Rewatching DE:PP has reenflamed my belief in the conspiracy theory that the common trope in children's media of evil alternate versions of characters being goth/emo/punk/other alt styles is essentially a psychological smear campaign; an attempt to imprint upon their viewers the message that alt people are mean or morally bankrupt so that children learn to look upon these people with disdain and suspicion and perhaps even a hero vs villain complex, all to prevent the new generations from banding together and joining the rebellion against the consumerist dystopia that the people who lord over the creators of those media want to enforce.