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Deliver Us From Evil: A female villain seeks redemption after getting pregnant.

  • Straight: Helena leaves her life of crime to keep her baby safe from harm.
  • Exaggerated: Helena becomes a saint when she finds out she's pregnant.
  • Downplayed: ???
  • Justified: Helena's boss is not fond of children.
  • Inverted: Helena starts off as a good girl, but turns to a life of crime after she finds out she's pregnant.
  • Subverted: Helena mulls it over a little, but in the end, she feels she can live a life of crime as a mother.
  • Double Subverted: Disastrous events convince her otherwise.
  • Parodied: ???
  • Deconstructed:
    • The stress from suspicion by the heroes and hatred by the villains results in Helena having a miscarriage. This only serves to make her worse.
    • Alternatively, Diane, Helena's daughter, strangled by her mother's measures for keeping her safe, ends up becoming a criminal in her quest for freedom. Best laid plans...
  • Reconstructed: ???
  • Zig Zagged: ???
  • Averted: The thought of defecting doesn't cross Helena's mind at all.
  • Enforced: ???
  • Lampshaded: "It's funny how a mother's love can change a person so drastically."
  • Invoked: Helena's pregnant due to a plant who was placed by people looking to get her out of the way.
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: ???
  • Discussed: "Do you really think we can trust Helena?" "Well, why not? She really seems to want to give her child a good life."
  • Conversed: ???

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