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Naturally, the two can be combined, if the main reason a character is disliked is their cowardice and lack of skill.

 

 

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*** He's also become a big-time [[Deadpan Snarker]].

** Drift is a major case of a phenomenon you see a lot in comic books: a [[Mary Sue]] is hated by all but the writer, then the ''next'' writer gets his hands on the character and opinion turns around. Evidently, it takes someone who can ''step back'' and figure out where he fits and who he ''needs'' to be instead of the creator who can't get past his "I adore him, so, you must too, and I'll keep him onscreen 24/7 until you do!" feelings about [[Creator's Pet|his pet]].

{{quote| "All this roughhousing is giving me an appetite * CHOMP* and you don't want to give '''me''' *gulp* an appetite."}}

** In the most recent [[Re Boot]] of the series, he ''[[Took a Level In Badass|bit a guy's finger off]]''.

* Kaine in [[Spider-Girl]]: Once he was a [[Wangst|wangsty]] [[Creator's Pet|over-hyped]] [[Nineties Anti-Hero]]. Now he's a [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky]] [[Badass Grandpa]] just trying to [[The Atoner|atone]] and [[Mysterious Protector|watch out]] for [[Papa Wolf|his niece and nephew. Excuse me, nephews.]] Doesn't hurt that they gave him a new look either.

* The creation of the [[Marvel Adventures]] line saw a lot of characters getting a much-needed face lift, but by far, the best-received [[Retool]] was changing [[The Wasp]] into [[Marvel Adventures|Giant Girl]]. Readers that hated the former loved the latter, and readers who liked the former adored the latter even ''more''. Of all the characters who were axed when the MA: ''Avengers'' series was cancelled in favor of a continuity reboot in MA: ''Super-Heroes'', Giant Girl was the one most fans were saddest to see go.

* [[Red Hulk]] was introduced by [[Jeph Loeb]] taking down one major league hero or cosmic entity after another, with no particular motivation and a secret identity that no one cared about. He used to provide the page picture for [[Villain Sue]]. Recently (and after Loeb lost control of the character) it's been explained that his [[Villain Sue]] abilities were due to a [[Deadly Upgrade]] by a group that was [[Unwitting Pawn|using him to dispose of their enemies]], then die. It's been removed, and Red Hulk is going through the process of being cathartically (to both readers and characters) beaten up by the people he trounced while in God Mode and facing up to the consequences of his actions. Commentators on his newer storyline have mentioned how it just feels ''weird'' to actually be interested in Red Hulk as a character.

** A similar rescue has taken place with the Red She-Hulk. Originally she was introduced as a generic 'sexy bad girl', complete with giant guns and a ludicrously [[Clothing Damage|ripped costume]], and a prime example of [[Jeph Loeb|Jeph Loeb's]] inability to come up with good names. Since then the firearms and the torn outfit were unceremoniously dropped, instead putting her and [[Incredible Hulk|the Hulk]] into a well-received two-person [[Love Dodecahedron|Love Quadrangle]].

* ''[[Castlevania Judgment]]'' received all kinds of flack ever since it was announced, from reports of terrible controls to [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|heavy bashing of the new artstyle]]. Now that the game is out, the general consensus is that it's a pretty good Wii fighting game with awesome music... among some of the fans, anyway. [[Reviews Are the Gospel|The game critics]] still don't like it.

* ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', which had a similar cold reception, won its way out by repeatedly leaking details to set the [[And the Fandom Rejoiced/Video Games|Fans Rejoicing]].

** His rescue came even earlier: The DS remake of ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' gave him genuinely useful abilities, pleasing design, and a good voice actor.

** And before that, the GBA remake increased the chances of status effects with his attacks, to where he became a legitimate powerhouse.