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This does not generally happen as often to male villains. If they have children, they are more likely to want them to [[OverlordJr grow up to follow]] [[DaddysLittleVillain in their evil footsteps]]. And even if they don't, since they are fathers they may find it easier to balance their life of crime with their parental responsibilities rather than having to give up completely to raise the kids. This will commonly fall under VillainousParentalInstinct (although that trope applies to men and women).

** Then there's her ''OTHER'' biological son Graydon Creed. The less said about him, the better. The gist being him being a MuggleBornOfMages made him ''worthless'' in her eyes so she [[AbusiveParents absued]] [[CreateYourOwnVillain him]] into the [[FreudianExcuse mutant-hating bigot he's infamously known as]] before OffingTheOffspring.

* Played with, but ultimately averted in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4975814/1/My-Wish-Order-Brother this]] {{Manga/Naruto}} fanfic with [[spoiler: Sakura's]] mother. Yes, she settled down and found a fake-husband so she could raise her daughter safely in peace. Yes, she wants [[spoiler: Sakura]] [[EvilParentsWantGoodKids to be a good little girl who grows up healthy and happy.]] Yes, she gave up a lot of power, as she could no longer continue her habit of [[FemmeFatale seducing and using powerful men]], in order to raise her daughter. That doesn't mean she can't [[MadDoctor continue performing inhumane experiments]] [[PsychoForHire through alliances with several co-conspirators]] or [[HarmlessLadyDisguise use her disguise as a helpless and loving mother]] to [[ManipulativeBastard subtly influence village politics]] without anyone suspecting her. MamaBear she may be, the kid is ''not'' a MoralityPet.

If she ''doesn't'' pull a HeelFaceTurn, but keeps the kid, she is a {{Dark|ActionGirl}} ActionMom; if she still tries to prevent her child from villainy, it's just EvilParentsWantGoodKids.

* On ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice,'' [[CheshireCatGrin Cheshire]] apparently did a HeelFaceTurn during the TimeSkip and [[LoveRedeems married Roy]], only to leave him and return to crime. She later returns and reveals that she's had a daughter, Lian, and wants to help [[CloningBlues Roy]] get his life together so that the three can form a coherent family. And even her return to crime after marrying Roy was planned from the start as temporary, since the only reason for it was so that she could call in all the favors she was owed in the criminal world for a final shot at finding the original Speedy so Roy could get over his CloningBlues and be the father Lian needed.

* The backstory of ''Fanfic/OneDayAtATimeFanfic'' had this happen to [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]]. She fell pregnant with Bruce Wayne's child, one month before he was murdered by the Joker. The pregnancy combined with the loss of her OneTrueLove drove her to finally go straight for good, fencing her remaining goods and leaving Gotham behind under an assumed name. She would spend the next ten years raising the child, Helena Wayne, in anonymity and normalcy until her past caught up to her in the form of Black Mask II, who killed her after she refused to work for him.

** In the first movie, Vernita Green was an example that turned into a HeelFaceDoorSlam. She gave up the assassin life and went straight for the sake of her husband and young daughter, but the Bride doesn't care. After apologies fail to dissuade the Bride from fighting, Vernita offers a duel on equal terms. [[spoiler:However, the offer is only a distraction so she can use a gun that she hid in a cereal box. Unfortunately for her, she misses her surprise shot (it's hard to aim a gun you can't see), and the Bride throws a knife into her chest. She turns to see Vernita's daughter standing there, having been silently watching; the Bridge apologizes that she had to see her mother die, and even though she asserts that Vernita "had it coming," she tells her that [[YouKilledMyFather if, as an adult, she still hates the Bride, she'll "be waiting."]]]]

* Cheshire, a notable villain in ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' was willing to allow her daughter to be raised by the father, Roy Harper, because she thought it would be safer if he raised her. [[spoiler:Thanks to [[DorkAge recent events]] it turns out she was wrong...]]

* Utterly averted in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. BigBad Lucrezia Mongfish is the mother of Agatha, the [[TitleDrop titular]] Girl Genius, and is both a MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter and a MadScientist in her own right. Her apparent HighHeelFaceTurn after marrying Bill Heterodyne is a complete farce - she kickstarts her new career as a SuperVillain by blowing up [[MalevolentArchitecture Castle Heterodyne]], killing her baby son in the process, and plans to download her brain into her daughter so that she can trick the entire continent into accepting her as their ruler. After she succeeds with her GrandTheftMe of Agatha, she wastes no time in copying herself over into multiple other bodies so that she can kill her daughter and get her out of the way. If anything, having children has made her [[UpToEleven even more evil]].

All of a sudden, she just can't [[HeelFaceTurn seek redemption]] quickly enough. Sure, she's killed and looted for years without a shred of pity for her victims -- but now she's going to be a mother, and she just can't stand the idea of her baby thinking ill of her. Or the coming baby forces her to look back on all she's done and realize that she does not want this for her child, and does not want him or her to become like her. And of course, it is possibly simply because it's easier to keep the baby safe and GiveHimANormalLife if she abandons the lifestyle of an evil outlaw.

* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Gotham Gotham]] season 5 has Barbara and Jim have a one night stand. In the flashfoward it's shown she left her criminal ways and dotes on her daughter

* ''Film/{{Titane}}'': Having started the film as a SerialKiller, who kills for no real reason, Alexia is shown getting increasingly emotional for the first time throughout her pregnancy, culminating when she shows genuine fear and love for Vincent as she gives birth.

* ''Film/{{Titane}}'': Having started the film as a SerialKiller, who kills for no real reason, Alexia is shown getting increasingly emotion for the first time throughout her pregnancy, culminating when she shows genuine fear and love for Vincent as she gives birth.

* In the movie ''Film/RosemarysBaby'' [[spoiler: almost the opposite of this happens at the end when Rosemary decides to stay and raise her baby, the anti-christ, with the Satanists. It's not clear whether she will become evil or not though.]]

** The Bride not only made a 180 the moment she discovered she was pregnant, but [[spoiler: the woman trying to kill her suddenly agreed to spare her life. Though the fact that the Bride promised to abandon her mission probably helped; she saw the positive pregnancy test ''right in the middle'' of it.]]

** In the first movie, Vernita Green was an example that turned into a HeelFaceDoorSlam. She ''tried'' to go straight for the sake of her husband and newborn daughter, but the Bride didn't care. After apologies fail to dissuade the Bride (even though she at least listens) Vernita seems to offer a duel on equal terms. [[spoiler:However, the offer is only a distraction so she can use a gun that she hid in a cereal box. Unfortunately for her, she misses her surprise shot (it's hard to aim a gun you can't see), and the Bride was quick enough to throw her knife and kill her before she could try again.]]

-->'''The Bride:''' Before that strip turned blue, I was a woman. I was your woman. I was a killer who killed for you. Before that strip turned blue, I would have jumped a motorcycle onto a speeding train... for you. But once that strip turned blue, I could no longer do any of those things. Not anymore. Because I was going to be a mother. Can you understand that?
-->'''Bill:''' Yes. But why didn't you tell me then instead of now?
-->'''The Bride:''' Because once I would have told you, you'd claim her, and I didn't want that.
-->'''Bill:''' Not your decision to make.
-->'''The Bride:''' Yes, but it was the right decision and I made it for my daughter. She deserved to be born with a clean slate. But with you, she would have been born in a world she shouldn't have. I had to choose... I chose her.

This does not generally happen as often to male villains. If they have children, they are more likely to want them to [[OverlordJr grow up to follow]] [[DaddysLittleVillain in their evil footsteps]]. And even if they don't, since they are fathers they may find it easier to balance their life of crime with their parental responsibilities rather than having to give up completely to raise the kids.

* ''Series/Gotham'' season 5 has Barbara and Jim have a one night stand. In the flashfoward it's shown she left her criminal ways and dotes on her daughter

* Series/Gotham season 5 has Barbara and Jim have a one night stand. In the flashfoward it's shown she left her criminal ways and dotes on her daughter

* Averted like Hell in ''Fanfic/NaturalSelection'' with Ragyo Kiryuin. She only had children so she could further her agenda of helping the Life Fibers consume the world. She only sees them as useful assets and couldn't care less about Satsuki if she ''tried''.

* In the ''Series/BirdsOfPrey'' TV series, we are told that Catwoman gave up her life of crime when Huntress was born.

* The backstory of ''Fanfic/OneDayAtATime'' had this happen to [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]]. She fell pregnant with Bruce Wayne's child, one month before he was murdered by the Joker. The pregnancy combined with the loss of her OneTrueLove drove her to finally go straight for good, fencing her remaining goods and leaving Gotham behind under an assumed name. She would spend the next ten years raising the child, Helena Wayne, in anonymity and normalcy until her past caught up to her in the form of Black Mask II, who killed her after she refused to work for him.