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On the way, their friends will try to stop them, but the hero will ignore them because they're enjoying themselves too much. They're ''this close'' to [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]] thanks to [[Evil Feels Good]] and assorted perks to lapsing their morality, and just when it looks like they're about to [[Kick the Son of a Bitch]] and give him what's coming to him, they either miss the intended target and hurt an ally by accident, or abruptly realize they're being an abject [[Jerkass]] and attacking someone who's trying to help them for no good reason.

 

 

If they weren't evil beforehand, whoever was inducing them to this behavior will quickly prove it [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|by not turning back]] like the hero just has. They'll likely scold the hero for chickening out, and remark that evil does not spend its time [[Pet the Dog|petting bunnies]] ([[Villains Out Shopping|well, not during weekdays anyway]]). If powers are involved, expect them to go [[Drunk on the Dark Side]] and/or [[One-Winged Angel]].

** Chapter 95 of : {{spoiler|Roy is taking brutal revenge on Envy when Ed, Scar, and Riza step in to stop him. Roy asks Riza what she plans to do after she shoots him. The answer? ''Kill herself.'' He backs down immediately.}}

** Greed, after killing a member of his old [[True Companions]].

* Happens to Agnes in ''[[Zero no Tsukaima]]'' (at least in the novels), when Saito, Louise and everyone is fleeing the country to save Tabatha who is about to meet a [[Fate Worse Than Death]] at the hands of her uncle, the King of Galia. Anies had orders to only arrest the group and no intention of harming them, but as soon as she sees her lifelong nemesis {{spoiler|Colbert}} responsible for her [[Doomed Hometown]], whom she thought was dead, she [[Unstoppable Rage|snaps and opens fire]]. The shock from the realization [[What Have I Done|she nearly killed Saito in the process]], whom she trained and considered as a friend, has her realize that [[Epiphany Therapy|even if she killed her nemesis, other people would hate her in turn, so hatred and revenge are meaningless and that someone has to take it on himself to end the hatred here and now.]] She didn't forgive him, but is at least able, now, to look at his face without feeling murderous urges.

** Or at the very least, not act on them.

* Kanaka in ''[[Narue no Sekai]]''. A victim of [[Time Dilation]], she's missed a couple of decades. After she realizes that everyone she knew is now completely different, she freaks out and tries to run off. Narue, determined to befriend her (technically older) sister, runs after her. Kanaka pulls a laser gun to try to frighten Narue off, and after a brief tussle, Kanaka completely unintentionally shoots her. Fortunately it was a non-lethal gun to begin with, but it's still enough to get Kanaka to thoroughly regret her actions. Well, that and some manly tears from Kazu.

* In ''[[Gun X Sword]]'', Michael, who has become a loyal minion of the Claw meets up with his sister, Wendy, one of the heroes. Wendy ends up shooting him in the arm to try and stop him, and he starts strangling her. Then, her pet turtle bites his finger and he snaps out of it, realizes what he's doing, and saves Wendy when the lair starts to collapse. While the series implies a [[Heel Face Door Slam]] for Michael and his lover Fasalina, who likewise snapped out of her loyalty to the Claw {{spoiler|both appear to be crushed under rocks and averting [[Just a Flesh Wound]], Wendy's shot is implied to be fatal}}, supplemental materials go for [[Redemption Earns Life]].

* In [[Elfen Lied]], {{spoiler|Lucy brutally kills Kouta's sister Kanae in the middle of what's basically a mix of a psychotic breakdown and a hissy-fit of jealousy.}} While she's still murderous after that [[Break the Cutie|due to other unrelated events]], quite a bit of guilt over said incident remains in her heart.

* When Sakura sees [[Naruto]]'s fox form for the first time, she tries to [[Cooldown Hug|talk him out of it]]. Problem was that Naruto wasn't Naruto anymore; he was controlled by the Kyuubi, resulting in a horrifying 4-tailed state. To simply put it, he tail-slapped Sakura on the shoulder (badly) and tried to ''kill her while she was down''.

 

* This is {{spoiler|Dumbledore}}'s backstory in ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Harry Potter]]''. He was dangerously close to joining with Grindelwald and becoming a [[Big Bad]] when his sister was accidently killed during an argument. At that point he came to his senses and instead became the [[Big Good]] that he is known as.

** Also the story for {{spoiler|Regulus Black}}. He was a loyal Voldemort supporter, proud to offer the use of his beloved House Elf...until he finds out that {{spoiler|Voldemort wanted the elf to test the defenses around his horcrux, which involved the elf being horribly tortured and left to die}}. After he found out about that, he gave his life to try to bring Voldemort down.

* In ''[[Les Misérables]]'', Jean Valjean steals from a little boy from force of habit after the bishop pardons him. While the child wasn't someone he knew, how monstrous the act was, especially since it came immediately after the bishop had pardoned him, was what prompted his [[Heel Realization]] and finalized his transformation into [[The Messiah]].

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* Whilst elsewhere in the [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffyverse]], Willow's downward spiral of magic addiction is brought to a halt when she crashes her car [[Break the Cutie|with Dawn in the passenger seat]] while under the influence<ref>yes, of magic. Just go with it.</ref>. Her manipulative friend Amy, who has been encouraging her magic abuse, is hurt by Willow's decision to quit magic {{spoiler|and eventually becomes a [[Big Bad]] in the Season 8 comics.}}

* In the [[Year Inside, Hour Outside]] series finale of [[Stargate SG-1]], Daniel, having gotten fed up with what he thinks are Vala's intentionally shallow attempts at flirting and seducing him, lashes out with a nearly minute-long rant about her shortcomings that reduces Vala, who actually ''is'' genuinely attracted to him, to tears. It's especially shocking coming from '''Daniel''' of all people, but a close listen as his rant goes on reveals that he shifts from disparaging her actions to voicing his own insecurities and hesitancy about them having a relationship. And when a disturbed Daniel realizes both this and how badly he's hurt her, he quickly lets Vala know that he ''does'' return her feelings. They then decide to see if they can sustain a relationship, and [[Sexy Discretion Shot|you can guess what happens next]]. And considering that except for {{spoiler|[[Word of God|Vala's having a miscarriage]] }}, they [[Nobody Thinks It Will Work|spend the next fifty years together with no problems]] before Sam [[Reset Button|reverses time]], apparently they work out any remaining issues.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==