These characters were great back in the day, but soon decrease as time goes by or were watered down in quality, regardless of them still being enjoyable to watch or not.
In certain cases, their flanderization is undone and they become good again, whereas others can never get their charm again.
Pages in category "Characters who went downhill"
The following 187 pages are in this category, out of 187 total.
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B
- Baby Bop the Dinosaur (Barney & Friends, seasons 1-8)
- Barney the Dinosaur (seasons 1-8)
- Bart Simpson (seasons 1-15, 31-present)
- Mr. Bean
- Beast Megatron
- Blake Belladonna
- Billy (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, seasons 1-4)
- Blooregard Q. Kazoo (season 1, Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion)
- Blue (Blue's Clues)
- The Blues (Angry Birds)
- Bonkers D. Bobcat (Lucky Episodes & Raw Toonage counterpart)
- Book (BFDIA, IDFB & TPOT)
- Bowser Junior (SuperMarioLogan, pre-late-2019)
- Brainy (Object Cringe)
- Brooklyn T. Guy (SuperMarioLogan/SML)
- Brooklyn T. Guy (SuperMarioLogan/SML, pre-mid 2022)
- Lola Bunny
C
- Cameron (Total Drama: Revenge of the Island)
- Candy, Etno, Bud, Gorgious and Stereo (Space Goofs, season 1)
- Carmelita Fox
- Chris McLean (Total Drama, seasons 1-3; Total DramaRama & 2023 reboot)
- Chuck (Angry Birds)
- Cleveland Brown (Family Guy; The Cleveland Show, seasons 2-4)
- Cody (SuperMarioLogan)
- Cosmo and Wanda (seasons 1-8)
- Cream the Rabbit
- Elvis Cridlington (seasons 1-5)
- Denzel Crocker (seasons 1-8)
D
- Daffy Duck (1937-63, 1969-79 and 1981-present)
- Daisy Duck (1940-early 1999, 2005-early 2018, late 2018-present)
- Darkwing Duck
- Dave (Total Drama: Pahkitew Island (episodes 1-6)
- Chase Davenport (seasons 1 and 2)
- Deb Defrates
- Devon "DJ" Joseph (Total Drama: Island-Action; Revenge of the Island-present; Total DramaRama)
- Donald Duck
- Olive Doyle (season 1)
- Duncan (Total Drama, seasons 1 & 2)
E
F
G
H
- Dawn Harper (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, seasons 1 and 2)
- Dicky Harper (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, seasons 1 and 2)
- Nicky Harper (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, seasons 1 and 2)
- Ricky Harper (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, seasons 1 and 2)
- Haruko Haruhara
- Greg Heffley
- Heloise (Jimmy Two-Shoes, season 1)
- Henry the Green Engine (The Railway Series, seasons 1-11, 17, 20-24)
J
- Jade West (season 1, Sam & Cat)
- James (Pokémon, seasons 1-13, 16-present)
- Jessie (Pokémon: seasons 1-14, 16-present)
- Jimmy (Ed, Edd n Eddy, season 1; Big Picture Show)
- Jimmy Two-Shoes
- Joey, Marky and Dee Dee (Oggy and the Cockroaches, seasons 1-4, 6 and 7)
- Johnny Klebitz
- Johnny Test (2005 seasons 1-3, 2021 reboot)
- Jorgen Von Strangle (The Fairly OddParents, seasons 1-8)
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L
M
- The Machines (Bob the Builder, 1998)
- Maggy
- Major Dr. Ghastly (Evil Con Carne)
- Mandark (Dexter's Laboratory, seasons 1 and 2)
- Mandy (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, seasons 1-4)
- Mario (SuperMarioLogan (SML))
- Dora Márquez (seasons 1-4; The Lost City Of Gold-present)
- Randy Marsh
- Lola Martinez (Zoey 101, season 2)
- Wendy Marvell (Fairy Tail)
- Mary Jane Watson (Spider-Man 1 & 2)
- Mega Man (Mega Man 1-7; 9-present)
- Megamind (Megamind-The Button of Doom)
- Megatron (G1)
- Melony (SMG4)
- Memetchi (Tamagotchi franchise, and season 1A of the Tamagotchi TV series)
- Michael Corleone
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Mojo Jojo (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Mr. and Mrs. Turner (Oh Yeah! Cartoons)
- Mr. Goodman (SuperMarioLogan, pre-late-2016)
- Mr. Krabs (seasons 1-5; 11-present)
- Mushu (Mulan)
P
- Peter Parker (Spider-Man 1 & 2, No Way Home)
- Patrick Star (seasons 1-5, 9b-present)
- Peggy Hill (King of the Hill; seasons 1-9)
- Penelope (Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves)
- Percy the Small Engine (seasons 1-14, 17-24)
- Pinkie Pie
- Pinky and The Brain (Animaniacs)
- Penny Proud (The Proud Family)
- Sam Puckett (iCarly)
R
S
- Scar (1994)
- Scarlet Witch
- Weiss Schnee
- Blog:Should Adam Taurus be added here as well.
- Sid (Hey Arnold!, seasons 1 and 2; The Jungle Movie)
- Homer Simpson (seasons 1-11a, 31-present)
- Marge Simpson (seasons 1-15, 31-present)
- Sky (Total Drama: Pahkitew Island, episodes 1-8)
- Luke Skywalker (1977-2015; 2019-present)
- Slender Man
- Francine Smith (American Dad!, seasons 1-10, 14-present)
- Roger Smith (American Dad, seasons 1-7)
- Stan Smith (American Dad!; Fox era)
- Steve Smith (American Dad!, seasons 1-5)
- Smudge
- Sneezy (The 7D)
- Son Goku (1987-2015a, 2018-present)
- Jewel Sparkles (Lalaloopsy web series and Nick Jr. series)
- Spike Bulldog
- SpongeBob SquarePants (seasons 1-6a, 8-present)
- Stitch
- Superman (Superman I, II, & Returns)
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- Tak (Avalanche Software games)
- Tak (Tak and the Power of Juju)
- Susan and Mary Test (Johnny Test)
- Thomas the Tank Engine (seasons 1-11, 17-24)
- Tom Harper (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, seasons 1 and 2)
- Tootie (The Fairly OddParents, seasons 1-5)
- Tow Mater (Cars, Cars 2: The Video Game, Cars 3, Cars on the Road)
- Yoshiko Tsushima
- Tulio Triviño (seasons 1, 2 and 4)
- Timmy Turner (seasons 1-8)