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An insincere [[The Atoner|Atoner]] attempts by his good deeds to stifle any guilt he feels, or buy off his victims so they will not seek [[Revenge]] when they learn he has wronged them. He often resorts to material assistance, because personal help prods his conscience and makes him feel worse.
Generally, he regards his evil deeds as not so much offset by his good deeds as obliterated by them -- at least, he professes to believe it, though some hints may seep through that he knows that it was wrong. On the other hand, may slide into [[
Often his evil deeds are discovered long after the fact, to cast a respective light on his good deeds.
May be a form of [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]], but the character does not have to be richer than others. Compare [[Every Man Has His Price]] for "bribery" in a more generic sense. See [[Must Make Amends]] for when the efforts are sincere.
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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* Subverted in ''[[Monster (Anime)|Monster]]'', where it comes out that Schubert is so wracked with guilt over abandoning Margot Langer that he actually gives money to an ''impersonator'' using her name - he knows she's a fraud, but the symbolic act is the only way he knows how to apologize for his past sins.
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* [[Cyrano De Bergerac]]:
** Used by Cyrano after he refuses to apologiyze to the Burgundy Theater's audience for interrupting ''[[Show Within a Show|The Clorise]]'' because ''"The Clorise"'' [[Fan Dumb|was a bad play and all the assistants are wrong because they wanted to see it]], He pay’s Bellerose for all the entrance fees so they can give it back to the public. He also uses it to bribe the Duenna to invoke [[Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone]] with Roxane.
** At Act II Scene VII, De Guiche plans to [[Buy Them Off]] Cyrano with [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections|an offering of patronage from his uncle]], [[Man Behind the Man|Cardenal]] [[Magnificent Bastard|Richelieu]]. The play notes indicate that Cyrano is tempted to accept.
{{quote| '''De Guiche:''' Last night<br />
Your fancy pleased my uncle Richelieu.<br />
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