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** More specifically, they felt that there was no going back—when his bluff is called, he folds but they decide to stay all in.

* One of Xander Drax's underlings in ''[[The Phantom (film)|The Phantom]]'' is uncomfortable with the idea of obtaining power through occult means. He's ''speared in the back'' for his trouble.

* In [[James Cameron]]'s ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'', [[Action Girl]] [[Private Military Contractors|mercenary]] pilot Trudi refuses to take part in the destruction of the Na'vi home and ultimately turns against Colonel Quaritch, saying "Screw this. I didn't sign up for this shit!"

* In ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'', Max warns Kermit that Doc Hopper is trying to kill him.

** How could we forget Otacon in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''? He helped build Metal Gear REX without any idea that it was gonna be used for nuclear assaults.

** Also, in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'', President James Johnson defected from the Patriots to Solidus's Sons of Liberty group and hijack Arsenal Gear. However, whereas he himself wanted to use it as a bargaining chip to be put in the inner circle of the Patriots, Solidus himself desired to use it to actually destroy the Patriots. When Johnson discovered this, he was implied to have refused to cooperate any further, only for it to be too late.

* This is Elle Cutleaf's reason for helping you against her Blackwold brethren early in the Combe segment of the Race of Man storyline in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''. The Blackwolds were originally petty brigands until their leader Skunkwood made a deal with the forces of Angmar, a greater evil than Elle was willing to have any kind of part of. Among other things, they took several dogs that Elle had supplied them with and bred them with monstrous Wargs, which did not sit well with her at all.

* In [[Wizard 101]] when the player is retrieving the pieces of the stone of Mazzaroth, the final piece is held by Vesna Shadowscar. Upon the player arriving she refuses to fight the player and tells the Shadow Weavers that fighting wizards was not part of the bargain. [[Genre Savvy|She'd heard of the player before.]] This may explain why she's one of only human besides the player that is still alive in [[After the End|Dragonspyre]].

* Happens in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' when [[The Mafiya|Mafiya]] boss Noah Zark reveals his plan to [[Animal Wrongs Group|help animals by wiping out humanity]].

{{quote|'''Noah Zark:''' I will use your telecommunications satellites to broadcast my signal all over the vorld! ''Destroying humanity so zat only my beloved animals vill remain!''

'''Noah Zark:''' Ve'll talk later, Yuri. }}

* The premise of the webcomic ''Watchdogs'' hinges on this trope. An honest man living in a city overrun by crime and vice is sick of living in fear and wants to fight back, Batman-style. He finds a neighbor with similar ideal and access to the necessary gadgets, and they become vigilantes. Soon after, the man finds out that his partner is actually a white supremacist and wants to use their team to attack minorities. When confronted, the neighbor's excuse is ''that he forgot to tell his partner he was racist.''

* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'', the founding of Springfield and Shelbyville, as well as the feud between the two towns that followed, is based on this trope. Originally the town founders, Jebediah Springfield and Shelbyville Manhattan were allies who led a group of pioneers in pursuit of new lands to settle. Once they found the site for their settlement, however ...

{{quote|'''Jebediah:''' People, our search is over. On this site we shall build a new town, where we can worship freely, govern justly and grow vast fields of hemp for making ropes and blankets.

'''Shelbyville:''' Because they're so attractive. I thought that was the whole point of this journey? }}

** {{spoiler|Hawkgirl}} willingly signed on to infiltrate Earth and learn the weaknesses and abilities of the planet's society, military strength and its heroes in order to {{spoiler|help the Thanagarians subjugate the planet to build their hyperspace bypass. Once she learns the bypass will destroy the Earth, she defects and helps the League destroy it.}}

* In ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' movie, Mojo Jojo persuades the girls to use their powers to build his "Help The Town And Make It A Better Place Machine" - which, it turns out, is actually a device to allow Mojo to create his own army of primates powered by Chemical X.

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