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After listing my First Top 15 ( www.deviantart.com/jackskellin…), I decided to list another Top 15 Favorite Characters who were the Villains but Became Good.
BEWARE, SPOILER ALERT!
My Favorites in order:
1. Catra (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power): She was raised by the dark sorceress Shadow Weaver along side her then best friend Adora . Shadow Weaver was a cruel and unforgiving mother figure, who would often times chastise, taunt, and mock her in front of Adora. When Adora left the Horde to defect to the Rebellion, Catra tried to bring Adora back to the Fright Zone - convinced that she was just confused and going through a ‘phase’. But Catra slowly began to realize that Adora's absence opened the opportunity to step out from her friend’s shadow for the first time in her life - and she began to allow the anger she felt after Adora left to fuel her ambition with the Horde. Ultimately, Catra casts aside her friendship in favor of her newfound strength and achievements, basking in the glory she has attained without Adora's aid. Catra becomes the new force captain in place of Adora. However, Catra's rage, anger, and sadness began to weigh heavily on her despite achieving multiple military victories over the Princess Alliance and thanks to the psychoanalysis of the treacherous Double Trouble , she became dejected with herself and confronted her own inner struggles and question her motivations. In Season Five , Catra finally accepts that the choices she made and the people that she hurt had destroyed her, and that her ruthless ambition was just hiding the pain she felt in wanting to be accepted by others. She redeems herself, renews her friendship with Adora, fights for the Rebellion and joins The Best Friends Squad . In the series finale, she confesses her love to Adora and they enter a romantic relationship.

2. Karone / Astronema (Power Rangers: In Space & Lost Galaxy): Once known as Karone , sister of Andros , the Red Space Ranger, she lived on the planet KO-35 , a human space colony. While playing with her brother, in the park, they were developing telekinesis as they played with a toy sphere. When the sphere floated away, Andros went after it, and Karone was captured by the vile Darkonda . Screaming for help, she was transported to another planet, and met Ecliptor and Dark Specter , the Grand Monarch of Evil. She was left in the care of Ecliptor who became a fatherly figure to her and trained her to be an evil warrior. The memories of being Karone faded away. Ecliptor had told her lies of the Power Rangers destroying her parents and her brother. After years of training and competing against other evil warriors, Astronema was later trained in the dark arts of magic. She was awarded the Wrath Staff, which she uses to manipulate others and battle her opponents. With Dark Specter's help, she gained the space station, Dark Fortress, and an army of robotic soldiers called Quantrons. When she found out who she truly was, she had sided with her brother, Andros, and helped him find Zordon. She was later captured by Ecliptor, who was brainwashed, and was condemned to the same fate as he. Her emotions were removed and was inflicted with cybernetic implants that controlled her. During this time, Astronema created the Psycho Rangers , extremely powerful, homicidal counterparts to the Power Rangers whose job it was to destroy the Rangers and also drain energy from Dark Specter. After Dark Specter's demise at the hands of Darkonda, Astronema usurped his throne and became the Queen of Evil. She was transformed back into Karone during "Countdown to Destruction ". She and her brother battled when a deflected energy bolt struck her, knocking her out or possibly killing her. Once the battle was over Andros carried her body down the ramp of the Dark Fortress, he laid her on the ground and began crying. A few tears hit her cheek and she was restored to her true self. Only the love Andros felt for his sister was strong enough to bring her back. A year or so later, when the Pink Galaxy Ranger's Quasar Saber fell into the hands of evil on the planet Onyx , Karone once again donned the disguise of Astronema. She threatened to destroy everyone if she didn't get the Saber. The auctioneer quickly handed the saber to her and she was almost home free until Trakeena showed up and revealed her. She soon decided to take Kendrix's place as the new Pink Lost Galaxy Ranger to atone for all the damage she has done in the past.

3. Hordak (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power): Hordak is a clone of the series Main Antagonist, Horde Prime, and was his top general. But since there was a defect in his programming he was discarded by prime and left to die in the front lines only to arrive on the planet of Etheria. He soon made his mission to conquer Etheria and create a portal to bring Prime to him so he can prove himself to Prime that he is worth something. But when Prime does arrive, he was displeased that Hordak gave himself a name and decided to erase his memories, making Hordak another mindless drone. During the series finale, when Entrapta Entrapta protests that the Heart is unstable, so Horde Prime commands Hordak to kill her and assures himself that his realm would return to perfection soon. However, he notices Hordak hesitate to shoot a cowering Entrapta and orders him to kill her immediately, at which point Hordak turns on Horde Prime and blasts him completely through his control panel to the edge of the platform. Hordak then lifts Horde Prime up, angrily ranting as he prepares to kill him: I am not your brother. You made me in your image, but I am more than that. I gave myself a name, I made a life of my own. I made... a friend. I am Hordak, and I defy your will!
Then drops Prime down a chasm causing his body to die in the process, but not until Prime transferred his mind into Hordak and preparing the Heart of Etheria. But when Adora regained her power, She-Ra then comes before Horde Prime who vows he will return only for She-Ra to correct him saying his reign is over and banishes him from Hordak's body with a surge of magic, killing him, ending the threat of the Horde once and for all. Hordak is restored, remembering the day when he first found Adora as a baby, and seeing this Entrapta rushes to him and embraces him. Causing the two to restart their relationship.

4. Cassandra (Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure Season 3): Originally the best friend to Rapunzel, but all her life she felt second best to Rapunzel. Going back to when her own mother, Mother Gothel, chose Rapunzel over her. As a result Cass has developed a grudge against Rapunzel. During Season 2, Cass, Rapunzel, Eugene & the Gang traveled to The Dark Kingdom, where they encountered the Moon Stone (the Cosmic counterpart to the Sun Drop). Both the Moon Stone & the Sun Drop belong together, but Cass on the other hand doesn't see it that way. To her she believes the Moon Stone is her destiny so she betrayed Rapunzel by taking the stone and merging with it to take town Rapunzel, Corona & everyone who has ever underestimated her, making her one of the two Main Antagonists of Season 3. Now she has a mastery of the black rocks, a controlled brotherhood fighting for her, but is also best pals with a Demon Sorceress known as Zhan Tiri, who manipulated both Rapunzel and Cass to bring her freedom and fulfill a promise she made to Lord Demanitus, the destruction of all of Corona. In "Once a Handmaiden... ", after realizing that Zhan Tiri tricked her, Cassandra becomes remorseful over her actions and seeks to make amends with Rapunzel. However, she expresses fear that Rapunzel won't forgive her, and comes back to Corona disguised as Faith. Unfortunately, after Zhan Tiri manipulates her again, Cassandra comes to believe Rapunzel intends to destroy her, causing her to turn her back on her once more, as well as conquer the kingdom with her black rocks, endangering the lives of innocents in the process. She is also unwilling to take responsibility for her actions, blaming them on Rapunzel and Zhan Tiri, and refuses to acknowledge herself as "the bad guy". In “Plus Est En Vous” , Cassandra's rage and anger has made her become completely malevolent, and any remembrance of Rapunzel’s “betrayal” causes her to destroy things in a rage. She also no longer trusts Zhan Tiri, possibly blaming her for most of the he events that transpired. As she and Rapunzel fight, Cassandra sadistically mocks her and reminds her of how she’s always felt second best. Cassandra seems to hold some fondness left for Rapunzel by sparing a jar made by her Aunt Willow, which Rapunzel holds dearly. However, this fondness wasn't enough for Cassandra to spare Rapunzel entirely just as she was about to end Rapunzel but Zhan Tiri took both the Moonstone and Sundrop from them, reducing Rapunzel's hair back to its natural color and Cassandra back to her old self. While imprisoned, Cassandra breaks down and finally apologizes to Rapunzel, revealing that she had let her rage cloud her mind and prevented her from seeing what she really needed. She also reveals that all she wanted to find her own destiny and set out a path for herself, but let her insecurities blind her from those needs. The two then make amends and Rapunzel says that there is more in Cassandra, more than she ever knew, which installs a new confidence in Cassandra. Once they break out of the prison and defeat Zhan Tiri, Cass was gravely injured in the scuffle and apparently died, but was revived by Rapunzel by using the Moonstone and Sundrop. She later leaves Corona after tearfully bids farewell to Rapunzel, acknowledging themselves as best friends, and sets out to travel the world and find her destiny.

5. Prince Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender): The disgraced prince of the Fire Nation who spent three years searching for The Avatar so he could return to his tyrannical father's good graces & regain his honor. Zuko soon succeeds in impressing his father and gets everything he wanted, though at the cost of betraying his uncle who actually was more of a father than Ozai ever was. During the majority of the first half of season 3, Zuko was facings inner conflictions within himself because of his actions. And after some soul-searching, during the day of the Eclipse Zuko decided to turn against his father and work with Team Avatar to stop him. Though many didn't trust Zuko at first, he still helped Aang with learning a new way to do firebending without anger, helped Sokka rescue his dad & his Girlfriend from prison, and helped Katara find the man who killed her mother. During the time of Sozin's Comet he helped Team Avatar meet with the White Lotus & fought his sister Azula for the right of Fire Lord. With Katara's help, Zuko defeated Azula and became the new Fire Lord.

6. Jarrod (Power Rangers: Jungle Fury): Jarrod was to be one of the three guardians alongside Theo Martin and Lily Chilman of the chest holding the evil known as Dai Shi . But when he showed himself to be a bully to others and was arrogant, he was expelled, and Casey was given his place. But, when Jarrod attacked Master Mao with his Black Lion Animal Spirit , the chest was accidentally opened and Dai Shi was released. As he was making his way through the forest, Dai Shi caught up with him and possessed him. For a long time, Dai Shi used his body, and his Animal Spirit as well. Eventually Jarrod begins to fight back against Dai Shi, having never wanted to hurt anyone, and is eventually able to expel the evil spirit from his body. He and Camille then leave Dai Shi and join the Rangers, however his guilt in unleashing Dai Shi estranges him from the rest of the team for a while. However he soon decides to fight by their side again and is instrumental in weakening the Dai Shi, at the risk of his own life, allowing the other Rangers to destroy him. Showing he not only has the strength of the lion, but also the heart of one as well. At the end of the series, Jarrod and Camille decided to re-enroll in the Pai Zhuq academy as beginners feeling there was more they needed to learn. Jarrod and Casey were now firm friends, and Casey allowed Jarrod to take over his class whenever he was away.

7. Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus (Marvel's Spider-Man): While originally using his mechanical appendages and intellect for good, Otto later turned to a life of crime after Oscorp Industries CEO Norman Osborn tricked him into believing his friends had betrayed him while also stealing Otto's research for himself. The combination of Norman's underhanded actions and his own superiority complex have led Otto to believe it is better to control people rather then protect them. Causing him to become the villain known as Doctor Octopus. Afterwards he pretended to be good so he can get his hands on the Neural Cortex until his mind was soon trapped in a robot called The Living Brain. During some time he ordered a bounty on Spider-Man so the villains could tire out Spider-Man so Otto could steal his body. The plan succeeded, however over some time he started getting flashes of Peter's Memories causing Otto to become a hero but instead becomes a more aggressive version of Spider-Man known as The Superior Spider-Man. During his fight with Venom, Otto couldn't defeat him but Peter can, so he willingly swapped both their minds back into Peter & a robot's body. After the fight, Peter and Anna Maria transferred Otto's mind back into his body, but still took some time until he woke up from his coma. After he woke up, he tried to prove to Peter that he truly has changed and helping Peter from the tech side during his battles against both Regent & The Goblin Nation. Though many of Peter's Friends still are hesitant to trust Otto after all he has done, but he proved himself after facing The Goblin King, who was revealed to be Adrian Toomes, who was going after Harry's Goblin Mech (which was originally designed by Adrian), so he can control all machines once he amplifies the range. In order to stop the Goblin Mech, Otto sacrifices himself by using the Neural Cortex to amplify his mind to destroy the Goblin Mech, at the cost of his own life.

8. Brigadier General Francis X. "Frank" Hummel (The Rock): Frank Hummel's renegade marines put both the Pentagon & FBI under the gun by threatening San Francisco with stolen VX Nerve Gas-armed M55 Rockets and killing their Navy SEAL's. Originally he planned this mission to threaten to launch the rockets against San Francisco unless the U.S. government pays him $100 million from a military slush fund , which he will distribute to his men and the families of Recon Marines who died on clandestine missions under his command but whose deaths were not compensated. But when he launched one of the rockets we feared he might, he changed the target's location to land in the ocean because he either wouldn't or couldn't really kill civilians. However although was willing to back out the mission to take full responsibility, two of soldiers, Frye and Darrow rebel upon realizing they will not be paid their $1 million apiece, killing Baxter and mortally wounding Hummel—who tells Goodspeed where the last rocket is before dying. Finally taking responsibility for his actions.

9. Minerva Orland (Fairy Tail): A Female Mage from the Guild known as Sabertooth who longs to be in the strongest guild. Showing her sadistic side in battle such when she fought both Erza & Kagura. After Sabertooth lost to Fairy Tail in the Grand Magic Games, both she and her father Jiemma left Sabertooth and joined the Dark Guild known as Succubus Eye. After she returned from a mission, Minerva was soon recruited by Kyôka to be a part of the Cultist Dark Guild known as Tartaros. During her time there, Minerva was subjected to a strange liquid that would undergo her procedure in becoming a demon. ome time later, Minerva's transformation is completed. Exiting her stasis, Minerva revels in her new appearance in front of her new guildmates Jackal , Tempester and Lamy , noting that she has the power of a Demon which is currently overflowing within. Minerva later makes her way to the location of Kyôka's battle with Erza, where she tells Kyôka, who is fleeing the scene, that she planned on taking care of the Fairies even if she hadn't told her to do so. Greeting Erza, Minerva makes note of how appropriate their new place of battle is; reintroducing herself as Neo Minerva, Minerva tells Erza that she's been reincarnated as a Demon and that she'll give her a sample of her new power. The two began their final Showdown, when Erza tries to reason with her while sparring, Minerva reminds the other woman that she has been reborn as Neo Minerva, the "Ultimate Mage". Although she has the advantage at first, Erza pushes her back in a counterattack and enrages Minerva. As Erza punches her to the ground, Minerva reminisces the years of training she underwent under her father. Where she had to endure a hellish training for her father, Jiemma , who both verbally and physically abused her whenever she displayed any sign of weakness. After a sparring match with Fingers which she arose victorious, Jiemma ordered Minerva to finish him off. Minerva, though, refused to do so as he was her guildmate. This angered her father, who despised her weak-mindedness and subsequently ended up killing the Mage himself. Some time after, Minerva was left alone in a forest to fend for herself against ferocious creatures, with her father forbidding her to come back home until she became stronger Erza then punches Minerva and tells her to get a hold of herself and to stop this senseless fight. Minerva, realizing her mistakes as well as her own weakness for succumbing to darkness, asks from Erza to kill her. Erza then reminds her that there are still people out there waiting for her to come home despite her fall into darkness. Their discussion is interrupted by Mard Geer , who is angry with the Celestial Spirit King for thwarting his plans, and so decides to end the lives of both Minerva and Erza himself. As Minerva is assaulted by Mard's attack, she mumbles for Erza to run while a huge explosion occurs. However, Minerva is rescued in the nick of time by Sting and Rogue who, accompanied by Lector and Frosch , tell her that they've come to save her. With Erza's words echoing in her mind, Minerva starts crying as she finally realizes that she belongs with Sabertooth. After the war with Tartaros, Minerva returned to Sabertooth and was welcomed back with open arms.

10. Ben Solo / Kylo Ren (Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker): The son of General Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa , Ben Solo was trained by his uncle, Jedi Master Luke Skywalker . After Solo's destruction of Skywalker's Jedi temple , Solo renounced his family and assumed the identity of Kylo Ren, becoming a First Order warlord and the apprentice of Supreme Leader Snoke . Ren's descent into darkness was marked by the massacre of civilians and the murder of his father , but the act of patricide failed to end his inner turmoil. Believing he was destined to rule the galaxy , Ren assassinated Snoke and usurped the position of Supreme Leader, seizing both military and political control of the First Order. It was not a complete victory for him, however, as Rey , a Jedi apprentice whom he was growing close to, rejected his offer to rule beside him. Though they were sworn enemies, Ren and Rey shared a unique bond with each other, making them part of a prophesied dyad in the Force . Supreme Leader Ren prioritized the destruction of the Resistance and the capture of Rey, viewing both as obstacles in his path to complete domination. The war came to a head in 35 ABY with the return of the Sith Lord Darth Sidious , who urged Ren to become Emperor of the Final Order by killing Rey. However, the persona of Kylo Ren ceased to exist after his mother died, later on Ben converses with a memory of his father, Han Solo ; he throws away his lightsaber and reclaims his identity as Ben Solo. He soon arrived on Exegol to help Rey fight the Emperor and end the Dark Side once and for all, however he had to face his own demons, specifically The Knights of Ren with no Lightsaber. Until Rey handed her lightsaber to Ben used it to put an end to the Knights of Ren once and for all then soon raced to help Rey. After the battle on Exegol , Solo sacrificed himself to revive Rey, and the two shared a kiss before he vanished into the Force as the last of the Skywalker bloodline .

11. Ransik (Power Rangers: Time Force & Wild Force): During his days as a villain, Ransik was extremely cruel, ruthless, self-centered, egocentric, manipulative, murderous, brutal, and even sadistic at times, only focused on his plans for world domination, and coldly treating everyone around him except for Nadira like an expendable pawn. His desire to rule the world was second only to his fatherly instincts. When he found out Nadira developed a crush on Lucas , despite being upset about the news at first, he ultimately went with her decision to date him, even visiting Lucas and giving him dating advice, albeit in a twisted and somewhat violent manner. He did however, give Lucas gifts to give to Nadira to help him impress her. In exchange for this, he (understandably) threatened Lucas if he didn't treat Nadira well he would end him. He also spied on them during the date and reminded Lucas to give her the presents he gave him and later feigned ignorance when Nadira told him about the date so the credit of giving Nadira a wonderful date would go entirely to Lucas. He also even went as far as to forbid his minions from harming Lucas during the brief period they dated. Despite being Ransik's enemy at the time and not fearing Ransik himself, Lucas both feared and respected Ransik's instincts as a father and despite wanting to break up with Nadira he was afraid to out of fear of facing Ransik for doing so. It was because of his fatherly instincts that served as his first step for redemption after nearly killing Nadira with his own hands, having finally seen the error of his ways, he sought redemption just like his daughter did shortly before him. In the Wild Force Crossover, Ransik, having already seen the error of his ways showed a clear amount of guilt for the Mut-Orgs existence and explained their origin story to both the combined Time Force/Wild Force Ranger teams. He later aided both Ranger teams and during the battle he launched a near-suicidal attack on the Mut-Orgs and destroyed their mutant half, but nearly died in the process. To the Rangers' surprise when they return after destroying the Mut-Orgs, they find Ransik completely human, having been purged of his mutant nature by the same blast that purged the mutant halves of the Mut-Orgs. The Rangers, Nadira and Ransik are delighted by this turn of events and Ransik joins the party on the Animarium. However, he is not pleased to see Lucas and Nadira showing an interest in each other. Ransik thus became of the few Power Ranger villains to find redemption for their actions.

12. Impmon / Beelzemon (Digimon Tamers): Impmon was digivolved to Beelzemon by Caturamon in exchange for his mission to kill the tamers and their Digimon. He became the official rider of the evil motorcycle Behemoth , in control unlike its other riders. He soon later returned to destroy both the Tamers and their Digimon who killed Leomon, nearly killed Kyubimon and caused Guilmon to force digivolve into Megidramon. Eventually Takato and Guilmon biomerged to Gallantmon , who gained the upper hand on Beelzemon and destroyed Behemoth. However, when Gallantmon destroyed Caturamon, Beelzemon absorbed his data and began to overpower Gallantmon, but with help from Guardromon Gallantmon defeated Beelzemon with Shield of the Just. Before Gallantmon could kill Beelzemon, Jeri told him not to, and Beelzemon left, regretting his actions. After returning to Earth, he soons finds redemption and deciding to fight for good instead of evil in the Battle against the D-Reaper, Impmon digivolved to Beelzemon, this time in Blast Mode, with wings and a blaster attached to his arm. He admitted that what he did is beyond forgiveness and no matter what he does he can't undo the past, but what he can do is save Jeri and do what's right if it's the last thing he does.

13. Nagato Uzumaki (Naruto: Shippuden): Yahiko's death ultimately convinced Nagato that his philosophies about achieving peace were foolish; the world would never willingly end the cycle of death and hatred it had operated on for so long. Only through direct experience of war and all the losses and agonies it brought could anyone truly desire peace. Intending to personally bring that level of despair to the world, Nagato took on the name of "Pain". As the damage he'd received from Hanzō's attack and the link with the Demonic Statue left him frail and immobile, Nagato created the Six Paths of Pain out of corpses that he controlled remotely. For the Deva Path he used Yahiko's body — still wanting him to lead the organisation in spirit — and for the other five he used the corpses of other miscellaneous shinobi that, without his knowing it, had met Jiraiya when they were alive. After his battle with Pain, Naruto takes one of its black receivers and briefly interfaces with it in order to trace Nagato's location. As his attack continues, he has numerous disguised shadow clones emerge from the rubble of Chibaku Tensei and attack during the Deva Path's short cooldown, but they don't make it in time and it repels them. With so many clones, however, the Narutos are able to resist the Shinra Tensei, enabling Naruto to strike with a Rasengan . Now that all of his Six Paths are defeated, Nagato permits Naruto to come meet with him. He shoots Naruto with a black receiver as soon as he arrives and tries to control his body, but Naruto successfully resists him. Naruto has been thinking about the question he was asked earlier, about how he would accomplish peace. He thinks he has an answer finally, but first wants to hear more about Nagato, especially since they both trained under Jiraiya yet turned out very differently. Curious, Nagato indulges him and tells him about the tragedies he experienced in his life and how they drove him to seek peace through pain. Naruto understands Nagato's logic and even sees some merit to his conclusion, but rejects it. His method to achieve peace is to no longer continue the cycle of revenge that fuels the shinobi world. Although he is angry with Nagato for killing Jiraiya and destroying Konoha, Naruto will not harm him, as that would only cause others to seek revenge against him and repeat the cycle. Nagato is amazed by Naruto's answer, and is reminded of not only Jiraiya but himself when he was younger. He does not know if Naruto's solution can succeed, but Nagato decides that he will place his faith in it. As a sign of this faith, Nagato uses Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique over Konan's protests to revive everyone that died during his attack. As his life fades from performing the technique, Nagato cautions Naruto over the challenges he will face on the path he has chosen, but wishes him all possible luck. Nagato dies with a smile on his face, wondering if perhaps all the circumstances that led him to this end were the work of a real god.

14. Goro Akechi (Persona 5: Royal): Akechi is the illegitimate child of Masayoshi Shido , the same man responsible for the protagonist's probation period. A few years after his mother gave birth to him, his mother committed suicide and he was passed around from foster home to foster home. And much like the protagonist, Akechi acquired the ability to wield multiple personas and able to go into the metaverse. He then offered his newfound abilities to Shido, who employed him as an assassin to achieve his goal of becoming Prime Minister. However, in reality, this was just a plan by Akechi to catch Shido off guard so he could forcibly ruin his political career after winning the Prime Ministry. Shido proceeded to teach Akechi about inducing mental shutdown by abusing Mementos . During their collaboration, Akechi used Loki to fabricate scandals of Shido's opponents to discredit them, then proceeded to "solve" the case himself. This, along with his already standing charisma, earned him the title of "The Second Coming of the Detective Prince ," along with celebrity status. If any of Shido's enemies proved particularly troublesome, Akechi would assassinate them personally by inducing a mental shutdown. All while planning to send Masayoshi Shido into a living hell where he rule over him forever. After his defeat by The Phantom Thieves, Shido's Shadow sent a cognitive version of Akechi to kill the real one since he states he has no room for losers and he was planning to eliminate Akechi before he was inaugurated as Prime Minister. Infuriated by this, Akechi chooses to shoot his cognitive self before shooting the locking switch on the wall, sealing himself off from the Phantom Thieves, much to their horror. Knowing that they would die if they tried to save him, he puts his trust in the group to stop Shido for him. As Akechi faces off against his equally wounded cognitive self, aside from two gunshots, Akechi's fate is left ambiguous. After the battle with Yaldabaoth, Sae was going to ask the Protagonist to turn himself in to testify against Shido, and out of surprise Akechi emerges from the crowd saying he will turn himself in as the perpetrator of the Mental Shutdowns & Psychotic Breakdowns. On New Years Day, Akechi was released from prison and works with The Phantom Thieves in stopping Dr. Maruki from warping all of reality. On the evening of February 2, if Akechi's promise is fulfilled, he also appears in Leblanc when Maruki visits, although in hiding until Maruki calls him out. Akechi corroborates Maruki's statement where he brought Akechi back to the fake reality out of the protagonist's desire to save him. Akechi admits he was fully aware of this from the start, as he does not remember anything after the encounter with the Phantom Thieves in the engine room. Despite knowing this, he still refuses the reality Maruki created because that would be no different from being enslaved. Akechi then speaks alone with the protagonist and makes it clear that he decides his own path, convincing the protagonist to fight Maruki even if it means losing him.

15. Diego (Ice Age): Saber-toothed Tigers weren't exactly known for being the nicest of animals while they were alive. But this fictional one shows some nobility. After Diego's pack was attacked by humans, Diego & his Pack Leader, Soto, plotted to capture and eat the child of the human's leader as revenge. However, both Manny the Mammoth & Sid the Sloth found the child first and were planning to return the child back. While Diego initially attempts to deceive the pair to steal the infant, he ultimately comes to care about the child and Manny & Sid. Causing him to betray his pack and side with the protagonists. Remaining as their friend and member of their herd for the entirety of the franchise.

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After listing my First Top 15 ( www.deviantart.com/jackskellin…), I decided to list another Top 15 Favorite Characters who were the Villains but Became Good.
BEWARE, SPOILER ALERT!
My Favorites in order:
1. Catra (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power): She was raised by the dark sorceress Shadow Weaver along side her then best friend Adora . Shadow Weaver was a cruel and unforgiving mother figure, who would often times chastise, taunt, and mock her in front of Adora. When Adora left the Horde to defect to the Rebellion, Catra tried to bring Adora back to the Fright Zone - convinced that she was just confused and going through a ‘phase’. But Catra slowly began to realize that Adora's absence opened the opportunity to step out from her friend’s shadow for the first time in her life - and she began to allow the anger she felt after Adora left to fuel her ambition with the Horde. Ultimately, Catra casts aside her friendship in favor of her newfound strength and achievements, basking in the glory she has attained without Adora's aid. Catra becomes the new force captain in place of Adora. However, Catra's rage, anger, and sadness began to weigh heavily on her despite achieving multiple military victories over the Princess Alliance and thanks to the psychoanalysis of the treacherous Double Trouble , she became dejected with herself and confronted her own inner struggles and question her motivations. In Season Five , Catra finally accepts that the choices she made and the people that she hurt had destroyed her, and that her ruthless ambition was just hiding the pain she felt in wanting to be accepted by others. She redeems herself, renews her friendship with Adora, fights for the Rebellion and joins The Best Friends Squad . In the series finale, she confesses her love to Adora and they enter a romantic relationship.

2. Karone / Astronema (Power Rangers: In Space & Lost Galaxy): Once known as Karone , sister of Andros , the Red Space Ranger, she lived on the planet KO-35 , a human space colony. While playing with her brother, in the park, they were developing telekinesis as they played with a toy sphere. When the sphere floated away, Andros went after it, and Karone was captured by the vile Darkonda . Screaming for help, she was transported to another planet, and met Ecliptor and Dark Specter , the Grand Monarch of Evil. She was left in the care of Ecliptor who became a fatherly figure to her and trained her to be an evil warrior. The memories of being Karone faded away. Ecliptor had told her lies of the Power Rangers destroying her parents and her brother. After years of training and competing against other evil warriors, Astronema was later trained in the dark arts of magic. She was awarded the Wrath Staff, which she uses to manipulate others and battle her opponents. With Dark Specter's help, she gained the space station, Dark Fortress, and an army of robotic soldiers called Quantrons. When she found out who she truly was, she had sided with her brother, Andros, and helped him find Zordon. She was later captured by Ecliptor, who was brainwashed, and was condemned to the same fate as he. Her emotions were removed and was inflicted with cybernetic implants that controlled her. During this time, Astronema created the Psycho Rangers , extremely powerful, homicidal counterparts to the Power Rangers whose job it was to destroy the Rangers and also drain energy from Dark Specter. After Dark Specter's demise at the hands of Darkonda, Astronema usurped his throne and became the Queen of Evil. She was transformed back into Karone during "Countdown to Destruction ". She and her brother battled when a deflected energy bolt struck her, knocking her out or possibly killing her. Once the battle was over Andros carried her body down the ramp of the Dark Fortress, he laid her on the ground and began crying. A few tears hit her cheek and she was restored to her true self. Only the love Andros felt for his sister was strong enough to bring her back. A year or so later, when the Pink Galaxy Ranger's Quasar Saber fell into the hands of evil on the planet Onyx , Karone once again donned the disguise of Astronema. She threatened to destroy everyone if she didn't get the Saber. The auctioneer quickly handed the saber to her and she was almost home free until Trakeena showed up and revealed her. She soon decided to take Kendrix's place as the new Pink Lost Galaxy Ranger to atone for all the damage she has done in the past.

3. Hordak (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power): Hordak is a clone of the series Main Antagonist, Horde Prime, and was his top general. But since there was a defect in his programming he was discarded by prime and left to die in the front lines only to arrive on the planet of Etheria. He soon made his mission to conquer Etheria and create a portal to bring Prime to him so he can prove himself to Prime that he is worth something. But when Prime does arrive, he was displeased that Hordak gave himself a name and decided to erase his memories, making Hordak another mindless drone. During the series finale, when Entrapta Entrapta protests that the Heart is unstable, so Horde Prime commands Hordak to kill her and assures himself that his realm would return to perfection soon. However, he notices Hordak hesitate to shoot a cowering Entrapta and orders him to kill her immediately, at which point Hordak turns on Horde Prime and blasts him completely through his control panel to the edge of the platform. Hordak then lifts Horde Prime up, angrily ranting as he prepares to kill him: I am not your brother. You made me in your image, but I am more than that. I gave myself a name, I made a life of my own. I made... a friend. I am Hordak, and I defy your will!
Then drops Prime down a chasm causing his body to die in the process, but not until Prime transferred his mind into Hordak and preparing the Heart of Etheria. But when Adora regained her power, She-Ra then comes before Horde Prime who vows he will return only for She-Ra to correct him saying his reign is over and banishes him from Hordak's body with a surge of magic, killing him, ending the threat of the Horde once and for all. Hordak is restored, remembering the day when he first found Adora as a baby, and seeing this Entrapta rushes to him and embraces him. Causing the two to restart their relationship.

4. Cassandra (Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure Season 3): Originally the best friend to Rapunzel, but all her life she felt second best to Rapunzel. Going back to when her own mother, Mother Gothel, chose Rapunzel over her. As a result Cass has developed a grudge against Rapunzel. During Season 2, Cass, Rapunzel, Eugene & the Gang traveled to The Dark Kingdom, where they encountered the Moon Stone (the Cosmic counterpart to the Sun Drop). Both the Moon Stone & the Sun Drop belong together, but Cass on the other hand doesn't see it that way. To her she believes the Moon Stone is her destiny so she betrayed Rapunzel by taking the stone and merging with it to take town Rapunzel, Corona & everyone who has ever underestimated her, making her one of the two Main Antagonists of Season 3. Now she has a mastery of the black rocks, a controlled brotherhood fighting for her, but is also best pals with a Demon Sorceress known as Zhan Tiri, who manipulated both Rapunzel and Cass to bring her freedom and fulfill a promise she made to Lord Demanitus, the destruction of all of Corona. In "Once a Handmaiden... ", after realizing that Zhan Tiri tricked her, Cassandra becomes remorseful over her actions and seeks to make amends with Rapunzel. However, she expresses fear that Rapunzel won't forgive her, and comes back to Corona disguised as Faith. Unfortunately, after Zhan Tiri manipulates her again, Cassandra comes to believe Rapunzel intends to destroy her, causing her to turn her back on her once more, as well as conquer the kingdom with her black rocks, endangering the lives of innocents in the process. She is also unwilling to take responsibility for her actions, blaming them on Rapunzel and Zhan Tiri, and refuses to acknowledge herself as "the bad guy". In “Plus Est En Vous” , Cassandra's rage and anger has made her become completely malevolent, and any remembrance of Rapunzel’s “betrayal” causes her to destroy things in a rage. She also no longer trusts Zhan Tiri, possibly blaming her for most of the he events that transpired. As she and Rapunzel fight, Cassandra sadistically mocks her and reminds her of how she’s always felt second best. Cassandra seems to hold some fondness left for Rapunzel by sparing a jar made by her Aunt Willow, which Rapunzel holds dearly. However, this fondness wasn't enough for Cassandra to spare Rapunzel entirely just as she was about to end Rapunzel but Zhan Tiri took both the Moonstone and Sundrop from them, reducing Rapunzel's hair back to its natural color and Cassandra back to her old self. While imprisoned, Cassandra breaks down and finally apologizes to Rapunzel, revealing that she had let her rage cloud her mind and prevented her from seeing what she really needed. She also reveals that all she wanted to find her own destiny and set out a path for herself, but let her insecurities blind her from those needs. The two then make amends and Rapunzel says that there is more in Cassandra, more than she ever knew, which installs a new confidence in Cassandra. Once they break out of the prison and defeat Zhan Tiri, Cass was gravely injured in the scuffle and apparently died, but was revived by Rapunzel by using the Moonstone and Sundrop. She later leaves Corona after tearfully bids farewell to Rapunzel, acknowledging themselves as best friends, and sets out to travel the world and find her destiny.

5. Prince Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender): The disgraced prince of the Fire Nation who spent three years searching for The Avatar so he could return to his tyrannical father's good graces & regain his honor. Zuko soon succeeds in impressing his father and gets everything he wanted, though at the cost of betraying his uncle who actually was more of a father than Ozai ever was. During the majority of the first half of season 3, Zuko was facings inner conflictions within himself because of his actions. And after some soul-searching, during the day of the Eclipse Zuko decided to turn against his father and work with Team Avatar to stop him. Though many didn't trust Zuko at first, he still helped Aang with learning a new way to do firebending without anger, helped Sokka rescue his dad & his Girlfriend from prison, and helped Katara find the man who killed her mother. During the time of Sozin's Comet he helped Team Avatar meet with the White Lotus & fought his sister Azula for the right of Fire Lord. With Katara's help, Zuko defeated Azula and became the new Fire Lord.

6. Jarrod (Power Rangers: Jungle Fury): Jarrod was to be one of the three guardians alongside Theo Martin and Lily Chilman of the chest holding the evil known as Dai Shi . But when he showed himself to be a bully to others and was arrogant, he was expelled, and Casey was given his place. But, when Jarrod attacked Master Mao with his Black Lion Animal Spirit , the chest was accidentally opened and Dai Shi was released. As he was making his way through the forest, Dai Shi caught up with him and possessed him. For a long time, Dai Shi used his body, and his Animal Spirit as well. Eventually Jarrod begins to fight back against Dai Shi, having never wanted to hurt anyone, and is eventually able to expel the evil spirit from his body. He and Camille then leave Dai Shi and join the Rangers, however his guilt in unleashing Dai Shi estranges him from the rest of the team for a while. However he soon decides to fight by their side again and is instrumental in weakening the Dai Shi, at the risk of his own life, allowing the other Rangers to destroy him. Showing he not only has the strength of the lion, but also the heart of one as well. At the end of the series, Jarrod and Camille decided to re-enroll in the Pai Zhuq academy as beginners feeling there was more they needed to learn. Jarrod and Casey were now firm friends, and Casey allowed Jarrod to take over his class whenever he was away.

7. Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus (Marvel's Spider-Man): While originally using his mechanical appendages and intellect for good, Otto later turned to a life of crime after Oscorp Industries CEO Norman Osborn tricked him into believing his friends had betrayed him while also stealing Otto's research for himself. The combination of Norman's underhanded actions and his own superiority complex have led Otto to believe it is better to control people rather then protect them. Causing him to become the villain known as Doctor Octopus. Afterwards he pretended to be good so he can get his hands on the Neural Cortex until his mind was soon trapped in a robot called The Living Brain. During some time he ordered a bounty on Spider-Man so the villains could tire out Spider-Man so Otto could steal his body. The plan succeeded, however over some time he started getting flashes of Peter's Memories causing Otto to become a hero but instead becomes a more aggressive version of Spider-Man known as The Superior Spider-Man. During his fight with Venom, Otto couldn't defeat him but Peter can, so he willingly swapped both their minds back into Peter & a robot's body. After the fight, Peter and Anna Maria transferred Otto's mind back into his body, but still took some time until he woke up from his coma. After he woke up, he tried to prove to Peter that he truly has changed and helping Peter from the tech side during his battles against both Regent & The Goblin Nation. Though many of Peter's Friends still are hesitant to trust Otto after all he has done, but he proved himself after facing The Goblin King, who was revealed to be Adrian Toomes, who was going after Harry's Goblin Mech (which was originally designed by Adrian), so he can control all machines once he amplifies the range. In order to stop the Goblin Mech, Otto sacrifices himself by using the Neural Cortex to amplify his mind to destroy the Goblin Mech, at the cost of his own life.

8. Brigadier General Francis X. "Frank" Hummel (The Rock): Frank Hummel's renegade marines put both the Pentagon & FBI under the gun by threatening San Francisco with stolen VX Nerve Gas-armed M55 Rockets and killing their Navy SEAL's. Originally he planned this mission to threaten to launch the rockets against San Francisco unless the U.S. government pays him $100 million from a military slush fund , which he will distribute to his men and the families of Recon Marines who died on clandestine missions under his command but whose deaths were not compensated. But when he launched one of the rockets we feared he might, he changed the target's location to land in the ocean because he either wouldn't or couldn't really kill civilians. However although was willing to back out the mission to take full responsibility, two of soldiers, Frye and Darrow rebel upon realizing they will not be paid their $1 million apiece, killing Baxter and mortally wounding Hummel—who tells Goodspeed where the last rocket is before dying. Finally taking responsibility for his actions.

9. Minerva Orland (Fairy Tail): A Female Mage from the Guild known as Sabertooth who longs to be in the strongest guild. Showing her sadistic side in battle such when she fought both Erza & Kagura. After Sabertooth lost to Fairy Tail in the Grand Magic Games, both she and her father Jiemma left Sabertooth and joined the Dark Guild known as Succubus Eye. After she returned from a mission, Minerva was soon recruited by Kyôka to be a part of the Cultist Dark Guild known as Tartaros. During her time there, Minerva was subjected to a strange liquid that would undergo her procedure in becoming a demon. ome time later, Minerva's transformation is completed. Exiting her stasis, Minerva revels in her new appearance in front of her new guildmates Jackal , Tempester and Lamy , noting that she has the power of a Demon which is currently overflowing within. Minerva later makes her way to the location of Kyôka's battle with Erza, where she tells Kyôka, who is fleeing the scene, that she planned on taking care of the Fairies even if she hadn't told her to do so. Greeting Erza, Minerva makes note of how appropriate their new place of battle is; reintroducing herself as Neo Minerva, Minerva tells Erza that she's been reincarnated as a Demon and that she'll give her a sample of her new power. The two began their final Showdown, when Erza tries to reason with her while sparring, Minerva reminds the other woman that she has been reborn as Neo Minerva, the "Ultimate Mage". Although she has the advantage at first, Erza pushes her back in a counterattack and enrages Minerva. As Erza punches her to the ground, Minerva reminisces the years of training she underwent under her father. Where she had to endure a hellish training for her father, Jiemma , who both verbally and physically abused her whenever she displayed any sign of weakness. After a sparring match with Fingers which she arose victorious, Jiemma ordered Minerva to finish him off. Minerva, though, refused to do so as he was her guildmate. This angered her father, who despised her weak-mindedness and subsequently ended up killing the Mage himself. Some time after, Minerva was left alone in a forest to fend for herself against ferocious creatures, with her father forbidding her to come back home until she became stronger Erza then punches Minerva and tells her to get a hold of herself and to stop this senseless fight. Minerva, realizing her mistakes as well as her own weakness for succumbing to darkness, asks from Erza to kill her. Erza then reminds her that there are still people out there waiting for her to come home despite her fall into darkness. Their discussion is interrupted by Mard Geer , who is angry with the Celestial Spirit King for thwarting his plans, and so decides to end the lives of both Minerva and Erza himself. As Minerva is assaulted by Mard's attack, she mumbles for Erza to run while a huge explosion occurs. However, Minerva is rescued in the nick of time by Sting and Rogue who, accompanied by Lector and Frosch , tell her that they've come to save her. With Erza's words echoing in her mind, Minerva starts crying as she finally realizes that she belongs with Sabertooth. After the war with Tartaros, Minerva returned to Sabertooth and was welcomed back with open arms.

10. Ben Solo / Kylo Ren (Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker): The son of General Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa , Ben Solo was trained by his uncle, Jedi Master Luke Skywalker . After Solo's destruction of Skywalker's Jedi temple , Solo renounced his family and assumed the identity of Kylo Ren, becoming a First Order warlord and the apprentice of Supreme Leader Snoke . Ren's descent into darkness was marked by the massacre of civilians and the murder of his father , but the act of patricide failed to end his inner turmoil. Believing he was destined to rule the galaxy , Ren assassinated Snoke and usurped the position of Supreme Leader, seizing both military and political control of the First Order. It was not a complete victory for him, however, as Rey , a Jedi apprentice whom he was growing close to, rejected his offer to rule beside him. Though they were sworn enemies, Ren and Rey shared a unique bond with each other, making them part of a prophesied dyad in the Force . Supreme Leader Ren prioritized the destruction of the Resistance and the capture of Rey, viewing both as obstacles in his path to complete domination. The war came to a head in 35 ABY with the return of the Sith Lord Darth Sidious , who urged Ren to become Emperor of the Final Order by killing Rey. However, the persona of Kylo Ren ceased to exist after his mother died, later on Ben converses with a memory of his father, Han Solo ; he throws away his lightsaber and reclaims his identity as Ben Solo. He soon arrived on Exegol to help Rey fight the Emperor and end the Dark Side once and for all, however he had to face his own demons, specifically The Knights of Ren with no Lightsaber. Until Rey handed her lightsaber to Ben used it to put an end to the Knights of Ren once and for all then soon raced to help Rey. After the battle on Exegol , Solo sacrificed himself to revive Rey, and the two shared a kiss before he vanished into the Force as the last of the Skywalker bloodline .

11. Ransik (Power Rangers: Time Force & Wild Force): During his days as a villain, Ransik was extremely cruel, ruthless, self-centered, egocentric, manipulative, murderous, brutal, and even sadistic at times, only focused on his plans for world domination, and coldly treating everyone around him except for Nadira like an expendable pawn. His desire to rule the world was second only to his fatherly instincts. When he found out Nadira developed a crush on Lucas , despite being upset about the news at first, he ultimately went with her decision to date him, even visiting Lucas and giving him dating advice, albeit in a twisted and somewhat violent manner. He did however, give Lucas gifts to give to Nadira to help him impress her. In exchange for this, he (understandably) threatened Lucas if he didn't treat Nadira well he would end him. He also spied on them during the date and reminded Lucas to give her the presents he gave him and later feigned ignorance when Nadira told him about the date so the credit of giving Nadira a wonderful date would go entirely to Lucas. He also even went as far as to forbid his minions from harming Lucas during the brief period they dated. Despite being Ransik's enemy at the time and not fearing Ransik himself, Lucas both feared and respected Ransik's instincts as a father and despite wanting to break up with Nadira he was afraid to out of fear of facing Ransik for doing so. It was because of his fatherly instincts that served as his first step for redemption after nearly killing Nadira with his own hands, having finally seen the error of his ways, he sought redemption just like his daughter did shortly before him. In the Wild Force Crossover, Ransik, having already seen the error of his ways showed a clear amount of guilt for the Mut-Orgs existence and explained their origin story to both the combined Time Force/Wild Force Ranger teams. He later aided both Ranger teams and during the battle he launched a near-suicidal attack on the Mut-Orgs and destroyed their mutant half, but nearly died in the process. To the Rangers' surprise when they return after destroying the Mut-Orgs, they find Ransik completely human, having been purged of his mutant nature by the same blast that purged the mutant halves of the Mut-Orgs. The Rangers, Nadira and Ransik are delighted by this turn of events and Ransik joins the party on the Animarium. However, he is not pleased to see Lucas and Nadira showing an interest in each other. Ransik thus became of the few Power Ranger villains to find redemption for their actions.

12. Impmon / Beelzemon (Digimon Tamers): Impmon was digivolved to Beelzemon by Caturamon in exchange for his mission to kill the tamers and their Digimon. He became the official rider of the evil motorcycle Behemoth , in control unlike its other riders. He soon later returned to destroy both the Tamers and their Digimon who killed Leomon, nearly killed Kyubimon and caused Guilmon to force digivolve into Megidramon. Eventually Takato and Guilmon biomerged to Gallantmon , who gained the upper hand on Beelzemon and destroyed Behemoth. However, when Gallantmon destroyed Caturamon, Beelzemon absorbed his data and began to overpower Gallantmon, but with help from Guardromon Gallantmon defeated Beelzemon with Shield of the Just. Before Gallantmon could kill Beelzemon, Jeri told him not to, and Beelzemon left, regretting his actions. After returning to Earth, he soons finds redemption and deciding to fight for good instead of evil in the Battle against the D-Reaper, Impmon digivolved to Beelzemon, this time in Blast Mode, with wings and a blaster attached to his arm. He admitted that what he did is beyond forgiveness and no matter what he does he can't undo the past, but what he can do is save Jeri and do what's right if it's the last thing he does.

13. Nagato Uzumaki (Naruto: Shippuden): Yahiko's death ultimately convinced Nagato that his philosophies about achieving peace were foolish; the world would never willingly end the cycle of death and hatred it had operated on for so long. Only through direct experience of war and all the losses and agonies it brought could anyone truly desire peace. Intending to personally bring that level of despair to the world, Nagato took on the name of "Pain". As the damage he'd received from Hanzō's attack and the link with the Demonic Statue left him frail and immobile, Nagato created the Six Paths of Pain out of corpses that he controlled remotely. For the Deva Path he used Yahiko's body — still wanting him to lead the organisation in spirit — and for the other five he used the corpses of other miscellaneous shinobi that, without his knowing it, had met Jiraiya when they were alive. After his battle with Pain, Naruto takes one of its black receivers and briefly interfaces with it in order to trace Nagato's location. As his attack continues, he has numerous disguised shadow clones emerge from the rubble of Chibaku Tensei and attack during the Deva Path's short cooldown, but they don't make it in time and it repels them. With so many clones, however, the Narutos are able to resist the Shinra Tensei, enabling Naruto to strike with a Rasengan . Now that all of his Six Paths are defeated, Nagato permits Naruto to come meet with him. He shoots Naruto with a black receiver as soon as he arrives and tries to control his body, but Naruto successfully resists him. Naruto has been thinking about the question he was asked earlier, about how he would accomplish peace. He thinks he has an answer finally, but first wants to hear more about Nagato, especially since they both trained under Jiraiya yet turned out very differently. Curious, Nagato indulges him and tells him about the tragedies he experienced in his life and how they drove him to seek peace through pain. Naruto understands Nagato's logic and even sees some merit to his conclusion, but rejects it. His method to achieve peace is to no longer continue the cycle of revenge that fuels the shinobi world. Although he is angry with Nagato for killing Jiraiya and destroying Konoha, Naruto will not harm him, as that would only cause others to seek revenge against him and repeat the cycle. Nagato is amazed by Naruto's answer, and is reminded of not only Jiraiya but himself when he was younger. He does not know if Naruto's solution can succeed, but Nagato decides that he will place his faith in it. As a sign of this faith, Nagato uses Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique over Konan's protests to revive everyone that died during his attack. As his life fades from performing the technique, Nagato cautions Naruto over the challenges he will face on the path he has chosen, but wishes him all possible luck. Nagato dies with a smile on his face, wondering if perhaps all the circumstances that led him to this end were the work of a real god.

14. Goro Akechi (Persona 5: Royal): Akechi is the illegitimate child of Masayoshi Shido , the same man responsible for the protagonist's probation period. A few years after his mother gave birth to him, his mother committed suicide and he was passed around from foster home to foster home. And much like the protagonist, Akechi acquired the ability to wield multiple personas and able to go into the metaverse. He then offered his newfound abilities to Shido, who employed him as an assassin to achieve his goal of becoming Prime Minister. However, in reality, this was just a plan by Akechi to catch Shido off guard so he could forcibly ruin his political career after winning the Prime Ministry. Shido proceeded to teach Akechi about inducing mental shutdown by abusing Mementos . During their collaboration, Akechi used Loki to fabricate scandals of Shido's opponents to discredit them, then proceeded to "solve" the case himself. This, along with his already standing charisma, earned him the title of "The Second Coming of the Detective Prince ," along with celebrity status. If any of Shido's enemies proved particularly troublesome, Akechi would assassinate them personally by inducing a mental shutdown. All while planning to send Masayoshi Shido into a living hell where he rule over him forever. After his defeat by The Phantom Thieves, Shido's Shadow sent a cognitive version of Akechi to kill the real one since he states he has no room for losers and he was planning to eliminate Akechi before he was inaugurated as Prime Minister. Infuriated by this, Akechi chooses to shoot his cognitive self before shooting the locking switch on the wall, sealing himself off from the Phantom Thieves, much to their horror. Knowing that they would die if they tried to save him, he puts his trust in the group to stop Shido for him. As Akechi faces off against his equally wounded cognitive self, aside from two gunshots, Akechi's fate is left ambiguous. After the battle with Yaldabaoth, Sae was going to ask the Protagonist to turn himself in to testify against Shido, and out of surprise Akechi emerges from the crowd saying he will turn himself in as the perpetrator of the Mental Shutdowns & Psychotic Breakdowns. On New Years Day, Akechi was released from prison and works with The Phantom Thieves in stopping Dr. Maruki from warping all of reality. On the evening of February 2, if Akechi's promise is fulfilled, he also appears in Leblanc when Maruki visits, although in hiding until Maruki calls him out. Akechi corroborates Maruki's statement where he brought Akechi back to the fake reality out of the protagonist's desire to save him. Akechi admits he was fully aware of this from the start, as he does not remember anything after the encounter with the Phantom Thieves in the engine room. Despite knowing this, he still refuses the reality Maruki created because that would be no different from being enslaved. Akechi then speaks alone with the protagonist and makes it clear that he decides his own path, convincing the protagonist to fight Maruki even if it means losing him.

15. Diego (Ice Age): Saber-toothed Tigers weren't exactly known for being the nicest of animals while they were alive. But this fictional one shows some nobility. After Diego's pack was attacked by humans, Diego & his Pack Leader, Soto, plotted to capture and eat the child of the human's leader as revenge. However, both Manny the Mammoth & Sid the Sloth found the child first and were planning to return the child back. While Diego initially attempts to deceive the pair to steal the infant, he ultimately comes to care about the child and Manny & Sid. Causing him to betray his pack and side with the protagonists. Remaining as their friend and member of their herd for the entirety of the franchise.

For those who are interested in listing your own Top 15, here's the link to the Original Meme:
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