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* In ''ComicBook/TheBoys'', The Female is a feral child who was given nightmarish superpowers practically from birth - and then kept in isolation by people fearful of what she could do with those powers. She grows to young adulthood with the default strategy of causing anybody who threatens her to explode into a soggy red mess. Then she meets The Frenchman, who gets through with a lot of love and human care. He remains the only human to get even remotely close to her.
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** Barbara Gordon (the first ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}) acts this way toward Cassandra Cain (the second ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2000}}). Batman, DependingOnTheWriter, is either a total jerkass or so badly damaged that he really cannot help much.
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** Barbara Gordon (the first second ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}) acts this way toward Cassandra Cain (the second fourth ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2000}}). Batman, DependingOnTheWriter, is either a total jerkass or so badly damaged that he really cannot help much.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has Ace, a young girl who can drive people insane with a glance, and then her power grows until she's a full-on RealityWarper. Unfortunately, in "Epilogue" [[YourDaysAreNumbered her power causes an aneurysm to develop in her brain]]--if she dies while she's using her powers, the psychic backlash could kill everyone within miles. Amanda Waller gives Batman a weapon to kill her, but he tosses it aside and gently talks her down instead, [[StayWithMeUntilIDie sitting with her until she dies]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': After a season's worth of internal conflict, [[spoiler:Terra ultimately turns against Slade after he [[PeoplePuppets forcibly hijacks her body]], fighting back and burying him in a lava flow]].
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* Attempted in two routes of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' with Ilya and, to an extent, Saber. [[spoiler:It doesn't work in the first until after she's been defeated, at which point she realizes Shirou really does care. In the second, they get along much better and the defusing is therefore much more successful.]]
** Shirou trying to convince Saber she can think of herself as a woman as well as [[spoiler:a king can come under this, if she weren't 30.]]
* Attempted in two routes of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' with Ilya and, to an extent, Saber. [[spoiler:It doesn't work in the first until after she's been defeated, at which point she realizes Shirou really does care. In the second, they get along much better and the defusing is therefore much more successful.]]
** Shirou trying to convince Saber she can think of herself as a woman as well as [[spoiler:a king can come under this, if she weren't 30.]]
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** ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'': Rincewind does this to
** In ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'', when Mr. Nutt finds out he is [[spoiler:an orc]], he thinks he must be one of these due to his heritage. His friends and even random strangers in Ankh-Morpork disagree based on his behavior.
* This is the core strategy of the City in ''The Fifth Sacred Thing'', since they know any outright war would annihilate them. The enemy uses SlaveMooks, so they invite them straight into the city, letting them see the freedom, abundance, and equality they could have if they joined them. Even after
* Prof. Marius, the TallDarkAndSnarky teacher of Edgewood Academy, from ''Literature/ThePrincess99'' manages to defuse the tykebomb in question ([[spoiler:here Axel]]) before the entire school gets destroyed.
* [[Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures The Red Vixen]] attempted this with Alinadar after capturing her. The results were mixed. Ali ends up better socialized, but until she
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Miles Vorkosigan starts this job with his clone-brother Mark in ''Brothers in Arms''. His parents, especially his mother Cordelia, pick up the job in ''Mirror Dance''.
** Technically more of a ThickerThanWater, as
--->"Except that—I keep hearing my mother's voice, in my head. That's where I picked up that perfect Betan accent, y'know, that I use for Admiral Naismith, I can
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"Miles—she says—what have you done with your baby brother?!"
*** The last line gets a CallBack from Elena in ''Mirror Dance'', explaining why she's helping someone she initially mistrusts.
** And Kareen Koudelka seems to have happily picked up where Cordelia leaves off, although Kareen and Mark do meet in ''Mirror Dance''. By ''A Civil Campaign'', the two have gone into business together.
* ''Literature/WarchildSeries'': Cairo Azarcon was captured as a child by BigBad Falcone, and raised as a {{Tykebomb}}. He's found and rescued in his late teens by a SpaceMarine. It takes a few years, but Azarcon eventually assimilates into [=EarthHub=] society...well, more or less.
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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has a variant with the Monster in the Darkness and the paladin [[TheDeterminator O-Chul]]. While [=MitD=] may be a monster of unknown origin, it has the personality of a child and O-Chul forms an OddFriendship with it while he's imprisoned by the BigBad.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has a variant with the Monster in the Darkness and the paladin [[TheDeterminator O-Chul]]. While [=MitD=] may be a monster of unknown origin, it has the personality of a child and O-Chul forms an OddFriendship with it while he's imprisoned by the BigBad.
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* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'' the title character tries to do this for Connor, with
* The Doctor in ''Series/DoctorWho'' defuses [[spoiler:Melody Pond]] in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler Let's Kill Hitler]]". Given that ''Doctor Who'' is a show with TimeTravel as its core premise, the
* ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'': [[spoiler:Sawa]] turns out to be a Nanba child, a {{Child Soldier|s}} of a weapon tycoon. She was originally sent to infiltrate the [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits nascita gang]], but hanging out with them started to wear on [[spoiler: her]] programming and yearn for a real family.
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Det. Amaro tries to talk down an armed [[EnfantTerrible tween psychopath]] holding a child hostage. [[spoiler:Good thing he was wearing a vest.]]
* Literally in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' with a child raised to be a suicide bomber. [[spoiler:They already had an "in" since the first thing the kid does after seeing his brother die is find a safe place to detonate.]]
* In the second season of ''Series/OrphanBlack'', [[spoiler:Helena]] overcomes her LaserGuidedTykebomb upbringing and gravitates towards ReformedButNotTamed as she and her {{long lost|Relative}} sister [[spoiler:Sarah Manning]] become FireForgedFriends.
* Odo attempts this with a newborn Jem'Hadar on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. His attempts to raise the fast-growing child to be more empathetic and less violent fail because the Founders are just that good at manipulating them on the genetic level. The fact that ''everyone'' else treated him as a threat and/or potential lab specimen may have undermined Odo's efforts though.
** Technically, almost any attempt to talk down a Jem'Hadar throughout the series would count as this since most of them don't live past 12. They grow to their full adult size practically overnight once they are "born" and are ready to go into battle within days. The only times anyone even comes close to succeeding is if the Jem'Hadar consider them a WorthyOpponent. The only reason Odo was able to have any success at all is that he's a Founder himself, and thus the Jem'Hadar are genetically predisposed to see him as a god.
* In ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', a flashback reveals that [[spoiler:Michonne and Daryl]] encountered a group of these. [[spoiler:Michonne]] tries to talk them down, promising them a better life, and that they'll be cared for in their group. [[spoiler:The kids are so broken by this point that they still try to kill Michonne, Judith, and the unborn RJ, forcing Michonne to kill all of them in self-defense.]]
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* Mary in ''Literature/{{Twig}}'' was grown to be a single-use assassination weapon against the parents of the original Mary. When the Lambs encounter her, however, Sylvester observes that she's incredibly lonely due to a lack of affection from her creator and fellow assassins and offers her a place with them, and as a team effort the other Lambs work to make sure she's comfortable and happy working with them. She still kills people, but since she's no longer treated as a disposable weapon she's largely content and often enjoys the challenge of figuring out how to both get the job done ''and'' not die in the process.
* Mary in ''Literature/{{Twig}}'' was grown to be a single-use assassination weapon against the parents of the original Mary. When the Lambs encounter her, however, Sylvester observes that she's incredibly lonely due to a lack of affection from her creator and fellow assassins and offers her a place with them, and as a team effort the other Lambs work to make sure she's comfortable and happy working with them. She still kills people, but since she's no longer treated as a disposable weapon she's largely content and often enjoys the challenge of figuring out how to both get the job done ''and'' not die in the process.
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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has a variant with the Monster in the Darkness and the paladin [[TheDeterminator O-Chul]]. While [=MitD=] may be a monster of unknown origin, it has the personality of a child and O-Chul forms an OddFriendship with it while he's imprisoned by the BigBad.
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* Mary in ''Literature/{{Twig}}'' was grown to be a single-use assassination weapon against the parents of the original Mary. When the Lambs encounter her, however, Sylvester observes that she's incredibly lonely due to a lack of affection from her creator and fellow assassins and offers her a place with them, and as a team effort the other Lambs work to make sure she's comfortable and happy working with them. She still kills people, but since she's no longer treated as a disposable weapon she's largely content and often enjoys the challenge of figuring out how to both get the job done ''and'' not die in the process.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has Danny telling his OppositeSexClone that Vlad is merely using her as a tool instead of the daughter she thinks she is to him. She obviously doesn't believe this and spends most of the episode in deep denial, attacking him and the like to prove otherwise. Since Vlad is the series' BigBad, Danny is right. Danielle manages to have a change of heart as a result and works alongside him.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has Ace, a young girl who can drive people insane with a glance, and then her power grows until she's a full-on RealityWarper. Unfortunately, in "Epilogue" [[YourDaysAreNumbered her power causes an aneurysm to develop in her brain]]--if she dies while she's using her powers, the psychic backlash could kill everyone within miles. Amanda Waller gives Batman a weapon to kill her, but he tosses it aside and gently talks her down instead, [[StayWithMeUntilIDie sitting with her until she dies]].
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': In "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS1E7RaisingGazorpazorp Raising Gazorpazorp]]", Morty Jr. has a HeelRealization upon seeing [[PapaWolf just how far]] Morty is willing to go in order to defend him despite the horror he's wrought.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Season 5 has Ashi, one of the Daughters of Aku assassins [[LaserGuidedTykeBomb raised from birth solely to kill Jack]]. When he manages to capture her, he takes pity and dedicates himself to breaking her free of her indoctrination. [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn It works]], and she becomes his traveling companion and partner.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': After a season's worth of internal conflict, [[spoiler:Terra ultimately turns against Slade after he [[PeoplePuppets forcibly hijacks her body]], fighting back and burying him in a lava flow]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', Ratchet combines awesome and heartwarming to do this to [[spoiler:Omega Supreme]] the moment he wakes up, rejecting the Elite Guard's role for him as master of a mindless PersonOfMassDestruction.
-->'''[[spoiler:Omega Supreme]]''': I am [[spoiler:Omega Supreme]]. I am yours to command. I am your pupil. Your dependent. Your obedient servant.\\
'''Ratchet''': I am Ratchet. I am... your friend.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'': As a [[BadassTeacher teacher]] [[AgeLift in this continuity]], Wolverine frequently plays this role to the students whenever they start struggling with their powers or other problems, as he's been down that road himself. He most notably plays this role towards [[IntergenerationalFriendship Rogue]].
* From ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'':
** Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash all take turns at trying to defuse Superboy. It works, but it takes him most of the season to fully recover.
** Throughout the third season, Terra suffers from increasingly ConflictingLoyalties due to how the Outsiders [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe welcome her with open arms]]. It eventually turns out that [[spoiler:the heroes were secretly aware that she was TheMole the whole time, and were aiming for this from the start. They succeed]].
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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has a variant with the Monster in the Darkness and the paladin [[TheDeterminator O-Chul]]. While [=MitD=] may be a monster of unknown origin, it has the personality of a child and O-Chul forms an OddFriendship with it while he's imprisoned by the BigBad.
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* Mary in ''Literature/{{Twig}}'' was grown to be a single-use assassination weapon against the parents of the original Mary. When the Lambs encounter her, however, Sylvester observes that she's incredibly lonely due to a lack of affection from her creator and fellow assassins and offers her a place with them, and as a team effort the other Lambs work to make sure she's comfortable and happy working with them. She still kills people, but since she's no longer treated as a disposable weapon she's largely content and often enjoys the challenge of figuring out how to both get the job done ''and'' not die in the process.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has Danny telling his OppositeSexClone that Vlad is merely using her as a tool instead of the daughter she thinks she is to him. She obviously doesn't believe this and spends most of the episode in deep denial, attacking him and the like to prove otherwise. Since Vlad is the series' BigBad, Danny is right. Danielle manages to have a change of heart as a result and works alongside him.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has Ace, a young girl who can drive people insane with a glance, and then her power grows until she's a full-on RealityWarper. Unfortunately, in "Epilogue" [[YourDaysAreNumbered her power causes an aneurysm to develop in her brain]]--if she dies while she's using her powers, the psychic backlash could kill everyone within miles. Amanda Waller gives Batman a weapon to kill her, but he tosses it aside and gently talks her down instead, [[StayWithMeUntilIDie sitting with her until she dies]].
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': In "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS1E7RaisingGazorpazorp Raising Gazorpazorp]]", Morty Jr. has a HeelRealization upon seeing [[PapaWolf just how far]] Morty is willing to go in order to defend him despite the horror he's wrought.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Season 5 has Ashi, one of the Daughters of Aku assassins [[LaserGuidedTykeBomb raised from birth solely to kill Jack]]. When he manages to capture her, he takes pity and dedicates himself to breaking her free of her indoctrination. [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn It works]], and she becomes his traveling companion and partner.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': After a season's worth of internal conflict, [[spoiler:Terra ultimately turns against Slade after he [[PeoplePuppets forcibly hijacks her body]], fighting back and burying him in a lava flow]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', Ratchet combines awesome and heartwarming to do this to [[spoiler:Omega Supreme]] the moment he wakes up, rejecting the Elite Guard's role for him as master of a mindless PersonOfMassDestruction.
-->'''[[spoiler:Omega Supreme]]''': I am [[spoiler:Omega Supreme]]. I am yours to command. I am your pupil. Your dependent. Your obedient servant.\\
'''Ratchet''': I am Ratchet. I am... your friend.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'': As a [[BadassTeacher teacher]] [[AgeLift in this continuity]], Wolverine frequently plays this role to the students whenever they start struggling with their powers or other problems, as he's been down that road himself. He most notably plays this role towards [[IntergenerationalFriendship Rogue]].
* From ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'':
** Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash all take turns at trying to defuse Superboy. It works, but it takes him most of the season to fully recover.
** Throughout the third season, Terra suffers from increasingly ConflictingLoyalties due to how the Outsiders [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe welcome her with open arms]]. It eventually turns out that [[spoiler:the heroes were secretly aware that she was TheMole the whole time, and were aiming for this from the start. They succeed]].
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* Done by [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Terasaka]] to [[spoiler:Itona]] in ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom''.
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' sees Jean and Connie attempt this on [[spoiler:Reiner and Bertolt]], in the midst of a desperate chase through Titan-infested lands. Both appeal to their years of friendship and comradery, asking WasItAllALie and attempting to coax them into talking to them. While their attempts are successful in not only defusing Mikasa's UnstoppableRage, but triggering [[spoiler: Bertolt]]'s VillainousBSOD.....it seems these {{Tyke Bomb}}s are TrappedInVillainy and can't be talked down. Any further efforts are prevented by Erwin leading in a ZergRush and throwing gasoline on the proverbial fire. Quite a few people are killed in the ensuing chaos.
* The whole comedic point of ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}''. Poor [[IdiotHero Oga]] has his work (and life) cut out for him [[AntiAntiChrist to prevent his adopted demon spawn]] from ''erasing humans off the face of the earth''.
* Sven toward Eve in ''Manga/BlackCat''.
* In ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', Rock tries to do this with Gretel (who might really be [[AxeCrazy Hansel]]). He seems to have some success with befriending her, and even caused her to behave in a nonviolent fashion towards him. And then [[spoiler:(s)he [[DownerEnding gets shot]]]].
--> '''Benny:''' [[spoiler:Stories like these don't have happy endings.]]
* Subverted in the second season of ''Anime/CodeGeass''. Lelouch tries to do this for his [[ReplacementGoldfish "false brother"]] Rolo, by using their memories from the past year to appeal to his "brotherhood" to turn him into a personal Tykebomb for him instead of V. V., but with full intent of [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness offing him when he no longer needed him]] as payback for replacing Nunnally. It works, and he gets a loyal pawn that he does get a little attached to, but eventually this goes horrifically wrong when said pawn becomes a murderously jealous {{Yandere}} who ends up [[MurderTheHypotenuse killing Lelouch's would-be girlfriend in cold blood and intends on offing Nunnally in the process]].
* Done in ''Manga/DNA2'', towards [[spoiler:Rurara Kawasaki]].
* ''Manga/DragonBall'': Goku, of all people, is a defused tykebomb. The loving care of Son Gohan and a [[LaserGuidedAmnesia blow to his head]] rendered him harmless years before the first chapter.
* In ''Anime/{{Endride}}'', Demetrio, the RebelLeader and part-time WarriorTherapist, manages to defuse the tykebomb that is the brainwashed child assassin, Mischa, by a combination of [[DefeatMeansFriendship beating her in battle]], destroying her SlaveCollar, and offering a few kind and optimistic words about the future.
* Dominic helps bring this about for Anemone in ''Anime/EurekaSeven''.
* {{Subverted|Trope}} in the 2nd G.I.G. of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''. When the Individual Eleven have a group of people suicide bomb random areas across the city, the last bomber is revealed to be a little girl. Togusa tries to convince her to not detonate the bomb she has, and at first, he seemingly gets through to her [[spoiler:only for Batou to shoot the girl in the cheek, and pull out a detonator from her teeth that she would have bitten down had Togusa gotten closer to her]].
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'': Domon Kasshu does this to Allenby Beardsly. [[spoiler: When she's kidnapped and then BrainwashedAndCrazy by Prime Minister Wong, his partner Rain Mikamura finishes Domon's work.]]
** Also, [[spoiler: Shinn Asuka]] tries this on [[spoiler: Stellar Louissier]] in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny''. [[spoiler: It ''nearly'' works... until the Freedom reappears, Stellar flashbacks to Neo's 'death', goes nuts again and the Freedom is forced to put her out of her misery.]]
** ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'': Kamille Bidan attempts this with both Four Murasame and Rosamia Badam, even playing along with the latter's delusion that he's her elder brother in an attempt to help her. [[spoiler:Tragically, both of them get killed in battle before he's successful, one by Kamille himself, no less.]]
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'': Judau Ashta is more successful: Elpeo Ple settles into a fairly stable brother-sister relationship with him, and even Ple-Two seems headed in this direction by the end. [[spoiler:Both of them still die... both times, in protecting him from danger.]]
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'': Banagher Links tries to talk [[spoiler:Loni out of levelling Torrington with her mobile armour. He ''nearly'' succeeds, coaxing Loni out of her cockpit, only for her to witness her last family member dying at the hands of the Federation, and driving her back into her rampage in despair.]] There's also an example in the backstory - [[spoiler:Banagher is a defused TykeBomb himself]].
* In ''Manga/{{Kekkaishi}}'', Yoshimori attempts to do this to Hiura.
* Some characters of ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' (Kenichi himself, Miu, Niijima) are gradually doing this with CreepyChild Chikage Kushinada as an alternative to letting her fight Kenichi. Some want to help her, others are concerned because Kenichi WouldntHitAGirl, let alone a ''little'' girl. As a result of all these attempts (especially Kenichi's), she becomes {{Tsundere}}ish towards Kenichi.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'': A few examples.
** Nanoha does this to Fate in the first season. Of course, this being Nanoha, she defused the bomb [[DefeatMeansFriendship with a bigger explosion]].
** And then Erio and Caro do this to Lutecia in season 3.
** Fate previously reached out to Erio, who believed he was worth nothing after finding out [[spoiler:that he, like Fate, was a clone of a dead child]], and lashed out at her and the people looking after him. Interestingly enough, she used essentially the same argument that Caro eventually used against Lutecia- that people who are sad should not hurt others while seeking happiness.
** This happens to seven out of the twelve [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers]], four of whom [[HappilyAdopted get adopted into the Nakajima family]] and the other three [[TakingTheVeil joining the Saint Church]].
* Kobayashi does this for Ilulu in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' after she protects her from Clemene. Ilulu's [[TookALevelInKindness sudden change in personality]] afterwards is explained by the fact that she UsedToBeASweetKid, and thus she was simply drawing on past experiences rather than learning them from scratch.
* ''Manga/{{Monster}}'': Mostly played with, though ''not'' for laughs; Tenma gets his intervention in early with Dieter, Nina attempts this retroactively with her brother, and Grimmer tries with Pedrov's boys, [[spoiler:misguidedly as it turns out.]]
* Mai does this unintentionally to Mikoto in ''Anime/MyHime'', without even knowing what Mikoto's role in the unfolding events really is. Likewise, Miyu wins Alyssa from the Searrs Foundation by being the only person... well, robot... who ever actually cared about her. [[spoiler:It doesn't quite stick, though, with Alyssa being killed shortly afterwards... until the end. anyway.]]
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** [[BadassTeacher Iruka]] does this for [[TheHero Naruto]] himself, as he was the first adult to treat Naruto like a person - other adults were either distant or hostile, and the kids [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer more or less followed suit]]. ''Many'' of Naruto's enemies are versions of him who didn't even get that level of support (or only got it from a twisted source), which [[WarriorTherapist Naruto]] has to fix with [[PatrickStewartSpeech speeches]] and [[DefeatMeansFriendship punching]].
** Naruto doesn't understand how [[BattleButler Haku]] can stand to work for a man like [[PsychoForHire Zabuza]], who frequently makes it clear that Haku's usefulness "as a weapon" in battle is why he's kept around ([[spoiler:though this [[SubordinateExcuse turns out to be a front...]]]]). Naruto sees Haku as a person, and tries to make Haku see that he's a person, too.
** Gaara is a blatant example of this trope. Turned into an unstable, murdering psychopath by his father, and empowered by [[{{Kaiju}} Shukaku]], after a beatdown and lecture from Naruto he became a highly admired and respected leader of his ninja-village.
** And [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Pain]] gives us a lesson in how ''not'' to do this: Naruto's future mentor, Jiraiya, attempted to help a poor orphaned child named Nagato survive by teaching him ninjutsu. Nagato and his friends did well, and lived happily for a while, until [[MagnificentBastard Danzou]] and [[TheDreaded Hanzou of the Salamander]] teamed up to kill Nagato's [[MoralityPet best]] [[RestrainingBolt friend]] in the most traumatic way possible. Nagato took up the name "Pain", and became an international ninja-terrorist, kidnapping [[{{Kaiju}} Tailed Beasts]] to bring the world under his rule.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' sees Shinji unknowingly defusing Rei, by treating her like a friend
* Mireille from ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' assumes this role toward Kirika, particularly toward the end of the series.
* Trafalgar Law, at the age of 10, in ''Manga/OnePiece'' saw everyone he loved murdered by the World Government and stopped believing in anything only wanting to cause destruction before he died of a lead disease. Doflamingo sought to turn him into his right hand man, but his younger brother, Corazon saw a really messed up child who needed help and took him away to find a cure to his disease. After several months together, Law came to admire the real hero who saved him from his disease and set his life towards accomplishing the fallen Corazon's wish to stop his evil brother's madness.
* This was the plot of an issue of ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'': in 'Duty,' a teenage boy belonging to an order of child assassins named 'Scorpio's Children' takes cover at D's pet shop. It is up to Count D to try to defuse him, which he does with the aid of an illusory confrontation with the boy's estranged mother. It succeeds, although D being D, he was more interested in [[FluffyTamer the eponymous scorpion]] than in [[MisanthropeSupreme the child]].
* Rowan does this to Mitsumi prior to the beginning of ''Manga/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure''.
* A strange case of this appears in ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''. Mewtwo rejects the objectification of his creators on his own twice (even stating in the novelization that they treat him like an object), and is already waging war on humanity when our heroes come along. Ash and his friends, fairly quickly, realize that [[spoiler: Mewtwo's clone soldiers are {{tykebomb}}s and Ash sacrifices himself to save them and the regular Pokemon from Mewtwo and Mew's feud. This selfless act makes Mewtwo realize that not all HumansAreBastards and defuses him partly.]] This process is essentially completed in the direct-to-video sequel, ''Anime/PokemonMewtwoReturns''.
* In ''Anime/RODTheTV'', tykebomb Junior finds Michelle utterly disarming. Anita puts a few chinks in his armour as well.
* An absolute textbook example of this trope occurs toward the end of ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie'' when priestess Melissa walks directly toward an enraged, lightning-bolt-flinging ChildMage named Lilly, who has been raised by the evil Lord Dardanel to be a vicious enemy of the reigning royal family. Melissa proceeds to talk her into a teary-eyed HeelFaceTurn.
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Kenshin Himura does this to [[spoiler: Soujiro]].
* Maka towards Crona in ''Manga/SoulEater''. Though, the results and forms of this are... [[GeckoEnding a little different]] between the anime and manga.
* In ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' (yes, a ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' series), Riley Akaba (former ChildSoldier) is the younger brother of TheChessmaster Declan, and Declan is trying to support his younger brother.
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* Done by [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Terasaka]] to [[spoiler:Itona]] in ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom''.
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' sees Jean and Connie attempt this on [[spoiler:Reiner and Bertolt]], in the midst of a desperate chase through Titan-infested lands. Both appeal to their years of friendship and comradery, asking WasItAllALie and attempting to coax them into talking to them. While their attempts are successful in not only defusing Mikasa's UnstoppableRage, but triggering [[spoiler: Bertolt]]'s VillainousBSOD.....it seems these {{Tyke Bomb}}s are TrappedInVillainy and can't be talked down. Any further efforts are prevented by Erwin leading in a ZergRush and throwing gasoline on the proverbial fire. Quite a few people are killed in the ensuing chaos.
* The whole comedic point of ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}''. Poor [[IdiotHero Oga]] has his work (and life) cut out for him [[AntiAntiChrist to prevent his adopted demon spawn]] from ''erasing humans off the face of the earth''.
* Sven toward Eve in ''Manga/BlackCat''.
* In ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', Rock tries to do this with Gretel (who might really be [[AxeCrazy Hansel]]). He seems to have some success with befriending her, and even caused her to behave in a nonviolent fashion towards him. And then [[spoiler:(s)he [[DownerEnding gets shot]]]].
--> '''Benny:''' [[spoiler:Stories like these don't have happy endings.]]
* Subverted in the second season of ''Anime/CodeGeass''. Lelouch tries to do this for his [[ReplacementGoldfish "false brother"]] Rolo, by using their memories from the past year to appeal to his "brotherhood" to turn him into a personal Tykebomb for him instead of V. V., but with full intent of [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness offing him when he no longer needed him]] as payback for replacing Nunnally. It works, and he gets a loyal pawn that he does get a little attached to, but eventually this goes horrifically wrong when said pawn becomes a murderously jealous {{Yandere}} who ends up [[MurderTheHypotenuse killing Lelouch's would-be girlfriend in cold blood and intends on offing Nunnally in the process]].
* Done in ''Manga/DNA2'', towards [[spoiler:Rurara Kawasaki]].
* ''Manga/DragonBall'': Goku, of all people, is a defused tykebomb. The loving care of Son Gohan and a [[LaserGuidedAmnesia blow to his head]] rendered him harmless years before the first chapter.
* In ''Anime/{{Endride}}'', Demetrio, the RebelLeader and part-time WarriorTherapist, manages to defuse the tykebomb that is the brainwashed child assassin, Mischa, by a combination of [[DefeatMeansFriendship beating her in battle]], destroying her SlaveCollar, and offering a few kind and optimistic words about the future.
* Dominic helps bring this about for Anemone in ''Anime/EurekaSeven''.
* {{Subverted|Trope}} in the 2nd G.I.G. of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''. When the Individual Eleven have a group of people suicide bomb random areas across the city, the last bomber is revealed to be a little girl. Togusa tries to convince her to not detonate the bomb she has, and at first, he seemingly gets through to her [[spoiler:only for Batou to shoot the girl in the cheek, and pull out a detonator from her teeth that she would have bitten down had Togusa gotten closer to her]].
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'': Domon Kasshu does this to Allenby Beardsly. [[spoiler: When she's kidnapped and then BrainwashedAndCrazy by Prime Minister Wong, his partner Rain Mikamura finishes Domon's work.]]
** Also, [[spoiler: Shinn Asuka]] tries this on [[spoiler: Stellar Louissier]] in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny''. [[spoiler: It ''nearly'' works... until the Freedom reappears, Stellar flashbacks to Neo's 'death', goes nuts again and the Freedom is forced to put her out of her misery.]]
** ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'': Kamille Bidan attempts this with both Four Murasame and Rosamia Badam, even playing along with the latter's delusion that he's her elder brother in an attempt to help her. [[spoiler:Tragically, both of them get killed in battle before he's successful, one by Kamille himself, no less.]]
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'': Judau Ashta is more successful: Elpeo Ple settles into a fairly stable brother-sister relationship with him, and even Ple-Two seems headed in this direction by the end. [[spoiler:Both of them still die... both times, in protecting him from danger.]]
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'': Banagher Links tries to talk [[spoiler:Loni out of levelling Torrington with her mobile armour. He ''nearly'' succeeds, coaxing Loni out of her cockpit, only for her to witness her last family member dying at the hands of the Federation, and driving her back into her rampage in despair.]] There's also an example in the backstory - [[spoiler:Banagher is a defused TykeBomb himself]].
* In ''Manga/{{Kekkaishi}}'', Yoshimori attempts to do this to Hiura.
* Some characters of ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' (Kenichi himself, Miu, Niijima) are gradually doing this with CreepyChild Chikage Kushinada as an alternative to letting her fight Kenichi. Some want to help her, others are concerned because Kenichi WouldntHitAGirl, let alone a ''little'' girl. As a result of all these attempts (especially Kenichi's), she becomes {{Tsundere}}ish towards Kenichi.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'': A few examples.
** Nanoha does this to Fate in the first season. Of course, this being Nanoha, she defused the bomb [[DefeatMeansFriendship with a bigger explosion]].
** And then Erio and Caro do this to Lutecia in season 3.
** Fate previously reached out to Erio, who believed he was worth nothing after finding out [[spoiler:that he, like Fate, was a clone of a dead child]], and lashed out at her and the people looking after him. Interestingly enough, she used essentially the same argument that Caro eventually used against Lutecia- that people who are sad should not hurt others while seeking happiness.
** This happens to seven out of the twelve [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers]], four of whom [[HappilyAdopted get adopted into the Nakajima family]] and the other three [[TakingTheVeil joining the Saint Church]].
* Kobayashi does this for Ilulu in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' after she protects her from Clemene. Ilulu's [[TookALevelInKindness sudden change in personality]] afterwards is explained by the fact that she UsedToBeASweetKid, and thus she was simply drawing on past experiences rather than learning them from scratch.
* ''Manga/{{Monster}}'': Mostly played with, though ''not'' for laughs; Tenma gets his intervention in early with Dieter, Nina attempts this retroactively with her brother, and Grimmer tries with Pedrov's boys, [[spoiler:misguidedly as it turns out.]]
* Mai does this unintentionally to Mikoto in ''Anime/MyHime'', without even knowing what Mikoto's role in the unfolding events really is. Likewise, Miyu wins Alyssa from the Searrs Foundation by being the only person... well, robot... who ever actually cared about her. [[spoiler:It doesn't quite stick, though, with Alyssa being killed shortly afterwards... until the end. anyway.]]
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** [[BadassTeacher Iruka]] does this for [[TheHero Naruto]] himself, as he was the first adult to treat Naruto like a person - other adults were either distant or hostile, and the kids [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer more or less followed suit]]. ''Many'' of Naruto's enemies are versions of him who didn't even get that level of support (or only got it from a twisted source), which [[WarriorTherapist Naruto]] has to fix with [[PatrickStewartSpeech speeches]] and [[DefeatMeansFriendship punching]].
** Naruto doesn't understand how [[BattleButler Haku]] can stand to work for a man like [[PsychoForHire Zabuza]], who frequently makes it clear that Haku's usefulness "as a weapon" in battle is why he's kept around ([[spoiler:though this [[SubordinateExcuse turns out to be a front...]]]]). Naruto sees Haku as a person, and tries to make Haku see that he's a person, too.
** Gaara is a blatant example of this trope. Turned into an unstable, murdering psychopath by his father, and empowered by [[{{Kaiju}} Shukaku]], after a beatdown and lecture from Naruto he became a highly admired and respected leader of his ninja-village.
** And [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Pain]] gives us a lesson in how ''not'' to do this: Naruto's future mentor, Jiraiya, attempted to help a poor orphaned child named Nagato survive by teaching him ninjutsu. Nagato and his friends did well, and lived happily for a while, until [[MagnificentBastard Danzou]] and [[TheDreaded Hanzou of the Salamander]] teamed up to kill Nagato's [[MoralityPet best]] [[RestrainingBolt friend]] in the most traumatic way possible. Nagato took up the name "Pain", and became an international ninja-terrorist, kidnapping [[{{Kaiju}} Tailed Beasts]] to bring the world under his rule.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' sees Shinji unknowingly defusing Rei, by treating her like a friend
* Mireille from ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' assumes this role toward Kirika, particularly toward the end of the series.
* Trafalgar Law, at the age of 10, in ''Manga/OnePiece'' saw everyone he loved murdered by the World Government and stopped believing in anything only wanting to cause destruction before he died of a lead disease. Doflamingo sought to turn him into his right hand man, but his younger brother, Corazon saw a really messed up child who needed help and took him away to find a cure to his disease. After several months together, Law came to admire the real hero who saved him from his disease and set his life towards accomplishing the fallen Corazon's wish to stop his evil brother's madness.
* This was the plot of an issue of ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'': in 'Duty,' a teenage boy belonging to an order of child assassins named 'Scorpio's Children' takes cover at D's pet shop. It is up to Count D to try to defuse him, which he does with the aid of an illusory confrontation with the boy's estranged mother. It succeeds, although D being D, he was more interested in [[FluffyTamer the eponymous scorpion]] than in [[MisanthropeSupreme the child]].
* Rowan does this to Mitsumi prior to the beginning of ''Manga/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure''.
* A strange case of this appears in ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''. Mewtwo rejects the objectification of his creators on his own twice (even stating in the novelization that they treat him like an object), and is already waging war on humanity when our heroes come along. Ash and his friends, fairly quickly, realize that [[spoiler: Mewtwo's clone soldiers are {{tykebomb}}s and Ash sacrifices himself to save them and the regular Pokemon from Mewtwo and Mew's feud. This selfless act makes Mewtwo realize that not all HumansAreBastards and defuses him partly.]] This process is essentially completed in the direct-to-video sequel, ''Anime/PokemonMewtwoReturns''.
* In ''Anime/RODTheTV'', tykebomb Junior finds Michelle utterly disarming. Anita puts a few chinks in his armour as well.
* An absolute textbook example of this trope occurs toward the end of ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie'' when priestess Melissa walks directly toward an enraged, lightning-bolt-flinging ChildMage named Lilly, who has been raised by the evil Lord Dardanel to be a vicious enemy of the reigning royal family. Melissa proceeds to talk her into a teary-eyed HeelFaceTurn.
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Kenshin Himura does this to [[spoiler: Soujiro]].
* Maka towards Crona in ''Manga/SoulEater''. Though, the results and forms of this are... [[GeckoEnding a little different]] between the anime and manga.
* In ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' (yes, a ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' series), Riley Akaba (former ChildSoldier) is the younger brother of TheChessmaster Declan, and Declan is trying to support his younger brother.
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* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'':
** When Shinji and Asuka realize that Gendo has raised Rei as his obedient puppet, they decide to befriend her and cut her strings because they really hate Gendo and they really care about Rei.
** Shinji and Asuka to each other. After realizing that they are traumatized orphans and child soldiers during their mutual love confession, they start to lean on each other, improving their mental instability.
* ''Fanfic/{{Bird}}'' features this trope heavily in Taylor's efforts to make friends in Alchemilla asylum. She starts with [[PowerIncontinence Burnscar]] and works from there. It helps that her powers allow her to perceive the [[BrokenBird true natures]] of charaters that might seem too violent or dangerous to be worth the effort otherwise.
* In ''Fanfic/ChasingTheShadow'', Naruto uses this on [[spoiler:Gaara]] in an attempt to undo the damage from [[spoiler:Shukaku's influence]]. To his credit, it works.
* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Gambit, of all people, eventually perform the majority of this on [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor]] in the sequel. Initially, since he was under [[spoiler: Sinister's]] thumb and she was [[spoiler: Sinister's]] enforcer, he intended to seduce her into giving him the means to escape (she was aware, but went along with it because no one had even ''pretended'' to care for her before that). However, once he saw the confused, manipulated, and psychologically broken young woman she really was, his intentions changed and he steadily deprogrammed her, encouraging her to assert her individuality. The final push is provided by Harry, who saw much the same thing, and both helped her recover and gain some measure of normality after her HeelFaceTurn. Ultimately, though, she's the one who makes the choice, deciding that IAmNotAGun.
* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'': After losing her parents and becoming a NERV's puppet, Asuka met a decent foster mother who defused her and helped her to become a better person. Several years later she helped Shinji to find a better reason to keep living. At the same time, Rei's friends tried to defuse her, but they weren't quite successful.
* In ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'', Asuka, [[PeggySue upon arriving in the past]], makes it a point to include doing this to Rei in her plans for the do-over. However, Rei has already managed to defuse herself by this point, due to also having traveled back in time.
* In ''Fanfic/GhostsOfEvangelion'' Misato finally sees that Shinji and Asuka get counsel and therapy after returning from Instrumentality.
* ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'': Shinji showed Asuka that she didn't need to be an Eva pilot to be special, valued or loved. By the time she's unable to synch with her Eva, she doesn't care for it anymore because Shinji loves her [[spoiler:and she has super-powers.]]
* ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'': Asuka was trained by NERV since she was four to be a mecha pilot, ignoring that she was considered an easily replaceable pawn until she was discarded and abandoned. Shinji spent a long time trying to fix the damage done to her mind and convincing her that he cared about her and would not leave her.
* In ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'', one of the main goals of Shinji is undoing the damaged inflicted upon Rei and Asuka's psyches by NERV. So he spends a long while showing Rei that she's an individual unique and proving Asuka that piloting Eva isn't everything that she has.
* In ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'', [[ChildSoldiers Shinji and Asuka]] defused each other [[AfterTheEnd after Third Impact]], helping mutually with their psychological issues. When they went back to the past, defusing Rei was one of their main goals. Thanks to them [[spoiler:-and mainly Aki-]] Rei managed to reclaim her lost humanity.
* Two examples in ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'':
** Shinji realized early on that Gendo had raised Rei to be his puppet because she played a crucial role in his father's plans, so he worked hard to break her out of that mindset and earn her loyalty.
** After meeting Asuka, he did the same thing to her.
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* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'':
** When Shinji and Asuka realize that Gendo has raised Rei as his obedient puppet, they decide to befriend her and cut her strings because they really hate Gendo and they really care about Rei.
** Shinji and Asuka to each other. After realizing that they are traumatized orphans and child soldiers during their mutual love confession, they start to lean on each other, improving their mental instability.
* ''Fanfic/{{Bird}}'' features this trope heavily in Taylor's efforts to make friends in Alchemilla asylum. She starts with [[PowerIncontinence Burnscar]] and works from there. It helps that her powers allow her to perceive the [[BrokenBird true natures]] of charaters that might seem too violent or dangerous to be worth the effort otherwise.
* In ''Fanfic/ChasingTheShadow'', Naruto uses this on [[spoiler:Gaara]] in an attempt to undo the damage from [[spoiler:Shukaku's influence]]. To his credit, it works.
* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Gambit, of all people, eventually perform the majority of this on [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor]] in the sequel. Initially, since he was under [[spoiler: Sinister's]] thumb and she was [[spoiler: Sinister's]] enforcer, he intended to seduce her into giving him the means to escape (she was aware, but went along with it because no one had even ''pretended'' to care for her before that). However, once he saw the confused, manipulated, and psychologically broken young woman she really was, his intentions changed and he steadily deprogrammed her, encouraging her to assert her individuality. The final push is provided by Harry, who saw much the same thing, and both helped her recover and gain some measure of normality after her HeelFaceTurn. Ultimately, though, she's the one who makes the choice, deciding that IAmNotAGun.
* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'': After losing her parents and becoming a NERV's puppet, Asuka met a decent foster mother who defused her and helped her to become a better person. Several years later she helped Shinji to find a better reason to keep living. At the same time, Rei's friends tried to defuse her, but they weren't quite successful.
* In ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'', Asuka, [[PeggySue upon arriving in the past]], makes it a point to include doing this to Rei in her plans for the do-over. However, Rei has already managed to defuse herself by this point, due to also having traveled back in time.
* In ''Fanfic/GhostsOfEvangelion'' Misato finally sees that Shinji and Asuka get counsel and therapy after returning from Instrumentality.
* ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'': Shinji showed Asuka that she didn't need to be an Eva pilot to be special, valued or loved. By the time she's unable to synch with her Eva, she doesn't care for it anymore because Shinji loves her [[spoiler:and she has super-powers.]]
* ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'': Asuka was trained by NERV since she was four to be a mecha pilot, ignoring that she was considered an easily replaceable pawn until she was discarded and abandoned. Shinji spent a long time trying to fix the damage done to her mind and convincing her that he cared about her and would not leave her.
* In ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'', one of the main goals of Shinji is undoing the damaged inflicted upon Rei and Asuka's psyches by NERV. So he spends a long while showing Rei that she's an individual unique and proving Asuka that piloting Eva isn't everything that she has.
* In ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'', [[ChildSoldiers Shinji and Asuka]] defused each other [[AfterTheEnd after Third Impact]], helping mutually with their psychological issues. When they went back to the past, defusing Rei was one of their main goals. Thanks to them [[spoiler:-and mainly Aki-]] Rei managed to reclaim her lost humanity.
* Two examples in ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'':
** Shinji realized early on that Gendo had raised Rei to be his puppet because she played a crucial role in his father's plans, so he worked hard to break her out of that mindset and earn her loyalty.
** After meeting Asuka, he did the same thing to her.
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* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'': Rincewind does this to Coin, and the Librarian keeps it good.
** In ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'', when Mr. Nutt finds out he is [[spoiler:an orc]], he thinks he must be one of these due to his heritage. His friends and even random strangers in Ankh-Morpork disagree based on his behavior.
* This is the core strategy of the City in ''The Fifth Sacred Thing'', since they know any outright war would annihilate them. The enemy uses SlaveMooks, so they invite them straight into the city, letting them see the freedom, abundance, and equality they could have if they joined them. Even after they kill protesters and lock down the city, they continue, using psychological warfare to break down the soldiers' programming as well as searching for a cure for the drug that [[FoodChains keeps them reliant on the Stewards]]. [[spoiler:In the end, while they can't free all of them, they get enough to turn and enough to doubt for the enemy army to shatter and be forced to retreat.]]
* Used interestingly in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: Army of Terror''. [[spoiler:The heroes find the [[PokemonSpeak Eppon]], apparently a year old, and carry him off with Tash and Zak happily planning to [[Heartwarming/GalaxyOfFear adopt him]]. They recruit some Rebel soldiers to help carry him, and he eats them one by one when no one can see, [[PlotRelevantAgeUp growing larger and older-looking]] all the time but still being sweet and loving to Tash and Zak. When the BigBad arrives Eppon obeys his commands, but later [[PsychicChildren Tash]] appeals to him through the Force.]] It works, but the BigBad had implanted a bomb in his head [[YourHeadASplode and uses it]].
* Prof. Marius, the TallDarkAndSnarky teacher of Edgewood Academy, from ''Literature/ThePrincess99'' manages to defuse the tykebomb in question ([[spoiler:here Axel]]) before the entire school gets destroyed.
* [[Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures The Red Vixen]] attempted this with Alinadar after capturing her. The results were mixed. Ali ends up better socialized, but until she formed a relationship with Sallivera, she still mostly saw herself as a slave to be commanded.
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Miles Vorkosigan starts this job with his clone-brother Mark in ''Brothers in Arms''. His parents, especially his mother Cordelia, pick up the job in ''Mirror Dance''.
** Technically more of a ThickerThanWater, as in Betan society cloning is a perfectly valid form of reproduction, and as such Mark is a LongLostRelative.
--->"Except that—I keep hearing my mother's voice, in my head. That's where I picked up that perfect Betan accent, y'know, that I use for Admiral Naismith, I can hear her now."\\
"And what does she say?" Galeni's brows twitched in amusement.\\
"Miles—she says—what have you done with your baby brother?!"
*** The last line gets a CallBack from Elena in ''Mirror Dance'', explaining why she's helping someone she initially mistrusts.
** And Kareen Koudelka seems to have happily picked up where Cordelia leaves off, although Kareen and Mark do meet in ''Mirror Dance''. By ''A Civil Campaign'', the two have gone into business together.
* ''Literature/WarchildSeries'': Cairo Azarcon was captured as a child by BigBad Falcone, and raised as a {{Tykebomb}}. He's found and rescued in his late teens by a SpaceMarine. It takes a few years, but Azarcon eventually assimilates into [=EarthHub=] society...well, more or less.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'': Rincewind does this to Coin, and the Librarian keeps it good.
** In ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'', when Mr. Nutt finds out he is [[spoiler:an orc]], he thinks he must be one of these due to his heritage. His friends and even random strangers in Ankh-Morpork disagree based on his behavior.
* This is the core strategy of the City in ''The Fifth Sacred Thing'', since they know any outright war would annihilate them. The enemy uses SlaveMooks, so they invite them straight into the city, letting them see the freedom, abundance, and equality they could have if they joined them. Even after they kill protesters and lock down the city, they continue, using psychological warfare to break down the soldiers' programming as well as searching for a cure for the drug that [[FoodChains keeps them reliant on the Stewards]]. [[spoiler:In the end, while they can't free all of them, they get enough to turn and enough to doubt for the enemy army to shatter and be forced to retreat.]]
* Used interestingly in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: Army of Terror''. [[spoiler:The heroes find the [[PokemonSpeak Eppon]], apparently a year old, and carry him off with Tash and Zak happily planning to [[Heartwarming/GalaxyOfFear adopt him]]. They recruit some Rebel soldiers to help carry him, and he eats them one by one when no one can see, [[PlotRelevantAgeUp growing larger and older-looking]] all the time but still being sweet and loving to Tash and Zak. When the BigBad arrives Eppon obeys his commands, but later [[PsychicChildren Tash]] appeals to him through the Force.]] It works, but the BigBad had implanted a bomb in his head [[YourHeadASplode and uses it]].
* Prof. Marius, the TallDarkAndSnarky teacher of Edgewood Academy, from ''Literature/ThePrincess99'' manages to defuse the tykebomb in question ([[spoiler:here Axel]]) before the entire school gets destroyed.
* [[Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures The Red Vixen]] attempted this with Alinadar after capturing her. The results were mixed. Ali ends up better socialized, but until she formed a relationship with Sallivera, she still mostly saw herself as a slave to be commanded.
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Miles Vorkosigan starts this job with his clone-brother Mark in ''Brothers in Arms''. His parents, especially his mother Cordelia, pick up the job in ''Mirror Dance''.
** Technically more of a ThickerThanWater, as in Betan society cloning is a perfectly valid form of reproduction, and as such Mark is a LongLostRelative.
--->"Except that—I keep hearing my mother's voice, in my head. That's where I picked up that perfect Betan accent, y'know, that I use for Admiral Naismith, I can hear her now."\\
"And what does she say?" Galeni's brows twitched in amusement.\\
"Miles—she says—what have you done with your baby brother?!"
*** The last line gets a CallBack from Elena in ''Mirror Dance'', explaining why she's helping someone she initially mistrusts.
** And Kareen Koudelka seems to have happily picked up where Cordelia leaves off, although Kareen and Mark do meet in ''Mirror Dance''. By ''A Civil Campaign'', the two have gone into business together.
* ''Literature/WarchildSeries'': Cairo Azarcon was captured as a child by BigBad Falcone, and raised as a {{Tykebomb}}. He's found and rescued in his late teens by a SpaceMarine. It takes a few years, but Azarcon eventually assimilates into [=EarthHub=] society...well, more or less.
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** ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'': Rincewind does this
** In ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'', when Mr. Nutt finds out he is [[spoiler:an orc]], he thinks he must be one of these due to his heritage. His friends and even random strangers in Ankh-Morpork disagree based on his behavior.
* This is the core strategy of the City in ''The Fifth Sacred Thing'', since they know any outright war would annihilate them. The enemy uses SlaveMooks, so they invite them straight into the city, letting them see the freedom, abundance, and equality they could have if they joined them. Even
* Prof. Marius, the TallDarkAndSnarky teacher
* [[Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures The Red Vixen]] attempted this with Alinadar after capturing her. The results were mixed. Ali ends up better socialized, but until she formed a relationship with Sallivera, she still mostly saw
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Miles Vorkosigan starts this job with his clone-brother Mark in ''Brothers in Arms''. His parents, especially his mother Cordelia, pick up the job in ''Mirror Dance''.
** Technically more of a ThickerThanWater,
--->"Except that—I keep hearing my mother's voice, in my head. That's where I picked up that perfect Betan accent, y'know, that I use for Admiral Naismith, I
"And what does
"Miles—she says—what have you done with your baby brother?!"
*** The last line gets a CallBack from Elena in ''Mirror Dance'', explaining why she's helping someone she initially mistrusts.
** And Kareen Koudelka seems to have happily picked up where Cordelia leaves off, although Kareen and Mark do meet in ''Mirror Dance''. By ''A Civil Campaign'', the two have gone into business together.
* ''Literature/WarchildSeries'': Cairo Azarcon was captured as a child by BigBad Falcone, and raised as a {{Tykebomb}}. He's found and rescued in his late teens by a SpaceMarine. It takes a few years, but Azarcon eventually assimilates into [=EarthHub=] society...well, more or less.
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* ''Series/TwentyFour'' surprisingly let this work, rather than [[BlackAndGrayMorality forcing Jack to kill a child soldier.]]
* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'' the title character tries to do this for Connor, with some success. However, Connor quickly develops other reasons for them not to get along, and in any case never fully gets over his prejudice against Angel. At least, not until the season 4 finale [[spoiler: when Angel retcons everyone's memories to give Connor a life with a normal, loving family]]. Even in season 5, [[spoiler:when his original memories are restored, the experience has given him a much greater sense of stability and grounding, so by the end of the series he's patched things up with his real father]].
* The Doctor in ''Series/DoctorWho'' defuses [[spoiler:Melody Pond]] in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler Let's Kill Hitler]]". Given that ''Doctor Who'' is a show with TimeTravel as its core premise, the Doctor already knows where [[spoiler:Melody's]] life ends up, while [[spoiler:Melody]] [[HaveWeMetYet hasn't yet met the Doctor face-to-face]].
* ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'': [[spoiler:Sawa]] turns out to be a Nanba child, a {{Child Soldier|s}} of a weapon tycoon. She was originally sent to infiltrate the [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits nascita gang]], but hanging out with them started to wear on [[spoiler: her]] programming and yearn for a real family.
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Det. Amaro tries to talk down an armed [[EnfantTerrible tween psychopath]] holding a child hostage. [[spoiler:Good thing he was wearing a vest.]]
* Literally in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' with a child raised to be a suicide bomber. [[spoiler:They already had an "in" since the first thing the kid does after seeing his brother die is find a safe place to detonate.]]
* In the second season of ''Series/OrphanBlack'', [[spoiler:Helena]] overcomes her LaserGuidedTykebomb upbringing and gravitates towards ReformedButNotTamed as she and her {{long lost|Relative}} sister [[spoiler:Sarah Manning]] become FireForgedFriends.
* Odo attempts this with a newborn Jem'Hadar on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. His attempts to raise the fast-growing child to be more empathetic and less violent fail because the Founders are just that good at manipulating them on the genetic level. The fact that ''everyone'' else treated him as a threat and/or potential lab specimen may have undermined Odo's efforts though.
** Technically, almost any attempt to talk down a Jem'Hadar throughout the series would count as this since most of them don't live past 12. They grow to their full adult size practically overnight once they are "born" and are ready to go into battle within days. The only times anyone even comes close to succeeding is if the Jem'Hadar consider them a WorthyOpponent. The only reason Odo was able to have any success at all is that he's a Founder himself, and thus the Jem'Hadar are genetically predisposed to see him as a god.
* In ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', a flashback reveals that [[spoiler:Michonne and Daryl]] encountered a group of these. [[spoiler:Michonne]] tries to talk them down, promising them a better life, and that they'll be cared for in their group. [[spoiler:The kids are so broken by this point that they still try to kill Michonne, Judith, and the unborn RJ, forcing Michonne to kill all of them in self-defense.]]
* ''Series/TwentyFour'' surprisingly let this work, rather than [[BlackAndGrayMorality forcing Jack to kill a child soldier.]]
* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'' the title character tries to do this for Connor, with some success. However, Connor quickly develops other reasons for them not to get along, and in any case never fully gets over his prejudice against Angel. At least, not until the season 4 finale [[spoiler: when Angel retcons everyone's memories to give Connor a life with a normal, loving family]]. Even in season 5, [[spoiler:when his original memories are restored, the experience has given him a much greater sense of stability and grounding, so by the end of the series he's patched things up with his real father]].
* The Doctor in ''Series/DoctorWho'' defuses [[spoiler:Melody Pond]] in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler Let's Kill Hitler]]". Given that ''Doctor Who'' is a show with TimeTravel as its core premise, the Doctor already knows where [[spoiler:Melody's]] life ends up, while [[spoiler:Melody]] [[HaveWeMetYet hasn't yet met the Doctor face-to-face]].
* ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'': [[spoiler:Sawa]] turns out to be a Nanba child, a {{Child Soldier|s}} of a weapon tycoon. She was originally sent to infiltrate the [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits nascita gang]], but hanging out with them started to wear on [[spoiler: her]] programming and yearn for a real family.
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Det. Amaro tries to talk down an armed [[EnfantTerrible tween psychopath]] holding a child hostage. [[spoiler:Good thing he was wearing a vest.]]
* Literally in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' with a child raised to be a suicide bomber. [[spoiler:They already had an "in" since the first thing the kid does after seeing his brother die is find a safe place to detonate.]]
* In the second season of ''Series/OrphanBlack'', [[spoiler:Helena]] overcomes her LaserGuidedTykebomb upbringing and gravitates towards ReformedButNotTamed as she and her {{long lost|Relative}} sister [[spoiler:Sarah Manning]] become FireForgedFriends.
* Odo attempts this with a newborn Jem'Hadar on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. His attempts to raise the fast-growing child to be more empathetic and less violent fail because the Founders are just that good at manipulating them on the genetic level. The fact that ''everyone'' else treated him as a threat and/or potential lab specimen may have undermined Odo's efforts though.
** Technically, almost any attempt to talk down a Jem'Hadar throughout the series would count as this since most of them don't live past 12. They grow to their full adult size practically overnight once they are "born" and are ready to go into battle within days. The only times anyone even comes close to succeeding is if the Jem'Hadar consider them a WorthyOpponent. The only reason Odo was able to have any success at all is that he's a Founder himself, and thus the Jem'Hadar are genetically predisposed to see him as a god.
* In ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', a flashback reveals that [[spoiler:Michonne and Daryl]] encountered a group of these. [[spoiler:Michonne]] tries to talk them down, promising them a better life, and that they'll be cared for in their group. [[spoiler:The kids are so broken by this point that they still try to kill Michonne, Judith, and the unborn RJ, forcing Michonne to kill all of them in self-defense.]]
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* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'' the title character tries to do this for Connor,
* The Doctor in ''Series/DoctorWho'' defuses [[spoiler:Melody Pond]] in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler Let's Kill Hitler]]". Given that ''Doctor Who'' is a show with TimeTravel as its core premise,
* ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'': [[spoiler:Sawa]] turns out to be a Nanba child, a {{Child Soldier|s}} of a weapon tycoon. She was originally sent to infiltrate the [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits nascita gang]], but hanging out with them started to wear on [[spoiler: her]] programming and yearn for a real family.
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Det. Amaro tries to talk down an armed [[EnfantTerrible tween psychopath]] holding a child hostage. [[spoiler:Good thing he was wearing a vest.]]
* Literally in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' with a child raised to be a suicide bomber. [[spoiler:They already had an "in" since the first thing the kid does after seeing his brother die is find a safe place to detonate.]]
* In the second season of ''Series/OrphanBlack'', [[spoiler:Helena]] overcomes her LaserGuidedTykebomb upbringing and gravitates towards ReformedButNotTamed as she and her {{long lost|Relative}} sister [[spoiler:Sarah Manning]] become FireForgedFriends.
* Odo attempts this with a newborn Jem'Hadar on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. His attempts to raise the fast-growing child to be more empathetic and less violent fail because the Founders are just that good at manipulating them on the genetic level. The fact that ''everyone'' else treated him as a threat and/or potential lab specimen may have undermined Odo's efforts though.
** Technically, almost any attempt to talk down a Jem'Hadar throughout the series would count as this since most of them don't live past 12. They grow to their full adult size practically overnight once they are "born" and are ready to go into battle within days. The only times anyone even comes close to succeeding is if the Jem'Hadar consider them a WorthyOpponent. The only reason Odo was able to have any success at all is that he's a Founder himself, and thus the Jem'Hadar are genetically predisposed to see him as a god.
* In ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', a flashback reveals that [[spoiler:Michonne and Daryl]] encountered a group of these. [[spoiler:Michonne]] tries to talk them down, promising them a better life, and that they'll be cared for in their group. [[spoiler:The kids are so broken by this point that they still try to kill Michonne, Judith, and the unborn RJ, forcing Michonne to kill all of them in self-defense.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion'', we learn that ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'''s HeroAntagonist Gulcasa was technically ''born'' one of these--his mother attempted to defuse him by forcibly sealing his abilities and then [[ParentalAbandonment leaving him]] to go FindTheCure. His father, resenting him for the loss of his wife, started abusing him, and any good the seal did was undone posthaste. [[AllThereInTheManual According to]] WordOfGod, the young Gulcasa was a bitter and violent EmptyShell until Siskier and Jenon befriended him and helped him learn to be a normal little kid again.
* In ''VideoGame/CryingSuns'', one of the potential bosses in Chapter 4 is a child’s BrainInAJar, wired into the controls of a battleship and given doses of [[FantasticDrug Special-H]] for winning battles. The player character is horrified by this and offers to help return the child to normal. Unfortunately, the child has come to ''like'' its new existence and rejects your offer, attacking you.
* In a particularly odd case, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Morrigan]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' ends up defusing ''herself''. Once she realizes her mother's plan for her - [[spoiler:becoming a future host body]] - she starts plotting her death. In the first game's last [=DLC=] story, she heads for parts unknown with her own secret agenda, which may involve co-opting her mother's other big plan ([[spoiler:the Old God Baby]]).
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]'', in a variation for this trope, Jaffar was raised this way but is a grown man before interactions with Nino turn him good, and even then [[spoiler: only because the people he works for are about to kill her.]]
** In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]'', the [[HelloInsertNameHere Avatar]] does this for [[spoiler:Katarina]].
%%* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'': The light side path with Visas.
* A Paragon Commander Shepard has this effect on [[AxCrazy Jack]] in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. She has way too many issues for you to deal with all of them in the game's time-frame, but you can at least convince her there are ways of solving problems besides shooting people. Which is why you get to keep it up in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', where she has mellowed out and is much more rounded as a person. This is to the extent that she has an effective family in her biotic students, teenagers that [[MamaBear she would do anything to protect]]. However, it can also be {{Averted}} in the third game if you [[spoiler:ignore the Grissom Academy mission past a certain point: the mission will be considered failed, the station is taken over by Cerberus and Jack is captured, where she is brainwashed and becomes an EliteMook [[TearJerker in the penultimate level of the game]]]].
%%* Snake sort of plays this role in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''. Maybe.
* The player character of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' does this to [[spoiler:N Harmonia, ''before he is even known'' to be a TykeBomb]].
* A child soldier has to be talked out of culling the nurse with a pair of scissors in ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter: Under the Knife 2''.
* In ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion'', we learn that ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'''s HeroAntagonist Gulcasa was technically ''born'' one of these--his mother attempted to defuse him by forcibly sealing his abilities and then [[ParentalAbandonment leaving him]] to go FindTheCure. His father, resenting him for the loss of his wife, started abusing him, and any good the seal did was undone posthaste. [[AllThereInTheManual According to]] WordOfGod, the young Gulcasa was a bitter and violent EmptyShell until Siskier and Jenon befriended him and helped him learn to be a normal little kid again.
* In ''VideoGame/CryingSuns'', one of the potential bosses in Chapter 4 is a child’s BrainInAJar, wired into the controls of a battleship and given doses of [[FantasticDrug Special-H]] for winning battles. The player character is horrified by this and offers to help return the child to normal. Unfortunately, the child has come to ''like'' its new existence and rejects your offer, attacking you.
* In a particularly odd case, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Morrigan]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' ends up defusing ''herself''. Once she realizes her mother's plan for her - [[spoiler:becoming a future host body]] - she starts plotting her death. In the first game's last [=DLC=] story, she heads for parts unknown with her own secret agenda, which may involve co-opting her mother's other big plan ([[spoiler:the Old God Baby]]).
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]'', in a variation for this trope, Jaffar was raised this way but is a grown man before interactions with Nino turn him good, and even then [[spoiler: only because the people he works for are about to kill her.]]
** In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]'', the [[HelloInsertNameHere Avatar]] does this for [[spoiler:Katarina]].
%%* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'': The light side path with Visas.
* A Paragon Commander Shepard has this effect on [[AxCrazy Jack]] in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. She has way too many issues for you to deal with all of them in the game's time-frame, but you can at least convince her there are ways of solving problems besides shooting people. Which is why you get to keep it up in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', where she has mellowed out and is much more rounded as a person. This is to the extent that she has an effective family in her biotic students, teenagers that [[MamaBear she would do anything to protect]]. However, it can also be {{Averted}} in the third game if you [[spoiler:ignore the Grissom Academy mission past a certain point: the mission will be considered failed, the station is taken over by Cerberus and Jack is captured, where she is brainwashed and becomes an EliteMook [[TearJerker in the penultimate level of the game]]]].
%%* Snake sort of plays this role in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''. Maybe.
* The player character of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' does this to [[spoiler:N Harmonia, ''before he is even known'' to be a TykeBomb]].
* A child soldier has to be talked out of culling the nurse with a pair of scissors in ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter: Under the Knife 2''.
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** In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]'', in a variation for this trope, Jaffar was raised this way but is a grown man before interactions
** In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of
%%* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'': The light side path with Visas.
* A Paragon Commander Shepard has this effect on [[AxCrazy Jack]] in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. She has way too many issues for you to deal with all of them
%%* Snake sort of plays this role in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''. Maybe.
* The player character of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' does this to [[spoiler:N Harmonia, ''before he is even known'' to be a TykeBomb]].
* A child soldier has to be talked out of culling the nurse with a pair of scissors in ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter: Under the Knife 2''.
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* Attempted in two routes of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' with Ilya and, to an extent, Saber. [[spoiler:It doesn't work in the first until after she's been defeated, at which point she realizes Shirou really does care. In the second, they get along much better and the defusing is therefore much more successful.]]
** Shirou trying to convince Saber she can think of herself as a woman as well as [[spoiler:a king can come under this, if she weren't 30.]]
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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has a variant with the Monster in the Darkness and the paladin [[TheDeterminator O-Chul]]. While [=MitD=] may be a monster of unknown origin, it has the personality of a child and O-Chul forms an OddFriendship with it while he's imprisoned by the BigBad.
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* Mary in ''Literature/{{Twig}}'' was grown to be a single-use assassination weapon against the parents of the original Mary. When the Lambs encounter her, however, Sylvester observes that she's incredibly lonely due to a lack of affection from her creator and fellow assassins and offers her a place with them, and as a team effort the other Lambs work to make sure she's comfortable and happy working with them. She still kills people, but since she's no longer treated as a disposable weapon she's largely content and often enjoys the challenge of figuring out how to both get the job done ''and'' not die in the process.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has Danny telling his OppositeSexClone that Vlad is merely using her as a tool instead of the daughter she thinks she is to him. She obviously doesn't believe this and spends most of the episode in deep denial, attacking him and the like to prove otherwise. Since Vlad is the series' BigBad, Danny is right. Danielle manages to have a change of heart as a result and works alongside him.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has Ace, a young girl who can drive people insane with a glance, and then her power grows until she's a full-on RealityWarper. Unfortunately, in "Epilogue" [[YourDaysAreNumbered her power causes an aneurysm to develop in her brain]]--if she dies while she's using her powers, the psychic backlash could kill everyone within miles. Amanda Waller gives Batman a weapon to kill her, but he tosses it aside and gently talks her down instead, [[StayWithMeUntilIDie sitting with her until she dies.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Season 5 has Ashi, one of the Daughters of Aku assassins [[LaserGuidedTykeBomb raised from birth solely to kill Jack]]. When he manages to capture her, he takes pity and dedicates himself to breaking her free of her indoctrination. [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn It works]], and she becomes his traveling companion and partner.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', Ratchet combines awesome and heartwarming to do this to [[spoiler:Omega Supreme]] the moment he wakes up, rejecting the Elite Guard's role for him as master of a mindless PersonOfMassDestruction.
-->'''[[spoiler:Omega Supreme]]''': I am [[spoiler:Omega Supreme]]. I am yours to command. I am your pupil. Your dependent. Your obedient servant.\\
'''Ratchet''': I am Ratchet. I am... your friend.
* From ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash all take turns at trying to defuse Superboy. It works, but it takes him most of the season to fully recover.
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* Attempted in two routes of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' with Ilya and, to an extent, Saber. [[spoiler:It doesn't work in the first until after she's been defeated, at which point she realizes Shirou really does care. In the second, they get along much better and the defusing is therefore much more successful.]]
** Shirou trying to convince Saber she can think of herself as a woman as well as [[spoiler:a king can come under this, if she weren't 30.]]
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has a variant with the Monster in the Darkness and the paladin [[TheDeterminator O-Chul]]. While [=MitD=] may be a monster of unknown origin, it has the personality of a child and O-Chul forms an OddFriendship with it while he's imprisoned by the BigBad.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* Mary in ''Literature/{{Twig}}'' was grown to be a single-use assassination weapon against the parents of the original Mary. When the Lambs encounter her, however, Sylvester observes that she's incredibly lonely due to a lack of affection from her creator and fellow assassins and offers her a place with them, and as a team effort the other Lambs work to make sure she's comfortable and happy working with them. She still kills people, but since she's no longer treated as a disposable weapon she's largely content and often enjoys the challenge of figuring out how to both get the job done ''and'' not die in the process.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has Danny telling his OppositeSexClone that Vlad is merely using her as a tool instead of the daughter she thinks she is to him. She obviously doesn't believe this and spends most of the episode in deep denial, attacking him and the like to prove otherwise. Since Vlad is the series' BigBad, Danny is right. Danielle manages to have a change of heart as a result and works alongside him.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has Ace, a young girl who can drive people insane with a glance, and then her power grows until she's a full-on RealityWarper. Unfortunately, in "Epilogue" [[YourDaysAreNumbered her power causes an aneurysm to develop in her brain]]--if she dies while she's using her powers, the psychic backlash could kill everyone within miles. Amanda Waller gives Batman a weapon to kill her, but he tosses it aside and gently talks her down instead, [[StayWithMeUntilIDie sitting with her until she dies.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Season 5 has Ashi, one of the Daughters of Aku assassins [[LaserGuidedTykeBomb raised from birth solely to kill Jack]]. When he manages to capture her, he takes pity and dedicates himself to breaking her free of her indoctrination. [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn It works]], and she becomes his traveling companion and partner.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', Ratchet combines awesome and heartwarming to do this to [[spoiler:Omega Supreme]] the moment he wakes up, rejecting the Elite Guard's role for him as master of a mindless PersonOfMassDestruction.
-->'''[[spoiler:Omega Supreme]]''': I am [[spoiler:Omega Supreme]]. I am yours to command. I am your pupil. Your dependent. Your obedient servant.\\
'''Ratchet''': I am Ratchet. I am... your friend.
* From ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash all take turns at trying to defuse Superboy. It works, but it takes him most of the season to fully recover.
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* In ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', Rock tries to do this with Gretel (who might really be [[AxeCrazy Hansel]]). He seems to have some success with befriending her, and even caused her to behave in a nonviolent fashion towards him. And then [[spoiler:(s)he [[DownerEnding gets shot]].]]
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* In ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', Rock tries to do this with Gretel (who might really be [[AxeCrazy Hansel]]). He seems to have some success with befriending her, and even caused her to behave in a nonviolent fashion towards him. And then [[spoiler:(s)he [[DownerEnding gets shot]].]]shot]]]].
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* Done in ''Manga/DNA2'', towards [[spoiler:Rurara Kawasaki.]]
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* The [[WeirdnessMagnet titular character]] of ''ComicBook/{{Squee}}'' manages to do this ''unintentionally'' to [[TheAntichrist Pepito]], who, despite being literally ''raised by {{Satan}}'' to teethe on the toasty souls of the damned, seems to be genuinely moved by his friendship with Squee. Of course, Squee being [[CosmicPlaything who]] [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood he]] [[BornUnlucky is]], it happens [[RuleOfFunny mostly because]] Squee thinks Pepito [[CreepyChild is terrifying]].
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* Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's Miles Vorkosigan starts this job with his clone-brother Mark in ''Literature/BrothersInArms''. His parents, especially his mother Cordelia, pick up the job in ''Literature/MirrorDance''.
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* Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's This is the core strategy of the City in ''The Fifth Sacred Thing'', since they know any outright war would annihilate them. The enemy uses SlaveMooks, so they invite them straight into the city, letting them see the freedom, abundance, and equality they could have if they joined them. Even after they kill protesters and lock down the city, they continue, using psychological warfare to break down the soldiers' programming as well as searching for a cure for the drug that [[FoodChains keeps them reliant on the Stewards]]. [[spoiler:In the end, while they can't free all of them, they get enough to turn and enough to doubt for the enemy army to shatter and be forced to retreat.]]
* Used interestingly in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: Army of Terror''. [[spoiler:The heroes find the [[PokemonSpeak Eppon]], apparently a year old, and carry him off with Tash and Zak happily planning to [[Heartwarming/GalaxyOfFear adopt him]]. They recruit some Rebel soldiers to help carry him, and he eats them one by one when no one can see, [[PlotRelevantAgeUp growing larger and older-looking]] all the time but still being sweet and loving to Tash and Zak. When the BigBad arrives Eppon obeys his commands, but later [[PsychicChildren Tash]] appeals to him through the Force.]] It works, but the BigBad had implanted a bomb in his head [[YourHeadASplode and uses it]].
* Prof. Marius, the TallDarkAndSnarky teacher of Edgewood Academy, from ''Literature/ThePrincess99'' manages to defuse the tykebomb in question ([[spoiler:here Axel]]) before the entire school gets destroyed.
* [[Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures The Red Vixen]] attempted this with Alinadar after capturing her. The results were mixed. Ali ends up better socialized, but until she formed a relationship with Sallivera, she still mostly saw herself as a slave to be commanded.
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Miles Vorkosigan starts this job with his clone-brother Mark in''Literature/BrothersInArms''. ''Brothers in Arms''. His parents, especially his mother Cordelia, pick up the job in ''Literature/MirrorDance''.''Mirror Dance''.
* Used interestingly in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: Army of Terror''. [[spoiler:The heroes find the [[PokemonSpeak Eppon]], apparently a year old, and carry him off with Tash and Zak happily planning to [[Heartwarming/GalaxyOfFear adopt him]]. They recruit some Rebel soldiers to help carry him, and he eats them one by one when no one can see, [[PlotRelevantAgeUp growing larger and older-looking]] all the time but still being sweet and loving to Tash and Zak. When the BigBad arrives Eppon obeys his commands, but later [[PsychicChildren Tash]] appeals to him through the Force.]] It works, but the BigBad had implanted a bomb in his head [[YourHeadASplode and uses it]].
* Prof. Marius, the TallDarkAndSnarky teacher of Edgewood Academy, from ''Literature/ThePrincess99'' manages to defuse the tykebomb in question ([[spoiler:here Axel]]) before the entire school gets destroyed.
* [[Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures The Red Vixen]] attempted this with Alinadar after capturing her. The results were mixed. Ali ends up better socialized, but until she formed a relationship with Sallivera, she still mostly saw herself as a slave to be commanded.
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Miles Vorkosigan starts this job with his clone-brother Mark in
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* [[Literature/WarchildSeries Cairo Azarcon]] was captured as a child by BigBad Falcone, and raised as a {{Tykebomb}}. He's found and rescued in his late teens by a SpaceMarine. It takes a few years, but Azarcon eventually assimilates into [=EarthHub=] society...well, more or less.
* Prof. Marius, the TallDarkAndSnarky teacher of Edgewood Academy, from ''Literature/ThePrincess99'' manages to defuse the tykebomb in question ([[spoiler: here Axel]]) before the entire school gets destroyed.
* Used interestingly in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: Army of Terror''. [[spoiler: The heroes find the [[PokemonSpeak Eppon]], apparently a year old, and carry him off with Tash and Zak happily planning to [[Heartwarming/GalaxyOfFear adopt him]]. They recruit some Rebel soldiers to help carry him, and he eats them one by one when no one can see, [[PlotRelevantAgeUp growing larger and older-looking]] all the time but still being sweet and loving to Tash and Zak. When the BigBad arrives Eppon obeys his commands, but later [[PsychicChildren Tash]] appeals to him through the Force.]] It works, but the BigBad had implanted a bomb in his head [[YourHeadASplode and uses it]].
* [[Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures The Red Vixen]] attempted this with Alinadar after capturing her. The results were mixed. Ali ends up better socialized, but until she formed a relationship with Sallivera, she still mostly saw herself as a slave to be commanded.
* This is the core strategy of the City in ''The Fifth Sacred Thing'', since they know any outright war would annihilate them. The enemy uses SlaveMooks, so they invite them straight into the city, letting them see the freedom, abundance, and equality they could have if they joined them. Even after they kill protesters and lock down the city, they continue, using psychological warfare to break down the soldiers' programming as well as searching for a cure for the drug that [[FoodChains keeps them reliant on the Stewards]]. [[spoiler:In the end, while they can't free all of them, they get enough to turn and enough to doubt for the enemy army to shatter and be forced to retreat.]]
* Prof. Marius, the TallDarkAndSnarky teacher of Edgewood Academy, from ''Literature/ThePrincess99'' manages to defuse the tykebomb in question ([[spoiler: here Axel]]) before the entire school gets destroyed.
* Used interestingly in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: Army of Terror''. [[spoiler: The heroes find the [[PokemonSpeak Eppon]], apparently a year old, and carry him off with Tash and Zak happily planning to [[Heartwarming/GalaxyOfFear adopt him]]. They recruit some Rebel soldiers to help carry him, and he eats them one by one when no one can see, [[PlotRelevantAgeUp growing larger and older-looking]] all the time but still being sweet and loving to Tash and Zak. When the BigBad arrives Eppon obeys his commands, but later [[PsychicChildren Tash]] appeals to him through the Force.]] It works, but the BigBad had implanted a bomb in his head [[YourHeadASplode and uses it]].
* [[Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures The Red Vixen]] attempted this with Alinadar after capturing her. The results were mixed. Ali ends up better socialized, but until she formed a relationship with Sallivera, she still mostly saw herself as a slave to be commanded.
* This is the core strategy of the City in ''The Fifth Sacred Thing'', since they know any outright war would annihilate them. The enemy uses SlaveMooks, so they invite them straight into the city, letting them see the freedom, abundance, and equality they could have if they joined them. Even after they kill protesters and lock down the city, they continue, using psychological warfare to break down the soldiers' programming as well as searching for a cure for the drug that [[FoodChains keeps them reliant on the Stewards]]. [[spoiler:In the end, while they can't free all of them, they get enough to turn and enough to doubt for the enemy army to shatter and be forced to retreat.]]
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* [[Literature/WarchildSeries ''Literature/WarchildSeries'': Cairo Azarcon]] Azarcon was captured as a child by BigBad Falcone, and raised as a {{Tykebomb}}. He's found and rescued in his late teens by a SpaceMarine. It takes a few years, but Azarcon eventually assimilates into [=EarthHub=] society...well, more or less.
* Prof. Marius, the TallDarkAndSnarky teacher of Edgewood Academy, from ''Literature/ThePrincess99'' manages to defuse the tykebomb in question ([[spoiler: here Axel]]) before the entire school gets destroyed.
* Used interestingly in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: Army of Terror''. [[spoiler: The heroes find the [[PokemonSpeak Eppon]], apparently a year old, and carry him off with Tash and Zak happily planning to [[Heartwarming/GalaxyOfFear adopt him]]. They recruit some Rebel soldiers to help carry him, and he eats them one by one when no one can see, [[PlotRelevantAgeUp growing larger and older-looking]] all the time but still being sweet and loving to Tash and Zak. When the BigBad arrives Eppon obeys his commands, but later [[PsychicChildren Tash]] appeals to him through the Force.]] It works, but the BigBad had implanted a bomb in his head [[YourHeadASplode and uses it]].
* [[Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures The Red Vixen]] attempted this with Alinadar after capturing her. The results were mixed. Ali ends up better socialized, but until she formed a relationship with Sallivera, she still mostly saw herself as a slave to be commanded.
* This is the core strategy of the City in ''The Fifth Sacred Thing'', since they know any outright war would annihilate them. The enemy uses SlaveMooks, so they invite them straight into the city, letting them see the freedom, abundance, and equality they could have if they joined them. Even after they kill protesters and lock down the city, they continue, using psychological warfare to break down the soldiers' programming as well as searching for a cure for the drug that [[FoodChains keeps them reliant on the Stewards]]. [[spoiler:In the end, while they can't free all of them, they get enough to turn and enough to doubt for the enemy army to shatter and be forced to retreat.]]less.
* Prof. Marius, the TallDarkAndSnarky teacher of Edgewood Academy, from ''Literature/ThePrincess99'' manages to defuse the tykebomb in question ([[spoiler: here Axel]]) before the entire school gets destroyed.
* Used interestingly in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: Army of Terror''. [[spoiler: The heroes find the [[PokemonSpeak Eppon]], apparently a year old, and carry him off with Tash and Zak happily planning to [[Heartwarming/GalaxyOfFear adopt him]]. They recruit some Rebel soldiers to help carry him, and he eats them one by one when no one can see, [[PlotRelevantAgeUp growing larger and older-looking]] all the time but still being sweet and loving to Tash and Zak. When the BigBad arrives Eppon obeys his commands, but later [[PsychicChildren Tash]] appeals to him through the Force.]] It works, but the BigBad had implanted a bomb in his head [[YourHeadASplode and uses it]].
* [[Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures The Red Vixen]] attempted this with Alinadar after capturing her. The results were mixed. Ali ends up better socialized, but until she formed a relationship with Sallivera, she still mostly saw herself as a slave to be commanded.
* This is the core strategy of the City in ''The Fifth Sacred Thing'', since they know any outright war would annihilate them. The enemy uses SlaveMooks, so they invite them straight into the city, letting them see the freedom, abundance, and equality they could have if they joined them. Even after they kill protesters and lock down the city, they continue, using psychological warfare to break down the soldiers' programming as well as searching for a cure for the drug that [[FoodChains keeps them reliant on the Stewards]]. [[spoiler:In the end, while they can't free all of them, they get enough to turn and enough to doubt for the enemy army to shatter and be forced to retreat.]]
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* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'' the title character tries to do this for Connor, with some success. However, Connor quickly develops other reasons for them not to get along, and in any case never fully gets over his prejudice against Angel. At least, not until the season 4 finale [[spoiler: when Angel retcons everyone's memories to give Connor a life with a normal, loving family.]] Even in season 5, [[spoiler: when his original memories are restored, the experience has given him a much greater sense of stability and grounding, so by the end of the series he's patched things up with his real father.]]
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* Odo attempts this with a newborn Jem'Hadar on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. His attempts to raise the fast-growing child to be more empathetic and less violent fail because the Founders are just that good at manipulating them on the genetic level. The fact that ''everyone'' else treated him as a threat and/or potential lab specimen may have undermined Odo's efforts though.
** Technically, almost any attempt to talk down a Jem'Hadar throughout the series would count as this since most of them don't live past 12. They grow to their full adult size practically overnight once they are "born" and are ready to go into battle within days. The only times anyone even comes close to succeeding is if the Jem'Hadar consider them a WorthyOpponent. The only reason Odo was able to have any success at all is that he's a Founder himself, and thus the Jem'Hadar are genetically predisposed to see him as a god.
** Technically, almost any attempt to talk down a Jem'Hadar throughout the series would count as this since most of them don't live past 12. They grow to their full adult size practically overnight once they are "born" and are ready to go into battle within days. The only times anyone even comes close to succeeding is if the Jem'Hadar consider them a WorthyOpponent. The only reason Odo was able to have any success at all is that he's a Founder himself, and thus the Jem'Hadar are genetically predisposed to see him as a god.
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* Odo attempts In ''Series/{{Angel}}'' the title character tries to do this for Connor, with some success. However, Connor quickly develops other reasons for them not to get along, and in any case never fully gets over his prejudice against Angel. At least, not until the season 4 finale [[spoiler: when Angel retcons everyone's memories to give Connor a life with a newborn Jem'Hadar on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. His attempts to raise normal, loving family]]. Even in season 5, [[spoiler:when his original memories are restored, the fast-growing child to be more empathetic experience has given him a much greater sense of stability and less violent fail because grounding, so by the Founders are just that good at manipulating them on the genetic level. The fact that ''everyone'' else treated him as a threat and/or potential lab specimen may have undermined Odo's efforts though.
** Technically, almost any attempt to talk down a Jem'Hadar throughoutend of the series would count as this since most of them don't live past 12. They grow to their full adult size practically overnight once they are "born" and are ready to go into battle within days. The only times anyone even comes close to succeeding is if the Jem'Hadar consider them a WorthyOpponent. The only reason Odo was able to have any success at all is that he's a Founder himself, and thus the Jem'Hadar are genetically predisposed to see him as a god.patched things up with his real father]].
** Technically, almost any attempt to talk down a Jem'Hadar throughout
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* ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'': [[spoiler: Sawa]] turns out to be a Nanba child, a {{Child Soldier|s}} of a weapon tycoon. She was originally sent to infiltrate the [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits nascita gang]], but hanging out with them started to wear on [[spoiler: her]] programming and yearn for a real family.
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Det. Amaro tries to talk down an armed [[EnfantTerrible tween psychopath]] holding a child hostage. [[spoiler: Good thing he was wearing a vest]].
* Literally in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' with a child raised to be a suicide bomber. [[spoiler: They already had an "in" since the first thing the kid does after seeing his brother die is find a safe place to detonate.]]
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Det. Amaro tries to talk down an armed [[EnfantTerrible tween psychopath]] holding a child hostage. [[spoiler: Good thing he was wearing a vest]].
* Literally in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' with a child raised to be a suicide bomber. [[spoiler: They already had an "in" since the first thing the kid does after seeing his brother die is find a safe place to detonate.]]
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* ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'': [[spoiler: Sawa]] [[spoiler:Sawa]] turns out to be a Nanba child, a {{Child Soldier|s}} of a weapon tycoon. She was originally sent to infiltrate the [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits nascita gang]], but hanging out with them started to wear on [[spoiler: her]] programming and yearn for a real family.
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Det. Amaro tries to talk down an armed [[EnfantTerrible tween psychopath]] holding a child hostage.[[spoiler: Good [[spoiler:Good thing he was wearing a vest]].
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* Literally in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' with a child raised to be a suicide bomber.[[spoiler: They [[spoiler:They already had an "in" since the first thing the kid does after seeing his brother die is find a safe place to detonate.]]
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Det. Amaro tries to talk down an armed [[EnfantTerrible tween psychopath]] holding a child hostage.
* Literally in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' with a child raised to be a suicide bomber.
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* In ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', a flashback reveals that [[spoiler: Michonne and Daryl]] encountered a group of these. [[spoiler: Michonne]] tries to talk them down, promising them a better life, and that they'll be cared for in their group. [[spoiler: The kids are so broken by this point that they still try to kill Michonne, Judith, and the unborn RJ, forcing Michonne to kill all of them in self-defense.]]
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* Odo attempts this with a newborn Jem'Hadar on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. His attempts to raise the fast-growing child to be more empathetic and less violent fail because the Founders are just that good at manipulating them on the genetic level. The fact that ''everyone'' else treated him as a threat and/or potential lab specimen may have undermined Odo's efforts though.
** Technically, almost any attempt to talk down a Jem'Hadar throughout the series would count as this since most of them don't live past 12. They grow to their full adult size practically overnight once they are "born" and are ready to go into battle within days. The only times anyone even comes close to succeeding is if the Jem'Hadar consider them a WorthyOpponent. The only reason Odo was able to have any success at all is that he's a Founder himself, and thus the Jem'Hadar are genetically predisposed to see him as a god.
* In ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', a flashback reveals that[[spoiler: Michonne [[spoiler:Michonne and Daryl]] encountered a group of these. [[spoiler: Michonne]] [[spoiler:Michonne]] tries to talk them down, promising them a better life, and that they'll be cared for in their group. [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The kids are so broken by this point that they still try to kill Michonne, Judith, and the unborn RJ, forcing Michonne to kill all of them in self-defense.]]
** Technically, almost any attempt to talk down a Jem'Hadar throughout the series would count as this since most of them don't live past 12. They grow to their full adult size practically overnight once they are "born" and are ready to go into battle within days. The only times anyone even comes close to succeeding is if the Jem'Hadar consider them a WorthyOpponent. The only reason Odo was able to have any success at all is that he's a Founder himself, and thus the Jem'Hadar are genetically predisposed to see him as a god.
* In ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', a flashback reveals that
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%%* Snake sort of plays this role in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''. Maybe.
* A child soldier has to be talked out of culling the nurse with a pair of scissors in ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter: Under the Knife 2''.
%%* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'': The light side path with Visas.
* A child soldier has to be talked out of culling the nurse with a pair of scissors in ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter: Under the Knife 2''.
%%* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'': The light side path with Visas.
* In ''VideoGame/CryingSuns'', one of the potential bosses in Chapter 4 is a child’s BrainInAJar, wired into the controls of a battleship and given doses of [[FantasticDrug Special-H]] for winning battles. The player character is horrified by this and offers to help return the child to normal. Unfortunately, the child has come to ''like'' its new existence and rejects your offer, attacking you.
* In a particularly odd case, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Morrigan]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' ends up defusing ''herself''. Once she realizes her mother's plan for her - [[spoiler:becoming a future host body]] - she starts plotting her death. In the first game's last [=DLC=] story, she heads for parts unknown with her own secret agenda, which may involve co-opting her mother's other big plan ([[spoiler:the Old God Baby]]).
* In a particularly odd case, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Morrigan]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' ends up defusing ''herself''. Once she realizes her mother's plan for her - [[spoiler:becoming a future host body]] - she starts plotting her death. In the first game's last [=DLC=] story, she heads for parts unknown with her own secret agenda, which may involve co-opting her mother's other big plan ([[spoiler:the Old God Baby]]).
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* A Paragon Commander Shepard has this effect on [[AxCrazy Jack]] in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. She has way too many issues for you to deal with all of them in the game's time-frame, but you can at least convince her there are ways of solving problems besides shooting people. Which is why you get to keep it up in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', where she has mellowed out and is much more rounded as a person. This is to the extent that she has an effective family in her biotic students, teenagers that [[MamaBear she would do anything to protect]]. However, it can also be {{Averted}} in the third game if you [[spoiler: ignore the Grissom Academy mission past a certain point: the mission will be considered failed, the station is taken over by Cerberus and Jack is captured, where she is brainwashed and becomes an EliteMook [[TearJerker in the penultimate level of the game]]]].
* In a particularly odd case, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Morrigan]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' ends up defusing ''herself''. Once she realizes her mother's plan for her - [[spoiler: becoming a future host body]] - she starts plotting her death. In the first game's last [=DLC=] story, she heads for parts unknown with her own secret agenda, which may involve co-opting her mother's other big plan ([[spoiler:the Old God Baby]]).
* In a particularly odd case, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Morrigan]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' ends up defusing ''herself''. Once she realizes her mother's plan for her - [[spoiler: becoming a future host body]] - she starts plotting her death. In the first game's last [=DLC=] story, she heads for parts unknown with her own secret agenda, which may involve co-opting her mother's other big plan ([[spoiler:the Old God Baby]]).
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%%* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'': The light side path with Visas.
* A Paragon Commander Shepard has this effect on [[AxCrazy Jack]] in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. She has way too many issues for you to deal with all of them in the game's time-frame, but you can at least convince her there are ways of solving problems besides shooting people. Which is why you get to keep it up in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', where she has mellowed out and is much more rounded as a person. This is to the extent that she has an effective family in her biotic students, teenagers that [[MamaBear she would do anything to protect]]. However, it can also be {{Averted}} in the third game if you[[spoiler: ignore [[spoiler:ignore the Grissom Academy mission past a certain point: the mission will be considered failed, the station is taken over by Cerberus and Jack is captured, where she is brainwashed and becomes an EliteMook [[TearJerker in the penultimate level of the game]]]].
* In a particularly odd case, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Morrigan]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' ends up defusing ''herself''. Once she realizes her mother's plan for her - [[spoiler: becoming a future host body]] - she starts plotting her death. In the first game's last [=DLC=] story, she heads for parts unknown with her own secret agenda, which may involve co-opting her mother's other big plan ([[spoiler:the Old God Baby]]).%%* Snake sort of plays this role in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''. Maybe.
* A Paragon Commander Shepard has this effect on [[AxCrazy Jack]] in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. She has way too many issues for you to deal with all of them in the game's time-frame, but you can at least convince her there are ways of solving problems besides shooting people. Which is why you get to keep it up in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', where she has mellowed out and is much more rounded as a person. This is to the extent that she has an effective family in her biotic students, teenagers that [[MamaBear she would do anything to protect]]. However, it can also be {{Averted}} in the third game if you
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* In ''VideoGame/CryingSuns'', one of the potential bosses in Chapter 4 is a child’s BrainInAJar, wired into the controls of a battleship and given doses of [[FantasticDrug Special-H]] for winning battles. The player character is horrified by this and offers to help return the child to normal. Unfortunately, the child has come to ''like'' its new existence and rejects your offer, attacking you.
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* In ''VideoGame/CryingSuns'', one of the potential bosses in Chapter 4 is a child’s BrainInAJar, wired into the controls of a battleship and given doses of [[FantasticDrug Special-H]] for winning battles. The player character is horrified by this and offers to help return the A child soldier has to normal. Unfortunately, be talked out of culling the child has come to ''like'' its new existence and rejects your offer, attacking you. nurse with a pair of scissors in ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter: Under the Knife 2''.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has Ace, a young girl who can drive people insane with a glance, and then her power grows until she's a full-on RealityWarper. Unfortunately, in "Epilogue" [[YourDaysAreNumbered her power causes an aneurysm to develop in her brain]]--if she dies while she's using her powers, the psychic backlash could kill everyone within miles. Amanda Waller gives Batman a weapon to kill her, but he tosses it aside and gently talks her down instead, [[StayWithMeUntilIDie sitting with her until she dies.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Season 5 has Ashi, one of the Daughters of Aku assassins [[LaserGuidedTykeBomb raised from birth solely to kill Jack]]. When he manages to capture her, he takes pity and dedicates himself to breaking her free of her indoctrination. [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn It works]], and she becomes his traveling companion and partner.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Season 5 has Ashi, one of the Daughters of Aku assassins [[LaserGuidedTykeBomb raised from birth solely to kill Jack]]. When he manages to capture her, he takes pity and dedicates himself to breaking her free of her indoctrination. [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn It works]], and she becomes his traveling companion and partner.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has Ace, a young girl who can drive people insane with a glance, and then her power grows until she's a full-on RealityWarper. Unfortunately, in "Epilogue" [[YourDaysAreNumbered her power causes an aneurysm to develop in her brain]]--if she dies while she's using her powers, the psychic backlash could kill everyone within miles. Amanda Waller gives Batman a weapon to kill her, but he tosses it aside and gently talks her down instead, [[StayWithMeUntilIDie sitting with her until she dies.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Season 5 has Ashi, one of the Daughters of Aku assassins [[LaserGuidedTykeBomb raised from birth solely to kill Jack]]. When he manages to capture her, he takes pity and dedicates himself to breaking her free of her indoctrination. [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceTurn It works]], and she becomes his traveling companion and partner.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Season 5 has Ashi, one of the Daughters of Aku assassins [[LaserGuidedTykeBomb raised from birth solely to kill Jack]]. When he manages to capture her, he takes pity and dedicates himself to breaking her free of her indoctrination. [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceTurn It works]], and she becomes his traveling companion and partner.]]
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* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Det. Amaro tries to talk down an armed tween psychopath [[spoiler: good thing he was wearing a vest]].
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* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Det. Amaro tries to talk down an armed [[EnfantTerrible tween psychopath psychopath]] holding a child hostage. [[spoiler: good Good thing he was wearing a vest]].
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* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' had several characters - mainly Misato and Kaji - make the attempt to help Shinji, Asuka and Rei. Unfortunately, they were hindered by [[DysfunctionJunction their own state of massive emotional trauma]], and their attempts weren't successful.
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* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' had several characters - mainly Misato and Kaji - make the attempt to help Shinji, Asuka and Rei. Unfortunately, they were hindered sees Shinji unknowingly defusing Rei, by [[DysfunctionJunction their own state of massive emotional trauma]], and their attempts weren't successful.treating her like a friend
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* {{Subverted|Trope}} in the 2nd G.I.G. of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComex''. When the Individual Eleven have a group of people suicide bomb random areas across the city, the last bomber is revealed to be a little girl. Togusa tries to convince her to not detonate the bomb she has, and at first, he seemingly gets through to her [[spoiler:only for Batou to shoot the girl in the cheek, and pull out a detonator from her teeth that she would have bitten down had Togusa gotten closer to her]].
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* {{Subverted|Trope}} in the 2nd G.I.G. of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComex''.''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''. When the Individual Eleven have a group of people suicide bomb random areas across the city, the last bomber is revealed to be a little girl. Togusa tries to convince her to not detonate the bomb she has, and at first, he seemingly gets through to her [[spoiler:only for Batou to shoot the girl in the cheek, and pull out a detonator from her teeth that she would have bitten down had Togusa gotten closer to her]].
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* Snake sort of plays this role in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2''. Maybe.
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* Franchise/{{Superman}}: Clark Kent and Lois Lane acted this way toward Lor-Zod, son of General Zod -one of the worst enemies of Superman- and his henchwoman Ursa in ''ComicBook/LastSon'' and ''ComicBook/NewKrypton''. Everyone else -including his abusive birth parents, ComicBook/LexLuthor and the USA Government- wanted to capture him and control him. Lois and Clark adopted him and raised him with the name of Christopher "Chris" Kent. Chris eventually became the hero "Nightwing" -no THAT ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, although both boys took their codenames from the same Kryptonian mythological being- and fought alongside his adoptive father and cousin.
ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}.
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': Subverted with Post-Crisis Kara Zor-El. [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 An early story]] stated that her father trained her to be a weapon, and Superman -with aid of Batman and Franchise/WonderWoman- took her in and acted this way toward her. However her abusive father was eventually retconned as a hallucination caused by Kryptonite poisoning when the real Zor-El showed up and turned out to be a pretty nice guy.
ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}.
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': Subverted with Post-Crisis Kara Zor-El. [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 An early story]] stated that her father trained her to be a weapon, and Superman -with aid of Batman and Franchise/WonderWoman- took her in and acted this way toward her. However her abusive father was eventually retconned as a hallucination caused by Kryptonite poisoning when the real Zor-El showed up and turned out to be a pretty nice guy.
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* Franchise/{{Superman}}: ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** Clark Kent and Lois Lane acted this way toward Lor-Zod, son of General Zod-one -- one of the worst enemies of Superman- Superman -- and his henchwoman Ursa in ''ComicBook/LastSon'' and ''ComicBook/NewKrypton''. Everyone else -including -- including his abusive birth parents, ComicBook/LexLuthor [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] and the USA Government- Government -- wanted to capture him and control him. Lois and Clark adopted him and raised him with the name of Christopher "Chris" Kent. Chris eventually became the hero "Nightwing" -no THAT (not ''that'' ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, although both boys took their codenames from the same Kryptonian mythological being- being) and fought alongside his adoptive father and cousin.
ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}.
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': Subvertedcousin.
** {{Subverted|Trope}} with Post-Crisis [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} KaraZor-El. Zor-El]]. [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 An early story]] stated that her father trained her to be a weapon, and Superman -with -- with the aid of Batman and Franchise/WonderWoman- ComicBook/WonderWoman -- took her in and acted this way toward her. However However, her abusive father was eventually retconned as a hallucination caused by Kryptonite poisoning when the real Zor-El showed up and turned out to be a pretty nice guy.
** Clark Kent and Lois Lane acted this way toward Lor-Zod, son of General Zod
ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}.
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': Subverted
** {{Subverted|Trope}} with Post-Crisis [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara
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* From ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash all take turns at trying to defuse Superboy. It works, but it takes him most of the season to fully recover.
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* From ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash all take turns at trying to defuse Superboy. It works, but it takes him most of the season to fully recover.
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* In Anime/YugiohArcV (yes, a ''yugioh'' series), Riley Akaba (former ChildSoldier) is the younger brother of TheChessmaster Declan, and Declan is trying to support his younger brother.
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* In Anime/YugiohArcV ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' (yes, a ''yugioh'' ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' series), Riley Akaba (former ChildSoldier) is the younger brother of TheChessmaster Declan, and Declan is trying to support his younger brother.
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* In an interesting variation, [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] managed to defuse ''himself'' when he was sixteen, killing his EvilMentor in the process. Ebenezar, however, is equally important - even though he came in afterward, he's the one who made it stick.
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* In Anime/YugiohArcV (yes, a ''yugioh'' series), Riley Akaba (former ChildSoldier) is the younger brother of TheChessmaster Declan, and Declan is trying to support his younger brother.
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** The same could be said of Dick Grayson alias ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} -Batman-, towards the current Robin, Damian Wayne, who was raised and trained by the League of Assassins.
* Franchise/{{Superman}}: Clark Kent and Lois Lane acted this way toward Lor-Zod, son of General Zod -one of the worst enemies of Superman- and his henchwoman Ursa in ''ComicBook/LastSon'' and ''ComicBook/NewKrypton''. Everyone else -including his abusive birth parents, ComicBook/LexLuthor and the USA Government- wanted to capture him and control him. Lois and Clark adopted him and raised him with the name of Christopher "Chris" Kent. Chris eventually became the hero "Nightwing" -no THAT ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, although both boys took his codenames from the same Kryptonian mythological being- and fought alongside his adoptive father and his cousin ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}.
* Franchise/{{Superman}}: Clark Kent and Lois Lane acted this way toward Lor-Zod, son of General Zod -one of the worst enemies of Superman- and his henchwoman Ursa in ''ComicBook/LastSon'' and ''ComicBook/NewKrypton''. Everyone else -including his abusive birth parents, ComicBook/LexLuthor and the USA Government- wanted to capture him and control him. Lois and Clark adopted him and raised him with the name of Christopher "Chris" Kent. Chris eventually became the hero "Nightwing" -no THAT ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, although both boys took his codenames from the same Kryptonian mythological being- and fought alongside his adoptive father and his cousin ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}.
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** The same could be said of Dick Grayson alias ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} -Batman-, And later Batman, towards the current Robin, Damian Wayne, who was raised and trained by the League of Assassins.
* Franchise/{{Superman}}: Clark Kent and Lois Lane acted this way toward Lor-Zod, son of General Zod -one of the worst enemies of Superman- and his henchwoman Ursa in ''ComicBook/LastSon'' and ''ComicBook/NewKrypton''. Everyone else -including his abusive birth parents, ComicBook/LexLuthor and the USA Government- wanted to capture him and control him. Lois and Clark adopted him and raised him with the name of Christopher "Chris" Kent. Chris eventually became the hero "Nightwing" -no THAT ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, although both boys tookhis their codenames from the same Kryptonian mythological being- and fought alongside his adoptive father and his cousin cousin.
ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}.
* Franchise/{{Superman}}: Clark Kent and Lois Lane acted this way toward Lor-Zod, son of General Zod -one of the worst enemies of Superman- and his henchwoman Ursa in ''ComicBook/LastSon'' and ''ComicBook/NewKrypton''. Everyone else -including his abusive birth parents, ComicBook/LexLuthor and the USA Government- wanted to capture him and control him. Lois and Clark adopted him and raised him with the name of Christopher "Chris" Kent. Chris eventually became the hero "Nightwing" -no THAT ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, although both boys took
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* ''Manga/{{Monster}}'': Mostly played with, though ''not'' for laughs; Tenma gets his intervention in early with Dieter, Nina attempts this retroactively with her brother, and Grimmer tries with Pedrov's boys, [[spoiler:misguidedly as it turns out.]]
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* ''Manga/{{Monster}}'': Mostly played with, though ''not'' for laughs; Tenma gets his intervention Done by [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Terasaka]] to [[spoiler:Itona]] in early with Dieter, Nina ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom''.
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' sees Jean and Connie attempt this on [[spoiler:Reiner and Bertolt]], in the midst of a desperate chase through Titan-infested lands. Both appeal to their years of friendship and comradery, asking WasItAllALie and attempting to coax them into talking to them. While their attemptsthis retroactively with her brother, are successful in not only defusing Mikasa's UnstoppableRage, but triggering [[spoiler: Bertolt]]'s VillainousBSOD.....it seems these {{Tyke Bomb}}s are TrappedInVillainy and Grimmer tries with Pedrov's boys, [[spoiler:misguidedly as it turns out.]]can't be talked down. Any further efforts are prevented by Erwin leading in a ZergRush and throwing gasoline on the proverbial fire. Quite a few people are killed in the ensuing chaos.
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' sees Jean and Connie attempt this on [[spoiler:Reiner and Bertolt]], in the midst of a desperate chase through Titan-infested lands. Both appeal to their years of friendship and comradery, asking WasItAllALie and attempting to coax them into talking to them. While their attempts
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* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** [[BadassTeacher Iruka]] does this for [[TheHero Naruto]] himself, as he was the first adult to treat Naruto like a person - other adults were either distant or hostile, and the kids [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer more or less followed suit]]. ''Many'' of Naruto's enemies are versions of him who didn't even get that level of support (or only got it from a twisted source), which [[WarriorTherapist Naruto]] has to fix with [[PatrickStewartSpeech speeches]] and [[DefeatMeansFriendship punching]].
** Naruto doesn't understand how [[BattleButler Haku]] can stand to work for a man like [[PsychoForHire Zabuza]], who frequently makes it clear that Haku's usefulness "as a weapon" in battle is why he's kept around ([[spoiler:though this [[SubordinateExcuse turns out to be a front...]]]]). Naruto sees Haku as a person, and tries to make Haku see that he's a person, too.
** Gaara is a blatant example of this trope. Turned into an unstable, murdering psychopath by his father, and empowered by [[{{Kaiju}} Shukaku]], after a beatdown and lecture from Naruto he became a highly admired and respected leader of his ninja-village.
** And [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Pain]] gives us a lesson in how ''not'' to do this: Naruto's future mentor, Jiraiya, attempted to help a poor orphaned child named Nagato survive by teaching him ninjutsu. Nagato and his friends did well, and lived happily for a while, until [[MagnificentBastard Danzou]] and [[TheDreaded Hanzou of the Salamander]] teamed up to kill Nagato's [[MoralityPet best]] [[RestrainingBolt friend]] in the most traumatic way possible. Nagato took up the name "Pain", and became an international ninja-terrorist, kidnapping [[{{Kaiju}} Tailed Beasts]] to bring the world under his rule.
** [[BadassTeacher Iruka]] does this for [[TheHero Naruto]] himself, as he was the first adult to treat Naruto like a person - other adults were either distant or hostile, and the kids [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer more or less followed suit]]. ''Many'' of Naruto's enemies are versions of him who didn't even get that level of support (or only got it from a twisted source), which [[WarriorTherapist Naruto]] has to fix with [[PatrickStewartSpeech speeches]] and [[DefeatMeansFriendship punching]].
** Naruto doesn't understand how [[BattleButler Haku]] can stand to work for a man like [[PsychoForHire Zabuza]], who frequently makes it clear that Haku's usefulness "as a weapon" in battle is why he's kept around ([[spoiler:though this [[SubordinateExcuse turns out to be a front...]]]]). Naruto sees Haku as a person, and tries to make Haku see that he's a person, too.
** Gaara is a blatant example of this trope. Turned into an unstable, murdering psychopath by his father, and empowered by [[{{Kaiju}} Shukaku]], after a beatdown and lecture from Naruto he became a highly admired and respected leader of his ninja-village.
** And [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Pain]] gives us a lesson in how ''not'' to do this: Naruto's future mentor, Jiraiya, attempted to help a poor orphaned child named Nagato survive by teaching him ninjutsu. Nagato and his friends did well, and lived happily for a while, until [[MagnificentBastard Danzou]] and [[TheDreaded Hanzou of the Salamander]] teamed up to kill Nagato's [[MoralityPet best]] [[RestrainingBolt friend]] in the most traumatic way possible. Nagato took up the name "Pain", and became an international ninja-terrorist, kidnapping [[{{Kaiju}} Tailed Beasts]] to bring the world under his rule.
* In ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', Rock tries to do this with Gretel (who might really be [[AxeCrazy Hansel]]). He seems to have some success with befriending her, and even caused her to behave in a nonviolent fashion towards him. And then [[spoiler:(s)he [[DownerEnding gets shot]].]]
--> '''Benny:''' [[spoiler:Stories like these don't have happy endings.]]
--> '''Benny:''' [[spoiler:Stories like these don't have happy endings.]]
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* Mireille from ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' assumes this role toward Kirika, particularly toward the end of the series.
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Kenshin Himura does this to [[spoiler: Soujiro]].
* Nanoha does this to Fate in the first season of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. Of course, this being Nanoha, she defused the bomb [[DefeatMeansFriendship with a bigger explosion]].
** And then Erio and Caro do this to Lutecia in season 3.
** Fate previously reached out to Erio, who believed he was worth nothing after finding out [[spoiler:that he, like Fate, was a clone of a dead child]], and lashed out at her and the people looking after him. Interestingly enough, she used essentially the same argument that Caro eventually used against Lutecia- that people who are sad should not hurt others while seeking happiness.
** This happens to seven out of the twelve [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers]], four of whom [[HappilyAdopted get adopted into the Nakajima family]] and the other three [[TakingTheVeil joining the Saint Church]].
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Kenshin Himura does this to [[spoiler: Soujiro]].
* Nanoha does this to Fate in the first season of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. Of course, this being Nanoha, she defused the bomb [[DefeatMeansFriendship with a bigger explosion]].
** And then Erio and Caro do this to Lutecia in season 3.
** Fate previously reached out to Erio, who believed he was worth nothing after finding out [[spoiler:that he, like Fate, was a clone of a dead child]], and lashed out at her and the people looking after him. Interestingly enough, she used essentially the same argument that Caro eventually used against Lutecia- that people who are sad should not hurt others while seeking happiness.
** This happens to seven out of the twelve [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers]], four of whom [[HappilyAdopted get adopted into the Nakajima family]] and the other three [[TakingTheVeil joining the Saint Church]].
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* Mireille from ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' assumes this role toward Kirika, particularly toward the end Done in ''Manga/DNA2'', towards [[spoiler:Rurara Kawasaki.]]
* ''Manga/DragonBall'': Goku, ofthe series.
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Kenshin Himura does thisall people, is a defused tykebomb. The loving care of Son Gohan and a [[LaserGuidedAmnesia blow to [[spoiler: Soujiro]].
* Nanoha does this to Fate inhis head]] rendered him harmless years before the first season of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. Of course, this being Nanoha, she defused chapter.
* In ''Anime/{{Endride}}'', Demetrio, thebomb RebelLeader and part-time WarriorTherapist, manages to defuse the tykebomb that is the brainwashed child assassin, Mischa, by a combination of [[DefeatMeansFriendship with a bigger explosion]].
** And then Eriobeating her in battle]], destroying her SlaveCollar, and Caro do offering a few kind and optimistic words about the future.
* Dominic helps bring thisto Lutecia about for Anemone in season 3.
** Fate previously reached out to Erio, who believed he was worth nothing after finding out [[spoiler:that he, like Fate, was a clone of a dead child]], and lashed out at her and the people looking after him. Interestingly enough, she used essentially the same argument that Caro eventually used against Lutecia- that people who are sad should not hurt others while seeking happiness.
** This happens to seven out of the twelve [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers]], four of whom [[HappilyAdopted get adopted into the Nakajima family]] and the other three [[TakingTheVeil joining the Saint Church]].''Anime/EurekaSeven''.
* ''Manga/DragonBall'': Goku, of
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Kenshin Himura does this
* Nanoha does this to Fate in
* In ''Anime/{{Endride}}'', Demetrio, the
** And then Erio
* Dominic helps bring this
** Fate previously reached out to Erio, who believed he was worth nothing after finding out [[spoiler:that he, like Fate, was a clone of a dead child]], and lashed out at her and the people looking after him. Interestingly enough, she used essentially the same argument that Caro eventually used against Lutecia- that people who are sad should not hurt others while seeking happiness.
** This happens to seven out of the twelve [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers]], four of whom [[HappilyAdopted get adopted into the Nakajima family]] and the other three [[TakingTheVeil joining the Saint Church]].
* In ''Manga/{{Kekkaishi}}'', Yoshimori attempts to do this to Hiura.
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** Nanoha does this to Fate in the first season. Of course, this being Nanoha, she defused the bomb [[DefeatMeansFriendship with a bigger explosion]].
** And then Erio and Caro do this toHiura.Lutecia in season 3.
** Fate previously reached out to Erio, who believed he was worth nothing after finding out [[spoiler:that he, like Fate, was a clone of a dead child]], and lashed out at her and the people looking after him. Interestingly enough, she used essentially the same argument that Caro eventually used against Lutecia- that people who are sad should not hurt others while seeking happiness.
** This happens to seven out of the twelve [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers]], four of whom [[HappilyAdopted get adopted into the Nakajima family]] and the other three [[TakingTheVeil joining the Saint Church]].
* Kobayashi does this for Ilulu in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' after she protects her from Clemene. Ilulu's [[TookALevelInKindness sudden change in personality]] afterwards is explained by the fact that she UsedToBeASweetKid, and thus she was simply drawing on past experiences rather than learning them from scratch.
* ''Manga/{{Monster}}'': Mostly played with, though ''not'' for laughs; Tenma gets his intervention in early with Dieter, Nina attempts this retroactively with her brother, and Grimmer tries with Pedrov's boys, [[spoiler:misguidedly as it turns out.]]
* Mai does this unintentionally to Mikoto in ''Anime/MyHime'', without even knowing what Mikoto's role in the unfolding events really is. Likewise, Miyu wins Alyssa from the Searrs Foundation by being the only person... well, robot... who ever actually cared about her. [[spoiler:It doesn't quite stick, though, with Alyssa being killed shortly afterwards... until the end. anyway.]]
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** [[BadassTeacher Iruka]] does this for [[TheHero Naruto]] himself, as he was the first adult to treat Naruto like a person - other adults were either distant or hostile, and the kids [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer more or less followed suit]]. ''Many'' of Naruto's enemies are versions of him who didn't even get that level of support (or only got it from a twisted source), which [[WarriorTherapist Naruto]] has to fix with [[PatrickStewartSpeech speeches]] and [[DefeatMeansFriendship punching]].
** Naruto doesn't understand how [[BattleButler Haku]] can stand to work for a man like [[PsychoForHire Zabuza]], who frequently makes it clear that Haku's usefulness "as a weapon" in battle is why he's kept around ([[spoiler:though this [[SubordinateExcuse turns out to be a front...]]]]). Naruto sees Haku as a person, and tries to make Haku see that he's a person, too.
** Gaara is a blatant example of this trope. Turned into an unstable, murdering psychopath by his father, and empowered by [[{{Kaiju}} Shukaku]], after a beatdown and lecture from Naruto he became a highly admired and respected leader of his ninja-village.
** And [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Pain]] gives us a lesson in how ''not'' to do this: Naruto's future mentor, Jiraiya, attempted to help a poor orphaned child named Nagato survive by teaching him ninjutsu. Nagato and his friends did well, and lived happily for a while, until [[MagnificentBastard Danzou]] and [[TheDreaded Hanzou of the Salamander]] teamed up to kill Nagato's [[MoralityPet best]] [[RestrainingBolt friend]] in the most traumatic way possible. Nagato took up the name "Pain", and became an international ninja-terrorist, kidnapping [[{{Kaiju}} Tailed Beasts]] to bring the world under his rule.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' had several characters - mainly Misato and Kaji - make the attempt to help Shinji, Asuka and Rei. Unfortunately, they were hindered by [[DysfunctionJunction their own state of massive emotional trauma]], and their attempts weren't successful.
* Mireille from ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' assumes this role toward Kirika, particularly toward the end of the series.
* Trafalgar Law, at the age of 10, in ''Manga/OnePiece'' saw everyone he loved murdered by the World Government and stopped believing in anything only wanting to cause destruction before he died of a lead disease. Doflamingo sought to turn him into his right hand man, but his younger brother, Corazon saw a really messed up child who needed help and took him away to find a cure to his disease. After several months together, Law came to admire the real hero who saved him from his disease and set his life towards accomplishing the fallen Corazon's wish to stop his evil brother's madness.
* This was the plot of an issue of ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'': in 'Duty,' a teenage boy belonging to an order of child assassins named 'Scorpio's Children' takes cover at D's pet shop. It is up to Count D to try to defuse him, which he does with the aid of an illusory confrontation with the boy's estranged mother. It succeeds, although D being D, he was more interested in [[FluffyTamer the eponymous scorpion]] than in [[MisanthropeSupreme the child]].
* Rowan does this to Mitsumi prior to the beginning of ''Manga/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure''.
** Nanoha does this to Fate in the first season. Of course, this being Nanoha, she defused the bomb [[DefeatMeansFriendship with a bigger explosion]].
** And then Erio and Caro do this to
** Fate previously reached out to Erio, who believed he was worth nothing after finding out [[spoiler:that he, like Fate, was a clone of a dead child]], and lashed out at her and the people looking after him. Interestingly enough, she used essentially the same argument that Caro eventually used against Lutecia- that people who are sad should not hurt others while seeking happiness.
** This happens to seven out of the twelve [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers]], four of whom [[HappilyAdopted get adopted into the Nakajima family]] and the other three [[TakingTheVeil joining the Saint Church]].
* Kobayashi does this for Ilulu in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' after she protects her from Clemene. Ilulu's [[TookALevelInKindness sudden change in personality]] afterwards is explained by the fact that she UsedToBeASweetKid, and thus she was simply drawing on past experiences rather than learning them from scratch.
* ''Manga/{{Monster}}'': Mostly played with, though ''not'' for laughs; Tenma gets his intervention in early with Dieter, Nina attempts this retroactively with her brother, and Grimmer tries with Pedrov's boys, [[spoiler:misguidedly as it turns out.]]
* Mai does this unintentionally to Mikoto in ''Anime/MyHime'', without even knowing what Mikoto's role in the unfolding events really is. Likewise, Miyu wins Alyssa from the Searrs Foundation by being the only person... well, robot... who ever actually cared about her. [[spoiler:It doesn't quite stick, though, with Alyssa being killed shortly afterwards... until the end. anyway.]]
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** [[BadassTeacher Iruka]] does this for [[TheHero Naruto]] himself, as he was the first adult to treat Naruto like a person - other adults were either distant or hostile, and the kids [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer more or less followed suit]]. ''Many'' of Naruto's enemies are versions of him who didn't even get that level of support (or only got it from a twisted source), which [[WarriorTherapist Naruto]] has to fix with [[PatrickStewartSpeech speeches]] and [[DefeatMeansFriendship punching]].
** Naruto doesn't understand how [[BattleButler Haku]] can stand to work for a man like [[PsychoForHire Zabuza]], who frequently makes it clear that Haku's usefulness "as a weapon" in battle is why he's kept around ([[spoiler:though this [[SubordinateExcuse turns out to be a front...]]]]). Naruto sees Haku as a person, and tries to make Haku see that he's a person, too.
** Gaara is a blatant example of this trope. Turned into an unstable, murdering psychopath by his father, and empowered by [[{{Kaiju}} Shukaku]], after a beatdown and lecture from Naruto he became a highly admired and respected leader of his ninja-village.
** And [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Pain]] gives us a lesson in how ''not'' to do this: Naruto's future mentor, Jiraiya, attempted to help a poor orphaned child named Nagato survive by teaching him ninjutsu. Nagato and his friends did well, and lived happily for a while, until [[MagnificentBastard Danzou]] and [[TheDreaded Hanzou of the Salamander]] teamed up to kill Nagato's [[MoralityPet best]] [[RestrainingBolt friend]] in the most traumatic way possible. Nagato took up the name "Pain", and became an international ninja-terrorist, kidnapping [[{{Kaiju}} Tailed Beasts]] to bring the world under his rule.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' had several characters - mainly Misato and Kaji - make the attempt to help Shinji, Asuka and Rei. Unfortunately, they were hindered by [[DysfunctionJunction their own state of massive emotional trauma]], and their attempts weren't successful.
* Mireille from ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' assumes this role toward Kirika, particularly toward the end of the series.
* Trafalgar Law, at the age of 10, in ''Manga/OnePiece'' saw everyone he loved murdered by the World Government and stopped believing in anything only wanting to cause destruction before he died of a lead disease. Doflamingo sought to turn him into his right hand man, but his younger brother, Corazon saw a really messed up child who needed help and took him away to find a cure to his disease. After several months together, Law came to admire the real hero who saved him from his disease and set his life towards accomplishing the fallen Corazon's wish to stop his evil brother's madness.
* This was the plot of an issue of ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'': in 'Duty,' a teenage boy belonging to an order of child assassins named 'Scorpio's Children' takes cover at D's pet shop. It is up to Count D to try to defuse him, which he does with the aid of an illusory confrontation with the boy's estranged mother. It succeeds, although D being D, he was more interested in [[FluffyTamer the eponymous scorpion]] than in [[MisanthropeSupreme the child]].
* Rowan does this to Mitsumi prior to the beginning of ''Manga/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure''.
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* Rowan does this to Mitsumi prior to the beginning of ''Manga/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure''.
* An absolute textbook example of this trope occurs toward the end of ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie'' when priestess Melissa walks directly toward an enraged, lightning-bolt-flinging ChildMage named Lilly, who has been raised by the evil Lord Dardanel to be a vicious enemy of the reigning royal family. Melissa proceeds to talk her into a teary-eyed HeelFaceTurn.
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Kenshin Himura does this to [[spoiler: Soujiro]].
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Kenshin Himura does this to [[spoiler: Soujiro]].
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* In ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', Rock tries to do this with Gretel (who might really be [[AxeCrazy Hansel]]). He seems to have some success with befriending her, and even caused her to behave in a nonviolent fashion towards him. And then [[spoiler:(s)he [[DownerEnding gets shot]].]]
--> '''Benny:''' [[spoiler:Stories like these don't have happy endings.]]
* Dominic helps bring this about for Anemone in ''Anime/EurekaSeven''.
* An absolute textbook example of this trope occurs toward the end of ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie'' when priestess Melissa walks directly toward an enraged, lightning-bolt-flinging ChildMage named Lilly, who has been raised by the evil Lord Dardanel to be a vicious enemy of the reigning royal family. Melissa proceeds to talk her into a teary-eyed HeelFaceTurn.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' had several characters -mainly Misato and Kaji- make the attempt to help Shinji, Asuka and Rei. Unfortunately, they were hindered by [[DysfunctionJunction their own state of massive emotional trauma]], and their attempts weren't successful.
* ''Manga/DragonBall'': Goku, of all people, is a defused tykebomb. The loving care of Son Gohan and a [[LaserGuidedAmnesia blow to his head]] rendered him harmless years before the first chapter.
* Done in ''Manga/DNA2'', towards [[spoiler:Rurara Kawasaki.]]
* Mai does this unintentionally to Mikoto in ''Anime/MyHime'', without even knowing what Mikoto's role in the unfolding events really is. Likewise, Miyu wins Alyssa from the Searrs Foundation by being the only person... well, robot... who ever actually cared about her. [[spoiler:It doesn't quite stick, though, with Alyssa being killed shortly afterwards... until the end. anyway.]]
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' sees Jean and Connie attempt this on [[spoiler:Reiner and Bertolt]], in the midst of a desperate chase through Titan-infested lands. Both appeal to their years of friendship and comradery, asking WasItAllALie and attempting to coax them into talking to them. While their attempts are successful in not only defusing Mikasa's UnstoppableRage, but triggering [[spoiler: Bertolt]]'s VillainousBSOD.....it seems these {{Tyke Bomb}}s are TrappedInVillainy and can't be talked down. Any further efforts are prevented by Erwin leading in a ZergRush and throwing gasoline on the proverbial fire. Quite a few people are killed in the ensuing chaos.
* Trafalgar Law, at the age of 10, in ''Manga/OnePiece'' saw everyone he loved murdered by the World Government and stopped believing in anything only wanting to cause destruction before he died of a lead disease. Doflamingo sought to turn him into his right hand man, but his younger brother, Corazon saw a really messed up child who needed help and took him away to find a cure to his disease. After several months together, Law came to admire the real hero who saved him from his disease and set his life towards accomplishing the fallen Corazon's wish to stop his evil brother's madness.
* In ''Anime/{{Endride}}'', Demetrio, the RebelLeader and part-time WarriorTherapist, manages to defuse the tykebomb that is the brainwashed child assassin, Mischa, by a combination of [[DefeatMeansFriendship beating her in battle]], destroying her SlaveCollar, and offering a few kind and optimistic words about the future.
* This was the plot of an issue of ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'': in 'Duty,' a teenage boy belonging to an order of child assassins named 'Scorpio's Children' takes cover at D's pet shop. It is up to Count D to try to defuse him, which he does with the aid of an illusory confrontation with the boy's estranged mother. It succeeds, although D being D, he was more interested in [[FluffyTamer the eponymous scorpion]] than in [[MisanthropeSupreme the child.]]
* Done by [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Terasaka]] to [[spoiler:Itona]] in ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom''.
* Kobayashi does this for Ilulu in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' after she protects her from Clemene. Ilulu's [[TookALevelInKindness sudden change in personality]] afterwards is explained by the fact that she UsedToBeASweetKid, and thus she was simply drawing on past experiences rather than learning them from scratch.
--> '''Benny:''' [[spoiler:Stories like these don't have happy endings.]]
* Dominic helps bring this about for Anemone in ''Anime/EurekaSeven''.
* An absolute textbook example of this trope occurs toward the end of ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie'' when priestess Melissa walks directly toward an enraged, lightning-bolt-flinging ChildMage named Lilly, who has been raised by the evil Lord Dardanel to be a vicious enemy of the reigning royal family. Melissa proceeds to talk her into a teary-eyed HeelFaceTurn.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' had several characters -mainly Misato and Kaji- make the attempt to help Shinji, Asuka and Rei. Unfortunately, they were hindered by [[DysfunctionJunction their own state of massive emotional trauma]], and their attempts weren't successful.
* ''Manga/DragonBall'': Goku, of all people, is a defused tykebomb. The loving care of Son Gohan and a [[LaserGuidedAmnesia blow to his head]] rendered him harmless years before the first chapter.
* Done in ''Manga/DNA2'', towards [[spoiler:Rurara Kawasaki.]]
* Mai does this unintentionally to Mikoto in ''Anime/MyHime'', without even knowing what Mikoto's role in the unfolding events really is. Likewise, Miyu wins Alyssa from the Searrs Foundation by being the only person... well, robot... who ever actually cared about her. [[spoiler:It doesn't quite stick, though, with Alyssa being killed shortly afterwards... until the end. anyway.]]
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' sees Jean and Connie attempt this on [[spoiler:Reiner and Bertolt]], in the midst of a desperate chase through Titan-infested lands. Both appeal to their years of friendship and comradery, asking WasItAllALie and attempting to coax them into talking to them. While their attempts are successful in not only defusing Mikasa's UnstoppableRage, but triggering [[spoiler: Bertolt]]'s VillainousBSOD.....it seems these {{Tyke Bomb}}s are TrappedInVillainy and can't be talked down. Any further efforts are prevented by Erwin leading in a ZergRush and throwing gasoline on the proverbial fire. Quite a few people are killed in the ensuing chaos.
* Trafalgar Law, at the age of 10, in ''Manga/OnePiece'' saw everyone he loved murdered by the World Government and stopped believing in anything only wanting to cause destruction before he died of a lead disease. Doflamingo sought to turn him into his right hand man, but his younger brother, Corazon saw a really messed up child who needed help and took him away to find a cure to his disease. After several months together, Law came to admire the real hero who saved him from his disease and set his life towards accomplishing the fallen Corazon's wish to stop his evil brother's madness.
* In ''Anime/{{Endride}}'', Demetrio, the RebelLeader and part-time WarriorTherapist, manages to defuse the tykebomb that is the brainwashed child assassin, Mischa, by a combination of [[DefeatMeansFriendship beating her in battle]], destroying her SlaveCollar, and offering a few kind and optimistic words about the future.
* This was the plot of an issue of ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'': in 'Duty,' a teenage boy belonging to an order of child assassins named 'Scorpio's Children' takes cover at D's pet shop. It is up to Count D to try to defuse him, which he does with the aid of an illusory confrontation with the boy's estranged mother. It succeeds, although D being D, he was more interested in [[FluffyTamer the eponymous scorpion]] than in [[MisanthropeSupreme the child.]]
* Done by [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Terasaka]] to [[spoiler:Itona]] in ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom''.
* Kobayashi does this for Ilulu in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' after she protects her from Clemene. Ilulu's [[TookALevelInKindness sudden change in personality]] afterwards is explained by the fact that she UsedToBeASweetKid, and thus she was simply drawing on past experiences rather than learning them from scratch.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Bird}}'' features this trope heavily in Taylor's efforts to make friends in Alchemilla asylum. She starts with [[PowerIncontinence Burnscar]] and works from there. It helps that her powers allow her to perceive the [[BrokenBird true natures]] of charaters that might seem too violent or dangerous to be worth the effort otherwise.
* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Gambit, of all people, eventually perform the majority of this on [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor]] in the sequel. Initially, since he was under [[spoiler: Sinister's]] thumb and she was [[spoiler: Sinister's]] enforcer, he intended to seduce her into giving him the means to escape (she was aware, but went along with it because no one had even ''pretended'' to care for her before that). However, once he saw the confused, manipulated, and psychologically broken young woman she really was, his intentions changed and he steadily deprogrammed her, encouraging her to assert her individuality. The final push is provided by Harry, who saw much the same thing, and both helped her recover and gain some measure of normality after her HeelFaceTurn. Ultimately, though, she's the one who makes the choice, deciding that IAmNotAGun.
* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Gambit, of all people, eventually perform the majority of this on [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor]] in the sequel. Initially, since he was under [[spoiler: Sinister's]] thumb and she was [[spoiler: Sinister's]] enforcer, he intended to seduce her into giving him the means to escape (she was aware, but went along with it because no one had even ''pretended'' to care for her before that). However, once he saw the confused, manipulated, and psychologically broken young woman she really was, his intentions changed and he steadily deprogrammed her, encouraging her to assert her individuality. The final push is provided by Harry, who saw much the same thing, and both helped her recover and gain some measure of normality after her HeelFaceTurn. Ultimately, though, she's the one who makes the choice, deciding that IAmNotAGun.
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* Two examples in ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'':
** Shinji realized early on that Gendo had raised Rei to be his puppet because she played a crucial role in his father's plans, so he worked hard to break her out of that mindset and earn her loyalty.
** After meeting Asuka, he did the same thing to her.
** Shinji realized early on that Gendo had raised Rei to be his puppet because she played a crucial role in his father's plans, so he worked hard to break her out of that mindset and earn her loyalty.
** After meeting Asuka, he did the same thing to her.
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* Two examples ''Fanfic/{{Bird}}'' features this trope heavily in ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'':
** Shinji realized early onTaylor's efforts to make friends in Alchemilla asylum. She starts with [[PowerIncontinence Burnscar]] and works from there. It helps that Gendo had raised Rei her powers allow her to perceive the [[BrokenBird true natures]] of charaters that might seem too violent or dangerous to be worth the effort otherwise.
* In ''Fanfic/ChasingTheShadow'', Naruto uses this on [[spoiler:Gaara]] in an attempt to undo the damage from [[spoiler:Shukaku's influence]]. To hispuppet credit, it works.
* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Gambit, of all people, eventually perform the majority of this on [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor]] in the sequel. Initially, since he was under [[spoiler: Sinister's]] thumb and she was [[spoiler: Sinister's]] enforcer, he intended to seduce her into giving him the means to escape (she was aware, but went along with it because no one had even ''pretended'' to care for her before that). However, once he saw the confused, manipulated, and psychologically broken young woman sheplayed a crucial role in really was, his father's plans, so intentions changed and he worked hard to break steadily deprogrammed her, encouraging her out of that mindset and earn to assert her loyalty.
** After meeting Asuka, he didindividuality. The final push is provided by Harry, who saw much the same thing to her.thing, and both helped her recover and gain some measure of normality after her HeelFaceTurn. Ultimately, though, she's the one who makes the choice, deciding that IAmNotAGun.
** Shinji realized early on
* In ''Fanfic/ChasingTheShadow'', Naruto uses this on [[spoiler:Gaara]] in an attempt to undo the damage from [[spoiler:Shukaku's influence]]. To his
* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Gambit, of all people, eventually perform the majority of this on [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor]] in the sequel. Initially, since he was under [[spoiler: Sinister's]] thumb and she was [[spoiler: Sinister's]] enforcer, he intended to seduce her into giving him the means to escape (she was aware, but went along with it because no one had even ''pretended'' to care for her before that). However, once he saw the confused, manipulated, and psychologically broken young woman she
** After meeting Asuka, he did
* In ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'', Asuka, [[PeggySue upon arriving in the past]], makes it a point to include doing this to Rei in her plans for the do-over. However, Rei has already managed to defuse herself by this point, due to also having traveled back in time.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'', [[ChildSoldiers Shinji and Asuka]] defused each other [[AfterTheEnd after Third Impact]], helping mutually with their psychological issues. When they went back to the past, defusing Rei was one of their main goals. Thanks to them [[spoiler:-and mainly Aki-]] Rei managed to reclaim her lost humanity.
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* In ''Fanfic/ChasingTheShadow'', Naruto uses this on [[spoiler:Gaara]] in an attempt to undo the damage from [[spoiler:Shukaku's influence]], to his credit, it works.
* In ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'', Asuka, [[PeggySue upon arriving in the past]], makes it a point to include doing this to Rei in her plans for the do-over. However, Rei has already managed to defuse herself by this point, due to also having traveled back in time.
* In ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'', Asuka, [[PeggySue upon arriving in the past]], makes it a point to include doing this to Rei in her plans for the do-over. However, Rei has already managed to defuse herself by this point, due to also having traveled back in time.
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* In ''Fanfic/ChasingTheShadow'', Naruto uses this on [[spoiler:Gaara]] in an attempt ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'', [[ChildSoldiers Shinji and Asuka]] defused each other [[AfterTheEnd after Third Impact]], helping mutually with their psychological issues. When they went back to undo the damage from [[spoiler:Shukaku's influence]], to his credit, it works.
* In ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'', Asuka, [[PeggySue upon arriving in the past]], makes it a point to include doing this topast, defusing Rei in her plans for the do-over. However, was one of their main goals. Thanks to them [[spoiler:-and mainly Aki-]] Rei has already managed to defuse herself by this point, due reclaim her lost humanity.
* Two examples in ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'':
** Shinji realized early on that Gendo had raised Rei toalso having traveled back be his puppet because she played a crucial role in time.his father's plans, so he worked hard to break her out of that mindset and earn her loyalty.
** After meeting Asuka, he did the same thing to her.
* In ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'', Asuka, [[PeggySue upon arriving in the past]], makes it a point to include doing this to
* Two examples in ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'':
** Shinji realized early on that Gendo had raised Rei to
** After meeting Asuka, he did the same thing to her.
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* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'' the title character tries to do this for Connor, with some success. However, Connor quickly develops other reasons for them not to get along, and in any case never fully gets over his prejudice against Angel.
** At least, not until the season 4 finale [[spoiler: when Angel retcons everyone's memories to give Connor a life with a normal, loving family.]] Even in season 5, [[spoiler: when his original memories are restored, the experience has given him a much greater sense of stability and grounding, so by the end of the series he's patched things up with his real father.]]
** At least, not until the season 4 finale [[spoiler: when Angel retcons everyone's memories to give Connor a life with a normal, loving family.]] Even in season 5, [[spoiler: when his original memories are restored, the experience has given him a much greater sense of stability and grounding, so by the end of the series he's patched things up with his real father.]]
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* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'' the title character tries to do this for Connor, with some success. However, Connor quickly develops other reasons for them not to get along, and in any case never fully gets over his prejudice against Angel.
**Angel. At least, not until the season 4 finale [[spoiler: when Angel retcons everyone's memories to give Connor a life with a normal, loving family.]] Even in season 5, [[spoiler: when his original memories are restored, the experience has given him a much greater sense of stability and grounding, so by the end of the series he's patched things up with his real father.]]
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* A Paragon Commander Shepard has this effect on [[AxCrazy Jack]] in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. She has way too many issues for you to deal with all of them in the game's time-frame, but you can at least convince her there are ways of solving problems besides shooting people. Which is why you get to keep it up in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', where she has mellowed out and is much more rounded as a person. This is to the extent that she has an effective family in her biotic students, teenagers that [[MamaBear she would do anything to protect]].
** Can be {{Averted}} in the third game if you [[spoiler: ignore the Grissom Academy mission past a certain point: the mission will be considered failed, the station is taken over by Cerberus and Jack is captured, where she is brainwashed and becomes an EliteMook [[TearJerker in the penultimate level of the game]]]].
* In a particularly odd case, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Morrigan]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' ends up defusing ''herself''. Once she realizes her mother's plan for her - [[spoiler: becoming a future host body]] - she starts plotting her death. In the first game's last [=DLC=] story, she heads for parts unknown with her own secret agenda, which may involve co-opting her mother's other big plan ([[spoiler: the Old God Baby]]).
** Can be {{Averted}} in the third game if you [[spoiler: ignore the Grissom Academy mission past a certain point: the mission will be considered failed, the station is taken over by Cerberus and Jack is captured, where she is brainwashed and becomes an EliteMook [[TearJerker in the penultimate level of the game]]]].
* In a particularly odd case, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Morrigan]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' ends up defusing ''herself''. Once she realizes her mother's plan for her - [[spoiler: becoming a future host body]] - she starts plotting her death. In the first game's last [=DLC=] story, she heads for parts unknown with her own secret agenda, which may involve co-opting her mother's other big plan ([[spoiler: the Old God Baby]]).
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* A Paragon Commander Shepard has this effect on [[AxCrazy Jack]] in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. She has way too many issues for you to deal with all of them in the game's time-frame, but you can at least convince her there are ways of solving problems besides shooting people. Which is why you get to keep it up in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', where she has mellowed out and is much more rounded as a person. This is to the extent that she has an effective family in her biotic students, teenagers that [[MamaBear she would do anything to protect]].
** Canprotect]]. However, it can also be {{Averted}} in the third game if you [[spoiler: ignore the Grissom Academy mission past a certain point: the mission will be considered failed, the station is taken over by Cerberus and Jack is captured, where she is brainwashed and becomes an EliteMook [[TearJerker in the penultimate level of the game]]]].
* In a particularly odd case, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Morrigan]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' ends up defusing ''herself''. Once she realizes her mother's plan for her - [[spoiler: becoming a future host body]] - she starts plotting her death. In the first game's last [=DLC=] story, she heads for parts unknown with her own secret agenda, which may involve co-opting her mother's other big plan([[spoiler: the ([[spoiler:the Old God Baby]]).
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* In a particularly odd case, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Morrigan]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' ends up defusing ''herself''. Once she realizes her mother's plan for her - [[spoiler: becoming a future host body]] - she starts plotting her death. In the first game's last [=DLC=] story, she heads for parts unknown with her own secret agenda, which may involve co-opting her mother's other big plan
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* ''Manga/{{Dragonball}}'': Goku, of all people, is a defused tykebomb. The loving care of Son Gohan and a [[LaserGuidedAmnesia blow to his head]] rendered him harmless years before the first chapter.
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* ''Manga/{{Dragonball}}'': ''Manga/DragonBall'': Goku, of all people, is a defused tykebomb. The loving care of Son Gohan and a [[LaserGuidedAmnesia blow to his head]] rendered him harmless years before the first chapter.
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* Mai does this unintentionally to Mikoto in ''Anime/MaiHiME'', without even knowing what Mikoto's role in the unfolding events really is. Likewise, Miyu wins Alyssa from the Searrs Foundation by being the only person... well, robot... who ever actually cared about her. [[spoiler:It doesn't quite stick, though, with Alyssa being killed shortly afterwards... until the end. anyway.]]
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* Mai does this unintentionally to Mikoto in ''Anime/MaiHiME'', ''Anime/MyHime'', without even knowing what Mikoto's role in the unfolding events really is. Likewise, Miyu wins Alyssa from the Searrs Foundation by being the only person... well, robot... who ever actually cared about her. [[spoiler:It doesn't quite stick, though, with Alyssa being killed shortly afterwards... until the end. anyway.]]
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** The same could be said of Dick Grayson alias Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} -Batman-, towards the current Robin, Damian Wayne, who was raised and trained by the League of Assassins.
* Franchise/{{Superman}}: Clark Kent and Lois Lane acted this way toward Lor-Zod, son of General Zod -one of the worst enemies of Superman- and his henchwoman Ursa in ''ComicBook/LastSon'' and ''ComicBook/NewKrypton''. Everyone else -including his abusive birth parents, Comicbook/LexLuthor and the USA Government- wanted to capture him and control him. Lois and Clark adopted him and raised him with the name of Christopher "Chris" Kent. Chris eventually became the hero "Nightwing" -no THAT Comicbook/{{Nightwing}}, although both boys took his codenames from the same Kryptonian mythological being- and fought alongside his adoptive father and his cousin Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}.
* Franchise/{{Superman}}: Clark Kent and Lois Lane acted this way toward Lor-Zod, son of General Zod -one of the worst enemies of Superman- and his henchwoman Ursa in ''ComicBook/LastSon'' and ''ComicBook/NewKrypton''. Everyone else -including his abusive birth parents, Comicbook/LexLuthor and the USA Government- wanted to capture him and control him. Lois and Clark adopted him and raised him with the name of Christopher "Chris" Kent. Chris eventually became the hero "Nightwing" -no THAT Comicbook/{{Nightwing}}, although both boys took his codenames from the same Kryptonian mythological being- and fought alongside his adoptive father and his cousin Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}.
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* Franchise/{{Superman}}: Clark Kent and Lois Lane acted this way toward Lor-Zod, son of General Zod -one of the worst enemies of Superman- and his henchwoman Ursa in ''ComicBook/LastSon'' and ''ComicBook/NewKrypton''. Everyone else -including his abusive birth parents,Comicbook/LexLuthor ComicBook/LexLuthor and the USA Government- wanted to capture him and control him. Lois and Clark adopted him and raised him with the name of Christopher "Chris" Kent. Chris eventually became the hero "Nightwing" -no THAT Comicbook/{{Nightwing}}, ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, although both boys took his codenames from the same Kryptonian mythological being- and fought alongside his adoptive father and his cousin Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}.ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}.
* Franchise/{{Superman}}: Clark Kent and Lois Lane acted this way toward Lor-Zod, son of General Zod -one of the worst enemies of Superman- and his henchwoman Ursa in ''ComicBook/LastSon'' and ''ComicBook/NewKrypton''. Everyone else -including his abusive birth parents,
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* Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} acts like this towards his latest [[KidSidekick young female sidekick]], ComicBook/{{X 23}}.
* The [[WeirdnessMagnet titular character]] of ''Comicbook/{{Squee}}'' manages to do this ''unintentionally'' to [[TheAntichrist Pepito]], who, despite being literally ''raised by {{Satan}}'' to teethe on the toasty souls of the damned, seems to be genuinely moved by his friendship with Squee. Of course, Squee being [[CosmicPlaything who]] [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood he]] [[BornUnlucky is]], it happens [[RuleOfFunny mostly because]] Squee thinks Pepito [[CreepyChild is terrifying]].
* The [[WeirdnessMagnet titular character]] of ''Comicbook/{{Squee}}'' manages to do this ''unintentionally'' to [[TheAntichrist Pepito]], who, despite being literally ''raised by {{Satan}}'' to teethe on the toasty souls of the damned, seems to be genuinely moved by his friendship with Squee. Of course, Squee being [[CosmicPlaything who]] [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood he]] [[BornUnlucky is]], it happens [[RuleOfFunny mostly because]] Squee thinks Pepito [[CreepyChild is terrifying]].
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* Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} acts like this towards his latest [[KidSidekick young female sidekick]], ComicBook/{{X 23}}.
* The [[WeirdnessMagnet titular character]] of''Comicbook/{{Squee}}'' ''ComicBook/{{Squee}}'' manages to do this ''unintentionally'' to [[TheAntichrist Pepito]], who, despite being literally ''raised by {{Satan}}'' to teethe on the toasty souls of the damned, seems to be genuinely moved by his friendship with Squee. Of course, Squee being [[CosmicPlaything who]] [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood he]] [[BornUnlucky is]], it happens [[RuleOfFunny mostly because]] Squee thinks Pepito [[CreepyChild is terrifying]].
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* ''FanFic/{{Bird}}'' features this trope heavily in Taylor's efforts to make friends in Alchemilla asylum. She starts with [[PowerIncontinence Burnscar]] and works from there. It helps that her powers allow her to perceive the [[BrokenBird true natures]] of charaters that might seem too violent or dangerous to be worth the effort otherwise.
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* ''FanFic/{{Bird}}'' ''Fanfic/{{Bird}}'' features this trope heavily in Taylor's efforts to make friends in Alchemilla asylum. She starts with [[PowerIncontinence Burnscar]] and works from there. It helps that her powers allow her to perceive the [[BrokenBird true natures]] of charaters that might seem too violent or dangerous to be worth the effort otherwise.
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* The Doctor in ''Series/DoctorWho'' defuses [[spoiler:Melody Pond]] in ''Let's Kill Hitler''. Given that ''Doctor Who'' is a show with TimeTravel as its core premise, the Doctor already knows where [[spoiler:Melody's]] life ends up, while [[spoiler:Melody]] [[HaveWeMetYet hasn't yet met the Doctor face-to-face]].
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* The Doctor in ''Series/DoctorWho'' defuses [[spoiler:Melody Pond]] in ''Let's "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler Let's Kill Hitler''.Hitler]]". Given that ''Doctor Who'' is a show with TimeTravel as its core premise, the Doctor already knows where [[spoiler:Melody's]] life ends up, while [[spoiler:Melody]] [[HaveWeMetYet hasn't yet met the Doctor face-to-face]].
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* In ''VideoGame/CryingSuns'', one of the potential bosses in Chapter 4 is a child’s BrainInAJar, wired into the controls of a battleship and given doses of [[FantasticDrug Special-H]] for winning battles. The player character is horrified by this and offers to help return the child to normal. Unfortunately, the child has come to ''like'' its new existence and rejects your offer, attacking you.
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* Literature/{{Discworld}}'s ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'': Rincewind does this to Coin, and the Librarian keeps it good.
** Also in the Literature/{{Discworld}}, in ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', when Mr. Nutt finds out he is [[spoiler:an orc]], he thinks he must be one of these due to his heritage. His friends and even random strangers in Ankh-Morpork disagree based on his behavior.
** Also in the Literature/{{Discworld}}, in ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', when Mr. Nutt finds out he is [[spoiler:an orc]], he thinks he must be one of these due to his heritage. His friends and even random strangers in Ankh-Morpork disagree based on his behavior.
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* Literature/{{Discworld}}'s ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'': ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'': Rincewind does this to Coin, and the Librarian keeps it good.
**Also in the Literature/{{Discworld}}, in ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', In ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'', when Mr. Nutt finds out he is [[spoiler:an orc]], he thinks he must be one of these due to his heritage. His friends and even random strangers in Ankh-Morpork disagree based on his behavior.
** ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'': Rincewind does this to Coin, and the Librarian keeps it good.
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* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Gambit, of all people, eventually perform the majority of this on [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor]] in the sequel. Initially, since he was under [[spoiler: Sinister's]] thumb and she was [[spoiler: Sinister's]] enforcer, he intended to seduce her into giving him the means to escape (she was aware, but went along with it because no one had even ''pretended'' to care for her before that). However, once he saw the confused, manipulated, and psychologically broken young woman she really was, his intentions changed and he steadily deprogrammed her, encouraging her to assert her individuality. The final push is provided by Harry, who saw much the same thing, and both helped her recover and gain some measure of normality after her HeelFaceTurn.
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* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Gambit, of all people, eventually perform the majority of this on [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor]] in the sequel. Initially, since he was under [[spoiler: Sinister's]] thumb and she was [[spoiler: Sinister's]] enforcer, he intended to seduce her into giving him the means to escape (she was aware, but went along with it because no one had even ''pretended'' to care for her before that). However, once he saw the confused, manipulated, and psychologically broken young woman she really was, his intentions changed and he steadily deprogrammed her, encouraging her to assert her individuality. The final push is provided by Harry, who saw much the same thing, and both helped her recover and gain some measure of normality after her HeelFaceTurn. Ultimately, though, she's the one who makes the choice, deciding that IAmNotAGun.
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* The player character of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' does this to [[spoiler:N Harmonia, ''before he is even known to be a TykeBomb'']].
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* The player character of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' does this to [[spoiler:N Harmonia, ''before he is even known known'' to be a TykeBomb'']].TykeBomb]].
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* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Gambit, of all people, eventually perform the majority of this on [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor]] in the sequel. Initially, since he was under [[spoiler: Sinister's]] thumb and she was [[spoiler: Sinister's]] enforcer, he intended to seduce her into giving him the means to escape (she was aware, but went along with it because no one had even ''pretended'' to care for her before that). However, once he saw the confused, manipulated, and psychologically broken young woman she really was, his intentions changed and he steadily deprogrammed her, encouraging her to assert her individuality. The final push is provided by Harry, who saw much the same thing, and both helped her recover and gain some measure of normality after her HeelFaceTurn.
