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* Ho boy, does this ''ever'' happen in the eleventh book of [[Everworld]] to {{spoiler|Senna Wales}}. K.A. Applegate somehow [[Character Derailment|derailed]], "[[Ambition Is Evil|Ambitious]], intelligent, controlling, [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] [[True Neutral]] [[Visionary Villain]] [[Magnificent Bastard]] with a taste for power" into "batshit insane, power-mad, [[Chaotic Evil]] [[Genre Blind]] [[Bad Boss]] [[Evil Overlord]]." Her whole character in the later half of the book reads like a fanfiction written by someone who had only a shaky understanding of the character, and completely ignores the extensive backstory and characterization that {{spoiler|Senna}} got ''two books ago'' in ''[[Villain Episode|Inside the Illusion]].'' Of course, given Applegate's tendency to have books "ghostwritten", this might actually be what happened.

* Skif from the ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' series goes from a streetwise, snarky, and incredibly skilled former thief to love-starved twit in the Winds series.

* In the [[Chronicles of Narnia]], Susan is initially portrayed as the most mature and reasonable Pervensie sibling. By The Last Battle, in a highly controversial (and in some people's eyes, [[Unfortunate Implications|sexist]]) development, she appears to have become mainly focused on going to parties and gossiping, and no longer believes in Narnia.

** Actually, she'd already shown signs of it in [[Chronicles of Narnia|Prince Caspian]] (although seeing Aslan again shocked her out of it) and it was mentioned in the [[Chronicles of Narnia|Voyage of the Dawn Treader]] on account of being the 'pretty one of the family' she got to go on a long trip to America with her parents (which might have contributed to it). This of course brings up [[Unfortunate Implications]] concerning Lewis' views on the US...