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4->''"If I find my beautiful consort with access to my fortress has been associating with the hero, I'll have her executed. It's regrettable, but new consorts are easier to get than new fortresses and maybe the next one will pay attention at the orientation meeting."''
5-->-- EvilOverlordListCellblockA, Rule #133
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7When the HeelFaceTurn meets TheSmurfettePrinciple, if there is a lone female among the cast of villains, she is overwhelmingly likely to be the one who betrays them and turns good, usually because FemalesAreMoreInnocent.
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9It isn't always because she [[InLoveWithTheMark falls in love]] with TheHero, although this is the most frequent version. WouldntHitAGirl may come into play as well; the simple fact that [[TheHeroDoesntKillTheVillainess she isn't mown down]] like [[WhatMeasureIsAMook all the other]], male {{Mooks}} may help her make up her mind that the side of good isn't so terrible after all. In other cases, she's GoodAllAlong but was initially attracted by the villain's charms before she realized she was getting in over her head and/or her [[AllAbusersAreMale male superiors]] decided it would be a great idea to [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal abuse her in some way]].
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11The most common reason as to why this trope exists is a combination of BeautyEqualsGoodness plus the DoubleStandard that women [[FemalesAreMoreInnocent cannot be truly evil]]. For the same reason, a female villain typically has to go above and beyond her male counterparts before the audience will accept her as irredeemable. The flipside to this is the UnfortunateImplications of [[TheUnfairSex the male sex being more evil than that of the female]] or viewed as stronger in mind or body since the woman is too weak to be evil or easily swayed by a handsome hero. Either way, it's very sexist.
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13Another possible reason is [[WouldntHitAGirl the audience discomfort in seeing a male hero fight a woman to the death]]. Because of the social construct of men being stronger than women in general, even if--like May Day from ''Film/AViewToAKill''--she physically outclasses him by a great deal, a heroic character committing violence against a woman is something of a taboo no matter how powerful or evil she is, especially in older works. Having her turn good is one of many options for dealing with a female antagonist without the hero directly harming her.
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15[[EvilMakesYouUgly Being unattractive]] is another surefire way to keep a female baddie on the side of evil, as is being [[SexIsEvil overly sexual]]; TheVamp is an unlikely candidate for redemption because she's usually the one attracting the men, not vice versa.
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17Compare WomenAreWiser. See also SortingAlgorithmOfFaceHeelTurning, DatingCatwoman, MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter, DarkMagicalGirl, the FemmeFatale, DefectingForLove, SexFaceTurn (the hero's usual technique), InLoveWithTheMark (a gender-neutral trope that can overlap with this one), DeliverUsFromEvil, and MenAreTheExpendableGender. Contrast DaddysLittleVillain, who's usually too evil to be redeemed.
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19'''Note: This trope is not just for any HeelFaceTurn that happens to involve a female. The female villain HAS to be amongst male villains (not necessarily a SmurfettePrinciple) in order to count. (Ex: a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fic where Bellatrix Lestrange decides to stop being a Death Eater and becomes a member of the Order of the Phoenix.)'''
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26* Oh, ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''. Where do we even start?
27** Alright, the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam original series]] has Miharu Ratokie, rookie spy, sell out our heroes before falling in love with Kai. [[spoiler: She dies while helping defend White Base, though.]]
28** Lalah has the misfortune of falling in love with the main protagonist AND antagonist. [[spoiler: She dies taking a beam sword for Char, which proves a running theme in Gundam.]]
29** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta]]'' has Four Murasame and Rosamia Badam fall in love with Kamille, Reccoa falling in love with the villain, and Sarah falling in love [[StarCrossedLovers with Katz]] AND the villain. Note, none of them actually switch sides but Reccoa. [[spoiler: Everyone just mentioned dies, except Kamille, who ends up mind raped into almost catatonia and turned into TheOphelia until the end of ZZ. Unless you count TheMovie.]]
30** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08ThMSTeam The 08th MS Team]]'' has Aina Sahalin, who fell in love with protagonist Shiro Amada, pretty much flips off her brother and joins Shiro's side at the end. [[spoiler:Unlike the others, she ''doesn't'' die.]]
31** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' has a... strange variation of this. Lacus Clyne starts off on the side of ZAFT but is more neutral than actually evil (mostly due to her naivéte regarding the actual nature of the conflict). She comes to realize that not only is ZAFT bad, but also the Earth Alliance. So she decides to start her own heroic faction.
32* Chane Laforet of the Lemures, in ''Literature/{{Baccano}}''. Of course, her comrades were planning to kill her in the end, and it could be argued that she remained true to the group's ''original'' purpose (protecting her father)... Heck, she was three-quarters of the way through turning before the show even started, and her whole team knew it.
33* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
34** Perona was the only one of Gecko Moria's minions who was female and fighting for him by her own free will. After some initial difficulties, Perona ended up helping Zoro during the timeskip, and post-time skip she helped fight off Marines that were trying to capture the Straw Hats.
35** Boa Hancock is the only female member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, a group that has been solely antagonistic to Luffy up to the point of meeting her. She becomes one of Luffy's greatest allies after falling in love with him. [[spoiler:This ceases to qualify when Jimbei (the next male Warlord introduced) goes one step further than her and joins Luffy's crew.]]
36* In ''Manga/GetBackers'', a ''lot'' of the female villainesses are this.
37* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
38** Konan, the only female member of the Akatsuki, is also the only one who defects [[RedemptionEqualsDeath without dying in the process]], or [[AcquittedTooLate having her true loyalties revealed post-mortem]]. However, she can be seen as a subversion as she follows fellow Akatsuki member Nagato's choice to defect, except Nagato dies shortly afterward. Konan is only ever loyal to Nagato, so she has technically made her conscience clear since the beginning.
39** Guren, one of the few major female filler antagonists, does this after coming to love Yukimaru, and cooperates with Naruto to ensure his safety.
40* In the long-running ''Anime/PrettyCure'' franchise, female villains are practically guaranteed to join the heroines and become a Precure or otherwise turn good, even if they were presented as the BigBad beforehand, with only a handful of exceptions.
41** ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'': Setsuna Higashi goes from the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple sole female member of an evil organization]] (Eas) to [[SixthRanger Fourth Ranger]] to the Cures (Cure Passion) in episode 23. This helps her in episode 25 when she has to battle an impersonator of her former self. However, then said organization has ''another'' female member take Eas' place. This time the trope is inverted, as this female [[UndyingLoyalty stays evil to her demise]], and the two males make {{Heel Face Turn}}s.
42** ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'': Siren, the villains' second-in-command, exits the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor in episode 22 and becomes Cure Beat. Unlike Setsuna, Siren used to be a good person and had spent a few episodes {{brainwashed}}, making her turn to heroism even more inevitable.
43** In the ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars'' films, all of the male {{Big Bad}}s die unredeemed (the closest exception being a fragment of Fusion who turns good), while the female major villains (Maamu, Solcielle, and [[spoiler:Cure Supreme]]) all turn good.
44* In the ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'' anime, Touka of the Evenkuruga tribe is the only woman fighting on the side of Kucca Kecca, and the only one to later join the protagonist.
45* Renee in ''Anime/InnocentVenus'' when she rediscovers her feelings for an old flame.
46* Pixie of the Big Bad Four in ''Anime/MonsterRancher''.
47* {{Inverted|Trope}} in the original manga of the {{Hentai}} manga series ''Bondage Fairies'', where [[spoiler:the three villains are women, and their male slave is won over by and assists the heroine, Pfil. [[TearJerker This gets him killed]] by Marcia, his master and the cruelest of the sisters]].
48* Gatomon in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', rare non-romantic version.
49* ''Anime/AndroidKikaiderTheAnimation'': In the four-part OVA series, Bijinder decides to join up with the good guys after realizing that she actually cares about them.
50* Viro in ''Manga/ElementalGelade'' has lived her entire life as a worthless Sting Raid, and is willing to do anything to become a real Edel Raid. She's sent undercover to spy on Coud, earn his trust, and if possible, separate him from his partner, Ren. Of course, Coud is the first person to treat her kindly, and she ends up falling in love. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]
51* Subverted in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', with [[spoiler: Riruka]]. While she was the most reluctant member of her group ''and'' had somewhat of a crush on Ichigo, [[spoiler: she ends up bonding more with ''Orihime'' than with Ichigo, and what made her realize that she truly was in the wrong were ''not'' her feelings for him, but realizing that Ichigo was the only one truly capable of saving the X-Cution group, since their leader Ginjou was actually the DarkMessiah]].
52* ''Manga/FairyTail'' loves this trope:
53** Juvia from Phantom Lord joins Fairy Tail after her defeat because [[DefectingForLove she falls head over heels for Gray during their fight]]. She was never actually a bad person--just gloomy and a bit anti-social--but she did belong to a villainous guild.
54** Coco from Edolas counts, even though she is the only one in her group who doesn't have a bad bone in her body. On top of that, none of the Edolas villains [[AntiVillain can really be called such]] because all they want is to ensure the survival of their realm, even if it means [[WellIntentionedExtremist killing much of the residents of Magnolia]]; Coco defects because their plan also entails the sacrifice of Lily, her closest friend.
55*** Erza Nightwalker similarly has a change of heart, but it happens too late to make any difference to the story.
56** Ultear and Merudy from Grimoire Heart; it's played especially straight for Ultear, who committed evil deeds without remorse because [[PoorCommunicationKills she thought her mother abandoned and replaced her as a child]].
57** Saber Tooth features an inversion: Minerva, the only (villainous) female of her guild, is the only one who doesn't pull a HeelFaceTurn. [[spoiler: Until halfway through the Tartaros arc.]]
58*** [[spoiler: She just has been revealed to have a FreudianExcuse and thus seems pretty close to making the turn. She even completes the turn at the end of the Tartaros arc.]]
59** Flare from Raven Tail also turns. She is cruel and creepy when her guildmates are around, but is subject to quite a bit of physical abuse when she fails to meet their expectations. Once her guild is liquidated, her true personality is shown to be quite timid and apologetic ([[CreepyGood but still creepy]]).
60* In ''Anime/StrainStrategicArmoredInfantry'', [[spoiler:the supposed ''BigBad'', Vivian Medlock, joins up with the heroines after getting betrayed by [[DragonInChief Ralph Werec]]]].
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64* In the ''ComicBook/GreenLantern[=/=]ComicBook/GreenArrow'' team-up "Hard-Traveling Heroes II", Crackshot does this with barely a thought. Her boss is kind of weirding her out, Green Arrow's really hot, what's to consider?
65* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
66** In ''Batman'' #4, Queenie, a member of the Joker's gang, becomes the first criminal to deduce that Bruce Wayne is Batman and ends up falling for him. [[DeathBySecretIdentity She later takes a bullet intended for the crimefighter]]. Likewise, it's often implied that Harley Quinn is only such a psycho due to Joker's toxic influence on her, as she's had her share of PetTheDog moments and even tried reforming at least once.
67** Talia al Ghul, daughter of Ra's al Ghul, frequently betrays her father out of her love for his enemy, Batman. However, in her case, it's more of a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor[=/=]DependingOnTheWriter, as she's always torn between her attraction to Batman and her loyalty to her father. During the "Death and the Maiden" arc, she turns against both men, having been betrayed by her father and sick of being used as a pawn by Batman to take Ra's down. By the time Creator/GrantMorrison started using her in their ''[[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Batman Inc.]]'' storylines, she has become as evil as her father ever was. However, it seems that her own resurrection by the Lazurus Pit in later stories have thrown her back into her more honorable personage.
68** ''Detective Comics'' #526, "All My Enemies Against Me", features the first mass team-up by all Gotham City villains to kill Batman. They are instantly betrayed by Talia and ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} (the only two women in the room), who both join the Caped Crusader and attempt not only to help him defeat everyone else but also to [[DatingCatwoman get his attention]].
69* Diamondback (Rachel Leighton) was sent by the Serpent Society to help capture ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. Though she did not immediately abandon her mercenary ways, she fell in love with Cap and helped him escape. They later formed a romantic relationship.
70* In a feminist variation, [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' stories often had her make extra effort to redeem female opponents, [[MenAreTheExpendableGender far more effort than she would extend to a male baddie]]. And she often succeeded. Even Paula Von Gunther, a Nazi and one of Diana's main archnemeses at the time, saw the light and eventually became one of Diana's most loyal allies.
71* Very few female ''ComicBook/XMen'' villains stay villains. The Scarlet Witch, Rogue, Marrow, Emma Frost, Sage, Danger, Frenzy, and Callisto were all ''X-Men'' or ''ComicBook/XFactor'' villains who became good guys. Mystique and Lady Mastermind were also ''X-Men'' villains who became X-Men, but [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor it didn't take]] (though Mystique is usually portrayed as redeemable and willing to do what she thinks is the right thing). The X-Men have had male villains change sides -- Quicksilver turned hero when his twin sister the Scarlet Witch did, though she's always portrayed as the more heroic of the two (unless she's having mental problems, in which case it's portrayed as not her fault) -- but not as many. And when you consider that they have more male villains but fewer male villains-turned-hero, you can see this trope in full effect.
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75* [[SuperSoldier Stella Loussier]] from ''Fanfic/GundamSeedDestinyAltered'' is the sole female pilot from Phantom Pain, and the only one who defects to ZAFT [[LoveRedeems just to be with her]] LoveInterest, [[HotBlooded Shinn Asuka]]. This doubles as DefectingForLove.
76* The only two denizens of Karlix that converted to the good side in ''FanFic/PrettyCurePerfumePreppy'' were female: Lapinyuu and Ashley.
77* In ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'', Konan is a straighter example than in canon. After Nagato/Pain performs his RedemptionEqualsDeath, she turns herself in to Konoha and later joins the Shinobi Allied Forces against Akatsuki during the Fourth Ninja War.
78* ''Fanfic/TruePotential'': When the Sound Four fight against Hiruzen, [[spoiler:he easily kills all the male members, but spares Tayuya on the grounds that she might be an Uzumaki. She later forsakes her allegiance to Orochimaru and becomes a Konoha ninja.]]
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82* Megara from ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}''. To her credit though, she was [[TokenGoodTeammate never really evil in the first place]].
83* Mirage in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1''; after seeing that Syndrome was willing to put her in danger just to taunt Mr. Incredible.
84* Shira from ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeContinentalDrift'' started out as a firmly loyal minion to [[BigBad Captain Gutt]]'s crew. Diego reaching out to her, coupled with [[BadBoss Gutt's atrocious treatment of her]], sparked her to turn against him and aid the heroes in their quest, culminating in her fighting alongside them in the climax.
85* In ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers'', WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}'s [[TheDragon lieutenant, Clarabelle Cow]], betrays him when she falls in love with WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}... In SONG no less! "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_xrT_2knts Chains of Love]]"
86* Averted in the Straight-to-DVD release ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternFirstFlight'', where, despite Boodika not being anywhere near as evil as the BigBad Sinestro who she has allied herself with, she still ends up dying via impalement when Hal tricks her into shooting an energy rod to make it explode.
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90* Happens in many of the ''Film/JamesBond'' films:
91** ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'': Pussy Galore. [[SexFaceTurn Bond's Epic Goods turn her straight]] (or at least bi), apparently!
92** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d and subverted in ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' with [[NebulousEvilOrganisation SPECTRE's]] "Black Widow" Fiona Volpe, who warns Bond not to expect that from her. Bond, probably because he's a bed-hopping bastard, actually shrugs this off with "Well, you can't win them all". Volpe is actually the first Bond girl this doesn't work on, but it turned out he wasn't actually trying it on her in the first place.
93** Subverted in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice''. Bond is captured by SPECTRE agent Number Eleven, who then frees him, apparently having decided to defect. They spend the night together, Bond quipping "The things I do for England..." as he uses the scalpel she was threatening him with to cut the straps of her evening gown. Next morning, they get into a light aircraft together to fly to safety, but it's a trap and she bails out, leaving Bond restrained in the rear seat while the now-pilotless aircraft dives towards the ground. However, Bond survives, and her actions are enough for Blofeld to decide to feed her to his SharkPool.
94** ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'':
95*** Inverted when Bond sleeps with inept CIA agent Rosie Carver....then pulls a gun on her, revealing he knows she's actually TheMole for BigBad Kananga. He threatens to kill her if she doesn't spill what she knows; when she says he wouldn't do that, they've just made love, he replies "[[JerkAss I certainly wouldn't have killed you before]]."
96*** While Kananga's men are loyal to the death, his female FortuneTeller Solitaire is won over by Bond's charms, even going so far as to lose her virginity - and with it [[VirginPower her ability to predict the future!]] - to him.
97** May Day from ''Film/AViewToAKill''. She arguably has a HeelFaceTurn late in the movie, but it's not because of Bond - it's because Zorin betrayed her and killed her friends. Critics pointed out that having May Day turn good conveniently allowed Bond to avoid having to fight her.
98** Inverted in ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' when Miranda Frost tries to kill 007 ''after'' they spend the night together. It turns out that she was the DoubleAgent who betrayed Bond, leading to his capture in the ActionPrologue.
99* In ''Film/{{Spies}}'', a silent film that plays like a James Bond flick 30 years before the first James Bond flick, the lady spy from the NebulousEvilOrganisation falls in love with the good guy spy that she was supposed to be a HoneyPot for. She refuses to betray him to her evil boss and eventually helps to bring the evil boss down.
100* ''Film/TheCannonballRun'': The male members are thugs and/or potential rapists while the female member ends up leaving the brawl with Seymour and participating in the race's victory party.
101* ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'':
102** Gisele in [[Film/FastAndFurious the fourth movie]].
103** Zig-zagged in [[Film/FastFive the fifth movie]] with [[spoiler:Officer Neves. It seems like she'll end up in this role throughout most of the film, but both her ''and'' Hobbs end up joining forces with Toretto. She doesn't assist them in actually stealing the money, but does meet up with Dom again after the fact]].
104* ''Film/OurManFlint''. Gila is accused of doing a SexFaceTurn by the leaders of Galaxy after Flint escapes the DeathTrap she lured him into after [[FemmeFataleSpy sleeping with him]], but she actually changes sides because they're going to brainwash her into a Galaxy SexSlave for her failure to kill Flint. Playing along with the accusation however, Gilia throws herself into Flint's arms before being dragged off and slips him his [[ShoePhone cigarette lighter]] so he can escape and rescue her. At the end of the movie she's joined Flint's harem, so he certainly left an impression.
105* Eve Teschmacher in the 1978 ''Film/{{Superman|theMovie}}'' movie and Kitty Kowalski in ''Film/SupermanReturns''. Miss Teschmacher's betrayal was really Lex's own fault -- [[BadBoss he's so horrible to both of his henchpeople throughout the movie]] that the only reason Otis didn't betray him too was that he was [[LethallyStupid too stupid to realize just how much Lex hated him]]. The last straw for Miss Teschmacher involved [[EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes siccing a missile on her mother's hometown]]. That [[HeelFaceTurn led her to save Superman's life in exchange for his stopping that missile]] which was headed for Hackensack, NJ.
106* ''Film/TakeAimAtThePoliceVan'': Yuko was actually running her father Hamajimo's flesh-peddling operation--hookers, strippers, human trafficking--while dad was in the hospital. She goes so far as to murder a stripper to stop her from talking. But after falling in love with the hero, Tamon, Yuko has a change of heart and winds up helping him to take all the other sleazy flesh-peddlers down.
107* Subverted in ''Creature from Haunted Sea'': the main character repeatedly tries to get the girl to turn good, but she's not interested.
108* Sala in ''Film/{{The Phantom|1996}}''. Little explanation is given, it seems to happen purely because the Laws of Trope demand it. Though she does seem awfully protective [[LesYay of her female companion]].
109* Eve Kendall in ''Film/NorthByNorthwest''. [[spoiler: Although it turns out that she was TheMole all along.]]
110* [[spoiler: TheBaroness]] in the 2009 live-action ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', [[spoiler: fighting her way free of the nanomites to help Duke. Stays good until the end, though the nanomites are still there, and could be [[BrainwashedAndCrazy subverted]] if her brother had a second control device to drag her back]].
111* In the last of ''Film/TheNakedGun'' films, Tanya Peters (Anna Nicole Smith) is the moll for a gang of terrorist assassins. After spending some time with the film's hero, Lieutenant Frank Drebin (who has gone undercover as an extra member of the gang), she apparently has a change of heart. She reveals where the gang leader has planted a bomb to Frank... but things go badly for her afterwards when [[spoiler: Frank discovers she's transgender and reacts as though this is massively disgusting ("UnfortunateImplications" seems ''much'' too generous a term for this scene)]].
112* In Disney's ''Film/{{Condorman}}'', [[UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre KGB]] spy Natalia is a DefectorFromCommieLand, but she insists on doing so only to the titular "top secret agent", who is actually a bumbling comic book writer. HilarityEnsues when he's forced to actually do all the spy stuff he dreams of in order to rescue her, but it's his naive charm that won Natalia's heart in the first place and helped prompt her defection.
113* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
114** [[spoiler:Kayla]] from ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''. One thing for sure is that she's not evil to begin with.
115** Inverted in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': [[spoiler: both female mutants working with Xavier have turned to the dark side by the time the movie is over, and, aside from Magneto, are the only ones to do so]].
116* Inverted in ''Film/SpyKids''. The only female villain in the series (Creator/TeriHatcher's character in [[Film/SpyKids1 the first movie]]) is one of the few to ''not'' be redeemed.
117* Trudy Chacon in ''{{Film/Avatar}}'' is the only one of the soldiers who does a HeelFaceTurn: the other characters who turn are either scientists or Jake Sully who (very literally) [[GoingNative Go Native]], but Trudy is simply one grunt amongst hundreds. While she does spend more time with the main cast getting Aesops and stuff, it certainly comes off as this.
118* Yelena in ''Film/XXx'', though it's later played with as the villain knew the whole time. ([[BondVillainStupidity But didn't do anything about it]].) Of course, it turns out that she was [[spoiler:undercover for the FSB the whole time]].
119* ''Film/{{Kapo}}'': Nicole is a Jewish teenaged girl who is sent to Auschwitz during UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust. She manages to assume the identity of a deceased Gentile prisoner and thus is sent to a different Nazi slave labor camp instead of being gassed. She throws her lot in with the Germans, becoming a cruel, vicious "kapo" (a trusty charged with guarding the other slaves). But when she falls in love with Sasha, a handsome Russian soldier interned in the camp, she undergoes a high-heel face turn and helps the prisoners in staging a mass breakout.
120* ''Film/NightMoves2013'': Lone female conspirator Dena is the only one to feel any real guilt for killing the camper and Josh and Harmon are able to tell immediately that it's only a matter of time before she cracks. [[spoiler:So Josh kills her.]]
121* Luba from ''Film/CallMeBwana'' is a Soviet HoneyTrap meant to seduce Matt. She switches sides after she falls in love with him.
122* ''Film/NightTeeth:'' When Victor and [[spoiler:FemmeFatale Zoe]] threaten to kill Benny, [[spoiler: Blaire]] turns against them.
123* In ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', Furiosa is [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only female soldier working for Immortan Joe or any of the other warlords]], and the plot kicks off with Furiosa defecting to liberate Joe's "wives"/sex slaves. It's implied Furiosa only joined Joe and worked up the ranks in order to make this rescue possible.
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128* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In ''The Gatekeeper Trilogy'', Micaela is the only woman in her father's large ApocalypseCult and is one of the few to turn good, with her feelings for Giles playing a role in her decision even if they aren’t the main reason for her HeelFaceTurn.
129* [[spoiler: Nicci]] in the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' series, though [[spoiler: this is more about Richard changing her view on life than his sheer manliness, though that did help a little]]. [[spoiler: Denna]] is a less extreme example, as are [[spoiler: the rest of the surviving Mord Sith]].
130* Michael Stackpole of the Literature/XWingSeries books and comics is good at subverting this. All of his villains are more or less equally evil, including [[ManipulativeBastard Ysanne Isard]], [[FemmeFatale Leona Tavira]], and TheMole, Erisi Dlart. Isard is the BigBad, but she's not insane in the main series, just ruthless and calculating. Several people pull {{Heel Face Turn}}s, but while there's a couple women among them they turn because DefeatMeansFriendship and because they were helped, like the men.
131** The [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Star Wars EU]] also had a minor case in the [[Literature/TheCourtshipOfPrincessLeia Witches of Dathomir]], it's shown that the form of the dark side used by the witches leaves them disfigured. It overloads their bodies and causes blood vessels near the skin to burst, so any of the witches that are less disfigured, and prettier, would theoretically be easier to return from the dark side.
132** Also Mara Jade (at least her falling for Luke seems to have happened a few years after her turn).
133* Happens rather frequently in Leslie Charteris' Literature/TheSaint novels.
134* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] In the ''Literature/{{Fablehaven}}'' series, [[spoiler:Vanessa]] is one of the only villains to do a HeelFaceTurn, but only out of necessity, and they distrust her repeatedly throughout the books. [[spoiler: The Sphinx who was the BigBad]] also turns good in the end, with the (Female) demon he controlled taking a position in a BigBadDuumvirate.
135* Zig-Zagged with Diana from ''Literature/{{Gone}}''. Throughout the series, she's probably the least outwardly loyal Coates kid, sometimes to the point of sabotaging their plans, but is the only one that actually cares about [[BigBad Caine]]. She stays even after [[spoiler:Drake's and Jack's]] [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]] but is still openly critical of how things are being done. Finally, in Plague, she [[spoiler:leaves for good]]. But she remains on her own side the whole time, so there's no technical change[[spoiler:, and she left more because Caine used her for sex and lied to her than an attack of conscience, although there's a little bit of that, too]].
136* In ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'', [[DaddysLittleVillain Phaidor]] is the only named female [[GodGuise Thern]], and also the only named Thern to do a HeelFaceTurn. [[spoiler: Notably, of the four main villains in the third book- the other three being [[PriestKing Matai Shang]] (her dad), [[RevengeBeforeReason Thurid]], and [[EvilOverlord Salensus Oll]]- while all four die, she's the only girl and the only one to die ''repentant''.]]
137* In ''Literature/OliverTwist'', Nancy is the only female in the group of villains, and the only one to do a HeelFaceTurn. [[spoiler: Although she turns, she cannot abandon her criminal friends because AllGirlsWantBadBoys.]]
138* Keela from ''Literature/ChantersOfTremaris'' betrays her half-brother to join the heroes, due to some handy magical re-hardwiring of her personality.
139%% * [[spoiler:Ridley]] from ''Literature/TheCasterChronicles''.
140* Caitlin [=McCloskey=] from ''Literature/TheSpeedOfSound'' is the only high-ranking woman in the American Heritage Foundation to be mentioned. In ''The Sound of Echoes'', she defects and wages war on the Foundation over their attempted torture of Eddie, an innocent who doesn't understand why they want to hurt him.
141* [[spoiler: Subverted]] in ''Literature/TheSleepingDragon'' by Johnny Nexus. [[spoiler: The only woman in TheConspiracy is the party wizard's ex, who offers to help them once he explains why their FantasticNuke could mean the end of the world. Then it turns out she was just using them to further her own ambitions within the conspiracy ... [[BatmanGambit which is exactly what he was counting on]].]]
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145* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Faith joins the good guys again after Angel shows her ThePowerOfFriendship.
146* This happens nearly OncePerEpisode in ''Series/TheWildWildWest''... Including in one version of the AnimatedCreditsOpening! Utterly averted in TheFilmOfTheSeries, though.
147* The writers of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' seemed incapable of thinking women could be evil. Even villainesses tended to get the [[GaussianGirl soft-focused-cheesy-musiced-hey-it's-a-hot-girl]] treatment. Women who did do bad things were typically portrayed as naive and/or misguided and therefore more deserving of pity than blame. Prime examples of this are Lt. Marla [=McGivers=] from "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed Space Seed]]" and Dr. Janice Lester in "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E24TurnaboutIntruder Turnabout Intruder]]". Due to ValuesDissonance, modern-day viewers tend to take rather less kindly to these characters than was intended.
148** An exception is Sylvia in "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E7Catspaw Catspaw]]". Not only is she an unmitigated villainess, she dies -- along with her more sympathetic male partner. [[spoiler:It probably helps that "her" undisguised form looks like it's made out of pipe cleaners.]]
149** One episode, "The Conscience of the King" attempts to do this with Lenore, an actress in a company of Shakespearean actors (InSpace). [[spoiler: Her father was once a leader of a colony that ran out of food, and so he ordered that half of the population be killed while the rest would be rationed whatever food was left [[note]] This was written long before ''Infinity War'', Marvel fans, so sit down. [[/note]]. The relief aid arrived a day later, and his actions earned him the nickname "the Executioner" and a life in hiding. Lenore learned about it, and instead of being horrified she trained herself to be a serial killer and spent the next several years killing any witness to the event. At the end of the episode she tries to kill Kirk and a lower-ranking officer, only to kill her father instead, and she suffers a mental breakdown.]].
150** Notably, the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E11FridaysChild Friday's Child]]" was originally scripted with Eleen handing her own newborn child over to the bad guys in an effort to save herself and then getting killed anyway as they only wanted the baby in the first place. Creator/GeneRoddenberry vetoed this because he believed all women would be maternal. Note the writer of this episode was a woman, so apparently he thought he knew her own sex better than she did.
151** Later [[Franchise/StarTrek Star Trek shows]] averted this trope, with several episodes having unrepentant villainesses; "The Drumhead" from TNG, for example.
152* Female villains in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', due to usually being humans in supervillain outfits as opposed to [[PeopleInRubberSuits Rubber suit monsters]], generally need to take a OneWingedAngel form in order to be destroyed.
153** ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'': The only members of [[TheEmpire Tube]] to turn good are Igam and her loyal {{Ninja}} bodyguard Fumin, both of whom are female. Igam is notable in that she spends most of the series pretending to be male, but becomes much more sympathetic after the reveal of her true gender.
154** ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' has Zonette, the lone female among the bad guys, turn good due to falling for the Red Ranger. However unusually for this trope, she convinces her male boss, and comrades to turn good as well. They all [[RedemptionEqualsLife survive]] and live HappilyEverAfter.
155** Jannu/[[spoiler:Mahoro]] and Lije are the only female members of the Evolians in ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''. Naturally, they're the only two members to turn good, aside from Abare Killer. It does help that [[spoiler:neither joined Evolian out of their own free will as Mahoro was brainwashed by Dezumozorlya and deceived while Lije was possessed and influenced by the Wicked Life God for most of the series.]]
156** While not the only members of Infershia to turn good, Sphinx and Vancuria are about the only ones to do so and live in ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger''.
157** Mele in ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' eventually turns good out of her love for Rio when he gets put in danger, which is enough to drag him along as well.
158** ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' is unusual in that nearly ''every'' one of the initial villainous roster makes some kind of face turn, through a combination of mistreatment by their boss, being replaced with ''much'' more evil villains, and humanity simply being infectious. However, of the lot, the only two that actually survive their redemption are the female Candelira and the ambiguously-gendered Luckyuro.
159** Shizuka in ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' skirted the trope by not becoming necessarily good at the end of her series, but she stopped being an active hindrance to the heroes after Yaiba betrayed the Dark Shadow. He paid for what he did; she and Gekkou didn't. They're implied to have made the full turn by the time ''Film/KaizokuSentaiGokaigerVsSpaceSheriffGavanTheMovie'' rolls around since they are imprisoned along with an entire host of reformed Sentai villains.
160* Happens often in ''Sentai'''s western adaptation ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', for similar reasons.
161** Notable {{aver|tedTrope}}sions include Vypra in ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'', Miratrix in ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'', and...yeah, especially since Miratrix was [[DisneyDeath just trapped in a crystal]], much like her boss Kamdor was prior to the season. Notable examples of being played straight include Itassis ''and'' Necrolai/[[spoiler:Leelee's mother Nikki]] of ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'', both of whom were redeemed at the end.
162** [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Nadira]] was not only TheDragon (of sorts), but eventually her HeelFaceTurn led to a LoveRedeems moment where the BigBad himself (who was her dad) surrendered to the good guys. Apparently her good behavior got her paroled after only 1 year of imprisonment.
163** [[spoiler: [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Astronema]]/[[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Karone]]]] abides by both parts of the trope, [[spoiler: being the first acting-BigBad to have a HeelFaceTurn and ''then'' getting cybernetically altered so she was RIDICULOUSLY evil so she could assume the role of true BigBad... and ''then'' turning good in the end anyways]]. She was really [[spoiler:GoodAllAlong, as getting {{Brainwashed}} tends to make you a Bad Guy]].
164** You can also add in Elsa from ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'', who had her powers stripped by the BigBad and returned to human form and was now good. Like Astronema, she was [[spoiler:GoodAllAlong, just {{Brainwashed}}.]]
165** Camille from ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'' was redeemed by ThePowerOfLove for Jarrod.
166** Tenaya 7 from ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' was pretty much a repeat of the Astronema arc.
167** Toxica from ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' mixes this with MinionShipping [[LoveRedeems redeems]]. After being betrayed by both Mandilok and Master Org (resulting in her DisneyDeath) and having to be revived by Jindrax, she willingly helps the Rangers by telling them how to destroy the Nexus and rescuing Princess Shayla. She and Jindrax declare a truce with the Rangers afterwards and are last seen walking arm-in-arm into the sunset.
168** To a lesser degree were Mara and Kapri from ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm''. They were really more spoiled and ThickerThanWater than truly evil. [[spoiler:Eventually one of the heroes save them for the same reason.]]
169** ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' seems well on its way to doing it again, as Dayu is stuck on the villains' side due to making a DealWithTheDevil to save her husband. [[spoiler:Subverted when it just doesn't happen. Said husband was cursed to be a BloodKnight and kept picking fights with the Red Ranger until he was slain, which led Dayu to abandon her humanity in despair and try to PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery.]]
170** You can add Rita Repulsa (the very first BigBad of the franchise, no less) to this list. While both she ''and'' Lord Zedd were purged of evil in "Countdown to Destruction", she was the only one who seemed to ''do'' anything later, in ''Mystic Force'', where she appeared as the leader of the Mystic Ones. She also gave the Rangers their link to the Morphing Grid, along with other important aid from time to time. In Operation Overdrive, Thrax claims that his parents, who are Rita and Zedd, turned away from the darkness and evil.
171*** The above was notably subverted in [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger the source material]], as there was literally no connection between Bandora and [[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger Heavenly Arch Saint Magiel]] apart from them having [[Creator/MachikoSoga the same actress.]]
172* In ''Series/RobinHood'' the Sheriff sends a spy into Bonchurch in order to get information on Robin from the newly appointed Earl: Much. Tellingly called [[MeaningfulName Eve]], she ends up falling for Much and admitting everything.
173* This often (but not always) happens in ''Series/Batman1966'', usually with the various villains' molls.
174** Sometimes it would occur at the very end of an episode (just after the final commercial break) as a seeming sort of [[AnAesop Aesop]], as in "See, not all of these criminals are ''really'' bad people." This is exactly how the redemption of "Zelda the Great" came out (doubly notable since she was the ''villain'' of the show, not just a moll).
175** Ultimately subverted in the "Minstrel's Shakedown" episode: The Minstrel's moll initially surrenders to Batman and Robin, but they admire her courage and seemingly let her go. However, it was all a ruse to bug the girl's purse so that the Dynamic Duo can listen in on Minstrel's plot. After she learns this, the girl turns evil again.
176* Veronica Palmer in ''Series/BetterOffTed'', described in one episode as being the only female in upper management at the evil organization Veridian Dynamics, uses her position in several episodes to subvert company plans, either directly or by manipulating one of her underlings. And, although clearly sociopathic if not a bit insane, Veronica is consistently depicted as the far lesser of the evils in the rare occasion that upper management is seen.
177* Ros Myers was in the inner circle of the Collingwood Cabal from the two-part premiere of ''Series/{{Spooks}}'' series five, alongside her [=MI6=] boss Collingwood, her father Sir Jocelyn (the financier of the group's attempted coup d'etat), and newspaper mogul Paul Millington, who's been skewing his headlines to ensure maximum panic (and by extension, support for the "antiterrorism" measures upon which their planned police state will be built). She's quite appalled after Collingwood decides to pull the trigger on an assassination of the Home Minister and a staged airplane collision over London despite a presumed negotiation with Harry Pearce and his supporters, where he promised a short truce. Ros promptly texts Adam Carter to warn him of the assassination attempt and spends the second part of the premiere passing intel of the Cabal's actions to Section D, before quitting Six and joining [=MI5=] at the end of the episode.
178* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
179** Every named villain in the serial "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan The Daleks' Master Plan]]" is either clearly male or a [[NoBiologicalSex genderless alien played by a male actor]], with the exception of TheAce Sara Kingdom. Guess which character ends up becoming a temporary companion.
180** Exaggerated in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E2TheHandOfFear The Hand of Fear]]", in which Eldrad (the only woman in the story other than Sarah Jane) is portrayed sympathetically and is willing to help the Doctor, until [[TheNthDoctor regenerating]] into a male body, who is a ranting megalomaniac.
181--->'''The Doctor:''' I quite liked her, but I couldn't stand him.
182** Missy [[spoiler:is the first, and thus far only, incarnation of the Master to successfully pull a HeelFaceTurn (though she winds up [[RedemptionEqualsDeath shot in the back by her own past self]] the "Saxon" Master for her trouble), and is the only female incarnation of the Master we've seen onscreen]].
183* ''Series/MacGyver1985'': Karen in "Deathlock", Sara in "The Escape" and Holly in "Twenty Questions".
184* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': In season 1, Foggy's ex-girlfriend [[LovableAlphaBitch Marci Stahl]] is introduced working for [[AmoralAttorney Landman & Zack]], the law firm where Matt and Foggy interned at prior to starting Nelson & Murdock. Once Matt and Foggy come into evidence that Landman & Zack's attorneys are in the pocket of Wilson Fisk, Foggy presents the evidence to Marci and reminds her that she "used to have a soul". Sure enough, by turning on her partners and producing evidence for Nelson & Murdock, Marci is left in the clear when the FBI arrests the majority of Fisk's accomplices. Marci later takes on a job with Hogarth Chao & Benowitz, at which Foggy later joins her by the end of season 2 following Nelson & Murdock's closure.
185* ''Series/IronFist2017'': [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Colleen Wing]] is revealed partway through the first season to have been raised by the Hand, Danny's sworn enemies, and mentored by Bakuto, one of the Hand's founders. Bakuto has tasked her with convincing Danny to join them while being convinced herself that the organization is a benevolent charity that gives troubled kids in New York City a new purpose in life. Despite Danny being furious by the betrayal, Colleen discreetly helps him and Davos escape from Bakuto's compound. Her aiding Danny in escaping causes Bakuto to try to have her killed, at which point she finally learns that the Hand really is as evil as Danny and Claire have been telling her, and becomes deadset on destroying the Hand.
186* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'': Subverted by ComicBook/{{Elektra}}, who, after being killed at the end of ''Daredevil'' season 2, got resurrected by Alexandra and turned into her personal attack dog. When Elektra regains her memories thanks to being jogged by repeat encounters with Matt, she doesn't turn good; quite the opposite, she kills Alexandra and explicitly takes command of the Hand to harvest their resurrection substance for herself, and refuses to go along with Matt's attempts to turn her good.
187* ''Series/BodyguardUK2018'': Julia starts off as an antagonistic CorruptPolitician especially to her bodyguard, David. When they sleep together, she falls quickly in love with him and becomes much softer and less corrupt, seemingly overnight. Also doubles as SexFaceTurn.
188* ''Series/TheHauntingOfBlyManor'': Rebecca changed her mind about possessing Flora at the last minute so that she could go on to have a long and happy life. Peter didn't change his mind about possessing Miles, however, until Dani intervened to release them.
189* ''Series/OceanGirl'': Ellie Hauser is the only named female member of PRAXIS, and also the only one to treat Neri like the teenage girl she is rather than an alien specimen to be studied and exploited. Neri's condition in captivity worsens because the mostly male staff can't be bothered to give her water and sunlight, and Ellie's compassion for her eventually gets her access to Neri's cell revoked. Ellie ends up breaking her out and hands her back to ORCA, where she eventually makes a full recovery. She ends up quitting PRAXIS when her superior talks about how their experimentation on Neri was "regrettable", but allowed them to make strides in an unknown medical field.
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193* Simply Luscious...[[LesserOfTwoEvils sort]] [[WildCard of]]. She abandons [[PowerStable The Prophecy]] bent on destroying Wrestling/RingOfHonor in an effort to win back the heart of Steve Corino, who dumped her for the whole 'remaking the promotion he works for [[InTheirOwnImage in the image]] of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels' thing being bad for business.
194* {{Invoked|Trope}} at EVOLVE when Rich Swann tried to talk Premier Athlete Brand secretary Wrestling/SuYung out of the group when she started interfering in his matches. While Swann had some fun at the other members' expense because of this "relationship" the only turn it caused was Wrestling/JohnnyGargano's, who was a {{face}} by default at that point anyway. [[FakeDefector Yung's was faked]].[[/folder]]
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197* In Camus' ''L'État de siège'' (The State of Siege), Death (a female) betrays her master, Plague, to aid the male protagonist.
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201* As found out in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', [[spoiler: Maria Thorpe]].
202* ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos Origins'' has [[spoiler:Milly]], although she changes sides before anyone finds out she'd been working for an antagonist in the first place. [[spoiler:By the time it comes up, she's already been firmly established as heroic, so all the other two really ask of her is an honest explanation.]]
203* Amongst the villains of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', all the ones who commit to this trope have a vagina. [[spoiler:That is not to say all the villains with a vagina commit to this trope.]]
204** Litchi Faye-Ling: Goaded into joining the NOL by Hazama with promises of aid in curing Arakune. [[spoiler:She didn't get the villains' end of the bargain, but thanks to Bang, Ragna, Noel, Tsubaki, Makoto, and Valkenhayn, Relius was left a broken man, and she and Carl now pull his strings, so he may be beholden to his colleague's deal. Things got reset afterwards, and afterwards, she just disassociated herself with the bad guys anymore.]]
205** Tsubaki Yayoi: Forcibly {{brainwashed}} by Hazama and Phantom. [[spoiler:Escaped with aid from Jin, Noel, and Makoto, with Kagura and Kokonoe on technical support.]]
206** [[spoiler:Nine/Phantom: Reanimated; details unknown. Still evil, possibly due to brainwashing. Injured Jubei on first contact, and tries to kill him in round two; no known contact with Celica since reanimation, but the possibility of her return appear slim; her survival less so. Eventually double-subverted because she masterminded the events of ''Central Fiction'', [[WellIntentionedExtremist for a legitimate reason of trying to save the world from the depressing loops dictated by one being that only cared about themselves, not the lives of others]], manages to see reason and gets a RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
207** [[spoiler:Imperator Librarius/Saya: Abducted and forcibly brainwashed by Terumi in Ragna's backstory. Revealed to be the host of the entity "Hades of Izanami", remains evil through ''Chronophantasma'', forcibly [[TragicMonster conscripts Ragna]] and leaves [[VillainousBreakdown Relius]] and [[KilledOffForReal Terumi]] to their fates. Whether Saya lingers in her remains unanswered, but her chances of redemption or survival appear slim to none. In the end averted, she still continues to antagonize the world until she gets her end thanks to the heroes, and to rub the salt to the wounds, both Terumi and Relius came back, the former gets a last hurrah, the latter escapes karma, annulling her previous attempt.]]
208* Cerl in ''VideoGame/BreathOfFire''. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath]]. [[UnexplainedRecovery She recovered somehow]] [[TimeyWimeyBall with time travel]], though.
209* Averted in the ''VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga''; in ''Jedi Knight'', the Dark Jedi who gets a HeelFaceTurn is the teenage boy. The female Dark Jedi is TheDragon and is killed just before you face the BigBad. Desann's apprentice Tavion is spared by Kyle in ''Jedi Outcast'', but she just comes back even more pissed off as the new BigBad in ''Jedi Academy''.
210* [[spoiler:Isabela Keyes]] in ''VideoGame/DeadRising''.
211* Among the optional psychopaths in ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'', Bibi Love and Snowflake the Tiger are the only ones who can be spared and rescued as opposed to killed, among the many, ''many'' male psychopaths. Averted with the twins, Amber and Crystal Bailey, who are mandatory bosses in the main story and both end up killed at the end of their boss fight.
212* In the first ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'', Trish is the only demoness among Mundus's servants and the only one to turn good.
213* Averted in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' by [[spoiler:Ser Cauthien]]. She serves [[spoiler:Loghain]] out of loyalty and honour, but questions several of his decisions. It's possible [[spoiler:outside of the Landsmeet chamber]] for a Warden PC with high Coercion and Persuasion to talk her into walking away, but otherwise you're forced to kill her for her loyalty to a misguided tyrant. Seduction is not an option either way.
214** [[spoiler: Morrigan]] is basically a walking subversion. A romance will cause her to soften considerably, but her plan to [[spoiler: use the warden to create a superpowered baby for her own (dubious?) purposes and leave the warden]] goes on as planned, regardless.
215* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'':
216** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'', Leila does a HeelFaceTurn after the party defeats her crew, and joins them.
217** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', Celes is the first of the Empire's generals to turn against the war. While it mainly had to do with her personal morality, her crush on Locke certainly helped.
218*** Actually, the two Empire soldiers who were beating her unconscious when Locke first meets her probably had a larger influence on her decision to defect.
219** In the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' prequel ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', all of the Turks eventually turn to Zack's side, but Cissnei is the first to do so.
220** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'':
221*** General Beatrix starts out as a loyal servant of the villainous Queen Brahne but turns against her ruler once the party force her to realize her queen has gone mad. She briefly joins the party herself, despite having been a difficult boss fight earlier.
222*** Queen Brahne herself has somewhat of a heel-face turn herself at the moment of her death, though this is more along the lines of [[VillainsDyingGrace Villain's Dying Grace]] due to a [[HeelRealization Heel Realization]].
223** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'': Out of the five Judge Magisters, the lone female, Drace, is the only one who is opposed to [[BigBad Vayne]]'s plan to take the throne of Archadia by force, and decides to act out. It ends up being subverted as she gets killed before she can do much, her actions inspire one of the four male Judges, Gabranth, to rebel against Vayne in her place (although it happens much later), and by the end of the game, we learn that Reddas -- formerly Judge Magister Zecht -- had beaten her and Gabranth by a few years.
224* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
225** [[spoiler:Subverted]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade''. The bad guys consist of the BigBad, two AntiVillain brothers who only serve their organisation out of the loyalty they had before it was corrupted, a male assassin who kills [[spoiler: Matthew's love interest, Leila]], a [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]], said woman's loyal female underling, and a powerful female Morph who believes her only purpose is to serve the BigBad. Who gets redemption? [[spoiler: The male assassin. Via the ManipulativeBitch's DarkMagicalGirl daughter, who pulls a HeelFaceTurn ''first'' and brings him along. (Genderflipped example, then?).]]
226** Possibly played straight in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' with [[spoiler: Idoun]], but only [[spoiler:In the best ending]]. She was [[spoiler:under MindControl]], anyway.
227** Played straight in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' where [[spoiler:Aversa]] is the only female member depicted in the [[spoiler:Grimleal]], and is a manipulative BadBoss. Yet the DLC content reveals Aversa to have survived and to have been magically brainwashed by a male Villain against her will all along. She then joins the party as a playable character and can be romanced by the Male custom character. The other members of the [[spoiler:Grimleal]], all of whom are ugly males, are just said to be evil with no explanation on why.
228** Surprisingly, ''gender-flipped'' in the second half of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' The brothers Iuchar and Iucharba are both in love with Larcei (or her {{expy}} Creidne, if you screwed up badly enough in part 1 to prevent Larcei from being born) and one of them can be persuaded to pull this by her and join the heroes. The other will go [[WomanScorned man scorned]] and she'll have to kill him.
229** And in the first generation there's Prince Jamke, who has feelings for Edain the Priestess and she can convince him to join sides... and later he can marry either her or her twin sister Brigid.
230** Also, it's more often than not ''averted'' in its original form. More than once you'll have an AntiVillain with an UndyingLoyalty to an enemy, but she won't be likely to switch sides for the heroes' love or friendship. [[spoiler: Selena Fluorspar from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'']] is an especially tragic case; she is shown as a sympathetic MyCountryRightOrWrong type, but still dies by your hand, and the two generals who actually HeelFaceTurn are male. [[spoiler: And one [[HeelFaceDoorSlam gets killed]] ''before'' he could join your group anyway.]]
231* ''VideoGame/GitarooMan'' is too weird to play very many tropes straight besides this one. There's only one female Gravillian, and [[spoiler: naturally, she's been brought up to fight Gitaroo-Man as the planet's greatest champion, only to fall for him at the last minute]].
232* X'tabay from ''VideoGame/{{Guacamelee}}'' eventually turns to Juan's side after Calaca ignores her completely once he gets El Presidente's daughter. (That the man's beloved pet monster died while X'tabay was supposed to be taking care of it doesn't really help much.)
233* An interesting case in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' where Larxene, member of Organization XIII, aids Marluxia in his plan to defy Organization XIII. She's still evil, but now she's just [[PlayingBothSides against both the heroes and the other group of villains]].
234** Almost averted in the original script, in which Marluxia was written as a female character but changed to male fairly late in production to avoid accusations of sexism as a result of [[UnfortunateImplications his and Larxene's rebellion against the male-dominated Organization XIII being thwarted]] after they're OutGambitted by Axel and defeated by the (male) heroes.
235* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'': Yuthura Ban, second-in-command of the Sith Academy, can flip, although it requires you to run through her dialogue line (eventually making friends with her and causing her to question the Sith philosophy) and then, after your trial, team up with her to kill Uthar. At this point she turns on you; defeating her and then sparing her brings her to the light.
236* And in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', Visas Marr, apprentice of Darth Nihilus, who is sent to assassinate you, but then ends up [[DefeatMeansFriendship joining your party]].
237* Erim the Goddess of Death from ''VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals'' is a lone female in a group of four mad Sinistrals. She falls for the local Maxim. After Maxim defeats the Sinistrals (including her), she decides to reincarnate into a straight-up heroine in the sequels and ScrewDestiny.
238** She also ends up falling in love with every main character in the series, yet always is defeated by the protagonist party. And the worse part? She truly is good and every game her fight is just her defending herself from her sad and confused friends...
239* In ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'', although it's more of an EnemyMine scenario, Ferham, one of the last members of the Rebellion, helps her enemies (X and his allies) defeat the BigBad [[spoiler:Redips/[[SdrawkcabAlias Spider]] by removing the AppliedPhlebotinum that made him nearly invincible, allowing the heroes to ultimately defeat him]]. In the end, Ferham, [[spoiler:like most other examples involving both this trope and AppliedPhlebotinum, pulls off a RedemptionEqualsDeath to destroy the AppliedPhlebotinum so that it will not fall into the wrong hands ever again]].
240** It can be difficult to actually characterize the rebels in that game as outright evil, especially the ones at the top of the ladder; all of them seem to be genuinely dedicated to their ideals, which her "turn" affirmed if nothing else, and given the depiction of the federation government in that game [[spoiler:and particularly the head honcho the hunters answer to]] it's hard to condemn them.
241* In ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', this seems the ''only'' way a villain can find redemption. The only ones who seem to have successfully done so are Kitana, Jade, and Sindel. (Not that there aren't plenty of female villains in the franchise that are clearly incapable of redemption; Mileena is a good example.)
242** If you count non-cannon examples, Mileena repents in Kitana's ending to ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', with Kitana [[EasilyForgiven accepting her as family]], and they and Jade ruling Edenia as a benign aristocracy.
243** This is eventually averted in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX''. [[spoiler: While Kotal Kahn and his entourage are {{Noble Demon}}s who are willing to work with Earthrealm (to a point), the feminine D'Vorah has none of her boss' admirable traits and a serious case of ChronicBackstabbingDisorder.]]
244** Of the antagonistic Edenians throughout the series, the ones that turn out good in Liu Kang's new timeline are Mileena and Tanya. Meanwhile, Rain remains a villain throughout the story, but has a HeelRealization in his Arcade ending, and there are hints that his path towards atonement and forgiveness may or may not stick.
245* ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed''
246** In ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnderground 2'', Nikki leaves Caleb and the Wraiths after Caleb chastises her for losing to the player one too many times. She ends up helping the player take Caleb down and is seen celebrating with Rachel in the ending cutscene.
247** In ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedHeat'', Officer Eva Torres is only woman on the main task force, alongside Officer Danny Shaw and Lt. Frank Miller. Unlike both of them however, she has a moral code, and when she realizes the extent of corruption of her superior, she teams up with the PlayerCharacter to take them down.
248* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'': Identical to the above example, there's one hot female elf, one insane bald male human, and one ancient and really ugly lizardwoman. Guess which you can redeem?
249** The Shadows of Undrentide-Hordes of the Underdark campaign arc mostly averts this. No {{Heel Face Turn}}s of any type occur in the entire series (unless you count the end of Aribeth's HeelFaceRevolvingDoor and Nathyrra's backstory), despite having at least two female villains who might have made a good story to have redeemed them.
250* [[spoiler:Vivian]] in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' decides to join Mario and [[spoiler:leave her sisters]] after figuring that [[spoiler:her sister Beldam is just too damn mean. It should be noted that she is the only one of her sisters who is even remotely attractive.]]
251* In ''VideoGame/Persona3'', Chidori, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the sole female]] member of Strega, ends up [[LoveRedeems falling in love with one of the heroes]], Junpei. She struggles with her feelings, and when one of her teammates shoots Junpei dead, [[HeroicSacrifice she gives her life]] [[RedemptionEqualsDeath to revive him]].
252* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', [[spoiler:Sae Nijima]], one of the Phantom Thieves' targets, is the only person on whom they do not use HeelFaceBrainwashing. Instead, with the help of the protagonist [[spoiler:and her younger sister Makoto]], she consciously makes the decision to become a better person.
253* Kurow Kirishima of ''[[VideoGame/RivalSchools Project Justice]]'' sets himself up with two henchwomen - his sister Yurika, and admirer Momo. By the end of the game, they've both betrayed him [[ThePowerOfFriendship for the friends they've gained]]... although Kurow probably brought it on himself by treating Yurika like crap [[spoiler: and sending her to Seijyun, where she'd find Akira and bond with her in a rare prospect LesYay example of this]] and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness considering Momo as nothing more than a pawn]] [[RescueRomance so Shouma rescues and then recruits her]].
254* [[spoiler: Averted wholesale]] in ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}''. Granted, that game's cast ''is'' mostly female to begin with, but [[spoiler: normally, Iris would seem like the kind of villain who would redeem herself at some point, being pretty and all (and not in a sexual way either). [[CuteIsEvil She doesn't]]. To begin with, everything she does is simply for [[ItAmusedMe her own amusement]], so such a possibility is already ruled out]].
255* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'': The only two major female members of the Syndicate are twins Viola and Kiki, but after [[spoiler:Killbane kills Kiki for pushing his BerserkButton, Viola deflects and joins the Saints]]. Though, unlike most examples of this trope, this is a complete act of revenge instead of heroism, seeing as the Saints are a group of [[VillainProtagonist sociopathic criminals]] fighting another criminal group.
256* Belleza of ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' pulls this because [[spoiler: Galcian betrayed her along with the rest of Valua when he sent her back to the Empress and then promptly called down the Rains of Destruction, slaughtering most of Valua's populace]]. Helps that she was [[AntiVillain never all that evil to begin with]]. [[spoiler: Her goal was to [[WellIntentionedExtremist unite the world under one nation so that there would be no more wars]]. Once she realizes that [[BigBad Galcian]] just wants the world to suffer, she decides to sacrifice herself to kill him, by ramming her airship into his escape pod, when he tries to run away after Vyse and the others defeat him.]]
257* In the PSP remake of ''VideoGame/TacticsOgre'', you can go ahead and make [[spoiler:the only female Templar Commando Ozma defect from the Roslolians and join Denim's forces. [[MultipleEndings Not available on all routes]], though. Her [[HalfIdenticalTwins nigh identical]] twin brother and [[SiblingsInCrime partner]] dies in all routes.]] Oh, and in the same time, she's upgraded into a possible {{Love Interest|s}} for [[BlindWeaponmaster Haborym/Hobyrim]].
258** The same way could apply to Ravness Loxaerion, the new girl. When Duke Ronwey turned Heel, Denam/Catiua/Vyce's turn of Face/Heel depends on the player's actions. Leonar always turns Heel, Ravness ALWAYS TURNS FACE. [[spoiler:Though depending on your decision, she might not enjoy that Face status soon.]]
259* ''VideoGame/TimeSplittersFuturePerfect''. The time-traveling hero helps out a seventies super-agent stop a world-threatening conspiracy. Many of the female mooks can be overheard desiring the super-agent in many sexy ways. Gamewise, here is no choice but to shoot the mooks. The super-agent? More interested in dressing up like a lady and flirting with the men in the game.
260* ''VideoGame/VengefulGuardianMoonrider'': [[BlowYouAway Stormdiver]] is one of two female Guardians and the only one to hesitate when her motives are questioned. She's also the only one to [[spoiler:survive and escape from Moonrider instead of being killed, and later on saves him after his HeroicSacrifice in the ending]].
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264* Season 7 of ''WebVideo/ArbyNTheChief'' features Michelle Harris, the gamer girlfriend of the villain of the season: Eugene Black. Unlike [[TheSociopath Tyler]] and [[PaedoHunt Colin]] however, she is not associated with his troll clan (and has stated her dislike in his friends), and is one of the few people who Eugene usually treats like a decent human being in his life outside Halo, but more or less because of how secretive Eugene keeps his life from her. Once Arbiter explains his true nature to her and of his clan, she firmly breaks up with him. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, it's right after Eugene learns of [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his beloved sister's death]], [[MoralEventHorizon and their breakup sends him over the edge]]...]]
265-->'''Michelle:''' I'm truly sorry [[spoiler:for your loss]], Eugene. [[spoiler:From what you've told me of Madeline, she was warm and a gentle soul who couldn't be less deserving of the hand that misdealt her]]. But you and I can't be together anymore, [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse and through your behavior, that was a decision you made yourself]]. Only a very sad, deranged, and heartless individual would do what you've done.
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269* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', Fuchsia is executing one against the devil himself. Unusually, it is [[ChasteHero not the manliness]] of Criminy who occasioned this change, but rather the fact that [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan he treated her like a decent person]].
270* Mosp in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', although Isp and Osp disagree. [[spoiler:She was involved in a LoveMakesYouEvil betrayal in the past, and cares for Torg because he was the first person to show her kindness. She suffers RedemptionEqualsDeath - and possibly DeathEqualsRedemption simultaneously.]]
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274* The eponymous supervillain Leather, of the ''Literature/InterviewingLeather'' journalfic by Eric Burns, [[http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/08/07/interviewing-leather-part-seven/ vents her spleen about the sexism of this trope]] at length in part 7 of the series. Interestingly, Leather herself is the result of a FaceHeelTurn, as she was originally the superheroine Dynamo Girl. [[spoiler:No, she does not redeem by the end of the story.]]
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278* In the TV movie ''Operation: Jet Fusion'' for ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', Jet Fusion tries to invoke this trope on Beautiful Gorgeous, Prof. Calamitous' daughter. It fails though. Later, it seems that it's worked and the two are set to get married. But then it turns out that it's actually an evil plot to control Jet's mind, and Beautiful Gorgeous is ''still'' unwilling to change.
279* Jinx from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', the sole female of the HIVE Five group, ends up joining the Titans in the end. This all happens because she meets Kid Flash, who she ends up having a thing for and is the one to convince her to turn good.
280* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''
281** Rogue - although given that she was only on the bad guys' side because she ''thought'' the X-Men wanted her dead, this is pretty justified.
282** Zigzagged with Tabitha/Boom-Boom who leaves the Xavier Institute and moves in with the Brotherhood. She then leaves them when [[spoiler: Mystique returns]] and works with the X-Men a few times after that. From then onwards she just seems to go with whichever groups suit her at the time: in one episode, she's staying with the Brotherhood while fighting crime with the female X-Men.
283* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated''. Blackarachnia is the only female Decepticon we regularly see (other than Starscream's [[GenderFlip clone]]), and it's hinted a few times in seasons one and two that she has feelings for Optimus and wants to join his team, but believes that the Autobots would never accept her, and she's so disgusted by her organic half that she doesn't believe anyone could accept her as she is. Season 3 however has her cross the MoralEventHorizon [[spoiler: when she kidnaps Wasp and turns him into Waspinator, and reveals to Sentinel that she's the former Autobot Elita-1, which causes him to call her a monster and try to kill her]]. By the series' end, she's as villainous as she ever was.
284* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' with Airachnid. She's arguably more deadly than most of the ''Decepticons'' (except for Megatron and Soundwave), and takes sadistic pleasure in torturing/killing ''anyone'' [[spoiler: She used to roam the universe killing sentient creatures for trophies, she murdered Tailgate, and she ''dismembered'' Breakdown.]] [[note]] Also, did I mention that she looks like the love child of [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] and a robotic tarantula? [[/note]].
285* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' with Shego, who massively subverts the trope at the end of at least two episodes that look like they're heading in this direction. However, that doesn't stop her from taking part in numerous {{Enemy Mine}}s, particularly in the finale. Not to mention it's revealed she had done a FaceHeelTurn in her background, inverting this trope, since she was the only female in her heroic SiblingTeam.
286* Gender Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. The [[EvilOverlord Fire Lord Ozai]] has a son, Zuko and a daughter, Azula. Azula supports him to the end, but his son eventually betrays him to [[MessianicArchetype Avatar]] [[TheHero Aang]].
287** [[spoiler:It's heavily hinted, especially by Aang, that Azula will make a HeelFaceTurn in the future at the end of ''The Search'', which has her abandoning her evil goals completely and running away to seek a new purpose in life.]]
288* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince''. Claudia initially seems to be more sympathetic, but in season 3, [[spoiler: she starts SlowlySlippingIntoEvil, and her brother, Soren takes a HeelFaceTurn instead.]]
289* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolverine and the X|Men2009}}-Men'', [[spoiler: Emma Frost betrays the Inner Circle out of a combination of her love for Cyclops and the fact that hanging around with the X-Men has caused her to grow a conscience, and, of course, the practical reason that the Inner Circle kept switching up their plans without telling her, making her feel like a betrayal was coming]]. This trope is averted by the Inner Circle's ''other'' female member, Selene, however; she's portrayed as an entirely unrepentant sadist and schemer throughout.
290* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' when one of Stan's partners of the week invokes this to get them out of imprisonment with nothing more than a short song. He apparently sexed his way through 200 miles of jungles. Though to be fair... [[StupidSexyFlanders he did have an enticing voice]].
291* [[spoiler:Zhalia]] in ''WesternAnimation/HuntikSecretsAndSeekers''.
292* ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'':
293** [[spoiler: BOTH female members of the Pack, Circe and Breach, end up changing sides thanks to Rex's influence on them.]]
294** Played with as [[DragonAscendant Biowulf]] leads the rest of the Pack, sans [[BigBad Van Kleiss]] into more neutral territory, because by that point [[spoiler: Providence was the enemy, and the female Black Knight has become the BigBad]]
295* In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Injustice for All (part 2)", Franchise/{{Batman}} convinces ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} to sell out the Injustice Gang to the Justice League, which earns her a RedemptionEqualsDeath ([[UnexplainedRecovery though she gets better]]). Subverted when it turns out she didn't, and the real traitor was Ultra Humanite, who didn't want to be there in the first place. [[Funny/JusticeLeague And because Batman made a huge donation to National Public Radio in his name]].
296* Zarana, one of the Dreadknocks from ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'', ends up helping the Joes a lot due to her mutual crush on the Joe communications officer Mainframe. The series doesn't last long enough to see if she officially turns, though.
297* In the ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'' episode "The League of Flesh and Blood", the villains are three andoids - two male, one female - who despise what they are and long to be human. Ming eventually offers them humanity, but this requires ''stealing'' the bodies of Rick, Jedda Walker, and Kshin. Eventually, the female android is the only one [[SuddenPrincipledStand who realizes what this means]] - they're about to become accessories to murder - and pulls a HeroicSacrifice - killing her two partners - to save the teens.
298* ''WesternAnimation/ActionMan2000'': Asazi, at the end of the series, is the only member of the Council of Doom to defect to the good guys, while all of her male colleagues are either depowered or permanently dispatched in some other way. Although it's questionable if she will really quit being evil since her only motivation for helping Alex was that [[EvilVersusOblivion Dr. X's plan to destroy all of humanity would be bad for her business]].
299* ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'': [[MsFanservice Daisy]] is considered by fans to be the first of the Dingo family to redeem themselves.
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