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{{quote|''"I trust you implicitly, thieving child."''|'''Joey''', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
They [[Betrayal Tropes|betrayed]] you, they tried to kill you, in some cases they really did kill you. But within the space of an episode or two, you find it in your heart to [[Forgiveness|forgive]] them. As long as they're a fellow series regular.
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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 [[All Is Well That Ends Well]]. Contrast [[Reformed but Rejected]], where the bad guy ''does'' want to be forgiven and works for it, but doesn't get accepted. See also [[Protagonist
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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*** Both Kaiba brother's Easy Forgiveness rests on a ''foundation'' of Mokuba's Easily Forgiving Seto for emotionally mistreating him and, shortly before Mind Crush II, ''torturing'' him with the Mind Crush I simulator he'd built to use on Yugi after beating him. Yugi&Yugi take pity on them both for their evil adoptive father and screwed-up relationship that ''used'' to be all [[Big Brother Instinct]], and fix Seto. Violently. From then on, Yugi is focused on continuing to fix Seto during most of their interactions.
** Pegasus and Marik, in a case of [[Defeat Means Friendship]].
*** 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
*** Dartz a [[Filler Villain]], {{spoiler|a 10,000 year old king of Atlantis}}, a businessman corrupt corporate and leader of his [[Humans Are Bastards|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 ''[[Mai-HiME (Anime)|Mai-HiME]]'' is [[Easily Forgiven]] by by Natsuki ([[Draco in Leather Pants|a good number of the series' fans too]]) for the things she did as a [[Psycho Lesbian]]. Haruka and Yukino weren't quite as easily convinced, though.
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*** Futhermore, {{spoiler|it isn't as though Albert doesn't mind or care about the horrible things the Count did to him and his loved ones; of course he does. The point is that he understands the Count, his pain, and why he did those things. One of the central themes of the ending is that forgiving someone doesn't necessarily mean writing off sins, but that it necessitates a deep understanding of the person who wronged you and their actions.}}
* In ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'', Jean constantly forgives Nadia for her (misdirected) outbursts of anger at him without hesitation. (She eventually changes her ways as a result.)
* Nina Wang from ''[[Mai-Otome (Anime)|Mai-Otome]]''. Sure, she was perfectly complacent with {{spoiler|committing ''mass murder'' in an effort to show her (adoptive) father that she * ahem* [[Love Makes You Evil|loved him]]}}, but somehow Arika still manages to forgive her, saying that she never wanted the two of them to fight in the first place {{spoiler|(and because it was Nagi who forced her to do it)}}. We know Arika has [[The Messiah|the patience of a saint]], but still...that's an awful ''lot'' of blood Nina's going to have to [[Out, Damned Spot!|wash off her Robe]].
** To be fair, it was only [[The Messiah|Arika]] and a few others who forgave her. [[Reformed but Rejected|For the rest of her victims, it wasn't so easy]], {{spoiler|which is why in the [[OVA]] sequel ''[[Mai-Otome Zwei]]'', she [[Achilles in His Tent|lives in hiding with her adoptive (amnesiac) father on a very remote farm]], and has no contact with her old friends or anyone else...until the [[Call to Adventure|plot device related to her amnesiac adoptive father happens]].}}
** Arika also has no reservations about fighting alongside the Aswad, who attacked her during the survival exam and {{spoiler|killed her mother}}.
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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 Forgiven|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 ''[[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 From the Scrappy Heap|rescuing him from the Scrappy Heap]]. It could be a ''subversion'', since {{spoiler|Soma might have forgiven Andrei... but Andrei will never forgive ''himself''. Now that he knows Sergei ''did'' try to do his best to reach for him, the fact that he killed his dad as the ultimate rejection of him and the guilt coming from such a fact will certainly haunt Andrei ''forever''.}}
* ''[[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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*** In the anime, the two are forced to repeat the month-long island training, although they have a much easier time.
** Hilariously played straight with Paninya in Rush Valley. Paninya stole Edward's silver watch, the proof that he's a state alchemist, which sparked off a chase sequence that caused a lot of damage. When they capture her, a furious Edward wants to have her arrested, while Winry berates him for being so horrible for not forgiving a 'minor' slight ... mostly because she wants Paninya to introduce her to the man who made her incredibly well-designed automail legs. (Edward does forgive her after a punch or two).
*** She does, however, give Paninya a [[What the Hell, Hero?]] speech after hearing that she steals to repay the man who made her legs, telling her that he wouldn't want it.
* [[Sailor Moon]] in the anime forgives Ali and En, the Akayashi Sisters, the Black Moon brothers, Professor Tomoe, the Amazon Trio, the Amazon Quartet, Nehelenia, and Galaxia. Although it's not shown that any of these people (save Galaxia) killed anyone, they all were trying to kill the senshi and destroy the world. In most of these examples, the characters in question were being either heavily manipulated by the [[Bigger Bad]], literally fighting for their own survival the only way they knew (Ali and En) or in Tomoe and Galaxia's case, possessed and not in control of their own actions. Nehellenia is the only one that comes off as really questionable, as she was really motivated by her own vanity in [[Super S]] and in Stars, by envy and revenge. She gets a second chance anyway.
** In the manga it's only the Shitennou, the Quartet, and Galaxia. Of course, they were brainwashed by higher-up villains (Queen Metallia, Death Phantom, Pharaoh 90, Queen Nehelenia and Chaos)... who were ''not'' forgiven. Several of the characters that were forgiven in the anime were also ''significantly'' less sympathetic in the manga, where they were pretty much psychotic murderers.
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* ''[[Bleach]]'' After their first encounter Ishida doesn't seem to have that many problems with Mayuri for killing off the last of his people and ''torturing their souls''.
** 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
* 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
* ''[[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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* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'': The Juppon Katana are a band of deadly killers who followed Shishio in his attempt to overthrow the government and rule in a very [[Social Darwinist]] manner. And then, after they are defeated, they all get very generous deals from the government with the [[Hand Wave|explanation]] that they have talents that are very useful. Admittedly, Henya and Soujiro (who was never captured) were able do things that probably no one else on earth could, but the rest aren't unique. Cho was a good sword fighter, Kamatari and Fuji are both somewhat sympathetic, but nothing they could give the government as spies (or, in Fuji's case, a defending soldier) is so incredible that it outweighs what they've done all the capital crimes they've committed.
** It is averted with Anji, who despite being probably the most sympathetic of the lot got sentenced to life imprisonment. Also, for some of the group, this is more an example of the authorities extending a literal [[Get Out of Jail Free Card]] than it is an example of the protagonists readily forgiving villains. It's worth noting that while Shishio was a nut, the series gives some credence to his accusation that the government was totally cynical and amoral, and the pardons could be considered supporting evidence.
* Any protagonist in ''[[Eureka Seven]]'' who meets [[Anti
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'' Villetta is easily forgiven by Ohgi for shooting and incapacitating him during the Black Rebellion. And, of course, the whole racist Britannian agent thing.
** Ohgi himself is easily forgiven for betraying Lelouch and siding with Schniezel by various people who were on Lelouch's side. They even actually attend his and Villetta's wedding!
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* In the last episodes of ''[[Black Cat (Manga)|Black Cat]]'', surviving members of Chronos and the Apostles team up in spite of spending most of the series trying to kill each other. They are joined by several Sweepers (bounty hunters) who had been manipulated by or defected from Chronos and had just been battling against the apostles. For that matter, some members of the Apostles had previously defected from that group or tried to kill other members of that group. Even the orphan children had been abandoned by their one member to gain power. Yet all these people work togther in the final battle.
* An unintentional example in the ''[[Warrior Cats (Literature)|Warrior Cats]]'' [[Expanded Universe]] manga ''Ravenpaw's Path''. During ''Shattered Peace'', Ravenpaw and Barley are chased off the farm they live on by the farmer because he is tricked into thinking they killed his chickens. The farmer says that if he sees them again, he'll shoot them. However, when they come back and defeat the rogues who took over their home in ''The Heart of a Warrior'', the farmer doesn't care, despite still thinking they killed his chickens.
* The second princess of England in ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' is easily forgiven despite committing {{spoiler|treason in an attempted ''coup de tat'', because her actions were those of a [[Well
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== Fan Fiction ==
* The "easily" part is averted in [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4004316/1/Windows_of_the_Soul Windows of the Soul], in which Natsuki acknowledges the severity of {{spoiler|Shizuru's}} misdeeds and her flaws as a person, but nevertheless forgives her. Much of the fic involves {{spoiler|Shizuru's}} inability to forgive {{spoiler|herself}} for what {{spoiler|she}} has done.
* The ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' [[Fanfic]] ''[[Constant Temptation (Fanfic)|Constant Temptation]]'' dials this [[Up to Eleven]] when L forgives Light a.k.a. [[Serial Killer|Kira]] the guy who's killed hundreds of people (''by the first episode''). And Kira is not just forgiven by L but also the very Police Taskforce assigned to catching him (because he is now [[Slash Fic|dating L]] and has [["Well Done, Son" Guy|Daddy Issues]]. [[Make Room for The New Plot|There's also an]] [[Enemy Mine]] [[Make Room for The New Plot|excuse.]]) But to be fair Kira being [[Easily Forgiven]] occurs in most L x Light [[Slash Fic]].
* Pick any fanfic containing a [[Mary Sue|Mysterious New Girl]]. Chances are that the only person who won't instantly forgive her all her misdeeds (no matter how severe they were) the minute she makes it obvious she wants them to is the Mary Sue herself.
* Many [[Naruto]] fanfics have Naruto being beaten within an inch of his life only to forgive them as well as Hiruzen's (Third hokage) Bullshit excuses for letting it happen.
* Done to Demona in [http://tgs.gargoyles-fans.org The Gargoyles Saga], Demona gives up trying to destroy humanity, and becomes one of the good guys all because Angela waves a finger in her face. Less than two months after attempting mass genocide of the human race, Demona is eating Christmas dinner with the heroes.
** Yet subverted with Fang, who is shown to still be imprisoned in the Labyrinth. Talon eventually allows him out so he can help rescue civilians in a burning building, but continues to subvert this trope by putting a security cuff on Fang's ankle that will stun him out cold if he strays too far from Talon.
* In another ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' [[Slash Fic]] ''[[I Won't Say (Fanfic)|I Won't Say]]'' the easily part is averted. Light "wins" and learns L's true name but he doesn't want to have to kill L because [[Villainous Crush|he's fallen in love with him.]] But in order to ensure that L cooperates and doesn't arrest him or have him executed he casually mentions that he [[And Your Little Dog, Too|knows Watari's]] [[I Know Your True Name|true name too.]] This does nothing to improve L's opnion of him and initially L does NOT want to forgive him and makes life miserable for Light whenever possible and for the rest of the fic Light plays the [[Dogged Nice Guy]] and (sort of) [[The Atoner]] trying to win back what little trust he had. {{spoiler|L (kind of) forgives him eventually because [[Love Redeems]] in this universe. Also becuase Light becomes a [[Papa Wolf]] towards L's orphans and L realizes that while Light is a killer [[Even Evil Has Standards|he would never hurt the children]]-[[Lima Syndrome|at least not now that he has grown attached to them]].}} Later however this trope is played entirely straight when L invites [[Axe Crazy|Beyond Birthday]] to join them for Christmas dinner.
* In [[Naruto Veangance Revelaitons (Fanfic)|Naruto Veangance Revelaitons]], Ronan, after being told to kill his daughter ([[Squick|and]] [[Parental Incest|girlfriend]]) Mandy, does so. Mandy's mother Sakura is shocked for a moment, but immediately forgives him after Ronan says he loves her and Taliana more. Gubgub's [[Dramatic Reading]] points out the [[Unfortunate Implications]] of a mother forgiving her husband so easily for [[Offing the Offspring|killing]] [[Moral Event Horizon|their child]].
* In the [[Professor Layton]] fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5769377/1/bbleeding_b_at_the_bsped_b_of_bSound_b bleeding at the sped of sound], the main character, a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|cyborg vampire]], wants to eat Layton and plans on killing Luke first. After luring him away and announcing her intention to kill him, Layton catches her, but she cries, causing him to forgive her and declare his love for her.
* In ''[[Light and Dark The Adventures of Dark Yagami (Fanfic)|Light and Dark The Adventures of Dark Yagami]]''- Dark's punishment for trying to ''destroy the world?'' [[You Are Grounded|He gets grounded.]]
* [[Ace Combat the Equestrian War (Fanfic)|Fluttershy]] holds no grudges against Firefly when she initally berates the timid pegasus for not fighting the griffins. When Firefly apologizes for her behaviour, Fluttershy [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|gives her a hug]].
* [[Princess Celestia Hates Tea (Fanfic)|Princess Celestia Hates Tea]]: Despite [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Twilight']]s wild accusations of being a changeling queen that got Celestia attacked by her own staff, getting blasted by the Elements of Harmony, getting her room exploded, and nearly getting her banished to the moon for a thousand years, the old goddess is surprisingly cordial with Twilight in the upcoming mess she caused. {{spoiler|And then Twilight [[Mind Rape|Mind Rapes]] her in an [[It Makes Sense in Context|attempt to make her]] [[Serious Business|like Tea.]]}}
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Theater]] ==
* [[William Shakespeare]]'s plays have several examples:
** The title character of ''[[Richard III (Theatre)|Richard III]]'' [[Magnificent Bastard|manages to seduce and marry Lady Anne]] after killing both her husband and her father-and-law. Earlier, she explicitly cursed [[What an Idiot!|any woman stupid enough to marry him.]]
** In ''[[Two Gentlemen of Verona (Theatre)|Two Gentlemen of Verona]]'', Proteus tries to rape his best friend's girlfriend. His best friend and his own girlfriend both forgive him, after ''seeing him do it''. By the end of the scene, his best friend is talking about how much fun it'll be for the four of them to live in a house together.
** Claudio from ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' {{spoiler|reveals Hero's (untrue) unfaithfulness at their wedding -- depending on the director, possibly physically abusing her as well -- and when Leonato tells him that Hero died of grief, he acts like a total dick about it and doesn't care in the slightest until he discovers that Hero was telling the truth. Of course, when Hero finally appears after faking her death, the two are together in literally seconds}}.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The ''[[Dead or Alive]]'' series of fighting games are so thoroughly removed from the [[Guilty Pleasures|terrible-but-somehow-great]] ''Xtreme'' [[Spin
* ''[[Fallout]] 3'' has a major sidequest which ends when you get a man to return to his home town, {{spoiler|days after he killed and ate a full 20% of its inhabitants.}} The villagers welcome him home.
** To be fair {{spoiler|this was the result of a form of insanity, which he now has under control}} plus {{spoiler|the group that took him in after he committed said killings besides trying to teach him how to control his "hunger" has made it appear as they had committed the killings themselves. You don't see the conversation where he explains the situation to the rest of the village. He may have omitted some of the facts.}}
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*** [[Super Robot Wars 2|Shu]], who attempted to do an [[Earthshattering Kaboom]] in a [[Xanatos Gambit]] to free himself from an evil God. The aftermath after his death is Masaki, his own rival that utterly hates him... sheds a tear for him. This happens in EVERY INSTALLMENT OF SRW where they duke it out, not just OG.
*** Juergen 'killed' Lamia in OG Gaiden, then everyone else pitied him for 'not being himself and got consumed by his own creation'. Compared to the likes of Archibald, who has done lots of **** s to the Bransteins and condemned to death even when it faces him, they were pretty merciful towards Juergen.
*** Duminuss, who was stripped from every sympathy she had in [[Super Robot Wars Reversal|R]], got a special mention, even though mostly everyone else didn't show any sympathy. She messed Lamia up by turning her [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]. But after she was returned to her senses, she easily forgives Duminuss, never mind all those crimes to her, what matters the most was 'She brought her back to life'. In here 'forgive' as in she didn't hold a complete grudge on her, and defeats her because she's in the way not [[
** Not even non-OG is safe from this and in fact, it can take it to extremes. In ''[[Super Robot Wars Destiny|Super Robot Wars D]]'', you can even recruit [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (Anime)|Katejina Loos]] and instantly forgive every single act of [[Moral Event Horizon|sheer depravity that she has done]].
*** In all fairness, in the game's storyline, Katejina hasn't committed as many acts of sheer depravity, so this makes somewhat more sense.
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** It's [[Character Development]]. The Party didn't handle the first incident very well, and they know it. By the time of the second incident, they've grown as individuals and are trying to avoid making the same mistakes they made with {{spoiler|Luke}}. {{spoiler|Plus, ''Luke'' was the one who forgave Anise. Think about that for a while (particularly the shear amount of shit he's been through up to that point, and his character development as a result).}}
* ''[[Tales of Vesperia (Video Game)|Tales of Vesperia]]'' has a pretty bad one too, though not as bad as ''Abyss'''s. {{spoiler|Raven kidnaps Estelle and willingly hands her over to Alexei. The consequences of this (apocalypse) are wholly known to Raven. And then when you meet Raven again, he reveals he's actually Captain Schwann and was playing both the party and the entire guild Altosk as fools. And then makes a full on attempt to kill you. And how does the party react when he has a change of heart and decide to come back? They bop him over the head and conveniently forget about it for the rest of the game aside from around two minor references. And this party includes Yuri, a man who, throughout the game, has shown that he's more than willing to kill someone for a lot less.}}
** {{spoiler|"A lot less"? We're talking about ''[[Complete Monster|Ragou and Cumore]]'' here, people. Besides, the scene is also a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], and it's made quite clear that he was an [[Anti
** Also noteworthy is {{spoiler|Raven saved their lives after said attempt to kill them and proving he was, at the very least, not their enemy.}}
** Another example might be {{spoiler|Duke. He attempts to kill every human in order to save the planet and refuses to listen to Yuri's alternate plan. After defeating him and saving the world, the gang casually wave to him as he walks away and is later seen playing with animals in the peaceful new world. Now, to be fair, upon his defeat, he does lend his power to Yuri's plan, which could be seen as very redeeming. But the fact that he was seconds away from KILLING EVERY HUMAN ON EARTH before they got there and is given no repremandation for this by the group and seems to be on friendly terms with them now is [[Karma Houdini|somewhat jarring]].}}
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** Another, less known example is {{spoiler|Judith. No one seems to mind that she crippled the party's ship and abandoned them after she rejoins. Granted, she DID have an arguably good reason, but still. Two good reasons, that is.}}
* ''[[Tales of Legendia (Video Game)|Tales of Legendia]]'' is a prime example of this. {{spoiler|Shirley ("So who cares if our only experience with you is the part where you tried to destroy the land and kill millions of people? You're part of the ''team'' now."), Chloe ("Guys, we have to save the chick who just ran me through with a sword!"), Jay ("Well, obviously he had a ''reason'' for kidnapping her."), ''Alcott'' ("Sure, you killed hundreds of people and served as general to an evil regime, but it was all for your sick daughter, so we forgive you."), and Maurits (...let's just not go there.)}} Granted, in the game itself, this comes off more like an example of the party's endearing-if-stupid idealism than anything else, but ''still''.
* Gaspard in ''[[Dark Cloud (Video Game)|Dark Cloud]] 2''. Yes, he's a [[Noble Demon]] with a [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|tragic past]], but the main heroine Monica forgave him surprisingly easily after this was made clear even though she spent most of the game prior hating him for [[You Killed My Father|killing her father.]]
* The transition of the Turks from fairly serious (albeit [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|quirky]]) villains in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' to comic relief, [[Heel Face Turn|Heel Face Turned]] semi-heroes in the Compilation. Mostly based on [[Pandering to The Base]] on the part of the games' creators, but feels a little odd when one considers how easily the "[[Punch Clock Villain|we were just doing our jobs]]" angle works given how they detonated the support tower for the Sector 7 plate (destroying the heroes' homes, killing the original AVALANCHE crew and countless innocent people in the process) in the original game. Cloud in ''Advent Children'' seems to be the only person who mistrusts them.
** To be fair, there is also a "just doing our jobs" scene in ''Crisis Core'', where Tseng (one of the Turks), {{spoiler|lets a village be bombed to erase evidence and doesn't show remorse over it}}. Zack does not take that lightly, and spends the rest of the game remembering it.
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** Garrosh's own father, Grom Hellscream, could also be considered an example. In a [[Dying Moment of Awesome]], he kills Mannoroth, ending the Pit Lord's control over the Orcs... And in doing so, is instantly forgiven for the rather large part he played in getting the Orcs corrupted in the first place. Grom is remembered by Thrall's Horde as being a great hero, rather than an Orc whose tragic flaw nearly doomed their race.
* In ''Tony Hawk's Underground'' the player character (i.e. ''[[This Loser Is You|you]]'') does this ''twice'' to his "best friend" Eric Sparrow: first when Eric purposefully didn't sign your name for the Tampa Am competition so you wouldn't go up against him and later when Eric stole the footage of your amazing "jumping over the helicopter" stunt and instead submitted footage of his own stunts in the spot you discovered, thus earning Eric a promotion to Pro status. To be fair, Eric ''did'' seem to sincerely apologize after that. It takes Eric getting drunk, ''stealing a Russian tank'', crashing it into a building and framing you for it for your character to realize what a Jerkass he is.
* ''[[Defeat Means Friendship|Everyone]]'' in ''[[Touhou]]''. [[Good All Along|Everyone]]. [[Did We Just Have Tea With Cthulhu?|No exceptions]]. Except [[Jerkass|Tenshi]]. While this makes sense for most of the characters, who were either just doing their job, not doing anything too bad, or just in the way, this can be something of a problem for characters like Yuyuko (who was willing to ''greatly'' [[Spring Is Late|delay spring]] for the sake of making a cherry tree blossom<ref>the tree is also evil, but she didn't know that</ref>) or Utsuho (who considered nuking Gensoukyou purely out of power madness).
* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' {{spoiler|Revan starts a bloody violent war against the Republic, all in the name of putting in place a stronger government to fight against the True Sith he has had a vision of. Then he loses his memory, gets retrained as a Jedi, kills the guy who picked up the mantle after his supposed death, and gets a medal and is hailed as a hero. It's almost justified by how Revan's identity is kept a secret... but then Vandar declares him 'Revan, the Prodigal Knight' at the celebration following the Sith defeat in front of hundreds of Republic officers.}}
** Bastila is also pretty easily forgiven for going to the dark side ([[Being Tortured Makes You Evil|She was tortured!]]) and using her Battle Meditation to allow the Sith to kill hundreds, if not thousands, of Republic officers. And then she acts surprised and somewhat disgusted that Revan attempted to redeem and forgive Malak, despite her getting the same treatment not even an hour before.
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* In [[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|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 (Visual Novel)|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...).
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** General Tarquin [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0788.html mentions] that no matter how many people {{spoiler|Thog}} kills the [[Leaning On the Fourth Wall|audience still thinks he's lovable]]. Averted when Roy shows that he isn't going to forgive {{spoiler|Thog}} so easily.
** An earlier example: in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0125.html strip 125] [[Heroic Sociopath|Belkar]] is trying to kill [[Spoony Bard|Elan]]. In [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0126.html strip 126] Belkar and Elan are chatting about multiclassing.
* Averted on a few occasions in [[General Protection Fault]]. When [[Token Evil Teammate|Trent]] is hired to replace Trudy, Dwayne does so reluctantly, as GPF is still rebuilding itself and needs a marketing person, and eventually fires Trent after he loses his lawsuit against Fred. Dexter is not easily forgiven for using the [[Mu T Ex]] to [[Deep
* In [[Mitadake Saga]], no-one really holds much of a grudge against Kazu, despite the fact that he killed someone. Although this may be a Meta-joke.
** [[Truth in Television]] for those who play the game. Very rarely will anyone call you out for killing someone if you thought they were the killer ([[Chessmaster|or were pretending to]]). Of course, when this is averted, it is averted ''violently.''
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* Subverted in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. Katara is really reluctant to forgive people who betrayed her, and will express this as openly and occasionally violently as possible. She is initially angry with her father for leaving home, and takes the longest to forgive {{spoiler|Zuko}}.
** Played straight with Appa, who is really the first to forgive {{spoiler|Zuko}}, even giving him an affectionate lick upon seeing him. Of course, there is the fact that {{spoiler|Zuko released him from the Dai Li's underground base - Appa suffers claustrophobia (being a SKY Bison), so this is understandable}}. Also note that Appa is not, despite appearances, a simple-minded animal, having an intelligence on par with humans {{spoiler|and probably Dragons as well}}.
*** Toph has a similar mindset, as she [[What the Hell, Hero?|criticizes the group]] for, in their bitterness, {{spoiler|throwing away an opportunity to get Aang a Firebending teacher}}. She even {{spoiler|tries to deny that Zuko was the one who (accidentally) burned her feet}}. Although {{spoiler|Toph didn't have anything to forgive, minus her feet. She only came on board ''after'' Zuko stopped being a consistent, ever-present threat to the group}}.
** Played straight, also with Katara but in a different way. She is easily forgiven for things herself. A striking example being her comment to Sokka in The Southern Raiders when she accuses him of not loving their mother, Kya, as much as she did when he shows no interest in going on a potential suicide mission into the heart of Fire Nation territory to hunt down and kill the man who killed Kya. Although this could be more to do with the fact it was never addressed, rather than Sokka forgiving her for it.
** Uncle Iroh, who Zuko had stabbed in the back at the end of Season 2, [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|forgives him instantly when Zuko tells him how sorry he is for what he did.]]
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* ''[[Codename Kids Next Door]]'' has Nigel staying in a relationship with Lizzie past her introduction, which involved her [[Yandere|mind-controlling him to DESTROY his friends so that they could have time together.]] This is strictly played for laughs.
* Everyone from ''[[Total Drama Island (Animation)|Total Drama Island]]'' with the exception of [[Break the Haughty|Heather]].
** Which becomes a bit ridiculous by season three, when [[Sassy Black Woman|Leshawna]] [[What the Hell, Hero?|openly brags about]] ''[[Disproportionate Retribution|knocking her tooth out]]'' even ''after'' she should have realized it was totally unjustified (as Heather had been trying to ''help'' her at the time). [[Only Sane Man|Bridgette]] even calls the others out on this toward the end of the show.
* Buck Strickland from ''[[King of the Hill]]'' has done some pretty nasty things to Hank and he always sticks by his side, his worst act was framing Hank for the murder of his mistress Debbie. He plants a lot of evidence that made it seem like he was guilty of the crime, and yet Hank almost immediately forgives him after the murder is solved.
* ''[[Regular Show]]'' has Skips being forgiven for {{spoiler|killing Rigby over a game of arm wrestling. Rigby was really cool about the whole thing.}}
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