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* ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends''. This happened at the end of almost all of the 1973/74 episodes after the Super Friends explained to the villain(s) the errors of their ways. It usually involved the villain sincerely apologizing and promising to change their behavior.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends''. This happened at the end of almost all of the 1973/74 episodes after the Super Friends explained to the villain(s) the errors of their ways. It usually involved the villain sincerely apologizing and promising to change their behavior. Examples: Doctor Rebos in "The Androids", Professor Baffles in "The Baffles Puzzle".
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* ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends''. This happened at the end of almost all of the 1973/74 episodes after the Super Friends explained to the villain(s) the errors of their ways. It usually involved the villain sincerely apologizing and promising to change their behavior.
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** As for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic current series]], Princess Luna became good again after being purified by The Elements Of Harmony. And [[TheBusCameBack after two years]], Trixie returned to take revenge on Twilight Sparkle, but at the end she finally learned her lesson and left Twilight on good terms.
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** As for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic current series]], Princess Luna became good again after being purified by The Elements Of Harmony. And [[TheBusCameBack after two years]], Trixie returned to take revenge on Twilight Sparkle, but at the end she finally learned her lesson and left Twilight on good terms.terms..... sort of. She's far from reformed and even her apology makes it somewhat clear she may not be a complete face yet.
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** Later, Princess Celestia assigns the Mane Six to put Discord through one of these if possible. [[spoiler: To the surprise of everyone, including Discord himself, they succeed.]]
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** Later, Princess Celestia assigns the Mane Six to put Discord through one of these if possible. [[spoiler: To the surprise of everyone, including Discord himself, they succeed.succeed, to an extent- it's made abundantly clear by both dialogue and WordOfGod that this is less of a reform and more of an uneasy truce. Discord ''is'' the embodiment of Chaos and all that is Evil and Wrong, after all.]]
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** Taken in a dark direction with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either at first. Gary, after realizing GoodFeelsGood, also went out of his way to catch a bad guy even though no one told him to, only to ruin Brock and Shore Leave's undercover mission. It's implied in-series this happened more than once by Hunter which causes Hunter to want him off the team. Sooner-or-later Gary accidentally [[spoiler:hiring the old SPHINX back, making it so that they steal their mode of transportation and try their hand at evil once again]] and feels guilty about this. And Brock and Shore Leave end up feeling sorry for him because of it.
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** Taken in a dark direction with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either at first. Gary, after realizing GoodFeelsGood, also went out of his way to catch a bad guy even though no one told him to, only to ruin Brock and Shore Leave's undercover mission. It's implied in-series this happened more than once by Hunter which causes Hunter to want him off the team. Sooner-or-later Gary accidentally [[spoiler:hiring the old SPHINX back, making it so that they steal their mode of transportation and try their hand at evil once again]] and feels guilty about this. And Brock and Shore Leave end up feeling sorry for him because of it. [[spoiler:In the end he decides to start henching for the monarch again.]]
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* ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'': [[spoiler: Nossor Ri and the entire Quarren army at the end of the Mon Calamari Arc in Season 4, General Tandin and several of his soldiers in the Onderron Arc in Season 5]].
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* Rogue in ''WesternAnimation/{{X-Men Evolution}}''. The episode where she does this is one long [[Awesome/{{X-Men Evolution}} Crowning Moment Of Awesome]] for her.
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* Rogue in ''WesternAnimation/{{X-Men Evolution}}''. ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution}''. The episode where she does this is one long [[Awesome/{{X-Men Evolution}} [[Awesome/XMenEvolution Crowning Moment Of Awesome]] for her.
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* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Prince Zuko is given tons of reasons to change sides in the second season finale, including the "encounter with TheMessiah," Katara, after being put through hell all season:... and then doesn't. [[WhamEpisode Wham!]] [[spoiler:Remorse from that decision prompts him into a genuine Heel Face Turn half a season later in "Day of the Black Sun," and Zuko being Zuko, he takes the time for CallingTheOldManOut before he leaves. So a DoubleSubversion, all in all.]]
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* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Prince Zuko is given tons of reasons to change sides in the second season finale, including the "encounter with TheMessiah," the AllLovingHero," Katara, after being put through hell all season:... and then doesn't. [[WhamEpisode Wham!]] [[spoiler:Remorse from that decision prompts him into a genuine Heel Face Turn half a season later in "Day of the Black Sun," and Zuko being Zuko, he takes the time for CallingTheOldManOut before he leaves. So a DoubleSubversion, all in all.]]
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** ** Taken in a dark direction with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either at first. Gary, after realizing GoodFeelsGood, also went out of his way to catch a bad guy even though no one told him to, only to ruin Brock and Shore Leave's undercover mission. It's implied in-series this happened more than once by Hunter which causes Hunter to want him off the team. Sooner-or-later Gary accidentally [[spoiler:hiring the old SPHINX back, making it so that they steal their mode of transportation and try their hand at evil once again]] and feels guilty about this. And Brock and Shore Leave end up feeling sorry for him because of it.
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** Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either at first. Gary, after realizing GoodFeelsGood, also went out of his way to catch a bad guy even though no one told him to, only to ruin Brock and Shore Leave's undercover mission. It's implied in-series this happened more than once by Hunter which causes Hunter to want him off the team. Sooner-or-later Gary accidentally [[spoiler:hiring the old SPHINX back, making it so that they steal their mode of transportation and try their hand at evil once again]] and feels guilty about this. And Brock and Shore Leave end up feeling sorry for him because of it.
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** Deconstructed ** Taken in a dark direction with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either at first. Gary, after realizing GoodFeelsGood, also went out of his way to catch a bad guy even though no one told him to, only to ruin Brock and Shore Leave's undercover mission. It's implied in-series this happened more than once by Hunter which causes Hunter to want him off the team. Sooner-or-later Gary accidentally [[spoiler:hiring the old SPHINX back, making it so that they steal their mode of transportation and try their hand at evil once again]] and feels guilty about this. And Brock and Shore Leave end up feeling sorry for him because of it.
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** Taken in a dark direction with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either at first. Gary also went out of his way to catch a bad guy even though no one told to, after realizing GoodFeelsGood, only to ruin Brock and Shore Leave's undercover mission. It's implied in-series this happened more than once by Hunter which causes Hunter to want him off the team. Sooner-or-later Gary accidentally [[spoiler:hiring the old SPHINX back, making it so that they steal their mode of transportation and try their hand at evil once again]] and feels guilty.
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** Taken in a dark direction Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either at first. Gary Gary, after realizing GoodFeelsGood, also went out of his way to catch a bad guy even though no one told him to, after realizing GoodFeelsGood, only to ruin Brock and Shore Leave's undercover mission. It's implied in-series this happened more than once by Hunter which causes Hunter to want him off the team. Sooner-or-later Gary accidentally [[spoiler:hiring the old SPHINX back, making it so that they steal their mode of transportation and try their hand at evil once again]] and feels guilty. guilty about this. And Brock and Shore Leave end up feeling sorry for him because of it.
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** Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either at first. Gary also went out of his way to catch a bad guy even though no one told to, after realizing GoodFeelsGood, only to ruin Brock and Shore Leave's undercover mission. It's implied in-series this happened more than once by Hunter which causes Hunter to want him off the team. Sooner-or-later Gary accidentally [[spoiler:hiring the old SPHINX back, making it so that they steal their mode of transportation and try their hand at evil once again]] and feels guilty.
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** Deconstructed Taken in a dark direction with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either at first. Gary also went out of his way to catch a bad guy even though no one told to, after realizing GoodFeelsGood, only to ruin Brock and Shore Leave's undercover mission. It's implied in-series this happened more than once by Hunter which causes Hunter to want him off the team. Sooner-or-later Gary accidentally [[spoiler:hiring the old SPHINX back, making it so that they steal their mode of transportation and try their hand at evil once again]] and feels guilty.
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** Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and it's implied that the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either at first. Gary also went out of his way to catch a bad guy even though no one told to, after realizing GoodFeelsGood, only to ruin Brock and Shore Leave's undercover mission. It's stated in-series this happened more than once off screen by Hunter which causes Hunter to want him off the team. Sooner-or-later Gary accidentally [[spoiler:hiring the old SPHINX back, making it so that they steal their mode of transportation and try their hand at evil once again]] and feels guilty.
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** Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and it's implied that the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either at first. Gary also went out of his way to catch a bad guy even though no one told to, after realizing GoodFeelsGood, only to ruin Brock and Shore Leave's undercover mission. It's stated implied in-series this happened more than once off screen by Hunter which causes Hunter to want him off the team. Sooner-or-later Gary accidentally [[spoiler:hiring the old SPHINX back, making it so that they steal their mode of transportation and try their hand at evil once again]] and feels guilty.
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** Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him at first because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and it's implied that the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either.
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** Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him at first because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and it's implied that the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either.either at first. Gary also went out of his way to catch a bad guy even though no one told to, after realizing GoodFeelsGood, only to ruin Brock and Shore Leave's undercover mission. It's stated in-series this happened more than once off screen by Hunter which causes Hunter to want him off the team. Sooner-or-later Gary accidentally [[spoiler:hiring the old SPHINX back, making it so that they steal their mode of transportation and try their hand at evil once again]] and feels guilty.
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** Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him at first because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and it's implied that the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either. The trope later gets reconstructed when Gary decides to help everyone stop the mutation and proves to everyone else that he really has changed, everyone except for the Monarch. Also Dr. Girlfriend knew from the beginning.
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** Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him at first because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and it's implied that the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either. The trope later gets reconstructed when Gary decides to help everyone stop the mutation and proves to everyone else that he really has changed, everyone except for the Monarch. Also Dr. Girlfriend knew from the beginning.
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** Molly and Rattles fit very well too. Originally they were even worse than Binky, but later on they became [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold nicer]].
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** Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him at first because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and it's implied that the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either. The trope later gets reconstructed when Gary decides to help everyone stop the mutation and proves to everyone else that he really has changed, everyone except for the Monarch. Also Dr. Girlfriend know from the beginning.
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** Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him at first because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch and it's implied that the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either. The trope later gets reconstructed when Gary decides to help everyone stop the mutation and proves to everyone else that he really has changed, everyone except for the Monarch. Also Dr. Girlfriend know knew from the beginning.
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** Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him at first because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch. The trope later gets reconstructed when Gary helps everyone stop the mutation and proves to everyone else that he really has changed.
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** Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him at first because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch. Monarch and it's implied that the rest of SPHINX wasn't sure about him either. The trope later gets reconstructed when Gary helps decides to help everyone stop the mutation and proves to everyone else that he really has changed. changed, everyone except for the Monarch. Also Dr. Girlfriend know from the beginning.
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** A more recent Wrestling-themed episode played this trope closer to it's origins, as Grandpa's wrestling character, a notorious [[Heel]] called "Gorgeous Godfrey" turns into a [[Face]] "Honest Abe" right in the ring when he found out Bart was loving the Heel lifestyle a bit too much.
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** A more recent Wrestling-themed episode played this trope closer to it's origins, as Grandpa's wrestling character, a notorious [[Heel]] {{Heel}} called "Gorgeous Godfrey" turns into a [[Face]] {{Face}} "Honest Abe" right in the ring when he found out Bart was loving the Heel lifestyle a bit too much.
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** Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him at first because he also thought he was still a henchman of the Monarch's henchman.Monarch. The trope later gets reconstructed when Gary helps everyone stop the mutation and proves to everyone else that he really has changed.
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** Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him at first because he also thought he was still the Monarch's henchman.
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** Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him at first because he also thought he was still the Monarch's henchman. The trope later gets reconstructed when Gary helps everyone stop the mutation and proves to everyone else that he really has changed.
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** Deconstructed with Gary (formerly known as 21), he joins SPHINX and quits working for the Monarch. Yet The Monarch misses him so much, he's in denial about it and still thinks he's working for him. While Sgt. Hatred didn't trust him at first because he also thought he was still the Monarch's henchman.
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** A more recent Wrestling-themed episode played this trope closer to it's origins, as Grandpa's wrestling character, a notorious [[Heel]] called "Gorgeous Godfrey" turns into a [[Face]] "Honest Abe" right in the ring when he found out Bart was loving the Heel lifestyle a bit too much.
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* Subverted with Sergeant Hatred from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''. He switched sides, going from an antagonist to a protagonist. However Venture Industries is just as immoral as the Guild, it's just the Guild admits and embraces this, whereas Dr. Venture doesn't even realize this. (Though at least he's trying to quit being a pedophile.)
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* Subverted with Sergeant Hatred from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''.''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''. He switched sides, going from an antagonist to a protagonist. However Venture Industries is just as immoral as the Guild, it's just the Guild admits and embraces this, whereas Dr. Venture doesn't even realize this. (Though at least he's trying to quit being a pedophile.)
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* The ''WesternAnimation/{{He-Man and the Masters of the Universe}}'' episode "Daimar the Demon" is notable in that He-Man gets an ''EldritchAbomination'' to do a Heel Face Turn by convincing him he has free will. Dude, Damar scores pretty near the ''bottom'' on the [[SortingAlgorithmOfFaceHeelTurning Sorting Algorithm Of Heel Face Turning]]. He-Man is danged ''good'' at [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath talking monsters to death]].
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* The ''WesternAnimation/{{He-Man and the Masters of the Universe}}'' episode "Daimar the Demon" is notable in that He-Man gets an ''EldritchAbomination'' to do a Heel Face Turn by convincing him he has free will. Dude, Damar Daimar scores pretty near the ''bottom'' on the [[SortingAlgorithmOfFaceHeelTurning Sorting Algorithm Of Heel Face Turning]]. He-Man is danged ''good'' at [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath talking monsters to death]].
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* The ''WesternAnimation/{{He-Man and the Masters of the Universe}}'' episode "Damar the Demon" is notable in that He-Man gets an ''EldritchAbomination'' to do a Heel Face Turn by convincing him he has free will. Dude, Damar scores pretty near the ''bottom'' on the [[SortingAlgorithmOfFaceHeelTurning Sorting Algorithm Of Heel Face Turning]]. He-Man is danged ''good'' at [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath talking monsters to death]].
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* The ''WesternAnimation/{{He-Man and the Masters of the Universe}}'' episode "Damar "Daimar the Demon" is notable in that He-Man gets an ''EldritchAbomination'' to do a Heel Face Turn by convincing him he has free will. Dude, Damar scores pretty near the ''bottom'' on the [[SortingAlgorithmOfFaceHeelTurning Sorting Algorithm Of Heel Face Turning]]. He-Man is danged ''good'' at [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath talking monsters to death]].
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* Brilliantly subverted in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Prince Zuko is given tons of reasons to change sides in the second season finale, including the "encounter with TheMessiah," Katara, after being put through hell all season:... and then doesn't. [[WhamEpisode Wham!]] [[spoiler:Remorse from that decision prompts him into a genuine Heel Face Turn half a season later in "Day of the Black Sun," and Zuko being Zuko, he takes the time for CallingTheOldManOut before he leaves. So a DoubleSubversion, all in all.]]
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* Brilliantly subverted Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Prince Zuko is given tons of reasons to change sides in the second season finale, including the "encounter with TheMessiah," Katara, after being put through hell all season:... and then doesn't. [[WhamEpisode Wham!]] [[spoiler:Remorse from that decision prompts him into a genuine Heel Face Turn half a season later in "Day of the Black Sun," and Zuko being Zuko, he takes the time for CallingTheOldManOut before he leaves. So a DoubleSubversion, all in all.]]
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* Brilliantly subverted in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Prince Zuko is given tons of reasons to change sides in the second season finale, including the "encounter with TheMessiah," Katara, after being put through hell all season:... and then doesn't. [[WhamEpisode Wham!]] [[spoiler:The results of that decision prompt him into a genuine Heel Face Turn half a season later in "Day of the Black Sun," and Zuko being Zuko, he takes the time for CallingTheOldManOut before he leaves. So a DoubleSubversion, all in all.]]
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* Brilliantly subverted in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Prince Zuko is given tons of reasons to change sides in the second season finale, including the "encounter with TheMessiah," Katara, after being put through hell all season:... and then doesn't. [[WhamEpisode Wham!]] [[spoiler:The results of [[spoiler:Remorse from that decision prompt prompts him into a genuine Heel Face Turn half a season later in "Day of the Black Sun," and Zuko being Zuko, he takes the time for CallingTheOldManOut before he leaves. So a DoubleSubversion, all in all.]]
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** As for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic current series]], Princess Luna became good again after being purified by The Elements Of Harmony. And [[TheBusCameBack after two years]], Trixie returned to take a revange on Twilight Sparkle, but at the end she finally learned her lesson and left Twilight on good terms.
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** As for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic current series]], Princess Luna became good again after being purified by The Elements Of Harmony. And [[TheBusCameBack after two years]], Trixie returned to take a revange revenge on Twilight Sparkle, but at the end she finally learned her lesson and left Twilight on good terms.terms.
** Later, Princess Celestia assigns the Mane Six to put Discord through one of these if possible. [[spoiler: To the surprise of everyone, including Discord himself, they succeed.]]
** Later, Princess Celestia assigns the Mane Six to put Discord through one of these if possible. [[spoiler: To the surprise of everyone, including Discord himself, they succeed.]]
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* About half of the villains in the old ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'' series from the 1980's would at some point become good, including Katrina, Sting, King Charlatan, Porcina, Crunch The Rockdog, or the gnome from "The Magic Coins".
** As for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic current series]], Princess Luna became good again after being purified by The Elements Of Harmony. And [[TheBusCameBack after two years]], Trixie returned to take a revange on Twilight Sparkle, but at the end she finally learned her lesson and left Twilight on good terms.
** As for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic current series]], Princess Luna became good again after being purified by The Elements Of Harmony. And [[TheBusCameBack after two years]], Trixie returned to take a revange on Twilight Sparkle, but at the end she finally learned her lesson and left Twilight on good terms.
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* Raimundo in ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'', though that's after he did a FaceHeelTurn. He actually does suffer some consequences and trust issues afterwards because of it.
* Brilliantly subverted in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Prince Zuko is given tons of reasons to change sides in the second season finale, including the "encounter with TheMessiah," Katara, after being put through hell all season:... and then doesn't. [[WhamEpisode Wham!]] [[spoiler:The results of that decision prompt him into a genuine Heel Face Turn half a season later in "Day of the Black Sun," and Zuko being Zuko, he takes the time for CallingTheOldManOut before he leaves. So a DoubleSubversion, all in all.]]
** [[spoiler:Mai and Ty Lee]] follow suit in "Boiling Rock". [[spoiler:Mai]]'s especially was epic, showing up like a [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]] and pulling off a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, while [[spoiler:Ty Lee]]'s just came straight from behind a tree (though [[spoiler:disabling Azula]] is still awesome).
** In a minor case, by the time that GondorCallsForAid, The Boulder and The Hippo had decided to quit working for Xin Fu and join the army. What weird is it's a HeelFaceTurn from two heels that ''played'' faces in their world's equivalent of ProfessionalWrestling.
** One of the earliest examples in the series is the forest spirit [[PandaingToTheAudience Hei Bai]]. He began rampaging through a village after his forest was destroyed, but Aang reassured him that it would grow back. After that, Hei Bai was a valuable ally to Aang.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' has Terra in Season Two (her [[Comicbook/TeenTitans comics counterpart]] had no such turn), but this is after a time as TheMole and then a FaceHeelTurn, helping Slade achieve near victory. She's the one who ends up killing Slade, but ends up performing a HeroicSacrifice proving that RedemptionEqualsDeath (or Redemption Equals [[TakenForGranite Turning To Stone]]...it is a children/family show, after all). Jinx also performs a Heel Face Turn towards the end of season five, thanks to being thrown into a DatingCatwoman-ish scenario with Kid Flash (and the fact that [[BrokenPedestal her villainous idol treated her like crap]]; Madame Rouge [[NiceJobFixingItVillain lives to regret that decision]]).
* Elyon Brown in ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'', again following a FaceHeelTurn. A number of minor villains in the second season do one as well after realizing that [[BrokenPedestal Phobos isn't as noble as they thought he was.]]
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}: WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' has a number of examples. Dinobot and Silverbolt spent relatively little screen time as heels, but Dinobot was a pretty [[UnusualEuphemism slagging]] well-done heel. More literal examples are: In the third season, Blackarachnia, and, near the end of the series finale, Dinobot's Transmetal 2 clone.
** In ''Anime/TransformersArmada'', Starscream (who seemed to be more based on Dinobot than the original Starscream) switched sides to the Autobots once Megatron got fed up with him being TheStarscream. While Starscream originally only joined to stick it to Megatron, he hit it off with the kids and slowly became more accepted. Later, he would turn evil again and [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor flop around]] to every "side" imaginable on the show. Eventually, he decided the threat of Unicron necessitated all of the Transformers uniting together and [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed]] himself to make Megatron realize that. He was recognized as a hero for his [[RedemptionEqualsDeath dying actions]].
** [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 G1]] has Jetfire/Skyfire (comics and cartoon, respectively).
* Tohru and Viper in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''. Tohru's reason for changing sides is hilarious: Section 13 serves free donuts on Thursdays.
** Not quite; he says that, but it's the [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal abuse that his boss gives him for his failures]], along with the injuries he sustains from Shendu, that ultimately [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere propels him to change sides]]. When he says "I hear Section 13 serves donuts on Thursdays," the implied meaning is that he's betting GoodFeelsGood.
** Finn, Ratso, Chow, and Hak Foo in the GrandFinale.
* Kevin Levin in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'', at the beginning of the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' sequel series.
** And, at the end of the second season, [[spoiler:the Highbreed]].
** Then [[spoiler: Charmcaster]] in ''Ultimate Alien'' [[spoiler: though it became a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, ending with her somewhere between AntiHero and AntiVillain.]]
* Kronk, the PunchClockVillain in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' switches sides after his boss Yzma's irate YouHaveFailedMe speech culminates with an attack on his beloved spinach-puff recipe.
** Same in the final episode in the [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool series]].
* Rogue in ''WesternAnimation/{{X-Men Evolution}}''. The episode where she does this is one long [[Awesome/{{X-Men Evolution}} Crowning Moment Of Awesome]] for her.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', this trope is at the soul of the CharacterDevelopment of Cyril Sneer who gradually evolves from a CorruptCorporateExecutive to a more sympathetic character.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Hack n Slash]] are a prominent example, [[spoiler:joining the protagonists after Megabyte gets them destroyed and Phong rebuilds them, and them realizing that they missed having [[TheHero Bob]] around to stop them before they actually did anything ''really'' bad]]. Hexadecimal also undergoes profound change in the latter seasons.
** Wouldn't you switch sides if your enemy put you back together after your boss sent you to the front lines to get destroyed by ''his sister'' simply to get rid of you?
* In ''WesternAnimation/LibertysKids'' Sarah went from a fierce Loyalist to an American Patriot after seeing firsthand what the Americans went through in their fight for liberty.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'': Mark Chang goes from fighting Timmy every time they meet to relying on him to hide him on Earth to avoid his ArrangedMarriage.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Sideshow Bob ''almost'' got one in the episode "[[ActorAllusion Brother From Another Series]]", but he was mistakenly arrested by Chief Wiggum.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'', an evil doctor and his pet kitten steal Johnny's blanket and after hearing Johnny's speech on what the blanky meant to him, the kitten makes a Heel Face Turn and attacks the doctor.
* Subverted with Sergeant Hatred from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''. He switched sides, going from an antagonist to a protagonist. However Venture Industries is just as immoral as the Guild, it's just the Guild admits and embraces this, whereas Dr. Venture doesn't even realize this. (Though at least he's trying to quit being a pedophile.)
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{He-Man and the Masters of the Universe}}'' episode "Damar the Demon" is notable in that He-Man gets an ''EldritchAbomination'' to do a Heel Face Turn by convincing him he has free will. Dude, Damar scores pretty near the ''bottom'' on the [[SortingAlgorithmOfFaceHeelTurning Sorting Algorithm Of Heel Face Turning]]. He-Man is danged ''good'' at [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath talking monsters to death]].
* Mildew Wolf was originally the scheming antagonist of the "It's The Wolf!" segments of ''{{Hanna-Barbera}}'''s "The Cattanooga Cats", and was constantly trying to trick the protagonist, Lambsy, into becoming his next meal. He was later recast, in the Hanna-Barbera [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover ensemble show]] ''{{Laff-a-Lympics}}'', as a friendly (albeit cynical) sports commentator, with a strong dislike for the Really Rottens' underhanded shenanigans.
* [[TheChessmaster David Xanatos]], [[DarkActionGirl Fox]], and [[BecomingTheMask Dingo]] (though we don't see the latter anymore after his Heel Face Turn- until the comics came out anyway.) from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''.
* The Bee Keeper from ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' pulls a rather reasonable one after Johnny, Susan and Mary find a way to get children to appreciate his natural honey candies by having him distribute them free once a year on a new holiday -- they had been spending the entire episode trying to establish a new "Free Candy" holiday and continually failing due to various obstacles; ones the Bee Keeper pointed out wouldn't apply to him and his candies once he discovered their plans. Since he gets what he wanted from the beginning and the protagonists helped him do it, he's content to give up villainy.
** [[AnIcePerson The Brain Freezer]] pulls a reasonable one as well after Johnny, Dukey, Susan, and Mary help him with his looks (and other issues) long enough for him to make the ice coffee cafe he's always wanted. He doesn't ''exactly'' become a good guy, but instead a ChaoticNeutral that competes with Johnny rather than be a direct antagonist in later episodes.
* Mr. Trudge in the 1980's ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' episode "Creeping Unknown" after the Quests discover the plant monster's weakness ([[spoiler:it's sunlight, for some reason]]). He was only being forced to help the monster, anyway. Or so he ''claimed''.
* Rose in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong''.
* The entire dingo family in ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'' at the start of season 2. Shifty Dingo pulls a big one in the Mother's Day episode where he helps reunite Nutsy with her long lost father.
* Rubberband Man in ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock''. Near the end of the series, when [[spoiler: a cure to the mutagen gas has been made]], so do [[spoiler: Aqua Maria]] and [[spoiler: Talon]].
* In ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}} Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy]]'', Bluto is jarringly OutOfCharacter. He doesn't have a single mean bone in his body, he's best friends with Popeye, and when a hypnotized Olive makes advances towards him he adamantly turns her down.
* Early in ''{{Ninjago}}'', Lloyd Garmadon, the son of malicious Lord Garmadon, tries his best to be a villain, but in hindsight, he's just a mischief-making little kid. After many mishaps and his worst mistake of all, releasing Pythor, Sensei Wu decides to put Lloyd back on track by treating him as if he were his own son. Lloyd drops the "bad guy" routine in a heartbeat, but still remains a troublesome prankster.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' Binky Barnes started off as a bully, but later became a friend. To a lesser extent, Prunella also fits.
* Riven in ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' decided to side with the Trix after one too many arguments with the Winx and his fellow Specialists. He joins the heroes when the Trix reveal they were just using him.
** The [[spoiler:Earth fairies]] stop trying to destroy humanity when the Winx show them that not all humans are bad and convince their queen Morgana to drop their crusade.
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* Brilliantly subverted in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Prince Zuko is given tons of reasons to change sides in the second season finale, including the "encounter with TheMessiah," Katara, after being put through hell all season:... and then doesn't. [[WhamEpisode Wham!]] [[spoiler:The results of that decision prompt him into a genuine Heel Face Turn half a season later in "Day of the Black Sun," and Zuko being Zuko, he takes the time for CallingTheOldManOut before he leaves. So a DoubleSubversion, all in all.]]
** [[spoiler:Mai and Ty Lee]] follow suit in "Boiling Rock". [[spoiler:Mai]]'s especially was epic, showing up like a [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]] and pulling off a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, while [[spoiler:Ty Lee]]'s just came straight from behind a tree (though [[spoiler:disabling Azula]] is still awesome).
** In a minor case, by the time that GondorCallsForAid, The Boulder and The Hippo had decided to quit working for Xin Fu and join the army. What weird is it's a HeelFaceTurn from two heels that ''played'' faces in their world's equivalent of ProfessionalWrestling.
** One of the earliest examples in the series is the forest spirit [[PandaingToTheAudience Hei Bai]]. He began rampaging through a village after his forest was destroyed, but Aang reassured him that it would grow back. After that, Hei Bai was a valuable ally to Aang.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' has Terra in Season Two (her [[Comicbook/TeenTitans comics counterpart]] had no such turn), but this is after a time as TheMole and then a FaceHeelTurn, helping Slade achieve near victory. She's the one who ends up killing Slade, but ends up performing a HeroicSacrifice proving that RedemptionEqualsDeath (or Redemption Equals [[TakenForGranite Turning To Stone]]...it is a children/family show, after all). Jinx also performs a Heel Face Turn towards the end of season five, thanks to being thrown into a DatingCatwoman-ish scenario with Kid Flash (and the fact that [[BrokenPedestal her villainous idol treated her like crap]]; Madame Rouge [[NiceJobFixingItVillain lives to regret that decision]]).
* Elyon Brown in ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'', again following a FaceHeelTurn. A number of minor villains in the second season do one as well after realizing that [[BrokenPedestal Phobos isn't as noble as they thought he was.]]
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}: WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' has a number of examples. Dinobot and Silverbolt spent relatively little screen time as heels, but Dinobot was a pretty [[UnusualEuphemism slagging]] well-done heel. More literal examples are: In the third season, Blackarachnia, and, near the end of the series finale, Dinobot's Transmetal 2 clone.
** In ''Anime/TransformersArmada'', Starscream (who seemed to be more based on Dinobot than the original Starscream) switched sides to the Autobots once Megatron got fed up with him being TheStarscream. While Starscream originally only joined to stick it to Megatron, he hit it off with the kids and slowly became more accepted. Later, he would turn evil again and [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor flop around]] to every "side" imaginable on the show. Eventually, he decided the threat of Unicron necessitated all of the Transformers uniting together and [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed]] himself to make Megatron realize that. He was recognized as a hero for his [[RedemptionEqualsDeath dying actions]].
** [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 G1]] has Jetfire/Skyfire (comics and cartoon, respectively).
* Tohru and Viper in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''. Tohru's reason for changing sides is hilarious: Section 13 serves free donuts on Thursdays.
** Not quite; he says that, but it's the [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal abuse that his boss gives him for his failures]], along with the injuries he sustains from Shendu, that ultimately [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere propels him to change sides]]. When he says "I hear Section 13 serves donuts on Thursdays," the implied meaning is that he's betting GoodFeelsGood.
** Finn, Ratso, Chow, and Hak Foo in the GrandFinale.
* Kevin Levin in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'', at the beginning of the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' sequel series.
** And, at the end of the second season, [[spoiler:the Highbreed]].
** Then [[spoiler: Charmcaster]] in ''Ultimate Alien'' [[spoiler: though it became a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, ending with her somewhere between AntiHero and AntiVillain.]]
* Kronk, the PunchClockVillain in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' switches sides after his boss Yzma's irate YouHaveFailedMe speech culminates with an attack on his beloved spinach-puff recipe.
** Same in the final episode in the [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool series]].
* Rogue in ''WesternAnimation/{{X-Men Evolution}}''. The episode where she does this is one long [[Awesome/{{X-Men Evolution}} Crowning Moment Of Awesome]] for her.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', this trope is at the soul of the CharacterDevelopment of Cyril Sneer who gradually evolves from a CorruptCorporateExecutive to a more sympathetic character.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Hack n Slash]] are a prominent example, [[spoiler:joining the protagonists after Megabyte gets them destroyed and Phong rebuilds them, and them realizing that they missed having [[TheHero Bob]] around to stop them before they actually did anything ''really'' bad]]. Hexadecimal also undergoes profound change in the latter seasons.
** Wouldn't you switch sides if your enemy put you back together after your boss sent you to the front lines to get destroyed by ''his sister'' simply to get rid of you?
* In ''WesternAnimation/LibertysKids'' Sarah went from a fierce Loyalist to an American Patriot after seeing firsthand what the Americans went through in their fight for liberty.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'': Mark Chang goes from fighting Timmy every time they meet to relying on him to hide him on Earth to avoid his ArrangedMarriage.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Sideshow Bob ''almost'' got one in the episode "[[ActorAllusion Brother From Another Series]]", but he was mistakenly arrested by Chief Wiggum.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'', an evil doctor and his pet kitten steal Johnny's blanket and after hearing Johnny's speech on what the blanky meant to him, the kitten makes a Heel Face Turn and attacks the doctor.
* Subverted with Sergeant Hatred from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''. He switched sides, going from an antagonist to a protagonist. However Venture Industries is just as immoral as the Guild, it's just the Guild admits and embraces this, whereas Dr. Venture doesn't even realize this. (Though at least he's trying to quit being a pedophile.)
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{He-Man and the Masters of the Universe}}'' episode "Damar the Demon" is notable in that He-Man gets an ''EldritchAbomination'' to do a Heel Face Turn by convincing him he has free will. Dude, Damar scores pretty near the ''bottom'' on the [[SortingAlgorithmOfFaceHeelTurning Sorting Algorithm Of Heel Face Turning]]. He-Man is danged ''good'' at [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath talking monsters to death]].
* Mildew Wolf was originally the scheming antagonist of the "It's The Wolf!" segments of ''{{Hanna-Barbera}}'''s "The Cattanooga Cats", and was constantly trying to trick the protagonist, Lambsy, into becoming his next meal. He was later recast, in the Hanna-Barbera [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover ensemble show]] ''{{Laff-a-Lympics}}'', as a friendly (albeit cynical) sports commentator, with a strong dislike for the Really Rottens' underhanded shenanigans.
* [[TheChessmaster David Xanatos]], [[DarkActionGirl Fox]], and [[BecomingTheMask Dingo]] (though we don't see the latter anymore after his Heel Face Turn- until the comics came out anyway.) from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''.
* The Bee Keeper from ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' pulls a rather reasonable one after Johnny, Susan and Mary find a way to get children to appreciate his natural honey candies by having him distribute them free once a year on a new holiday -- they had been spending the entire episode trying to establish a new "Free Candy" holiday and continually failing due to various obstacles; ones the Bee Keeper pointed out wouldn't apply to him and his candies once he discovered their plans. Since he gets what he wanted from the beginning and the protagonists helped him do it, he's content to give up villainy.
** [[AnIcePerson The Brain Freezer]] pulls a reasonable one as well after Johnny, Dukey, Susan, and Mary help him with his looks (and other issues) long enough for him to make the ice coffee cafe he's always wanted. He doesn't ''exactly'' become a good guy, but instead a ChaoticNeutral that competes with Johnny rather than be a direct antagonist in later episodes.
* Mr. Trudge in the 1980's ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' episode "Creeping Unknown" after the Quests discover the plant monster's weakness ([[spoiler:it's sunlight, for some reason]]). He was only being forced to help the monster, anyway. Or so he ''claimed''.
* Rose in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong''.
* The entire dingo family in ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'' at the start of season 2. Shifty Dingo pulls a big one in the Mother's Day episode where he helps reunite Nutsy with her long lost father.
* Rubberband Man in ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock''. Near the end of the series, when [[spoiler: a cure to the mutagen gas has been made]], so do [[spoiler: Aqua Maria]] and [[spoiler: Talon]].
* In ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}} Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy]]'', Bluto is jarringly OutOfCharacter. He doesn't have a single mean bone in his body, he's best friends with Popeye, and when a hypnotized Olive makes advances towards him he adamantly turns her down.
* Early in ''{{Ninjago}}'', Lloyd Garmadon, the son of malicious Lord Garmadon, tries his best to be a villain, but in hindsight, he's just a mischief-making little kid. After many mishaps and his worst mistake of all, releasing Pythor, Sensei Wu decides to put Lloyd back on track by treating him as if he were his own son. Lloyd drops the "bad guy" routine in a heartbeat, but still remains a troublesome prankster.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' Binky Barnes started off as a bully, but later became a friend. To a lesser extent, Prunella also fits.
* Riven in ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' decided to side with the Trix after one too many arguments with the Winx and his fellow Specialists. He joins the heroes when the Trix reveal they were just using him.
** The [[spoiler:Earth fairies]] stop trying to destroy humanity when the Winx show them that not all humans are bad and convince their queen Morgana to drop their crusade.
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