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14	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. Cinnamon Bun, the once bumbling and naive servant of Princess Bubblegum, earned himself a level. His time with Flame Princess made him into the new champion of Finn's former flame. He one ups Finn, fights of the mooks of the Fire King, taught his pet fire wolf to fly, and possibly started a relationship with Flame Princess.
15	* In ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'', 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:
16	** 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.
17	** 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.
18	** 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.
19	** In "A Sultan Worth His Salt", Jasmine receives warrior training after being kidnapped by a group of Amazons.
20	** This carries over into the final sequel ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'', where she holds her own against the Forty Thieves, all of which are at least twice her size.
21	* Cyril in ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' spent the majority of the series as the [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction agency]]'s ButtMonkey accountant. However in Season 11, it's shown that during Archer's coma he ended up filling in for him as a field agent and became every bit the badass he was, with the first episode of the season showing him in a motorcycle gunfight alongside Archer's partner Lana with him wearing a mask to misdirect the viewer. It's also shown he drinks so many protein shakes the office fridge is filled to the brim with them.
22	* ''WesternAnimation/AtomicPuppet'': When we're first introduced to Mookie, he's an IneffectualSympatheticVillain, wannabe superhero, and former BumblingSidekick, who is constantly humiliated by the failures of his various attempts to try prove to Mega City he's the hero they deserve, fails to be taken seriously by even his eponymous rival, and has become a DistressedDude several times. Then comes Season 1's finale, "The Big Shift", in which he is sent to jail and teams up with a good chunk of the RoguesGallery. He proceeds to mastermind a massive prison breakout and get some PoweredArmour with electric abilities, which he uses to beat the crap out of Atomic Puppet.
23	-->'''Mookie:''' Isn't it ironic that the city that refused to accept me is ''now the source of the power that I'll use to destroy it?!'' (''EvilLaugh followed by a CurbStompBattle'')
24	-->'''AP:''' I can't believe I'm saying this, but Mookie's too much for us!
25	-->'''Joey:''' Don't you ever say that again!
26	* The ''{{Franchise/Avatar\|The Last Airbender}}'' universe:
27	** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
28	*** [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderAvatarAang Avatar Aang]]. At first, he's a scared boy who, from his perspective, just learned he was to be the Savior of the World and must leave his home and the only man he knew as a father. Now the world is in danger and so he shirks his responsibilities. Less than a year later, he's a fully competent and skilled Avatar, Master of All the Elements. Even without using the Avatar State, he can hold his own against a super-powered Phoenix King Ozai. When he actually does activate the Avatar State, it's hardly even a contest.
29	*** Many people found [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderKatara 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 [[{{Determinator}} driven to excel]], which enables her to get more out of quality training than her BrilliantButLazy beau.
30	*** [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSokka 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.
31	*** [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderZuko 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 [[SugarWiki/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 redirects to hit ''near'' him, saying it's the Avatar's duty to defeat him, not his own. 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.
32	*** Zuko's uncle [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderGeneralIroh Iroh]], already pretty badass, works off the extra weight he'd gained in retirement and manages to burst out of a metal prison while the firebenders have lost their power due to the eclipse.
33	*** [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTophBeifong Toph Beifong]] was already a Master Earthbender when the [=GAang=] found her. She could take on most any Earthbender, save Bumi, and win easily. How does she become even more badass? By developing Metalbending, something no one in the history of the world had done before.
34	*** The first scene of Bumi was back when Aang hadn't vanished from the world. He was a scraggly kid with a weird face and a love of pranks. A century later and he is the strongest Earthbender in the series able to do several amazing feats of bending with his head exposed. He later freed his city in the span of 8 minutes when all the Firebenders were powerless.
35	** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
36	*** This SequelSeries shows that Toph got even stronger in old age, to the point where two of her established weaknesses (Airbending and loose earth mucking with her Seismic Sense) are all non-issues now. She doesn't even need to use hand motions to Earthbend anymore, and with her connection to the swamp her Seismic Sense now spans ''continents''.
37	*** [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraAvatarKorra Avatar Korra]] herself steadily becomes much more competent throughout the series. Becoming the first avatar to Metalbend is the most prominent example.
38	* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', the episode [[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE21MadLove "Mad Love"]] 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, "I have to admit, she came a lot closer [to killing me] than you ever did. Puddin'." Her [[Awesome/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries CMOA]] vanishes when she gets knocked out a five-story building.
39	** Charlie Collins. He started out the episode "Joker's Favor" as a bitter, ordinary man who ended up being tormented by the Joker. By the end of the episode, he is the one tormenting the Joker.
40	* Remember when Cobra Commander of ''Franchise/GIJoe'' was a whiny twit of silly schemes? When he [[spoiler:destroys Moscow as a show of force]], in ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeResolute'', you will know you are dealing with a badass BigBad who would give anyone nightmares.
41	** ''Resolute'' was a DarkerAndEdgier version of the classic cartoons, but they took away all the [[ContrivedStupidityTropes contrived stupidity]]. 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 [[NotSoHarmlessVillain now he's playing for keeps]].
42	** Though note that he started becoming a badass in ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeSigma6'' when he was depicted as less of a coward and more like a dictator.
43	* When he first appears, Willy Watt of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' is a typical scrawny nerd. After a few months in [[PrisonsAreGymnasiums juvenile hall]], he becomes a buff badboy that even the other kids in juvie are afraid of.
44	* Aelita from ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' spends the first two seasons as a DamselInDistress 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. Then she gains the ability to sprout wings and fly. She also progressively gets more confident, turning into a full-fledged ActionGirl. She is still XANA's DesignatedVictim throughout Seasons 3 and 4 thanks to her MacGuffinSuperPerson status, but now she's certainly fighting back. William from the same series went from [[DieForOurShip an annoying rival to Ulrich]] to a [[EvilIsCool badass villain]].
45	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''
46	** Valerie Gray 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.''
47	** 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''!
48	** Then there's Jack Fenton. He went from BumblingDad to GeniusBruiser over the course of the series.
49	* In the ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' movie ''Ego Trip'', Teenage Dexter is portrayed as a complete wuss. Until [[CorruptBureaucrat Mandark]] [[BerserkButton breaks his glasses]].
50	* In the ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' ChristmasSpecial Swiper the fox had this little exchange with his [[FutureMeScaresMe future self]].
51	-->'''Swiper:''' [[SwiperNoSwiping Swiper no swiping]], Swiper no swiping, SWIPER NO SWIPING!\
52	'''Future Swiper:''' THAT doesn't work anymore! ''(steals his TimeTravel cape)''
53	* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'' shows [[Characters/TheDragonPrinceCallum Callum]]. At the beginning of the first season, he was an ordinary boy who was struggling to finish his second spell and had to be rescued several times by Rayla. Towards the end of the second season, he is a true magician [[SwordAndSorcerer who can assist Rayla in combat]] [[spoiler: and in Season 3, he masters a difficult spell he had seen demonstrated ''once'' to give himself wings to save Rayla from falling to her death.]]
54	* ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'':
55	** Amberley. Similar to Rufus, Amberley was thoroughly useless in the second season, and even in the first had minimal moments of effectiveness, usually playing a DamselInDistress. In the third and forth season, Amberley becomes more tactical, often forming team strategies, with her and Rufus being the most consistent reason the Urpneys are stopped.
56	** While not as consistent, the Urpneys also had a few more evident cases of being NotSoHarmless in the later seasons (they are thoroughly unstoppable in "The Spidermobile" for example). Combined with Zordrak's more ambitious motives for the capturing the title stone (from giving the Noops bad dreams to taking over the universe), there was a fair bit more emphasis on the heroes being in legitimate danger.
57	* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': In "Woo-oo!", Dewey challenges Glomgold to a fight but is easily cowed and backs down before a blow is even exchanged. In "The Spear of Selene!", he takes on [[spoiler:Webby in a brawl that lasts for several minutes and manages to hold his own before Webby eventually pins him]].
58	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'':
59	** Played for laughs in the 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]].
60	** Also played for laughs in "Knighty Knight", where King Arthur immediately becomes big and muscle bound after getting glasses.
61	* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E11DialMegForMurder 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 a one-episode thing]] though.
62	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
63	-->"[[MyNameIsInigoMontoya My name isn't Slick. It's Zoidberg]]. JOHN [[PrecisionFStrike F**KING]] ZOIDBERG!"
64	* ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries''. 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]].
65	** A three-part special has the ORIGINAL American ''Film/{{Godzilla\|1998}}'' [[spoiler:being turned into a surprisingly powerful cyborg, becoming the series' version of Mechagodzilla.]]
66	* ''WesternAnimation/TheHead'': At the start of the series, Jim didn't have any confidence in himself. But with Roy's help, he was able to gain his confidence, make friends, get a girlfriend and save the world.
67	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': [[StrugglingSingleMother Johanna]] spends most of the series sitting at home and worrying for Hilda’s well-being, because of her adventures. However, when her daughter’s life gets threatened, she will stop at nothing to protect her, starting with making a troll relent by just giving it a stoic DeathGlare, and ending with going full Ellen Ripley when saving Hilda from AnimalisticAbomination.
68	-->'''Hilda:''' That was amazing! How did you know what to do?!
69	-->'''Johanna:''' [[MamaBear Mums always know what to do]].
70	* ''WesternAnimation/TheHollow'': After developing pyrokinesis, Kai is considerably more powerful, arguably one of the most powerful members of the humans.
71	* ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'': Ben Pincus is a sensitive and bookish teenage boy with a crippling fear of... many things ([[AbsurdPhobia including whipped cream]]). He seemingly falls to his death in the climax of Season 1, but is later revealed to have survived the encounter and became a badass HotBlooded jungle kid surviving alone on the island. He even fearlessly faces a ''Carnotaurus'' with a handcrafted spear, which becomes his in-universe RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun moment (by this point the other kids have gotten tired of him bragging about it).
72	* Ron Stoppable from ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' took a severe level in badass the first movie, the Grand Finale and the episodes where he is turned evil.
73	** In the ''WesternAnimation/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. (Ron is still the one who ultimately saves the day.)
74	** Also from the movie, future!Wade is a GentleGiant badass commando.
75	** And so on for ''everyone'' else. Especially Drakken, who took many levels in both movies and the GrandFinale, the latter of which is a permanent one.
76	-->[[LampshadeHanging "Why is everyone in]] [[FutureBadass the future so ripped?"]]
77	* In the Disney short ''WesternAnimation/LambertTheSheepishLion'', 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]].
78	* In the animated version of ''[[WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2006 Legion of Super Heroes]]'', 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.
79	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'' has Badili, a [[CowardlyLion kindhearted and timid leopard]] who is afraid to stand up for himself against another bullying leopard. But thanks to training from the Lion Guard, Badili becomes fiercer, braver, stronger, faster, and more confident. He does briefly start cowering again at one point, but he quickly recovers and stands up against the bullying leopard, chasing him away with a loud roar.
80	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
81	** WesternAnimation/PrivateSnafu, a WartimeCartoon 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 WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, outwitting enemy soldiers and successfully completing missions.
82	** WesternAnimation/{{Sylvester the Cat\|and Tweety Bird}} goes through this in the short ''WesternAnimation/ScaredyCat''. For most of the cartoon, Sylvester is a LovableCoward absolutely terrified of the malicious mice living in his and WesternAnimation/PorkyPig's new home. Once the mice made the mistake of [[BoundAndGagged binding and gagging]] Porky, however, Sylvester takes matters into his own hands, ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome tears a tree out of the ground]]''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome , and uses it to attack the mice and drive them out of the house]].
83	* Offdensen in ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'', starting with the Season 1 finale. Because sometimes a [[OnlySaneEmployee Liz Lemon Job]] requires you to kick some ass.
84	** Taken even further in Season 3 where he [[spoiler:''came BackFromTheDead'' then spent 9 months investigating a secret project only 4 people are supposed to know exist, and makes the series BigBad go into a minor rage because he saw his face. He even manages to avert WorldWar3 and bring peace to the Middle East WITH SNOWCONES. And while he sadly leaves Dethklok during the events of ''Doomstar Requiem'' he becomes the new leader of the Church of Black Klok after the previous one's death, we can only hope he continues his streak and becomes a BadassPreacher.]]
85	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': During the events of "Dragonshy", [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicFluttershy Fluttershy]] is largely TheLoad -- but when [[BerserkButton her friends are threatened]], she levels up to BadassAdorable. At the end of "A Canterlot Wedding", she makes it through the climactic battle despite [[BadassPacifist not even directly attacking her opponents]], instead [[GuileHero misdirecting them by trickery]] and tripping up a few. Not bad for somepony who in the first episode of the first season could ''barely speak to strangers''.
86	** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTwilightSparkle Twilight Sparkle]] over the course of the series goes from bookworm magical student with poor social skills to one of the most competent magicians in the series, repeated savior of Equestria, and an [[spoiler: alicorn princess, and thus, big political figure]]. Even more so in the final of Season 4, when she [[spoiler: takes on power of all four princesses and fights against Tirek, a villain more powerful than Discord, in Dragon Ball-esque battle]]. Seriously.
87	** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSpike Spike]] as well. In Season 4, his [[BreathWeapon fire breath]] was shown to be more powerful than it was previously portrayed -- in "Equestria Games", he used it to quickly melt a huge chunk of falling ice before it could crush the stadium in which the eponymous event was being held. Then he got ''[[FlyingFirepower wings]]'' in the Season 8 episode "The Molt Down", and made a [[SuperPersistentPredator Roc]] back off with a single fire blast to the face shortly thereafter.
88	** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicKingSombra King Sombra's]] two appearances really showcase how much stronger the Mane Six have gotten over the course of the series. His first appearance had them running in sheer terror from him, unable to even come close to harming him, hiding behind a barrier while desperately trying to find a MacGuffin to stop him, and he ''still'' would have beaten them if not for one final desperate move from Spike, Shining Armor, and Princess Cadance. His second appearance ends with the Mane Six doing a confident UnflinchingWalk toward him, ''with no {{MacGuffin}}s at all'', [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Twilight effortlessly swatting his blasts away with her horn]], and ultimately [[KilledOffForReal killing him off for real]] in a single shot using ''just ThePowerOfFriendship alone''.
89	** [[Franchise/MyLittlePony The whole franchise]] got this treatment around 2010. While [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials the 80s pilot specials]] and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986 the 1986 movie]] [[OlderThanTheyThink were no slouches in the badassery department]], the series got progressively more diabetes-inducing after the movie. And then, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3 after it got as non-threatening as you could get]], suddenly this show comes onto the scene and takes the Internet by surprise just from how [[Awesome/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic awesome]] it could get.
90	* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' has K.O., Enid, and Rad literally taking levels in badass throughout the series. K.O. in particular starts out as level ''0'' (making him one of the weakest characters) and come the series finale "Thank you for Watching the Show" [[spoiler:he's becomes a level '''100''' Hero at age 35+, making him possibly the most powerful Hero in the world]].
91	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}}'': Pibby goes from being an innocent and naive preschool character to a kick-ass and experienced eyepatch-wearing warrior who battles against the apocalypse.
92	* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'':
93	** Enzo Matrix. Even more jarring come Season 4.0, when both the Before ([[TagalongKid Enzo]]) and After ([[TheLancer Matrix]]) versions exist simultaneously.
94	** ''[[BigBad Megabyte]]'' takes a few levels himself over the series, completely averting the standard VillainDecay. Especially when he gets shapeshifting powers.
95	* The main six (the most notable being T.J. and Gus) and Miss Grotke in ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut''.
96	* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'':
97	** [[Characters/RickAndMortyMortySmith Morty Smith]] adventures with Rick seem to be rubbing off on him, as stuff that would send him into a near panic attack early in the show is starting to be met with worry or curiosity rather than blind fear. For example, in "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS2E3AutoEroticAssimilation Auto Erotic Assimilation]]" a comment after the [[ItMakesSenseInContext nipple based race war reignites when Unity loses control of the species it has assimilated]] indicates that this isn't his first time dealing with race wars and during "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS2E6TheRicksMustBeCrazy The Ricks Must Be Crazy]]", after having enough of Rick's and Zeep's bullshit inside the Teenyverse, he opts to go off on his own and within a couple of months takes control of a local tribe of savage tree-people. He's still definitely TheWoobie, but he's slowly starting to grow into an IronWoobie.
98	*** Season 3 demonstrates this best in the episode, ''"[[Recap/RickAndMortyS3E4Vindicators3TheReturnOfWorldEnder Vindicators 3: The Return of World Ender]]"'' when he's treated as TheLoad by Rick and the Vindicators for being some stupid kid, but his SeenItAll circumstances allow him to figure out exactly what's going on pretty damn fast with little to no concern about the entire problem. [[spoiler:Not that it saves the [[AssholeVictim Vindicators,]] but the BrokenPedestal part is more concerning than their actual deaths to him.]]
99	*** The Planetina episode in the fifth season demonstrates this: he started as a kid horrified by the prospect of hurting someone in the pilot. In "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS5E3ARickconvenientMort A Rickconvenient Mort]]", he kicks someone to the floor, kicks the man's face in after using a fire to burn the ropes binding his wrists, ''bites the man's finger off'', then uses the man's magic ring to burn that man to death, then murder the armed guards who come through the door. Then he pretends to be a pizza delivery guy and kills a few more armed guards and the carriers of Planetina's magic rings, using those rings' powers against the allies of their former owners. To kill them. Then to be eaten by baby seals.
100	** [[Characters/RickAndMortyJerrySmith Jerry Smith]]
101	*** In "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS1E6RickPotionNumber9 Rick Potion #9]]", though it apparently doesn't carry over to the reality Rick and Morty settle down in where the situation that turned him into a badass is resolved (or didn't go far enough for his badassery to happen).
102	*** In "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS2E7BigTroubleInLittleSanchez Big Trouble in Little Sanchez]]" he is fed up with Beth's perception of him as a meek worm and decides to fight back to rescue her from a monster perception of herself.
103	*** In "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS6E8AnalyzePiss Analyze Piss]]" Jerry puts his foot down when a supervillain named Pissmaster makes a lewd comment towards Summer. While not the greatest fighter who ever lived, Jerry still managed to give Pissmaster a beating he'd never forget. The fight is witnessed by the entire neighborhood and goes viral on a galactic level, which not only earns Jerry the respect of his family but also gets him recognized by an intergalactic council.
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107	* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' is no stranger to this trope, but ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooLegendOfThePhantosaur'' comes to mind. Shaggy, acting under hypnosis, beats the crap out of an entire biker gang, wins a motorcycle race after rescuing his opponent, and navigates the gang (plus a few more) through a pit full of snakes during a mine explosion.
108	** And at the end, he ends up escaping without the hypnosis, and saves the rest of the gang.
109	** Shaggy has another one in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' when Scooby is kidnapped.
110	* Prince Desmond, in the "Make Way for Miss Nettle" episode of ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst''. He starts out as a coward who fears almost everything, including wet socks, but ends up tackling a powerful fairy to take her wand.
111	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
112	** Ike goes from "Don't kick the baby!" in Season 1 to being part of a plan to steal the Hope Diamond by Barack Obama and John [=McCain=]. This is before he runs off to be a pirate having grown bored with middle class life.
113	** Liane Cartman as of "Coon 2: Hindsight." She's actually refusing to be Cartman's personal servant for once, and punishing him for swearing and beating up his friends. It says something that this is a level in badass for her. (She does fall for the [=LeBron=] James Technique, however.) As of "[=HumancentiPad=]", she has apparently stopped putting up with any of Eric's attitude, making her one of the few (if only) competent parents on the show. Of course, now Eric has started screwing her over the same way he does everyone else.
114	** [[Characters/SouthParkKennyMcCormick Kenny McCormick]] as of "Mysterion Rises".
115	** [[Characters/SouthParkButtersStotch Butters Stotch]] on numerous occasions:
116	*** "Super Fun Time": He will ''not'' let go of Cartman's hand. For ''anything''.
117	*** "[[Recap/SouthParkS7E9ChristianRockHard Christian Rock Hard]]": After Cartman's plan to scam the Contemporary Christian community falls flat on his face, breaking up his band and humiliating him in front of a deeply offended audience, Butters (a devoted Christian himself) ''farts in Cartman's face'', then flips him off and says "Fuck you, Eric."
118	*** "Imaginationland": Freaking becomes the MessianicArchetype of Imagionationland's by turning the war around with his own, well, imagination, and then ''completely fucking resurrecting it'' after a nuclear strike by imagining ''the whole fucking thing'' back into existence.
119	*** "The Tale of Scrotie [=McBoogerballs=]": TheReasonYouSuckSpeech he gives the main characters after the novel they wrote makes him a worldwide celebrity.
120	*** "[[Recap/SouthParkS16E5Butterballs Butterballs]]": His TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to his grandma.
121	** Wendy in "Breast Cancer Show Ever" stands up to Cartman and then beats the ''living shit'' out of him at the end.
122	** Heidi in "Splatty Tomato" after she abandons the victim mentality and dumps Cartman, even ignoring his suicide threats that originally kept her from leaving him.
123	* [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsSheldonPlankton Sheldon Plankton]] from ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' by Season 7 and onwards. In Seasons 1-3, he was a very effective villain, in Seasons 4-6 he suffered VillainDecay, then starting with Season 7, he returns to his threatening and menacing self, particularly in the episode "Frozen-Face Off", "[=SpongeBob=]'s Last Stand" and "One Coarse Meal". In "Frozen-Face Off", [[KansasCityShuffle he organized an entire race as a distraction so he could steal the Krabby Patty formula without trouble and interference]] and in order to throw off the suspicion, he placed his [[ActuallyADoombot robot doppelganger]] to participate in the race and it took all the main characters to stop his plans. In "[=SpongeBob=]'s Last Stand" he built a super highway which directly led to the Chum Bucket and it drove away all jellyfish from their fields and took over the entire town and almost all of Bikini Bottom's population supported him. It was so evil that Mr. Krabs was [[DespairEventHorizon going to give the secret formula]] ''[[DespairEventHorizon willingly]]''. Both episodes were more dramatic and serious than most other episodes in the series. Even in "One Coarse Meal", the episode where Mr. Krabs crossed the MoralEventHorizon by driving Plankton to suicide, Plankton was a very effective villain. He drops a powerful explosive the size of a TV remote on the Krusty Krab's roof; he is said to build a transmutator (a machine with the power to make an element in nature into another element, like iron into gold, fire into air, etc.); and a robotic bomb-shaped object that is actually a disguised, robotic, telescopic claw that can crush a sea creature. And at the end of the episodes, Plankton used a mime to scare Mr. Krabs, who is afraid of mimes, and judging by Krabs' reaction, his phobia of mimes is bigger than Plankton's phobia of whales, since Mr. Krabs was completely irrational, while Plankton managed to stay rational and not go crazy like Krabs did. This unintentionally foreshadows that Plankton will become much more monstrous and effective and this will lead into the events of the movie, which is the GrandFinale of the series.
124	** [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsTitularCharacter SpongeBob SquarePants]] himself takes a rather notable level in "Pets or Pests". In the protection of his new pet baby worms, he tackles Larry Lobster to the ground to stop him from eating them and takes a semi-truck that was about to run them over apart.
125	*** The episode "Spongebob, You're Fired!" has the title character saved by a mysterious figure in a Krabby Patty costume known as the Killer Patty, who beats the tar out of competing fry cooks before carrying the little guy off. And who does this masked hero turn out to be? [[spoiler:''Squidward'']].
126	* Franchise/Ben10: Don't expect [[ContestedSequel the show's haters]] to admit it, but [[Characters/Ben10BenTennyson Ben Tennyson]] ''did'' take some level in badass in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''; in [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 the original show]], he was a 10-year old immature kid with very limited control on his powers, who would easily make himself look ridiculous or ending up in distress when the Omnitrix stopped working. In ''Alien Force'', he has grown up into a responsible leader, has much better control over the Omnitrix, and is a competent fighter even without the Omnitrix, as well as much more skilled at using his aliens. As a side effect, however, it resulted in some of his allies and enemies, especially [[RedemptionDemotion Kevin 11]] and [[ArchEnemy Vilgax]], to suffer VillainDecay. Presumably because of fans' reaction, Ben then TookALevelInDumbass in Season 3 due to a failed attempt to make him more like his original series' self.
127	** Also, some of the B-level members of the RoguesGallery have gotten badder. Dr. Animo temporarily ''rules a world'', while Vilgax absorbs the powers of the champions of worlds he conquers and returns a lot tougher.
128	* Here's a fun game: take some buddies who are familiar with the ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' and show them either the ''WesternAnimation/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.
129	** ComicBook/TheFlash starts as basically the team's designated diversion-creator, which would usually last until he inevitably tripped on something. One season later, he manages to take out an entire space-station full of mooks in seconds, and, at the end of Season 4, he destroys Brainiac by ''taking him apart piece by piece''.
130	* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' does this to the [[spoiler:Pakleds]]. When they first appeared in the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode [[spoiler:"Samaritan Snare"]], they are only able to hold the ''Enterprise''-D at bay by threatening Geordi La Forge, whom they took as a hostage of sorts. When they come back in the episode "No Small Parts", they're able to create monstrosities out of various ship pieces, nearly tearing the USS ''Cerritos'' apart if not for the arrival of [[spoiler: the USS ''Titan'']].
131	* Ludo from ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' spends all of Season 1 as a HarmlessVillain who never fights Star directly, and in the finale [[HumiliationConga he gets kicked out by his own minions, has his castle and army blown up, and finally he's thrown into another dimension]]. Once Season 2 starts, though, he manages to survive in the wilderness and tame a giant spider and eagle several times larger than him all by himself... and then he finds the other half of Star's fragmented wand crystal, giving him his own wand.
132	* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', [[Characters/StarWarsAhsokaTano Ahsoka Tano]] starts off as a scruffy young Padawan learner who is always the one asking questions and learning lessons. By the time of the SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', Ahsoka is an experienced former Jedi who is one of the founders of the Rebel Alliance, is powerful enough to [[spoiler:go toe-to-toe with Darth Vader (who benefits from AdaptationalBadass making him the second-strongest Force user in the galaxy short of [[BigBad the Emperor himself]]) in single combat]], and ends the series by [[spoiler:being one of only ''four'' known Old Republic-era Jedi to live long enough to see the Empire burn]].
133	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
134	** [[Characters/StevenUniverseStevenQuartzUniverse Steven Quartz Universe]] gradually grows into his powers and gets used to the danger that comes with being a Crystal Gem (though he's still somewhere between an ActualPacifist and TechnicalPacifist whose "weapons" are impenetrable bubbles, a shield and healing saliva).
135	** [[Characters/StevenUniverseConnieMaheswaran Connie Maheswaran]], after taking sword training lessons from Pearl, becomes a BadassNormal.
136	** Happens to [[spoiler: [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap Lars]] after he gets kidnapped by Homeworld, dies saving the Off-Colors, gets resurrected by Steven, and becomes the captain of the Sun Incinerator, with the [[SpacePirates Off-Colors]] serving as his crew]].
137	** [[spoiler: [[Characters/StevenUniversePinkDiamond Pink Diamond]] went from an AnnoyingYoungerSibling to Blue and Yellow Diamond that couldn't be taken seriously, to a {{Chessmaster}} who masterminded the Crystal Gem rebellion against ''herself'' under the identity [[Characters/StevenUniverseRoseQuartz Rose Quartz]], so the Earth could be free, and ultimately ended up cleverly ''[[FakingTheDead faking her own death]]'' to accomplish this, which fooled ''everyone''.]]
138	* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''
139	** Certain versions like [[WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}} the 2007 CGI movie]], have April O'Neil learning [[HighlyVisibleNinja their brand of ninjitsu.]] She's also been a playable character in a few video games. (Probably because some designers felt a need to include a female fighter.)
140	** Serling, a butler robot in ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Fast Forward]]'', actually saved his master's life in probably one of the most [[Awesome/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles impressive]] fashions.
141	* ''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 [[EmpoweredBadassNormal with magical powers]] and proceeds to beat the Titans senseless without even breaking a sweat.
142	* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
143	** Back in ''Total Drama Island'', [[Characters/TotalDramaCourtney Courtney's]] has a poor record in challenges, even failing to compete in the very first challenge. Subsequent seasons shows that her gaining many skills such martial arts, acrobatics, cheerleading and among others and is tied with Gwen for winning the most number of invincibilities. As for her leadership skills, she fail to lead her team properly in the first season but in the second, the manages to break the Killer Grips' poor record and win the last two challenges prior to the merge.
144	** [[Characters/TotalDramaHeather Heather]] doesn't bother helping out in challenges and always have Beth and Lindsay doing it for her. Without their help, she faces many difficulty to participate in any of her challenges. In subsequent seasons, she is willing to gets her hands dirty and even manages to reach the finale of ''Total Drama World Tour'' on her own this time.
145	** At the start of ''Revenge of the Island'', Zoey was generally a DamselInDistress who relied on Mike to save her from dangerous situations. During her 'Commando Zoey' phase however she gains athletic skills, prominent aiming skills, and considerable strength. She retains these skills in ''All-Stars'' as she knocks a couple of sharks away from Mike and Gwen using the medallion Mike gave her as a sling shot, lands a torch piece perfectly on a statue from a great distance, and dodges a barrage of leeches fired by Jo at BulletTime.
146	* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
147	** ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'': All the 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.
148	*** Wheelie of all people took a level in badass after Season 3. He lost the rhyming speech disability, got drunk, and beat up several Decepticons in succession in the Headmasters pilot.
149	*** 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'''!"
150	*** And who can forget Spike Witwicky? The TokenHuman companion of the Autobots who starts in Season 1 and 2 as a young lad trying his best to help the good 'bots but getting into big trouble more often than not, goes from DistressedDude and almost bordering on ButtMonkey status, to (in the animated movie, and then Season 3 onwards) reaching peak adulthood, marrying Carly and being a father to Daniel, being an active (and effective) agent in the war against the Decepticons, to ultimately ''becoming a Transformer himself and [[BigDamnHeroes saving the whole universe]].'' Yep. And, [[PapaWolf woe betide any Decepticon threatening Daniel's life, for he will stop at nothing to save his son]]. Not even the universe's fate has a higher priority than this man's child.
151	*** 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.
152	** Keep in mind his final moments as Megatron were actually wiping out a good number of key Autobots, and, after an impressive one on one, mortally wounding Optimus Prime himself.
153	*** More recent incarnations of Megatron have themselves become [[MagnificentBastard far more intelligent]] and [[KnightOfCerebus 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).
154	*** This has been taken to even higher levels (if possible) in [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Prime]], where he's now a [[TheJuggernaut nth unstable]] sadist with AGodAmI.
155	** Reversing this seemed to be the main point of ''WesternAnimation/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 Prowl's shurikens, had non-combat purposes in mind. This was to keep the Decepticons from suffering from VillainDecay (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.
156	** Prowl was already pretty badass in Animated 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 with only his mind, thus saving himself, Lockdown, and the Starscream clone from being flattened into pancakes.]]
157	*** Waspinator in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': TheChewToy whose only purpose was to get blown up OncePerEpisode and the weakest Predicon normally. Fast forwards to WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated: A vengeful AxCrazy techno-organic juggernaut and a major threat. Blowing him up STILL doesn't work, but this time, it's an actual plus for him.
158	*** 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.]]
159	*** In the same episode Bumblebee was, effectively, given a level in Badass, when Ratchet upgraded his stingers to Battle grade.
160	** Cheetor from ''WesternAnimation/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 ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' and a competent leader in his own right.
161	** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''.
162	** After spending most of the first half of the second season doing the HumiliationConga, [[Characters/TransformersPrimeStarscream Starscream]] discovers the [[spoiler: indestructible Apex Armor]]. He then loses it not many episodes later, but afterwards he gains [[spoiler:Red Energon, which he uses to steal the Omega Keys from the Autobots. Then he rejoins the Cons, makes a tactical decision that ultimately denies the Autobots the Omega Lock, and leads a freaking armada to attack the Autobot base, ''shooting Wheeljack down in the process''.]]
163	*** Soundwave would be seen to be this if it wasn't clear in hindsight that he was incredible from the start. For most of the first season, he does nothing but act as the silent communications officer for the Decepticons and leaves the ship all of once. Then near the end of the season, he absolutely embarrasses Airachnid without moving from his spot when she attempts a coup (after the beatdown he goes back to work). Moving into Season 2, he fights Wheeljack to a standstill and displays perfect and instant mastery of Spacebridge technology when he lets Arcee take a flying attack at him and opens a bridge millimeters before him that she flies into. Now in Season 3, he's fought an upgraded Optimus Prime on even air (they were flying) and snagged a 6-inch fossil falling in mid air with another instant portal. Essentially the writers have to be stingy with Soundwave's screentime because he is a veritable [[GameBreaker force unto himself]].
164	*** There's also Arcee, in most continuities she is mostly TheHeart who sits in the sidelines while everyone else does all the fighting. In ''Prime'' she is a straight up ActionGirl who gets into more fights as much as everyone, and she's not afraid in taking on bots who are thrice her size and win.
165	* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'':
166	** Henchman 21 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.
167	** 21's skills have been even further quantified when [[spoiler:he takes on Brock Samson and actually puts up a better than decent fight. Brock himself admits as much after beating him. A SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for 21 to be sure.]]
168	** In the episode "Assasinnany 911," Molotov Cocktease attempts to give the Venture boys a lesson in Bad Ass. It doesn't take.
169	** 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]].
170	* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'':
171	** Keith was portrayed all along as a capable fighter, but also clearly a rookie compared to fighters like [[TeamDad Shiro]], [[ArcVillain Lotor]] or veteran [[LaResistance Blade of Marmora]] members. But after [[TimeSkip two years]] traveling on the back of a space whale in the company of [[ActionMom his mother Krolia]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext and an energy wolf]] through the [[NegativeSpaceWedgie Quantum Abyss]], he came out the other side bigger, stronger and clearly in control of his emotions (which held him back more than his lack or muscle or skill). When he takes over for Shiro in the final battle against [[spoiler: Lotor]], he's far more confident and in control than his last stint as the Black Paladin.
172	** Matt. The first time he appears, he is (understandably) terrified at the thought of having to fight a gladiator and the prospect of never seeing his family again, but by the time Pidge finds him, he has become an experienced fighter and a leader in the resistance.
173	* [[spoiler:Blue]] in ''WesternAnimation/WeAreTheStrange''. [[spoiler:She starts out as a justifiably-mopey emo, but turns into a robot-killing ActionGirl by the end of the movie]].
174	* ''WesternAnimation/WhyCharlieBrownWhy'': Linus is usually polite and philosophical, and typically becomes passive-aggressive when angry. His badass moments in the comics, TV specials and movies usually involve his prowess with weaponizing his blanket, outsmarting his opponents, or delivering particularly scathing or [[TurnTheOtherCheek heartwarming]] comments when being challenged (thanks to his understanding of philosophy). His following this trope is combined with OOCIsSeriousBusiness; for starters, he yells at Lucy with genuine disgust over her insensitivity to [[LittlestCancerPatient Janice's illness]]. The most jarring moment is when Linus rips into a [[KidsAreCruel bully]] and nearly tries to deck him after he makes fun of Janice's chemotherapy-induced baldness, [[BerserkButton making her cry]].
175	* Bloom, in the Season 1 finale of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', takes down Icy, an older, more experienced spellcaster who at this point really just wants to kill Bloom once and for all, by manifesting the ability to teleport, and just popping up around Icy until she burns out her magic trying to knock her out of the air. Considering that Bloom hadn't even been at Alfea for a year (and wasn't terribly great at magic up to this point), this definitely qualifies.
176	* Matt from Season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' takes lessons in how to fight from resident BadassNormal Caleb. He's still not great in a fight, but at least he's not ''completely'' useless. He takes a further level later in the season when he gains full blown magic powers.
177	* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''.
178	** 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 Seasons 1 and 2, to being put on a bus in Season 3, [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap to emerging as a new found badass that people suddenly liked]] in Season 4.
179	** Everyone 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 and 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 and 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, and you know something? We're good, REAL Good."
180	** The Badass level could be rooted back to Season 1's finale, the previous episode had Kurt, Evan, and Kitty getting beaten up by Lance, Pietro, and 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.
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