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*** Though thats of course a blatant subversion- he hadn't reformed at all, and only stopped committing crimes because he was friggin' loaded and wanted to enjoy his dosh, not because he had developed anything like a conscience or had any intention of staying away from crime forever.
** There are other examples of the Joker truly reforming, but they are short lived. The main one is one where he gets plastic surgery and a normal life after he believes he has finally killed Batman, even getting a girlfriend. Of course, he then finds out he was wrong and the predictable happens.
* ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'':
** Rogue suffered from this pretty badly when she [[Heel Face Turn|first joined the]]. Professor X had to guilt-trip the team out of quitting when he took her in (Binary, AKA [[Ms. Marvel|Carol Danvers]], attacked her on sight and ''did'' storm off) and even then it took multiple [[Heroic Sacrifice]] moments on her part to actually win them over. Moreover, after she had established herself as a loyal member of the team, [[Dazzler]] joined up complete with grudge for yet more drama. Carol Danvers was completely justified, considering what Rogue did to her powers and [[Mind Rape]]. To this day they don't get along.
** Things went somewhat easier for [[Arch Enemy|Magneto]] as far as the X-Men themselves were concerned (the transition aided by the end of their last battle and multiple [[Enemy Mine]] encounters since), but the treatment by the [[All of the Other Reindeer|rest of the world]] in addition to his own [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|instability]] kept things from sticking ([[Status Quo Is God|at least]], [[Executive Meddling|that was/is the official line]]).
** Emma Frost zigzages the Trope; some members are willing to forgive, others, such as Kitty, coldly refuse to accept her reform as genuine, and their trust in her has been tested many times. In fact, this is the very reason Emma sponsored Kitty for membership on the team, because she knows that if she ever ''did'' turn evil again, Kitty would be the one to discover it and expose her. Emma does not even trust herself.
* In the "Tarnished Angel" arc of Kurt Busiek's ''[[Astro City]]'', the former supervillain Steeljack emerges from jail tired of the supervillain life and seeking only to put it behind him and live normally. However, the only work offers he gets are for supervillain jobs. When he uncovers evidence of a truly evil plot, he takes what he has learned to the city's superheroes but is repeatedly rejected, scorned, and attacked. After many difficulties, he eventually manages to stop the actual villain, proving himself capable of true heroism in the process. While this does not make him beloved of the city's heroes or citizens, it earns him enough elbow room from them to start building a new life for himself.
* ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]''. Rorschach continually harasses dying ex-supervillain Moloch because he's skeptical about Moloch's claims that he's given up crime.
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* [[Venom (Comic Book)|Eddie Brock]] found himself affected by this at times, as whenever he ''does'' try to be a hero nobody trusts him and he usually ends up going back to "eat Spider-Man's brain" mode. But when you're renowned for wearing a malevolent alien parasite with a taste for human flesh, that's understandable. He finally gets his recognition in the [[Spider Island]] arc, where he {{spoiler|saves all of New York from being turned to spider-monsters}}.
* [[Les Legendaires]] plays this trope brutally straight (while mixing it with [[The Atoner]]) in the Anathos Cycle with [[Arch Enemy|Darkhell]][[Daddy's Little Villain|'s daughter]] [[Dark Action Girl|Tenebris]] when she joined the Legendaries. While most of them were at least tolerating her presence, Shimy was convinced keeping her in the group was a major danger, even going as far as scheming with Gryf in order to ''kill'' her when the other wouldn't be looking. Granted, considering Tenebris ''did'' commit horrible crimes as a villain and the Legendaries had suffered a case of [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]] in the previous book, her reserves were founded, but still...
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