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* [[spoiler:Thomas Raith]] in TheDresdenFiles becomes a VegetarianVampire after nearly killing his love interest but reverts to a full-on vamp after being tortured and forced to lethally feed on humans by a resident EldritchAbomination.
** However, it should be noted that even as he announces his return to full vampirism he doesn't deny that he still cares for his loved ones, and he claims he won't fatally feed on people. The reasons he gives for this fall into the PragmaticVillainy category, but it's ambiguous whether he really means it or is simply trying to convince himself that he's going to be a Pragmatic Villain rather than a true good guy. [[spoiler: As of the end of ''Cold Days'', his personality doesn't seem to have changed all that much, and his refusal to willingly kill innocent people, his [[{{Tearjerker}} Tearjerking]] reaction to Harry's death and return and his absolute joy at being able to reunite with the woman he loves suggests that his self-proclaimed RedemptionFailure was more of a short-term reaction to his horrible trauma than a true shift in personality]]. Of course, he was never truly evil to begin with, and was at worst a NobleDemon with {{Morality Pet}}s, so it's difficult to tell how much of a change there really was.

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* [[spoiler:Thomas Raith]] in TheDresdenFiles becomes a VegetarianVampire after nearly killing his love interest but reverts to a full-on vamp after being tortured and forced to lethally feed on humans by a resident EldritchAbomination. \n** However, it should be noted that Still, even as he announces his return to full vampirism he doesn't deny that he still cares for his loved ones, and he claims he won't fatally feed on people. The reasons he gives for this fall into the PragmaticVillainy category, but it's ambiguous whether he really means it or is simply trying to convince himself that he's going to be a Pragmatic Villain rather than a true good guy. [[spoiler: As of the end of ''Cold Days'', his personality doesn't seem to have changed all that much, and his refusal to willingly kill innocent people, his [[{{Tearjerker}} Tearjerking]] reaction to Harry's death and return and his absolute joy at being able to reunite with the woman he loves suggests that his self-proclaimed RedemptionFailure was more of a short-term reaction to his horrible trauma than a true shift in personality]]. Of course, he was never truly evil to begin with, and was at worst a NobleDemon with {{Morality Pet}}s, so it's difficult to tell how much of a change there really was.



* Played with in AvatarTheLastAirbender; [[spoiler: Prince Zuko]] finally gives up on being bad, [[BeingEvilSucks understanding that it really hasn't worked out for him]], and seems content to live peacefully. However, in one of the series' most famous moments, when the opportunity to return to his old ways in such a way that he will likely be successful, he embraces it, [[spoiler: though he later does a complete and permanent HeelFaceTurn]]. The ambiguity here is that his personality during his temporary HeelFaceTurn is so radically different from his previous one that it seems likely that he's putting it on, (even if the falsehood is only subconscious and he genuinely did think he had changed). [[spoiler: This is supported by the fact that during his later permanent redemption he is still just as brooding and hot-tempered as before, he simply became an AntiHero rather than an AntiVillain]]. There is also the fact that, though his recidivism was brought on by outside events, they did not compel him in any way, and merely offered him the chance to fulfil his villainous goals.

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* Played with in AvatarTheLastAirbender; ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''; [[spoiler: Prince Zuko]] finally gives up on being bad, [[BeingEvilSucks understanding that it really hasn't worked out for him]], and seems content to live peacefully. However, in one of the series' most famous moments, when the opportunity to return to his old ways in such a way that he will likely be successful, he embraces it, [[spoiler: though he later does a complete and permanent HeelFaceTurn]]. The ambiguity here is that his personality during his temporary HeelFaceTurn is so radically different from his previous one that it seems likely that he's putting it on, (even if the falsehood is only subconscious and he genuinely did think he had changed). [[spoiler: This is supported by the fact that during his later permanent redemption he is still just as brooding and hot-tempered as before, he simply became an AntiHero rather than an AntiVillain]]. There is also the fact that, though his recidivism was brought on by outside events, they did not compel him in any way, and merely offered him the chance to fulfil his villainous goals.

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* [[spoiler:Thomas Raith]] in TheDresdenFiles becomes a VegetarianVampire after nearly killing his love interest but reverts to a full-on vamp after being tortured and forced to lethally feed on humans by a resident EldritchAbomination.

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* [[spoiler:Thomas Raith]] in TheDresdenFiles becomes a VegetarianVampire after nearly killing his love interest but reverts to a full-on vamp after being tortured and forced to lethally feed on humans by a resident EldritchAbomination.
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** However, it should be noted that even as he announces his return to full vampirism he doesn't deny that he still cares for his loved ones, and he claims he won't fatally feed on people. The reasons he gives for this fall into the PragmaticVillainy category, but it's ambiguous whether he really means it or is simply trying to convince himself that he's going to be a Pragmatic Villain rather than a true good guy. [[spoiler: As of the end of ''Cold Days'', his personality doesn't seem to have changed all that much, and his refusal to willingly kill innocent people, his [[{{Tearjerker}} Tearjerking]] reaction to Harry's death and return and his absolute joy at being able to reunite with the woman he loves suggests that his self-proclaimed RedemptionFailure was more of a short-term reaction to his horrible trauma than a true shift in personality]]. Of course, he was never truly evil to begin with, and was at worst a NobleDemon with {{Morality Pet}}s, so it's difficult to tell how much of a change there really was.


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* Played with in AvatarTheLastAirbender; [[spoiler: Prince Zuko]] finally gives up on being bad, [[BeingEvilSucks understanding that it really hasn't worked out for him]], and seems content to live peacefully. However, in one of the series' most famous moments, when the opportunity to return to his old ways in such a way that he will likely be successful, he embraces it, [[spoiler: though he later does a complete and permanent HeelFaceTurn]]. The ambiguity here is that his personality during his temporary HeelFaceTurn is so radically different from his previous one that it seems likely that he's putting it on, (even if the falsehood is only subconscious and he genuinely did think he had changed). [[spoiler: This is supported by the fact that during his later permanent redemption he is still just as brooding and hot-tempered as before, he simply became an AntiHero rather than an AntiVillain]]. There is also the fact that, though his recidivism was brought on by outside events, they did not compel him in any way, and merely offered him the chance to fulfil his villainous goals.

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* Harley Quinn in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Harley's Holiday", though because it is PlayedForLaughs, this is a borderline HeelFaceDoorSlam example, too.

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* This was a recurring theme in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'':
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Harley Quinn in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Harley's Holiday", though because it is PlayedForLaughs, this is a borderline HeelFaceDoorSlam example, too.



** Another episode, Birds of a Feather, had the Penguin be released from Arkham turning over a new leaf. A gold digger dates him for the publicity, but [[spoiler: soon starts to grow fond of him]]. It crashes down when her motives are revealed.

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** Another episode, Birds "Birds of a Feather, Feather", had the Penguin be released from Arkham turning over a new leaf. A gold digger dates him for the publicity, but [[spoiler: soon starts to grow fond of him]]. It crashes down when her motives are revealed.
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** Another episode had the Penguin be released from Arkham turning over a new leaf. A gold digger dates him for the publicity, but [[spoiler: soon starts to grow fond of him]]. It crashes down when her motives are revealed.

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** Another episode episode, Birds of a Feather, had the Penguin be released from Arkham turning over a new leaf. A gold digger dates him for the publicity, but [[spoiler: soon starts to grow fond of him]]. It crashes down when her motives are revealed.
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* ''{{Hitman}}'' contains an AntiHero (or possibly AntiVillain) example. In the second game, 47 abandons the life of crime to become a gardener for a priest, yet he's forced back into it when his employer is kidnapped. [[spoiler:In the end, he realizes that, being essentially a SuperSoldier, he can't turn his back on the business of death and goes back to being an assassin]].

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* ''{{Hitman}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' contains an AntiHero (or possibly AntiVillain) example. In the second game, 47 abandons the life of crime to become a gardener for a priest, yet he's forced back into it when his employer is kidnapped. [[spoiler:In the end, he realizes that, being essentially a SuperSoldier, he can't turn his back on the business of death and goes back to being an assassin]].
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* In the Simpsons, Marge tries to help an inmate rehabilitate by getting him a job. However, after Skinner allows him to take all the blame for a poorly recieved mural (which Skinner had suggested) the inmate snaps and burns both the mural and Skinner's car.
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** Another episode had the Penguin be released from Arkham turning over a new leaf. A gold digger dates him for the publicity, but [[spoiler: soon starts to grow fond of him]]. It crashes down when her motives are revealed.
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* In ''Manga/DragonBall Z'', Buu is convinced to stop his rampage by Mr. Satan/Hercule for a time, but his destructive nature [[EnemyWithout breaks free]] and later takes control once entirely after a criminal [[KickTheDog shoots his pet puppy]] and wounds Mr. Satan.

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* In ''Manga/DragonBall Z'', Buu is convinced to stop his rampage by Mr. Satan/Hercule for a time, but his destructive nature [[EnemyWithout breaks free]] and later takes control once entirely after a criminal [[KickTheDog shoots his pet puppy]] and wounds Mr. Satan.Satan, Buu's destructive nature [[EnemyWithout breaks free]] and takes control.
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* ''DragonAgeII'' has two examples, both of them [[spoiler: party members. After killing (or nearly killing) an innocent girl in Act 2, Anders realizes that he's losing control to Vengeance and resolves to stop working with the mage underground because he is so furious about the oppression of mages that he fears what he'll do if he stays with the cause. But by Act 3, as the mage/templar conflict escalates and Knight-Commander Meredith has most of the mages killed or imprisoned in solitary confinement, he's back with what little is left of the underground, more fanatical and furious than ever, and eventually blows up the Chantry to incite mage revolution. Sebastian's previous character development had him realize that RevengeBeforeReason is a bad idea, but if you refuse to kill Anders at this point, Sebastian (who was a brother in the destroyed Chantry and lost his beloved mentor in the attack) not only vows revenge on Anders and Hawke, but vows to ''completely destroy the city of Kirkwall'' before leaving.]] This trope fits well into the game's recurring theme of people doing terrible things for understandable reasons.

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* ''DragonAgeII'' ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' has two examples, both of them [[spoiler: party [[spoiler:party members. After killing (or nearly killing) an innocent girl in Act 2, Anders realizes that he's losing control over his body to Vengeance [[DemonicPossession Vengeance]] and resolves to stop working with the mage underground because he is so furious about the oppression of mages that he fears what he'll do if he stays with the cause. But by Act 3, as the mage/templar mage/Templar conflict escalates and Knight-Commander Meredith has most of the mages killed or imprisoned in solitary confinement, he's back with what little is left of the underground, more fanatical and furious than ever, and eventually blows up the Chantry to incite mage revolution. Sebastian's previous character development had him realize that RevengeBeforeReason is a bad idea, but if you refuse to kill Anders at this point, Sebastian (who was a brother in the destroyed Chantry and lost his beloved mentor in the attack) not only vows revenge on Anders and Hawke, but vows to ''completely destroy the city of Kirkwall'' before leaving.]] This trope fits well into the game's recurring theme of people doing terrible things for understandable reasons.
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* ''DragonAgeII'' has two examples, both of them [[spoiler: party members. After killing (or nearly killing) an innocent girl in Act 2, Anders realizes that he's losing control to Vengeance and resolves to stop working with the mage underground because he is so furious about the oppression of mages that he fears what he'll do if he stays with the cause. But by Act 3, as the mage/templar conflict escalates and Knight-Commander Meredith has most of the mages killed or imprisoned in solitary confinement, he's back with what little is left of the underground, more fanatical and furious than ever, and eventually blows up the Chantry to incite mage revolution. Sebastian's previous character development had him realize that RevengeBeforeReason is a bad idea, but if you refuse to kill Anders at this point, Sebastian (who was a brother in the destroyed Chantry and lost his beloved mentor in the attack) not only vows revenge on Anders and Hawke, but vows to ''completely destroy the city of Kirkwall'' before leaving.]] This trope fits well into the game's recurring theme of people doing terrible things for understandable reasons.
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* In ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'', the ''very'' {{Anti Hero}}ic, if not outright villainous, [[{{Shazam}} Black Adam]] decides to start flying straight under the influence of his two new {{Morality Pet}}s and turns his dominion Kahndaq into a rather utopian place. Then, [[spoiler:both Morality Pets are killed by the Intergang. And one of them suffers a HeroicBSOD on top of that, instructing Adam to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]] Which he does, becoming the most wanted mass-murderer on the planet for a while.

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* In ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'', the ''very'' {{Anti Hero}}ic, if not outright villainous, [[{{Shazam}} Black Adam]] BlackAdam decides to start flying straight under the influence of his two new {{Morality Pet}}s and turns his dominion Kahndaq into a rather utopian place. Then, [[spoiler:both Morality Pets are killed by the Intergang. And one of them suffers a HeroicBSOD on top of that, instructing Adam to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]] Which he does, becoming the most wanted mass-murderer on the planet for a while.
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* William Munny in ''{{Unforgiven}}'' is a former badman, who tried to make a go at being a farmer. When his farm fails he decideds to take just one more job and for a time goes back to his old ways. (Although it's hinted at at the end that he eventually returned to a mundane life once more.)

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* William Munny in ''{{Unforgiven}}'' ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'' is a former badman, who tried to make a go at being a farmer. When his farm fails he decideds to take just one more job and for a time goes back to his old ways. (Although it's hinted at at the end that he eventually returned to a mundane life once more.)
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* Roberta in ''BlackLagoon'' quits the ProfessionalKiller business to become an simple maid, only to resort to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge massive violence]] again after her master is killed.
* In ''SoulEater'' this happens to [[spoiler: Crona]] in the manga. In both the manga and the anime [[spoiler: after their HeelFaceTurn, [[AbusiveParents Medusa]] suddenly shows up again and forces them to betray Shibusen.]] In the anime [[spoiler:Crona]] gets better. In the manga they [[spoiler: appear to have crossed the MoralEventHorizon by killing a death scythe, murdering Medusa for being ''nice'' to them ([[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning as she planned]]) and Maka et al have been ordered to kill them.]]
* In ''DragonBallZ'', Buu is convinced to stop his rampage by Mr. Satan/Hercule for a time, but his destructive nature [[EnemyWithout breaks free]] and later takes control once entirely after a criminal [[KickTheDog shoots his pet puppy]] and wounds Mr. Satan.

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* Roberta in ''BlackLagoon'' ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' quits the ProfessionalKiller business to become an simple maid, only to resort to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge massive violence]] again after her master is killed.
* In ''SoulEater'' ''Manga/SoulEater'' this happens to [[spoiler: Crona]] in the manga. In both the manga and the anime [[spoiler: after their HeelFaceTurn, [[AbusiveParents Medusa]] suddenly shows up again and forces them to betray Shibusen.]] In the anime [[spoiler:Crona]] gets better. In the manga they [[spoiler: appear to have crossed the MoralEventHorizon by killing a death scythe, murdering Medusa for being ''nice'' to them ([[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning as she planned]]) and Maka et al have been ordered to kill them.]]
* In ''DragonBallZ'', ''Manga/DragonBall Z'', Buu is convinced to stop his rampage by Mr. Satan/Hercule for a time, but his destructive nature [[EnemyWithout breaks free]] and later takes control once entirely after a criminal [[KickTheDog shoots his pet puppy]] and wounds Mr. Satan.



* The plot of ''KillBill'' plot is driven by this trope. [[UmaThurman The Bride]] faces a major Redemption Failure at the very beginning of the film: in the little chapel of Two Pines (Texas), the rehearsal of her wedding is ruined by former friends from her former assassin's life. [[spoiler:They kill everybody in the chapel but miss The Bride, who, although very badly hurt, survives]]. The last three and half hours of film depict her vengeance. A vengeance that feeds on what she wanted most to forget about: her mind-blowing killing-machine skills.

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* The plot of ''KillBill'' plot is driven by this trope. [[UmaThurman The Bride]] faces a major Redemption Failure at the very beginning of the film: in the little chapel of Two Pines (Texas), the rehearsal of her wedding is ruined by former friends from her former assassin's life. [[spoiler:They kill everybody in the chapel but miss The Bride, who, although very badly hurt, survives]]. The last three and half hours of film depict her vengeance. A vengeance that feeds on what she wanted most to forget about: her mind-blowing killing-machine skills.
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* In ''{{Series/Justified}}'', Boyd Crowder tries to go straight but circumstances keep pointing him back toward a life of crime.
* Lindsey on ''{{Angel}}'' becomes a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor as he abandons his evil employer but can't manage to not return, once it seems he finally has he comes back anyway plotting against Angel out of jealousy, after failing he agrees to team up with Angel again, but with the realization that he will turn on the team again when things go bad, [[spoiler: Angel has Lorne, a member of his team eliminate him.]]

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* In ''{{Series/Justified}}'', ''Series/{{Justified}}'', Boyd Crowder tries to go straight but circumstances keep pointing him back toward a life of crime.
* Lindsey on ''{{Angel}}'' ''Series/{{Angel}}'' becomes a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor as he abandons his evil employer but can't manage to not return, once it seems he finally has he comes back anyway plotting against Angel out of jealousy, after failing he agrees to team up with Angel again, but with the realization that he will turn on the team again when things go bad, [[spoiler: Angel has Lorne, a member of his team eliminate him.]]



* In ''RedDeadRedemption'', John Marston quits the life of an outlaw after his "friends" leave him to die, but TheGovernment kidnaps his wife and son and orders him to dispose of his old comrades. He is forced to go back to his bad ways and although [[KarmaMeter the player largely determines]] whether he becomes evil again, even with a good karma he still kills an awful lot of people on the way.

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* In ''RedDeadRedemption'', ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', John Marston quits the life of an outlaw after his "friends" leave him to die, but TheGovernment kidnaps his wife and son and orders him to dispose of his old comrades. He is forced to go back to his bad ways and although [[KarmaMeter the player largely determines]] whether he becomes evil again, even with a good karma he still kills an awful lot of people on the way.



** TheJoker in "Joker's Millions", when he inherits $250 million from his late rival Edward "King" Barlow. Unfortunately for him, [[spoiler:Barlow had only left $10 million in real cash while everything else was counterfeit as part of an elaborate [[ThanatosGambit Thanatos]] / BatmanGambit to trap him into either going to jail for tax evasion or admitting he'd been had and becoming the laughing stock of the Gotham underworld]], thus forcing him back into a life of crime.

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** TheJoker SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker in "Joker's Millions", when he inherits $250 million from his late rival Edward "King" Barlow. Unfortunately for him, [[spoiler:Barlow had only left $10 million in real cash while everything else was counterfeit as part of an elaborate [[ThanatosGambit Thanatos]] / BatmanGambit to trap him into either going to jail for tax evasion or admitting he'd been had and becoming the laughing stock of the Gotham underworld]], thus forcing him back into a life of crime.
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** TheJoker in "Joker's Millions", when he inherits $250 million from his late rival Edward "King" Barlow. Unfortunately for him, [[spoiler:Barlow had only left $10 million in real cash while everything else was counterfeit as part of an elaborate [[ThanatosGambit Thanatos]] / BatmanGambit to trap him into either going to jail for tax evasion or admitting he'd been had and becoming the laughing stock of the Gotham underworld]], thus forcing him back into a life of crime.
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* Ray [=McCall=] in ''CallOfJuarez'' is a criminal who became a priest [[spoiler:after killing his brother]] but takes up his guns again when his other brother is murdered.

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* Ray [=McCall=] in ''CallOfJuarez'' ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarez'' is a criminal who became a priest [[spoiler:after killing his brother]] but takes up his guns again when his other brother is murdered.



* Harley Quinn in the ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Harley's Holiday", though because it is PlayedForLaughs, this is a borderline HeelFaceDoorSlam example, too.

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* Harley Quinn in the ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Harley's Holiday", though because it is PlayedForLaughs, this is a borderline HeelFaceDoorSlam example, too.
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* In ''FiftyTwo'', the ''very'' {{Anti Hero}}ic, if not outright villainous, [[{{Shazam}} Black Adam]] decides to start flying straight under the influence of his two new {{Morality Pet}}s and turns his dominion Kahndaq into a rather utopian place. Then, [[spoiler:both Morality Pets are killed by the Intergang. And one of them suffers a HeroicBSOD on top of that, instructing Adam to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]] Which he does, becoming the most wanted mass-murderer on the planet for a while.

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* In ''FiftyTwo'', ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'', the ''very'' {{Anti Hero}}ic, if not outright villainous, [[{{Shazam}} Black Adam]] decides to start flying straight under the influence of his two new {{Morality Pet}}s and turns his dominion Kahndaq into a rather utopian place. Then, [[spoiler:both Morality Pets are killed by the Intergang. And one of them suffers a HeroicBSOD on top of that, instructing Adam to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]] Which he does, becoming the most wanted mass-murderer on the planet for a while.
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* ''TheGodfather Part III'' has Michael's famous "Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in."

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* ''TheGodfather ''Film/TheGodfather Part III'' has Michael's famous "Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in."
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* Lindsey on ''{{Angel}}'' keeps becomes a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor as he abandons his evil employer but can't manage to not return, once it seems he finally has he comes back anyway plotting against Angel out of jealousy, after failing he agrees to team up with Angel again, but with the realization that he will turn on the team again when things go bad, [[spoiler: Angel has Lorne, a member of his team eliminate him.]]

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* Lindsey on ''{{Angel}}'' keeps becomes a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor as he abandons his evil employer but can't manage to not return, once it seems he finally has he comes back anyway plotting against Angel out of jealousy, after failing he agrees to team up with Angel again, but with the realization that he will turn on the team again when things go bad, [[spoiler: Angel has Lorne, a member of his team eliminate him.]]
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* Lindsey on ''{{Angel}}'' keeps becomes a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor as he abandons his evil employer but can't manage to not return, once it seems he finally has he comes back anyway plotting against Angel out of jealousy, after failing he agrees to team up with Angel again, but with the realization that he will turn on the team again when things go bad, [[spoiler: Angel has Lorne, a member of his team eliminate him.]]
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* Roberta in ''BlackLagoon'' quits the CareerKiller business to become an simple maid, only to resort to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge massive violence]] again after her master is killed.

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* Roberta in ''BlackLagoon'' quits the CareerKiller ProfessionalKiller business to become an simple maid, only to resort to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge massive violence]] again after her master is killed.
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* {{Kill Bill}}'s plot is based on this trope. The Bride ({{Uma Thurman}}) faces a major Redemption Failure at the very beginning of the film: in the little chapel of Two Pines (Texas), the rehersal of her wedding is ruined by former friends from her former assassin's life. [[spoiler:They kill everybody in the chapel but miss The Bride, who, although very badly hurt, survives]]. The last three and half hours of film depict her vengeance. A vengeance that feeds on what she wanted most to forget about: her mindblowing killing-machine skills.

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* {{Kill Bill}}'s The plot of ''KillBill'' plot is based on driven by this trope. [[UmaThurman The Bride ({{Uma Thurman}}) Bride]] faces a major Redemption Failure at the very beginning of the film: in the little chapel of Two Pines (Texas), the rehersal rehearsal of her wedding is ruined by former friends from her former assassin's life. [[spoiler:They kill everybody in the chapel but miss The Bride, who, although very badly hurt, survives]]. The last three and half hours of film depict her vengeance. A vengeance that feeds on what she wanted most to forget about: her mindblowing mind-blowing killing-machine skills.
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* {{Kill Bill}}'s plot is based on this trope. The Bride ({{Uma Thurman}}) faces a major Redemption Failure at the very beginning of the film: in the little chapel of Two Pines (Texas), the rehersal of her wedding is interrupted by former friends from her former assassin's life. They kill everybody in the chapel but miss The Bride, who, although very badly hurt, survives. The last three and half hours of film depict her vengeance. A vengeance that feeds on what she wanted most to forget about: her mindblowing killing-machine skills.

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* {{Kill Bill}}'s plot is based on this trope. The Bride ({{Uma Thurman}}) faces a major Redemption Failure at the very beginning of the film: in the little chapel of Two Pines (Texas), the rehersal of her wedding is interrupted ruined by former friends from her former assassin's life. They [[spoiler:They kill everybody in the chapel but miss The Bride, who, although very badly hurt, survives.survives]]. The last three and half hours of film depict her vengeance. A vengeance that feeds on what she wanted most to forget about: her mindblowing killing-machine skills.
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* {{Kill Bill}}'s plot is based on this trope. The Bride ({{Uma Thurman}}) faces a major Redemption Failure at the very beginning of the film: in the little chapel of Two Pines (Texas), the rehersal of her wedding is interrupted by former friends from her former assassin's life. They kill everybody in the chapel but miss The Bride, who, although very badly hurt, survives. The last three and half hours of film depict her vengeance. A vengeance that feeds on what she wanted most to forget about: her mindblowing killing-machine skills.
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* In ''SoulEater'' this happens to [[spoiler: Chrona]] in the manga. In both the manga and the anime [[spoiler: after their HeelFaceTurn, [[AbusiveParents Medusa]] suddenly shows up again and forces them to betray Shibusen.]] In the anime [[spoiler: Chrona]] gets better, in the manga they [[spoiler: appear to have crossed the MoralEventHorizon by killing a death scythe, murdering Medusa for being ''nice'' to them ([[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning as she planned]]) and Maka et al have been ordered to kill them.]]

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* In ''SoulEater'' this happens to [[spoiler: Chrona]] Crona]] in the manga. In both the manga and the anime [[spoiler: after their HeelFaceTurn, [[AbusiveParents Medusa]] suddenly shows up again and forces them to betray Shibusen.]] In the anime [[spoiler: Chrona]] [[spoiler:Crona]] gets better, in better. In the manga they [[spoiler: appear to have crossed the MoralEventHorizon by killing a death scythe, murdering Medusa for being ''nice'' to them ([[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning as she planned]]) and Maka et al have been ordered to kill them.]]
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* In ''FiftyTwo'', the ''very'' {{Anti Hero}}ic, if not outright villainous, [[{{Shazam}} Black Adam]] decides to start flying straight under the influence of his two new {{Morality Pet}}s and turns his dominion Kahndaq into a rather utopian place. Then, [[spoiler:both Morality Pets are killed by the Intergang. And one of them suffers a HeroicBSOD on top of that, instructing Adam to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]] Which he does, becoming the most wanted mass-murderer on the planet for a while.

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* In ''SoulEater'' this happens to [[spoiler: Chrona]] in the manga. In both the manga and the anime [[spoiler: after their face heel turn, [[AbusiveParents Medusa]] suddenly shows up again and forces them to betray Shibusen.]] In the anime [[spoiler: Chrona]] gets better, in the manga they [[spoiler: appear to have crossed the MoralEventHorizon by killing a death scythe, murdering Medusa for being ''nice'' to them ([[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning as she planned]]) and Maka et al have been ordered to kill them.]]

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* In ''SoulEater'' this happens to [[spoiler: Chrona]] in the manga. In both the manga and the anime [[spoiler: after their face heel turn, HeelFaceTurn, [[AbusiveParents Medusa]] suddenly shows up again and forces them to betray Shibusen.]] In the anime [[spoiler: Chrona]] gets better, in the manga they [[spoiler: appear to have crossed the MoralEventHorizon by killing a death scythe, murdering Medusa for being ''nice'' to them ([[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning as she planned]]) and Maka et al have been ordered to kill them.]]
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* In ''SoulEater'' this happens to [[spoiler: Chrona]] in the manga. In both the manga and the anime [[spoiler: after their face heel turn, [[AbusiveParents Medusa]] suddenly shows up again and forces them to betray Shibusen.]] In the anime [[spoiler: Chrona]] gets better, in the manga they [[spoiler: appear to have crossed the MoralEventHorizon by killing a death scythe, murdering Medusa for being ''nice'' to them ([[MyDeathIsOnlyTheBegining as she planned]]) and Maka et al have been ordered to kill them.]]

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* In ''SoulEater'' this happens to [[spoiler: Chrona]] in the manga. In both the manga and the anime [[spoiler: after their face heel turn, [[AbusiveParents Medusa]] suddenly shows up again and forces them to betray Shibusen.]] In the anime [[spoiler: Chrona]] gets better, in the manga they [[spoiler: appear to have crossed the MoralEventHorizon by killing a death scythe, murdering Medusa for being ''nice'' to them ([[MyDeathIsOnlyTheBegining ([[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning as she planned]]) and Maka et al have been ordered to kill them.]]
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* In ''DragonBallZ'', Buu is convinced to stop his rampage by Mr. Satan/Hercule for a time, but his destructive nature [[TheEnemyWithout breaks free]] and later takes control once entirely after a criminal [[KickTheDog shoots his pet puppy]] and wounds Mr. Satan.

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* In ''DragonBallZ'', Buu is convinced to stop his rampage by Mr. Satan/Hercule for a time, but his destructive nature [[TheEnemyWithout [[EnemyWithout breaks free]] and later takes control once entirely after a criminal [[KickTheDog shoots his pet puppy]] and wounds Mr. Satan.
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* In ''DragonBallZ'', Buu is convinced to stop his rampage by Mr. Satan/Hercule for a time, but his destructive nature breaks free and later takes control once entirely after a criminal [[KickTheDog shoots his pet puppy]] and wounds Mr. Satan.

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* In ''DragonBallZ'', Buu is convinced to stop his rampage by Mr. Satan/Hercule for a time, but his destructive nature [[TheEnemyWithout breaks free free]] and later takes control once entirely after a criminal [[KickTheDog shoots his pet puppy]] and wounds Mr. Satan.

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