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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!
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. Probably preceded by [[We Used to Be Friends]].
A specific instance of [[Easily Forgiven]] where the unmasked traitor remains a contributing part of the team. Compare with [[Redemption Equals Death]], where the ex-traitor doesn't get the chance to stay on the team or do anything else.
Not to be confused with ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]''.
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