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Grew a Spine

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Grew a Spine	comment	Bob may have opinions, but he doesn't act on them if someone disagrees. Instead, he will follow their instructions or advice. This someone might be anyone, a single person that he is dependent on, or the prevailing attitudes in society. Then Bob starts to trust and act on his own judgment and begins to go his own way. Bob earlier had no independent judgment in relation to some external factor, and this is the growth and expression of his own judgment: he's growing a spine. This is a form of Character Development, and often a defining moment in a Rite of Passage. It's also a staple of a Coming of Age Story, where it does not necessarily mean that Bob has more resolve than earlier, but rather that he has learned to follow his own independent judgments. It might be lousy judgment, but at least he has started to develop and act on it. It might be caused by Post-Support Regret, as Bob has only been spineless with a Toxic Friend Influence who he believed to be a Jerk with a Heart of Gold, only to be betrayed by his friend and shown the Awful Truth, leading to a Broken Pedestal which motivates him to finally stand up to his Big Bad Friend. As a trope, this can take two forms: A plot arc for a character. This is the long and slow variety. A single scene, where the character unambiguously chooses their own way in a plot-relevant fashion. This trope is frequently seen in Coming of Age Story. Some starting points for this trope is the Extreme Doormat or Shrinking Violet, but the character might just be inexperienced and unsure of themselves. After all, this is all part of growing up. Calling the Old Man Out is a specific subtrope. May coincide with Took a Level in Badass, The Dog Bites Back, Challenging the Bully, Not Afraid of You Anymore, or Sudden Principled Stand. Has nothing to do with the evolution of vertebrate animals. Not to be confused with Conditioned to Be Weak, a physically powerful being too afraid to stand up to their abuser despite obviously being far stronger than them.
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Grew a Spine / int_1367cea0	comment	Taylor in Worm becomes a lot more able to assert herself after she begins kicking large amounts of ass in her supervillain identity, Skitter.
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Grew a Spine / int_15d4c845	comment	In the biopic film Lincoln, The sheepish Congressman George Yeaman gets bulled into voting in favor of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery. When it finally comes time to vote in the House, Yeaman meekly states "my vote ties us", and the clerk asks him to speak up. Suddenly, vertebrae align, and he owns his vote as he exclaims in a sudden change of vocal volume; "I said Aye, Mr. MacPherson, AAAAAAYE!" to the jubilation of the proponents and calls of "Traitor!" from the opponents he was marginal with before. After it's all done and the amendment passes, he is seen joining in the revelry in the House chambers, singing "Battle Cry of Freedom" with the rest.
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Grew a Spine / int_16d1f9d9	comment	Sophie Grundler from The Sandman (2014). She's been a Stepford Smiler for years, trying to put on a brave face and seem okay because she didn't want to cause any trouble to her father, who's busy working and trying to raise her after his wife's death. Her tendency to bottle everything up, as well as pretending to not stand up to her once-friend-turned-bully Regan, caused her insomnia and led to the game's events. In the good ending Don't Stay Up Late At Night, Sophie grows herself a spine and chooses to openly talk about her feelings now, as well as when things bother her; this includes giving a good round of The Reason You Suck Speeches.
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Grew a Spine / int_17edc562	comment	In Separate Tables, this is the conclusion of the character arc for Sybil, the Shrinking Violet dominated by her bitchy My Beloved Smother. Her hesitant romance with Major Pollock, a fellow guest at the hotel, is wrecked when her mother humiliates Pollock, exposing him as a Phony Veteran and a Covert Pervert who was caught hitting on women in darkened theaters. After Major Pollock comes down for breakfast, Sibyl's mom makes a show of leaving the hotel dining room, and demands Sibyl leave with herâ€”but for the first time, Sibyl defies "Mummy", remaining at her seat and insisting on welcoming Major Pollock for breakfast.
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Grew a Spine / int_186be976	comment	In Secret Six, Ragdoll mostly puts up with being treated as The Team Freak and being The Friend Nobody Likes, but threaten Black Alice and he actually stands up fully straight instead of his usual Primal Stance in order to defend her, leaving Deadshot visibly frightened.
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Grew a Spine / int_1a21786a	comment	Advice and Trust: Shinji, with the help of Asuka's influence. Fully demonstrated in the fight with Bardiel, where he and Asuka convince Rei to disobey Gendo and attempt to rescue Hikari. Downplayed with Rei. Thanks to Shinji and Asuka's influence, she becomes more assertive as well... but she hides her newfound assertiveness from Gendo to avoid cueing him into the fact.
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Grew a Spine / int_1d0cfcf0	comment	Family Guy Fanon: Peter grows one in terms of dealing with his Jerkass father Francis. While the events of "Holy Crap", an episode from the original show, still happens, he grows it in the second season's "Between Sanity and Madness". In which he spends the whole episode toadying to his father, alongside his mother Thelma, and being an Extreme Doormat to get even the slightest approval. And while he does hold it in, he eventually reaches his Rage Breaking Point after the two try to drown him and Lois, leading him to finally have an upper hand against them for once. And this actually carries over to future episodes despite their apologies.
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Grew a Spine / int_1e015a5d	comment	Luke leaving Yoda's training in The Empire Strikes Back to save Han and Leia deconstructs this; while it does lead to him taking more direct action in the fight against the Empire rather than just doing what Yoda or Ben tell him, growing a spine does not result in instant emotional maturity or fighting skill, and Luke ends up physically and mentally savaged by Darth Vader during their duel and his actions almost lead to him and all his friends being captured by the Empire. It's only after he's gained wisdom and patience in between Empire and Return of the Jedi that he's able to come into his own as a Jedi and a hero of the Rebellion.
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Grew a Spine / int_1fbff132	comment	The Dark (2018): Alex changes from a frightened boy who still obeys the rules of his abuser even when he isn't around to take some initiative for himself.
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Grew a Spine / int_223705be	comment	Dates: Demure, shy Erica's character arc is her coming out as a lesbian rather than continue pretending she's straight for her family to pursue things with her Love Interest Kate after Callum encourages her.
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Grew a Spine / int_2271de63	comment	In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood, Jonathan Joestar is constantly beaten up and humiliated by Dio Brando, but he's too timid to stand up to him. Then Dio steals the Sacred First Kiss of Jonathan's Love Interest, Erina Pendleton, and attacks her for immediately washing her mouth out with muddy puddle water. For Jonathan, this is the final straw: He personally confronts Dio at the Joestar family mansion to avenge Erina's honor and beats him so brutally that Dio actually bursts into tears.
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Grew a Spine / int_22ab2c5	comment	In Don't Call Me Ishmael!, this is a big part of Ishmael's Character Development. It takes a long time for him to become more self-confident and stand up for himself. At the beginning of the first book he lets bullies walk all over him, but this slowly changes when he joins the debate team.
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Grew a Spine / int_2372359	comment	In The Belgariad, moments that demonstrate this make up half of Belgarion's Coming of Age Story. Most frequently in the form of rebellion against his aunt Polgara, until he gains enough maturity and perspective to realize that she really is acting in his best interest.
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Grew a Spine / int_23ae009a	comment	Great Teacher Onizuka: After Onizuka saves him from Attempted Suicide and helps him get back at his bullies, Noboru is much less docile and passive, even jumping into action to save his bully from drowning.
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Grew a Spine / int_247422c7	comment	In On Basilisk Station, the first Honor Harrington novel, Alistair McKeon has a strange variety. He proposes a moral course which is promptly discarded as wrong, but the very act of making an independent proposal against The Captain and arguing for it was a key in developing the dynamic between the characters.
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Grew a Spine / int_2898b26e	comment	Shinji And Warhammer 40 K: At the start of the story Shinji is his wimpy canon self, but after finding a suitcase full of Warhammer 40,000 figurines and books he gradually grows a gigantic spine, becoming an utterly fearless badass that earns the reverence of his people for his heroism and the love of women for his gentleness.
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Grew a Spine / int_2afd4546	comment	The Dragon and the Butterfly: A year after he left the archipelago (with the help of Toothless, the Madrigals, and the rest of the people of the Encanto), Hiccup has finally recovered from the years of neglect/emotional abuse he suffered from his father. When Stoick and the Vikings finally find him and try to bring him back, he stands up to Stoick twice: the first time telling him that he's not leaving the Encanto and will never willingly go back to Berk, and the second time calling him out for the aforementioned abuse and disowning him the same way he'd disowned Hiccup. Gobber later admits that he's impressed by how far Hiccup's come.
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Grew a Spine / int_2b3ba9e	comment	Asteroid in Love: As a Schoolgirl Series with an emphasis on the Coming of Age Story aspect of it, this happens to some of the more introverted characters. Mai "Ino" Inose's admiration towards Mikage means before she was named the president, she pretty much treats Mikage as her personal Living Emotional Crutch and doesn't do much really of her own. It took her a whole episode (Episode 7) that she decided to take steps that, in her words, to make herself more like an independent school club president, first by participating in the Earth Science Olympiad. Ao Manaka is not a true doormat, but her fear of speaking causes her to be really reluctant to speak up for herself, regardless of what she thinks. She gets better eventually, to the point that during the Ishigaki arc, people describe her as being gutsy, despite still mostly The Quiet One. In the beginning she needs to be encouraged by Moe to approach Mira. In the tenth episode, it's her turn to encourage the usually energetic Mira to go to the summer camp without her. At this point, Mira noticed she had become stronger. Ao initially isn't the best at standing up for herself, as she admits that she hadn't even considered telling her parents that she doesn't want to move. Later, not only does she do just that, but she even makes arrangements to travel to Ishigaki Island by herself without telling Mira or Endou.
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Grew a Spine / int_2e2efbf9	comment	George McFly punches out Biff Tannen after seeing Lorraine threatened by him in Back to the Future. From this point on, he no longer allows Biff to bully him. Then at the dance with Lorraine, some knucklehead muscles in, leaving George unsure what to do and on the verge of walking away. Just as it looks like Marty is going to fade out of existence and is done for:
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Grew a Spine / int_2e80e66f	comment	A Diplomatic Visit: As revealed when the mantle of Hatred is being transferred to Aria Blaze in chapter 11 of the sequel Diplomat at Large, she's been trying to encourage Sonata to do this for a long time so the other siren can stand up for herself.
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Grew a Spine / int_2fee008d	comment	Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: This is Simon's character arc in the first half of the story. Simon is a complete wimp unless his Cool Big Bro Kamina is around, and relies on him for confidence. But after Kamina bites the dust in Episode 8 while recovering Team Gurren's new home base, Simon learns to start standing on his own, becoming rather like Kamina in the process.
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Grew a Spine / int_30b255fb	comment	In Supergirl story arc Bizarrogirl, the titular Bizarro gets frightened and runs away when it's time to face the enemy eating her planet, but she becomes more courageous after talking to Supergirl.
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Grew a Spine / int_310d6df7	comment	Stand Still, Stay Silent: Reynir has a complicated relationship with this trope, resulting in it being zig-zagged: He decides to go on a trip without his parent's permission after finding out they have been lying to him about the extent to which the law allows him to travel (they claimed it was less than it actually is). Unfortunately, he ends up in a Death World surrounded by a handful of people who know how to survive it better than he does, resulting in an obedient attitude being a matter of survival and limiting the extent to which he's The Load. There is occasionally a danger that only Reynir can see coming and/or do something about, and he gets better at being assertive in those situations as the story progresses, but he returns to being submissive once those dangers have passed. Once reunited with his parents, he makes up for having worried them by sticking to an obedient son attitude, to the point that he doesn't correct his mother when she assumes that he's friends with the two travel companions who are around his age but don't particularly like him. However, when one of them decides that Reynir's bed looks much more comfortable than the guest mattresses on the floor, Reynir has no qualms about tilting his mattress to get him off it.
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Grew a Spine / int_37a3bd26	comment	RE-TAKE: Beset by bad dreams of a horrible future, Shinji forces himself to grow up and become a badass to avert it. In the process he gets hurt, despairs, loses Asuka and then he gets her back... and he finally and truly becomes a hero and selflessly saves the world.
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Grew a Spine / int_3942bcd6	comment	ChloÃ©'s Lament: Upon seeing just how little regard ChloÃ© has for others, to the point that she genuinely doesn't see anything wrong with turning everyone into her Mind Controled thralls because she feels that everyone should serve her, Adrien finally stands up to his Childhood Friend and calls her out for being such an Entitled Bitch.
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Grew a Spine / int_3a9ed8b2	comment	At the start of volume 10 of MÃ©nage Ã 3, Extreme Doormat Gary finally stands up for himself when pulled into the middle of Tracy's and James' relationship mess. In a nice ironic twist, Gary has a momentary flashback to some good advice about showing courage which Tracy herself gave him just a few days earlier â€” and politely thanks her for that advice.
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Grew a Spine / int_3b91d912	comment	Evangelion 303: Due to being older, Shinji Ikari is less wimpy in this fic than his canon counterpart, but he is still somewhat of a wuss with no motivation or drive to live on. During pillow talk, Asuka said to him that he could not keep that attitude when people like herself depended on him to live. And in fact, in the second story arc, Asuka went through a downward spiral Shinji needed to grow a spine to help her and save her from herself.
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Grew a Spine / int_3c4ddc1e	comment	In the For Better or for Worse fan comic Foob's Paradise, Deanna is constantly running herself ragged with her job, cooking, cleaning, and child-rearing because Michael either spends his time writing or being an Entitled Bastard, to the point where she's openly on the verge of a mental breakdown. After some advice from Mira, she starts calling out Michael for his complaining and bad attitude and buys a Crock-Pot and rice cooker and demands that Michael at least learn to cook. This and a nightmare about him dying in the fire and his family not caring get Michael to be a better husband and father.
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Grew a Spine / int_3f2b34bc	comment	AKB49 â€“ Renai Kinshi Jourei: Hiroko opposed her Fantasy-Forbidding Father for the first time in her life after he demanded she quit her aspirations as an Idol Singer and she refused, which led to her father estranging her and her gaining even more resolve than before to pursue her dreams.
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Grew a Spine / int_3f3abe9	comment	Rick and Morty Morty Smith has been forced to man up often due to the horrible events of his adventures with Rick. By the fifth season's two-episode finale, he still suffers from being in Rick's shadow, but he's really gained a lot of skill and confidence. Jerry Smith finally stands up to Rick in the season 3 premiere, putting a Him or Me scenario on the table. Which is exactly what Rick wanted, cause he knew Beth would choose him over Jerry. With that said, it's played straighter when he firmly tells Beth that whether or not she is a clone, he loves her for the woman she is and not let Rick determine that.
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Grew a Spine / int_40672565	comment	In one episode of Head of the Class Jawarhalal (an Indian student) is suddenly well known for agreeing with everyone about everything. Then the class goes to see Mr. Moore's off-off-off-Broadway post-post-Modern production of Hamlet. Everybody hates it except Jawarhalal, who defends it to everyone. They're so caught up in trying to prove him wrong that until the end of the episode, they never ask him why he likes it and don't notice that he's disagreeing with them, counter to his personality.
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Grew a Spine / int_4141af74	comment	Yukiteru of Future Diary. This backfires horribly, until he manages to earn his almost happy ending.
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Grew a Spine / int_44715363	comment	Yu-Gi-Oh!: This is basically the regular Yugi's character arc, as he grows independent of having Yami Yugi as his crutch in life and starts making his own decisions.
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Grew a Spine / int_44fe781e	comment	In Neon Genesis Evangelion, Shinji actually tends to try and be more confident in himself and self-assured. These attempts keep backfiring and sinking him further into despair and pain. However, when at the brink of humanity's end, he decides to choose to keep living in a painful world and not doom humanity to loss of individuality and such earns a happy ending.
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Grew a Spine / int_46518682	comment	Sesame Street: In the climax of the Episode 4512 street scene, Big Bird, who has been shunned by the narcissistic Minnie Mynah who stole possession of his nest according to the rules in Bird Court, finally learns to stick up for himself with Chris' help and calls out Minnie and the Court for taking things that don't belong to them, which in turn leads to Minnie realizing the error of her ways and returns the nest to Big Bird's ownership.
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Grew a Spine / int_47dfc6f	comment	Total Drama: In the first season episode "Paintball Deer Hunter", Beth finally decides she's had enough of Heather bossing her around, defiantly answering with a "No." to Heather's latest request before declaring she has quit their alliance and paintballing her.
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Grew a Spine / int_4b887bd7	comment	Scar Tissue: The events of the Angel War and Instrumentality had removed any fragment of backbone that Shinji grew during the War, and he was wimpier than ever in the post-Impact world. However, throughout the fic, Shinji forces himself to regrow a spine to confront his inner intense self-hatred and protect his surrogate family, as seen when he saved Asuka after they got shot by a sniper.
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Grew a Spine / int_4e7bc558	comment	Infinity Train: Blossoming Trail: Chloe Cerise first starts out as a shy, insecure girl, bullied by others for being into different things that aren't PokÃ©mon. By the end of Part 1, she's more assertive and can calmly tell others to bug off about her not having a PokÃ©mon and has the courage to say her farewells to her ignorant father and Childhood Friend Goh.
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Grew a Spine / int_4f46b380	comment	This is a big part of Raven's character development in X-Men: First Class. The downside is she joins the wrong side in doing so, forsaking the only family she's ever known.
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Grew a Spine / int_5003bfe4	comment	Of Fire and Stars: Dennaleia starts out as a very demure, obedient Proper Lady. Falling in love with tomboy Mare, along with embracing her illicit magic, inspires Dennaleia to stand up and defy those opposing both these things.
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Grew a Spine / int_5050b585	comment	The Child of Love: After getting Asuka pregnant Shinji convinces himself that he must stop running away and face his responsibilities. In the process, he becomes more assertive and somewhat more strong-willed. Subverted. Although Shinji tries to be more responsible and determined he is still a shy kid and often he is tempted to run away and hide and a member of the cast (Asuka, Misatoâ€¦) has to help him or coax him into facing his fears.
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Grew a Spine / int_50bcf7a6	comment	Homestuck: Tavros Nitram finally stands up to Vriska and actually goes to fight her when he learns she created Bec Noir. Too bad it gets him killed. Later, Tavros finds himself still berated by Vriska in the afterlife for a long while until he finally tells her off and flies away.
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Grew a Spine / int_529fd746	comment	In the movie, Double D finally grows a spine in regards to his friends (especially Eddy) taking advantage of him whenever they see fit. In fact, he even wrestles Eddy to the ground while giving the latter a "The Reason You Suck" Speech.
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Grew a Spine / int_5c07d6ab	comment	In the Saints Row: The Third DLC "Gangstas in Space", The Boss's co-star in the titular film is a girl named Jenny who starts off as an Ascended Fangirl feeling powerless in the face of the Jerkass Prima Donna Director repeatedly lambasting her for breaking character and not following his directions to a T, while ignoring The Boss doing the same. She gets more resentful as the storyline progresses, notably killing two of the five girls hired to replace her before straight-up murdering the director using the modified VTOL that you pilot in the third mission.
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Grew a Spine / int_5c5251b6	comment	HERZ: In this story, Shinji has become more confident and more determined to protect his family. Although he hates fighting and killing he has learnt to use weapons and practices his aim constantly to defend his wife and his daughter.
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Grew a Spine / int_5c598f75	comment	In Wake, Shinji suddenly becomes more assertive and able to stand up for himself after Third Impact.
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Grew a Spine / int_5e16d550	comment	Black Clover: Asta tends to have this effect on a lot of people, inspiring them to become stronger. Following an incident in their childhood where a grown man tried to steal Yuno's magic stone and Asta stood up for him, Yuno decided to become more assertive so that he could take care of himself and stop crying in the face of danger. Initially, Noelle puts up a brave face while in truth she's afraid of both her own magic and her abusive older siblings. After being inspired by Asta, she not only gains control over her magic and becomes a powerhouse, but she also gains the courage to stand up to and curbstomp her sadistic brother Solid and eventually gains the respect of Nozel. After being inspired by Asta, Finral Roulacase resolves to become less passive and cowardly, with him training his magic and standing his ground against his brother. Mimosa begins as a sweet, demure girl who mostly uses her magic for healing. After meeting Asta, she's inspired to become stronger. By the time of the Royal Knights Tournament, she's learned offensive spells and become much more confident and headstrong, giving orders in battle which even pleasantly surprises Asta.
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Grew a Spine / int_5e65e707	comment	Neon Genesis Evangelion: This happens to protagonist Shinji Ikari, despite being often criticized for lacking a spine. In Neon Genesis Evangelion, Shinji actually tends to try and be more confident in himself and self-assured. These attempts keep backfiring and sinking him further into despair and pain. However, when at the brink of humanity's end, he decides to choose to keep living in a painful world and not doom humanity to loss of individuality and such earns a happy ending. In Rebuild of Evangelion, Shinji both grows a spine and becomes more badass during the battle against Zeruel. Sadly, the repercussions of Shinji actually growing a spine for once include humanity being reduced to a fraction of that it used to be.
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Grew a Spine / int_5e78446a	comment	Klak from Pocket God is a Butt-Monkey who gets no respect from the tribe. However, when he starts hanging out with the more assertive Moon, he starts to stand up for himself more often.
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Grew a Spine / int_5eab8c2b	comment	Seven Mortal Sins: At the start of the series, Maria couldn't do anything but cry as Lucifer forcefully dragged her around. After some time though she slowly lost her fear of the Demon Lords around her. This is demonstrated when she shames Mammon for the cold way she raises her children, and later when she actually challenges Lucifer when she is led to believe that the fallen angel was terrorizing an alternative world For the Evulz.
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Grew a Spine / int_60156176	comment	In the Vorkosigan Saga: In Shards of Honor, this is combined with Sudden Principled Stand when Sergeant Bothari refuses to rape Cordelia as per Admiral Vorrutyer's orders. Ekaterin in Komarr and A Civil Campaign, though it is probably better to say that she found and nurtured the spine, rather than grew it.
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Grew a Spine / int_605df0cf	comment	Erased Potential sees Izuku becoming more confident thanks to convincing Aizawa to teach him how to become a Guile Hero despite being Quirkless. Katsuki first learns about this shift when Izuku stands up for himself against their middle school teacher's attempt to humiliate him into giving up on U.A.
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Grew a Spine / int_60996c02	comment	Spider-Man: The Animated Series: Peter Parker would often politely put up with Anna Watson's condescending dislike for him. But when Mary Jane got kidnapped and she accused him of being the cause of her niece's disappearance, Peter rightfully got angry with her. Later on, when Mary Jane returned safe and sound, Aunt Anna hugged Peter, showing that she may even start to respect him after all these years.
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Grew a Spine / int_6117815f	comment	The One I Love Is...: Shinji forces himself to grow a spine AND keep it intact to protect Asuka and Rei.
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Grew a Spine / int_6187cd27	comment	Grojband: Mina, Trina's best friend takes a lot of abuse from her, including changing her name so that they match. But in the Grand Finale, when Trina abandons both her and the heroes to die so that she can be with her unrequited crush, Mina loses it and gives Trina a long overdue demand for her to give her best friend some proper respect.
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Grew a Spine / int_654ebc56	comment	Jojos Bizarre Adventure: Twice. In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood, Jonathan Joestar is constantly beaten up and humiliated by Dio Brando, but he's too timid to stand up to him. Then Dio steals the Sacred First Kiss of Jonathan's Love Interest, Erina Pendleton, and attacks her for immediately washing her mouth out with muddy puddle water. For Jonathan, this is the final straw: He personally confronts Dio at the Joestar family mansion to avenge Erina's honor and beats him so brutally that Dio actually bursts into tears. In Diamond is Unbreakable, this is the way Koichi Hirose unlocks the next Evolution Power-Up for his Stand, Echoes. Whenever he found a reason to stop running in fear of an enemy, Echoes would evolve into a new form to match the growth of Koichi's soul.
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Grew a Spine / int_65af8e08	comment	Thousand Shinji: A darker example. After being abandoned by his father, Shinji found a mentor who raised him and forced him to grow a spine. However his teacher was an amoral trickster, and Shinji grew into a trickster, violent, mostly uncaring asshole. He STILL fights to protect humanity and he only targets people who are worse than him or have tried to make him harm, and he still cares for other people (such as Asuka, Rei, and Misato. May Heaven help you if you hurt them), but he is a Manipulative Bastard and a Jerkass.
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Grew a Spine / int_6744d821	comment	The Owl House: In "Escaping Expulsion", Amity Blight learns to resist the abusive demands of her mother Odalia and finally calls her out for it. Initiated by breaking the necklace they used to telepathically communicate, as a symbol she's no longer under her control.
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Grew a Spine / int_6dbcd881	comment	With Confidence begins with Izuku being hit with a Quirk that boosts his confidence significantly, leading to him laying into his teacher, classmates, principal, and some heroes. After it wears off, with some careful nudging from Inko, his confidence boost becomes permanent, and he will not tolerate shit from anyone as Hada Shiro found out the hard way.
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Grew a Spine / int_6e884bf9	comment	Zilly, the coward of Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines, grows a spine in "Zilly's a Dilly," but it's artifically induced: he's under hypnosis.
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Grew a Spine / int_6f8df1a1	comment	Todd in Dead Poets Society goes from extremely shy and incapable of speaking up for himself to the first student to stand on his desk in support of Mr. Keating when the latter is fired.
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Grew a Spine / int_72229636	comment	In one Reboot Legion Of Superheroes story, the ancient Daxamite hero Valor tells Andromeda, a formerly racist Daxamite heroine and devout Valorian, that they should just leave a villain to die. Andie, who has been deferring to him as the subject of her devotion since they met, tells him in no uncertain terms that she's learned all lives have value and if he hasn't then he's wrong. Valor, who's been trying to get out of his Unwanted False Faith since he arrived in the 30th century, is delighted.
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Grew a Spine / int_72a1ac51	comment	Big Bear in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was known among CJ and his friends for being a total badass of a gangster, but when they meet up with him, they see he's been reduced to a submissive junkie that is basically a slave to B-Dup and is regularly abused by him. Towards the end of the game, Big Bear is tired of being treated like crap and he punches out B-Dup after being pushed one too many times. He vows to get himself cleaned up and go into rehab to get off of the drugs he's been on.
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Grew a Spine / int_761a48d7	comment	Ward Meachum in Iron Fist (2017). At the start of season 1, he's a weak minion of his undead father but gets Character Development and starts to assert himself. He finally has enough and stabs Harold, killing him, at least until Harold revives himself just days later. He has a Heelâ€“Face Turn when he finally has the courage to do the right thing and stick with it.
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Grew a Spine / int_765c3f09	comment	Household Gods: As a result of her experience in the past as Umma, Nicole stands up for herself more, pushing to get the job she deserves and her ex-husband's delinquent child support.
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Grew a Spine / int_7702c21f	comment	The Wilds: While not completely passive, Rafael's inability to see Seth beyond a friend who made mistakes clouds his judgment for much of the season. That is until the final episode when Seth suggests leaving Kirin to drown, causing Raf to beat Seth into unconsciousness when he realizes the person Seth actually is. Josh becomes more confident during his time on the island.
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Grew a Spine / int_7d985ff1	comment	Epithet Erased: The main lesson Giovanni teaches Molly is that she should stop knuckling under the demands of assholes because she matters too. For Molly - an Extreme Doormat who's become a Triple Shifter to make up for her selfish and irresponsible father and sister, and who per Word of God was 1-3 years away from violently snapping under the strain - this is a valuable lesson indeed, for all that it comes from a self-proclaimed supervillain, and she ends the Museum arc by refusing to do a late-night shift at the family toy store for the third night running and just going to bed.
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Grew a Spine / int_7ec653e7	comment	A Good Woman Is Hard To Find: Sarah learns to stand up for herself over the course of the film, as she's forced to just as a matter of survival.
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Grew a Spine / int_8112635f	comment	In Role-Playing (Evangelion), Asuka's plan is built on the idea that she will be able to spit her feelings out if Shinji grows a backbone. Thus, she feels inwardly pleased when he sometimes snaps or talks back during their acting sessions.
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Grew a Spine / int_824766fc	comment	Marinette Dupain-Cheng's Spite Playlist: Remix: After Marinette transfers to another school, Adrien realizes that his efforts to handle the Lila situation nonconfrontationally hasn't handled anything at all, but simply handed the Manipulative Bitch free rein to keep hurting everyone. He resolves to start standing up to her more but finds asserting himself to be easier said than done, leading to disaster when he bails on supporting ChloÃ© after promising to help, giving Lila a chance to further tarnish Marinette's good name. This solidifies his position as The Atoner and helps strengthen his resolve.
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Grew a Spine / int_846a0b73	comment	The One to Make It Stay downplays this: While Marinette is no Shrinking Violet, a key part of her Character Arc is learning how to stand up for herself. Not just against obvious bullies like ChloÃ© and Lila, but against things like her friend Alya being pushy and controlling, or Chat Noir's entitlement and refusal to take 'No' for an answer.
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Grew a Spine / int_85eced19	comment	In Love & Pies, Sebastian tries making Amelia more assertive as part of his "lessons" for her on how to run her cafÃ©:
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Grew a Spine / int_86c3beca	comment	Girl Genius: Moloch von Zinzer initially bites off more than he could chew by accidentally becoming involved with Agatha around the time she breaks through as a Spark. When Wulfenbach forces show up at her home to find the Spark responsible for setting loose a clank in Beetleburg, they assume that Moloch is the Spark and that Agatha is his lover, with only Gil suspecting otherwise (but keeping it a secret for his own ends), and take them to Castle Wulfenbach, where eventually the truth comes to light and he is sent to Castle Heterodyne for playing along with the misunderstanding. Once there he comes to regret his mistreatment of Agatha and apologizes to her when they meet again, after which he helps her reclaim the castle and slowly regains his confidence along the way to the point that others begin treating him as Agatha's "alpha minion". As Mechanicsburg comes under siege, commanding the remaining prisoners comes naturally to him as they follow his orders without question, and a few of the women even begin to take interest in him.
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Grew a Spine / int_893bb4c1	comment	Million Yen Women: Midori starts out getting regularly shaken for money by her former foster brother, but gets more able to confront him thanks to Minami's influence.
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Grew a Spine / int_898a1932	comment	Journey to Chaos: The premise of the first book, A Mage's Power, is Tasio trying to invoke this on Eric, the Extreme Doormat. Being a Trickster God, he does this by promising Eric help, then dropping Eric in mercenary company and (seemingly) abandoning him. The unsaid message is "grow a spine or lose your head." The definitive moment of growth is when he refuses to be bribed by an orc attempting to rape a friend of his, and instead, kills said orc. Tasio arranged for this scene.
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Grew a Spine / int_8d85c101	comment	Throughout Joe Schmo 2, Eleanor is a weeper who breaks down crying due to the smallest slights from Austin, usually because of him favoring the ditz Cammy over her. Just before she quits, however, she finds it in herself to refuse Austin's offer of a pearl necklace to remain on the show, telling him...
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Grew a Spine / int_8f8c88cf	comment	Ella Enchanted is a concrete-metaphor version of this, where the protagonist has been magically compelled to be a pushover.
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Grew a Spine / int_8fa77cb6	comment	Doing It Right This Time: After returning to the past Shinji considers running and hiding for an instantâ€¦ before resolving he would not run away this time and he would not be scared anymore. After having been his dutiful servant in the original timeline Rei slapped Gendo and called him out on everything.
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Grew a Spine / int_96e97286	comment	The last verse of The Puppini Sisters' "Jilted" is about learning from the experience of being, yes, jilted, and gaining a spine as a consequence.
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Grew a Spine / int_97218fa4	comment	In Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, the otherwise usually cowardly Galactic Rangers appear during the second phase of the fight against Dr. Nefarious to help Ratchet destroy his minions.
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Grew a Spine / int_9888f901	comment	Stacy from Daria began to become more confident during the show's final season, and in the series finale, she finally stood up to Sandi for all the abuse she put her through and inadvertently caused the Fashion Club to crumble.
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Grew a Spine / int_98968bdb	comment	Steam (2007): Both Elizabeth and Laurie's character arcs involve gaining confidence to stand up against people in their lives. Elizabeth, given the influence of her rebellious girlfriend Niala, defies her controlling parents and comes out to her mom. Laurie tells her ex-husband Tom off and cites all the stuff that would come out in court if he tried to get full custody of their son, shooting down his attempt to intimidate her into doing this voluntarily.
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Grew a Spine / int_99a7f35a	comment	SynÃ©peies - A Collection Of NTR Consequences: In the chapters where the doujin MC is the protagonist, he will inevitably have changed from the weak-willed doormat he was in the original doujin, who just let himself be cheated on, to a firm man who openly calls out his supposed beloved for her betrayal and dumps her at minimum.
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Grew a Spine / int_9e2f90f4	comment	One Piece: Koby is introduced as Alvida's groveling, kowtowing doormat. When he meets Luffy and is exposed to the wannabe pirate's determination to find One Piece and become Pirate King, Koby gains the gumption to tell Alvida exactly what he thinks of her. Later, when Helmeppo tries holding him hostage, he refuses to balk and beg for his life. Gaining the courage to follow his own dream of becoming a Navy Admiral, Koby enlists in the Marines and ends up in a similar situation he had with Alvida, standing up to Admiral Akainu even though it nearly costs him his own life. By his own admission, Usopp is a spineless coward and a liar who would do anything to escape from situations he can't handle. However, after joining the Straw Hat Pirates, he slowly gains the courage to stand up not just for himself, but for his crewmates and his captain, no matter the odds. Eventually he transitions into a Badass Normal who constantly faces his own fears, each day inching closer to becoming a "brave warrior of the sea".
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Grew a Spine / int_9fa025d	comment	Lucas in Mother 3 started out as a timid contrast to his energetic twin brother Claus. Adding to his troubles is his mother Hinawa's death, but he starts to show signs of bravery by commanding a family of Dragos to scare off the Pigmasks and grows stronger once he learns PK Love.
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Grew a Spine / int_a12cd9cf	comment	In Big City Greens, Remy manages to speak up for himself and call out his parents for forcing him to go to boarding school when he would rather hang out with Cricket and have fun.
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Grew a Spine / int_a656a587	comment	William de Worde Grew a Spine relative his father in The Truth. An example of the Coming of Age Story variant.
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Grew a Spine / int_a73a2606	comment	Children of an Elder God: In this story, Shinji kept being shy, quiet, and non-confrontational like his canon self, but he resolved to learn to face his troubles, and he charged headlong into combat against whatever was threatening him and everyone.
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Grew a Spine / int_a7c9ebb4	comment	For His Own Sake: The entire plot begins when Keitaro finally gets sick of constantly being abused by the Hinata Girls and quits being manager of the inn, breaking up with Naru in the process. From then on, he's far more willing to stand up to the girls.
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Grew a Spine / int_a81325d3	comment	Final Fantasy: Yuna from Final Fantasy X. Although it does take a healthy amount of spine to become a summoner in the first place, learning how to have desires for herself rather than the greater good of Spira is a big part of her Character Development. Hope and Vanille from Final Fantasy XIII: Hope follows Lightning on her revenge quest against the Sanctum with the intention of toughening up and though Lightning is initially reluctant and sees Hope as The Load, she takes him under her wing. Hope evolves from a complaining victim of circumstance focused on avenging his mother's death to a young man willing to risk life and limb to save an entire world. After being too scared to play her part in the ancient war against Cocoon, Vanille's fear and guilt continue to plague her centuries later in the present day. Despite her good intentions in trying to keep history from repeating itself as she tells one lie after another, Vanille's secrets soon catch up to her and she is forced to face them after they result in countless innocent lives being destroyed. Vanille eventually resolves to fight to save Cocoon instead of running away even though it may be a losing battle.
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Grew a Spine / int_afaf61e1	comment	7 Seeds: Natsu Iwashimizu's character development revolves around this. She started off avoiding participating in school a lot and was much too shy, slow, and afraid of other people to do anything on her own, only following instructions or advice. But she has learned to do things on her own more and more, including standing up to people trying to put her down.
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Grew a Spine / int_b0c66bf6	comment	Black Swan: Nina, as she gets in touch with her darker side. Her snapping when her mother tries to stop her performing is the deciding moment in her twisted Coming of Age Story. From there on out, Black Swan Nina takes control and really shines.
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Grew a Spine / int_b2700e28	comment	Kitten of If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device starts off as a Sycophantic Servant and a Yes-Man to the Emperor, but after long exposure to his lord's snarkery and an in-depth crash course on reality of the universe, he morphs into Servile Snarker and outright defies the Emperor once.
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Grew a Spine / int_b30ae4db	comment	Game of Thrones: It's been steadily happening to Sansa since Ned's execution, but come Season 6, she's boldly declaring war on the Boltons and insisting on the need to retake Winterfell.
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Grew a Spine / int_b32ce8cf	comment	Elliot in Bedazzled starts out afraid to ask the girl he likes out and keeps trying to be friends with his coworkers who don't really like him. By the end, thanks to the Devil's hijinks, he grows up, asks the girl out, gets rejected, takes it in stride, and decides he doesn't really want to hang out with people who don't treat him well. It's heavily implied this was the Devil's plan all along.
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Grew a Spine / int_b855ac1d	comment	At the end of The Hangover, Stu finally stands up to his domineering, abusive, and philandering girlfriend Melissa, even going so far as to dump her.
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Grew a Spine / int_ba2aa7e5	comment	At the end of Kenny, as he is about to drive away in his septic tank truck after a long and exhausting day, Kenny's way is blocked by a luxury car whose driver insensitively brushes off his requests to move. Kenny breaks his longstanding habit of amiability to fill the man's car with human waste, a suggestion that perhaps Kenny has decided to stick up for himself a little bit more.
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Grew a Spine / int_bb0be145	comment	Peter Pays Tribute has the main character Matt and his counterpart Peter both learn how to stand up to their father figure.
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Grew a Spine / int_bbcdaddc	comment	In Maria no Danzai, Yashima is constantly abused by Kowase after he records her stealing from a convenience store. She puts up with it because she's afraid that he will expose her and ruin her future prospects, but also because she thinks she's reaping what she's sown. After Maria discourages her from thinking like that, Yashima eventually gains enough courage to finally stand up to Kowase while he's trying to drown her in retribution for allegedly hacking his phone, which she didn't do and has no idea what he's talking about. When Kowase doesn't believe her and threatens to spread her shoplifting and sex videos on the internet if she doesn't give him what he wants, Yashima has enough and dares him to do it, since she'll just pay him back by telling everyone about all the abuse he's put her through. Kowase reminds her that if he does, Yashima won't be able to go to a university or find employment; Yashima flat out tells him she doesn't care and that, while she admits that she is afraid of her future being ruined, it is preferable to having to put up with him for one more day.
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Grew a Spine / int_bc848d30	comment	SpongeBob SquarePants: In "Treats!" SpongeBob becomes an Extreme Doormat to Gary and cannot bring himself to say no to his addiction toward Snail Bites; it is through Patrick's advice that he finally learns to firmly say "no", which in turn makes Gary finally stop.
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Grew a Spine / int_bdf761d5	comment	Fashion Upgrade (Miraculous Ladybug): Adrien quickly picks up on the fact that Lila was somehow behind Marinette being moved to Mendeleiev's class. He responds by questioning Lila's ideas more openly and defending Marinette when Lila tries to plant doubts about her. Lila even privately laments that Adrien's tactics are threatening her grip on the class and wonders why he couldn't just keep being a pushover. By the climax, Marinette has learned her own worth and is more confident asserting herself, as shown in her final conversations with Principal Damocles and Bustier. Damocles in particular realizes that she isn't asking for permission to use the spare fabric from the fashion show to make quilted bedrolls for the homeless, but that she's simply telling him what she and her classmates intend to do.
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Grew a Spine / int_bfd7c6e0	comment	In Drowtales, Syphile manages this through a "The Reason You Suck" Speech while held at swordpoint by her adopted mother Quain'tana once her attempted assassination of Quain fails miserably, and Quain calls this trope by name before killing Syphile in one blow.
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Grew a Spine / int_c2463c55	comment	Yuna from Final Fantasy X. Although it does take a healthy amount of spine to become a summoner in the first place, learning how to have desires for herself rather than the greater good of Spira is a big part of her Character Development.
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Grew a Spine / int_c4282b71	comment	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: In "Putting Your Hoof Down", Fluttershy does this after assertive training under the minotaur Iron Will. She takes it a little too far for a while, though. Most episodes after keep her assertiveness higher, though it depends on the writer. In the climax of "Crusaders of the Lost Mark", Diamond Tiara learns to stand up to her overly abusive mother Spoiled Rich, to the point of calling her out of raising her to be the Alpha Bitch she is today, and to truly express her natural-born leadership.
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Grew a Spine / int_c6dbe98e	comment	Monster: Kenzo Tenma decides to stop being the doormat of his fianceÃ© and his boss after seeing the immorality of both (the fianceÃ© is not that evil, but this still counts).
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Grew a Spine / int_c83a00e4	comment	In Superwomen of Eva 2: Lone Heir of Krypton Shinji tries to be braver and more confident, especially after finding out that Asuka is Supergirl.
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Grew a Spine / int_d46cc708	comment	Ed, Edd n Eddy: Edd had a few moments of this, notably in "The Day The Ed Stood Still" when he scolds Edzilla (who is Ed in a monster costume) for kidnapping the kids and sticking them onto his wall. In the movie, Double D finally grows a spine in regards to his friends (especially Eddy) taking advantage of him whenever they see fit. In fact, he even wrestles Eddy to the ground while giving the latter a "The Reason You Suck" Speech. Ed lashes out at Sarah in "Little Ed Blue" when she starts one of her typical (violent) tantrums. She cowers in terror before him. In "A Fistful of Ed", Eddy does what he couldn't do in "A Twist of Ed": stand up to the Kanker Sisters. And it works.
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Grew a Spine / int_d5fcae4e	comment	Nate Shelley from Ted Lasso starts out as a lowly kit manager who's bullied by the players and barely noticed by the management, but Ted notices his skills at strategy and encourages him to come out of his shell, eventually promoting him to junior coach. However, unlike most examples, this goes in a more negative direction; throughout Season 2, Nate gradually becomes meaner and more self-centered as he gains more confidence, and he ultimately pulls a Faceâ€“Heel Turn by the end of the season.
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Grew a Spine / int_d67b8fb8	comment	Little Busters! is largely the story of how Riki — a rather nervous, passive, and feminine boy totally content to live in the shadow of his friends — manages to, over the routes, grow into a more independent and strong person. In fact, it's the very basis of the story—Kyousuke created this world specifically so he and Rin could become strong enough to live on without him after he and the others died in a bus crash.
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Grew a Spine / int_d6f1c48d	comment	Leave for Mendeleiev: Transferring out of Bustier's class does wonders for Marinette's self-confidence. While she still has to contend with her long-time bully ChloÃ© attending the same school and trying to harass her, having a teacher who actually stands up against ChloÃ© rather than enabling her, along with making friends who stand firmly by her side and support her, enables Marinette to gradually build up her confidence and stand up for herself more and more.
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Grew a Spine / int_d723dd8a	comment	Defied at the end of The Order of the Stick prequel volume "Start of Darkness". The Dragon Redcloak tries to stand up to Big Bad Xykon when Xykon orders him to reanimate his dead brother as a zombie. Xykon responds by not only revealing that he knew about the attempts Redcloak had just made to deceive him but also lays down an absolutely brutal combination Eviler than Thou/Breaking Speech. The book ends with Redcloak following Xykon's orders and following after Xykon, apparently a broken shell of a goblin.
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Grew a Spine / int_d8cc01de	comment	In the climax of the Big Time Rush episode "Big Time Cameo", Coco.0 heroine Dara learns to stand up to her abusive Evil Stepmother and the boys manage to convince her to let her kiss Carlos in the show.
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Grew a Spine / int_d908efc	comment	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: This is the conclusion of Zenitsu's character arc. He finally forces himself to grow out of his self-deprecating mental abyss, forsaking his sleep trance mode entirely, when the tragedy of his master's death strikes. He goes on to face the cause of said tragedy in the form of his former fellow disciple, Kaigaku, who now turned into a demon. Zenitsu faces Kaigaku head-on and kills him, the older disciple whom Zenitsu was previously completely submissive to out of a mix of respect and an inferiority complex. Despite their differences, however, Zenitsu still wanted to see him as a brother before everything went south.
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Grew a Spine / int_d97e4fa5	comment	In Ensemble Stars!, this is Makoto's main Character Development arc - he starts off as a very shy guy lacking in self-esteem but over time grows much more confident in himself. This is especially obvious when it comes to Izumi, who reacted very badly when Makoto quit modelling and became a scarily obsessive Yandere towards him. At first Makoto simply tries to run away from him, but as the year goes on he becomes assertive enough to tell Izumi exactly how he feels and force him to change his behaviour. And just to really hammer in the point, 'Makoto' in Japanese means 'courage'.
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Grew a Spine / int_d9c602eb	comment	South Park: Throughout Season 21, Heidi Turner had to deal with being mentally abused by her boyfriend Eric Cartman. By "Splatty Tomato" Heidi no longer wants to be his victim and finds the courage to break up with him for good, even leaving while he threatens to kill himself. Likewise, Butters Stotch himself was usually submissive towards Cartman and did what Cartman wanted out of fear of him. However, it would be revealed in a revised timeline, that Butters had cut ties with Cartman in his adulthood and has told his friend not to waste time feeling bad for Cartman being a Crazy Homeless Person while cussing back at him when Cartman tries flipping him off. Liane Cartman finally stands up to her son Eric in "The Streaming Wars." After he royally screws them over by making her quit her job, they end up living in an old hot dog stand. Liane finally snaps and makes a promise to herself to never give in to Cartmanâ€™s demands ever again. She displays this throughout the whole special, by refusing to give in to Cartmanâ€™s latest ridiculous scheme, getting her a boob job to seduce a rich guy to take them in. When Cartman continues to try and manipulate her into doing it, Liane refuses to listen to his insane demands, and when he decides to get the implants himself, Liane calls his bluff. But when he actually goes through with it, she is just disappointed at the stupidity Eric displays and just walks away to buy groceries, leaving him with his giant fake knockers, while he begins to rant that sheâ€™ll have to give in at some point.
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Grew a Spine / int_d9e1a051	comment	Fruits Basket: Main character Tohru Honda is such an All-Loving Hero that she frequently puts other people's needs before her own, and has some trouble with asserting herself. As part of her character development, she learns to stand up for what she believes in (like breaking the Zodiac curse) and that it's all right to put her needs before others once in a while.
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Grew a Spine / int_da02c1ef	comment	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: Vivian starts the game as a Shrinking Violet who lets herself get bullied and pushed around by her older sister Beldam. However, after joining Mario and having actual support, Vivian slowly becomes way more assertive, to the point where, if you have her out during the fight with the Shadow Sirens at the end of the game, she will actually tell Beldam off.
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Grew a Spine / int_dc217e32	comment	The Giselle Interlude of PokÃ©mon Reset Bloodlines features Joe, who is often picked on by the rest of his classmates, who are considered as a whole the "Golden Generation" of the PokÃ©mon Tech trainer school, for being the least remarkable and wanting to try things out of the norm, but never actually retaliated. After Ash and Misty show up and utterly beat and humiliate the students, he chats with Ash for a bit, who advises him to follow his own path and not to take abuse from anyone. The next day, he decides to quit the school and begin his PokÃ©mon journey on his own, even telling Giselle how he felt about the way she and the others treated him.
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Grew a Spine / int_e1039269	comment	Princess Princess: Sadie, due to her kind, shy nature, is cowed easily by her older sister at first. By the end, she's learned to stand up against her (with Amira at her side).
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Grew a Spine / int_e1575a9d	comment	MegaTokyo: After Piro spends most of the comic just going with the flow and muttering about how much his life sucks, he helps Kimiko with a really bad situation she got herself into, and she snaps at him for it, even accusing him of just doing it to get laid. He quietly says he didn't deserve that and leaves without another word. Both the fandom and the characters were impressed.
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Grew a Spine / int_e3300cc2	comment	Once More With Feeling (Crazy-88): The premise of this story is Shinji returning to the past with a steel rod inserted into his back to manage to make up for his complete lack of a spine in the original series, and thus saving the world.
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Grew a Spine / int_e46e5c79	comment	Twinning With a Twist: Essentially Sammy's Character Development over the course of the fic: separated from Amy and placed on a team with supportive teammates, she starts becoming more self-confident, and even stands up to Amy with a "The Reason You Suck" Speech.
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Grew a Spine / int_e5ea79ee	comment	In the "Outer Dark" arc of The Authority, Swift, who's normally more gung-ho, decides to oppose one of Jenny Sparks' orders, as following it might lead to the unnecessary deaths of aliens that might be considered civilians. In "The Nativity", she also forces a truce between the Authority and Krigstein that gives the latter control over the Southeast Asian government that the Authority recently overthrew, in order to avoid a long, drawn-out conflict in which Krigstein's forces were more than willing to kill civilians.
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Grew a Spine / int_e8595ff9	comment	Tangled: Mother Gothel spent eighteen years keeping Rapunzel from the world, telling her that she wasn't ready or that the world was too dangerous. Despite asking numerous times to leave, Rapunzel backs down when Gothel says no. Throughout the movie, however, Rapunzel gains more confidence in herself and her abilities (to Gothel's frustration). This culminates in (after Rapunzel learns that she's the lost princess, meaning that Gothel kidnapped her and lied to her about it her whole life) a beautiful "The Reason You Suck" Speech that breaks any control Gothel had on her:
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Grew a Spine / int_ea4f62db	comment	Family Guy: In "The Cleveland Loretta Quagmire", Cleveland finally gains the courage to snap at Loretta for her affair with Quagmire. In "Seahorse Seashell Party" Meg finally calls out both Lois and Peter for being Abusive Parents, her sentiment is so strong that Lois ends up in tears.
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Grew a Spine / int_eb5d7301	comment	Pictured above, in the climax of the Amphibia Season 1 finale, Anne Boonchuy learns to stand up to her longtime friend Sasha and calls her out for her overly controlling behavior. This scenario gets repeated in the series finale between Andrias and the Core, complete with the same lines Sasha and Anne used.
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Grew a Spine / int_eb6802b4	comment	Hope and Vanille from Final Fantasy XIII: Hope follows Lightning on her revenge quest against the Sanctum with the intention of toughening up and though Lightning is initially reluctant and sees Hope as The Load, she takes him under her wing. Hope evolves from a complaining victim of circumstance focused on avenging his mother's death to a young man willing to risk life and limb to save an entire world. After being too scared to play her part in the ancient war against Cocoon, Vanille's fear and guilt continue to plague her centuries later in the present day. Despite her good intentions in trying to keep history from repeating itself as she tells one lie after another, Vanille's secrets soon catch up to her and she is forced to face them after they result in countless innocent lives being destroyed. Vanille eventually resolves to fight to save Cocoon instead of running away even though it may be a losing battle.
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Grew a Spine / int_ee829854	comment	A major part of Fabian's development in House of Anubis season 2. Just calling out Joy for her Jerkass traits took a lot of backbone he didn't have before, considering how earlier he was mainly working to just not upset her or Nina.
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Grew a Spine / int_ef06b063	comment	A Crown of Stars: Several characters - including Asuka - remark to Shinji several times that he needs to learn to push back and stand his ground if he wants to have a relationship with Asuka. Slowly he starts to gain one through the history. After liberating Buenos Aires he is determined to try to be a hero and a good person.
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Grew a Spine / int_f08092ea	comment	Near the end of School of Rock, Ned the perpetual pushover is getting chewed out by his girlfriend for his spinelessness. Right when she asks if he's ever going to get around to standing up for himself, he interrupts her by heading off to the concert that she didn't want him to go to. Many of the kids also grow spines in a more gradual way, by learning to defy their overly strict parents.
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Grew a Spine / int_f1d492d4	comment	In Chronicles of the Kencyrath: Donkerri ordering the Caineron troops to their posts in the end-battle in Dark of the Moon, countermanding his grandfather's orders. A plot arc for Torisen in his relation to Adric Lord Ardeth in the same book.
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Grew a Spine / int_f4abd380	comment	Noel Vermillion's character arc in BlazBlue. In the early games, she spends a lot of time doubting her own opinions and neglecting to speak up for herself, even when she has an official mandate to do so, leading to her being pressed down a lot by her Bad Boss Jin. In the later half of the series, she steadily develops more confidence, becoming a lot more self-accepting and secure, and fights for herself so much that in Central Fiction she tells Susano'o, a Physical God not to underestimate her.
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Grew a Spine / int_f554e011	comment	In Katawa Shoujo, this happens to Hisao in Shizune and Lilly's routes. In Shizune's route, while attempting to stand up to Shizune's father in an argument over the Student Council, he reflects on how much he has changed, wondering why he was so resistant to joining the Student Council at first despite his general apathy about life. In Lilly's route, he realizes in the Good Ending that he has relied on her for everything, and so decides to confront her one last time before her departure for Scotland in order to apologize for not being there when she needed him. Also happens for Hanako in her route: slowly through awkward relationship-building in the Good path, and abruptly in the Bad one. In the latter, Hisao gets excessively pushy, so she furiously tells him how much she hates it when people treat her like she's helpless...and how much she hates Hisao and Lilly for failing to understand that. Some people think her "Neutral" ending is the worst one because it's the only version where she doesn't grow a spine.
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Grew a Spine / int_f5b9fb2	comment	In Fate/hollow ataraxia, Sakura is shown to have gone through this after the events of Fate/stay night, becoming much more confident in herself, as well as much more intimidating. Shirou even states she has become much more like her sister, Rin.
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Grew a Spine / int_f6e2c23d	comment	Lloyd in EarthBound Beginnings was bullied constantly and would hide in a trash can on the school roof. This changes when Ninten meets him and the two form a friendship. From then on, Lloyd grew braver despite lacking in physical strength, to the point where he saves Ninten and Ana from a giant robot with a tank.
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Grew a Spine / int_f9368d52	comment	NaminÃ© in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, who at first is submissive to her abusive guardians and only defies one when another gives her the go-ahead to, but after being forgiven by Sora for what she was made to do to him, NaminÃ© refuses to obey her captors any longer and boldly declares that she would rather die.
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Grew a Spine / int_f9cb2c07	comment	The Second Try: After Third Impact, Shinji needs to man up in order to survive, help Asuka and later raise their daughter together. And he manages it, maturing and becoming a better and stronger person who'll defend his family at all costs. Threaten Asuka or Aki at your own risk.
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Conversations with a Cryptid (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Crimson and Emerald (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Cupid's Wrath (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Danger First (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Danny Phantom: Mistaken (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Danny Phantom: Visited (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Davion & Davion (Deceased) (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Dog-Breath and Birdbrain (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Doing It Right This Time (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Don't Look Back (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Dynamite And A Laser Beam - Redux (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Eight Intertwined (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Fashion Upgrade (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
For His Own Sake (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Fuzzboy Total Pokemon Series (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Glee The New York Story (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Going Another Way (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Hail to the King (Thuktun Flishithy) (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Helluva Dad (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Isle Of She Beasts (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Juleka vs. the Forces of the Universe (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Karma's a Bitch (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Last Child of Krypton (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Missing Linc (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
My Hero: Green Light Explosion (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Genocide (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Ojamajo Doremi: Rise of the Shadows (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Once More With Feeling (Crazy-88) (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
One step backwards and Three forwards (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Passion on Display (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Phantom Thieves of Hope (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Plus Five to Charisma (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Raise Your Voice Against Liars (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Resurrected Memories (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Superwomen of Eva 2: Lone Heir of Krypton (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Scar Tissue (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Something Lost Something Found (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Sucker for a Cute Face (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Supernova (One Piece) (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Teri × Gumball: In Between Worlds (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Adventures of Panthera Noire (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Butterflyâ€™s Blessing (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Death of One (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Echo Ranger (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Lament Series (ChaoticNeutral) (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Negotiations-verse (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The New Adventures of Invader Zim (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Two Seers (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
This Was Easier on the Tabletop (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Those Obnoxious Ghosts (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Towards the Sun (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Twinning With a Twist (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Unique Perspective (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Visiontale (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
With Confidence (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Worm-in-Waiting (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Back to the Future Part II / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Bedazzled (2000) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Bedevilled / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Deadfall / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Dil Chahta Hai / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Dunston Checks In / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Ernest Rides Again / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Fist Fight / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Gosford Park / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
High Plains Drifter / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Madea's Big Happy Family / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Matilda / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Natutulog Pa Ang Diyos / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
9 to 5 / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Secretary / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Steam / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Steam (2007) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Stick It / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Sweet Smell of Success / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The American Society of Magical Negroes / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Color Purple (2023) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Shop Around the Corner / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Valet / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Thirteen (2003) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Why Did I Get Married? / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
X-Men: First Class / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Zero Hour! / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Zero Hour! (1957) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
A Certain Magical Index / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Angelmaker / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Betsy-Tacy / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Book of a Thousand Days / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Bridget Jones / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Burmese Days / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Doctor Player / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Dr. Harper Therapy / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Drassil / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Ella Enchanted / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Evernight / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Father Figure / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Flipped / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Household Gods / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Insane City / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Log Horizon / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Malory Towers / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Mattimeo / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Mordant's Need / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Murder Most Unladylike / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Noli Me Tangere / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
PeterPaysTribute	seeAlso	Grew a Spine
Project Hail Mary / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Rage (1977) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Solo Leveling / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Arts of Dark and Light / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Doomspell Trilogy / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The 5th Wave / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Homestuck Epilogues / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Melling Sisters / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Naughtiest Girl / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Truth / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Trapped in a Dating Sim: Otome Games Are Tough For Us, Too! / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of That Otome Game is Tough for Us / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Vortex / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
AKB49 – Renai Kinshi Jourei (Manga) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro (Manga) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Girls Bravo (Manga) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
I Am Here! (Manga) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life (Manga) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Maria no Danzai (Manga) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
RE-TAKE (Manga) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
John Finnemore's Double Acts (Radio) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Alma GÃªmea / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Dates / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Feud / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Grand Army / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Love, Lies and Murder / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Mr. Queen / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
One of Us is Lying / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
RedfernNow	seeAlso	Grew a Spine
The Joe Schmo Show / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Outpost / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Red Green Show / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Wilfred / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Driving Miss Daisy (Theatre) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Fiddler on the Roof (Theatre) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Into the Woods (Theatre) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Lend Me a Tenor (Theatre) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Saturday's Warrior (Theatre) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Phantom of the Opera (Theatre) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Tragedy of Mariam (Theatre) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Edna & Harvey: Harveyâ€™s New Eyes (Video Game) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Love & Pies (Video Game) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Say No! More (Video Game) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Super Daryl Deluxe (Video Game) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Sandman (2014) (Video Game) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Anon (Web Animation) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Anon (Machinima) (Web Animation) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Sekai No Fushigi (Web Animation) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Mark Side (Web Animation) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Where Was My Hero...? (Web Animation) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
An Ordeal In Osondu (Web Video) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Ross's Game Dungeon (Web Video) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
A Little Hint of Blue (Webcomic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Cheating Men Must Die (Webcomic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Entity NEO (Webcomic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Ffreire's NaruFox AU (Webcomic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Nuzlocke Comics Fan Works (Webcomic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Princess Princess (2012) (Webcomic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Amphibia / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Daria: Is It College Yet? / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
F is for Family / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Harley Quinn (2019) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Peter Pan / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Shivering Truth / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Unicorn Wars / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Why, Charlie Brown, Why? / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Usos (Wrestling) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
A Crown of Stars (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Advice and Trust (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
HERZ (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
The Child of Love (Fanfic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Light A Penny Candle / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine
Aquapunk (Webcomic) / int_c31dc964	type	Grew a Spine

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