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'''Frog''': (croak)
'''Zuko''': ...Yeah. That's what I'd say too. How am I supposed to convince these people I'm on their side? }}
**:* Eventually, he comes to them peacefully, even going so far as to kneel before them in surrender, Katara still attacks him and chases him off, suspicious due to ''[[The Farmer and the Viper|his earlier vulnerable moment]]''. Later, thanks in part again to Toph's truth-telling abilities (though hampered when he accidentally attacks her), he is able to grudgingly win acceptance. Katara remains unconvinced and swears to dog his footsteps and take bloody vengeance if he screws up even slightly.
**:* A few episodes later, [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|she does end up forgiving him.]]
* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'',
** Happened in an episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'', where The Penguin had come out of jail and finally decided to 'go straight'. Batman, of course, refused to believe such thing was possible, and hounded him mercilessly... eventually, he ''does'' return to his old ways, after {{spoiler|being betrayed by a woman he'd fallen for}}, and Batman has to bring him down. While remaining subtly convinced that he never ''really'' reformed.
** In the episode "Harley's Holiday", Harley Quinn tried to reform. The chain of events that got her sent back to Arkham started with her panicking after setting off a detector in a department store. The clerk never got a chance to explain that they just forgot to remove the security tag on the dress she just bought.
{{quote|'''Harley''': They won't even let me keep my new dress! And ''I actually paid for it!''}}
**:* At the end of the episode, as she is being returned to Arkham, Batman gives her the dress, remarking that he had a bad day too, once. She tosses the dress aside and kisses him, a move that has both Robin and Poison Ivy picking their jaws up from the floor.
*:* Ethan, the new Clayface went through this in ''[[The Batman]]''. Part of his plea bargain involved never transforming again and taking treatments to reverse the effects. He tried to relive his life as a security guard but no one save Bruce Wayne trusted him. And then the Joker threw him out a window. By the end Clayface decided he couldn't fit in with society and broke off to fight the Joker. Luckily, Ethan was eventually cured, although he got really close to [[Redemption Equals Death]].
*:* ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' had Bruce doing this for a revived Mr. Freeze, while Terry thinks the man has honestly changed. He has, but unfortunately when his treatment starts to wear off and his benefactors turn out to be using him for their own ends, Fries decides that he wasn't meant to have a normal life and goes after them, using a modernized version of his old suit.▼
*** Luckily, Ethan was eventually cured, although he got really close to [[Redemption Equals Death]].
▲** ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' had Bruce doing this for a revived Mr. Freeze, while Terry thinks the man has honestly changed. He has, but unfortunately when his treatment starts to wear off and his benefactors turn out to be using him for their own ends, Fries decides that he wasn't meant to have a normal life and goes after them, using a modernized version of his old suit.
* Avalanche in ''[[X-Men: Evolution|X-Men Evolution]]'' wasn't so lucky, partly due to that [[Jerkass]] Cyclops.
** And three certain meddling kids ''and'' his own bad reputation coming from the multiple times he and his group attacked the X-Men. Heaven forbid Scott (and Kurt, but everyone conveniently forgot that he was ''as much of a Jerkass to Avalanche as Cyclops was'') isn't that forgiving to a [[Draco in Leather Pants]], huh?
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* ''[[Family Guy]]'' had James Woods terrorize most of the town, especially the Griffin family for several episodes. In the episode "And Then There Were Fewer," James Woods invites the Griffins and many other people to his mansion for a dinner in their honor. He claims that his girlfriend converted him to a Christian and he wants to make amends with everyone that he wronged. Naturally, everyone thinks he is lying. No one ever got to see if James Woods was true to his word since {{spoiler|Diane Simmons}} killed him.
* Jonsey of 6teen, when the Underground Video store was in trouble!
 
 
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