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* ''Lots'' of characters are susceptible to this in fanfic.

* ''[[Smallville]]'''s Chloe Sullivan is a prime example. On the actual show itself, for several seasons, she was a relatively competent scrapper in a fight, but certainly nowhere near expert-level in fighting skill. Not so in the wonderful world of ''Smallville'' fanfic, where Chloe (who usually acts as a [[Possession Sue]] in these fics) suddenly can trade blows with the best of them, even becoming a sparring partner for ''Batman'' in "Chruce" shipper fics. Some fics do make somewhat of an effort to make it seem more natural, by having Chloe start out with her canon level of skill and then undergo [[Training from Hell]] to gain her new level of fighting ability, but even these fics often have it happen way too fast, and the reader is treated to a montage of Chloe progressing from a merely competent, average-level fighter to a skilled, dan-grade martial artist in a matter of weeks. Now granted, on the show itself Chloe eventually ''did'' [[Take a Level In Badass]] and become a very skilled fighter...but by the time that happened it was already Season 9, waaay after most of these fanfics were written.