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* ''Series/{{Sadakatsiz}}'': Ali almost always gets scot-free despite his worsening behavior thanks to his parent being divorced and neither wanting to alienate their son. Ali's mother Asya was always the one to discipline Ali but that caused the kid to rather his father have his full custody. Since then, Asya's method of educating him is to scold him but never really ground him. She tries to reach out to him but Ali's tendency to just leave or tell her he doesn't want to talk tends to render this tactic moot. On his part, Ali's father Volkan only scolds Ali when he's being blatantly disrespectful and, even then, tends to leave it at that. Worse even, whenever Volkan stands something to gain from Ali's rebellious behavior, he actually encourages/manipulates the kid to keep doing so. The only time Ali gets grounded is when he lies about his stepfather-to-be Aras hitting him. Even then, he only gets his electronics rights revoked for like two weeks. So, it's {{justified|Trope}} but PlayedForDrama because this failure to teach the kid limits backfires, because he grows more alienated from his parents and puts himself in more dangerous situations every time. It also doesn't help that his family is very well-off, so the school and the law cannot touch him either.

* ''Series/{{Sadakatsiz}}'': Ali almost always gets scot-free despite his worsening behavior thanks to his parent being divorced and neither wanting to alienate their son. Ali's mother Asya was always the one to discipline Ali but that caused the kid to rather his father have his full custody. Since then, Asya's method of educating him is to scold him but never really ground him. She tries to reach out to him but Ali's tendency to just leave or tell her he doesn't want to talk tends to render this tactic moot. On his part, Ali's father Volkan only scolds Ali when he's being blatantly disrespectful and, even then, tends to leave it at that. Worse even, whenever Volkan stands something to gain from Ali's rebellious behavior, he actually encourages/manipulates the kid to keep doing so. The only time Ali gets grounded is when he lies about his stepfather-to-be Aras hitting him. Even then, he only gets his electronics rights revoked for like two weeks. So, it's {{justified}} but PlayedForDrama because this failure to teach the kid limits backfires, because he grows more alienated from his parents and puts himself in more dangerous situations every time. It also doesn't help that his family is very well-off, so the school and the law cannot touch him either.

*** Since having a half-Bajoran child by a Bajoran mistress will ruin Gul Dukat's career and marriage, Dukat tries to murder Ziyal in the fourth season. She forgives him.

* In the 2-part episode "Home" from early in the second season of ''{{Series/Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' , President Laura Roslin is not only easily forgiven by Commander Adama for her dissent at the end of the first season that threatened to tear the Colonial Fleet apart, she's easily ''reinstated''. A mere handful of episodes later, Adama begins to fall in love with her.

*** It was discovered that Commander Riker had participated in the coverup of cloaking device experiments performed by his former CO Admiral Pressman in the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E11ThePegasus The Pegasus]]." Experiments which were violations of a treaty the Federation signed with the Romulans not to pursue cloaking technology. When push comes to shove Riker tells Picard about the experimental cloaking device Pressman retrieved from the ''Pegasus'' despite any negative consequences to his career. Picard later tells Riker that his role in the entire affair will be closely scrutinized and he'll have to answer some hard questions but he suffers no long term damage to his caereer.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
** In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E1AmokTime Amok Time]]", Spock tries to kill Kirk twice, yet by the end of the episode, they're [[HeterosexualLifePartners best]] [[TrueCompanions pals]] again. Justified in that Spock was under a once-every-seven-years madness and tried to fight it for as long as he could.
** In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E24TheUltimateComputer The Ultimate Computer]]", Richard Daystrom creates the M5 Computer and tests it on the ''Enterprise''. However, he suffers from SanitySlippage as the M5 suffers from AIIsACrapshoot and destroys a civilian craft and kills the crew of a ''Constitution''-class. However, it seems that Starfleet and the Federation don't hold poor Daystrom any grudge as, by the 24th century, there's a scientific institute named after him dedicated to various science fields as well as [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks keeping stock of such crazed computers]].
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'':
** Enabran Tain, [[spoiler:Garak's father]], is responsible for exiling Garak before the start of the show and also tried to assassinate him in the third season. Garak forgives him for both these things.
** Since having a half-Bajoran child by a Bajoran mistress will ruin Gul Dukat's career and marriage, Dukat tries to murder Ziyal in the fourth season. She forgives him.
** In season 4, the crew take Odo to the Changeling home planet to receive treatment for a virus the Founders infected him with and face "trial" for his perceived treason against the Great Link. Garak tags along on the pretence of looking for information on Cardassian POW's. Once they get there, Garak tries to secretly take control of the Defiant's weapons and bombard the planet to kill the Founders, along with Odo and the crewmembers who went down with him, and is only stopped when Worf discovers him. Garak is guilty of sabotage, assaulting Worf and multiple counts of the attempted murder of Starfleet officers, not to mention attempted genocide. His punishment? Two weeks in jail.
** Damar murders Ziyal in the sixth season. In the seventh, Garak and Kira are sent to work with him to liberate Cardassia. Aside from one comment Kira makes to Sisko about Damar killing Ziyal, neither Garak nor Kira ever raise the subject with Damar, never seek to avenge her death and end up friends with Damar by the end of the show. This is despite Ziyal being Kira's ward and Garak's lover. WordOfGod states that Kira and Garak's actors wanted to address it but the show's producers were afraid Damar couldn't be redeemed if the actors got their way, so they ignored the subject entirely. This and the above represent a case of DeliberateValuesDissonance - killing is subject to different morals for Cardassians in general, and these characters in particular.
** Quark commits numerous straight-up crimes over the course of the series and never seems to get in any permanent trouble for them. Possibly the most outrageous example is in "Invasive Procedures", where he allows an obsessed criminal and his band of mercenaries onto the station; they take the senior staff hostage while the leader jeopardizes Jadzia's life by surgically removing and kidnapping her symbiant. Kira tells him, "You've crossed the line this time. You sold us out, and Dax may die because of it. Whatever happens next, one thing's certain... You're through here." Quark does come up with a ruse to help defeat the criminals, but still, the matter is never discussed again. Even actor Armin Shimerman (who plays Quark) said he thought the total lack of consequences for Quark's behavior, in general but in particular in this episode, was absurd, and made both his character and Odo (who is never able to prosecute him) look less serious.

** ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'': Daichi Isuzu infected dozens of people with his Parasite Jyamato to [[AndIMustScream assimilate them]] into the Tree of Knowledge, does things that even disturb resident sadist Beroba, and went out of his way to [[spoiler:force Keiwa's sister into a TerminalTransformation and trick Michinaga into killing her, as part of a plan to [[SanitySlippage send Keiwa over the edge]], but he's forgiven by Keiwa after he adopts the practice of forgive the sinners while hating the sin, due to him protecting Sara from Kekera regardless of his reasons, who believes he's no one to judge since he also did bad things during his FaceHeelTurn and anyone should be given second chances to reform, regardless of their crime scales (Daichi did much, ''much'' worse than Keiwa who only attacked a few people and sell Tsumuri out to Zitt).]]

** Almost every villain in ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'' is this, with Kagerou being the most blatant example. He spends half the series trying to kill his host’s family for relatively half-baked reasons. Yet his death at the hands of said host is portrayed as wrong ({{Retcon}} notwithstanding, and [[spoiler:one UnexplainedRecovery later, the cast treat him lie, their best Bud, even though his [[{{Jerkass}} personality]] hasn’t changed at all.]]

** ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'': Daichi Isuzu infected dozens of people with his Parasite Jyamato to [[AndIMustScream assimilate them]] into the Tree of Knowledge, does things that even disturb resident sadist Beroba, and went out of his way to [[spoiler:force Keiwa's sister into a TerminalTransformation and trick Michinaga into killing her, as part of a plan to [[SanitySlippage send Keiwa over the edge]], but he's forgiven by Keiwa after he adopts the practice of forgive the sinners while hating the sin, due to him protecting Sara from Kekera regardless of his reasons, who believes he's no one to judge since he also did bad things during his FaceHeelTurn and anyone should be given second chances to reform, even though what Daichi did was much, ''much'' worse (all Keiwa did while evil was attack a few people and sell Tsumuri out to Zitt).]]

** Micchy from ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' never really loses Kouta's good graces after all the atrocities he pulled in the series. Though Kouta's forgiveness in #43 had him [[{{Deconstruction}} far from]] [[VillainousBreakdown being satisfied]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone or relieved.]], but this tis he first step in Micchy's HeelRealization. Mai extends similar forgiving hand as well. The Beat Riders (except Peko) also don't hold it against him in the end of the series, readily accepting him back if he wants to rejoin them.
** Even after all the crap he's pulled, Adel from ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'' gets forgiven by Takeru, whose father he killed, including bragging about it, mostly on the merit that he's still Alain's brother. Alain and Alia also likewise forgive him because he's their family.

* Jirou from ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' gets away with [[spoiler:kidnapping and attempting to rape Yuri]]. Even Yuri is buddy-buddy with him the next time they meet.
* ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'' varies on this.
** [[spoiler:ZAIA Japan president Gai Amatsu]] is perhaps the most egregious example. [[spoiler:He corrupted the [[BigBad Ark]] and [[GreaterScopeVillain set off the plot of the series]], yet while the heroes don't forgive him right away, he gets off relatively easily considering all the death and destruction he caused, never facing any retribution beyond being made to resign as ZAIA Japan's CEO.]]
** There's also [[spoiler:Horobi, who attempted to lead a [[FinalSolution genocidal crusade]] against humanity and [[KillTheCutie murdered Izu]], one of his own kind who he sought to liberate, for [[EvilIsPetty petty reasons]]. Yet after turning good, the epilogue shows he's able to walk around freely even though he was a destructive terrorist not long ago. His murder of Izu also gets swept under the rug, and when Izu's DeathOfPersonality ever gets brought up, no one acknowledges that Horobi is the one responsible for it.]]
** Ironically, the one villain who's not let off at all is [[spoiler:the [[AIIsACrapshoot Ark]], even though it was [[TheCorrupter corrupted]] against its will by Gai Amatsu, with it instead just being destroyed by Aruto.]]
* Almost every villain in Series/KamenRiderRevice is this, with Kagerou being the most blatant example. He spends half the series trying to kill his host’s family for relatively half-baked reasons. Yet his death at the hands of said host is portrayed as wrong ({{Retcon}} notwithstanding, and [[spoiler:one UnexplainedRecovery later, the cast treat him lie, their best Bud, even though his [[{{Jerkass}} personality]] hasn’t changed at all.]]
** Seemingly subverted with [[spoiler:Hana/Aguilera]], when accused of being a KarmaHoudini, states that [[spoiler:she]] fully intends to become TheAtoner by going to prison once the BigBad is defeated. [[spoiler: Though it ends up DoubleSubverted when she gets a,bushed on the way to prison and never brings it up again, instead becoming a commander for her organisation’s RedeemingReplacement]].
* ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'': Daichi Isuzu infected dozens of people with his Parasite Jyamato to [[AndIMustScream assimilate them]] into the Tree of Knowledge, does things that even disturb resident sadist Beroba, and went out of his way to [[spoiler:force Keiwa's sister into a TerminalTransformation and trick Michinaga into killing her, as part of a plan to [[SanitySlippage send Keiwa over the edge]], but he's forgiven by everyone including Keiwa, who believes he's no one to judge since he also did bad things during his FaceHeelTurn, even though what Daichi did was much, ''much'' worse (all Keiwa did while evil was attack a few people and sell Tsumuri out to Zitt -- although the latter happens offscreen so we don't know the circumstances during it).]]

* ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'': Ultimately subverted with Hyram Lodge. His victims and loved ones ''tried'' to move on after one of his acts of villainy (Like the multiple acts of blackmail or either of the two attempts at murder that we see), he'd move on to another act of dubiously advantageous villainy. The final straw (at least for Archie and Veronica) seemed to be having Pop's Diner torched in Season 5, seemingly out of spite. [[spoiler: Eventually, he’s run out of town and murdered.]]
** Played straight with Alice Cooper/Smith: Despite everything she’s done from being a judgmental {{Jerkass}} to [[spoiler:Not letting Betty in on her undercover work in The Farm cult, which resulted in losing her college money, her house and nearly her sanity]], everyone lets her off the hook. Unfortunately, this also enables her to keep being awful.

* In ''Series/OnceUponATime'', every time a villain sides with the heroes, they immediately forgive them and act like they no longer have to respond for their crimes. The most notable example is Regina Mills, the Evil Queen, who is treated as a hero by season 3 even though, by her own admission, she regrets none of her numerous crimes because it gave her [[MoralityChain her adoptive son Henry]] in the long run.

* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E1AmokTime Amok Time]]", Spock tries to kill Kirk twice, yet by the end of the episode, they're [[HeterosexualLifePartners best]] [[TrueCompanions pals]] again. Justified in that Spock was under a once-every-seven-years madness and tried to fight it for as long as he could.

** Robert cemented his control of Westeros by forgiving any remaining Targaryen loyalists who surrendered, including Barristan Selmy, Jaime Lannister, Varys, Pycelle, the Tyrells, and the Martells.

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords "Last of the Time Lords"]], the Master's reign of terror over the Earth is ended. Said reign of terror involved the murder of at least one tenth of the Earth's population, the enslavement of the remaining nine tenths, messing with the Doctor's physical aging process and rendering him wheelchair-bound for most of the year and birdcage-bound for the rest, the repeated killing of the aforementioned Captain Jack, and building weapons with which he planned to take over and/or destroy the rest of the universe. At the point of the Master's defeat, the Doctor finally says that "one thing" he had to say to the Master, which he'd hinted at several times in the episode. That thing is: "I forgive you." Although the Master makes it clear that he ''[[DontYouDarePityMe hates]]'' [[CruelMercy the Doctor forgiving him.]]
*** Those aren't even close to the Master's greatest crimes. He once was responsible for the destruction of a large portion of the Universe.

* After the whole Bosco/Faith/Cruz shooting incident at the end of Season 4 of ''Series/ThirdWatch'', and also after the Faith/Cruz/ Mann shooting incident at the end of Season 5, enemies Faith and Cruz are soon back to work alongside each other.

** Captain Jack is shot dead by Owen. Despite how Owen was unaware that Jack would resurrect, Jack easily forgives him.