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** Even moreso for Sportsmaster, a Z-list supervillain from [[The Golden Age of Comic Books]] [[Adaptational Badass|who gets reimagined]] as a [[Badass Normal]] mercenary.
*** The show in general has a habit of turning various villains into rightous [[Adaptational Badass|badasses]], even those who were pretty good before. Mister Twister was suddenly a huge threat, and Clayface (not an unpopular villain before) became downright fucking ''[[Nightmare Fuel|terrifying]]''.
* Speaking of Scrappy-Doo, they tried to change him during the "All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo" and the "New Scooby-Doo Mysteries": "Scrappy is now even more matured, and softened down from before, having a much bigger sense of danger. He will even back down if a monster growls loud enough, and can even be seen shivering in fear and crying for help; unthinkable in his earlier life. He is now the 'new Freddy', solving the mystery with Daphne, while Shaggy and Scooby return to their prior role as the comedy relief who only keep the ghosts busy while Scrappy and Daphne find the clues." He was also okay in ''[[The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo]]''; though mostly from having [[Ethnic Scrappy|Flim Flam]] pick up the slack (and he later got rescued as well). That said, he never got completely rescued until 2023 when the [[So Bad It's Horrible|universally despised]] ''Velma'' series aired, ''finally'' getting rid of the title of worst character in the franchise, with that title going for that series' title character. As if that wasn't enough, {{spoiler|him appearing in the second season and [[Take That, Scrappy!|killing said titular character]]}} had his popularity ''skyrocket'' overnight, becoming something of a [[Memetic Badass]].
** Daphne herself went from a [[Damsel Scrappy]] to one of the coolest characters over the years.
*** ''Aloha, Scooby Doo'' is practically a manifesto on rescuing Daphne from the Scrappy Heap. She dons a [[Bare Your Midriff|midriff-baring]] version of her traditional outfit - when she isn't just wearing a bikini - and the plot hinges on the world-class [http://www.southseascinema.org/Toon%20Images/Aloha%20Scooby%20Doo%20Daphne%20surfing%202%20crop.jpg surfing abilities] you probably didn't know she had (it's not like it would have come up often).
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