This sort of thing tends to happen a lot in stories by Flowerprincess 11. Chances are if there's a character who was a jerk/bully with no real redeeming qualities (or just some character that the author didn't like for whatever reason), karma will come back to bite them and bite them hard. A link to her stories are here
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Danny Phantom
- Dash Baxter and Paulina Sanchez are probably the best and most notable examples. Just like in the original series, neither of them had any real plans for a life after high school—Dash was especially open about this, freely admitting that his future was bleak once his Glory Days end and he figured that he'll just end up working for some nerd.
- At least in the Many Dates-timelines, they (along with most of the other A-listers at Casper High) end up losing all their power and privilege, especially after Danny Fenton reveals himself as Danny Phantom to the world.
- Dash and Paulina eventually get married and have two children, a daughter named Paola and a son named Dash Junior, but their marriage doesn't work out and they ultimately get divorced—even without that, Dash and Paulina prove to not be great parents, with both of them trying to live vicariously through their children. Dash, for example, has basically groomed his and Paulina's son to be just like him when he was in high school. Paola, on the other hand, has become the White Sheep of the family (thanks to the influence of her and her brother's grandparents). Many characters have noted how, looks aside, you'd never think that Paola was related to Paulina (and, to a lesser extent, Dash Senior).
- Paulina was disinherited by her parents at some point in her adulthood, forcing to get a job in order to have any kind of income (especially after she and Dash divorced).
- Once Dash makes an actually genuine attempt of himself, the best he can do is get at his old high school as a gym teacher and a football coach—he's clearly not very good at his job and is one of the most disliked staff-members at Casper High. And to really add insult to injurynote , the current principal at Casper High (i.e., Dash's boss) is one of the nerds that he relentlessly bullied back in high school.
Kim Possible
- Bonnie Rockwaller, just like Dash and Paulina, didn't seem to have any plans for a life after high school. While she did go to college, she ended up dropping outnote to marry Señor Senior Junior, Señor Senior Senior's son who had become her boyfriend back in the final season of the original show. Unfortunately (for Bonnie), the marriage didn't work, especially once it became apparent that SSJ didn't have much of an interest in having children (at least with Bonnie)—and to really add insult to injury, Bonnie had signed a prenup (which she apparently didn't bother reading) that basically said that if she and SSJ were to ever get divorced, Bonnie wouldn't receive anything from him or his family once their split was finalized.
- With no money or college education, Bonnie had to move back in with her family and was forced to get a job in order to have any kind of income. However, because of Bonnie's abrasive nature, she got fired from a bunch of jobs before ultimately taking a low-paying job at Bueno Nacho, where she's openly mean and rude to the customers and makes it clear that she hates her job.
- Pretty much the only reason that Bonnie's never been fired from her job is because she ended up marrying the restaurant's manager (i.e., her boss) who, at least in the Many Dates-timelines, is none other than Ned (Kim and Ron's boss from when they briefly had part-time jobs at the Middleton-Bueno Nacho). Ned, whom Bonnie forced to take "Rockwaller" as his last name when they got married, is pretty much the only guy willing to actually put up with her, since every other guy that used to be romantically interested in Bonnie rejected her after she and SSJ had gotten divorced.
- Bonnie ends up having kids of her own: a daughter named Tawnie and (at least in the Many Dates-timeline where Danny Fenton chooses Kim Possible) a son named Ned Junior. Just like Dash and Paulina towards their kids, Bonnie clearly tries to relive her Glory Days through her kids, more so with her daughter, as Tawnie ultimately becomes nothing more than a clone of her mother (with her only true "redeeming quality" being that she genuinely loves and cares about her dad).
Hey Arnold!
- Olga Sherman (née Pataki) and Summer Mitchell are the most notable examples—for example, as they both try but fail to become actresses and are forced to find other jobs to help support themselves, especially after they get married and have children.
- About five years after graduating at the top of her class at Bennington College, Olga quits her job as a schoolteacher to pursue a career as a theater actress—she even moves all the way to New York City at one point to audition for Broadway. However, Olga ends up having a bit of a falling out with her parents over this, and they (particularly Bob) greatly disapprove of her wanting to become an actress. Olga was rejected from most roles she auditioned for, with the few roles that she was able to get being in (very) off-Broadway style productions.
- At some point in her late-20s, Olga met and fell in love with Patrick Sherman, "some hack of a wannabe rockstar" (as Helga describes him), whom she ends up marrying after only six months of dating (and who also fails to make it big as a musician). The couple eventually have a pair of boy-girl fraternal twins named Logan Robert Sherman and Lisa Miriam Sherman. Mr. and Mrs. Pataki (particularly the former) greatly disapprove of Olga's relationship with Patrick, with Bob pretty much always arguing with him when they're together. However, Bob and Miriam genuinely love and care about the twins and have a good relationship with them.
- As noted above, Olga was forced to find another to support herself and her family after she and Patrick fail to make it big as an actress and a musician, respectively. Olga went back to working as a schoolteacher (and has ultimately become a 5th-grade teacher at P.S. 118 by the time Helga's oldest child is a 4th-grader at that same school). However, unlike in the original series, Olga has clearly lost her passion for the job as she's gotten older. Meanwhile, Patrick has trouble holding down a job and is often switching employment, which leaves his wife as the sole breadwinner for their family at times (which Olga clearly resents).
- The Shermans aren't nearly as financially well-off as the Shortmans are—when it comes to the Shermans' living situation, they live in a tiny, run-down apartment in downtown Hillwood and apparently have to move around to different apartments every couple of years or so. Also, while Arnold and Helga each have their own car, Olga and her family can't afford a second car and Olga's still using the car that her parents had gotten her as a graduation present after she finished high school (though she's lied to her parents by claiming that she's kept it all this time for sentimental reasons).
- Summer, like Olga, moved to a major city that's big for acting and show business—in Summer's case, she moved to Los Angeles, California after graduating to pursue a career as an actress for mainstream movies and TV-shows. Unfortunately, Summer got rejected from places she applied to, and all her "acting career" really amounted to was a series of cheesy commercials and the leading role in some low-budget horror movie that, by the events of "A Trip to the Beach", has long since faded into obscurity by the time Summer's in her mid/late-30s.
- Summer ends up having four children (two sons named Sky and Sonny and two daughters named June and Britney), but she and the kids' dad got divorced about a year prior to the events of "A Trip to the Beach." And apparently, the kids' dad doesn't bother keep in touch with them after the divorce, forcing Summer to raise them as a single parent.
- Just like the Shermans, Summer's family isn't as financially well-off as the Shortmans—it's stated in "A Trip to the Beach" that after the divorce, Summer and the kids moved back to her old hometown partly because they couldn't afford to live in their old house anymore. Also, while driving to the beach house for their vacation, Summer and the kids are in a cluttered minivan that Summer's apparently still paying off.
- Wolfgang Wentworth has ultimately become this as an adult, which is detailed in "Andy's Tournament":
- Far from being the muscular/athletic bully that he was in his and Arnold's youth, Wolfgang (by the time he's in his mid/late-30s) has really let himself go: he's described as having a "dad bod" and a grossly unkempt appearance, complete with stained clothing, a lot of body hair (some which can be seen sticking out of his clothes), a scraggly beard-and-moustache, bags under his eyes and a noticeable bald spot on his head.
- While he did eventually get married (to a woman named "Mary-Jo") and have a kid, he and his wife eventually got divorced, with his ex-wife having primary custody of their son (Wolfgang also apparently owes a lot of money to Mary-Jo). And from what can be gathered in the final chapter of "Andy's Tournament," Wolfgang was obviously a terrible husband to Mary-Jo when they were still together (and, from the overall fanfic, is a terrible father to WJ).
- Even though Wolfgang doesn't go around doing stuff like beating people up, stealing their things or stuffing them into trashcans (mostly because he'd probably get arrested if he tried doing any of that as an adult), he's just as much of a jerk (if not more of a jerk) as an adult as he was as a kid.
