Basic Trope: Even after someone undergoes a traumatic transformation, they still retain some remnants of their original personality.
- Straight: After Wolfgang is transformed into a werewolf, he still retains elements of his original personality in wolf form.
- Exaggerated: Wolfgang is extremely monstrous-looking in his wolf form, but acts exactly like his original personality.
- Downplayed: Wolfgang doesn't undergo much of a physical transformation, but is brainwashed or something similar and still shows some signs that he hasn't changed completely.
- Justified:
- Wolfgang has Insanity Immunity.
- For whatever reason, the curse that turned him into a werewolf really does leave some parts of one's personality intact.
- Heroic Willpower
- Inverted: After turning into a werewolf, Wolfgang permanently forgets who he is entirely.
- Subverted: Wolfgang's friends see him acting like himself in wolf form, but it turns out that the action only coincidentally resembled something he does.
- Double Subverted:
- Later, they attempt to tell him "If you're really Wolfgang, do this!", and he does it correctly.
- Wolfgang was only acting like he didn't remember who he was because other werewolves were nearby.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted:
- Wolfgang never retains any of his regular personality in wolf form.
- Nobody is ever transformed into something else.
- Wolfgang wasn't transformed into a werewolf in any sort of traumatic way, keeping his personality entirely intact to begin with.
- Enforced: "I bet the audience is going to worry about Wolfgang after his transformation, so let's give them hope that he'll be okay."
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked:
- Wolfgang tries to remember who he is before he begins his transformation.
- The curse placed upon Wolfgang specifically allows for one to keep some elements of their personality.
- Exploited:
- His friends use his as a way to start the "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight and help bring him back to normal.
- Wolfgang takes this as a sign that he's starting to gain control of his wolf form, and begins to manage his transformations.
- Defied: Wolfgang ignores the remnants of his original personality and lets himself become a monster regardless.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "I wonder why some characters still act like themselves, even after they're turned into giant monsters."
Oh, good, you're still acting somewhat like yourself! Now let's go back to Personality Remnant so we can help you.
