Betrayal Tropes

""Betrayal five!" *whacks Turk in the chest and steals the briefcase*"

- The Todd, Scrubs

""Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.""

- Wash, Firefly

How characters betray each other's trust. Usually a Plot Twist of some kind, except when it isn't.

Contrast Loyalty Tropes

Related:
 * Disguise Tropes
 * Face Heel Index
 * Friendly Fire Index

Tropes

 * Backstabbing the Alpha Bitch
 * Because You Can Cope
 * Betrayal Insurance
 * Big Bad Friend
 * Black Shirt
 * Bodyguard Betrayal
 * Capulet Counterpart
 * Category Traitor
 * Cavalry Betrayal
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
 * Conflicting Loyalty
 * The Corruptible
 * Dangerous Deserter
 * Dead Person Impersonation
 * Deceptive Disciple
 * Deceptive Legacy
 * Devour the Dragon
 * Disguised Hostage Gambit
 * The Dog Bites Back
 * Double Agent
 * Double Reverse Quadruple Agent
 * Et Tu, Brute?
 * Evil Former Friend
 * Face Heel Turn
 * Face Monster Turn
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Heel Face Brainwashing
 * Hazy Feel Turn
 * False Friend
 * False Innocence Trick
 * "Failure to Save" Murder
 * Fake Defector
 * Feed the Mole
 * Finding Judas
 * Going Native
 * Gold Fever
 * The Heretic
 * Heroic Team Revolt
 * I Can Rule Alone
 * I Surrender, Suckers
 * I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure
 * Instant Allegiance Artifact
 * In the Back
 * Leave Behind a Pistol
 * Les Collaborateurs
 * Love Makes You Evil
 * Lovable Traitor
 * Lured Into a Trap
 * Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal
 * The Mole
 * Heel Face Mole
 * Mole in Charge
 * Reverse Mole
 * The Mutiny
 * Anti-Mutiny
 * No Honor Among Thieves
 * Obvious Judas
 * Please Shoot the Messenger
 * A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil
 * The Quisling
 * Rebellious Rebel
 * Reliable Traitor
 * Rewarded As a Traitor Deserves
 * Sex Face Turn
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor
 * The Starscream
 * The Stool Pigeon
 * Team Killer
 * Traitor Shot
 * Transhuman Treachery
 * Treacherous Advisor
 * Treacherous Quest-Giver
 * Treachery Cover-Up
 * Trouble Magnet Gambit
 * Turncoat
 * Unfriendly Fire
 * Unwitting Pawn
 * The Usurper
 * The Uriah Gambit
 * Was It All a Lie?
 * Becoming the Mask
 * Welcome Back, Traitor
 * Wounded Gazelle Gambit
 * Police Brutality Gambit
 * Wrong Side All Along
 * You Said You Would Let Them Go
 * I Lied
 * Did You Actually Believe?
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness