History CharacterDerailment / NewspaperComics

* ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'':
** Probably the most extreme example out of this page, {{Jerkass}} AmoralAttorney [[ComicStrip/BloomCounty Steve Dallas]] gets kidnapped by aliens and {{Brainwashed}} into a touchy-feely, effeminate hippie. Ironic, because this is also one of the best cases of Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad. Avoiding {{Snapback}} and WeWantOurJerkBack typically associated with this trope for several years, Steve Dallas becomes a much more sympathetic character and even patches up his relationship with his mother during this time period. Steve later ended up being too annoying, and Hodge-Podge did start to [[WeWantOurJerkBack want the original Steve back]], so he ended up back to his old self. And in yet another case of Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad for Steve Dallas, in the current Internet-only revival, Steve has become a more caring person, befriending a young boy dying of cancer and going out of his way to make the child's hospital stay brighter and easier...and Steve still maintains his "jerk" facade towards the other characters. The strips are guaranteed TearJerker territory.
** Also another example of Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, Opus was derailed from a generic FunnyAnimal to the neurotic, politics obsessed, couch potato materialist we all know and love today.
** For most of the comic, when Bill the Cat wasn't in a drug-induced coma or brain dead, he did nothing but [[TheUnintelligible spout gibberish]]. Toward the end of the comic's run, he was kidnapped and had UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's brain transplanted into him.
* The dad in ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'' was originally a lot more [[http://www.familycircus.com/files/60/images/601022.gif buffoonish]], and used to be more devious -- such as sneaking his own booze into a sporting event, banging on the table when Thel tries talking to him, et cetera. By the 1970s he was a lot [[http://www.familycircus.com/files/70/images/720813.gif trimmer]] and wore glasses, and his personality became a lot more sympathetic. His is yet another example of Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad.
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** Probably the most extreme example out of this page, {{Jerkass}} AmoralAttorney [[ComicStrip/BloomCounty Steve Dallas]] gets kidnapped by aliens and {{Brainwashed}} into a touchy-feely, effeminate hippie. Ironic, because this is also one of the best cases of TropesAreNotBad. Avoiding {{Snapback}} and WeWantOurJerkBack typically associated with this trope for several years, Steve Dallas becomes a much more sympathetic character and even patches up his relationship with his mother during this time period. Steve later ended up being too annoying, and Hodge-Podge did start to [[WeWantOurJerkBack want the original Steve back]], so he ended up back to his old self. And in yet another case of TropesAreNotBad for Steve Dallas, in the current Internet-only revival, Steve has become a more caring person, befriending a young boy dying of cancer and going out of his way to make the child's hospital stay brighter and easier...and Steve still maintains his "jerk" facade towards the other characters. The strips are guaranteed TearJerker territory.
** Also another example of TropesAreNotBad, Opus was derailed from a generic FunnyAnimal to the neurotic, politics obsessed, couch potato materialist we all know and love today.

* The dad in ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'' was originally a lot more [[http://www.familycircus.com/files/60/images/601022.gif buffoonish]], and used to be more devious -- such as sneaking his own booze into a sporting event, banging on the table when Thel tries talking to him, et cetera. By the 1970s he was a lot [[http://www.familycircus.com/files/70/images/720813.gif trimmer]] and wore glasses, and his personality became a lot more sympathetic. His is yet another example of TropesAreNotBad.

* Probably the most extreme example out of this page, {{Jerkass}} AmoralAttorney [[ComicStrip/BloomCounty Steve Dallas]] gets kidnapped by aliens and {{Brainwashed}} into a touchy-feely, effeminate hippie. Ironic, because this is also one of the best cases of TropesAreNotBad. Avoiding {{Snapback}} and WeWantOurJerkBack typically associated with this trope for several years, Steve Dallas becomes a much more sympathetic character and even patches up his relationship with his mother during this time period.
** This character also a rare case of this trope being subverted. Steve ended up being too annoying, and Hodge-Podge did start to [[WeWantOurJerkBack want the original Steve back]], so he ended up back to his old self.
*** And in yet another case of TropesAreNotBad for Steve Dallas, in the current Internet-only revival, it's being played straight again. Steve has become a more caring person, befriending a young boy dying of cancer and going out of his way to make the child's hospital stay brighter and easier...and Steve still maintains his "jerk" facade towards the other characters. The strips are guaranteed TearJerker territory.

** This happens again in ''Bloom County'' with Bill the Cat. For most of the comic, when he wasn't in a drug-induced coma or brain dead, he did nothing but [[TheUnintelligible spout gibberish]]. Toward the end of the comic's run, he was kidnapped and had UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's brain transplanted into him.

* Not too many people know that the ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' segments on ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' were based on a comic strip of the same name, also created by ''{{ComicStrip/Garfield}}'' creator Jim Davis. In any event, there weren't too many changes from the ''US Acres'' strip to the animated version... except in two characters: Bo Sheep went from TheDitz to a somewhat normal-intelligence SurferDude; and Sheldon lost his introspective, meditating edge to become basically a one-note character whose main joke was that his shell was a ClownCarBase. To a lesser extent, Bo's sister Lanolin was tamed in the transition.
** There's some people who like comic book Bo and other people who like cartoon Bo better because some people feel Cartoon Bo was given more depth from a one note ditz to a GeniusDitz. Some people also actually like cartoon Lanolin and felt she was given more depth then just a one note {{Jerkass}}. And there WERE a lot of changes from the strip to the cartoon. While Sheldon may not have changed for the better, others did. Orson, Roy and Wade were given more depth in the cartoon version. Cartoon Orson's less of an annoying idiot, Cartoon Roy went from a one note jerkass to more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and Wade improved the most. He went from a pointless ChewToy which was [[DudeNotFunny unbearable to read in the strips]], to a (non ChewToy) [[CloudCuckooLander wacky]] funny LovableCoward. The biggest change (for the better) was Roy and Wade's friendship. In the comic version, Wade didn't stand up for himself much towards Roy but in the cartoon version, Wade retaliated to Roy to the point where arguing with Roy was usually the possible only thing Wade wasn't afraid of! Roy and Wade also became much more VitriolicBestBuds and closer friends as later seasons went on.

*** And in yet another case of TropesAreNotBad for Steve Dallas, in the current Internet-only revival, Steve has become a more caring person, befriending a young boy dying of cancer and going out of his way to make the child's hospital stay brighter and easier...and Steve still maintains his "jerk" facade towards the other characters. The strips are guaranteed TearJerker territory.

** This happens again in ''Bloom County'' with Bill the Cat. For most of the comic, when he wasn't in a drug-induced coma or brain dead, he did nothing but [[TheUnintelligible spout gibberish]]. Toward the end of the comic's run, he was kidnapped and had Donald Trump's brain transplanted into him.

** There's some people who like comic book Bo and other people who like cartoon Bo better because some people feel Cartoon Bo was given more depth from a one note ditz to a GeniusDitz. Some people also actually like cartoon Lanolin and felt she was given more depth then just a one note {{Jerkass}}. And there WAS a lot of changes from the strip to the cartoon. While Sheldon may not have changed for the better, others did. Orson, Roy and Wade were given more depth in the cartoon version. Cartoon Orson's less of an annoying idiot, Cartoon Roy went from a one note jerkass to more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and Wade improved the most. He went from a pointless ChewToy which was [[DudeNotFunny unbearable to read in the strips]], to a (non ChewToy) [[CloudCuckooLander wacky]] funny LovableCoward. The biggest change (for the better) was Roy and Wade's friendship. In the comic version, Wade didn't stand up for himself much towards Roy but in the cartoon version, Wade retaliated to Roy to the point where arguing with Roy was usually the possible only thing Wade wasn't afraid of! Roy and Wade also became much more VitriolicBestBuds and closer friends as later seasons went on.

** There's some people who like comic book Bo and other people who like cartoon Bo better because some people feel Cartoon Bo was given more depth from a one note ditz to a GeniusDitz. Some people also actually like cartoon Lanolin and felt she was given more depth then just a one note {{Jerkass}}. And there WAS alot of changes from the strip to the cartoon. While Sheldon may not have changed for the better, others did. Orson, Roy and Wade were given more depth in the cartoon version. Cartoon Orson's less of an annoying idiot, Cartoon Roy went from a one note jerkass to more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and Wade improved the most. He went from a pointless ChewToy which was [[DudeNotFunny unbearable to read in the strips]], to a (non ChewToy) [[CloudCuckooLander wacky]] funny LovableCoward. The biggest change(for the better) was Roy and Wade's friendship. In the comic version, Wade didn't stand up for himself much towards Roy but in the cartoon version, Wade retaliated to Roy to the point where arguing with Roy was usually the possible only thing Wade wasn't afraid of! Roy and Wade also became much more VitriolicBestBuds and closer friends as later seasons went on.

*** That one may be a better example of ''CharacterizationMarchesOn''.

** There's some people who like comic book Bo and other people who like cartoon Bo better because some people feel Cartoon Bo was given more depth from a one note ditz to a GeniusDitz. Some people also actually like cartoon Lanolin and felt she was given more depth then just a one note {{Jerkass}}. And there WAS alot of changes from the strip to the cartoon. While Sheldon may not have changed for the better, other did. Orson, Roy and Wade were given more depth in the cartoon version. Cartoon Orson's less of an annoying idiot, Cartoon Roy went from a one note jerkass to more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and Wade improved the most. He went from a pointless ChewToy which was [[DudeNotFunny unbearable to read in the strips]], to a (non ChewToy) [[CloudCuckooLander wacky]] funny LovableCoward. The biggest change(for the better) was Roy and Wade's friendship. In the comic version, Wade didn't stand up for himself much towards Roy but in the cartoon version, Wade retaliated to Roy to the point where argue with Roy was usually the possible only thing Wade wasn't afraid of! Roy and Wade also became much more VitriolicBestBuds and closer friends as later seasons went on.

** There's some people who like comic book Bo and other people who like cartoon Bo better because some people feel Cartoon Bo was given more depth form a one note ditz to a GeniusDitz. Some people also actually cartoon Lanolin and felt she was given more depth then just a one note {{Jerkass}}. And there WAS alot of changes from the strip to the cartoon. While Sheldon may not have changed for the better, other did. Orson, Roy and Wade were given more depth in the cartoon version. Cartoon Orson's less of an annoying idiot, Cartoon Roy went from a one note jerkass to more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and Wade improved the most. He went from a pointless ChewToy which was [[DudeNotFunny unbearable to read in the strips]], to a (non ChewToy) [[CloudCuckooLander wacky]] funny LovableCoward. The biggest change(for the better) was Roy and Wade's friendship. In the comic version, Wade didn't stand up for himself much towards Roy but in the cartoon version, Wade retaliated to Roy to the point where argue with Roy was usually the possible only thing Wade wasn't afraid of! Roy and Wade also became much more VitriolicBestBuds and closer friends as later seasons went on.

** There's some people who like comic book Bo and other people who like cartoon Bo better because some people feel Cartoon Bo was given more depth form a one note ditz to a GeniusDitz. Some people also actually cartoon Lanolin and felt she was given more depth then just a one note {{Jerkass}}. And there WAS alot of changes from the strip to the cartoon. While Sheldon may not have changed for the better, other did. Orson, Roy and Wade were given more depth in the cartoon version. Cartoon Orson's less of an annoying idiot, Cartoon Roy went from a one note jerkass to more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and Wade improved the most. He went from a pointless ChewToy which was [[DudeNotFunny unbearable to read in the strips]], to a (non ChewToy) [[CloudCuckooLander wacky]] funny LoveableCoward.

* Probably the most extreme example out of this page, {{Jerkass}} AmoralAttorney [[BloomCounty Steve Dallas]] gets kidnapped by aliens and {{Brainwashed}} into a touchy-feely, effeminate hippie. Ironic, because this is also one of the best cases of TropesAreNotBad. Avoiding {{Snapback}} and WeWantOurJerkBack typically associated with this trope for several years, Steve Dallas becomes a much more sympathetic character and even patches up his relationship with his mother during this time period.

** Also another example of TropesAreNotBad, Opus from the [[BloomCounty same comic]] was derailed from a generic FunnyAnimal to the neurotic, politics obsessed, couch potato materialist we all know and love today.

** This happens again in ''BloomCounty'' with Bill the Cat. For most of the comic, when he wasn't in a drug-induced coma or brain dead, he did nothing but [[TheUnintelligible spout gibberish]]. Toward the end of the comic's run, he was kidnapped and had Donald Trump's brain transplanted into him.
* The dad in ''TheFamilyCircus'' was originally a lot more [[http://www.familycircus.com/files/60/images/601022.gif buffoonish]], and used to be more devious -- such as sneaking his own booze into a sporting event, banging on the table when Thel tries talking to him, et cetera. By the 1970s he was a lot [[http://www.familycircus.com/files/70/images/720813.gif trimmer]] and wore glasses, and his personality became a lot more sympathetic. His is yet another example of TropesAreNotBad.
* Not too many people know that the ''USAcres'' segments on ''GarfieldAndFriends'' were based on a comic strip of the same name, also created by ''{{Garfield}}'' creator Jim Davis. In any event, there weren't too many changes from the ''US Acres'' strip to the animated version... except in two characters: Bo Sheep went from TheDitz to a somewhat normal-intelligence SurferDude; and Sheldon lost his introspective, meditating edge to become basically a one-note character whose main joke was that his shell was a ClownCarBase. To a lesser extent, Bo's sister Lanolin was tamed in the transition.

* Not too many people know that the ''USAcres'' segments on ''GarfieldAndFriends'' were based on a comic strip of the same name, also created by ''{{Garfield}}'' creator Jim Davis. In any event, there weren't too many changes from the ''US Acres'' strip to the animated version... except in two characters: Bo Sheep went from TheDitz to a somewhat normal-intelligence SurferDude; and Sheldon lost his introspective, meditating edge to become basically a one-note character whose main joke was that his shell was a ClownCarBase.
** That's nothing! In the original comics, Lanolin was a [[{{No Indoor Voice}} loud-mouthed]] {{Jerk Ass}}, who would even give Roy a run for his money, yet in the TV series, she wasn't quite as vicious towards Roy as she was in the comics, but at least she still kept her propensity for yelling at the others when really mad.

** This character also a rare case of this trope being subverted. Steve ended up being too annoying, and Hodge-Podge did start to [[WeWantOurJerkBack want the original Steve back]].

** This character also a rare case of this trope being subverted; at the end of ''BloomCounty'''s run he ends up derailing himself again into exactly the same character before.
*** Actually, Steve ended up being too annoying, and Hodge-Podge did start to [[WeWantOurJerkBack want the original Steve back]].

** This character also a rare case of this trope being subverted, though [[YourMileageMayVary arguably not for the better]]; at the end of ''BloomCounty'''s run he ends up derailing himself again into exactly the same character before.

* Not too many people know that the ''USAcres'' segments on ''GarfieldAndFriends'' were based on a comic strip of the same name, also created by ''{{Garfield}}'' creator Jim Davis. In any event, there weren't too many changes from the ''US Acres'' strip to the animated version... except in two characters: Bo Sheep went from a RalphWiggum to a somewhat normal-intelligence SurferDude; and Sheldon lost his introspective, meditating edge to become basically a one-note character whose main joke was that his shell was a ClownCarBase.