Took a Level in Jerkass: Difference between revisions

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

* Due to unexplained happenings during the [[Time Skip]], Hei of ''[[Darker than Black]]'' has gone from a ruthless [[Anti-Hero]], to a ''drunk'' ruthless [[Anti-Hero]] with an unwanted [[Morality Pet]]. {{spoiler|Hei had been nicknamed "Chinese Electric [[Batman]]", but unfortunately, he's just "Chinese Batman" since he was [[Brought Down to Badass]].}}

* Dr. Eric Foreman on ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', who started off as a fairly self-possessed guy who didn't really appreciate House's shenanigans, and then progressed to the type of guy who screwed over a colleague and then stabbed her with a dirty needle (the latter under duress, but still). His jerkassery has calmed somewhat, but hasn't completely gone away. To be fair, the growing jerkassery did become a plotpoint after that—Foreman was afraid that spending so much time around House was causing him to become more like him. He quit Princeton-Plainsboro to try to stop this... but then got fired from a job in New York after using very House-like tactics. Cuddy even once called him "House-Lite."

* Phoebe of ''[[Charmed]]'' seemed to take a level in jerkass at the end of her relationship with Cole.

** Actually, BSG seems to have tons of examples. Lt. Felix Gaeta, anyone?

** Also, Tom Zarek. Early in the series, he was a recurring political provocateur and alleged terrorist, but he actually managed to be somewhat nice towards the main characters, especially in the Kobol and New Caprica arcs. Flash forward to mid-season 4, and he's [[Flanderization|perpetrating a mutiny among the fleet]] and [[Moral Event Horizon|having the Quorum of Twelve gunned down]] in a petty power-grab while President [[Iron Lady|Roslin]] is in the midst of a [[Heroic BSOD]]. {{spoiler|Fortunately, he doesn't [[Karmic Death|survive it]].}}