"No matter how much you've changed, you still gotta pay the price for what you've done."
— Doug MacRay, The Town
Zuko: This isn't fair. Everyone else seems to trust me now. What is it with you?
Katara: Oh, everyone trusts you now?! I was the first person to trust you, remember?! Back in Ba Sing Se! And you turned around and betrayed me! Betrayed all of us!
Katara: Oh, everyone trusts you now?! I was the first person to trust you, remember?! Back in Ba Sing Se! And you turned around and betrayed me! Betrayed all of us!
— Avatar: The Last Airbender, "The Southern Raiders"
Shepard: It's a little late to start worrying about his safety now.
Gavin Archer: I never stopped. I know you think I'm a monster. And you're right. Not a day goes by where my dreams aren't haunted by what I did to David. All I can do now is hope that one day he forgives me.
Gavin Archer: I never stopped. I know you think I'm a monster. And you're right. Not a day goes by where my dreams aren't haunted by what I did to David. All I can do now is hope that one day he forgives me.
"To what extent is it just that Baker's Doctor is fatally flawed or miscast? As mentioned, the audios do suggest that Baker is, in fact a skilled actor and that his Doctor can work, but then again, audio is a different medium... So much effort was put into making Baker's Doctor unlikable that, well, it succeeded to a real extent. Even if the eventual redemption had played out the fact remains that Baker's Doctor was always designed as being a bit dodgy and flawed. No amount of redemption, it should be noted, would have undone this. The idea that this Doctor was fatally flawed was written into the basic concept of the character. Even after a seven season arc of redemption Baker's Doctor would still be defined as the one that might have been bad."
Bigby: I thought we were all supposed to have a fresh start here. I can't change the past.
Colin: Well, you can't change people's memories either.
Colin: Well, you can't change people's memories either.
Flash Sentry (pointing at Sunset Shimmer): Now that's the bad girl we love to hate! (crowd erupts into jeering)
Octavia Melody: I knew she was still trouble!
Random third student: (off-screen) The real Sunset Shimmer is back!
Sunset Shimmer: (sadly) No. It isn't like that. (she walks offstage with the Rainbooms as the crowd boos at her)
Octavia Melody: I knew she was still trouble!
Random third student: (off-screen) The real Sunset Shimmer is back!
Sunset Shimmer: (sadly) No. It isn't like that. (she walks offstage with the Rainbooms as the crowd boos at her)
Rei: Doctor Akagi and I… had a talk, after Unit-00’s berserker event. She now feels… very guilty over how she had been treating me, on the Commander’s orders. And just this week, the Commander ordered my dosage be increased. Doctor Akagi has agreed to falsify a blood test and conceal this from the Commander. She does not know I am totally free of the drugs, but has taken steps to… make amends for her past deeds. She is no longer a willing participant in the Commander’s treatment of me.
[...]
Asuka: I’m still not happy with her. I don’t care how guilty she feels now. She’s going to need a miracle to get on my good side again. She hurt you, Rei, and you know how I feel about people who hurt the ones I… care about.
[...]
Asuka: I’m still not happy with her. I don’t care how guilty she feels now. She’s going to need a miracle to get on my good side again. She hurt you, Rei, and you know how I feel about people who hurt the ones I… care about.
Supergirl: Okay, Karen... I'm sorry. I'm sorry about what happened in Kandor.
Power Girl: Good. Feel tons better? Bye.
Supergirl: Karen! Come on! I know I was a jerk, but—
Power Girl: You're about to be a jerk with broken fingers.
Supergirl: I messed up! Can't we move on?
Power Girl: You betrayed me! You betrayed the people of Kandor when you skipped out on them! "Sorry" doesn't cover it! I can't trust you, Kara!
Supergirl: I was messed up, Karen. Selfish... scared... But I've changed. I'm changing. I—
Power Girl: Good. Feel tons better? Bye.
Supergirl: Karen! Come on! I know I was a jerk, but—
Power Girl: You're about to be a jerk with broken fingers.
Supergirl: I messed up! Can't we move on?
Power Girl: You betrayed me! You betrayed the people of Kandor when you skipped out on them! "Sorry" doesn't cover it! I can't trust you, Kara!
Supergirl: I was messed up, Karen. Selfish... scared... But I've changed. I'm changing. I—
—Supergirl (2005): Identity
Dr. Randall: You fitting in okay? People treating you well?
Barry: Let's just say people aren't thrilled to live in close quarters with the Flash, convicted Regime criminal.
Dr. Randall: Pardoned Regime criminal. Give it time. They'll come around.
Barry: Let's just say people aren't thrilled to live in close quarters with the Flash, convicted Regime criminal.
Dr. Randall: Pardoned Regime criminal. Give it time. They'll come around.
Captain Cold: You're still Regime to me.
Green Lantern Hal Jordan: That's a mistake I'm trying to fix, Cold.
Captain Cold: Uh uh, you don't get off that easy.
Green Lantern Hal Jordan: That's a mistake I'm trying to fix, Cold.
Captain Cold: Uh uh, you don't get off that easy.
"What's the point of working on myself and getting sober and getting better when, no matter what, there are people out there just waiting to tear me down?"
Harvey Dent: Put the gun down, Jimbo. I just want to talk.
Jim Gordon: Two-Face...!
Dent: No. It's me. Harvey Dent.
Gordon: The man I knew as Harvey Dent is dead. He was lost to a deranged lunatic named Two-Face.
Dent: Is that how it is, Jimbo? No second chances?
Gordon: In your case, you've gotten second, third and fourth chances, and you burned them all.
Jim Gordon: Two-Face...!
Dent: No. It's me. Harvey Dent.
Gordon: The man I knew as Harvey Dent is dead. He was lost to a deranged lunatic named Two-Face.
Dent: Is that how it is, Jimbo? No second chances?
Gordon: In your case, you've gotten second, third and fourth chances, and you burned them all.
Wheatley: I'm still connected! I can pull myself in! I can still fix this!
GLaDOS: I already fixed it and you are not coming back.
Wheatley: Oh no. Change of plans! Hold onto me! Tighter! Ah! GRAB ME, GRAB ME, GRAB ME, GRAB MEEEEEEEE...!
GLaDOS: I already fixed it and you are not coming back.
Wheatley: Oh no. Change of plans! Hold onto me! Tighter! Ah! GRAB ME, GRAB ME, GRAB ME, GRAB MEEEEEEEE...!
Walter Hardy: I made a horrible mistake the night I ended Ben Parker's life... and I know I have to pay for my crime. So I'll turn on the gas.
Spider-Man: That won't make us even. You're not forgiven.
Walter: I understand.
Spider-Man: That won't make us even. You're not forgiven.
Walter: I understand.
—The Spectacular Spider-Man, "Opening Night"
