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6	->''"Come. There is a way to be good again."''
7	-->-- '''Rahim Khan''', ''Literature/TheKiteRunner''
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9	Maybe your character was TheCape, but [[FallenHero fell on bad times]]. Maybe he was an AntiHero who made a mistake and [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope went flying off the slippery slope]]. They could even be a VillainProtagonist or AntiVillain who is interested in redemption, either because they've [[EvenEvilHasStandards kept their standards]], or because they've [[EvilVersusEvil been in conflict]] with an [[EvilerThanThou even worse villain]] and shown hints that there might be some good left in them after all. Whatever the case may be, the character is in a bad place but wants to do better, and they are granted one final chance to do so, usually in the form of a grand, nearly impossible task.
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11	Maybe they're being asked to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, or to cure TheVirus, or to stop the EvilOverlord. [[RedemptionEqualsDeath They may not be expected to live through this]], but if they can pull it off, no one can say that they haven't cleared their name, regained their honor, or insured an afterlife in good old FluffyCloudHeaven. (That said, you may wind up with a case of RedemptionEarnsLife instead.)
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13	Sometimes done in a quieter way as CharacterDevelopment in a non-fantasy setting, where a character is looking to undo a past mistake or wrong to a love one that has haunted them or caused misery for people around them. Also known to happen in [[SportsStoryTropes Sports Movies]], where a character may see one last great year or performance as a redemption of their prior deeds or careers.
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15	A SubTrope of TheHerosJourney and MustMakeAmends. Usually follows a HeelRealization, NiceJobBreakingItHero or someone saying WhatTheHellHero. Naturally, a staple of TheAtoner. An alternative to RedemptionEqualsDeath. Often a result of GoAndSinNoMore. Contrast ProtagonistJourneyToVillain and RedemptionFailure.
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18	!!Examples:
19	[[index]]
20	* RedemptionQuest/AnimeAndManga
21	* RedemptionQuest/FanWorks
22	* RedemptionQuest/LiveActionTV
23	* RedemptionQuest/VideoGames
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28	[[folder:Comic Books]]
29	* In ''ComicBook/BrodysGhost'', Brody is roped into helping the titular ghost Talia into performing a "life task," a very good deed, so that she can be allowed to enter heaven (which she was locked out of for reasons she doesn't divulge). [[spoiler:It turns out this entire story is bunk, however, as she's only interested in getting revenge on her killer.]]
30	* ''ComicBook/{{Incorruptible}}'', the companion story of ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'', has former supervillain Max Damage trying to be a superhero after The Plutonium, the Superman analogue, becomes a FallenHero.
31	* This is what the 3rd Loki was aiming for in ''ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'', and because with Loki nothing is ever simple things got complicated. From misunderstanding how redemption works (no, just erasing the past without facing it won't do it), to fighting themselves (literally!).
32	* ComicBook/BlueDevil in ''ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}}'' is assigned a RedemptionQuest by the Catholic Church, to make up for selling his soul for fame in ''ComicBook/UnderworldUnleashed'' - which led to the death of his friend Marla - and also to try and counter the message of a guy who sold his soul and subsequently gained demonic power being a high-profile superhero. [[spoiler:It later turned out the Church couldn't do anything to help him... after he completed all the quests.]]
33	* [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} 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.]]
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36	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
37	* ''Franchise/{{Aladdin}}'': In [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} the original film]], Iago was the loud-mouthed henchman for [[BigBad Jafar]] who went along with his plans to conquer Agrabah. In the sequel, ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', Iago leaves his master's side and fakes a HeelFaceTurn to gain Aladdin's trust. However, Iago [[BecomingTheMask grows to like Aladdin and his friends]] since they don't mistreat him they way Jafar did, to the point that he reforms and helps them defeat Jafar for good. He remains with the group as their TokenEvilTeammate until the end of ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'', when he joins Cassim to travel the world.
38	%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022''
39	* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow'' serves as this for Eddy; first, he is forced to confront and admit the fact that his selfish and jerkass tendencies are unhealthy and at risk of costing him the only two friends he has, and then he admits to ''everyone'' in the Cul-de-sac that the only reason he acts like a jerk is because his brother did; he thought that his brother was "respected" and "liked" by the other kids (when in actuality they were afraid of him), and that if he acted like his brother, then [[IJustWantToHaveFriends the other kids would like him.]] Once the illusion falls off, he's finally accepted and forgiven by the other kids.
40	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': The titular character, who started out as a villain due to past experiences and growing up with not having the best role models or life experiences. Only throughout the events of the film, (some of the events being of his own fault) he slowly begins to become a superhero and [[spoiler:takes Metro Man's place as Metro City's main hero.]]
41	* Sunset Shimmer of the [=FiM=] spinoff series started off as the BigBad of the first film, the {{Deuteragonist}} of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks second]], and finally TheHero from the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames third]] film, going forward.
42	* ''WesternAnimation/{{ParaNorman}}'' looks like a typical zombie invasion triggered by a witch's curse [[spoiler:until it's revealed that the zombies recognize that they've done something horrible and are putting themselves through a great deal of pain in order to find someone who can help the "witch" they killed (really an innocent 11-year-old girl) to move on]].
43	%%* This forms the second half of the plot of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie''.
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46	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
47	* In ''Film/ByTheSword'', Suba is trying to make right what he did wrong at the fencing school he used to go to, what with him [[spoiler:killing his maestro in a duel to the death]].
48	* ''Film/TheColorOfMoney'' is essentially about [[BrokenAce Eddie Felson's]] journey to redeem himself after the events of ''Film/TheHustler1961'' and rediscover the unbridled joy of playing pool.
49	* The film ''Film/TheFisherKing'' has shock jock Jack Lucas (Creator/JeffBridges) helping the deranged Henry/Parry Sagan (Creator/RobinWilliams) in getting a love interest and finding the Holy Grail, as a redemption for having inadvertently caused the death of Sagan's wife.
50	* In ''Film/TheMission'', mercenary and slaver Rodrigo Mendoza goes on one of these after he kills his own brother.
51	* The eponymous ''Film/MysteryTeam'' is out to regain the respect of their community.
52	* A double shot of this trope in ''Film/NecessaryRoughness'': First for head coach Eddie "Straight Arrow" Gennero (Creator/HectorElizondo), who was chased from his previous position by boosters who didn't like his interfering with their interference. Second for quarterback Paul Blake (Creator/ScottBakula), who had to give up his dreams of football stardom twenty years earlier, due to having to take over for his deceased father on the family farm. Both men were out to prove they still and always had what it took to succeed at the highest level of college football.
53	* ''Film/TheReplacements2000'' 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. At the same time, the film makes it clear that none of the replacement players, including Falco, became permanent professional players and went back to their original jobs (in one case, back to prison). This is despite the fact that they've accomplished what the original highly-paid "superstars" couldn't.
54	* A frequent theme in the ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' movies. Apollo pursues a rematch with Rocky in the [[Film/RockyII second movie]] so he can regain any respect he's lost from nearly losing to a bum, Rocky goes for a rematch with Clubber in ''Film/RockyIII'' to erase the self doubts caused by the dramatic beating he got in their first fight, etc.
55	* Discussed in ''Film/TearsOfTheSun'' when the team decide ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight, and choose to save everyone they possibly can.
56	-->'''Zee:''' L.T., those Africans are my people too. For all the years that we were told to stand down and to stand by, you're doing the right thing.\
57	'''L.T.:''' For our sins.\
58	'''Both:''' Hooyah.
59	* The film ''Film/TheVerdict'' starring Creator/PaulNewman as a middle aged, alcoholic lawyer taking a big malpractice case against a rich hospital.
60	* Played with [[spoiler:but {{Deconstructed}} in the end]] in ''Film/TheWrestler'', where what would normally be the subject of Randy "The Ram" Robinson's RedemptionQuest in most other sports movies (namely, his big reunion bout with his old sparring nemesis "The Ayatollah") in fact ''isn't''; his real Quest is to redeem himself in the eyes of his estranged daughter and to make a connection with the stripper with whom he has fallen in love. [[spoiler:He ultimately fails at both, and his decision to go ahead with the bout even if his heart problems mean it'll kill him is ultimately a symbol of his failure in this; he wins the bout, but it's heavily implied that he dies in the process.]]
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63	[[folder:Literature]]
64	* Follows Lale's HeelRealization in ''Literature/TheAssassinsOfTamurin''.
65	* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' sees the VillainProtagonist, Ebenezer Scrooge, undergoing from a greedy, bitter, and degenerate miser to a charitable, cheerful, and lovable person.
66	%%* Elizabeth Bathory toward the end of ''Literature/CountAndCountess''.
67	* In ''Literature/TheCrush'', this is Kelly and Amber's entire drive. They lost half their team to the rogue James [=McTavish=] a year ago, and have been languishing in defeat since then. When they find out the latter is in their city, they jump at the chance to make it up to their fallen comrades. Both of them see it as a [[HonorBeforeReason matter of honour]] to make good on their promise to protect their friends.
68	* In his BackStory, ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' character Lord Soth was given a chance to redeem his soul after becoming a FallenHero. At first he leaps at the chance, but turns his back on preventing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt to confront his wife about accusations of infidelity.
69	* [[spoiler:Severus Snape]] spends most of the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series atoning for [[spoiler:causing Lily's death]] by protecting Harry from harm and working as a double agent for both the Death Eaters and the Order.
70	* Su Wukong (Monkey King) and the other bodyguards/traveling companions go along with the monk Tripitaka in ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' to earn redemption for past misdeeds.
71	* In ''Literature/TheKiteRunner'', Amir seeks to redeem his past actions towards Hassan by rescuing his friend's son.
72	* ''Literature/TheLicaniusTrilogy'' [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructs]] this with Caeden. While he tries his best to make up for his past atrocities, many characters (himself included) consider him beyond forgiveness, for the most part.
73	* In ''Literature/PosterGirl'' the main character Sonya Kantor is given one by the government, if she can find a missing girl she will be released from the ghetto where she and other loyalists of the old regime have been imprisoned for the last ten years. [[spoiler: In truth she takes the quest for a much for more personal reason: to atone for being the one responsible for the girl being taken from her family in the first place.]]
74	* ''Literature/TheScarletPimpernel'' is Marguerite's quest to [[TheAtoner atone]] for unintentionally causing the execution of the Marquis de St. Cyr, one of the French aristocratic fugitives her husband Sir Percy has devoted his life to protecting.
75	* In ''Literature/ShadowOfTheConqueror,'' [[RetiredMonster Daylen]] sets out on this after [[EmpoweredBadassNormal getting his powers]], with the setting's SkyPirates and [[HumanTraffickers Sex Slavers]] being at the top of his list of targets.
76	* ''Literature/TheSilverChair'': Aslan assigns Jill the task of finding the lost prince Rilian as her Redemption Quest for causing Eustace to fall off a cliff.
77	* From ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', while not originally intended as such, as Jaime Lannister was still his arrogant and scumbag self and Catelyn saw him as beyond redemption, his quest to return the Stark girls became this, after being inspired by Brienne's example and losing his hand in a massive BreakTheHaughty moment. Afterwards, he gains a genuine desire to be an honorable KnightInShiningArmor again and return the Stark girls to Catelyn to repay Brienne and atone for his many horrible acts. While this doesn't work out, he is going to every length imaginable to keep his oath to never raise his sword against a Stark or Tully again.
78	** Similarly, Theon Greyjoy spends most of book 5 trying to rescue Arya Stark, [[spoiler:who is actually Jeyne Poole,]] from the Boltons in order to atone for [[spoiler:betraying Robb Stark and causing the Red Wedding.]]
79	** Barristan Selmy considers his service to Danareys Targaryen to be atonement for failing to protect her father, Aerys Targaryen, during Robert's Rebellion. Or maybe it's for rescuing him from the Defiance of Duskendale, the StartOfDarkness moment after which Aerys began to truly earn his epithet, "the Mad King." Either way, he begins to believe that Jaime Lannister (InSeriesNickname: "TheKingslayer") may have been correct to kill Aerys, and desires to serve a ruler who is worthy of the "MyMasterRightOrWrong" trope.
80	* ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'': Emily sees infiltrating and undermining the Scholomance as this. Her initial mission failure was so bad that the good magic school Knightcharm won't even let her go into the field anymore, so running off on her own to hurt the Scholomance is the only way she sees to possibly make up for that failure and redeem herself.
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83	[[folder:Mythology]]
84	* [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Heracles]] had to do twelve of them after killing his family in a fit of madness.
85	* [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Susanowo]] must make amends after throwing a dead horse (amongst other squicktastic things) at his big sister's court. He brought back the legendary {{Kusanagi}} to her. It's not known how much of it was kicking arses and taking names, and how much of it was genuine remorse.
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88	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
89	* Wrestling/SgtSlaughter, following his (in)famous 1990-1991 Iraqi sympathizer heel gimmick that made him the most hated wrestler in the world - and it wasn't a stretch to say he was among the most hated men in the world in real life – he based his HeelFaceTurn on redeeming himself, first by saving Hacksaw Jim Duggan from a brutal 2-on-1 attack by his former cronies, Wrestling/TheIronSheik and General Adnan.
90	* James Gibson's stay in Wrestling/RingOfHonor was largely this. He wanted to be seen as a great wrestler again, after being repeatedly humiliated on television, and decided he was going to wrestle the best in the world until he got one of their title belts.
91	* The 2006 ''Road Of Homicide'' was half this and half RoaringRampageOfRevenge as Homicide was tired of failing in all his efforts to win a singles title in ROH but his method was attacking everyone who had so much as annoyed him in the company.
92	* Wrestling/JimmyJacobs went on one to purge all evil from himself in 2011 and eventually took Steve Corino along for the ride. It failed because of the meddling of Wrestling/KevinSteen.
93	* Wrestling/SamiCallihan claimed he would go on one to better himself after being suspended from ''EVOLVE'' and ''Wrestling/DragonGate USA'', following his attack on [[Wrestling/SamiZayn El Generico]].
94	* After Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi returned to Wrestling/{{New Japan\|ProWrestling}} from ROH, joined Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon and defeated KUSHIDA in record time at ''Sakura Genesis'', KUSHIDA decided to return to ROH to reinvigorate himself, since it clearly did something for Takahashi. While there he decided he was finally going to win an ROH belt too, beating Wrestling/MartyScurll for the television title before returning to New Japan to regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight belt.
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97	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
98	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Plothook #309: "The cleric tells you that before he will cast ''atonement'' on you, he wants you to do this for him, to prove your remorse is genuine..."
99	** This was a suggested method of restoring a character of an alignment-restricted class who broke his code, in earlier editions; the Player's Handbook specifically refers to fallen Rangers having to seek atonement through deeds.
100	** {{Paladin}}s both play it straight and avert it: if one commits a Chaotic act, she loses her powers and ''must'' go on a RedemptionQuest, but if she commits an ''Evil'' act in 1st or 2nd Edition, she loses her powers and no amount of redemption questing will ever bring them back. Third Edition made it possible to Atone (via ''Atonement'', as noted above) for committing an Evil act, and toned down the restriction on Chaotic acts so that it only applies for severe breaches of the Paladin's Code or being enough to shift the Paladin away from Lawful Good (both also solvable via ''Atonement'').
101	* This is a suggested plot thread for renegade Abyssal Exalts in ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''. Redeeming the Abyssal Exaltation back into its original Solar form is explicitly ''possible''- just very, ''very'' difficult. So difficult, in fact, that any PC who manages it will be, in the canonical setting, the ''first ever redeemed Abyssal.''
102	* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' had Golconda, a state where the vampire no longer has the impulse to kill people and only needs minimal blood to live eternally. The exact ways of achieving it have always been left up to the individual GameMaster but the general recommendation was to make it an epic quest, throughout which the vampire in question has to feel remorse for her past sins and make amends as best as she can.
103	* A common plot in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' fluff is the "Penitent Crusade", undertaken by Space Marines who've majorly screwed up in one way or another. They typically involve recovering some lost relic of their Chapter and/or diving headfirst into someplace infested with Chaos/Xenos/something else nasty. These are typically started with the expectation of being a SuicideMission, but Space Marines being Space Marines, they find a way to survive anyway, often as not.
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107	* Marika's route in the fandisc of ''VisualNovel/PrincessEvangile'' doubles as this, as she learns to forgive herself while also getting closer to Masaya. It's heavily implied that the reason she never tries going after him in the original VN was due to her guilt in [[spoiler:trying to have him kicked out of school by faking rape charges against him]].
108	* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' This is pretty much what [[spoiler:Kinzo's]] life turned into after [[spoiler:him raping his [[ParentalIncest daughter]], her [[ChildByRape giving birth]] to Yasu and Yasu being thrown off the cliff by Natsuhi. He desperately wants to be able to say he's sorry and give Yasu his/her grandmother's gold. In an example of RedemptionEqualsDeath, the moment Yasu manages to solve the riddle and Kinzo can say he's sorry, he dies.]]
109	-->''Genji:'' ...After some sad incidents, [[spoiler:Master's]] life... was completely reduced to atonement.
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112	[[folder:Webcomics]]
113	* [[TheAlcoholic Sadick's]] search for his runaway sister in ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate''.
114	* Subverted by Miko in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. [[spoiler:After she falls from paladinhood because she killed Shojo]] she thinks that she can be redeemed by doing what the gods want of her. The problem, as it is explained by Soon's ghost [[spoiler:before she dies]], that [[NeverMyFault she never actually atoned for her wrongdoings]] or [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone considered that she'd done the wrong thing]].
115	* Villainous and thus {{inverted}} example: the driving force behind all Dimension of Pain stories in ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'' is Lord Horribus seeking redemption for letting Torg escape, by hauling Torg's soul back to the demons' dimension for eternal torment. The "redemption" theme is mentioned explicitly in "That Which Redeems", which also features another similarly inverted example bordering on [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] in the form of a story (presented as an analogy to Horribus) of a man who came to a HeelRealization about his terrible deeds, turned to a local notion of {{God}} to seek redemption, and went on a crusade in God's name to commit even more terrible deeds. "That which redeems consumes."
116	* Similar to the Avatar example, in ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'', Keith is sent into exile for [[SelfMadeOrphan killing his father]] (though this was more to keep his father's good name intact by avoiding a trial) and the only way he can return is to bring back the human Grand Templar with him (which is '''supposed''' to be an ImpossibleTask). He succeeds, though mostly by accident (he'd long since befriended Trace when the group discovered he was [[LaserGuidedAmnesia the missing Grand Templar]])
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119	[[folder:Western Animation]]
120	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
121	** Initially inverted when Prince Zuko's EvilOverlord [[AbusiveParents father]] banished him for not being evil enough, with a [[SnipeHunt hopeless]] Redemption Quest to capture the Avatar 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 season 3, and sets out to train the Avatar to help him overthrow his father.
122	** Aang and Sokka set out to redeem themselves for (different) failings in the third season. Keep an eye out for the telltale ([[IronicEcho shared]]) line, "I have to restore my honor."
123	* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'': Carmen Sandiego, started her life raised by V.I.L.E. faculty, but upon her revelation that stealing isn't a game and people are hurt by thievery, she turns against the only family she has known. [[spoiler:Unbeknownst to Carmen, one of her teachers, Shadowsan, is the one who found her and brought her to the island after the death of her father when her father tried to leave V.I.L.E. Shadowsan was there to kill him, but other forces were pursuing him and shot him. Shadowsan secretly never wanted her to join as he could see the inner goodness in Carmen and to respect her father's desire to keep her away from V.I.L.E. When Carmen escapes the island, it became the impetus for Shadowsan's own redemption quest. He first tries to join Carmen in her escape, but his pretense to run after her boat with sword drawn scares her to not trusting him. By the start of Season 2, Shadowsan joins Carmen officially and uses his intimate knowledge of V.I.L.E. to help Carmen destroy the criminal empire. Along the way, Shadowsan reveals more of his own past and further sins he seeks to atone for regarding his own family]].
124	* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' Cult of the Conductor, follows Cracked Reflection's minor antagonists Grace and Simon of the Apex, introduced as passengers who rampage the train and terrorize the inhabitants. As they find themselves separated from their followers and journey the train to find them, they learn certain truths that begin to affect their worldview. Grace is at first established as the worse of the cult leaders due to her ToxicFriendInfluence to Simon and her lies about knowing how the train works. Throughout Book 3, accompanied by Hazel as a MoralityPet, Grace ends up confronted by her past and comes to terms with the consequences of her actions along with Simon's eventual betrayal and death. In the end, she resigns from the Apex and begins helping her former followers find a way off the train.
125	* ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'': The second episode involves Charlie and Pim trying to rebuild the image and career of Mr. Frog, who was fired from his own show after trying to eat a TMZ reporter alive. All their attempts at redeeming the former star fail, resulting in a fan being strangled, a woman losing her hands and racist remarks being made on live television. Mr. Frog finally redeems himself by apologizing on live television... [[spoiler:and then eating his former producer]].
126	* After spending the past four seasons of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' as a {{Trumplica}} performing actions raging from [[Recap/SouthParkS21E9SuperHardPCness nuking Canada]] to [[Recap/SouthParkThePandemicSpecial destroying a potential COVID-19 vaccine lead]], Mr. Garrison spent [[Recap/SouthParQVaccinationSpecial the Vaccination Special]] atoning for his presidency. Eventually, he gets in touch with the Hollywood Elite to ship vaccines from Israel to South Park, saving the day and getting his old job as a teacher back.
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129	[[folder:Real Life]]
130	* 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.
131	* Michael Vick is a unique example in sports because his sins were committed off the field (Went to federal prison in 2007 for running a interstate dog fighting ring). Before prison, he was a Pro Bowl-level performer at the quarterback position in Atlanta. Once he was let out of prison, he spent a year as a backup in Philadelphia, before injuries thrust him into the starting lineup. His three full seasons as the Eagles' starter produced the best passing stats of his career (he was seen as more a runner who could throw in Atlanta) as well a Pro Bowl and Comeback Player of the Year (as well as a second-place finish for Offensive Player of the Year) in 2010. He finished his career in 2015 as a respected veteran player. Though some (particularly dog lovers and other animal rights activist) will never forgive him for his previous crimes.
132	* Redemptions are seen in the world of sports most often in American Football and Baseball. In other sports, like soccer, basketball and hockey, star prospects that wash out with their original teams tend to simply play out their careers in reserve roles on other team or play overseas or lower tier leagues (if they don't quietly quit and move on with their lives).
133	** Though there are exceptions, like baseball's [[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/ankieri01.shtml Rick Ankiel]], who experienced the loss of pitching control known as "the yips" and washed out as a starting pitcher, but worked his way back up to the majors as an outfielder.
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