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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': The series has this with Korra. Korra is often portrayed as stubborn and even a bit selfish. In a heartwarming gesture, she shows that she can be selfless by allowing Mako, who she is in love with, to be with his then-girlfriend Asami. Korra even goes so far as to befriend Asami and tell Mako to go to her when she needs him. Then, in a twist by itself, Mako admits to having strong feelings for Korra as well and knows how much it hurts her to see him with Asami. Finally, Korra and Mako break up because of their conflicting personalities and that they are better as friends, leading to [[spoiler:Korra and Asami ending up dating each other at the end of the series. And one of the things that helped them bound was the fact that they both dated the same guy.]] And to twist it even further, by the series finale, Mako himself may have grown to feel this about [[spoiler:Korra and Asami's relationship. [[WordOfGod The writers have stated that they think Mako will always carry a bit of a torch for Korra]], and a fairly popular AlternateCharacterInterpretation is that Mako telling Korra that he's got her back, and he always will, was him saying that he understood and supported her and Asami's developing relationship. If you subscribe to that interpretation, his last scene in the series becomes this trope.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Near the end of the episode where a woman replaces Krusty. They're about to get married when Bart shows her a compilation of clips showing how he used to treat his previous wives. She is unbothered by this, however, Krusty realises he'd only hurt her and leaves the altar.
-->'''Krusty:''' You're the only woman I love enough to abandon at the altar.
** PlayedWith in "Colonel Homer:" although Lurleen certainly wanted to go through having an affair with Homer, when he rejects her, Lurleen sings a sad song that ends "''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WKPHbELdQM I hope that Marge knows just how lucky she is]].''"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
** In "Bender's Big Score", Fry acts at first to disrupt Leela and Lars' budding relationship, because he is desperately in love with Leela himself. He eventually learns the trope lesson to a T and goes so far as to reunite the two even after they've broken up on their own. Complicated because [[spoiler: it turns out that Lars ''is'' Fry, a duplicate created by time travel that lived in the past for twelve years before learning the lesson, having his hair burned, voice changed and freezing himself again]].
** Ironically, Lars himself does this. [[spoiler:Upon learning that as a duplicate created from time travel he was inevitably doomed to die soon, he calls off the wedding because he wished to spare Leela the pain of her husband dying. "Lars" also does this back in the past and the narwhal he bonded with, which is what helps him realize and grow as a person enough to start this whole chain of wanting his beloved to be happy.]]
** In the episode "Bendless Love", Bender dates fellow bending unit Angline long enough to drive her back into the arms of her ex-husband Flexo. After Flexo gets pinned under an unbendable girder, Bender bends it off of him so they can be happy together.
** ''Zoidberg'' of all people finds true love in a kind, beautiful florist named Marianne, who not only loves everything about Zoidberg but can't be put off by his horrid stench since she lacks the ability to smell. However, she wants to be able to smell her flowers more than anything else in the world and Zoidberg ends up deciding to give her a nose transplant so she can be happy, despite knowing the second she catches a whiff of him she'll head for the hills. [[spoiler:It's ultimately subverted in that she ends up [[NightmareFetishist hating the scent of flowers and loving Zoidberg's stench]] and Zoidberg ''finally'' [[EarnYourHappyEnding earns his happy ending]] after an entire series of being TheChewToy, but he never-the-less was ''willing'' to lose her so she could be happy.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episode "Things Change", Beast Boy encounters a Schoolgirl bearing a striking resemblance to his once petrified former girlfriend Terra. Eager to resume the relationship, he is met with considerable resistance on the part of the Schoolgirl when she repeatedly explains to Beast Boy that she does not wish to be associated with Terra, or Terra's bad deeds. Ultimately, Beast Boy realizes the strain he has put The Schoolgirl through when she explains that, though he may enjoy being a Titan, ''she'' [[IJustWantToBeNormal just wants to be normal]], and he leaves the Schoolgirl to enjoy a normal life, and attend to his responsibilities.
** A variant happens in the ''ComicBook/TeenTitansGo'' comics continuing the series when Terra's brother Geoforce shows up looking for her. Beast Boy tells him about the Schoolgirl and he goes to look at her from afar, [[spoiler:recognizing her as Terra,]] he is amazed that she looks happier now than she ever did in her life. He leaves without speaking to her, but she notices him out of the corner of her eye and seems happy to see him.

* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'':
** [=AndrAIa=] couldn't leave her game world with the boy she fell for (that would be Enzo, in case you can't tell), so she created a copy of herself and hid her on him in icon form, making this a rare example of a character conceding their beloved to ''their self''.
** Hexadecimal does this too in season 4. She is the only one that can stop Daemon's infection from destroying the entire Net but only goes through with it because destroying the Net means destroying Bob. She even tells Dot to take care of Bob right before performing her HeroicSacrifice.
--> '''Bob:''' Hex, you won't survive this. It's a one-way trip. Total fragmentation.
--> '''Hexadecimal:''' But ''you'' will survive.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
** [[DoggedNiceGuy Cody]]. He liked Gwen but didn't know that Gwen was clearly the OfficialCouple with his friend Trent. Once he figured it out, though, he decided to help set them up together. This is averted in Season 3. By this point, Gwen and Trent have broken up, and Cody makes it clear that he's hoping she'll give him another chance. However, he's once again oblivious to the fact that she likes somebody else--Duncan, a friend of hers who's TroubledButCute at best and a JerkAss at worst, and already involved with someone else. When the two secretly kiss in the bathroom and later get found out, Cody's reaction is to punch Duncan in the face and continue flirting with Gwen.
** In ''Pahkitew Island,'' [[AllLovingHero Ella]] gets her heart broken when she finds out that [[ObliviousToLove Dave]] likes [[PassionateSportsGirl Sky]] instead of her. When Sky asks her what's wrong Ella tells her about Dave's feelings without any hint of bitterness.

* There's a direct-to-DVD movie called ''WesternAnimation/PollyWorld'', which is based on the ''Toys/PollyPocket'' toyline. When Polly and her friends find out that Polly's[[note]]almost[[/note]] future stepmother was trying to trick Polly's father into having her sent to a boarding school, they catch the whole confession on camera and save it to a DVD. However, Polly invokes this trope be deciding not to show the DVD to her father, even though it would mean that she wouldn't have to leave her friends. She decides that it wouldn't be fair to get in the way of her father's happiness. Moreover, she drives this point home by destroying the DVD. [[spoiler:Luckily, her father finds out anyway, and everything turns out right in the end.]]
* ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers Galaxy Rangers]]'' has a heart-breaking one. Shane [[CannotSpitItOut couldn't admit his feelings to his fellow Supertrooper, Darkstar]]. She ends up running off with {{Jerkass}} Stingray and becoming a wanted criminal while he was spared a de facto execution by becoming a HunterOfHisOwnKind. A couple of years later, Darkstar and Stingray are hired thugs for a corrupt CattleBaron, and Shane is sent to take them down. Shane tries to rebuild things with Darkstar, but Darkstar makes it very clear that she's staying with Stingray. Shane and Stingray have a classic ShowdownAtHighNoon (we ARE talking about a SpaceWestern). Shane defeats Stingray...only to turn and walk away, sparing them both. Darkstar is holding her lover and sobbing, unable to understand why Shane isn't arresting them. Lucy Martin and Doug Pries managed to act the hell out of it.
--> '''Darkstar:''' Goose! Why are you letting us go? I don't understand...\\
'''Shane:''' I know, Darkstar. I know you don't. Take care of yourself, Darkstar. Take real good care of yourself... and take care of him, too...
* Mocked at the very end of season 4 of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''. When The Outrider tells Dean "you should be happy as long as she's happy", he curses him back with a PrecisionFStrike.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'': Lion-O has just found out that his crush Cheetarah prefers his older brother Tygra over him. He actually takes it amazingly well, publicly encouraging their relationship. In private, however, he calls Cheetarah out on her flirtatious methods of supporting and encouraging him, which led to the misunderstanding in the first place. He ''does'' want them both to be happy, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's happy ''about'' it.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': For the longest time, Spike has been close to Rarity; when she was attempting to win the heart of Trenderhoof, he decides to help her.
-->'''Rarity:''' Oh, Spike, how could you ever know what it's like to be totally obsessed with a pony only to find out they're obsessed with somepony else?\\
'''Spike:''' ''[[[AsideGlance aside glance]]]''
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': Deconstructed and defied in season two. [[spoiler: Star has feelings for Marco, but she doesn't realize it until he's already in a relationship with Jackie-Lynn Thomas, [[MatchmakerCrush whom she was trying to set up with him]] for much of the school year. Star ''tries'' to invoke this trope, but finds that she has a hard time doing so. Her unintentional jealousy and bottling of her emotions cause her magic to go berserk in a number of episodes throughout that season.]]
** Played straight in season three. [[spoiler:Jackie breaks up with Marco because she knows he's unhappy with life on Earth after spending so much time on Mewni, and implicitly because she knows he'd be happier with Star. Later, when Marco realizes that he has a crush on Star, he holds off on telling her because she had already moved on by that point to start dating Tom, a friend he cares too much about to hurt.]]
* In the ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' ValentinesDayEpisode ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePoohAValentineForYou'', Pooh prepares to give Christopher Robin the Smitten which could bite him and remove his potential lovesickness, but upon seeing how happy he is to have his new friend, he ultimately decides against it.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' gives us a platonic example with Eda, who doesn't seem very fond of former mean-girl Amity. That said, she's nothing but supportive to her apprentice/foster daughter's crush on the girl and is happy to encourage her if that's what she wants.

* ''Disney/TheOwlHouse'' gives us a platonic example with Eda, who doesn't seem very fond of former mean-girl Amity. That said, she's nothing but supportive to her apprentice/foster daughter's crush on the girl and is happy to encourage her if that's what she wants.

Contrast MurderTheHypotenuse, GreenEyedMonster, and LoveMakesYouEvil. Compare/contrast LovedINotHonorMore. Diametric opposite to IfICantHaveYou.

* There's a direct-to-DVD movie called "Pollyworld", which is based on the ''Toys/PollyPocket'' toyline. When Polly and her friends find out that Polly's[[note]]almost[[/note]] future stepmother was trying to trick Polly's father into having her sent to a boarding school, they catch the whole confession on camera and save it to a DVD. However, Polly invokes this trope be deciding not to show the DVD to her father, even though it would mean that she wouldn't have to leave her friends. She decides that it wouldn't be fair to get in the way of her father's happiness. Moreover, she drives this point home by destroying the DVD. [[spoiler:Luckily, her father finds out anyway, and everything turns out right in the end.]]

** "Arnold's Christmas" has her perform an ActOfTrueLove, giving up her much-desired boots (that her NeglectfulParents actually got for her) to enable his gift to Mr. Hyunh while never claiming credit for it.
** "Beaned" is the classic version of this trope, as Helga, through FakingAmnesia, was able to monopolize Arnold's attention. After eavesdropping and learning how much of his personal life he was having to forfeit in doing so, though...

* In "Sweetheart Roland" by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, a shepherd picks a flower [[VoluntaryShapeshifting who's actually the protagonist]]. He proposes to her when she becomes human again, but she's still in love with the titular Roland; nevertheless, the shepherd continues to let her live with him until she eventually wins Roland back.

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* Interpretations vary, but Søren Kierkegaard basically did this to his fiancée Regine when he abandoned her. He went as far as to destroy his own public reputation so that people would think that she had broken up with him, that he was the problem. In the time they lived in, a man breaking off an engagement with a woman reflected really badly on the woman, and could ruin her reputation for years. Kierkegaard didn't want to see this happen to Regine. The emotional fallout became the backdrop for his writings about philosophy and religion.

* Many tellings of the legend of Myth/KingArthur have him tolerate the love affair between his wife Guinevere and champion knight Lancelot because he loves them ''both'' too much to see them suffer.
** Likewise, Guinevere refuses to run off with Lancelot despite her love for him because she still loves Arthur too.

* In ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoishinasai'', Hideo's maid [[NinjaMaid Azumi]] does her best to help him with his love for Kazuko. [[spoiler:Also happens in [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Azumi's route]], when Yamato helps Azumi confess to Hideo.]]

* Many tellings of the legend of KingArthur have him tolerate the love affair between his wife Guinevere and champion knight Lancelot because he loves them ''both'' too much to see them suffer.
** Likewise, Guinevere refuses to run off with Lancelot because she still loves Arthur.

** This is the central plot of the webcomic ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace''. At one point, Arthur ''had'' banished Guenevere and Lancelot in the Space and Fairytale arcs, but at least partly because he thought they'd be happier without him. He was wrong.

** [[DoggedNiceGuy Cody]]. He liked Gwen but didn't know that Gwen was clearly the OfficialCouple with his friend Trent. Once he figured it out, though, he decided to help set them up together. This is averted in Season 3. By this point, Gwen and Trent have broken up, and Cody makes it clear that he's hoping she'll give him another chance. However, he's once again oblivious to the fact that she likes somebody else--Duncan, a friend of hers who's TroubledButCute at best and a JerkAss at worst, and already involved with someone else. When the two [[YourCheatingHeart secretly kiss in the bathroom]] and later get found out, Cody's reaction is to punch Duncan in the face and continue flirting with Gwen.

** Marinette initially dislikes Kagami because she and Adrien get along well, and she also has feelings for him. But later on, Marinette realises she doesn't have any other friends and becomes friends with her, and though she's still jealous of how close they are when the three of them spend time together, she eventually decides to let them be.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' episode "The Bubbler", Marinette knits Adrien a scarf for his birthday. However, at the end of the episode, Natalie (The personal assistant to Adrien's father) takes Marinette's name off the tag and claims it came from Mr. Agreste, to cover up that she neglected to get a gift in Gabriel's stead. Rather than reveal that the scarf came from her, Marinette sees how happy Adrien is thinking that the scarf was from his father and stays silent.

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* A dark version in "Literature/TheLittleMermaid." The title character, now a [[TongueTrauma tongueless]] human, needs to marry the prince in order to gain an immortal soul; if he goes through with his PerfectlyArrangedMarriage to another girl, the mermaid will dissolve into sea-form [[CessationOfExistence and get no afterlife]]. She's given an out: if she ''kills'' the prince with a magic dagger and puts his blood on her legs, she'll turn back into a mermaid and at least retain her natural 300-year lifespan. She can't go through with it, [[spoiler:[[BittersweetEnding dies, but gets an afterlife in reward for her sacrifice]]]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' episode "Bubble Boy", Marinette knits Adrien a scarf for his birthday. However, at the end of the episode, Natalie (The personal assistant to Adrien's father) takes Marinette's name off the tag and claims it came from Mr. Agreste, to cover up that she neglected to get a gift in Gabriel's stead. Rather than reveal that the scarf came from her, Marinette sees how happy Adrien is thinking that the scarf was from his father and stays silent.

* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', this is the reason why [[spoiler:Misha helps Hisao get together with Shizune in the latter's route. The big twist here is that her beloved is not Hisao but [[SchoolgirlLesbians Shizune]]. Eventually however, especially after the first time Hisao and Shizune have sex, her feelings start to come to the surface and put a strain on ''everyone's'' realtionships with each other.]]

* Every route in ''VisualNovel/PrincessWaltz'' ends with this. [[spoiler: in the first half of the game, Chris sacrifices herself for Arata. And in the second half of the game, Arata and whichever partner you choose fall in love, but that girl ultimately steps out of the way so he can be with Chris after she is saved.]]

* In ''VisualNovel/IkemenSengoku'', every romance route has a guy who is ''not'' that route's love interest develop one-sided feelings for the female main character. Fortunately, in almost all cases, that guy is content to step aside and let the main character be happily together with the man she loves, including even normally manipulative/villainous guys like Mitsuhide and Kennyo.
* Toma admits in the ''VisualNovel/AmnesiaMemories'' fandisc ''Amnesia LATER'' how far he was willing to go to keep the heroine happy. And he even calls back to how he was willing to return her to Ikki in ''Memories'', when he thought the two of them were dating. Fortunately, since both have realized they love each other, Toma and the heroine are happily dating.

* In ''Literature/{{Twig}}'', Sylvester and Mary have great chemistry and care a lot for one another, but Sylvester acts deliberately ObliviousToLove, because he knows that Mary also likes Gordon, a MixAndMatchMan who is steadily deteriorating, and neither of them want Gordon to die before Mary can tell him. Later, Sylvester and Lillian, who have entered a mutually affectionate relationship, decide to break up for the sake of Lillian's career ambitions-as Sylvester is a TykeBomb LivingWeapon, Lillian having a romantic attachment to him doesn't go over well with her superiors and both of them value her ambitions over their happiness.
* In the ''Podcast/ThrillingAdventureHour'' episode "Art Imitates Life," an ex of Sadie Doyle's uses the wish of a genie to remove her husband Frank from existence, in the hopes of freeing her up to be with him. He failed include that second part in the wish, resulting in Sadie becoming an art thief alongside a man named Basil. When Basil learns about Frank and that Sadie had ''married'' him, where she'd kept their engagement ongoing for years, he immediately pickpockets the lamp and undoes the wish so Sadie can be with the man she truly loves.

** Near the end of the episode where a woman replaces Krusty. They're about to get married, when Bart shows her a compilation of clips showing how he used to treat his previous wives. She is unbothered by this, however Krusty realises he'd only hurt her and leaves the altar.

** In "Bender's Big Score", Fry acts at first to disrupt Leela and Lars' budding relationship, because he is desperately in love with Leela himself. He eventually learns the trope lesson to a T, and goes so far as to reunite the two even after they've broken up on their own. Complicated because [[spoiler: it turns out that Lars ''is'' Fry, a duplicate created by time travel that lived in the past for twelve years before learning the lesson, having his hair burned, voice changed and freezing himself again]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'', the Huntsclan has finally gathered together the artifacts they needed and in the configuration required for the Huntsmaster to wish away all magical creatures. [[spoiler: Rose promptly interrupts him and instead wishes away all of the Huntsclan members in lieu of the magical creatures, in her ultimate act of betrayal. Jake obviously doesn't want Rose to be annihilated with the rest of them, so he takes over and wishes that Rose was never a part of the Huntsclan to begin with. Not only does Rose live, she gets to live a normal life with a loving family. While they meet again briefly, she moves to Hong Kong. Jake just smiles as she hugs her parents near the taxi and wishes a Happy Homecoming. The series finale has her re-remembering her former life when she sees the photo of her and Jake at a school dance.]]

** A variant happens in the ''ComicBook/TeenTitansGo'' comics continuing the series, when Terra's brother Geoforce shows up looking for her. Beast Boy tells him about the Schoolgirl and he goes to look at her from afar, [[spoiler:recognizing her as Terra,]] he is amazed that she looks happier now than she ever did in her life. He leaves without speaking to her, but she notices him out of the corner of her eye and seems happy to see him.
* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] and ultimately [[DefiedTrope defied]] in "WesternAnimation/DonaldsDilemma". In it, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck gets hit on the head with a flower pot and becomes a successful singer -- but as consequence he gains amnesia and forgets everything about his past life, including his girlfriend Daisy Duck. When Daisy consults a psychiatrist about what to do, he gives her two options:
-->'''Psychiatrist:''' Do you want the world to have him and his beautiful golden voice... or do you want him back again for yourself? It's either the world, or you.\\

** Hexadecimal does this too in season 4. She is the only one that can stop Daemon's infection from destoying the entire Net, but only goes through with it because destroying the Net means destroying Bob. She even tells Dot to take care of Bob right before performing her HeroicSacrifice.

** [[DoggedNiceGuy Cody]]. He liked Gwen, but didn't know that Gwen was clearly the OfficialCouple with his friend Trent. Once he figured it out, though, he decided to help set them up together. This is averted in Season 3. By this point Gwen and Trent have broken up, and Cody makes it clear that he's hoping she'll give him another chance. However, he's once again oblivious to the fact that she likes somebody else--Duncan, a friend of hers who's TroubledButCute at best and a JerkAss at worst, and already involved with someone else. When the two [[YourCheatingHeart secretly kiss in the bathroom]] and later get found out, Cody's reaction is to punch Duncan in the face and continue flirting with Gwen.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers Galaxy Rangers]]'' has a heart-breaking one. Shane [[CannotSpitItOut couldn't admit his feelings to his fellow Supertrooper, Darkstar]]. She ends up running off with {{Jerkass}} Stingray and becoming a wanted criminal while he was spared a de facto execution by becoming a HunterOfHisOwnKind. A couple years later, Darkstar and Stingray are hired thugs for a corrupt CattleBaron, and Shane is sent to take them down. Shane tries to rebuild things with Darkstar, but Darkstar makes it very clear that she's staying with Stingray. Shane and Stingray have a classic ShowdownAtHighNoon (we ARE talking about a SpaceWestern). Shane defeats Stingray...only to turn and walk away, sparing them both. Darkstar is holding her lover and sobbing, unable to understand why Shane isn't arresting them. Lucy Martin and Doug Pries managed to act the hell out of it.

** In ''[[TheMovie So The Drama]]'', Ron Stoppable becomes increasingly jealous of Kim's new crush, [[RomanticFalseLead Eric]], leading him to the realization that he was in love with her, and had been [[ChildhoodFriendRomance for some time]]. On the night of the junior prom he decides to tell Kim how he really feels before realizing that if she did not feel the same way and wanted Eric instead, it [[IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship could potentially ruin their friendship]]. Later on, he is visiting Bueno Nacho, apparently having decided not to go through with telling Kim, leaving her to attend the prom with Eric and him feeling sorry for himself. However, whilst there, he uncovers Dr. Drakken's latest scheme, leading to the revelation that Eric is a [[ArtificialHuman synthodrone]], designed for the sole purpose of luring Kim into a trap and thus giving Ron his chance to confess to Kim. She returns his affections, and marks the RelationshipUpgrade between the two.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'': Lion-O has just found out that his crush Cheetarah prefers his older brother Tygra over him. He actually takes it amazingly well, publicly encouraging their relationship. In private however he calls Cheetarah out on her flirtatious methods of supporting and encouraging him, which led to the misunderstanding in the first place. He ''does'' want them both to be happy, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's happy ''about'' it.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': Deconstructed and defied in season two. [[spoiler: Star has feelings for Marco, but she doesn't realize it until he's already in a relationship with Jackie-Lynn Thomas, [[MatchmakerCrush whom she was trying to set up with him]] for much of the school year. Star ''tries'' to invoke this trope, but finds that she has a hard time doing so. Her unintentional jealousy and bottling of her emotions causes her magic to go berserk in a number of episodes throughout that season.]]
** Played straight in season three. [[spoiler:Jackie breaks up with Marco because she knows he's unhappy with life on Earth after spending so much time on Mewni, and implicitly, because she knows he'd be happier with Star. Later, when Marco realizes that he has a crush on Star, he holds off on telling her because she had already moved on by that point to start dating Tom, a friend he cares too much about to hurt.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Dale's wife Nancy has been having a very obvious affair with John Redcorn for most of the marriage, even bearing a son with him (though Dale is none the wiser). However, after Nancy and Dale rekindle their romance during a double date with the Hills, Nancy breaks off the affair with Redcorn. While Redcorn is not happy at first, Dale helps him reclaim the land that the government took from him and comes to see Dale as a true friend. Redcorn willingly steps aside when Nancy tries to get back with him, since he does not wish to cause the Gribbles any more grief. [[SubvertedTrope At least not until the later seasons when he tries to win Nancy back]].