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Usually an instance of [[Plug N Play Friends]]. If the unmasked traitor was an active party member or contributing part of the team, and ''remains'' an active party member or contributing part of the team, it's [[Welcome Back, Traitor]].
If some sort of [[Hand Wave]] is given for this, then it's a case of [["Get Out of Jail Free" Card]]. Such easy forgiveness may be given after an insincere [[The Grovel]]. The kinds of people most likely to easily forgive are [[The Messiah]], the [[Friend to All Living Things]] and those who prefer to [[Turn the Other Cheek]], although more cynical characters may take a [[Restrained Revenge]]. If no such excuse exists or "apology accepted" speech occurs, then it's a [[Karma Houdini]]. Compare [[Welcome Back, Traitor]] and [[
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*** Marik at least had the excuse that he believed the Pharaoh was responsible for [[You Killed My Father|killing his father]] and enslaving his family, and once he realises his error (and sees his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]) he helps Yugi win his duel against said Evil Side and resolves to atone for his actions.
*** Dartz a [[Filler Villain]], {{spoiler|a 10,000 year old king of Atlantis}}, a businessman corrupt corporate and leader of his [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|destroy-the-world-because-humanity-ruined-it]] cult. His goal involves taking the souls of millions of souls of both humans and Duel Monster, literally killing off two worlds, he treats his henchmen poorly and will throw them away if they're useless, when he's not taking advantage of their [[Dark and Troubled Past]]. But it gets worse {{spoiler|he later reveals he's behind the events to why his henchmen are so screwed up, all so they would join him.}} He's more a [[Complete Monster]] than the rest of the antagonists,, yet he is just let off the hook and ascend to heaven.
* Shizuru in ''[[
** Same thing with Mikoto, who was directly responsible for killing two of Mai's Most Important People. Mai, however, realizes she was [[Brainwashed]] the whole time ({{spoiler|and it was actually Shiho who was responsible for Takumi's death}}), and decides not to hold it against Mikoto{{spoiler|, even telling her up front that she loves her (though [[Hide Your Lesbians|probably not]] in ''that'' way)}}.
** {{spoiler|Everyone forgives everyone at the end, whatever terrible things they'd done.}} Given how much of a [[Dysfunction Junction|clusterfuck]] the Carnival was, though, it's fairly justified.
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** Also played with in regards to Nami and Jinbe after Jinbe apologizes for indirectly allowing Arlong to terrorize her hometown. Jinbe was even willing to accept any punishment as necessary but Nami explains that Arlong was the one who she will ''not'' easily forgive and she harbours no hate towards Jinbe or any other fishmen.
* Rokudo Mukuro from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''. He manipulated Lancia into killing all of his friends, beat up Tsuna's friends and used them as hostages, beat Tsuna up quite a bit during their fight, revealed his plan was to [[Grand Theft Me|possess Tsuna's body]] so he could destroy the Mafia and turn the world into a sea of blood, and [[Fighting Dirty|generally fought dirty]]. He is shown to be entirely unapologetic about the whole thing the next time he meets Tsuna, even stating that he plans to take over Tsuna at the next opportunity. However, when he {{spoiler|became Tsuna's guardian}} and showed Tsuna the vision of his body in prison, Tsuna quickly develops sympathy for him, and it becomes obvious that Tsuna has already forgiven him for the whole ordeal (much to Reborn's chagrin). Tsuna even goes so far as to excuse his unapologetic proclamation as him just being [[Aloof Ally|stubborn and shy]].
* Andrei Smirnov in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' counts very much here. He {{spoiler|committed patricide on his own father Sergei Smirnov, his adopted daughter Soma Peiries hunts him down with extreme vengeance}}. But in the latest episode, thanks to a certain [[Deus Ex Machina]] device... he is forgiven. Thankfully, said [[Deus Ex Machina]] comes with him ''finally'' [[My God, What Have I Done?|realising how much]] [[Heel Realization|of an ass he was]] [[Character Development|and getting rid of what makes him annoying]], thus somewhat [[Rescued
* ''[[Mars (manga)|Mars]]'' has two [[Egregious]] instances. In a [[Cliff Hanger]], Harumi escalates her bullying of [[Shrinking Violet|Kira]] to an unthinkable level by threatening to smash Kira's fingers with a small barbell. She doesn't follow through, but it's jarring when Harumi become's Kira's closest and most supportive female friend not two volumes later. An even worse instance is when Kira's mother, stricken by [[Soap Opera Disease]], takes back the stepfather who {{spoiler|''raped her daughter''}}. Kira's mother may forgive, but Kira certainly ''[[Improvised Weapon|doesn't]]''.
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' has Beatrice, the main antagonist of the series. {{spoiler|A supposedly all-powerful witch who the protagonist has seen kill his family repeatedly in grotesque and horrific ways, she plays up a [[Heel Face Turn]] to specifically lead Battler into forgiving her, and even coming to like her... and then proceeds to troll the Hell out of him and reveal it was all an act just for the sake of toying with his emotions.}}
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** No, he did have a problem with it, however in that arc he was far more concerned with the rescue of Orihime than to worry about his vendetta against the [[Mad Scientist]].
* Of all people, Goldie Musou, the main antagonist of ''[[Gunsmith Cats]]'', gets Easily Forgiven by the protagonists after temporarily [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|losing her memory]], and {{spoiler|entering to a relationship with Misty Brown. The same Misty Brown she once kidnapped and was implied to have raped.}}
* Subverted on ''both'' Manga and Anime of ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' {{spoiler|Kouta does '''not''' forgive Lucy for killing his little sister Kanae and their father. However, even though he never does forgive her, in the anime, he openly declares that he will always love her; while in the manga, while he is much more bitter and hateful, he offers her a [[Last Second Chance]] to live peacefully with him and the rest of the cast, then takes a bullet fully intended for her because he ''refused'' to let another family member of his die ever again, after which Lucy [[Superpower Meltdown|sacrifices her body integrity]] in a last bid attempt to save him, leaving her in crippling agony; Kouta then [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|kills her purely out of love and mercy after she begs him to do so]], and afterwards still visits the spot they promised to meet each other as children, desperately waiting for her to come [[Back
* ''[[Naruto]]'' had the Sand Village ninjas (particularly Gaara and company) start off as murderers conspiring with the current [[Big Bad]] to try and overthrow and destroy the Hidden Leaf Village. The plan fails, but {{spoiler|the third Hokage still ends up dead}} in no small part thanks to the Sand Village's assistance and at least tacit approval. Later on, the Sand Village as a whole, and Gaara, Temari and Kankuro specifically, are close allies with the Hidden Leaf Village and friends of the protagonists, mostly just because Orochimaru became a common enemy when he killed the Kazekage.
** More than that, it was revealed the Kazekage had been killed before the war even began. It's a bit easier to give a large group of what amounts to soldiers the benefit of the doubt if their hierarchy is completely compromised.
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** An '''extremely''' obvious one is the recent (apparent) reconciliation with Matt and [[Jeff Hardy]]. Essentially Matt said that he had made a mistake and Jeff forgave him. The "mistake" apparently involved Matt burning Jeff's house to the ground, killing his dog, and trying to murder him and/or end his career at least three times. The forgiveness came only a couple months after the end of their fighting over it.
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' season 3: {{spoiler|Elle seems to forgive Sylar a bit too easily for killing her father.}} It's true, she did try her best to kill him at first, but subsequently it looks more like that was self loathing than hatred. This is even remarked upon by Noah.
** Although it's a little more believable when you keep in mind that Elle's father was something of a [[Smug Snake]] who put his own daughter through [[Training
* Seems to happen quite a lot in the various ''[[Star Trek]]'' series: One of the regular cast spends the episode trying to kill everyone, drive the ship into a black hole or whatever, and is welcomed back with open arms by all concerned.
** This is especially clear in the [[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier|fifth film]]. It's specifically stated that the people the villain converts are ''not'' brainwashed; they're completely acting of their own free will in following him. Yet none of them face any repercussions.
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* Pretty common following the standard [[Heel Face Turn]]: often the reformed heel doesn't even have to earn redemption, as it's enough that he's agreed not to be mean anymore. Lampshaded histrionically by [[Christian]] who was outraged that [[Heroic Sociopath]] [[Randy Orton]] is allowed to do whatever the hell he wants in [[WWE]]. He screamed at [[Triple H]] to do something about the situation in his capacity as Chief Operating Officer, demanding to know something along the lines of "Don't you even care that this man once attacked your father-in-law and brother-in-law and terrorized your wife?!" Well, apparently [[Triple H]] ''didn't'' care.
** This can be particularly egregious in cases of tag-team matches. In these cases, seeing a total monster, who's undergone a [[Heel Face Turn]] teaming up with the same person who's life they completely destroyed a few months ago is not particularly unusual in pro wrestling.
* Subverted more often in [[TNA]], where it's more common for there to be tension between two tag-team partners when one of them has recently undergone a Heel Face Turn. Even characters who weren't evil to begin with, such as [[Sting (music)|Sting]], [[All of the Other Reindeer|are frequently mistrusted by other faces for having a mysterious agenda]].
== [[Theater]] ==
* [[William Shakespeare]]'s plays have several examples:
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* In [[The World Ends With You]], Neku and Beat don't hold {{spoiler|Rhyme's erasure}} against Kariya and Uzuki at any point. Granted, Kariya and Uzuki did risk their safety by giving them a keypin that is vital to their quest, but the incident in question made Beat quite angry with the Reapers at the time.
* In ''[[Dragon Age]]'' ''Awakening'', Nathaniel Howe will express disbelief if you offer to conscript him into the Wardens instead of hanging him for scheming to kill you. You can respond by claiming that some of your best friends are people who tried to kill you in the past.
* In ''[[Rune Factory]]'', [[The Dragon|Lynette]] is responsible for wiping Raguna's memory and throwing him into a monster infested village (which she is responsible for infesting) all for the purpose of [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|using Raguna]] to help unleash a dragon god on the kingdom. After the plan fails, [[You Have Failed Me...|and she's banished from her kingdom for it]], Raguna forgives her virtually instantly (she's even eligible for marriage at that point). Raguna never even asks Lynette to tell him about his past, even if he marries her.
* In ''[[Ace Attorney]]'', Phoenix Wright is surprisingly determined to reach out to and "save" Miles Edgeworth, especially when Edgeworth is on trial as a murder suspect. What is amazing is that Phoenix is doing this even though Edgeworth ruthlessly and relentlessly used every tactic he could, including some very underhanded ones, to get Maya and then Phoenix himself convicted for the murder of his beloved mentor (Let's face it; Edgeworth is not stupid. He HAD to have realized who Mia Fey's REAL murderer was...).
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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* Subverted in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' with Hawkgirl. At first glance, it seems that the team will sweep her assignment from the Thanagarian Empire under the rug at the end of the episode because she's one of the [[True Companions]], but she resigns from the team. She spends a season mostly off-camera doing some soul-searching and still has to save the world a few more times before Wonder Woman's fine with having Hawkgirl in the Justice League again. It remains a sore spot for her and detractors of the Justice League still bring up that the League let Hawkgirl back on the team after what she did... a sore spot that Lex Luthor is [[Magnificent Bastard|notably willing to exploit]].
* Every "villain" in ''[[Horton Hears a Who!]]!'' The directors bring this up a couple times on the DVD commentary, justifying it by saying it stays true to the spirit of Dr. Seuss' works, as Seuss "was not in the comeuppance business." There was originally a more clear comeuppance for the Kangaroo when everyone turns their back on her, but it was taken out for this reason.
* On ''[[The Fairly
* In ''[[Gargoyles]]'', Goliath readily forgives anyone who stops attacking and tries to undo whatever they've done. Even if two minutes before that they were roaring at each other and fighting tooth and nail. It's most apparent in that lengthy section in season two where he and a few others were being sent all over the world by Avalon. Of course, those few times when he ''wasn't'' attacked right off the bat and tried being friendly first didn't work that well...
** One theme of the show was that holding grudges didn't work out, and that things like revenge only made things worse. Probably a message there.
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