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Particularly brutal if the victim is betrayed by the ones who supposedly rescued him from a [[Friendless Background]], or if they [[I Just Want to Have Friends|desperately seek friendship above all else]]. A [[Sadistic Choice]] or [[Because You Can Cope]] excuse may be made if the victim's "betrayer" felt as though they had no choice but to abandon them.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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** However, both Nami and Robin "betrayed" the crew to protect them. Nami despite stealing the ship returned it to them and told them to get off the island before Arlong could stop them. And Robin made a deal with Spadam to take her if he let the rest of the crew go free.
** It's actually a double subversion, since Luffy didn't know about their benevolent hidden agendas...
* ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]'' demonstrates the second type of [[Et Tu, Brute?]]. Leon is convinced that Count D is a serial killer by proxy. Yet the two form a fairly intense friendship regardless, with Leon spending most, if not all, of his spare time with D. Despite the constant banter and Leon's empty threats of arrest, the detective is clearly fond of D, and while he can't disregard the Pet Shop's body count, he doesn't let it disrupt their personal relationship. What ''does'' cause the breakdown in their association seems relatively minor by comparison to murder, but the intensely personal nature of the betrayal makes the difference: {{spoiler|D sends Leon's little brother Chris, who D and Leon have been looking after for the past year, back to his adoptive parents (actually his aunt and uncle) without telling Leon what's happening. Moreover, Leon is distressed by D's apparent lack of regret or sorrow over losing Chris.}}
** Arguably, it's D's reaction (or lack thereof), to the above event that constitutes a "betrayal" to Leon: {{spoiler|for one, D doesn't send Chris back, Chris decides to go by his own free will, and two, since Chris is talking again, he couldn't stay in the petshop even if he wanted to. This is emphasized in the end of that chapter, and even earlier in the story.}} What really gets to Leon is D being (acting?) completely indifferent over witnessing {{spoiler|Monica's}} death and {{spoiler|distancing himself from Leon, treating him and, as Leon feels, Chris too, coldly and indifferently, as he did when they first met.}}
* A variation occurs in ''[[Code Geass]]''. About 2/3 of the way through the first season, Lelouch learns that his best friend Suzaku is the person who's been constantly wrecking his plans. Rather than feeling betrayed, he simply redoubles his attempts to recruit Suzaku for [[La Résistance]]. At almost the exact same point in the second season, after lots of misunderstanding and misdirected rage, the two are close to patching up their friendship...when soldiers rush in and arrest Lelouch for being a terrorist. Lelouch '''thinks''' Suzaku betrayed him (he didn't, he was followed), but it pretty well marks the absolute death of their friendship and the moment Lelouch stops showing Suzaku any form of respect or mercy.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In the comic series ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'', Jesse quickly forms a best buddies relationship with Irish vampire Cassidy, indeed travelling across half the world to save him at one point. It's not long however before Cassidy is trying it on with his girlfriend and later after Jesse's apparent death manages to seduce her, getting her hooked on drugs in the process. Safe to say, when Jesse comes back (after learning a long line of similar screw ups in Cassidy's past) he's not best pleased.
** There's a scene when Jesse comes back and sees his girlfriend kissing Cassidy and faints.
* Basically Tim's (the third Robin) reaction to realizing the [[Bad Future]] (caused by [[Fallen Hero|the fall of his hero friends]]) he'd been obsessively trying to find ways to avoid was [[The Chessmaster|Batman]]'s idea of a [[Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday|test]].
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* In [http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/302 this] ''[[Looking for Group (Webcomic)|Looking for Group]]'' strip.
** It's interesting to note that it seems to have been played for laughs as well as (some) drama, instead of one or the other, but that's to be expected of LFG in general and Richard in particular.
** The real [[Et Tu, Brute?]] moment is when Cale learns that {{spoiler|Pella killed their own soldiers to force Cale to retreat and therefore survive}}. He knows that his allies aren't the most moral of people, but he thought that {{spoiler|she}} was more idealistic like him.
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* The ''[[Beetlejuice (Animation)|Beetlejuice]]'' cartoon has an instance. After Beetlejuice gets elected Mayor of the Neitherworld, he lets the success go to him. Lydia goes incognito as a special interest rep and bribes Beetlejuice into some questionable legislation that gets exposed. After being impeached, B.J. has an Et Tu when he learns that Lydia was behind his impeachment.
* Wonder Woman has no problem working together with Hawkgirl in ''[[Justice League]]''. That is until she found out she's been spying on her for the Thangarians. When Hawkgirl is back in the titular team, WW has a problem of trusting her due to this. Luckily, in that same episode, [[Vitriolic Best Buds|they're able to work together and make up in the end]].
* A relatively mild example occurs in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Ponyville Confidential". When the Gabby Gums column begins to print false-but-still-damaging stories of the mane six, it's initially suggested to Rarity that since Sweetie Belle works for the school paper, she might know who GG is. Rarity is immediately offended by the implication that her sister would associate with a pony with such blatant disregard for everyponys feelings. Her tune changes immediately once she discovers Sweetie Belle stole Rarity's diary and published it. To drive this home, Rarity confronts Sweetie with "Et tu, Gabby Gums?"
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Civil wars are often bloodier than "regular" wars because of this trope.
* According to Roman historian Suetonius, the ''real'' [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]] said something similar, but it was actually in Greek: ''kai su, teknon?'' means "You too, my son?" Other accounts suggest that Caesar said nothing at all, but he pulled his toga over his head when he saw Brutus among the conspirators. Therefore, when people assert that Caesar said "Et tu, Brute?", it's in the same vein as [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]].
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