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Someone is [[Brainwashed]] or [[Mind Control|Mind Controlled]] into a [[Heel Face Turn]]. Yes, that's right, a Heel '''Face''' Turn.
This is most notable when it's [[Protagonist Centered Morality|considered inherently different, or better]], than when the heels do the Brainwashing. Then it sends the classic "[[Utopia Justifies the Means|the ends justify the means]]" [[Family
In-universe, the [[Godzilla Threshold]] can justify almost anything, but on a meta level, when this happens, it means that either the morality is [[Black and Grey Morality]] (or [[Grey and Gray Morality]]), or there is ''serious'' [[Values Dissonance]] going on, or maybe just thoughtless [[Moral Dissonance]]. Occasionally, the heroes ask first, and the villain figures that he's stronger than whatever they will do, and accepts, only for it to work.
Someone who breaks the brainwashing that put him in a Heel Face [[Mind Screw]], if he doesn't decide on his own to stay good (the [[Power of Friendship]] [[Department of Redundancy Department|is powerful]]) similar to [[Amnesiac Dissonance]], will likely be [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|a more formidable enemy than before]] out of [[Pygmalion Snapback|righteous indignation]]. If they have some special powers, [[Bad Powers, Bad People|it's much more likely that they'll break the brainwashing after exhibiting said powers]].
On occasion, happens as part of a [[Memory Gambit]]. May be induced with a [[Mirror Morality Machine]]. The brainwashing can sometimes involve [[Mind Rape]] or (oddly) a [[Care Bear Stare]], though not always. However, if it ''does'' involve [[Mind Rape]], expect even more [[Black and Grey Morality]]. Compare [[Brainwashing for The Greater Good]] and [[Deprogram
It should be noted that if any kind of brainwashing is successful in turning a person from one side to the opposing side, the brainwashee will automatically consider the change (by virtue of the brainwashing itself) to be a [[Heel Face Turn]], no matter what the real case is.
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