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*** In Patch 6.2, Lahabrea was given another upgrade with his splintered fragment Hephaistos serving as the final boss of the Abyssos raid tier. In the Savage version of the fight, Hephaistos gains an exclusive second phase normally reserved for final raid tier bosses.
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** Waddle Dees are pretty notorious for being complete pushovers, and while they do Dedede's bidding, they aren't very efficient. Over time, a single Waddle Dee that donned a bandanna started to stand out. Initially an easy first fighter in the Megaton Punch game in ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' then becoming the joke boss Waddle Dee in [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStarUltra its remake,]] Bandana Waddle Dee was initially only slightly more impressive than your average Waddle Dee, having notably more health, but still easy to defeat. Over time [[BreakoutCharacter (likely due to his popularity in that game),]] Bandana Waddle Dee has shown to have had spear training for the next game, ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland'', where his skills allow him to [[PromotedToPlayable keep up with the likes of Kirby, Meta Knight, and his King.]] Eventually, Bandana Waddle Dee starts forming a distinct personality that puts him far above the rest of his kin, [[IJustWantToBeBadass with a strong desire to become more reliable]] and [[CharacterDevelopment developing a strong friendship with Kirby,]] to the point where he was willing [[CharacterizationMarchesOn to help Kirby]] '''over his own boss''' in the ''VideoGame/KirbyBattleRoyale'' story mode. Bandana Waddle Dee has evolved from a ZeroEffortBoss to one of the strongest heroes in Dream Land and one of Kirby's most reliable allies, to the point where [[TheLancer he's become Kirby's Number Two]] in most of Kirby's recent adventures.

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** Waddle Dees are pretty notorious for being complete pushovers, and while they do Dedede's bidding, they aren't very efficient. Over time, a single Waddle Dee that donned a bandanna started to stand out. Initially an easy first fighter in the Megaton Punch game in ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' then becoming the joke boss Waddle Dee in [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStarUltra its remake,]] Bandana Waddle Dee was initially only slightly more impressive than your average Waddle Dee, having notably more health, but still easy to defeat. Over time [[BreakoutCharacter (likely due to his popularity in that game),]] Bandana Waddle Dee has shown to have had spear training for the next game, ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland'', ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', where his skills allow him to [[PromotedToPlayable keep up with the likes of Kirby, Meta Knight, and his King.]] Eventually, Bandana Waddle Dee starts forming a distinct personality that puts him far above the rest of his kin, [[IJustWantToBeBadass with a strong desire to become more reliable]] and [[CharacterDevelopment developing a strong friendship with Kirby,]] to the point where he was willing [[CharacterizationMarchesOn to help Kirby]] '''over his own boss''' in the ''VideoGame/KirbyBattleRoyale'' story mode. Bandana Waddle Dee has evolved from a ZeroEffortBoss to one of the strongest heroes in Dream Land and one of Kirby's most reliable allies, to the point where [[TheLancer he's become Kirby's Number Two]] in most of Kirby's recent adventures.
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** ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland'' has [[spoiler: every boss do this in Extra Mode. The Metal General in Egg Engines is the most notable. You remember that Dedede robot from the Kirby GCN trailer and ''Mass Attack'''s Kirby Quest subgame? The Metal General EX finds it, takes it over, and redesigns it in his image. After you beat the Metal General EX, he proceeds to pilot the robot, now given the official name HR-D3, and give Kirby (and maybe his friends, if you're playing co-op) a massive beating. Oh, and did we mention HR-D3 has two forms?]]

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** ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland'' ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' has [[spoiler: every boss do this in Extra Mode. The Metal General in Egg Engines is the most notable. You remember that Dedede robot from the Kirby GCN trailer and ''Mass Attack'''s Kirby Quest subgame? The Metal General EX finds it, takes it over, and redesigns it in his image. After you beat the Metal General EX, he proceeds to pilot the robot, now given the official name HR-D3, and give Kirby (and maybe his friends, if you're playing co-op) a massive beating. Oh, and did we mention HR-D3 has two forms?]]
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** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'', Tulin is a young child who has only just started to learn how to use a bow and never sees any combat. By the time of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom Tears of the Kingdom]]'' (set roughly 4-5 years later), he's grown into a capable warrior [[spoiler:and is able to fight side by side with Link as the Sage of the Wind.]]

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** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'', Tulin is a young child who has only just started to learn how to use a bow and never sees any combat. By the time of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom Tears of the Kingdom]]'' (set roughly 4-5 5-6 years later), he's grown into a capable warrior [[spoiler:and is able to fight side by side with Link as the Sage of the Wind.]]
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* This happens to G5 Iguazu in ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreVIFiresOfRubicon''. For most encounters, such as his Arena match, his fighting style is ill-suited for his AC HEAD BRINGER's loadout. He plays very safely keeping his pulse shield up as often as he can while circling around you from a safe mid-range distance while trying to land hits with his (uncharged) linear rifle shots and missiles, and really only resorts to his machine gun if his shield overheated. [[spoiler:When he joins the skirmish as 621 attempts to get the drop on V.II Snail creating a MêléeATrois, he fights noticably more aggressively, making more effective use of his dual trigger loadout to create much more pressure on both 621 and Snail, and will capitalize on staggers with a Boost Kick, which he will not use otherwise. Though, it can also be explained that continually hearing voices in his head is driving him into a blind berserker rage as well.]]

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* This happens to G5 Iguazu in ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreVIFiresOfRubicon''. For most encounters, such as his Arena match, his fighting style is ill-suited for his AC HEAD BRINGER's loadout. He plays very safely keeping his pulse shield up as often as he can while circling around you from a safe mid-range distance while trying to land hits with his (uncharged) linear rifle shots and missiles, and really only resorts to his machine gun if his shield overheated. [[spoiler:When he joins the skirmish as 621 attempts to get the drop on V.II Snail creating a MêléeATrois, MeleeATrois, he fights noticably more aggressively, making more effective use of his dual trigger loadout to create much more pressure on both 621 and Snail, and will capitalize on staggers with a Boost Kick, which he will not use otherwise. Though, it can also be explained that continually hearing voices in his head is driving him into a blind berserker rage as well.]]
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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'': Tita Russel is a preteen GadgeteerGenius who plays a support role in combat, being a frail GlassCannon. Come ''The 3rd'', Tita creates her own Orbal Gear MiniMecha over two weeks with her parents, which she can use if you bring her and Agate to her Moon Door.
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* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2'':
** The 2017 update introduces a leveling up system, where players can get world-specific pinatas by completing levels, completing certain tasks from the Travel Log, or purchasing them from the Shop. These pinatas contain seed packets, which the player can use to level up their plants, with the amount rising each time. Leveling up your plants makes them stronger and more effective.
** Similarly, all of the returning zombies from the [[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies the first game]] return in Modern Day much stronger than ever:
*** Newspaper Zombie now becomes a case of ShedArmorGainSpeed. If his newspaper is destroyed, he'll become ''much'' faster and mow down your defenses in about 10 seconds unless you have a lawnmower at the end of the lane or a OneHitKill plant fully charged and ready to counterattack.
*** In the first game, Football Zombie was just a MightyGlacier. Now, he'll charge through your lawn and instantly OneHitKill any plant he hits (unless that plant is Primal Wall-Nut or a single-use plant) before slowing down. Aside from the cost of having no separate health for his helmet, this makes him a ''much'' more dangerous threat, ''especially'' if he's with a Super Fan Imp.
*** Balloon Zombie now doesn't instantly die when his balloon is popped, in addition to becoming faster when he gets dropped to ground level. The balloon itself can no longer be popped by Cactus, as she loses her ability to stretch up in this game. However, it's downplayed, as the game balances it out by now being vulnerable to ground-level plants.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Siren}}'', [[spoiler: Kyoya Suda]] and [[spoiler:Yoriko Anno]] take serious levels in badass.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Siren}}'', ''VideoGame/Siren1'', [[spoiler: Kyoya Suda]] and [[spoiler:Yoriko Anno]] take serious levels in badass.
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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'': Tita Russel is a preteen GadgeteerGenius who plays a support role in comba, being a frail GlassCannon. Come ''The 3rd'', Tita creates her own Orbal Gear MiniMecha over two weeks with her parents, which she can use if you bring her and Agate to her Moon Door.

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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'': Tita Russel is a preteen GadgeteerGenius who plays a support role in comba, combat, being a frail GlassCannon. Come ''The 3rd'', Tita creates her own Orbal Gear MiniMecha over two weeks with her parents, which she can use if you bring her and Agate to her Moon Door.
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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'': Tita Russel is a preteen GadgeteerGenius who plays a support role in comba, being a frail GlassCannon. Come ''The 3rd'', Tita creates her own Orbal Gear MiniMecha over two weeks with her parents, which she can use if you bring her and Agate to her Moon Door.
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* Quite a few Franchise/{{Batman}} villains who are generally not taken very seriously have undergone this in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''.

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* Quite a few Franchise/{{Batman}} villains who are generally not taken very seriously have undergone this in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''.''Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries''.



* [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Jin Kisaragi]] starts out in ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger Calamity Trigger]]'' as an AxCrazy JerkAss who has a [[HoYay really]] ''[[IncestSubtext really]]'' [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence disturbing]] [[StalkerWithACrush relationship]] with his brother Ragna; when he actually fights his brother, he gets {{Curb Stomp|Battle}}ed by him. In the sequel, ''Continuum Shift'', he fights off [[BigBad Hazama]] while injured and protecting [[NiceGal Makoto]], holds his own against a full-powered [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Rachel]] despite being too badly injured to even move right, receives an [[HarmfulHealing extremely painful healing treatment]] that not even Jubei could handle, takes on Hakumen, overcomes [[spoiler:a BrainwashedAndCrazy [[LoveInterests Tsubaki]]]] and the evil mind-corrupting powers of his Nox, fights Hazama again and ''this time fights well enough to cause Hazama to retreat'', fights [[spoiler:the extremely powerful magic user Phantom]] [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome off-screen]] ''and wins'', and '''then''' tells Hakumen to back off so he can challenge [[spoiler:Mu-12, a BrainwashedAndCrazy OmnicidalManiac version of Noel, all by himself]]. Clearly, Jin didn't cure himself of his insanity, he just replaced it with another kind of insanity.
** And that's not counting the fact that ''[[spoiler:Hakumen is a future version of him!]]''
** Also from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', we have [[HighlyVisibleNinja Bang Shishigami]]. In ''Calamity Trigger'', we have an annoying [[Franchise/StreetFighter Dan Hikibi]] {{Expy}} and general in-universe ButtMonkey who only wins his battles because other, more powerful characters let him win. In ''Continuum Shift'', he fights off a nuclear-powered cyborg and survives an encounter with BigBad Hazama, while [[spoiler:pulling Carl and Taokaka out of the fire as well]], and then ''immediately'' goes on to stall ''[[spoiler:Relius Clover]]'' for Platinum's sake long enough for Hakumen to show up. Oh, and did we mention he does this despite being the only person in the game who [[BadassNormal fights entirely without magical or supernatural powers to back them up]]?

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Jin Kisaragi]] Kisaragi starts out in ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger Calamity Trigger]]'' as an AxCrazy JerkAss {{Jerkass}} who has a [[HoYay really]] ''[[IncestSubtext really]]'' [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence disturbing]] [[StalkerWithACrush relationship]] with his brother Ragna; when he actually fights his brother, he gets {{Curb Stomp|Battle}}ed by him. In the sequel, ''Continuum Shift'', he fights off [[BigBad Hazama]] while injured and protecting [[NiceGal Makoto]], holds his own against a full-powered [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Rachel]] despite being too badly injured to even move right, receives an [[HarmfulHealing extremely painful healing treatment]] that not even Jubei could handle, takes on Hakumen, overcomes [[spoiler:a BrainwashedAndCrazy [[LoveInterests Tsubaki]]]] and the evil mind-corrupting powers of his Nox, fights Hazama again and ''this time fights well enough to cause Hazama to retreat'', fights [[spoiler:the extremely powerful magic user Phantom]] [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome off-screen]] ''and wins'', and '''then''' tells Hakumen to back off so he can challenge [[spoiler:Mu-12, a BrainwashedAndCrazy OmnicidalManiac version of Noel, all by himself]]. Clearly, Jin didn't cure himself of his insanity, he just replaced it with another kind of insanity.
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** Also from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', we have [[HighlyVisibleNinja Bang Shishigami]]. In ''Calamity Trigger'', we have an annoying [[Franchise/StreetFighter Dan Hikibi]] {{Expy}} and general in-universe ButtMonkey who only wins his battles because other, more powerful characters let him win. In ''Continuum Shift'', he fights off a nuclear-powered cyborg and survives an encounter with BigBad Hazama, while [[spoiler:pulling Carl and Taokaka out of the fire as well]], and then ''immediately'' goes on to stall ''[[spoiler:Relius Clover]]'' for Platinum's sake long enough for Hakumen to show up. Oh, and did we mention he does this despite being the only person in the game who [[BadassNormal fights entirely without magical or supernatural powers to back them up]]?

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* A big part of ''Videogame/{{Infamous}}''. Within the span of about a week, you go from just being able to handle a handful of thugs to taking down a paramilitary organisation backed up with their own super-powered soldiers. Each time you re-establish power in a section of the island your power jumps dramatically as you learn a new ability, often allowing you to collect even more blast shards making you EVEN stronger. Of course [[spoiler: this is all part of [[BigBad Kessler's plan]] to make Cole strong enough to face The Beast and win.]]

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* A big part of ''Videogame/{{Infamous}}''.''VideoGame/InFamous''. Within the span of about a week, you go from just being able to handle a handful of thugs to taking down a paramilitary organisation backed up with their own super-powered soldiers. Each time you re-establish power in a section of the island your power jumps dramatically as you learn a new ability, often allowing you to collect even more blast shards making you EVEN stronger. Of course [[spoiler: this is all part of [[BigBad Kessler's plan]] to make Cole strong enough to face The Beast and win.]]



** Happens twice to Jak. There is a little incident involving ''two years of Dark Eco experimentation'' at the beginning of ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade'', and then during ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'' he gains Light Eco powers.

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** Happens twice to Jak. There is a little incident involving ''two years of Dark Eco experimentation'' at the beginning of ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade'', and then during ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'' ''VideoGame/Jak3'', he gains Light Eco powers.



** ''Everyone'' (except Tess and Samos) becomes an expert driver in ''Jak X''.

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** ''Everyone'' (except Tess and Samos) becomes an expert driver in ''Jak X''.''VideoGame/JakX''.



** Mulan in [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII Kingdom Hearts II]] may actually be the most visible display of this trope. When you first meet her, she's pretending to be Ping and is a pretty terrible party member. So bad she even sometimes stumbles and misses a target. But once she stops pretending to be Ping, she gains a lot of abilities and becomes much, much stronger. To the point she's flying around the battlefield setting things on fire faster than you can kill them.

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** Mulan in [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII Kingdom Hearts II]] ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' may actually be the most visible display of this trope. When you first meet her, she's pretending to be Ping and is a pretty terrible party member. So bad she even sometimes stumbles and misses a target. But once she stops pretending to be Ping, she gains a lot of abilities and becomes much, much stronger. To the point she's flying around the battlefield setting things on fire faster than you can kill them.



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* ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'':
** In the prologue of ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'', Shinji is a ranker, an inveterate goofball and obsessed with adult entertainment. Post-TimeSkip, he is a stern, BadassLongcoat-wearing, gun-slinging lieutenant.
** Kazuma Kiryu was already pretty badass back in ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'', but one key moment has an enemy hit him InTheBack of the head and causing him to fall down, which would have led to his death at the hands of another villain if not for TheCavalry. Come ''VideoGame/Yakuza2'', another enemy hits him in the back of the head again, but this time all it does is make Kiryu give an annoyed DeathGlare.
** When you meet Yasuo Sodachi in ''VideoGame/Yakuza4'', he's essentially [[Franchise/StreetFighter an ersatz Dan Hibiki]]. A dojo master with all the fighting skill of a 5-year-old with progeria. Come ''VideoGame/Yakuza6'', he's been hitting the gym. And not only is he now super buff, he's a legit fighter that you can tangle with repeatedly on the street. And all his training means he now packs a wallop.



* ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'':
** ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'': In the prologue, Shinji is a ranker, an inveterate goofball and obsessed with adult entertainment. Post-TimeSkip, he is a stern, BadassLongcoat-wearing, gun-slinging lieutenant.
** Kazuma Kiryu was already pretty badass back in ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'', but one key moment has an enemy hit him InTheBack of the head and causing him to fall down, which would have led to his death at the hands of another villain if not for TheCavalry. Come ''VideoGame/Yakuza2'', another enemy hits him in the back of the head again, but this time all it does is make Kiryu give an annoyed DeathGlare.
** When you meet Yasuo Sodachi in ''VideoGame/Yakuza4'', he's essentially [[Franchise/StreetFighter an ersatz Dan Hibiki]]. A dojo master with all the fighting skill of a 5-year-old with progeria. Come ''VideoGame/Yakuza6'', he's been hitting the gym. And not only is he now super buff, he's a legit fighter that you can tangle with repeatedly on the street. And all his training means he now packs a wallop.
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* This happens to G5 Iguazu in ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreVIFiresOfRubicon''. For most encounters, such as his Arena match, his fighting style is ill-suited for his AC HEAD BRINGER's loadout. He plays very safely keeping his pulse shield up as often as he can while circling around you from a safe mid-range distance while trying to land hits with his (uncharged) linear rifle shots and missiles, and really only resorts to his machine gun if his shield overheated. [[spoiler:When he joins the skirmish as 621 attempts to get the drop on V.II Snail creating a MêléeATrois, he fights noticably more aggressively, making more effective use of his dual trigger loadout to create much more pressure on both 621 and Snail, and will capitalize on staggers with a Boost Kick, which he will not use otherwise. Though, it can also be explained that continually hearing voices in his head is driving him into a blind berserker rage as well.]]
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*** Mankey and Primeape are considered incredibly bad pokemon for competitive play for a couple reasons, one of which is pure fighting typing and lack of move coverage. Then Scarlet and Violet comes alone and grants Primeape an evolution: Annihilape. True to its name, Annihilape truly is a terrifying competitive pokemon, being a unique Ghost/Fighting type with a unique move (Rage Fist) that scales damage with being hit. It went from a pokemon typically avoided altogether to one that dominated the competitive scene for quite some time.
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*** Silver also got one as well in that game. In ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic '06]]'' (his debut game), he was TheScrappy in a [[ObviousBeta unfinished mess]] of a game, thanks to his ridiculous character design and his gameplay (his totally-broken boss battle when you play as Sonic doesn't help matters). Come Generations in his Rival Boss Battle, saying that he was RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap is an understatement-he is out-and-out ready to ''crush'' Sonic-literally, he uses his telekinesis to not only fly fast enough to keep up with Sonic the entire time, he is also able to use it to hurl all kinds of debris in the level at him-he even uses said debris to form an ''[[AdvancingWallOfDoom Advancing Ball Of Doom]]'' as a last resort to defeat him!
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** In the earliest games, Mario was ''at best'' a BadassNormal, from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' onward, he's outright superhumanly athletic (despite [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower still being considered human in-universe]]).

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** And then Apollo himself gets a similar badassery boost in ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'', even going as far as to [[spoiler:take on his own boss and mentor so he can assure he finds the truth about his recently-murdered best friend]]. He takes another one in VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice where he [[spoiler: defeats Phoenix Wright, overthrows a queen, and help to revolutionize Khura'in's corrupt legal system]].

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** And then Apollo himself gets a similar badassery boost in ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'', even going as far as to [[spoiler:take on his own boss and mentor so he can assure he finds the truth about his recently-murdered best friend]]. He takes another one in VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' where he [[spoiler: defeats Phoenix Wright, overthrows a queen, and help to revolutionize Khura'in's corrupt legal system]].



** From the very start, Claptrap has been the effective ButtMonkey and token idiot of the franchise. They have also made two of the hardest and most powerful boss fights out of him. The first was in the first game against MINAC, which can be effectively described as a giant Dubstep tank armed with multiple gatling guns, lasers, and kamikaze robots, and the second one which is in ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' is where we find out who he was supposed to be programmed to be [[spoiler:5H4D0W-TP]], and then you fight against [[ThatOneBoss Two of the hardest bosses in the franchise: ECLIPSE and EOS]] which are respectively a 25-foot giant mecha and a SPACE STATION.

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** From the very start, Claptrap has been the effective ButtMonkey and token idiot of the franchise. They have also made two of the hardest and most powerful boss fights out of him. The first was in the first game against MINAC, which can be effectively described as a giant Dubstep tank armed with multiple gatling guns, lasers, and kamikaze robots, and the second one which is in ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' is where we find out who he was supposed to be programmed to be [[spoiler:5H4D0W-TP]], and then you fight against [[ThatOneBoss Two two of the hardest bosses in the franchise: ECLIPSE and EOS]] which are respectively a 25-foot giant mecha and a SPACE STATION.



* [[MascotMook Jack Frost]] does this through the two ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' games, going from random encounter to MetalSlime quizmaster to brutal BonusBoss.

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** Also, [[spoiler:Shadow Man.]] The "final" fight against him is pathetically easy, [[spoiler:but his BonusBoss appearance is ''much'' tougher.]]

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* Luigi gets a level in badass in between ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy 1'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2 2]]'', albeit a small one. In the first game, he was the ButtMonkey, he gets into space against his will, is treated as a joke by everyone, and all times he tries to help end up with him getting in a pinch and having Mario save him. The unlockable [[spoiler:Luigi mode]], the only situation where Luigi is actually a helpful character, doesn't count since that Luigi is in fact a Doppelganger from space {{Handwave}}d as "I suppose if the universe is truly infinite someone that looks just like me must exists". In ''Mario Galaxy 2'', however, Luigi gets mad for being left behind by Mario and the Toad Brigade, chases the spaceship down by himself (nevermind how), offers help himself instead of being dragged along, and throws a few {{Take That}}s at Mario with claims such as "This time ''I'm'' the hero, bro.". Instead of walk around doing nothing in your ship, like in the first game, it's also implied Luigi is adventuring around on his own trying to find powerstars.

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Luigi gets a level in badass in between ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy 1'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2 2]]'', albeit a small one. In the first game, he was the ButtMonkey, he gets into space against his will, is treated as a joke by everyone, and all times he tries to help end up with him getting in a pinch and having Mario save him. The unlockable [[spoiler:Luigi mode]], the only situation where Luigi is actually a helpful character, doesn't count since that Luigi is in fact a Doppelganger from space {{Handwave}}d as "I suppose if the universe is truly infinite someone that looks just like me must exists". In ''Mario Galaxy 2'', however, Luigi gets mad for being left behind by Mario and the Toad Brigade, chases the spaceship down by himself (nevermind how), offers help himself instead of being dragged along, and throws a few {{Take That}}s at Mario with claims such as "This time ''I'm'' the hero, bro.". Instead of walk around doing nothing in your ship, like in the first game, it's also implied Luigi is adventuring around on his own trying to find powerstars.
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*** Just boosting him up to an 85 Elite wasn't enough, since people started to kite him around. They beefed him up ''again'' by making him immune to Crowd Control, gave him weapons (a BladeOnAStick and a bow), made him run faster than your character, and made him hit like a ''friggin' tank''. I don't mean the class type, I mean the ''actual military vehicle.'' They turned weak little Gamon into an absolute juggernaut. So much so in fact, that if Orgrimmar ever gets attacked by the Alliance, players will actually aggro Gamon to help attack the Alliance too! One of those [=AoE=] spells hits Gamon, and he'll soon forget about the Horde guys who aggroed him...

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*** Just boosting him up to an 85 Elite wasn't enough, since people started to kite him around. They beefed him up ''again'' by making him immune to Crowd Control, gave him weapons (a BladeOnAStick spear and a bow), made him run faster than your character, and made him hit like a ''friggin' tank''. I don't mean the class type, I mean the ''actual military vehicle.'' They turned weak little Gamon into an absolute juggernaut. So much so in fact, that if Orgrimmar ever gets attacked by the Alliance, players will actually aggro Gamon to help attack the Alliance too! One of those [=AoE=] spells hits Gamon, and he'll soon forget about the Horde guys who aggroed him...
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** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'', Tulin is a young child who has only just started to learn how to use a bow and never sees any combat. By the time of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom Tears of the Kingdom]]'' (set roughly 4-5 years later), he's grown into a capable warrior [[spoiler:and is able to fight side by side with Link as the Sage of the Wind.]]

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** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'', Tulin is a young child who has only just started to learn how to use a bow and never sees any combat. By the time of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom Tears of the Kingdom]]'' (set roughly 4-5 years later), he's grown into a capable warrior [[spoiler:and is able to fight side by side with Link as the Sage of the Wind.]]
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** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'', Tulin is a young child who has only just started to learn how to use a bow and never sees any combat. By the time of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom Tears of the Kingdom]]'' (set roughly 4-5 years later), he's grown into a capable warrior [[spoiler:and is able to fight side by side with Link as the Sage of the Wind.]]
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* ''VideoGame/MariAndTheBlackTower'': Angoma was initially an UnskilledButStrong boss who had decent durability, but terrible accuracy. In the endgame, his attacks are more accurate and he has a high evasion rate, showing that he can now live up to his boasts of being a great thief.
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* To get an idea of what a TierInducedScrappy ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'''s sister Roll was in earlier VideoGame/CapcomVs games, she had her own tier ''named after her'' just so there could be no doubt she was absolutely the worst character in the game. ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'' noticeably changed that. Roll was granted a melee weapon to increase her reach, her attack speed was amped up, and she's now bludgeoned her way straight into BadassAdorable territory, with many fans naming her as a LethalJokeCharacter.

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* To get an idea of what a TierInducedScrappy how bad ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'''s sister Roll was in earlier VideoGame/CapcomVs games, she had her own tier ''named after her'' just so there could be no doubt she was absolutely the worst character in the game. ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'' noticeably changed that. Roll was granted a melee weapon to increase her reach, her attack speed was amped up, and she's now bludgeoned her way straight into BadassAdorable territory, with many fans naming her as a LethalJokeCharacter.

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