History KarmaHoudini / FanWorks

* Rayquaza a.k.a. The Ghost King in ''Fanfic/LatiasJourney''. He starts the story by massacring everyone in Altomare [[note]]Since Altomare is a Venic {{Expy}}, probably around 800,000 people[[/note]], because Latias [[GreenEyedMonster turned down his romantic gestures, and then attempts to murder her crush]]. He eventually apologizes, not because he murdered so many people, but because he made Latias upset. That said, she not only forgives the Ghost King, but also reciprocates his love by only halfway through the story. The author gives a [[AuthorsSavingThrow justification]] that it was just Kyogre's subconscious suggestions that made Rayquaza do it, but this falls apart since comes at the end of the whole story, meaning Latias had forgiven and romanced him when she believed him to be responsible.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': In "The Seven" and "The Cameo," the questionable actions (including [[ExtremeOmnisexual dissolute sexual behavior]] and insensitive treatment of others) of Bolt's father Blaze do not result in comeuppance. A notable exception in a series where LaserGuidedKarma is the norm.

* ''Fanfic/CulDeSac'': In the original theory, neither the serial killer who targeted Nazz or Kevin's abusive father are punished for their crimes. Some revisions avert this; the serial killer gets arrested and executed, while Kevin's father goes to prison and is killed by some of his fellow inmates.

* ''Fanfic/TheOddsWereNeverInMyFavour'': Provided that you have Dumbledore's favor, it's possible to get away with pretty much ''anything'' at Hogwarts, even if you do something that's expulsion-worthy... or even worse. The most you might get is multiple detentions... which naturally leads to repeat offenders. Such as the student who kept trying to ''murder'' Alex; in the end, the only thing that stops him is [[spoiler:getting his head smashed by an angry troll during his third attempt]].

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* ''Fanfic/KarmasABitch'': [[AdaptationalVillainy Zoe]] ends the fic having successfully stolen Adrien's trust fund, having conned the class out of several valuable items, and having made it back to America with Lila having taken the fall for her. Lila tries to convince Adrien to have Zoe investigated, but Adrien says that even if Lila is telling the truth, he doesn't really care.

* ''Fanfic/FeralnetteAUBigFatBreak'': One of the reasons why Marinette StoppedCaring about trying to salvage her social life is that Lila managed to get away with causing her temporary expulsion, with [[AdultsAreUseless Principal Damocles and Miss Bustier]] buying her claims of having a "[[ObfuscatingDisability chronic lying disease]]". This convinced Marinette that there's no point trying to expose her, as it's clear that nobody will bother doing anything about the BitchInSheepsClothing anyway.

* ''Fanfic/AMarriageOfConvenience'' focuses on Hans [[TheAtonerredeeming himself]], while his [[AbusiveParents father]] and [[BigBrotherBully brothers]] are never called out or confronted for how they treated him.

* ''Fanfic/EarthAndSky'': The Flim-Flam brothers' SycophanticServant Otto Bomb, who willingly aided them in all their illegal activities in the story, eventually [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere ditches them]] after they decide to continue the Pegalthon even after being disqualified and ordered arrested. Despite a run in with the Royal Guard, Otto evades capture and is last seen living comfortably [[RunForTheBorder in Mexicolt]] with a beautiful mare, though he's at least reformed a bit by turning his talent for explosives into a lucrative fireworks business.

* In ''Fanfic/AGreatAndPowerfulHeart'', aside from a threatening speech from Trixie, Sheriff Brass and the residents of Promise got away with abandoning two foals to their death out of cowardice and racism. Subverted in ''Fanfic/TheGreatAlicornHunt'' when Trixie and Jasper expose Brass and his goons in Filli Terram for their crimes, and Celestia orders Promise's to stay under her jurisdiction until it can be reformed.

* ''FanFic/DeathNoteEquestria'' has Ace and Colgate discuss this trope at one point: The Kira Neutrality Movement's plan to remove Kira's motivation to kill — by being harsher on criminals — doesn't take into account a way to actually capture Kira, letting her get off scot free with mass murder. Ace finds this an acceptable loss; Colgate disagrees.

* [[Fanfic/TheElementsOfHarmonyAndTheSaviorOfWorlds The Hasbroverse]] turns [[Franchise/GIJoe Cobra Commander]] into one -- according to a [[AllThereInTheManual blog post by the author]], when Serpentor had Cobra attack the [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Decepticons]], the Commander panicked, grabbed as many bank books/PIN numbers as he could, hopped on a hydrofoil with a handful of loyal soldiers (who probably count too by extension), and fled Cobra Island. Because of this, he not only escaped the resulting [[CurbStompBattle massacre]], but now lives like a king in upstate New York.

* ''Fanfic/SashaAndTheFrogs'': Played with. On Earth, Sasha tended to get out of terrible situations scot-free, with Anne left to take the blame. However, in Amphibia, pretty much all of Sasha's actions end up having surprisingly swift consequences for her. It gets to the point that Sprig and Polly decide to name the phenomenon.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': In "The Seven" and "The Cameo," the questionable actions (including [[ExtremeOmnisexual dissolute sexual behavior]] and insensitive treatment of others) of Bolt’s father Blaze do not result in comeuppance. A notable exception in a series where LaserGuidedKarma is the norm.

* ''Fanfic/AnotherDayInBluffingtonDuology'': Roger is a downplayed example in "The Convert". While Roger does end up staying in jail for the death of Percy Femur, they let him go after a year due to lack of sufficient evidence to convict him.

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** Molly Weasley is one of the masterminds of the plot to use love potion to make Harry and Hermione love slaves to Ron and Ginny. Despite this, the last mention of her implies that she's still free despite Dumbledore, the other mastermind, being sent to Azkaban.
** Nymphadora Tonks uses her shapeshifting powers to rape Harry in his sleep while wearing Ginny's face. However, due to the DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale, everyone sees her crime as somehow less reprehensible than Ron raping Hermione using the love potion, with the result that Harry sees [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment forcing her to go by her]] EmbarrassingFirstName [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment for the rest of her life]] as adequate punishment.

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* In ''Fanfic/TheSagaOfAvatarKorra'', Korra herself is a zig-zagged example of a Karma Houdini. In this story, she was kidnapped and raised by the Red Lotus to become a weapon for them. During the end of Book One, she is assigned the task to assassinate Unalaq and his family. While she ultimately decides not to and ends up fighting against the Red Lotus, she inflicted numerous injuries on Unalaq and his family which hospitalized them. She ends up getting horribly scarred by the Red Lotus because of her decision, and she manages to deliver some LaserGuidedKarma to them in return. At the end of Book One and the beginning of Book Two, Tenzin and other officials plan on preventing her from facing legal consequences for her actions due to her mitigating circumstances. Ironically, she is one of the few examples that believes she probably does deserve punishment.

* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': By [[AccompliceByInaction refusing to help expose her]] and actively playing along with Lila's deceit, even when he knows that she's [[ConArtist conning his classmates]] out of their possessions, Adrien prevents her from facing any consequences for her actions for so long that he winds up drawing ''her'' karmic backlash down upon ''his'' head. He proceeds to [[NotHelpingYourCase make matters worse]] for himself in his efforts to [[CassandraTruth reveal the truth]] too late, while Lila is ultimately able to make it out of Paris with a nice chunk of change [[spoiler:swiped directly from the Agreste emergency fund account]].

* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticvisit'': Balanced Meal essentially got away with murder, harassing the griffon chef Gravon until he could come up with a trumped-up excuse to get him arrested and sent to prison, where Gravon died before Celestia could free him. Balanced went on to found a notorious ponies-first hate group, and despite everything, was never properly brought to justice.

* ''[[Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY White Sheep]]'': {{Discussed}}. Salem has terrorized the human race for thousands of years; while the full extent of her crimes is unknown, at absolute minimum she used her infinite army of monsters to trap people in small bastions of civilization and killed anyone who tried to strike out into the wilds. Until about twenty years before the start of the story, when she [[LoveRedeems fell in love, started a family, and decided there was no need to destroy humanity after all]]. Once the world as a whole learns of her existence, it's pointed out several times that a lot of people want to see her punished for her crimes--but her children simply will not allow that to happen. And they've still got that infinite army of monsters. Thankfully, the world leaders are pragmatic enough to accept one criminal (even a terrible one) getting off completely unpunished is a small price to pay for the end of a ForeverWar.

* Pretty much none of the major villains of ''FanFic/SonicXDarkChaos'' are punished for their actions. Maledict pardons the heroes and leaves with his armies in tow, Jesus and the Angels call off their invasion, and Tsali and the Metarex leaders decide to end the conflict and go their separate ways.

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* ''FanFic/JewelOfDarkness'': Unlike canon, [[EvilBrit Mad Mod]] isn't captured by the Titans when they escape his "school", instead escaping and [[WeWillMeetAgain promising to return]].

* A few from the ''FanFic/ShadowchasersSeries'' stories:

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