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Hypercore 

The very definition of why comedy cartoons nowadays are worse than the ones we had back then. Programming written with
1. Loud annoying characters
2. Unlikable jerkass cast
3. A hyper overly energetic tone
4. Tries to be hip
Tends to be done by modern Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.
Total Dramarama, Pinky Malinky, Breadwinners, Teen Titans Go, Bunsen is a Beast hypercore has infected most newer cartoons aimed at kids. Kids deserve better.

hamletcore 

An alternative name for clinical depression
ME: "Lol I'm just really into the hamletcore aesthetic"
THERAPIST: "Janet that's your Clinical Depression. Stop calling it that."
hamletcore by CatherineTheBitch January 7, 2021

hypercore 

Hypercore is an indie game movement coined by the video game company Last Bite Games. Hypercore is a combination of hyper casual games' ease of play and hardcore games' depth. Vampire Survivors, SNKRX, Bit Blaster XL are some examples. Hypercore games are easy to understand and control, gameplay focused, replayable and difficult.
Is Vampire Survivors a hypercore game?
hypercore by elotha February 21, 2023

Hypercore Cartoon 

A kind of “cartoon” originating from the 2000s that has only spread like wildfire to executives in the 2010s to 2020s A show whose sole purpose is to be loud and annoying and filled with
- yelling
- everyone being a jerk
- loud music and sound effects
- large amounts of gross out
- catchphrases
- violence
Examples include the modern SpongeBob Seasons, Camp Lazlo, The Cuphead Show, Oddballs, Unikitty, Teen Titans Go, Powerpuff Girls 2016, Total Dramarama, Bunsen is a Beast, Mighty Magiswords, and most recently Kiff.
God I can’t stand all the hypercore cartoons on tv. Cartoon fans are too accepting of watching the animation equivalent of jingling keys when anime and story cartoons at least respects your intelligence. Kids deserve better.
A high energy Hard dance rave genre featuring clean punchy 4x4 kicks, thick prominent offbeat basslines and heavily detuned supersaw leads.

The genre is often Vocal led. The melodies often carry a sense of euphoria, hope, or even bittersweet feelings.
Vocal samples or sung vocals are frequently pitched high, popular vocals are often remixed into this genre.

Hypercore can also be quite versatile, it’s not uncommon for it to pull influence from Bass music and other genres such as Donk, hardhouse, hyper techno ect.

Tracks are produced at 170-175bpm but DJs often play the tracks 170-180+bpm at raves, it’s can easily be mixed with other high energy genres Such as DnB due to living in the same tempo range.

Hypercore began to emerge around the mid 2020’s and evolved from UK-Hardcore and happyhardcore.
I prefer Hypercore over hardstyle music.
Hypercore by Pure pineapple October 13, 2025

extreme dance hypercore

A genre of music created by lil biden of the band "the stale fritos" to describe bass-boosted ear murder or very bad rave music played on a broken speaker. Good examples of extreme dance hypercore, or EDH, can be found on youtube or soundcloud by searching for music by the stale fritos.
extreme dance hypercore is the best music genre. Don't question me.
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