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When a character is tempted to do a Face Heel Turn or a Heel Face Turn, it is often the result of much Character Development in their lives, forcing them to weigh their nature, goals, loves and even hates in balance. It is by no means a simple or trivial matter, so we here at TV Tropes have decided to make discovering the likelihood of such an event for a character simpler. But since we already have a All the Tropes Wiki Drinking Game, we decided to make it a sorting algorithm instead!

To use the Algorithm, take each column's "Score", divide it by the number of applicable rows in the column, repeat for every column, and add the results together. Post your results in the WMG page for this article, where these tables have been copied for your convenience.

Algorithm of Villains Turning Good

Likelihood of turning Face	Never	Highly unlikely	Who knows?	Quite probable	"I've seen the light."
Score:	1	2	3	4	5
Species if there are multiple species	Inhuman: Eldritch Abomination, Demons, The Fair Folk	Humanoid: Rubber Forehead Aliens, human looking androids, some vampires	Humans, Human Aliens, Animals	Pretty: Green-Skinned Space Babe, elves	Rare and special: Last of His Kind, Halfbreed
Gender		Male		Female
Age	Older	Children such as Creepy Child, Enfant Terrible	Middle Aged	Young Adult	Teenagers such as Troubled but Cute, Broken Bird, Dark Magical Girl
Role	Leader or the one Big Bad, Faceless Mooks	Opportunists	Middle Ground, members of the Quirky Miniboss Squad	High ranking supporters of the Big Bad, such as The Dragon	Freelancers such as Rival Turned Evil, Arrogant Kung Fu Guy
Aesthetics	Monstrous, Reptile-themed	One seriously creepy part: One-Winged Angel, Red Right Hand, Glamour Failure	Plain-looking, Genuinely ugly	Unnaturally Beautiful, Evil Is Sexy	Attractive, Cute, Pretty
Motivation for doing evil	Complete Monster: Plain likes being evil: For the Evulz	Unscrupulous with some kind of goal: Money, For Science!, power	Hubris and Worldview: Nietzsche Wannabe, Social Darwinist, The Unfettered or sheer anger and despair: Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds, Rival Turned Evil	Means Well: Knight Templar, Well-Intentioned Extremist	Love and Loyalty: My Master, Right or Wrong, My Country, Right or Wrong, "Well Done, Son" Guy or alternatively, Forced Into Evil
Characterization	Flat Character, Obviously Evil, Card-Carrying Villain	checking off the Seven Deadly Sins, strange and erratic, plain nuts	Lawful Evil, cold blooded	Possesses honor: Even Evil Has Standards, Graceful Loser, Worthy Opponent, Noble Demon	Someone very lost and confused, Rounded Character
Contentness with life in general and evil in particular	Enjoying every minute	Doing well	Neutral	Life is hard	Angst, angst, angst...
Morality of the story	Black and Gray Morality	Black and White Morality	Grey and Gray Morality	The Good, the Bad, and The Evil	Rousseau Was Right
Idealism of the story	Cynical				Idealistic

Algorithm of Heroes Turning Evil

Likelihood of turning Heel	Never	Highly unlikely	Who knows?	Quite probable	"Muhahaha!"
Score:	1	2	3	4	5
Species if there are others besides humans	Superior Species	Pleasant sapients: Green-Skinned Space Babe, Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire, Our Elves Are Better	Humans, Other Animals	Anything inhuman that looks creepy	Sentient technology: Cyborgs, uncannily clever AI
Gender		Female		Male
Age	Children Are Innocent	Older and Wiser	Middle Aged	Teenager	Young Adult
Role	The Hero	Faceless soldier	True Companions	Freelancer	Second-in-command such as The Lancer
Aesthetics	Cute, pretty or attractive	Dignified	Average	A bit predatory such as yellow eyes or somewhat "gothic" such as Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette	Attractively scarred, sexy and seductive or otherworldly such as white hair, red eyes
Motivation for doing good	Good Feels Good, compassion	Love and loyalty	Worldview and honor such as The Fettered, Defector From Decadence	Habit	Actually, why? Or for the glory
Characterization	Evil can't touch them: Incorruptible Pure Pureness, The Messiah, The Fool	Won't sink any lower than this: Anti-Hero, Byronic Hero	Surly, bitter	Bordering on hubris: Hotheaded, arrogant, likes to play with dangerous stuff	Loners Are Freaks
Contentness with life in general and good in particular	Enjoying every minute	Doing well	Neutral	Life is hard	Angst, angst, angst...
Morality of the story	Rousseau Was Right	Black and White Morality	The Good, the Bad, and The Evil	Grey and Gray Morality	Black and Gray Morality
Cynicism of the story	Idealistic				Cynical

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-When a character is tempted to do a [[Face Heel Turn]] or a [[Heel Face Turn]], it is often the result of much [[Character Development]] in their lives, forcing them to weigh their nature, goals, loves and even ''hates'' in balance. It is by no means a simple or trivial matter, so we here at [[TV Tropes]] have decided to make discovering the likelihood of such an event for a character simpler. But since we already have a [[TV Tropes Wiki Drinking Game]], we decided to make it a [[Sorting Algorithm of Tropes|sorting algorithm]] instead!
+When a character is tempted to do a [[Face Heel Turn]] or a [[Heel Face Turn]], it is often the result of much [[Character Development]] in their lives, forcing them to weigh their nature, goals, loves and even ''hates'' in balance. It is by no means a simple or trivial matter, so we here at [[TV Tropes]] have decided to make discovering the likelihood of such an event for a character simpler. But since we already have a [[All the Tropes Wiki Drinking Game]], we decided to make it a [[Sorting Algorithm of Tropes|sorting algorithm]] instead!
 To use the Algorithm, take each column's "Score", divide it by the number of applicable rows in the column, repeat for every column, and add the results together. Post your results in [[Sorting Algorithm of Face Heel Turning/WMG|the WMG page for this article]], where these tables have been copied for your convenience.
-=== Algorithm of [[Heel Face Turn|Villains Turning Good]] ===
+== Algorithm of [[Heel Face Turn|Villains Turning Good]] ==
+{| class="wikitable"
-|| border=1
-||'''Likelihood of turning Face'''|| '''Never''' || '''Highly unlikely''' || '''Who knows?''' || '''Quite probable''' || '''"I've seen the light."''' ||
-||'''Score:'''|| '''1''' || '''2''' || '''3''' || '''4''' || '''5''' ||
-||'''Species''' if there are multiple species|| Inhuman: [[Eldritch Abomination]], Demons, [[The Fair Folk]] || Humanoid: [[Rubber Forehead Aliens]], human looking androids, some vampires || Humans, [[Human Aliens]], Animals || Pretty: [[Green Skinned Space Babe]], elves || Rare and special: [[Last of His Kind]], [[Halfbreed]] ||
-||'''Gender'''|| || Male || || [[High Heel Face Turn|Female]] || ||
-||'''Age'''|| Older || Children such as [[Creepy Child]], [[Enfant Terrible]] || Middle Aged || Young Adult || Teenagers such as [[Troubled but Cute]], [[Broken Bird]], [[Dark Magical Girl]] ||
-||'''Role'''|| Leader or the ''one'' [[Big Bad]], Faceless [[Mooks]] || Opportunists || Middle Ground, members of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] || High ranking supporters of the [[Big Bad]], such as [[The Dragon]] || Freelancers such as [[Rival Turned Evil]], [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]] ||
-||'''[[Beauty Equals Goodness|Aesthetics]]'''|| [[What Measure Is a Non Human|Monstrous]], [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|Reptile-themed]] || One seriously creepy part: [[One Winged Angel]], [[Red Right Hand]], [[Glamour Failure]] || Plain-looking, Genuinely ugly || [[The Beautiful Elite|Unnaturally Beautiful,]] [[Evil Is Sexy]] || [[Gorgeous Gorgon|Attractive]], [[Cute Monster Girl|Cute]], Pretty ||
-||'''Motivation''' for doing evil|| [[Complete Monster]]: [[Evil Feels Good|Plain likes being evil]]: [[For the Evulz]] || [[Ambition Is Evil|Unscrupulous]] with [[Just Think of the Potential|some kind of goal:]] [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Money]], [[For Science]], power || Hubris and Worldview: [[Nietzsche Wannabe]], [[Social Darwinist]], [[The Unfettered]] ''or'' sheer anger and despair: [[Woobie Destroyer of Worlds]], [[Rival Turned Evil]] || Means Well: [[Knight Templar]], [[Well Intentioned Extremist]] || Love and Loyalty: [[My Master Right or Wrong]], [[My Country Right or Wrong]], [[Well Done Son Guy]] or alternatively, [[Forced Into Evil]] ||
-||'''Characterization'''|| [[Flat Character]], [[Obviously Evil]], [[Card Carrying Villain]] || checking off the [[Seven Deadly Sins]], strange and erratic, plain nuts || [[Lawful Evil]], cold blooded || Possesses honor: [[Even Evil Has Standards]], [[Graceful Loser]], [[Worthy Opponent]], [[Noble Demon]] || Someone very lost and confused, [[Rounded Character]] ||
-||'''Contentness''' with life in general and evil in particular || [[Evil Feels Good|Enjoying every minute]] || Doing well || [[Punch Clock Villain|Neutral]] || Life is hard || [[Being Evil Sucks|Angst, angst, angst...]] ||
-||'''Morality of the story'''||[[Black and Gray Morality]] || [[Black and White Morality]] || [[Grey and Gray Morality]] || [[The Good the Bad And The Evil]] || [[Rousseau Was Right]] ||
-||'''Idealism of the story'''|| Cynical || || || || Idealistic ||
+|-
-=== Algorithm of [[Face Heel Turn|Heroes Turning Evil]] ===
+|'''Likelihood of turning Face'''|| '''Never''' || '''Highly unlikely''' || '''Who knows?''' || '''Quite probable''' || '''"I've seen the light."'''
+|-
+|'''Score:'''|| '''1''' || '''2''' || '''3''' || '''4''' || '''5'''
+|-
+|'''Species''' if there are multiple species|| Inhuman: [[Eldritch Abomination]], Demons, [[The Fair Folk]] || Humanoid: [[Rubber Forehead Aliens]], human looking androids, some vampires || Humans, [[Human Aliens]], Animals || Pretty: [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]], elves || Rare and special: [[Last of His Kind]], [[Halfbreed]]
+|-
+|'''Gender'''|| || Male || || [[High Heel Face Turn|Female]] ||
+|-
+|'''Age'''|| Older || Children such as [[Creepy Child]], [[Enfant Terrible]] || Middle Aged || Young Adult || Teenagers such as [[Troubled but Cute]], [[Broken Bird]], [[Dark Magical Girl]]
+|-
+|'''Role'''|| Leader or the ''one'' [[Big Bad]], Faceless [[Mooks]] || Opportunists || Middle Ground, members of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] || High ranking supporters of the [[Big Bad]], such as [[The Dragon]] || Freelancers such as [[Rival Turned Evil]], [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]
+|-
+|'''[[Beauty Equals Goodness|Aesthetics]]'''|| [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|Monstrous]], [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|Reptile-themed]] || One seriously creepy part: [[One-Winged Angel]], [[Red Right Hand]], [[Glamour Failure]] || Plain-looking, Genuinely ugly || [[The Beautiful Elite|Unnaturally Beautiful,]] [[Evil Is Sexy]] || [[Gorgeous Gorgon|Attractive]], [[Cute Monster Girl|Cute]], Pretty
+|-
+|'''Motivation''' for doing evil|| [[Complete Monster]]: [[Evil Feels Good|Plain likes being evil]]: [[For the Evulz]] || [[Ambition Is Evil|Unscrupulous]] with [[Just Think of the Potential|some kind of goal:]] [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Money]], [[For Science!]], power || Hubris and Worldview: [[Nietzsche Wannabe]], [[Social Darwinist]], [[The Unfettered]] ''or'' sheer anger and despair: [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]], [[Rival Turned Evil]] || Means Well: [[Knight Templar]], [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] || Love and Loyalty: [[My Master, Right or Wrong]], [[My Country, Right or Wrong]], [["Well Done, Son" Guy]] or alternatively, [[Forced Into Evil]]
+|-
+|'''Characterization'''|| [[Flat Character]], [[Obviously Evil]], [[Card-Carrying Villain]] || checking off the [[Seven Deadly Sins]], strange and erratic, plain nuts || [[Lawful Evil]], cold blooded || Possesses honor: [[Even Evil Has Standards]], [[Graceful Loser]], [[Worthy Opponent]], [[Noble Demon]] || Someone very lost and confused, [[Rounded Character]]
+|-
+|'''Contentness''' with life in general and evil in particular || [[Evil Feels Good|Enjoying every minute]] || Doing well || [[Punch Clock Villain|Neutral]] || Life is hard || [[Being Evil Sucks|Angst, angst, angst...]]
+|-
+|'''Morality of the story'''||[[Black and Gray Morality]] || [[Black and White Morality]] || [[Grey and Gray Morality]] || [[The Good, the Bad, and The Evil]] || [[Rousseau Was Right]]
+|-
+|'''Idealism of the story'''|| Cynical || || || || Idealistic
+|}
+== Algorithm of [[Face Heel Turn|Heroes Turning Evil]] ==
-|| border=1
-||'''Likelihood of turning Heel'''|| '''Never''' || '''Highly unlikely''' || '''Who knows?''' || '''Quite probable''' || '''"Muhahaha!"''' ||
+{| class="wikitable"
-||'''Score:'''|| '''1''' || '''2''' || '''3''' || '''4''' || '''5''' ||
-||'''Species''' if there are others besides humans|| [[Superior Species]] ||Pleasant sapients: [[Green Skinned Space Babe]], [[Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire]], [[Our Elves Are Better]] || Humans, Other Animals || Anything inhuman that looks creepy || Sentient technology: Cyborgs, [[Sentient AI Warning Signs|uncannily clever AI]] ||
+|-
-||'''Gender'''|| || Female || || Male || ||
+|'''Likelihood of turning Heel'''|| '''Never''' || '''Highly unlikely''' || '''Who knows?''' || '''Quite probable''' || '''"Muhahaha!"'''
-||'''Age'''|| [[Children Are Innocent]] || [[Older and Wiser]] || Middle Aged || Teenager || Young Adult ||
+|-
-||'''Role'''|| [[The Hero]] || Faceless soldier || [[True Companions]] || Freelancer || Second-in-command such as [[The Lancer]] ||
+|'''Score:'''|| '''1''' || '''2''' || '''3''' || '''4''' || '''5'''
-||'''Aesthetics'''|| [[Beauty Equals Goodness|Cute, pretty or attractive]] || Dignified || Average || A bit predatory such as [[Eyes of Gold|yellow eyes]] or somewhat "gothic" such as [[Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette]] || Attractively scarred, sexy and seductive or otherworldly such as [[White Haired Pretty Boy|white hair]], [[Red Eyes Take Warning|red eyes]] ||
+|-
-||'''Motivation''' for doing good|| [[Good Feels Good]], compassion || Love and loyalty || Worldview and honor such as [[The Fettered]], [[Defector From Decadence]] || Habit || Actually, why? [[Slave to PR|Or for]] [[Glory Seeker|the glory]] ||
+|'''Species''' if there are others besides humans|| [[Superior Species]] ||Pleasant sapients: [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]], [[Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire]], [[Our Elves Are Better]] || Humans, Other Animals || Anything inhuman that looks creepy || Sentient technology: Cyborgs, [[Sentient AI Warning Signs|uncannily clever AI]]
-||'''Characterization'''|| Evil can't touch them: [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]], [[The Messiah]], [[The Fool]] || Won't sink any lower than this: [[Anti Hero]], [[Byronic Hero]] || Surly, bitter || Bordering on hubris: Hotheaded, arrogant, [[These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know|likes to play with dangerous stuff]] || [[Loners Are Freaks]] ||
+|-
-||'''Contentness''' with life in general and good in particular || [[Good Feels Good|Enjoying every minute]] || Doing well || Neutral || Life is hard || [[Being Good Sucks|Angst, angst, angst...]] ||
+|'''Gender'''|| || Female || || Male ||
-||'''Morality of the story'''|| [[Rousseau Was Right]] || [[Black and White Morality]] || [[The Good the Bad And The Evil]] || [[Grey and Gray Morality]] || [[Black and Gray Morality]] ||
+|-
-||'''Cynicism of the story''' || Idealistic || || || || Cynical ||
+|'''Age'''|| [[Children Are Innocent]] || [[Older and Wiser]] || Middle Aged || Teenager || Young Adult
+|-
+|'''Role'''|| [[The Hero]] || Faceless soldier || [[True Companions]] || Freelancer || Second-in-command such as [[The Lancer]]
+|-
+|'''Aesthetics'''|| [[Beauty Equals Goodness|Cute, pretty or attractive]] || Dignified || Average || A bit predatory such as [[Eyes of Gold|yellow eyes]] or somewhat "gothic" such as [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]] || Attractively scarred, sexy and seductive or otherworldly such as [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|white hair]], [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red eyes]]
+|-
+|'''Motivation''' for doing good|| [[Good Feels Good]], compassion || Love and loyalty || Worldview and honor such as [[The Fettered]], [[Defector From Decadence]] || Habit || Actually, why? [[Slave to PR|Or for]] [[Glory Seeker|the glory]]
+|-
+|'''Characterization'''|| Evil can't touch them: [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]], [[The Messiah]], [[The Fool]] || Won't sink any lower than this: [[Anti-Hero]], [[Byronic Hero]] || Surly, bitter || Bordering on hubris: Hotheaded, arrogant, [[These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know|likes to play with dangerous stuff]] || [[Loners Are Freaks]]
+|-
+|'''Contentness''' with life in general and good in particular || [[Good Feels Good|Enjoying every minute]] || Doing well || Neutral || Life is hard || [[Being Good Sucks|Angst, angst, angst...]]
+|-
+|'''Morality of the story'''|| [[Rousseau Was Right]] || [[Black and White Morality]] || [[The Good, the Bad, and The Evil]] || [[Grey and Gray Morality]] || [[Black and Gray Morality]]
+|-
+|'''Cynicism of the story''' || Idealistic || || || || Cynical
+|}
 {{reflist}}
 [[Category:Sorting Algorithm of Tropes]]
 [[Category:Laws and Formulas]]
-[[Category:Sorting Algorithm Of Face Heel Turning]]
+[[Category:Sorting Algorithm of Face Heel Turning]]
-[[Category:Trope]]
+[[Category:Face Heel Turn]]
-[[Category:oldtable]]
+[[Category:Heel Face Turn]]