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{{trope}}
Normally, the villain or rival is trying to stop the hero [[For the Evulz]] or perhaps just out of selfishness. However, sometimes things are not what they seem. The [[Zen Survivor|mentor]] the party has come to trust throughout the story has been using them, or perhaps corrupting them, and the apparent [[Big Bad]] was actually trying to save the world, and redeem them. Expect a [[Heroic BSOD]] or three.
Normally, this can go several ways. The character can either undergo a [[Face Heel Turn]] or [[Heel Face Turn]], they can become [[My God, What Have I Done?|completely depressed]] and take their life, or they can refuse to believe the realization and continue helping their mentor as before. Alternatively, this may end up being subverted, and the villain is just trying to trick them by painting their favorite hero as a villain.
''Obviously, this will contain spoilers.''
{{examples}}
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* ''[[Blue Dragon]]'', {{spoiler|the henchman of the [[Big Bad]] (after the [[Big Bad]] has supposedly been defeated) reveals that the party is being used to open up the [[Dark World]] by their leader. Of course, they don't realize this until ''after'' helping almost destroy the world.}}
* ''[[Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne]]'', {{spoiler|Finn has been using them, and the rival angel is trying to stop Finn as he knows that she has been possessed by evil.}}
* In ''[[Darker
== Comics ==
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== Film ==
* ''[[Indiana Jones and
* In ''[[Sky High]]'', the [[Technopath|cute new girl]] is playing him for a fool {{spoiler|she's actually one of their supervillains who got [[Older Than They Look|age reduced]]}}, and the imposing bully guy is actually just hot-headed.
== Literature ==
* ''[[Memory,
== Live Action TV ==
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia]]'', Shanoa is instructed by her master Barlowe to cast the Dominus glyphs to permanently destroy Dracula. His other disciple Albus interrupts the ceremony and steals the glyphs, leaving her without memory. The game goes into a long trek to track him down and get the glyphs back. {{spoiler|It turns out the glyphs were intended to revive Dracula, which was Barlowe's goal all along, and that casting it would kill her, which Albus was trying to prevent.}}
* In ''[[Jade Empire]]'', {{spoiler|you find out that your mentor has been playing you all along, and basically used you as a tool to take over the empire.}}
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[[Category:Betrayal Tropes]]
[[Category:Wrong Side All Along]]
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