History Main / RedemptionEqualsSex

* Averted with {{Buffy}} who has lots of passionate DestructoNookie with soulless Spike in Season 6, but in the following season [[spoiler:when Spike gets his soul they spend a few chaste nights together.]]

* An inverted example comes from ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8532906/1/iFightCrimeWithVictorious iFight Crime With Victorious]]'' when Robbie [[spoiler: forces Cat to have sex with him using his possession ability]]. This turns out to be [[spoiler:his]] MoralEventHorizon and one of the central reasons that the BigDamnHeroes try to rewrite the timeline.

* An inverted/averted example comes from ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8532906/1/iFightCrimeWithVictorious iFight Crime With Victorious]]'' when Robbie [[spoiler: forces Cat to have sex with him using his possession ability]]. This turns out to be [[spoiler:his]] MoralEventHorizon and one of the central reasons that the BigDamnHeroes try to rewrite the timeline.

* An inverted/averted example comes from ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8532906/1/iFightCrimeWithVictorious iFight Crime With Victorious]]'' when Robbie [[spoiler: forces]] Cat to [[spoiler: have sex with him using his possession ability]]. This turns out to be [[spoiler:his]] MoralEventHorizon and one of the central reasons that the BigDamnHeroes try to rewrite the timeline.

->''Do the right thing; Karma will get you laid!''
--> -- '''TheNostalgiaChick''' on ''{{Anastasia}}''

* ''{{Anastasia}}'' ends with [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Rasputin]]'s defected sidekick, a bat, randomly meeting a [[PinkGirlBlueBoy pink]] [[DistaffCounterpart girl bat]]. TheNostalgiaChick's review provides the current page quote.

* Disappointingly averted in ''{{Angel}}''. Angel helps Faith make her HeelFaceTurn - he's the only one who believes in her, tucks her in gently, brings her food, and then hugs her closely. And yet, though there are several scenes which ''look'' like they could turn into this... nope, nuh-uh.
** Justified in this case -- as far as he knew at the time, if he tried it would be an inversion of the trope and ''he'd'' be the one making a ''FaceHeelTurn'' instead. (The fact that the act of having sex wasn't in itself enough to [[spoiler: make him lose his soul]] wasn't really concretely established until later.)
** Also justified in that a) he didn't really have a thing for Faith, and b) given her low opinion of the human race was interconnected with her low opinion of men, which was extremely linked to the fact that most guys would go for sex with her at the first opportunity, in terms of having Faith trust you and having any ability to strengthen her desire to try to redeem herself, having sex with her, ''especially'' when she's emotionally vulnerable, is probably the worst thing you could possibly do. Like, sticking a ''knife'' in her would not have been worse.

* Pick a ''[[Film/JamesBond Bond]]'' film, any Bond film. Special mention goes to ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', in which this doubles as RapeAsRedemption...in the novel, of a ''lesbian''!

* Pick a ''[[JamesBond Bond]]'' film, any Bond film. Special mention goes to ''{{Goldfinger}}'', in which this doubles as RapeAsRedemption...in the novel, of a ''lesbian''!

A common practice in SelfInsertFic, the female will "redeem" a DracoInLeatherPants, and then have IKEAErotica. Frequently, the female who "redeems" the bad guy is a MarySue.

* Azula in HowIBecameYours ends up with Sokka after losing her memory ([[CharacterDerailment and]] [[{{Chickification}} her]] [[BadassDecay personality]]).

** Justified in this case -- as far as he knew at the time, if he tried it would be an inversion of the trope and ''he'd'' be the one making a ''[[FaceHeelTurn]]'' instead. (The fact that the act of having sex wasn't in itself enough to [[spoiler: make him lose his soul]] wasn't really concretely established until later.)

* CaptainAtom and [[DatingCatwoman Plastique]] consummated their affair only after she had repented of her crimes (also [[PreClimaxClimax right before the final battle with the Faceless One]]. They got engaged after the final battle.

* In TheTerminator Sarah gets Kyle to open up and finally embrace his humanity, ceasing to be as mechanical as his enemy and be honest with himself about his vulnerability and his love for her. Cue the screwing. [[TropesAreNotBad One of the most justified and moving instances ever, though on the off chance you don't know why, I shan't tell you]].

* In TheTerminator Sarah gets Kyle to open up and finally embrace his humanity, ceasing to be as mechanical as his enemy and be honest with himself about his vulnerability and his love for her. Cue the screwing. [[TropesAreNotBad One of the most justified and moving instances ever, though on the off chance you don't know why, I shan't tell you.]]

Unfortunately, most of the time it's not realistic. The anti-hero/villain's personality [[CharacterDerailment warps completely]] and he's ''so totally brave and heroic and romantic''.

* Inverted (as in sex equals redemption), if only informedly so, in the ''{{Unforgiven}}'' when William Munny's wife Claudia turns him from a CompleteMonster into a RetiredGunfighter gone reformed farmer. [[spoiler:The events of the film turn him back.]]

** Well, wouldn't you? We're talking about Sean Connery here, after all... Straight guy troper here, and... yeah, Sean's pretty hot. Plus, it's {{JamesBond}}! Why are we even arguing about James Bond's sex appeal? Too bad it didn't work for Elektra.

** Well, wouldn't you? We're talking about Sean Connery here, after all... Straight guy troper here, and... yeah, Sean's pretty hot. Plus, it's {{JamesBond}}! [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready Why are we even arguing about James Bond's sex appeal]]? Too bad it didn't work for Elektra.

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* Numerous fics have ''KimPossible'' filling this role for [[SlashFic Shego]].

--> -- '''[[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses The Nostalgia Chick]]''' on ''{{Anastasia}}''