History FaceHeelTurn / AnimeAndManga

* Char Aznable in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'', goes from a father figure to fucking insane.

* ''Manga/SoulEater'': Kim and Jackie do an unwilling Face Heel Turn under the influence of Arachnaphobia's insanity manipulation machine. The actions of [[spoiler: Justin Law]], however, appear for the time being to be genuine: [[spoiler:killing BJ and framing Stein for the murder (though Medusa almost certainly had a hand in it), trying to kill Maka Albarn as her soul perception might uncover Asura for Shinigami. He also seems to enjoy taunting the imprisoned Death the Kid, and listens in when Gopher is beating the boy up.]]

* A very nasty one occurs in the penultimate episode of ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'', when the combined psychological stress and guilt causes [[spoiler:Ryota Mitarai]] to betray the remaining heroes to [[spoiler:go and enact a worldwide BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood. Thankfully he is [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath talked out of it]]]].

* ''LightNovel/AvestaOfBlackAndWhite'': With its incredibly heavy focus [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity on moral absolutes]], this trope actually has its own name with it being referred to as Tentsui. It is something so rare that most think of it as a mere fairy-tale, but should it occur then it will change someone's very Avesta (i.e. alignment) from good to evil. Despite how rare it is it still doesn't stop some, like Magsarion, from slaughtering whole villages of good aligned people [[ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure just to make sure it doesn't happen]]. [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed that the cause of Tentsui is that someone violates their Commandment, a set of restrictions they have to abide by, and that it can happen to an entire universe should one side prove victorious, eternally perpetuating the war between good and evil]].

%%* Happens very briefly in the manga adaptation of ''{{LightNovel/Slayers}}: Evolution-R'' with [[spoiler:Zelgadis]].

* During chapter 4 of ''Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder'', this is done by [[spoiler:Alder, who seemingly reveals to Shin that he disappeared from the Elite Four as a decoy to take Reshiram for himself so that he can remain when N succeeds in his plans. This is subverted after Shin’s Emboar defeats Alder’s Volcarona, where Alder reveals that N knew that Shin was [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou The Only One Allowed To Defeat Him]], and thus sent Alder to make sure Reshiram accepts Shin as the Hero of Fire.]]

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Kaiser Ryo following a FreakOut. The dub even has Judai/Jaden compare this to, "when a pro-wrestler suddenly starts dressing in black and throwing chairs in the ring." Judai, like his predecessor in ''Anime/YuGiOh'', also temporarily turns to TheDarkSide after [[PayEvilUntoEvil promptly murdering Brron, The Mad King of Dark World for sacrificing four of his friends]] (hey, {{Superpowered Evil Side}}s take some getting used to).

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Kaiser Ryo following a FreakOut. The dub even has Judai/Jaden compare this to, "when a pro-wrestler suddenly starts dressing in black and throwing chairs in the ring." Judai, like his predecessor in ''Anime/YuGiOh'', also temporarily turns to TheDarkSide (hey, {{Superpowered Evil Side}}s take some getting used to).

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': The [[spoiler:protagonist Eren Yeager]] after the 4-year time skip in Season 4 has a major change of character after finding out [[spoiler:the past and future events thanks to the activation of his Attack Titan unique ability]]. As a result, he develops a serious disregard towards people's feelings and lives around him, even his own close friends. In the finale, [[spoiler:he resorts to unleashing every one of the Titans of the Walls of Paradis in an event called the Rumbling to commit mass genocide towards every foreign nation, believing it's a necessary evil to ensure his homeland Paradis's safety, as well as a form of vengeance for his deceased mom.]]

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': The [[spoiler:protagonist Eren Yeager]] after the 4-year time skip in Season 4 has a major change of character after finding out [[spoiler:the past and future events thanks to the activation of his Attack Titan unique ability]]. As a result, he has disregards towards people's feelings and lives around him, even his own close friends. In the finale, [[spoiler:he resorts to using the Rumbling to commit massive genocide towards every foreign nation, believing it's a necessary evil to ensure his homeland Paradis's safety, as well as a form of vengeance for his deceased mom.]]

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': The [[spoiler:protagonist Eren Yeager]] after the 4-year time skip in season 4 has a major change of character after finding out [[spoiler:the past & future events thanks to the activation of his Attack titan unique ability]]. As a result, he has disregards towards people's feelings & lives around him, even his own close friends. In the finale, [[spoiler:he resorts to use the Rumbling to commit massive genocide towards every foreign nation, believing it's a necessarily evil to ensure his homeland Paradis's safety, as well as a form of vengeance for his deceased mom.]]

* We know that Griffith from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' is a bad guy at the start of the series, but most of us wouldn't know this from the idealistic mercenary leader that we meet at the start of the Golden Age arc, who is about as close to a MessianicArchetype as one can get in a series like ''Berserk''. The Golden Age arc follows Griffth's rise as one of the greatest warriors of his age, but the big turning point comes when Guts leaves him due to wishing to pursue his own dream, a TragicMistake which leads to Griffith suffering a downward spiral, [[spoiler:boinking Princess Charlotte, pissing off the King and getting put to the torture for a year]], and by the time he is rescued by Guts, Casca and the rest of the Hawks, he has grown to hate Guts. This, among other contributing factors, ultimately leads Griffith over the DespairEventHorizon at the fatal moment that a certain Behelit he always carries returns to him, and during the ensuing events of the Eclipse, Griffith betrays everyone he's ever led, [[spoiler:offering them all as sacrifice and condemning them to be eaten alive by demons in exchange for one last shot at his dream and ascension as the fifth member of the God Hand, Femto]].

** [[spoiler:Post-Time Skip Rossiu, previously a good guy, sets up Simon as a scapegoat for the problems caused by the Anti-Spirals and takes over the government - and his plan to survive the Anti-Spiral attacks involves leaving a large portion of the world's population to die.]]

* ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': The Dark Signers, although whether Rudger - their leader - was ever on the side of good to begin with is questionable.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'': GO Onizuka/The Gore, who invokes this trope [[HeelFaceTurn and its inverse]] as part of his wrestling persona. When he plays Gouki Dark Mask he also declares he takes a heel turn, switching to a more brutal play style. By season 2 of the anime, he ends up playing this straight by joining the {{Bounty Hunter}}s aligned against Playmaker. [[spoiler: Season 3 has Ai become the BigBad and vaguely stating that he intends to follow Lightning's will, but its actually for a [[SelfSacrificeScheme different]] [[DrivenToSuicide agenda]]]]

* In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', [[spoiler:Ryuko is brainwashed by the Life Fibers into thinking that Ragyo was a loving parent, puts on Junketsu (then has it ''sewn onto her body'' so she can't take it off), and starts going after Satsuki]]. Luckily, the combined efforts of all the remaining good guys help her [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan snap out of it]].
* Shu in ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'' has one of these after [[spoiler: Hare is killed]], abandoning his faith in being a kind leader and becoming harsh and brutal to never let such a tragedy happen again. [[spoiler: It´s later revealed to be a mask he puts on to help the efficiency of the trapped school, and he abandons it after most of the selfish students get murdered by Gai.]]
* Char Aznable in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'', goes from a father figure to fucking insane.
* Yui in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', and most other instances of RivalTurnedEvil.
* Kaiser Ryo following a textbook FreakOut in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''. The dub even has Judai/Jaden compare this to, "when a pro-wrestler suddenly starts dressing in black and throwing chairs in the ring." Judai, like his predecessor in ''Anime/YuGiOh'', also temporarily turns to TheDarkSide (hey, {{Superpowered Evil Side}}s take some getting used to).
* In ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' we have the Dark Signers, although whether Rudger - their leader - was ever on the side of good to begin with is questionable.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' has Shark [[spoiler:turn out to be Nasch, the leader of the Seven Barian Emperors, but was killed by Vector in his past life. After Durbe shows him his past memories, he transforms back into Nasch and opposes Yuma to protect Barian world.]]
* ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'' brings us GO Onizuka/The Gore, who invokes this trope [[HeelFaceTurn and its inverse]] as part of his wrestling persona. When he plays Gouki Dark Mask he also declares he takes a heel turn, switching to a more brutal play style. By season 2 of the anime, he ends up playing this straight by joining the {{Bounty Hunter}}s aligned against Playmaker. [[spoiler: Season 3 has Ai become the BigBad and vaguely stating that he intends to follow Lightning's will, but its actually for a [[SelfSacrificeScheme different]] [[DrivenToSuicide agenda]]]]
* Vegeta from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', who was admittedly already a HeelFaceTurn and technically just returning to his original alignment, went through yet another HeelFaceTurn after the showdown of rivals. The whole arc also has the bonus of being a mid-life crisis as well as being a NotBrainwashed moment. Come to think of it, he is probably the one character in the entire series to do as many alignment changes as a pro wrestler.
** It could be argued that he never switched sides at all, as he's always been on the same side: his own. Trusting him is the fault of the heroes.

* Happens very briefly in the manga adaptation of ''{{LightNovel/Slayers}}: Evolution-R'' with [[spoiler:Zelgadis]].
* We know that Griffith from ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' is a bad guy at the start of the series, but most of us wouldn't know this from the idealistic mercenary leader that we meet at the start of the Golden Age arc, who is about as close to a MessianicArchetype as one can get in a series like ''Berserk''. The Golden Age arc follows Griffth's rise as one of the greatest warriors of his age, but the big turning point comes when Guts leaves him due to wishing to pursue his own dream, a TragicMistake which leads to Griffith suffering a downward spiral, [[spoiler:boinking Princess Charlotte, pissing off the King and getting put to the torture for a year]], and by the time he is rescued by Guts, Casca and the rest of the Hawks, he has grown to hate Guts. This, among other contributing factors, ultimately leads Griffith over the DespairEventHorizon at the fatal moment that a certain Behelit he always carries returns to him, and during the ensuing events of the Eclipse, Griffith betrays everyone he's ever led, [[spoiler:offering them all as sacrifice and condemning them to be eaten alive by demons in exchange for one last shot at his dream and ascension as the fifth member of the God Hand, Femto]].

* Walter C. Dornez, loyal aide to Integra Hellsing in ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', first seems to do a FaceHeelTurn against his will after been brainwashed by the villains, but is later revealed to have been a willing traitor since WWII. However, he later did a HeelFaceTurn by killing [[MadScientist Doc]], complete with RedemptionEqualsDeath.
* The Uchiha Bros. (tm) from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' might be taken into account, though their Heel turns were not really an alignment change. Maybe except for Sasuke's latest.

*** Well, [[MoralEventHorizon given what he did to the clan]], [[JustFollowingOrders he may not have been a traitor]], but it's hard to call him a "face", either.
** Tobi, member of the terrorist organization Akatsuki, [[spoiler: is indirectly responsible for almost everything bad that happens to Naruto, including the death of his parents and turning Naruto into a jinchūriki. He was once Obito Uchiha, assumed to have died in the Third Shinobi World War...and was Kakashi's best friend.]]
* Julia and Collins from ''Anime/BloodPlus'', though the former does return to the side of good after a while. The other gets a bullet to the brain.
* Lord Genome from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', as shown in ''Parallel Works Eight''. When he snaps, he snaps hard.
** [[spoiler:Post-Time Skip Rossiu, previously a good guy, sets up Simon as a scapegoat for the problems caused by the Anti-Spirals and takes over the government - and his plan to survive the Anti-Spiral attacks involves leaving a large portion of the world's population to die.]]
** The real FaceHeelTurn award doesn't go to Lord Genome, but to [[spoiler:his daughter Nia, who was the unwilling messenger of the Anti-Spirals. The [[YankTheDogsChain worst part]]? She had just gotten engaged to Simon.]]
* Folken from ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' does this to begin with, followed by another HeelFaceTurn near the end of the story, leading to his [[spoiler: extremely bizarre [[RedemptionEqualsDeath "fated" death.]]]]
* [[spoiler:Chikane]] pulls this in ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'''s WhamEpisode. Well, she's got her [[HeroicSacrifice reasons]]... but it's still rather horrifying.

* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', Kim and Jackie do an unwilling Face Heel Turn under the influence of Arachnaphobia's insanity manipulation machine. The actions of [[spoiler: Justin Law]], however, appear for the time being to be genuine: [[spoiler: killing BJ and framing Stein for the murder (though Medusa almost certainly had a hand in it), trying to kill Maka Albarn as her soul perception might uncover Asura for Shinigami. He also seems to enjoy taunting the imprisoned Death the Kid, and listens in when Gopher is beating the boy up.]]
** [[spoiler: Death the Kid apparently cracked under all of the pressure and torture and pulled a FaceHeelTurn of his own. Thankfully it was a very brief one; he got better thanks to Black Star [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan snapping him out of it.]]]]
* Wonrei joins the Faudo revival cult in ''Manga/ZatchBell'' when his bookkeeper is placed under a curse that will kill her if Faudo is not revived. However, this Face Heel Turn is fairly temporary, as expected given the nature of the series.
* [[spoiler: Megumi]] in ''VideoGame/GateKeepers'', after [[spoiler: her envy towards Ruriko reaches its peak.]]
* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': In classic [[GainaxEnding Gainax fashion]], [[spoiler: Stocking slices Panty up into [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]] pieces and reveals that she is a demon about a minute before the end of the last episode (whether of the whole series or just the first season is yet to be known).]]
* [[spoiler: Mikael]] from ''Anime/ImGonnaBeAnAngel'' does a Face Heel Turn [[spoiler: in the last episodes of the series which ends in an epic breakdown. He gets better]].
* Shinobu Sensui in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', following an EPIC FreakOut [[spoiler:[[GoMadFromTheRevelation when he stumbled upon]] [[BlackAndGrayMorality humans torturing demons]] ForTheEvulz]]. Incidentally, Koenma (who sent Sensui on the mission that caused his alignment change) considers this [[MyGreatestFailure his greatest failure]].

** [[spoiler: While Witches can be given a pass in that they really have no say in whether they become evil or not, we get a straighter example in [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion Rebellion]], in which Homura friggin' Akemi pulls one, hijacking Madoka's powers to give her a normal life. While whether Madoka WANTS a normal life or not is debatable, what with her [[AmnesiacGod her losing her memories]] of the nightmare she had endured during the series and saying she DOES, the fact remains that Homura is now a self-proclaimed 'demon'.]]
* [[spoiler:Leo]] of ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' ''[[TearJerker heart]]''''[[BreakTheCutie breakingly]]'' pulls one after [[spoiler:Elliot]]'s death.
* Debatably happens in ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' when [[spoiler:Misty Brown chooses to give up on Rally and instead go and live happily ever after with PsychoLesbian Goldie, aka the woman who earlier ''brainwashed and implicitly raped her'']]. Debatably because we don't know if [[spoiler:she]] is doing so voluntarily or due to still being brainwashed.

* Laxus in ''Manga/FairyTail'', though how much of a Face he was to start with is debatable.
** [[spoiler:The entire reason Oración Seis seeks Nirvana is the ability to cause these at will in whoever they want.]]
** [[spoiler:Gray in the anime exclusive arc, though he's more of a FakeDefector. It turns out that Natsu forgot a promise to the villager that was sealed by Daphne and he kind of wanted him to destroy Daphne's artificial dragon.]]
* Manga/UshioAndTora: Nagare Akiba sides with Hakumen no Mono, after it reveals his most secret desire to fight someone strong such as Tora.

* In ''Manga/Brave10'', it turns out [[spoiler:Anastasia]] is actually working for Hanzo as TheMole.
* A very nasty one occurs in the penultimate episode of ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'', when the combined psychological stress and guilt causes [[spoiler:Ryota Mitarai]] to betray the remaining heroes to [[spoiler:go and enact a worldwide BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood. Thankfully he is [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath talked out of it]]]].
* During chapter 4 of ''Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder'', this is done by [[spoiler:Alder, who seemingly reveals to Shin that he disappeared from the Elite Four as a decoy to take Reshiram for himself so that he can remain when N succeeds in his plans. This is subverted after Shin’s Emboar defeats Alder’s Volcarona, where Alder reveals that N knew that Shin was [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou The Only One Allowed To Defeat Him]], and thus sent Alder to make sure Reshiram accepts Shin as the Hero of Fire.]]
* In ''VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory'', Felicia Mitsuki initially starts off as a magical girl mercenary who decides to work with Iroha's group upon first meeting her. But when the Wings of Magius tempt her with the offer to eradicate all wishes, as Felicia wants to destroy all witches due to a personal reason, she readily accepts... or so it seems. It's explained later that Yachiyo hired her to spy on them, but for a short while, Felicia actually stays with them because they offered her a better deal. She eventually comes back around to Iroha's side, though.
* With its incredibly heavy focus [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity on moral absolutes]], this trope actually has its own name in ''LightNovel/AvestaOfBlackAndWhite'' with it being referred to as Tentsui. It is something so rare that most think of it as a mere fairy-tale, but should it occur then it will change someone's very Avesta (i.e. alignment) from good to evil. Despite how rare it is it still doesn't stop some, like Magsarion, from slaughtering whole villages of good aligned people [[ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure just to make sure it doesn't happen]]. [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed that the cause of Tentsui is that someone violates their Commandment, a set of restrictions they have to abide by, and that it can happen to an entire universe should one side prove victorious, eternally perpetuating the war between good and evil]].
* The [[spoiler:Protagonist Eren Yeager]] after the 4-year time skip in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' anime season 4 has a major change of character after finding out [[spoiler:the past & future events thanks to the activation of his Attack titan unique ability]]. As a result, he has disregards towards people's feelings & lives around him, even his own close friends. In the finale, [[spoiler:he resorts to use the Rumbling to commit massive genocide towards every foreign nation, believing it's a necessarily evil to ensure his homeland Paradis's safety, as well as a form of vengeance for his deceased mom.]]

* With its incredibly heavy focus [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity on moral absolutes]], this trope actually has its own name in ''LightNovel/AvestaOfBlackAndWhite'' with it being referred to as Tentsui. It is something so rare that most think of it as a mere fairy-tale, but should it occur then it will change someone's very Avesta (i.e. alignment) from good to evil. Despite how rare it is it still doesn't stop some, like Magsarion, from slaughtering whole villages of good aligned people [[ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure just to make sure it doesn't happen]].

* In ''VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory'', Felicia Mitsuki initially starts off as a magical girl mercenary who decides to work with Iroha's group upon first meeting her. But when the Wings of Magius tempt her with the offer to eradicate all wishes, as Felicia wants to destroy all witches due to a personal reason, she readily accepts...or so it seems. It's explained later that Yachiyo hired her to spy on them, but for a short while, Felicia actually stays with them because they offered her a better deal. She eventually comes back around to Iroha's side, though.

* The [[spoiler:Protagonist Eren Yeager]] after the 4-year time skip in ''Manga/AttackonTitan'' anime season 4 has a major change of character after finding out [[spoiler:the past & future events thanks to the activation of his Attack titan unique ability]]. As a result, he has disregards towards people's feelings & lives around him, even his own close friends. In the finale, [[spoiler:he resorts to use the Rumbling to commit massive genocide towards every foreign nation, believing it's a necessarily evil to ensure his homeland Paradis's safety, as well as a form of vengenace for his deceased mom.]]

* The [[spoiler:Protagonist Eren Yeager]] after the 4-year time skip in ''Manga/AttackonTitan'' anime season 4 has a major change of character after finding out [[spoiler:the past & future events thanks to the activation of his Attack titan unique ability]].