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** '' In "Cracking Mrs. Croaker," Sprig is obsessed with being liked by everyone in town, though he's never cared as much about his reputation before. It drives the plot of finding out more about Mrs. Croaker's backstory.
** In "Children of the Spore", Anne, Polly and Sprig's shenanigans and desire for entertainment are exaggerated; all three completely ignore Hop Pop and constantly destroy his staff. It was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the end, where the three admitted they were worse than usual.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'', Rufus's [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny tendency for daydreaming and lacking focus]] is pointed out several times, but because he is often a HeroAntagonist, it only becomes exceptionally apparent in a handful of limelight episodes such as the pilot and "Urpgor's Island".

** "Benderama" exaggerates Bender's laziness.
** "The Duh-Vinci Code" exaggerates Fry's stupidity.

** In "The Last Mabelcorn," Mabel suddenly stresses how she has a "pure heart" and constantly tries to be the best person she can be.
** In "The Love God," Mabel's matchmaking tendencies are turned way up.
** Grunkle Stan's shady tendencies are highlighted in "The Stanchurian Candidate" - he can't give a speech without revealing his amoral nature, and at the end, a reporter gleefully lists all his crimes.
* Mandy's PerpetualFrowner trait gets emphasised in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''. The episode insists that Mandy has never once smiled since being ''conceived''. When she does smile, it brings upon the end of the world. Mandy has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI1670PVrsM smiled and smirked]] several times throughout the series, especially in earlier seasons prior to her {{flanderization}} into an EnfantTerrible.

** In "Look Before You Sleep," Applejack and Rarity's messy and neat-freak tendencies become the focus when they're forced to spend the night together.

** Spike, who's normally the StraightMan and TheReliableOne who's somewhat immature and selfish, tends to become obliviously stupid and incompetent, or obnoxiously selfish in focus episodes like "Spike at Your Service" and "Princess Spike".

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Several episodes in the post-movie seasons have [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick transform from naive, childish, and clueless into complete idiots who can barely function as living beings, particularly the episodes involving [[TheChewToy Squidward]]. Squidward himself even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in "Squid Baby" when he asks them if they are "acting even'' more ''infantile than usual."

** In the pilot episode, Marco is introduced as the "safe kid," and he spends several scenes in the episode protecting Star from perceived threats like open locker doors. This is toned down in all the other episodes.
** In "Sleep Spells", Marco is both more focused on being a psychiatrist and more disturbed by the number of times Star's saved his life compared to the other way around. These traits don't come up to such a degree outside of this episode.

** "The Helper" exaggerates Wander's tendency to obsessively care for others to the point where he was driven crazy when he was unable to find someone to help.
** "The Timebomb" is the only episode to really show off Sylvia's problem with competition.

* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': In ''ComicBook/ThePunisher2001'', Writer Creator/GarthEnnis portrays guest star [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]] as a broad parody of his more usual Franchise/MarvelUniverse version. His intelligence and skills are downplayed and he's portrayed as a violent drunk who relies on his healing factor to survive, and monologues to himself incessantly. [[Characters/MarvelComicsFrankCastle The Punisher]] mangles him in various ways for comedic effect.

* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher2001'': Writer Creator/GarthEnnis portrays guest star [[Characters/WolverineJamesLoganHowlett Wolverine]] as a broad parody of his more usual Franchise/MarvelUniverse version. His intelligence and skills are downplayed and he's portrayed as a violent drunk who relies on his healing factor to survive, and monologues to himself incessantly. The Punisher mangles him in various ways for comedic effect.

* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher2001'': Writer Creator/GarthEnnis portrays guest star [[Characters/WolverineJamesLoganHowlett Wolverine]] as a broad parody of his more usual Franchise/MarvelUniverse version. His intelligence and skills are downplayed and he's portrayed as a violent drunk who relies on his healing factor to survive. The Punisher mangles him in various ways for comedic effect.