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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Portgas D. Ace of ''[[One Piece]]'' has only ever received a handful of scenes (not counting a short period of anime [[Filler]]), none of which delved very far into his character. However, some fans still came to imprint a completely straight image of [[The Ace]] on him, to the point that when he actually got a little backstory and turned out to be more of a [[Broken Ace]], they complained about the whole affair.
* Team Rocket from ''[[Pokémon (
* In the ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]'' manga, Tetsu goes from a being a cunning murderer to being a cute, child-like comic relief after his first appearance. In one of the final volumes, however, he's briefly shows as a bloodthirsty demon again, when the situation calls for it.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* The ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' novel ''[[Star Trek Novel Verse|The 34th Rule]]'' (no, not ''that'' [[Rule 34]], the 34th Rule of Acquisition...), features Ferengi Grand Nagus Zek thinking up a highly intelligent and deadly serious scheme to gain profit -- and it succeeds magnificently. The Ferengi were always supposed to be supreme businessmen and expert swindlers, but on TV they quickly morphed into comic relief after failing to work as a threat on ''[[Star Trek:
** In macrocosm, the [[Star Trek Novel Verse]] generally tends towards reversing the Ferengi [[Flanderization]] whenever possible, and while Ferengi are still portrayed somewhat comically at times, many times we get to see Ferengi be competent in battle, be damned persistent villains, and we even get to see good guy Ferengi use their capitalist natures to pull off some impressive [[Plan|plans]].
* In his very first appearance, the short story "Neutron Star", Beowulf Schaeffer of [[Larry Niven|Larry Niven's]] ''[[Known Space]]'' series, was explicitly described as being "limber enough to smoke with his feet" (that is, holding a cigarette between his toes and using his feet as hands). While subsequent stories always had him be agile and quick, this level of flexibility never resurfaced again until "Borderland of Sol" (written nearly ten years later). When a bad guy ties Schaeffer and his partner to a support pole, Schaeffer kicks his shoes off and proceeds to free the two of them, using his feet as hands.
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* In ''[[Monk]]'', Lt. Disher was flanderized from [[Plucky Comic Relief]] to a borderline [[The Ditz]]. Thus, it fit this trope later on when he would demonstrate competent policework.
* In ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', Eric Matthews was flanderized from the cool, rational older brother into an irrational [[Cloudcuckoolander]] except for one of the series' very last episodes, in which he was suddenly portrayed with something resembling his original characterization (which was lampshaded by the others).
* The Cat from [[
** In later seasons, the Cat is occasionally even shown to be able to detect or track objects in space by pure ''sense of smell''.
* In the fourth series of ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' the titular character is about to be killed by the [[Monster of the Week]], only to be rescued by a sword-wielding Guinevere. Arthur is surprised and delighted at her bravery, even though she displayed similar skills with a sword way back in series one.
* ''[[The Adventures of Brisco County Jr]]''. Brisco is a graduate of Harvard Law School. This fact was actually forgotten by everyone in all the cowboyesque action-adventure. And then came the late season episode in which he needed to be a lawyer and not a gunman.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Used for humor in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
** Directly invoked in an episode where Tea plays a card game against a penguin, much to Yugi's shock... and Yami's lack of shock, since she's been playing card games since the beginning of the series. And often winning.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Faz from ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Squidward from ''[[
** Though if you watch a lot of the show, he seems to have a good grasp of music ''theory'' and of culture and seems to be able to read music well. He might be having issues ''playing'' a clarinet due to have no fingers.
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