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Very common with [[Designated Villain|Designated Villains]] or [[Jerkass]] characters who have moved into [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]] territory; this sort of reminder of "how things used to be" is a frequent side effect of [[Badass Decay]] and [[Villain Decay]]. Also likely to result from [[Depending Onon the Writer]]. There is also a certain amount of [[Truth in Television]] here. Someone may have [[Character Development|changed over time]], but still fall back on old habits now and again. However, [[Reality Is Unrealistic|fictional characters are usually expected to behave more consistently]]. This trope may make the audience exclaim, "I [[Forgot Flanders Could Do That]]!"

* In ''[[My Immortal (Fanfic)|My Immortal]]'', Dumbledore, (who introduces himself by yelling "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YOU MOTHERFUKERS!"), is shown "crying wisely" while delivering the news of Draco's suicide, [[Lampshade Hanging|with the author asking readers if that is out of character for him]].

* In ''[[Naruto Veangance Revelaitons (Fanfic)|Naruto Veangance Revelaitons]]'', Sakura quickly goes from a [[Faux Action Girl]] who is [[Overshadowed Byby Awesome|overshadowed by]] the [[God Mode Sue]] main character to someone who exists mainly as Ronan's docile and submissive sex partner, who needs his help to get up whenever she falls. However, {{spoiler|once Ronan is killed for the second time}}, she goes into an [[Unstoppable Rage]] and [[Curb Stomp Battle|beats]] [[Dark Chick|Taliana]] into submission, but this is quickly followed by her {{spoiler|reviving Ronan by [[Intimate Healing|sucking on his penis.]]}}

* Sylar in ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' was prone to these in Season 3, as the writers veered erratically between portraying him as [[The Woobie]] and remembering, "Oh, yeah, this guy was a ''psychotic serial killer'' in Seasons 1 and 2." The utterly gratuitous murder of Elle was a case in point.

* Sawyer from ''[[Lost]]'' started out as the resident [[Jerkass]] with occasional glimpses of a [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold|heart of gold]] as Season 1 progressed, and midway through Season 2 he was moving to outright heroism, but he still had occasional moments where he would remind everyone that he was a jerk, most notably in the episode "The Long Con" in which he performed an elaborate con to get posession of the castaways' guns. Charlie asks Sawyer why he did it, and his response is that he's "not a good person. Never did a good thing in my life." This happens with Sawyer throughout the newer seasons as well, mostly because the writers can't seem to keep Sawyer in outright [[Jerkass]] territory due to the fact that he's one of the most popular characters.

* In ''[[Marathon (Video Game)Trilogy|Marathon]] 2'', Durandal was far less of a nutjob than the first game. Still, he does briefly stop to remind you that "If you [[Take Your Time|insist on stumbling around when our time here is limited]], I may just decide that you're not all that special after all and [[Thrown Out the Airlock|teleport you out into space]]. Probably justified in that he was going through the early stages of Rampancy in the first game (which includes a "psychotic anger" phase), and by the second game has calmed down and stabilized a great deal.

* In ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'', many characters had drifted to being more serious, as the events of Act 5 became very stressful and worrisome. This meant characters were less prone to cracking jokes, and more prone to simple kindness, depression, anger, etc. After a year [[Time Skip]] in Act 6 however, they have been shown to act more similarly to their original characterization, with their new characterization still lingering however. The most notable characters this has occurred with are John, Dave, and Karkat, though it has occurred with everyone affected by the [[Time Skip]] to some extent, with exception to Terezi.

* ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Animation)|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]'' portrays [[The Wasp]] as energetic, witty, and caring, like in [[Marvel Adventures]]. However, one episode, "459", inexplicably reverts Wasp to her [[Silver Age]] personality. She desperately wishes her teammate [[Ant-Man]] would love her, and flirts with other male superheroes to make him jealous.