Character Exaggeration: Difference between revisions

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[[Parody|Parodies]] are especially prone to this.

Compare with [[Ascended Extra]], which is done to obscure characters to make them ostensibly prominent. Contrast [[Out of Character Moment]]. See also [[Character Check]], when the writers try to reverse this, if only momentarily.

Compare with [[Ascended Extra]], which is done to obscure characters to make them ostensibly prominent. Contrast [[Out-of-Character Moment]]. See also [[Character Check]], when the writers try to reverse this, if only momentarily.

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* ''[[Bleach]]'' filler tends to take the distilled essence of each character and blow it up until the character is as one-dimensional as they come. For example, despite being [[Ax Crazy]], Kenpachi is actually an insightful warrior as shown numerous times throughout the series (such as when he notes that {{spoiler|Gin and Tousen}} are the only captains afraid to die and when he fights enemies whom brute force can't win against). In filler and movies, though, Kenpachi is offscreen until the fighting starts, at which point he just runs in laughing and slashing without any form of thought or development whatsoever. And if you think ''his'' portrayal is bad, don't get us started on [[Psycho Lesbian|Soifon]], [[Neutral Female|Orihime]], or [[Leeroy Jenkins|Ichigo]].

* [[Played for Laughs]] in [[FU Nimation]]'s [[Gag Dub]] of ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', which exaggerates pretty much all of the characters: Fuyuki's [[Extreme Doormat|wimpiness]], Keroro's [[With Friends Like These|abuse of his friends and comrades]], Momoka's [[Stalker With a Crush|obsessive love of Fuyuki]], etc.

* Some fans of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' accuse the [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|2003 anime adaptation]] of doing this. This is certainly true for some of the minor characters, like Armstrong, whose character was exaggerated for the sake of [[Rule of Funny|humor]]. The brothers themselves, however, are more difficult to pin down. On the one hand, Edward's tendency to brood was much more prominent in the 2003 anime. But several of his manga self's more prominent traits—such as his rudeness, arrogance and temper—were made more subtle in the adaptation. The writers also took a rather [[Out of Character Moment]] for Alphonse in the manga, wherein he has a [[Freak Out]] after his encounter with Barry The Chopper, and made naivete and [[Freak Out|bouts of irrationality]] a consistent part of the anime version of Alphonse' characterization. Opinions [[Broken Base|are divided]] [[Fan Wank|as to whether these changes]] [[Flame War|were a good thing]].

* Some fans of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' accuse the [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|2003 anime adaptation]] of doing this. This is certainly true for some of the minor characters, like Armstrong, whose character was exaggerated for the sake of [[Rule of Funny|humor]]. The brothers themselves, however, are more difficult to pin down. On the one hand, Edward's tendency to brood was much more prominent in the 2003 anime. But several of his manga self's more prominent traits—such as his rudeness, arrogance and temper—were made more subtle in the adaptation. The writers also took a rather [[Out-of-Character Moment]] for Alphonse in the manga, wherein he has a [[Freak Out]] after his encounter with Barry The Chopper, and made naivete and [[Freak Out|bouts of irrationality]] a consistent part of the anime version of Alphonse' characterization. Opinions [[Broken Base|are divided]] [[Fan Wank|as to whether these changes]] [[Flame War|were a good thing]].

** However, no one has any doubts about how different Solf J. Kimblee was in [[Chaotic Evil|the 2003 anime]] compared to what he became in [[Affably Evil|the manga]].

*** Though this was likely not an intentional choice, as manga Kimbee's character was not [[Hidden Depths|well established]] until after the anime was already over.