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* ''[[Titanic]]'' has the obnoxious aristocrat Caledon "Cal" Hockley, who starts out as a pompous, misogynistic [[Jerkass]]. He soon graduates to smack his fiancee around, trying to frame Jack for burglary, and when things ''really'' start to go south, kidnapping and attempted murder.
* Ash of the ''[[Evil Dead]]'' series does this over time. In the first film he's basically a [[Final Girl|Final Guy]], by the second he's a [[Badass]] and in the third he's a full blown [[Jerkass]].
* Abigail from the ''[[National Treasure]]'' series seems to take one between the first and second movies. In the first movie, she starts out as a tad bitchy, but really not without reason given the crap she ends up in thanks to Ben. By the end of the movie, she's considerably nicer and has evolved into a proper [[Love Interest]]. When the second movie comes around, she's reverted to the beginning of the first movie and gone even further, being ''[[Took a Level
* Sarah Connor in ''[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator 2]]'' is barely recognizable as the sweet-natured waitress from the first movie. The way she treats people, including her own son, uncomfortably evokes shades of [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] and [[He Who Fights Monsters|She Who Fights Monsters]]. Fortunately, she seems to get better by the end.
* Clopin from ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' is first introduced as the colorful narrator of the film, and the master of ceremonies at the Feast of Fools, where he was very kind to Quasimodo. However, near the end of the movie, he is now the bitter judge (his hand puppet serving as Quasi's defense) presiding over the Court of Miracles, and is now very mean to not only Quasimodo, but also Phoebus as well, and as a result he wanted the two both sentenced to death for being spies of [[Complete Monster|Frollo]] (they were actually working against Frollo, not for him). Had Esmeralda not showed up at the Court of Miracles to stop Clopin and tell him that both Quasi and Phoebus are trying to help them, Clopin would had actually killed them both.
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* Nate from ''[[Six Feet Under]]'', even though the personality changes are very gradual and subtle. His idealistic, free-spirited nature doesn't mesh well with his family responsibilities in season 5.
** Similarly, Rico
* Finn Hudson in ''[[Glee]]'' recently [[Took a Level
** Sebastian Smythe is another example. Sure, he was always a jerk, but mostly in the "lovable rogue" sort of way. Some people even shipped him with Blaine or Kurt or both. Fewer people do now thanks to {{spoiler|him tampering the slushy, causing Blaine to need surgery.}}
** Becky was a sweet kid in Season one but under Sue Sylvester's influence became ean and cruel
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** The case can also be made for Courtney after her return to the show in season two. She went from being a slightly stuck-up and haughty girl who was still civil enough to be the [[Team Mom]], to a scheming, spoiled princess who uses her lawyers to cheat her way to numerous advantage on the show. She basically transformed from a significantly more good version of [[Rich Bitch|Heather]] to a straight up [[Expy]].
*** In ''World Tour'', both Geoff and Courtney (the latter at least in the first half of the season) are back to form, only for Cody, Gwen, and Duncan to get jerkier.
* [[Family Guy|Peter Griffin]], after his show was [[Uncanceled]], goes from being a basically-good [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] to more of a full-on, often malevolent [[Jerkass]]. Likewise, his son, Chris Griffin, seems to be [[Took a Level
** Cleveland has had some Jerkass moments since he got [[The Cleveland Show|his own show]].
** Connie went from being the standard [[Alpha Bitch]] to a downright bitch, which was best demonstrated when she made fun of Meg shortly after the latter returned to school from being in prison for three months (to compensate [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|she pays for this]], and a lot of her Jerkass moments, to dire extremes).
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** A good example of SpongeBob being more of a jerk comes in "A Pal for Gary". He gets some freakish pet, which constantly ruins Gary's life. And [[Jerk with a Heart of Jerk|SpongeBob]] constantly punishes the poor snail. Even after said snail saved him from the pet's horrific attempt to eat them.
** Patrick even more so. The prime example? The episode "Rule Of Dumb".
*** There's an episode "Yours, Mine, and Mine", where Patrick 'borrows' money from SpongeBob to 'share' a Krabby-meal together. He of course eats the whole thing himself. Mr. Krabs then makes Sponge pay ''extra'' for the toy (which is really just a Krabby Patty that Krabs dressed up as a doll. ''[[Took a Level
** Mr Krabs can border into [[Faux Affably Evil]] territory in some episodes.
** "The Card", revolves around SpongeBob getting a rare Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy card, and lending it to Patrick for a while. However, Patrick abuses the card in so many ways (using it as a lockpick, grilling it and eating it in a Krabby Patty, scratching his back with it) you'd think he's actually doing this all just to torture SpongeBob, who gets increasingly stressed and worried about the card. [[Sarcasm Mode|Surprisingly enough]], after doing much more dangerous things with it (such as potentially smashing it or setting it on fire), when [[SpongeBob]] warns him, Patrick just says, "[[Took a Level
*** Actually, it was Patrick who got the card. SpongeBob had been tearing through pack after pack but eventually ran out of money. Patrick bought the last pack, and voila, he got the card. Patrick said he could have it later, but destroys it before SpongeBob can get it. Then Patrick gives him the four OTHER identical cards that he got in the same pack. Still, this doesn't change much. Patrick still knew how important that card was to SpongeBob. Yet he didn't care and deliberately tried to destroy it, as mentioned above. Stupid episode is stupid.
** Conversely, Squidward and Plankton have become more sympathetic characters as the characters [[Designated Hero|we're (apparently) supposed to like]] have taken copious levels in jerkass.
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** In the same episode, Angel the Bunny, always a little bit of a brat, has become violently abusive and borderline sociopathic, making unreasonable demands regarding his breakfast, and then throwing Fluttershy's best effort away for being short one cherry and kicking her out of the house. The closest he comes to any kind of apology is an expression of gratitude after he realises [[I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham|he enjoys Fluttershy's cucumber slices]], but then, it was only because of [[Death Glare|the Stare]] that he was willing to try them in the first place.
*** Angel [[Took a Level In Kindness]] in a later episode, so it kind of evens out.
** Something like half the town [[Took a Level
** This tendency is common with most of the characters in the show, due to its tendency to deconstruct the character's flaws as part of the episode's Aesop. Usually one of the characters will become highly egotistical, neurotic or vindictive (or in some exaggerated cases, [[Sanity Slippage|borderline insane]]) for a brief point [[Once Per Episode]] before learning their lesson and reverting back. Rainbow Dash may be a slightly more consistent example, if only because she has gotten the lion's share of Aesops in recent episodes and thus required more frequently to act up.
* In ''[[Transformers Prime]]'', when Ratchet {{spoiler|takes some [[Psycho Serum]]}}, it impairs his judgement, causing him to become increasingly obnoxious and aggressive, even to his own team. Not to mention becoming overconfident to take on ''Megatron'' and the Decepticons on his own (which would cost him). He not only ''[[Dirty Old Man|flirts]]'' with Arcee but he also directly [[What the Hell, Hero?|calls out]] Optimus for being too soft for what had happened to {{spoiler|Cliffjumper}} and also passing several chances to finish Megatron off. While his judgement was impaired, it's implied that he's saying what he would have normally held back. Fortunately, by the end of the episode, he returns back to normal.
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