History Main / Flanderization

* In the StarTrekNovelVerse, some accuse the StarTrekVulcansSoul trilogy of flanderizing the relationship between President Zife and Koll Azernal, with Zife being an ineffective president relying on scheming Azernal to run the government for him. It is certainly more obvious in this trilogy than in StarTrekATimeTo. The BrainsAndBrawn partnership of Rehaek and Torath from StarTrekTitan is flanderized by this trilogy, too.

* In VisualNovel/FateStayNight, Gilgamesh is an egocentric bastard who tries to commit genocide because he doesn't think humanity is worthy of his rule who has attraction to Saber because she keeps resisting him. In [[http://forums.nrvnqsr.com/showthread.php/766-Teach-us-Gil-sensei! Teach Us, Gil Sensei!]] said character is reduced to a whiny Saber fanboy willing to become a gym teacher just so he afford an apartment. Of course, being a comedy fic this is all PlayedForLaughs.

Note that the key to this trope is in how the process is a gradual thing, the character starts relatively normal then gains a few quirks, the quirks become more prominent and then gradually ''become'' the character. If it is simply about how the character is different early on before the writers know what to do with them, that is CharacterizationMarchesOn. Flanderization doesn't have to be a bad thing - sometimes it can be used to expand on a background character's personality when they are brought to the foreground, or make an otherwise bland character stand out more.

** And again in [[The Wrath of Kharn http://1d4chan.org/wiki/The_Wrath_of_Kharn]] short story.

* In ''TheHangoverPartII'', Alan's ManChild traits are driven UpToEleven.

* Hannibal Lecter, who first appeared in ''RedDragon'', was originally just a very intelligent and cultured man, whose expertise in his chosen field of psychiatry made him a particularly dangerous (and somewhat ironic) insane killer. By the (book) sequel, ''TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', he is quite clearly one of the greatest if not ''the'' greatest psychiatrist in the world, and by the threequel ''Hannibal'', he's revealed to be a world-class genius in pretty much any field he sets his mind to, from Renaissance art to particle physics.

* The ''StarTrek'' [[Film/StarTrek reboot]] has a bad habit of taking the most obvious character traits of the crew and amping them UpToEleven. The old Kirk was at times overconfident, and his attention was easily captured by a beautiful woman. The new Kirk is a cocky, arrogant {{Jerkass}} who in the first movie beds a literal GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe, and for the second they filmed a scene of him in bed with twin alien cat women. Old Chekov was the youngest person on the bridge crew, and spoke with a distinct Russian accent. New Chekov is only seventeen when we first see him on the bridge, which is explained by him being a genius prodigy. And his accent is played up to be nearly impenetrable. And so on.

* Pro Football Mock had a weekly feature during the 2012 NFL season (and before and beyond) called ''NFLQuarterbacksOnFacebook''. What started off as a bunch of fictionalized representations of NFL QB's talking smack eventually had certain quarterbacks develop certain habits. Matthew Stafford constantly confused Facebook with Twitter, Ben Roethlisberger [[DontExplainTheJoke constantly explained jokes]]. Andrew Luck became a [[ProfessionalButtKisser brown nosing suckup]]. Tony Romo became a StrawLoser with every loss, culminating in hosting a Super Bowl party where nobody came. Aaron Rodgers applied a pun to Discount Double check after most of his wins. Sam Bradford became a complete pervert who made horrifyingly disgusting analogies to what ties were. Russell Wilson became a {{troll}} who brought up everyone else's failures, like the Fail Mary, Robert Griffin III's knee injury, etc., [[BerserkButton and all the quarterbacks he beat in real life would give him a completely ridiculous death threat]]. Peyton Manning referring to himself as "[[NoIndoorVoice PEYTON GODDAMN MANNING]]" when he's angry. Tom Brady is a LovableSexManiac. Peyton and Brady are HeterosexualLifePartners. Joe Flacco saying that [[ToBeAMaster he's an elite quarterback]], but is [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer ignored or laughed at by the other quarterbacks]]. Matt Ryan being reminded that he hasn't won a playoff game. It was ActuallyPrettyFunny, but the characters often did some LampshadeHanging as to what jokes were getting stale.

* Pro Football Mock had a weekly feature during the 2012 NFL season (and before and beyond) called [[http://profootballmock.com/category/nfl-qbs-on-facebook/ NFL Quarterbacks on Facebook]]. What started off as a bunch of fictionalized representations of NFL QB's talking smack eventually had certain quarterbacks develop certain habits. Matthew Stafford constantly confused Facebook with Twitter, Ben Roethlisberger constantly explained jokes. Andrew Luck became a brown nosing suckup. Tony Romo became a StrawLoser with every loss, culminating in hosting a Super Bowl party where nobody came. Aaron Rodgers applied a pun to Discount Double check after most of his wins. Sam Bradford became a complete pervert who made horrifyingly disgusting analogies to what ties were. Russell Wilson became a troll who brought up everyone else's failures, like the Fail Mary, Robert Griffin III's knee injury, etc., [[BerserkButton and all the quarterbacks he beat in real life would give him a completely ridiculous death threat]]. Peyton Manning referring to himself as "[[NoIndoorVoice PEYTON GODDAMN MANNING]]" when he's angry. Tom Brady is a LovableSexManiac. Peyton and Brady are HeterosexualLifePartners. Joe Flacco saying that [[ToBeAMaster he's an elite quarterback]], but is [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer ignored or laughed at by the other quarterbacks]]. Matt Ryan being reminded that he hasn't won a playoff game. It was ActuallyPrettyFunny, but the characters often did some LampshadeHanging as to what jokes were getting stale.

* Pro Football Mock had a weekly feature during the 2012 NFL season (and before and beyond) called [[http://profootballmock.com/category/nfl-qbs-on-facebook/ NFL Quarterbacks on Facebook]]. What started off as a bunch of fictionalized representations of NFL QB's talking smack eventually had certain quarterbacks develop certain habits. Matthew Stafford constantly confused Facebook with Twitter, Ben Roethlisberger constantly explained jokes. Andrew Luck became a brown nosing suckup. Tony Romo became a StrawLoser with every loss, culminating in hosting a Super Bowl party where nobody came. Aaron Rodgers applied a pun to Discount Double check after most of his wins. Sam Bradford became a complete pervert who made horrifyingly disgusting analogies to what ties were. Russell Wilson, [[Troll every time he said one word]], [[BeserkButton all the quarterbacks he beat in real life would give him a completely ridiculous death threat]]. Peyton Manning referring to himself as "[[NoIndoorVoice PEYTON GODDAMN MANNING]]" when he's angry. Tom Brady is a LovableSexManiac. Peyton and Brady are HeterosexualLifePartners. Joe Flacco saying that [[ToBeAMaster he's an elite quarterback]], but is [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer ignored or laughed at by the other quarterbacks]]. Matt Ryan being reminded that he hasn't won a playoff game. It was ActuallyPrettyFunny, but the characters often did some LampshadeHanging as to what jokes were getting stale.

* Pro Football Mock had a weekly feature during the 2012 NFL season (and before and beyond) called [[http://profootballmock.com/category/nfl-qbs-on-facebook/ NFL Quarterbacks on Facebook]]. What started off as a bunch of fictionalized representations of NFL QB's talking smack eventually had certain quarterbacks develop certain habits. Matthew Stafford constantly confused Facebook with Twitter, Ben Roethlisberger constantly explained jokes. Andrew Luck became a brown nosing suckup. Tony Romo became a StrawLoser with every loss, culminating in hosting a Super Bowl party where nobody came. Aaron Rodgers applied a pun to Discount Double check after most of his wins. Sam Bradford became a complete pervert who made horrifyingly disgusting analogies to what ties were. Russell Wilson, every time he said one word, all the quarterbacks he beat in real life would give him a completely ridiculous death threat. Peyton Manning referring to himself as "[[NoIndoorVoice PEYTON GODDAMN MANNING]]" when he's angry. Tom Brady is a LovableSexManiac. Peyton and Brady are HeterosexualLifePartners. Joe Flacco saying that [[ToBeAMaster he's an elite quarterback]], but is [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer ignored or laughed at by the other quarterbacks]]. Matt Ryan being reminded that he hasn't won a playoff game. It was ActuallyPrettyFunny, but the characters often did some LampshadeHanging as to what jokes were getting stale.

* Pro Football Mock had a weekly feature during the 2012 NFL season (and before and beyond) called [[http://profootballmock.com/category/nfl-qbs-on-facebook/ NFL Quarterbacks on Facebook]]. What started off as a bunch of fictionalized representations of NFL QB's talking smack eventually had certain quarterbacks develop certain habits. Matthew Stafford constantly confused Facebook with Twitter, Ben Roethlisberger constantly explained jokes. Andrew Luck became a brown nosing suckup. Tony Romo became a StrawLoser with every loss, culminating in hosting a Super Bowl party where nobody came. Aaron Rodgers applied a pun to Discount Double check after most of his wins. Sam Bradford became a complete pervert who made horrifyingly disgusting analogies to what ties were. Russell Wilson, every time he said one word, all the quarterbacks he beat in real life would give him a completely ridiculous death threat. Peyton Manning referring to himself as "[[NoIndoorVoice PEYTON GODDAMN MANNING]]" when he's angry. Tom Brady is a LovableSexManiac. Peyton and Brady are HeterosexualLifePartners. Joe Flacco saying that [[ToBeAMaster he's an elite quarterback]], but is ignored or laughed at by the other quarterbacks. Matt Ryan being reminded that he hasn't won a playoff game. It was ActuallyPrettyFunny, but the characters often did some LampshadeHanging as to what jokes were getting stale.

* Pro Football Mock had a weekly feature during the 2012 NFL season (and before and beyond) called [[http://profootballmock.com/category/nfl-qbs-on-facebook/ NFL Quarterbacks on Facebook]]. What started off as a bunch of fictionalized representations of NFL QB's talking smack eventually had certain quarterbacks develop certain habits. Matthew Stafford constantly confused Facebook with Twitter, Ben Roethlisberger constantly explained jokes. Andrew Luck became a brown nosing suckup. Tony Romo became a StrawLoser with every loss, culminating in hosting a Super Bowl party where nobody came. Aaron Rodgers applied a pun to Discount Double check after most of his wins. Sam Bradford became a complete pervert who made horrifyingly disgusting analogies to what ties were. Russell Wilson, every time he said one word, all the quarterbacks he beat in real life would give him a completely ridiculous death threat. Peyton Manning referring to himself as "[[NoIndoorVoice PEYTON GODDAMN MANNING]]" when he's angry. Tom Brady is a LovableSexManiac. Peyton and Brady are HeterosexualLifePartners. Joe Flacco saying that he's an elite quarterback, but is ignored by the other quarterbacks. Matt Ryan being reminded that he hasn't won a playoff game. It was ActuallyPrettyFunny, but the characters often did some LampshadeHanging as to what jokes were getting stale.

* Pro Football Mock had a weekly feature during the 2012 NFL season (and before and beyond) called [[http://profootballmock.com/category/nfl-qbs-on-facebook/ NFL Quarterbacks on Facebook]]. What started off as a bunch of fictionalized representations of NFL QB's talking smack eventually had certain quarterbacks develop certain habits. Matthew Stafford constantly confused Facebook with Twitter, Ben Roethlisberger constantly explained jokes. Andrew Luck became a brown nosing suckup. Tony Romo became a StrawLoser with every loss, culminating in hosting a Super Bowl party where nobody came. Aaron Rodgers applied a pun to Discount Double check after most of his wins. Sam Bradford became a complete pervert who made horrifyingly disgusting analogies to what ties were. Russell Wilson, every time he said one word, all the quarterbacks he beat in real life would give him a completely ridiculous death threat. Peyton Manning referring to himself as "[[NoIndoorVoice PEYTON GODDAMN MANNING]]" when he's angry. Tom Brady is a LovableSexManiac who would boast about his victories and get angry whenever he loses. Peyton and Brady as HeterosexualLifePartners. Joe Flacco boasting about his eliteness, but the other QBs just laugh him off. It was ActuallyPrettyFunny, but the characters often did some LampshadeHanging as to what jokes were getting stale.

* Pro Football Mock had a weekly feature during the 2012 NFL season (and before and beyond) called NFL Quarterbacks on Facebook. What started off as a bunch of fictionalized representations of NFL QB's talking smack eventually had certain quarterbacks develop certain habits. Matthew Stafford constantly confused Facebook with Twitter, Ben Roethlisberger constantly explained jokes. Andrew Luck became a brown nosing suckup. Tony Romo became a StrawLoser with every loss, culminating in hosting a Super Bowl party where nobody came. Aaron Rodgers applied a pun to Discount Double check after most of his wins. Sam Bradford became a complete pervert who made horrifyingly disgusting analogies to what ties were, and Russell Wilson, every time he said one word, all the quarterbacks he beat in real life would give him a completely ridiculous death threat. It was ActuallyPrettyFunny, but the characters often did some LampshadeHanging as to what jokes were getting stale.

But that's an obvious one. Try ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': Captain Kirk is today depicted as a maverick, but on the series, he's as austere and by-the-book as Captain Picard. It wasn't until the films - specifically ''[[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock The Search For Spock]]'' when Kirk flagrantly defied rules to go save Spock - that he was branded as a renegade who makes [[LethalWeapon Martin Riggs]] look tepid by comparison.

But that's an obvious one. Try ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': Captain Kirk is today depicted as a maverick, but on the series, he's as austere and by-the-book as Captain Picard. It wasn't until the films - specifically ''[[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock The Search For Spock]]'', when Kirk flagrantly defied rules to go save Spock, that he was branded as a renegade who makes [[LethalWeapon Martin Riggs]] look tepid by comparison.

Named for one of the examples in ''TheSimpsons'', Ned Flanders, who was originally just a considerate neighbor and attentive father ([[{{Foil}} contrast to Homer]]), before becoming obsessively religous to the point of lunacy.

Named for one of the examples in ''TheSimpsons'', Ned Flanders, who was originally just a considerate neighbor and attentive father ([[TheFoil contrast to Homer]]), before becoming obsessively religous to the point of lunacy.

Named for one of the examples in ''TheSimpsons'', Ned Flanders, who was originally just a considerate neighbor and attentive father ([[AlwaysSomeoneBetter contrast to Homer]]), before becoming obsessively puritanical to the point of lunacy.

Named for one of the examples in ''TheSimpsons'', Ned Flanders, who was originally just a kind and mildly religious fellow ([[AlwaysSomeoneBetter contrast to Homer]]), if meek and a tad bit corny, before becoming obsessively religious and self-righteous to the point of bigotry.

* The Youtube user Benthelooney has suffered this in his videos. Originally, on his old [=PuffyZillaman4=] account, he was consistently calm and laidback, despite several rants. However, enter later half of 2010, and he becomes a lot more loud and aggressive in tone. This is possibly to add effect to his rants however. Another thing that has been flanderized about him, is his opinions. For example: In his "Nickelodeon" salute, he didn't exactly say he hated ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', but he didn't think that it aged well, but it was good for nostalgia purposes, but in a later video, he says he hates it, and that it's not even good for a "nostalgia trip" and was baffled that many people his age love it. The same could be said for his opinions on ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' and ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'. To add to this, he has received another Flanderization, when it comes to his opinion towards Pixar. In his older videos, he enjoyed their first couple of movies but wasn't too happy about their later ones and Pixar winning the Oscars. Now, it has gone to the extreme, of him actually hating Pixar, and thinking that they have ruined [[AnimationAgeGhetto animation]] . He has expressed hate for them in several comments.

* The Youtube user Benthelooney has suffered this in his videos. Originally, on his old [=PuffyZillaman4=] account, he was consistently calm and laidback, despite several rants. However, enter later half of 2010, and he becomes a lot more loud and aggressive in tone. This is possibly to add effect to his rants however. Another thing that has been flanderized about him, is his opinions. For example: In his "Nickelodeon" salute, he didn't exactly say he hated ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', but he didn't think that it aged well, but it was good for nostalgia purposes, but in a later video, he says he hates it, and that it's not even good for a "nostalgia trip" and was baffled that many people his age love it. The same could be said for his opinions on ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' and ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'. To add to this, he has received another Flanderization, when it comes to his opinion towards Pixar. In the PuffyZillaman4 days, he enjoyed their first couple of movies but wasn't too happy about their later ones and Pixar winning the Oscars. Now, it has gone to the extreme, of him actually hating Pixar, and thinking that they have ruined [[AnimationAgeGhetto animation]] . He has expressed hate for them in several comments.

** He even flat-out [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtOcX0wEbVE ranted]] on pixar. However, in occasional videos, he realises this and tries to go back to his 2009-2011 personna in occasional videos. Ben Tannehill(the web-show's creator) himself is pretty much the opposite of the character himself in real-life, as he is actually very nice.