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** Even though he always had a knack for mischief, Loki UsedToBeASweetKid, and it is implied that for centuries before the events of ''Film/{{Thor}}'' he was TheLancer who fought alongside his brother. It is his act of letting Jötunns into Asgard on Thor's coronation day that started him SlowlySlippingIntoEvil, and the following [[TheReveal Reveal]] of his troubled ancestry [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds exacerbated the matter]]. Loki spends his next several appearances on the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor before finally [[spoiler: pulling a HeelFaceTurn [[RedemptionEqualsDeath right before being killed by Thanos.]] His AlternateSelf from the 2012 timeline opened in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' is still alive, but didn't perform his HeelFaceTurn until [[Series/Loki2021 his self-titled series]].]]
** [[spoiler: Sharon Carter, a.k.a. the Power Broker, in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier.'']] After spending two movies in the solidly "good" column and then [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappearing without a trace,]] [[spoiler: Sharon]] reappears in ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'' but has [[TookALevelInJerkass taken a level in jerkass]] and has become rude, abrasive and downright cruel [[spoiler: as the result of being hung out to dry by the U.S. government and the Avengers.]][[spoiler: Sam offers to help clear her name, but by this point Sharon has become so thoroughly villainous that she embraces her role as the Power Broker and [[TheFarmerAndTheViper uses her restored CIA clearance to sell government secrets to the bad guys.]]]]

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** Even though he always had a knack for mischief, Loki [[Characters/MCULokiLaufeyson Loki]] UsedToBeASweetKid, and it is implied that for centuries before the events of ''Film/{{Thor}}'' he was TheLancer who fought alongside his brother. It is his act of letting Jötunns into Asgard on Thor's coronation day that started him SlowlySlippingIntoEvil, and the following [[TheReveal Reveal]] of his troubled ancestry [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds exacerbated the matter]]. Loki spends his next several appearances on the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor before finally [[spoiler: pulling a HeelFaceTurn [[RedemptionEqualsDeath right before being killed by Thanos.]] His AlternateSelf from the 2012 timeline opened in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' is still alive, but didn't perform his HeelFaceTurn until [[Series/Loki2021 his self-titled series]].]]
** [[spoiler: [[Characters/MCUSharonCarter Sharon Carter, a.k.a. the Power Broker, Broker]], in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier.'']] After spending two movies in the solidly "good" column and then [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappearing without a trace,]] [[spoiler: Sharon]] reappears in ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'' but has [[TookALevelInJerkass taken a level in jerkass]] and has become rude, abrasive and downright cruel [[spoiler: as the result of being hung out to dry by the U.S. government and the Avengers.]][[spoiler: Sam offers to help clear her name, but by this point Sharon has become so thoroughly villainous that she embraces her role as the Power Broker and [[TheFarmerAndTheViper uses her restored CIA clearance to sell government secrets to the bad guys.]]]]



*** Magneto counts in the same movie, going from being a cynical AntiHero friend of Xavier's to a genocidal WellIntentionedExtremist who is Xavier's enemy.
*** Raven starts off Xavier's friend and adoptive sister, ends up leaving to be with Magneto. Of course, she sees it differently.

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*** Magneto [[Characters/XMenFilmSeriesMagneto Magneto]] counts in the same movie, going from being a cynical AntiHero friend of Xavier's to a genocidal WellIntentionedExtremist who is Xavier's enemy.
*** Raven [[Characters/XMenFilmSeriesMystique Raven]] starts off Xavier's friend and adoptive sister, ends up leaving to be with Magneto. Of course, she sees it differently.




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** Thanks to the actions of the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan, the ComicBook/BlackCat, once one of ComicBook/SpiderMan's closest allies, has gone from ClassyCatBurglar to aspiring crime boss. This became controversial among fans and was eventually walked back on by Brian Michel Bendis and Nick Spencer

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** Thanks In ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan2014'', thanks to the actions of the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan, the ComicBook/BlackCat, once one of ComicBook/SpiderMan's closest allies, has gone from ClassyCatBurglar to aspiring crime boss. This became controversial among fans and was eventually walked back on by Brian Michel Bendis and Nick Spencer

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** This trope was the thing that angered many fans about ''ComicBook/TheCrossing'': retconning that ComicBook/IronMan was really a ManchurianAgent for Kang since the Avengers first fought him and that Mantis had decided to join Kang, though the story ended with Tony breaking free of Kang's control and undergoing a ComicBookDeath. ''ComicBook/AvengersForever'' would later retcon this was Tony merely being under the mind control of Immortus[[note]]at the time, Kang's ''future'' self, though ''Forever'' would see the two split off[[/note]] since ''ComicBook/OperationGalac5ticStorm'' and that the "Mantis" working with Kang was a Space Phantom posing as her.

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** This trope was the thing that angered many fans about ''ComicBook/TheCrossing'': retconning that ComicBook/IronMan was really a ManchurianAgent for Kang since the Avengers first fought him and that Mantis had decided to join Kang, though the story ended with Tony breaking free of Kang's control and undergoing a ComicBookDeath. ''ComicBook/AvengersForever'' would later retcon this was Tony merely being under the mind control of Immortus[[note]]at the time, Kang's ''future'' self, though ''Forever'' would see the two split off[[/note]] since ''ComicBook/OperationGalac5ticStorm'' ''ComicBook/OperationGalacticStorm'' and that the "Mantis" working with Kang was a Space Phantom posing as her.



* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'':
** Wade heads into this through the course of ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire''. WordOfGod states that he [[spoiler:will be blamed for siding with Hydra and receives no credit for good he managed to do while with them. Continuing to say that Wade has tried very hard to be a hero, and all it's gotten him were tears, so why should he even try anymore if that's what he gets. Thus, we get to his new series in ''ComicBook/MarvelLegacy''. The book will be called ''ComicBook/TheDespicableDeadpool'', where he'll be going back to his old ways as a mercenary. Solicits stating ''ComicBook/{{Cable}}'' as his first hit and that there's no more Avengers, X-Men, or being a hero.]]
** The ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn'' version of the Swordsman was revealed to be his Earth's version of Wade in a FifthWeekEvent in 2000 -- during which, it's shown he's snapped upon learning his reality was literally created by a child ([[Franchise/FantasticFour Franklin Richards]]) and goes on a SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum. He later joined [[ComicBook/DeadpoolKillstheMarvelUniverse the Evil Deadpool Corps.]]

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* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'':
** Wade heads into this through the course of ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire''. WordOfGod states that he [[spoiler:will be blamed
''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': After being ostracized for siding with Hydra his mistakes in ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'', and receives receiving no credit for good the things he managed did to do while with them. Continuing to say that help rectify the situation, Wade has tried very hard decides to be finally give up on being a hero, and all it's gotten him were tears, so why should he even try anymore if that's what he gets. Thus, we get return to his new series in ''ComicBook/MarvelLegacy''. The book will be called ''ComicBook/TheDespicableDeadpool'', where he'll be going back to his old ways roots as a mercenary. Solicits stating ''ComicBook/{{Cable}}'' as his first hit and that there's no more Avengers, X-Men, or being a hero.]]
mercenary, becoming ''ComicBook/TheDespicableDeadpool''.
** The ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn'' version of the Swordsman was revealed to be his Earth's version of Wade in a FifthWeekEvent in 2000 -- during which, it's shown he's snapped upon learning his reality was literally created by a child ([[Franchise/FantasticFour ([[ComicBook/FantasticFour Franklin Richards]]) and goes on a SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum. He later joined [[ComicBook/DeadpoolKillstheMarvelUniverse the Evil Deadpool Corps.]]



* In ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', ComicBook/TheSentry did this joining Norman Osborn's ComicBook/DarkAvengers in hope to getting cured from his SuperpoweredEvilSide, The Void. [[spoiler:In the end Osborn set a scheme in motion that made the Void take over completely.]]
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** Following the ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' arc, [[spoiler:Peter's former friend Liz Allan]] has been seen in a new alliance with Norman Osborn as he attempts to establish a new identity and corporation (now that his identity as the ComicBook/GreenGoblin is no longer a secret). Whether [[spoiler:she]] is doing this entirely out of free will is unknown, but it's very possibly that the biggest reason is [[spoiler:to ensure a better future for her son.]]
** Thanks to the actions of the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan, the ComicBook/BlackCat, once one of Franchise/SpiderMan's closest allies, has gone from ClassyCatBurglar to aspiring crime boss. This became controversial among fans, and was eventually walked back on by Brian Michel Bendis and Nick Spencer

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* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'': [[spoiler:Chase]] briefly went over to the dark side, attempting to form a pact with [[BigBad the Gibborim]] in an effort to resurrect [[spoiler:Gert]].
* ''ComicBook/TheSentry'':
In ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', ComicBook/TheSentry the Sentry did this by joining Norman Osborn's ComicBook/DarkAvengers in the hope to of getting cured from his SuperpoweredEvilSide, The Void. [[spoiler:In the end Osborn set a scheme in motion that made the Void take over completely.]]
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** Following the ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' arc, [[spoiler:Peter's former friend Liz Allan]] has been seen in a new alliance with Norman Osborn as he attempts to establish a new identity and corporation (now that his identity as the ComicBook/GreenGoblin is no longer a secret). Whether [[spoiler:she]] is doing this entirely out of free will is unknown, but it's very possibly possible that the biggest reason is [[spoiler:to ensure a better future for her son.]]
** Thanks to the actions of the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan, the ComicBook/BlackCat, once one of Franchise/SpiderMan's ComicBook/SpiderMan's closest allies, has gone from ClassyCatBurglar to aspiring crime boss. This became controversial among fans, fans and was eventually walked back on by Brian Michel Bendis and Nick Spencer



* In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', [[spoiler:Chase]] briefly went over to the dark side, attempting to form a pact with [[BigBad the Gibborim]] in an effort to resurrect [[spoiler:Gert]].
* ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'': The ComicBook/NewWarriors became pariahs after being blamed for a disaster that killed over a hundred people. One of their former members, Hindsight Lad, decides to turn on his former teammates, giving away their real names and addresses to the angry mobs in the hopes that he himself will be spared.

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* In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', [[spoiler:Chase]] briefly went over to the dark side, attempting to form a pact with [[BigBad the Gibborim]] in an effort to resurrect [[spoiler:Gert]].
* ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'': The ComicBook/NewWarriors became pariahs after being blamed for a disaster that killed over a hundred people. One of their former members, Hindsight Lad, decides to turn on his former teammates, giving away their real names and addresses to the angry mobs in the hopes that he himself will be spared.
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* ''ComicBook/AvengersArena'': [[spoiler:Apex is the only one of the kidnapped teens who is actually willing to play Arcade's game, killing Juston to steal his Sentinel, seizing control of Deathlocket and the Darkhawk armor with her technopathy to carry out her plans, and using the latter to kill Nico.]]

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* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'':
** This trope was the thing that angered many fans about ''ComicBook/TheCrossing'': retconning that ComicBook/IronMan was really a ManchurianAgent for Kang since the Avengers first fought him and that Mantis had decided to join Kang, though the story ended with Tony breaking free of Kang's control and undergoing a ComicBookDeath. ''ComicBook/AvengersForever'' would later retcon this was Tony merely being under the mind control of Immortus[[note]]at the time, Kang's ''future'' self, though ''Forever'' would see the two split off[[/note]] since ''ComicBook/OperationGalac5ticStorm'' and that the "Mantis" working with Kang was a Space Phantom posing as her.
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''ComicBook/AvengersArena'': [[spoiler:Apex is the only one of the kidnapped teens who is actually willing to play Arcade's game, killing Juston to steal his Sentinel, seizing control of Deathlocket and the Darkhawk armor with her technopathy to carry out her plans, and using the latter to kill Nico.]]
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* ''ComicBook/CivilWar'': The ComicBook/NewWarriors became pariahs after being blamed for a disaster that killed over a hundred people. One of their former members, Hindsight Lad, decides to turn on his former teammates, giving away their real names and addresses to the angry mobs in the hopes that he himself will be spared.

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* ''ComicBook/CivilWar'': ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'': The ComicBook/NewWarriors became pariahs after being blamed for a disaster that killed over a hundred people. One of their former members, Hindsight Lad, decides to turn on his former teammates, giving away their real names and addresses to the angry mobs in the hopes that he himself will be spared.
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** Wade heads into this through the course of ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire''. WordOfGod states that he [[spoiler:will be blamed for siding with Hydra and receives no credit for good he managed to do while with them. Continuing to say that Wade has tried very hard to be a hero, and all it's gotten him were tears, so why should he even try anymore if that's what he gets. Thus, we get to his new series in ''ComicBook/MarvelLegacy''. The book will be called The Despicable Deadpool, where he'll be going back to his old ways as a mercenary. Solicits stating ''ComicBook/{{Cable}}'' as his first hit and that there's no more Avengers, X-Men, or being a hero.]]

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** Wade heads into this through the course of ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire''. WordOfGod states that he [[spoiler:will be blamed for siding with Hydra and receives no credit for good he managed to do while with them. Continuing to say that Wade has tried very hard to be a hero, and all it's gotten him were tears, so why should he even try anymore if that's what he gets. Thus, we get to his new series in ''ComicBook/MarvelLegacy''. The book will be called The Despicable Deadpool, ''ComicBook/TheDespicableDeadpool'', where he'll be going back to his old ways as a mercenary. Solicits stating ''ComicBook/{{Cable}}'' as his first hit and that there's no more Avengers, X-Men, or being a hero.]]

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* ''ComicBook/CivilWar'': The ComicBook/NewWarriors became pariahs after being blamed for a disaster that killed over a hundred people. One of their former members, Hindsight Lad, decides to turn on his former teammates, giving away their real names and addresses to the angry mobs in the hopes that he himself will be spared.

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* ''ComicBook/CivilWar'': The ComicBook/NewWarriors became pariahs after being blamed for a disaster that killed over a hundred people. One of their former members, Hindsight Lad, decides to turn on his former teammates, giving away their real names and addresses to the angry mobs in the hopes that he himself will be spared.spared.

!!Films
* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** Even though he always had a knack for mischief, Loki UsedToBeASweetKid, and it is implied that for centuries before the events of ''Film/{{Thor}}'' he was TheLancer who fought alongside his brother. It is his act of letting Jötunns into Asgard on Thor's coronation day that started him SlowlySlippingIntoEvil, and the following [[TheReveal Reveal]] of his troubled ancestry [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds exacerbated the matter]]. Loki spends his next several appearances on the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor before finally [[spoiler: pulling a HeelFaceTurn [[RedemptionEqualsDeath right before being killed by Thanos.]] His AlternateSelf from the 2012 timeline opened in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' is still alive, but didn’t perform his HeelFaceTurn until [[Series/Loki2021 his self-titled series]].]]
** [[spoiler: Sharon Carter, a.k.a. the Power Broker, in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier.'']] After spending two movies in the solidly "good" column and then [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappearing without a trace,]] [[spoiler: Sharon]] reappears in ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'' but has [[TookALevelInJerkass taken a level in jerkass]] and has become rude, abrasive and downright cruel [[spoiler: as the result of being hung out to dry by the U.S. government and the Avengers.]][[spoiler: Sam offers to help clear her name, but by this point Sharon has become so thoroughly villainous that she embraces her role as the Power Broker and [[TheFarmerAndTheViper uses her restored CIA clearance to sell government secrets to the bad guys.]]]]
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' shows Pyro defecting to the Brotherhood, and [[Film/XMenTheLastStand the following one]] has him going full "fuck you, I'm evil!".
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':
*** Angel joins the Hellfire Club when Shaw kills every human in the CIA building.
*** Magneto counts in the same movie, going from being a cynical AntiHero friend of Xavier's to a genocidal WellIntentionedExtremist who is Xavier's enemy.
*** Raven starts off Xavier's friend and adoptive sister, ends up leaving to be with Magneto. Of course, she sees it differently.
** And in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', once Magneto is imprisoned, she embraces the heel without shame.
** In ''Film/TheWolverine'', Ichirō Yashida was apparently a genuinely nice and caring man once, but [[spoiler:when his cancer started destroying him, he became obsessed with immortality and turned evil.]]

!!Live-Action TV
* Happens all the time on ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', it being a spy show (and part of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse).
** A mass face heel turn occurs in the second half of the first season: [[spoiler: turns out about half of S.H.I.E.L.D. is actually Hydra sleeper agents, a massive infiltration dating back decades.]] Thus, this is one of the cases where always-been-heels characters are outed as such. Notable examples include:
*** [[spoiler: Grant Ward, a notable member of Coulson's team (and the main cast).]]
*** [[spoiler: John Garrett, Coulson's friend and colleague and a command-level S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, who turns out to be a mid-ranking Hydra mastermind.]]
*** In related events happening at the same time in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', [[spoiler: World Security Council Secretary Alexander Pierce, the ultimate boss above Nick Fury and all of S.H.I.E.L.D., turns out to be the mastermind of a Hydra plot to take over the world, and recurring S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Jasper Sitwell is revealed as a Hydra agent as well.]]
** Super soldier Mike Peterson winds up working for Hydra in Season 1 after they kidnap his son and put a bomb in his head. They turn him into the MCU version of Deathlok.
** Skye's mother Jaiying becomes the final villain of Season 2 when her desire for revenge against SHIELD and Hydra overpowers her desire to be a good leader to the Inhuman community.
** Season 3's BigBad Hive has the ability to induce this in Inhumans, enslaving them with his parasites.
*** Also in Season 3, Agent Blake, once a high ranking member of SHIELD, is revealed as the founder of the [[FantasticRacism Inhuman-hating]] group, the Watchdogs.
** In Season 4...
*** Doctor Radcliffe reads the magic book the ''Darkhold'', then turns on SHIELD once it becomes clear that they will not support his research into [=LMDs=] and virtual reality.
*** Later, the [=LMD=] "Aida" desires to become a real person and so exploits loop holes in her programming to betray Radcliffe. He even compliments her "genius". It's implied that her desire arose after she, too, read the ''Darkhold''. She eventually becomes a real human with Inhuman powers, as well as the MCU version of Madame Hydra.
*** As a result of Aida's machinations within the virtual reality "Framework", several characters switch factions inside. Leopold Fitz becomes the sadistic ''Doctor'', and the most threatening figure within the Framework. Melinda May willingly becomes one of Hydra's top operatives. Most surprisingly, the virtual version of Grant Ward turns out to be a '''''good guy''''', having been recruited by SHIELD agent Victoria Hand instead of John Garrett in the virtual timeline.
** At the end of Season 5, Brigadier-General Glenn Talbott [[spoiler:becomes the MCU version of Graviton and]] turns against SHIELD. Well-Intentioned Extremist variant.
*** Earlier in the season, Fitz tragically suffers a psychotic break that causes him to hallucinate the ''Doctor'' version of himself torturing his friends, albeit in service of SHIELD's larger goals. Then Fitz discovers that it was [[BreakTheCutie him all along...]]

!!Video Games
* Possible in ''VideoGame/SpiderManWebOfShadows'' if you choose to let the Symbiote have its way. In the end of an all villain story, Spider-Man becomes the emperor of the Symbiotes and rules over New York City.

!!Western Animation
* In ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'', Gene Khan does this in spectacular fashion during the second half of the season finale. Given that the writers had spent the entire first season making this character friends with the hero, humanizing him and integrating him into the TrueCompanions, this is actually fairly stunning, especially given that this show loves sympathetic villains being redeemed the way it does.
** One could argue that Gene made his original turn at the start of the series, when he threw down his stepfather and took the role of Mandarin for himself. Outing himself to his friends after they out themselves as Team Iron Man just sealed the deal.
** Whitney Stane has often straddled the line between good and evil ever since she's donned the identity of "Madame Masque", going from UnluckyChildhoodFriend towards Tony to StalkerWithACrush to him, with murderous tendencies towards her father, to redemption, to a brief AntiHero stint as Madame Masque, and LaserGuidedAmnesia that led her to be DemotedToExtra. [[spoiler:Her heel turn is permanently established in "Iron Monger Lives!", where she remembers Tony's identity as Iron Man and her time as Madame Masque. She returns as Masque to hatch an elaborate scheme in order to ruin Tony's life and kill his friends and family. By the time the episode ends, she seems to be continuing her villainous persona and her vendetta.]]
* The Silver Surver on ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' was so corrupted by the Infinity Sword, that he turns his back on Galactus and even [[TheStarscream tricks]] Thanos into giving him the complete Infinity Gauntlet. It's rare for a Face Heel Turn to pull a Starscream, but Silver Surfer pulls it off well and becomes the new BigBad till the end of the series.
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*** Pyro has been introduced in Ultimate X-Men with AdaptationalHeroism, but he was among the bad guys in Ultimates 3.''ComicBook/TheUltimates3'' -- and a case of AdaptationalJerkass, given he wanted to rape Valkyrie, whereas the original Pyro wasn't a rapist.
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** The ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn'' version of the Swordsman was revealed to be his Earth's version of Wade in a FifthWeekEvent in 2000 -- during which, it's show he's snapped upon learning his reality was literally created by a child ([[Franchise/FantasticFour Franklin Richards]]) and goes on a SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum before joining [[ComicBook/DeadpoolKillstheMarvelUniverse the Evil Deadpool Corps.]]

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** The ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn'' version of the Swordsman was revealed to be his Earth's version of Wade in a FifthWeekEvent in 2000 -- during which, it's show shown he's snapped upon learning his reality was literally created by a child ([[Franchise/FantasticFour Franklin Richards]]) and goes on a SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum before joining SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum. He later joined [[ComicBook/DeadpoolKillstheMarvelUniverse the Evil Deadpool Corps.]]

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* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' heads into this through the course of ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire''. WordOfGod states that he [[spoiler:will be blamed for siding with Hydra and receive no credit for good he managed to do while with them. Continuing to say that Wade has tried very hard to be a hero, and all it's gotten him were tears, so why should he even try anymore if that's what he gets. Thus, we get to his new series in ''ComicBook/MarvelLegacy''. The book will be called The Despicable Deadpool, where he'll be going back to his old ways as a mercenary. Solicits stating ''ComicBook/{{Cable}}'' as his first hit and that there's no more Avengers, X-Men, or being a hero.]]

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heads into this through the course of ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire''. WordOfGod states that he [[spoiler:will be blamed for siding with Hydra and receive receives no credit for good he managed to do while with them. Continuing to say that Wade has tried very hard to be a hero, and all it's gotten him were tears, so why should he even try anymore if that's what he gets. Thus, we get to his new series in ''ComicBook/MarvelLegacy''. The book will be called The Despicable Deadpool, where he'll be going back to his old ways as a mercenary. Solicits stating ''ComicBook/{{Cable}}'' as his first hit and that there's no more Avengers, X-Men, or being a hero.]]
** The ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn'' version of the Swordsman was revealed to be his Earth's version of Wade in a FifthWeekEvent in 2000 -- during which, it's show he's snapped upon learning his reality was literally created by a child ([[Franchise/FantasticFour Franklin Richards]]) and goes on a SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum before joining [[ComicBook/DeadpoolKillstheMarvelUniverse the Evil Deadpool Corps.
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* ''ComicBook/AvengersArena'': [[spoiler:Apex is the only one of the kidnapped teens who is actually willing to play Arcade's game, killing Juston to steal his Sentinel, seizing control of Deathlocket and the Darkhawk armor with her technopathy to carry out her plans, and using the latter to kill Nico.]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' heads into this through the course of ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire''. WordOfGod states that he [[spoiler:will be blamed for siding with Hydra and receive no credit for good he managed to do while with them. Continuing to say that Wade has tried very hard to be a hero, and all it's gotten him were tears, so why should he even try anymore if that's what he gets. Thus, we get to his new series in ''ComicBook/MarvelLegacy''. The book will be called The Despicable Deadpool, where he'll be going back to his old ways as a mercenary. Solicits stating ''ComicBook/{{Cable}}'' as his first hit and that there's no more Avengers, X-Men, or being a hero.]]
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Sue Storm, believe it or not. She once went mad and became a villain named Malice, who was hell-bent on killing her former teammates. When she recovered, this was one of the biggest contributions to her changing her name from the Invisible Girl to the more mature Invisible Woman and [[TookALevelInBadass Taking a Level in Badass]].
* In ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', ComicBook/TheSentry did this joining Norman Osborn's ComicBook/DarkAvengers in hope to getting cured from his SuperpoweredEvilSide, The Void. [[spoiler:In the end Osborn set a scheme in motion that made the Void take over completely.]]
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** Following the ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' arc, [[spoiler:Peter's former friend Liz Allan]] has been seen in a new alliance with Norman Osborn as he attempts to establish a new identity and corporation (now that his identity as the ComicBook/GreenGoblin is no longer a secret). Whether [[spoiler:she]] is doing this entirely out of free will is unknown, but it's very possibly that the biggest reason is [[spoiler:to ensure a better future for her son.]]
** Thanks to the actions of the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan, the ComicBook/BlackCat, once one of Franchise/SpiderMan's closest allies, has gone from ClassyCatBurglar to aspiring crime boss. This became controversial among fans, and was eventually walked back on by Brian Michel Bendis and Nick Spencer
* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel:
** ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'':
*** ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} started off as a baddie, but joined ComicBook/TheUltimates fairly quickly. This lasted until the death of his sister, the ComicBook/ScarletWitch, at which point he went back to villainy, ending up a member of the Dark Ultimates.
*** Though never particularly heroic or stable, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] joined him as a member of the Dark Ultimates as well.
*** Reed Richards, first seen in the ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'', became a villain as well after [[FakingTheDead faking his own death]]. He became one of the {{Big Bad}}s of the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, and was intent on [[WellIntentionedExtremist forcibly remaking the world into a utopia]]. He was trasferred to the main Marvel universe during ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''.
*** Nerd Hulk was bitten by vampires, and joined them as a result.
*** Black Widow turned into TheMole for the Liberators, helping to disrupt the team from the inside. That, if she didn't join the Ultimates with that goal from the start...
*** Gregory Stark had a drive to be always better than his little brother Tony. He made more scientific inventions, he has a bigger fortune, everything. Sponsoring his own superhero team, the Ultimate Avengers, was just another step in his never-ending conflict with him. He took it a bit too far when he tried to take down SHIELD and promote superhuman revolutions at third-world countries.
*** Pyro has been introduced in Ultimate X-Men with AdaptationalHeroism, but he was among the bad guys in Ultimates 3.
** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': After ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'', Jean Grey took many levels in jerkass, going so far as to start a war between the already dwindling mutant race, bombing Utopia, mind-controlling Jimmy into attacking her own country so she would have a legitimate reason to continue the war, ordering assassinations, and trying to kill her own team.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
** Colossus, after his sister, Ilyana, died. It didn't last long.
** The longtime member Bishop - after years of looking for a mysterious traitor who was supposed to kill X-Men, he betrayed them himself, for the same reason he joined them in the first place -- to stop a BadFuture from happening.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', [[spoiler:Chase]] briefly went over to the dark side, attempting to form a pact with [[BigBad the Gibborim]] in an effort to resurrect [[spoiler:Gert]].
* ''ComicBook/CivilWar'': The ComicBook/NewWarriors became pariahs after being blamed for a disaster that killed over a hundred people. One of their former members, Hindsight Lad, decides to turn on his former teammates, giving away their real names and addresses to the angry mobs in the hopes that he himself will be spared.

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