Wesley in Angel
Garak in DS9

1/9/2011 3:58:20 PM

for wesley you have to start it in buffy i think. it was even more of an evolution from that point. at the start of Angel he was already at least pretending to be somewhat of a badass.

1/9/2011 4:02:35 PM

Walt in Breaking Bad

1/9/2011 4:13:58 PM

Jerry Seinfeld

1/9/2011 4:28:43 PM

Devolution of Homer Simpson's intellect

1/9/2011 4:46:12 PM

I'm excited to start watching Breaking Bad when I have some time; hopefully before the new season starts. I'll pick Peggy from Mad Men.

1/9/2011 4:48:07 PM

Garak in DS9 is a pretty good choice

1/9/2011 5:11:36 PM

Walt in Breaking Bad

1/9/2011 5:14:41 PM

half the characters in The Wire

peggy in Mad Men

1/9/2011 5:22:07 PM

Sawyer in Lost

1/9/2011 5:48:27 PM

russian henchman #2 in 24

1/9/2011 6:26:15 PM

"russian henchmen" is my favorite example of redundancy

Now that I'm thinking about the question, Edmund Blackadder may be the only choice for this question.

[Edited on January 9, 2011 at 6:48 PM. Reason : added Edmund Blackadder]

1/9/2011 6:33:33 PM

Worst evolution goes to Carla in Scrubs. She went from a strong woman who sometimes brought the funny to a super weak character who was nothing more than Turk's baby mama

1/9/2011 6:38:21 PM

Omar.

Indeed.

1/9/2011 6:52:26 PM

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"Worst evolution goes to Carla in Scrubs."

Nah I'd say worst is Stewie in family guy from megalomaniacal baby to raging homo baby.

1/9/2011 7:09:48 PM

^.

1/9/2011 7:33:19 PM

^^^how so?

did omar change at all over the course of the wire?

1/9/2011 7:45:47 PM

i don't think omar evolved at all. heck, wasn't one of the underlying themes of the wire "the more things change, the more they stay the same"

I'll second Wes on Buffy/Angel

1/9/2011 8:31:42 PM

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"russian henchman #2 in 24"

ahahahaha

1/9/2011 9:19:13 PM

The white guy in the wire, and that black kid in the wire. Hell, a bunch of wire characters evolved.

1/9/2011 10:22:50 PM

everyone on ds9 except for jadzia and maybe worf

1/9/2011 10:31:18 PM

any discussion of character development should begin with The Andy Griffith show and end with King of the Hill with only Seinfeld in the middle

1/9/2011 10:33:14 PM

the big thing with the wire is not how much any one character evolves, but the comparison between those that do evolve and those who never move

for example, carver doesn't evolve a ton, but herc never evolves at all, which makes carver's subtle adjustments look like leaps

1/9/2011 10:35:59 PM

true

namon evolves more than almost anyone b/c he got lucky (in a way) and had the most opportunity

mcnulty evolves over the course, but ends up going full circle

d'angelo obv evolves

1/9/2011 11:40:34 PM

jack from lost

1/9/2011 11:53:00 PM

if you're going to bring up the wire, the clear answer is Bubbles.

1/10/2011 12:00:06 AM

Goku from DBZ. He goes from just a Saiyan to Super Saiyan 4!

1/10/2011 12:41:26 AM

Baby Sinclair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It4Dovy1hNM&feature=related

1/10/2011 1:05:05 AM

^^ is it over 9000? lol

1/10/2011 2:03:27 AM

Ms Chanadaler Bong

1/10/2011 7:13:18 AM

Lost: jack's evolution from being alive to being dead.

1/10/2011 7:27:57 AM

Nancy Botwin
Gaius Baltar

1/10/2011 10:09:28 AM

Charmeleon -> Charizard

1/10/2011 10:43:07 AM

lol

1/10/2011 10:50:40 AM

Bubbles in "The Wire"

I'd sooner doubt a basic fact of arithmetic than this

Edit: came here to post this, read the thread post-facto and obviously this has already been pointed out

[Edited on January 10, 2011 at 11:24 AM. Reason : .]

1/10/2011 11:21:21 AM

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"Garak in DS9"

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"Sawyer in Lost"

1/10/2011 11:49:00 AM

De-evolution of Frank in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

1/10/2011 12:17:30 PM

how about the de-evolution of rickity cricket

1/10/2011 12:23:49 PM

Sophie Chapman from Peep Show:
Normal co-worker love interest -> Pregnant druggie alcoholic ex-wife.

Lindsay Weir in Freaks and Geeks?

Ryan Howard in The Office, although that isn't really the greatest evolution.

1/10/2011 1:43:02 PM

^^ Cricket wasn't so much a deevolution as a spectacular fall in all of 2 or 3 episodes. Within that time frame he'd left the church, and then promptly became penniless. Frank has devolved slowly into what he is today.

Frank: "I get to be the troll??"

Charlie: "Of course! Who else would be the troll?!"

1/10/2011 2:15:42 PM

see i dont know if Bubbles really evolved that much. character stayed the same at heart but he finally got the opportunity to change his life. he went from a good hearted addict to a good hearted recovering addict. he made numerous attempts to get straight but events always through him back on the crooked path.

1/10/2011 5:58:07 PM

Tie Between

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[Edited on January 11, 2011 at 2:21 AM. Reason : .]

1/11/2011 2:21:33 AM

AC Slater.

Macho preppy-hater dating a cheerleader to whipped preppy-friend dating a feminazi.

1/11/2011 2:11:16 PM

Someone on Deadwood needs to be nominated.

I'll go ahead and vote Al Swearengen because I can't think of anyone else.

1/11/2011 2:13:02 PM

Titus Pullo from Rome.

1/11/2011 2:22:27 PM

^ Titus barely changed at all, Lucius Vorenus evolved much more

[Edited on January 11, 2011 at 2:36 PM. Reason : $$$]

1/11/2011 2:32:05 PM

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"jack from lost"

I disagree.. he went from being a bad ass in Seasons 1 and 2 to becoming a whiny bitch. Last season tried to revive him.

1/11/2011 3:01:00 PM

^ Evolution doesn't mean something necessarily gets better, just that it has changed gradually over time.

Jack evolved from being the confident leader and man of science, into the disillusioned follower. His evolution continued, eventually making him into the determined hero and man of faith.
And then he evolved from a spirit into a light beam or something.
LOST. (dunnnnnnn)

1/11/2011 3:17:28 PM

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"peggy in Mad Men"

1/11/2011 3:22:30 PM

Michelle in Full House.

She started off as such a quiet character, but then came to dominate the show with such catch phrases as "You got it, dude" and "Aus-cream".

1/11/2011 3:26:50 PM