History Main / TemporarilyExaggeratedTrait

** In Makoto's introductory episode in the first anime, she fell in love at first sight and also punched a villain in the face UNTRANSFORMED.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
** "Benderama" exaggerates Bender's laziness.
** "The Duh-Vinci Code" exaggerates Fry's stupidity.
* Invoked by Wirt in ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'', episode 3. After Beatrice mocks Wirt for being an ExtremeDoormat, he follows Miss Langtree's instructions to not leave the schoolhouse. He even goes to the dunce corner when she tells him to. [[spoiler:This makes the finale more poignant, as Wirt finally stands up to someone - the Beast himself.]]

* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', Sam is a vegetarian and Tucker is obsessed with meat. While these facts are referenced in later episodes, they're quite exaggerated here; Sam and Tucker even stage anti-meat and anti-veggie protests!
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'', Rufus's [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny tendency for daydreaming and lacking focus]] is pointed out several times, but because he is often a HeroAntagonist, it only becomes exceptionally apparent in a handful of limelight episodes such as the pilot and "Urpgor's Island".
* The revived series of ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'':
** It's a running gag that DM always ends up breaking Professor Squawkencluck's gadgets (as a parody of Film/JamesBond's similar treatment of Q's gadgets), but in the episode "Big Head Awakens", it's the entire basis of the plot.
** In the episode "The Inventor Preventer", DM's occasional tendency to be a LastSecondShowoff becomes something he does at every opportunity, leading to a climax where he saves the day by not leaving it to the last second.
* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'':
** "The Helper" exaggerates Wander's tendency to obsessively care for others to the point where he was driven crazy when he was unable to find someone to help.
** "The Timebomb" is the only episode to really show off Sylvia's problem with competition.

* Mandy's PerpetualFrowner trait gets emphasised in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''. The episode insists that Mandy has never once smiled since being ''conceived''. When she does smile, it brings upon the end of the world. Mandy has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI1670PVrsM smiled and smirked]] several times throughout the series, especially in earlier seasons prior to her {{flanderization}} into an EnfantTerrible.
* Luan is ThePrankster of her family but the AprilFoolsPlot episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' really has her going above-and-beyond, to the point where her pranks are actually harmful.

** The all others AprilFoolsPlot [[{{Flanderization}} flanderizated]] Luan into outright [[ComedicSociopathy Comedic Sociopath]], making her pranks very embarassing and/or dangerous to life.

** In "Children of the Spore", Anne, Polly and Sprig's shenanigans and desire for entertainment are turned UpToEleven; all three completely ignore Hop Pop and constantly destroy his staff. It was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the end, where the three admitted they were worse than usual.

* Invoked by Wirt in ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'', episode 3. After Beatrice mocks Wirt for being an ExtremeDoormat, he takes this UpToEleven and follows Miss Langtree's instructions to not leave the schoolhouse. He even goes to the dunce corner when she tells him to. [[spoiler:This makes the finale more poignant, as Wirt finally stands up to someone - the Beast himself.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}:

** In "Children of the Spore", Anne, Polly and Sprig's shenanigans and desire for entertainment are turned UpToEleven; all three completely ignore Hop Pop constantly destroy his staff. It was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the end, where the three admitted they were worse than usual.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}:'' In "Cracking Mrs. Croaker," Sprig is obsessed with being liked by everyone in town, though he's never cared as much about his reputation before. It drives the plot of finding out more about Mrs. Croaker's backstory.
** In "Children of the Spore", Anne, Polly and Sprig's shenanigans and desire for entertainment are turned UpToEleven; all three completely ignore Hop Pop constantly destroy his staff. It was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the end, where the three admitted they were worse than usual.

** In "Children of the Spore", Anne, Polly and Sprig's shenanigans and desire for entertainment are turned UpToEleven; all three completely ignore Hop Pop constantly destroy hus staff. It was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the end, where the three admitted they were worse than usual.

** In "Children of the Spore", Anne, Polly and Sprig's shenanigans and desire for entertainment are turned UpToEleven; all three complety ignore Hop Pop constantly destroy hus staff. Goes in pair with JerkassBall. It was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the end, where the three admitted they were worse than usual.

** The all others AprilFoolsPlot [[{{Flanderization}} flanderizated]] Luan into outright [[ComedicSociopathy Comedic Sociopath]], making her pranks very embarassing dangerous to life.

** There's a few songs in which one aspect of Slim Shady's character is focused on overwhelmingly. A good example is "My Band", where he's presented as a condescending, bratty, extremely white narcissist who thinks he's a BoyBand star - while Slim was always selfish and obsessed with his own fame, here he's exactly [[NotSoDifferent the kind of person Slim would normally be insulting]].

** There's a few songs in which one aspect of Slim Shady's character is focused on overwhelmingly. A good example is "My Band", where he's presented as a condescending, bratty, extremely white narcissist who thinks he's a BoyBand star - exactly [[NotSoDifferent the kind of person Slim would normally be insulting]].

* Music/{{Eminem}}'s Slim Shady character is already portrayed as a misogynistic SerialKiller with an [[UndiscriminatingAddict addiction to every substance on Earth]] and a HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood, but in ''Music/TheSlimShadyLP'' and ''Music/TheMarshallMathersLP'', it's played as if it's just part of who he is - almost like a fun thing he'd do to pass the time. In the {{Horrorcore}} ConceptAlbum ''Relapse'', Slim's serial killing becomes his primary trait, letting Eminem change the metaphor slightly - in the rest of his discography, Slim represents his own dark side, while in ''Relapse'', Slim's more of a metaphor for how fame turns people into drug addicts and kills them. Slim's victims in ''Relapse'' are mostly sexy female celebrities with tabloid-bait druggy lifestyles, who Slim views as the only people who can understand him, while he himself edges closer to death while filling himself with pills. In one song ("My Darling"), Slim is even encountered as an EnemyWithout, promising material success and fan adoration to Marshall in exchange for his soul.

** Spike, who's normally the StraightMan and TheReliableOne who's somewhat immature and selfish, tends to become obliviously stupid and incompetent, or obnoxiously selfish in focus episodes like "Spike at Your Service" and "Princess Spike". This trend is responsible for Spike episodes being stereotyped as dead on arrival (with both of those episodes almost unanimously landing on worst episodes lists, often with one of them in the #1 slot).

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* Music/{{Eminem}}'s Slim Shady character is already portrayed as a misogynistic SerialKiller with an [[UndiscriminatingAddict addiction to every substance on Earth]] and a HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood, but in ''Music/TheSlimShadyLP'' and ''Music/TheMarshallMathersLP'', it's played as if it's just part of who he is. In the ConceptAlbum ''Relapse'', Slim's serial killing becomes his primary trait, letting Eminem change the metaphor slightly - in the rest of his discography, Slim represents his own dark side, while in ''Relapse'', Slim's more of a metaphor for how fame turns people into drug addicts and kills them. Slim's victims in ''Relapse'' are mostly sexy female celebrities with tabloid-bait druggy lifestyles, who Slim views as the only people who can understand him, while he himself edges closer to death while filling himself with pills. In one song ("My Darling"), Slim is even encountered as an EnemyWithout, promising material success and fan adoration to Marshall in exchange for his soul.

* Music/{{Eminem}}'s Slim Shady character is already portrayed as a misogynistic SerialKiller with an [[UndiscriminatingAddict addiction to every substance on Earth]] and a HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood, but in ''Music/TheSlimShadyLP'' and ''Music/TheMarshallMathersLP'', it's played as if it's just part of who he is. In the ConceptAlbum ''Relapse'', Slim's serial killing becomes his primary trait, letting Eminem change the metaphor slightly - in the rest of his discography, Slim represents his own dark side, while in ''Relapse'', Slim's more of a metaphor for how fame turns people into drug addicts and kills them. This applies both to Slim's victims (mostly sexy female celebrities with tabloid-bait druggy lifestyles) and to what it did to Eminem himself - in one song ("My Darling"), Slim is even encountered as an EnemyWithout, promising material success and fan adoration to Marshall in exchange for his soul.

* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': One of Inspector Brackenreid's HiddenDepths is painting. It gets a passing reference in the third season when he testily tells Murdoch he knows what a pigment is, but it becomes a subplot when Murdoch and Dr. Ogden see one of his finished pictures, which Julia later enters in a contest at an art gallery. Brackenreid considers taking it back, but is persuaded to leave it in the contest, only to have the painting stolen [[spoiler:for its frame.]] After it is recovered, a young artist who expressed interest in it visits his office and buys it from the inspector.

** In "The Last Mabelcorn," Mabel suddenly stresses how she has a "pure heart" and constant tries to be the best person she can be.

** Several of the main ponies would have their elements only put on true display in their own limelight episodes. For example Applejack's Element of Honesty is harder to convey outside instances the plot requires a situation to lie, same for Rainbow Dash's Element of Loyalty (given most of the other main characters are equally heroic and loyal).

** In "Sleep Spells", Marco is both more focused on being a psychiatrist and more disturbed by the amount of times Star's saved his life compared to the other way around. These traits don't come up to such a degree outside of this episode.

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TropesAreNotBad - this can be used to give us ''more'' character development rather than less, as it can flesh out an aspect that we didn't know anything about. If used poorly, it can feel contrived, or force a character into a role that we've never seen them in before.

-->-- '''Squidward,''' [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants S9EP03]] "Squid Baby"

!!Examples

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** In a special edition of the manga dealing with Minako's and Rei's friendship, Minako appeared to be even more extroverted and unmannered than in a typical episode, while Rei was trying too hard to act graceful and proper.

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* Chandler from ''{{Series/Friends}}'' was always a doofus, but even still he could be quite charming and rarely lost his nerve around women. In one of the final seasons, Chandler ends up trying to talk to a woman Ross is trying to date and can't figure out how to form a single word around her because of how nervous he is.

** Spike, who's normally the StraightMan and TheReliableOne who's somewhat immature and selfish, tends to become obliviously stupid and incompetent, or obnoxiously selfish in focus episodes like ''Spike At Your Service'' and ''Princess Spike''. This trend is responsible for Spike episodes being stereotyped as dead on arrival (with both of those episodes almost unanimously landing on worst episodes lists, often with one of them in the #1 slot).
* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom,'' Sam is a vegetarian and Tucker is obsessed with meat. While these facts are referenced in later episodes, they're quite exaggerated here; Sam and Tucker even stage anti-meat and anti-veggie protests!
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'', Rufus' [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny tendency for daydreaming and lacking focus]] is pointed out several times, but because he is often a HeroAntagonist, it only becomes exceptionally apparent in a handful of limelight episodes such as the pilot and "Urpgor's Island".

** In "Sleep Spells," Marco is both more focused on being a psychiatrist and more disturbed by the amount of times Star's saved his life compared to the other way around. These traits don't come up to such a degree outside of this episode.

* Luan is ThePrankster of her family but the AprilFoolsDayPlot episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' really has her going above-and-beyond, to the point where her pranks are actually harmful.

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* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'':

* Happens often in ''Franchise/SailorMoon''.
** The first anime relied on its massive amounts of filler to display characterization, and this often means that characters' traits are exaggerated. For instance, in an episode where the Dark Kingdom wanted to discover the true identity of Princess Serenity, they opened some Princess Classes and in them, Usagi was shown to be extremely impolite and clumsy, even more than the usual, and in Makoto's introductory episode, she fell in love at first sight and also punched a villain in the face UNTRANSFORMED.
** The manga, while more compressed and plot oriented, used special companion stories to display this. For example, in a special dealing with Minako's and Rei's friendship, Minako appeared to be even more extroverted and unmannered than in a typical episode, while Rei was trying too hard to act graceful and proper.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'''s Ron Weasley ends up saving the day in the first book thanks to his recurrent affinity for Chess. Outside of that first book, his Chess skill is only hinted at by an offhand Chess reference he makes in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows''.

* This happens frequently to Mabel in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''.
** One major example is "The Last Mabelcorn," in which Mabel suddenly stresses how she has a "pure heart" and constant tries to be the best person she can be.
** In "The Love God," her matchmaking tendencies are turned way up.
** With Grunkle Stan: His shady tendencies are highlighted in "The Stanchurian Candidate" - he can't give a speech without revealing his amoral nature, and at the end, a reporter gleefully lists all his crimes.
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' does this fairly often; notably, Benderama exaggerates Bender's laziness, and The Duh-Vinci Code exaggerates Fry's stupidity.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic:'' In "Look Before You Sleep," Applejack and Rarity's messy and neat-freak tendencies become the focus when they're forced to spend the night together.

* Rufus' [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny tendency for daydreaming and lacking focus]] is pointed out several times in TheDreamstone, but because he is often a HeroAntagonist, it only becomes exceptionally apparent in a handful of limelight episodes such as the pilot and "Urpgor's Island".
* The revived series of ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse:''
** it's a running gag that DM always ends up breaking Professor Squawkencluck's gadgets (as a parody of James Bond's similar treatment of Q's gadgets), but in the episode "Big Head Awakens", it's the entire basis of the plot.
** In the episode "The Inventor Preventer", DM's occasional tendency to be a Last Second Showoff becomes something he does at every opportunity, leading to a climax where he saves the day by not leaving it to the last second.
* Whenever an episode in ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' wants to show Wander's negative traits; his tendencies to obsessively care for others or succumb to temptation become greatly exaggerated compared to other episodes. Examples include "The Helper," where he was driven crazy when he was unable to find someone to help.