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** Wrestling/RandyOrton was considered nothing more than a bland third generation wrestler who only got there because his dad was Cowboy Bob Orton. Kind of like how fans first responded to [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock.]] After a feud with Mick Foley culminating in a match at ''Backlash'' 2004, he became a real main eventer, and beat Wrestling/ChrisBenoit for the World Heavyweight Championship at the main event in [=SummerSlam=] four months later. Today, he's practically the face of the company.
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** Wrestling/RandyOrton Randy Orton was considered nothing more than a bland third generation wrestler who only got there because his dad was Cowboy Bob Orton. Kind of like how fans first responded to [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock.]] Rock]]. After a feud with Mick Foley culminating in a match at ''Backlash'' 2004, he became a real main eventer, and beat Wrestling/ChrisBenoit for the World Heavyweight Championship at the main event in [=SummerSlam=] four months later. Today, he's practically one of the face faces of the company.
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* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' was initially a short, fairly shallow series of one-off jokes featuring {{Flat Character}}s, no ongoing story, and crude art. Over the many years of it's publication, it's evolved to a lengthy, deep series featuring fully-fleshed out characters, long story arcs, and...slightly less crude art. The turning point was probably when it stopped focusing on every strip being a brief joke ending in a punchline, and started truly dwelling on the narrative of the campaign, as well as the lives of the denizens of Muncie.
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* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' was initially a short, fairly shallow series of one-off jokes featuring {{Flat Character}}s, no ongoing story, and crude art. Over the many years of it's its publication, it's evolved to a lengthy, deep series featuring fully-fleshed out characters, long story arcs, and...slightly less crude art. The turning point was probably when it stopped focusing on every strip being a brief joke ending in a punchline, and started truly dwelling on the narrative of the campaign, as well as the lives of the denizens of Muncie.
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** During it's early stages, Gunpla weren't known for the engineering marvel that is today. A lot of plastic models released during the 1980-87 period are just pieces built in a single or more runner mold in sparse colours and requires the use of glue and full painting, and in the Zeta Gundam's case, small polycap binders, though the need of using glue is still necessary to stick parts. Starting from Char's Counterattack Model series, Bandai introduced a snap-fit system that allows user to snap fit parts without the use of glue, significantly widens the accessibility for users.
** The Real Grade line is a 1/144 scale line of Gunpla model kits meant to replicate the engineering of Master Grade in the 1/144 scale. The line features the ''Advanced MS Joint'', special parts that consists of pre-assembled parts made using a dual-molding technique with both ABS and PP plastics meant as the inner frame for the model kit, where the majority of the build process is to snap fit all the plated parts onto the inner frame until the final product is completed. However because the frame itself is molded in thin ABS batch and the polysterine parts were easy to worn out over the time, on top of parts might not be able to fit perfectly into the inner frame, resulting in a [[CoolButInefficient figure that looks impressive in both visual and engineering standpoint with a build consistency of a]] [[MadeOfExplodium hand grenade]]. The most infamous offender of this phenomenon is the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam RX-78-2 Gundam and MS-06 Zaku II]], [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam]], [[Literature/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn MSN-06S Sinanju]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Gundam GP01 Zephyrantes and it's Full Burnern Variant]]. Starting from the [[Literature/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Real Grade RX-0 Unicorn Gundam]], the Advanced MS Joints were slowly and steadily replaced with more traditionally hand-assembled inner frame you see in Master Grades, while the MS Joints itself only used in more intricate parts that are hard to mold in the smaller scale. The result? The best Unicorn Gundam plastic model kit ever hit the stores, especially notable since all other Unicorn Gundam releases are known to be a volatile hand grenade (Master Grade Ver. KA), primitive (HGUC), or a glorified brick (PG). This design philosophy would help to shed the Real Grade line from it's questionable quality moniker over the years, and today the line itself is almost a perfect scaled down Master Grade with cheaper price point and equivalent-or-better engineering.
** The Real Grade line is a 1/144 scale line of Gunpla model kits meant to replicate the engineering of Master Grade in the 1/144 scale. The line features the ''Advanced MS Joint'', special parts that consists of pre-assembled parts made using a dual-molding technique with both ABS and PP plastics meant as the inner frame for the model kit, where the majority of the build process is to snap fit all the plated parts onto the inner frame until the final product is completed. However because the frame itself is molded in thin ABS batch and the polysterine parts were easy to worn out over the time, on top of parts might not be able to fit perfectly into the inner frame, resulting in a [[CoolButInefficient figure that looks impressive in both visual and engineering standpoint with a build consistency of a]] [[MadeOfExplodium hand grenade]]. The most infamous offender of this phenomenon is the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam RX-78-2 Gundam and MS-06 Zaku II]], [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam]], [[Literature/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn MSN-06S Sinanju]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Gundam GP01 Zephyrantes and it's Full Burnern Variant]]. Starting from the [[Literature/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Real Grade RX-0 Unicorn Gundam]], the Advanced MS Joints were slowly and steadily replaced with more traditionally hand-assembled inner frame you see in Master Grades, while the MS Joints itself only used in more intricate parts that are hard to mold in the smaller scale. The result? The best Unicorn Gundam plastic model kit ever hit the stores, especially notable since all other Unicorn Gundam releases are known to be a volatile hand grenade (Master Grade Ver. KA), primitive (HGUC), or a glorified brick (PG). This design philosophy would help to shed the Real Grade line from it's questionable quality moniker over the years, and today the line itself is almost a perfect scaled down Master Grade with cheaper price point and equivalent-or-better engineering.
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** During it's its early stages, Gunpla weren't known for the engineering marvel that is today. A lot of plastic models released during the 1980-87 period are just pieces built in a single or more runner mold in sparse colours and requires the use of glue and full painting, and in the Zeta Gundam's case, small polycap binders, though the need of using glue is still necessary to stick parts. Starting from Char's Counterattack Model series, Bandai introduced a snap-fit system that allows user to snap fit parts without the use of glue, significantly widens the accessibility for users.
** The Real Grade line is a 1/144 scale line of Gunpla model kits meant to replicate the engineering of Master Grade in the 1/144 scale. The line features the ''Advanced MS Joint'', special parts that consists of pre-assembled parts made using a dual-molding technique with both ABS and PP plastics meant as the inner frame for the model kit, where the majority of the build process is to snap fit all the plated parts onto the inner frame until the final product is completed. However because the frame itself is molded in thin ABS batch and the polysterine parts were easy to worn out over the time, on top of parts might not be able to fit perfectly into the inner frame, resulting in a [[CoolButInefficient figure that looks impressive in both visual and engineering standpoint with a build consistency of a]] [[MadeOfExplodium hand grenade]]. The most infamous offender of this phenomenon is the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam RX-78-2 Gundam and MS-06 Zaku II]], [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam]], [[Literature/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn MSN-06S Sinanju]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Gundam GP01 Zephyrantes andit's its Full Burnern Variant]]. Starting from the [[Literature/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Real Grade RX-0 Unicorn Gundam]], the Advanced MS Joints were slowly and steadily replaced with more traditionally hand-assembled inner frame you see in Master Grades, while the MS Joints itself only used in more intricate parts that are hard to mold in the smaller scale. The result? The best Unicorn Gundam plastic model kit ever hit the stores, especially notable since all other Unicorn Gundam releases are known to be a volatile hand grenade (Master Grade Ver. KA), primitive (HGUC), or a glorified brick (PG). This design philosophy would help to shed the Real Grade line from it's its questionable quality moniker over the years, and today the line itself is almost a perfect scaled down Master Grade with cheaper price point and equivalent-or-better engineering.
** The Real Grade line is a 1/144 scale line of Gunpla model kits meant to replicate the engineering of Master Grade in the 1/144 scale. The line features the ''Advanced MS Joint'', special parts that consists of pre-assembled parts made using a dual-molding technique with both ABS and PP plastics meant as the inner frame for the model kit, where the majority of the build process is to snap fit all the plated parts onto the inner frame until the final product is completed. However because the frame itself is molded in thin ABS batch and the polysterine parts were easy to worn out over the time, on top of parts might not be able to fit perfectly into the inner frame, resulting in a [[CoolButInefficient figure that looks impressive in both visual and engineering standpoint with a build consistency of a]] [[MadeOfExplodium hand grenade]]. The most infamous offender of this phenomenon is the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam RX-78-2 Gundam and MS-06 Zaku II]], [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam]], [[Literature/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn MSN-06S Sinanju]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Gundam GP01 Zephyrantes and
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* The Youtube channel ''Yarnhub'' originally started out as a knock-off of ''Simple History'' as it's videos also covered historical events and shared the same 2-D animation style. However, the channel would grow into its own with the 12th video "The Heroic End of Two Navy Pilot's Inseparable Friendship" when it switched to 3-D animation and focused more on obscure yet exotic events by soldiers during war time.
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* The Youtube channel ''Yarnhub'' originally started out as a knock-off of ''Simple History'' as it's its videos also covered historical events and shared the same 2-D animation style. However, the channel would grow into its own with the 12th video "The Heroic End of Two Navy Pilot's Inseparable Friendship" when it switched to 3-D animation and focused more on obscure yet exotic events by soldiers during war time.
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* Speaking of big match John... Wrestling/JohnCena would debut on the June 27th, 2002 episode of Smackdown as the prototype accepting the open challenge laid out by Kurt Angle. Despite losing that match he made a huge impact with dropping the "RUTHLESS AGGRESSION" line before smacking Kurt Angle but besides that had nothing else to him besides his look. It was looking like he would have been fired but it was when Stephanie McMahon overheard him freestyle rapping that Cena's Doctor of Thuganomics character would be born. This newfound character led to Cena winning the United States Championship at WrestleMania 20 before officially becoming WWE Champion a year later at WrestleMania 21. He then slowly became the face of the company having multiple WWE and World Heavyweight Championships reigns
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* Speaking of big match John... Wrestling/JohnCena would debut on the June 27th, 2002 episode of Smackdown as the prototype accepting the open challenge laid out by Kurt Angle.Wrestling/KurtAngle. Despite losing that match he made a huge impact with dropping the "RUTHLESS AGGRESSION" line before smacking Kurt Angle but besides that had nothing else to him besides his look. It was looking like he would have been fired but it was when Stephanie McMahon Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon overheard him freestyle rapping that Cena's Doctor of Thuganomics character would be born. This newfound character led to Cena winning the United States Championship at WrestleMania 20 "[=WrestleMania=] 20" before officially becoming WWE Champion a year later at WrestleMania 21."[=WrestleMania=] 21". He then slowly became the face of the company having multiple WWE and World Heavyweight Championships reigns
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* Speaking of big match John... Wrestling/JohnCena would debut on the June 27th, 2002 episode of Smackdown as the prototype accepting the open challenge laid out by Kurt Angle. Despite losing that match he made a huge impact with dropping the "RUTHLESS AGGRESSION" line before smacking Kurt Angle but besides that had nothing else to him besides his look. It was looking like he would have been fired but it was when Stephanie McMahon overheard him freestyle rapping that Cena's Doctor of Thuganomics character would be born. This newfound character led to Cena winning the United States Championship at WrestleMania 20 before officially becoming WWE Champion a year later at WrestleMania 21. He then slowly became the face of the company having multiple WWE and World Heavyweight Championships reigns
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* Berke Breathed acknowledged that ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' didn't really take off until Opus, Binkley and Milo became the central focus. He admitted that early on, he didn't know what direction to take the strip (leading to a massive RetCon of nearly the ''entire first year and a half''), and that he often cribbed ''Doonesbury'' in the earliest strips.
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' opened up emotionally with the baby raccoon arc. It opened up creatively with the transmogifier arc.
** The "big dog that stole Hobbes" arc predated the baby raccoon arc, and was the first thing to really open sentimentality into the strip, setting the stage for baby raccoon. It also let Watterson know that the readers were connecting with the characters as he began receiving letters from fans who were worried about Hobbes before the story even resolved.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'' was originally about a group of kids in college for the first decade or so of its run. Gary Trudeau took a 2-year hiatus and then began drawing the strip again, developing the art style and real-time storyline that the strip is known for today.
** While the art definitely improved after his hiatus, the writing of the strip had always been top notch. See Trudeau's Pulitzer he won in 1975 as evidence of that.
* For the first few years, ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' was just a funnier, quirkier version of the typical family gag strip with several of the cliches (Older brother's eating habits, daughter's ditzy behavior, father's cluelessness, etc.) turned up to eleven. And then, in 1989, Jason dressed up as Batman to go see the new film, introducing the film's pop culture awareness and geek sensibility that would eventually come to dominate the strip.
* For its first month and a half, ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' was centered on the titular cat and Jon. The introductions of Lyman and Odie made the strip one of the most familiar to many readers.
* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' was initially a short, fairly shallow series of one-off jokes featuring {{Flat Character}}s, no ongoing story, and crude art. Over the many years of it's publication, it's evolved to a lengthy, deep series featuring fully-fleshed out characters, long story arcs, and...slightly less crude art. The turning point was probably when it stopped focusing on every strip being a brief joke ending in a punchline, and started truly dwelling on the narrative of the campaign, as well as the lives of the denizens of Muncie.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'':
** In the first few years after its 1950 debut, it was a basic gag strip about children, with a few odd quirks (a kid playing Beethoven on a toy piano, a smart dog, etc.). Then in a 1956 sequence, Charlie Brown got his kite caught in a tree, and was so angry he decided to just stay there. This went on for over a week, with other characters walking by and making sarcastic or inane comments. [[WordOfGod Charles M. Schulz himself]] later identified this sequence as the moment when the strip's unique brand of humor finally took shape.
** Another often-cited (by critics and creator alike) example of a turning point in ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' is Snoopy's AnthropomorphicShift: gradual for the most part, but one day he began walking on his hind legs, and there was no turning back.
* ''ComicStrip/ThePerishers'' initially featured strong artwork and occasionally funny jokes, but was marred by generic characters and an over-reliance on {{Running Gag}}s and cutesy moments. This changed when initial writer Ben Witham was dismissed and replaced by Maurice Dodd, who fine-tuned the strip's humour and made it ten times better in the process.
* ''ComicStrip/SallyForthHoward'' started out as a prosaic 'liberated wife/mother in the workplace' strip, until Francesco Marciuliano was hired as writer, putting a cheerfully goofy-yet-grounded spin on things.
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* Berke Breathed acknowledged that ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' didn't really take off until Opus, Binkley and Milo became the central focus. He admitted that early on, he didn't know what direction to take the strip (leading to a massive RetCon of nearly the ''entire first year and a half''), and that he often cribbed ''Doonesbury'' in the earliest strips.
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' opened up emotionally with the baby raccoon arc. It opened up creatively with the transmogifier arc.
** The "big dog that stole Hobbes" arc predated the baby raccoon arc, and was the first thing to really open sentimentality into the strip, setting the stage for baby raccoon. It also let Watterson know that the readers were connecting with the characters as he began receiving letters from fans who were worried about Hobbes before the story even resolved.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'' was originally about a group of kids in college for the first decade or so of its run. Gary Trudeau took a 2-year hiatus and then began drawing the strip again, developing the art style and real-time storyline that the strip is known for today.
** While the art definitely improved after his hiatus, the writing of the strip had always been top notch. See Trudeau's Pulitzer he won in 1975 as evidence of that.
* For the first few years, ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' was just a funnier, quirkier version of the typical family gag strip with several of the cliches (Older brother's eating habits, daughter's ditzy behavior, father's cluelessness, etc.) turned up to eleven. And then, in 1989, Jason dressed up as Batman to go see the new film, introducing the film's pop culture awareness and geek sensibility that would eventually come to dominate the strip.
* For its first month and a half, ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' was centered on the titular cat and Jon. The introductions of Lyman and Odie made the strip one of the most familiar to many readers.
* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' was initially a short, fairly shallow series of one-off jokes featuring {{Flat Character}}s, no ongoing story, and crude art. Over the many years of it's publication, it's evolved to a lengthy, deep series featuring fully-fleshed out characters, long story arcs, and...slightly less crude art. The turning point was probably when it stopped focusing on every strip being a brief joke ending in a punchline, and started truly dwelling on the narrative of the campaign, as well as the lives of the denizens of Muncie.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'':
** In the first few years after its 1950 debut, it was a basic gag strip about children, with a few odd quirks (a kid playing Beethoven on a toy piano, a smart dog, etc.). Then in a 1956 sequence, Charlie Brown got his kite caught in a tree, and was so angry he decided to just stay there. This went on for over a week, with other characters walking by and making sarcastic or inane comments. [[WordOfGod Charles M. Schulz himself]] later identified this sequence as the moment when the strip's unique brand of humor finally took shape.
** Another often-cited (by critics and creator alike) example of a turning point in ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' is Snoopy's AnthropomorphicShift: gradual for the most part, but one day he began walking on his hind legs, and there was no turning back.
* ''ComicStrip/ThePerishers'' initially featured strong artwork and occasionally funny jokes, but was marred by generic characters and an over-reliance on {{Running Gag}}s and cutesy moments. This changed when initial writer Ben Witham was dismissed and replaced by Maurice Dodd, who fine-tuned the strip's humour and made it ten times better in the process.
* ''ComicStrip/SallyForthHoward'' started out as a prosaic 'liberated wife/mother in the workplace' strip, until Francesco Marciuliano was hired as writer, putting a cheerfully goofy-yet-grounded spin on things.
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* The Wrestling/BigBossMan, aka Ray Traylor. When he debuted in the [=WWF=] in the mid-80s under the guidance of manager Slick, he wrestled much like the {{Wrestling Monster}}s that were frequent in the time period. In fact, he even got teamed up with one, [[Wrestling/TheOneManGang Akeem]], to form the Twin Towers. The beard-growing period came for the Boss Man in 1990, when he split from Akeem and Slick and underwent a HeelFaceTurn. The next couple years or so saw him becoming more of a LightningBruiser in the ring, and an much beloved upper-midcarder. When he came back to the WWF in the late 90s, he'd grown the beard in terms of his on-screen persona (he went from the cop outfit to the [=SWAT=]-team getup), but he wasn't the in-ring worker he once was.
* [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] in the most literal way possible. He debuted clean shaven and wasn't much more than a jobber. He moved to PermaStubble when he left NXT and a goatee when he won the US Title and MITB. He started growing it out when he became World Champ, but it wasn't until Wrestling/TeamHellNo that he became a true star, when he stopped shaving entirely. By the time he was main eventing ''Wrestling/WrestleMania XXX'', he looked like a wildman from the mountains.
* Wrestling/DwayneJohnson began his pro wrestling career as Rocky Maivia, a one dimensional {{face}} in a time where people wanted something more. In short order, he made a heel turn, started constantly referring to himself in the 3rd person, took the mic and ran with it, and even main evented ''[=WrestleMania=]'' as The Rock. Now many consider him one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, and easily the most charismatic man in wrestling history.
* Wrestling/KurtAngle was always seen as a great wrestler, but people didn't start calling him the greatest wrestler of all time until he shaved his head after losing a Hair Match to Edge in 2002 (making this, in a way, a ''reverse'' Growing The Beard!). He became one-half of the inaugural WWE Tag Team Champions, had three more World Title reigns, and delivered Match of the Year contenders.
* Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin was originally given a gimmick of "The Ringmaster" and managed by Wrestling/{{Ted DiBiase}}. It was a pretty bland gimmick until he ended up losing [=DiBiase=] as manager in a match. Then he started getting himself involved with Wrestling/BretHart. He arguably grew his beard officially in a submission match at ''[=WrestleMania=] 13'' when he refused to tap out to Bret Hart's Sharpshooter and ''passed out'' instead.
* Wrestling/RandyOrton debuted as a bland smiling baby face in 2002 with none of the things that would later make him a legend and seemed to not be going much of anywhere even after being traded to Raw in September 2002. However... when Randy Orton went down with a shoulder injury, he was sidelined for months and instead of disappearing from our screens would cut a series of promos called Randy News Network which would see Randy Orton cut snide updates about his shoulder injury assuming everyone missed him which would see Randy slowly turn heel before joining Wrestling/{{Evolution}}. The rest is history as Randy eventually became a co-face of the company along with Wrestling/JohnCena
* Anytime you put a wrestler in a hardcore match with Wrestling/MickFoley, this will happen.
** Wrestling/TheUndertaker had grown stagnant as a wrestler, and hadn't wrestled an interesting match in years. Then Mankind shows up in 1996, and proceeds to take The Undertaker to the limit, now, both men are legends.
** Wrestling/TripleH had recently won his second World Title from the Big Show, but fans didn't really take the guy as a serious champion. Most still saw him as Shawn Michaels' DepravedBisexual cohort from DX. Until his matches with Cactus Jack at the 2000 ''Royal Rumble'' and his other match with Cactus Jack in a Wrestling/HellInACell at the 2000 ''No Way Out.'' Through a combination of {{Nepotism}} and ExecutiveMeddling, he has been the VillainProtagonist of the whole company for 14 years and counting.
** Wrestling/RandyOrton was considered nothing more than a bland third generation wrestler who only got there because his dad was Cowboy Bob Orton. Kind of like how fans first responded to [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock.]] After a feud with Mick Foley culminating in a match at ''Backlash'' 2004, he became a real main eventer, and beat Wrestling/ChrisBenoit for the World Heavyweight Championship at the main event in [=SummerSlam=] four months later. Today, he's practically the face of the company.
** Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} had already built up quite the midcard following thanks to the three-way feud between him and Christian, the Hardy Boys, and the Dudley Boys in the early 2000s, but most people didn't take him seriously as a main event talent, even with a blink-and-you'll-miss-it WWE title reign under his belt in early 2006. Enter Mick Foley again, and a hardcore match at ''[=WrestleMania=] 22'', and suddenly Edge had become cemented as not only a main event talent and worthy champion, but a future legend. Destroying his "friend" Matt Hardy's career [[UnfortunateImplications didn't hurt him too much either]].
* The entire industry of ProfessionalWrestling itself is one of the great American success stories, going from "soul patch" to "Greek Orthodox priest" in a mere three generations. A key splash of Minoxidil came in the 1930s, when Boston promoter Jack Pfefer started to move the image of the business away from "actual sport" to stylized, circus-style entertainment. But the beard really got bushy in the 1990s with the advent of ''Monday Night Raw'': now the disjointed spectacle coalesced into a weekly soap opera with recurring characters and much more interesting storylines. The final touch, arguably, was Vince [=McMahon=] establishing himself as an on-screen villain toward the end of that decade, providing a sort of axis for his elaborate fictional world.
* Wrestling/DominikMysterio had a considerably lackluster early years in WWE's main roster as fans didn't really catch on with the idea of supporting Dominik despite being pushed to win the [[Wrestling/WWESmackDown SmackDown]] Tag Team titles alongside his father [[Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr Rey]] due to his relatively bland personality and being seen as someone who only got to where he is thanks to Rey's influence. This changed in late 2022 when he turned heel and betrayed Rey and Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} at ''Clash of the Castle'' to join The Judgement Day. Dom's heel turn saw him develop a SmugSnake, BoisterousWeakling, PrisonChangesPeople character who seems to be hell-bent on making his father's life hell whenever possible. He also changed his moveset and mannerism by emulating his HonoraryUncle Wrestling/EddieGuerrero more, addressing the problem of Dom not being able to emulate Rey's moves well thanks to his larger build. The improvements on both in-ring and promo work as a heel, coupled with his entertaining character work, got him so over that he quickly became a huge HateSink that constantly generates nuclear heat ''wherever'' he went. Not bad considering where he was less than a year ago.
** To a lesser extent, he also did this for the Judgement Day. The faction had a hard time finding their footing and getting over with the crowd thanks to their underlining supernatural influences, which was considerably out-of-place in the generally grounded (if somewhat wacky) atmosphere of WWE. Dom's inclusion into the group saw them gradually transition from this into a more delusional, high school bully-esque stable of heels, which everyone agrees works much better for them.
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* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' RPG spinoff ''Mechwarrior'' was still very much a war game that just happened to have tabletop RPG elements in its first edition, and it was ''not'' well optimized for anything other than small unit combat. Things improved somewhat in the second edition, but it was finally around its third edition that the game figured out how to let its players in on its HumongousMecha SpaceOpera setting as more than just another soldier in a drawn-out fight full of record-keeping, calculations, and statistical minutiae, as the setting at the time also bloomed into arguably its most famous timeframe, from the Clan Invasion up until the eve of the Fed-Com Civil War. Conveniently, the game also had rules for people who wanted to play in older periods of time as well, and so generally appealed to most of the growing RPG fanbase.
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' was always a fun game, but the point at which it "grew up"--simplifying rules baggage, gearing toward tournament play, improving art standards, and kicking off its longest-lasting storyline -- was the ''Mirage'' set. Probably not coincidentally, this was the first set that head-designer-to-be Mark Rosewater worked on.
** It wasn't until Ice Age that Wizards of the Coast got the numbers right for card value, rarity, and the yearly release cycles with sets.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Nobilis}}'' was always well thought of by its fanbase, but it's the enormous and gorgeous second edition Great White Book that people generally associate with the feel and appearance of Nobilis.
* 1st Edition (ie: Rogue Trader) ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' was essentially ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]. 2nd edition refined the concept from being space-elves, space-undead, space-orcs, space-dwarves to being races in their own right, but it took until 3rd edition to expunge the silly elements and turn it into the {{GrimDark}} nightmare it is today, highlighted by a major shift in painting styles from technicolor schemes and often awkward banners/slogans to a more gritty and realistic style. 3rd edition also significantly simplified and streamlined many of the gameplay elements that were inherited from its WHFB precursor.
* To say ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' got off to a rough start would be an understatement. Not only did it [[TorchTheFranchiseAndRun replace a beloved setting]], its first edition had no game balance whatsoever (the rules simply say both players field whatever models they want) along with silly rules for most units, like re-rolls for having a bigger moustache than your opponent. ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Really]]) Then came 2nd Edition, which removed all the joke rules, added a points system and support for competitive play, greatly expanded the world's lore, and added new and well-received factions like the [[WhenTreesAttack Sylvaneth]] and [[TheFairFolk Idoneth Deepkin]]. While fans of ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'' are still sore from its loss, by 2nd Edition it's generally agreed that ''Age of Sigmar'' is no longer a joke and can stand up to Games Workshop's other wargames, with some competitive gamers even ''preferring'' it to 40k.
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* ''Theatre/AVeryPotterSequel'' was significantly more technically sophisticated than its predecessor.
* Music/StephenSondheim was clean shaven for most of his early career, and though he produced good music and lyrics, his SignatureStyle didn't appear until the mid 1970s, with ''[[Theatre/CompanySondheim Company]]'' when he literally grew a beard, which he has kept ever since.
* Believe it or not, even [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]] had to grow the beard to become the master we know him as today. With the possible exception of ''Theatre/RichardIII'', most of his earliest efforts are considerably less polished (and as a result, less popular) than the more mature works that would come to establish his reputation as the best of all time. Most scholars would agree that he didn't really hit his stride till ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', which was something like his ''eleventh'' play! ("Something like," because, given the spottiness of early modern publication records, it's impossible to say with absolute certainty when the Bard wrote ''anything''.)
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* [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Gunpla]]:
** During it's early stages, Gunpla weren't known for the engineering marvel that is today. A lot of plastic models released during the 1980-87 period are just pieces built in a single or more runner mold in sparse colours and requires the use of glue and full painting, and in the Zeta Gundam's case, small polycap binders, though the need of using glue is still necessary to stick parts. Starting from Char's Counterattack Model series, Bandai introduced a snap-fit system that allows user to snap fit parts without the use of glue, significantly widens the accessibility for users.
** The Real Grade line is a 1/144 scale line of Gunpla model kits meant to replicate the engineering of Master Grade in the 1/144 scale. The line features the ''Advanced MS Joint'', special parts that consists of pre-assembled parts made using a dual-molding technique with both ABS and PP plastics meant as the inner frame for the model kit, where the majority of the build process is to snap fit all the plated parts onto the inner frame until the final product is completed. However because the frame itself is molded in thin ABS batch and the polysterine parts were easy to worn out over the time, on top of parts might not be able to fit perfectly into the inner frame, resulting in a [[CoolButInefficient figure that looks impressive in both visual and engineering standpoint with a build consistency of a]] [[MadeOfExplodium hand grenade]]. The most infamous offender of this phenomenon is the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam RX-78-2 Gundam and MS-06 Zaku II]], [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam]], [[Literature/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn MSN-06S Sinanju]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Gundam GP01 Zephyrantes and it's Full Burnern Variant]]. Starting from the [[Literature/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Real Grade RX-0 Unicorn Gundam]], the Advanced MS Joints were slowly and steadily replaced with more traditionally hand-assembled inner frame you see in Master Grades, while the MS Joints itself only used in more intricate parts that are hard to mold in the smaller scale. The result? The best Unicorn Gundam plastic model kit ever hit the stores, especially notable since all other Unicorn Gundam releases are known to be a volatile hand grenade (Master Grade Ver. KA), primitive (HGUC), or a glorified brick (PG). This design philosophy would help to shed the Real Grade line from it's questionable quality moniker over the years, and today the line itself is almost a perfect scaled down Master Grade with cheaper price point and equivalent-or-better engineering.
* The first wave of Franchise/{{LEGO}} ''Toys/HeroFactory'' was met with severe disdain partly because of its ReplacementScrappy status after the cancellation of ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', and partly because most of the toys were hardly any different than those of that line. The second wave, 2.0, brought about a drastic overhaul of the entire LEGO "Constraction" building formula, with the introduction of a well articulated inner "skeleton", ball joints everywhere, much sturdier ball joint sockets, and a greater room for customization.
* When ''{{Toys/BIONICLE}}'' first came out, the sets were mainly of the Toa and a handful of animals from in-universe. While [=McDonalds=] had kids' meal toys of a few of the Matoran (no less the ones who would become toa later), they were all very basic sets with simple mechanical gimmicks, and in fact were marketed under the Technic brand. The Toa Nuva lookes a lot less odd than the previous Toa Mata, and around that time the other sets started looking a lot less like toysets and more like mechanical creatures. The Metru Nui line was when it really hit its stride, where the toys got better gimmicks.
** ''BIONICLE'' itself was this for the entire Constraction line of toys for Lego (and possibly every other "series" they had after). Prior to this, they were basically one off "sets" of robots (not always with ball joints either) with a rather bare-bones story and cheesy or bland names. Even the first incarnation of ''BIONICLE'', "Boneheads of Voodoo Island" had that vibe too, until Lego realized that having a strong story and cohesive theme backing the toys would make them sell well. This is in part due to the massive success of their Star Wars License. A focus on ongoing story narratives would later translate to their other lines as well, most notably Ninjago.
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
** The franchise's first LEGO-styled building toys, the ''Built to Rule'' line, was a massive failure with just about everyone, with the toys being not only badly built often in both of their modes and badly articulated, but also just plain bad ''looking'' (and also offensively OffModel compared to their actual transforming toy counterparts). The second wave was a vast improvement, with the figures actually resembling the intended characters, but sadly, due the first wave under-performing, it only saw a limited release and the line was canceled not much thereafter.
** Although a success from the start, the early ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' toys were often rather clunky and some of them had to be greatly redesigned to look good on the TV show. Later, the animators started working more closely with the toy designers, producing much more intricate and detailed figures that were almost perfect representations of the cartoon models. Sadly, much of their chrome applications and plastic variants didn't stand the test of time as well as the designs, and the following series, ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'', was a ''tremendous'' down-step in ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy, and it was also canceled when it started to get better. Sadly, ''Beast Machines'' had a step up in engineering, with intricate, inventive transformations; ''Beast Wars'' figures in general were either "stand up and fold out limbs" or "crack open shell and fold entire robot out with dangling animal parts" with a few exceptions.
** ''Anime/TransformersEnergon'' for the Unicron Trilogy. While the ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' toys were decently show accurate, they had terrible and sometimes non-existent articulation and sometimes bizarre gimmicks. ''Energon'' made sure that the robot's limb joints were necessary to the transformation process, resulting in much more posable toys. ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' improved on this, bringing back unlockable gimmicks while keeping the ''Energon'' level of articulation.
** The ''Transformers Classics'', ''Universe'', and ''Generations'' toylines all brought back classic characters and gave them new toys with much better articulation. They also had weapons that could be stored or integrated in vehicle mode, meaning fewer lost parts. While some earlier ones had really fiddly transformations[[note]]Some were designed seemingly with the assumption of being able to move parts through each other or into spaces smaller than themselves[[/note]], this got much better as time went on. Early toys either had weird proportions or difficult to play with, while later ones have either improved on the overall appearance or fixed the more involved transformations.
* The first year of ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' was met with mild interest, but was touted as "silly" for the most part. It wasn't until its second year of release, with Series 4, that it really took off, using various careers and themes instead of sticking with simple elements and expanding the universe further. The TV series was considered its better point at the same time, with the transition from shorts to specials.
* The first line of American ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' figures by Creator/PlaymatesToys in 2019 had a disastrous reception. Allegedly they were designed and produced in a hurry to meet the street date, with certain figures being no more than low-grade knockoffs of previous [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]] and NECA figures with bad molding, very muddled details, sloppy paint and wonky articulation. The fact that these toys had replaced the fan-favorite NECA line was also a sour point. Their Film/ShinGodzilla figure (a botched recast of a NECA mold that was reportedly copied without NECA's knowledge) was so notoriously goofy that Playmates themselves stopped promoting it and eventually redesigned it from scratch. The later series were much better received, especially their ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' tie-in line and subsequent toys of both vintage and modern {{kaiju}} characters based on Japanese media, many of which demand insane prices on the aftermarket, mainly outside the US. While the controversy around their rushed initial releases [[NeverLiveItDown left a lasting stain]] on the company in many collectors' eyes, others came to regard Playmates toys as decent American alternatives or companions to Bandai Japan's ever-popular ''Movie Monster Series'', especially compared to other brands that have released American kaiju merch in previous years, like Jakks Pacific or Lanard Toys.
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* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'''s animation, characterization and presentation were rather crude for the first few seasons or so, but over the years have greatly improved. Comparing the original "[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] vs. [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]" in Season 1 and their rematch in Season 5, and there's quite a significant increase in quality between the two, especially when it comes to the fight animation.
* Season 1 of ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' relied heavily on internet culture references and fourth wall gags that, while funny on their own, was love it or hate it. Starting with Season 2 and the Namek Saga, and becoming especially apparent once the Ginyu Force shows up, the dialogue become a lot wittier, relied less on fourth wall jokes and references, and had such excellent edits for the sake of jokes that if you hadn't watched the actual show in a few year you legitimately wouldn't notice a difference.
* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Episode 5 is where characters really start being fleshed out.
* The animation of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' became more polished over time, while episode plots became longer, considerably more complex and more likely to involve multiple characters. This is particularly notable in the TV episodes starting in 2006.
* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'''s first major cartoons (which have since been removed from its site) were fairly awkward and at odds in characterisation with later installments. Around the point of the Fluffy Puff Commercial or Where's The Cheat, the characters started to reach their current form.
** The Strong Bad Emails have almost always been the main draw for the site, and grew ''its'' beard when the show became longer and had more outdoors scenes. A decent bet would be the first Compy email "invisibility", which is a prime example of Strong Bad's {{Imagine Spot}}s
* ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'' began as some somewhat amusing shorts, though it relied a bit on sticking to the Mac ad series, and the stop motion was rather jarring. The series really got funny when it just picked up the concept of a dick-waving contest between the two giants and ran with it. In other words, the second [=RandomGuy's=] Green Goblin showed up.
** Also on the dramatic side, it grew a dramatic beard the moment it revealed that Superman was missing, and the casual "After Hours" had suddenly become a CrisisCrossover.
*** Related to this was ComicBook/LexLuthor and Franchise/{{Superman}}'s argument about erasing the Marvel universe when viewers suddenly realized the series could also be incredibly deep.
** It grew the beard a second time, going from great to awesome, by adding one character - ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}. "Rorschach and Deadpoooooool. A nut and a fooooooooool."
* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'': While season one was definitely funny, season two and ''especially'' season three is where the show really begins to showcase its storytelling abilities and its comedy.
* The first couple of episodes of ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'' were very fast paced and softhearted, but starting with episode 6, the new pacing starts out very slow, but eventually settles in.
* ''WebAnimation/NeuroticallyYours'' had very rough animation and was mostly about a squirrel rambling on about what bothered him in the world and a teenage goth girl who kept the squirrel as a pet while listening to punk music and was extremely introverted. Several episodes later, the series quickly evolved with the squirrel, Foamy, giving more coherent and thoughtful rants while also causing shenanigans. The girl, Germaine, also had her own rants and slowly shed her goth persona of the course of several years, revealing a broken and battered girl.
* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
** The series first started off as a novel concept, but all but two of the actors were amateurs, the sound was muffled and the overall pacing was slow. Season two picked things up immensely, but season three was really where Rooster Teeth got into the swing of things.
** The real growing the beard moment came with the Recollection trilogy. Blood Gulch Chronicles was undoubtedly hilarious, but there were arguably just as many shows out there that were just as good if not better. Then came the Recollection trilogy with epic fight scenes, interesting plot/character development, surprisingly good acting, an awesome villain and a really gripping story, and it STILL managed to stay absolutely hilarious. All this served to finally cement Red vs Blue up there as one of the greatest Web shows of all time, with quality on the level of professionally made movies. With Season 10, Elijah Wood signed on as one of the voice actors.
* The first volume of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' was pretty okay. The characters hadn't really expanded beyond clichés yet, and there was a lot of exposition to get through. When Volume 2 came around, the groundwork had been laid for more interesting character interactions, [[AcademicAlphaBitch Weiss]] had been RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap, and Remnant had been expanded into a world viewers could truly get invested in. Then came Volume 3: it's widely agreed that ''this'' is the point where the series truly came into its own. The animation has improved so much it's hardly recognizable as the same show, the voice work is now consistently outstanding, the pacing blows even the best episodes of the previous volumes out of the water, and the humor is much more even. The overall opinion among viewers is that ''RWBY'' now feels like a real, broadcast-quality show and not just an amateur web series. [[spoiler: Latter half of the season contains the brutal deaths of several beloved characters and aversion of StatusQuoIsGod which marks a [[CerebusSyndrome turning point]] in the series to a more [[DarkerAndEdgier serious show]] with [[AnyoneCanDie life and death]] consequences.]]
* The first two episodes of ''WebAnimation/ThereSheIs'' are great, but it isn't until the third episode that the story really starts to pick up. This is mostly because, while the first two are pretty much standalone stories, the last three episodes work as a trilogy.
* The Youtube channel ''Yarnhub'' originally started out as a knock-off of ''Simple History'' as it's videos also covered historical events and shared the same 2-D animation style. However, the channel would grow into its own with the 12th video "The Heroic End of Two Navy Pilot's Inseparable Friendship" when it switched to 3-D animation and focused more on obscure yet exotic events by soldiers during war time.
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The key to this trope is seeing a dramatic "before and after" difference along the life of a series. The element can sometimes be attributed to a single, outstanding episode that defines the show. Other times it is just a general improvement, like the TropeNamer ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. Fans of the series noticed a sharp increase in the quality and consistency of stories and the show really starting to gain its own identity, and this coincided with Commander Riker, Creator/JonathanFrakes, growing a beard — even though it still took a little more time before it really took off.[[note]]There are two stories about this. One is that Frakes grew his beard because a writers guild strike delayed the production of ''TNG'' Season 2; he intended to shave it off when production began but kept it because the producers thought it made him look distinguished. The other is that he grew the beard for his part in the ''Series/NorthAndSouthUS'' miniseries, which was filmed between seasons 1 and 2 and kept it because he liked it.[[/note]] The term has spread into internet vernacular to the point that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSwAinUFoLs&t=49s Frakes himself has even brought it up]]. History repeated itself a few years later when fans noted a marked improvement in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' after lead actor Avery Brooks grew a beard (and shaved his head, to boot).[[note]]This beard also has its own story. Avery Brooks has previously starred in, and was most famous for at the time, a television series and [=TV=] movies based on the Series/SpenserForHire series while sporting a shaved head and goatee. Feeling that the look was too stylized for the character of a starship captain and would lead to association with his previous role, when he was cast, the producers asked him to change up his look. This led to the close cropped haircut and clean shaved look Captain Sisko sported for the first three seasons. Brooks snuck in a beard in the last couple episodes of season three and was allowed to change up his look completely in the season four premier, as the previous look had served its purpose.[[/note]]
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The key to this trope is seeing a dramatic "before and after" difference along the life of a series. The element can sometimes be attributed to a single, outstanding episode that defines the show. Other times it is just a general improvement, like the TropeNamer ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. Fans of the series noticed a sharp increase in the quality and consistency of stories and the show really starting to gain its own identity, and this coincided with Commander Riker, Creator/JonathanFrakes, growing a beard — even though it still took a little more time before it really took off.[[note]]There are two stories about this. One is that Frakes grew his beard because a writers guild strike delayed the production of ''TNG'' Season 2; he intended to shave it off when production began but kept it because the producers thought it made him look distinguished. The other is that he grew the beard for his part in the ''Series/NorthAndSouthUS'' miniseries, which was filmed between seasons 1 and 2 and kept it because he liked it.[[/note]] The term has spread into internet vernacular to the point that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSwAinUFoLs&t=49s Frakes himself has even brought it up]]. History repeated itself a few years later when fans noted a marked improvement in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' after lead actor Avery Brooks grew a beard (and shaved his head, to boot).[[note]]This beard also has its own story. Avery Brooks has previously starred in, and was most famous for at the time, a television series and [=TV=] movies based on the Series/SpenserForHire series while sporting a shaved head and goatee. Feeling that the look was too stylized for the character of a starship captain and would lead to association with his previous role, when he was cast, the producers asked him to change up his look. This led to the close cropped haircut and clean shaved look Captain Sisko sported for the first three seasons. Brooks snuck in a beard in the last couple episodes of season three and was allowed to change up his look completely in the season four premier, as the previous look had served its purpose.[[/note]]
[[/note]] As an added bonus, Frakes and his beard are actually responsible for '''two''' examples of this. The late 90s CultClassic anthology series ''Series/BeyondBeliefFactOrFiction'' was hosted in its first season by Creator/JamesBrolin, who narrated in something of a dry, kind of detached style. Come season two, Frakes and his beard took over, and narrated in a much more lighthearted and pun-laden style, which made the show far more fun.
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The key to this trope is seeing a dramatic "before and after" difference along the life of a series. The element can sometimes be attributed to a single, outstanding episode that defines the show. Other times it is just a general improvement, like the TropeNamer ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. Fans of the series noticed a sharp increase in the quality and consistency of stories and the show really starting to gain its own identity, and this coincided with Commander Riker, Creator/JonathanFrakes, growing a beard — even though it still took a little more time before it really took off.[[note]]There are two stories about this. One is that Frakes grew his beard because a writers guild strike delayed the production of ''TNG'' Season 2; he intended to shave it off when production began but kept it because the producers thought it made him look distinguished. The other is that he grew the beard for his part in the ''Series/NorthAndSouthUS'' miniseries, which was filmed between seasons 1 and 2 and kept it because he liked it.[[/note]] The term has spread into internet vernacular to the point that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSwAinUFoLs&t=49s Frakes himself has even brought it up]]. History repeated itself a few years later when fans noted a marked improvement in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' after lead actor Avery Brooks grew a beard (and shaved his head, to boot)[[note]]This beard also has its own story. Avery Brooks has previously starred in, and was most famous for at the time, a television series and [=TV=] movies based on the Literature/SpenserForHire series while sporting a shaved head and goatee. Feeling that the look was too stylized for the character of a starship captain and would lead to association with his previous role, when he was cast, the producers asked him to change up his look. This led to the close cropped haircut and clean shaved look Captain Sisko sported for the first three seasons. Brooks snuck in a beard in the last couple episodes of season three and was allowed to change up his look completely in the season four premier, as the previous look had served its purpose.[[/note]]
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The key to this trope is seeing a dramatic "before and after" difference along the life of a series. The element can sometimes be attributed to a single, outstanding episode that defines the show. Other times it is just a general improvement, like the TropeNamer ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. Fans of the series noticed a sharp increase in the quality and consistency of stories and the show really starting to gain its own identity, and this coincided with Commander Riker, Creator/JonathanFrakes, growing a beard — even though it still took a little more time before it really took off.[[note]]There are two stories about this. One is that Frakes grew his beard because a writers guild strike delayed the production of ''TNG'' Season 2; he intended to shave it off when production began but kept it because the producers thought it made him look distinguished. The other is that he grew the beard for his part in the ''Series/NorthAndSouthUS'' miniseries, which was filmed between seasons 1 and 2 and kept it because he liked it.[[/note]] The term has spread into internet vernacular to the point that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSwAinUFoLs&t=49s Frakes himself has even brought it up]]. History repeated itself a few years later when fans noted a marked improvement in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' after lead actor Avery Brooks grew a beard (and shaved his head, to boot)[[note]]This boot).[[note]]This beard also has its own story. Avery Brooks has previously starred in, and was most famous for at the time, a television series and [=TV=] movies based on the Literature/SpenserForHire Series/SpenserForHire series while sporting a shaved head and goatee. Feeling that the look was too stylized for the character of a starship captain and would lead to association with his previous role, when he was cast, the producers asked him to change up his look. This led to the close cropped haircut and clean shaved look Captain Sisko sported for the first three seasons. Brooks snuck in a beard in the last couple episodes of season three and was allowed to change up his look completely in the season four premier, as the previous look had served its purpose.[[/note]]
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If it is a comedy, then this is usually when it deviates from an overall lighthearted tone and reaches an impressive emotional depth. If it is a drama (or something in between), this would be when the character dynamic is spelled out clearly and starts to resonate with the storyline. In the case of science fiction fiction, another major characteristic of this trope is that the show will begin to develop actual continuity (generally spanning the lifetime of the series once begun), rather than just spending its time on one-off episodes which don't mean anything outside each individual episode itself. While there may not be a true MythArc as such, there will still be some form of memory, and you can expect to see events from episodes referenced by characters later.
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The key to this trope is seeing a dramatic "before and after" difference along the life of a series. The element can sometimes be attributed to a single, outstanding episode that defines the show. Other times it is just a general improvement, like the TropeNamer ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. Fans of the series noticed a sharp increase in the quality and consistency of stories and the show really starting to gain its own identity, and this coincided with Commander Riker, Creator/JonathanFrakes, growing a beard — even though it still took a little more time before it really took off.[[note]]There are two stories about this. One is that Frakes grew his beard because a writers guild strike delayed the production of ''TNG'' Season 2; he intended to shave it off when production began but kept it because the producers thought it made him look distinguished. The other is that he grew the beard for his part in the ''Series/NorthAndSouthUS'' miniseries, which was filmed between seasons 1 and 2 and kept it because he liked it.[[/note]] The term has spread into internet vernacular to the point that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSwAinUFoLs&t=49s Frakes himself has even brought it up]]. History repeated itself a few years later when fans noted a marked improvement in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' after lead actor Avery Brooks grew a beard (and shaved his head, to boot).
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* Many fans of ''Podcast/EscapeFromVaultDisney'' believe the podcast considerably improved after the 5-month long hiatus imposed by the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic. Reasons include a new intro and intermission music replacing the generic banjo music with impactful licks based on the "Walt Disney and You" VHS promos from the 80's, the transition from in-person only guests to Zoom allowing a more diverse and fun group of guests than whoever's near Tony Goldmark in Southern California, and the inclusion of the State of the Parks segment leading to interesting theme park discussion when needed.
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* Many fans of ''Podcast/EscapeFromVaultDisney'' believe the podcast considerably improved after the 5-month long hiatus imposed by the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic. Reasons include a new intro and intermission music replacing the generic banjo music with impactful licks based on the "Walt Disney and You" VHS promos from the 80's, the transition from in-person only guests to Zoom allowing a more diverse and fun group of guests than whoever's near Tony Goldmark in Southern California, and the inclusion of the State of the Parks segment leading to interesting theme park discussion when needed.
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In general, this happens only once during a series' run. But there are times where long after Growing the Beard a show starts to hit a low point like a DorkAge or StrictlyFormula. A [[WinBackTheCrowd second Growing the Beard can occur with a refreshing of ideas and hitting a new high]]. We might well call this variant "Greying the Beard".
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In general, this happens only once during a series' run. But there are times where long after Growing the Beard a show starts to hit a low point like a DorkAge an AudienceAlienatingEra or StrictlyFormula. A [[WinBackTheCrowd second Growing the Beard can occur with a refreshing of ideas and hitting a new high]]. We might well call this variant "Greying the Beard".
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->''"This is getting exciting! We've sat through the previews and it's time for the main attraction!"''
-->-- '''Midori''', ''Anime/MyHime'' episode 13
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-->--'''Music/DavidBowie'''
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It's almost worthwhile to call this "''Finding'' the Beard", because nearly every serial media that persists has some degree of change from its initial variation. ContinuityCreep, WinTheCrowd, StoryArc and MythArc are all strong reasons why this can happen, helping the audience grow more interested in this new show. See also SurprisinglyImprovedSequel.
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It's almost worthwhile to call this "''Finding'' the Beard", because nearly every serial media that persists has some degree of change from its initial variation. ContinuityCreep, WinTheCrowd, StoryArc and MythArc are all strong reasons why this can happen, helping the audience grow more interested in this new show. See also SurprisinglyImprovedSequel.
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* The first season of ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' is just a RoadRunnerVsCoyote story about Wolffy trying and failing to catch the goats every day. For some people, the show is much better in its later seasons when it begins to have continuous stories and larger plots.
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* The first season of ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' is just a RoadRunnerVsCoyote story about Wolffy trying and failing to catch the goats every day. For some people, the show is much better in its later seasons when it begins to have continuous stories and larger plots.plots, some of which (''Marching to the New Wonderland'' and ''War of Invention'') stretch across multiple seasons.
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* While Seasons 1 and 2 of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' are by no means considered terrible, Season 3 is notable in that it establishes lore and running gags that would go on to become series staples (such as Doctor H.'s missing father and Big M.'s vomit-inducing ugliness), and it benefits from introducing the fan-favorite character Kalo.
