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* ''Orange Is the New Black'' did this for Piper Kerman, her ex Catherine Cleary Woltersm and her fiancee Larry Smith. As Piper in real-life told it, her turning back on a bad decision she made as a college student was sincere, and Larry stuck faithfully by her side through her prison sentence and finding out about her past. Catherine was also truly apologetic about involving her since they hadn't talked in years. In the show, Piper Chapman cheats on Larry Bloom with the ex Alex Vause, albeit not knowing that Alex turned her in while Larry does and keeps it a secret, and moves on with another woman.

* [[Omori]]: Owing to the comic being a one-shot, the friendship group has flatter personalities overall. The game gets to expand their warts...

** In the original ''Omori'' comic, Omori is shown as being kind to his friends and enjoying adventures with them, as a means to avoid boredom in Whitespace. He's not expressly mean or malicious. In the videogame, it's revealed that Omori {{spoiler|is actually the real [[Big Bad]] of the story, a defense mechanism that tortures and resets the dream versions of Sunny's friend group }}.

** Zigzagged with Kel. Comic Kel is along for the ride. Videogame Kel in the dream world is a bit of a bully towards Aubrey, who teases her. In the real world, Kel is the [[Only Sane Man]] of the friendship group.

** Also zigzagged with Aubrey. Comic Aubrey is a sweetheart, showing marvel in this world. So is Dream Aubrey. ''Real'' Aubrey, however, has become a juvenile delinquent.

* Implied in a meta-level with ''[[Doki Doki Literature Club]]'', especially with the deluxe edition. Before {{spoiler|Monika gains sentience and corrupts the program}}, all the girls are friendly with each other. Indeed, rather than {{spoiler|manipulating her into a suicide}}, Monika ''hugs'' Sayori and comforts her {{spoiler|through a depressive episode}}, while she helps Yuri write an apology letter to Natsuki. Then you get to the main story...{{spoiler|Monika hacks the story so that both Sayori and Yuri die by suicide, while Natsuki becomes more abrasive due to her father starving her. While she realizes that she went too far, because she just wanted to make her friends unlikable, not ''kill'' them, Monika erases most of the world, including the innocent player character, so she can have the actual player to herself}}.

* Invoked in '[[Homestar Runner]]'' in-universe, Strong Bad gets annoyed at the Cheat if one of the Cheat's shorts reflect this about Strong Bad. Usually, however, the Cheat isn't exaggerating his wrestler's persona.

* The first iteration of ''[[Evil, Inc.]]'' has Captain Heroic compromising his morals and blowing a secret marriage a few times if it means saving Miss Match, or their unborn child as shown in a flashback. In the second iteration, Captain Heroic rebuffs her a few times for her safety and when he suspects her of poisoning his dad, pointing out that he has less to lose as a superhero, but she can get 'killed'' if anyone finds out about their secret relationship.