History Main / HighHeelFaceTurn

* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', [[spoiler:Sae Nijima]], one of the Phantom Thieves' targets, is the only person on whom they do not use HeelFaceBrainwashing. Instead, with the help of the protagonist [[spoiler:and her younger sister Makoto]], she consciously makes the decision to become a better person.

* In the long-running ''Anime/PrettyCure'' franchise, female villains are practically guaranteed to join the heroines and become a Precure or otherwise turn good, even if they were presented as the BigBad beforehand, with only a handful of exceptions.

* Yelena in ''Film/XXx'', though it's later played with as the villain knew the whole time. ([[BondVillainStupidity But didn't do anything about it]].) Of course, it turns out that she was [[spoiler:undercover for the FSB the whole time]].

* Ros Myers was in the inner circle of the Collingwood Cabal from the two-part premiere of ''Series/{{Spooks}}'' series five, alongside her [=MI6=] boss Collingwood, her father Sir Jocelyn (the financier of the group's attempted coup d'etat), and newspaper mogul Paul Millington, who's been skewing his headlines to ensure maximum panic (and by extension, support for the "antiterrorism" measures upon which their planned police state will be built). She's quite appalled after Collingwood decides to pull the trigger on an assassination of the Home Minister and a staged airplane collision over London despite a presumed negotiation with Harry Pearce and his supporters, where he promised a short truce. Ros promptly texts Adam Carter to warn him of the assassination attempt and spends the second part of the premiere passing intel of the Cabal's actions to Section D, before quitting Six and joining MI5 at the end of the episode.

* ''Film/OurManFlint''. After having sex with Derek Flint, Galaxy agent Gila eventually succumbs to his charms and joins him.

-->'''Michelle:''' I'm truly sorry [[spoiler:for your loss]], Eugene. [[spoiler:From what you've told me of Madeline, she was warm and a gentle soul who couldn't be less deserving of the hand that misdealt her]]. But you and I can't be together anymore, [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse and through your behavior, that was a decision you made yourself]]. [[CompleteMonster Only a very sad, deranged, and heartless individual would do what you've done]].

* In ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnderground 2'', Nikki leaves Caleb and the Wraiths after Caleb chastises her for losing to the player one too many times. She ends up helping the player take Caleb down and is seen celebrating with Rachel in the ending cutscene.

* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':

* [[spoiler: Subverted]] in ''The Sleeping Dragon'' by Johnny Nexus. [[spoiler: The only woman in TheConspiracy is the party wizard's ex, who offers to help them once he explains why their FantasticNuke could mean the end of the world. Then it turns out she was just using them to further her own ambitions within the conspiracy ... [[BatmanGambit which is exactly what he was counting on]].]]

** Inverted in ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' when Miranda Frost tries to kill 007 ''after'' they spend the night together.

** Subverted in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice''. Bond is captured by SPECTRE agent Number Eleven, who then frees him, apparently having decided to defect. They spend the night together, Bond quipping "The things I do for England..." as he uses the scalpel she was threatening him with to cut the straps of her evening gown. Next morning, they get into a light aircraft together to fly to safety, but it's a trap and she bails out, leaving Bond restrained in the rear seat while the now-pilotless aircraft dives towards the ground. However, Bond survives, and her actions are enough for Blofeld to decide to feed her to his SharkPool.

* Eve Teschmacher in the 1978 ''Film/{{Superman|1978}}'' movie and Kitty Kowalski in ''Film/SupermanReturns''. Miss Teschmacher's betrayal was really Lex's own fault -- [[BadBoss he's so horrible to both of his henchpeople throughout the movie]] that the only reason Otis didn't betray him too was that he was [[LethallyStupid too stupid to realize just how much Lex hated him]]. The last straw for Miss Teschmacher involved [[EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes siccing a missile on her mother's hometown]]. That [[HeelFaceTurn led her to save Superman's life in exchange for his stopping that missile]] which was headed for Hackensack, NJ.

* Eve Teschmacher in the 1978 ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movie and Kitty Kowalski in ''Film/SupermanReturns''. Miss Teschmacher's betrayal was really Lex's own fault -- [[BadBoss he's so horrible to both of his henchpeople throughout the movie]] that the only reason Otis didn't betray him too was that he was [[LethallyStupid too stupid to realize just how much Lex hated him]]. The last straw for Miss Teschmacher involved [[EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes siccing a missile on her mother's hometown]]. That [[HeelFaceTurn led her to save Superman's life in exchange for his stopping that missile]] which was headed for Hackensack, NJ.

** Missy [[spoiler:winds up being the first, and thus far only, incarnation of the Master to successfully pull a HeelFaceTurn, though she winds up [[RedemptionEqualsDeath shot in the back by her own past self]] for her trouble]].

%%* And in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' too.
%%* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' with Airachnid, breaking the trend of spiderbots doing this.

* In ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' during the four-part OVA series, Bijinder decides to join up with the good guys after seeing how she actually cares about them.

* [[http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/sarahdouglasp2/beastmaster2.html Lyranna]] from ''Film/TheBeastmaster 2''.