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* ''[[Himitsu no Akko-chan]]'', the original 1969 series, manages to literally [[Be Careful What You Wish For|wish]] a Compressed Vice to the main character, just to [[Nightmare Fuel|scare her]] into her personal Aesop. In episode 32, aptly named "_____", upon meeting a deaf-mute kid, Akko-chan, out of empathy and curiosity, wishes to her magic mirror to be a deaf-mute version of herself. Upon discovering that, being speechless, she can't wish anymore, and she'll be stuck that way forever, Akko-chan literally breaks apart, feeling scared and useless until the mirror, reasoning that she got her Aesop about hasty wishes and physical ailments, and she understood the true courage of her new friend [[Long-Lost Uncle Aesop|(who, of course, will never be seen around for the rest of the series)]], lifts the wish on its own accord. |
* ''[[Himitsu no Akko-chan]]'', the original 1969 series, manages to literally [[Be Careful What You Wish For|wish]] a Compressed Vice to the main character, just to [[Nightmare Fuel|scare her]] into her personal Aesop. In episode 32, aptly named "_____", upon meeting a deaf-mute kid, Akko-chan, out of empathy and curiosity, wishes to her magic mirror to be a deaf-mute version of herself. Upon discovering that, being speechless, she can't wish anymore, and she'll be stuck that way forever, Akko-chan literally breaks apart, feeling scared and useless until the mirror, reasoning that she got her Aesop about hasty wishes and physical ailments, and she understood the true courage of her new friend [[Long-Lost Uncle Aesop|(who, of course, will never be seen around for the rest of the series)]], lifts the wish on its own accord. |
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* On more than one occasion in the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime, Ash has gotten so full of himself ''specifically'' to get a [[Break the Haughty]] moment by the end of the episode, and then go back to being a reasonably humble trainer afterwards. Instances of this include his battles with Prima, Brawley, and Drake of the Elite Four. May also got this in one of her contests when she gained a Coordinator Superiority Complex ''out of nowhere'' and was repremended for it, and then it never comes up again. |
* On more than one occasion in the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime, Ash has gotten so full of himself ''specifically'' to get a [[Break the Haughty]] moment by the end of the episode, and then go back to being a reasonably humble trainer afterwards. Instances of this include his battles with Prima, Brawley, and Drake of the Elite Four. May also got this in one of her contests when she gained a Coordinator Superiority Complex ''out of nowhere'' and was repremended for it, and then it never comes up again. |
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* The original Japanese version of ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' gave [[The Heart|Hikari]] a crippling reliance on her brother in the infamous [[ |
* The original Japanese version of ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' gave [[The Heart|Hikari]] a crippling reliance on her brother in the infamous [[Non Sequitur Episode|Dark Ocean]] episode. It may have been an attempt to [[Purity Sue|keep her from looking too perfect]], but while she does freak out at the Dark Ocean in a later episode, she doesn't mention Taichi at all. |
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