History Main / HeelFaceRevolvingDoor

Compare ChronicBackstabbingDisorder (which is more about switching between grey groups than white-to-black or visa versa), WildCard (where the character isn't strongly on anybody's side ever), UnscrupulousHero (a character who is unambiguously on the heroic side) and the DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent (he never changes sides, but no one is sure what side he's really on). See FakeDefector for when a villain fakes a HeelFaceTurn, only to return to being evil after his goal is achieved. See MoralPragmatist for a character who switches sides to whomever is best suited to help their plans.

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If it happens to a popular or well-developed character, the fans will stick with them; but this will, by necessity, drag the morality of the series to [[BlackAndGreyMorality one]] of the [[WhiteAndGreyMorality gray]]-[[GrayAndGreyMorality scales.]] If heroes and villains are switching sides so casually and frequently then it's impossible for true BlackAndWhiteMorality to exist.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue:'' Agent Washington has had a few trips through the revolving door. He starts off firmly on the side of the Director of Project Freelancer, defending and trusting him more than just about anybody else. When he learns the truth about the origins of the AIs the agents use, he secretly begins working against Project Freelancer. Then, after getting sent to prison due to the mysterious disappearance of critical evidence that would prove he was on the side of good (thanks to a certain Blue's idiocy), he agrees to work with the Meta (the villain of season 6) to get the evidence back. Although he expected the Meta to betray him, he didn't expect the Reds and Blues to help and forgive him, despite what he did; he realizes his mistake and remains with them ever after.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue:'' Agent Washington has had a few trips through the revolving door. He starts off firmly on the side of the Director of Project Freelancer, defending and trusting him more than just about anybody else. When he learns the truth about the origins of the AIs the agents use, he secretly begins working against Project Freelancer. Then, after getting sent to prison due to the mysterious disappearance of critical evidence that would prove he was on the side of good (thanks to a certain Blue's idiocy), he agrees to work with the Meta (the villain of season 6) to get the evidence back. When the Meta betrays him, Wash realizes his mistake and works with the Reds and Blues against the Meta. So far, the last HeelFaceTurn seems to be sticking... mostly because he realized that even after all he did, the Reds and Blues still forgave him.

Compare ChronicBackstabbingDisorder (which is more about switching between grey groups than white-to-black or visa versa), WildCard (where the character isn't strongly on anybody's side ever), UnscrupulousHero (a character who is unambiguously on the heroic side) and the DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent (he never changes sides, but no one is sure what side he's really on). See HeelFaceMole for when a villain fakes a HeelFaceTurn, only to return to being evil after his goal is achieved. See MoralPragmatist for a character who switches sides to whomever is best suited to help their plans.

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* [[spoiler:Silver]] from ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet''. It helps that he's a LoveableRogue.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2'', Dr. Nefario joins up with El Macho so he can do evil deeds once again, but when he learns that El Macho is holding Lucy hostage as well as of the evil minion El Macho had sicced on the girls, he returns to Gru.
* Bartok from ''WesternAnimation/BartokTheMagnificent'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'' goes from good to bad to good again. Then again he's a MinionWithAnFInEvil so it's not like it makes a difference.

* ''Film/SpiderMan3'': Harry Osborn changes sides three times. The first time, he lost his memory in an accident. Once he regained it, he became a bad guy once more. When he finds out how his father ''actually'' died, he redeemed himself.

* Indy's partner Mac in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''. Fairly early in the movie, he's with Indy. Then, we discover he's working for the bad guys, then about halfway through the movie, he is still concerned about Indy's health, but is still working for the villains. A little more than halfway through the movie, he says he's a double agent, then at the end, he reveals he was lying about being a double agent, but he seems repentant of his actions when he choses to stay in the collapsing temple while Indy's friend and family escape. In all likelihood, he was just continually picking the paths that would lead to his one true goal: knowledge and treasure. His "repentance" was just the realization that the alien ship contained all he ever sought, and he no longer had any need or desire to battle that stubborn old adventurer.
* Franchise/{{Godzilla}} goes through this pretty much every other movie. He was undoubtedly an unstoppable menace in the first few installments, but as the original series continued to drag on, it slowly turned him from Villain to AntiHero to outright Hero. This was reset in ''[[Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla Godzilla 1985]]'', where he was a villainous monster once again, and ever since he has been more consistent as either a Villain or Anti Hero.
* Tiffany from the last two ''Film/ChildsPlay'' films. She does a DeathEqualsRedemption at the end of ''Film/BrideOfChucky'', only to come back in ''Film/SeedOfChucky'' back in love with the equally, if not more, psychotic Chucky. However, upon learning that they have a child, Glen, Tiffany tries to give up killing to set a better example. Only she has a number of slip-ups and murders twice (and possibly more due to a TimeSkip). She justifies these as "Rome wasn't built in a day", and that one of the people she killed had it coming.
* Sir Lancelot in the third ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'' film. He starts off on the heroes' side, [[spoiler: then pulls a FaceHeelTurn when he mistakes the tablet of Akmenrah for the {{Holy Grail}} and steals it endangering the lives of the exhibits including his own.]] However, [[spoiler: [[TomatoInTheMirror when he learns that he is just a wax statue]] and watches the exhibits dying out, he pulls a HeelFaceTurn and returns the tablet to Larry.]]

** In ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' Magneto temporarily sides with Apocalypse, but in the end Professor X persuades him and Storm to turn on Apocalypse.

* Salim in ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire''. A good majority of the movie is him either helping out or screwing over Jamal and/or Latika depending on the situation.
* Loki seems to have this problem as of ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' . He spent the first part of his adult life fighting for Asgard, which, [[spoiler: [[DarkAndTroubledPast at that time, at least]]]], played the role of peacekeeper and protector of the nine realms. However, since [[GoMadFromTheRevelation going mad]] after [[InternalizedCategorism learning he is a Frost Giant]], he has [[BigBad mostly played the role of antagonist.]] In ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', however, he [[spoiler: [[EnemyMine helped Thor save the universe]] and [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas avenged Frigga's death]]]], and during ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', the damage he helped cause[[spoiler: to the nine realms was mostly due to [[ItsAllAboutMe inaction as the ruler of Asgard]] [[IHaveNoSon and the actions he took to get back at his father]]]] rather than the [[EvilPlan deliberate malice that characterized his past appearances.]] However, during the course of the third film, he does [[spoiler: [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betray Thor again to no one's surprise]], but in the end decides to come back last minute to help save the citizens of Asgard.]] At one point, when Bruce Banner asks him if he still wants to kill everyone like he did the last time they met, he even admits that [[AxCrazy it changes from moment to moment.]] He also seems very confused about whether he still wants Thor dead while he is watching the gladiator match between Thor and the Hulk, alternately cheering when the Hulk hurts his brother, jumping up in concern when he hurts him too much, pretending he isn't concerned, and then cheering the Hulk some more, all in the ridiculously short time span of a few minutes. The constant side-switching appears to be due to the fact that the character himself is very confused, in this case.
** The final two Avengers movies add even more to it. [[spoiler:In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', he continues the heroic streak he started from the end of Ragnarok and takes it all the way until the end of his life. He is ultimately DefiantToTheEnd and dies heroically against Thanos in his effort to save Thor. While this means that Loki died a hero because he was KilledOffForReal there, Film/AvengersEndgame has the heroes go back in time to the end of the first Avengers, where they run into Loki when he was at his most evil. Past Loki escapes with the Tesseract and is never caught, meaning that past Loki could return as a villain later even though present Loki died a hero.]]

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': Characteristic of human/[[SpaceElves Eldar]] relations. The Eldar will often jump in and aid humans if they have a mutual enemy, especially seeing as they usually lack the firepower and numbers (though not necessarily the technology and skill) to adequately deal with things like [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orks]], [[RobotWar Necrons]] and [[BugWar Tyranids]], but being the [[ManipulativeBastard sneaky bastards]] they are, they view their human "allies" as little more than [[UnwittingPawn pawns to be used]], and see nothing wrong with betraying them the moment it becomes convenient. After all, [[MoralMyopia they would rather allow thousands of humans to die than one of their own kind]]; but then again, humanity isn't a DyingRace condemned [[FateWorseThanDeath to having their souls eaten and played with by a God of excess debauchery after death]].

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue:'' Agent Washington has had a few trips through the revolving door. He starts off firmly on the side of the Director of Project Freelancer, defending and trusting him more than just about anybody else. When he learns the truth about the origins of the AIs the agents use, he secretly begins working against Project Freelancer. Then, after getting sent to prison due to the mysterious disappearance of critical evidence that would prove he was on the side of good (thanks to a certain Blue's idiocy), he agrees to work with the Meta (the villain of season 6) to get the evidence back. When the Meta betrays him, Wash realizes his mistake and works with the Reds and Blues against the Meta. So far, the last HeelFaceTurn seems to be sticking... mostly because he realized that even after all he did, the Reds and Blues still forgave him.

* Sabine in ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. Her "side" is Nale, and she does whatever is in Nale's best interests, even post-mortem.
* It's hard to keep track of anybody's moral alignment in ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'', probably because nearly everyone is either insane (and varies the degree of evil and their motives beyond the speed of logic) or [[PunchClockVillain just there for the paycheck]].

** Gil's manservant [[BattleButler Wooster]] may have changed allegiances from his [[spoiler: British spymasters]] to Gil and then possibly from Gil to Agatha--or he never abandoned his first loyalties. Given the way Sparks influence non-Sparks, it's not entirely clear.
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'':
** Oasis. At first she was an (admittedly sympathetic) {{Yandere}} villain who was obsessed with Torg and would kill anyone or anything to be with him. After Torg promised to marry her, though, she shifted into a (admittedly [[AntiHero anti-heroic]]) good guy, helping to take down Hereti Corp and protect the town of Podunkton. However, after her {{Mentor}} [[spoiler:is killed in front of her]] and Zoe rekindles her jealous streak, she's off on another RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
** [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Prior to Dr. Schlock's]] [[spoiler:takeover of Hertit-Corp]], he tended to change sides quite often, although it was almost always based entirely on who was pointing a gun at his head at the time.

* ''WebComic/EerieCuties''[=/=]''WebComic/MagickChicks'': Melissa regularly makes appearances in both comics, so which side of "the door" she's on depends entirely on which comic she's in at the time:
** In ''Eerie Cuties'', she's usually a villain and serves as [[AloofDarkhairedGirl Layla's]] primary {{antagonist}}. Which was seen in her attempts to steal Layla's [[spoiler: ex-]]boyfriend, Kade Whiteclaw, and when she went so far as to cast a spell on her; leaving Layla flat-chested, [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/art_scholarship_-_interlude_(guest_strip)_2_of_4 simply because she snarked on her]] and Melissa couldn't think of a comeback. She was briefly antagonistic toward Brooke as well, after [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/let_me_make_this_up_to_you manipulating Brooke's boyfriend]], Ace, into going out with her -- simply because [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/wheatgrass_juice she was starved of male attention]] and he literally happened to be the first one that walked by. When she finally learned he already had a girlfriend, Melissa decided she'd steal him from Brooke [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/other_girlfriend so she could revel in her tears.]]
** ''Magick Chicks'' casts her in a somewhat better light, since the crux of the comic is about reforming Melissa -- between the mysterious girl [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/tis_but_a_trifle appearing in her dreams]], [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/the_magic_thingy_agrees Tiffany coaching her]] and the magick wand [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/stupid_magick_stick acting as her conscience.]] She even got her very own BigDamnHeroes moment, by saving Tiffany and Faith from a pair of possessed students. Despite all this, she's determined not to change and continues to fall back into old habit. But it seems that it's working regardless, as Tandy's truth massage caused Mel to realize [[spoiler: that [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/quite_popular she's begun to care more about her friends than popularity]]]].
* Nicolae of ''Website/GaiaOnline'' tends to do whatever gives him the most benefit at the moment, be it con artistry, theft, assisting players in ''[=zOMG!=]'' or [[spoiler: accepting a hit job on Gino Gambino, which he then takes every opportunity to sabotage]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'''s Vriska Serket manages to do this without ever technically changing sides, switching back and forth from VillainProtagonist to SociopathicHero. She [[KickTheDog kicks the proverbial dog]] (usually her personal ButtMonkey, Tavros) on a regular basis, but also has some [[PetTheDog nicer]] moments, especially when it comes to [[MoralityPet John]]. She's a SmugSnake most of the time, but occasionally [[BeneathTheMask her mask will start to slip]], revealing crippling self-hatred that she tries to cover up by being a JerkAss. She has a massive body count, but [[AbusiveParents an excuse]] [[HorrorHunger for it]], and while she's the TokenEvilTeammate for most of the trolls' session, [[spoiler:she very well might be ''less'' evil than the other two contenders for that title later, who are respectively AxCrazy and planning to betray the group to the BigBad]]. [[WordOfGod The author says]] he [[TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste intended for her]] to be a BaseBreakingCharacter.
** Eridan Ampora was introduced as a genocidal racist. Then, it was shown that he was an IneffectualSympatheticVillain that didn't ''really'' want to kill his friends or upset [[MoralityPet Feferi]]. Then, he passed the DespairEventHorizon, [[spoiler: killed Feferi, and attempted to join up with the BigBad, and was killed by another friend he killed brought BackFromTheDead]]. Afterwards, he's apparently trying to help [[spoiler: Jake English]] and apologize to Feferi, but has remained sarcastic and mean throughout all of this.

* In ''Webcomic/EvilInc'', Elastic Man keeps switching sides, largely out of [[LoveMakesYouEvil desire for a girlfriend]].
** Evil Atom mentions to a [[FaceHeelTurn defecting superhero]] that they have a ''literal'' revolving door installed for [[Comicbook/XMen Mystique]] alone.

* ''Machinima/SmashKing'' does this with [[spoiler: Zelda and Mewtwo]]. It's not to clear on what side [[spoiler: Zelda]]'s on, as they appears to be involved in a lot of dirty business, but seem to want to help everyone. [[spoiler: Mewtwo]] starts off working with Ganondorf, then begins warming up to Bowser and wants to see his life improve, having doubts on whether Ganon's plan is right and if he should help him go through with achieving it. Then he's killed by Ganondorf, yet wrongfully believes it was Bowser who killed him: his soul possesses Lucario, and he rejoins Ganon (although he has his own ulterior motives), only to betray Ganon again and forgive Bowser.

** How many times did [[spoiler:Gemma]] either change sides or turn out not to have changed sides after all? In a relatively small amount of appearances, at that? Granted, this doesn't seem to have been a result of lazy or inconsistent writing - the woman just couldn't commit.

* Cale from ''Roleplay/DarwinsSoldiers'' switches sides no less than four times, playing for almost every faction (experiments, terrorists, scientists, Dragnostorm) at some point. This is [[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9202069 lampshaded]] by Dr. Shelton.
** In ''Pavlov's Checkmate'', Cale finally gets over this, refusing to switch sides when the antagonist gives him the offer.

* [[ARG/DarkDreamChronicle Vadiir]] started on the side of the [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Communes]], then he went to the [[LaResistance Rebellion]], and now he's back with the [[WellIntentionedExtremist Commune]], though he says he's a [[ChaoticNeutral free agent]].
* Definitely occurs, to pretty much everybody, in the Prolecto Series. Starts with the standard virus induced FaceHeelTurn, then most of the Succubi switch to Faces, then a few switch to WellIntentionedExtremist, then they switch back, then one of the Faces goes Heel...Then some people who stayed Heel go face. A couple actually qualify as HazyFeelTurns, actually.
** http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6721353
* A few examples in ''Literature/TheQuestportChronicles'', but most noticeably the Lord of Angels and Demons, who switches sides at the drop of a hat. He's [[AffablyEvil never truly]] ''evil'', but he oscillates between being mildly useful and incredibly annoying.
* Sprockett and Hubbs from ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters''. They've swapped so many times that no one knows what side they're truly on...not even ''themselves'' know if they're good or bad!
* ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'' is set in a MMORPG with established factions and changing an avatar's faction is possible.
** The guild of Gaea Amirers, made of Coalition players, is convinced that Gaea, an Empire player, is actually a DoubleAgent for the Coalition and want to assisst her. However, any action on their part favoring Gaea also favors the Empire. This makes its members basically switch sides each time they run into Gaea.
** Starting Season 4 / the fourth novel, the player behind [[spoiler:Gaea herself]] is technically constantly switching sides: [[spoiler:she performed a Face Heel Turn from her guildmates' point of view with her main avatar, but kept her secondary one in the same faction as said guildmates. The guildmates in question happen to be understaffed enough to let her tag along. She however tends to work only for her own advancement, which has lead to one of her avatars to be working against its own side at least once.]]
* Tyce from ''WebVideo/DeagleNation'' often switches between being Jace's friend and being his ArchEnemy.
* Benny from WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic switches between being on Critic's side and leaving him tied up by Hyper Boner.
* ''Script/C0DA'', written by former ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series writer/designer Creator/MichaelKirkbride, takes place in the far distant future of ''TES'' universe. Several major characters from the series make appearances, including Almalexia. After originally being a "face" for most of the series' backstory, she underwent a FaceHeelTurn in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]''[='s=] ''Tribunal'' expansion, where she served as the unstable BigBad. In ''[=C0DA=]'', she is not only BackFromTheDead, but she is once again on the "face" side of things - working for the "Pseudo=6th-House", a super team of god-powered heroes protecting the reality of the work from outside threats.

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* ''Film/SpiderMan3'': Harry Osborn changes sides three times in because he's lost his memory, rather than going through a change of heart.

Compare ChronicBackstabbingDisorder (which is more about switching between grey groups than white-to-black or visa versa), WildCard (where the character isn't strongly on anybody's side ever), UnscrupulousHero (a character who is unambiguously on the heroic side), and the DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent (he never changes sides, but no one is sure what side he's really on). See HeelFaceMole for when a villain fakes a HeelFaceTurn, only to return to being evil after his goal is achieved. See MoralPragmatist for a character who switches sides to whomever is best suited to help their plans.

** The final two Avengers movies add even more to it. [[spoiler:In Film/AvengersInfinityWar, he continues the heroic streak he started from the end of Ragnarok and takes it all the way until the end of his life. He is ultimately DefiantToTheEnd and dies heroically against Thanos in his effort to save Thor. While this means that Loki died a hero because he was KilledOffForReal there, Film/AvengersEndgame has the heroes go back in time to the end of the first Avengers, where they run into Loki when he was at his most evil. Past Loki escapes with the Tesseract and is never caught, meaning that past Loki could return as a villain later even though present Loki died a hero.]]

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* In [[Music/DongBangShinKi DBSK]]'s music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTev-dfmpyo&feature=related Before]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY9EsuPWHp0&feature=related U Go]]" had a friend of Yunho and Changmin do this. First, he joined the police force with Yunho and Changmin. Then for an unknown reason, he was TheMole for the mafia. After he accidentally shot Yunho and was caught by Changmin, he decided to quit. A year later, he was forced to kill Changmin when the mafia held his [[IllGirl sick sister]] hostage. By the time things were over and after Yunho and Changmin found out the truth, they could never fully trust him again.
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** Jack Sparrow is constantly switching sides and allegiances in order to further his own ends. Jack suggests that this trait should be expected of pirates in general. Summarized quite succinctly in [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd the third movie]]:

** Jack Sparrow. Summarized quite succinctly in [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd the third movie]]:

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': Characteristic of human/[[OurElvesAreBetter Eldar]] relations. The Eldar will often jump in and aid humans if they have a mutual enemy, especially seeing as they usually lack the firepower and numbers (though not necessarily the technology and skill) to adequately deal with things like [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orks]], [[RobotWar Necrons]] and [[BugWar Tyranids]], but being the [[MagnificentBastard sneaky bastards]] they are, they view their human "allies" as little more than [[UnwittingPawn pawns to be used]], and see nothing wrong with betraying them the moment it becomes convenient. After all, [[MoralMyopia they would rather allow thousands of humans to die than one of their own kind]]; but then again, humanity isn't a DyingRace condemned [[FateWorseThanDeath to having their souls eaten and played with by a God of excess debauchery after death]].

* [[spoiler:Silver]] from ''Disney/TreasurePlanet''. It helps that he's a LoveableRogue.

If it happens to a popular or well-developed character, the fans will stick with them; but this will, by necessity, drag the morality of the series to [[BlackAndGreyMorality one]] of the [[WhiteAndGrayMorality gray]]-[[GrayAndGreyMorality scales.]] If heroes and villains are switching sides so casually and frequently then it's impossible for true BlackAndWhiteMorality to exist.

** The final two Avengers movies add even more to it. [[spoiler:In InfinityWar, he continues the heroic streak he started from the end of Ragnarok and takes it all the way until the end of his life. He is ultimately DefiantToTheEnd and dies heroically against Thanos in his effort to save Thor. While this means that Loki died a hero because he was KilledOffForReal there, AvengersEndgame has the heroes go back in time to the end of the first Avengers, where they run into Loki when he was at his most evil. Past Loki escapes with the Tesseract and is never caught, meaning that past Loki could return as a villain later even though present Loki died a hero.]]

** The final two Avengers movies add even more to it. [[spoiler:In Infinity War, he continues the heroic streak he started from the end of Ragnarok and takes it all the way until the end of his life. He is ultimately DefiantToTheEnd and dies heroically against Thanos in his effort to save Thor. While this means that Loki died a hero because he was KilledOffForReal there, Avengers Endgame has the heroes go back in time to the end of the first Avengers, where they run into Loki when he was at his most evil. Past Loki escapes with the Tesseract and is never caught, meaning that past Loki could return as a villain later even though present Loki died a hero.]]

** The final two Avengers movies add even more to it. [[spoiler:In Infinity War, he continues the heroic streak he started from the end of Ragnarok and takes it all the way until the end of his life. He is ultimately DefiantUntilTheEnd and dies heroically against Thanos in his effort to save Thor. While this means that Loki died a hero because he was KilledOffForReal there, Avengers Endgame has the heroes go back in time to the end of the first Avengers, where they run into Loki when he was at his most evil. Past Loki escapes with the Tesseract and is never caught, meaning that past Loki could return as a villain later even though present Loki died a hero.]]

* Loki seems to have this problem as of ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' . He spent the first part of his adult life fighting for Asgard, which, [[spoiler: [[DarkAndTroubledPast at that time, at least]]]], played the role of peacekeeper and protector of the nine realms. However, since [[GoMadFromTheRevelation going mad]] after [[InternalizedCategorism learning he is a Frost Giant]], he has [[BigBad mostly played the role of antagonist.]] In ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', however, he [[spoiler: [[EnemyMine helped Thor save the universe]] and [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas avenged Frigga's death]]]], and during ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', the damage he helped cause[[spoiler: to the nine realms was mostly due to [[ItsAllAboutMe inaction as the ruler of Asgard]] [[IHaveNoSon and the actions he took to get back at his father]]]] rather than the [[EvilPlan deliberate malice that characterized his past appearances.]] However, during the course of the third film, he does [[spoiler: [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betray Thor again to no one's surprise]], but in the end decides to come back last minute to help save the citizens of Asgard.]] At one point, when Bruce Banner asks him if he still wants to kill everyone like he did the last time they met, he even admits that [[AxCrazy it changes from moment to moment.]] He also seems very confused about whether he still wants Thor dead while he is watching the gladiator match between Thor and the Hulk, alternately cheering when the Hulk hurts his brother, jumping up in concern when he hurts him too much, pretending he isn't concerned, and then cheering the Hulk some more, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments all in the ridiculously short time span]] [[UpToEleven of a few minutes]]. The constant side-switching appears to be due to the fact that the character himself is very confused, in this case.

* ''Film/XMen''

* Film/XMen

** In Film/XMenApocalypse, Magneto temporarily sides with Apocalypse, but in the end Professor X persuades him and Storm to turn on Apocalypse.
** Once again in Film/DarkPhoenix (the last film in the series), though to a lesser extent. Magneto and several other mutants conspire to kill Jean when they think she is out of control, but at the end he and Charles apparently reconcile.