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* ''Literature/TheReluctantKing'': Jorian goes through a lot of this, becoming wiser and more mature during his toils. [[spoiler:When he ultimately learns that his beloved Estrildis found another paramour and got pregnant by him, he decides to let her live happy with him and wishes them both well, contrasting the very beginning of the novel where he swears to chop her hypothetical lover into ribbons.]]
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* ''Literature/TheReluctantKing'': Jorian goes through a lot of this, becoming wiser and more mature during his toils. [[spoiler:When he ultimately learns that his beloved Estrildis found another paramour and got pregnant by him, with their baby, he decides to let her live happy happily with him and wishes them both well, contrasting the very beginning of the novel where he swears to chop her hypothetical lover into ribbons.]]
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** Granted he's still violent, brooding, cruel, and closed off. He he just gets a bit better about it. Unsurprisingly, by the second book he became a huge [[MrFanservice fan]] [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys favorite]].
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* [[Literature/HarryPotter James Potter]] started out as a huge JerkJock and then eventually became [[ClassRepresentative Head Boy]] in his seventh year and later marries and dies for Lily Evans.
** There's also Dudley Dursley. He spends the first five books growing up to be a spoiled bully who led a gang of delinquents and beat up other children. After [[spoiler:Harry saves him from a Dementor]], he makes several honest (if awkward) gestures of friendship, including leaving a cup of tea for Harry and saying that he doesn't think Harry is worthless.
** There's also Dudley Dursley. He spends the first five books growing up to be a spoiled bully who led a gang of delinquents and beat up other children. After [[spoiler:Harry saves him from a Dementor]], he makes several honest (if awkward) gestures of friendship, including leaving a cup of tea for Harry and saying that he doesn't think Harry is worthless.
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**There's also Dudley Dursley. He Dursley spends the first five books growing up to be a spoiled bully who led a gang of delinquents and beat up other children. After [[spoiler:Harry saves him from a Dementor]], he makes several honest (if awkward) gestures of friendship, including leaving a cup of tea for Harry and saying that he doesn't think Harry is worthless.
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** [[TookALevelInJerkass Astrid does the inverse.]]
* Sandstorm from ''Literature/WarriorCats'' used to be such an AlphaBitch to Firestar when he joined [=ThunderClan=], but after he [[RescueRomance saves her from falling over the gorge]], she becomes a better cat and falls in love with him. She still has her [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] moments, though.
* Sandstorm from ''Literature/WarriorCats'' used to be such an AlphaBitch to Firestar when he joined [=ThunderClan=], but after he [[RescueRomance saves her from falling over the gorge]], she becomes a better cat and falls in love with him. She still has her [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] moments, though.
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*Sandstorm from ''Literature/WarriorCats'' used to be such an AlphaBitch to Firestar when he joined [=ThunderClan=], but after he [[RescueRomance saves her from falling over the gorge]], she becomes a better cat and falls in love with him. She still has her [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] moments, though.
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* The titular character in ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' starts out as a selfish BrattyHalfPint who doesn’t appreciate what others do for him and would rather go off and do whatever he wants, as the story goes on and he suffers a series of mishaps and humiliations after his self-centered behavior gets him into trouble over and over, he slowly becomes a better person and by the end of the book he eventually earns the right to become a real boy.
* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'': Count Trego gradually turns from vain, myopic nobleman convinced of his superiority over foreigners and common people — women in particular — to a genuinely well-meaning, genial and open-minded knight. When we meet him for the first time, he can hardly stand the fact that women participate in a strategic meeting, as he deems them suitable only for housework, raising children and looking pretty. Later, though, he has no trouble cooperating with Lessis and grows a great deal of respect towards her after personally seeing her in combat.
* In Rafe Martin's ''Birdwing'', Ardwin grows from a jerk who wants to lose his best friend so he can seduce a woman they're both friends with to a thoughtful person.
* Ebenezer Scrooge from ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' was a rich old curmudgeon who is taught a lesson and learns to be a good guy and appreciate the joy of Christmas.
* ''Franchise/MagicTheGathering'': At the start of ''Literature/TimeStreams'', Urza is an aloof, paranoid, and callous man convinced that he knows best and that any sacrifice made in the name of protecting Dominaria from the Phyrexians is warranted. This is best shown in his reaction to the Tolarian Academy's destruction: he only manages to save fifteen of the hundreds of people living at the academy, himself included, but because one of those people is his personal assistant Mage Master Barrin, and because the destruction of Urza's inventions means they'll be kept out of Phyrexian hands, Urza views this as a good and equitable trade. The events of the book force Urza to acknowledge the human cost of his actions, learn some humility, and become a better person. By the end of it, Urza has gone from keeping the sentient {{golem}} Karn at arm's length and treating him like a disposable tool to treating him with affection, he's reading his late wife's account of Literature/TheBrothersWar -- which he had dismissed as crock in [[Literature/{{Planeswalker}} the previous novel]] -- with clear interest and wistfulness, and he deigns to join the students in a dance, something he never would have done back when he was still the unapproachable headmaster of the academy.
* The ''Literature/MrMen'' series has a lot of these:
** Mr. Uppity starts off his story as a RichBitch with no friends in the town he lives in, causing everyone to call him "Miserable old Uppity", but then he meets up with a goblin who punishes him by shrinking him every time he's rude to someone and and by the end of the book, he becomes far more of a nicer guy and makes friends with the people of Bigtown.
** Mr. Mean starts off his story refusing to show any kindness and gives his brother coal as a gift, when he meets a wizard that transforms his body parts into other vegetables every time he's mean to somebody, he becomes a lot more generous by the end of the book and fixes up his house.
** Mr. Grumpy is, well, a grumpy man who destroys a book and pulls flowers out of his garden because like doesn't like them and [[AgonyOfTheFeet physically harms Mr. Happy]] when Mr. Happy tells him that people like him need to change their ways. After getting tickled by Mr. Tickle whenever he's rude to somebody, he calms down his anger and at the end of the story, he only tears one page out of a book instead of all of the pages.
** Little Miss Bossy starts off her story [[ControlFreak bossing people about and telling them not to do stuff that they like doing.]] She eventually stops when a wizard makes her wear boots that don't listen to her and make her march across the countryside.
** Mr. Grumble starts off complaining about everything regardless of whether or not it's a lovely day and complains about people having fun at a party. He soon stops when a wizard transforms him into a pig every time he grumbles.
** Mr. Rude starts off mocking people for their flaws and hurling insults at people while driving around in his car, he stops being rude when Mr. Happy pays him a visit and slowly but surely, he starts showing manners towards him.
* ''Literature/TheMummyMonsterGame'': In book 1, the story largely revolves around Josh undergoing character development, growing out of his obsession with always winning after realizing his attitude is a danger to himself and his family when they find themselves in an actual dangerous situation. It's also shown in his attitude towards the new kid in town -- when they do an undeclared race, Josh doesn't care that the other boy fell off his skateboard. In the end, they meet up again, and Josh offers to just have a friendly skateboarding run alongside him.
* In Natasha Friend's "My Life in Black and White", Lexi is so beautiful that she is on her way to a successful modeling career. She is very popular and charming, but she has become vain, haughty, and self-obsessed with her looks and is viewed as an [[AlphaBitch Alpha Bitch]] by many of the less popular students at her school. She becomes permanently disfigured in a car crash, and all her beauty is gone for good. She at first laments the loss of her beauty and struggles to adjust to going from being the popular school beauty to being a lot less attractive than her former popular, pretty friends and even some of the girls she used to tease for their looks. However, she becomes a much better person as she learns that she is more than just a beautiful face.
* ''Literature/TheReluctantKing'': Jorian goes through a lot of this, becoming wiser and more mature during his toils. [[spoiler:When he ultimately learns that his beloved Estrildis found another paramour and got pregnant by him, he decides to let her live happy with him and wishes them both well, contrasting the very beginning of the novel where he swears to chop her hypothetical lover into ribbons.]]
* ''Literature/SchooledInMagic'': Alassa starts out as an AlphaBitch, who's a [[SpoiledBrat spoiled]] [[RoyalBrat princess]] [[TheBully bullying]] Emily. They slowly become friends though, and Alassa turns into a nice young woman over time.
* ''Literature/TheSilerianTrilogy'': Ronall slowly goes from being an abusive, lecherous drunk and becomes a hero.
* ''Literature/TellMeHowYouReallyFeel'': Rachel starts out pretty hostile and unkind to Sana, along with the people who work on her film project. Over time while getting closer to Sana she gets much nicer.
* ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'': The overarching plot of the series centers around Apollo growing out of his self-centeredness and maturing.
* Nils Holgersson from ''Literature/TheWonderfulAdventuresOfNils'' is a lazy, mischievous BrattyHalfPint who [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals torments animals just for fun]]. After a magical elf turns him only a few inches high and capable of talking to animals, and a flock of wild geese take him on a journey over Sweden, he learns humility and respect for nature, and becomes a kind and selfless person by the end of the book.
* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'': Count Trego gradually turns from vain, myopic nobleman convinced of his superiority over foreigners and common people — women in particular — to a genuinely well-meaning, genial and open-minded knight. When we meet him for the first time, he can hardly stand the fact that women participate in a strategic meeting, as he deems them suitable only for housework, raising children and looking pretty. Later, though, he has no trouble cooperating with Lessis and grows a great deal of respect towards her after personally seeing her in combat.
* In Rafe Martin's ''Birdwing'', Ardwin grows from a jerk who wants to lose his best friend so he can seduce a woman they're both friends with to a thoughtful person.
* Ebenezer Scrooge from ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' was a rich old curmudgeon who is taught a lesson and learns to be a good guy and appreciate the joy of Christmas.
* ''Franchise/MagicTheGathering'': At the start of ''Literature/TimeStreams'', Urza is an aloof, paranoid, and callous man convinced that he knows best and that any sacrifice made in the name of protecting Dominaria from the Phyrexians is warranted. This is best shown in his reaction to the Tolarian Academy's destruction: he only manages to save fifteen of the hundreds of people living at the academy, himself included, but because one of those people is his personal assistant Mage Master Barrin, and because the destruction of Urza's inventions means they'll be kept out of Phyrexian hands, Urza views this as a good and equitable trade. The events of the book force Urza to acknowledge the human cost of his actions, learn some humility, and become a better person. By the end of it, Urza has gone from keeping the sentient {{golem}} Karn at arm's length and treating him like a disposable tool to treating him with affection, he's reading his late wife's account of Literature/TheBrothersWar -- which he had dismissed as crock in [[Literature/{{Planeswalker}} the previous novel]] -- with clear interest and wistfulness, and he deigns to join the students in a dance, something he never would have done back when he was still the unapproachable headmaster of the academy.
* The ''Literature/MrMen'' series has a lot of these:
** Mr. Uppity starts off his story as a RichBitch with no friends in the town he lives in, causing everyone to call him "Miserable old Uppity", but then he meets up with a goblin who punishes him by shrinking him every time he's rude to someone and and by the end of the book, he becomes far more of a nicer guy and makes friends with the people of Bigtown.
** Mr. Mean starts off his story refusing to show any kindness and gives his brother coal as a gift, when he meets a wizard that transforms his body parts into other vegetables every time he's mean to somebody, he becomes a lot more generous by the end of the book and fixes up his house.
** Mr. Grumpy is, well, a grumpy man who destroys a book and pulls flowers out of his garden because like doesn't like them and [[AgonyOfTheFeet physically harms Mr. Happy]] when Mr. Happy tells him that people like him need to change their ways. After getting tickled by Mr. Tickle whenever he's rude to somebody, he calms down his anger and at the end of the story, he only tears one page out of a book instead of all of the pages.
** Little Miss Bossy starts off her story [[ControlFreak bossing people about and telling them not to do stuff that they like doing.]] She eventually stops when a wizard makes her wear boots that don't listen to her and make her march across the countryside.
** Mr. Grumble starts off complaining about everything regardless of whether or not it's a lovely day and complains about people having fun at a party. He soon stops when a wizard transforms him into a pig every time he grumbles.
** Mr. Rude starts off mocking people for their flaws and hurling insults at people while driving around in his car, he stops being rude when Mr. Happy pays him a visit and slowly but surely, he starts showing manners towards him.
* ''Literature/TheMummyMonsterGame'': In book 1, the story largely revolves around Josh undergoing character development, growing out of his obsession with always winning after realizing his attitude is a danger to himself and his family when they find themselves in an actual dangerous situation. It's also shown in his attitude towards the new kid in town -- when they do an undeclared race, Josh doesn't care that the other boy fell off his skateboard. In the end, they meet up again, and Josh offers to just have a friendly skateboarding run alongside him.
* In Natasha Friend's "My Life in Black and White", Lexi is so beautiful that she is on her way to a successful modeling career. She is very popular and charming, but she has become vain, haughty, and self-obsessed with her looks and is viewed as an [[AlphaBitch Alpha Bitch]] by many of the less popular students at her school. She becomes permanently disfigured in a car crash, and all her beauty is gone for good. She at first laments the loss of her beauty and struggles to adjust to going from being the popular school beauty to being a lot less attractive than her former popular, pretty friends and even some of the girls she used to tease for their looks. However, she becomes a much better person as she learns that she is more than just a beautiful face.
* ''Literature/TheReluctantKing'': Jorian goes through a lot of this, becoming wiser and more mature during his toils. [[spoiler:When he ultimately learns that his beloved Estrildis found another paramour and got pregnant by him, he decides to let her live happy with him and wishes them both well, contrasting the very beginning of the novel where he swears to chop her hypothetical lover into ribbons.]]
* ''Literature/SchooledInMagic'': Alassa starts out as an AlphaBitch, who's a [[SpoiledBrat spoiled]] [[RoyalBrat princess]] [[TheBully bullying]] Emily. They slowly become friends though, and Alassa turns into a nice young woman over time.
* ''Literature/TheSilerianTrilogy'': Ronall slowly goes from being an abusive, lecherous drunk and becomes a hero.
* ''Literature/TellMeHowYouReallyFeel'': Rachel starts out pretty hostile and unkind to Sana, along with the people who work on her film project. Over time while getting closer to Sana she gets much nicer.
* ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'': The overarching plot of the series centers around Apollo growing out of his self-centeredness and maturing.
* Nils Holgersson from ''Literature/TheWonderfulAdventuresOfNils'' is a lazy, mischievous BrattyHalfPint who [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals torments animals just for fun]]. After a magical elf turns him only a few inches high and capable of talking to animals, and a flock of wild geese take him on a journey over Sweden, he learns humility and respect for nature, and becomes a kind and selfless person by the end of the book.
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* Eustace in ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader''.
** Also, Edmund. He starts off as a {{Jerkass}} in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', but slowly becomes less selfish as he's captured by the White Witch and realizes [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the damage he's caused]]. He ends up making a HeroicSacrifice (of which he gets better) to break the Witch's wand (which turns the tide of battle in the favor of Peter's army, since it keeps the Witch from turning their soldiers to stone). In ''Literature/PrinceCaspian'', he is the only one of the siblings who remembers that Lucy's CassandraTruth about the magical land in the wardrobe was right, and thus knows she's probably right about the other stuff she claims and does whatever he can to support her.
** Also, Edmund. He starts off as a {{Jerkass}} in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', but slowly becomes less selfish as he's captured by the White Witch and realizes [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the damage he's caused]]. He ends up making a HeroicSacrifice (of which he gets better) to break the Witch's wand (which turns the tide of battle in the favor of Peter's army, since it keeps the Witch from turning their soldiers to stone). In ''Literature/PrinceCaspian'', he is the only one of the siblings who remembers that Lucy's CassandraTruth about the magical land in the wardrobe was right, and thus knows she's probably right about the other stuff she claims and does whatever he can to support her.
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** Eustacein ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader''.
** Also, Edmund. HeScrubb from ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'' starts off as a {{Jerkass}} in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', whiny self-obsessed jerk, but slowly after getting turned into a monstrous dragon due to his own greed, he grows out of it and becomes less selfish as he's captured by the White Witch much more helpful and realizes [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the damage he's caused]]. He ends up making considerate as a HeroicSacrifice (of which he gets better) to break the Witch's wand (which turns the tide of battle in the favor of Peter's army, since it keeps the Witch result, earning a transformation back into human from turning their soldiers to stone). [[CrystalDragonJesus Aslan]]. In ''Literature/PrinceCaspian'', he is the only later ''Narnia'' books, Eustace becomes unambiguously one of the heroes, transformed by this experience on the ''Dawn Treader''.
** Edmund Pevensie goes through one in [[Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe the first book]]. At first, he lies to his siblingswho remembers that Lucy's CassandraTruth about the magical land having seen Narnia, not to mention wanting to sell them out in the wardrobe exchange for [[GRatedDrug Turkish Delights.]] He grows out of it after [[BigBad The White Witch]] get angry with him for not bringing his siblings to her castle and then seeing her turn animals to stone for celebrating Aslan's return.
+ In ''Literature/ThatIrresistiblePoison'' by AlessandraHazard, Ksar wasright, a total douchebag to Seyn, belittling and thus knows she's probably right about the other stuff she claims mocking him, and does whatever he can treating him like a child. But Ksar grows to support her.love Seyn and cherish him.
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** Edmund Pevensie goes through one in [[Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe the first book]]. At first, he lies to his siblings
+ In ''Literature/ThatIrresistiblePoison'' by AlessandraHazard, Ksar was
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* ''Literature/PeekABooPoo'': While Alfie wasn't mean in the first book, he still went on a spree of pooping in random places. By the next book, however, he's much more mature, considers his past habits to be an embarrassing secret, and wants to teach his sister how to poop in the right place.
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* ''Literature/HollowKingdom2019'': The two chapters told from the perspective of Genghis Cat see the feline go from openly pissed off about [[spoiler:The One Who Opens Doors]] entering his territory to developing a protective instinct towards him, with him and his kittens often lounging alongside [[spoiler:the orangutans]].
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** S.T. starts off with little respect towards non-humans, refusing any help not directly related to his goals, and [[FirstPersonSmartass his narration is chock-full of profanity and snarking]]. He mellows out over the course of the story; he grows to appreciate other animals, builds up a community dedicated to saving domestic creatures, and his fiery inner monologue is dialed back a few notches.
** The two chapters told from the perspective of Genghis Cat see the feline go from openly pissed off about [[spoiler:The One Who Opens Doors]] entering his territory to developing a protective instinct towards him, with him and his kittens often lounging alongside [[spoiler:the orangutans]].
** S.T. starts off with little respect towards non-humans, refusing any help not directly related to his goals, and [[FirstPersonSmartass his narration is chock-full of profanity and snarking]]. He mellows out over the course of the story; he grows to appreciate other animals, builds up a community dedicated to saving domestic creatures, and his fiery inner monologue is dialed back a few notches.
** The two chapters told from the perspective of Genghis Cat see the feline go from openly pissed off about [[spoiler:The One Who Opens Doors]] entering his territory to developing a protective instinct towards him, with him and his kittens often lounging alongside [[spoiler:the orangutans]].
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* ''Literature/HollowKingdom2019'': The two chapters told from the perspective of Genghis Cat see the feline go from openly pissed off about [[spoiler:The One Who Opens Doors]] entering his territory to developing a protective instinct towards him, with him and his kittens often lounging alongside [[spoiler:the orangutans]].
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* Lord Wyldon is much friendlier in the fourth ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'' book than he is while he is overseeing Kel's training. Part of it is that he's no longer in the role of a DrillSergeantNasty now that Kel is a fellow (if vastly junior) knight. However, it's also because his own sense of honor forced him to admit how unreasonable he had been in his prejudice against her, and how he had consequently allowed incredibly unfit trainees to reach the point of public failure because he was so focused on making things difficult for the girl. He's also relieved to be free of the shackles of his training master job, which he only took because the king asked him to do it, and is much happier being the lord protector and commander of his own people.
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** This is a common trope in series about girls in high school or college, such as the Betty Wales and Grace Harlowe series.
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* [[Literature/HarryPotter James Potter]] started out as a huge JerkJock and then eventually became [[ClassRepresentative Head Boy]] in his seventh year. This alone can't signify redemption - Percy was Head Boy, and he disowned his family two years later - but he then marries and dies for Lily Evans.
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* [[Literature/HarryPotter James Potter]] started out as a huge JerkJock and then eventually became [[ClassRepresentative Head Boy]] in his seventh year. This alone can't signify redemption - Percy was Head Boy, year and he disowned his family two years later - but he then marries and dies for Lily Evans.
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** Percy Weasley, who disowns his family for two years and was quite snobbish beforehand, apologizes in the last book and admits to his wrongdoings. He quickly makes up with his family and takes Fred's death very hard.
