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[[caption-width-right:236:Typhan-knee finally sees herself for what she's become.]]

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Exiern}}'', While Typhan-Knee has some good reasons to hate Theresa (like Theresa's prejudice against Typhan-knee's people), she also hates Theresa for several bad reasons: they are both under a GenderBender spell (and Theresa sees it as a positive because she is a trans woman and the spell affirmed her gender), the guy Typhan-Knee tries to tell herself she's not in love with seem interested in Theresa, and they (Typhan-knee & Theresa) are equally bigoted against each other's cultures. After [[LoveInterest Denver]] give her the appropriate "WhatTheHellHero", Typhan-knee finally realizes she's just as bad as she claimed Theresa was.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Exiern}}'', While Typhan-Knee has some good reasons to hate Theresa (like Theresa's prejudice against Typhan-knee's Typhan-Knee's people), she also hates Theresa for several bad reasons: they are both under a GenderBender spell (and Theresa sees it as a positive because she is a trans woman and the spell affirmed her gender), the guy Typhan-Knee tries to tell herself she's not in love with seem seems interested in Theresa, and they (Typhan-knee (Typhan-Knee & Theresa) are equally bigoted against each other's cultures. After [[LoveInterest Denver]] give gives her the appropriate "WhatTheHellHero", Typhan-knee "WhatTheHellHero" speech, Typhan-Knee finally realizes she's just as bad as she claimed Theresa was.
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Exiern}}'', While Typhan-Knee has some good reasons to hate Theresa (like Theresa's prejudice against Typhan-knee's people), she also hates Theresa for several bad reasons: they are both under a GenderBender spell (and Theresa sees it as a positive because she was transexual before the change), the guy Typhan-Knee tries to tell herself she's not in love with seem interested in Theresa, and they (Typhan-knee & Theresa) are equally bigoted against each other's cultures. After [[LoveInterest Denver]] give her the appropriate "WhatTheHellHero", Typhan-knee finally realizes she's just as bad as she claimed Theresa was.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Exiern}}'', While Typhan-Knee has some good reasons to hate Theresa (like Theresa's prejudice against Typhan-knee's people), she also hates Theresa for several bad reasons: they are both under a GenderBender spell (and Theresa sees it as a positive because she was transexual before is a trans woman and the change), spell affirmed her gender), the guy Typhan-Knee tries to tell herself she's not in love with seem interested in Theresa, and they (Typhan-knee & Theresa) are equally bigoted against each other's cultures. After [[LoveInterest Denver]] give her the appropriate "WhatTheHellHero", Typhan-knee finally realizes she's just as bad as she claimed Theresa was.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Sulley gives a scare demonstration to some candidates, badly scaring Boo, which makes him realize how horrible it actually is to scare little children.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'', Sulley gives a scare demonstration to some candidates, badly scaring Boo, which makes him realize how horrible it actually is to scare little children.
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** In ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'', [[SerialKiller The Professor]](aka [[spoiler:Klint van Zieks]]) started killing nobles who couldn't be touched by the law, but after [[spoiler:the BigBad, Mael Stronghart, blackmailed him into doing his bidding]], he started killing [[spoiler:Stronghart's enemies]], and by the time he killed his mentor, he realized he was BeyondRedemption. This ultimately culminated in [[spoiler:him allowing Genshin Asogi to kill him after the latter exposed him, leaving behind a last will and testament exposing Stronghart's crimes]].

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** In ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'', [[SerialKiller The Professor]](aka Professor]] (aka [[spoiler:Klint van Zieks]]) started killing nobles who couldn't be touched by the law, but after [[spoiler:the BigBad, Mael Stronghart, blackmailed him into doing his bidding]], he started killing [[spoiler:Stronghart's enemies]], and by the time he killed his mentor, he realized he was BeyondRedemption. This ultimately culminated in [[spoiler:him allowing Genshin Asogi to kill him after the latter exposed him, leaving behind a last will and testament exposing Stronghart's crimes]].
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* ''Webcomic/SleipnirEquineInvaderFromJupiter'': When General Kincaid smugly orders [[spoiler:for the military to finish Sleipnir off when the alien horse is badly injured TakingTheBullet for them, Clint realizes what a monster he is and attacks him. Kincaid easily overpowers Clint and smugly tries to break his leg, then kills Jericho when the horse tries to protect Clint. This leads to Jimenez--already troubled by Kincaid planning to drop a nuke in the middle of Austin, Texas--deciding that his boss has gone too far and briefly knocking Kincaid out with a punch to the head]].
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* ''Webcomic/UnOrdinary'': John is able to justify his attacks to himself by seeing himself as the victim and everyone else as beneath him and complicit in his own suffering due to his society's power based hierarchy, which encourages the strong to lord their power over the weak. When he's finally forced to face what he's done and that he's attacking and endangering people left and right supposedly for them doing exactly what he's doing he breaks down calling himself a monster.

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* ''Webcomic/UnOrdinary'': John [[spoiler: John]] is able to justify his attacks to himself by seeing himself as the victim and everyone else as beneath him and complicit in his own suffering due to his society's power based hierarchy, which encourages the strong to lord their power over the weak. Even when he decides that he's a monster, his conclusion is "So what? Everyone is else is just as fucked up as I am!" When he's finally forced to face what he's done and that he's attacking and endangering people left and right supposedly for right, despite many of them doing exactly what he's doing genuinely being decent people instead of faking, he breaks down calling himself a monster.completely.
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Common when TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget or when BigBrotherIsEmployingYou.

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Common when TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget or when BigBrotherIsEmployingYou.
BigBrotherIsEmployingYou. May be caused by a CorrectiveLecture.

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* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Abraham realizes the error of his ways after Nanase persuades him that in trying to fulfill the letter of his oath by killing Ellen he was actually violating the spirit of it. This leads him to become TheAtoner.

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Abraham realizes the error of his ways after Nanase persuades him that in trying to fulfill the letter of his oath by killing Ellen he was actually violating the spirit of it. This leads him to become TheAtoner.TheAtoner.
** [[spoiler: Pandora]] has [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2017-01-02 one]] as well after receiving a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Raven. Given that she also starts referring to herself as "we" and going back and forth on how justified her actions are, it makes clear to her exactly how unstable she's become. This [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2017-08-11 comes to a head]] later in the arc.

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* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Abraham realizes the error of his ways after Nanase persuades him that in trying to fulfill the letter of his oath by killing Ellen he was actually violating the spirit of it. This leads him to become TheAtoner.



* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Abraham realizes the error of his ways after Nanase persuades him that in trying to fulfill the letter of his oath by killing Ellen he was actually violating the spirit of it. This leads him to become TheAtoner.
** An incredibly weird version of this happened before:[[spoiler: Damien, one of the first BigBad, discovers he's not the god [[AGodIAm he thinks he was]]. He basically realise that if he isn't a god it means OmniscientMoralityLicense doesn't apply to him...which means he was nothing but a mass murderer, and that nothing he could ever do would make up for all of the terrible things he did. Instead of stopping his actions, he continue to attack Grace by using an attack that would kill him because he's not a god. It means he doesn't deserve to live.]]

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