Faux Redemption

“	Martian Manhunter: In many ways, Lex Luthor represents the worst mankind has to offer. Superman: But he died saving us all.	„
	~ The Justice League talking about Lex Luthor's sacrifice.

“	But now you'll survive. It's like you said, together we can fix anything. I'm just proud I got to be your friend and co-pilot, Captain. No one can hurt you now. We fixed it. I... fixed it...	„
	~ Jimmy's last words to Curly in the cryo-pod before killing himself, believing he "fixed" it

“	Inuyashiki: Why are you here? Hiro: I wanted to try to shift its trajectory. Inuyashiki: You? Why? Hiro Even I have people I care about. I don't want Shion or Chokko to die.	„
	~ Hiro Shishigami telling Ichiro Inuyashiki that he will help him save the world, but only to protect his loved ones rather than wanting to redeem himself.

Everyone knows that an Inconsistently Heinous is capable of redemption, except for Completely Evil Inconsistently Heinous. But what about an instance where an Inconsistently Heinous unwillingly changes for the better?

This is what is known as a Faux Redemption, where a villain that clearly will never have any chance of redemption, feigns a redemption in some way or actually redeems but for some other reason. This includes:

Villains that are brainwashed into heroism, either through having their vileness sucked out of them or through rewriting their original personality (Doctor Octopus' Tentacles, Makima, Fred Jones, GOLB, Pinhead, Dracula and Savitar).
Villains who permanently ally with the heroes yet clearly detest working with them and do so for pragmatic reasons (e.g. The Architect, Hank J. Wimbleton, General Hux, and Masato Kusaka).
Villains who simply retire from villainy for whatever reason, such as boredom, laying low, accepting their fates or deteriorating health and/or age (e.g. Jeffrey Dahmer, Tai Lung, Constance Nebbercracker, Dabi, and Zaheer).
Villains who accomplished their goals and as a result have no reason to actively continue their villainy (e.g. Thanos, Walter White, Golden Freddy, Zim, John Kramer, and Number 6).
On & Off villains that help the heroes or sometimes do heroism from time to time, either in the middle or in the end of the story, but still hold onto their villainous ways and never atone for their actions (e.g. Viridi, Alucard, Plankton, Caillou, Lex Luthor, Grox, King Dedede, Mr. Krabs, Jeffy, Bowser, Charmcaster, the Pillager, and Yuuki Kagurazaka).
Villains who feel heavy remorse for their actions yet refuse to take up the opportunity to actually redeem and grow as people (e.g. Tomura Shigaraki, Eren Yeager, Jimmy, Edward Crow, Abbot Emmanuel, Scott Shelby, The Front Man, Classic Caillou, General Port, Obake, Red Skull, Xemnas and Clay Puppington).
Villains who intended to make an attempt at redemption but either had their stories end and/or were get killed off before being able to do so (e.g. Bryce Walker, Clyde Shelton, Christopher Moltisanti, Candyman, Chris D’Amico, F (Alphabet Lore), Franz Bonaparta, Tobias Gregson and Doctor Nousou).
Villains who do only one good thing or make peace with someone they wronged (could be the hero or someone else), before being resigned to their fate, without feeling remorse for their previous actions nor wanting to grow (e.g. Hiro Shishigami, The Count, Solf J. Kimblee, Carlito Keyes, Johan Liebert, Madara Uchiha and Count Olaf).

This is different from Redemption Rejection, describing villains who are given chances to redeem themselves but outright refuse them; however, there is still potential for overlap, as some faux redeemed Inconsistently Heinous characters have rejected redemption.

They can be Remorse Fakers in order to look redeemed, but in some cases, they can be Remorseful as well.

Their heroic counterparts are Fake Corruption Inconsistently Admirables.

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