Undercover Cop Reveal: Difference between revisions

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At its simplest form, a character reveals himself to be an undercover police officer, FBI agent, what have you. Often, he's acting as a [[Reverse Mole]], trying to get enough evidence on the villain to arrest him for [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]. It's entirely possible that we, the viewers, won't find out until the rest of the characters do as well. Depending on what side of the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]], this may or may not end badly for the cop.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Done twice in "A Night at the Rose Petal" in ''[[The Maze Agency]] Annual'' #1.

* Happens twice in [[Jack Chick]] tracts. In "Bad Bob," Bob and his cousin deal drugs, and find out their buyer is a cop when he reads them their rights. In "Trust Me", the kid, to fund his drug habit, sells drugs to an undercover cop with a briefcase full of money, resulting in the cop pulling out a pistol and a badge, which is less surprising than most examples of the trope because he gets down on his knees and says "[[Title Drop|Trust]] [[Schmuck Bait|me]]!".

 

* In the ''[[Alvan an The Chipmunks 3 The Second Squeakuel]]'', {{spoiler|[[Snoop Dogg]]}} turns out to be a member of the police.

 

* In the [[Tim Dorsey]] novel ''Hammerhead Ranch Motel'', one room at the motel holds two different drug gangs who are secretly undercover cops each of whom is trying to bust the other gang. They only discover this when a third jurisdiction of police shows up and tries to bust both of them.

 

* Turned [[Up to Eleven]] in a sketch in ''[[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]''. The undercover cop reveals himself to be one to a gang, now that he's got enough evidence to convict them...[[Flock of Wolves|and then ''all of them'' turn out to be undercover cops.]]

{{quote|'''Jenkinson:''' Blimey...we're all coppers...