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Phantomlink959 wrote: Something like that. I guess a lot of australians disliked him because of how many stereotypes he reinforced? But after dying they did a face-heel turn because he was pretty cool in the end.

Heel-Face turn Phantom. I know Face-Heel turn is the one people are more familiar with, but in this case the former is what you're looking for.

Long Winded Explanation for anyone who cares - When pro-wrestling was getting off the ground before they tried to turn it into a reality television thing where we were supposed to think this nonsense is real, it was all distinctly more campy and pagenty (as hard to believe as that might seem.) There were distinct good guys and villains, the good guys were referred to as Faces and the villains were called Heels (You might be familiar with typical noir jargon as 'what a heel' to refer to a low life type character) And the characters in wrestling, if they felt they were getting a bit worn or could play a new angle would switch allegiances. So if it was a good guy becoming a villain, that's a Face-Heel turn, but if a bad guy becomes a hero, that's a Heel-Face turn. Thus ends my stupid useless factoid for the day.