Deadly Change-of-Heart: Difference between revisions

** More accurately, he chased them for one season, had two relatively neutral encounters, betrayed an almost-not-really-there possibility of alliance, was absent from their lives for about half a season, and ''then'' turned up wanting to be their friend. Special in that he wasn't able to do this until after experiencing the shock of doing the thing that makes them unable and unwilling to trust him. And then the feet-burning thing.

* In ''[[ReBoot]]'', the treacherous binome Cyrus was on the point of a [[Heel Face Turn]] at the end of "Firewall" after the protagonists guided him through saving the day from the [[Monster of the Week|Game Cube Of The Week]]. He was in the middle of being lauded as a hero when the [[Big Bad]] showed up and had his [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|goons]] drag him onto their side of the eponymous impenetrable wall; a couple episodes later he was shown about to be executed. {{spoiler|One of the goons set him free, but he still didn't show up again until a cameo at the end of the season.}}

** Done again in the episode "Crocker Shocker", where Mr. Crocker is put under hypnosis by a desperate therapist to erase his belief in fairies. Among the changes he undergoes, he loses his hunchback look and his ears move from his neck to his head. Unfortunately, it turns out that Fairy Magic is powered by Crocker's fairy believing spazz attacks, so Timmy had to get him to change back to his old self. You know the universe is unfair when one person's sanity has to be sacrificed.

* In ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', Terra makes a [[Face Heel Turn]] and joins Slade, becoming [[The Mole]] to the Titans. However, due to getting close to the Titans, she ends up regretting her actions, but doesn't dare to fully betray Slade, so she just tries to spare Beast Boy, taking him on a date while Slade's army infiltrate the Titan Tower. Slade tracks Terra and Beast Boy down, revealing the truth to Beast Boy. An apologetic Terra breaks down sobbing, saying she's sorry and pleads with Beast Boy to forgive her, reminding him he said they'll be friends no matter what. [[What an Idiot!|An angry Beast Boy responds with "Slade's right. You don't HAVE any friends."]] As a result, Terra fully embraces being Slade's apprentice and becomes truly ''evil'', and Beast Boy [[My God, What Have I Done?|ends up kicking himself over slamming the door in her face earlier.]] In the end, however, Terra makes a [[Heel Face Turn]] after all...[[Heroic Sacrifice|but with a cost.]]

* In ''[[Transformers Prime]]'', [[The Starscream|Starscream]] gets so sick of the being the Decepticon's [[Chew Toy]] that he tries to defect to the Autobots. Note that Starscream is not in any way repentant, he just figures he has a better chance on their side. Once it's revealed that Starscream killed [[Sacrificial Lion|Cliffjumper]], [[Action Girl|Arcee]] goes ballistic and tries to [[You Killed My Father|avenge her dead partner.]] Starscream is driven off, and is convinced that he should become a neutral party in the war.

 

== Real Life ==