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A subtrope is the [[Stealth Mentor]], who reveals that they have been opposing the hero all along as a way of forcing the hero to become stronger.
Compare [[Heel Face Turn]] and [[Mook Face Turn]]. If the villain ''forces'' the goodie to join him, it may be a [[Sadistic Choice]] or [[I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure]].
{{examples}}
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* As soon as [[Chris Claremont]] returned to the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'', he revealed that Tessa (aka Sage) had been a Reverse Mole for the X-Men... for the first 20 years of her editorial history!
* In [[Marvel Comics]], The Shroud has been undercover as a supervillain since the '80s, even going so far as to form the Night Shift, a team of supervillains with no idea their boss is working to destroy the underworld from within.
* {{spoiler|Femme Appeal}} from the [[Boom Kids]] ''[[Darkwing Duck (comics)|Darkwing Duck]]'' comic.
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* All loose ends are tied up at the end of [[James Thurber]]'s masterpiece of whimsy ''[[The 13 Clocks]]'' when {{spoiler|the [[Aristocrats Are Evil|Wicked Duke's]] spy Hark reveals himself to be a faithful servant of Good King Gwain of Yarrow, sent to watch over [[Damsel in Distress|Princess Saralinda]]: turns out the Duke wasn't really her [[Evil Uncle|uncle]] - he kidnapped her from her [[Changeling Fantasy|real parents]], the King and Queen of Yarrow. The Duke [[Lampshade Hanging|grumbles]] that such a [[Happily Ever After|tidy ending]] makes him sick.}}
* [[G. K. Chesterton]] subverts the hell out of this trope in ''[[The Man Who Was Thursday]]'': the protagonist himself [[The Infiltration|infiltrates the Central Council of Anarchists,]] then gradually discovers that {{spoiler|the other five members of the Central Council of Anarchists are undercover police agents who aren't aware of each other's existence; he learns this as he confronts one member after another. Eventually the six join forces against the President of the Council, only to learn that he ''is'' the policeman who sent them all to infiltrate the council in the first place. Not to mention [[God Was My Co-Pilot|God]]}}.
* Someone surprising does this to the Zhentarim in ''Crown of Fire'' (a ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' novel).
* {{spoiler|Sullivan, Jenner's henchman}} in ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]'' is probably only working for evil under threat of coercion, so it's not surprising that he pulls a [[Heel Face Turn]] at the last moment. Unfortunately, [[Redemption Equals Death]].
* That one guy in one of the ''New [[Tom Swift]]'' books (''Tom Swift and his Jetmarine'', I think)...I don't remember his name, though.
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* In ''[[V-2009]]'', Joshua and several other crew members on Anna's ship are members of [[La Résistance|The Fifth Column]].
** The First [[V]] had a fair amount of [[La Résistance|The Fifth Column]] as well, some of them high-ranking. Seems a lot of the Visitors weren't very happy with their orders.
* Colby of [[Numb3rs]] was revealed to be a double agent for the Chinese in ''Janus List''. But then it turns out that he was really working for the FBI in the following episode.
* In the pilot episode of ''[[Nikita (TV series)|Nikita]]'', [[Naive Newcomer]] Alex is revealed to be a mole for the eponymous hero so that she can keep tabs on her old employers at Division.
* While not done in the direct sense, the same principle is used on [[Hustle]] frequently with a random character turning out to be part of the con.
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'', {{spoiler|King Dedede ended up saving the day when he puts badges on Ness and Luigi (who were turned into trophies earlier). They get revived by said badges when Tabuu trophyizes everyone else, and Dedede ended up getting revived as well. Dedede also ends up as a [[Reverse Mole]] in ''Kirby's Adventure''.}}
* In ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Blazing Sword'', Leila is one. {{spoiler|Ephidel knows and has Jaffar kill her for it}}.
* {{spoiler|Lucy Stillman}} in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' is an employee of Abstergo Industries, an organization run by the [[Knights Templar|Templars]] It's revealed at the end of the first game that {{spoiler|she's actually an Assassin who was protecting Desmond the whole time, and helps him escape Abstergo at the beginning of the second game.}} The third game in the series, Brotherhood, drops some hints that {{spoiler|she may actually be a double agent working for the Templars after all.}}
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** Also, in ''Metal Gear Solid 3'', {{spoiler|the Boss's defection turns out to have been a ruse intended to allow Ocelot the opportunity to steal the Philosophers' Legacy. Oh, and things such as stopping Volgin from using Shagohod}}.
* ''[[Half-Life]]'' - {{spoiler|Doctor Judith Mossman betrays Black Mesa East to the Combine. Turns out, she was working primarily for herself and begins to help the Resistance more.}}
* In ''[[Blue Dragon]]'', Nene reveals that {{spoiler|Zola}} was working for him all along...{{spoiler|until it turns out that she at some point made a heel-face turn and only pretended to be on his side so she could get close and kill him.}}
* {{spoiler|Cpt. Miller}} in ''[[Mirror's Edge]]'' seems to be in league with the Icarus conspiracy (or, at least, in their pocket) but actually has his own agenda and assists Faith in the final level.
* {{spoiler|Heartless}} in ''[[Mega Man Star Force|MegaMan Star Force 3]]''. {{spoiler|She was pretending to be King's right hand woman but was really a former colleague of Kelvin Stelar and was using Dealer's resources to try to contact him. "Heartless," unsurprisingly, is not even her real name.}}
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|The New Batman Adventures]]'' episode "You Scratch My Back" has Nightwing acting as this to fool Catwoman into Batman's plot of bringing her and the villain of this episode in.
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' [[Playing with a Trope|played with this trope]] in the first season finale. [[Magnificent Bastard|Slade]] [[The Reveal|reveals]] his season-long [[Evil Plan]] to [[The Hero|Robin]]: Slade had {{spoiler|lured Robin away from the rest of the Titans, leaving them to deactivate his "Chronoton Detonator" which was actually a device that injected them with deadly nanites, allowing Slade to kill them with the push of a button}}. After this reveal, Slade {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn|made Robin his new apprentice]]}}, thus making Robin [[Playing with a Trope|somewhat]] of a [[Fake Defector]], albeit {{spoiler|with the [[Manipulative Bastard|villain]] commandeering the [[The Plan|operation]] specifically designed to make the unwilling defector comply and [[We Would Have Told You But|prevent him from informing his comrades]] because [[Sadistic Choice|then, they would most assuredly die]], thereby making the goodies, ''not the bad guys'', the ones to be deceived by the hero's false defection.}} Following the establishment of his apprenticeship under Slade via a little crime spree and [[Shoot Your Mate|a show-down with his ex-teammates]] Robin's friends fully believe that he has been lost to [[The Dark Side]], for good. This makes the discovery that Robin was really {{spoiler|[[Reverse Mole|on their side the entire time]]}} all the more surprising, from their P.O.V.
* In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', Lisa enters a singing contest hosted by Krusty, with Homer as her manager. After she fires Homer for being a [[Jerkass]], he begins managing her competitor... who then loses all his fans and popularity in the final. Homer shows himself to be a [[Reverse Mole]] to Lisa at the end.
* ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]'': {{spoiler|Black Widow}}.
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