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** [[Paul Bearer]] was no stranger to this trope either, with his voice and mannerisms getting progressively goofier over the years. Compare this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipDWbfYitac early 1991 promo] to this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJYB9IOR3K0 later 1994 promo].
* [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]], anyone? At the height of his popularity, he was simply a very tough working-class guy who was lashing out at the oppression of the modern world. Over time, the "underdog" side of his character became deemphasized and the "rebel" side became predominant, with the inevitable result that he devolved into an unabashed [[Jerkass]] - and the fans ''still'' cheered him!
* Inverted with [[Triple H]], who started out as an [[
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' the Chaos God Khorne was flanderized from an incredibly bloodthirsty but moderately ''honorable'' warrior who preferred [[Worthy Opponent|Worthy Opponents]] and whose servants would sometimes spare [[Not Worth Killing|non-combatants]], to [[Ax Crazy|wanting all blood from everyone all the time]]. Note that at no point was '''Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne!''' not part of the deal.
* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' ([[Recycled in Space|Originally Warhammer in Space!]]), the Imperium of Man is continuously suffering from this trope. Every year, it seems to become more repressive, depressing, backwards, ignorant, and desperate. The Space Marines become more [[Knight Templar]], the [[Redshirt Army|Imperial Guard]] becomes more likely to invoke [[We Have Reserves]], and so on. The Tau, however, have received [[Divergent Character Evolution|modest character development]], transforming from a [[Mary Suetopia]] to a more complex faction and one of the few Greys in the usual [[Black and Black Morality]]. Writers have been trying to reverse the process of flanderisation and turn them back into an authoritative and overly bureaucratic but still functional dictatorship with genuine heroes.
** Matt Ward has been working on Flanderizing the Ultramarines from a respected puritan Chapter of strict adherents to the Codex Astartes into the absurd force of [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|unimpeachable]] and [[Mary Sue|unbeatably]] [[God Mode Sue|awesome]] [[Fan Nickname|Ultrasmurfs]] that we all know and hate.
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