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"Do something, Joel! This aggressive niceness is making me feel really uncomfortable!"

A common Sit Com plot where the total ass learns his lesson, turns sweet and benevolent – and becomes absolutely intolerable, making the other characters yearn for the original personality. Eventually the character in question will revert to normal, and the reaction will either be relief, or realization that he really is worse in his obnoxious form.

A subset of Flowers For Algernon Syndrome. This becomes worse if the cast caused this change intentionally, because Pygmalion Snap Back means the Jerk Ass returns to his jerky nature and has an ax to grind.

This can also refer to a situation where the Jerk Ass is replaced, much to the relief of the other characters... at first. It turns out that the replacement is either much worse, or is so nice that nobody can stand them. Luckily, the regular Jerk Ass will be reinstated, but nobody will ever mention this again.

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