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{{quote|''"Can't you see what coffee's doing to you...? You're agreeable. Open-minded. ''Boring''."''|'''Kurt''', ''[[Multiplex]]''}}

A common [[Sitcom]] plot where the total [[Jerkass]] learns his lesson, turns sweet and benevolent—and becomes absolutely intolerable, making the other characters yearn for the original personality. Eventually the character in question will revert to normal, and the reaction will either be [[Status Quo Is God|relief]], or realization that [[Here We Go Again|he really]] ''~~[[Here We Go Again|~~is]]'' ~~[[Here We Go Again|~~worse in his obnoxious form]].

A common [[Sitcom]] plot where the total [[Jerkass]] learns his lesson, turns sweet and benevolent—and becomes absolutely intolerable, making the other characters yearn for the original personality. Eventually the character in question will revert to normal, and the reaction will either be [[Status Quo Is God|relief]], or realization that [[Here We Go Again|he really ''is'' worse in his obnoxious form]].

A subset of [[Flowers for Algernon Syndrome]]. This becomes worse if the cast caused this change intentionally, because [[Pygmalion Snapback]] means the [[Jerkass]] returns to his jerky nature ''and'' has an ax to grind.