Took a Level In Kindness: Difference between revisions

* Duncan from ''[[Dragon Age Origins]]'': In a universe as dark and depressing as Dragon Age can be, right from the start of the game Duncan is a beacon of hope before the player becomes one. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, he doesn't last very long.}}

** If he survived the first game, [[Hitman with a Heart|Zevran]] has been spending most of the time frame that [[Dragon Age II]] encompasses only killing the [[Murder, Inc.|Crows]] that try to track him down. Okay, nothing too new, and Zevran was always much more [[Hidden Heart of Gold|laid-back]] than one would expect from an ex-assassin, but {{spoiler|then when the Dalish offer him sanctuary in Act 3, he turns them down to hide out in the nearby caves so that none of them will get caught in the crossfire.}} Considering this is the man who casually admitted he [[Token Evil Teammate|enjoyed killing]] ([[Even Evil Has Standards|to an extent]]) and has killed innocents, or gotten them killed through his actions more than once, in the first game, this is quite the [[Character Development]].

** No, that was near the end of the first game where he realized he was being a jerk after finding out that {{spoiler|Drek was targeting his home planet.}}

* The rival Silver from [[Pokémon]] could count as this. He goes from a cruel, harsh person, but eventually becomes friendlier towards the player and his own Pokemon- to the point where his Golbat evolves into a Crobat after reaching high happiness.

* Buford from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]],'' who was a bully in his first appearance, a [[Punch Clock Villain]] in his second, and afterward only makes token attempts to pretend he doesn't like everybody else.

* Film historian Leonard Maltin notes that when [[Mickey Mouse]] first arrived on the screens, he was hardly a model of good behaviour. Mickey soon evolved into [[The Everyman]], with the [[Jerkass]] torch being passed to [[Donald Duck]].

* [[Alpha Bitch|Heather]] from [[Total Drama Island]] used to be a mean [[Jerkass]], but due to all the [[Laser-Guided Karma|hell that]] people put her through, she suddenly changes to be nicer, starting with the [[Unpopular Popular Character|unlucky Cody]].

* In ''[[Regular Show]]'', [[Fat Idiot|Muscle Man]] has undergone this. Formerly a [[Jerkass]], he's become a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] who views Mordecai and Rigby as friends.

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