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* [[Inverted Trope]] with Rossiu from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', where he went from the [[Only Sane Man]] in the first half of the show to a [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] with a stick up his ass the size of a [[This Is a Drill|Giga Drill]]. Fortunately, he gets a [[Take That Scrappy]] in the form of Simon, the main character, ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|inventing teleportation specifically to punch him in the face]].''

* The ''[[School Days]]'' manga portrays main character Makoto Itou as more sympathetic than his other versions (that of an idiotic [[Jerkass]] who cares only about boning as many girls as possible). In the manga, he is portrayed as a well-intentioned idiot who actually ''cares'' for the girls, other than just schtupping them.

* Bat from ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' went from annoying brat to capable warrior between the first and second series. He grew up pretty well.

* Shiho is considerably more tolerable in ''[[Mai-Otome (manga)|Mai-Otome]]'' than her ''[[Mai-HiME (manga)|Mai-HiME]]'' counterpart was, since she doesn't spend her time [[Clingy Jealous Girl|watching over Yuuichi]] (a.k.a. [[Role Ending Misdemeanor|Sir-Not-Appearing-In-This-Series]]) like a hawk, and actually gets to be her own character for a change. At the very least, the complaints about her whininess don't seem to be as loud with the new series. Although some still prefer her ''[[Mai-HiME (manga)|Mai-HiME]]'' self since she had more dramatic weight instead of being a [[Running Joke]] character.

* Elizabeth Middleford of ''[[Black Butler]]'' in chapter 57. {{spoiler|This sweet, adorable and harmless [[Damsel in Distress]] reveals herself as a [[Badass Adorable]] in Chapter 57 and confesses that she desperately wanted for her fiancé Ciel to not see her "uncute" side, and deliberately hid her badass side up until then. Even nearly at the cost of her own life. Shortly after Ciel berates her for such behavior (Prioritizing lady-manners over survival), when she is about to die while Ciel, who despite his best efforts ends up injured and unable to save her, is in danger, Elizabeth spontaneously leaps into action and stabs down the zombies using swords in both hands. While tearfully declaring that she'll protect him, even.}}

** [[Character Development|It's more than that, really.]] {{spoiler|She lives in Victorian England, where a lady must be prim and proper; her mother Frances taught her swordsmanship since she was quite the [[Child Prodigy]] at it... which young Ciel had no idea at the time, [[No Guy Wants an Amazon|only wishing to marry sweet Elizabeth and not a savage warrior like Frances.]] Then we see her train of thoughts as she has to sacrifice so much for Ciel's safety, vowing that [[Violently Protective Girlfriend|she would become a powerful wife so she could protect him]].}} Such stuff is HUGE [[Woobie]] material.

* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', Chisame was fairly unpopular early in the series for her excessively abrasive personality. Then Mahorafest rolled around and [[Character Development|developed her]] into an [[Only Sane Man]] / [[Meta Guy]] / [[Audience Surrogate]], at which point she was much more well received.