Tropescilloscope: The Atoner

Former bad guy spends story making up for the things he did. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Is a Crapshoot Department of Redundancy Department My Greatest Failure Translation Convention May–December Romance Market-Based Title Bowdlerise Hero of Another Story Mistaken for Gay Disproportionate Retribution Alas, Poor Villain Character Development Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Meaningful Name Wretched Hive Horror Comedy Narrator Bad "Bad Acting" Shoot the Shaggy Dog Scare Chord Mystery and Detective Films Man on Fire Camp Gay Grey and Gray Morality Aside Glance Fourth Date Marriage Disney Death The Chick Worthy Opponent Black and Gray Morality Vomit Discretion Shot Here We Go Again! Mundane Made Awesome Music Stories He Knows Too Much Ms. Fanservice Shut Up, Hannibal! Adaptation Name Change Tempting Fate Insistent Terminology Beard of Evil The Voiceless Loads and Loads of Characters Sequel Hook Age Lift Gorn Together in Death Truth in Television Oh, Crap! 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A God Am I Token Minority Body Horror Mugging the Monster Shout-Out I Need a Freaking Drink In Name Only The Atoner Make It Look Like an Accident Chekhov's Skill