loss of identity followed by an episode where Spock loses his Vulcan side and must learn to fake it to win over his fiance's family's approval. After this is an episode with Uhura dealing with the loss of a friend last season followed by a comedic crossover with <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi9TdGFyVHJla0xvd2VyRGVja3M='>Star Trek: Lower Decks</a></em>. After this is an episode dealing with PTSD and war followed by a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MusicalEpisode' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MusicalEpisode' data-format='TXVzaWNhbEVwaXNvZGU='>Musical Episode</a>, capping off the season with the return of the Gorn.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/StrangerThings' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/StrangerThings' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1N0cmFuZ2VyVGhpbmdz'>Stranger Things</a></em><ul ><li> The episode "Holly Jolly" (s1e3) does this as many times as it can in the span of only two minutes. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >The episode starts off with Barb waking up covered in vomit, in an empty pool full of slimy tentacles, along with a monster. Cut to Nancy and Steve having sex. Cut back to Barb scrambling to climb out of the pool. Cut back to Nancy and Steve. Cut back to the pool. Cut back to the sex. Cut back. Cut back. Cut back. Cut back.</span> And then the episode starts.</li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Supernatural' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Supernatural' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7U3VwZXJuYXR1cmFsfX0='>Supernatural</a></em> has goofy, self-referential episodes right in the middle of incredibly dark and bleak <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Arc' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Arc' data-format='e3thcmN9fXM='>arcs</a>. Seasons Two and Three are the guiltiest of this.<ul ><li> The basic premise and the actual tone jar so much that it makes the show the western king of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' data-format='TW9vZFdoaXBsYXNo'>Mood Whiplash</a>. Because, honestly, would you believe that a show with the premise of two brothers hunting down ghosts and demons with rock salt could be one of the most unbelievably <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DownerEnding' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DownerEnding' data-format='W1tEb3duZXJFbmRpbmcgc2FkXV0='>sad</a> and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker' data-format='W1tUZWFySmVya2VyIGFuZ3N0eV1d'>angsty</a> shows around?</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Supernatural' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Supernatural' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7U3VwZXJuYXR1cmFsfX0='>Supernatural</a></em> also had a case of internal <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' data-format='TW9vZFdoaXBsYXNo'>Mood Whiplash</a> in the episode <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SupernaturalS03E11MysterySpot' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SupernaturalS03E11MysterySpot' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9TdXBlcm5hdHVyYWxTMDNFMTFNeXN0ZXJ5U3BvdCAiTXlzdGVyeSBTcG90IiAoUzAzLCBFMTEpXV0='>"Mystery Spot" (S03, E11)</a>. The episode starts out like a normal <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GroundhogDayLoop' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GroundhogDayLoop' data-format='R3JvdW5kaG9nRGF5TG9vcA=='>"Groundhog Day" Loop</a> episode in which the same Tuesday plays over and over again, with only Sam experiencing the loop; the trigger for him to start the day again is Dean's <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackComedy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackComedy' data-format='W1tCbGFja0NvbWVkeSB2aW9sZW50IGFuZCB1bnByZWRpY3RhYmxlIGRlYXRoXV0='>violent and unpredictable death</a>. The first two are sad, and with the third (Dean gets crushed by a falling safe, with his feet sticking out like the Wicked Witch.), they start to get hilarious. Despite the dark subject matter, the first half of the episode plays like your standard goofy comedy installment, — wacky montages, upbeat music, constant one-liners, and jokes — until Sam figures out the Trickster is behind it, convinces him to end the loop, and Dean <em>dies for real</em> that Wednesday. Then the episode transitions into an incredibly dark, months-long journey with an emotionally-destroyed Sam hunting down the Trickster until he finally lays hands on him. In the end, everything is reversed, but Sam is just a <em>little</em> more unstable...</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SupernaturalS02E05SimonSaid' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SupernaturalS02E05SimonSaid' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9TdXBlcm5hdHVyYWxTMDJFMDVTaW1vblNhaWQgIlNpbW9uIFNhaWQiIChTMDIsIEUwNSldXQ=='>"Simon Said" (S02, E05)</a> had this <em>in spades</em>. It starts with Sam having one of his painful death!visions, then Ash comes in for some comic relief and Dean sings REO Speedwagon, then Sam angsts some more and someone gets killed, then they find Andy's "Moby-Dick bong", then Dean gets mind-fucked (for the second time) and admits he's scared for Sam and Sam has another death!vision, then Evil-Twin humor, then full-blown angst with Tracy's <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MindRape' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MindRape' data-format='TWluZFJhcGU='>Mind Rape</a> and seriously-painful-in-hindsight <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Foreshadowing' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Foreshadowing' data-format='e3tmb3Jlc2hhZG93aW5nfX0='>foreshadowing</a> of Dean's death wish (he gets forced by Webber to put a gun to his head), more Sam!Angst and a not-so-nice twist in the "psychic kids" storyline.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SupernaturalS04E08WishfulThinking' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SupernaturalS04E08WishfulThinking' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9TdXBlcm5hdHVyYWxTMDRFMDhXaXNoZnVsVGhpbmtpbmcgIldpc2hmdWwgVGhpbmtpbmciIChTMDQsIEUwOCldXQ=='>"Wishful Thinking" (S04, E08)</a>, where we go from hilarity like a suicidal, alcoholic teddy bear and "KNEEL BEFORE TODD!" to Dean's confession that <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >he remembers every detail of what happened to him while in Hell</span>.</li><li> Or <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SupernaturalS04E06YellowFever' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SupernaturalS04E06YellowFever' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9TdXBlcm5hdHVyYWxTMDRFMDZZZWxsb3dGZXZlciAiWWVsbG93IEZldmVyIiAoUzA0LCBFMDYpXV0='>"Yellow Fever" (S04, E06)</a>, where we start out with Dean running for his life from a tiny little dog with a pink bow on its head and ends with <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Dean terrified, about to die, facing Lilith again, and seeing Sam as a demon. Yeah</span>.</li><li> Or <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SupernaturalS05E08ChangingChannels' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SupernaturalS05E08ChangingChannels' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9TdXBlcm5hdHVyYWxTMDVFMDhDaGFuZ2luZ0NoYW5uZWxzICJDaGFuZ2luZyBDaGFubmVscyIgKFMwNSwgRTA4KV1d'>"Changing Channels" (S05, E08)</a>, with the boys trapped in <em>Grey's Anatomy</em> and <em>CSI</em> parodies and a Japanese game show, which ends with <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Gabriel's heartbreaking reveal</span>.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SupernaturalS05E14MyBloodyValentine' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SupernaturalS05E14MyBloodyValentine' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9TdXBlcm5hdHVyYWxTMDVFMTRNeUJsb29keVZhbGVudGluZSAiTXkgQmxvb2R5IFZhbGVudGluZSAoUzA1LCBFMTQpXV0='>"My Bloody Valentine (S05, E14)</a> starts with some of the squickiest gore in the show's history, veers into comedy by introducing a goofy, naked Cupid, veers back to the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BodyHorror' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BodyHorror' data-format='Qm9keUhvcnJvcg=='>Body Horror</a> and then <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > ends with Dean's desperate and heartbreaking prayer for help after Famine tells him he's dead inside.</span></li><li> Or <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SupernaturalS08E08HunteriHeroici' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SupernaturalS08E08HunteriHeroici' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9TdXBlcm5hdHVyYWxTMDhFMDhIdW50ZXJpSGVyb2ljaSAiSHVudGVyaSBIZXJvaWNpIiAoUzA4LCBFMDgpXV0='>"Hunteri Heroici" (S08, E08)</a>: plays with every <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi9Mb29uZXlUdW5lcw=='>Looney Tunes</a></em> trope there is and has <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurAngelsAreDifferent' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurAngelsAreDifferent' data-format='W1tPdXJBbmdlbHNBcmVEaWZmZXJlbnQgQ2FzdGllbF1d'>Castiel</a> join the brothers on a hunt and provide hilarious one-liners...<span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >and admit that he's afraid that if he sees what he did to Heaven, he'll kill himself</span>.</li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/SuperSentai' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/SuperSentai' data-format='RnJhbmNoaXNlL1N1cGVyU2VudGFp'>Super Sentai</a></em> can fall victim to this in how the mood of each series can differ; they can range from dark and serious (Jetman, Timeranger, Shinkenger, Go-Busters) to extreme camp (Carranger, Kakuranger, Go-Onger, Kyoryuger) and anywhere in between. At least some of these are market-based; when a dark sentai underperforms, the next one will be campy and vice versa.<ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0thaXpva3VTZW50YWlHb2thaWdlcg=='>Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger</a></em> is rather prone to this, both within individual episodes and within the series on the whole. Episodes calling back to a specific series usually take on the tone of that series which makes for some rather odd juxtapositions with probably the most striking being the very light-hearted and silly Carranger tribute episode being sandwiched between the character drama heavy Shinkenger double and the two-part, action-packed introduction of Basco.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1Rva3Vzb3VTZW50YWlEZWthcmFuZ2Vy'>Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger</a></em> had one episode where the Blue Ranger had to kill his girlfriend's younger brother because he was killing women to cure his sister's fatal disease, which she was already getting better from in the first place. The scene ends with him watching his girl cry over her brother (in a rubber monster costume) in the rain with this sad whistling song, and to top it all off, they silently break up at her brother's gravestone with the sad song said girlfriend was singing the whole episode. And then you get a neck sprain from the series' usual jazzy nightclub-ish end theme. Just be thankful the episode's ending song is NOT the more upbeat "Girls in Trouble! Dekaranger", because that would have been a even more bad way to end that episode.</li><li> And of course, <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1p5dWRlblNlbnRhaUt5b3J5dWdlcg=='>Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger</a></em> has given us the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MemeticMutation' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MemeticMutation' data-format='W1tNZW1ldGljTXV0YXRpb24gbWVtZXRpY11d'>memetic</a> "Sing and Dance with us after the commercials!", which pops up when the episode ends on a bad note, which of course, after the last commercial break, brings up the happy ending credits sequence. People have since placed the message onto Toku episodes with major <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DownerEnding' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DownerEnding' data-format='W1tEb3duZXJFbmRpbmcgRG93bmVyIEVuZGluZ3NdXQ=='>Downer Endings</a> for laughs.</li></ul></li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder20');">    T </div><div id="folder20" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> <em>Tarrant on TV</em> was an ITV series in which Chris Tarrant introduced clips from non-British TV. The clips were usually very funny — sometimes deliberately, sometimes not. Before the mid-point commercial break, however, he would introduce a very serious clip that was judged brilliant for its shocking drama, often a Public Information Film. In the context of everything else he introduced, they were, if anything, even more effective than in their own countries.</li><li> A <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Taxi' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Taxi' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7VGF4aX19'>Taxi</a></em> episode had Jim buying an over-the-hill old racehorse and keeping it in his apartment. Typical Jim hijinks, but the horse inevitably dies. Jim gives it a funeral and gives a truly sweet, moving eulogy that chokes up the rest of the cast (and plenty of viewers).</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoYXRNaXRjaGVsbEFuZFdlYmJMb29r'>That Mitchell and Webb Look</a></em> referenced the famous <em>Blackadder</em> example above in the fourth series's penultimate episode, joking that they would follow suit and see the show off dramatically. Fast forward to the last sketch of the series a week later, in which Dr. Watson visits a dementia-riddled Sherlock Holmes and through a very silly exchange allows him to think he's still the cleverest mind in England. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Then, Holmes has a moment of clarity.</span><div class='indent'><strong>Holmes</strong>: <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > I know, John. I <em>do</em> know. I just... can't get the fog to clear.</span></div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TomicaHeroRescueFire' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TomicaHeroRescueFire' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RvbWljYUhlcm9SZXNjdWVGaXJl'>Tomica Hero Rescue Fire</a></em> had an extreme example of this in one of the final episodes. Joukaen, an <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AxeCrazy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AxeCrazy' data-format='QXhlQ3Jhenk='>Axe-Crazy</a> fire-demon learns that humans are not the corrupt lifeform he thought them to be. Therefore he confronts his lord, Donkaen, only to learn that Donkaen turned him against the humans in the first place. So in a last-ditch effort to make up for this, he fights Donkaen and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedemptionEqualsDeath' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedemptionEqualsDeath' data-format='W1tSZWRlbXB0aW9uRXF1YWxzRGVhdGggZ2V0cyBraWxsZWRdXQ=='>gets killed</a>. One second after his death, the credits roll, with a very upbeat song as <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BackgroundMusic' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BackgroundMusic' data-format='QmFja2dyb3VuZE11c2lj'>Background Music</a>.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TopGearUK' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TopGearUK' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RvcEdlYXJVSw=='>Top Gear (UK)</a></em>:<ul ><li> The Polar Special, in which the three presenters attempt to reach the North Pole, two by truck and one with a dogsled, is out of tone with the light and rather silly stunts the gang usually pulls, sometimes jarringly. The danger involved and the fear and discomfort of the presenters are simply too real to be played for humor.</li><li> Their first visit to America, where they paint their cars with messages as offensive to Southern Americans as possible (pro-gay, anti-Nascar, etc.) and try to drive through Alabama without getting murdered by those wacky rednecks. It's all played for laughs until they hit New Orleans and see the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. That entire thing is whiplash after whiplash. First it's funny, then it gets really creepy considering those rednecks were probably very serious, followed by the very serious "we shouldn't make jokes around here" air in New Orleans. Followed by a heartwarming moment by giving away their cars (as opposed to selling them for a bit of a laugh).</li><li> Right after Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > both beat the record for 'Star in a Reasonably-Priced car'</span>, James May segues (complete with <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging' data-format='W1tMYW1wc2hhZGVIYW5naW5nIGxhbXBzaGFkaW5nXV0='>lampshading</a> of the mood change) into a 15-minute piece on Ayrton Senna, who would have turned 50 that year.</li><li> In the Middle East Special, attempting to dislodge Clarkson's stuck car in the desert results in a tow rope knocking down May. You realize it's not one of their usual "laugh at the others in pain" moments when he doesn't get back up... and then you see the blood. Luckily, the result was only a bad concussion, and May was better by the next day.</li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Torchwood' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Torchwood' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7VG9yY2h3b29kfX0='>Torchwood</a></em> is not without its own <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoodWhiplash' data-format='TW9vZFdoaXBsYXNo'>Mood Whiplash</a>. The most blatant comes from the season of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RvcmNod29vZE1pcmFjbGVEYXk='>Torchwood: Miracle Day</a></em>, where a scene goes from nostalgic-romantic to comedy, to angst, all in the same scene and within the space of a few minutes.</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder21');">    V </div><div id="folder21" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheVampireDiaries' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheVampireDiaries' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZVZhbXBpcmVEaWFyaWVz'>The Vampire Diaries</a></em> has this when Vicki, after dancing and partying it up after Damon heals her, has a breakdown and starts crying about how awful her life is. Damon's response is to snap her neck (she <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurVampiresAreDifferent' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurVampiresAreDifferent' data-format='W1tPdXJWYW1waXJlc0FyZURpZmZlcmVudCBnZXRzIGJldHRlcl1d'>gets better</a>).<ul ><li> He almost did it to Caroline, too, but Elena prevented him.</li><li> In the season four finale, Stefan says his final goodbye to Lexi's ghost and starts planning which city to visit during the summer, finally resolving to try to get over Elena...<span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > and then <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigBad' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigBad' data-format='W1tCaWdCYWQgU2lsYXNdXQ=='>Silas</a> sneaks on him, locks him in a safe and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FateWorseThanDeath' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FateWorseThanDeath' data-format='W1tGYXRlV29yc2VUaGFuRGVhdGggdGhyb3dzIGhpbSBpbiB0aGUgcml2ZXJdXQ=='>throws him in the river</a></span>.</li><li> There was also that time in season one when Bonnie and her grandmother were able to open the old grave just in time for Damon and Stefan to get out and for Anna to rescue her mother Pearl. Elena and Bonnie go home victorious...and suddenly <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Bonnie's grandmother drops dead out of the exhaustion of the spell</span>, which marked Bonnie's start towards <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TookALevelInBadass' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TookALevelInBadass' data-format='W1tUb29rQUxldmVsSW5CYWRhc3MgbW9yZSBwb3dlcmZ1bCBhbmQgZGFuZ2Vyb3VzIG1hZ2ljXV0='>more powerful and dangerous magic</a>.</li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Vinyl' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Vinyl' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7VmlueWx9fQ=='>Vinyl</a></em> has this in spades. Episodes wear between broad slapstick humor, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CringeComedy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CringeComedy' data-format='Q3JpbmdlQ29tZWR5'>Cringe Comedy</a>, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackComedy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackComedy' data-format='QmxhY2tDb21lZHk='>Black Comedy</a>, kitchen sink domestic marital strife, tragedy, and outright violence. One never knows when things will go out of hand especially when cocaine and rock music is involved.</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder22');">    W </div><div id="folder22" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/WalkingWithBeasts' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/WalkingWithBeasts' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1dhbGtpbmdXaXRoQmVhc3Rz'>Walking with Beasts</a></em>: "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/WalkingWithBeasts2WhaleKiller' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/WalkingWithBeasts2WhaleKiller' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9XYWxraW5nV2l0aEJlYXN0czJXaGFsZUtpbGxlciBXaGFsZSBLaWxsZXJdXQ=='>Whale Killer</a>": The narrator says that the brontotheres are about to undergo their greatest challenge. Then the camera immediately cuts to... a brontothere scratching its butt against a tree.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/WandaVision' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/WandaVision' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1dhbmRhVmlzaW9u'>WandaVision</a></em>: These moments show up all the time, due to the fact that it's equal parts psychological thriller and sitcom parody. A good example is <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheReveal' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheReveal' data-format='VGhlUmV2ZWFs'>The Reveal</a> at the end of a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhamEpisode' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhamEpisode' data-format='V2hhbUVwaXNvZGU='>Wham Episode</a> being immediately followed by an incredibly silly <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VillainSong' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VillainSong' data-format='VmlsbGFpblNvbmc='>Villain Song</a>.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheWestWing' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheWestWing' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZVdlc3RXaW5n'>The West Wing</a></em> has one of these, completely unintentionally. Season 1 ends with someone opening fire on the president and crowd and as the visual fades, you hear "Who's been hit? Who's been hit?" and then... there's the exceedingly peppy end credits music.<ul ><li> It's the same in any episode that ends on a serious note: the credits music is too damn happy! This is the fault of the DVD edition; during the original run, the end credits were almost always overdubbed with "Next on:" announcements.</li><li> The show often does intentional versions of this trope too. The most extreme is probably "Take This Sabbath Day", where the episode alternates between the gut-wrenching, extremely dark A-plot of Bartlet debating whether or not to commute the sentence of a man on death row scheduled to be executed by midnight, and the side-splittingly hilarious B-plot of an extremely hungover Josh experiencing <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DisasterDominoes' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DisasterDominoes' data-format='RGlzYXN0ZXJEb21pbm9lcw=='>Disaster Dominoes</a> while bickering with a congressional campaign manager.</li></ul></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/JossWhedon' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/JossWhedon' data-format='Q3JlYXRvci9Kb3NzV2hlZG9u'>Joss Whedon</a> does this. All. The. Time:<ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Firefly' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Firefly' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7RmlyZWZseX19'>Firefly</a></em> has a tendency to quickly and unexpectedly shift from intense action to engaging drama to heart-wrenching sadness to laugh-out-loud hilarity to warm and fuzzy, within the space of a single episode.<ul ><li> The "The man's psychotic!" scene in "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/FireflyE01Serenity' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/FireflyE01Serenity' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9GaXJlZmx5RTAxU2VyZW5pdHkgU2VyZW5pdHldXQ=='>Serenity</a>" is particularly epic.</li><li> It's even got an example of a character getting the brunt of the whiplash. River is dancing, actually <em>happy</em> for once, while the others <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoundtrackDissonance' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoundtrackDissonance' data-format='W1tTb3VuZHRyYWNrRGlzc29uYW5jZSBhcmUgaGF2aW5nIGEgV2lsZCBXZXN0IHNob290b3V0XV0='>are having a Wild West shootout</a>, unbeknownst to her. Then Shepherd Book is wounded, and both the audience and River have the same reaction.</li><li> The finale of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Serenity' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Serenity' data-format='RmlsbS97e1NlcmVuaXR5fX0='>Serenity</a></em>: The day is saved, the music soars, they've escaped thanks to Wash's excellence as a pilot, "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CharacterCatchphrase' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CharacterCatchphrase' data-format='W1tDaGFyYWN0ZXJDYXRjaHBocmFzZSBJIGFtIGEgbGVhZiBvbiB0aGUgd2luZC4gV2F0Y2ggaG93IEkgc29hcl1d'>I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar</a>", then <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Wash is killed out of nowhere</span>, and we immediately lose all sense of victory.</li></ul></li><li> On <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Angel' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Angel' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7QW5nZWx9fQ=='>Angel</a></em>, the writers would frequently place an amusing or lighter-hearted episode before starting a dark story arc. More memorable episodes include the ballet episode that aired before the "Father will kill the Son" arc and the seriously amusing "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AngelS05E14SmileTime' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AngelS05E14SmileTime' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9BbmdlbFMwNUUxNFNtaWxlVGltZSBTbWlsZSBUaW1lXV0='>Smile Time</a>" which aired before the Fred/Illyria episode.<ul ><li> The start of the Fred/Illyria episode also qualifies. It starts off on a light note—Wesley and Fred are <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OfficialCouple' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OfficialCouple' data-format='W1tPZmZpY2lhbENvdXBsZSB0b2dldGhlcl1d'>together</a>, while Angel and Spike are arguing over <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny' data-format='W1tVbHRpbWF0ZVNob3dkb3duT2ZVbHRpbWF0ZURlc3Rpbnkgd2hldGhlciBjYXZlbWVuIG9yIGFzdHJvbmF1dHMgd291bGQgd2luIGluIGEgZmlnaHRdXQ=='>whether cavemen or astronauts would win in a fight</a>. Then Fred starts coughing up blood... Specifically, she has just had a whole battery of tests, all of which say she's fine. She starts to sing "You are my sunshine" to Wesley, Lorne whirls around with a look of complete horror, and she starts coughing up blood.</li><li> At the end of the episode, Fred's horrific <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker' data-format='VGVhckplcmtlcg=='>Tear Jerker</a> of a death immediately gives way to <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrap' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrap' data-format='W1tPaENyYXAgSWxseXJpYSYjMDM5O3MgcmViaXJ0aC5dXQ=='>Illyria's rebirth.</a></li><li> After the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DarkerAndEdgier' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DarkerAndEdgier' data-format='RGFya2VyQW5kRWRnaWVy'>Darker and Edgier</a> second season plot arc of "Darla and Angel", the creative team indulged in a whimsical 3-part season ender, set in a fairytale kingdom, to deliberately offset the grimness of preceding episodes.</li><li> And then at the end of that arc, Angel returns to Earth with the whole gang having surprisingly survived a quest in another dimension, only for them to learn that <em>Buffy died</em> while he was away.</li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AngelS05E12YoureWelcome' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AngelS05E12YoureWelcome' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9BbmdlbFMwNUUxMllvdXJlV2VsY29tZSBZb3UmIzAzOTtyZSBXZWxjb21lXV0='>You're Welcome</a>", where after the day is won and everyone is celebrating, Cordy and Angel have one last kiss. She says, "You're welcome.", the phone rings and Angel finds out she died that morning. Let the tears commence!</li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AngelS04E06SpinTheBottle' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AngelS04E06SpinTheBottle' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9BbmdlbFMwNEUwNlNwaW5UaGVCb3R0bGUgU3BpbiB0aGUgQm90dGxlXV0='>Spin the Bottle</a>" which is Angel's equivalent of Buffy's "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E8TabulaRasa' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E8TabulaRasa' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTNkU4VGFidWxhUmFzYSBUYWJ1bGEgUmFzYV1d'>Tabula Rasa</a>" is a perfect example of this. The majority of the episode has the Angel Investigations crew all having their memories regressed to their teenage years and all sorts of wacky hijinx going on: Wesley returns to his wussy self from Buffy's third season, Fred is revealed to have been a pothead as a teenager, Angel's memories go back to before he even became a vampire and he mistakes a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CallBack' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CallBack' data-format='W1tDYWxsQmFjayBncm91cCBvZiBjYXJzIGZvciBkZW1vbnNdXQ=='>group of cars for demons</a>... and then the end happens where everyone gets their memories restored. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > we get our first glimpse of the first major antagonist for the season, Cordelia leaves the group and Angel is alone and heart-broken, and Lorne, who's also been <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreakingtheFourthWall' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreakingtheFourthWall' data-format='W1tCcmVha2luZ3RoZUZvdXJ0aFdhbGwgZGlyZWN0bHkgYWRkcmVzc2luZyB0aGUgYXVkaWVuY2UgdGhlIHdob2xlIGVwaXNvZGVdXQ=='>directly addressing the audience the whole episode</a> closes things out by delivering one of the most somber, heart-breaking monologues on television.</span></li><li> The episode "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AngelS04E19TheMagicBullet' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AngelS04E19TheMagicBullet' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9BbmdlbFMwNEUxOVRoZU1hZ2ljQnVsbGV0IFRoZSBNYWdpYyBCdWxsZXRdXQ=='>The Magic Bullet</a>" begins with <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/TheBeachBoys' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/TheBeachBoys' data-format='TXVzaWMvVGhlQmVhY2hCb3lz'>The Beach Boys</a> playing as complete strangers share the love of Jasmine. A commuter happily stops his car to allow some pedestrians to cross — only for a wide-eyed Fred to slam into his window before fleeing, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItMakesSenseInContext' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItMakesSenseInContext' data-format='W1tJdE1ha2VzU2Vuc2VJbkNvbnRleHQgcHVyc3VlZCBieSBXZXMgYW5kIEd1bm4uXV0='>pursued by Wes and Gunn.</a></li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AngelS05E20TheGirlInQuestion' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AngelS05E20TheGirlInQuestion' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9BbmdlbFMwNUUyMFRoZUdpcmxJblF1ZXN0aW9uIFRoZSBHaXJsIGluIFF1ZXN0aW9uXV0='>The Girl in Question</a>", which is already a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BizarroEpisode' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BizarroEpisode' data-format='Qml6YXJyb0VwaXNvZGU='>Bizarro Episode</a> for being light-hearted and irrelevant in the middle of the last few episodes of the show which have entered a very dark arc. In edition to the episode being a dramatic change in mood from the previous and following episodes, the episode itself cuts between Angel and Spike having wacky screwball hijinks in Italy and Wesley being tramautized by Illyria suddenly taking on the appearance of the recently murdered Fred. The episode does not appear on any "Best of" lists.</li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BuffytheVampireSlayer' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BuffytheVampireSlayer' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7QnVmZnl8dGhlIFZhbXBpcmUgU2xheWVyfX0='>Buffy</a></em> is rife with examples.<ul ><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E9ThePuppetShow' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E9ThePuppetShow' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTMUU5VGhlUHVwcGV0U2hvdyBUaGUgUHVwcGV0IFNob3ddXQ=='>The Puppet Show</a>" has one in-universe mentioned by Cordelia. In the talent show, her song about 'dignity, and human feeling, and personal... hygiene, or something like that' is set up to occur just after a band's rock song. She says something along the lines of, "The point is, my song is sappy, and no-one is going to feel sappy after all that rock and roll?" Giles quickly makes her go away by mentioning her hair.</li><li> In "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E12ProphecyGirl' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E12ProphecyGirl' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTMUUxMlByb3BoZWN5R2lybCBQcm9waGVjeSBHaXJsXV0='>Prophecy Girl</a>", the Master is <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LargeHam' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LargeHam' data-format='W1tMYXJnZUhhbSBoYW1taW5nIGl0IHVwXV0='>hamming it up</a> during an earthquake. After the shaking stops, he turns to the Anointed One and asks:<div class='indent'><strong>The Master:</strong> What do you think? 5.1?</div></li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E14Innocence' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E14Innocence' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTMkUxNElubm9jZW5jZSBJbm5vY2VuY2VdXQ=='>Innocence</a>" goes from <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > passionate love story to "zomg, Angel is EVIL!"?</span></li><li> When Spike attacks Willow in "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E7TheInitiative' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E7TheInitiative' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTNEU3VGhlSW5pdGlhdGl2ZSBUaGUgSW5pdGlhdGl2ZV1d'>The Initiative</a>", the scene is played out like a rape scene, and it genuinely seems like Willow is about to die before it <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CommercialBreakCliffhanger' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CommercialBreakCliffhanger' data-format='W1tDb21tZXJjaWFsQnJlYWtDbGlmZmhhbmdlciBjdXRzIHRvIGEgY29tbWVyY2lhbF1d'>cuts to a commercial</a>... and then it gets revealed that <em>something</em> is preventing Spike from biting her, and Willow begins to feel like she <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArentYouGoingToRavishMe' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArentYouGoingToRavishMe' data-format='W1tBcmVudFlvdUdvaW5nVG9SYXZpc2hNZSBpc24mIzAzOTt0IGdvb2QgZW5vdWdoIHRvIGJpdGVdXQ=='>isn't good enough to bite</a>.</li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTNkU3T25jZU1vcmVXaXRoRmVlbGluZyBPbmNlIE1vcmUsIFdpdGggRmVlbGluZ11d'>Once More, With Feeling</a>" contains an enormous one in addition to all the song-specific ones listed below. The episode begins with cheery singing and dancing and fabulous songs and end with <em>the main character's attempting suicide!</em> And then it ends with a kiss...</li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E8TabulaRasa' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E8TabulaRasa' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTNkU4VGFidWxhUmFzYSBUYWJ1bGEgUmFzYV1d'>Tabula Rasa</a>", with its 37 minutes of madcap memory-loss hilarity (including a kiss between Anya and Giles) followed by <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Giles going back to England and Tara leaving Willow.</span></li><li> Or how about the zany madcap jaunt about a geek and his robot girlfriend that ends with <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Buffy finding her mother's <em>dead body</em>?</span> And then, of course, the geek turns out to be the bastard son of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/LexLuthor' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/LexLuthor' data-format='Q29taWNCb29rL0xleEx1dGhvcg=='>Lex Luthor</a> and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/CapeFear' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/CapeFear' data-format='W1tGaWxtL0NhcGVGZWFyIE1heCBDYWR5XV0='>Max Cady</a>.</li><li> Even without <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Joyce's death</span>, "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTNUUxNUlXYXNNYWRlVG9Mb3ZlWW91IEkgV2FzIE1hZGUgVG8gTG92ZSBZb3VdXQ=='>I Was Made To Love You</a>" is still pretty whiplashy - like the part where April nearly kills Katrina after the latter "lies" about being Warren's current girlfriend, or when she "dies", still believing that Warren would come back to her.</li><li> Everything to do with the Geek Trio in Season Six has Whiplash. Just one example is in "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E13DeadThings' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E13DeadThings' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTNkUxM0RlYWRUaGluZ3MgRGVhZCBUaGluZ3NdXQ=='>Dead Things</a>" when they start with a zany plan to acquire a sex slave then accidentally murder her and try to frame Buffy for it.</li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E16Storyteller' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E16Storyteller' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTN0UxNlN0b3J5dGVsbGVyIFN0b3J5dGVsbGVyXV0='>Storyteller</a>" is pure comedy (One scene features <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnreliableNarrator' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnreliableNarrator' data-format='W1tVbnJlbGlhYmxlTmFycmF0b3IgQW5kcmV3XV0='>Andrew</a> narrating the story of Faith fighting Spock). Then they get to the seal, and Buffy threatens to kill Andrew:<div class='indent'><strong>Buffy:</strong> When your blood pours, it might save the whole world. What do you think about that? Does it buy it all back? Are you redeemed?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Andrew:</strong> No. Because... I killed him. Because I listened to Warren and I wanted to believe it was him, but I knew it wasn't. So I killed him, and now you're gonna kill me, and... this is what Jonathan felt. <em>(he starts to cry)</em></div></li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E21EndOfDays' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E21EndOfDays' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTN0UyMUVuZE9mRGF5cyBFbmQgb2YgRGF5c11d'>End of Days</a>" has a serious dialogue where Buffy and Faith contemplate the loneliness of being a Slayer ending with the following line:<div class='indent'> <strong>Faith:</strong> Thank God we're hot chicks with superpowers.</div></li><li> Or how about "Standing", Giles' song from "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTNkU3T25jZU1vcmVXaXRoRmVlbGluZyBPbmNlIE1vcmUsIFdpdGggRmVlbGluZ11d'>Once More, With Feeling</a>", in which he realizes that he must leave Buffy so she'll learn to stand on her own? He sings as he watches Buffy going through her exercises, and as the song ends, she walks up to him, unaware of what just happened, and:<div class='indent'><strong>Buffy:</strong> Did you just say something?</div></li><li> Or in "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E5Selfless' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E5Selfless' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTN0U1U2VsZmxlc3MgU2VsZmxlc3NdXQ=='>Selfless</a>" where we go from Anya singing about how she'll be Xander's Missus, to her impaled upon Buffy's sword? (She <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoodThingYouCanHeal' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoodThingYouCanHeal' data-format='W1tHb29kVGhpbmdZb3VDYW5IZWFsIGdldHMgYmV0dGVyXV0='>gets better</a>)</li><li> Episode placement will do it too... right in the middle of the 'Angel goes bad' arc we get <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E16BewitchedBotheredAndBewildered' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E16BewitchedBotheredAndBewildered' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTMkUxNkJld2l0Y2hlZEJvdGhlcmVkQW5kQmV3aWxkZXJlZCBhIHdhY2t5IHN0b3J5IG9mIFhhbmRlciBjYXN0aW5nIGEgbG92ZSBzcGVsbF1d'>a wacky story of Xander casting a love spell</a> - then back to the pain and angst.</li><li> The whole ending scene of "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E14BadGirls' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E14BadGirls' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTM0UxNEJhZEdpcmxzIEJhZCBHaXJsc11d'>Bad Girls</a>", where the Mayor goes through the ritual to become invulnerable.<div class='indent'><strong>Mayor</strong>: <em>[very deadpan]</em> This officially commences the Hundred Days. Nothing can harm me, until the Ascension... <em>[breaks into giggles]</em> Gosh, I'm feeling chipper! <strong>Who's for a root beer!</strong></div></li><li> An unintentional example occurs in "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTNUUxNlRoZUJvZHkgVGhlIEJvZHldXQ=='>The Body</a>": the episode has no score, which adds to the harsh realism of an emotionally devastating story. Except nobody bothered to remove the loud, upbeat theme song from the end credits. It's somewhat jarring.</li><li> Another good example is the episode "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E19SeeingRed' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E19SeeingRed' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTNkUxOVNlZWluZ1JlZCBTZWVpbmcgUmVkXV0='>Seeing Red</a>" from season 6. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Willow and Tara finally get back together after being apart for the entire season and are shown incredibly happy for the whole episode. <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/AmberBenson' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/AmberBenson' data-format='Q3JlYXRvci9BbWJlckJlbnNvbg=='>Amber Benson</a> (Tara's actress) <em>finally</em> gets to be in the opening credits, too! Everything's going great... <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TooHappyToLive' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TooHappyToLive' data-format='W1tUb29IYXBweVRvTGl2ZSB0aGVuIFdhcnJlbiBraWxscyBUYXJhLl1d'>then Warren kills Tara.</a></span></li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E9TheWish' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E9TheWish' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTM0U5VGhlV2lzaCBUaGUgV2lzaF1d'>The Wish</a>" offers a good one - the alternate Sunnydale is ruled by vampires, the Master's still alive and kicking and now factory processing humans, and just about every main character dies. And then Giles undoes the wish and we're back to Cordelia, who'd died around the halfway point and was the one who made the wish, gleefully rattling off a series of wishes of what horrible fate should fall on Buffy, Xander, and Willow, and eventually all men while Buffy, Xander, and Willow cheerfully chat in the sunlight.</li><li> There's a pretty good moment that fits this trope well in the third season episode "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E12Helpless' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E12Helpless' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTM0UxMkhlbHBsZXNzIEhlbHBsZXNzXV0='>Helpless</a>". After learning that Giles is responsible for <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > her temporarily losing her Slayer powers</span>, Buffy directly confronts her mentor over his betrayal of her trust. The scene gets more and more dramatic as Buffy becomes more horrified and Giles tries to do anything he can to make it up to her, and then suddenly at the end, Cordelia comes in completely oblivious as to what's going on. As Buffy coldly tells Giles, "I don't know you," Cordy takes her literally and believes some demon has given her amnesia, as well as wondering from their serious expressions if the world's supposed to end again and whether or not she should bother studying for an exam if that's the case.</li><li> In Season 9, Whistler, after inviting Angel out for dinner to talk, punches a hole through his stomach. After almost killing him, Whistler decides to spare Angel then tells him that once his stomach grows back, he should try the food there.</li><li> In "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E1TheFreshman' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E1TheFreshman' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9CdWZmeVRoZVZhbXBpcmVTbGF5ZXJTNEUxVGhlRnJlc2htYW4gVGhlIEZyZXNobWFuXV0='>The Freshman</a>", Xander tells Buffy, "When I'm alone against the dark, I think 'What would Buffy do?' You're my hero. ...And sometimes when I'm alone in the dark, I think 'What is Buffy wearing?'".</li></ul></li><li> Even <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Dollhouse' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Dollhouse' data-format='e3tTZXJpZXMvRG9sbGhvdXNlfX0='>Dollhouse</a></em> has some:<ul ><li> In "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DollhouseS01E06' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DollhouseS01E06' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9Eb2xsaG91c2VTMDFFMDYgTWFuIG9uIHRoZSBTdHJlZXRdXQ=='>Man on the Street</a>" handler Joe Hearn is sexually abusing his <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlankSlate' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlankSlate' data-format='QmxhbmtTbGF0ZQ=='>Blank Slate</a> charge Sierra while telling her they need to be very quiet. At that moment <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Boyd</span> enters and knocks Hearn through a plate glass window.<div class='indent'><strong>Sierra</strong>: That wasn't very quiet.</div></li><li> In "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DollhouseS01E12' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DollhouseS01E12' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9Eb2xsaG91c2VTMDFFMTIgT21lZ2FdXQ=='>Omega</a>", Echo's line upon arriving at Alpha's lair:<div class='indent'><strong>Echo:</strong> Say, you got a bathroom?</div></li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DollhouseS02E11' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DollhouseS02E11' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9Eb2xsaG91c2VTMDJFMTEgR2V0dGluZyBDbG9zZXJdXQ=='>Getting Closer</a>": Topher and Bennett's <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FirstKiss' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FirstKiss' data-format='W1tGaXJzdEtpc3Mga2lzcyBzY2VuZV1d'>kiss scene</a></span>, which leaves them both giddily happy. Topher steps out for a minute and Claire walks in to have a conversation with Bennett that does nothing to lessen the charming atmosphere. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Then Topher comes back and Claire immediately pulls out a gun and blasts Bennett's brains all over him.</span></li></ul></li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1dpemFyZHNPZldhdmVybHlQbGFjZQ=='>Wizards of Waverly Place</a></em> is a lighthearted teenage comedy without any serious consequences for anyone for years until suddenly Justin's very old vampire girlfriend ages to her real age and Alex's boyfriend turns out to be a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Jerkass' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Jerkass' data-format='e3tqZXJrYXNzfX0='>jerkass</a> and is turned permanently into a wolf. Thankfully, both of them get better later on.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/WKRPInCincinnati' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/WKRPInCincinnati' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1dLUlBJbkNpbmNpbm5hdGk='>WKRP in Cincinnati</a></em>: "In Concert" begins with the lighthearted, comedic tone that is typical of the show as the characters prepare to attend a rock concert. Midway through, there is a sudden cut to the day after the concert, when everyone is reeling from the news that eleven people were killed outside the venue while they were inside enjoying themselves. The mood switch is jarring and, to a first-time viewer, inexplicable, until you see the message at the end explaining that the episode was inspired by a real-life tragedy that took place in Cincinnati on December 3, 1979.</li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/WolfHall' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/WolfHall' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1dvbGZIYWxs'>Wolf Hall</a></em>: In the second episode, Thomas Cromwell and his late wife's sister finally give in to their feelings for each other, and the next day Cromwell strolls around his garden singing and telling his apprentices a funny story about his youth in Italy (much to their shock, as he never talks about his past). When he gets back into the house, he finds George Cavendish has arrived to tell him that Cardinal Wolsey has died after being charged with treason.</li></ul></div></p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder23');">    Y </div><div id="folder23" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"><ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Yellowjackets' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Yellowjackets' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7WWVsbG93amFja2V0c319'>Yellowjackets</a></em>:<ul ><li> In "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/YellowjacketsS2E5TwoTruthsAndALie' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/YellowjacketsS2E5TwoTruthsAndALie' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9ZZWxsb3dqYWNrZXRzUzJFNVR3b1RydXRoc0FuZEFMaWUgVHdvIFRydXRocyBhbmQgYSBMaWVdXQ=='>Two Truths and a Lie</a>", Crystal and Misty amuse themselves while emptying the toilet bucket by exchanging silly secrets. The light-hearted mood disappears when Misty reveals that after their flight crashed, <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >she destroyed the emergency transmitter simply because everybody was acting like she was important and she wanted to keep feeling like that</span> and Crystal realizes in shock and disgust that her "bestie" is the one responsible for <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >stranding them in the wilderness for months</span>.</li><li> In "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/YellowjacketsS2E7Burial' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/YellowjacketsS2E7Burial' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9ZZWxsb3dqYWNrZXRzUzJFN0J1cmlhbCBCdXJpYWxdXQ=='>Burial</a>", in the present the team members are drinking, dancing around a fire and having a great time, when Shauna gets a phone call from her husband. She is alarmed, thinking it is about their daughter. 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