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This describes a person, who may be a [[Manipulative Bastard]], a [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]], [[Alpha Bitch]], etc. who gets close to you and pretends to be your ally, friend, lover, etc. Basically, they earn your trust, and when you least expect it, they betray you and reveal they've merely been playing you this whole time. Another variation on this is that the manipulative character may find himself [[Becoming the Mask]], developing real feelings for the person he betrayed. Sometimes, the betrayer may turn out to be someone you've known pretty much your whole life.
If a character with a [[Friendless Background]] ''finally'' finds a person who appears to believe in him or her, and then that person turns out to be a
[[The Mole]] is perhaps the best-known practitioner of this brand of betrayal.
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* Morgana, with Uther and Arthur, since the beginnng of ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' season 3.
* [[Columbo]] ''admits'' to doing this (once) at the end of one of the [[ABC]] TV movies.
* A heroic example in ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' was Marian, who cultivates a "friendship" of sorts with Guy of Gisborne so that she can pass on information to Robin. She even goes so far as to pull off a perfectly executed [[Decoy Damsel]] ploy, which Guy falls for hook, line and sinker. Of course, Guy was something of a
* {{spoiler|HG}} from [[Warehouse 13]] does this using the other agents to get an artifact so {{spoiler|she}} could destroy the world though she does somewhat [[Becoming the Mask|become the mask]], getting talked down from doing this when her friend tells her to shoot her instead of being a coward and killing her with the rest of the world.
{{quote|'''Myka:''' If I am wrong, then kill me. Do it! Kill me now! I mean, we're all gonna die anyway right, so what's the difference? So shoot me! Shoot me now. Kill me. But not like this. Not like a coward. I want you to look me in the eyes and. Take. My. Life.}}
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* A variation occurs in Specter's ending in [[Twisted Metal]] Black- {{spoiler|The man of her dreams has been forced to marry her by way of some brain surgery,}} but he's still able to tell her "I...will...''never''...love...you."
* The Boss in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 3'', before defecting, was Snake's mentor and one of his closest friends. She celebrates her [[Face Heel Turn]] by beating him up and stealing his rescued hostage.
** {{spoiler|Subverted ''and'' played straight, however, as The Boss was really a [[Fake Defector]] sent in by the U.S. government to play the
* In [[Uncharted 2]], Harry Flynn did this to Nathan Drake at the end of the Museum mission, causing poor Drake to rot in prison for 3 months.
* ''[[Magical Diary]]'': {{spoiler|Damien.}} That ''bastard''.
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* In ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'', Nale drives Elan to the [[Despair Event Horizon]] by telling him that Haley is this trope, taking advantage of [[Not What It Looks Like|incriminating evidence]] and Haley's [[The Unintelligible|inability to defend herself]] to [[Evil Gloating|gloat]] about Haley's supposed betrayal of Elan's friends and Elan's stupidity in not seeing that she was [[Evil All Along]]. Elan is {{spoiler|briefly}} convinced and goes into a [[Unstoppable Rage|murderous fury]], telling Haley that he hates her, before Haley finally manages to [[Cannot Spit It Out|spit it out]].
** Nale also uses a suggestion spell to make Elan angrier, hence the uncharacteristic murderous fury.
* In ''[[Girl Genius]]'', Tarvek and Gil's childhood friendship ''was'' real. Sadly, circumstances separated them and they both became convinced that the other was a
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