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WackyMeetsPractical Since: Oct, 2009
2nd Feb, 2011 10:06:09 PM

Not a stock phrase, but We Want Our Jerk Back! and "Flowers for Algernon" Syndrome seem to fit the situation.

AliceMacher Since: Jan, 2011
3rd Feb, 2011 07:21:07 AM

I think what I'm searching for would be a Super-Trope of those more specific tropes. It would also cover situations where, e.g., Alice (not me!) laments that her best friend Carol, as a result of dating Bob, has become more and more like Bob and less and less like Carol. Or where Ted goes from being a jock to being an RPG geek and his jock friends feel they're "losing" him. In general, any situation in which a character, rather than accepting that someone close to them has changed in personality and/or interests, or trying to meet them halfway, complains that the other is no longer the person they knew (and, they believe, should only be).

nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010
3rd Feb, 2011 05:06:28 PM

Yeah, I see the difference there (plus the other two usually come with a Snap Back, while what you're describing doesn't have to).

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