History VillainFixing / WesternAnimation

** Azula has an instance of this in Book 3, when Zuko states he's angry over something he doesn't know about. Some prodding by Azula (as well as Mai and Ty Lee) caused Zuko to admit that he's angry at himself, which helps with the CharacterDevelopment that leads to his HeelFaceTurn. This also leads to Mai's HeelFaceTurn a few episodes later when she sees Zuko about to be dumped in boiling water on Azula's orders and leads to ''Ty Lee's'' HeelFaceTurn in short order when Azula tries to attack Mai right in front of her for the latter's betrayal.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' special "Ultimate Enemy", Danny is trapped in the future by [[FutureMeScaresMe his evil future self]], who went into the past to ensure his own creation. However, he makes two mistakes:
** First, is outright ''telling Jazz where present Danny is'' on the assumption there is nothing she can do, which gives her an idea on how to find present Danny and gives ''him'' an idea on how to get back to the present.
** Second, instead of trapping Danny in the thermos, Dark Danny traps him in the Ghost Zone, where their enemies want revenge. It is a bad idea because they'd possibly kill present-day Danny (which would erase Dark Danny from existence) but they don't, which allows Danny to live and learn the Ghostly Wail, a powerful ability that took Dark Danny a decade to master. While Dark Danny was never truly defeated by Danny (Clockwork would freeze time before the incident leading to Dark Danny's creation and seal him in the thermos), not trapping his past self more securely gave him the chance to learn from his mistakes and gain a new power in the process.
--->'''Dark Danny:''' That power... [[ThisCannotBe it's not possible!]] I don't get that power for another ten years!\\

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever'', the 2003 Shredder is revealed to have one weakness -- the Technodrome's DeathRay. Just as the Turtles manage to push him into it, Bebop and Rocksteady accidentally unplug the thing -- as Shredder gloats over his apparent victory, they plug it back in, annihilating him in the process. ''Bebop and Rocksteady saved the TMNT multiverse this way.''
** In "Rogues in the House", the Turtles have been incapacitated and Shredder orders Karai to execute them to prove her loyalty. She's willing to do this and raises the blade, but Hun decides that this is too boring, and thus frees Leo so that they can duke it out. Leo lectures her during this fight, which ultimately persuades her not to kill them

* ''VideoGame/XMen97'' begins in the wake of Henry Gyrich assassinating Professor Xavier. Following the brazen act of hate-fueled cruelty, along with the X-Men's heroics, anti-mutant sentiments have sharply decreased, and the hope of peaceful coexistence between humanity and mutantkind is closer than ever to realization.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': One recurring plot thread in Season 2 is Sasha and Captain Grime planning to overthrow King Andrias and take control of Amphibia. In the season finale, "True Colors", they succeed -- and then immediately uncover [[MultiversalConqueror King Andrias' true intentions]]. Unfortunately, Anne and the Plantars [[CassandraTruth refuse to believe Sasha's warnings about Andrias]] and proceed to [[NiceJobBreakingItHero break what the villains just fixed]], with disastrous consequences.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' episode "Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad", Scratch and Grounder actually succeed in capturing Sonic and locking him in a cage. Then Coconuts shows up, and ties them up in a rope [[GloryHound so he can claim the reward for himself]]. Sonic then points out to Coconuts that if the rope breaks, Scratch and Grounder will escape, and convinces him to put them in the cage. Coconuts does so, and Sonic escapes, locking all three robots in the cage.
* One recurring plot thread in Season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' is Sasha and Captain Grime planning to overthrow King Andrias and take control of Amphibia. In the season finale, "True Colors", they succeed -- and then immediately uncover [[MultiversalConqueror King Andrias' true intentions]]. Unfortunately, Anne and the Plantars [[CassandraTruth refuse to believe Sasha's warnings about Andrias]] and proceed to [[NiceJobBreakingItHero break what the villains just fixed]], with disastrous consequences.
* ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'': In "[[Recap/ArchiesWeirdMysteriesMisfortuneHunters Misfortune Hunters]]", when Archie and the others confront the fortune hunters over the dagger that seals the monster, they try to ram the heroes' car to escape with the dagger. However, the monster has tied their rear wheels to a tree, causing them to wreck their own car in the attempt. While he's laughing and they're stunned from the crash, Archie grabs the dagger back.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' episode, "The Conqueror", four of the Planeteers are convinced [[TheCorrupter Zarm]] [[LightIsNotGood is a good guy]], and refuse to believe Gaia telling them otherwise. Then, hidden in his spacecraft, Zarm complains about Gaia being a meddler, and makes a laser-like ray hit a silo's remains close to her and Ma-Ti. This results in the other Planeteers being ''much'' more willing to hear Gaia's version of the story, and choosing her over Zarm. In other words, if he didn't try to kill her on the spot, he ''could'' have won.

** Combustion Man also has another moment of this in "The Western Air Temple". Prior to his appearance, the Gaang refuse to believe that Zuko has reformed and upon accidentally burning Toph's feet, are ready to take Zuko down. But once Combustion Man attacks, Zuko arrives just in time to help defeat him, earning him some favour for the Gaang that ultimately allowed Zuko to regain trust and friendship with them and subsequently, the Fire Lord's downfall.

** Azula has an instance of this in Book 3, when Zuko states he's angry over something he doesn't know about. Some prodding by Azula (as well as Mai and Ty Lee) caused Zuko to admit that he's angry at himself, which helps with the CharacterDevelopment that leads to his HeelFaceTurn. Which leads to Mai's HeelFaceTurn a few episodes later when she sees Zuko about to be dumped in boiling water on Azula's orders. Which leads to ''Ty Lee's'' HeelFaceTurn in short order when Azula tries to attack Mai right in front of her.
** Even before the scene during "The Beach", which the above example explains, Zuko was worried if Ozai would finally be satisfied with him after coming home with the reputation of killing the Avatar. Azula calls him dumb and tells him that the only person he should be trying to satisfy is himself.

** The very first episode of the show has a massive one from Starscream. When Teletraan 1 is rebooted by a volcanic eruption, the beam that it uses to reformat the Transformers and bring them out of stasis hits Skywarp, who then uses it to revive the other Decepticons, who then leave with the Earth free for them to conquer... then Starscream fires a parting shot at the Ark in an attempt to bury it further and the resulting explosion knocks ''Optimus Prime'' into the beam, awakening him and allowing him to awaken the other Autobots, thus restarting the war.
** The second half of the two-parter "Megatron's Master Plan". After the events of the first half in which the Decepticons successfully stage a FalseFlagOperation to get the Autobots exiled from Earth (albeit through an intense amount of ArtisticLicenseLaw) and on a one-way [[HurlItIntoTheSun collision course with the Sun]], Chip Chase is able to escape to the Ark where he works on Teletraan. The Decepticon Thrust discovers Chip and destroys the supercomputer, but in doing so he accidentally broke the directive that Megatron had placed on the rocket carrying the Autobots, meaning that Thrust had just allowed the Autobots to return back to Earth and liberate it from the Decepticons.

** In Rogues in the House, the Turtles have been incapacitated and Shredder orders Karai to execute them to prove her loyalty. She's willing to do this and raises the blade, but Hun decides that this is too boring, and thus frees Leo so that they can duke it out. Leo lectures her during this fight, which ultimately persuades her not to kill them

** Deathstroke tells Lady Shiva and Cassandra that Tara Markov "washed out" and that he handed her to Granny, knowing that Batman was watching and made a lie to allow Tara to infiltrate the heroes when they "rescue" her. [[spoiler:The problem was he did so ''without'' his mask, allowing Batman to read his microexpression and deduce Tara was still an agent of the League of Shadows, which he told the other heroes. The heroes respond by acting hospitable and welcoming to Tara, which led to her HeelFaceTurn and turning her back against the Light]].
** Savage's gambit to control Atlantis ends up backfiring on him spectacularly. His plan was to have Orm (who had been killed by Shiva for attempting to perform the NuclearOption last season) transplanted onto the cloned body of Arion, the first King of Atlantis, in order to take advantage of a prophecy involving Atlantis's true ruler. At the same time, he had created a clone of Orm to defuse any suspicions. However, his planning ends up being AllForNothing as when Orm attempted to wear Arion's Crown which would have marked him as the true ruler, he was obliterated by the crown's power as [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield he was not the the one meant to wear it]]. In the ensuing fallout, Mera became King which united all of Atlantis and ended the strife, the clone of Orm reconciled with his brother and was set free, and Orin decided to rejoin the Justice League now that he was freed of his responsibilities as King. This was such a big loss to the Light that Doctor Fate went to see Savage just to rub it in his face.

* Starscream's biggest example of this takes place in the very first episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', "More Than Meets the Eye Part 1". When Teletraan 1 is rebooted by a volcanic eruption, the beam that it uses to reformat the Transformers and bring them out of stasis hits Skywarp, who then uses it to revive the other Decepticons, who then leave with the Earth free for them to conquer... then Starscream fires a parting shot at the ark in an attempt to bury it further and the resulting explosion knocks ''Optimus Prime'' into the beam, awakening him and allowing him to awaken the other Autobots, thus restarting the war.

** The biggest so far was when Savage was denied control of Atlantis when Orm tried to wear the crown in Arion's body only to be killed. That event led to Mera becoming the true ruler while uniting all of Atlantis and ending the strife. Also, the clone of Orm was able to be on better terms with Orin (the original Aquaman), who decided to rejoin the Justice League. The was the biggest loss to the Light that Doctor Light went to see Savage just to rub it in his face.

* ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'': The [=ExoFleet=] needs to make an alliance with the pirate clans to stand a chance against the Neosapien forces. Thing is, the pirates have decades of resentment towards the [=ExoFleet=], and figure the Neosapiens will continue to not bother them, so they are going to turn down the alliance. Then the Neosapiens attack, hoping to stop the alliance, but by attacking the pirates and giving Marsh a chance to rescue pirate leader Simbacca, they cemented the [=ExoFleet=]/pirate alliance.

* ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'': The [=ExoFleet=] needs to make an allaiance with the pirate clans to stand a chance against the Neosapien forces. Thing is, the pirates have decades of resentment towards the [=ExoFleet=], and figure the Neosapiens will continue to not bother them, so they are going to turn down the alliance. Then the Neosapiens attack, hoping to stop the alliance, but by attacking the pirates and giving Marsh a chance to rescue pirate leader Simbacca, they cemented the [=ExoFleet=]/pirate alliance.

*** After Bill obliterated Time Baby in "Weirdmageddon Part 1", he inadvertently gave the people of the year 207̃012 their freedom from the tyrannical infant.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' does this almost OncePerEpisode; Doofenshmirtz's schemes and inventions end up erasing all evidence of Phineas and Ferb's invention of the day, and in return, saves them from getting busted.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': Deathstroke tells Lady Shiva and Cassandra that Tara Markov "washed out" and that he handed her to Granny, knowing that Batman was watching and made a lie to allow Tara to infiltrate the heroes when they "rescue" her. [[spoiler:The problem was he did so ''without'' his mask, allowing Batman to read his microexpression and deduce Tara was still an agent of the League of Shadows, which he told the other heroes. The heroes respond by acting hospitable and welcoming to Tara, which led to her HeelFaceTurn and turning her back against the Light]].

-->'''Donatello:''' If the Shredder had never made the Utroms crash in the first place, they’d have never developed the ooze, and if they’d never developed the ooze, we’ve never have been mutated, and if we’d never have been mutated, we’d still be eating fish flakes in some kid’s aquarium right now!

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' episode "Handsome Ransom", the Monarch corners [[CaptainErsatz Captain Sunshine]] in his sanctum solarium at night, powerless from lack of sunlight and emotionally crippled from seeing him wear Wonderboy's uniform. Rather than [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just shooting him]], Monarch makes a drawn out [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech gloating speech]] and pulls out a solar beam gun intended to burn him off. It backfires horribly, recharging Captain Sunshine and allowing him to burn alive all of Monarch's mooks, winning the day.