History Main / RetiredOutlaw

See also ReformedCriminal, FalselyReformedVillain, ReformedButRejected.

This trope often overlaps with RetiredBadass and RetiredGunfighter, but doesn't have to. Some outlaws retire specifically because they don't have the badass attitude necessary to succeed in the field. Compare IJustWantToBeNormal for a similar mindset. If the outlaw was particularly bad, and shows no remorse for past actions, he may be a RetiredMonster.

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** Captain Kuro grew bored with the high-stakes life of being a wanted outlaw, and faked his death so the Navy would leave him alone. Of course, that didn't stop him from plotting to steal someone else's fortune...

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* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]] & [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Vol 2]]: In her old age Priscilla Rich, the first ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} who operated as a villain in the 1940s and '50s, comes off like this. She's served her time, tried to prevent her niece from becoming the second Cheetah and condemns Barbara Ann Minerva's actions as the third Cheetah. Barbara ended up hunting her down and murdering her in her quest to become the ''only'' Cheetah despite Priscilla's advanced age and retirement.

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* In ''Film/ShanghaiNoon'', we have Roy O'Bannon, who starts the movie as an outlaw but by the end of the movie he's softened up . The epilogue reveals that [[spoiler:he has become a lawman, and that his real name is Wyatt Earp.]]

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* Jean Valjean of ''Literature/LesMiserables'' is a mixture of both types. He tries to go straight after getting out of prison, but discovers that so long as people know he's an ex-con, they'll never give him a fair chance, so he's forced to create a new identity to become an honest man. This violates the terms of his parole, turning him into a fugitive.

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** The same game also gives mention to previous protagonist, [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV Niko Bellic.]] According to Lester, he "Went quiet" and left his criminal ways behind.

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* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': In her old age Priscilla Rich, the first ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} who operated as a villain in the 1940s and '50s, comes off like this. She's served her time, tried to prevent her niece from becoming the second Cheetah and condemns Barbara Ann Minerva's actions as the third Cheetah. Barbara ended up hunting her down and murdering her in her quest to become the ''only'' Cheetah despite Priscilla's advanced age and retirement.

* Captain Villads of ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'' is a former pirate turned legitimate (if [[BunnyEarsLawyer eccentric) sea captain.

* The Townes Van Zandt song ''Pancho and Lefty'' has Lefty, who retired to Ohio after his compadre Pancho was killed. [[spoiler: The song implies Lefty sold Pancho out for the reward money as a nest egg.]]

** Silvers Rayleigh was once the first-mate to [[spoiler: Gold Roger himself]], but now works at the Sabaody Archipelago, coating ship's heading underwater with protective bubbles.

** Silvers Rayleigh was once the first-mate to [[spoiler: Gold Roger himself]], but now works at the Saobondy Archipelago, coating ship's heading underwater with protective bubbles.

In The Pantheon/TropePantheon, this trope is represented by [[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption John Marston]] from the video game ''Red Dead Redemption''.

See also ReformedCriminal, CivilianVillain, ReformedButRejected.

* Wayne in ''[[{{Mistborn}} Mistborn]]: Literature/TheAlloyOfLaw'' used to be a thief before he accidentally killed a man. He was saved on the brink of being hanged by [[HeterosexualLifePartners Wax]] - a lawman - and ended up becoming a lawman himself, if a bit of a KleptomaniacHero. He still sends half of his wages to the family of the man he killed.

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