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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', Mirage originally serves as [[BigBad Syndrome's]] right-hand woman and is indifferent to the fact that he's killed dozens of Supers in his Omnidroid scheme. But when Syndrome has missiles sent to destroy Helen's jet and refuses to call them off after she specifically states "There are ''children aboard this airplane!''", Mirage is genuinely horrified, especially when she sees the pain that Bob is going through at the thought of losing his family. This begins a HeelFaceTurn that results in Mirage freeing Bob. Later, when Mirage is sitting with Syndrome's {{Mook}}s -- who are cheering for the destruction and death that the Omnidroid will cause -- she's visibly uncomfortable at the thought of innocent people getting hurt, which ultimately leads her to help the Parrs escape the island to defeat Syndrome for good.

* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'': In "Angel", Angel pretends to love Stitch so that she can rat him out to Hämsterviel and Gantu. [[BecomingTheMask She starts to care for him]], and the moment that cements her HeelFaceTurn is when other experiments (who she had turned to evil) are about to beat Stitch up. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Angel gets a look of regret on her face]] and saves Stitch by singing to turn the aliens back to good.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Phoebus starts the film as [[BigBad Judge Claude Frollo's]] top enforcer and follows his orders to persecute the Romani people of Paris with little complaint (although he does express confusion as to why he was pulled from the front lines of war to go after "palm readers and fortune tellers"). Eventually, though, Frollo's [[IfICantHaveYou obsession with Esmeralda]] begins to spiral out of control, prompting him to mount a genocidal campaign against not only the Roma, but anyone remotely connected with them. When Frollo orders Phoebus to burn down a poor miller's home--while the miller and his family, who have given shelter to Romani travelers in the past, are ''still inside''--Phoebus angrily douses the torch he's given, despite the judge reminding him that the punishment for insubordination is death. After escaping Frollo's guards, Phoebus becomes a open ally to the Roma by working to free them from the judge's oppressive rule.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Phoebus starts the film as [[BigBad Judge Claude Frollo's]] top enforcer and follows his orders to persecute the gypsies of Paris with little complaint (although he does express confusion as to why he was pulled from the front lines of war to go after "palm readers and fortune tellers"). Eventually, though, Frollo's [[IfICantHaveYou obsession with Esmeralda]] begins to spiral out of control, prompting him to mount a genocidal campaign against not only gypsies, but anyone remotely connected with them. When Frollo orders Phoebus to burn down a poor miller's home--while the miller and his family, who have given shelter to gypsies in the past, are ''still inside''--Phoebus angrily douses the torch he's given, despite the judge reminding him that the punishment for insubordination is death. After escaping Frollo's guards, Phoebus becomes a open ally to the gypsies by working to free them from the judge's oppressive rule.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Phoebus starts the film [[BigBad Judge Claude Frollo's]] top enforcer and follows his orders to persecute the gypsies of Paris with little complaint (although he does express confusion as to why he was pulled from the front lines of war to go after "palm readers and fortune tellers"). Eventually, though, Frollo's [[IfICantHaveYou obsession with Esmeralda]] begins to spiral out of control, prompting him to mount a genocidal campaign against not only gypsies, but anyone remotely connected with them. When Frollo orders Phoebus to burn down a poor miller's home--while the miller and his family are ''still inside''--Phoebus angrily douses the torch he's given, despite the judge reminding him that the punishment for insubordination is death. After escaping Frollo's guards, Phoebus becomes a open ally to the gypsies by working to free them from the judge's oppressive rule.

** Both Jarrod and Chamille. Even before [[DemonicPossession being possessed by Dai Shi]] in the first place, Jarrod was a JerkAss and ArrogantKungFuGuy, which got him expelled. Camille is simply Dai Shi's loyal "Dragon", despite his abuse and disposal of her. It's when Dai Shi decides to have Camille executed that Jarrod decides to fight back, while in Camille's case, she eventually starts to develop feelings for Jarrod, not Dai Shi, as well as begin to realize that he considers her expendable. This eventually leads to both of them siding with the Rangers.
** There's also the Phantom Beast General, Whiger. After being [[YouHaveFailedMe stripped of his Rinzin, title, and rank by Dai Shi and banished from his temple for being defeated by the Jungle Master Stampede Formation]], he goes through this when Casey shows him kindness to his surprise, and the two even team up for a while. Shortly after their team-up, he fades away from existence, but not from Casey's memory.

** Both Jarrod and Chamille in ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury''. Even before [[DemonicPossession being possessed by Dai Shi]] in the first place, Jarrod was a JerkAss and ArrogantKungFuGuy, which got him expelled. Camille is simply Dai Shi's loyal "Dragon", despite his abuse and disposal of her. It's when Dai Shi decides to have Camille executed that Jarrod decides to fight back, while in Camille's case, she eventually starts to develop feelings for Jarrod, not Dai Shi, as well as begin to realize that he considers her expendable. This eventually leads to both of them siding with the Rangers.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' has Star, Nikki, and Kaltag happily [[SycophanticServant brownnose]] [[BigBad Steele]] and join in [[JerkAss his bullying of Balto]] (though not as obsessively) for the first half of the movie, mocking his half-wolf status and in Nikki's case knocking him down during the race to see who'd be the best lead dog to retrieve the medicine. However, once Balto finds the team after Steele got them lost and Steele starts attacking Balto [[KickTheDog unprovoked no less]] and [[WouldHurtAChild almost breaking the medicine that the kids in Nome will]] '''[[WouldHurtAChild die]]''' [[WouldHurtAChild if they don't get.]] They quickly switch over to Balto's side, even smiling as Balto takes on position as lead dog. This trope is ZigZagged in that it's revealed that they resent Steele and [[NoHeroToHisValet trash him behind his back]] and most likely [[PeerPressuredBully joined in bullying Balto to avoid Steele harassing them]]. Further proving this is that even before Steele's [[NoHoldsBarredBeatDown unprovoked attack against Balto]], Star and Kaltag are surprised, impressed, and even kind of glad that Balto found them and are also mildly wowed by Balto's [[TrailOfBreadCrumbs marking the trail with scratch marks on the trees.]]