Line #115 CharacterDerailment/WesternAnimation


1	!!Shows with their own pages:
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3	[[index]]
4	* ''CharacterDerailment/FamilyGuy''
5	* ''CharacterDerailment/TheSimpsons''
6	* ''CharacterDerailment/TotalDrama''
7	[[/index]]
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10	!!Individual examples:
11	* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'':
12	** Luanne started out as a somewhat promiscuous teenager who didn't take crap from anyone and, despite being BookDumb, had some intelligence (the episode that fully introduced Hank's father, Cotton, revealed that Luanne can fix a car, despite Cotton's "StayInTheKitchen" views on women). Later episodes turned her into a [[TheDitz shy moron]] who was afraid to stand up for herself (and when she married Lucky, her naivete and lack of intelligence were greatly exaggerated to childlike levels). The promiscuity, however, was given a proper [[CharacterDevelopment episode]] (where Luanne joins a group of promiscuous people who want to be born-again virgins) when it disappeared.
13	** Bobby Hill was similarly much less effeminate in his early years. It could be argued as CharacterDevelopment though if you didn't take well to his original characterization as a WellDoneSonGuy who's slow, awkward, and, in the words of Hank Hill, "not right." Sure he got effeminate in later episodes, but he got also got some charisma and charm, even if it was limited to being a class clown. He also went from a shy, reclusive fat kid to someone who has friends, a girlfriend, is sure of himself, and has proven to both Hank and ''Cotton'' (the episode where Cotton takes over his military school, and goes one day longer in "The Hole" than Cotton managed) how much of a badass he is. All while not changing himself to fit how they think he should be.
14	** On the other hand, some consider [[spoiler: Cotton]] to have undergone a case of derailment during [[spoiler: his final appearance]], which {{retcon}}s his grudge against the Japanese despite him having [[spoiler: forgiven them in an earlier episode, talked out of his scheme to spit in the Emperor's face by his illegitimate son Junichiro]]. This gained the episode criticism from some viewers since while Cotton was not well-liked, the way he [[spoiler: forgave the Japanese]] was considered development.
15	** Peggy originally started out as a well-meaning wife and mother, as well as being pretty sociable and having a fair amount of friends to hang out with, and being rather fluent in Spanish. As the series went on though, she slowly became more and more narcissistic, and while still caring for Hank and Bobby, was not afraid to call them out if they did something that even slightly annoyed her, while her group of friends was slowly narrowed down to Nancy and Minh, and her Spanish became so terrible that it was used as a plot point once to get her out of a court trial.
16	** Hank had also undergone Derailment as the show went on. During the first few seasons, he was shown to enjoy Rock and Roll and practiced guitar at times and open to new things, despite his usual staid and conservative attitude. By the end, he was a stuck-up tight-ass who was so old-fashioned you'd think he was Amish and views things out of his comfort zone with contempt and disdain.
17	** This is addressed in the episode "Get Your Freak Off", where Hank discovers Bobby has been listening to foulmouthed gangsta rap. He initially encourages Bobby's interest in a boy band he considers clean-cut and safe- until he, Bobby, and Bobby's girlfriend go to a concert and begin dancing provocatively. Bobby's girlfriend has ridiculously permissive parents, which leads to a situation Bobby and even his girlfriend weren't comfortable with, and Hank comes to the rescue and teaches the kids to play an age-appropriate game. While initially seeming to uphold Hank's uptight views as the best way to raise a child, it does show how extreme (and boring) Hank had become, and the ending shows him lightening up quite a bit.
18	* ''[[WesternAnimation/BeastMachines Transformers: Beast Machines]]'' did this to a majority of the cast because the writers were [[ExecutiveMeddling explicitly instructed]] not to go back and watch through the previous series because they didn't want it to be "too continuity-driven." Optimus Primal from a competent and inspirational yet down-to-earth and approachable leader into a spiritual guru who bordered on fanaticism. DarkActionGirl Blackarachnia became the SatelliteLoveInterest deprived of her boyfriend. Megatron became obsessed with eliminating organic, individuality, and hated Beast Modes without explanation, though he wound up mainly reverting to his old self towards the end of the series. [[spoiler:KnightInShiningArmor Silverbolt becomes bitter, cynical, and guilt wracked]] which was supposed to be explained by their [[BrainwashedAndCrazy time as Jetstorm]], except they had their old personality when briefly freed from it.
19	** Rhinox is possibly the biggest derailment of them all. [[spoiler: Once he's brought to the surface and put in control of Tankor, it is revealed that he agrees with Megatron. From the level-headed, spiritually-minded second in command of the Maximals, who actually ''enjoyed'' Earth's natural environment, to a self-stated Beast Mode-hating supporter of Megatron.]] It was ''intended'' for Rhinox to be a lot more reasonable about it, explaining exactly ''why'' he thought this now, but Richard Newman's delivery of the lines made him sound like he had gone insane. A lot of fans pretend that the Vehicon programming was still affecting him.
20	* Many of the characters in ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' have suffered from character derailment to varying degrees:
21	** Edward, previously an old, kind, and wise engine, became younger and ruder in later seasons.
22	** Percy went from a mischievous CloudCuckooLander to a naive, forgetful moron who can't pronounce simple words.
23	** Toby was a kind and confident CoolOldGuy but later became a wimp with self-esteem issues.
24	** Skarloey and Rheneas, previously two of the oldest and wisest engines on the island, are now childish and afraid of ''everything'' (from thunderstorms to the incline yards to ''the wharf''), while Sir Handel is turned from the [[{{Jerkass}} jerkiest]] of the narrow-gauge engines to the kind voice of reason, effectively swapping personalities with the former two engines.
25	** Thomas himself was once depicted as friendly and helpful, [[SmallNameBigEgo if somewhat cocky and brash]]. He's now excessively pushed to make appearances in every single episode (even episodes about the narrow gauge engines) and dispense advice to everyone; that is when he isn’t the subject of the episode where [[AesopAmnesia he keeps being taught the lessons he's already learned]] or even developing [[CompressedVice Compressed Vices]].
26	** Some derailments have been taken a different way in the CGI series, either reversed back, exaggerated, or taken a different way altogether. Skarloey is back to his more mature and no-nonsense persona, while Edward is kind again, albeit [[ExtremeDoormat to a fault]], unable to say no to others and easily dissuaded from his work. Thomas interchanges between his older and newer persona to erratic extremes while Toby's meekness has reached [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy]]/[[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Chuckie Finster]]/[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi]] levels, being afraid of nearly anything that moves.
27	** Thankfully though, starting with Season 17, which came with a brand new writing team determined to return the show to its roots, [[CharacterRerailment almost every one of the characters above have returned to their original selves]].
28	** Diesel 10, who currently provides the page image, is a very unique case of derailment. In his debut in ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad'', he was a [[KnightofCerebus murderous monster who was out for blood, wanting to completely and utterly destroy the steam engines]]. In his [[UnexpectedCharacter unexpected]] second appearance in ''WesternAnimation/CallingAllEngines'', he's somehow become [[TookALevelInKindness nicer]] with almost no given explanation, and quite willingly ''helps Thomas repair the new Sodor Airport''. In his defense, it was related more to necessity since a decline in tourists brought in by the airport in question would've spelt doom for the entire railway, including him. Even so, [[ThePollyanna he doesn't display any sort of gruffness or malice]], and again, does it with a big ''smile'' on his face. However, when brought in for the CGI series, he became more of a mix of the two. Whilst he certainly wasn't nice like he was in CAE, it wasn't up to his TATMR persona, as he's now become more of a WellIntentionedExtremist in that he wants his fellow diesels to receive more praise and attention than what they have, believing that they've become overlooked in favor of the steam engines, and while he certainly doesn't like them, he does realize when he's gone too far whenever he deals with them. It has given him more of a personality though, as some felt that his TATMR appearance was more of a GenericDoomsdayVillain than an actual character. His appearance in ''Day of the Diesels'' returns him to his original villainous persona, where he and his band of diesels seize control of the Steamworks.
29	* Pam in ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' became a completely different character as the series went on. Starting off as a pleasant but lonely and depressed HR rep, she turned into a sex-crazed, drug-addicted complete loon. Though as always, Administrivia/TropesAreTools, as many fans enjoy this version of Pam ''much'' more.
30	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'':
31	** Stan Smith went from a liberal and mature if somewhat overreactive man to a [[PsychopathicManchild complete psychopath]] in later episodes, although he occasionally showed signs of his later characterization in the golden seasons. However, he still retains a moral attitude, even in later seasons, but still acts foolhardy.
32	** Francine Smith is no different as she went from a [[TeamMom motherly, kind figure who does her best to look out for her family]] to a complete she-devil with crimes like shoplifting (which she stated that she did many years prior to the pilot of the series), [[TooKinkyToTorture manipulating her husband to spank her since it gives her a sexual drive]], to admitting that she married Stan, who married her for her appearance, so she wouldn't have to work.
33	** Steve Smith also has this as he went from a nerdy and laid-back boy who has a lot of common sense to a socially-inept SpoiledBrat, but like some of the characters on the list, he actually does see the error of his ways.
34	** Roger also belongs on the list as at the start of the series, he is seen as a sensitive if somewhat snarky pushover but transforms into a total sociopath willing to kill, manipulate, emotionally scar, and ignore others for his own personal ambitions. Stan, despite being on the list himself and does things no different or worse compared to Roger, is disturbed by his antics. He also went from being a clandestine shut-in, with entire episodes revolving around the Smith family's attempts to conceal an alien from the public and the government, to quickly becoming so adept at dressing up in his costumes that his visibility in public is no longer implied to be dangerous.
35	* WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo was, in the first season, a largely unflappable jock who tried a little too hard to impress the ladies, and who wasn't too bright but could occasionally be quite clever. In seasons two and three, when creator Van Partible left the show, in a case of DependingOnTheWriter, he turned into a [[ManChild childish]], [[TheDitz idiotic]] {{Jerkass}} who ScreamsLikeALittleGirl. He reverted to his older characterization in the fourth season when Partible made his return to the series.
36	* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'''s DarkerAndEdgier sequel, ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'', has Ben and Gwen exhibit different personalities than before, but that's excusable since it's been five years and they've matured. However, there is NO explanation for the change in Kevin, who not only has suffered massive BadassDecay but is now a [[HeelFaceTurn good guy]] for poorly constructed reasons and shows [[SameCharacterButDifferent no signs of the sociopathic cruelty he did in the original series.]] Now all he can do is be blunt, demonstrate TheWorfEffect, drive them around in his beloved car, and occasionally thrive off of his reputation from back when he was an actual threat. Both ''Ultimate Alien'' AND ''Omniverse'' made attempts at CharacterRerailment, but the fanbase remains perpetually divided over how well either of them went.
37	** [[BigBad Vilgax]] went through some change as well; ''Alien Force'' portrayed him as LawfulEvil (though it lasts only one episode and it's strongly hinted he was actually ''posing'' as such for his own advantage; in later episodes, he has ''no problem'' breaking laws); later, ''Ultimate Alien'' portrayed him as a ManipulativeBastard, which, while being some derailment in a way, was actually good and ended up being an AuthorsSavingThrow after the BadassDecay he had suffered in Alien Force.
38	** Also, Gwen has become less "mature and responsible" and more "perpetually serious and angry".
39	** [[DarkMagicalGirl Charmcaster]] makes a HeelFaceTurn and then disappears from the series. ''One year later'', she returns and is suddenly [[FaceHeelTurn just as antagonistic as before, if not]] ''[[FaceHeelTurn worse]]'', has had [[MotiveDecay her motive changed, without foreshadowing, from freeing her world to resurrecting her dead father]], and is suddenly ''gleefully willing to [[MoralEventHorizon commit mass genocide on her whole world to accomplish this.]]'' And she even temporarily kills the heroes who'd come to rescue her for good measure. It doesn't help that the cause of this change and the difference between her behavior when last seen and when seen now isn't even mentioned aside from some vague hints.
40	*** WordOfGod for ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' is that this derailment actually held Charmcaster up in appearing on the show throughout the first half, as it was very difficult to think up a CharacterRerailment that would make enough sense after it. They ultimately opted for a {{Retcon}} of the above event through a complete lack of mention in the show and adding in dialogue that directly contradicts it if it were to have happened.
41	** The entire franchise has a very complex case with titular protagonist Ben Tennyson; he started out as an immature brat, an IdiotHero, and a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass with a major ChronicHeroSyndrome, before being evolved into a more mature and competent character in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''. Come season 3 of Alien Force, he TookALevelInJerkass [[TookALevelInDumbass and in Dumbass]] due partially to an AcquiredSituationalNarcissism and partially an attempt from writers to make him more like his original self. WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien tried to balance his maturity and immaturity, with more or less successful results depending on the episodes and story arcs. Finally, come ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'', the character has seemingly lost most of the maturity and competence he gained through the Alien Force[=/=]Ultimate Alien era and ended up all the way back to his characterization from the original series.
42	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'':
43	** This ended up happening to Chloé Bourgeois. While she started out as an antagonistic AlphaBitch, she was shown engaging in various PetTheDog moments across the show, and various events in season 2 saw her become nicer and more heroic overall, complete with a FreudianExcuse being revealed for her nastiness. However, from the season 3 finale onwards, she's not only lost all her CharacterDevelopment, but has arguably become ''worse'' than she was originally; she no longer has any moments of kindness, she's gone from just being a mean girl to actively working with the BigBad, and her FreudianExcuse is being completely ignored in favor of a "she was just born evil" narrative.
44	** Kim got hit with this hard in "Derision". While he did have a couple of JerkJock moments in season 1, for the most part he'd grown out of that attitude in favor of being characterized as a HotBlooded but kind DumbJock. "Derision", however, depicts him as having taken part in a cruel prank against Marinette in the past; in the present, he sees her ''trauma'' over it as [[JustJokingJustification an overreaction]], and he calls the above-mentioned Chloé the prettiest girl in the world while he's talking to his girlfriend Ondine. Be it [[InnocentlyInsensitive idiocy]] or outright maliciousness, it's still a far cry from how he'd been characterized in the past few seasons.
45	* Along with mass {{Flanderization}}, Seasons 4-9 of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' were hit by this ''very hard'', until [[CharacterRerailment Stephen Hillenburg's return to the show]]:
46	** [=SpongeBob=] himself started out as a naive, yet kindhearted guy who cared about everyone no matter what, and had the innocence of a child. He later gets derailed into an obnoxious, ManChild who pesters everyone he knows to play with him. He is often careless of others' safety and cries and screams when his "friends" aren't around. He can even be a {{Jerkass}} once in a while, most notably in "A Pal For Gary".
47	** [[TheDitz Patrick]] got progressively dumber as the series went on. He goes from average intelligence in the first season to TheDitz in seasons 2 and 3 to virtually brain-dead in season 4 and onwards. He also became more of a {{Jerkass}} on occasion.
48	** Mr. Krabs goes from [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold greedy and selfish, but still good,]] to a {{Jerkass}} with little to no good qualities who often puts others and himself in danger just to get some cash, and even ''[[DrivenToSuicide tortured Plankton until he tried to commit suicide]]''. It doesn't help that he [[KarmaHoudini gets away with most of his crimes]].
49	** Plankton however started out as a competent, aggressive, and maniacal villain. Once TheMovie rolled around he lost much of the latter in favor of being either too obnoxiously happy with the few moments he seems to succeed, or constantly moaning and crying about what a failure he is. He's also lost a lot of competence, to the point that his DeadpanSnarker computer wife Karen often has to tell him how to do every basic step (even blink) with Plankton often [[GladIThoughtOfIt taking credit for her suggestions.]]
50	** Karen herself was always a BeleagueredAssistant but was initially genuinely loyal and caring to Plankton despite her snarky qualities. Following the [[UnCanceled UnCancellation]], she has seemingly [[TheEeyore lost all sense of enthusiasm]] and openly vents her utter contempt for Plankton, placing him into high order HenpeckedHusband territory. In seasons 11-12, her main role is to make jokes about how stupid Plankton's plans are (such as going off to watch a movie or even unplugging herself so she doesn't have to hear it).
51	** Squidward went through this twice:
52	*** In the first seasons, Squidward was portrayed as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who still likes [=SpongeBob=] despite his attitude. His job at the Krusty Krab is something that he's generally apathetic with, doing the bare minimum possible. Seasons 6-8 and 12 onwards portray Squidward as either afraid of [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, or outright malicious in actively wishing for [=SpongeBob=]'s death. He also gets much more hateful about his job, viewing it as an awful form of torture rather than just something he needs to do for a living.
53	*** Seasons 9-11 are an utterly bizarre turn for the character, where Squidward randomly becomes prone to childish fits. He freaks out over not getting ice cream, pantses Mr. Krabs, covers himself in dirt and dust while screaming about bubble baths, throws a tantrum after losing a board game. It's quite jarring to see one of the more serious characters on the show leap out of his bathroom window, then run around town naked and use his tongue as a helicopter while warning everyone about "aliens from Mars." This change goes completely unexplained, but would thankfully be somewhat reverted by season 12.
54	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
55	** While the fanbase seems completely divided whether WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck's {{Flanderization}} during the 1950s from a bombastic {{Cloudcuckoolander}} into a {{Jerkass}} SmallNameBigEgo counts as derailment or [[CharacterDevelopment development]], most agree it crossed the line during the Creator/DepatieFrelengEnterprises era shorts, where he was evolved into a humorless, FauxAffablyEvil villain for WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales. One could take it as a double-sided coin, as pitting Speedy against a more conniving villain did at least allow him to come off as more sympathetic and fallible more often than [[InvincibleHero he did against]] WesternAnimation/{{Sylvester\|The Cat And Tweety Bird}}, though it still would have been a swifter transition with a more fittingly-callous character.
56	** He's even worse in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'': while he does have his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and {{Jerkass}} moments, he is a total dumbass who can't read or write, can't answer even the simplest trivia questions correctly, doesn't understand the concept of stealing, doesn't know the concept of time, etc.
57	** Although WesternAnimation/BugsBunny's personality usually varied [[note]] Creator/FrizFreleng and Creator/ChuckJones made him an ingenious KarmicTrickster while Creator/BobClampett and Tex Avery made him a lovable [[ThePrankster prankster]][[/note]], most would agree he derailed in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' where he evolved from a funny trickster to a [[TheGenericGuy bland and unfunny straight man]].
58	*** Though, really, this change was happening even in some of the ''Looney Tunes'' shorts of the late-1950s and early-1960s. Witness Bugs' cartoons with Daffy Duck during that time period: he usually played the more sensible StraightMan to Daffy's hyper-idealistic [[StealthPun loonatic]] persona.
59	** Lola Bunny was derailed from the ActionGirl she was in ''Film/SpaceJam'' to TheDitz in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'', but for many people, this ended up [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools being a significant improvement]] over her previous characterization.
60	** In the WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner shorts in the [=DePatie=]-Freleng era (most notoriously by Rudy Larriva) the Road Runner actively fights back against Wile E. Coyote, something he rarely, if ever did in the original Chuck Jones shorts[[note]]Jones made 9 rules for the Road Runner shorts, one of which being that the Road Runner cannot harm the coyote except by going "beep-beep"[[/note]]. This continues into 2003's "WesternAnimation/TheWhizzardOfOw" and the CG shorts from ''the Looney Tunes Show'', which kept the {{Slapstick}} nature of the franchise, unlike the show proper, such as "Silent but Deadly".
61	** WesternAnimation/{{Sylvester\|TheCatAndTweetyBird}} goes from an IneffectualSympatheticVillain and a NobleDemon to, in the unreleased WesternAnimation/PepeLePew movie, a racist[[note]]he calls Pepé (who's French) a derogatory term for a Frenchperson and looks down on Europeans[[/note]] HateSink who gaslights Penelope.
62	* Bloo in the Pilot of ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' and Bloo during the main show are practically two different characters. Bloo in the pilot and some of the earlier episodes is a friendly and well-meaning but mischievous imaginary friend who likes to have fun. In the rest of the series, he's just a {{Jerkass}} who will do anything to get what he wants and loves being stupid and breaking the rules.
63	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'':
64	** Cosmo is the show's main offender of this. It was established in the first season that he ''ran away'' from home to marry Wanda. In another episode, he broke down crying from having to be away from her overnight. It was very clear they enjoyed their relationship. Then, suddenly, in seasons four and five he was drooling over every attractive woman that came onscreen, repeatedly calling Wanda a nag and more, and acting like she had BoundAndGagged him at the altar. Hell, the original ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' shorts of ''Fairly [=OddParents=]'' had him be a lot different. Compare the calm, deeper-voiced Cosmo who was Wanda's equal intelligence-wise and actually seemed to share a loving relationship with his wife. Now, compare that to the sociopathic ManChild with the screechy voice portrayed in the Fairly Odd Parents series and see how far he fell. It's rather handy, you can tell his intellect by his voice pitch. Deep/slightly high voice, reasonable degree of smarts, really high voice, no smarts.
65	** Vicky went from just using tapes, recordings, personal belonging-destruction, and other tiny bits of humiliation to torture Timmy to being armed to the teeth with chainsaws, maces, and other over-the-top weaponry and cackling maniacally all the while. This derails Vicky from as far back as the ''first'' episode, where she clearly shows she'd ''never'' want Timmy to suffer any serious physical harm, let alone be the cause of it, because ''her well-paying job depends on him being kept intact''.
66	** Even Timmy himself technically counts. He started off as a typical frustrated 10-year-old, a bit of an outcast, and occasionally selfish. He always learned his lesson if he made a mistake, though, and only made wishes whenever they were issues crucial to his life. Then later he became more self-centered and wishing for stuff he wanted. Though season 6 and onward more or less reverted Timmy back to how he was in the first season.
67	** Timmy's parents are an interesting case. When the series first started, they were portrayed as tired and overworked from their jobs, but they still genuinely cared about their son. Their biggest crime was that they were more than willing to lie to Timmy so they could get time to themselves; however, they both seemed to learn their lesson in "Abra-Catastrophe." But as the series went on, we learn that Timmy's parents were expecting a girl (hence his [[RealMenWearPink pink hat]]), and in the infamous "It's a Wishful Life" episode, it's shown that Timmy's parents would have a child actress for a daughter and would be rich if Timmy had never existed. Then, both of Timmy's parents started making comments about how they could rent out his room if he went to military school (even jumping on a trampoline at the thought of it), and even casually admit that they sometimes forget to ''[[ParentalNeglect feed Timmy]]''. And that's not even getting into how Timmy's dad, like Cosmo, was turned into an idiotic ManChild. Sure, Timmy's parents have been able to deliver the occasional SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment\|s}} in later seasons, but there's no denying that somewhere along the line, they went from busy, albeit genuinely caring parents to borderline AbusiveParents.
68	** Trixie Tang was initially written as a girl who was popular and spoiled, but had a good heart deep down, and was [[HiddenDepths more than she appeared to be]]. Jump to "Just the Two of Us" where she's extremely shallow and vain, and can't seem to go even a second without someone telling her she's pretty, otherwise [[SanitySlippage she'll completely lose her shit]].
69	* Franklin Turtle in a few of the later seasons of the ''[[Literature/{{Franklin}} original Franklin animation]]'', and ''[[Literature/{{Franklin}} Franklin and Friends]]''. When the show first started, Franklin was a WideEyedIdealist, and a BrattyHalfPint[=/=]{{Jerkass}} hybrid of sorts. After his CharacterDevelopment, he's pretty much a NiceGuy in seasons 5-6 of ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'', and all of ''[[Literature/{{Franklin}} Franklin and Friends]]'' save for a few [[SnapBack snap backs]] and [[AesopAmnesia aesop amnesias]] that unfortunately [[CharacterDerailment derail his character]] for an episode. He's [[CharacterRerailment back to being a nice guy]] by the next episode, however.
70	* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'''s [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie movie]] is mostly infamous due to having the titular duo (who are TheVoiceless and mortal enemies) talk, sing, and ''be friends''.
71	** The Character Derailment actually happens within the movie itself, as Tom and Jerry spend the first ten minutes of the movie as their normal, mute, bitter enemy selves (though Tom ''does'' [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold save Jerry from the collapsing house]], it feels more like one of the EnemyMine moments they'd occasionally have in the original shorts) until Puggsy the dog convinces them to be friends. For about a minute, and their first bits of dialogue, they seem to cling desperately to their characterizations as enemies, as well as engaging in some admittedly pretty funny [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] of the sudden shift:
72	--->'''Tom/Jerry:''' You talked!!
73	--->'''Tom:''' Well, sure I talk! What do you think I am, a dummy?
74	--->'''Jerry:''' You said it, I didn't!
75	--->'''Tom:''' Ah, you little pipsqueak! I oughtta -- pause Hey! How come you never spoke before?!
76	--->'''Jerry:''' Well, there was nothing I wanted to say that I thought you'd understand... ''and there STILL isn't!''
77	** This goes back to 1975 when Hanna-Barbera rebooted Tom and Jerry for ABC Saturday mornings. They started out antagonistic in the first episode "No Way, Stowaways," only for them to shake hands at the end. As the series went on after two or three episodes of going at each other (without the old films' violence), they remained bosom buddies.
78	* Scott Summers/Cyclops on ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009''. In his origin episode Breakdown Cyclops, who has been depressed and ineffectual since losing his girlfriend Jean Grey, is revealed to have been extremely stupid and clumsy when he was first recruited to train as an X-Man. This apparently changed when Jean came into his life and "took the pain away" as Emma Frost, the rival love interest, put it. This is a big turn from the comics, where Cyclops was always a good, diligent X-Man, even as a student, where his primary problem was that he had weak social skills. This alternative characterization, however, embraces the stereotype that he is nothing without his long-time girlfriend, while not showing anything suggesting he was ever a competent heroic leader.
79	** ''Everyone'' (excluding Nightcrawler) was derailed to some extent, becoming massively incompetent just to make Logan's aspects all the more apparent.
80	* Granddad on ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'': In the first season, he was one of the two [[TheStraightMan straight men]], generally went his own way and couldn't stand his grandsons [[InsufferableGenius insufferable]] Huey or [[EnfantTerrible no-good trouble-making]] Riley and didn't hesitate to [[DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff take off his belt]] and give Riley an ass whooping whenever he had it coming. He's now a full-on JerkAss [[AbusiveParent abusive grandparent]] who wants to seem young and hip, obsessed with money & "bitches", and blindly follows along with whatever dishonest schemes Riley has planned to get rich quick, over Huey's [[TheCassandra loud and sensible objections]]. Granddad over the course of 3 seasons came to embrace all of the black stereotypes Aaron [=McGruder=] has been making fun of (when it was just Riley).
81	** Ironically, the one sillier trait Grandad had from the off, that he would ''greatly'' exaggerate, or outright lie, about his role in the American Civil Rights movements (he once showed up late to a march because [[ItMakesSenseInContext he had to go get a raincoat]]), would also be submarined by later seasons. It turns out that Grandad was actually a member of the Freedom Riders, who rode buses into the Deep South to protest the southern state's discrimination against black people. While it only was he got on to the wrong bus by accident, early season Grandad would surely have been eager to brag about his role, conveniently omitting it was entirely unintentional.
82	* Characters in the PBS show ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' would fall victim to this in later seasons. It is especially poignant with episodes written by Dietrich Smith, though it varies [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on who writes]]. This is especially problematic, particularly among older fans, as Arthur is that kind of show with an established continuity and set character personalities.
83	** Seasons 16 and 17 were full of them. In "Flippity Francine" and "Francine Speaks Up" Francine is scared of attention despite loving attention and always wanting to be the star for the past 15 seasons. In "Read and Flumberghast" the entire third grade class is made way more gullible than ever. In "Opposites Distract" and "Prunella the Packrat" Arthur is a NeatFreak who throws everything he feels is old away, while in the older episodes, he makes huge messes and is an extreme pack rat who won't even throw a popsicle stick away. The most extreme example is in "So Funny I Forgot to Laugh", where Arthur becomes a bully and Francine gets angry at him despite past episodes that revolve around bullying showing the bully (who is usually Francine) doing far worse things than what Arthur did. It also portrays Sue Ellen as someone unable to stand up for herself when Arthur bullies her, while in the first season, she was the only student who could intimidate Binky.
84	* In almost a reversal of the aforementioned Bloo example, Rufus and Amberley of ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'', despite always being cutesy and cheery protagonists in contrast to their enemies, had some visible cynical traits and flaws in their own right in the pilot (Rufus was a CloudCuckooLander BadassAdorable while Amberley was a [[BrattyHalfPint moody tempered]] but thoroughly helpful [[VitriolicBestBuds Vitriolic Best Bud]]) and had almost an equal focus in sympathetic spotlight and humor as the villains. In the majority of later episodes, the two became ridiculously juvenile and [[TheLoad ineffectual]], to the point their interaction was often extremely uneventful until [[VillainProtagonist the Urpneys]] attacked them every episode.
85	** Their dynamic also derailed in some form due to the Urpneys decaying. In the first episode, the Urpneys were pitiful unwilling bumblers, but they and Zordrak were still effective enough to put the heroes in genuine mortal danger, allowing Rufus to [[TheWoobie come off as sympathetic]] against them. In most later episodes, they are [[HarmlessVillain completely ineffectual and doomed to failure from the start]], with the heroes gaining a smug awareness of this and [[UnscrupulousHero often taking fun out of tormenting the Urpneys]] just to ease the monotony of their routine schemes. In one episode, the Noops outright ''retreated in terror'' from the Urpneys because they had become too close an actual threat, nearing them more as self-righteous {{Miles Gloriosus}}es who are only willing to bully harmless targets.
86	** At least some attempts were made to remedy both cases of Derailment throughout Seasons Three and Four, giving the Noops more {{Character Check}}s to their old personas and reverting them to competent but pragmatic heroes against the Urpneys (along with giving the villains a more [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Not So Harmless]] motive so that the heroes came off as genuinely defending themselves).
87	** Zordrak, was originally a calculating and genuinely intimidating BigBad who took part in the scheming and [[KnightOfCerebus entered the fray every once in a while as a more imposing threat]]. After Season One, Zordrak gradually devolved into an ineffectual BadBoss who had no importance outside [[OrcusOnHisThrone sitting on his throne]] and yelling at his Urpneys to make a new plan to take the stone. Similar to the heroes, he gained a partial remedy in the last few episodes, albeit to a far lesser degree.
88	* ''Everyone'' in the ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown'' [[TheSeries series adaption]]. For starters, Hazel is suddenly in love with Primrose after about two episodes, and Hyzenthlay was completely replaced altogether. Bigwig, in both the book and movie, was a bold, strong, and knowledgeable fighter. Here he's turned into nothing more than a complainer and follower to Hazel, who doesn't know anything in war strategy. Pipkin, previously nervous, but extremely loyal, is turned into a CheerfulChild. Even [[HairRaisingHare Woundwort]] - the genocidal, slave-driving BigBad who eats hawks for breakfast and in the book contemplates how some day he hopes to meet a stoat so he can kill it - had a period in the series where he tried to ''stop the war with Watership Down and openly showed remorse'' for what he'd done. And the list goes on.
89	** While the CharacterDerailment from the book is fairly rampant, the show has a second round at the start of the third season, when the show also had a drastic change in art style and writing. Woundwort is again derailed the most. The season transition happens in the middle of the final battle with Efrafa, leading to a moment where Woundwort realizes the error of his ways and tries to stop the war. He's then [[DeusExMachina struck by lightning]] and the warren collapses. He digs himself out afterwards and declares that he will have become a force of destruction, rather than simply a totalitarian dictator.
90	* From the ''WesternAnimation/{{Bionicle}}'' DirectToVideo animated movies:
91	** Takua was originally an adventurous and brave character who valued duty and helping others (even if he had just met them) above all else, and who would be among the first to volunteer for dangerous quests. In the movie, an easygoing slacker who shoves his duty on others, cowers in the face of danger, and abandons his friend to do his work for him (a friend he tricked into believing it was ''his'' work in the first place). It takes the destruction of several villages and seeing his heroes fall for him to realize this is no time for goofing off. Very striking, as prior to the movie's events, he was hailed as a war hero.
92	** Takua's friend Jaller goes from a serious and mature military leader-type to an almost childlike, somewhat insecure, and shy-around-girls nerd. In the preceding story, he snapped at Toa Tahu when he was losing confidence in himself and [[BadassNormal defeated the extremely dangerous Pahrak-Kal by simply walking up to it and grabbing its power-giving Krana]]. In the movie, although still not a wimp, he doesn't showcase any of this militarist sternness and simply lets Takua bail out of their mission.
93	** Onua, the wisest and most level-headed of the Toa, who always chooses the most effective yet least risky path in every battle (it's written in his official bio), is portrayed here as a slow-minded brute who puts his partners in danger with his actions, and ''causes the destruction of his hometown, and almost the death of his entire team''. Thankfully, this portrayal didn't stick after the movie's saga.
94	** Hahli's supposedly shy (which even the character explorer on the DVD points out) but very friendly, especially towards Jaller, but the movie introduces her as a tough chick who teases Jaller with a much more "sassy" attitude.
95	** Lewa on the other hand was usually portrayed as a juvenile, hyperactive loner with a very sarcastic sense of humor and often held little respect for the other Toa -- in the movie, he comes off as a spiritual hippie who actively volunteers to group together with others and seems to be one of the most mature of the Toa.
96	** Vakama goes through considerable change between the second and third movies. At first, he's an incredibly insecure would-be leader who then learns to trust himself, his visions, and not to be afraid to stand up for himself. The following film introduces him as an arrogant, overconfident, reckless oaf who leads his team into a trap despite absolutely everything around him, including his visions, the warning words of his teammates (and a villain he met in the books between the two films) and the threatening signs found all over the ruined city, telling him to act cautious.
97	* Scrappy from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''. The very first episode with him in it, he played a major role in incapacitating the bad guy, but as time went on, MoralGuardians, thinking that Scrappy might be a bad influence on kids, had him being toned down until the point where he actually shows fear in ''The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries''. Quite a few fans thought this was an improvement, though others who'd liked Scrappy before disliked how out of character it was. He still had his moments though, and picked up the ball again in ''WesternAnimation/TheThirteenGhostsOfScoobyDoo'' and the Superstars Ten Movies.
98	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Stanley}}'' has a minor version: For the first few episodes, Lionel acted like your standard BigBrotherBully. Then, as if overnight, he become a [[CoolBigSis Cool Big Brother]].
99	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' did this on purpose in the GrandFinale. Bat-Mite is using his RealityWarper powers to make the show JumpTheShark and get cancelled, and the last of his changes is making Batman use guns. When ComicBook/AmbushBug points that Batman DoesNotLikeGuns because of his parents' murder, Bats finally starts listening to him and believing that someone is messing with their universe.
100	* ''WesternAnimation/AndyPanda'': In 1944, director Creator/ShamusCulhane wanted to try out a new, redesigned Andy that was a total {{Jerkass}} instead of a WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse-type [[TheEveryman everyman]]. The new Andy was hated by Creator/WalterLantz and audiences alike, and so he was dropped after just one cartoon, "The Painter and the Pointer", in which Andy threatened to kill his dog if the dog didn't pose for his painting, and to make sure he didn't move, Andy rigged a shotgun to shoot the dog if he moved from that position.
101	* Quite possibly the character of Sheen from ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' and its SpinOff ''WesternAnimation/PlanetSheen''. In fact, the ''derailment'' is due to the SpinOff. While Sheen could be insensitive and oblivious to others, it was clear he cared about his friends and family in the ''Jimmy Neutron'' series. However, in ''Planet Sheen'', he is utterly indifferent about his family and friends to the point where he doesn't even attempt to repair the damaged rocket to go back to Earth.
102	* The Warden of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' losing his sadism after the pilot and gradually becoming more of an outright ManChild (as opposed to PsychopathicManchild) can be seen as this for some fans, although it's a highly contested example. He also winds up no longer being someone to be feared, but instead be beat up and easily taken advantage of, and have his obliviousness and naivety cranked up.
103	** While [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap it may have redeemed her in some eyes]], the Mistress' overall portrayal in "Stingstress" was ridiculed. Suddenly, the Mistress [[TookALevelInDumbass was revealed to be]] ''[[TookALevelInDumbass incredibly]]'' [[TookALevelInDumbass easily fooled by the presence of a man she found attractive]], was portrayed as lovesick for him, and weepy and emotional at being pushed around. Then her change at the end as "Hippie Mistress", revealing that she only needed one good experience of sex to loosen her up (and realize that she didn't need any men or the Superjail), was further seen as this for some (especially for the dejected shippers of Warden/Mistress).
104	** The Twins experienced this in season 2's "The Budding of the Warbuxx", due to it putting way too much emphasis on how alien and disgusting they were. Though in general, the outright revelation of them being aliens is taken this way by a portion of the fanbase (as it also coincided with them either being put OutOfFocus or having their vulnerability and foolishness emphasized more than their other traits).
105	* While Lemongrab of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' was always a huge BaseBreakingCharacter and even the staff of the show had different opinions of him, after his first appearance the show seemed to lean towards the idea that he wasn't truly evil, just really messed up. In his story in the third collection of character shorts, he seemingly devours his twin brother. In his next appearance, we see that he's become a tyrant who abuses his now maimed brother, and torments his lemon children when he had previously been portrayed as a loving parent. At the end of the episode, he fully eats his kinder brother and loses any of the redeeming traits he may have had before. The next episode continues to show him keeping the lemon kingdom in misery, torturing his subjects for fun. He's ultimately torn apart, and then stitched back together, the characters suggesting that ''now'' maybe he'll be better. The only thing more sour than Lemongrab is the taste the whole thing left in his fans' mouths.
106	** Finn in the episode "Too Old." In the previous episode, he breaks up with his girlfriend, so in this one, he tries to flirt with his previous love interest, Princess Bubblegum, while largely ignoring or not focusing on the crisis in Castle Lemongrab. In the past, love had clouded Finn's heroic senses, but this episode took it above and beyond.
107	* In Hyperion Studios' TV series of ''WesternAnimation/TheItsyBitsySpider'' (1994-96, based on their short subject which played with the feature ''Bebe's Kids''), Leslie was a sweet, introverted BespectacledCutie in the first season. In season two, she became rather abrasive to her schoolmates and friends, showing occasional signs of emotion.
108	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
109	** Randy Marsh's gradual transition from [[Standard50sFather calm and responsible father]] to creepy immature ManChild is seen as an example of this by many. Definitely a case of DependingOnTheWriter, though, as some episodes still portray him as a pretty normal and responsible father.
110	** To a lesser extent, Stan and Kyle becoming the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Men]] in the whole town is seen as this by some, with the main argument being that the characters have become [[WiseBeyondTheirYears far too wise and rational for nine-year-olds.]]
111	*** Kyle also gets derailed in some "Kyle vs. Cartman" episodes. He's mostly somewhat [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] but otherwise nice and definitely a positive character compared to Cartman, but some episodes have him be a [[{{Jerkass}} rude]] KnightTemplar who is [[NotSoDifferentRemark as bad as Cartman]]. This characterization of Kyle is also used in other episodes, such as "Douche and Turd", where he uses Puff Daddy to [[WithFriendsLikeThese intimidate Stan]] into voting, and "Fatbeard", where he is willing to send Cartman's entire Pirate crew to their death in Somalia.
112	* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' underwent in a {{retool}} as it transitioned into its second season and furthered itself from its DarkerAndEdgier pilot concept, meaning the entire main cast was hit by this.
113	** Jimmy himself. In Season 1, he was simply a cheerful and fun-loving boy who wanted to make friends with and put smiles on everyone in Miseryville, and although he was childish and naive, he could be surprisingly clever and even the OnlySaneMan. The Jimmy of Season 2 is a manic and hyperactive CloudCuckoolander who never has a single moment of intelligence or sanity, only treats Beezy with any real respect, and is totally callous to the mayhem he causes in his thrill-seeking. He even starts showing attraction to girls in several episodes despite the fact that one of his defining traits is that he is ObliviousToLove.
114	** Beezy in Season 1 was a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who was supportive of Jimmy, very mellow and easygoing, well-intentioned, and cared a lot about his girlfriend Saffi despite his stupidity and hedonism; the entire point of his character was that, underneath his many flaws and vices, he was a ''better'' person than his evil father Lucius. The Season 2 Beezy, on the other hand, is basically a big and fat version of Lucius with a gross case of SmallNameBigEgo and a total {{jerkass}} who treats everyone around him like garbage (to the point where the people of Miseryville hate him as much as they do [[HatedByAll Lucius]]), including Jimmy and Saffi (whom he casually broke up with to chase after a GirlOfTheWeek).
115	** Heloise. In Season 1, she was a MadScientist EnfantTerrible rightfully feared by everybody in Miseryville, for her cruelty and sadism surpassed even [[{{Satan}} Lucius]]. Sure, she had a sweet side when it came to her crush on Jimmy, but she was still an AxCrazy {{Yandere}} who would gleefully hurt Jimmy if he crossed her. Season 2's Heloise is the OnlySaneWoman almost solely defined by her crush on Jimmy with barely any moments of ComedicSociopathy. Worse still, her status as TheDreaded who always had the last laugh was replaced with becoming the biggest ButtMonkey on the show and being treated as a laughingstock by most characters, while her job as [[MegaCorp Misery Inc.]]'s top inventor (and one of Lucius' minions) was completely forgotten a few episodes into the season in favor of making her a generic GadgeteerGenius.
116	** Lucius was always an example of how TheDevilIsALoser, but it was pretty clear in Season 1 why he was the BigBad on the show -- a megalomaniacal FauxAffablyEvil [[TheCaligula Caligula]] who reveled in how miserable his subjects were, enjoyed tormenting and mistreating even his own family, and loathed how he could never break Jimmy's positive spirit. Season 2 Lucius is instead an out-of-touch GrumpyOldMan and a strict but well-meaning OnlySaneMan who shows no interest in tormenting people and instead wants [[CrapsackWorld Miseryville]] to be a peaceful well-ordered city where everyone loves him for being "cool".
117	* Even ignoring complaints about its quality as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' begins representing its characters very inconsistently during the third season. Raven in particular goes from an introverted, intelligent, snarky girl with a violent streak to being [[TheDitz just as stupid]], happy-go-lucky, and fun-loving as Beast Boy and Cyborg. This starkly contrasts with the first two seasons in which Raven's intelligence compared to the other Titans was the focus of the episode.
118	* Fauntleroy Fox from ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheCrow'' is usually portrayed as a suave, sophisticated, well-spoken guy, while being naive and gullible about certain things is generally smart, for whatever reason in the last two Columbia cartoons "Tooth Or Consequences" and "Grape Nutty" he is portrayed as being fat and stupid, speaks in a deeper SimpletonVoice, and acts like a backwoods hick. [[CharacterRerailment He is back to being his usual self]] in the three UPA cartoons though.
119	* This is one of ''many'' reasons why [[SeasonalRot Book 2]] is considered the worst season of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', if not the entire franchise, due to derailing its female characters to the point of [[BrokenAesop breaking]] the franchise's CentralTheme of gender equality to the point of UnfortunateImplications. Korra TookALevelInJerkass. Chief Beifong went from a JerkWithAHeartOfGold to DaChief. Asami Sato went from a LadyOfWar that stood up to the only family she has left and curbstomping a gang of ninjas to becoming {{Chickifi\|cation}}ed to the point of not being in even ''one'' hand-to-hand fight, [[OnTheRebound rebounding]] to her ex-boyfriend out of desperation and sitting back to ''applaud'' Bolin for saving her company instead of going down to personally/literally fight to regain her company. Fortunately, [[WinBackTheCrowd Book 3]] made up for these slights.
120	* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': Dr. Psycho spent all of season 1 and the first half of season 2 as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who was nowhere near as bad as his comic book counterpart and had genuine friendships with the crew. Season 2's second half derails him into a sadistic sociopath bent on world domination, turns him from the unscrupulous AntiVillain he was into a full-fledged villain antagonist, and removes almost all of his redeeming traits. It's like they mixed up the one in the first season and first half of season two with the comic book version.
121	* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': One of the issues some fans had with the fourth and final season of this show was how it subjected several characters to derailment with its most notable victims being the Magical High Commission
122	** Rhombulus seems to have suffered the worst amount of derailment over all the other members of the commission. He was depicted in his first appearance in season 2 as an impulsive but well-meaning ManChild with the mind of a 3-year-old and a heart of gold who formed deep bonds with Lekmet and Star Butterfly. However, season 4 unceremoniously stripped him of all his positive qualities and threw them out the window to instead depict him as a brutal KnightTemplar monster-hating bigot who was willing to put lives in danger just to prove a point and rejoice to the act of genocide with a party.
123	*** If one stopped to think closely about Rhombulus, they would realize that he is actually 3 characters as the snakes he has for hands are shown to be sentient and have minds of their own. The snake hands were shown to act as voices of reason for Rhombulus in their first appearance but later episodes afterwards treated them both like voiceless sock puppets who would agree with everything Rhombulus did even on doing horrific acts.
124	** Heckapoo during season 2 was depicted as a strict and hard-working member of the commission who was in a deep and loving friendship with Marco for many years. However, during the last two seasons, they showed her undergoing [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor erratic morality changes and an inability to decide whose side she was on]], as well as a hypocritical BoomerangBigot with a huge case of FantasticRacism against monsters.
125	** Omnitraxus was originally depicted as a mentoring guide and a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who guided Star into growing up to be a stronger woman. However, he, like the other members of the commission, suddenly became shady and racist bigots and went as far as helping Mina Loveberry ravage Mewni without question.
126	** Queen Moon was seriously derailed in the second half of season 4. Before that, she was shown to be a strict but [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure level-headed and wise queen]] of Mewni who wanted what she believed was best for her daughter Star and the kingdom of Mewni. However, she was revealed in the episode "Pizza Party" to having orchestrated a coup against Eclipsa by siding with The bigoted and insane Mina and creating a Solarrian army to accomplish this. This happened when Eclipsa already earned Moon’s trust at the end of season 3 and when it was already revealed that Queen Moon’s lineage were not really the rightful rulers of Mewni. Queen Moon did eventually get semi-retailed at the end of the season but her last character arc was all about her attempting damage control after Mina double-crosses her.
127	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': King Sombra [[GenericDoomsdayVillain didn't have much character]], but was shown in flashbacks and present to be a ColdHam, NoNonsenseNemesis smart enough to [[NearVillainVictory nearly win]] despite never directly confronting the heroes [[CrazyPrepared due to all the precautions he took to safeguard his weakness over 1000 years prior]]. Upon [[BackFromTheDead his resurrection]] by Grogar in the final season premier, he's inexplicably a LargeHam and SmugSnake who, after his smart plan to [[spoiler:fake defeat by the Elements of Harmony to follow them to their source and destroy them]], succumbs to [[VillainBall regular villain pitfalls]] of [[BondVillainStupidity leaving the heroes be after imprisoning them]] and failing to flea when things turn against him, with Grogar expecting him to be so inept he'd serve as an example to the other villains. Much FanWank ensued arguing this was do being [[CameBackWrong resurrected improperly]] or actually being a clone/replica, perhaps deliberately changed to serve Grogar's plan. [[spoiler:This turned out more plausible once it was revealed that "Grogar" was a disguised Discord who did it to teach the heroes confidence, but it's never stated if he changed anything intentionally or not.]] Note that Sombra's old ([[FlatCharacter lack of]]) characterization was [[BaseBreakingCharacter controversial enough]] the change wouldn't have been seen as so objectionable if not for it [[CanonDiscontinuity decanonizing]] his comic book portrayal which fleshed him out into a complex, TragicVillain while keeping his original traits which even many who didn't care for the comic saw as a superior portrayal.
128	* ''WesternAnimation/AngelsFriends'': In season two, Urie suddenly wants to be the chief of the FourGirlEnsemble like Raf do. Apart from the fact that AmbitionIsEvil for an angel, Urie never envied her best friend (or anyone else) in season one.
129	* A chief complaint regarding the later ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' cartoons (circa 1955 onwards) is that Woody is no longer an energetic, manic prankster, but instead a watered-down, generic hero character. [[ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat While the occasional short sometimes brought him back to his more manic roots]], they were few and far in between.
130	* ''WesternAnimation/ZigAndSharko'': Marina, who is usually lively and enthusiastic, acts like an insensitive and coldhearted person in the episode "Heart of Stone", for no apparent reason. Sharko spends the entire episode trying to make her feel emotions again.

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