History Main / TookALevelInCheerfulness

The world can seem like such a joyless, gray, dark place, empty of hope, where dreams are ephemeral lifelines, where joy and passion seem pointless and fake, and pain is the only thing that's authentic. Yet, sometimes, meeting the right person, witnessing the right moment, can teach one that there's more to life than suffering—can teach one to smile again. This doesn't mean that they've acquired better morals, or even that they gained hope: they may instead be ConditionedToAcceptHorror, [[DoctorStrangelove stop worrying, and love the bomb.]]

** Setsuna started as cold as ice due to seeing herself as a FailureKnight, but after the events of the Kyoto Arc, she opened up a lot more and became friendlier and more happy. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Evangeline]] during their match in the Mahora Festival TournamentArc, where she told Setsuna to give up her newfound happiness because it made her boring and weak.

* Lydia in ''Film/Beetlejuice'' is a very unhappy {{Goth}} teenager. Through forming a bond with a couple of friendly ghosts, she becomes much [[PerkyGoth perkier]] in the end.

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* [[ShrinkingViolet Violet Parr]] from Pixar's ''Film/TheIncredibles'' starts out massively introverted and socially miserable, too imploded to even speak to a boy she likes. After embracing her super side to thwart the villainous [[BigBad Syndrome]], Violet emerges from her cocoon and starts making friends.

* The titular kitten [[CuteKitten Oliver]] from Disney's ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'' starts out as a giveaway kitten in a cardboard box. Evening rain, a sewer of doom, feral dogs ... life sucks for this kitten. By the end of the story, however, the kitten has a name and a home and [[LonelyRichKid Jenny Foxworth]] ... yeah, life is good for Oliver.

** Twilight Sparkle started off the series as an acerbic recluse, and uninterested in socializing in favor of her studies for [[TheHighQueen Princess Celestia]]. After the events of the pilot, she comes to appreciate the importance of friendship, and slowly becomes more cheerful and friendly (if still sometimes snarky). [[CharacterizationMarchesOn It's rather odd to watch earlier episodes compared to those of later on]], where she is sometimes extremely perky and even a bit naive.

** Twilight Sparkle started off the series as an acerbic recluse, and uninterested in socializing in favor of her studies for Princess Celestia. After the events of the pilot, she comes to appreciate the importance of friendship, and slowly becomes more cheerful and friendly (if still sometimes snarky). [[CharacterizationMarchesOn It's rather odd to watch earlier episodes compared to those of later on]], where she is sometimes extremely perky and even a bit naive.

* [[ShrinkingViolet Violet Parr]] from Pixar's ''Film/TheIncredibles'' starts out massively introverted and socially miserable, too imploded to even speak to a boy she likes. After embracing her super side to thwart the villainous Syndrome, Violet emerges from her cocoon and starts making friends.

* Merrill from the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' series. She was very serious in the first game, then became almost a CloudCuckooLander in the second.

* Queen Elsa of ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', first when she sings her iconic ''Let It Go'' solo, and for the first time in forever releases the energies pent up in her, and later after she truly masters her powers.

* [[TheBeastmaster Lutecia Alpine]] is an EmotionlessGirl in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS'' but falls squarely into the GenkiGirl category by the time of ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaViVid'', thanks to having been removed from control of the evil Dr. Jail Scaglietti and reunited with her adoring mother Megane.

* The titular kitten [[CuteKitten Oliver]] from Disney's ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'' starts out as a giveaway kitten in a cardboard box. Evening rain, a sewer of doom, feral dogs ... life sucks for this kitten. By the end of the story, however, the kitten has a name and a home and [[LonelyRichChild Jenny Foxworth]] ... yeah, life is good for Oliver.

** [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Pinkie Pie]] used to be a very dour, American Gothic kind of little girl, but then she witnessed something amazing, and felt herself smile for the firs time. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inHQ4fqThKM Inducing this in others is Pinkie Pie's Life Mission]].
* The titular kitten Oliver from Disney's ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'' starts out as a giveaway kitten in a cardboard box. Evening rain, a sewer of doom, feral dogs ... life sucks for this kitten. By the end of the story, however, the kitten has a name and a home and Jenny Foxworth ... yeah, life is good for Oliver.

* [[EvilFormerFriend Siren/Ellen]] from ''Anime/SuitePrecure'' started out as cold and hostile towards [[CuteKitten Hummy]], however after her HeelFaceTurn as [[SixthRanger Cure Beat]], which resulted her to be [[ShapeshiftModeLock trapped in her human form]], she has become a GenkiGirl.

* [[EvilFormerFriend Siren/Ellen]] from ''Anime/SuitePrecure'' started out as cold and hostile towards [[CuteKitten Hummy]], however after her HeelFaceTurn as Cure Beat, which resulted her to be [[trapped in her human form, she has become a GenkiGirl.

* Farley Wink's secretary [[SexySecretary Sawyer]] from ''Film/CatsDontDance'' is a BrokenBird, having come to Hollywood with talent and enthusiasm, but was crushed by Hollywood's humanist hegemony. Likewise for many of the FunnyAnimals sitting morosely in Farley's office. Danny Cat arrives with the same enthusiasm, which ultimately reawakens their performer spirit, and they finish the film glowing in triumph and applause.

* Lutecia Alpine is an EmotionlessGirl in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS'' but falls squarely into the GenkiGirl category by the time of ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaViVid'', thanks to having been removed from control of the evil Dr. Jail Scaglietti and reunited with her adoring mother Megane.

* [[EvilFormerFriend Siren/Ellen]] from ''Anime/SuitePrecure'' started out as cold and hostile towards Hummy, however after her HeelFaceTurn as Cure Beat, which resulted her to be trapped in her human form, she has become a GenkiGirl.

** [[{{Cloudcucckolander}} Pinkie Pie]] used to be a very dour, American Gothic kind of little girl, but then she witnessed something amazing, and felt herself smile for the firs time. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inHQ4fqThKM Inducing this in others is Pinkie Pie's Life Mission]].

* Farley Wink's secretary Sawyer from ''Film/CatsDontDance'' is a BrokenBird, having come to Hollywood with talent and enthusiasm, but was crushed by Hollywood's humanist hegemony. Likewise for many of the FunnyAnimals sitting morosely in Farley's office. Danny Cat arrives with the same enthusiasm, which ultimately reawakens their performer spirit, and they finish the film glowing in triumph and applause.

* [[FormerEvilFriend Siren/Ellen]] from ''Anime/SuitePrecure'' started out as cold and hostile towards Hummy, however after her HeelFaceTurn as Cure Beat, which resulted her to be trapped in her human form, she has become a GenkiGirl.

* Siren/Ellen from ''Anime/SuitePrecure'' started out as cold and hostile towards Hummy, however after her HeelFaceTurn as Cure Beat, which resulted her to be trapped in her human form, she has become a GenkiGirl.

* Violet Parr from Pixar's ''Film/TheIncredibles'' starts out massively introverted and socially miserable, too imploded to even speak to a boy she likes. After embracing her super side to thwart the villainous Syndrome, Violet emerges from her cocoon and starts making friends.

* Gwen from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' started out as a pessimistic {{Goth}}. By later episodes, she has become a PerkyGoth.

** Pinkie Pie used to be a very dour, American Gothic kind of little girl, but then she witnessed something amazing, and felt herself smile for the firs time. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inHQ4fqThKM Inducing this in others is Pinkie Pie's Life Mission]].