History Main / HeelFaceRevolvingDoor

* Evangeline A.K. [=McDowell=] from ''MahouSenseiNegima'' is more or less trapped in the revolving door, appearing first as the villain, then as the EleventhHourSuperpower, then mostly remaining the "evil" good. Being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold does not help definig her either.

* MarvelComics' version of Ares started as a CardCarryingVillain who was causing wars and conflicts only because he liked it, but was also fighting alongside other Olympians against a common enemy. Then he realized the other gods would never accept him, went to Earth and lived peacefully among the mortals. Then, when his son got kidnapped, he joined the Olympians in the fight againt evil Japanese god Amatsu-Mikaboshi. Later he joined one of the incarnations of Comicbook/TheAvengers but often acted like a typical villain towards [[IncredibleHercules Hercules]]. [[ComicBook/DarkReign Then]] he joined DarkAvengers, team of villains posing as heroes and was fighting both good and bad guys as well, while being one of the few members who were treating the heroic part seriously. At the same time he was training a team of killers for Norman Osborn and let his son join Nick Fury, who was opposing Osborn. Finally he [[spoiler: betrayed Osbron after finding out he lied to him about Asgard being ruled by Loki and died, fighting alongside Norse Gods he was beating minutes ago]].

* As of chapter 414 of {{Bleach}} it seems like [[spoiler: Gin, of all people]] ''might'' be shaping up to be this. Is he really on the good guy's side? Is he working for a higher BigBad? Is he in it ForTheEvulz? The only thing that's really certain is that he's a top-tier {{Jerkass}}.

* Making it even ''more'' bizarre, [[spoiler:the guy killed his own ''father'' seven years before the events of the series itself, but did it because he thought it was the right thign to do, then joined Brittania!]]

* {{Batman}} villain Two-Face literally flips a coin. Harley Quinn has also had more than one failed reformation, mostly due to her lingering, err, ''affections'' for the Joker -- himself probably the Batman villain ''least'' likely to have a HeelFaceTurn.

* The Riddler sometimes went through the door as well, though currently he's a Face. It's unknown whether he will become a Heel again.

* Namor the Sub-Mariner deals with this so often that the trope may as well be named The Namor. He fought the original Human Torch (that's bad) and allied with him against the Axis in World War II (that's good ) then swore revenge against humanity when he thought they'd destroyed Atlantis (that's bad) then swore to defend Atlantis once it was discovered again (that's good), and the frogurt is also cursed (that's bad). To put it another way: Marvel currently has two "ruling councils" of good guys and bad guys. Namor is on both of them.

** But it's not done yet. Quinlan's final story is set during [[RevengeOfTheSith Order 66]], which shows him deciding that he has to survive and kill Emperor Palpatine by any means necessary (that's bad). Ultimately, though, he realises that his duty as a Jedi is to protect a Wookiee village from the clone commander hunting him, and seems to sacrifice his life to stop him (that's good). [[spoiler: He survives, returns to his surviving friends and promises never to let his darkness affect his infant son (that's even better)]]

* MarvelComics version of Ares started as a CardCarryingVillain who was causing wars and conflicts only because he liked it, but was also fighting alongside other Olympians against common enemy. Then he realized other gods will never accept him, he went to Earth and lived peacefully among the mortals. Then, when his son get kidnapped, he joined Olympians in the fight againt evil Japanesse god, Amatsu-Mikaboshi. Later he joined one of the incarnations of Comicbook/TheAvengers but often acted like a typical villain towards [[IncredibleHercules Hercules]]. [[ComicBook/DarkReign Then]] he joined DarkAvengers, team of villains posing as heroes and was fighting both good and bad guys as well, while being one of the few members who were treating heroic part seriously. At the same time he was training team of killers for Norman Osborn and let his son join Nick Fury, who was opposing Osborn. Finally he [[spoiler: Betrayed Osbron after finding out he lied to him about Asgard being ruled by Loki and died, fighting alongside Norse Gods he was beating minutes ago]].

* [[YuGiOh Seto Kaiba]], one of anime's most prominent '{{Tweener}}s.
** [[YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries A morally ambiguous character...IN AMERICA!]]

*** Plus destroying the Gargoyles would've really made his whole "tear down a castle in Scotland and rebuild it ontop of the world's tallest skyscraper in New York" endeavor become ultimately pointless. Xanatos obviously must have been duped by the sunk costs fallacy.

* The Master in ''Doctor Who'' does this quite frequently, partly because the fans love him and partly to demonstrate that he's just like the Doctor, only evil. Simm!Master gets this most often, especially in the End of Time, but Ainley does it most dizzyingly in The Five Doctors, going from "help the Doctor" to "help the bad guys" a handful of times in one story.

->'''D'Anna:''' "Boomer's an Eight. Shouldn't she be on the [[EnemyCivilWar other side]]?''
->'''Cavil:''' "Boomer's my pet Eight. She's seen the light of reason. And an Eight can make a [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean passionate]] ally."
->'''D'Anna:''' "Oh, until she [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny sees something shiny]]..."
-->-- '''BattlestarGalactica'''

->"Not much changes around here...except for the occasional ''allegiance''."

->"I, Baron Von Beaver, once bad, then good, then bad again, and now something thats neither."
--> '''Norbert''' as '''Baron Von Beaver''', ''TheAngryBeavers

** ''Finally'' appears to resolve his problems once and for all in the climactic Salucami arc, which shows him defeat the dark Jedi Master Sora Bulq, save the life of Master Tholme and pledge to leave the Jedi to marry his love interest Khaleen after the war was over and raise their child (that's good).

* In the Seventh Season of ''[[TwentyFour 24]]'', [[Spoiler: Tony Almeida]] made this trope into a true artform: [[Spoiler: He joined a mercenary group while working with Bill and Chloe to expose a massive web of corruption while actually working for an OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness in order to get to Alan Wilson the Ultimate [[TheManBehindTheMan Man Behind The Man]] in order to execute a RoaringRampageOfRevenge for the death of Michelle.]]

** Connor probably had more switches than anyone else in the series. He showed up in Season 3 as a WellIntentionedExtremist taught by Holtz (also an example of the Well Intentioned Extremist trope) to hate his father, Angel. He went from Heel to Face and back to Heel in Season 3, then switched sides (always thinking he was on the side of good) too many times to count in Season 4. In Season 5, given a normal life, he settled on Face.

* Aribeth jumps around quite a lot in the original ''NeverwinterNights''. To date it is possible to have her switch sides five times.

* [[spoiler:Yamato Masamoto]] from ''YoungSamurai: Way of the Warrior'' by ChrisBradford. He starts out as a full on {{Jerkass}} who despises Jack, pulls a HeelFaceTurn after [[spoiler:Dokugan Ryu]]'s attack, then pulls a FaceHeelTurn later on, ''then'' he pulls another HeelFaceTurn towards the end of the book and he and Jack become friends... SoYeah...

* Naomi Campbell from ''MetalGearSolid''. By the end of the first game, it ''still'' isn't clear whose side she's on. In the fourth, you're kept guessing right until the last second.

* The Master in ''Doctor Who'' does this quite frequently, partly because the fans love him and partly to demonstrate that he's just like the Doctor, only evil. Simm!Master gets this most often, especially in the End of Time, but Ainley does it most dizzyingly in The Five Doctors, going from "help the Doctor" to "help the bad guys" a handful of times in one story.