History Main / RedeemingReplacement

* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', every police officer encountered was rude, incompetent, corrupt, or some combination thereof. ''VideoGame/Persona5ScrambleThePhantomStrikers'' introduces the character of Zenkichi Hasegawa, an honest police officer driven by a sincere sense of justice and duty who not only becomes a close ally of the Thieves' but even becomes a full-fledged member of the team himself.

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', when Joffrey is killed in the Purple Wedding, he is succeeded by his younger brother Tommen Baratheon. Tommen is a nice innocent boy, and is nothing like the [[TheCaligula cruel and sadistic]] Joffrey. Because they live in a CrapsackWorld, this ends badly for Tommen.

* The original Terra in ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' turned out to be TheMole for the team and an unrepentant villain. Her first successor was a deliberate attempt to show a heroic version of Terra, to the point where some DC editors and writers even wanted her to be the original resurrected (this wound up averted in the end). The third Terra (who was originally planned to be an unrelated character) was even more of an example, as she lacked the second Terra's identity crisis issues and the original's sociopathy, and was a much more idealistic hero without much angst at all.

* In ''FanFic/CivilizationVPeaceWalker'', [[spoiler:the whole scenario is a test to see whether an AI construct, based on the Legendary Mercenary just before he became a villain, would repeat the real Snake's actions or choose a different path. Sure enough, Snake has a HeelRealization after seeing elements of himself in his various enemies, so by the end of it, the Kaz AI gives him a new moniker: Plastic Snake. "It's synthetic, but based on organic material. It's strong, flexible... better than the real deal in a lot of ways."]]
* ''FanFic/TheEquestrianWindMage'': Vaati, long since having had a HeelFaceTurn of his own, ends up becoming one to [[spoiler: Ganondorf]] as of the end of Season 2 [[spoiler: when a [[FinalDeath dying]] Ganon passes the Triforce of Power on to him.]]

* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness'': Hothorne Tamaka, the head of the [[MonsterHunterOrganization HDA]] from the mid-point of Act VI onwards, is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who meets with Moka to negotiate and actually believes that some monsters can be good. He serves as this to his predecessor Jenner Rythmore, a GeneralRipper who [[AggressiveCategorism automatically assumed that all monsters are evil]] and eagerly took the first possible excuse he could find to declare open war on the monster world.

By definition, all previous holders of the position would be a HerosEvilPredecessor which could mean an instance of APupilOfMineBeforeHeTurnedToEvil is in play. Then when someone like a NaiveNewcomer or HeroicWannabe shows up but also happens to have TheGift or is UnskilledButStrong TheMentor might appear and take him in seeing the chance to train the new guy as MyGreatestSecondChance. The new guy becomes his MentorsNewHope and will often lead to a clash with the guy who the new hero succeeds.

By definition, all previous holders of the position would be a HerosEvilPredecessor.
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* ''Literature/FunJungle'': Tracey Boyd, who succeeds Martin Del Gatto as park manager, actually does love animals, is willing to give Teddy a lot of leeway, orders the security force not to automatically assume his guilt in the koala theft, and while she does threaten to fire Teddy's parents, only does so on J.J.'s orders (something she doesn't reveal to Teddy when it would have been easy to try and paint J.J. as the bad guy). Unfortunately, she ends up suffering a nervous breakdown between books, causing her to leave the park.

* The ComicBook/RedHood, in most continuities is an identity used by ComicBook/TheJoker before he became a MonsterClown. The identity has also been taken by some of the Comicbook/{{Robin}}s, mainly Jason Todd, typically when acting as anti-heroes.\\\
And in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', it was the identity of a good Joker from an AlternateUniverse.

** Amongst the canonical Exalted, the best example would be Swan, who is the NiceGuy of the iconic Solar circle. The previous incarnation of his Exaltation, a fellow by the name of Desus, was [[Monster/TabletopGames not]].

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* In the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', the current Stuntman (a hero) is the only son of the original Stuntman (a villain). The father of Dream Catcher, a psychic hero with the power to turn dreams into reality, was active as a villain in the late 1970s/early 1980s and used the same name and the same powers (he's now in a mental institution).
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->'''Supergirl''': [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS This symbol]] should give people hope. He made them [[BewareTheSuperman fear it]].\\

* In ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', Rip Hunter used to be a member of the Time Council, an OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness TimePolice that doesn't want anything to do with his vendetta against Vandal Savage, [[spoiler:and in fact the latter is in league with them]], and instead oppose Rip's RagtagBunchOfMisfits in every way. At the beginning of Season 3, Rip has founded another TimePolice organization, the Time Bureau. While the Bureau finds itself at odds with the Legends, they are a lot more willing to put their differences aside and work together against dangerous threats.

* The [[Franchise/{{Batman}} RedHood]], which is generally told as being an identity of ComicBook/TheJoker before he became a MonsterClown. The identity is also used by some of the Comicbook/{{Robin}}s, mainly [[ComicBook/RedHood Jason Todd]], typically when acting as anti-heroes.\\\

* The [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Red Hood]], which is generally told as being an identity of ComicBook/TheJoker before he became a MonsterClown. The identity is also used by some of the Comicbook/{{Robin}}s, mainly Jason Todd, typically when acting as anti-heroes.\\\

* In ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', Rip Hunter used to be a member of the Time Council, an OmniscienCouncilOfVagueness TimePolice that doesn't want anything to do with his vendetta against Vandal Savage, [[spoiler:and in fact the latter is in league with them]], and instead oppose Rip's RagtagBunchOfMisfits in every way. At the beginning of Season 3, Rip has founded another TimePolice organization, the Time Bureau. While the Bureau finds itself at odds with the Legends, they are a lot more willing to put their differences aside and work together against dangerous threats.

** Also in the ''Spider Girl'' series is Normie Osborn. Following his father and grandfather, he took on the Green Goblin identity as a villain, but after conquering his demons ended up being a Redeeming Replacement for Venom (although he doesn't call himself that)- he was forcibly merged with the symbiote but managed to stay mostly sane with it and fight crime. Similarly to the irony with Urich, Normie is a friend and love interest to May Parker, despite running around in the costume of one of her father' worst enemies.

* Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes,

* One story in the ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' universe had Iris "Kid Flash" West encounter the Fiddler's great-grandson, Iowa Bowin, who believed his ancestor had "a headful of bad wiring", and wants to use his guitar version of Isaac's weaponised violin to be a hero.

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* ''WesternAnimation/HotWheelsBattleForce5'': The Red-Sentients are the more war like race of Sentients (having been frozen to stop the war), and Krytus, their leader, becomes the BigBad in season 2. When they are unfrozen, they exile Krytus as they are sick of war, and two new Red Sentients become part of the ruling council Korosivash and Karmakaris. While the former is kind and wants to help the people, the latter is arrogant, and looks down on his blue counter parts. However in the final act, he personally leads a brigade in to stop the Antagonists, and launches the hero out to beat the new BigBad, cementing his own position as a good-guy, and as the new ruler of the council, washing away the treachery and evil Krytus brought to their species.

* PlayedWith in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''--During season two, Artemis goes deep undercover with the villains, claiming to be an assassin named Tigress. After the final battle and [[spoiler:her boyfriend Wally's death]], she decides to use "Tigress" as [[MeaningfulRename her new superhero name]].

** Also in the ''Spider Girl'' series is Normie Osborn. Following his father and grandfather, he took on the Green Goblin identity as a villain, but after conquering his demons ended up being a RedeemingReplacement for Venom (although he doesn't call himself that)- he was forcibly merged with the symbiote but managed to stay mostly sane with it and fight crime. Similarly to the irony with Urich, Normie is a friend and love interest to May Parker, despite running around in the costume of one of her father' worst enemies.

* In ''Literature/DragonBones'' [[GentleGiant Ward]] takes over the title of "Hurogmeten" when his cruel and abusive father dies. Many of his subjects consider him a RedeemingReplacement. Some nobles, on the other hand, are not so pleased with his stance towards [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slavery]] and the like. While he doesn't have superpowers as such, Ward ''does'' own castle Hurog, which is PoweredByAForsakenChild, and the enslaved boy, Oreg, by whom it is powered. Oreg is a powerful mage, but subject to the will of the castle's owner, and probably the one who is happiest about the replacement.