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Has nothing to do with a character who can't forget their sins. For ''that'', see MyGreatestFailure, BeAllMySinsRemembered, TheAtoner, MyGodWhatHaveIDone, and CartesianKarma. FallenHero and FaceHeelTurn are the two most tragic examples of this.

Let's take a hypothetical show, ''[[AliceAndBob Bob Loves Alice]]''. There is a fan favorite episode where Bob gets caught up in a game of darts. He isn't that good, and he never really tries darts again. A bunch of fans like that episode enough that, in loads of FanFiction, Bob sucking at darts [[MemeticLoser is his defining characteristic]] and it's what everyone knows him for, when in actual {{Canon}}, it's never really mentioned again.

Compare {{Flanderization}}, DeadUnicornTrope, AudienceColoringAdaptation, BestKnownForTheFanservice, PlotTumor, TwoDecadesBehind, IAmNotSpock. StockParodyJokes often result from these moments.

* NeverLiveItDown/WebComics

->The reader also knows that everyone poos. But if the first thing a character does is poo in front of the reader, the reader will think of him as the Pooing Character forevermore.

->''"Reputation takes a lifetime to build and only seconds to destroy."''
-->-- '''Arnold Rothstein''', ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire''

->'''Milhouse:''' Then let's just say, I don't care what people think of me anymore.\\
'''Bart:''' You mean up until now you did care? Then why did you wear that tutu to school last week?\\
'''Milhouse:''' What about all the times I ''didn't'' wear a tutu? Nobody ever brings ''those'' up!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

** ''NeverLiveItDown/DCExtendedUniverse''

->''"Reputation takes a lifetime to build and only seconds to destroy."''
-->-- '''Arnold Rothstein''', ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire''

One of the results of MoralEventHorizon.

Has nothing to do with a character who can't forget their sins. For ''that'', see MyGreatestFailure, BeAllMySinsRemembered, TheAtoner, MyGodWhatHaveIDone, and CartesianKarma. Also compare OnceDoneNeverForgotten, another InUniverse counterpart. FallenHero and FaceHeelTurn are the two most tragic examples of this.

Has nothing to do with a character who can't forget their sins. For ''that'', see MyGreatestFailure, BeAllMySinsRemembered, TheAtoner, MyGodWhatHaveIDone, and CartesianKarma. FallenHero and FaceHeelTurn are the two most tragic examples of this.

Compare {{Flanderization}}, DeadUnicornTrope, AudienceColoringAdaptation, BestKnownForTheFanservice, PlotTumor, TwoDecadesBehind, IAmNotSpock.

Sometimes, this is perfectly understandable, if that action or event stands out more than anything else the character did. But just as often it doesn't, and it can seem as if some people just haven't been paying attention.

Many people have the tendency to take some characters and narrowly define them based on one action or event, often to the exclusion of other, often more important, actions of that character.

Often, this is perfectly understandable, if that action or event stands out more than anything else the character did. But just as often it doesn't, and it can seem as if some people just haven't been paying attention.

In short, it's like {{Flanderization}}, but instead of the {{canon}} actually making the character like that, {{fanon}} causes everyone to ''think'' the character is like that. Sounds silly, but [[TruthInTelevision it's all too real]].

In short, it's like {{Flanderization}}, but instead of actually making the character like that, everyone just ''thinks'' the character is like that. Sounds silly, but [[TruthInTelevision it's all too real]].

* NeverLiveItDown/AnimatedFilms

* NeverLiveItDown/{{Film}}

** ''NeverLiveItDown/Transformers''

** NeverLiveItDown/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic

RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun seems like this, but it merely harks back to a character's CrowningMomentOfAwesome, not pretend that's all the character does. Also related is OneSceneWonder, where a small guest star starts to dominate FanFic.