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{{quote|'''Hartigan''': Then there's thunder from behind me and lightning bolts punching holes through my chest. I guess I won't be having that steak I was looking forward to, after all. [[Retirony|My last day on the job. Hell of a way to start my retirement.]]
'''Bob:''' Damn it, Hartigan, I warned you.
'''Hartigan:''' Hell of a way to end a partnership.
|''[[Sin City]]: That Yellow Bastard''}}
The Hero is looking for answers, beating up bikers, paying off informants and searching through the [[Library of Babel]]. His [[True Companions|best friend]] and [[Heterosexual Life Partners|partner]] pleads with him to stop, it won't bring "her" back, and it just puts him in danger. Yet still the hero persists.
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* [[Justice League of America/Characters|Maxwell Lord]] to the [[Justice League of America|JLI]]. Despite killing [[Blue Beetle]] in the build-up to [[Infinite Crisis]], Max still views them as his friends and warns them to stay out of his way, even telling [[Booster Gold]] that killing [[Blue Beetle]] wasn't easy for him.
* {{spoiler|Adrian Veidt}} in ''Watchmen''.
== Fan Works ==
* {{spoiler|Grunnel}} in ''[[With Strings Attached]]''. He genuinely likes the four and is fascinated by what they have to say about Earth. But when {{spoiler|Brox}} comes up with a use for Paul that {{spoiler|Grunnel}} knows Paul won't agree to, {{spoiler|Grunnel}} quite readily backstabs the four to ensure Paul's participation in {{spoiler|Brox}}'s scheme. As he says to Ringo: “ {{spoiler|Brox}} is my friend. You are not my enemies. Do you understand the difference?” Yet he prevents {{spoiler|Brox}} from killing George and Ringo because he likes them.
* {{spoiler|Drew}} in the ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' fic ''I Didn't Sign Up for This''. She is quick to befriend Miley and even dates Lilly but in the last chapter, she is revealed to be a murderous sociopath that cares about [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|no one but herself.]]
== Films -- Live-Action ==
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* In [[Sergey Lukyanenko]]'s ''Rough Draft'', the main character has just killed a powerful Functional who was trying to kill him. He then meets his friend but quickly realizes that he's one of them. The friend initially tries to help him but then nearly kills him. It gets weirder in the sequel, ''Final Draft'', where the friend returns, explaining he was just scared. At the end, though, he challenges the main character to a duel.
* ''[[American Gods]]'': {{spoiler|Low-Key Lyesmith, Shadow's friend from prison, is actually Mr. World/Loki, and [[The Mentor|Mr. Wednesday]] is working with him to manipulate both sides into a devastating war.}}
* For the first two ''[[Harry Potter]]'' books and a large portion of the third, Ron's had a rat companion named Scabbers. It was revealed in the third book that Scabbers was actually the animagus Peter Pettigrew, a murderer and traitor who had double-crossed Harry's parents and committed at least 12 murders while working for [[Big Bad| Lord Voldemort.]]
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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* In [[Joss Whedon]]'s ''[[Dollhouse]]'', lovable, loyal {{spoiler|Boyd}} turns out to be the [[Big Bad]].
* On season 4 of ''[[Angel]]'', the Big Bad orchestrating the disappearance of the sun and master of the giant rock demon turns out to be {{spoiler|Cordelia, although she's actually being controlled by a god}}.
* An inversion occurs in ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* In season 6 of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', the Big Bad of the season, to whom both {{spoiler|Crowley and Eve}} played [[Disc One Final Boss]], is revealed to be {{spoiler|Castiel, who has decided that to defeat Rafael and put Heaven on the right track, anything is acceptable - in this case, taking on a million souls. The Winchester boys do their best to stop Castiel throughout the final episodes of the season, while he continues to plead for them to accept him and his reasons for evil}}.
* In ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', Tommy plays with this, though he's just [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] himself. Same deal with Kat in the third season.
* In ''[[Luther]]'', the antagonist of the first series' final two episodes is {{spoiler|DCI Ian Reed, Luther's friend and confidant, who is actually a [[Dirty Cop]]}}.
* Subverted in the episode ''The Great Game'' from ''[[Sherlock]]''. When {{spoiler|John appears to meet Sherlock at the pool}}, we (and Sherlock) assume that he's Moriarty. However, it's soon revealed that {{spoiler|he is strapped to a bomb and the real Moriarty was just making him say lines that imply he is}}.
* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Riley is this at first. A soldier for [[Government Conspiracy|The Initiative]], he has a crush on Buffy (sometimes edging on [[Yandere]] levels), not knowing she is the Slayer any more than she knows who he is working for. Though eventually, [[Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal]] causes him to switch sides.
== Miscellaneous ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' Torg ''believes'' Riff is one of these following the "Hereti-Corp freelancer" revelation, though it's more a case of "unwitting stooge." Played straight with Sam during the "Vampires" [[Story Arc]] and again {{spoiler|when we discover who Kusari is}}.
* {{spoiler|Subverted}} in [[Brawl in the Family]]'s "Cocoon Academy" arc. {{spoiler|Not only is it not Dedede's [[Start of Darkness]], but it turns out to be Meta Knight's origin story instead of Kirby's.}}
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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