History Main / GoodGirlGoneBad

** ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': In the beginning, teenage Alicent Hightower 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 King Viserys (Rhaenyra's father) and giving birth to her first son in her teens (which only worsens her relationship with Rhaenyra due to the 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 and using the services of a creep (Lord Larys Strong). Alicent is increasingly obsessed with placing her own son on the throne (regardless of his wishes) believing it necessary for his survival at first - and then when she starts to come around from this, a miscommunication makes her believe he is a prophesised chosen one who must be on the throne for that.

* ''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 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. Alicent is increasingly obsessed with placing her own son on the throne (regardless of his wishes).

* Megumi from ''Manga/{{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.]]

* ''Chloe'', a 2022 BBC MiniSeries which tries to put forward the message SocialMediaIsBad, has an AmbiguousDisorder 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.

*** Satoko in Tatarigoroshi-hen [[spoiler: after seeing Rika dead in the shrine, and [[MistakenForMurderer Keiichi in front of her]]. [[AnAxeToGrind And an axe on his hands]].]]

* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' 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.
** And then there's Elle Bishop, a bad girl as result of [[CorruptTheCutie years of torture]] by [[AbusiveParents her own father]] since she was eight.
** The future version of Claire Bennet we see in Season 3 counts as well.

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, UsedToBeASweetKid, UnstablePoweredWoman, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and WomanScorned. Compare with BreakTheCutie and BrokenBird. Contrast with HealTheCutie.

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 UsedToBeASweetKid, CorruptTheCutie, UnstablePoweredWoman, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, WomanScorned.

* A mousy investigator named Claire portrayed by Olivia Thirlby in the movie ''Film/TheWhiteOrchid'' investigates a murdered femme fatale. She becomes obsessed with the mysterious dead woman, trying on her clothes and beginning to remake herself in a more seductive image. She also [[spoiler:begins to experiment sexually, surrendering to a flirtation with another woman.]]

** 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.

-->-- '''Music/{{Rihanna}}''', "[[http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rihanna/goodgirlgonebad Good Girl Gone Bad]]"

* A mousy investigator named Claire portrayed by Olivia Thirlby in the movie The White Orchid investigates a murdered femme fatale. She becomes obsessed with the mysterious dead woman, trying on her clothes and beginning to remake herself in a more seductive image. She also [[spoiler:begins to experiment sexually, surrendering to a flirtation with another woman.]]

* Averted in ''Film/TheBadSeed''. 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.

* ''Series/AsTheWorldTurns'' did this with the character of Julia Lindsey Snyder, whose introduction to the soap was merely that of a {{Mary Sue}} 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]].

%%* Boa Hancock from ''Anime/OnePiece'', although she [[CharacterDevelopment got better]].

* A mousy investigator named Claire portrayed by Olivia Thirlby in the movie The White Orchid investigates a murdered femme fatale. She becomes obsessed with the mysterious dead woman, trying on her clothes and beginning to remake herself in a more seductive image. She also [[begins to experiment sexually, surrendering to a flirtation with another woman.]]

* A mousy investigator named Claire portrayed by Olivia Thirlby in the movie The White Orchid investigates a murdered femme fatale. She becomes obsessed with the mysterious dead woman, trying on her clothes and beginning to remake herself in a more seductive image. She also begins to experiment sexually, surrendering to a flirtation with another woman.

** 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.

* ''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"]]]].

** 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.

* 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.

* Rachel from ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}''. She starts the series as a confident, poised and 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.

** 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.

* ''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]].

She is adorable, sweet, nice and 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.

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 UsedToBeASweetKid, CorruptTheCutie, UnstablePoweredWoman, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds or WomanScorned.