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This also has some relation to [[Why We're Bummed Communism Fell]], where people lament the lack of a balance of power the Cold War brought.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Used in reverse: [http://readordie.wikia.com/wiki/Yomiko_Readman Yomiko Readman] is horrified to discover that the sweet and lovable [http://readordie.wikia.com/wiki/Wendy_Earheart Wendy Earheart] from the [[Read or Die]] has been replaced in the [[R.O.D the TV]] by an emotionless and vicious Wendy.

* A comic book story of ''[[The Smurfs]]'' has Papa Smurf play a prank on resident [[Jerkass]] Jokey to get him to stop playing his pranks on other Smurfs, by having one of his exploding surprises turn Jokey's victims into monsters. Jokey promised to Papa Smurf that he would never play a prank on any Smurf again, and so Papa Smurf restored the transformed Smurfs back to normal. Later on, however, Papa Smurf finds all his Smurfs being bored from the lack of Jokey playing his pranks on them, so he allows Jokey to play them once again.

** Also in a cartoon epsiode where the [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]] Brainy loses his essence and the other Smurfs have to bring back the annoying person that he really is.

 

 

== Professional Wrestling ==

* Basically, any [[Heel]] who makes a [[Heel Face Turn]] that suffers from [[Badass Decay]] and becomes a personification of [[Good Is Boring]] counts.

 

 

 

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