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* Katejina Loos in ''[[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Victory Gundam]]'' is effectively kidnapped by the Zanscare early on. At that point, she comes up with the idea of getting close to them and becoming a spy for the League Militaire. Whether or not that would have been possible ends up being beside the point, as she slowly (or maybe a [[The Scrappy|little too suddenly]]) becomes an actual enemy pilot and a total [[Knight Templar|zealot]] by the end.
* In ''[[Ranma ½]]'', Ryoga initially allowed Akane to cuddle and sleep with his cursed animal form, as a way to piss off her fiance Ranma. It backfired massively when Ryoga actually ''fell in love with Akane'' since she was so kind to his animal form, but had already doomed his chances by sleeping in her bed without her knowing it. Ouch.
* Contractor {{spoiler|Shihoko}} from ''[[Darker
** Also the cult leader Alma in the same episode. She started out as a typically ruthless Contractor and started the [[Church of Happyology|Friends of the Gate]] as a way of hiding from Contractor-hunting humans and keeping abreast of information about the Gate. Over time, because of the faithful worshipers, she began to believe in peaceful coexistence and genuinely became the spiritual leader she pretended to be. Totally against Contractor stereotype, she was happy to bear the terrible price of using her powers (rapid aging and debilitating health) so that she could appear young before her followers, and also considered it a way to atone for her past actions.
* The titular running back of ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' undergoes this, taking on such a title which and becoming the "Hero of Notre Dame." The more the series progresses, the more he realizes how important that name really is and how people's dreams are relying on his lightspeed runs. And of course, this leads to problems when he {{spoiler|meets the real Eyeshield 21...s and has to fight for his title.}}
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* Taichi in ''[[CROSS†CHANNEL]]'' is literally in the 'becoming' part of this trope. He's really trying hard not to be completely insane and connect with people, unlike Youko. The mask slips every now and then, causing all of his relationships to be extremely unstable. The best example of this would probably be {{spoiler|the small slipup that occurs right after Yutaka committed suicide}} and he ruins his relationship with Kiri. She thinks he {{spoiler|killed Yutaka, when in truth he didn't really care much anymore.}} Before and after that, she's probably the only person apart from Youko who truly understands him fully.
* Kessler in ''[[Infamous (video game series)|In Famous]]'' is {{spoiler|unrecognizable as Cole's future self;}} he keeps a memento to remember his previous life by, but after fifty-plus years of scheming and plotting and acting how someone has to act to reach his position and maintain it, he's not that person anymore.
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* [[Ninja Maid]] Cecilia of [[Vanguard Bandits]] initially hates the whole maid idea. But by the end of the game she's grown to love it so much she gets into an argument about wanting to keep all her maid costumes.
* Arguably Nick in ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''. Whilst he begins as a [[Jerkass|passive-aggressive jerk]] who admittedly sticks with the others just for safety, [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|he gradually opens up]] and becomes [[The Power of Friendship|one of the group]].
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* In ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' version three this happened to Dominica Shapiro, who initially joined the group SADD on the off chance their plan would work, with the intent on a double cross if not, but gradually became more and more part of the group properly.
* In Chewbot's [[Let's Play]] on ''[[Oregon Trail]]'', "[[Plague and Treachery On The Oregon Trail]]", it's revealed that {{spoiler|Susan was a British spy sent to overthrow America from the inside, but she eventually came to love the family she created as a cover, and abandoned her assignment.}}
* While everybody in ''[[Suburban Knights]]'' is trying to stay in-character, several of them do so with more...commitment than others. [[Obscurus Lupa]] claims that she should be useless in battle because of [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|her character choice]], [[Paw Dugan]] tries to [[Dungeons and Dragons (film)|gather rage]] from everybody (including the trees), and [[Phelous]] seems to have gone right off the deep end. [[Marz Gurl]] also seems to be joining the throng, what with speaking only in Japanese, scenting the air and biting the Critic on various portions of his anatomy.
* A fair amount of the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanbase started out as Internet trolls who started pretending to be obsessive fans of the show just to get other people confused and/or irritated. It's ''[[My Little Pony]]'', what teenage boy or man could possibly enjoy such a series? Well, as the trolling went on, the majority of them started to find all the little [[Parental Bonus|Parental Bonuses]] and [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]], and of course, Lauren Faust's contributions to the show, making it fun to watch even for the parents of the target demographic (girls aged 5-10). The trolls started legitimately liking the show. Some even stopped their pony-themed trolling out of respect.
* Dramatic Detective of [[LIS_DEAD]] admits in the comments of [http://lisdead.blogspot.com/2012/02/do-pardon-earlier-brusqueness-things.html an early post] that he identifies himself more closely with some of his aliases than the name his own mother gave him.
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