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Flanderization 

The process by which a single trait from a character is overstated and brandished to the point that it becomes the character's only trait. Flanderization is almost always for the worst and tends to draw viewers away from the the medium that the character represents.
Nick: I don't get it. Why is it that Brian Griffin was the voice of reason in earlier seasons of Family Guy, but now he is just a liberal douche?
Mark: Ever since the flanderization of the main characters back in season 4, the show really has taken a turn for the worst.
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flanderization 

.just like Ned Flanders on the simpsons
every thing is
its gone wet
The act of taking a single (often minor) action or trait of a character within a work and exaggerating it more and more over time until it completely consumes the character. Most always, the trait/action becomes completely outlandish and it becomes their defining characteristic. Sitcoms and Sitcom characters are particularly susceptible to this, as are peripheral characters in shows with long runs.

The trope is named for one of the examples in The Simpsons, Ned Flanders, who was originally just a considerate neighbor and attentive father, with his devout nature simply being that he willingly attended and paid attention in church, all to make him a contrast to Homer, before becoming obsessively religious to the point of stupidity.

Note that the key to this trope is in how the process is a gradual thing, the character starts relatively normal then gains a few quirks, the quirks become more prominent and then gradually become the character. If it is simply about how the character is different early on before the writers know what to do with them, that is Characterization Marches On. Flanderization doesn't have to be a bad thing - sometimes it can be used to expand on a background character's personality when they are brought to the foreground, or make an otherwise bland character stand out more.
Big bang was a good series before its flanderization mid S3
flanderization by Edwinchunder October 23, 2013

flanderization 

The process by which a complex individual becomes a living stereotype.
Mass media has led to the Flanderization of the Republican Party
flanderization by Catty McGee April 4, 2018

Flandreization 

Turning or the way to turn into Flandre Scarlet, from the Touhou Series. Someone that has been Flandreizated will behave like Flandre, grow artificial wings and a hat. Flandreizated people are more than 100 times more powerful than normal humans, become vampires and absolute beings of destruction. Flandreization can be caused by listening to U.N. Owen was her for 10 hours straight and awake. You will start to feel like a vampire in the next day. In the second day of Flandreization, you will grow slight wings. Third day, you will already feel the power, feel girlish, and gain the full wings of Flandre. In the fourth day, you gain the hat, and you're complete! Flandreization has no cure until now, but other vampires may make Flandreization wear off if you look right forward to the vampire, but since vampires don't exist except for other Flandreization victims, so you're basically stuck in Flandre form. Flandreization victims, as vampires, will start to feel pain when they're outside in a sunny day.
Flandreizated person: "Will you play with me...?"
Another person: "Look out, he's got Flandreization! Run to the hills!!!
Flandreization by lol1337rofl November 6, 2015

flatterization

the act of flattery.
"dont flatter yourself."
"youre taking away from my flatterization."

Summer Teeth 

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.
Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...
Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012
Word of the Day on May 24, 2026
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
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