Redemption Demotion: Difference between revisions

* Inverted by Viral in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. After he joins Team Dai-Gurren, he actually turns this into a Redemption Promotion.

** Lordgenome does it too, as he becomes [[Serial Escalation|even more badass]] after the time-skip. The fact that he's a head in a jar only makes it even more impressive when he later sacrifices himself to turn a Big Bang into a huge power-boost.

* While Jelly Jiggler from ''[[Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo]]'' was always pretty silly, he at least had ''some'' chops when he was a villain. After he turns good, though, he becomes the biggest [[Butt Monkey]] in the series.

* For the sadly brief period they were on the good guys' side, [[Soul Eater|Crona]] had his/her strength decreased and stood up to Giriko marginally longer than Maka. An indication of how strong Giriko was being that he managed to cut Crona. The black blood had previously been damaged only by Maka's super-powered evil side and Death Scythe. The demotion was explained in the anime by Maka's special soul wavelength, and in the manga by Shinigami taking the souls Ragnarok had consumed. Crona's state following their [[Face Heel Revolving Door|Face Heel Turn]] would suggest they've 'improved' dramatically, Black Star's approach notwithstanding ('stronger than', apparently, [[Defeat Means Friendship|'reasoned with']], hell no).

*** Reputedly [[Lampshaded]] by [[Ric Flair]], who said he didn't cheat because he needed to, but because he could.

** [[Lampshaded]] by [[Kevin Nash|Diesel]] after he got beat by [[Bret Hart]] for the World Title. Diesel claimed that he lost his edge while trying to be [[Vince McMahon]]'s latest reimagining of [[Hulk Hogan]], and that he was going back to being the [[Badass]] that effortlessly cleared rings during battle royals. He has since then became a [[Tweener]] that gradually transitioned into a full-blown [[Heel]].

* Subverted by [[The Undertaker]], as regardless of his status, he's the most powerful wrestler on the card.

* When a monster heel is brought into the company, he wins nearly every match, with many of them being [[Squash Match|squash matches]]. After his face turn, he will become easier to beat and his win/loss record will show that (e.g. Yokozuna, [[Vader]], Great Khali, [[Mark Henry]], Vladmir Kozlov).

* In the ''[[BattleTech]]'' cartoon, Ciro Ramirez is a passionate, competant, but also arrogant and inexperienced Mech Jockey serving under Adam Steiner in the 1st Somerset Strikers. He experienced a reversed form of the trope after his [[Face Heel Turn]], [[Justified]] in that the Clans have better technology, more experience, and presumably gave him the [[Training from Hell|sort of training]] that the Clans are known for.<ref>It is worth mentioning that for the Clans, [[Face Heel Turn]]s and [[Heel Face Turn]]s are perfectly acceptable under the right circumstances. Basically, you have to be captured after [[Worthy Adversary|fighting honorably]]; in Ciro's case, he was defeated because he made a [[Last Stand]] against a [[Curb Stomp Battle|superior force]] of Clan Mechs to [[You Shall Not Pass|allow the rest of his squad and a group of civilians to escape]].</ref>

* Who could forget Dark Heart from ''[[Care Bears]]''? Before the [[Heel Face Turn]], he was a bad ass shape shifter. Some [[Power of Love]] and [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]] later, he's a weak human with no powers. [[Pinocchio Syndrome|Becoming a real boy]] is overrated.

* Tohru in ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]''. In Season 1, he's [[The Brute]] among the villains and very much a [[Mighty Glacier]] who routinely tosses Jackie around like a ragdoll during fight scenes. At the beginning of Season 2, he pulls an abrupt [[Heel Face Turn]] and becomes a [[Gentle Giant]]. Though he can still hold his own in a fight when needed and is always [[The Big Guy]] when teamed with Jackie and/or one of Jackie's other allies, these are few and far between and he's typically not portrayed as the overwhelming powerhouse that he was as a villain in Season 1.

* {{spoiler|Dark Heart turns human}} at the end of ''[[Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation]]'', thus losing his powers, but seemingly couldn't do any real human things until now.