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The'''Flanderization''' actis the process of taking a single (often minor) action or trait of a character within a work and exaggerating it more and more over time until it completely consumes the character. Most always, the trait/action becomes completely outlandish and it becomes their defining characteristic. Sitcoms and Sitcom characters are particularly susceptible to this, as are peripheral characters in shows with [[Long Runners|long runs]].
 
Named for one of the examples in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', Ned Flanders, who was originally just a kind and mildly religious fellow ([[Always Someone Better|in contrast to Homer]]), before becoming the obsessively pious milquetoast he is best known as today.