'''Basic Trope''': [[PlayerParty Party member]] [[FaceHeelTurn changes sides]], then [[HeelFaceTurn changes their mind]] and is [[EasilyForgiven welcomed back with open arms]].
* '''Straight''':
** [[TheMole Markus]] reveals that he's actually an assassin from TheEmpire, backstabs [[TheHero Hiro]], and takes off. Hiro and [[TrueCompanions the rest]] track him down, [[DefeatMeansFriendship beat him up]], and welcome him back into their ranks.
** [[TokenEvilTeammate Markus]] chooses to [[FaceHeelTurn betray Hiro's party]] and defects to TheEmpire, thinking that his methods and goals line up more with theirs than with those of Hiro's party, only to later [[HeelRealization realise]] that [[DefectorFromDecadence he doesn't agree with the empire's methods and goals as much as he thought]] and ultimately chooses to [[HeelFaceTurn defect back to Hiro's party]] who are [[EasilyForgiven more than happy to take him back]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Markus ''killed'' [[GeniusBruiser Jack]] and [[{{Ninja}} Aniline]], torched Hiro's DoomedHometown, and [[KickTheDog dropkicks]] [[TeamPet Buck]] [[KillerRabbit the Flaming Hare]]. Hiro ''still'' takes him back.
* '''Downplayed''': Markus, Hiro, and their friends are all {{goth}}s and hate preps. Because they're teenagers, they consider it to be very SeriousBusiness. One day Markus comes to school in a pink polo with a popped collar and starts hanging with the preps, participates in their teasing of goths, and tells them some of his friends' secrets. When he realizes that's just not him, his goth friends give him the silent treatment for a couple days, then forgive him and invite him back into their clique.
* '''Justified''':
** Markus has skills they ''need'' to take down TheEmpire.
** Markus only tried to betray Hiro because TheEmperor [[TheCommiesMadeMeDoIt threatened to kill his family if he didn't.]] Hiro and the rest of the party agree they'd have done the same in his place.
** Markus was brain-washed.
** It was a big misunderstanding: Markus overheard Hiro planning to firebomb a civilian center to kill Imperial Soldiers stationed there ... but missed the part where Hiro explained that the town was evacuated beforehand.
* '''Inverted''': ReformedButRejected.
* '''Subverted''':
** Hiro and the rest of the party take Markus back... then turn him over to the authorities at their earliest convenience or if that's not possible, beat the tar out of him and leave him by the side of the road.
** Hiro and his companions offer to take Markus back... then Emperor Evulz shows up [[HeelFaceDoorSlam and blasts Markus before he gets the chance]].
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Hiro leaves Markus on his own after refusing entrance to the team... but returns later, usually in a BigDamnHeroes moment, to accept him anyway.
** Markus survives and returns to the heroes anyway.
* '''Parodied''': Markus backstabs Hiro, then apologizes. The team takes him back. Markus backstabs him again, then apologizes. The team takes him back. Wash, rinse, repeat. Bonus points if Markus looks like [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Grí­ma Wormtongue]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Hiro and [[CombatMedic Sarah]] forgive Markus immediately, but [[MagicKnight Nathan]], [[TheCutie Candy]] and Buck don't, while [[BoisterousBruiser Blaze]] and [[MysteriousWaif Wendy]] aren't sure ''what'' to think.
* '''Averted''': Markus doesn't want to come back, nor does Hiro ask him.
* '''Enforced''': [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Wheel of Morality]], turn turn turn, tell us [[AnAesop the lesson]] that we must learn: ''Forgiveness!''
* '''Lampshaded''': Hiro: "Markus, I welcome you back because that's what heroes ''do''. We ''forgive'' people. Now let's see if you can keep that forgiveness."
* '''Invoked''': Hiro's first impulse isn't to welcome Markus back, but he's trying to be a better hero so he does it anyway.
* '''Exploited''': Markus felt safe betraying Hiro because he knew he'd be accepted back into the fold if his FaceHeelTurn went pear-shaped.
* '''Defied''': Hiro: "Markus, I should let you rejoin us. I should forgive you, as it is the way of a hero... But I will ''never'' forgive you, you backstabbing weasel!"
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Markus's actions -- and the way the heroes accepted him back so easily -- reflect poorly on the party as a whole. Civilians who heard of his misdeeds distrust the team and are much less willing to help them out. [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] takes advantage of this by claiming Markus was ''still'' working for him during a key battle, distracting the team with new waves of suspicion and distrust.
** While Markus is accepted back, the team members no longer trust him. They treat him like dirt, ignore his existence, and any suspicion in the future will be pointed directly toward him.
* '''Reconstructed''': After being EasilyForgiven, Markus works to prove himself ''worthy'' of that trust and becomes a faithful, loyal companion.
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