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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': [[Characters/DCAUPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] blurs the lines a bit in episode "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE5HouseAndGarden House & Garden]]". She's out of prison, marries a biology professor and takes care of his two sons, Chris and Kelly. Batman spends half the episode tailing her and yeah, she seems OK. The catch? She wants to have a family ''on her terms,'' so she's locked up her husband and replaced him with a long series of plant/human hybrids using the professor's DNA. Robin realizes something's amiss when he points out [[GenderBlenderName the real Chris and Kelly are supposed to be girls]].
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*** ''ComicBook/WorldsFinest'' #88: Lex Luthor and the Joker team up with this gambit, building nigh-indestructible industrial robots as a front for their actual plan.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 vol 1]]: Queen Atomia seemed like she was genuinely trying to reform, and then started a riot and tried to kill a bunch of people which led to her getting [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood permanently welded into a mind-altering device to force her to behave]].

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*** ''ComicBook/WorldsFinest'' ''ComicBook/WorldsFinest1941'' #88: Lex Luthor and the Joker team up with this gambit, building nigh-indestructible industrial robots as a front for their actual plan.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 vol 1]]: ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': In ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'', Queen Atomia seemed like she was genuinely trying to reform, and then started a riot and tried to kill a bunch of people which led to her getting [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood permanently welded into a mind-altering device to force her to behave]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', when Sasha reunites with Anne and Marcy in Season 2, having attempted to subjugate Wartwood in the Season 1 finale, she claims that she and Grime have gone straight and reconciles with Anne, helping her to charge the Calamity Box so they can go home. It's all just a trick, however, so they can prepare to launch a coup in Newtopia, which they do in the Season 2 finale, "True Colors". The whole gambit completely blows up in their face when [[spoiler:they discover that the newly-deposed King Andreas is actually a MultiversalConqueror who's been playing everyone the whole time. Having completely shattered her friends' trust in her, Sasha is completely unable to convince them of Andrias' true nature, and he's promptly restored to the throne, at which point [[WhamEpisode everything goes to hell]].]]
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* The central plot of ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022'' revolves around a CaperCrew trying to pull this off. After being caught trying to steal a Good Samaritan award, leader Mr. Wolf appeals to philanthropist Professor Marmalade that they were never given a chance to be anything other than criminals, but can be reformed with his training, while intending to steal the award at Marmalade's upcoming charity event. The plan quickly derails; first when the gang [[EvilCannotComprehendGood struggles to do good]], and then when [[spoiler:Mr. Wolf reforms for real, putting himself at odds with his lifelong friends]].

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* The central plot of ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022'' revolves around a CaperCrew trying to pull this off. After being caught trying to steal a Good Samaritan award, leader Mr. Wolf appeals to philanthropist Professor Marmalade that they were never given a chance to be anything other than criminals, but can be reformed with his training, while intending to steal the award at Marmalade's upcoming charity event. The plan quickly derails; first when the gang [[EvilCannotComprehendGood struggles to do good]], and then when [[spoiler:Mr. Wolf reforms for real, putting himself at odds with his lifelong friends]]. In the end, [[spoiler:the entire gang reforms for real, so this trope is eventually subverted]].
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*** Harvey Dent (a.k.a. Two-Face) gets plastic surgery to fix his mutilated face, but it doesn't actually cure his insanity, despite a promising start. Batman really hoped it would work (especially since Bruce and Harvey were friends). He puts on a façade for the cameras while plotting to blow up the Gotham Towers.
*** The Joker claims to have changed after decades in Arkham, and is released after his evaluation by a [[StrawCharacter strawman liberal]] psychiatrist. He goes on a talk show to prove that he just wants to make people smile... and then kills everybody. Somehow, some people are surprised.

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*** [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Harvey Dent (a.k.a. Two-Face) Two-Face)]] gets plastic surgery to fix his mutilated face, but it doesn't actually cure his insanity, despite a promising start. Batman really hoped it would work (especially since Bruce and Harvey were friends). He puts on a façade for the cameras while plotting to blow up the Gotham Towers.
*** [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker Joker]] claims to have changed after decades in Arkham, and is released after his evaluation by a [[StrawCharacter strawman liberal]] psychiatrist. He goes on a talk show to prove that he just wants to make people smile... and then kills everybody. Somehow, some people are surprised.

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