ā | Seagull: Now can we sing it? Seagulls: (pleaing) Kyle: Pwease, Mr. Piwate? Burger-Beard: Oh, Kyle... How can I say no to you? |
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~ Burger-Beard agreeing to sing a song with the seagulls. |
ā | Death: I came here for an arrogant little legend who thought he was immortal! But I don't see him anymore. Live your life, Puss in Boots. Live it well. You know we will meet again, right? Puss: Si. Hasta, La Muerte. |
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~ Death giving up on his quest to kill Puss in Boots and letting him live out the rest of his last life. |
Everyone knows that the Villainous Benchmark is capable of redemption (except for a small group), in contrast to Pure Evils or Near Pure Evils. But what about an instance where a Villainous Benchmark unwillingly changes for the better?
This is what is known as a Faux Redemption, where a villain that clearly will never have any chance of redemption, feigns a redemption in some way or actually redeems but for some other reason.
This includes:
- Villains that are brainwashed into heroism, either through having their vileness sucked out of them or through rewriting their original personality. (Tara Ribble, Misa Amane, and Ichiryusai Madarame).
- Villains who permanently ally with the heroes yet clearly detest working with them and do so for pragmatic reasons. (Agatha Harkness, Grey Worm, Darth Maul, Ganondorf, and Maxime Le Mal).
- Villains who simply retire from villainy for whatever reason, such as boredom, lay low, accepting their fates, deteriorating health, etc. (Death, Dr. Secondopinionson, Vector Perkins, Rain, and Rex Dangervest).
- Villains who accomplished their goals and as a result have no reason to actively continue their villainy. (Something, Magica De Spell, and Wiz and Boomstick).
- On & Off villains that help the heroes in the end of the story, but still hold onto their villainous ways and never atone for their actions (e.g. Loona, Beetlejuice and Stannis Baratheon).
- Villains who feel heavy remorse for their actions yet refuse to take up the opportunity to actually redeem and grow as people (e.g. Maxime Le Mal, Heinz Doofenshmirtz (2nd Dimension) and Will Teasle).
This is different from Redemption Rejection, describing villains who are given chances to redeem themselves but outright refuse them.
While self-explanatory some of those villains can be Karma Houdinis.
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