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* In ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (novel)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'', all the Whos down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot, but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, did not. So he stole all their Christmas accoutrements and '''all their food'''. But [[Easy Evangelism|he gave it back after]], which apparently justified making him the guest of honor at Christmas dinner.
** Grinch gives it back when he finds out the Whos are completely unfazed by the fact that all their stuff is gone. He got the message of the spirit of Christmas after that, and the Whos are so happy he learned to be good and appreciate other people that they honoured him.
* This happens a lot in the ''[[Land of Oz]]'' books; for example, Ozma gave the Nome King several chances to reform, and never gave him a lasting punishment. The biggest example may be the Wizard. The second book revealed he was not only a humbug, he was an usurper, kidnapping Ozma (the rightful heir to the throne) and taking her to the hag Mombi, who used her dark magic to turn Ozma into a boy and take him as a servant, allowing the Wizard to rule in her place. Ozma was restored to her true form by the end of the book, but in subsequent appearances, the Wizard was never punished for what he did, and was in fact, welcomed into Ozma’s court, becoming one of the few citizens allowed to use magic.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Subverted in ''[[Farscape]]''. Some things - {{spoiler|like Chiana cheating on D'Argo}} - are not forgiven fully for more then a year, much like they would be in real life. In fact, one episode is all about the others being unable to forgive Aeryn for {{spoiler|executing Moya's previous pilot years before she met them. She nearly leaves the ship over it, and is also nearly killed by the current Pilot.}}
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