Flanderization/Live-Action TV: Difference between revisions

* Karen's shrillness and addictions, and Jack's shrillness and idiocy on ''[[Will and Grace]]''.

** Also Grace became much more neurotic and self-obsessed, and Will became much more whiny and his [[Camp Gay]] tendencies along with Jack's increased.

* Chloe from ''[[Smallville]]'' went from someone who was okay with computers to being able to [[Reverse Polarity|trace a bug's point of origin]], discover [[Magical Database|anything about anyone]], and she even had a shot at decoding a Kryptonian virus on her PC... when all the power on Earth had been shut off. Basically she filled in any [[Plot Hole|Plot Holes]] where the writers couldn't think of a way to get Clark to the place he needed to be. There's even an episode where Brainiac downloads its intellect into her, pretty much super-Flanderizing her computer skills.

** More than an episode. It turns out he was responsible for her intelligence going out control and she was losing more and more of herself as time went on.

** Cat started off as down to earth, not too smart but not too stupid either. Come season two, she's a basically useless [[The Ditz|ditz]].

** Tori was snarky and commonly aggressive, but she did try to be normal. Despite very rarely getting punished for her [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|screw-ups]], she usually felt bad and did what she could to help. She is subject to [[Alternative Character Interpretation]], but nowadays she can do incredibly selfish acts and [[Karma Houdini|always escapes retribution for it]].

* ''[[The Cosby Show]]'''s Denise started out as a funky, spunky, spirited, independent, intelligent young woman. Somewhere along the line, she turned into a flaky, clueless, freeloading moron. Additionally, despite being willing to leave New York travel to Africa for a photojournalism assignment (the actress was written out for maternity leave), she somehow freaked out at the notion of leaving New York, for the wilds of. . .Rhode Island.

* [[Oh My Gods|Oh gods]], ''[[Psych]]''. Where do we begin? Shawn went from being a happy-go-lucky average-intelligence charmer to a genuinely stupid, somehow universally attractive, lovable [[Jerkass|asshole]], while poor Gus went from Shawn's slightly uptight but more traditionally competent and knowledgeable buddy to a total loser whose areas of expertise are mostly [[Informed Ability|informed abilities]] and exists almost solely to finish Shawn's pop cultural references. Jules went from being your average cop stand-in with a little bit of [[UST]] with Shawn to [[The Chick]], and Lassiter went from being Shawn's [[Foil]] with a little bit of hidden bigotry to such a gigantic creep that it is honestly a wonder why anyone lets the man near them. Buzz McNab ([[Ensemble Darkhorse]], anyone?), meanwhile, has all but disappeared. He's mostly rescinded back to his original place as a figure in the background of certain scenes. The [[Flanderization]] of all of the characters is actually many fans' biggest complaint.