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Jar Jar Binks.

But only after I read this: https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/3qvj6w/theory_jar_jar_binks_was_a_trained_force_user/

The Queen from Once upon a time. She felt more and more human throughout the show.

Koutarou Amon from Tokyo Ghoul

Mr. Peanutbutter from Bojack Horseman. We go from seeing him the way Bojack does, an irritating rival; to seeing him as comic relief; to seeing him as a very relatable, very tragic character who damages all his relationships due to his inability or unwillingness to take responsibility for his own life, someone who has been desperately lonely and depressed but never allowed himself to realize it because he's been masking so hard and so long he believes the mask is all there is.

I've never identified so much with any character on film or television, and it's a fucking cartoon dog.

And then Bandit from Bluey comes along and like the man said, I've only got ten cents but it's weird that it happened twice.

Maeve, thought she would be a typical popular girl

Hank Schrader - Breaking Bad. It started out from Ep 1 like “oh, this fucking guy 😒”. By the end of the road I was actually rooting for him. His arc was incredible.

MCU's Captain America. I remembered some old comic books with him and always disliked his blind and unreasonable patriotism. The MCU version was a refreshing take on the character.

Every single character from Arrested Development.

Nynaeve from Wheel of Time. All her quirks become endearing and her growth is so satisfying.

Hunter from The Owl House.
Thought he was going to be the usual overpowered for no reason jerk, but ended up being one of my favorite characters with extremely deep lore and an amazing arc.

Man I love The Owl House so much.

Lestat

After finishing Interview With A Vampire and finding out Lestat is the main character of the rest of the series, I was like "well, at least the first book was good, I don't know how I'm supposed to like a book with this douche"

Shortly afterwards: [[Arrested Development meme]] I don't care for Louis

Syril Karn from Andor. From the very first scene he was in, I asked, "oh God, when's this little fucker gonna die?" By the end of the show he was probably my favorite character.

Sally from Barry. I absolutely despise the core of her character but she plays it so well that I absolutely love her too

That one kid from Jurassic World Rebirth. Uh. Xavier! I even remembered his name, gosh. Started as your stereotypical idiot boyfriend (expectation: she'll dump him by the end because he fucks up big time and she recognises that her family is more important blabla) and turned out to be pretty relatable in his (probably unintentionally neurodiverse) idiocy.

Yes, that's the one thing I took away from that movie. Also T-rex rolling around in the grass <3

Renoir from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Very misunderstood character at the beginning. And for me, redeemed himself when I started to peice things together. Ended up being one of my favorite characters.

Dalinar from The Stormlight Archives. At first I just wanted to skip his bits and get back to other characters.

After 5 books, though? One of my favorite characters in the whole Cosmere.

Journey before destination.

Ianthe from The Locked Tomb. She grated on me at first but somewhere into the second book I was just delighted at her terribleness.

Nathan from Misfits.

I legit hated his character in the first half and ended up loving that rascal in the second half.

Well since you named "anything" as an included category, here's a random one: Aila from high rollers: Aerois

For a less obscure one.. Reigen from Mob Psycho 100 ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯