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** Well, they do forgive him. However, it was not forgiveness Kratos wanted, but to forget all the terrible things he had done. Gods do not grant him that. And that is why there are no more Greek myths.

* [[Spider-Man Anti-Venom]] (Eddie Brock, the original Venom) is on one of these to destroy the Venom Symbiote; and find some peace from the [[FateWorseThanDeath psychotic remnants of Venom locked in his mind from their bonding.]]

* ''{{Gargoyles}}'': Pretty much the whole point to ''Gargoyles: Bad Guys''.

* ''{{Brimstone}}'': This is the entire premise of the show, where FallenHero Ezekiel Stone gets a second shot at life and a way out of Hell if he returns 113 souls that managed to escape.

** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in Tali's loyalty mission. The Admiralty Board gives her (and Shepard, naturally) the task of reclaiming a quarian ship that has been overrun by geth. If she is killed, the Board promises to drop the charges against her. If she survives and succeeds, she still has to deal with the charges but the act will lend credence to her side. The subversion comes in where the admirals prematurely pronounce her dead and [[JerkAss one of them suggests exiling her posthumously, anyway]]. This being a RolePlayingGame, the final decision is left up to Shepard's diplomatic skills.

** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in Tali's loyalty mission. The Admiralty Board gives her (and Shepard, naturally) the task of reclaiming a quarian ship that has been overrun by geth. If she is killed, the charges are dropped. If she survives and succeeds, they'll drop the charges. The subversion comes in where they ''don't'' immediately drop the charges, and were considering posthumously exiling her. This being a RolePlayingGame, the final decision is left up to Shepard.

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* An important aspect of [[http://www.restorativejustice.org/intro restorative justice]] is about an offender making restitution to his victims. Unlike [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retributive_justice 'ordinary punishment']], restorative justice is about making redemption voluntary and (hopefully!) genuine.

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* [[RurouniKenshin Kenshin's]] quest to protect people and fight for justice without killing is his redemption for all the lives he previously took as an assassin. Both in the anime and manga, (but particularly in the anime, especially filler episodes or arcs whose stories were changed) he encourages other warriors to try to make amends and work towards making a better world rather than commit {{Seppuku}} when they fall into similar situations.
* [[FullmetalAlchemist Edward Elric]] ''"I'm sorry Al. This is all my fault. So I promise that no matter what, I'll get you your body back."''

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* Pretty much the whole point to [[{{Gargoyles}} Bad Guys]].

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* ''Film/TheReplacements'' a Keanu Reeves comedy football movie, has this happening to Reeves' character Shane Falco. Falco had notoriously choked in the final game of his college career, and performed miserably in his little time as a pro, so this last chance at the game represents a chance for him to erase that image.

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* This is the entire premise of the show ''{{Brimstone}}'', where FallenHero Ezekiel Stone gets a second shot at life and a way out of Hell if he returns 113 souls that managed to escape.

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* [[ClassicalMythology Herakles]] had to do twelve of them after killing his family in a fit of madness.

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* This forms the second half of the plot of ''ThePowerpuffGirls Movie''.

* The film ''TheFisherKing'' has shock jock Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges) helping the deranged Henry/Parry Sagan (RobinWilliams) in getting a love interest and finding the Holy Grail, as a redemption for having inadvertently caused the death of Sagan's wife.

* ''[[RedDeadRedemption Red Dead]]'' '''''[[RedDeadRedemption Redemption]]'''. John Marston, former outlaw, is sent by Federal agents to hunt down and kill members of his former gang. It seems like a subversion at first because the Federal agents are actually forcing Martson to leave his [[CallToAgriculture peaceful retirement on a small farm]] by kidnapping his wife and son and threatening to jail or kill Marston for his life of crime, but through the game Martson talks about his desire to atone for all the violence he's committed and how much he hates having to ''keep'' killing people.

** also {{Deconstructed}} with Tali's loyalty mission, as Tali is offered the chance to redeem herself on the Alarei, which has been overrun by geth. There are [[{{Understatement}} a few problems]] with this: 1. The geth make it a SuicideMission, 2. Tali's trial is a mere side effect of the political implications of the geth, 3. They don't wait for you to come back before holding her trial ''in absentia'', and 4. [[spoiler: Tali's father deliberately networked them to sapience so that he could perform experiments on them, breaking their deepest and eldest laws, then died before he could shift the blame from Tali.]]

** also {{Deconstructed}} with Tali's loyalty mission, as Tali is offered the chance to redeem herself on the Alarei, which has been overrun by geth. There are [[Understatement a few problems]] with this: 1. The geth make it a SuicideMission, 2. Tali's trial is a mere side effect of the political implications of the geth, 3. They don't wait for you to come back before holding her trial ''in absentia'', and 4. [[spoiler: Tali's father deliberately networked them to sapience so that he could perform experiments on them, breaking their deepest and eldest laws, then died before he could shift the blame from Tali.]]

* Initially inverted on ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', where Prince Zuko's EvilOverlord father banished him for not being evil enough, with a hopeless RedemptionQuest being Zuko's only means of ending that banishment. Zuko's true redemption quest then comes when he realizes how worthless the redemption his father offered is and instead pulls a HeelFaceTurn in the third season.

* Initially inverted on ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', where Prince Zuko's EvilOverlord father banished him for not being evil enough, with a hopeless RedemptionQuest being Zuko's only means of ending that banishment. Zuko's true redemption quest then comes when he realizes how worthless the redemption his father offered is and instead pulls a HeelFaceTurn in the third season.

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* Inverted in ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', where Prince Zuko's EvilOverlord father banished him for not being evil enough, with a hopeless RedemptionQuest being Zuko's only means of ending that banishment. Zuko's true redemption comes when he realizes how worthless the redemption his father offered is and instead pulls a HeelFaceTurn in the third season.

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* An important aspect of [[http://www.restorativejustice.org/intro restorative justice]] is about an offender seeking restitution from his victims. Unlike [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retributive_justice 'ordinary punishment']], restorative justice is about making redemption voluntary and (hopefully!) genuine.

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*''{{Lost}}'''s Michael has a redemption arc in season 4 after [[spoiler:killing Ana and Libby]] in season 2. He manages to [[spoiler:save Desmond, Aaron, Sun, and [[strike:maybe]] Jin before [[RedemptionEqualsDeath dying]] in the season finale.]]

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