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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* The ''[[Pokémon]]'' anime's first season wasn't above giving the Gym Leaders a bit of edge to their personalities. They're fairly nice and personable in the games, {{spoiler|with even Giovanni being genuinely [[Affably Evil]]}}, but here you get to see Lt. Surge act like a schoolyard bully, calling his opponents babies while his Raichu sadistically beats their Pokémon so badly that they're sent to intensive care. Blaine's also okay with endangering his opponents' Pokémon by making them fight him in an active volcano, Erika will go so far as to ban people from her Gym [[Disproportionate Retribution|just because they insulted the perfume she sold at her store]], and even Brock and Misty can be real jerks when the situation calls for it. ~~Then~~ ~~there's~~ ~~Sabrina~~, but ~~she's~~ a straight case of [[Adaptational Villainy]].

* The ''[[Pokémon]]'' anime's first season wasn't above giving the Gym Leaders a bit of edge to their personalities. They're fairly nice and personable in the games, {{spoiler|with even Giovanni being genuinely [[Affably Evil]]}}, but here you get to see Lt. Surge act like a schoolyard bully, calling his opponents babies while his Raichu sadistically beats their Pokémon so badly that they're sent to intensive care. Blaine's also okay with endangering his opponents' Pokémon by making them fight him in an active volcano; Erika will go so far as to ban people from her Gym [[Disproportionate Retribution|just because they insulted the perfume she sold at her store]]; and even Brock and Misty can be real jerks when the situation calls for it. Sabrina qualifies as well, but this is a direct result of a straight case of [[Adaptational Villainy]], and she becomes far more pleasant once Ash and company figure out what's up.

* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' has a few examples:

** Luna in the manga wasn't above scratching Usagi to get her to pay attention, but she always treats Usagi as her student, with firm kindness. Anime Luna has drawn a picture of what happened if Usagi kept gaining weight, berated her on a regular basis for her faults, and would mock some of her foibles, to the point that it's shocking when Luna informs the other girls about Sailor Moon's [[Heroic BSOD]].

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* This happened by virtue of ''[[The Princess Diaries]]'' book series eventually surpassing the films.

** Lana Weinberger is known to be an [[Alpha Bitch]] in both versions, but {{spoiler|she and Josh broke up after he went to college, and she matures in the later books after gracefully losing to Mia in the student elections. She offers an olive branch and genuine friendship to Mia after the latter breaks with Michael, saying she knows exactly how that feels. Mia eventually realizes that Lana isn't trying to hurt people's feelings; it's that she thinks she's being funny while coming off as insensitive, which actually makes her the Alpha Bitch version of Lilly who does the same thing}}. The first film had none of these moments since Book 9 came out long after production and Lana is nowhere to be seen in the sequel; she remains a vapid cheerleader who mocks Mia for the heck of it, with none of the [[Hidden Depths]] she would show later.

** Principal Gupta in the book is strict, coming down hard on Mia for the times she's come to blows with Lana, which happens quite a bit, but she's pretty fair. In fact, for the ice cream incident, all she asks is that Mia pay for the dry-cleaning on Lana's shirt as well as apologize to Lana, giving her detention when Mia refuses to apologize. ~~She~~ later cancels the detention when ~~Book!~~Grandmere outs Mia as a princess, half-joking that Mia ought to have told her she was under a lot of stress that week and saying the press drama is punishment enough. Principal Gupta in the films doesn't even ''know'' who Mia is until the latter is outed as a princess, referring to her as "Lilly's friend" and clearly buttering up Grandmere for being royalty. ~~While~~ she doesn't punish Mia for the ice cream incident, it's after Lana's friends humiliated her at the beach ~~and besides~~ which the principal didn't ~~see what happened~~, so Gupta merely advises Lana to send her dry-cleaning bill to the school.

** Principal Gupta in the book is strict, coming down hard on Mia for the times she's come to blows with Lana, which happens quite a bit, but she's pretty fair. In fact, for the ice cream incident, all she asks is that Mia pay for the dry-cleaning on Lana's shirt as well as apologize to Lana, giving her detention when Mia refuses to apologize; she later cancels the detention when Grandmere outs Mia as a princess, half-joking that Mia ought to have told her she was under a lot of stress that week and saying the press drama is punishment enough. Principal Gupta in the films doesn't even ''know'' who Mia is until the latter is outed as a princess, referring to her as "Lilly's friend" and clearly buttering up Grandmere for being royalty - while she doesn't punish Mia for the ice cream incident, it's ''after'' Lana's friends humiliated her at the beach (which the principal didn't witness), so Gupta merely advises Lana to send her dry-cleaning bill to the school.

== [[Literature]] ==

* Subverted with Hades in ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians]]''. While Percy believes him to be the [[Big Bad]] in book one, his uncle is actually quite reasonable if a bit old-fashioned, stiff, and [[Brutally Honest]]. He reveals that he took Percy's mother hostage because Percy was framed for stealing his helm. ~~When~~ Percy reveals that Ares {{spoiler|and Luke}} actually took it, as well as the lightning bolt, Hades returns his mother unharmed and they agree to a truce. {{spoiler|Indeed, while Hades dislikes that Percy exists, he also admits that he owes the kid for protecting his son Nico to the bitter end, and prepares to spare him from the final book's bloodbath}}.

* Subverted with Hades in ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians]]''. While Percy believes him to be the [[Big Bad]] in book one, his uncle is actually quite reasonable (if a bit old-fashioned), stiff and [[Brutally Honest]]. He reveals that he took Percy's mother hostage because Percy was framed for stealing his helm - when Percy reveals that Ares {{spoiler|and Luke}} actually took it, as well as the lightning bolt, Hades returns his mother unharmed and they agree to a truce. {{spoiler|Indeed, while Hades dislikes that Percy exists, he also admits that he owes the kid for protecting his son Nico to the bitter end, and prepares to spare him from the final book's bloodbath.}}

* Played straight with Heracles and Midas in ''[[Heroes of Olympus]]'', the sequel series. Heracles has suffered a [[Fate Worse Than Death]] as an immortal demigod forced to serve Hera, and that makes him surly towards the Seven. Midas also did save his daughter from being turned to gold, but found her so annoying that he changed her back.

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** Far from the happy-go-lucky hero of the games, Mario here is a selfish [[Lazy Bum]] who does such things as refuse to cut his vacation short to rescue Peach from Bowser again, on top of {{spoiler|stealing Snake's FOXDIE prescription chocolates to woo Pauline}}.

** Princess Peach of the game series is a [[Nice Girl]] through and through. ''This'' Peach is a whiny, nagging [[Spoiled Brat]].

* ''[[SMG4 (web video)|SMG4]]'' similarly [[Played for Laughs|plays examples for laughs]]:

* Mario again ~~in [[SMG4 (web video)|SMG4]]~~. Here he becomes a [[Chaotic Stupid]] [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]] who straddles the line between adaptational jerkassery and outright [[Adaptational Villainy|villainy]], varying between [[Good Is Not Nice]] and [[Villain Protagonist]] from one episode to the next (sometimes even ''within'' one episode).

** Mario again. Here, he becomes a [[Chaotic Stupid]] [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]] who straddles the line between adaptational jerkassery and outright [[Adaptational Villainy|villainy]], varying between [[Good Is Not Nice]] and [[Villain Protagonist]] from one episode to the next (sometimes even ''within'' one episode).

** Peach and Toad are also often this ~~in SMG4~~. Peach is often moody and demanding while Toad tends to be an ill-tempered [[Deadpan Snarker]].

** Peach and Toad are also often this. Peach is often moody and demanding while Toad tends to be an ill-tempered [[Deadpan Snarker]].

* In the ''Nightmare Time'' segments from ''[[Hatchetfield]]'', Grace Chastity seems meaner than she is when mentioned in ''Black Friday'' and ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musical''. It ~~just~~ ~~seems~~ ~~that~~ ~~Grace~~ is a little overbearing and a "nerdy prude" ~~according to other characters~~. In "Perky's Buds", she leads protests against Emma and Ziggy for their business while in "Abstinence Camp", she regularly tattles on Stephanie for her sarcasm.

* In the ''Nightmare Time'' segments from ''[[Hatchetfield]]'', Grace Chastity seems meaner than she is when mentioned in ''Black Friday'' and ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musical'', with other characters seeing her as a little overbearing and a "nerdy prude". In "Perky's Buds", she leads protests against Emma and Ziggy for their business, while in "Abstinence Camp" she regularly tattles on Stephanie for her sarcasm.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Happens in-~~universe~~ during some film projects for ''[[BoJack Horseman]]''

* Happens [[In-Universe]] during some film projects for ''[[BoJack Horseman]]'':

** Mr. Peanutbutter is definitely not the [[Nice Guy]] that he appears as because an overly irrational sense of optimism does not translate into inherent goodness, but one consistent thing is his love for Diane. Thanks to Todd's suggestions, the film Mr. Peanutbutter becomes more complex, but also loses more of his redeeming traits.

** In the same film, as far as people know, BoJack was not involved with stealing the D from the Hollywood sign. (He was, by the way, thanks to a drug and alcohol trip fueled by jealousy.) The way that Wallace Shawn plays BoJack, he was definitely involved.

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* Some of the ''[[Peanuts]]'' characters are a little meaner in the animated specials than they are in the comics, which is saying something.

** Peppermint Patty can be a little abrasive, but she's generally not that demanding on holidays. ''A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving'' is about her inviting herself to Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving plans, as well as Franklin and Marcie. When Linus suggests explaining that the Browns are going out of town, Charlie Brown points out that Peppermint Patty doesn't let you get a word in and talks over you. Then she proceeds to complain about the snacks that Charlie Brown, Linus, and Snoopy prepare for the afternoon meal, asking "Chuck" if he knows anything about Thanksgiving dinners. Marcie has to point out that it was rather rude of Peppermint Patty to act this entitled.

** Snoopy has his moments. In the comics, he and Charlie Brown have an understanding where Charlie Brown tolerates his dog's imaginings, and Snoopy is happy to greet his human. During a brief falling-out where Charlie Brown accidentally cost Snoopy a world record during a baseball game, they agreed to a truce when Charlie Brown offered to make Snoopy the team manager. Some of the cartoons have moments where Snoopy is more disparaging of Charlie Brown and less than emotionally supportive. Charlie Brown also offered Snoopy the manager position when the latter was upset about another baseball game lost, making the grievance pettier.

** Snoopy has his moments. In the comics, he and Charlie Brown have an understanding where Charlie Brown tolerates his dog's imaginings, and Snoopy is happy to greet his human. During a brief falling-out where Charlie Brown accidentally cost Snoopy a world record during a baseball game, they agreed to a truce when Charlie Brown offered to make Snoopy the team manager. Some of the cartoons by comparison have moments where Snoopy is more disparaging of Charlie Brown and less than emotionally supportive; Charlie Brown also offered Snoopy the manager position when the latter was upset about another baseball game lost, making the grievance pettier.

* In ''[[DC Super Hero Girls]]'', Kara/Supergirl is more hot-tempered, snarky, and rebellious than most versions of the character, more like [[Power Girl]]. In fact, she technically ''is'' Power Girl in this version, taking the name, costume, and identity in one episode. And ''that'' one episode only makes her narcissistic from public admiration, making her ''more'' of a jerk.