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6	->''"Easy for a good girl to go bad, and once we gone, best believe that we've gone forever."''
7	-->-- '''Music/{{Rihanna}}''', [[http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rihanna/goodgirlgonebad "Good Girl Gone Bad"]]
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9	She is adorable, sweet, nice, good-hearted... your stereotypical good girl. [[MoralEventHorizon Until that fateful day]]. Abduction, murder, rape, any kind of violence. You name it. The nice, good girl goes through an event (or series of events) that changes her character and shapes her to the way she is now.
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11	And now she's a bad, bad girl.
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13	They come in various different flavors. Sometimes they're simply an IceQueen. Other times, they are worse. [[FemalesAreMoreInnocent Many female villains tend to be good girls gone bad]].
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15	Subtrope of FaceHeelTurn. Not to be confused with GoodBadGirl, which is more about a woman with a reputation for being 'bad' who is actually a good person. May also relate to CorruptTheCutie, DefiledForever, DrivenToVillainy, UsedToBeASweetKid, UnstablePoweredWoman, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and WomanScorned. Compare with BreakTheCutie, BrokenBird, CynicismCatalyst and FallenHero. Contrast with HealTheCutie.
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17	Due to this trope often being used as a {{plot twist}}, be wary of potential unmarked spoilers.
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20	!!Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly:
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24	* ''Manga/ElfenLied'':
25	** [[spoiler:Kaede]], commonly known as Lucy. She was nice and sweet, [[spoiler:until a group of orphans beat to death Lucy's puppy, the only being in the world she actually cared about. And they found out about it from a girl who pretended to be her friend, the first human she was beginning to trust. That's when her murder spree began, although it was put down eventually thanks to Kouta. However, after he lies about his cousin's gender and she finds out the truth, she's gone for good.]]
26	** Anna could be considered, but due to her being AffablyEvil, it's doubtful. She does have a rough past, [[spoiler: since her own father used her for experimentation and much, much worse,]] but she's not truly bad herself.
27	%%* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
28	%%** Boa Hancock, although she [[CharacterDevelopment got better]].
29	%%** Nami was one as well, until she was freed from Arlong.
30	%%** Robin, while she was [[TheDragon a villain]], also qualifies.
31	* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': Just about all the female villains, sans [[TheVamp Rina]] and [[spoiler:[[GreaterScopeVillain Nomura]]]], were once good before the HatePlague got to them. Each one also has an event at a respective arc that makes her [[AxCrazy snap]].
32	** [[spoiler:Miyo Takano]], who was revealed to be [[spoiler:the BigBad ]] in Kai. Her actions speak for themselves, and all because [[spoiler: the investigation of her grandfather was laughed at and treated as rubbish. Her horrible life before being found by him contributed as well.]]
33	*** Rena in Tsumihoroboshi-hen [[spoiler: after killing Ritsuko and Teppei.]]
34	*** Shion in Meakashi-hen [[spoiler: when Mion and Keiichi's relationship makes her remember that Satoshi's gone.]]
35	*** Satoko in Tatarigoroshi-hen [[spoiler: after seeing Rika dead in the shrine, and [[MistakenForMurderer Keiichi in front of her]]. And an axe on his hands.]]
36	*** Mion does not fall into this in the anime and manga, but in the visual novels [[spoiler: it is implied that, in one of the worlds Rika was in, Mion went {{Yandere}} for Keiichi, going as far as to murder others to keep him for herself.]]
37	* [[spoiler:Madam Red]] from ''Manga/BlackButler'', after the death of Ciel's parents and meeting Grell. Although she does redeem a bit at her last moments, [[spoiler:when she is unable to kill Ciel.]]
38	** Subverted by Elizabeth, [[spoiler: who was a bad, kickass girl until she met Ciel and decided to remain a cute, good girl for him.]]
39	* ''Manga/FutureDiary'':
40	** [[AxCrazy Yuno Gasai]] eventually qualifies, after we learn that [[spoiler: [[AbusiveParents her mother kept her in a cage for not living up to her expectations]].]] And then she goes completely bad after [[spoiler: [[SelfMadeOrphan killing both her parents]]. [[FromBadToWorse And it just went downhill from there.]]]]
41	** [[spoiler:Hinata]] too; she was a nice girl until the Survival Game began, which made her become TheDragon so that she could live happily with her father once it was all over.
42	** And let's not forget about Ai, who was abandoned by her parents and taken into the Eighth's orphanage, but was bullied by [[AlphaBitch other girls]] in high school, and later [[spoiler: [[RapeAsBackstory raped.]]]]
43	* Megumi from ''Literature/{{Shiki}}'' was a [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent common schoolgirl]]... until, she met the Kirishikis. Then, [[spoiler: when she comes back as a shiki, she becomes much more bad, almost reaching {{Yandere}} levels for Natsuno.]]
44	** Sunako and Chizuru Kirishiki can also fall into this, [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation if you can consider them bad, that is]].
45	* Yuka Minase from ''VisualNovel/ElevenEyes'' could be considered this, even if in the end [[spoiler: she returns to her old persona, becoming the sweet girl she was in the beginning once again,]] she does have her [[{{Yandere}} bad]] [[CuteAndPsycho moments]].
46	** Also, [[TheDragon Superbia]] [[spoiler: (aka Misao Kusakabe)]].
47	* ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' is famous for this.
48	** Sekai starts off as the protagonist's best friend and a comical plucky girl, which she was until [[spoiler:she gets pregnant by [[{{Jerkass}} Makoto]] who, terrified that his secret lover could be carrying his child, leaves her for Kotonoha and orders Sekai to get an abortion]]. Needless to say, things do ''not'' end well.
49	** Kotonoha is this ten times worse. She was possibly [[NiceGirl the nicest girl]] in the series; honest, pure, and compassionate. And then she starts seeing Makoto, falling in love with him. But when [[spoiler:he starts secretly having sex with Sekai]], Kotonoha starts to break, completely breaking after [[spoiler:Setsuna kisses Makoto right in front of her to let her know that their relationship was over. Not to mention she had seen Makoto and Sekai dancing at the couples dance the previous night, which caused Kotonoha a HeroicBSOD that led to her being raped by Taisuke]]. The result [[http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2050/unrecuerdo.jpg is not pretty.]] You've been warned.
50	* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', we have Konan, who used to be a cheerful young girl... then [[BreakTheCutie things]] happen.
51	* Misa Amane from ''Manga/DeathNote'' may or may not be a case of this. It's unclear which was the moment that made an AxCrazy {{Yandere}} out of her: the death of her parents when she was a little girl, or getting her hands on the ArtifactOfDoom mentioned in the [[TitleDrop title]].
52	* There's also Belarus from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''. We see her in her, Russia's, and Ukraine's backstory as a cute little girl who clings to her brother and pouts to her older sister. And then, we see her now, as a scary girl in a frilly ElegantGothicLolita dress...
53	* In ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'', when we see Minatsuki's (Hummingbird) past before the earthquake, she comes around as a sweet, innocent girl who loved helping her mother out in her flower shop. Then, the earthquake came along, and she's trapped on the shop. What does her mother do? Grab a pot of flowers and [[ParentalAbandonment left her to die]]. And that's when she became [[AxCrazy as we know her now.]]
54	* ''Anime/PerfectBlue'': This is the character arc of Mima's character in the drama she's acting in: a sweet, ordinary woman is gang-raped and develops a split personality and becomes a serial killer in response to her trauma. But this also affects Mima the actress, who was also traumatized by the rape scene. A former IdolSinger with ContractualPurity whose transition into "adult" roles is signified by the rape scene, Mima also becomes unhinged and develops an "Idol Mima" persona who may or may not be killing people. The ending reveals [[spoiler: a similar thing played out with Mima's manager, a former idol singer and consummate good girl who is also traumatized by watching the rape scene and actually carries out all the murders and cyberbullies Mima, all the while trying to become Idol Mima.]] Played with of course in that the pure "good girl" is also the one doing all the bad things.
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58	* In ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'', this is the general consensus for Natalie V. "Envy" Adams, Scott's ex back when he was in university. She was a rather nice otaku girl and her relationship with Scott was quite a happy one. However, her success with Scott and Steven Stills' band ''Kid Chameleon'' began influencing her. She sold her otaku possessions for more expensive clothing while becoming less invested in her relationship with Scott. It gets worse as the band gets more people and she takes main control over it, steering to a direction where the others (namely the band's founders, Scott and Stephen Stills) were not happy with and there was even suspicion that Envy may have cheating on Scott. This all led to the disastrous breakup, [[spoiler: admittedly started by Scott where he ended in a big fight with her after getting drunk at a party, having no memory of the fight or even getting drunk]] and causing a good deal of heartbreak and emotional damage to Scott. It's telling that everyone calls her by her stage-name Envy while Scott remains the only person to call her by Natalie.
59	** Even taking into account [[spoiler:Scott's unreliable memory]], the general consensus among Scott's friends is they view her as more-or-less a bitch (except for Julie, who is attempting to use her newfound popularity, and Knives, who was starstruck for a while.) Wallace is the largest example, having met her while in the later developments of her into a bad girl and recommended Scott dumped her immediately. He was very angry to hear her returning.
60	** Ultimately, she stays as Envy though she does get closure with Scott and appreciates he still remembers her as Natalie.
61	* In ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiers: Bulleteer'', Sally Sonic is a former Golden Age heroine who became evil under the influence of an emotionally-manipulative boyfriend who drugged her up, forced her into doing porn, and later auctioned her off to supervillains. By the time she meets Bulleteer, the only thing that gives her any enjoyment is ruining other people's lives.
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65	* Averted in ''Literature/TheBadSeed'' adaptations. Rhoda Penmark was never good; she's been evil literally from birth, and the mystery of why she's evil is part of the creepiness.
66	* Selina Kyle from the ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}'' comics is usually portrayed as a criminal who grew up on the streets. In ''Film/BatmanReturns'' she starts out as a cute but dorky and painfully insecure secretary who has a regular job, a home, and [[KindheartedCatLover a pet cat]]. She actually hates her life because she's constantly being pushed around by everyone and eventually snaps when her boss pushes her out of a window to cover up his crimes. After coming BackFromTheDead, she takes on the identity of Catwoman, the deceptive, sultry, morally-ambiguous cat burglar we all know, teaming up with the Penguin to get revenge on her boss and generally cause chaos.
67	* Played with in regards to Nina Sayers in ''Film/BlackSwan''. Nina starts out as a 'good girl' in the sense she's wholesome, hardworking, and never puts a toe out of line. But she's also a meek perfectionist who is easily controlled by others (especially her [[MyBelovedSmother mother]]). She [[SanitySlippage starts to crack]] under the immense pressure of her role as the Swan Queen and becomes increasingly aggressive, paranoid, and reckless; she stays out late drinking before an important recital, takes drugs, hooks up with two random guys, and ''breaks her mother's hand'' during an argument. This culminates in her [[spoiler: fatally stabbing her rival during a physical altercation...or at least it seems that way [[UnreliableNarrator initially]]]]. However, in the process Nina also starts [[GrewASpine standing up for herself]] and becomes more independent. Either way, she could probably benefit from therapy.
68	* Both female protagonists in ''Film/BrideWars'' become bad girls after their weddings get booked on the same date. And since, to them, weddings are SeriousBusiness, they each become obsessed with ruining the other one's great day.
69	* The main villain in ''Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle'' is [[spoiler: the former agent [[FallenHero Madison Lee]], who was an angel previous to the three protagonists and lost her path after leaving said position.]]
70	* ''Film/TheCraft'':
71	** Bonnie started off a genuinely nice person, though also shy with poor self-esteem due to severe scarring, but turned vain and heartless once she was bestowed with the power of beauty and magic. When Sarah points out Bonnie's unpleasant personality shift, she dismisses it and also laughs off Sarah's warnings about misusing their powers. She later joins Nancy in terrorizing Sarah when the girls have a falling out, although she does [[EveryoneHasStandards express some reservations]] about [[spoiler: actually ''killing'' Sarah]].
72	** Rochelle is one of the sweetest and most easy-going members of the coven, not even retaliating against the constant taunts of the school's AlphaBitch (some of which are blatantly racist). She eventually gets sick of it and puts a spell on her bully to make her hair fall out every time she's mean to her, and sides with the increasingly unhinged Nancy, helping her terrorize Sarah with magic. That said, Rochelle is shown to feel some guilt over her actions and it's implied she's following Nancy more out of fear.
73	* In ''Film/TheGeneralsDaughter'', the titular character was an honor student at West Point--until [[spoiler:she was brutally [[RapeAsBackstory gang-raped]], and her father helped to cover it up]]. This led her to sexually act out as a form of revenge.
74	* The title character of ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' was originally a [[NiceGirl very kind and polite]] - if not [[TheIngenue naive]] - orphaned fairy girl, who used her powers to heal damaged trees and defend the Moors from human armies who tried to invade it. She even befriended a human boy named Stefan and [[InterspeciesRomance came to love him.]] However, this all changed when Stefan [[EtTuBrute betrayed her trust and cut off her wings]] [[AmbitionIsEvil in order to become king,]] resulting in her becoming a cold and ruthless woman capable of cursing an innocent child to get revenge. [[spoiler: Luckily, in this version Maleficent comes to love Aurora [[LikeADaughterToMe like a daughter]] and she helps her [[LoveRedeems redeem]] [[HeelFaceTurn herself]]]].
75	* ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'': Good witch Theodora is a kind and well-intentioned WideEyedIdealist who wants to bring peace to the Land of Oz; unfortunately, she's also very naive and easily manipulated, and also has a [[HairTriggerTemper fierce temper]]. She quickly becomes enamoured with [[TheCasanova Oz]], not realizing his attraction to her is merely superficial, and is [[NotGoodWithRejection devastated]] when she believes he used her, as he was one of the few people to ever show her true affection. Her sister Evanora (who for years has told Theodora she's "wicked" deep down) manipulates her into turning against Oz fully and tricks her into eating a cursed apple to 'take away her pain'; the end result is Theodora becoming [[spoiler: the Wicked Witch of the West]].
76	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
77	** Qi'ra from ''Film/{{Solo}}'' started out as a [[UsedToBeASweetKid kind-hearted]] [[HeartwarmingOrphan orphan]] but goes through [[TraumaCongaLine enough crap]] that she ends up a manipulative and self-serving FemmeFatale (she's an [[OrphansOrdeal orphan]] who grew up of the streets of [[WretchedHive Coronet City]], had to work as a thief for [[TheFagin Lady Proxima]], was captured and separated from her boyfriend when she was [[HopeSpot inches from escaping to a better life]], and joined a ruthless criminal syndicate to survive). She does have a bit of a soft spot for [[LoveInterest Han]] [[MoralityPet Solo]], though.
78	** {{Downplayed\|trope}} and ultimately {{defied\|trope}} with Rey in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''. She's a plucky AllLovingHeroine and aspiring Jedi Knight, who in spite of her harsh upbringing is determined to help others and do what’s right. However, the TraumaCongaLine of being abandoned as a child, forced to work as a scavenger, seeing her father figure die in front of her, having the legacy of the Jedi on her shoulders, failing to turn Kylo Ren back to the Light Side, and learning [[spoiler: her grandfather is Emperor Palpatine]] puts a lot of pressure her. She begins thoughtlessly lashing out in anger, pushes her friends away, nearly kills one of her friends when she loses control, and wants to "destroy" Palpatine for [[spoiler: killing her parents]]. She also sees visions of herself as a Sith Lady, who tells her this is who she really is. This culminates in her [[spoiler: stabbing an unarmed Kylo]] after he triggers her RageBreakingPoint. However, she immediately [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regrets this]], [[spoiler: healing Kylo's wound]] and even taking a TenMinuteRetirement out of fear she'll fall to the Dark Side until [[spoiler: Luke Skywalker]] encourages her. She ultimately remains on the side of good.
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82	* Rachel from ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}''. She starts the series as a confident, poised, assertive young woman who excels in academics and gymnastics alike. But three years of fighting a guerrilla war gradually brings out the BloodKnight within her, and by the end she's a straight-up SociopathicSoldier.
83	* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
84	** Arya Stark. She went from a young noble girl who [[TomboyPrincess didn't want to be a lady]] to a [[LittleMissBadass little girl]] who has [[BloodKnight killed a lot of men]], despite her very young age. Not to mention [[spoiler:she's now on her way to become a magical assassin of sorts]]. At first she killed only to survive after her father [[spoiler: is wrongfully executed]] and she's forced to go on the run in a war-torn country, but she now also seeks revenge against everyone who betrayed and hurt her family.
85	** Catelyn Stark is a courageous and mostly benevolent ProperLady who wants to [[MamaBear protect her family]] above everything. She completely [[SanitySlippage loses it]] after the death of [[spoiler: her son Robb (plus, she assumed her other children, [[FakingTheDead Arya, Bran, and Rickon]] were all dead as well), and after her ''own'' death and resurrection, she goes on a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge killing spree]] against every Lannister and Frey on her way.]]
86	** Sansa seems like the only good Stark girl left by ''A Feast For Crows'', but even she's shifting towards this trope. Horribly losing most of her family, being held as a hostage by [[TheCaligula Joffrey]], and nearly gang-raped during a riot has forced her to become more manipulative and calculating to survive. The fourth book has her covering up the murder of [[spoiler: her AxCrazy aunt Lysa]] and it further implies that she might have to [[spoiler:kill her cousin [[CreepyChild Robert]], or at least allow him to be killed by [[TheCorrupter Littlefinger]]]] to keep herself safe and secure.
87	%%* Lorelei and Morwenna of ''Literature/{{Eludoran}}''.
88	* Misty from ''Literature/TheWildflowers'' is a downplayed example. She started out as a sensible, popular, straight-A student, who eventually ditches her friends, neglects her schooling, and hangs around with the school’s resident delinquent due to her parents’ messy divorce. This culminated in her [[spoiler: running away from home with her boyfriend and getting arrested as an accessory in armed robbery]]. She’s started getting better after going to therapy, though she’s clearly still bitter about it all at the start.
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92	* ''Series/AsTheWorldTurns'' did this with the character of Julia Lindsey Snyder, whose introduction to the soap was merely that of a nice girl. Julia oftentimes acted like a heroine initially (especially when David Stenbeck terrorized Oakdale), but was not particularly popular with fans since she was the third angle to a [[Main/LoveTriangle love triangle]] with [[Main/SuperCouple supercouple Jack and Carly]]. Once her marriage with Jack began to deteriorate, so did Julia's sanity until [[Main/RageBreakingPoint she suffered a miscarriage]] and she went full-on {{Yandere}}. In the storylines that followed, Julia was a [[Main/LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] psychopath who [[Main/AxCrazy played]] [[Main/WomanScorned out]] [[Main/NotGoodWithRejection pretty]] [[Main/BitchInSheepsClothing much]] [[Main/PsychopathicManchild every]] [[Main/CuteAndPsycho crazy]] [[Main/SlasherSmile trope]] [[Main/BewareTheNiceOnes to]] [[Main/EvilIsHammy extremes]].
93	%%** ''Series/GuidingLight'''s Annie had virtually an identical character arc.
94	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
95	** [[DarkActionGirl Faith]] fits this trope perfectly, although she [[HeelFaceTurn gets better]] after appearing in ''Series/{{Angel}}'' and [[spoiler: turning herself in to the police.]]
96	** In Season 6, sweet, shy, nerdy Willow ends up becoming [[spoiler: the FinalBoss]] after the death of [[spoiler: her girlfriend Tara]] in the episode "Seeing Red", which was the final straw after a [[TraumaCongaLine horrible year]] of losing her best friend, bringing her friend back to life but then learning she'd unknowingly ripped her out of heaven which has contributed to her depression, all her friends' lives falling apart, becoming a magic addict, and temporarily breaking up with Tara over it; [[spoiler: she'd in fact just gotten back with Tara when she's fatally shot in front of her]]. It's also made clear her hurt and resentment has been building up for years, after she spent her entire adolescence being bullied or ignored. Willow proceeds to delve deep into black magic and seek revenge against those she holds responsible for [[spoiler: Tara's]] death, is willing to hurt her friends if they get in the way, and eventually tries to [[spoiler: destroy ''the entire world'' to put everyone out of their misery until Xander talks her down]].
97	* ''Chloe'', a 2022 BBC MiniSeries which tries to put forward the message SocialMediaIsBad, has an unspecified mental disorder and is caring for a dementia-riddled mom, but she went from good to bad, being a [[ConMan con-woman]] blagging her way into parties. It's a dark series, but she's portrayed as ObliviouslyEvil.
98	* In the fourth season of ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' [[spoiler: Vivian Winterbottom]], a sweet, naive character, is [[CorruptTheCutie manipulated]] into [[spoiler: following in her father's footsteps]] after being hurt by both him and the show's heroes. In the end [[spoiler: her father himself is able to redeem her]].
99	* ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'': Seladon starts out as well-intentioned and dutiful, dedicated to being the perfect princess and [[WellDoneSonGuy desperately seeking her mother's approval]]. Finding out that everything she was raised to believe is a lie and seeing [[spoiler:her mother violently killed]] for standing up to the [[EvilOverlord Skeksis]] doesn't do wonders for Seladon; she [[IRejectYourReality goes into denial]], insisting her mother and sisters are traitors, and fervently supporting the Skeksis. She becomes outwardly colder and more ruthless, and gets an EvilMakeover to match. Even when faced with undeniable proof the Skeksis care nothing for the Gelfing, she tries to negotiate [[TheNeedsOfTheMany sacrificing a few Gelfing to spare the rest]], rather than oppose them. [[spoiler:By the end, [[SubvertedTrope she finally snaps out of it]] and joins her sisters in fighting the Skeksis]].
100	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Daenerys Targaryen in Season 8. While she always had a [[PragmaticHero ruthless streak]], Daenerys was a fundamentally [[NiceGirl compassionate and heroic]] young woman for the majority of the series, aspiring to end slavery and create a better society for the smallfolk; she's also far kinder and more idealistic compared to [[WorldOfJerkass most characters in the setting]]. However, the TraumaCongaLine she goes through in the final season [[spoiler: (including finding out her lover is her [[SurpriseIncest long-lost nephew]], violently losing a lot of her army, two of her closest friends, and another of her dragons, being rejected by the Westerosi despite her sacrifices to help them, and one of her advisors plotting against her) [[SanitySlippage snaps her sanity]] and turns her into a [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen merciless tyrant]] who tries to justify mass murder as being 'necessary' to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans create her vision of a "good world"]]]].
101	* [[spoiler: Quinn]] from ''Series/{{Glee}}'' becomes this in the beginning of the third season, due to the events at the end of the second season, complete with whole new look: pink-dyed hair, piercings, and cigarette in hand, she is the complete opposite of her old self.
102	* In ''Series/{{Gossip Girl}}'' Jenny Humphrey, possibly the most innocent character of them all, is [[spoiler: [[NearRapeExperience nearly raped]]]] and gradually transforms first into a bad girl and by season four is even something of a villain. She mostly learns her lesson though after [[spoiler: losing her virginity to Chuck, her own would-be rapist from before]] at the end of season three.
103	%%** Serena is a very bad girl who went very good.
104	* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': Elle Bishop is a bad girl as result of [[CorruptTheCutie years of torture]] by [[AbusiveParents her own father]] since she was eight.
105	%%** gives us Niki Sanders, although in her case she didn't turn into a bad girl, she developed a second personality that was a bad girl. So, there was good girl Niki and bad girl Jessica. Jessica took control over Niki's body, though, so she counts.
106	%%** The future version of Claire Bennet we see in Season 3 counts as well.
107	* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': In the beginning, teenage Alicent is a sweet, dutiful and anxious girl who is close friends with Rhaenyra, yet also obedient to her ambitious father (who is more than willing to use her as a political pawn). After being forced to marry the ''much'' older Viserys (who is Rhaenyra's father) and giving birth to her first son in her teens (which only worsens her relationship with Rhaenyra due to HeirClubForMen), Alicent becomes increasingly cold and hardened. A series of scandals and tragedies surrounding Rhaenyra [[WeUsedToBeFriends completely severs Alicent's trust in her]] and by adulthood Alicent is a bitter, scheming woman consumed with paranoia and not above taking petty potshots regarding her stepdaughter; she also employs the services of the creepy Ser Larys Strong. Alicent is increasingly obsessed with placing her own son on the throne (regardless of his wishes).
108	* Morgana from ''Series/{{Merlin 2008}}'' discovers she has magic in a kingdom where it's punishable by death, lives in terror of her guardian the king, tries to run away only to be brought back again, can't prevent her powers from manifesting, becomes estranged from all her friends, meets her half-sister who places her under a spell that causes all of Camelot to fall asleep, and is poisoned by a friend she trusted in order to break the enchantment. She comes back after a year's absence with a few bones to pick...
109	* Subverted in "Last Whiff of Summer", the [[MultiPartEpisode two-part]] fourth season premiere of ''Series/TheMiddle''. Sue realizes that even the negative attention her older brother gets is attention, and decides to start going bad to get some of that from her parents. However, the transgressions she comes up with—not wearing her [[BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill headgear]] at night, wearing a red hair extension, and not taking her multivitamins—aren't really that serious. Double subverted by her parents not noticing or caring.
110	* Inverted with Claire from ''Series/ModernFamily'', who makes sure her daughter doesn't [[FormerTeenRebel make the same mistakes she did]].
111	* Regina Mills, aka the [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Evil Queen]], from ''Series/OnceUponATime'' is a clear example of this. After [[spoiler:her abusive mother killed Daniel, the man she truly loved]], to force Regina into marrying the king, she gradually became a callous and power-hungry sorceress who takes her pain out on everyone, though especially [[WickedStepmother her stepdaughter]] Snow White, whom she blames for [[spoiler: Daniel’s death]] (technically, Snow was responsible for [[spoiler: breaking her promise to Regina and telling her mother about Daniel]], but Snow was [[ChildrenAreInnocent only a child]] and didn’t realize the implications of her actions, with [[ManipulativeBitch Cora]] clearly manipulating her).
112	%%* The final season of ''Series/{{Lost}}'' reveals that [[spoiler:Claire has become this. She becomes good again in the end, however.]]
113	* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'': Alison is strongly implied to be this prior to meeting [=CeCe=]. In one of the webisodes, Jason tells Cece that Ali was just a [[UsedToBeASweetKid little girl]] until she came along and made her [[ManipulativeBitch what she was prior to her disappearance]].
114	%%** As of the season two finale, [[spoiler: Mona]] fits this trope to a T.
115	%%** And Meredith. [[PsychoExGirlfriend Dear]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy God]], [[{{Yandere}} Meredith]].
116	* Sara Tancredi from ''Series/PrisonBreak'' zig-zags this. She was a good girl before she got hooked on drugs, as revealed through flashbacks dating prior to Lincoln's arrest. Her father even had to use his influence to prevent it from going on her record. It is only after [[DespairEventHorizon she is unable to save a life due to being drugged at the time]] that she decides to straighten up and get over her addiction. In the second season, while she's on the run with Michael and Lincoln, she is classified as this again.
117	* Naevia begins ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' as a compassionate and gentle-hearted BeautifulSlaveGirl, who dislikes the violence of the arena. She's then given as a wife to Ashur [[MaritalRapeLicense against her will]] and after he publically reveals her [[SecretRelationship forbidden romance]] with Crixus, she is brutally punished, including being passed around the Roman elites as a SexSlave and [[FateWorseThanDeath sent to the mines]]. Although Naevia is rescued, she's nearly broken by what was done to her and resolves to become an ActionGirl so she'll NeverBeHurtAgain. By the final season, though, her experiences have made her exceedingly ruthless, paranoid, and vengeful, bordering on being a TokenEvilTeammate; she is reluctant to show the Romans any mercy, even when it comes to civilians, and pushes Crixus to defy Spartacus to [[RevengeBeforeReason wage war on the Roman Republic]], which ends up contributing to a [[WeAreStrugglingTogether major rift]] in the rebels.
118	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
119	** Bela Talbot. Even if we don't exactly know whether she was good or bad before she [[spoiler: made her deal with a demon]], it was certainly implied that she was somewhat innocent and [[spoiler: being abused]].
120	** Ruby. Before being the demon we know, [[spoiler:who eventually betrayed the Winchester brothers,]] she was [[spoiler:a human witch who lost her soul to the demon Tammi]]. The torture she underwent in hell eventually turned her into a demon as well and is responsible for making her a bad girl.
121	** Anna Milton is introduced as a good-hearted college student who is troubled by her visions of the coming apocalypse. She's soon revealed to be a [[spoiler: FallenAngel]] and has a romantic entanglement with Dean. However, [[spoiler: she's arrested by the angels and disappears until the next Season when she returns as a WellIntentionedExtremist obsessed with wiping Sam from existence.]]
122	* In ''Series/TrueBlood'':
123	** [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Debbie]] after getting hooked on V (aka vampire blood).
124	** Jessica, who's not evil or anything, but before being turned into a vampire she was a good girl who went to church and classes and obeyed everything [[AbusiveParents her father]] told her, and now she's a blood-thirsty vampire so... you can see how she might fit in here.
125	* ''Series/TheWitcher2019'': At the beginning of her story arc, Yennefer is a shy, unconfident, but otherwise sweet-natured girl who has only ever wanted to be important to someone. After a lifetime of being shunned, abused, and manipulated, though, she finally has enough and embraces a pursuit of power, becoming an arrogant, selfish, and sometimes ruthless sorceress who does whatever she wants and pushes everyone away. However, Yen's not ''all'' bad and does occasionally show compassion to others; by the end of the first season she's risking her own life to [[spoiler: help stop (or at least slow down) [[TheEmpire Nilfgaard's]] invasion]].
126	* ''Series/WordOfHonor'': Luo Fumeng (Tragicomic Ghost) and Liu Qianqiao (Beauty Ghost) were both once respectable young women. However, after being betrayed and humiliated by their respective suitors, they become feared members of Ghost Valley and dedicate their lives to terrorizing cheaters.
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130	* Invoked by {{Music/Rihanna}} with her album ''Good Girl Gone Bad'', which provides the page quote. The TitleTrack describes a woman who tries to be a good and loyal girlfriend to her partner, but eventually gets sick of it after he cheats on her one time too many (in addition to being emotionally neglectful and controlling), giving him a taste of his own medicine.
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134	* Wrestling/AJLee's initial WWE character was a wholesome babyface who called herself the 'Geek Goddess' because she was more like the nerdy fans watching than the more glamorous Divas, and would even be treated as though she were a child [[OlderThanTheyLook because of how youthful she looked]]. After Wrestling/DanielBryan, who had been a BastardBoyfriend for months, blamed her for losing the World Heavyweight Championship and broke up with her, she eventually snapped and became a {{Yandere}} who played him, CM Punk and eventually Kane against each other, later morphing into a spiteful heel who tortured her former best friend {{Wrestling/Kaitlyn}} just to win the Divas' Championship. Even after a 2014 face turn, she remained closer to a WildCard than outright good girl.
135	* Courtney Rush was initially a happy-go-lucky face on the 2010 indies whose optimism was unwavering. Cherry Bomb resolved to break her, by subjecting her to a TraumaticHaircut, and it unfortunately resulted in SanitySlippage - where Courtney became the deranged {{Wrestling/Rosemary}}.
136	* Wrestling/AlexaBliss debuted on NXT as a 'fairy princess', who blew glitter everywhere and wore a tutu to the ring. She was convinced to turn heel and join Blake & Murphy, which saw her becoming HotterAndSexier, and one of the most spiteful heels in the company.
137	* Inverted for Mickie James, who first became known to audiences as a LoonyFan to Trish Stratus and eventually a PsychoLesbian. On a slow face turn, she actually became a wholesome babyface, and outright KidAppealCharacter by the time of the PG switch.
138	* The Wrestling/BellaTwins were self-described "G-girls" when they debuted, wrestling in modest enough ring attire and being presented as more 'pretty' than sexy. Then in 2011, they made a bet to see which of them could be Daniel Bryan's 'first' and on finding out he had a girlfriend, turned heel to become spiteful {{Alpha Bitch}}es. They began wrestling in {{Spy Catsuit}}s and became some of the cruller heels on the roster.
139	* Wrestling/{{Bayley}} spent her first several years in WWE as the ultimate babyface - a blushing fan girl who wanted to be friends with everyone, high-fived children in the crowd and had inflatable tube men on the stage as part of her entrance. She finally turned heel in 2019, and signalled it by cutting her hair short and destroying said tube men. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And saying the word]] [[PrecisionFStrike "bitches"]].
140	* While {{Wrestling/Lita}} was hardly a wholesome face in the first four years of her career, wearing a thong on display through her pants and sometimes removing her top during matches, she was presented as a chill girl who was OneOfTheBoys and actually was a role model to numerous young girls (including AJ Lee, mentioned above). A real-life affair scandal in 2005 forced her to turn heel for the first time in her career, being portrayed as a manipulator who used men like Kane and Matt Hardy, had live sex in the ring, wore outfits with a NavelDeepNeckline, and helped Edge cheat to win.
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144	* Ellie in ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII''. In the [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs first game]] she was a [[BewareTheNiceOnes tough]] but friendly and good-humored fourteen year old girl; even though her horrific experiences during the ZombieApocalypse have hardened her, five years later she's still a mostly well-meaning young woman who looks out for her loved ones. Then she watches [[spoiler: Joel, her ParentalSubstitute, brutally beaten to death]] in front of her and she goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, maiming and killing dozens of people in an increasingly vicious and callous manner, [[TheUnfettered unwilling to let anyone or anything stand between her and vengeance]]. By the end, she [[spoiler: does give up on the idea of getting revenge, realizing [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty it doesn't solve anything]] and only [[CycleOfRevenge perpetuates more violence]], but by this point she has a lot of blood on her hands and her life is in ruins]].
145	* ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'': [[TheSociopath Penelope]] starts off as a NiceGirl who's willing to help out the Cooper Gang, but in the TimeSkip between ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'' and ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'', she becomes a MoneyFetish [[TheUnfettered unfettered]] and AxeCrazy {{Yandere}} who's actively trying to erase the Cooper Gang from history. Her excuse? [[HonorAmongThieves Sly isn't evil]], and [[MealTicket Bentley is a walking money maker]]. [[AvertedTrope However]], it is heavily implied that Penelope has always been evil.
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149	* Damara Megido from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' was apparently fairly nice in the early stages, but following something of a bad breakup she went AxCrazy.
150	* White Mage from ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' tries to embrace this when (after talking to [[TooDumbToLive Fighter]] of all people) she starts to blame herself for all the damage done by the Light Warriors and her inability to do much good in the world. However, her greatest attempts at villainy are really just PokeThePoodle moments and Fighter (again) convinces her to switch alignments ''back'' to LawfulGood.
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154	* Barriss Offee in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''. She started out as the ideal Jedi Padawan: courageous, selfless, and dedicated to protecting the Republic. But after fighting in [[WarIsHell the Clone Wars]] for three long years, and seeing how it was eroding both democracy and the principles of the Jedi Order, Bariss became a much darker and more cynical person, [[WellIntentionedExtremist seeking to make her allies see their mistakes in an extreme manner]]. Namely, it's revealed she was the one who [[spoiler: orchestrated a fatal bombing at the Jedi Temple and framed her friend Ahsoka Tano for it (possibly hoping to sway Ahsoka over to her way of thinking after the Jedi turned on her)]]. When she's caught, she explains that in her view the Jedi betrayed themselves by getting involved in the Clone Wars and supporting the failing Republic, even believing they've fallen to the Dark Side. Although Barriss is clearly presented as being in the wrong for her brutal actions, even Ahsoka admits [[VillainHasAPoint she does make some good points]]; it's just the excessively violent and treacherous way she went about making her points that undermines her.
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