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In a sudden and shocking betrayal, [[The Mole]] reveals himself, screws over the rest of the team, and runs off to go change sides. Except...he doesn't really run off. Maybe he was under [[Mind Control]], and snaps out of it soon after. Or maybe he was just temporarily misguided, and once the team either [[I Know You're in There Somewhere Fight|talks him down]] or [[Defeat Means Friendship|beats some sense into him]], he reverts. Or maybe he has a change of heart shortly after the betrayal, and has a [[Heel Face Turn]] for real. No matter the circumstances, the guy who just backstabbed the party five minutes ago is welcomed back with open arms, and the whole incident is quickly put behind them. Yay for party unity!

In a sudden and shocking betrayal, [[The Mole]] reveals himself, screws over the rest of the team, and runs off to go change sides. Except...he doesn't really run off. Maybe he was under [[Mind Control]], and snaps out of it soon after. Or maybe he was just temporarily misguided, and once the team either [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight|talks him down]] or [[Defeat Means Friendship|beats some sense into him]], he reverts. Or maybe he has a change of heart shortly after the betrayal, and has a [[Heel Face Turn]] for real. No matter the circumstances, the guy who just backstabbed the party five minutes ago is welcomed back with open arms, and the whole incident is quickly put behind them. Yay for party unity!

Not a [[Fake Defector]] (that's someone who never really changed sides but pretended to do so as part of a deep undercover operation). We're talking about people who really did turn on the heroes, but then turned back or explained the incident away fairly quickly, and everyone is surprisingly okay with this.

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'''Multiple spoilers below.'''

== Anime and Manga ==

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** Most of the rest of the Rookie 11 have also more or less slammed this door in Sasuke's face in light of {{spoiler|him joining Akatsuki and potentially starting a war with the Cloud village by kidnapping Killer Bee}}, with Shikamaru resolving that they can't leave this issue hanging out anymore and they will deal with Sasuke themselves.

** To some degree this also happend with Sai, who is initially revealed as passing classified information on to Orochimaru, supposedly to help Danzo destroy Konoha so he can rebuild it as he sees fit (they don't know he wants to assassinate Sasuke), after he pulls a [[Heel Face Turn]]. Yamato doesn't seem to mention that he let an unconscious Sakura almost fall to her death while going to meet with Orochimaru.

* {{spoiler|Rio Kurotori}} in ''[[Muhyo and Roji]]'' briefly angsts about everything that she's done after realizing that {{spoiler|while she joined Ark to avenge her mother's death, Teeki was responsible for sending the ghost that killed her}}, but {{spoiler|her student Biko}} delivers a [[Get a Hold of Yourself Man]] punch, and despite acknowledging the crimes committed, says everyone wants {{spoiler|her}} back.

* {{spoiler|Rio Kurotori}} in ''[[Muhyo and Roji]]'' briefly angsts about everything that she's done after realizing that {{spoiler|while she joined Ark to avenge her mother's death, Teeki was responsible for sending the ghost that killed her}}, but {{spoiler|her student Biko}} delivers a [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]] punch, and despite acknowledging the crimes committed, says everyone wants {{spoiler|her}} back.

* Exactly why the [[True Companions]] still lets [[Yu-Gi-Oh|Bakura]] approach within 100 feet of them, given that his evil side continuously takes over without warning, and all attempts to defeat it have been proven to work only for a short time or not at all, is unclear.

** Because in the manga, while the group had initially been outraged at Bakura's apparent betrayal, they eventually saw good Bakura struggling to regain control, causing the evil side to fumble at a few points that saved their lives, and even joining them to defeat Zorc, and realized that Bakura's real personality was truly their friend.

* Why [[Fushigi Yuugi|Miaka]] doesn't tell Yui to go to hell at the end of the main series is a complete mystery. And in subsequent storylines, apparently they went right back to being best friends, [[Easily Forgiven|in spite of all the deaths and horrible events Yui's actions brought about.]]

* In ''[[Gundam Seed]]'', Athrun and Dearka defect from ZAFT to Orb; by the time of [[Gundam Seed Destiny|the sequel]], Dearka's back with ZAFT, though he did get demoted for his defection. Athrun, on the other hand, not only gets into the best-of-the-best FAITH Squadron, but the fifth [[Super Prototype]] Gundam, entirely because Chairman Durandal [[Screw the Rules I Make Them|was the one trying to get him to rejoin]].

* In ''[[Gundam Seed]]'', Athrun and Dearka defect from ZAFT to Orb; by the time of [[Gundam Seed Destiny|the sequel]], Dearka's back with ZAFT, though he did get demoted for his defection. Athrun, on the other hand, not only gets into the best-of-the-best FAITH Squadron, but the fifth [[Super Prototype]] Gundam, entirely because Chairman Durandal [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them|was the one trying to get him to rejoin]].

* In the second season of ''[[Vandread (Anime)|Vandread]]'', {{spoiler|Buzam A. Calessa}} is eventually revealed to have been a spy and a high-ranking officer from Taraak (male planet), who has undergone a complete sex change to infiltrate the female-only crew of ''Nirvana''. However, within an episode of [[The Reveal]], s/he ends up betraying Taraak and rescuing her/his [[True Companions]] from imprisonment, so [[The Captain]] allows her/him to remain on the ship under a single condition--that s/he reverts back completely to the ''she'' from before the betrayal.

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** The ending of ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' indicates that force ghost Anakin gets a similar pass for his atrocities as Darth Vader.

* ''[[Labyrinth (Film)|Labyrinth]]'': {{spoiler|Hoggle}}.

* ''[[Mirror Mask]]'': {{spoiler|Valentine}}, although he [[I Know You're in There Somewhere Fight|completely redeems himself]].

* ''[[Mirror Mask]]'': {{spoiler|Valentine}}, although he [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight|completely redeems himself]].

* ''[[Over the Hedge (Film)|Over the Hedge]]'': {{spoiler|RJ}}.

* ''[[Super Troopers]]'': {{spoiler|Farva}}.

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== Video Games ==

* ''[[Breath of Fire]] III'': {{spoiler|Garr}}, although the entire second half of the game is devoted to {{spoiler|[[The Atoner|Garr making amends for trying to kill you on orders and trying to get to the bottom of why he was given those orders,]] even leading to him challenging his own[[Well Intentioned Extremist|goddess]]}}.

* ''[[Breath of Fire]] III'': {{spoiler|Garr}}, although the entire second half of the game is devoted to {{spoiler|[[The Atoner|Garr making amends for trying to kill you on orders and trying to get to the bottom of why he was given those orders,]] even leading to him challenging his own[[Well-Intentioned Extremist|goddess]]}}.

* ''[[Breath of Fire]] IV'': {{spoiler|Scias}}.

* ''[[Dragon Quest VIII (Video Game)|Dragon Quest VIII]]'': {{spoiler|Jessica}}.

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* {{spoiler|Jowy}} in the {{spoiler|best}} ending of ''[[Suikoden II]]''.

* [[Dragon Age (Video Game)|Dragon Age]]: Your party members will leave if their approval is low enough. A few will attack you before they leave, and beating them will instantly earn back their loyalty.

** In a more straightforward example, the player has a chance to recruit {{spoiler|Loghain,}} a [[Well Intentioned Extremist]] who {{spoiler|left the King to die, tried to have you and your party assassinated, and almost caused the entire nation to erupt in civil war.}} Not everyone is happy about it, and {{spoiler|Alistair}} point-blank refuses to work with him, leaving your party {{spoiler|and the Grey Wardens}} in disgust.

** In a more straightforward example, the player has a chance to recruit {{spoiler|Loghain,}} a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] who {{spoiler|left the King to die, tried to have you and your party assassinated, and almost caused the entire nation to erupt in civil war.}} Not everyone is happy about it, and {{spoiler|Alistair}} point-blank refuses to work with him, leaving your party {{spoiler|and the Grey Wardens}} in disgust.

* If you are kind enough to {{spoiler|Isabela}} in [[Dragon Age II (Video Game)|Dragon Age II]], {{spoiler|she}} will come back after {{spoiler|making off with the Tome of Koslun}}. This is a more realistic example, however, as it takes three years of separation for Hawke & Co. to forgive {{spoiler|her}}.

** In the finale, there are different ways you can handle {{spoiler|Anders}}, depending on whose side you take in {{spoiler|the mage-templar war. If you side with the templars, you can either convince him to join you (which requires full rivalry) or kill him - telling him to leave just means you kill him later when he tries to stop you. If you side with the mages, you can kill him, have him join you, or tell him to leave. He'll find you at the Gallows and offer to help, giving you another leave / join choice.}}