To be fair, don’t look for that trope in children shows.
You should probably try some reality shows instead.
Early Survivor sessions are doing what you just described.
(the modern session, (i would say starting from Heroes vs Villains) are way too much for me.)
And if you want real brain-teasers… you could check out the Devil’s plan (it’s a korean Netflix show.)
I don’t watch children’s shows anymore, just explaining why I didn’t like the ones recommended to me
I also don’t like reality shows I don’t have any mental buy-in there
Sometimes subtly isn’t in service of being understood. I have seen people have what appear to be pretty clearly misinterpretations of media because the text wasn’t being heavy-handed in explaining itself. I’ve done this myself where I thought about something later on and realized I had something all wrong. The writer(s) have to set the bar somewhere, and compromise accordingly.
I like shows set in actual high-stakes jobs and reality shows are noooot that
Survivor as a low stake show…
This is the first I’m hearing it described as such…
Right but I don’t like it, it comes across as heavy-handed and condescending and predictable, it is written with the purpose of up a “life lesson” a writer made up in their head and which I have no reason to trust, rather than just an attempt to realistically show how a personality interacts with a situation. They are shows for children that are trying to communicate to children and I am not a children and thus find this off-putting
I wanna try german raw minced pork with onions on bread SOOOOO bad 
. I think minced meat has such a pleasant texture. I wish it was safe to eat here 
It’s all pretend! Nobody’s gonna die
I suppose it’s less the size of the stakes and more the groundedness, I want it to feel like I am receiving some kind of insight of value into life, and Survivor is playing pretend
Like I don’t want a show where the writer has a Lesson To Communicate and is hitting you on the head with it. I like things that try to depict experiences. And sometimes have hype moments and aura
oh. You meant life and death stake…
(there is big money on Survivor, so it’s still not a low-stake game…)
What about Alice in borderland?
Ehhhh not quite life-or-death. It’s just gotta feel real. Either being literally a realism show (political or medical setting) or being a sort of fantasy exaggeration of what real life feels like (Madoka Magica is what being in middle school feels like)
Maybe you’d like Cyberpunk Edgerunners
Not with that attitude
THis looks like a sandwich for me…
this looks like you forgot that a sandwich is typically supposed to have two sides
It’s not enclosed with bread. It only has stuff on one side of the bread
then that’s closer to “a shitty pizza” then a sandwich
