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You have fond memories of your childhood and all the books, music, films, tv series and other clean fun you enjoyed back then, in those more innocent days. But then, either while you are still a child or when you become an adult, some of these precious childhood memories are suddenly crushed. It turns out that a person you always trusted before has a darker side. You suddenly discover a circus clown smoking a cigarette between takes. It can be that friendly children's TV show host who is suddenly arrested for criminal deeds. Or those child actors you enjoyed seeing on the screen turn out to be drug addicts or start a career in the adult industry, or far worse. Or maybe you find out that your favorite children's author mistreated his own children badly.

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  • Crushed Childhood Memories
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  • You have fond memories of your childhood and all the books, music, films, tv series and other clean fun you enjoyed back then, in those more innocent days. But then, either while you are still a child or when you become an adult, some of these precious childhood memories are suddenly crushed. It turns out that a person you always trusted before has a darker side. You suddenly discover a circus clown smoking a cigarette between takes. It can be that friendly children's TV show host who is suddenly arrested for criminal deeds. Or those child actors you enjoyed seeing on the screen turn out to be drug addicts or start a career in the adult industry, or far worse. Or maybe you find out that your favorite children's author mistreated his own children badly.
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  • You have fond memories of your childhood and all the books, music, films, tv series and other clean fun you enjoyed back then, in those more innocent days. But then, either while you are still a child or when you become an adult, some of these precious childhood memories are suddenly crushed. It turns out that a person you always trusted before has a darker side. You suddenly discover a circus clown smoking a cigarette between takes. It can be that friendly children's TV show host who is suddenly arrested for criminal deeds. Or those child actors you enjoyed seeing on the screen turn out to be drug addicts or start a career in the adult industry, or far worse. Or maybe you find out that your favorite children's author mistreated his own children badly. There's something unsettling about this. Something that was so sweet and innocent back then now leaves a bitter, unpleasant space in your memories. You lose your naiveté and suddenly the world you've once experienced as carelessly joyful becomes far more disturbing. After all Children Are Innocent so when this illusion is destroyed it really is unnerving and even traumatic. This is often a source for comedy too, since destroying something childishly innocent can be funny as well. Whether it are toys, cartoon characters or Santa Claus: add violence, sex, drugs or other disturbing matters and you will either shock or amuse people. The same goes for people, films, characters, rock stars,... you admired as a child or a teen, but as Time Marches On start doing things that often destroy all your idealistic illusions about everything that was great about them. This is mostly about seeing previous idols "selling out" as they and the fans age. Not to be confused with Childhood Memory Demolition Team, which is about a precious object from your childhood being threatened to disappear. Compare Broken Pedestal and Growing Up Sucks. Examples of Crushed Childhood Memories include:
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