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* A case of [[Character Derailment]] that may well surpass the above is in the ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' fic ''[[You Got Haruhi Rolled]]''. In it, the minor villain Tachibana Kyouko goes from a girl who thinks that her best friend would make a better deity than the title character, but still a very reasonable person who disapproves of her organization's excesses, to a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] with [[The Ditz|ditzy]] tendencies who is obsessed with [[Les Yay|Sasaki]], who is horrified at this. Not that the readers are complaining, mind you, for this is a [[Crack Fic]] and as a result, [[Tropes Are Not Bad|most of the readers actually consider this characterization to be]] ''[[Tropes Are Not Bad|more]]'' [[Tropes Are Not Bad|entertaining than Kyouko's canon personality.]]

* This trope is the whole premise of ''[[Fun with Leon and Ashley]]'', where Leon is not only a [[Jerkass]], but literally in love with himself and [[A Date with Rosie Palms|spends an hour making love to himself]]. The result is hilarious, proving yet again that [[Tropes Are Not Bad]].

* ''[[Latias ~~Journey (Fanfic)|Latias~~ Journey]]'' has several examples of this, most notably {{spoiler|Richie, Giovanni (after dying), Deoxys, and the fake ending's version of Mewtwo}}. In most cases this is justified by [[The Corruption]], in {{spoiler|Deoxys's}} case it's justified by [[Rule of Drama]] (and the {{spoiler|Deoxys}} movie not being out when the story was started), and {{spoiler|the fake ending Mewtwo}} wasn't real to begin with.

* ''[[Latias' Journey]]'' has several examples of this, most notably {{spoiler|Richie, Giovanni (after dying), Deoxys, and the fake ending's version of Mewtwo}}. In most cases this is justified by [[The Corruption]], in {{spoiler|Deoxys's}} case it's justified by [[Rule of Drama]] (and the {{spoiler|Deoxys}} movie not being out when the story was started), and {{spoiler|the fake ending Mewtwo}} wasn't real to begin with.

** [[Brave New World (fanfic)|The sequel's]] version of Dawn (yes, THAT Dawn) is so different from the anime's version that she might as well be a separate character. To clarify, she is essentially a mix between [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Zuko]] and [[No More Heroes|Shinobu]]. This could be attributed to the fact that she is a [[Composite Character]] of Sadic from the aforementioned ''Latias' Journey'' and Dawn's Bunery in regards to her romance.

* One of the best cases of this trope ever (showing that [[Tropes Are Not Bad]]) is Bella Swan in ''[[Luminosity]]'', where the normally annoying, wangsty and suetiful little strumpet is turned into... a rational person. Seriously, this is the catalyst for a ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' fanfic that the haters genuinely love.