Nash: You know as well as I do he'll just betray us again!
Yuma: Maybe he will, but that's a risk I'm willing to take. No matter what he's done, everyone deserves a second chance!
Nash: Yes, but this will be Vector's thirtieth chance!
Yuma: Maybe he will, but that's a risk I'm willing to take. No matter what he's done, everyone deserves a second chance!
Nash: Yes, but this will be Vector's thirtieth chance!
Supergirl: Rose is sick. But he's that way because people like us weren't there to catch him.
Empress: What...You're forgiving him?
Supergirl: I forgave you.
Empress: What...You're forgiving him?
Supergirl: I forgave you.
"On second thought, let's see you grovel a little bit!"
— Susie, Calvin and Hobbes
Fan Works
"...super-villains who broke your body and raped your soul and then had it all forgiven as if it was just a little mistake."
Gray: She did a lot of terrible stuff. Ruined lives. Tried to kill us. Did kill a lot of other people.
Weiss: Oh. And... this is someone that you miss?
Weiss: Oh. And... this is someone that you miss?
Lily: I forgive you.
Severus: You shouldn't. Not this easily.
Severus: You shouldn't. Not this easily.
Literature
"You must forgive me if I was not altogether crushed by the lectures you read me about pardon for every sinner. For it seems to me that you only pardon the sins that you don't really think sinful. You only forgive criminals when they commit what you don't regard as crimes, but rather as conventions. So you tolerate a conventional duel, just as you tolerate a conventional divorce. You forgive because there isn't anything to be forgiven."
Film — Live-Action
The Grinch: I am the Grinch that stole Christmas... and I'm sorry. [beat] Aren't you going to cuff me? Put me in a chokehold? Blind me with pepper spray?
Mayor Augustus Maywho: You heard him, Officer. He admitted it. I'd go with the pepper spray.
Officer Wholihan: Yes, I heard him all right. He said he was sorry.
Mayor Augustus Maywho: You heard him, Officer. He admitted it. I'd go with the pepper spray.
Officer Wholihan: Yes, I heard him all right. He said he was sorry.
Live-Action TV
Clara: You're going to help me...?
The Doctor: Well, why wouldn't I help you?
Clara: Because of what I just did, I just...
The Doctor: You betrayed me. You betrayed my trust, you betrayed our friendship, you betrayed everything I that I've ever stood for — YOU LET ME DOWN!
Clara: Then why are you helping me?
The Doctor: Why? ...Do you think I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?
The Doctor: Well, why wouldn't I help you?
Clara: Because of what I just did, I just...
The Doctor: You betrayed me. You betrayed my trust, you betrayed our friendship, you betrayed everything I that I've ever stood for — YOU LET ME DOWN!
Clara: Then why are you helping me?
The Doctor: Why? ...Do you think I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?
— Doctor Who, "Dark Water"
"You're all the same, you screaming kids, you know that? 'Look at me, I'm unforgivable!' Well, here's the unforeseeable, I forgive you, after all you've done! I forgive you."
— The Twelfth Doctor, Doctor Who, "The Zygon Inversion"
(narrating) The worst part was knowing right then that I could never forgive her. *Elliot leans over and gives him a kiss on the cheek* I forgive her.
— J.D., Scrubs
Maze: What? Are you still upset about me trying to betray you and kill you? It was a month ago.
Lucifer: No, of course not. What do you think I am, human?
Ann: He killed your wife!
Jack: (shrugging) No-one's perfect.
Jack: (shrugging) No-one's perfect.
Video Games
Sam: Hey, sorry for killing you last year.
Hugh: It happens.
Hugh: It happens.
"Fine with us. We're too lazy to press charges."
— Leif, Bug Fables
Nao Mochizuki: You've made amends and entered the world of Gunpla head-on; they're here to welcome you with open arms. New talent entering the field is a cause for celebration, don't you know?
Ran Kotomori: Just between us, that "incident" of yours caused a massive Gunpla buzz. That's not such a bad thing. But don't ever do that again, okay?
Kentaro Mahara: I won't. I'll endeavor to make wave the proper way from now on.
Ran Kotomori: Just between us, that "incident" of yours caused a massive Gunpla buzz. That's not such a bad thing. But don't ever do that again, okay?
Kentaro Mahara: I won't. I'll endeavor to make wave the proper way from now on.
—Chapter 18 of Gundam Breaker Mobile, in which Mahara tries to make amends for his rampage in Gundam Breaker Battlogue
Alicia: Well... Me, both my sisters, and the kittens are able to be relatively free thanks to your help, weren't they? There's something not right about that.
Waffle: But, all of the buildings you and the others destroyed when you were The Black Cats Gang have been repaired as promised. There aren't many people who are still mad at you and the others anymore.
Waffle: But, all of the buildings you and the others destroyed when you were The Black Cats Gang have been repaired as promised. There aren't many people who are still mad at you and the others anymore.
— Tail Concerto, "After That Concerto"
Web Animation
Mr. Protagonist: You tried to kill me!
Dr. Antagonist: My bad!
Mr. Protagonist: And my entire family!
Dr. Antagonist: Oh, I was so freaking close!
Mr. Protagonist: But you were just being silly, so come on and dance with me!
Dr. Antagonist: I planned your death, now we're bros!
Dr. Antagonist: My bad!
Mr. Protagonist: And my entire family!
Dr. Antagonist: Oh, I was so freaking close!
Mr. Protagonist: But you were just being silly, so come on and dance with me!
Dr. Antagonist: I planned your death, now we're bros!
— Kevin Temmer, "The Dance Party at the End of the Film"
Door Guard: (sees N) Genocide robot?
(N sheepishly hands the guard a card with a doodle of himself saying "I'm sorry" over the mountain of his victims' bodies)
Door Guard: (charmed) Ohhhh, alriiiight! Just don't do it again! Get in here, ya goobs!
(N sheepishly hands the guard a card with a doodle of himself saying "I'm sorry" over the mountain of his victims' bodies)
Door Guard: (charmed) Ohhhh, alriiiight! Just don't do it again! Get in here, ya goobs!
Web Video
"I trust you implicitly, thieving child."
— Joey, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series
"Sorry about that whole shooting you thing. But, I know if you look deep into your heart... Which is currently all over that tree..."
Tomoko-chan: Vegetalo, we'll be glad to have you on our team!
Vegetalo: Thank you.
Sosuke Bosuke: Guys, Vegetalo killed my entire family. Remember that scene where he was like:
[flashback]
Past Vegetalo: Look upon your dead family, Sosuke Bosuke! Every single one of them slain by my hand! Fuck you, Sosuke Bosuke! Your family sucks! I will never regret doing this!
[end flashback]
Sosuke Bosuke: I think he's getting off a teensy bit scot-free...
Tomoko-chan: Yeah, but Sosuke, look; he has a funny moustache now! And he's so endearing and a good guy!
Sosuke Bosuke: Yeah, but—
Vegetalo: Sorry, guys. I know we had our issues in the past. Totally my b. I was just a little... Vegetaloco back then.
Vegetalo: Thank you.
Sosuke Bosuke: Guys, Vegetalo killed my entire family. Remember that scene where he was like:
[flashback]
Past Vegetalo: Look upon your dead family, Sosuke Bosuke! Every single one of them slain by my hand! Fuck you, Sosuke Bosuke! Your family sucks! I will never regret doing this!
[end flashback]
Sosuke Bosuke: I think he's getting off a teensy bit scot-free...
Tomoko-chan: Yeah, but Sosuke, look; he has a funny moustache now! And he's so endearing and a good guy!
Sosuke Bosuke: Yeah, but—
Vegetalo: Sorry, guys. I know we had our issues in the past. Totally my b. I was just a little... Vegetaloco back then.
Master Xehanort: I'm actually a misguided good guy.
Sora: Who could ever believe—
Everyone else: OKAY I BELIEVE YOU.
Sora: Who could ever believe—
Everyone else: OKAY I BELIEVE YOU.
Webcomics
Zadok: I almost hope it is Junior. We need to patch things up with him before the strip ends.
Terra: Come back, Junior! All is forgiven!
Junior: Really?
Zadok: Sure.
Terra: Why not?
Terra: Come back, Junior! All is forgiven!
Junior: Really?
Zadok: Sure.
Terra: Why not?
Western Animation
"It's weird. Now that I know everything Zhalia went through, I kinda want to forgive her."
— Sophie, Huntik: Secrets & Seekers
Kai: Thanks for coming to get me. I'm really sorry about stealing your wallets, and running away, and getting you stuck on that train.
Bolin: We can't stay mad at you.
Mako: Yes, we can! I had a lot of money in that wallet!
Bolin: We can't stay mad at you.
Mako: Yes, we can! I had a lot of money in that wallet!
— In Harm's Way, The Legend of Korra
Ignignokt: Come on, Meatman. Let's go break the law to fill your primitive needs.
Meatwad: Well, I don't think so! Last time you were here you threw me at an old lady's mail box and you made me moon boyscout troop 324!
Err: Hahah, we did.
Ignignokt: Well, this time we won't.
Meatwad: Okay, cool. Let me just go get my keys.
Meatwad: Well, I don't think so! Last time you were here you threw me at an old lady's mail box and you made me moon boyscout troop 324!
Err: Hahah, we did.
Ignignokt: Well, this time we won't.
Meatwad: Okay, cool. Let me just go get my keys.
— Revenge of the Mooninites, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Sunset Shimmer: It's okay. We've all been there.
Juniper Montage: Really?
Starlight Glimmer: Manipulated an entire town into giving up their talents so they wouldn't think they were special.
Twilight Sparkle: Overpowered by magic I couldn't control and created a rift between two worlds, almost destroying both of them in the process.
Sunset Shimmer: Turned an entire school into my own personal zombie army in hopes of conquering a distant pony world.
Juniper Montage: (Stunned Silence)
Pinkie Pie: Wow. We are a reeeaaally forgiving group.
Juniper Montage: Really?
Starlight Glimmer: Manipulated an entire town into giving up their talents so they wouldn't think they were special.
Twilight Sparkle: Overpowered by magic I couldn't control and created a rift between two worlds, almost destroying both of them in the process.
Sunset Shimmer: Turned an entire school into my own personal zombie army in hopes of conquering a distant pony world.
Juniper Montage: (Stunned Silence)
Pinkie Pie: Wow. We are a reeeaaally forgiving group.
BoJack: I didn't even think I'd have any other options. A year ago, everybody in this town hated me.
Princess Carolyn: People have short memories. It's the best and worst thing about people.
Princess Carolyn: People have short memories. It's the best and worst thing about people.
Tusk: Anyway, baby's due next month, wedding's this weekend, and I just wanted to stop by and, uh, say I'm sorry, and ask you to give me a second chance.
Wolf: Well, Tusk, you did lie to me, turned me and my dad against each other, and let me dangle for my life over a canyon... but I can't stay mad at you. Second chance initiated.
Tusk: That means a lot, Wolf. Beef? Second chance-a-rooni?
Beef: (rolling his eyes) Fine.
Tusk: Thank you, Beef.
Wolf: Well, Tusk, you did lie to me, turned me and my dad against each other, and let me dangle for my life over a canyon... but I can't stay mad at you. Second chance initiated.
Tusk: That means a lot, Wolf. Beef? Second chance-a-rooni?
Beef: (rolling his eyes) Fine.
Tusk: Thank you, Beef.
— The Great North, Season 2 "From Tusk Til Dawn Adventure"
Bender: Hey, sorry you got sent to that South American Turkish prison instead of me on account of mistaken identity.
Flexo: You bastard! They treated me like an animal and that's what I became! [laughs] Nah, you're alright. Good to see you, buddy!
Flexo: You bastard! They treated me like an animal and that's what I became! [laughs] Nah, you're alright. Good to see you, buddy!
— Futurama, "Bendless Love"
