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* Survivor Girls in horror movies usually make this change going from scared n' sexy to fighting the monster hand to hand.
** Barbara in the color remake of ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' goes from fetal position to super-zombie hunter.
** The ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]]'' series had Laurie Strode go from a [[
** ''[[Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon]]''
** ''[[Return of the Living Dead]] III''
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** Heck, more than that, even. Neville went from being picked on by Malfoy (jelly-legs jinx, ring any bells?), to being wailed on by Cornish Pixies (albeit freshly caught), to supplying Harry with gillyweed (in the movie, not in the book), to {{spoiler|running Dumbledore's Army in Harry's absence, with Luna and Ginny. As in - he was running [[The Resistance]] within enemy walls, under scrutiny of Lord Voldemort's frigging lapdogs. If Umbridge was permitted to use corporal punishment, imagine what the DEATH EATERS did.}} The [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] in Deathly Hallows Part 2 was just the icing of the cake.
** However, it could also be said that he didn't take any levels in awesome, he just let his awesome show. Think about it - from the start, he's been amazing! Standing up to the trio like that when they were going after the Philosopher's Stone? His 11 year old badassery was only overshadowed by Harry, Ron, and Hermione's right after!!
* In ''[[Help!]]!'', it's oddly George. After doing [[Funny Background Event|Funny Background Events]] for most of the film, he leaps aboard a moving car towards the end of the film to rescue a kidnapped Ringo who's been [[Punk in the Trunk|stashed in the trunk]].
* In the first ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy]]'' film, Evie is a timid librarian firmly stuck in her [[Damsel in Distress]] role. By ''The Mummy Returns'', she has become an [[Action Girl]] who can fight off [[Mook|Mooks]] on her own using awesome martial arts skills that she didn't know she had, as well as a few of Rick's more straightforward moves. It turns out {{spoiler|she is rediscovering her [[Secret Legacy]] as a spiritual reincarnation of an Ancient Egyptian princess who was well-trained in combat}}. Her brother Jonathan too, to an extent. He is a pretty good shot with a rifle and proves it during the ambush of the cultists. He also tries to take on Anck-Su-Namun and manages to hold her off long enough for {{spoiler|Alex to revive his mother}}.
* The ''[[El Mariachi]]'' trilogy starts off with the main character as an [[Action Survivor]] in a [[Stern Chase]] plot. By the time of the second movie, he has a habit of going into [[Bad Guy Bar|bad guy bars]] and shooting up the place. By the third movie, he's a legend.
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