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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"Oh, hey, Grandpa, it's that guy who kidnapped your soul and then tried to kill me! But now he's our friend!"''
|Yugi talking about Pegasus in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh: Bonds Beyond Time The Abridged Movie]]''}}
In [[Professional Wrestling]], an evil wrestler (a "[[Heel]]") sometimes has [[Good Feels Good|a change of heart]] and becomes good, thereby becoming a "[[Face|babyface]]". The term for this is "'''Heel Face Turn
▲In [[Professional Wrestling]], an evil wrestler (a "[[Heel]]") sometimes has [[Good Feels Good|a change of heart]] and becomes good, thereby becoming a "[[Face|babyface]]". The term for this is "Heel Face Turn." Magazines and other promotional material from the various wrestling leagues comment on various wrestlers' changes in alignment nearly as frequently as they actually cover events in the ring themselves.
It doesn't just happen in [[Professional Wrestling]], either. In other genres, it means "bad guy turns good." This usually makes for a good plot, for three reasons:
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An encounter with [[The Messiah]], [[Turn the Other Cheek]], a [[Pet the Dog]] moment, [[An Aesop]], [[Deliver Us From Evil]], [[Slap Slap Kiss]], spending quality time with one's [[Morality Pet]], discovering that [[Machiavelli Was Wrong]] and [[Being Evil Sucks]], [[Becoming the Mask]] as [[The Mole]] because [[Good Feels Good]], an [[Opinion-Changing Dream]], an [[Enemy Mine]] situation leading to [[Fire-Forged Friends|Fire Forged Friendship]], or undergoing a [[Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal]] from an [[Bad Boss|abusive Big Bad superior]] can all cause a villain to reconsider his or her evil ways.
Sadly, all too frequently [[Redemption Equals Death]]... ([[
On the other hand, the bad guy may reject their chance at turning over a new leaf altogether, in which case it's [[Redemption Rejection]].
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The many reasons and the probability for a turn are listed in the [[Sorting Algorithm of Face Heel Turning]]. A very common [[High Heel Face Turn|fate]] for a female character in any evil group. But beware, some authors knows the stereotypes of Heel Face Turning and will subvert it willingly.
Compare the [[Reverse Mole]], who is secretly working for the good guys ''all along''. The inverse of [[Face Heel Turn]]. May be the result of a person that was [[Evil All Along]]. When someone who doesn't care one way or the other is forced to fight they become [[Neutral No Longer]]. For characters who can't seem to make up their minds, see [[Heel Face Revolving Door]].
This is the opposite of a [[Face Heel Turn]] and is generally found in stories with [[Black and White Morality]]. It has two subtropes: [[Heel Face Brainwashing]], more or less the opposite of [[Brainwashed and Crazy]], and [[High Heel Face Turn]]. See also [[Mook Face Turn]] when the bad guy doing it is a [[Mook]], and [[Heel Race Turn]] when an entire faction does it.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* At least one major villain or rival (but usually more) per season in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''; balanced by the fact that the [[Face Heel Turn|opposite]] is none too rare, either.
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* Ayaka Steiger in ''[[Kurau Phantom Memory]]'' turns from the main bad chasing the protagonists to their biggest ally after discovering that her boss ordered the murder of her father.
* Nearly every villain in ''Kero Kero Chime''. In fact, in a bizarre and random musical sequence in the last episode, Demon King Bao, the [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] who turns out to be the true reason most of the Hebizoku and Kaeruzoku disappeared 10 years ago, as he took them with him upon being banished, reveals that he's completely reformed, and he and his former enemies like being Trapped In Another World, as it's allowed them to become such great friends.
* This happens in ''[[Kinnikuman]]''. A LOT. To the point where at least 3 [[Big Bad
** Considering that the series is based on pro wrestling this is only appropriate.
* Practically every sympathetic villain ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' does this. To put it in perspective, the only non-new good guy that got screen time in the third Season who didn't start out as a villain in one way or another is Nanoha herself.
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* ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' has several characters who follow this trope. In the first season, it's {{spoiler|Fakir (sort of) and Edel}}. And towards the end of the series {{spoiler|Rue discovers that the Raven is not her true father, and risks her life to save Mytho}}.
* ''Skyers 5'' used this trope to good effect.
* Rokudo Mukuro in ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', but it only half counts because his
* In ''[[D.Gray-man]]'', General Cross can turn [[The Heartless|Akuma]] good. This isn't perfect; they have trouble rejecting explicit orders from the [[Big Bad|Millennium Earl]]. To compensate, Cross has these Akuma rigged to self-destruct instead of killing people.
** And then there's poor what's-his-name, turned into a death-headed servant of darkness. And Suman, who Allen gave so much, pointlessly, to drag back. And poor, [[One-Winged Angel|poor]], [[Break the Cutie|broken]] Alma Karma.
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* Pixy Misa in ''[[Magical Project S]]''. Considering her concept, it was pretty much inevitable.
* The [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Mahoromatic]]'''s first season becomes a reluctant hanger-on in the second.
** Ryuga wasn't really a Big Bad, but a rival to Mahoro. Difference is motivation. A better example of this is Minawa from the second season, who is [[The Mole]] until her turn {{spoiler|She realizes she has a heart after she lured Mahoro to Management's fortress, using Suguru as bait. A heart (ability to have emotions) was the prize the real [[Big Bad
* ''[[Code Geass]]'', done by {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Orange boy, Jeremiah Gottwald]].}}
** Actually it pretty much happens to everyone. {{spoiler|Schneizel leaves Britannia and makes up his own rebel side, the Black Knights join him, along with all Knights of the Round except Suzaku, which him joining Lelouch could be considered a
*** Lelouch was only going through with {{spoiler|The Zero Requiem, in which he purposely tried to be the worst person in the world, but really had good intentions.}} I would say that seems at least a little better than Schneizel's plan to bombard the world with nuclear missiles.
* Scar and Lust both have one in the first ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' anime, however in both cases {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]], as Scar is killed protecting the citizens of Lior, his last act being to save Alphonse, while Lust was killed by Wrath as she tried to help Edward save his brother}}. Scar and {{spoiler|Greed}} have one in the manga, with both surviving so far.
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* Bad Bird in ''[[Samurai Pizza Cats]]'' who joins up with the good guys after a speech from Speedy saying that if Bad Bird helps Cheese win, everyone in Little Tokyo dies, including Bad Bird's girlfriend.
* Rocket from ''[[Ginga Densetsu Weed]]'' starts off as one of Hougen's spies but after about 3 episodes, he becomes one of the nicest dogs in Weed's pack.
* Pretty much all the villains in ''[[Shugo Chara]]''. Yuu Nikaidou was a case of [[Defeat Means Friendship]] after Amu foiled his plan to create an Embryo, which is the [[MacGuffin]] of the series. Kairi Sanjo was convinced by Amu to do his
* Adette Kistler from ''[[Overman King Gainer]]'' joins the Exodus once she is forced to stay in the city units for a while. She eventually even takes command of her own group of fighters.
* Creed from ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'' does this in the anime, though this was not present at all in the manga. Which makes it all the weirder why they decided to make him more perverted and depraved than in the manga.
* Viral from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' goes from being the hero's rival to being [[The Lancer]]. Lordgenome himself also "joins," but in this case it's just a bio-computer whose core is his disembodied head. {{spoiler|He does later regain his full memory, though, and fights alongside the heroes in the final battle.}}
* Loads of villains in ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' go through this. You can count on at least one
** And then there was the [[Fake Defector]]. We were all totally pulling for him, too!
* In ''[[Claymore]]'', {{spoiler|Isley does this during the timeskip when he was living with Priscilla and Raki. Too bad the audience only finds out right before his death.}}
* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'', {{spoiler|A-LAWS members [[Colonel Badass|Kati Mannequin]] and [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|Patrick Colasour]] vanished after the [[Time Skip]]. Then they come back under the Katharon to help the Celestial Being attacking the A-LAWS, while reciting just how corrupted the A-LAWS is, the reason of their defection.}}
* ''[[Now and Then, Here and There]]'' has two of these: Lala Ru and {{spoiler|Abelia}}
* Umezawa Masahiko in ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'', turns from a bully who constantly picked on Ippo to a faithful fan. However, Umezawa has one of the best [[Character Development|character developments]] in the show.
* ''[[Fresh Pretty Cure]]'' has Setsuna Higashi/Eas defecting from Labyrinth, {{spoiler|undergoing a [[Disney Death]]}}, and in the process becoming Cure Passion, [[Sixth Ranger|Fourth Ranger]] to the
** This wouldn't be the first time a ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' series used this trope. Witness the previous examples of {{spoiler|[[Futari wa Pretty Cure|Kiriya]],}} {{spoiler|[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star|the Kiryuu twins]],}} and {{spoiler|[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5|Bunbee]].}} It also wouldn't be the last time either; another example in Setsuna's situation {{spoiler|(minus [[Redemption Equals Death]] coming into play)}} is [[Suite Pretty Cure|Siren]], who becomes Cure Beat.
* In ''[[Rave Master]]'', this happens more often than not, Julius, Shuda, Let and Lazenby all making prompt turns after losing to Haru or others. Also notable are King, Jegan and Captain Hardner, who make Heel-Face Turns {{spoiler|the exact moment before they die}}. And then there's the case of Reina, who makes a
* ''[[Lupin III]]'' has Goemon, who provides one of the most downright ''efficient'' and drama-free turns ever. When first introduced, Goemon is an all-business samurai who has declared that [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|he alone is worthy of killing Lupin]]. They duel a couple of times, both times ending in a stalemate. Their final confrontation ends with Lupin chasing Goemon in half a car. Realizing the absurdity of the entire situation, the two of them begin laughing and hugging like a couple of old drinking buddies. The episode ends there, and from the next episode on, Goemon is a dedicated member of Lupin's gang.
* In ''[[Tsukuyomi Moon Phase|Moon Phase]]'', Elfriede breaks free from her servitude to her vampire father and joins the main cast in their hunt against the bad vampires whilst remaining a vampire herself.
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** This is a [[Defeat Means Friendship]] show. Mostly. Exceptions are made for particularly impressive psychos and the lead, who does not betray his principles when defeated. Which is good, because he loses enough early on that it would have become a fascinatingly schizophrenic series if he had.
*** That actually sounds kind of cool. You could set it up a little like [[Jojo]]'s.
* In ''[[Rosario
* In ''[[Outlaw Star]]'', the evil Anten Seven's leader Hazanko sends elite assassin Shimi (a.k.a Leilong) to eliminate Gene Starwind when he is considered a threat to his plans. Gene faces a much weaker assassin and impostor of the real Shimi but barely wins. The real assassin converses with Gene in a bar as Leilong and you can tell he is thinking about making a serious change in his life while not revealing his true identity as an assassin to Gene. Later on, Leilong engages in a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] against Gene and his crew. Gene the last one standing of his crew agrees to a gun duel to the death which has Leilong get "killed" because of his faulty gun. Turns out the whole battle was orchestrated by the assassin to fake his own death, and to leave the Anten Seven. [[Word of God]] states that Shimi was actually a Dragon and his power was SECOND to Hazanko's level, so if Shimi didn't have that
* In the original English language manga ''[[Amazing Agent Luna]]'', Timothy Hyatt, upon learning Elizabeth Westbrook is to be killed, switches sides and helps her escape. He later returns to deal with his former partner, Martin Williams.
* It is unclear when {{spoiler|Yuri Nakamura}} in ''[[Angel Beats!]]'' made the turn, but there are two very likely candidates. The first is in episode 11 when she {{spoiler|orders the SSS to put some serious thought into passing on before the Shadows overtake them like they did Takamatsu}}. If that doesn't seal the deal, then the climax of episode 12, where she {{spoiler|blows those computers to hell that were responsible for the Shadows in the first place}} definitely does.
** Kanade Tachibana goes from Type IV [[Anti-Villain]] to [[Woobie]] very quickly after being deposed from the Student Council. Her subsequent reinstatement at the end of episode 9 can basically be seen as a [[Heel Face Pirouette]], but {{spoiler|Yuri quickly starts agreeing with her after one of her own boys gets taken down by the mysterious and malevolent Shadows}}.
* At the end of ''[[Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh]]'', [[Kid Hero|Jin]]'s parents convincing the villain's [[Mook]] Taida to [[Mook Face Turn|switch sides]] turns out to be a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]. Later on, Taida's boss actually follows and has a
* Several characters in ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', namely: {{spoiler|Sabrina, Koga, Lt. Surge, Blaine and Mewtwo, the Kanto Elite Four (save for [[Karma Houdini|Agatha]]), Will and Karen, Pryce, Courtney, Tabitha, Amber, Deoxys, Cyrus and all the Team Galactic commanders (except for Charon.)}}
* ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' has a quite few of these, the number of which depending on whether you saw the manga or anime. In the manga and anime, Ascot, Caldina, and Lafarga, who all served Zagato in the first storyline for various reasons (wanting somewhere to belong, money, and mind control, respectively), all do a Heel Face Turn thanks to the Magic Knights. The anime also adds Alcione, Eagle Vision, and Nova to this list. Lantis could probably also be considered a more subtle version of this trope.
* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' has several of these throughout the series, including (in order of side-changing) {{spoiler|Kurama (kinda; he wasn't ''really'' evil anyway, at least not within the show's scope), Hiei, Rinku, Chuu, Touya, Jin, Suzuka, Shishiwakamaru (once [[
** Plus Yusuke himself, kinda, at the very start. And Yomi, sort of, toward the end.
* In ''[[Negima]]'', Kotaro underwent one of these after the Kyoto arc. More recently, {{spoiler|Shiori/Luna seems to be on Negi's side now, although Ala Alba is still certainly suspicious of her. Though now that Fate survived the attempted [[
* ''[[Space Battleship Yamato]]'''s [[Back
* In ''[[Transformers Headmasters|Transformers: The Headmasters]]'', Sixshot turns against the Decepticons at the end, after befriending Daniel in an earlier episode when both were stranded on the planet Daira.
* Bootsvorz from ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'' does this after being betrayed by his evil boss Smith one too many times, [[Car Fu|he uses his car and drives it through Smith's helicopter]], killing him.
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** The Catwoman of Earth-Two, an alternate universe in ''[[The DCU]]'', also turned over a new leaf when she recovered from Amnesia. [[Amnesiac Dissonance|Horrified]] she was willing to go to jail for the crimes she had committed. When [[Batman]] sprung her from jail to help him, she [[Retcon|revealed]] that she had lied; she had actually chosen to be a villain and then chosen to reform because she realized that it was her only chance for a normal life (whereupon they fell in love, got married, and had a daughter, Huntress).
** The Riddler also performed a Heel Face Turn, but this too was prompted by amnesia (in Riddler's case, induced by a blow to the head). Additional trauma (from a bomb blast) later returns Riddler to the rogues' gallery.
* ''[[The Flash|Flash]]'' villains the Pied Piper and the Trickster both reformed. The Pied Piper had always been the sort of villain who had stolen money for orphanages. The Trickster had pulled off a [[Deal with the Devil]] and escaped, and reformed because he couldn't do anything to top that, and didn't want to go to Hell when he died, after his trick. A recent apparent [[Face Heel Turn]] was actually an attempt to pull off a [[Fake Defector]]
** Also Shade (still kinda a jerk). Now he's a member of the Justice League
* Venom, the ''[[Spider-Man]]'' villain, is a classic case of a
** Also because
** As is [[Wolverine]], originally an antagonist sent to kill the Hulk (who himself is a big spinning heel-turn himself... not that both characters don't have their reasons...).
*** In ''[[Ultimate X-Men]]'', Wolverine has a
* [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'s Mystique pulls so many [[Heel Face Revolving Door|Heel Face Turns and Face Heel Turns]] she might as well just give up and have a pivot installed.
** Emma Frost's
*** However, she's turned the [[Villain Ball Magnet|"I'm a villain again, oh, wait, I'm not!"]] thing into her answer to Jean Grey's death and rebirth cycle. Except she does it even more often than Jean dies ([[Never Live It Down|two times]]).
**** Not really. Actually, just like Jean, Emma suffers from the [[Never Live It Down]] trope. The story that cemented her position as a central X-Man was also the story in which the readership was first led to believe she betrayed the X-men, just to discover later that she was being psychically manipulated by {{spoiler|Cassandra Nova. Before having her own mind trapped inside an indestructible box, Nova had left a psychic impression of herself in Emma's mind, which was subtly manipulating her. That impression slowly twisted Emma's perception of herself, exploiting her survivor's guilt and making her believe she could never redeem herself.}} In the end, it was shown that Emma was willing to sacrifice herself so that {{spoiler|Nova}}'s plan wouldn't succeed. Besides that story, the only other time Frost fitted this role was during Dark Reign, when she joined Norman Osborn's Cabal, {{spoiler|as part of her and Cyclops' plan to later make a fool of Osborn and guarantee the safety of mutantkind}}. It's also important to note, while part of the fanbase and even some writers believe Emma is still not trusted by her teammates, there are many evidences pointing the opposite. For one, she's been banking the X-Men for quite some time now, and they're not uncomfortable with that. More importantly, she's been the main Cerebro user ever since Professor Xavier left, and the X-Men are ok with that (Cerebro is a machine able to boost one's telepathic power to impressive levels. By letting Emma use it, the X-Men are leaving their minds - and those of thousands of innocents - completely vulnerable to her powers, which says a lot).
* Pretty much how Gambit came to join the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]].
** And Rogue. Interestingly, her
*** For everyone but the three people who might remember that issue of ROM, it was the fact that her powers were driving her slowly insane and she was realizing that Mystique was both unable and unwilling to help, with a little nudge from Mastermind (who wanted to put the screws into Mystique by inducing her beloved foster daughter to run away) that did the trick.
* The Rhino of ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'' eventually went legit, turning himself in, serving his time, and getting released on good behavior before settling down with a doting Russian woman. {{spoiler|It lasted all of one more appearance. The new evil Rhino killed his wife, sending him on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]. He put the costume back on, killed the new Rhino, and is back as a villain.}}
** Back in the 80's, the Sandman got sick of crime and went straight. He actually joined the Avengers for a while. That lasted a good twenty years, real world time. Then his old teammate the Wizard stuck him in a machine and brainwashed him to be evil again. Sigh.
* [[Plastic Man]] was originally a petty criminal, but became a hero after [[Super-Hero Origin|acquiring]] his [[Rubber Man|stretching powers]].
* In the [[Irredeemable]] spinoff ''Incorruptible'', former supervillain Max Damage realizes that [[Fallen Hero|The Plutonian's]] [[Face Heel Turn]] to a [[Complete Monster]] will now leave the general public without a true [[Big Good]] to defend them. In response, he decides that he needs to step up for the people and becomes Max Daring.
* Thugboy and Ninjette from ''[[Empowered]]'' started as [[Punch Clock Villain
* The "Chinese Gods", or what remained of them, in ''The Great Ten''. After Celestial Archer introduced them to his patron goddess, who told them that they were simply altered humans, Gong Gong, Lei Zi, Kuan Ti, Lei Kung, and Chu Jung decided that they would fight alongside the Great Ten.
* In ''[[Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', long-term villain Dimitri eventually reveals that his alliance with Eggman is so that he "[[Fake Defector|weaken the greatest evil this world's ever known from within.]]" More recently, after {{spoiler|Lien-Da left him for dead}}, he went over to the heroes' side completely, in the hope that he can one day [[The Atoner|atone]] for his actions as a villain.
* Powerplex in ''[[Invincible]]'' always considered himself a hero in his single-minded obsession with killing
*
* During the Seige event, [[The Mighty Thor|Loki]] realizes that he's been making a massive mistake: He wanted to make Asgard greater than ever, but let his hatred of Thor get in the way of that. {{spoiler|In a last ditch effort to stop the Void, he uses the Norn stones to empower the New Avengers to give them a fighting chance. When this doesn't work, Loki takes the full blunt of the Void, [[Redemption Equals Death|dying while tearfully appologizing to Thor]]. Fourtunately, Thor brings him back to life,}} now as a child with no memory of his evil deeds or his previous life beyond the age of twelve, but still has the guilt of what happened, with Thor's encouragement he becomes a kid hero, and performs ''multiple'' [[Crowning Moments Of Awesome]].
** Later, it appeared he may return to his old villainous ways when {{spoiler|a copy of his old self, in the story as his magpie familiar/guide magpie Ikol, [[Body Snatcher|took over his body]], effectively killing Kid Loki. It was [[Downer Ending|extremely sad]]. Turned out, this was his [[All According to Plan|plan all along]], dying during Siege, being reborn, everything, all so he could get a fresh start and break out of his old role as villain, or so he claimed, but can the god of lies be believed?}} He then joined the [[Young Avengers]], but no one quite knew what his real game was. Fortunately, though there were a few bumps in the road along the way, he proved himself to be genuinely trying to reform in the end, and helped the Young Avengers save the world. He also got [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up|aged up to an adult]], and now has a solo book where his quest for redemption continues, while his brother Thor appears to be starting on a downward spiral, [https://33.media.tumblr.com/a8ea1a686696348dc47454708a708c38/tumblr_nc09z8UBeo1qbr00oo2_1280.jpg their positions becoming reversed].
** Notably, if [[Tom Hiddleston]] [[Word of God|is to be believed]], Loki will do the same in ''Thor 2'', but since he's the biggest [[Draco in Leather Pants|Loki DILPer]] around, it may not be true. He's going to be in the film, and he's not going to be the villain, so its possible.
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== Fan Works ==
* {{spoiler|Frandlin Ivo}} performs one in ''[[Dragon Age: The Crown of Thorns]]''. He moves on to {{spoiler|become a triple agent or quadruple agent, depending on how one looks at the [[Gambit Pileup]] in Orzammar.}}
* {{spoiler|Zonoya herself}} in ''[[The Legend of Spyro]]: [http://shalonesk.deviantart.com/gallery/11400696#/d23ieon Zonoya's Revenge]''. {{spoiler|It takes Malefor's demise and Cynder willingly allowing her to read her mind to see what a [[Complete Monster]] Malefor really was to convince her to change. While Cynder is willing to forgive and try to help Zonoya change, Spyro still hasn't accepting the change. Spyro's actions may have be leading her to [[Heel Face Revolving Door|turn evil again]] when he attacks her son (due to him being [[Complete Monster|Malefor's]] child), [[Mama Bear|causing her to seek revenge for that.]]}}
* {{spoiler|Miranda}} in the W.I.T.C.H. fanfic [[Kieva Lynn]]'s Season Three, episodes five and six. While the cartoon didn't give her any backstory at all, this story fleshes her history out in a way that makes the experience that triggers it plausible.
*
*
* [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Plankton]] going through this trope and his journey of self-redemption are the main plot points of ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8063013/1/Planktons_Eye_View Plankton's Eye View.]''
* Ahmad in ''[[Harry Potter Comics]]'' undergoes this after truly realizing what the results of he and his brothers' jihad has been.
== Film ==
* In ''[[South Park
▲* In ''[[South Park]][[The Movie|: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut]]'', [[Satan]] turns when he kills Saddam Hussein and returns his legions of demons back to Hell in favor of Kenny for giving self-confidence of standing up against Saddam.
** Shiela does one after [[My God, What Have I Done?|inadvertantly triggering hell on Earth]]..
* Diego in ''[[Ice Age]]''.
* ''[[Lilo
** In the spin-off animated series, each episode focuses on Lilo and Stich's attempts to Heel Face Turn-ify one of the other 624 escaped experiments. {{spoiler|Captain Gantu}} has one in the [[Grand Finale]].
* {{spoiler|Molt}} in ''[[A Bug's Life|A Bugs Life]]''.
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* In ''[[Ratatouille]]'', {{spoiler|Anton Ego rediscovers his love of food after tasting Remy's cooking, and goes from vindictive food critic to Alfredo and Remy's financial backer.}}
* {{spoiler|Dr. Tenma}} in the 2009 ''[[Astro Boy (film)|Astro Boy]]'' film. {{spoiler|Tenma spends the first two-thirds of the movie acting like a king ass, blatantly telling Astro he doesn't want him and kicking him out, and later helping the crazy politician that wants to kill him. Tenma then has a change of heart, risking his own life and freedom to save his 'son'.}}
* This is the plot culmination of ''[[Megamind]]''. {{spoiler|With [[The Cape (trope)|Metroman]] gone, supervillainy is too easy, so Megamind creates a new Cape to oppose... who promptly becomes [[Drunk with Power]]. Between the city being destroyed and [[Love Redeems|the growing affections]] of the local [[Captain Ersatz|Lois Lane character]] Megamind finds himself drawn to the side of good.}}
* Iago from Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' spent the entirety of the first film on Jafar's side. The beginning of the second film, ''The Return of Jafar'', sees Iago escape from Jafar's lamp and slowly turn face over the course of the movie, even {{spoiler|offing Jafar for good by kicking his lamp into magma}}. Not that Iago's [[Anti-Hero|all that heroic]], but his conscience does get the better of him on a number of occasions. He grumbles over it a lot.
** The series also gives us [[Stalker with a Crush]] Sadira, who gets over her crush on Aladdin and becomes a friend of the main characters even though she had once swapped places with Jasmine, basically ''taking over Agrabah'' (but no-one but Iago, Abu, and Rajah remember this.) And Queen Hippsodeth, who kidnaps Jasmine for her [[Amazon Brigade|all-female warrior nation]] and then becomes Agrabah's ally because she admires the sultan for being the first person who could defeat her. [[High Heel Face Turn|None of the male villains change sides though.]]
*** There are ''some'' male turns in the series. There was the Muchtar, and Aladdin's old friend-turned-monster Amal.
* Subverted with {{spoiler|Tai Lung}} in ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'', who [["Well Done, Son" Guy|after finally hearing his father-figure tell him he's proud of him, and he's sorry]], very clearly wavers before rejecting the overture and remaining unrepentant. This probably also counts as his [[What an Idiot!]] moment, since it proves he has still learned nothing, although this editor actually found it all the more tragic and painful because of it.
* Ken in ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 3'' starts out as one of the toys trying to keep the gang imprisoned, but he changes sides after [[Love Redeems|he falls in love with Barbie]].
* This is pretty much the entire plot of the animated film ''[[Despicable Me]]''.
* In ''[[The Care Bears Movie]]'', Nicholas is talked out of being [[The Dragon]] for the evil book by [[The Power of Friendship]].
** Dark Heart turns good at the end of ''[[Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation]]'', when he admits he cares about Christy in order to save her.
* In ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire|Atlantis the Lost Empire]]'', {{spoiler|Audrey, Sweet, Mole, Vinny, Cookie and Ms. Packard}} join Milo after {{spoiler|it is revealed that they were [[Evil All Along]]}}.
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* ''[[Schindler's List]]'', the biopic on the real-life German industrialist who renounced his support of the Nazi Party to save the lives of thousands of Jews who worked in his factories. More on Oskar Schindler can be read [[wikipedia:Oskar Schindler|at the other Wiki]], the book "Schindler's Ark" and the film [[wikipedia:
* In ''[[Hard Boiled]]'', {{spoiler|Mad Dog shoots his Triad boss when he opens fire on a group of civilians who were in his way.}}
* Captain Louis Renault, in ''[[Casablanca]]''.
** It's arguable how much of this is heel-face turn and how much of it is a hidden Face awaiting the moment when his turn will do the greatest good. However it qualifies under the criteria that the audience isn't sure what side he's on until he makes his stand.
* The [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] movies have a few: May Day in ''[[A View to a Kill]]'', Pussy Galore in ''[[Goldfinger]]'', Tiffany Case in ''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]'', Dr. Kutze in ''[[Thunderball]]'', Jaws in ''[[Moonraker]]'', Octopussy and her group in ''[[Octopussy]]'' and Valentin Zukovsky in ''[[
** And so examples also appear in the Bond parodies/knockoffs ''[[Our Man Flint]]'' and ''In Like Flint''.
** [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[Thunderball]]'' by Draco's henchwoman Fiona; "But of course, I forgot your ego, Mr. Bond. James Bond, who [[Sex Face Turn|only has to make love to a woman]], and she starts to hear heavenly choirs singing. [[High Heel Face Turn|She repents, and turns to the side of right and virtue]]...but not this one!"
* In ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', Darth Vader [[Redemption Equals Death|dies]] [[Papa Wolf|saving his son]] from the Emperor.
* [[Godzilla]] went from city-destroying villain to world-saving hero during the 1960s-1970s. His
** Likewise, there's Battra, who, sadly {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death|ends up dying]] while trying to stop Godzilla}}.
* ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''.
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** Mongo (Taggart's henchman) turns to the side of Good after Sheriff Bart blows him up with a Candygram bomb. ("Sheriff first man ever whip Mongo! Mongo impressed!")
* Undercover reporter Babe Bennett {{spoiler|a.k.a. Pam Dawson}} has one after she genuinely falls in love with Longfellow Deeds while on an assignment to do a hatchet job on him in ''[[Mr. Deeds]]''.
* An example of a
* Subverted in ''[[Terminator]] 2'', the reprogrammed T-800 Model 101 isn't the same terminator from the first film. Double Subverted in that it was probably also programmed to kill humans before John Connor captured it, though.
* In the ''[[Hairspray]]'' musical, both Velma and Amber Von Tussle are redeemed through the power of THE BEAT, but in the film adaptation, only Amber seems to have one; accepting her loss and walking away from her mother to talk and dance with one of the black dancers.
* In [[John Ford]]'s ''[[The Quiet Man]]'', [[John Wayne]] and Victor Mclaglen have a mutual animosity that culminates in the queen mother of all drunken fistfights; no sooner has the donnybrook ended than the [[Defeat Equals Friendship|two men become the best of friends.]]
* The ''Two of a Kind'', designed as the comeback film for the Olivia Newton-John / [[John Travolta]] duo, features probably the single most jarring and unbelievable
* The Operative undergoes one of these at the end of ''[[Serenity]]'' when he discovers the truth behind the secret of Miranda, and just what the [[Utopia Justifies the Means]] he has been fighting for all this time would really look like.
* Sorsha in ''[[Willow]]''.
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* [[Beleaguered Assistant|Number 2]] attempts one in ''[[Austin Powers|Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery]]'' before he's eliminated by Dr. Evil. Mini-Me successfully performs one in ''Austin Powers in Goldmember'' once Dr. Evil replaces him with Scott, and [[Big Bad|Dr. Evil]] himself makes the turn upon learning that {{spoiler|he is Austin's long-lost brother Doug}}.
** Also Fat Bastard.
* ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' has {{spoiler|Megatron}}.
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* Hans Ebert in ''[[Chung Kuo]]'', after having lost everything, does some serious soul searching and changes his ways.
* [[A Christmas Carol|Ebenezer Scrooge.]]
* The Grinch at the end of ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (novel)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''.
* Dolokhov in ''[[War and Peace]]'' goes from being a [[Manipulative Bastard]] of a [[Humphrey]], something of a minor antagonist, to the [[The Lancer|trusted lieutenant]] of Vaska Denisov as the Russians chase the retreating French. He is still the same amoral asshole as usual (witness his reaction to {{spoiler|the death of the little Rostov}}) - he is just putting is evil badassery to a good use.
* In [[Fred Saberhagen]]'s trilogy ''Empire of the East'', Lord Chup served the evil [[The Empire|Empire of the title]] faithfully ... '''until''' one of its warlords demanded: "You must be for once not brave, but cowardly.... It will be difficult only once. You must learn to cause pain, for the sake of nothing but causing pain. Only thus will you be bound to us entirely." {{spoiler|Then he killed off a major demon, turning the tide of a critical battle.}}
* ''[[The Dresden Files
** A far more dramatic instance is when {{spoiler|Lasciel's shadow image, or Lash, is convinced by Harry that she has free will of her own and "dies" saving Harry's life.}}
* Angelina is the brilliant, beautiful, and totally psychopathic villainess of ''[[The Stainless Steel Rat]]''. After she is captured and the psych-techs have worked on her, she marries the hero and becomes an agent of the Special Corp who doesn't enjoy killing. As much.
* Mara Jade from the ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Expanded Universe]] went from wanting to kill Luke to marrying him. That makes her
** A more minor example from the EU is Lara Notsil a.k.a. Gara Petothel of the ''[[X Wing Series]]'', who starts as [[The Mole]]. She ends up falling in love one of her "enemies" and growing affection for her squadron, causing her to turn on her Imperial commanders and greatly helping the Rebels defeat the ''Iron Fist''.
* Cawti in the ''Vlad Taltos'' books did the exact same thing with the title character, beating Mara Jade in that she actually did kill him once, but his friends had him resurrected.
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* Inspector Javert in ''[[Les Misérables]]'', whose world view explodes with the sudden realization that Jean Valjean is simultaneously a criminal and a good guy. To let Valjean go free would be unlawful, while arresting him would be immoral. Javert removes the problem by removing himself from the problem. He drowns himself in the river Seine.
* There are quite a number of turns in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series:
** {{spoiler|Severus Snape is finally revealed to have heel-faced all along at the end of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (
*** Those fit better under [[Good All Along]]; his
** The Malfoy family make a rather big one towards the end of the series; Narcissa makes the biggest change when she {{spoiler|lies to Voldemort that Harry is dead so she can go into the castle and see if her son is alive. By doing this she pretty much saves the battle for the good guys}}. Her husband Lucius has quite a similar turn although he is not as active in his turn as Narcissa. Draco Malfoy's turn happens gradually in the sixth book when he is given a mission by Voldemort to {{spoiler|kill Albus Dumbledore}}. At first he's extremely full of himself but as the year goes on, he buckles under the pressure when he realises that failure means his death. {{spoiler|Dumbledore offers him a chance to officially make the turn and he begins to}} before he is interrupted. He makes another Face Heel turn in the final book but is reunited with his family. In the epilogue {{spoiler|he and Harry appear to have abandoned their differences for good, although [[Word of God]] says that they are "not friends"}}.
** Regulus Black, Sirius Black's brother, joined the Death Eaters willingly but after Voldemort {{spoiler|almost kills his house elf}}, Regulus realises what Voldemort is capable of and begins to have second thoughts. {{spoiler|He finally [[Heroic Sacrifice|dies]] in an attempt to steal and destroy one of Voldemort's [[Soul Jar|Horcruxes]]}}
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* {{spoiler|Lady Lejean}} in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s "Thief of Time" rejects {{spoiler|her nature as an Auditor}} pretty much completely in the end.
* Played with twice in ''[[Star Trek: Stargazer]]''. In "Enigma", [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] Admiral McAteer seems to defrost into a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]. After a dangerous mission alongside Commander Gilaad ben Zoma, he appears to make a peace offering and reveal a more understanding side to his character. However, it transpires he was merely trying to manipulate ben Zoma. In ''Maker'', murderous super-powered alien Brakmaktin also appears to be reconsidering his former conduct and having an epiphany. It turns out it was just him screwing with his captive.
* Happens twice in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''.
** The first time is Edmund Pevensie, in ''The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe''; who starts out a self-centered brat easily seduced by the White Witch with [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|magic food that was the most amazing thing he had ever had, but which left him with an overwhelming craving for more]].
** The second is Eustace Clarence Scrubb, in ''Voyage of the Dawn Treader''; who starts out a [[Small Name, Big Ego|peevish, arrogant, intellectual and emotional bully]].
* Jaime Lannister from [[A Song of Ice and Fire]]. His turn is a drawn-out, bitter process.
▲* [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon|"I... am tired of fighting. I sue for peace, Optimus."]]
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[Prospero's Daughter]]'', Miranda's Lady's aim is this, on a ''large'' scale. {{spoiler|In ''Prospero Regained'', we learn of how Prospero's plans also center about it.}}
* In Heather Tomlinson's ''[[The Swan Maiden]]'', Doucette's sisters are cruel to her because she has no magic. {{spoiler|When she discovers that she has magic, her sister Cecilia has one of these toward her, even though Doucette is now her rival.}}
* This tends to happen in some Indonesian literature (Mostly KKPK, short for Kecil Kecil Punya Karya or literally, 'Little Kids Who Creates') written by [[Captain Obvious|children]]. The thing that irritates is that in ''nearly every single one'' of the books that plays this trope straight, the rich, snobby [[Alpha Bitch]] (Always the [[Alpha Bitch]], no exceptions) ''will'' turn good halfway through the story due to some event, and will instantly and melodramatically apologize to the hero, who instantly forgives her without any doubts whatsoever, despite the fact that they had been fighting since the first day of school. If not her, then it's her [[Girl Posse]] who will turn their backs at her because they haven't realized until today about how perfect, nice, religious, smart, etc the heroes are. Afterwards, the [[Alpha Bitch]]-es join the hero's group and have adventures like nothing has ever happened between them.
* Author Jodie Picoult has featured several of her books in which many of her antagonists make a face turn, or at least we find out they were never as bad as they initially seem. There is also usually an unspoken promise between the main heel and main face: Josie in ''Nineteen Minutes'' {{spoiler|she actually makes a few turns between face and heel, but the final turn she ends up shooting Matt, the main bully of herself and Peter}} Anna in ''My Sister's Keeper'' {{spoiler|At first Anna comes across as the antagonist, setting the plot in motion that she is suing for medical emancipation and refuses to explain why. By the end of the story, we come to discover her face turn that Kate asked her to make the lawsuit.}} Shay Bourne in ''Change of Heart'' {{spoiler|from the get-go, he is painted as a vile man sent to prison for murdering a police officer and his stepchild, he even says things throughout the book that make you just want to punch him in the face, but he makes his turn toward the end of the book when the truth is revealed that he didn't commit murder, that he was defending the girl from being molested by the police officer}}
* ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' has many of its villains do this. A notable example is Accelerator, who goes from being the villain of the third book to one of the series' three main protagonists.
== Live-Action TV ==
* Dalek Caan in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode ''Evolution of the Daleks''. He does a face turn after {{spoiler|seeing "the whole of time and space" and bearing witness to the destruction and devastation that his species have caused throughout history}}. Unfortunately, since he had [[Go Mad
** Before Dalek Caan was Dalek Sec, who became sympathetic to humans, and horrified of the other Daleks actions after becoming a [[Half-Human Hybrid]]. Ironically, it was Caan himself who ordered Sec's extermination
** In ''Let's Kill Hitler'' After the Doctor has been poisoned by {{spoiler|Mels, who was raised to kill the Doctor,}} he whispers something in her ear intended for River Song. When {{spoiler|Mels figures out that she is River Song, she uses all of her remaining regenerations to bring him back to life.}}
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** In ''The End of Time'', {{spoiler|The Master realizes that much of his insanity was caused by the High Council of the Time Lords as part of a Time War-related gambit, and ultimately after fighting the Doctor for years joins him in defeating Rassilon and his council.}}
* G'Kar started out the ''[[Babylon 5]]'' [[Myth Arc]] looking deceptively like the heavy, and evolved into the conscience of the entire Interstellar Alliance. This was intentional misdirection of the audience.
** Or, as with Londo, he simply changed because the situation had done so and remained the same inside.
** The Minbari warrior caste leader Neroon was a true
** Bester appears to make one in Seasons 3 and 4, providing significant aid to the rebels, but later on reverts to his true allegiance: himself (and, secondarily, Psi Corps over and above the Earth Alliance government) {{spoiler|Not before programming Garibaldi to function as a double agent, however.}}.
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'': Athena and Caprica-Six. {{spoiler|Later, the Leobens, Sixes, and Sharons as a whole. Also, Lt. Kelly during the mutiny.}}
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** Likewise, {{spoiler|Charles Widmore}}, the former [[Big Bad]] of the series, suddenly stops trying to take over the Island and returns to fight the evil of the Man in Black after an off-screen meeting with Jacob.
** Sawyer too. In the beginning a true [[Jerkass]] he gradually becomes more and more likeable before completing the Heel Face Turn in Season 5
*** The argument could be made that he actually made the
** Charlie performs his when he kidnaps Aaron and Claire finds out hes a junkie. He had recently fought his demons, won, and turned around from a spoiled jerk to a almost hero. Then they demonize him again. May have involved the writers strike.
* Of course there's [[Badass Decay|Spike]] from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. On top of that, we have Faith, who did a [[Face Heel Turn]] first, then came back, and Wesley, who ''appeared'' (to the team) to do a [[Face Heel Turn]] before later coming back.
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** Also Anya, who is a villain for, uh, two episodes. [[Love Redeems|Then she falls for Xander...]]
** And let's not forget Angel/Angelus who is a [[Heel Face Revolving Door]].
* Fred on ''Angel'' does a [[Face Heel Turn]] when becoming Illyria, and then ends up doing a
** Darla and Lindsey both flirt with a
* Damar, Gul Dukat's [[The Dragon|Dragon]] on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', stays on with the Dominion after Dukat goes off to do his own thing. Eventually, though, he realizes the Dominion is using Cardassia, and starts a resistance movement. He even winds up taking terrorist lessons from old enemy Kira Nerys.
* Happens fairly often in ''[[Power Rangers]]''. [[Sixth Ranger|Sixth rangers]] such as Mighty Morphin's Green Ranger Tommy Oliver and Lightspeed Rescue's Titanium Ranger Ryan Mitchell have started out evil. In Space actually had the [[Big Bad]], Astronema, briefly join the rangers after finding out that [[The Hero]] Andros [[Luke, I Am Your Father|was her long-lost brother]]. While she originally intended to betray the Space Rangers and thus secure her place as Dark Specter's chosen heir, she ended up siding with them, and was even declared an honorary Power Ranger herself. While Dark Specter and Darkonda recaptured and [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] her into an even more evil Astronema v2.0, she was restored to her true self, Karone, and later took over the position of Lost Galaxy's Pink Ranger. Also Jarrod and Camile from [[Jungle Fury]] even though Jarrod was possessed he still had a change of heart.
** [[Super Sentai]] too as some of the aboves counterparts had their own
* Both Crais, and then Scorpius start off in pursuit of our heroes before they end up joining the crew in ''[[Farscape]]''. Aeryn is the original one to pull that move. When you see that video of what she used to be like three cycles ago...whoah.
* Cole Turner/Belthazor of ''[[Charmed]]'' had more [[Heel Face Revolving Door|Heel/Face Face/Heel]] turns than some entire shows.
* Number Two in ''[[The Prisoner]]''. Well, one of them. The ''new'' Number Two.
* Teal'c, in the pilot of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''.
* Rak'nor during Season 4 of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', in turn saving Teal'c.
* Michael in ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' season 2 episode 'No Man's Land' ({{spoiler|it doesn't last; repeatedly getting screwed over by the [[Designated Hero
* {{spoiler|Sylar}} on ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' had the shortest
** More permanent examples would be {{spoiler|Mr. Bennet}} towards the end of season 1 and {{spoiler|Daphne}} during season 3, {{spoiler|at least until she died}}.
* Occasionally used in the 60s spy series ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]''. Sometimes the U.N.C.L.E. agents manage to subvert a THRUSH operative into working for them (e.g., the second season episode "The Arabian Affair", where Solo informs a THRUSH minion who is due to retire that THRUSH liquidates retired minions to insure their permanent silence), whereas other times the villain comes over to the good side for his own reasons (e.g., the second season episode "The King of Diamonds Affair", where diamond thief Rafael Delgado decides to betray his organized criminal allies, free Solo and the [[Girl of the Week]], and help them escape).
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** Metallo pulls one in Season 9, after a restructuring of his system purges him of the adrenaline rush that heightened his aggression and made him evil. Since the comic book character is still evil though, there's no telling if it will last.
** More recently, [[Robotic Psychopath|Brainiac]] appears to have turned to the side of the angels. {{spoiler|He now calls himself Brainiac 5 and is a member of [[The Legion of Super Heroes]], claiming that they and Clark "cured" him of his evil. He returned to the present to aid Clark by 1) preventing Smallville High's student councilor from trying to kill Clark at his high school reunion and 2) [[Yet Another Christmas Carol|showing him his past, present and future,]] to help Clark get over his misplaced guilt over Pa Kent's death and his fear of the future, and move toward his destiny. Since this is due to reprogramming however, it may not count as genuine. Made even more muddled by the fact that this version of the character was reprogrammed into performing a [[Face Heel Turn]] in the first place before the destruction of Krypton.}}
** [[Dark Action Girl|Tess Mercer]] is also attempting one of these as of Season 10. Given her [[Heel Face Revolving Door]] track record, it's hard to see where she'll end up. So far though, she's stayed loyal, even {{spoiler|shooting down Earth-2 Lionel's offer to become the father she never had}}.
*** She stuck with it right to the end of the series, {{spoiler|when in the [[Grand Finale]], she uses her last breaths to give a last-minute verbal [[Take That]] to Lex and wipe his mind with a neurotoxin, ensuring that he cannot use any of the knowledge he accumulated since the beginning of the series against the newly dubbed Superman.}}
* Quinn Fabray on ''[[Glee]]'', and arguably Puck as well (though he could also be considered a [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]).
** No mention yet of Sue Sylvester? Not only did she {{spoiler|rank New Directions top amongst the other teams in Sectionals}}, she was also entirely responsible for {{spoiler|the club staying open another year, despite having spent the past nine months continually trying to close it down}}.
*** Well, Sue only allowed New Directions to live because she loved hating it so much.
* Castiel on ''[[Supernatural]]'' had a very very gradual
** It almost happens a couple of episodes earlier, but his superiors catch him, prompting a brief [[Face Heel Revolving Door]] situation.
*** We catch glimpses of that trope throughout the season, with Castiel frequently deliberating between his orders and his increasing [[Ho Yay|sympathy for Dean]].
* The 1998 ''[[Merlin (TV miniseries)|Merlin-1998]]'' series has {{spoiler|Lord Lot and Lord Ardent}}, who are originally generals opposing the main characters but later become their allies.
* Margaret Houlihan has a very well-orchestrated one on ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'', which takes place over the entire fifth season, with a pivotal episode called "The Nurses," which Loretta Swit says is her favorite episode. Two other important episodes are one where an old friend of hers visits, and tells her that not just her pierced ears have closed up, she has, after which she makes a deliberate effort to be more open with others, and the two-part episode where she is stranded with Hawkeye under fire. The great part of the story arc is that while the character softens, and becomes kinder, and warmer toward people, she does not lose her "regular army" bearing, and there's no [[
* [[Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]] started off as a villain on ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'' before turning good and getting her own show.
** After a ''loooong'' time, Xena's [[Evil Counterpart]] Callisto has one too.
* In ''[[
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** During the [[Attitude Era]], this became the primary way wrestlers would become top faces: if you were a really cool bad guy, you'd eventually have the crowd behind you enough that you became the de facto face.
* A staple of [[Professional Wrestling]], along with its cousin, the [[Face Heel Turn]].
** Spoofed well by [[The Onion]] in this [https://web.archive.org/web/20100304134653/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28125 piece].
* [[Mick Foley]]'s disgust at wrestling fans in [[ECW]] led to him doing an inverted face heel turn (by ECW standards, the heels were faces) and he turned into an ECW "heel" (by other standards, this would be a face.) Indirectly, this had the same effect in the collapse of ECW as [[Hulk Hogan]]'s for [[WCW]].
* On one hand, the WWE barely averted this catastrophe as part of the fallout of the [[Montreal Screwjob]]. At the time, [[Bret Hart]] was the biggest star in the WWE, and quite possibly one of the most popular wrestlers in history. At the time, this was taken almost as a white flag of surrender by [[Vince McMahon]] in the [[Monday Night Wars|ratings war]] with WCW.
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* During the infamous Invasion storyline, two entire companies (WCW and ECW) were portrayed as heels against the WWF/WWE. However, several of the wrestlers ([[Rob Van Dam]] in particular) were immensely entertaining and being cheered despite kayfabe trying to destroy the WWF. Almost immediately after the angle ended, [[Rob Van Dam]], [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]], the Hurricane, and Tommy Dreamer turned face once their quest to overthrow the WWF failed.
** The very night after the angle ended, Austin was looking to wreak vengeance upon [[Kurt Angle]] for interfering in his fight with The Rock and costing the Alliance the victory. Despite the fact that Angle was saving the WWE, when Austin beat the crap out of Angle, the crowd erupted as if the last few months since Wrestlemania X-Seven never happened. The fans were just happy to have a Stone Cold they could cheer again. It was the most jarring, abrupt heel face turn in the history of prowrestling... and nobody had a problem with it.
* Oddly enough, WWE heel [[Chris Jericho]] has been doing a nightly version of
{{quote|'''Jericho:''' Talk about Wade Barrett!
'''Josh Matthews:''' We are!
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* In ''[[Baldur's Gate]] II: Throne of Bhaal'', you can resurrect {{spoiler|Sarevok, the [[Big Bad]] from the first game,}} and have him join your team. This is also what happens in the book adaptation. He is still evil, though, but that can be changed (all the way to good) if you make the right choices (he partially falls again, per his epilogue, torn between his old [[Chaotic Evil]] self and his new [[Chaotic Good]] self in his actions).
* Leliana in ''[[Dragon Age|Dragon Age Origins]]''. At the start of the DLC Leliana's Song, she is a thief, a troublemaker, and a murderer. Once she is betrayed by her mentor and lover, and escapes from prison after being tortured, the Chantry takes her in. She becomes the pious bard in the main game, and is the most pure good aligned member on the team.
** Zevran starts off as an assassin who tries to kill the Warden, but depending on the player's choices, can wind up being part of the team.
* Miranda in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' starts out as a [[Ice Queen|cold]] and pragmatic high-ranking officer in a terrorist organization. At the end of the game, she has [[Defrosting Ice Queen|warmed up]] significantly and submits her resignation to the Illusive Man particularly dramatically.
* In ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'', it is possible to talk the villain Magus into joining your party. This is represented less as a change of heart than as a realization that he could achieve his goals [[Enemy Mine|by working with the heroes]]. By the time the option to have him join comes about, his intent and [[Dead Little Sister|motivation]] have been revealed, perhaps making him more of an [[Anti-Villain]]. On the other hand, when he becomes a party member he appears to become somewhat less of a sociopath.
** To be fair, though, you do not ''know'' that he was a sociopath. He was just the ruler of a country/army/something, that just happened to oppose the humans. [[Gray and Gray Morality|But in war there are no sides]]. Ultimately it seems like he was just [[I Did What I Had to Do|doing what was necessary]].
** In its sequel, ''[[Chrono Cross]]'', many characters you can eventually play are former bosses. One will even apologize for fighting you earlier in the game.
* ''[[Street Fighter]]'' has Sagat, who joins the [[Big Bad]]'s organization after losing to Ryu in the first game, and switches sides in ''[[Street Fighter Alpha]]'' ([[
** Also, Cammy, though this is a case of being cured of Bison's [[Mind Control]] rather than choosing to switch sides. After being cured, she joins the British government in order to bring him down.
* In ''[[Advance Wars]]: Dual Strike'', Hawke and Lash come to the Allied Nations' aid after being saved by them.
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* Shiro Amakusa Tokisada from ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'' turns into a good spirit in ''Samurai Shodown IV''.
* Magnus Armstrong, one of the antagonists from ''[[No One Lives Forever]]'' is convinced to join the good guys in the sequel, ''No One Lives Forever: A Spy In H.A.R.M.'s Way''.
* Happens all the time in ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'', if a character has the least bit of sympathy he will usually do a
** In ''Destiny'', some could only join if they were convinced {{spoiler|Glacies, Wintos, Margue, Chronicle, Katajina, Roze, Gabil}}. [[Evil Chancellor|Haman Karn]] of all people can join you if Judau, Char, and Camille rack up an obscene number of kills. It's nearly impossible on your first playthrough, but [[New Game+]] all but assures it on later runs.
** While it is very common in OG, the one most notable and most impressive
** ''[[Super Robot Wars]] 3'' kickstarted this trend by letting ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory|Anavel Gato]]'' join up if you take a certain route through the game.
** Master Asia in Advance. Given that he was always a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] rather than evil, it's not terribly surprising.
* In ''[[Guild Wars]]: Nightfall'' General Morgahn is one of Varesh Ossa's generals and quite devoted to his religion, and tolerant of Varesh's. While he appears to be a villain who is not actually evil, just loyal, he actually makes a heel-face-turn and joins the player character, and even being required to face Varesh Ossa.
* In ''[[Super Smash Bros.|Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' The Ancient Minister is thought to be the remorseless leader of the Subspace Army, but actually regrets his actions. In truth [[The Man Behind the Man|he isn't the true mastermind]], and thus lost control of of his R.O.B. Squad when Ganondorf stepped in to complete the job of destroying the world with Subspace Bombs. The Ancient Minister then interferes, only to be attacked. It is then his true form is revealed, a R.O.B. From there is only referred to as such and becomes playable.
** To be fair, the villains in the Subspace Emissary mode who are also playable characters do join up to fight the last boss. It doesn't help that the Big Bad pulled a '[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|You are of no more use to me]]' on them all.
** In a case of [[All There in the Manual]], it is revealed that {{spoiler|Mr. Game & Watch}} is actually a villain, until {{spoiler|Peach gives him her parasol}}. He was apparently not really evil, just incapable of telling the difference between good and evil. Hence, the ease of his turn.
* Sparda in ''[[Devil May Cry]]'', who "woke up to justice."
** We've replaced Sparda's unbidden evil with Folger's Crystals. Let's see if he notices...
* Raiden, a cruel, gigantic wrestler from the ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' series of fighting games (and ''Capcom vs. SNK 2''), eventually underwent a ''literal''
** Similarly, ''3 Count Bout'' features one of Raiden's old rivals, the vicious heel Big Bomberder, working a face gimmick by donning a mask to become Gochack Bigbomb. In this case, it isn't a sincere character
* [[The World Ends With You|"First you gimme some lame special op and make me snipe my friends, and now you gonna pick on a defenseless Player?! Don't you Reapers have any honor?! Maybe the Composer's down widdat, BUT I AIN'T HIM!"]]
** This one is a [[Heel Face Revolving Door]] of sorts, because {{spoiler|Beat starts as a player, becomes a Reaper and a villain, but then performs the
* After royally kicking your ass several times in ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'', General Beatrix joins your party for a couple fights.
** An unusual, less extreme example, but it counts. Steiner, even though he's in your party for a greater portion of the game, spends most of his time trying to sabotage the party and deliver Dagger back to the queen. Zidane and the others win his loyalty, eventually.
* Happens in every ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' game, sometimes more frequently than others. Usually you have to talk to the recruitable enemy with a certain character, but sometimes a former villain will automatically join your side. ''Binding Blade'' had Miledy and Douglas, ''Sword of Flame'' had Heath and Vaida, ''The Sacred Stones'' had Duessel and Amelia, and ''Path of Radiance'' had Jill, Muarim, and Ena.
* Quiet from ''[[Metal Gear Solid V Phantom Pain]]''. Not that she really had much of a choice when she changed sides, but she seems to adjust to it well. [[Captain Obvious| (Hard to tell... She doesn't talk much.)]]
* {{spoiler|Achenar}} in ''[[Myst|Myst IV Revelation]]''
* In the ''[[Persona 2]]'' games, this happens quite a bit, although most of them don't end up joining the party, just being good guys instead of bad guys. {{spoiler|In ''Innocent Sin'', Jun does this after breaking free of Nyarlathotep's influence. As well, Principal Hannya would either die or end up pulling a Heel Face Turn depending on a rumor the protagonist ended up starting with a throwaway dialogue choice. Finally, depending on choices, Anna Yoshizaka would either pull a Heel Face Turn or be replaced by a Shadow counterpart created by Nyarlathotep. In ''Eternal Punishment'', many of the previous villains were forced into Heel Face Turns as part of making a [[Merged Reality]]; however, Tatsuya Sudou was so deranged and irredeemable that he was instead imprisoned in a mental institution... and Ginji's Heel Face Turn doesn't end up sticking as he is pulled back into essentially the same role he played the first time around.}}
* Judith Mossman in ''[[Half-Life]] 2''. At first she seems to be one of the good guys, but then it is revealed that {{spoiler|she is actually working for Dr. Breen. At the end, she pulls a
** Also the Vortigaunts in the series itself can be interpreted as a Heel Face Turn. They go from attacking the player in the first game to literally worshipping him in the second, though it is because Gordon freed them of the influence of the Nihilanth (but that may not be something the player expects to know right away).
* Klungo in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', after he realizes battling with Banjo and Kazooie is making him less and less handsome, and now Mrs. Klungo won't want him anymore!
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* Saki from the ''[[Oneechanbara]]'' series. Initially the villain, she's revealed to have a pretty good excuse.. and kidnapped by Eva. After Aya rescues her, she stops trying to kill Aya and joins her.
* {{spoiler|Meliadoul}} in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' (too bad this happens after Orlandu's already joined, however; everything she can do, he can do better). Also, Mediators can use their Invite skill on most enemies (as in, those who aren't plot characters), recruiting them on the spot to your cause (well, with a bit of luck, anyway).
* Axel from ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', which [[Redemption Equals Death|results in him sacrificing himself for Sora.]]
** {{spoiler|Now Lea<ref>
** Also Cloud, who was technically a villain because he worked for Hades, but he eventually became Sora's ally.
* In ''[[The Legend of Dragoon]]'', the character {{spoiler|Lloyd has his Heel Face Turn moment at the end of the game, just before he dies, giving Dart the Dragon Buster Sword and Divine Dragoon Spirit as proof.}}
* Captain Qwark in the ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'' games is a [[Fake Ultimate Hero]], who periodically sells out to villains or fakes his own death to [[Dirty Coward|avoid the shooting]], leaving Ratchet to do the hard yards. Until ''Ratchet III: [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|Up Your Arsenal]]'', in which after a [[Heel Realization]] he {{spoiler|comes right out of nowhere in a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment to shoot Dr. Nefarious' [[Humongous Mecha]]}}. Since then he's been Ratchet's ally in all his subsequent appearances. An incompetent ally, though an ally nonetheless.
* Sly, in ''[[Ty the Tasmanian Tiger]]''. Although it is a rather speedy one at that, because he gets beaten ''once'', then is saved on another occasion, and before you know it - he's handing Ty the Doomerang.
* Many of [[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'s allies started off as enemies. These include [[Sonic 3 and Knuckles|Knuckles]], [[Sonic Adventure 2|Shadow]], [[Sonic Rush Series|Blaze]], and [[Sonic Riders|Jet]].
* LeChuck, of all people, makes a turn after the various Voodoo curses that have been powering him are removed in ''[[Tales of Monkey Island]]''. Too bad they're now [[Hate Plague|infecting the entire Caribbean]]! {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Mole|It was just an act]].}}
* Bianca in ''[[Spyro the Dragon|Spyro: Year of the Dragon]]'', after she realizes [[Evil Overlord|The Sorceress']] true plan was [[Not What I Signed on For|not what she signed on for]].
* Darth Vader's secret apprentice in ''[[Star Wars]]: [[The Force Unleashed]]''. Although the fact that {{spoiler|he just found out that his entire life was based around the fact Vader wasn't using him to help kill the Emperor but, rather, bring those who would speak against the Emperor out into the light}} probably helped a lot.
* Jin Kisaragi from ''[[
* {{spoiler|Byrne}} from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks]]'', after Anjean, Link and Zelda nurse him back to health, despite everything he did to them. He also received harsh beating from the guy he helped revive before that.
** In [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]], Ingo the spiteful ranch hand later becomes Ganondorf's minion and takes over the ranch. He kicks Talon out and makes people pay to visit. He mysteriously changes his ways after you escape with Epona.<ref>
** Bomb-Master Cannon from [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]] over-charges prices for bombs until [[Pirate Girl|Tetra's]] [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything|Pirate Crew]] steals them. Afterwards, he realizes he could lose his business if he doesn't start selling his bombs at reasonable prices and people resort to stealing, so he sells his bombs at a much more reasonable price.
** Chudley/Malver from [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]] sells items at ridiculously high prices<ref>
** Groose from [[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]] goes from being the jerk of the town who hates Link and constantly bullies him (he even hides Link's Sacred Loftwing so he can't win the big race), to {{spoiler|acually respecting and helping Link near the end of the game}}. For example he builds the "Groosenator", a huge catarpult, that helps you in the final {{spoiler|Imprisoned fight}}, and he even turns up for a ''[[Big Damn Heroes]]'' moment during the {{spoiler|second to final fight fight agasint Ghirahim when he turns up just in time to save Zelda from falling to her death}}.
* There are many characters in the ''[[Suikoden]]'' series that join you this way.
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** And then there's one of the ranked assassins, Shinobu, whom Travis spared, who becomes his ally and self-proclaimed apprentice.
* In ''[[Fallout 3]]'', {{spoiler|you can convince President Eden to do this. Though [[The Dragon|Colonel Autumn]] has gone against the president and ordered his men to attack you on sight, President Eden counters by having all the Sentry Guns and Security Turrets attack the Soldiers so you can get away easier}}.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', Celes betrays the Empire, and joins the Returners after Locke saves her from torture. Kefka's plan to poison the entire town of Doma crosses her [[Moral Event Horizon]]. However, burning down Maranda is simply Empire evil, because she did participate in that.
** Emperor Gestahl pretends to pull one of these creating a Disc One Ending following a [[Disc One Final Dungeon]], but it's a trap. The party [[Trap Is the Only Option|realizes this beforehand]], but they underestimate how far deep they are in.
*** When the above happens, General Leo actually pulls this off, and [[Redemption Equals Death|dies for his mutiny]].
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* Happens in one of the [[Multiple Endings|endings]] in ''[[Vanguard Bandits]]''. {{spoiler|[[Ninja Maid]] and [[The Mole|mole]] Cecilia can betray her contract master and join the hero if one pursues her ending.}}
* The ''[[Disgaea]]'' series is full of these kind of characters, though what exactly is a heel face turn and what is instead a [[Face Heel Turn]] can be confusing given disgaea's peculiar brand of [[Blue and Orange Morality]]. In fact, the first and third Disgaea games are mostly ABOUT the gradual change from villain to anti-hero.
** {{spoiler|Gold Knuckle}} in ''Disgaea 3'' is particularly noteworthy in that he literally refers to his side change as "turning face!".
* ''[[Star Wars]] [[Rogue Squadron]]'': Kasan Moore, head of the 128th TIE Interceptor Squadron, defects to the Alliance and provides valuable information. She was from Alderaan, so yeah.
* The Orcish Horde from the ''[[Warcraft]]'' video game series. In the first two games the orcs were pretty much [[
* {{spoiler|[[
* The General, from ''[[Mega Man X]] 4'', returns to the course of duty after the death of the [[Big Bad]], claiming that {{spoiler|Sigma}} had "blinded him to the truth", which may or may not have implied brainwashing. Probably not, considering that at the beginning of the game, he ignored him until the Sky Lagoon's crash forced his hand.
* Uruka, {{spoiler|Kouin and Kyouko}} in ''[[Eien no Aselia]]'' all start out on various enemy sides. {{spoiler|The first is kicked out and nursed to health when she loses the ability to fight and the latter two switch after the mind control over Kyouko is broken.}}
* Three of the Fake Evil Kings( {{spoiler|Big Bull, Linda, and Epros}}) in ''[[Okage]]: Shadow King'' end up joining you after being defeated.
* ''[[Septerra Core]]''. Araym; Selina {{spoiler|twice}}; Lobo, years before he meets our heroes; in-game mythology ascribes one to Dogo, god of mischief, who helped save the world. {{spoiler|Doskias does one in the ending, but alas, [[Redemption Equals Death]].}}
* The Kuvasz Guild of ''[[Solatorobo]]'', after {{spoiler|Opéra takes over due to the death of Bruno.}}
* Judge Gabranth in ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' sides with [[The Empire]] after believing that his brother, Basch, betrayed them and his men. He even fights the party a few times but near the [[Final Battle]], {{spoiler|he realizes who the true evil is and assists the party for one battle. Gabranth dies after the war is over and Basch lives on in his name, literally.}}
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' ''[[The Old Republic]]'' Elara Dorne a companion for the Trooper class, use to serve the [[Empire|Sith Empire]] before defecting to the Republic.
== Visual Novels ==
* In ''[[Fate/stay night]]'', Ilya is the main threat for the first half of the series, but she becomes an ally when her monstrous Servant Berserker is killed in Fate scenario (she couldn't keep fighting at that point, but that didn't mean she had to join the [[True Companions]]). In the Heaven's Feel scenario, she goes so far as to {{spoiler|sacrifice herself for Shirou in the Good End}}.
* In the [[Science Fiction Visual Novels|science fiction visual novel]] ''[[Bionic Heart]]'', the [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|corrupt corporate executive's]] brand new android henchwoman turns on him when the psychic human brain he placed in her head allows her to have visions showing the destruction that will result from his future plans.
* In [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]] [[Grand Finale|Episode 8]], {{spoiler|Lambdadelta}} manages to do an [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]] one, going up against {{spoiler|[[Complete Monster|Bern]][[Good Powers, Bad People|kas]][[Reality Warper|tel]] }}.
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** He was the first person to befriend the demon Mosp since her transformation, leading her to rebel against Lord Horribus.
** It takes some time and some pretty hefty promises on his part, but Torg eventually gets [[Ax Crazy]], [[Yandere|love-sick]] assassin Oasis to give up killing people ... well, unless she decides they're bad guys. Still, for her, being an [[All Crimes Are Equal|ultra-violent]] [[Vigilante Man]] is a huge step forward.
* ''[[The
▲* Ahmad in ''[[Harry Potter Comics]]'' undergoes this after truly realizing what the results of he and his brothers' jihad has been.
▲* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'': {{spoiler|Therkla...before we're reminded [[Redemption Equals Death]]}}.
** Also, Belkar's ''pretending'' to have undergone a face turn after his brush with death. He's still the [[Token Evil Teammate]], but acting good keeps the authorities off his back and lets him [[Mind Screw]] the rest of the party. While Roy and Haley aren't fooled, suspecting it's a scam of some sort, they don't care either {{spoiler|since Roy knows for a fact that Belkar has only weeks left to live. Belkar on the other hand ''doesn't'' know this.}}
** O-Chul also attempts to convince The Monster in the Darkness to turn against Redcloak and Xykon. He seems to have made quite a bit of progress. Then, The Monster is the [[Minion with an F In Evil]].
** Redcloak's backstory and continuous humiliation by Xykon have led to a ''lot'' of speculation that he's being set up for this.
*** His brother Right-Eye went through one in the backstory. He realized that working with a monster like Xykon would eventually lead to the destruction of the goblin people and that the grand Plan he and Redcloak had worked on their entire lives wasn't worth the sacrifice of so many goblins. This culminated in an attempt to kill Xykon for good; sadly, Right-Eye was [[Doomed by Canon]].
* Black Mage of ''[[8-Bit Theater
* ''[[Bob and George]]'': [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011110 Here].
* [[Dominic Deegan|Jacob Deegan]] has a pretty surprising
** Bulgak Adrak earns a particularly notable one, since it occurs while he is in [https://web.archive.org/web/20110226114933/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-12-01 Hell.] This ultimately lead to his [[Redemption Equals Death]] since a reformed soul cannot exist in Hell.
* {{spoiler|Gamzee}} in [[Homestuck]],{{spoiler|after Karkat shoosh paps him.}}
* [http://headtrip.keenspot.com/d/20120220.html Mal Jedi character] in ''[[Head Trip]]''... maybe a ''little'' too early.
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* {{spoiler|Ralph}} from ''[[Dead Ends]]'' pulls one of these when he realizes that {{spoiler|he is basically hunting down an unarmed teenager and her friend during a [[Zombie Apocalypse]] because his best friend, Ephram, has gone batshit crazy.}}
* Surprisingly rare in the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]''.
** Battle betrayed [[Nebulous Evil Organization|Tarot]] to save the life of her son, Stone.
** Gadgeteer villain Knick-Knack retired from his life of crime and became the custodian of the Hyperion Academy.
** The Redeemers are an entire team made up of former super-villains.
* Gross Sword does this at the end of [http://www.rogermwilcox.name/ADnD The Sick Kids], but only because his lawful-good siblings nearly kill him.
* Bogdan from ''[[Water Human]]'' does that after he develops a liking for a prisoner that his partner tells him to kill. He proceeds to attack his own partner.
* Kelly from ''[[
* [[Our Demons Are Different|Spiro]] of ''[[The Questport Chronicles]]'' pulls one after refusing to kill a Demon Bunny for his master's dinner. He's banished from his homeland for showing mercy, and ends up as the [[Token Evil Teammate]] in the Fellowship.
** {{spoiler|The King of Thieves and Assassins}} reforms after hearing the Harp of Remorse.
* In ''[[The Gamers Alliance]]'', a bunch of antagonists eventually switch sides and become more heroic. Some examples include [[Colonel Badass|Dalthas]], [[Anti-Anti-Christ|Jemuel]], [[Anti-Villain|Kagetsu I]] (he joins the Alliance because they saved his wife, but he still more or less pursues his agenda albeit with different means while being bound by his oath to the Alliance), [[The Atoner|Omaroch]], [[Harmless Villain|Titaniel]] and [[Love Redeems|Viirsa]].
* ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'':
** Adora and Catra were raised in the Horde, a intergalactic organization that leads her to believe they are doing the right thing by capturing planets and oppressing the population. After finding the "Sword of Protection", getting captured by Bow and Glimmer (members of the rebellion) and spending time with them, Adora starts to doubt her teachings, and finally defects to the rebellion in the second episode after seeing the Horde attack a village and Catra informing her that they were both manipulated by Shadow Weaver and Hordak.
** Catra continues to serve as a antagonist until she pulls her own turn in Season 5 after seeing Horde Prime's true intentions. {{spoiler|This almost becomes ''[[Redemption Equals Death]]'' when Catra is captured and "purified" by Horde Prime, and then is gravely injured; Adora manages to save her by using She-Ra's healing powers.}}
▲== Western Animation ==
* Raimundo in ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]'', though that's after he did a [[Face Heel Turn]]. He actually does suffer some consequences and trust issues afterwards because of it.
* Brilliantly subverted in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Prince Zuko is given tons of reasons to change sides in the second season finale, including the "encounter with [[The Messiah]]
** {{spoiler|Mai and Ty Lee}} follow suit in "Boiling Rock". {{spoiler|Mai's}} especially was epic, showing up like a [[Big Damn Heroes|Big Damn Hero]] and pulling off a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], while {{spoiler|Ty Lee's}} just came straight from behind a tree (though {{spoiler|disabling Azula}} is still awesome).
** In a minor case, by the time that [[Gondor Calls for Aid]], The Boulder and The Hippo had decided to quit working for Xin Fu and join the army. What weird is it's a
** One of the earliest examples in the series is the forest spirit [[Pandaing to the Audience|Hei Bai]]. He began rampaging through a village after his forest was destroyed, but Aang reassured him that it would grow back. After that, Hei Bai was a valuable ally to Aang.
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' has Terra in Season Two (her [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|comics counterpart]] had no such turn), but this is after a time as [[The Mole]] and then a [[Face Heel Turn]], helping Slade achieve near victory. Heck, she's the one who ends up killing Slade, but ends up performing a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] proving that [[Redemption Equals Death]] (or Redemption Equals [[Taken for Granite|Turning To Stone]]...it is a children/family show, after all). Jinx also performs a
* Elyon Brown in ''[[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]]'', again following a [[Face Heel Turn]]. A number of minor villains in the second season do one as well after realizing that [[Broken Pedestal|Phobos isn't as noble as they thought he was.]]
* ''[[Transformers]]: [[Beast Wars]]'' has a number of examples. Dinobot and Silverbolt spent relatively little screen time as heels, but Dinobot was a pretty [[Unusual Euphemism|slagging]] well-done heel. More literal examples are: In the third season, Blackarachnia, and, near the end of the series finale, Dinobot's Transmetal 2 clone.
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* Kevin Levin in ''[[Ben 10]]'', at the beginning of the ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'' sequel series.
** And, at the end of the second season, {{spoiler|the Highbreed}}.
** Then {{spoiler|Charmcaster}} in ''Ultimate Alien'' {{spoiler|though it became a [[Heel Face Revolving Door]], ending with her somewhere between [[Anti-Hero]] and [[Anti-Villain]].}}
* Kronk, the [[Punch Clock Villain]] in ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]'' switches sides after his boss Yzma's irate [[You Have Failed Me...]] speech culminates with an attack on his beloved spinach-puff recipe.
** Same in the final episode in the [[The Emperor's New School|series]].
* Rogue in ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]''. The episode where she does this is one long [[X-Men: Evolution/Awesome|Crowning Moment Of Awesome]] for her.
* In ''[[The Raccoons]]'', this trope is at the soul of the [[Character Development]] of Cyril Sneer who gradually evolves from a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] to a more sympathetic character.
* In ''[[
** Wouldn't you switch sides if your enemy put you back together after your boss sent you to the front lines to get destroyed by ''his sister'' simply to get rid of you?
* In ''[[Liberty's Kids]]'' Sarah went from a fierce Loyalist to an American Patriot after seeing firsthand what the Americans went through in their fight for liberty.
* ''[[The Fairly
* On ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Sideshow Bob ''almost'' got one in the episode "[[Actor Allusion|Brother From Another Series]]", but he was mistakenly arrested by Chief Wiggum.
* In one episode of ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'', an evil doctor and his pet kitten steal Johnny's blanket and after hearing Johnny's speech on what the blanky meant to him, the kitten makes a
* Subverted with Sergeant Hatred from ''[[The Venture Bros]]''. He switched sides, going from an antagonist to a protagonist. However Venture Industries is just as immoral as the Guild, it's just the Guild admits and embraces this, whereas Dr. Venture doesn't even realize this. (Though at least he's trying to quit being a pedophile.)
* The ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' episode "Damar the Demon" is notable in that He-Man gets an ''[[Eldritch Abomination]]'' to do a
** Both Fisto and Man-E-Faces started out as villains in the original series, their Heel Face Turn stories told via [[Flashback]]
* Mildew Wolf was originally the scheming antagonist of the "It's The Wolf!" segments of ''[[Hanna-Barbera]]'''s "The Cattanooga Cats", and was constantly trying to trick the protagonist, Lambsy, into becoming his next meal. He was later recast, in the Hanna-Barbera [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover|ensemble show]] ''[[Laff-A-Lympics]]'', as a friendly (albeit cynical) sports commentator, with a strong dislike for the Really Rottens' underhanded shenanigans.
* [[The Chessmaster|David Xanatos]], [[Dark Action Girl|Fox]], and [[Becoming the Mask|Dingo]] (though we don't see the latter anymore after his Heel Face Turn- until the comics came out anyway.) from ''[[Gargoyles]]''.
* The Bee Keeper from ''[[Johnny Test]]'' pulls a rather reasonable one after Johnny, Susan and Mary find a way to get children to appreciate his natural honey candies by having him distribute them free once a year on a new
** [[An Ice Person|The Brain Freezer]] pulls a reasonable one as well after Johnny, Dukey, Susan, and Mary help him with his looks (and other issues) long enough for him to make the ice coffee cafe he's always wanted. He doesn't ''exactly'' become a good guy, but instead a [[Chaotic Neutral]] that competes with Johnny rather than be a direct antagonist in later episodes.
* Mr. Trudge in the 1980's ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' episode "Creeping Unknown" after the Quests discover the plant monster's weakness ({{spoiler|it's sunlight, for some reason}}). He was only being forced to help the monster, anyway. Or so he ''claimed''.
* Rose in ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]''.
* The entire dingo family in ''[[Blinky Bill]]'' at the start of season 2. Shifty Dingo pulls a big one in the mothers day episode where he helps reunite Nutsy with her long lost father.
* Rubberband Man in ''[[Static Shock]]''. Near the end of the series, when {{spoiler|a cure to the mutagen gas has been made}}, so do {{spoiler|Aqua Maria}} and {{spoiler|Talon}}.
* In ''[[Popeye (comic strip)|Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy]]'', Bluto is jarringly [[Out of Character]]. He doesn't have a single mean bone in his body, he's best friends with Popeye, and when a hypnotised Olive makes advances towards him he adamantly turns her down.
* Early in ''[[Ninjago]]'', Lloyd Garmadon, the son of malicious Lord Garmadon, tries his best to be a villain, but in hindsight, he's just a [[
* In ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode "Members Only", Comrade Red - who was portrayed as a villain when he first appeared in ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' - is seen in the same group with Major Glory and the other Justice Friends. Apparently he did this sometime offscreen.
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