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* Kite Man has often been considered the lamest of the lamest of [[Batman]]'s rogue's gallery; his lame "power" was the ability to hang-glide very well, and after appearing in three stories as an antagonist, he seemed to become a "professional cameo character" appearing in the background whenever a large group of villains were one place. But to everyone's shock, the ''[[Harley Quinn]]'' cartoon (where he becomes Poison Ivy's boyfriend, then lover, then ''fiancee'', no less) made him a three dimensional character with actual depth. He's still a [[Joke Character]] and something of an [[Iron Woobie]], he's finally managed to gain some respect among fans.

* Kite Man has often been considered the lamest of the lamest of [[Batman]]'s rogue's gallery; his lame "power" was the ability to hang-glide very well, and after appearing in three stories as an antagonist, he seemed to become a "professional cameo character" appearing in the background whenever a large group of villains were one place. But to everyone's shock, the ''[[Harley Quinn]]'' cartoon (where he becomes Poison Ivy's boyfriend, then lover, then ''fiancee'', no less) made him a three dimensional character with actual depth. While he's still a [[Joke Character]] and something of an [[Iron Woobie]], he's finally managed to gain some respect among fans.

* ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'' did this with the Aqualad mantle by replacing Garth, a character widely mocked for having the same "useless" powers as Aquaman and wearing ridiculous short-shorts, with Kaldur'ahm, an Atlantean child soldier who can create weaponry from water and generate powerful electrical blasts.

** 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.