Characters who lost their edge.

[Get off the sinking ship!]

I accept your opinion but episodes like 'April Fools Day' and 'Dying For Pie' showed that he SOMETIMES cared.

 

[x|`dominicanaa x33]

Don't forget "Christmas Who?"

 

[MyPreshus]

Binky Barnes from Arthur. =P

Very early on, he was seen as a mean, kinda tough guy feared by other students, but not too long after that (thanks to Sue Ellen dealing with him, at least?) he became friends with Arthur and his friends.

 

[chilldill1993]

The same sort of thing happened to Harold from Hey Arnold!

He was,at first, as mean as any other bully. But later, they developed his character with episodes focused on him that made him more sympathetic and he eventually became good friends with Arnold.

 

[hkaja42]

Obligatory Stewie from Family Guy mention here.

 

[Yankee Country]

I personally think some of what "gay" Stewie does now is far edgier than when he was just a tiny James Bond villain looking to take over the world.

 

[4rest]

I also think D.W. has something to do with that. I thought their bond was very cute and helped Binky accept all of his traits.

 

[leoquartz]

Yeah, and far more annoying. :sweat:

It's probably all in the voice. Good lord, "gay" Stewie's line delivery is irritating.

 

[Ar A]

In all fairness to him though, that's not really his fault. I mean, he commands a bunch of sucky comic reliefs who can't hit the broad side of a barn. You kinda feel sorry for the guy.

I find it funny that some of the more talked about examples of this phenomena are Seth McFarlane characters. Kinda pointless to compain about that since he was never interested in character develpment in the first place.