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* He may try to deny it, but in VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony, Kokichi Ouma is responsible for [[spoiler: the deaths of two of his classmates, Miu and Gonta]] and his actions in the fifth chapter are easy to infer a way to atone for what he did. [[spoiler: After he abducts Kaito, he decides to orchestrate an unsolvable murder in order to end the Killing Game and prevent Maki from being executed as the Blackened. He then volunteers ''himself'' as the final victim of the Killing Game, despite the fact that he knows Kaito is already dying and he previously showed nothing but contempt for Maki, as she is the Ultimate Assassin and he despises murder, plus he willingly allows himself to be crushed to death inside an electric press, which he likely wouldn't have agreed to if Miu and Gonta hadn't both died in such horrible ways because of him.]]

* He may try to deny it, but in VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony, Kokichi Ouma is responsible for [[spoiler: the deaths of two of his classmates, Miu and Gonta]] and his actions in the fifth chapter are easy to infer a way to atone for what he did. [[spoiler: After he abducts Kaito, he decides to orchestrate an unsolvable murder in order to end the Killing Game and prevent Maki from being executed as the Blackened. He then volunteers ''himself'' as the final victim of the Killing Game, despite the fact that he knows Kaito is already dying and he previously showed nothing but contempt for Maki, as she is the Ultimate Assassin and he despises murder, plus he willingly allows himself to be crushed to death inside an electric press, which he likely wouldn't have agreed to if Miu and Gonta hadn't both died in such horrible ways because of him.]]
* The protagonist of ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' has two of these moments:
** The first is after he (with Tamara) [[spoiler:starts an avalanche]] on Barbarossa that kills twelve people.
** The second is after realizing that he and Tamara gave up their big secret to Dennis.
* Archer from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' as revealed in UBW route. [[spoiler: He is trying to kill Shirou, himself from past, because he wants to prevent him making a pact with world to protect people, because it'll only make him one who kills some to save many.]]

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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_the_Terrible_and_His_Son_Ivan#/media/File:Iv%C3%A1n_el_Terrible_y_su_hijo,_por_Ili%C3%A1_Repin.jpg "Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan"]] by Ilya Repin depicts Tsar Ivan IV just after he'd fatally struck his son in the head, his eyes wide in horror and regret. Note though that this version of events might be HollywoodHistory, the painting was once even vandalized by a museum patron for being historically inaccurate.

** Harriet in Volume 8 has this reaction when her dogmatic adherence to Ironwood's orders [[spoiler:allows Watts to active Ironwood's bomb over Mantle and prevent them from disarming the bomb]]. She goes FromBadToWorse [[spoiler:when her fellow Ace-Op Vine [[JumpingOnAGrenade sacrifices himself to contain the explosion]].]]

* "Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan" depicts Tsar Ivan IV just after he'd fatally struck his son in the head, his eyes wide in horror and regret. Note though that this version of events might be HollywoodHistory, the painting was once even vandalized by a museum patron for being historically inaccurate.

* "Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan" depicts Tsar Ivan IV just after he'd fatally struck his son in the head (note that this version of events might be HollywoodHistory, and the painting was actually vandalized by a museum patron for being historically inaccurate).

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* ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'': In the backstory, the Lion and Phoenix clans were at war (as usual), until the Crane negotiated a peace between them. The Phoenix shugenja, Isawa Asahina, was outraged that the Phoenix dead wouldn't be properly avenged, and went on a rampage in Crane lands. Eventually, a Crane samurai named Doji Kiriko stood in his way and just let him burn her with his spells until his rage finally ebbed. When Asahina calmed down, he realized just how much damage he had done, and immediately swore fealty to the Crane to make up for the destruction. He would later become the founder of the Asahina family (marrying Doji Kiriko in the process), known for their ActualPacifist philosophy.

* [[spoiler: Rika]] from ''VisualNovel/MysticMessenger'' says this nearly verbatim during V's route immediately after stabbing [[spoiler: V]]; she calls you in a panic, begging you to come save him, lamenting that she really is a monster, and [[MadnessMantra insisting to herself over and over that his wound isn't that deep.]]
* Archer from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' as revealed in UBW route. [[spoiler: He is trying to kill Shirou, himself from past, because he wants to prevent him making a pact with world to protect people, because it'll only make him one who kills some to save many.]]

* He may try to deny it, but in VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony, Kokichi Ouma is responsible for [[spoiler: the deaths of two of his classmates, Miu and Gonta]] and his actions in the fifth chapter are easy to infer a way to atone for what he did. [[spoiler: After he abducts Kaito, he decides to orchestrate an unsolvable murder in order to end the Killing Game and prevent Maki from being executed as the Blackened. He then volunteers ''himself'' as the final victim of the Killing Game, despite the fact that he knows Kaito is already dying and he previously showed nothing but contempt for Maki, as she is the Ultimate Assassin and he despises murder, plus he willingly allows himself to be crushed to death inside an electric press, which he likely wouldn't have agreed to if Miu and Gonta hadn't both died in such horrible ways because of him.]]

* PlayedForLaughs in ''LetsPlay/{{Videogamedunkey}}'''s heavily modded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6yHoSvrTss Ultimate Skyrim]] video. He apparently realises how ridiculous his choice of mods are when WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine lays waste to Helgen in place of Alduin. Of course, [[IgnoredEpiphany it only gets sillier from there.]]

Sometimes followed by MustMakeAmends, other times by an IgnoredEpiphany. This trope is almost always the cause of [[TheAtoner The Atoner's]] HeelFaceTurn with the memory used as a constant reminder of why they must follow the path of atonement. Can also lead into HeWhoFightsMonsters.

** Edgeworth begins to go through this process during the final case of the first game when he realizes [[spoiler: that the man he's been studying under and trying to emulate for the last fifteen years is his father's killer, and not only that, but the aforementioned man has been planning to tie up loose ends and get true revenge on Edgeworth's father ''for those same fifteen years'' by one day getting Edgeworth framed and convicted for murder.]] He doubles down in the DLC case when it comes to light that [[spoiler: much of the evidence that the police department has been supplying the prosecutor's office with for years has been fabricated, meaning that not only has Edgeworth been putting away every defendant who had the misfortune of being tried by him using dirty tricks and basically no morals, but he's been doing it with fake evidence.]] No wonder he [[spoiler: "chose death" and went to Europe for two years to contemplate his character and the nature of law. He comes back from it much more honest with a visible weight lifted off his shoulders, and [[CharacterDevelopment is now only concerned with finding the truth behind the crimes he's faced with, no matter the painful implications or danger it places him in.]]]]

** Edgeworth begins to go through this process after the final case of the first game when he realizes that the man he's been studying under and trying to emulate for the last fifteen years is his father's killer, and not only that, but the aforementioned man has been planning to tie up loose ends ''for those same fifteen years'' by one getting Edgeworth framed and convicted for murder. He dives even deeper into guilt in the DLC case when it comes to light that much of the evidence that the police department has been supplying the prosecutor's office with for years has been fabricated, meaning that not only has Edgeworth been putting away every defendant who had the misfortune of being tried by him using dirty tricks and basically no morals, but he's been doing it with fake evidence. No wonder he [[spoiler: "chose death" and went to Europe for two years to contemplate his character and the nature of law. He comes back from it much more honest with a visible weight lifted off his shoulders, and [[CharacterDevelopment is now only concerned with finding the truth behind the crimes he's faced with, no matter the painful implications or danger it places him in.]]]]

** The Critic is pretty broken up about shooting his childhood icon, Film/MaryPoppins, when she didn't explain all the {{Plot Hole}}s in ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot''.
** He looked crushed in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' right after he accidentally shoots [[spoiler: Santa Christ]].

Well-intentioned but misguided character -- very likely a TragicHero, a TragicVillain or AntiVillain -- [[HeelRealization comes to realize that]] [[MoralDissonance his actions have caused incredible damage]], [[KickTheMoralityPet physical pain, emotional pain, or even loss of life]]. The usual line that comes after this is the title of the article (sometimes, without the "My God"). TearsOfRemorse may accompany it.

Often the realization only comes when someone/something close to the person is hurt or destroyed. In quite a few cases, that "someone/something close" is the very entity he was trying to get rid of to begin with.

* "Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan" depicts tsar Ivan IV just after he'd fatally struck his son in the head (note that this version of events might be HollywoodHistory, and the painting was actually vandalized by a museum patron for being historically inaccurate).

* The bandit in "Bonnie Banks o'Fordie" has one when he learns that [[spoiler:the girl he just murdered is his sister]]. It ends with [[spoiler:him stabbing himself]].

* Instead of celebrating his success in turning the company around financially, [[Wrestling/KeijiMutoh The Great Muta]] resigned from Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling in disgrace after Super Hate was beat so badly in an altercation with Wrestling/{{TARU}} it resulted in him having a stroke. That's not an example of this but his reaction to All Japan's buyer Speed Partners IT proceeding to fire his friend and run the business even further into the ground than while turning the rest of the puroresu promotions against AJPW was, as Muta tried to buy back his company shares and resume his position to no avail. On the up side for him, this caused several All Japan wrestlers to resign in loyalty to Muta and provided Wrestle-1 with a lot of publicity that attracted many fans looking for more of his "Puroresu Love" brand.

* Wrestling/JonMoxley had this reaction when he came into Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling with an open challenge to the locker room, and his second challenger was Darby Allen, a man nearly half his six. Though Moxley handily defeated Allen, he also seriously injured Allen, leaving him unable to wrestle for months, which weighed heavily on Moxley's conscious and influenced his preference for directly challenging larger men like [[Wrestling/JackSwagger Jake Hager]], Brian Cage and Wrestling/ChrisJericho.

* This has a tendency to crop up in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'', usually when a 'hero' character kills somebody. An example of this is Julie Mikan after killing Owen Fontaine, going into a HeroicBSOD simultaneously at the relisation that she has actually ended somebody's life.

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