History TookALevelInJerkass / FIlm

* Ash of the ''Franchise/EvilDead'' series does this over time. In the first film he's basically a {{Final G|irl}}uy, by the second he's a BadAss, and in the third he's a full blown JerkAss. It makes sense, though. After going through some horrific events, losing a limb, nearly losing his mind, and having everyone die on him, he gets sucked into a time period where its residents initially treat him like crap, make him a slave, and then try to kill him. It's probably safe to say it'd be more disturbing if he ''didn't'' have a huge chip on his shoulder by that point.

* Harry Osborn in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy''. Goes from a mostly nice guy in the first movie to lashing out at Peter in the second movie and acting like a douche bag for most of his scenes. In the third film he gets better via a little EasyAmnesia, but then reverts to full blown RivalTurnedEvil. In the end, he redeems himself, but RedemptionEqualsDeath.
** Mary Jane also becomes increasingly self centered as the series progresses. She has NoSympathy for [[TheWoobie Peter despite all the problems he has]], refuses to hear his side of the story as to why he missed her play, and then dumps her fiancee at the altar to get with Peter! In the third movie she resents Spider-Man's popularity for saving people's lives and not having the time for her, but this time she at least recognizes this as negative behavior, does feel bad about it and tries to do better....but life doesn't make that easy for her.
** Even Peter himself took a level in the third movie. He develops a little AcquiredSituationalNarcissism in the beginning, then got on a vengeance kick, and ''then'' he got the {{Comicbook/Venom}} symbiote. You know the rest.

* Harry Osborn in the ''Film/{{Spider-Man Trilogy}}''. Goes from a mostly nice guy in the first movie to lashing out at Peter in the second movie and acting like a douche bag for most of his scenes. In the third film he gets better via a little EasyAmnesia, but then reverts to full blown RivalTurnedEvil. In the end, he redeems himself, but RedemptionEqualsDeath.

* In ''Film/IronMan2'' Tony Stark allows the fame to get to his head ''again'', and it screws him over worse than his playboy tendencies did in the first film. It's at least justified, however, in that [[spoiler:he's dying, and doesn't know what to do about it]].

** Between ''[[Film/XMenFirstClass First Class]]/[[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast Days of Future Past]]'' and the original trilogy, Mystique's personality...changed quite a bit. In fact, she's downright a [[ManipulativeBastard mean bitch]] in the trilogy.

* ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' shows Pyro defecting to the Brotherhood, and [[Film/XMenTheLastStand the following one]] has him going full "fuck you, I'm evil!".

* The Once-ler in the 2012 adaptation of ''Film/TheLorax'' undergoes a jarring change in temperament (As part of a FaceHeelTurn in a DescentIntoDarknessSong)when his Thneed business becomes a success, turning from a mostly good-natured guy into a greedy, arrogant CorruptCorporateExecutive, carelessly abusing and exploiting the forest creatures he'd previously befriended.

* Clopin from ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is first introduced as the colorful narrator of the film, and the master of ceremonies at the Feast of Fools, where he was very kind to Quasimodo. However, near the end of the movie, he is now the bitter judge (his hand puppet serving as Quasi's defense) presiding over the Court of Miracles, and is now very mean to not only Quasimodo, but also Phoebus as well, and as a result he wanted the two both sentenced to death for being spies of Frollo (they were actually working against Frollo, not for him). Had Esmeralda not showed up at the Court of Miracles to stop Clopin and tell him that both Quasi and Phoebus are trying to help them, Clopin would had actually killed them both.

* In ''Film/{{Scarface}}'', Tony Montana starts out the film as a crook, but it's not until he gains power that he allows himself to become a cocaine-addicted wreck. He constantly curses and acts like a cantankerous prick towards even his friends, and gets called out on it by almost everyone close to him.

* Mushu from ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'' II. It was all just because the ancestors did the same, threatening to separate him from Mulan, and he didn't want that.

* Mushu from ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'' II, and how. It was all just because the ancestors did the same, threatening to separate him from Mulan, and he didn't want that.

* Sarah Connor in ''Franchise/{{Terminator}} 2'' is barely recognizable as the sweet-natured waitress from the first movie. The way she treats people, including her own son, uncomfortably evokes shades of DrillSergeantNasty and [[HeWhoFightsMonsters She Who Fights Monsters]], to the point where she nearly [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope went off the slippery slope]]. Fortunately, she seems to get better by the end.
* In Disney/CinderellaIIIATwistinTime, Lady Tremaine. She was already a jerkass, but now she goes from abusing her stepdaughter to trying to kill her. Inverted with [[spoiler:Anastasia]], who becomes sympathetic and eventually makes a HeelFaceTurn.
* Clopin from ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is first introduced as the colorful narrator of the film, and the master of ceremonies at the Feast of Fools, where he was very kind to Quasimodo. However, near the end of the movie, he is now the bitter judge (his hand puppet serving as Quasi's defense) presiding over the Court of Miracles, and is now very mean to not only Quasimodo, but also Phoebus as well, and as a result he wanted the two both sentenced to death for being spies of Frollo (they were actually working against Frollo, not for him). Had Esmeralda not showed up at the Court of Miracles to stop Clopin and tell him that both Quasi and Phoebus are trying to help them, Clopin would had actually killed them both.
** This seems to be more about HiddenDepths than becoming more of a jerk - Clopin's mostly rather genial on the outside, but he's ''also'' secretly the leader of an insurgence desperate to stop a madman's oppression of his people (so he's a bit of a StepfordSmiler). He was likely exercising caution to protect his people and simply acted hastily - though he ''could'' have at least waited for their side before passing immediate judgement, true, it's unlikely he would have believed them without Esmeralda vouching for them, and one must remember that Phoebus was the Captain of the Guard prior to this event (information which had likely not yet reached Clopin), so yeah...

* Abigail Chase from the ''Film/NationalTreasure'' series seems to take one between the first and second movies. In the first movie, she starts out as a tad bitchy, but really not without reason given the crap she ends up in thanks to Ben. By the end of the movie, she's considerably nicer and has evolved
into a proper {{Love Interest|s}}. When the second movie comes around, she's reverted to the beginning of the first movie and gone even further, being ''[[TookALevelInJerkass worse]]'' than she was then. She changed the alarm code in what is most likely ''Ben's'' house, and she's hostile around him even when he's trying to be nice. He also has to ''bribe'' her to get her to help him clear his family's name.

* Abigail Chase from the ''Film/NationalTreasure'' series seems to take one between the first and second movies. In the first movie, she starts out as a tad bitchy, but really not without reason given the crap she ends up in thanks to Ben. By the end of the movie, she's considerably nicer and has evolved into a proper {{Love Interest|s}}. When the second movie comes around, she's reverted to the beginning of the first movie and gone even further, being ''[[TookALevelInJerkass worse]]'' than she was then. She changed the alarm code in what is most likely ''Ben's'' house, and she's hostile around him even when he's trying to be nice. He also has to ''bribe'' her to get her to help him clear his family's name.

* In Disney/CinderellaIIIATwistinTime, Lady Tremaine. She was already a jerkass, but now she goes from abusing her stepdaughter to trying to kill her. Inverted with [[spoiler:Anastasia]], who becomes sympathetic and eventually makes a FaceHeelTurn.

* Harry Osborn in the ''Film/{{Spider-Man Trilogy}}''. Goes from a mostly nice guy in the first movie to lashing out at Peter in the second movie and acting like a douche bag for most of his scenes. In the third film he gets better via a little EasyAmnesia, but then reverts to full blown RivalTurnedEvil.
** Mary Jane also becomes increasingly self centered as the series progresses. She has NoSympathy for [[TheWoobie Peter despite all the problems he has]], refuses to hear his side of the story as to why he missed her play, and in the third movie she resents Spider-Man's popularity for saving people's lives, though in the case of that last one she at least recognizes this, does feel bad about it and tries to do better.

* Harry Osborn in the ''Film/{{Spider-Man Trilogy}}'' . Lashing out at Peter in the second movie and acting like a douche bag for most of his scenes. In the third film he gets better via a little EasyAmnesia, but then reverts to full blown RivalTurnedEvil.

* In Disney/CinderellaIIIATwistinTime, Lady Tremaine. She goes from abusing her stepdaughter to trying to kill her. Inverted with [[spoiler:Anastasia]], who becomes sympathetic and eventually makes a FaceHeelTurn.

** Mary Jane also becomes increasingly self centered as the series progresses. She has NoSympathy for [[TheWoobie Peter despite all the problems he has]], refuses to hear his side of the story as to why he missed her play, and in the third movie she resents Spider-Man's popularity for saving people's lives, though in the case of that last one she at least recognizes this, feels bad about it and tries to do better, unlike in the second movie.

* Harry Osborn in the ''Film/{{Spider-Man Trilogy}}'' . Lashing out at Peter in the second movie and acting like a douche bag for most of his scenes. In the third film he gets better via a little EasyAmnesia, but then reverts to full blown RivalTurnedEvil. Mary Jane also becomes increasingly self centered as the series progresses. She has NoSympathy for [[TheWoobie Peter despite all the problems he has]], refuses to hear his side of the story as to why he missed her play, and in the third movie she resents Spider-Man's popularity for ''saving people's lives''. Even Peter himself took a level in the third movie. He develops a little AcquiredSituationalNarcissism in the beginning and then he got the {{Comicbook/Venom}} symbiote. You know the rest.

* Ash of the ''Franchise/EvilDead'' series does this over time. In the first film he's basically a {{Final G|irl}}uy, by the second he's a BadAss, and in the third he's a full blown JerkAss.
** Justified too: After going through some horrific events, losing a limb, nearly losing his mind, and having everyone die on him, he gets sucked into a time period where its residents initially treat him like crap, make him a slave, and then try to kill him. I think it's safe to say it'd be more disturbing if he ''didn't'' have a huge chip on his shoulder by that point.

* ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'': Glenn Guglia morphs from a normal, loving fiance to a caricature of a HandsomeLech.
** Glenn was never loving. His idea of proposing? Buying two tickets to Vegas. Then when he reluctantly gives in and allows Julia to have an actual wedding, he refuses to have any part of the planning. Glenn was always depicted as rude and shallow; we just don't find out how bad he really is until the restaurant.