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** One of the most obvious and dramatic examples is [[Green Lantern|Guy Gardner]], who lost his power ring after it was destroyed by Parallax. Guy went on to get a full rework, including new powers, a new look, a new supporting cast and a new job. This lasted for several years—about a year and a half of which was actually in his own ongoing monthly—until [[Running the Asylum|Geoff Johns]] wrote [[Reset Button|Green Lantern Rebirth]], which snapped him back to his '80s status quo without any real explanation.
*** Guy Gardner may be back to being a Green Lantern, but his character is not what it was in the 80s and 90s. He's changed over time. Gardner isn't the dumb obnoxious jerk he used to be, though his attitude is somewhat similar. Instead he's simply a jerk with an attitude on the surface, while showing far more depth of character and loyalty beneath, particularly with Kyle Rayner. And that awful bowl haircut is gone too.
** Charles Xavier of the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] was first introduced as an invalid who uses a wheelchair. Several times during the comic's run, Xavier has regained the use of his legs; however, it's only a matter of time until something comes along to reverse this situation, be it undoing whatever allowed his legs to heal or sustaining a new injury, like a broken back. How many times has his spine snapped? That wheelchair [[A God Am I|is his status quo]].
** No matter how strained the metaphor gets the X-Men will always be discriminated against to the point that an elected official can openly proclaim he's going to "get rid of" a gazillion mutant children with nobody batting an eye. Imagine if a politician said "I want * insert ethnicity* to be destroyed" in real life.
** Poor Benjamin Grimm will always be The Thing. Reed Richards' various attempts to find a cure to his condition will never work, or if so always be reversed.
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** On the other hand, Sue Storm has ''always'' had a modest costume, and changing it is not very high on fans' wish list. She once tried a skimpy outfit that exposed her cleavage and midriff; it just wasn't her, and surprisingly, the fans knew it. She got rid of it quickly.
** [[Wonder Woman]]'s costume is fanservice-y enough as it is, but there was one short period in the 90s when someone in DC got the "smart" idea to change it to ''[https://usercontent1.hubstatic.com/7294280_f260.jpg this]'' fashion nightmare. Claiming she looked like a stripper with a biker theme was a common observance, and fans ''hated'' it. In fact, DC seemed to be doing a bit of [[Self-Deprecation]] when the [[Amalgam Comics]] one shot ''[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/bullets-and-bracelets-1-final-thrust/4000-111139/ Bullets and Bracelets]'' comic, where the gun-toting heroine's costume was similar.
** Taking the opposite approach didn't work either, as [https://screenrant.com/wonder-woman-pants-most-controversial-costume-fans-hate/ this costume] (from issue #600) wasn't well recieved either - practical and realistic, yes, but nobody seemed to like the heroine with pants.
* Frequently used in [[The Beano]] and similar comics ([[The Beezer]], [[Whizzer and Chips]], [[The Dandy (comics)|The Dandy]]) when a strip ends with a major change to the characters occurring there is often a [[Note From Ed]] acting as a [[Reset Button]] saying the character will be back to normal by next week.
* Any time a [[Government Conspiracy]] and/or the [[Suicide Squad]] is part of a story in ''[[DC Comics]]'', you can bet Amanda Waller is going to be a part of it. In most cases, Waller is a middle-aged, overweight, unattractive woman and a [[Non-Action Big Bad]]. This was changed in the 2011 ''Suicide Squad'' title, where she was young, thin, attractive, ''and'' a [[Dark Action Girl]]; fans and critics ''hated'' it. It seems sometimes the [[Most Common Superpower]] is ''not'' a requirement for a character to be interesting.
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