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{{quote|'''[[The Flash]]:''' Can't do it, can you? [[The Heart|I'm the last piece of your conscience]]. That's the one thing you'll never do.
'''[[Knight Templar|Lord]] [[Superman]]:''' I've done a lot of things I thought I'd never do these last two years. [[Ignored Epiphany|One more won't hurt.]]
|''[[Justice League]] -- "A Better World (part 2)"''}}
[[The Hero]] has been taking a turn for the [[Anti-Hero]] lately, exploring [[The Dark Side]] with the help of an [[Evil Mentor]], [[Teach Him Anger|learning anger]], or generally indulging in less than heroic behavior or abilities.
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Compare [[Villainous BSOD]]. Also, some may be too far gone for this trope to pull them back to their senses, which will result in either an [[Ignored Epiphany]] or the character displacing the guilt onto someone else. See also [[Minor Insult Meltdown]] and [[Moment of Weakness]]. Not to be confused with [[The Dog Bites Back|kicking a dog that was too dangerous to kick]], or [[Kick the Son of a Bitch|kicking the son of a bitch.]]
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== [[Anime]]
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'':
** Chapter 95: {{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.}}
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== [[Literature]] ==
* This is {{spoiler|Dumbledore}}'s backstory in ''[[
** 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.
** And {{spoiler|Snape's}}. When he found out the information he provided would lead directly to {{spoiler|Lily Potter's}} death, he switched sides. {{spoiler|Pity she died anyway...}}
* 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]].
* In ''[[Gone (novel)|Gone]]'', [[Big Bad|Caine's]] love/obsession for [[Dark Chick|Diana]] was his one redeeming quality. But, in book four, {{spoiler|[[Jerkass|he lies to her, uses her for sex, and brags about this to]] ''[[Jerkass|the entire town]]''}}. [[Jerkass Dissonance|This upset the fangirls more than when he sicced coyotes on preschoolers.]]
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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