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{{quote|''"I trust you implicitly, thieving child."''|'''Joey''', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]''}}
 
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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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Duke Devlin on ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''.
** Seto Kaiba repeatedly tried to kill the protagonists in the early manga, including Tristan's year old nephew who just happened to be with them at the time. One of the ways was locking them in a house with a child mass murderer. They do hold a bit of a grudge for a while, but still forgive him far too quickly.
*** Same goes for his little brother Mokuba.
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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 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.
** 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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*** 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 ''[[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 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 (Mangamanga)|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 Nini]]'' 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.}}
** {{spoiler|Fan speculation is that the heel-face turn was legit, and the troll itself was a troll.}}
* ''[[The Twelve Kingdoms]]'': {{spoiler|Yuka}} and {{spoiler|Kouya}}. Not only do murder and assault [[Karma Houdini|go completely unpunished]], but the two are quickly returned to their normal lives despite both showing a serious lack of morality.
* In ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'', even though lots of fans hate the Clyne Faction, Lacus and Kira are certainly forgiving and hold no grudges. {{spoiler|The Orb forces refuse to acknowledge Cagalli and attack her? It's ok so long as they are sorry. Athrun finally returns after fighting against them and indirectly allowing Orb's fleet to be destroyed and being betrayed by the guy he was defending to them? Instead of letting him rot and telling him "That's what you get for listening to Durandal, you jerk", they welcome him back with open arms and give him their second most powerful machine. Even Shinn who personally killed hundreds of their pilots, intended to cause massive damage to their home country, and defeated and nearly killed both Athrun and Kira, was forgiven with no grudges in the end.}} This makes sense though since "Grudges are pointless and only prolong hatred" was a big lesson everybody learned in Seed and thankfully wasn't lost to [[Aesop Amnesia]]. On the other hand, Shinn held grudges for the whole series, and Durandal tried to eliminate anyone who stood in his way. Certainly makes you wonder just who the nicer guys were.
** A little over midway through the series, Shinn receives ridiculously easy forgiveness. Shinn learns that the captive Stella's condition is rapidly deteriorating to the point where the Minerva's doctor is already making plans for her autopsy. Shinn then takes it upon himself to save her, assaulting several crewmates, stealing the Impulse Gundam, and making unauthorized contact with the enemy in the process (nevermind that he's returning her to the same people responsible for her condition in the first place and expecting them to take better care of her). Upon returning to the Minerva, Shinn is put in the brig and Capt. Gladys notes that he would be executed under normal circumstances. But then, not only does he receive a full pardon (courtesy of Chairman Durandal), but after his next few major battles, Shinn is rewarded with another Order of the Nebula medal and membership in FAITH (essentially autonomous special forces). An arrogant punk who should have been executed for treason is now one of ZAFT's most decorated war heroes.
*** That's close to a subversion though: Durandal's forgiving Shinn in order to cement his loyalty and allow {{spoiler|[[The Dragon|Rey]], the one who helped him bust Stella out}} to more easily control him in the future. It works beautifully too: Shinn spends the rest of the series thinking that [[Big Bad|Durandal]] [[Villain Withwith Good Publicity|is a wonderful person]] and [[President Evil|leader]] who can do no wrong and that {{spoiler|Rey, a [[Manipulative Bastard]] and clone of an [[Omnicidal Maniac]] is his best friend and the only person on the Minerva who sees things Shinn's way}}, thus cementing both his loyalty and obsessive need for their approval. Brilliantly played, [[Manipulative Bastard|Durandal]].
*** There's also the fact that Durandal has to maintain a [[Villain Withwith Good Publicity|Good Publicity]], and ZAFT was wrong anyway: they can't give a war prisoner the health care she needs, so they decide to use her as a rat lab instead. And Durandal is a [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: despite his treason, Shinn is too precious anyway.
** Lunamaria Hawke not only forgives Shinn, but ends up his lover {{spoiler|despite Shinn (seemingly) killing her previous love-interest Athrun and her sister Meyrin}}.
** Neo Roanoke is welcomed into the ''Archangel'''s crew with open arms and never confronted over the things he did while working for Djibril, including putting Stella in the cockpit of the Destroy Gundam after promising Shinn to keep her away from combat. This one is justified on several levels: no one on the ''Archangel'' is aware of the more heinous details of Neo's actions, and more importantly, he {{spoiler|is their old comrade Mu la Flaga under a nasty case of brainwashing}}, so especially once he chooses to come back to them of his own accord they're automatically predisposed to trust him.
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* When {{spoiler|[[Long Lost Sibling|Leonard Testarossa]]}} abruptly kissed Kanami in [[Full Metal Panic|The Second Raid]], she was rather offended. She was willing forgive him if he let her new [[Guardian Entity]] from Mithril live. However, there could be a hint of subversion, considering that after {{spoiler|Leonard}} left, she {{spoiler|started "wiping away the kiss" so hard her lips looked like they would start bleeding}}.
* By the third season, Shibuya Yuuri, the young king in [[Kyou Kara Maou]], has a policy of unconditional forgiveness, much to the consternation of his fiancé and advisers. To the point that {{spoiler|Saralegui}} only has to apologise to be forgiven for manipulating Yuuri into become a weapon of mass destruction and killing hundreds of people.
* In the last episodes of ''[[Black Cat (Mangamanga)|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-Intentioned Extremist]] looking out for her homeland}}.
 
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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 Thethe New Plot|There's also an]] [[Enemy Mine]] [[Make Room for Thethe 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: theThe 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]] ==
* Sandman in ''[[Spider-Man (Filmfilm)|Spider-Man]] 3''. Apparently, the fact that Sandman has a sick daughter and didn't ''mean'' to {{spoiler|''kill Uncle Ben''}} is enough to get forgiveness from Spidey.
** It must be taken into account that it took Spidey most of the film to reach this point.
*** And the fact that earlier on, Spidey was ready enough to murder Sandman when the revelation that {{spoiler|he killed Uncle Ben}} comes out of the bag. {{spoiler|Then again, his actions there were being influenced by the symbiote, so, he was likely not thinking straight there.}}
** The fact that he'd already accidentally killed one guy for it in the first movie (and got no satisfaction from it) might have something to do with it too.
* In ''[[From Dusk Tilltill Dawn]]'', Seth Gecko's reaction to his brother having raped and murdered their hostage while he was gone quickly fades from disgusted to 'don't do that again' and then hugs him and forgives him... sort of justified because we're apparently ''supposed'' to be shocked at the mildness of his reaction. It it also used to show Seth's blind love for his brother, as well as the fact that Seth is also a psychopath, if not a rapist.
* In ''[[Bad Lieutenant (Film)|Bad Lieutenant]]'', the [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil|rape of a nun shocks even the hardened eponymous character]]. {{spoiler|He is prevented from exacting brutal revenge on the perpetrators when the nun herself forgives them. In his only redeeming action of the film, he instead puts them on a bus out of town.}}
* In ''[[Top Gun]]'' while Iceman did apologize for what happened to Goose, Maverick seems awfully willing to forgive a guy whose [[Glory Hound|Glory Hounding]] result in an accident that killed his best friend. Lampshaded in the ''[[How It Should Have Ended (Web Animation)|How It Should Have Ended]]'' spoof, where [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2Nn4wAVNOg&t=1m45s Maverick punches out Iceman] after the climatic battle because "My real best friend is dead because of you!"
 
 
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* ''[[Fingerprints]]'': A major villain from the first six books suddenly joins the heroes in the seventh. The reason for the [[Heel Face Turn]] makes sense; the speed with which the main character accepts it does not. The villain even admits to being baffled by the hero's easy forgiveness.
* ''[[Harry Potter]]''. Kreacher seems to have been forgiven by Harry and the others for his direct involvement in the plot that {{spoiler|killed Sirius}}. Now it's certainly true that Kreacher was constantly bullied by Sirius and also thought he was doing the right thing but it's definitely out of character for Harry to be so forgiving of anyone who got anyone, as important to him as Sirius was, {{spoiler|killed}}. Now Kreacher did eventually help Harry, Ron and Hermione out a lot to redeem himself but it would be more convincing if they'd brought up the issue.
** Harry actually did bring it up. Hermione had to remind him that while Sirius was a good guy, he was also a [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]] who got [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]].
** Harry quickly learns that he can use Kreacher for his own ends to help defeat Voldemort. This plays a very big role in why Harry treated him so well - he wanted Kreacher to do as he said and not run off to obey other members of the family like he did before.
* In the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]], particularly media set during the early days of the Rebel Alliance, the Rebels are such a small presence that they're always eager for new recruits, even recruits who have defected from the Empire. Even when these former Imperials have killed Rebels. Some of their best people are ex-Imperials who quit for various reasons. By the time of the [[X Wing Series]], around three or four years after Endor, attitudes have changed and members of the New Republic are suspicious of new ex-Imperials; Wedge Antilles is very ready to forgive former enemies, even ones he's flown against personally, but he's the exception. He and other characters argue about whether it's ever too late to change.
** A repeated theme throughout numerous works in said [[Expanded Universe]] mention that while Luke Easily Forgave Darth Vader for years of death and destruction after ten minutes of good behaviour (admittedly good behaviour that was essential in toppling [[The Empire]]), the rest of the galaxy most certainly did ''not'', and still generally consider him one the greatest evils in galactic history. Leia in particular was originally outraged that Luke would forgive the "monster" that tortured her, and even decades later while she admitted that he was essentially a good man, he was also a good man that did horrible things.
* In ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|New Moon]]'', when Edward breaks up with Bella, he gives her a number of different excuses and pretty much blatantly lies to her and hurts her feelings as he leaves. She then spends most of the book in a stupor because of this. Not once does she bring this up when they are reunited at the end of the book. An even more ridiculous example is in ''Eclipse'', when Edward bribes Alice to essentially kidnap Bella while he's away and hold her hostage in their house. This includes spying on Bella while she's at school, not letting her out of the house, and almost not letting her use the phone. Bella is understandably angry with Edward because of this, but the instant he comes back, she forgets all about that and starts making out with him.
** Then again, in ''Eclipse'', she was planning on talking with the enemy, which Edward thought would only lead to disaster.
* At the end of ''Shadows Fall'', all of the characters who have {{spoiler|died in the previous battles}} come trooping through a door, arm in arm and chatting like best buds, even though {{spoiler|the [[Knight Templar]] villains among them had been attempting to ''exterminate'' all the non-villains for the crime of being magical}} mere minutes before.
* In ''[[Hothouse Flower and The Nine Plants of Desire (Literature)|Hothouse Flower and The Nine Plants of Desire]]'', Armand puts Lila through numerous meaningless, life-threatening tasks until she finds a certain plant. When he tells Lila about this, she just laughs it off.
* Jane of Charlotte Bronte's ''[[Jane Eyre]]'' silently forgives her fiance Rochester when he begs it {{spoiler|even though he didn't tell her that he was already married to the [[Madwoman in Thethe Attic]] Bertha who was hidden in the same mansion.}}
* ''Sisterhood'' series by [[Fern Michaels]]: Hoo, boy! This trope certainly pops up. For example, Charles sends presidential men with gold shields to scare Jack Emery, but the men ''misconstrue'' the orders and give Jack a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] in the book ''Payback''. Jack Emery knows that Charles is responsible for this, but after the book ''Free Fall'', in which Jack becomes an honourary member of the Vigilantes and is revealed as this to the entire group, it seems that Jack has pretty much forgotten about the whole affair. Also, Jack and Ted Robinson start out as friends, become enemies by the book ''Free Fall'', but once Ted more or less becomes a member by the book ''Collateral Damage'', it's all cool now. Although Jack did say that they are trying to take it one step at a time.
* In ''[[Warrior Cats (Literature)|Warrior Cats]]'', during the fifth book of ''[[Omen of the Stars]]'', {{spoiler|1=Hollyleaf returns to ThunderClan and nobody cares about her crimes, even when they find out that she killed Ashfur.}}
* In ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Literaturenovel)|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.
 
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Subverted in ''[[Farscape (TV)|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.}}
* Subverted in ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]''. {{spoiler|Wesley is tricked into thinking that Angel will kill his new born son, Connor, so Wesley kidnaps him to prevent this from happening. For his efforts, he gets his throat slit and the baby is taken by one of Angel's enemies who escapes into a demon dimension. At the hospital, Angel calmly tells Wesley that he understands why he did what he did, but that he needs to understand that it's Angel talking to him now, not Angelus. Angel then grabs Wesley's pillow and attempts to smother him with it, yelling that he'll never forgive him. As he's dragged off by the other members of their team, Angel swears to kill Wesley the next time he sees him. This is also partially inverted, as Wesley holds a grudge against his friends for abandoning him. The team does eventually make up, but it takes a rather long time.}}
** Also subverted when Wesley himself later stabs Gunn non-fatally in revenge for not telling anyone that he passed Illyria's sarcophagus through customs, a bonehead move on Gunn's part which {{spoiler|led to the death of Fred}}.
{{quote| '''Wesley''': I understand not wanting to go back. Not wanting to be who you were. I understand it. And I can forgive it. But you knew what was happening to her. You knew who was responsible and you didn't say anything. {{spoiler|You let her die}}. (picks up knife stabs Gunn) I'm less forgiving about that. }}
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** The Scoobies generally forgave those who were close to them more easily than those outside their inner circle. Faith had to work harder for forgiveness. Amy was particularly pissed that the gang took ''3 years'' to transform her from a rat back to human, and then very quickly cast her out. They never forgave her, but easily forgave Willow who {{spoiler|tried to kill all of them, and then tried to end the world}}.
* Amusingly subverted in an episode of ''[[Firefly]]'', where Simon figures out that Jayne had sold out both River and himself in a previous episode. Simon doesn't forgive Jayne, but he does point out they have way too many mutual enemies as it stands, and that constantly being at each others' throats over this would be pointless and stupid. Then, as he leaves, River sticks her head in, looks directly at Jayne, and warns him that "I can kill you with my brain."
* In ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'', Captain Jack is shot dead by Owen. Despite the fact Owen was unaware that Jack would resurrect, Jack easily forgives him.
** In that same episode, the team mutinies against Jack and unintentionally releases a giant monster that steals the life force of anyone its giant shadow falls upon. Jack manages to destroy it by letting it feed of him. However, the effort leaves him dead for three days, which is the longest to date that he's ever stayed dead. He still forgives the team, minutes after reviving. It might be subverted, given that he ran off to find the Doctor a few scenes later.
** And, in "Cyberwoman", we find out Ianto's been hiding a dangerous [[Killer Robot|Cyberman]] in the basement. He endangers the whole planet, tells the main character he wants him dead and is forgiven by the end of the episode.
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* This happens a lot in [[Professional Wrestling]], but there are some examples that stand out more than others. In a recent example, apparently if you concuss Cody Rhodes, his father, and his best friend then he'll be perfectly happy to hang out with you after an argument or two.
** 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 From Hell]] regardless of any of her own wishes.
* Seems to happen quite a lot in the various ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|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: theThe Final Frontier (Film)|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.
** In ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation (TV)|The Next Generation]]'' episode "The Mind's Eye," they never even bother to un-brainwash Geordi. There's still a visual trigger that will make Geordi follow any command, and everyone's just hoping that it never gets used again.
* Not quite in the league as most of these, but in the series finale of ''[[Stargate SG -1]]'', after a vitriolic and contemptuous rant at her enumerating in painful detail why he would never sleep with her, Daniel Jackson comes up short when he sees he's actually hurt Vala, and is forgiven.
** Well, his vitrol and contempt were based on the assumption that she was simply mocking his attraction and potential affection for him. When he suddenly realized that she had only been feigning as much in order to protect herself from potential rejection, he accepts her instead. It's not so much that either of them "forgives" the other, but more along the lines of them both putting aside their defenses to be happy together.
* After the whole Bosco/Faith/Cruz shooting incident at the end of Season 4 of ''[[Third Watch]]'', and also after the Faith/Cruz/Donald Mann shooting incident at the end of Season 5, enemies Faith and Cruz are soon back to work alongside each other.
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** Cleverly averted in season 5 with {{spoiler|Ben and Locke. You'd think Locke would be angrier, but since it turns out to be an evil entity impersonating Locke (who wanted Locke dead), it makes sense}}.
* First subverted, then played straight on ''[[CSI: Miami]]''. First, it takes the team several episodes to warm up to Natalia again after she reveals that she'd originally been sent there to spy on them by the FBI. {{spoiler|She never said anything bad about them though, and it turned out that someone else had set them up}}. But then a few seasons later, Ryan, WITHHOLDS EVIDENCE from a crime scene because a friend's son has been kidnapped by the Russian mob, which he only tells Horatio, yet despite very realistic anger from the rest of his team when he finally produces the evidence, by next episode, it seems to not only have been forgiven but forgotten too. Sometimes this show is really good about continuity, sometimes it throws it out the window. I kinda wish it'd make up it's mind.
* Played absurdly straight on ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]''. Ask yourself: would you go on a field-trip with the man who brutally slaughtered your wife? Robin does. Made even more idiotic considering Robin doesn't display any such altruism toward Isabella or Allan, whose crimes against him are barely a blip on the radar screen compared to Guy's.
** In her first appearance [[The Scrappy|Kate]] sells out Robin's whereabouts to Guy in order to secure the safety of her brother. You can't says that she's [[Easily Forgiven]], as Robin and the outlaws don't even seem to think that there's anything wrong with it in the first place.
* Subverted in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', where Ted's friends are upset and furious with Stella who [[Runaway Bride|left Ted]] to be with her ex-boyfriend, only leaving a note to explain her actions.
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** Also happened with Tess, especially in the last season. She kidnapped Lana and Lois at separate times, actually killed at least five people, and tried to kill others. Clark seems perfectly fine with her around.
*** Does it count when she spent a good chunk of early part of season 10 trying to be forgiven and actually helping before she's officially welcomed into Watchtower? Because that doesn't happen until after Chloe leaves.
* ''[[I CarlyICarly]]'': In ''iCan't Take It'', Sam ruins Freddie's chances of getting into an exclusive science camp that would help him get into any college he wants. Because [[Disproportionate Retribution|Freddie didn't know what time it was when Sam asked him]]. Freddie finds out and gets angry, then then forgives her about 2 minutes after and kisses her again to end the episode.
* In [[Babylon Five5]], we are not even shown a scene where Sinclair forgives Delenn for being there when he is subjected to the [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]. It might have been a touching scene, but it is just assumed. Presumably Fan Fic can fix this oversight.
** He never does forgive her; in fact, he never finds out she was involved.
* Played with in ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]''. The characters tend to stay pissed for the duration of an episode, but are usually over it in the next. Bear in mind though that episodes tend to take place over a few days, and there is no telling how far apart episodes are. Stabler and Benson tend to forgive each other pretty quickly, but that makes sense considering how long they've known each other.
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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}}.
* In Aphra Behn's ''The Rover'', at one point or another just about all of Belvile's friends try to rape his love interest Florinda, in some cases after mistaking her for a prostitute. But then they find out Florinda is Belvile's love interest and not a prostitute, and all is A-OK. Florinda's sister even marries one of them.
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*** 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 [[It's Personal]]. Speaking of that, probably she feels the same way to the ODE System and Juergen who put her to death in the first place.
** 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.
* ''[[Tales of the Abyss (Video Game)|Tales of the Abyss]]'': when the party {{spoiler|instantly forgives Anise when they find out she'd been spying on them for the villain over the course of three quarters of the game, and directly helped to kill one of the most important people helping to stop both a world war and an [[Earthshattering Kaboom]].}}
** It's even worse when you consider that all of them except Tear (and Guy, a bit later) {{spoiler|''completely abandoned Luke'' earlier in the storyline during his [[Heroic BSOD]]. Apparently the [[Jerkass]] [[The Mole|Mole]] is more sympathetic than a guy who'd been more or less brainwashed and betrayed by his mentor of seven years.}}
** And {{spoiler|she}} could have asked for help at any time. They had shown earlier that they could easily {{spoiler|reach her parents}}. Like Jade couldn't come up with something.
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** Two problems with that. One, {{spoiler|Luke was an unwilling dupe who suddenly was responsible for a horrible act after being betrayed terribly, while Anise has been stewing on her betrayal from before the start of the game. There are NO comparisons as to how long they have had to reflect on everything they have done. Anise knew the consequences and still did it even though she had the BEST possible group to get her out of trouble before it escalated so high. Combined with HER hypocritical actions against Luke and Arietta, they had their forgiveness priorities mixed up BAD.}} Two, {{spoiler|almost EVERYONE he was traveling with was a traitor or deceiving him, Jade especially has no right to open his mouth.}}
** 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-Villain]] [[Death Seeker]]. And let's not forget the pseudo-[[Heroic Sacrifice]]...and Yuri more or less making it clear that next time Raven pulls a stunt like that, his corpse will be joining Ragou's at the bottom of a river.}}
** 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.}}
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**** {{spoiler|He was also trying to fix a situation the previous created. He wasn't even a villain until after the previous villain put the world in danger. The thing is that he needed to kill everyone in the world to do it and decided that the world would be better off without humans after his experiences. The party didn't really present him with an alternative until right before he would've been finished. He was reluctant to go along with their plan due to his lack of faith in humanity, but he eventually decided to give humanity another shot.}}
** 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 Thethe 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.
** The Turks were hardly taken seriously in the original game, despite the Sector 7 collapse. Every time you fight them they toss comments around leisurely, you see them outside of battle quite a bit lounging around, and there's an entire sidequest in Wutai involving them and their "[[Punch Clock Villain|just doing our jobs]]" stuff.
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** This one's an extreme spoiler, but in ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]:'' ''The After Years'', {{spoiler|the child Maenad who is adopted by Rydia in the ending. Despite implications of sharing a [[Hive Mind]] with the rest of her race, Leviathan and Asura (who, until recently, had been enslaved by the Maenad) do not show any traces of resenting the child.}}
* In ''[[Tekken]]'', Craig Marduk killed Armor King in the 4th series; in turn, the second King beats the crap out of Marduk, only to refuse to kill him out of vengeance... well, that was forgiving, but not easy. Then, in the 5th series, Marduk goes on to disgrace Armor King by raiding some matches wearing his black jaguar mask and issuing a challenge to King. After the challenge is settled, they suddenly become best buds, as if Armor King's disgrace is easily forgotten...
* ''[[War CraftWarcraft]]'' has an odd mutual example of this, and many more subversions. The Orcs, under demonic influence at the time, threatened to destroy the "human" world of Azeroth, twice. After their defeat, most are rounded up and put in internment camps, where they languish for a generation in withdrawal from the dark energy that gave them greater power, the humans understandably not trying to treat this near-suicidal depression. When a new warchief named Thrall frees his people, he has no grudge against them, having seen both the best and worst of humans, and departs to find a new land. He later finds himself working alongside Jaina Proudmoore, who can't even remember when the orcs were a threat, to unite against a greater threat. Aside from these two, pretty much everyone, orc and human, does ''not'' easily forgive the other side.
** To add this in the ''Frozen Throne'' expansion to ''[[Warcraft III]]'', [[Ascended Extra|Daelin Proudmoore]] (Jaina's father) shows that he can't let go of his grudge against the Orcs and vows he will never stop fighting them.
** Averted with Baine Bloodhoof toward Garrosh Hellscream in ''[[The Shattering Prelude to Cataclysm]]''. Baine realizes that Garrosh did not intentionally {{spoiler|kill his father}}, but also acknowledges that he was partly responsible for {{spoiler|his death by making the mak'gora to the death and not being vigilant enough in allowing his weapon to get poisoned}}. While his judgment of Garrosh remains unfavorable even in light of the new information, he decides not to challenge Garrosh, though, but work with him for the sake of the Horde.
** 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 Withwith 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.
*** To be fair, Malak was the one doing most of the torturing in her case. It's not like most people would behave rationally around the one responsible for their complete [[Freak-Out]].
* Subverted and played straight in the first ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' game; even if he saves Trish just because ''she looks like his mother'', Dante is enraged by the discovery that she is working for Mundus, and threatens to kill her if they meet up again. That is the subverted part. Now for the played straight part, he ''finally'' forgives her after defeating Mundus. Though by that point Trish had taken a spear in the chest for Dante and gave him the powerboost he needed to beat Mundus, so his forgiveness is somewhat understandable.
* 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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''A moment of silence follows as Aylee reflects on this.'' }}
* Played with in ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'': http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0724.html
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0723.html This strip] is even more extreme.
** General Tarquin [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0788.html mentions] that no matter how many people {{spoiler|Thog}} kills the [[Leaning Onon 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-Immersion Gaming|go into]] [[Bland-Name Product|Bog of]] [[World of Warcraft|Bloodbath]], which resulted in him and a few others going missing for a few days and nearly getting fired, especially not by Patty. {{spoiler|Trudy returns to the real world with the cast thinking that she is her duplicate}}, but those who suspect the truth indicate that they have not forgiven her for her actions.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Raimundo in ''[[Xiaolin Showdown (Animation)|Xiaolin Showdown]]'', after willingly turning evil and then back again. Omi does express suspicion about him from time to time.
** To be fair, Raimundo did give up everything he could have wanted to save their lives and turned down a choice to become their level because he wasn't ready.
** Also, given the fact that afterwards Omi kept falling into Chase Young's traps to be prepared for his ally he really couldn't say that he didn't know what Raimundo did.
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* ''[[Kim Possible]]'', episode "Ill-Suited"; Ron is let off the hook despite lying to Kim, cheating at a major sporting event and stole high tech weaponry that put lives in danger. Kim forgave him and Barkin let him stay on the team. [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|Although he did have to do 20 crabwalk laps around the field.]] [[Values Dissonance|Though it is a stark reminder of how in Season 1 Kim was grounded just for lying.]]
** On the villainous side of the fence, consider Drakken and Shego's [[Post Script Season]] appearances up through "Mad Dogs And Aliens". On two different occasions, Shego was busted out of prison by other villains, and gave no thought to Drakken (except to yell "Later, loser!" on her way out). In MDaA, Drakken orders Warmonga to throw Shego out, then holds her captive intending to make her watch Warmonga score the victory over Kimmie that she never could (and [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|claims as her prerogative]]). Really, it's amazing that they were on speaking terms, much less working together, in later episodes.
* 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}}.
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*** This was explained through the whole thing: it was all a test to make Aang "think outside the box" about his current situation - something that actually helped him at the climax of the series.
*** It makes sense: when Aang knew who Bumi was, he probably assumes Bumi would have freed Katara and Sokka anyway.
* Kevin Levin, former [[The Sociopath|sociopath]] and [[Arch Enemy]] to Ben and his family who tried to kill them several times, is [[Strangled Byby the Red String|immediately trusted and forgiven by Gwen]] in the first episode of ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force (Animation)|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'', and Ben fully accepts him as a friend and ally in only the fourth.
** In ''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]]'', this is explained somewhat when the ten-year-old Ben is brought to the present and helps out the team. Paradox declares that the young Ben would dimly remember theose events after returning to his proper time, leading him to trust Kevin later on.
* ''[[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.
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* ''[[Huntik Secrets and Seekers]]'' has Zhalia easily forgiven {{spoiler|after Lok, Dante, and Sophie discover she's [[The Mole]] for the [[Big Bad]]}}. See the quote.
* Fungus in ''[[Monsters, Inc.]].'' had been Randall's henchman, aiding him in his evil plot, yet at the end he is seen cheerfully working alongside the others, as if there had never been any bad feelings between them.
** [[Subverted Trope]]. Well, Sully DID put him in the Scream Extractor, and it is implied often that he was coerced into helping them.
 
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