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* In SuperRobotWars3, [[ZetaGundam Henken Bekenner's crush on Emma Sheen]] gets rather creepy. In canon, Henken made it a point to watch out for her and she was aware he cared for her. In the game, he turns into a StalkerWithACrush to the point he starts creeping her out.
* Johnny Cage from ''MortalKombat'' became so diluted he became a parody of what he strove ''not'' to be. In the beginning he was more serious (but no less [[ArrogantKungFuGuy arrogant]]) and a very competent fighter, but devolved into a PluckyComicRelief character as the series went on. This was likely a TakeThat directed at Daniel Pesina, the actor who originally played Johnny Cage, after he was fired by Midway for posing in character as Cage to promote another company's fighting game (''Blood Storm'').
** Inverted in the case of Nightwolf. Originally a parody of Thunder Hawk in ''MK3'', he became TheSmartGuy in the cartoon, and in ''Deception'', we had him literally going through hell to rescue Liu Kang. Then in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' he became the leader of the Defenders of Earthrealm.
*** Sadly played straight with Mileena who has been completely flanderized into a Psychopathic Womanchild in MK9.
** Actually beneficial in the cases of Sonya Blade and Jax, as well. In their debut games, they were written as Special Forces members, but their looks and skillsets had absolutely nothing to do with any of that. As the games progressed, they gradually became what they were actually supposed to be, getting appropriate gear, skillsets, and weapons. Though in the case of Jax, it could be argued that this is a bad thing, as his gear and weapons have gradually begun muscling in on the gear and weapons of Stryker. Particularly in Armageddon, where they had identical machine gun attacks.
* Paul Phoenix from {{Tekken}} has gradually become more of a joke character as the series has progressed. He remains one of the toughest characters in the game, however. Kuma began in Tekken 1 as a fearsome and realistic bear character but began to become a joke in Tekken 2. His identically named son who appears from Tekken 3 onwards is a complete joke character due to the introduction of Panda.
** Yoshimitsu is another good example: He started out as simply a man, in a suit of armour, armed with a katana. Now he is armed with twin lightsabers, a spinning hand that lets him hover like a helicopter, insect wings that he keeps stored in his back, an active camouflage system and all manner of various unnecessary and probably quite inconvenient additions to his costume (which incidentally has now morphed into fully fledged power armour) such as a beetle horn on his head on 4, strange hanging-rope things in 5 and 6 and an absolutely ''huge'' entirely useless metal ring welded onto his back in Tekken Tag 2. Oh and if we take his endings as canon, he apparently can now also cast magical spells such as the ability to cast an after-image.
* In ''FinalFantasyVII'' Cloud Strife actually did very little brooding, preferring to focus on fighting Sephiroth and saving the planet from Shinra. The guy even cracked a few jokes at his friends and could take a jab back in return, and is very caring of his friends and claims he "trusts everyone". His archrival Sephiroth was a DarkMessiah who wanted to [[AGodAmI become a god]] to reshape the planet into his own personal utopia, and he screwed with Cloud's head to do it in revenge for Cloud defeating him years prior. Ever since the original game Cloud has been warped into a loner who brushes off his friends' attempts to help him while he broods and angsts over Sephiroth, and Sephiroth's only character traits now are his ability to manipulate Cloud's emotions and taunt Cloud with the fact he's so good at it. The FoeYay between them has also gotten increasingly heavy-handed, to the point Sephiroth almost seems more like a jealous stalker or a scorned ex than Cloud's hated enemy.
** There's a common fan-theory going around as a result of the flanderization that Cloud was afflicted with the "Sadness" status ailment in Advent Children, up until the ribbon he was wearing was revealed, since Ribbon's remove all status ailments in the series. The flanderization was reversed in ''Dirge Of Cerberus", where from what little we see of him, he's a total absolute {{Badass}}. [[IJustWantToBeBadass Looks like he got his wish.]] Too bad the game didn't do too well.

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* In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars3'', [[ZetaGundam Henken Bekenner's crush on Emma Sheen]] gets rather creepy. In canon, Henken made it a point to watch out for her and she was aware he cared for her. In the game, he turns into a StalkerWithACrush to the point he starts creeping her out.
* Johnny Cage from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' became so diluted he became a parody of what he strove ''not'' to be. In the beginning he was more serious (but no less [[ArrogantKungFuGuy arrogant]]) and a very competent fighter, but devolved into a PluckyComicRelief character as the series went on. This was likely a TakeThat directed at Daniel Pesina, the actor who originally played Johnny Cage, after he was fired by Midway for posing in character as Cage to promote another company's fighting game (''Blood Storm'').
** Inverted in the case of Nightwolf. Originally a parody of Thunder Hawk in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'', he became TheSmartGuy in the cartoon, and in ''Deception'', we had him literally going through hell to rescue Liu Kang. Then in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' he became the leader of the Defenders of Earthrealm.
** Sadly played straight with Mileena who has been completely flanderized into a Psychopathic Womanchild in ''[=MK9=]''.
** Actually beneficial in the cases of Sonya Blade and Jax, as well. In their debut games, they were written as Special Forces members, but their looks and skillsets had absolutely nothing to do with any of that. As the games progressed, they gradually became what they were actually supposed to be, getting appropriate gear, skillsets, and weapons. Though in the case of Jax, it could be argued that this is a bad thing, as his gear and weapons have gradually begun muscling in on the gear and weapons of Stryker. Particularly in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Armageddon]]'', where they had identical machine gun attacks.
* Paul Phoenix from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' has gradually become more of a joke character as the series has progressed. He remains one of the toughest characters in the game, however. Kuma began in ''Tekken 1'' as a fearsome and realistic bear character but began to become a joke in ''Tekken 2''. His identically named son who appears from ''Tekken 3'' onwards is a complete joke character due to the introduction of Panda.
** Yoshimitsu is another good example: He started out as simply a man, in a suit of armour, armed with a katana. Now he is armed with twin lightsabers, a spinning hand that lets him hover like a helicopter, insect wings that he keeps stored in his back, an active camouflage system and all manner of various unnecessary and probably quite inconvenient additions to his costume (which incidentally has now morphed into fully fledged power armour) such as a beetle horn on his head on ''4'', strange hanging-rope things in ''5'' and ''6'' and an absolutely ''huge'' entirely useless metal ring welded onto his back in ''Tekken Tag 2''. Oh and if we take his endings as canon, he apparently can now also cast magical spells such as the ability to cast an after-image.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' Cloud Strife actually did very little brooding, preferring to focus on fighting Sephiroth and saving the planet from Shinra. The guy even cracked a few jokes at his friends and could take a jab back in return, and is very caring of his friends and claims he "trusts everyone". His archrival Sephiroth was a DarkMessiah who wanted to [[AGodAmI become a god]] to reshape the planet into his own personal utopia, and he screwed with Cloud's head to do it in revenge for Cloud defeating him years prior. Ever since the original game Cloud has been warped into a loner who brushes off his friends' attempts to help him while he broods and angsts over Sephiroth, and Sephiroth's only character traits now are his ability to manipulate Cloud's emotions and taunt Cloud with the fact he's so good at it. The FoeYay between them has also gotten increasingly heavy-handed, to the point Sephiroth almost seems more like a jealous stalker or a scorned ex than Cloud's hated enemy.
** There's a common fan-theory going around as a result of the Flanderization that Cloud was afflicted with the "Sadness" status ailment in ''Advent Children'', up until the ribbon he was wearing was revealed, since Ribbons remove all status ailments in the series. The Flanderization was reversed in ''Dirge Of Cerberus'', where from what little we see of him, he's a total absolute {{Badass}}. [[IJustWantToBeBadass Looks like he got his wish.]] Too bad the game didn't do too well.

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** Not to mention a lot of ''fans'' flanderize the characters, thanks to PoesLaw. Playing the original ''FinalFantasyVII'', you might actually be ''surprised'' to find that Cloud is ''NOT'' eternally whining and brooding, or that the characters actually ''DON'T'' cry as much as the {{Hatedom}} say they do.
** From {{Final Fantasy IX}} we have Kuja, though his choice in fashion was... questionable, his eerie rhythm, complete disregard for all life except his own, skin that was likened to steel (which was not [[GameplayAndStorySegregation segregated when you finally fight him]]), and the unholy mother of all {{Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum}}s made him a ''very'' legitimate and creepy threat, though most people tend to remember him for his appearance in Dissidia, as an AmbiguouslyGay, [[DudeLooksLikeALady very feminine]] sort of [[SmugSnake manchild]] who gets no respect from the other villains due to his age and only really wants to be [[UnfortunateImplications alone with Zidane]]. The {{Prequel}} does explain this though: [[spoiler: it's all Kefka's fault.]]
** And there's also Terra Branford from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''. In the original game, she was a bit unsure of herself and afraid that she'd never feel love, but she still wasn't afraid to fight for the Returners' cause and stand up to Kefka. Dissidia turns her into the ultimate deer in the headlights, and she's completely afraid to fight at all. She's strictly this timid little girl with little of her characterization from VI, to a point where she doesn't even use her sword outside of chase scenes so they can have her fight with magic from the distance.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' has similar example to Yuffie with Rikku. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Originally]], while always hyperactive and eccentric, she was genuinely intelligent and witty, especially considering she only fifteen. Once the sequel hit, hyper seemed to be the ''only'' trait brought over. All her wit and intelligence disappeared nearly entirely because the writers seemed more content to make dumb blond jokes, with all the wit given to Paine, the DeadpanSnarker character created for the sequel to team with Yuna and Rikku.

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** Not to mention a lot of ''fans'' Flanderize the characters, thanks to PoesLaw. Playing the original ''Final Fantasy VII'', you might actually be ''surprised'' to find that Cloud is ''NOT'' eternally whining and brooding, or that the characters actually ''DON'T'' cry as much as the {{Hatedom}} say they do.
** From ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' we have Kuja, though his choice in fashion was... questionable, his eerie rhythm, complete disregard for all life except his own, skin that was likened to steel (which was not [[GameplayAndStorySegregation segregated when you finally fight him]]), and the unholy mother of all {{Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum}}s made him a ''very'' legitimate and creepy threat, though most people tend to remember him for his appearance in ''VideoGame/{{Dissidia|FinalFantasy}}'', as an AmbiguouslyGay, [[DudeLooksLikeALady very feminine]] sort of [[SmugSnake manchild]] who gets no respect from the other villains due to his age and only really wants to be [[UnfortunateImplications alone with Zidane]]. The {{prequel}} does explain this though: [[spoiler: it's all Kefka's fault.]]
** And there's also Terra Branford from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''. In the original game, she was a bit unsure of herself and afraid that she'd never feel love, but she still wasn't afraid to fight for the Returners' cause and stand up to Kefka. ''Dissidia'' turns her into the ultimate deer in the headlights, and she's completely afraid to fight at all. She's strictly this timid little girl with little of her characterization from ''VI'', to a point where she doesn't even use her sword outside of chase scenes so they can have her fight with magic from the distance.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' has a similar example to Yuffie with Rikku. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Originally]], while always hyperactive and eccentric, she was genuinely intelligent and witty, especially considering she only fifteen. Once the sequel hit, hyper seemed to be the ''only'' trait brought over. All her wit and intelligence disappeared nearly entirely because the writers seemed more content to make {{dumb blond}} jokes, with all the wit given to Paine, the DeadpanSnarker character created for the sequel to team with Yuna and Rikku.

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* In ''[[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]'', one could potentially argue that HK-47 was somewhat Flanderized. In the original, he was calmer and tended to display his [[KillerRobot sociopathic tendencies]] only in isolated situations, like during certain "aggressive negotiations". Outside of combat and negotiations, he was a perfect gentleman, though he spoke with a disturbing flippancy/eagerness about death and destruction. In the sequel, he became a straightforward KillerRobot, speaking boldly and constantly about slaughtering all meatbags. This, however, worked in his favor, as without it, the now-famous line, [[CrowningMomentofAwesomeVideoGames "Definition: Love is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometres away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope,"]] would never exist.
** Also done with his unusual speech pattern. In the first game the "Definition:" or "Statement:" or "Query:" before his dialogue was relatively simple, there weren't that many of them (maybe five or six at most) and they served to logically categorize the things he said. In [=KotOR=] 2, the prefixes start becoming increasingly specific. The HK-50s take it to the next level by adding descriptive adjectives to the mix, to the point that they often serve to ironically undermine the following statement completely, a la StephenColbert's "The WORD" (i.e. "Hasty Retraction:", "Condescending Explanation:" or even "Fabrication:".)

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* In ''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]'', one could potentially argue that HK-47 was somewhat Flanderized. In the original, he was calmer and tended to display his [[KillerRobot sociopathic tendencies]] only in isolated situations, like during certain "aggressive negotiations". Outside of combat and negotiations, he was a perfect gentleman, though he spoke with a disturbing flippancy/eagerness about death and destruction. In the sequel, he became a straightforward KillerRobot, speaking boldly and constantly about slaughtering all meatbags. This, however, worked in his favor, as without it, the now-famous line, [[Awesome/VideoGames "Definition: Love is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometres away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope,"]] would never exist.
** Also done with his unusual speech pattern. In the first game the "Definition:" or "Statement:" or "Query:" before his dialogue was relatively simple, there weren't that many of them (maybe five or six at most) and they served to logically categorize the things he said. In [=KotOR=] 2, the prefixes start becoming increasingly specific. The HK-50s take it to the next level by adding descriptive adjectives to the mix, to the point that they often serve to ironically undermine the following statement completely, a la Creator/StephenColbert's "The WORD" (i.e. "Hasty Retraction:", "Condescending Explanation:" or even "Fabrication:".)

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* Namine of ''KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' started off simply having power over memories. In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', her powers now are said to only work for Sora and it has a side effect on those aligned with him. And as of ''358/2 Days'' and ''Coded'', she can now access ''anyone's'' memory from any distance, so long as they are "connected to Sora" (which is most of the cast) and Namine has basically become omnipotent as a result. While one's mileage may vary as to how this all affect Namine's overall character, most fans are finding it hard to deny that her powers and their effects have gotten ridiculously out of hand.
** Also, from ''KingdomHearts'' to ''KingdomHeartsII'' to ''KingdomHeartsDreamDropDistance'', Sora has become more and more of a {{Keet}} and IdiotHero, and his status as TheMessiah has gotten [[MessianicArchetype more and more literal.]]
* The whole of ''CommandAndConquer: RedAlert'' has undergone this. While some people complained that ''RedAlert 3'' was ridiculously over the top compared to the previous games, it had already drifted dramatically starting with ''RedAlert 2''. ''RedAlert'' had time travel, an ActionGirl, and some over-the-top technology and characters, but it was about as serious as the Tiberium Series. ''Red Alert 2'' expanded on this with much more over the top stuff (Giant mind controlled squid?) and pulpish units and scenarios. But the developers of ''Red Alert 3'' focused much more on the cheesy elements.
** ''CommandAndConquer: Tiberium Series'' also has undergone this, if more subtle. The first game was a quasi-futuristic military strategy of the western nations against an elusive terrorist faction with stealth and laser technology. The second game threw the world into chaos, added jumpjet infantry, mecha, cyborgs, mutants and a super AI and attempted to explain Kane's origins. The third game went back to the original style, but left the super tanks, super weapons, lasers, stealth, and added mobile defense posts, {{Ninja}}, mad suicide bombers, and all sorts of walking, hovering and flying aliens, who subsequently got their asses kicked. The expansion of that game then re-added the mecha and cyborgs. The so far last game threw away base building and money and added PoweredArmor to everyone, while extrapolating nearly all unit concepts introduced in the series into one game. Talk about a ZigzaggedTrope.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX'': As ExecutiveMeddling forced the series to go beyond the creator's planned ending, X5, some of the main characters had certain aspects of their personality stretched out to artificially create conflict for the next few games. While Zero always stayed friendly to X, he became rather gruffer and more stereotypically badass as the series went on, especially when [[ReplacementScrappy Axl]] was introduced. Sigma [[VillainDecay degenerated]] just as badly as Dr. Wily, if not worse, as he went from very nearly destroying the world and being a truly MagnificentBastard...to a shivering pile of zombie-animated debris ''in just one game'', and by the next game [[MotiveRant explained his]] [[HijackedByGanon final boss status]] as simply [[MotiveDecay "because I'll never stop until you're dead!"]] (It should be noted that it's been hinted that, as Sigma's bodies are destroyed, a little bit of him truly dies. This would be why, by X6, he's barely sane and can't think of anything besides killing X. This is why his form is that of some grim reaper zombie thing.) It was X that [[UnpleasableFanbase the fans complained about]] the most, though: while he had always been more pacifistic and less violence-inclined than Zero, this was expanded into ''the'' defining aspect of his personality, so that rather than being a reluctant cop, he was a stereotypically annoying whiner who kept advocating non-violence even when the situation had clearly gone south. This led to him [[TenMinuteRetirement abandoning active duty]] at the beginning of X7, so we [[ArtifactTitle started off playing a Mega Man X game without playing as Mega Man X.]] [[HesBack He does return, though.]]
** Speaking of the X series, even words can undergo Flanderization. The term ''Maverick'' initially referred to a Reploid who attacked and killed humans [[spoiler:as a result of Wily's Maverick virus]], but starting with X4 the meaning started to become warped as a political tool, usually with the purpose of sending the Maverick Hunters after the designated targets. The distortion of its meaning remains long into the Zero series, where the Resistance are (mostly) law-abiding Reploids just trying to keep themselves operational amidst an energy crisis. [[spoiler:Most of the damage has been reversed in the ZX series, but with Albert dead and Mikhail (likely) soon to join him, it's only a matter of time before Thomas makes history repeat itself.]]

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* Namine of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' started off simply having power over memories. In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', her powers now are said to only work for Sora and it has a side effect on those aligned with him. And as of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 358/2 Days]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded Coded]]'', she can now access ''anyone's'' memory from any distance, so long as they are "connected to Sora" (which is most of the cast) and Namine has basically become omnipotent as a result. While one's mileage may vary as to how this all affect Namine's overall character, most fans are finding it hard to deny that her powers and their effects have gotten ridiculously out of hand.
** Also, from ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' to ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' to ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsDreamDropDistance'', Sora has become more and more of a {{Keet}} and IdiotHero, and his status as TheMessiah has gotten [[MessianicArchetype more and more literal.]]
* The whole of ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer: Red Alert'' has undergone this. While some people complained that ''Red Alert 3'' was ridiculously over the top compared to the previous games, it had already drifted dramatically starting with ''Red Alert 2''. ''Red Alert'' had time travel, an ActionGirl, and some over-the-top technology and characters, but it was about as serious as the ''Tiberium Series''. ''Red Alert 2'' expanded on this with much more over the top stuff (Giant mind controlled squid?) and pulpish units and scenarios. But the developers of ''Red Alert 3'' focused much more on the cheesy elements.
** ''Command & Conquer: Tiberium Series'' also has undergone this, if more subtle. The first game was a quasi-futuristic military strategy of the western nations against an elusive terrorist faction with stealth and laser technology. The second game threw the world into chaos, added jumpjet infantry, mecha, cyborgs, mutants and a super AI and attempted to explain Kane's origins. The third game went back to the original style, but left the super tanks, super weapons, lasers, stealth, and added mobile defense posts, {{Ninja}}, mad suicide bombers, and all sorts of walking, hovering and flying aliens, who subsequently got their asses kicked. The expansion of that game then re-added the mecha and cyborgs. The so far last game threw away base building and money and added PoweredArmor to everyone, while extrapolating nearly all unit concepts introduced in the series into one game. Talk about a ZigzaggedTrope.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX'': As ExecutiveMeddling forced the series to go beyond the creator's planned ending, ''X5'', some of the main characters had certain aspects of their personality stretched out to artificially create conflict for the next few games. While Zero always stayed friendly to X, he became rather gruffer and more stereotypically badass as the series went on, especially when [[ReplacementScrappy Axl]] was introduced. Sigma [[VillainDecay degenerated]] just as badly as Dr. Wily, if not worse, as he went from very nearly destroying the world and being a truly MagnificentBastard...to a shivering pile of zombie-animated debris ''in just one game'', and by the next game [[MotiveRant explained his]] [[HijackedByGanon final boss status]] as simply [[MotiveDecay "because I'll never stop until you're dead!"]] (It should be noted that it's been hinted that, as Sigma's bodies are destroyed, a little bit of him truly dies. This would be why, by ''X6'', he's barely sane and can't think of anything besides killing X. This is why his form is that of some grim reaper zombie thing.) It was X that [[UnpleasableFanbase the fans complained about]] the most, though: while he had always been more pacifistic and less violence-inclined than Zero, this was expanded into ''the'' defining aspect of his personality, so that rather than being a reluctant cop, he was a stereotypically annoying whiner who kept advocating non-violence even when the situation had clearly gone south. This led to him [[TenMinuteRetirement abandoning active duty]] at the beginning of ''X7'', so we [[ArtifactTitle started off playing a Mega Man X game without playing as Mega Man X.]] [[HesBack He does return, though.]]
** Speaking of the X series, even words can undergo Flanderization. The term "Maverick" initially referred to a Reploid who attacked and killed humans [[spoiler:as a result of Wily's Maverick virus]], but starting with ''X4'' the meaning started to become warped as a political tool, usually with the purpose of sending the Maverick Hunters after the designated targets. The distortion of its meaning remains long into the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZero Zero]]'' series, where the Resistance are (mostly) law-abiding Reploids just trying to keep themselves operational amidst an energy crisis. [[spoiler:Most of the damage has been reversed in the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZX ZX]]'' series, but with Albert dead and Mikhail (likely) soon to join him, it's only a matter of time before Thomas makes history repeat itself.]]

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* Sodom from ''FinalFight'' was originally a samurai-themed underground wrestler with a somewhat misguided fascination with Japanese culture. In the ''StreetFighter Alpha'' series (especially in the Japanese versions of the games), this fascination became more of an obsession, with Sodom usually speaking in mangled Japanese, writing his gang's name in kanji, and going as far as to travel to Japan to recruit sumo wrestlers for his gang.
* When Mai Shiranui was first introduced in ''[[FatalFury Fatal Fury 2]]'', she was simply a female Ninjutsu master whose relation with Andy Bogard (being the granddaughter of his sensei, Hanzo Shiranui) was barely mentioned in her back-story. In later games (especially in the anime adaptations), she became so fully obsessed with Andy to the point that she yells his name whenever she gets K.O.ed in ''TheKingOfFighters'' games, one of her intros involves scaring the crap out of Andy with a baby handpuppet and most of her endings revolve around her trying to get Andy to marry her.

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* Sodom from ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' was originally a samurai-themed underground wrestler with a somewhat misguided fascination with Japanese culture. In the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' series (especially in the Japanese versions of the games), this fascination became more of an obsession, with Sodom usually speaking in mangled Japanese, writing his gang's name in kanji, and going as far as to travel to Japan to recruit sumo wrestlers for his gang.
* When Mai Shiranui was first introduced in ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Fatal Fury 2]]'', she was simply a female Ninjutsu master whose relation with Andy Bogard (being the granddaughter of his sensei, Hanzo Shiranui) was barely mentioned in her backstory. In later games (especially in the anime adaptations), she became so fully obsessed with Andy to the point that she yells his name whenever she gets K.O.ed in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' games, one of her intros involves scaring the crap out of Andy with a baby handpuppet and most of her endings revolve around her trying to get Andy to marry her.

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* Captain Qwark from the ''RatchetAndClank'' series has become an increasingly unintelligent character in recent games. In the first game, he wasn't portrayed as being particularly stupid, but was shown as being cowardly and rather incompetent. In the second game, Qwark successfully takes control of the {{Megacorp}} corporation and executes a EvilPlan that only fails when he puts the batteries of the Helix-O-Morph in backwards (it's a long story). In the third game, Qwark goes completely bananas (literally) when he for some reason is acting as the chief of a monkey tribe on a tropical planet. After his subsequent HeelFaceTurn, he has been portrayed as exceedingly vain and in ''Size Matters'' and ''Tools of Destruction'' he borders on TheDitz territory.
* Achmed Khan from ''BackyardSports'' was originally a great athlete who simply listened to rock music (although he had his headphones on everywhere). This quirk was run into the ground by later games, making him a guitar-wielding crazed fan, down to the fact that he could not focus due to loving music.
* The ''ArTonelico'' series features an in-universe example. Any part of a Reyvateil's problems, desires, or what-have-you get blown to spectacular proportions in their Cosmospheres. Outside of the Cosmospheres, however, the changes in character after you go in to their Cosmospheres are much more subtle.
* All the ''HarvestMoon 64'' characters were flanderized for ''Back to Nature''. [[GenerationXerox The]] ''Wonderful Life'' characters [[IdenticalGrandson descendants]], were flanderized even more for the DS games. But that's justified due to them not being the same person and having more boring lives. For example Popuri was originally just TheDitz and was a bubbly sweetheart. In ''Back To Nature'' she became an immature WomanChild, which only got worse with her appearances in both ''DS'' and ''Island of Happiness''.
* Inverted in the ''MassEffect'' series. In the first game, we see few members of each species, each playing up [[PlanetOfHats one identifying trait]] (belligerence for the krogan, devotion to duty for the turians, the like), but in ''MassEffect2'' we meet and talk to many different members of each species with widely varying personalities and outlooks, giving us a much broader look into the societies built around the identifying traits from the first game and the kinds of people that live in them.

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* Captain Qwark from the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series has become an increasingly unintelligent character in recent games. In the first game, he wasn't portrayed as being particularly stupid, but was shown as being cowardly and rather incompetent. In the second game, Qwark successfully takes control of the {{Megacorp}} corporation and executes a EvilPlan that only fails when he puts the batteries of the Helix-O-Morph in backwards (it's a long story). In the third game, Qwark goes completely bananas (literally) when he for some reason is acting as the chief of a monkey tribe on a tropical planet. After his subsequent HeelFaceTurn, he has been portrayed as exceedingly vain and in ''Size Matters'' and ''Tools of Destruction'' he borders on TheDitz territory.
* Achmed Khan from ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' was originally a great athlete who simply listened to rock music (although he had his headphones on everywhere). This quirk was run into the ground by later games, making him a guitar-wielding crazed fan, down to the fact that he could not focus due to loving music.
* The ''VideoGame/ArTonelico'' series features an in-universe example. Any part of a Reyvateil's problems, desires, or what-have-you get blown to spectacular proportions in their Cosmospheres. Outside of the Cosmospheres, however, the changes in character after you go in to their Cosmospheres are much more subtle.
* All the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon 64'' characters were flanderized for ''Back to Nature''. [[GenerationXerox The]] ''Wonderful Life'' characters [[IdenticalGrandson descendants]], were flanderized even more for the DS games. But that's justified due to them not being the same person and having more boring lives. For example Popuri was originally just TheDitz and was a bubbly sweetheart. In ''Back To Nature'' she became an immature WomanChild, which only got worse with her appearances in both ''DS'' and ''Island of Happiness''.
* Inverted in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series. In the first game, we see few members of each species, each playing up [[PlanetOfHats one identifying trait]] (belligerence for the krogan, devotion to duty for the turians, the like), but in ''MassEffect2'' we meet and talk to many different members of each species with widely varying personalities and outlooks, giving us a much broader look into the societies built around the identifying traits from the first game and the kinds of people that live in them.

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* The ''{{Disgaea}}'' series always bring back the characters of the previous games as bonus characters. However, they always come back as flanderized versions of themselves. The ur-example is Laharl, the protagonist of the first game. He starts out as an annoying, self-entitled brat but goes on to deal with a potent childhood trauma, stops shutting out his feelings, gains devoted allies, and even a LoveInterest. He's still kind of a jerk at the end, but you can tell he's [[CharacterDevelopment matured.]] When he appears in the sequels he's still the Overlord, but he acts like a annoying brat who wants to be the main character again for more screentime and related benefits, such as being able to win every battle because the player can just reset and grind more until he wins.
** Etna starts as King Krichevskoy's vassal, who, after the king's death, is given the mission of raising Laharl. Long story short, she starts off loathing the prince for his brattiness but gains respect for him as he matures, and eventually settles into being his right-hand demon. Cue ''Disgaea 2'', where she leaves Laharl's service in a quest for personal power because she hates him. Then there's her fondness for sweets; while her sweet tooth is mentioned once or twice in the original, some later games (e.g., ''PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero'') depict her as sweet-obsessed in search of some legendary dessert.

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* The ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series always bring back the characters of the previous games as bonus characters. However, they always come back as flanderized versions of themselves. The ur-example is Laharl, the protagonist of the first game. He starts out as an annoying, self-entitled brat but goes on to deal with a potent childhood trauma, stops shutting out his feelings, gains devoted allies, and even a LoveInterest. He's still kind of a jerk at the end, but you can tell he's [[CharacterDevelopment matured.]] When he appears in the sequels he's still the Overlord, but he acts like a annoying brat who wants to be the main character again for more screentime and related benefits, such as being able to win every battle because the player can just reset and grind more until he wins.
** Etna starts as King Krichevskoy's vassal, who, after the king's death, is given the mission of raising Laharl. Long story short, she starts off loathing the prince for his brattiness but gains respect for him as he matures, and eventually settles into being his right-hand demon. Cue ''Disgaea 2'', where she leaves Laharl's service in a quest for personal power because she hates him. Then there's her fondness for sweets; while her sweet tooth is mentioned once or twice in the original, some later games (e.g., ''VideoGame/PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero'') depict her as sweet-obsessed in search of some legendary dessert.

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* VideoGame/{{Civilization}} has Gandhi. In the original game, civs are random, so Gandhi isn't always the peaceful ruler that he's famous for being in real life. in particular, fans got a kick out of and made a meme out of Gandhi threatening them with nuclear weapons. In Civ 5, he's specifically programmed to use nukes more than any other AI is programmed to use or do ''anything''.
* ''{{Persona 4}}'' has this in-universe with the characters' Shadows, which reduce them to a single defining (and completely overblown) character trait.
** Akihiko Sanada in ''{{Persona 3}}'' is mentioned to only eat 'things with protein shit' only about... once. By ''Persona4Arena'', his nickname contains 'Protein Junkie', and he's ordering Protein everywhere nonstop and talks more about protein.
* Knuckles from the SonicTheHedgehog series, this started in VideoGame/SonicAdventure after being tricked by Eggman into fighting Sonic. However come [[SonicX the anime]], SEGA decided to make Knuckles even more thick-headed and/or muscle-bound when pitted with Sonic and friends. This is seen especially in VideoGame/SonicRiders and even VideoGame/SonicGenerations 
** In KnucklesChaotix, Espio was a detective and had the ability to walk on walls and ceilings. In VideoGame/SonicHeroes, he was given more personality and also had some ninja elements to them due to his previous abilities, plus the fact that he should have {{Invisibility}}, due to being a chameleon and all. It seemed more like a hobby than anything major. In VideoGame/SonicGenerations, Espio's ninja qualities have been enhanced to an obvious degree, with more ninja mannerisms, a heavier focus on his invisibility and shuriken, and his voice sounding like it was ripped straight from the animes.
* Malfurion Stormrage from WorldOfWarcraft has suffered from a severe case of flanderization. While he was always one to put aside differences to face a common threat, ''Cataclysm'' has made this his sole character trait. He's so focused on stopping Ragnaros that he blatantly ignores the Horde's attacks on Night Elf settlements, infamously going so far as to defend them in the Leyara questline. This would be somewhat justifiable if he were a strictly neutral character, but he's supposed to be the ''leader of the Night Elves''.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'' has Gandhi. In the original game, civs are random, so Gandhi isn't always the peaceful ruler that he's famous for being in real life. in particular, fans got a kick out of and made a meme out of Gandhi threatening them with nuclear weapons. In Civ 5, he's specifically programmed to use nukes more than any other AI is programmed to use or do ''anything''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' has this in-universe with the characters' Shadows, which reduce them to a single defining (and completely overblown) character trait.
** Akihiko Sanada in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' is mentioned to only eat 'things with protein shit' only about... once. By ''Persona4Arena'', his nickname contains 'Protein Junkie', and he's ordering Protein everywhere nonstop and talks more about protein.
* Knuckles from the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series, this started in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' after being tricked by Eggman into fighting Sonic. However come [[Anime/SonicX the anime]], SEGA decided to make Knuckles even more thick-headed and/or muscle-bound when pitted with Sonic and friends. This is seen especially in ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'' and even ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''.
** In ''VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix'', Espio was a detective and had the ability to walk on walls and ceilings. In ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', he was given more personality and also had some ninja elements to them due to his previous abilities, plus the fact that he should have {{invisibility}}, due to being a chameleon and all. It seemed more like a hobby than anything major. In VideoGame/SonicGenerations, Espio's ninja qualities have been enhanced to an obvious degree, with more ninja mannerisms, a heavier focus on his invisibility and shuriken, and his voice sounding like it was ripped straight from the animes.
* Malfurion Stormrage from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has suffered from a severe case of Flanderization. While he was always one to put aside differences to face a common threat, ''Cataclysm'' has made this his sole character trait. He's so focused on stopping Ragnaros that he blatantly ignores the Horde's attacks on Night Elf settlements, infamously going so far as to defend them in the Leyara questline. This would be somewhat justifiable if he were a strictly neutral character, but he's supposed to be the ''leader of the Night Elves''.

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* At some point, the internal struggle with the Satsui no Hadou dominated [[StreetFighter Ryu]]'s when it was retconned into his backstory as the reason [[spoiler: he beat Sagat and scarred his chest]] whereas it was not mentioned once in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' (Albeit because said story hadn't been written yet.) ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' is a prequel to II and introduced said plot point as well as integrating Ryu's story into Akuma's. ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' has no mention of it but by ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', the Satsui no Hadou has become the most important aspect of Ryu's plot despite him overcoming it to the point where Gouken's ending in vanilla IV is about Ryu being corrupted briefly as well.
* In the ''{{Rayman}}'' series, Globox had a huge flanderization. In ''VideoGame/{{Rayman 2}}'', he's not a bright spark but he's still rather rational and helpful to Rayman. Sometimes, he acted clumsy. Since ''VideoGame/Rayman3HoodlumHavoc'', his clumsiness and his stupidity grown out of proportion and he became a millstone round Rayman's neck.
* ''{{Ao Oni}}'' has this with Megumi/Mika. In Version 1.0, she was still [[TheNotLoveInterest in love with Takuro]] (and they were an OfficialCouple), but with streaks of CowardlyLion and GenreSavvy (ie she is aware enough of her barricade's weakness to order Hiroshi to lock the door when he enters and leaves). In Version 6.23 (the latest version) all she does is berate Hiroshi for thinking she'd go around the mansion with the monster still running around, then mutters "Takuro..." under her breath every time she's spoken to afterwards. [[spoiler:Then she dies]].

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* At some point, the internal struggle with the Satsui no Hadou dominated [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]]'s when it was retconned into his backstory as the reason [[spoiler: he beat Sagat and scarred his chest]] whereas it was not mentioned once in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' (Albeit because said story hadn't been written yet.) ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' is a prequel to II and introduced said plot point as well as integrating Ryu's story into Akuma's. ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' has no mention of it but by ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', the Satsui no Hadou has become the most important aspect of Ryu's plot despite him overcoming it to the point where Gouken's ending in vanilla IV is about Ryu being corrupted briefly as well.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' series, Globox had a huge flanderization. In ''VideoGame/{{Rayman 2}}'', he's not a bright spark but he's still rather rational and helpful to Rayman. Sometimes, he acted clumsy. Since ''VideoGame/Rayman3HoodlumHavoc'', his clumsiness and his stupidity grown out of proportion and he became a millstone round Rayman's neck.
* ''VideoGame/AoOni'' has this with Megumi/Mika. In Version 1.0, she was still [[TheNotLoveInterest in love with Takuro]] (and they were an OfficialCouple), but with streaks of CowardlyLion and GenreSavvy (ie she is aware enough of her barricade's weakness to order Hiroshi to lock the door when he enters and leaves). In Version 6.23 (the latest version) all she does is berate Hiroshi for thinking she'd go around the mansion with the monster still running around, then mutters "Takuro..." under her breath every time she's spoken to afterwards. [[spoiler:Then she dies]].

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** Alice is a gifted doll-maker, solitairy, polite, but also cold and neutral towards others. In fan works, she is either a hardcore {{Tsundere}} mostly towards Marisa, or an even more hardcore {{yandere}}, usually towards Marisa. Both sort of works tend to make her a pathetic, unlucky idiot ignored by Marisa for Reimu, as well.
** Remilia and Flandre are intelligent, young (by vampire standards) ladies, if a little childish. Remilia is usually portrayed as extremely childish, arrogant and demanding, while Flandre is either sweet or a CreepyChild with massive streaks of PersonOfMassDestruction. Sakuya is a mysterious maid, LadyOfWar style and keeps her cool in any situation, but often portrayed as obsessed with her mistress and with hidden streaks of blood-thirsty killer. Meiling is a strong and dutiful gate guardian, yet in fan works always sleeping on the job. Remilia and Flandre are often turned into evil overlords (''especially Flandre''), Sakuya either becomes solely obsessed with breast size or a serial killer (her cards have a serial killer theme, with one named after Jack the Ripper, and she suggests Chen be put down), and Meiling is a ButtMonkey.

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