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{{Examples}}
== [[Anime
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' has Fate who, shortly after her own atonement and Prescia's defeat, offers to save Prescia from dying because Prescia raised her like a daughter. After repeatedly abusing Fate, attacking the familiar Fate worked so hard to create, and nearly causing the deaths of countless numbers of people, most objective observers would say that Prescia wasn't worthy of Fate's consideration.
* In ''[[Little House With an Orange Roof]]'', protagonist Shoutarou tends to stress forgiveness way too often, such as when an adult man strikes his 5-year-old-step-daughter-to-be hard enough to knock her over.
* Goku from ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' has a long list of people who've tried to kill him. Most of these people become his [[True Companions]] later and after that happens, he never brings up their previous transgressions.
* [[Naruto]] toward Sasuke, after the latter has just about done everything but stab a puppy onscreen.
* In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' second anime (or [[Dub-Induced Plot Hole|at least the dub]]), Kaiba instantly forgives the Big Five for trying to kill him, or at least decides to hold off calling the police until ''after'' trying out this <s>obvious trap</s> new virtual reality device they've invented.
** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]'' naturally has a field day with this:
{{quote|'''[[Morality Pet|Mokuba]]:''' Big Brother, [[Lampshade Hanging|why are you]] [[Out-of-Character Moment|acting so out of character]]?}}
* ''[[Ranma ½
* ''[[Code Geass]]'': Ohgi still forgives Villetta, then a Britannian spy, for trying to kill him while she still ''hasn't given up trying to do so''.
* In one episode of ''[[Komi Can't Communicate]]'', Yamai shifts from [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] to borderline [[Yandere]] by kidnapping Tadano, tying him up, and stowing him in her closet, outright stating she never intended to let him leave. The story took this all way too seriously for her to have meant it as a joke (and if she did, it was ''not'' funny), but oddly, she ''never'' faced any comeuppance for this at all. This is, by the way, [[Hate Sink| a big reason why Yamai is ''despised'' by fans.]]
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* This is an common attribute of Albus Dumbledore in ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fan fiction, usually when he isn't actively malevolent: he is so devoted to "redeeming" Death Eaters that he will offer ''any'' number of "second chances" regardless of the atrocities they've committed.
* In ''[[The Silmarillion]],'' [[Big Good|Manwe]] forgiving [[God of Evil|Melkor]] is a borderline example—even most of the other gods thought it was a bad idea. It was basically an [[Inverted Trope|inverted]] [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]] situation. Notably, when Melkor rose up ''again,'' waged war in Middle-earth for centuries and then asked for forgiveness a second time, the gods just chucked him into the void outside of the universe.▼
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▲* In ''[[The Silmarillion]]
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Tori Vega of ''[[Victorious]]'' always seems to be able to let Jade West's behavior slide, no matter how awful that behavior might seem to the viewer. One episode even features a truly bizzare example of [[What the Hell, Hero?]] where the person ''being forgiven'' is the same person calling Tori out for it.
* The Tenth Doctor from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' does this selectively. Unfortunately, the probability of his granting forgiveness is ''directly'' related to the horrors the person he's forgiving has committed, and often granted without there being a [[Heel Face Turn]] from the other party.
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* ''[[Chuck]]'': It seemed like this trope applied to Agent {{spoiler|Shaw}} and Sarah until [[The Reveal]] that he had been faking his forgiveness so he could get a chance to kill her: " {{spoiler|You killed my wife.}} Did you really think I'd be okay with that?"
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* According to [[The Bible|the New Testament]], Jesus, and by extension God, would be an example of this.▼
* On ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]],'' Harley Quinn pretty much always forgives the Joker no matter what, even when he tortures children and has tried to kill Harley in the past. In this case, she literally ''is'' insane, though, and the show makes it clear that [[Mad Love|this isn't a healthy relationship]].▼
** That's provided the sinner is genuinely contrite, asks for forgiveness and accepts salvation. If they don't, there's a very different result...▼
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In ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' lore, Zauriel was the original ruler of Avernus, the first layer of Hell, until she was overthrown by [[The Dragon|her second in command,]] the [[The Starscream|pit fiend general Bel]]. For centuries, Zauriel was kept alive in the dungeons under the Bronze Citadel, subjected to horrible torture as jailers used diabolical devices to siphon her energy to fuel and empower Bel. Zauriel never accepted her fate, her rage and struggles in her attempt to escape causing Avernus itself to become more hostile, volcanic eruptions and meteor strikes blasting the surface. Eventually (as of 5th Edition) Zauriel did escape and seize back her role of ruler of Avernus. What did she do to punish Bel for betrayal and subjecting her to centuries of torture? ''Absolutely nothing'', other than to demote him to his previous position as her second-in-command. Possibly she's being pragmatic, given how good a strategist Bel is, or possibly she puts most of the blame for it on Asmodeus, or possibly she even admires him for being so assertive [[The Social Darwinist|(this is Hell, after all)]]. Given the screwed up nature of diabolical politics, it could be all three.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* According to ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]],'' [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=513#comic Jesus] would be an example of this.
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▲* On ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]],'' Harley Quinn pretty much always forgives the Joker no matter what, even when he tortures children and has tried to kill Harley in the past. In this case, she literally ''is'' insane, though, and the show makes it clear that [[Mad Love|this isn't a healthy relationship]].
▲* According to [[The Bible|the New Testament]], Jesus, and by extension God, would be an example of this.
▲** That's provided the sinner is genuinely contrite, asks for forgiveness and accepts salvation. If they don't, there's a very different result...
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