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* In ''Fanfic/AddressUnknown'', Rainbow Dash grudgingly agrees to take care of a temporarily blinded Derpy, who has recently started a relationship with Twilight. While trying to get to sleep on Derpy's couch, she is forced to confront her responsibility for contributing to Derpy's lifelong misery, and makes a tearful apology the following morning. Derpy forgives her and the two agree to start over.

* In ''Fanfic/{{Wonderful}}'', Sophia is a jerkass, but she becomes gradually kinder and more tolerable after meeting Taylor.

* In ''FanFic/ThisBites'', due to the conveniently timed [[spoiler:SBS broadcast]], Boa Hancock spares Marguerite after the latter reasons that she has Devil Fruit powers and that it was due to a DarkAndTroubledPast. Thinking about the whole thing more, [[HeelRealization she realizes just how many of the World Nobles' habits she and her sisters had adopted]], and decides she should listen to Elder Nyon and seek therapy.

* In ''FanFic/FadedBlue'', Blue Diamond learned to empathize with others because of her relationship with [[MoralityPet Greg]].

* In ''FanFic/TheBestNightEver'', a core focus of the story is Prince Blueblood [[CharacterDevelopment taking several levels in kindness]].

* Misty undergoes this in ''Fanfic/CommonSense''. After she loses to Ash in the Cerulean Gym, [[SoreLoser she starts becoming increasingly dismissive towards his progress as a trainer, refusing to accept that he's grown stronger than her in such a short amount of time]]. She later has a JerkassRealization when [[spoiler: she sees Ash trying to hide his pain over not being able to save the Pink Butterfree from Team Rocket]], admitting to herself that she's been hating him for little more than her own wounded pride. While they're nowhere near as close as they came to be in canon, she makes a genuine effort to be nicer to him.

* In ''[[Fanfic/PatternsOfThePast Patterns of the Past]]'', Oprah finds that Olesya's personality has changed from her 32 years in retirement from Odd Squad, going from a TinyTyrannicalGirl with a bad temper who alwayss seemed annoyed to a NiceGirl who is quick to smile and very benevolent.

* The Shinigami [[AntiVillain Umbra]] in ''Fanfic/AndTheStoryContinues'' is a strange case. He's become much warmer and more cooperative [[spoiler:since [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie his transformation from L]]]], especially towards [[ButtMonkey Sidoh]], [[MoralityPet Erin]] and [[FriendToAllChildren kids like Near]]. But he's also become much more amoral compared to [[spoiler:his human persona]] -- for example, he doesn't hesitate to [[spoiler:offer to kill Kimiko for running over Erin's cat while driving drunk, although he does promptly back off when Erin refuses his offer.]]

* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'': After losing her mother and being ditched by her father Asuka's temper got real bad. Fortunately she got a decent foster mother raised her properly, and her behaviour softened after a while.

* ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'': Getting together with Shinji worked wonders on Asuka's brittle temper. She calmed down -a bit- and started being nicer to people she previously declared she could not stand like Rei or Kaworu. Several characters note that she has changed and is kinder: after finding out Shinji and Asuka are iving together Misato mutters "Oh. So that is because she is nicer now". Shortly after Asuka praises Rei's performance during a volleybal match and Rei gets flustered and shocked.

* ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'': At the beginning Asuka was very angry and confrontational. However, exposure to Shinji -the nicest, kindest, less judgemental person that you will meet- helps her to improve her temper and let her nicer side out.

* ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'': After returning to the past, Shinji knows exactly why Asuka is rude and and confrontational and what ticks her off. So that he makes sure showing her that he is there for her and not behaving as a wimp who apologises for everything, never stands up and always backs off, to avoid pressing her berserk buttons. The result is she becomes more sympathetic and nicer. This is specially obvious in several scenes where she admits to Rei she screwed up during a battle or where she says it would be unfair going to Okinawa alone while Shinji and Rei stay in Tokyo-3.

* The shinigami [[AntiVillain Umbra]] in ''Fanfic/AndTheStoryContinues'' is a strange case. He's become much warmer and more cooperative [[spoiler:since [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie his transformation from L]]]], especially towards [[ButtMonkey Sidoh]], [[MoralityPet Erin]] and [[FriendToAllChildren kids like Near]]. But he's also become much more amoral compared to [[spoiler:his human persona]] -- for example, he doesn't hesitate to [[spoiler:offer to kill Kimiko for running over Erin's cat while driving drunk, although he does promptly back off when Erin refuses his offer.]]

* In ''Machinima/SodorTheEarlyYears'', this happens with a fair amount of characters, but Diesel is definitely the most notable. He's close to his ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' counterpart in the first few seasons, but as the seasons get more and more deep and complex, Diesel really becomes one of the family. He even apologises to Henry, Gordon and James in 'Bad Apple', much to their shock. He also apologises to Duck the following day on a maintenance of way train (swapping duties with Bear just to do so), only to find Duck had forgiven him, much to ''his'' shock.

* ComicBook/CarolDanvers in ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires''. After being called out by her mother on excusing her jerkass behaviour on her past trauma, Carol stops pushing everybody away and apologizes to her friends for her earlier rudeness.

* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Lisa is a bit less antagonistic in 'The Camping Webisode', even going as far as to protect Koden's friends against Killer Monster, although she tries to justify it by saying she knows what he is going through. By 'Store Story', she has lost her violent tendancies and just sticks to being a {{Troll}}.

** During the card game tournament, Larry takes all the pointers on his bad behaviour to heart and not only apologizes directly to Sarah and Tedd for it, but promises to work on bettering himself so he doesn't do stuff like that again.
** Diane was already shown to be less of an AlphaBitch than she appeared, but "The Legend of Diane" has her ''realise'' how she comes across, and take steps to be better.

* [[ComicBook/TheUltimates Ultimate Captain America]], sort of. Ever since Peter's death, his old-fashioned approach started to whither away. When he eventually came back and met Miles Morales, he started to be more accepting of the kid and eventually became his greatest supporter (he even had Miles fight along side the Ultimates which is something he deliberately banned Peter from doing). He reserves his initial gruff persona for those who wastes his time(the representative of the then defected California) or people who he knows can do better (the lawyers arguing for and against the incarceration of Bruce Banner). By the end of the Ultimate Comics run, Captain America is just a less tolerant but still heroic version of his 616 counterpart instead of a straight up hero.

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* ComicBook/SpiderMan: {{Downplayed}}, as Comicbook/MaryJaneWatson was always fun and friendly, but the significant event that changed her from a flighty, self-absorbed party girl into a mature and compassionate woman, is the death of Gwen. With the death of her close friend, she realizes that Peter, having just lost one of the loves of his life, needs her to be a better person. In one of her most iconic moments, after Peter unloads on her in the cruelest way possible, to the point that she is sobbing, and he angrily demands she leave him, Mary Jane slowly walks towards the door, but instead of exiting through it, she shuts it and returns to comfort her grieving friend. From then on, MJ is portrayed as a supportive and kind-hearted friend to Peter, and of course, eventually a loving [[Happily Married wife]]. Made even more clear in the ComicBook/SpiderGwen alternate universe, where without the death of Gwen (or any association with Peter), while still a good person, MJ is a much more selfish and irritable girl, with a slight bitchy streak every once in a while.

* ComicBook/SpiderMan: {{Downplayed}}, as Comicbook/MaryJaneWatson was always fun and friendly, but the significant event that changed her from a flighty, self-absorbed party girl into a mature and compassionate woman, is the death of Gwen. With the death of her close friend, she realizes that Peter, having just lost one of the loves of his life, needs her to be a better person. In one of her most iconic moments, after Peter unloads on her in the cruelest way possible, to the point that she is sobbing, and he angrily demands she leaves him, Mary Jane slowly walks towards the door, but instead of exiting through it she shuts it, and returns to comfort her grieving friend. From then on MJ is portrayed as a supportive and kind-hearted friend to Peter, and of course, eventually a loving Wife. Made even more clear in the ComicBook/SpiderGwen alternate universe, where without the death of Gwen, while still a good person, MJ is a much more selfish and irritable girl, with a slight bitchy streak every once and while.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', during the card game tournament, Larry takes all the pointers on his bad behaviour to heart and not only apologizes directly to Sarah and Tedd for it, but promises to work on bettering himself so he doesn't do stuff like that again.

* Woody from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''. He starts off in the first film being rather vain about his position as Andy's favourite toy, and shows an [[CrazyJealousGuy endless crippling jealousy]] towards Buzz when the latter becomes Andy's new favourite, but he does, of course, [[CharacterDevelopment get better]], and by the end the two are each other's closest ally.
** In the [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory2 second film]], he loses his arrogant nature but can sometimes make selfish decisions, such as when he stubbornly refuses to return home to Andy, having been convinced by Stinky Pete that there will be a time when his owner won't love him anymore. [[spoiler: He does eventually [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realise how selfish that was]] and convinces Jessie and Bullseye to come with him.]]

* ''Fanfic/FromTheHokagesHat'': Played with in that while Sakura wasn't a complete {{Jerkass}}, she still wasn't a nice person either. Suffice to say after a few BreakTheHaughty moments and several reality checks, she reevaluates herself and [[CharacterDevelopment tries to be both a better person and ninja]] even going as far as asking [[AbhorrentAdmirer Lee]] out on a date and having a much needed SorkinRelationshipMoment with Naruto where she practically begs him to find someone who'll reciprocate his feelings rather than be her HopelessSuitor.

* [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4991314/1/Escape-from-the-Hokage-s-Hat Escape From The Hokage's Hat:]] Played with in that while Sakura wasn't a complete {{Jerkass}}, she still wasn't a nice person either. Suffice to say after a few BreakTheHaughty moments and several reality checks, she reevaluates herself and [[CharacterDevelopment tries to be both a better person and ninja]] even going as far as asking [[AbhorrentAdmirer Lee]] out on a date and having a much needed SorkinRelationshipMoment with Naruto where she practically begs him to find someone who'll reciprocate his feelings rather than be her HopelessSuitor.

* ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'': In the original comic book continuity (which is different from the animated series' continuity), Vathek, one of the main villains of the first arc, is a cruel, aggressive and arrogant bastard. After half the arc, [[TheMole he's sent to spy on the good guys]] [[BecomingTheMask but ends up genuinely sympathizing with them]] and pulls a HeelFaceTurn. CharacterDevelopment and HiddenDepths show their faces, and at the end of the arc, he's a real GentleGiant.
* King Max Acorn in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'', post-''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide''. Once a fairly amiable guy, one trauma after another left him a crusty curmudgeon. When the CosmicRetcon Button is hit by accident, he becomes completely mellowed out to the point where Sonic sees this change in attitude as a reason ''not'' to set things back to normal.

* In the ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''/''Franchise/GreenLantern'' crossover ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', Red Lantern [[BrokenBird Bleez]] became somewhat kinder and nicer after joining Guy Gardner's group. Supergirl also matured in this storyline, getting over her anger and brattiness and becoming a better person.

* ComicBook/SpiderMan: {{Downplayed}}, as Comicbook/MaryJaneWatson was always fun and friendly, but the significant event that changed her from a flighty, self-absorbed party girl into a mature and compassionate woman, is the death of Gwen. With the death of her close friend, she realizes that Peter, having just lost one of the loves of his life, needs her to be a better person. In one of her most iconic moments, after Peter unloads on her in the cruelest way possible, to the point that she is sobbing, and he angrily demands she leaves him, Mary Jane slowly walks towards the door, but instead of exiting through it she shuts it, and returns to comfort her grieving friend. From then on MJ is portrayed as a supportive and kind-hearted friend to Peter, and of course, eventually a loving Wife. Made even more clear in the ComicBook/SpiderGwen alternate universe, where without the death of Gwen, while still a good person, MJ is a much more selfish and irritable girl, with a slight bitchy streak every once and while.

* ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'': Penny starts as an extremely abusive AlphaBitch who tries to humiliate Sherman into acting like a dog; through her experiences with Sherman in the WABAC, she grows to see him in a new light and becomes a softer and kinder person as a result.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' has Gideon Gray, a fox bully who picked on Judy and other prey animals when they were kids. But when Judy sees him again when they're adults, Gideon now owns a bakery and is already working alongside Judy's parents. Much to her surprise, he even sincerely apologizes for bullying her.

* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' has the Sugar Rush characters who go through this ''twice''. In the first movie, they start out as a GangOfBullies who antagonize Vanellope over being a glitch, but once [[spoiler: the memories locked by King Candy/Turbo are restored and they remember Vanellope is a princess]] they apologize and treat her like a friend.
** Then in ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' we see that, while they are friendly towards each other, they are still highly competitive and bratty. At the end of the movie, after being adopted by Fix-It Felix and [[spoiler: Sergeant Calhoun]] for just around 24 hours, they are shown to have become a lot kinder and taking both victory and defeat with grace.

** In the second film, he loses his arrogant nature but can sometimes make selfish decisions, such as when he stubbornly refuses to return home to Andy, having been convinced by Stinky Pete that there will be a time when his owner won't love him anymore. [[spoiler: He does eventually [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realise how selfish that was]] and convinces Jessie and Bullseye to come with him.]]
** By the start of the third film, he has grown out of his original JerkWithAHeartOfGold personality and frequently makes some of the most selfless decisions out of any of the characters, [[spoiler: going as far as to give up his dream of going to college with Andy to spare the others from being left in the attic.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'': At the beginning of the movie, Courtney is a bratty teenage girl who is aloof and uncaring to her brother Norman, and is not above mocking him and trying to prove he's a liar. In the middle the film, when she notices his ability to see the dead, and realizes how much pain he is in for being a outcast, and sees his life in danger, she becomes kinder, more supporting and protective of him, willing to put herself between her little brother and the mob that wants to kill him.

* Anastasia, one of Cinderella's mean stepsisters does this in the sequels ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue'' and ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', to the point where she eventually pulls a HeelFaceTurn. This is also an example of AdaptationalNiceGuy, because in most versions of the classic fairy tale, neither stepsister gets nicer and are basically TheDividual.

** ''Fanfic/TotalDramaLegends'': {Deconstruction}}. After the two form an alliance partway through the merge, Amy genuinely starts to warm up to Samey, even sacrificing herself to help Samey win a challenge. However, Samey gradually grows uncomfortable with Amy's underhanded ways, and didn't want the alliance to be the way that Amy and Samey's relationship gets repaired. Eventually, Samey uses her sole vote to eliminate Amy, causing the latter to go back to her mean behavior.

** And in the second film, the [[spoiler: FLDSMDFR itself has a HeelFaceTurn,starting to make life rather than trying to destroy it.]]

** Then in ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' we see that, while they are friendly towards each other, they are still highly competitive and bratty. At the end of the movie, after being adopted by Fix-It Felix and [[spoiler: Seargeant Calhoun]] for just around 24 hours, they are shown to have become a lot kinder and taking both victory and defeat with grace.

* King Max Acorn in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog'', post-''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide''. Once a fairly amiable guy, one trauma after another left him a crusty curmudgeon. When the CosmicRetcon Button is hit by accident, he becomes completely mellowed out to the point where Sonic sees this change in attitude as a reason ''not'' to set things back to normal.

* ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'': In the original comic book continuity (which is different different from the animated series adaptation continuity), Vathek, one of the main villains of the first arc, is a cruel, aggressive and arrogant bastard. After half the arc, [[TheMole he's sent to spy on the good guys]] [[BecomingTheMask but ends up genuinely sympathizing with them]] and pulls a HeelFaceTurn. CharacterDevelopment and HiddenDepths show their faces, and at the end of the arc, he's a real GentleGiant.