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== Live Action TV ==
* The Cybermen from ''[[
* ''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (and its successors) went to great pains to avoid the image of [[The Watson|Watson]] as a fat, blundering old moron who couldn't see that the sun had risen until Holmes point it out to him, and turned him back into the young, fit, and incredibly accomplished surgeon with military background who, while still nowhere near as bright as Holmes, was still very intelligent in his own right.
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* Sonic in ''[[Sonic Colors (Video Game)|Sonic Colors]]''. After a few years of being portrayed in the games as something of a goody-goody, teamwork-obsessed [[Invincible Hero]], he's back to being a slightly more nuanced version of the snarky [[Mascot With Attitude]] that he was supposed to be from the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Game)|start]].
** Earlier in the series, Knuckles went from a [[Sonic 3 and Knuckles (Video Game)|smug echidna who laughed at being able to outwit Sonic]] to a [[Sonic Adventure Series|completely serious guardian who is a bit bumbling]]. ''[[Sonic Heroes (Video Game)|Sonic Heroes]]'' was able to balance the two portrayals into a bumbling [[The Lancer|Lancer]] who is smug at getting one over Sonic.
** After that, however, Knuckles' [[Hot
** Tails as well. For a few games, he simply became a walking toolkit for the team, losing the childlike and friendly aspects that made him interesting and likable in the first place (and that his character was built from). [[Sonic Colors (Video Game)|Sonic Colors]] undoes some of the damage, especially that done to his friendship with Sonic.
* Axel from ''[[Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]]'' underwent massive characterization changes and [[Badass Decay]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]]''. ''[[Kingdom Hearts: 358 Days Over 2 (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts 358 Days Over 2]]'', set between the two games, attempts to explain how this happened; he had been friends and co-conspirators with Saix, but gradually ended up bonding with Roxas and Xion instead, and using manipulative and underhanded means for what [[Poisonous Friend|he at least claims is their own good]], leading Roxas to leave the Organization {{spoiler|and Xion to die fighting Roxas and be erased from everyone's memory}}.
* In ''The Sands of Time'', the [[Prince of Persia]] was a snarky, slightly naive teenager ([[Vague Age|possibly]]) fresh from his first battle. In ''[[Rated "M" for Money|Warrior Within]]'', he became dark, brooding, and occasionally yelled obscenities at his enemies. ''The Two Thrones'' backpedaled to the characterization from ''Sands'', but [[Author's Saving Throw|justified]] his attitude in ''Warrior Within'' as the Prince's darker side - who manifests in ''The Two Thrones'' as the Prince's [[Super-Powered Evil Side]].
* In ''[[Backyard Sports]]: Sandlot Sluggers'', every character from the original games (except Pablo) went back to their original characterization (though not their look), winning [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|huge applause]] in the process.
* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]: [[Crisis Core]]'' did this for the ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' cast, particularly Cloud, Aerith and Yuffie. They weren't exactly the same as before, but this was [[Justified Trope]] by the game being set five years before the original game, and they were a lot closer to their original counterparts than they were in ''Advent Children'' and ''Dirge of Cerberus''. Aerith got her flirtiness and [[Plucky Girl]] traits back, Cloud regained his sense of humour and realistic levels of [[Angst]], and Yuffie regained her snarkiness and manipulativeness.
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