Redeemed Villains

Redeemed Villains or Redeemed Villainesses are Pure Goods who were once villains or were the former villains (ex-villains). These types of heroes once fought on the side of evil but turned to heroism. While they've turned to heroism, these type of heroes have shed all their corrupting qualities.

While it's undoubtedly true that when a character has committed admirable acts on their own accord that they can't be ever considered Pure Evil, however, in extremely rare cases, a redeemed villain may have at one point followed the criteria of a Pure Evil very well, later abandoning that with the best possible outcome being a total 180 of the evil criteria they once were that is Pure Good at its finest (e.g. SMG0, Hajime Hinata).

For obvious reasons, these heroes count as Wholly Reformed, Corruption Rejection, and Remorseful.

Good examples are Android 16, Kaworu Nagisa, Iroh, AAARRRGGHH!!!, Lloyd Garmadon, The Collector, the aforementioned SMG0 and Hinata, the Puppet and Minion.

They are the opposite of Fallen Heroes, however, it's still possible for pure good heroes to fall from their heroic forms and qualities do to tragic, being corrupted or other circumstances, like Gentle Criminal, Japanese G1 Primus, and Masayuki Rudra Nam Ul Nasca for example.

Notes[]

Please note that a character must be a villain before turning good.

1. Morally neutral characters (a la "average joes") or characters initially un-involved with any side of the conflict do not count (e.g. Rex, James P. Sullivan & Shōya Ishida). They should usually go under False Antagonists, Reluctant, Wholly Reformed and/or From Zero to Hero‏‎ instead. Some, however, can still become purely good.
2. False villains, if they never were evil, they do not count either (e.g. Papyrus, Byakuren Hijiri, Horace Nebbercracker, John Coffey, Kovu, Queen Elsa, Furina de Fontaine and Bruno Madrigal). They should go under Antagonists, False Antagonists, Falsely Accused, Hidden Pure Goods, and/or Scapegoats instead. However, some heroes who are false villains in the present story can still be originally true villains in the past.
3. Servants/Pawns, Heroes who served on the villain's side but said circumstances have never done anything evil or bad do not count (e.g. Glamrock Freddy, She-Ra (2018), and Quasimodo). They should go under Servants of a Villain‏‎, Related to Villain, Pawns of a Villain, and/or Defectors instead, unless they actually did genuine villainy.
4. Jerks, heroes that were simply jerks before they became heroes also do not count (e.g. Kiara, Fox McCloud, Buzz Lightyear, Carl Fredricksen, Spider-Man (Raimiverse), James P. Sullivan, Fluttershy, and Hershel Greene). They should go under From Zero to Hero, Wholly Reformed, False Antagonists, and/or often Sarcastic instead.
5. Heroes who simply lose all of their corrupting qualities do not count (e.g. Kovu, most versions of Spider-Man, Judy Hopps, Samurai Jack, Naruto, Hershel Greene, Squidward Tentacles, Anne Boonchuy, Kubo, Samuel Turfblu, Zoey, and the Iron Giant), they should go under Wholly Reformed, unless they were actually villains in the past (e.g AAARRRGGHH!!!, Agent 8, Android 16, Lloyd Garmadon, Purple, Rob, and Iroh).
6. Brainwashed or Forced into it, if a hero was forced into it by circumstance or were temporarily brainwashed into becoming villains (e.g. Captain Rex), they also do not qualify and should go under Possessed/Brainwashed and/or Pawns of a Villain instead. A redeemed villain must have been a genuine villain before becoming good.
7. Antagonists, heroes who are simply the adversary of the main character in the story do not count either; they should go under Antagonists instead (e.g. Soichiro Yagami). The hero must be a real villain in order to qualify or formerly were actual villains before turning to the light side.
8. Adaptational heroes who are villains or anti-heroes in their original work, heroes who are simply altered adaptations of villains or anti-heroes do not count (e.g. Lex Luthor). They should go under Adaptational Pure Goods, Alternate Reality Pure Goods, Type Dependent on Version, and/or Parody/Homage instead, unless it is established that they used to be villains in the continuity of said adaptations (e.g. Sheldon J. Plankton).