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* The main six (the most notable being T.J. and Gus) and Miss Grotke in ''RecessSchoolsOut''
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* In the recent DoraTheExplorer Christmas special Swiper the fox had this little exchange with his [[FutureMeScaresMe future self]].
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* In the recent DoraTheExplorer Christmas special ''DoraTheExplorer'' ChristmasSpecial Swiper the fox had this little exchange with his [[FutureMeScaresMe future self]].
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* ''[=~Avatar: The Last Airbender~=]'': Many people found Katara's sudden leap from being second to Aang in waterbending to being Aang's more skilled trainer rather jarring (the fact that her training was handled entirely [[SecondHandStorytelling offscreen]] and concluded with the use of AsYouKnow does little to rectify). It helps that they point out that Katara is [[TheDeterminator driven to excel]], which enables her to get more out of quality training than her BrilliantButLazy beau.
* ''[=~Avatar: The Last Airbender~=]'': Many people found Katara's sudden leap from being second to Aang in waterbending to being Aang's more skilled trainer rather jarring (the fact that her training was handled entirely [[SecondHandStorytelling offscreen]] and concluded with the use of AsYouKnow does little to rectify). It helps that they point out that Katara is [[TheDeterminator driven to excel]], which enables her to get more out of quality training than her BrilliantButLazy beau.
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-->'''Future Swiper:''' "[[DangerouslyGenreSavvy THAT]] doesn't work anymore!" (steals his time travel TimeTravel cape)
*''[=~Avatar: The Last Airbender~=]'': ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Many people found Katara's sudden leap from being second to Aang in waterbending to being Aang's more skilled trainer rather jarring (the fact that her training was handled entirely [[SecondHandStorytelling offscreen]] and concluded with the use of AsYouKnow does little to rectify). It helps that they point out that Katara is [[TheDeterminator driven to excel]], which enables her to get more out of quality training than her BrilliantButLazy beau.
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* In the ''FamilyGuy'' episode "Dial Meg for Murder" [[ButtMonkey Meg Griffin]] turns into a hardened criminal after three weeks in a prison (due to sheltering an escaped convict) and returns the suffering inflicted on her over the years to her family and fellow students. This is just [[StatusQuoIsGod an one-episode thing]] though.
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* In the ''FamilyGuy'' ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Dial Meg for Murder" [[ButtMonkey Meg Griffin]] turns into a hardened criminal after three weeks in a prison (due to sheltering an escaped convict) and returns the suffering inflicted on her over the years to her family and fellow students. This is just [[StatusQuoIsGod an one-episode thing]] though.
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* TeenTitans' Slade took a level in badass come season 4. After being absent for a season, (Due to being betrayed and apparently killed by his apprentice) he comes back with magical powers and proceeds to beat the Titans senseless without even breaking a sweat.
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* TeenTitans' ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''' Slade took a level in badass come season 4. After being absent for a season, (Due to being betrayed and apparently killed by his apprentice) he comes back with magical powers and proceeds to beat the Titans senseless without even breaking a sweat.
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* When he first appears, Willy Watt of BatmanBeyond is a typical scrawny nerd. After a few months in juvenile hall, he becomes a buff badboy that even the other kids in juvie are afraid of.
* PrinceCharming from ''{{Cinderella}}'' goes from a handsome and good-hearted but otherwise boring guy with ten lines and whose greatest piece of CharacterDevelopment is yawning boredly at the ball in the first movie, to a {{Determinator}} who leaps from his horse to a moving ship, slides downs the sail using his sword, and uses that same sword to block magic spells, as if he was [[TheLittleMermaid Prince Eric]] reincarnated. All of this, to make sure that [[spoiler: his beloved Cindy won't be [[PutOnABus shipped away from him]].]].
* PrinceCharming from ''{{Cinderella}}'' goes from a handsome and good-hearted but otherwise boring guy with ten lines and whose greatest piece of CharacterDevelopment is yawning boredly at the ball in the first movie, to a {{Determinator}} who leaps from his horse to a moving ship, slides downs the sail using his sword, and uses that same sword to block magic spells, as if he was [[TheLittleMermaid Prince Eric]] reincarnated. All of this, to make sure that [[spoiler: his beloved Cindy won't be [[PutOnABus shipped away from him]].]].
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* When he first appears, Willy Watt of BatmanBeyond ''BatmanBeyond'' is a typical scrawny nerd. After a few months in juvenile hall, he becomes a buff badboy that even the other kids in juvie are afraid of.
* PrinceCharming from''{{Cinderella}}'' ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' goes from a handsome and good-hearted but otherwise boring guy with ten lines and whose greatest piece of CharacterDevelopment is yawning boredly at the ball in the first movie, to a {{Determinator}} who leaps from his horse to a moving ship, slides downs the sail using his sword, and uses that same sword to block magic spells, as if he was [[TheLittleMermaid Prince Eric]] reincarnated. All of this, to make sure that [[spoiler: his beloved Cindy won't be [[PutOnABus shipped away from him]].]].
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* Harold in ''TotalDramaIsland'' was a lanky geek who was constantly abused by his teamates, particularly the local JerkAss Duncan. In the [[TotalDramaAction second season,]] he is much more helpful to his team, saves the entire cast from drowing, and eventually gets his revenge on Duncan (by [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome punching his lights out]]).
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* Harold in ''TotalDramaIsland'' ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'' was a lanky geek who was constantly abused by his teamates, particularly the local JerkAss Duncan. In the [[TotalDramaAction second season,]] he is much more helpful to his team, saves the entire cast from drowing, and eventually gets his revenge on Duncan (by [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome punching his lights out]]).
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* Harold in TotalDramaIsland was a lanky geek who was constantly abused by his teamates, particularly the local JerkAss Duncan. In the [[TotalDramaAction second season,]] he is much more helpful to his team, saves the entire cast from drowing, and eventually gets his revenge on Duncan (by [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome punching his lights out]]).
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* Harold in TotalDramaIsland ''TotalDramaIsland'' was a lanky geek who was constantly abused by his teamates, particularly the local JerkAss Duncan. In the [[TotalDramaAction second season,]] he is much more helpful to his team, saves the entire cast from drowing, and eventually gets his revenge on Duncan (by [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome punching his lights out]]).
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-->'''Future Swiper:''' "[[DangerouslyGenreSavvy THAT]] doesn't work anymore!"(steals his time travel cape)
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** Don't forget Zuko's uncle Iroh, already pretty badass, working off the extra weight he'd gained in retirement and taking further levels in badass.
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* Remember when Cobra Commander of ''[[GIJoe G.I. Joe]]'' was a whiny twit of silly schemes? When he [[spoiler:destroys Moscow as a show of force]], in ''G.I. Joe: Resolute'', you will know you are dealing with a badass BigBad who would give anyone nightmares.
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* Remember when Cobra Commander of ''[[GIJoe G.I. Joe]]'' was a whiny twit of silly schemes? When he [[spoiler:destroys Moscow as a show of force]], in ''G.I. Joe: Resolute'', ''GIJoeResolute'', you will know you are dealing with a badass BigBad who would give anyone nightmares.
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* {{Megamind}}'s Megamind was half-joke in the beginning of the movie: a super villain who always loses, can't even impress his lady hostage with his instruments of doom anymore, and isn't really evil so much as really enjoying the endless game of being the villain to an invincible hero like Metroman. But look at him in the final battle! He's not completely different - even during the battle he's hilarious - but he pulls off some really cool moves, especially for the climax of the movie. The scene: [[spoiler:he's just been thrown into the air by Titan/Tighten, the superhero he created out of boredom to battle that became a worse villain than him. He's falling to his death into a marble fountain from hundreds, if not thousands, of feet, in the scene that began the movie. He has a giant needle gun that gave his enemy his powers and also dehydrates anything. What does he do at the last second? He DEHYDRATES HIMSELF with the gun, allowing both his dehydrated cube and the gun to fall so that just before Titan/Tighten blasts Roxanne, he pops up, rehydrated, with his gun, says "Ollo!" (his way of saying hello) and cracks the gun back. He then jams the thing UP THE GUY'S NOSE and takes back every superpower he gave him, leaving him the useless shell of a human he was before. BAD. ASS!]] This resulted from a technical [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]] but because the movie never goes as far as including {{Evil Is Dumb}} I put this here instead.
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* {{Megamind}}'s Megamind was half-joke in the beginning of the movie: a super villain who always loses, can't even impress his lady hostage with his instruments of doom anymore, and isn't really evil so much as really enjoying the endless game of being the villain to an invincible hero like Metroman. But look at him in the final battle! He's not completely different - even during the battle he's hilarious - but he pulls off some really cool moves, especially for the climax of the movie. The scene: [[spoiler:he's just been thrown into the air by Titan/Tighten, the superhero he created out of boredom to battle that became a worse villain than him. He's falling to his death into a marble fountain from hundreds, if not thousands, of feet, in the scene that began the movie. He has a giant needle gun that gave his enemy his powers and also dehydrates anything. What does he do at the last second? He DEHYDRATES HIMSELF with the gun, allowing both his dehydrated cube and the gun to fall so that just before Titan/Tighten blasts Roxanne, he pops up, rehydrated, with his gun, says "Ollo!" (his way of saying hello) and cracks the gun back. He then jams the thing UP THE GUY'S NOSE and takes back every superpower he gave him, leaving him the useless shell of a human he was before. BAD. ASS!]] This resulted from a technical [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]] but because the movie never goes as far as including {{Evil Is Dumb}} Dumb}}, I put this here instead.
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* {{Megamind}}'s Megamind was half-joke in the beginning of the movie: a super villain who always loses, can't even impress his lady hostage with his instruments of doom anymore, and isn't really evil so much as really enjoying the endless game of being the villain to an invincible hero like Metroman. But look at him in the final battle! He's not completely different - even during the battle he's hilarious - but he pulls off some really cool moves, especially for the climax of the movie. The scene: [[spoiler:he's just been thrown into the air by Titan/Tighten, the superhero he created out of boredom to battle that became a worse villain than him. He's falling to his death into a marble fountain from hundreds, if not thousands, of feet, in the scene that began the movie. He has a giant needle gun that gave his enemy his powers and also dehydrates anything. What does he do at the last second? He DEHYDRATES HIMSELF with the gun, allowing both his dehydrated cube and the gun to fall so that just before Titan/Tighten blasts Roxanne, he pops up, rehydrated, with his gun, says "Ollo!" (his way of saying hello) and cracks the gun back. He then jams the thing UP THE GUY'S NOSE and takes back every superpower he gave him, leaving him the useless shell of a human he was before. BAD. ASS!]] This resulted from a technical [[spoiler:{{HeelFaceTurn}}]] but because the movie never goes as far as including {{Evil Is Dumb}} I put this here instead.
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* {{Megamind}}'s Megamind was half-joke in the beginning of the movie: a super villain who always loses, can't even impress his lady hostage with his instruments of doom anymore, and isn't really evil so much as really enjoying the endless game of being the villain to an invincible hero like Metroman. But look at him in the final battle! He's not completely different - even during the battle he's hilarious - but he pulls off some really cool moves, especially for the climax of the movie. The scene: [[spoiler:he's just been thrown into the air by Titan/Tighten, the superhero he created out of boredom to battle that became a worse villain than him. He's falling to his death into a marble fountain from hundreds, if not thousands, of feet, in the scene that began the movie. He has a giant needle gun that gave his enemy his powers and also dehydrates anything. What does he do at the last second? He DEHYDRATES HIMSELF with the gun, allowing both his dehydrated cube and the gun to fall so that just before Titan/Tighten blasts Roxanne, he pops up, rehydrated, with his gun, says "Ollo!" (his way of saying hello) and cracks the gun back. He then jams the thing UP THE GUY'S NOSE and takes back every superpower he gave him, leaving him the useless shell of a human he was before. BAD. ASS!]] This resulted from a technical [[spoiler:{{HeelFaceTurn}}]] [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]] but because the movie never goes as far as including {{Evil Is Dumb}} I put this here instead.
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* Harold in TotalDramaIsland was a lanky geek who was constantly abused by his teamates, particularly the local JerkAss Duncan. In the [[TotalDramaAction second season,]] he is much more helpful to his team, saves the entire cast from drowing, and eventually gets his revenge on Duncan (by [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome punching his lights out]]).
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*** Prowl was already pretty badass with the whole Cyber-Ninja thing (though technically he never finished the training), but he kicked it up a notch in Five Servos of Doom when he really seemed to get a handle on the Cyber-Ninja powers. Especially when [[spoiler: He destroys a scorebord in a baseball field that Optimus shoved down to take out the Starscream clone but Prowl and Lockdown got in the way with only his mind.]]
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***Prowl was already pretty badass with the whole Cyber-Ninja thing (though technically he never finished the training), but he kicked it up a notch in Five Servos of Doom when he really seemed to get a handle on the Cyber-Ninja powers. Especially when [[spoiler: He destroys a scorebord in a baseball field that Optimus shoved down to take out the Starscream clone but Prowl and Lockdown got in the way with only his mind.]]
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** When Pinkie Pie sees [[JerkAss Gilda]] bullying other ponies, including [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]], the already CrazyAwesome Cloudcuckoolander takes a level and puts the griffon through a HumiliationConga -- while leaving the audience to wonder if she'd just pulled off ObfuscatingStupidity on them or not.
** During the events of "Dragonshy", Fluttershy is largely TheLoad -- but when [[BerserkButton her friends are threatened]], she levels up to BadassAdorable.
** During the events of "Dragonshy", Fluttershy is largely TheLoad -- but when [[BerserkButton her friends are threatened]], she levels up to BadassAdorable.
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** When Pinkie Pie sees [[JerkAss Gilda]] bullying other ponies, including [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]], the already CrazyAwesome Cloudcuckoolander takes a level and puts [[ItMakesSenseInContext throws the griffon through griffon a party,]] because [[PlayingWithATrope clearly Gilda just needs to relax]]. The HumiliationConga -- while leaving that ensues at the audience to wonder if she'd just pulled off ObfuscatingStupidity on them or not.
party was [[LaserGuidedKarma mostly Gilda's fault.]]
** During the events of "Dragonshy", Fluttershy is largely TheLoad -- but when [[BerserkButton her friends are threatened]], she levels up to BadassAdorable. She then takes another in "The Stare Master" and stares down a cockatrice while being turned to stone!
** During the events of "Dragonshy", Fluttershy is largely TheLoad -- but when [[BerserkButton her friends are threatened]], she levels up to BadassAdorable. She then takes another in "The Stare Master" and stares down a cockatrice while being turned to stone!
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** Hell, ''[[BigBad Megabyte]]'' takes a few levels himself over the series, completely averting the standard VillainDecay. Especially when he gets shapeshifting powers.
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* When we first meet ''SouthPark'''s version of Jesus, he is wimpy, ineffectual, and, unlike the rest of the Super Best Friends, seems to lack any noticeable superpowers. By season 7, he is gunning down terrorists, and in season 11 he slices Bill Donohue in half with a [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon multi-bladed]] [[{{krull}} shuriken-boomerang-thing]] after having been stabbed in the throat not five minutes before. A level in badass, indeed.
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** Arguably Danny himself through CharacterDevelopment. Compare his first few episodes to the latter ones. In the beginning he was awkwardly stumbling with his powers. By end though, he had enough strength to kick ''God-like ghost beings''!
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** Arguably Danny himself through CharacterDevelopment. Compare his first few episodes to the latter ones. In the beginning he was awkwardly stumbling with his powers. By end though, he had enough strength to kick ''God-like ''god-like ghost beings''!
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* Gru from ''DespicableMe''. He goes from IneffectualSympatheticVillain to [[spoiler: PapaWolf with a BaldOfAwesome who PUNCHED OUT A SHARK]]
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* ''[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]] [[PlayingWithATrope has some fun with this]]:
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** Taken even further in season 3 where he [[spoiler: fakes his own death for 9 months to investigate a secret project only 4 people are supposed to know exist, and even makes the series {{Big Bad}} go into a minor rage because he saw his face. He even manages to avert World War 3 and bring peace to the Middle East [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome WITH SNOWCONES.]]
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** Taken even further in season 3 where he [[spoiler: fakes his own death for 9 months to investigate a secret project only 4 people are supposed to know exist, and even makes the series {{Big Bad}} go into a minor rage because he saw his face. He even manages to avert World War 3 and bring peace to the Middle East [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome WITH SNOWCONES.]]]]]]
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** Taken even further in season 3 where he [[spoiler: fakes his own death for 9 months to investigate a secret project only 4 people are supposed to know exist, and even makes the series {{Big Bad}} go into a minor rage because he saw his face. He even manages to avert World War 3 and bring peace to the Middle East [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome? WITH SNOWCONES.]]
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** Taken even further in season 3 where he [[spoiler: fakes his own death for 9 months to investigate a secret project only 4 people are supposed to know exist, and even makes the series {{Big Bad}} go into a minor rage because he saw his face. He even manages to avert World War 3 and bring peace to the Middle East [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome? [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome WITH SNOWCONES.]]
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** Taken even further in season 3 where he [[spoiler: fakes his own death for 9 months to investigate a secret project only 4 people are supposed to know exist, and even makes the series {{Big Bad}} go into a minor rage because he saw his face. He even manages to avert World War 3 and bring peace to the Middle East WITH SNOWCONES.]]
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** Taken even further in season 3 where he [[spoiler: fakes his own death for 9 months to investigate a secret project only 4 people are supposed to know exist, and even makes the series {{Big Bad}} go into a minor rage because he saw his face. He even manages to avert World War 3 and bring peace to the Middle East [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome? WITH SNOWCONES.]]
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* In the recent DoraTheExplorer Christmas special Swiper the fox had this little exchange with his future self.
->'''Swiper:'''"Swiper no swiping, Swiper no swiping, SWIPER NO SWIPING!"
->'''Future Swiper:''' "[[DangerouslyGenreSavvy THAT]] doesn't work anymore!"(steals his time travel cape)
->'''Swiper:'''"Swiper no swiping, Swiper no swiping, SWIPER NO SWIPING!"
->'''Future Swiper:''' "[[DangerouslyGenreSavvy THAT]] doesn't work anymore!"(steals his time travel cape)
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* In the recent DoraTheExplorer Christmas special Swiper the fox had this little exchange with his [[FutureMeScaresMe future self.
->'''Swiper:'''"Swiperself]].
-->'''Swiper:'''"Swiper no swiping, Swiper no swiping, SWIPER NO SWIPING!"
->'''Future -->'''Future Swiper:''' "[[DangerouslyGenreSavvy THAT]] doesn't work anymore!"(steals his time travel cape)
->'''Swiper:'''"Swiper
-->'''Swiper:'''"Swiper no swiping, Swiper no swiping, SWIPER NO SWIPING!"
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* [[HowToTrainYourDragon Hiccup]] goes from being a lame workshop assistant at the beginning of HowToTrainYourDragon to an aerial combat tactician and takes on a dragon the size of the USS Enterprise ALONE. AND WINS.
** Then again, he could still be described as "lame" in the end.
** Then again, he could still be described as "lame" in the end.
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* [[HowToTrainYourDragon [[Film/HowToTrainYourDragon Hiccup]] goes from being a lame workshop assistant at the beginning of HowToTrainYourDragon Film/HowToTrainYourDragon to an aerial combat tactician and takes on a dragon the size of the USS Enterprise ALONE. AND WINS.
** Then again, he could still be described as"lame" [[HandicappedBadass "lame"]] in the end.
** Then again, he could still be described as
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** When Pinkie Pie sees [[JerkAss Gilda]] bullying other ponies, including [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]], the already CrazyAwesome Cloudcuckoolander takes a level and puts the griffon through a HumiliationConga -- while leaving the audience to wonder if she'd just pulled off ObfuscatingStupidity on them or not.
** During the events of "Dragonshy", Fluttershy is largely TheLoad -- but when [[BerserkButton her friends are threatened]], she levels up to BadassAdorable.
** On a meta level, Rainbow Dash upgraded from earth pony to pegasus for this series -- and she's loving every second of it.
** When Pinkie Pie sees [[JerkAss Gilda]] bullying other ponies, including [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]], the already CrazyAwesome Cloudcuckoolander takes a level and puts the griffon through a HumiliationConga -- while leaving the audience to wonder if she'd just pulled off ObfuscatingStupidity on them or not.
** During the events of "Dragonshy", Fluttershy is largely TheLoad -- but when [[BerserkButton her friends are threatened]], she levels up to BadassAdorable.
** On a meta level, Rainbow Dash upgraded from earth pony to pegasus for this series -- and she's loving every second of it.
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*** Waspinator in BeastWars: TheChewToy whose only purpose was to get blown up OnceAnEpisode and the weakest Predicon normally. Fast forwards to TransformersAnimated: A vengeful AxCrazy techno-organic juggernaut and a major threat. Not to mention the fact blowing him up STILL doesn't work, but this time, it's an actual plus for him.
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* In ''{{Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers}}'', Walter Hartford spent most of the series as a DeadpanSnarker and "computer guy" who was nowhere ''near'' the other three when it came to a fight. But when a EvilChancellor steps in and threatens to kill the king they're trying to ally with? Doc picks up a sword, brawls him, and hands said evil adviser his ass. All the while admitting that he learned fencing from "Miss Abercrombie's Charm School!"
** Which has led a great many fanfic authors to wonder just what ''kind'' of Charm School Miss Abercrombie was running in the first place.
** Which has led a great many fanfic authors to wonder just what ''kind'' of Charm School Miss Abercrombie was running in the first place.
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->'''Swiper:'''"Swiper no swiping, Swiper no swiping, SWIPER NO SWIPING!"
->'''Future Swiper:''' "[[DangerouslyGenreSavvy THAT]] doesn't work anymore!"(steals his time travel cape)
->'''Swiper:'''"Swiper no swiping, Swiper no swiping, SWIPER NO SWIPING!"
->'''Future Swiper:''' "[[DangerouslyGenreSavvy THAT]] doesn't work anymore!"(steals his time travel cape)
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* ''[=~Avatar: The Last Airbender~=]'': Many people found Katara's sudden leap from being second to Aang in waterbending to being Aang's more skilled trainer rather jarring (the fact that her training was handled entirely [[SecondHandStorytelling offscreen]] and concluded with the use of AsYouKnow does little to rectify). It helps that they point out that Katara is [[TheDeterminator driven to excel]], which enables her to get more out of quality training than her BrilliantButLazy beau.
** Sokka, who was previously just the PluckyComicRelief, took his level in badass when he [[spoiler: got his space sword, made actual plans for an ''army'' and wore that cool wolf armor]]. It helps that they show that he [[InstantExpert learns fairly fast]] given the opportunity and introduce him to lots of teachers. He and his sister ''did'' [[CountryMouse grow up in an isolated village]] without access to teachers.
** Mai, who had already established herself as a badass (but [[TheQuietOne quiet]] [[KnifeNut and knife obsessed]]) LadyOfWar arguably took a level in badass in the episode "The Boiling Rock, Part 2". Mai [[YouShallNotPass took out 13 prison guards and freed the gondola line to help Zuko and company escape the boiling rock prison]]...and [[MagnificentBastard Princess]] [[HeroKiller Azula]]. Although this could just be a case of Mai being NotSoStoic.
** Zuko actually takes several levels in badass during the third season. As the first season went on, he could almost be seen as an IneffectualSympatheticVillain. Throughout the second season, he is constantly outmatched by his sister, Azula. During the third season however, he takes a HeelFaceTurn, stands up to his father, Ozai and [[Main/MomentOfAwesome tells him exactly]] [[CallingTheOldManOut what he thinks about him]] and that he is leaving to train Aang [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou so that he can defeat him]]. This hits Ozai's BerserkButton and he fires a lightning bolt at Zuko, ''which Zuko deflects back at him before leaving''. After that, his fights against Azula were a lot more even, enabling him to hold her off long enough to aid in dramatic escapes. And once she began her VillainousBreakdown, she had to present Zuko with a SadisticChoice in order to even gain an advantage in their Agni-Kai duel. He was actually ''winning'', managing to knock her to the ground, whilst being calm and collected, until she pulled that move.
* Played for laughs in the ''TheFairlyOddparents'' MadeForTVMovie, ''Abra-Catastrophe!'', where Cosmo briefly helps Timmy combat an all-powerful Denzel Crocker after watching an 11-second workout video and gaining Hulk Hogan pecs.
** Played straight in the same movie, with [[EvilOverlord Crocker]].
* ''{{Transformers}}'':
** TransformersGeneration1: All the [[{{Transformers}} Autobots]] should qualify for this trope, since they were designed for civilian use. Extensive after-market tuning turned a loser into the Optimus Prime we know and love today.
*** Wheelie of all people took a level in badass after season three. He lost the rhyming speech disability, got drunk, and beat up several Decepticons in succession in the Headmasters pilot.
*** After season 3? Try after TheMovie -- in the five-part season premiere, he shoots a Sweep ''right in the face while free-falling'', simultaneously breaking from his rhyming to deliver the OneLiner "Galvatron is strong, but Wheelie is '''mean'''!"
*** Let's not forget Galvatron. As Megatron, "Decepticons, REEEETREEEEEEAT!" was practically his catchphrase, uttered about three times per episode. His high-pitched voice (second only to Starscream) didn't add {{Badass}} points, either. Then he gets upgraded into [[TheNthDoctor Leonard Nimoy]] temporarily. ''Then'' he goes ''mad, permanently'' and becomes a much more interesting villain and unpredictable threat. Unfortunately, crazy Galvatron was as likely to pound [[BadBoss his own minions]] as he was the Autobots. Other versions of Megatron get upgraded into Galvatron as well, but for the first Galvatron, it's about the personality change even more than the increase in power.
*** More recent incarnations of Megatron have themselves become [[MagnificentBastard far more intelligent]] and dangerous in their skills and motives to the point where it feels they don't need an army to win. Perhaps the most notable of them is the Animated Megatron, who is so much of a threat that he considers the Autobots as little more than pests for most of the time (even going so far as to not acknowledge them by name).
** Reversing this seems to be the main point of ''TransformersAnimated'', where the Autobots were all workers on a space bridge, and only have a weapon or two each, all of which, with the exception of Optimus's axe and Prowl's shurikens, had non-combat purposes in mind. This was to keep the Decepticons from suffering from {{villain decay}} (which is also why there are more human villains). In fact, they're armed to the teeth and it takes all of the Autobots to just take down one or two of them.
*** Sort of subverted by the second season. Not only did Optimus Prime come close to being in the Elite Guard (making Prime rank despite being kicked out), Bumblebee and Bulkhead were at boot camp for a while, Prowl has had cyberninja training, and Ratchet lived through the Great War. They're not just handymen.
*** Not quite... with the exception of Ratchet (who wanted a quiet job out of the limelight), they were all failures. Bulkhead and Bumblebee were kicked out, Optimus Prime was kicked out, and Jazz immediately realizes that Prowl hasn't completed his Cyber-Ninja training.
*** During Transwarped, [[spoiler: Sari of all people]] took a level in badass. In fact, [[spoiler: she had to take a level out of badass, because powering up her newly-discovered-to-be-technoorganic self made her an out of control juggernaut that nearly killed Bumblebee and endangered most of the city. Now she just shoots energy blasts from her hands, can program space bridges, and is actually mature.]]
** Cheetor from ''BeastWars'' got noticeably more capable with his own abilities. Originally just a scout and little skill in combat, he eventually became TheLancer to Optimus Primal during ''Beast Machines'' and a competent leader in his own right.
* Certain versions of ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', like the 2007 [=CGI=] movie, have April O'Neil learning [[HighlyVisibleNinja their brand of ninjitsu.]]
** Serling, a butler robot in ''Fast Forward'', actually saved his master's life in probably one of the most [[Main/MomentOfAwesome impressive]] fashions.
* In the animated version of ''Series/{{The Legion of Superheroes}}'', the entire ''series'' takes a level in badass between the first season and the DarkerAndEdgier second season. Several of the male characters bulk up significantly, especially Superman, Brainiac 5, Timber Wolf, and Lightning Lad (who also [[GrowingTheBeard Grows the Beard]]). On top of that, it also introduces a second FutureBadass version of Superman. At least in the case of Superman (the original one) this is justified as Brainiac intentionally went back in time to get him, but not as far back in time, so the Superman he brings back is older and more experienced.
* Enzo Matrix from ''{{ReBoot}}''. Even more jarring come Season 4.0, when both the Before ([[BrattyHalfPint Enzo]]) and After ([[TheLancer Matrix]]) versions exist simultaneously.
* Ofdensen in ''{{Metalocalypse}}'', starting with the first season finale. Because sometimes a LizLemonJob requires you to kick some ass.
** Taken even further in season 3 where he [[spoiler: fakes his own death for 9 months to investigate a secret project only 4 people are supposed to know exist, and even makes the series {{Big Bad}} go into a minor rage because he saw his face. He even manages to avert World War 3 and bring peace to the Middle East WITH SNOWCONES.]]
* Here's a fun game: take some buddies who are familiar with the ''{{Superfriends}}'' and show them either the ''JusticeLeague'' episode "The Enemy Below" or "The Terror Beyond". Once they're done, tell them that the crazy blonde {{badass}} dude with the hook for a hand is, in fact, the once [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway incredibly lame]] Aquaman. We would like pictures of their reactions.
* The [[GodzillaTheSeries cartoon version]] of the American ''{{Godzilla}}''. Sure, it's technically his last-surviving offspring. But, the fact that he has nuclear breath and fights other monsters like his Japanese counterpart [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap really helps]].
** Don't forget that a three-part special has the ORIGINAL American ''{{Godzilla}}'' [[spoiler:being turned into a surprisingly powerful cyborg.]]
* Ron Stoppable from ''KimPossible'' took a severe level in badass the first movie, the Grand Finale and the episodes where he is turned evil.
** In the ''KimPossible'' movie, '''A Sitch in Time'', the future version of Monique has clearly taken several levels in badass since we last saw her-- she's gone from having to duck and weave and run away from every bad guy she faces (when she subs for Ron as Kim's sidekick in the present), to helping Kim kick some serious ass in the future. (Of course, Ron is still the one who ultimately saves the day.)
*** Also from the movie, future!Wade is a GentleGiant {{Badass}} commando.
*** And so on for ''everyone'' else. Including the villains.
--->[[LampshadeHanging "Why is everyone in]] [[FutureBadass the future so ripped?"]]
*** Especially Drakken, who took many levels in both movies and the GrandFinale, the latter of which is a permanent one.
* In the Disney short "Lambert The Sheepish Lion", Lambert is a lion that is always hiding behind his sheep mommy when the other sheep tease him. [[BerserkButton Up until a wolf tried to eat his mom]].
* In ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', the episode "MadLove" shows the character Harley Quinn taking a level of badass on multiple people. She utilizes a thrown away plan by The Joker positively, stabs Batman InTheBack (of the neck), and has Batman out to the point where he later admits to Joker, "You know, she came closer to killing me than you ever have. Puddin'." Of course her [[Main/MomentOfAwesome CMOA]] vanishes when she gets knocked out a five story building.
* Remember when Cobra Commander of ''[[GIJoe G.I. Joe]]'' was a whiny twit of silly schemes? When he [[spoiler:destroys Moscow as a show of force]], in ''G.I. Joe: Resolute'', you will know you are dealing with a badass BigBad who would give anyone nightmares.
** Basically, ''Resolute'' was a DarkerAndEdgier version of the classic cartoons, but they took away all the PlotInducedStupidity. Hell, Cobra Commander even has a speech where he says ''[[ObfuscatingStupidity he was only pretending to be an idiot to try and have his men come up with better ideas]]'', and that [[NotSoHarmless now he's playing for keeps]].
* Valerie Gray of ''DannyPhantom''. She started out as a rather spoiled, superficial girl, and by the end of the second season, could kick major ghost butt without her suit using little more than her ''housekeys.''
** Arguably Danny himself through CharacterDevelopment. Compare his first few episodes to the latter ones. In the beginning he was awkwardly stumbling with his powers. By end though, he had enough strength to kick ''God-like ghost beings''!
*** Not really... He beat Pariah by increasing his power 100-fold, he beat Freakshow by tricking him, and he didn't actually beat Dark Danny... Clockwork just pressed the {{Reset Button}}.
**** To the Dark Danny example above, Dark Danny '''is''' Danny's [[FutureBadass future]] [[SuperpoweredEvilSide self]]. That example is detailed elsewhere, but the level in BadAss from current to Dark Danny is there.
*** Not to mention Danny was able to hold his own pretty well with Nocturn, Vortex, and Undergrowth; all three which pretty much have deity-like abilities.
** Then there's Jack Fenton. He went from BumblingDad to GeniusBruiser over the course of the series
* In the ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' TV series, Princess Jasmine was noticeably more of an ActionGirl than in the two preceding films. This got even more pronounced when certain spells got put on her:
** In "Sandswitch", Jasmine is given memories of a life as a street rat. The new Jasmine is introduced effortlessly beating up four of the royal guards to rescue Abu and Iago.
** In "Forget Me Lots", Jasmine's memory is removed and she's told that she is HarmlessVillain Abis Mal's daughter, and one of the most evil and feared people in the area. This causes her to instantly become a marvelous DarkActionGirl who takes over the palace almost singlehandedly, then gives herself a KlingonPromotion when she realizes how useless Abis Mal is.
** In "Eye of the Beholder", Jasmine is turned into a naga. Even though she's horrified of her snake tail, she puts it to very good use a few times on the way to find a cure.
** This carries over into the final sequel, ''The King of Thieves'' where she holds her own against the Forty Thieves, all of which are at least twice her size.
* In ''{{Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers}}'', Walter Hartford spent most of the series as a DeadpanSnarker and "computer guy" who was nowhere ''near'' the other three when it came to a fight. But when a EvilChancellor steps in and threatens to kill the king they're trying to ally with? Doc picks up a sword, brawls him, and hands said evil adviser his ass. All the while admitting that he learned fencing from "Miss Abercrombie's Charm School!"
** Which has led a great many fanfic authors to wonder just what ''kind'' of Charm School Miss Abercrombie was running in the first place.
* Aelita from ''CodeLyoko'' spends the first two seasons as a DistressedDamsel needing the protection of the HeroSecretService (and sometimes picking the DistressBall herself, to the point of being considered TheLoad by part of the fandom). Then by Season 3 she gains an attack power and no longer can be killed just by losing all her {{Hit Point}}s. She also progressively gets more confident, turning into a full-fledged ActionGirl. She is still XANA's DesignatedVictim throughout Season 3 and 4 thanks to her {{MacGuffin Girl}} status, but now she's certainly fighting back.
* Spyke from ''{{X-Men Evolution}}''. True to the name, Spyke went through a major Evolution over the course of the series. He went from being [[TheScrappy the slacker all the internet fans hated]] in season one and two, to being put on a bus in season 3, [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap to emerging as a new found badass that people suddenly liked]] in Season 4.
** Could be Argued everyone took a level in Badass in the opening of season 3, it started with them breaking their friends out of Area 51, hiding out in a cave ([[MemeticMutation With a box of scraps!]]) take out several high powered military choppers & beat up Juggernaut (Who in season 1 they needed everyone, plus the Brotherhood to take off his Helmet so Chuck could mind blast him), Cyclops especially when they go back to school & has his glasses taken, he beats up the jerks who stole them & then later gets stranded in Mexico without his glasses, & survives fighting Wolves!
*** His quote to Logan shows off their newfound badassy "No Logan you trained us, & you know something? We're good, REAL Good."
** The Badass level could be rooted back to Season 1's finale, the previous episode had Kurt, Evan & Kitty getting beaten up by Lance, Pietro, & Blob, they come back from this to then not only beat them, but also ''Destroy a flying villain hideout'' which itself included a Take a Level in Badass machine.
* Henchman 21 from ''VentureBros'' is a prime example of this trope. From Season 1 to Season 3, he was blubbery, lazy and inept. But when [[spoiler:his best/only friend Henchman 24 was killed]], his personality changed radically, and he started training. Now instead of being the Monarch's pudgy, occasional go-to guy, he is officially his most fearsome and competent henchman, now sporting a heavily muscled frame, as well as wrist-blades and greatly improved fighting skill.
** Of course, this is still Henchman 21, and this is still ''TheVentureBrothers''. While more competent than he had been in any previous season and arguably more competent than his boss, he's still a {{fanboy}} whose GenreSavvy is based more on RuleOfFunny than RuleOfCool, making him still prone to solutions that are AwesomeButImpractical.
*** His new nickname, "Two-Ton 21", perfectly reflects this. On one hand it sounds like a reference to a monstrous behemoth, but on the other hand it also refers to him still having a bit of a pudgy frame which 21 even groans a bit over.
** 21's skills have been even further quantified when [[spoiler:he takes on Brock Samson and actually puts up a better than decent. Brock himself admits as much after beating him. A {{Crowning Moment of Awesome}} for 21 to be sure.]]
** In the episode "Assasinnany 911," Molotov Cocktease attempts to give the Venture boys a lesson in Bad Ass. It doesn't take.
** Done in a small way by Sally Impossible [[spoiler: after she hooks up with J-J Venture]]. She goes from a flaky co-dependent (and possibly alcoholic) to a strong-minded young woman who can chew out Richard and co-pilot the [[HumongousMecha Ventron]].
* In the ''FamilyGuy'' episode "Dial Meg for Murder" [[ButtMonkey Meg Griffin]] turns into a hardened criminal after three weeks in a prison (due to sheltering an escaped convict) and returns the suffering inflicted on her over the years to her family and fellow students. This is just [[StatusQuoIsGod an one-episode thing]] though.
* PrivateSnafu, a WartimeCartoon ''LooneyTunes'' character who starred in shorts made especially for soldiers. In his early appearances he was portrayed as [[MeaningfulName the worst soldier in the US military]], and the purpose of his cartoons was so soldiers could learn what not to do. By the end of the war, he was behaving much like {{Characters/Bugs Bunny}}, outwitting enemy soldiers and successfully completing missions.
* When we first meet ''SouthPark'''s version of Jesus, he is wimpy, ineffectual, and, unlike the rest of the Super Best Friends, seems to lack any noticeable superpowers. By season 7, he is gunning down terrorists, and in season 11 he slices Bill Donohue in half with a [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon multi-bladed]] [[{{krull}} shuriken-boomerang-thing]] after having been stabbed in the throat not five minutes before. A level in badass, indeed.
* TeenTitans' Slade took a level in badass come season 4. After being absent for a season, (Due to being betrayed and apparently killed by his apprentice) he comes back with magical powers and proceeds to beat the Titans senseless without even breaking a sweat.
** Not that you'd be able to tell he's sweating.
* When he first appears, Willy Watt of BatmanBeyond is a typical scrawny nerd. After a few months in juvenile hall, he becomes a buff badboy that even the other kids in juvie are afraid of.
** Sokka, who was previously just the PluckyComicRelief, took his level in badass when he [[spoiler: got his space sword, made actual plans for an ''army'' and wore that cool wolf armor]]. It helps that they show that he [[InstantExpert learns fairly fast]] given the opportunity and introduce him to lots of teachers. He and his sister ''did'' [[CountryMouse grow up in an isolated village]] without access to teachers.
** Mai, who had already established herself as a badass (but [[TheQuietOne quiet]] [[KnifeNut and knife obsessed]]) LadyOfWar arguably took a level in badass in the episode "The Boiling Rock, Part 2". Mai [[YouShallNotPass took out 13 prison guards and freed the gondola line to help Zuko and company escape the boiling rock prison]]...and [[MagnificentBastard Princess]] [[HeroKiller Azula]]. Although this could just be a case of Mai being NotSoStoic.
** Zuko actually takes several levels in badass during the third season. As the first season went on, he could almost be seen as an IneffectualSympatheticVillain. Throughout the second season, he is constantly outmatched by his sister, Azula. During the third season however, he takes a HeelFaceTurn, stands up to his father, Ozai and [[Main/MomentOfAwesome tells him exactly]] [[CallingTheOldManOut what he thinks about him]] and that he is leaving to train Aang [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou so that he can defeat him]]. This hits Ozai's BerserkButton and he fires a lightning bolt at Zuko, ''which Zuko deflects back at him before leaving''. After that, his fights against Azula were a lot more even, enabling him to hold her off long enough to aid in dramatic escapes. And once she began her VillainousBreakdown, she had to present Zuko with a SadisticChoice in order to even gain an advantage in their Agni-Kai duel. He was actually ''winning'', managing to knock her to the ground, whilst being calm and collected, until she pulled that move.
* Played for laughs in the ''TheFairlyOddparents'' MadeForTVMovie, ''Abra-Catastrophe!'', where Cosmo briefly helps Timmy combat an all-powerful Denzel Crocker after watching an 11-second workout video and gaining Hulk Hogan pecs.
** Played straight in the same movie, with [[EvilOverlord Crocker]].
* ''{{Transformers}}'':
** TransformersGeneration1: All the [[{{Transformers}} Autobots]] should qualify for this trope, since they were designed for civilian use. Extensive after-market tuning turned a loser into the Optimus Prime we know and love today.
*** Wheelie of all people took a level in badass after season three. He lost the rhyming speech disability, got drunk, and beat up several Decepticons in succession in the Headmasters pilot.
*** After season 3? Try after TheMovie -- in the five-part season premiere, he shoots a Sweep ''right in the face while free-falling'', simultaneously breaking from his rhyming to deliver the OneLiner "Galvatron is strong, but Wheelie is '''mean'''!"
*** Let's not forget Galvatron. As Megatron, "Decepticons, REEEETREEEEEEAT!" was practically his catchphrase, uttered about three times per episode. His high-pitched voice (second only to Starscream) didn't add {{Badass}} points, either. Then he gets upgraded into [[TheNthDoctor Leonard Nimoy]] temporarily. ''Then'' he goes ''mad, permanently'' and becomes a much more interesting villain and unpredictable threat. Unfortunately, crazy Galvatron was as likely to pound [[BadBoss his own minions]] as he was the Autobots. Other versions of Megatron get upgraded into Galvatron as well, but for the first Galvatron, it's about the personality change even more than the increase in power.
*** More recent incarnations of Megatron have themselves become [[MagnificentBastard far more intelligent]] and dangerous in their skills and motives to the point where it feels they don't need an army to win. Perhaps the most notable of them is the Animated Megatron, who is so much of a threat that he considers the Autobots as little more than pests for most of the time (even going so far as to not acknowledge them by name).
** Reversing this seems to be the main point of ''TransformersAnimated'', where the Autobots were all workers on a space bridge, and only have a weapon or two each, all of which, with the exception of Optimus's axe and Prowl's shurikens, had non-combat purposes in mind. This was to keep the Decepticons from suffering from {{villain decay}} (which is also why there are more human villains). In fact, they're armed to the teeth and it takes all of the Autobots to just take down one or two of them.
*** Sort of subverted by the second season. Not only did Optimus Prime come close to being in the Elite Guard (making Prime rank despite being kicked out), Bumblebee and Bulkhead were at boot camp for a while, Prowl has had cyberninja training, and Ratchet lived through the Great War. They're not just handymen.
*** Not quite... with the exception of Ratchet (who wanted a quiet job out of the limelight), they were all failures. Bulkhead and Bumblebee were kicked out, Optimus Prime was kicked out, and Jazz immediately realizes that Prowl hasn't completed his Cyber-Ninja training.
*** During Transwarped, [[spoiler: Sari of all people]] took a level in badass. In fact, [[spoiler: she had to take a level out of badass, because powering up her newly-discovered-to-be-technoorganic self made her an out of control juggernaut that nearly killed Bumblebee and endangered most of the city. Now she just shoots energy blasts from her hands, can program space bridges, and is actually mature.]]
** Cheetor from ''BeastWars'' got noticeably more capable with his own abilities. Originally just a scout and little skill in combat, he eventually became TheLancer to Optimus Primal during ''Beast Machines'' and a competent leader in his own right.
* Certain versions of ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', like the 2007 [=CGI=] movie, have April O'Neil learning [[HighlyVisibleNinja their brand of ninjitsu.]]
** Serling, a butler robot in ''Fast Forward'', actually saved his master's life in probably one of the most [[Main/MomentOfAwesome impressive]] fashions.
* In the animated version of ''Series/{{The Legion of Superheroes}}'', the entire ''series'' takes a level in badass between the first season and the DarkerAndEdgier second season. Several of the male characters bulk up significantly, especially Superman, Brainiac 5, Timber Wolf, and Lightning Lad (who also [[GrowingTheBeard Grows the Beard]]). On top of that, it also introduces a second FutureBadass version of Superman. At least in the case of Superman (the original one) this is justified as Brainiac intentionally went back in time to get him, but not as far back in time, so the Superman he brings back is older and more experienced.
* Enzo Matrix from ''{{ReBoot}}''. Even more jarring come Season 4.0, when both the Before ([[BrattyHalfPint Enzo]]) and After ([[TheLancer Matrix]]) versions exist simultaneously.
* Ofdensen in ''{{Metalocalypse}}'', starting with the first season finale. Because sometimes a LizLemonJob requires you to kick some ass.
** Taken even further in season 3 where he [[spoiler: fakes his own death for 9 months to investigate a secret project only 4 people are supposed to know exist, and even makes the series {{Big Bad}} go into a minor rage because he saw his face. He even manages to avert World War 3 and bring peace to the Middle East WITH SNOWCONES.]]
* Here's a fun game: take some buddies who are familiar with the ''{{Superfriends}}'' and show them either the ''JusticeLeague'' episode "The Enemy Below" or "The Terror Beyond". Once they're done, tell them that the crazy blonde {{badass}} dude with the hook for a hand is, in fact, the once [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway incredibly lame]] Aquaman. We would like pictures of their reactions.
* The [[GodzillaTheSeries cartoon version]] of the American ''{{Godzilla}}''. Sure, it's technically his last-surviving offspring. But, the fact that he has nuclear breath and fights other monsters like his Japanese counterpart [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap really helps]].
** Don't forget that a three-part special has the ORIGINAL American ''{{Godzilla}}'' [[spoiler:being turned into a surprisingly powerful cyborg.]]
* Ron Stoppable from ''KimPossible'' took a severe level in badass the first movie, the Grand Finale and the episodes where he is turned evil.
** In the ''KimPossible'' movie, '''A Sitch in Time'', the future version of Monique has clearly taken several levels in badass since we last saw her-- she's gone from having to duck and weave and run away from every bad guy she faces (when she subs for Ron as Kim's sidekick in the present), to helping Kim kick some serious ass in the future. (Of course, Ron is still the one who ultimately saves the day.)
*** Also from the movie, future!Wade is a GentleGiant {{Badass}} commando.
*** And so on for ''everyone'' else. Including the villains.
--->[[LampshadeHanging "Why is everyone in]] [[FutureBadass the future so ripped?"]]
*** Especially Drakken, who took many levels in both movies and the GrandFinale, the latter of which is a permanent one.
* In the Disney short "Lambert The Sheepish Lion", Lambert is a lion that is always hiding behind his sheep mommy when the other sheep tease him. [[BerserkButton Up until a wolf tried to eat his mom]].
* In ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', the episode "MadLove" shows the character Harley Quinn taking a level of badass on multiple people. She utilizes a thrown away plan by The Joker positively, stabs Batman InTheBack (of the neck), and has Batman out to the point where he later admits to Joker, "You know, she came closer to killing me than you ever have. Puddin'." Of course her [[Main/MomentOfAwesome CMOA]] vanishes when she gets knocked out a five story building.
* Remember when Cobra Commander of ''[[GIJoe G.I. Joe]]'' was a whiny twit of silly schemes? When he [[spoiler:destroys Moscow as a show of force]], in ''G.I. Joe: Resolute'', you will know you are dealing with a badass BigBad who would give anyone nightmares.
** Basically, ''Resolute'' was a DarkerAndEdgier version of the classic cartoons, but they took away all the PlotInducedStupidity. Hell, Cobra Commander even has a speech where he says ''[[ObfuscatingStupidity he was only pretending to be an idiot to try and have his men come up with better ideas]]'', and that [[NotSoHarmless now he's playing for keeps]].
* Valerie Gray of ''DannyPhantom''. She started out as a rather spoiled, superficial girl, and by the end of the second season, could kick major ghost butt without her suit using little more than her ''housekeys.''
** Arguably Danny himself through CharacterDevelopment. Compare his first few episodes to the latter ones. In the beginning he was awkwardly stumbling with his powers. By end though, he had enough strength to kick ''God-like ghost beings''!
*** Not really... He beat Pariah by increasing his power 100-fold, he beat Freakshow by tricking him, and he didn't actually beat Dark Danny... Clockwork just pressed the {{Reset Button}}.
**** To the Dark Danny example above, Dark Danny '''is''' Danny's [[FutureBadass future]] [[SuperpoweredEvilSide self]]. That example is detailed elsewhere, but the level in BadAss from current to Dark Danny is there.
*** Not to mention Danny was able to hold his own pretty well with Nocturn, Vortex, and Undergrowth; all three which pretty much have deity-like abilities.
** Then there's Jack Fenton. He went from BumblingDad to GeniusBruiser over the course of the series
* In the ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' TV series, Princess Jasmine was noticeably more of an ActionGirl than in the two preceding films. This got even more pronounced when certain spells got put on her:
** In "Sandswitch", Jasmine is given memories of a life as a street rat. The new Jasmine is introduced effortlessly beating up four of the royal guards to rescue Abu and Iago.
** In "Forget Me Lots", Jasmine's memory is removed and she's told that she is HarmlessVillain Abis Mal's daughter, and one of the most evil and feared people in the area. This causes her to instantly become a marvelous DarkActionGirl who takes over the palace almost singlehandedly, then gives herself a KlingonPromotion when she realizes how useless Abis Mal is.
** In "Eye of the Beholder", Jasmine is turned into a naga. Even though she's horrified of her snake tail, she puts it to very good use a few times on the way to find a cure.
** This carries over into the final sequel, ''The King of Thieves'' where she holds her own against the Forty Thieves, all of which are at least twice her size.
* In ''{{Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers}}'', Walter Hartford spent most of the series as a DeadpanSnarker and "computer guy" who was nowhere ''near'' the other three when it came to a fight. But when a EvilChancellor steps in and threatens to kill the king they're trying to ally with? Doc picks up a sword, brawls him, and hands said evil adviser his ass. All the while admitting that he learned fencing from "Miss Abercrombie's Charm School!"
** Which has led a great many fanfic authors to wonder just what ''kind'' of Charm School Miss Abercrombie was running in the first place.
* Aelita from ''CodeLyoko'' spends the first two seasons as a DistressedDamsel needing the protection of the HeroSecretService (and sometimes picking the DistressBall herself, to the point of being considered TheLoad by part of the fandom). Then by Season 3 she gains an attack power and no longer can be killed just by losing all her {{Hit Point}}s. She also progressively gets more confident, turning into a full-fledged ActionGirl. She is still XANA's DesignatedVictim throughout Season 3 and 4 thanks to her {{MacGuffin Girl}} status, but now she's certainly fighting back.
* Spyke from ''{{X-Men Evolution}}''. True to the name, Spyke went through a major Evolution over the course of the series. He went from being [[TheScrappy the slacker all the internet fans hated]] in season one and two, to being put on a bus in season 3, [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap to emerging as a new found badass that people suddenly liked]] in Season 4.
** Could be Argued everyone took a level in Badass in the opening of season 3, it started with them breaking their friends out of Area 51, hiding out in a cave ([[MemeticMutation With a box of scraps!]]) take out several high powered military choppers & beat up Juggernaut (Who in season 1 they needed everyone, plus the Brotherhood to take off his Helmet so Chuck could mind blast him), Cyclops especially when they go back to school & has his glasses taken, he beats up the jerks who stole them & then later gets stranded in Mexico without his glasses, & survives fighting Wolves!
*** His quote to Logan shows off their newfound badassy "No Logan you trained us, & you know something? We're good, REAL Good."
** The Badass level could be rooted back to Season 1's finale, the previous episode had Kurt, Evan & Kitty getting beaten up by Lance, Pietro, & Blob, they come back from this to then not only beat them, but also ''Destroy a flying villain hideout'' which itself included a Take a Level in Badass machine.
* Henchman 21 from ''VentureBros'' is a prime example of this trope. From Season 1 to Season 3, he was blubbery, lazy and inept. But when [[spoiler:his best/only friend Henchman 24 was killed]], his personality changed radically, and he started training. Now instead of being the Monarch's pudgy, occasional go-to guy, he is officially his most fearsome and competent henchman, now sporting a heavily muscled frame, as well as wrist-blades and greatly improved fighting skill.
** Of course, this is still Henchman 21, and this is still ''TheVentureBrothers''. While more competent than he had been in any previous season and arguably more competent than his boss, he's still a {{fanboy}} whose GenreSavvy is based more on RuleOfFunny than RuleOfCool, making him still prone to solutions that are AwesomeButImpractical.
*** His new nickname, "Two-Ton 21", perfectly reflects this. On one hand it sounds like a reference to a monstrous behemoth, but on the other hand it also refers to him still having a bit of a pudgy frame which 21 even groans a bit over.
** 21's skills have been even further quantified when [[spoiler:he takes on Brock Samson and actually puts up a better than decent. Brock himself admits as much after beating him. A {{Crowning Moment of Awesome}} for 21 to be sure.]]
** In the episode "Assasinnany 911," Molotov Cocktease attempts to give the Venture boys a lesson in Bad Ass. It doesn't take.
** Done in a small way by Sally Impossible [[spoiler: after she hooks up with J-J Venture]]. She goes from a flaky co-dependent (and possibly alcoholic) to a strong-minded young woman who can chew out Richard and co-pilot the [[HumongousMecha Ventron]].
* In the ''FamilyGuy'' episode "Dial Meg for Murder" [[ButtMonkey Meg Griffin]] turns into a hardened criminal after three weeks in a prison (due to sheltering an escaped convict) and returns the suffering inflicted on her over the years to her family and fellow students. This is just [[StatusQuoIsGod an one-episode thing]] though.
* PrivateSnafu, a WartimeCartoon ''LooneyTunes'' character who starred in shorts made especially for soldiers. In his early appearances he was portrayed as [[MeaningfulName the worst soldier in the US military]], and the purpose of his cartoons was so soldiers could learn what not to do. By the end of the war, he was behaving much like {{Characters/Bugs Bunny}}, outwitting enemy soldiers and successfully completing missions.
* When we first meet ''SouthPark'''s version of Jesus, he is wimpy, ineffectual, and, unlike the rest of the Super Best Friends, seems to lack any noticeable superpowers. By season 7, he is gunning down terrorists, and in season 11 he slices Bill Donohue in half with a [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon multi-bladed]] [[{{krull}} shuriken-boomerang-thing]] after having been stabbed in the throat not five minutes before. A level in badass, indeed.
* TeenTitans' Slade took a level in badass come season 4. After being absent for a season, (Due to being betrayed and apparently killed by his apprentice) he comes back with magical powers and proceeds to beat the Titans senseless without even breaking a sweat.
** Not that you'd be able to tell he's sweating.
* When he first appears, Willy Watt of BatmanBeyond is a typical scrawny nerd. After a few months in juvenile hall, he becomes a buff badboy that even the other kids in juvie are afraid of.
