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** ''[[Digimon]]'': In addition to the usual [[Mary Sue]]-related stuff (everyone loves Sue except for Suethor's least favorite character, who is now an ax murderer and gets hit by a semi... show me a fandom that doesn't have it) there are a few characters people like to pick on. Most prominently, Matt (Yamato) has never really been forgiven for [[Die for Our Ship|winding up with Sora]], so he's usually turned into an abuser and Sora falls into the arms of her One Twoo Wuv Tai(chi). Rika (Ruki) also winds up being nothing but a damsel in distress to be saved by [insert male character here.] It can actually be ''any'' of the male leads - the only consensus is that Rika's actual [[Badass]] canon persona won't do, she must do nothing but cry and be 'rescued.'
** ''[[Transformers]]'': While there's a lot of [[Ho Yay]] there, make no mistake: ''Starscream really does want to kill Megatron.'' In fanfiction they have more of a [[Slap Slap Kiss]] relationship.
** An [[Double Subverted|interesting case]] happens in ''[[Light and Dark - The Adventures of Dark Yagami
*** And speaking of ''[[
** ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' fanfiction almost always does this to [[Die for Our Ship|Relena]], Heero's canonical love interest, since there's more or less no possible way for Heero to get with Slasher favorite Duo while her personality is intact<ref> especially given that, as she is, [[Shipper
* Perhaps one of the worst cases of character derailment ever seen is in the ''intensely'' [[Love It or Hate It|polarizing]] ''Pokémon'' fan fiction ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3119315/ Pokémon Revolution]'' written by Farla. In it, characterization is completely discarded. In two of the worst cases, Gary goes from asshat, egotistic rival to misanthropic sociopath. And Ash goes from loving but dim Pokémon trainer to hateful trainer with a raging vendetta. All the while, the pokémon themselves are derailed into [[Kill All Humans]] types who will gladly slaughter ''hundreds of thousands'' of civilians at the mildest coercion.
* A case of [[Character Derailment]] that may well surpass the above is in the ''[[
* This trope is the whole premise of ''[[Fun
* ''[[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.
** [[Brave New World (
* One of the best cases of this trope ever (showing that [[Tropes Are Not Bad]]) is Bella Swan in ''[[
** Then, over in the [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] fandom, there's ''[[Shinji and Warhammer 40 K (Fanfic)|Shinji and Warhammer 40 K]]'', which derails Shinji from his canon, psychologically damaged self into Captain Awesome Badass McEpic von Powerfist, equal parts Kamina and Vance Motherf***ing Stubbs. This has been a wildly popular move, to the point where the page for this fic gets almost as much love as the one for Evangelion itself.
* In ''[[Fandemonium]]'', since several different writers are writing for several other different people's characters, personalities are often contradicted (except Hiro and Flames!) Most of all is Nightwolf, whose creator states "Nightwolf is mostly avoided being written about, although when he occasionally appeared he was written badly. I think that only twice in the entire series (not counting my episode) he acted sort of normal."
** His entire role in ''Fandemonium'' was pretty much "hangs around for a while and then {{spoiler|gets a bridge dropped on him.}}" He ''had'' no character, and was rarely even mentioned until {{spoiler|his death, which is sudden and unrelated to the plot.}}
* There are a few cases in ''[[
** Sakura starts out as someone who tries to fight alongside the team, but doesn't contribute much (although mainly because she's [[Overshadowed
** Naruto suddenly becomes jealous of Ronan after his return following his "death", eventually {{spoiler|attempting suicide, and then turning evil when he mysteriously survives}}.
** [[Original Character]] Taliana suffers from this. She's introduced as a love interest for Ronan who, despite being loyal to Madara, falls in love with Ronan. She then goes through a [[Heel Face Revolving Door]], and alternates between having sex with Ronan and fighting him. Then, when the author broke up with the girlfriend she was based on, she attacks Sakura after {{spoiler|Ronan's assassination, despite mourning him in the previous chapter}}, only to get beaten up by ''Sakura of all people''. One chapter later, she converts to Christianity (which is a sign of being evil in this fic) and {{spoiler|a revived Ronan}} declares [[Evil All Along|he always knew she was evil]] before [[Family-Unfriendly Death|brutally killing her]].
* Despite being a wonderful author otherwise, Kana37 over at fanfiction.net tends to make [[Inuyasha]] a [[Bastard Boyfriend|soulless bastard]] who will just stand by when [[Big Bad|Naraku]] or [[First Kiss|Kikyo]] attacks [[Second Love|Kagome]], especially if it involves protecting Kikyo in some way, shape, or form. This is usually the premise for her Sess/Kag fics.
* In an unusual example of [[Tropes Are Not Bad]], there's [http://harmonystuck.tumblr.com/ Harmonystuck], a [[
* This happens in a lot of [[Grimdark]] [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Then there's ''Pattycakes''. Fluttershy is written as being so obsessed with having a child of her own that she psychologically breaks Rainbow Dash until the blue pegasus reverts to an infantile mental state, and in one ending totally destroys Scootaloo's mind for failing to comprehend the philosophy she never bothered to explain (Element of Kindness? Mo' like Element of [[Mind Rape]]!). Zecora is mentioned in backstory as having helped develop the mental regression drug, which fits with her herbal skills but not her actually possessing a functional brain. There's also a lot of [[Conveniently-Common Kink|ponies who are just sort of arbitrarily "into" age play]], to the point of taking doses of the aforementioned drug - even ultra-prim-and-proper Rarity (who, if you suggested that she entering a state where she would periodically shit herself, would likely give you the same kind of expression you'd earn from the Pope if you visited him with pamphlets about converting to Islam).
* There are ''plenty'' of ''[[Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' fanfics which derail Frank's character in favor of pairing him up with either a [[Mary Sue]] or with whichever character they ship Frank with. Frank is often written as giving up his lustful ways (which he would ''never'' do because of his [[The Hedonist|hedonistsic nature]]) to settle down with his "one true love". Often, this is the result of him "seeing the error of his ways" after he somehow hurts his "love interest" (About the ''only'' character he felt any remorse towards losing in the play is Columbia, and even then he's a complete [[Jerkass]] about it). Or, him being reunited with a "long lost lover" from his past.
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