History EasilyForgiven / WesternAnimation

** Despite the abuse of Anibus's powers Jackal did when he had them, his sister Hyena was still working with him despite being deaged into a baby when it happened. Wolf also seems willing to work with him again, too, given the sequel comic has him accept being broken out by Jackal.

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': while being freed from the Dai Li's underground Airbender training facility, [[TheArtfulDodger Kai]] apologizes for stealing Bolin and Mako's belongings and generally causing them a lot of trouble. Bolin, who had previously developed a brotherly attachment to the kid, instantly forgives him. [[RejectedApology Mako, however, is understandably still pissed about it]].

* ''WesternAnimation/LegoCityAdventures'' : [[spoiler:Tippy Doorman's]] punishment for attempting to take over the world which almost resulted in [[spoiler:destruction of LEGO City]]? ''8 hours in prison'',and nobody shows emnity towards him after that.

** This is defied in "[[Recap/AmericanDadS3E15FourLittleWords Four Little Words]]" where Stan goes to extreme lengths just to avoid Francine saying IToldYouSo. To wit, she warned him that setting Avery Bullock up with her friend Melinda was a bad idea. Bullock accidentally killed Melinda, and the rest of the episode involved Bullock trying to have Francine killed to make her stop investigating Melinda's disappearance. Stan decides to frame Francine for the murder, making her think she got drunk and stabbed Melinda to death, and then stuffs Melinda's body in a wood chipper in front of a clearly traumatized Francine. Francine decides to atone by dedicating her life to helping starving children in India. Two months later Stan thinks he can preemptively shut Francine down by admitting she was right and then revealing the truth. Stan clearly thinks this will be swept under the rug, only for Francine to naturally be ''angrier than she's ever been after her husband gaslighted her into thinking she killed her best friend''.

*** With [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderZuko Prince Zuko]], Katara is similarly among the first to try and trust him, and has that trust broken when he sides with the Fire Nation at Season 2's end. Later in the series, when he returns, the others forgive him after some initial hostility, but Katara is the one who stays pissed at Zuko the longest. Even when she believes he ''wants'' to change, she isn't so sure he can. The only reason she restrains herself from attacking him is because Aang needs a firebending master and with what time they have, they don't have a choice. "The Southern Raiders" then plays with this magnificently. Katara sarcastically tells Zuko that he can try to bring her mother back if he wants to earn her forgiveness. Zuko then offers her to join the mission to confront the man who murdered her mother; he can't bring her mother back, but he can help her execute justice. Disregarding Aang's advice not to let violence get the better of her, Katara attacks the man with the full intent to murder him, but realises that while she will never forgive him she also can't kill him. She ''does'', however, forgive Zuko.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' parodies and lampshades this trope plenty of times, mostly towards Stan and Roger. One particular example is the episode where Stan got addicted to crack and prevented Steve from getting sex from a hot girlfriend who's into nerds. While, by the end of the episode Steve was still bitter at him, Stan mentions he'll forgive him.

** [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderAvatarAang Avatar Aang]], being the AllLovingHero, holds no grudge against the Fire Nation for the ''genocide of his people'' that was so complete it rendered him the LastOfHisKind. Admittedly it was a hundred years ago and everyone involved is long dead, but from his perspective it only happened recently. Aang also had friends in the Fire Nation before the 100 year gap and remembers first-hand what the people were like before they turned to world domination. The Fire Nation's military as a whole is forgiven very easily after the war, with no officers, soldier, commanders, or other confirmed war criminals facing any punishment.
** Two of [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderKatara Katara's]] characteristics are that she is easy to trust someone, but if they betray her, [[ThisIsUnforgivable she will have a]] ''[[ThisIsUnforgivable very]]'' [[ThisIsUnforgivable hard time trusting them back]].

*** With [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderZuko Prince Zuko]], Katara is similarly among the first to try and trust him, and has that trust broken when he sides with the Fire Nation at Season 2's end. Later in the series, when he returns, the others forgive him after some initial hostility, but Katara is the one who stays pissed at Zuko the longest. Even when she believes he ''wants'' to change, she isn't so sure he can. The only reason she restrains herself from attacking him is because Aang needs a firebending master and with what time they have, they don't have a choice. "The Southern Raiders" then plays with this magnificently. Katara sarcastically tells Zuko that he can try to bring her mother back if he wants to earn her forgiveness. Zuko then offers her to join the mission to confront the man who murdered her mother; he can't bring her mother back, but he can help her execute justice. Disregarding Aang's advice not to let violence get the better of her, Katara attacks the man with the full intent to murder him, but realises that while she will never forgive him she also can't kill him. She ''does'' however forgive Zuko.

** Played for Drama in the GrandFinale. [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderGeneralIroh Uncle Iroh]], who Zuko had stabbed in the back at the end of Season 2, [[Heartwarming/AvatarTheLastAirbender forgives him instantly when Zuko tells him how sorry he is for what he did]]:

** Bumi in "The King Of Omashu" holds Katara and Sokka hostage to force Aang to participate in three grueling challenges, because if he doesn't his friends will be trapped in a crystal prison (and presumably suffocate). Then Aang realizes that the King is his old friend, they hug, and it is forgotten. Granted, they were never in any actual danger and it was all a TricksterMentor ploy to get Aang to practice the outside-the-box-thinking skills he'd need in future.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', ComicBook/TheFalcon helps [[spoiler:ComicBook/RedSkull]] capture the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]. However, the fact he does so while [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy]] apparently still makes him eligible for helping ComicBook/TheAvengers during "Code White" emergencies. To boot, the team doesn't forgive him onscreen. Consequently, the show makes no implication that they did so until he becomes one of many crimefighters to come BackForTheFinale.
* In the last season of ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' [[spoiler: [[Characters/BojackHorsemanBojackHorseman Bojack's]] misdeeds are exposed in an interview, leading to him being the most hated person in Hollywoo if not the world. Come the GrandFinale, pretty much everyone has forgotten his misdeeds and instead love his latest movie, implying that his career will be revitalized after he completes his prison sentence. As Princess Caroline puts it, "People have short memories. It's the best and worst thing about people."]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'':