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* In ''Literature/JudyMoody: Mood Martian'', after Judy starts combing her hair properly, putting it in pigtails and generally never acting as if she's in a bad mood, her brother Stink tells her that he wants his sister back and her friends become convinced she's been replaced by alien.

* Possibly unintentional in the ending of ''Literature/TheTenantOfWildfellHall'': Helen's response to Gilbert (per her own instructions) learning to control and restrain his passion for her and heeding to her wishes of not taking her husband's death as the greenlight for their own relationship is, "What is wrong with you?"

* Late in the original run of ComicStrip/{{Bloom County}}, Steve Dallas thanks to some aliens was suddenly turned into a sensitive granola-eating flower-sniffing feminist fitness freak. This greatly perturbed the other characters. Soon before the upcoming hiatus, he suddenly donned his old dark sunglasses and announced that he was back-Milo then exclaimed, with relief, that "He's bad!"

** "Kaz Superstar" (Cartoon Network Block Party #24) has Kaz going on the talent show "International Idol" and being so awful he's kicked out of the studio. But [[SoBadItsGood he starts getting offers]] upon his appearance and strikes out on his own, relegating the girls to has-beens. But Kaz gets bored with the good life and returns to the girls who welcome him back with open arms.

* In a ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' side-story, [[LovableSexManiac Issei]] loses his perversion and the Occult Research Club tries to restore him back to his perverted self, partly because [[SupportingHarem the girls]] want Issei [[AllWomenAreLustful to admire them in a sexual manner]] and partly because they're so used to Issei's usual perverted self that this his new personality seems weird.

* Averted in ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', whose premise is that a well-behaved but snobby SpoiledBrat hits her head and ends up turning into an unrefined, troublemaking tomboyish NiceGirl. However, at no point does anyone ever opine that this was a bad change, even her father who spoiled her rotten. The only one who comes close is her mother, who is practically tearing out her hair at the crazy things her daughter does now. That said, her mother remarks in an anime-only line at how much the Claes household has changed for the better because of Catarina, even if she ended up becoming a troublemaker.

One example of building an episode around a supposed [[JustifiedTrope justification]] for StatusQuoIsGod. This trope has a ''very'' high chance of being a BrokenAesop if the vice that the {{Jerkass}} cured is a genuinely harmful one; what kind of friends would WANT their acquaintance to still be an alcoholic, a bully, an incompetent worker, etc. even if it means less lulz/more irritation for them? Since StatusQuoIsGod, this will rarely get pointed out.

* In a ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' side-story, [[LovableSexManiac Issei]] loses his perversion and the Occult Research Club tries to restore him back to his perverted self, partly because [[SupportingHarem the girls]] want Issei [[AllWomenAreLustful to admire them in a sexual manner]] and partly because they're so used to Issei's usual perverted self that this his new personality seems weird.

* In ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'', Naofumi temporarily reverts back to his old jovial self after his anger and negativity are transferred away, behaving like [[IdiotHero Motoyasu]] and flirting with some of the girls. His companions are so used to his anti-social behavior that they react with shock and disgust.

* In the first season of ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', type A {{Tsundere}} Louise drinks a love potion. HilarityEnsues as only [[IdiotHero Saito]] try to undo her ClingyJealousGirl transformation. EVERYONE else tells him that the new lovey-dovey Louise is much better than the almost sadistic other one. He tries undoing it anyway.

* Averted in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', whose premise is that a well-behaved but snobby SpoiledBrat hits her head and ends up turning into an unrefined, troublemaking tomboy NiceGirl. However, at no point does anyone ever opine that this was a bad change, even her father who spoiled her rotten. The only one who comes close is her mother, who is practically tearing out her hair at the crazy things her daughter does now. That said, her mother remarks in an anime-only line at how much the Claes household has changed for the better because of Catarina, even if she ended up becoming a troublemaker.

* Music/{{Eminem}} started out as an abusive [[ShockRock shock-rap]] menace but [[JerkToNiceGuyPlot got consistently nicer]] over time, especially after [[MentalHealthRecoveryArc getting over his drug addiction issues]]. After facing [[GoodIsBoring backlash]] for getting too nice and [[RockIsAuthenticPopIsShallow poppy]] on his 2017 album ''Revival'', Em responded to the critics with his verse in "Chloraseptic (Remix)" in which he threatens to return to the old Slim. He made good on this promise with ''Kamikaze'', an album consisting largely of {{Diss Track}}s.