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You meet someone you think is a really NiceGuy/girl, or perhaps you meet a favorite celebrity for the first time, thinking that they'll be just as warmhearted and cool as they are on camera. However, something happens to set free their TrueColors, revealing an immature brat, [[NoHeroToHisValet total]] JerkAss or even an outright {{villain}}.

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You meet someone you think is a really NiceGuy/girl, NiceGuy/Girl, or perhaps you meet a favorite celebrity for the first time, thinking that they'll be just as warmhearted warm-hearted and cool as they are on camera. However, something happens to set free show their TrueColors, revealing an immature brat, [[NoHeroToHisValet total]] JerkAss JerkAss, or even an outright {{villain}}.



In romance plots, the Bitch in Sheep's Clothing is usually trying to date, dating, or about to marry another character and hiding their TrueColors. Occasionally, the Bitch in Sheep's Clothing genuinely ''was'' a nice person... but suffered sudden CharacterDerailment in order to [[DerailingLoveInterests derail them as a love interest]] from another character. In any case, expect them to make an EngineeredPublicConfession in one form or another.

In some cases however, a Bitch In Sheep's Clothing can be sympathetic. Many lighter cases involve a scenario in which a fairly flawed yet well intentioned character may come into a situation to make themselves more benevolent than they really are ([[TedBaxter especially if they have a high profile of themselves]]). More often than not this charade falls apart and leads their true persona to blast out, usually in an extreme manner that makes them look even worse than they usually are. In some cases a Bitch In Sheep's Clothing could lean more as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold if they weren't too busy hiding their unpleasant qualities in a overenacted facade instead of their genuine (and usually resented) redeeming aspects. Maybe someone will seem like this, then you will realize they are just a type B {{Tsundere}}.

See also: DevilInPlainSight, VillainWithGoodPublicity, WartsAndAll. A RomanticFalseLead is [[DerailingLoveInterests often like this.]] The EnfantTerrible is also a related trope (possibly the AnnoyingYoungerSibling with SiblingRivalry from Hell). For a version specifically concerning actors and actresses, see NiceCharacterMeanActor. Not to be confused either with AffablyEvil or BewareTheNiceOnes, where the person is genuinely nice rather than just putting up a facade (though both tropes can commonly [[CharacterDerailment derail as such]] if over exaggerated, as can a Bitch In Sheep's Clothing evolve into one of the former via CharacterDevelopment).

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In romance plots, the Bitch in Sheep's Clothing is usually trying to date, dating, or about to marry another character character, and is hiding their TrueColors. Occasionally, the Bitch in Sheep's Clothing genuinely ''was'' a nice person... but suffered sudden CharacterDerailment in order to [[DerailingLoveInterests derail them remove their status as a love interest]] from for another character. In any case, expect them to make an EngineeredPublicConfession in one form or another.

In some cases however, a Bitch In Sheep's Clothing can be sympathetic. Many lighter cases involve a scenario in which a fairly flawed yet well intentioned character may come into a situation to make themselves out to be more benevolent than they really are ([[TedBaxter especially if they have a high profile of themselves]]). More often than not not, this charade falls apart and leads their true persona to blast blasts out, usually in an extreme manner that makes them look even worse than they usually are. In some cases cases, a Bitch In Sheep's Clothing could can lean more as a towards JerkWithAHeartOfGold if they weren't aren't too busy hiding their unpleasant qualities in a with an overenacted facade facade, instead of showing their genuine (and usually resented) redeeming aspects. Maybe someone will seem like this, then you will realize they are just a type B {{Tsundere}}.

See also: DevilInPlainSight, VillainWithGoodPublicity, WartsAndAll. A RomanticFalseLead is [[DerailingLoveInterests often like this.]] The EnfantTerrible is also a related trope (possibly the AnnoyingYoungerSibling with SiblingRivalry from Hell). For a version specifically concerning actors and actresses, see NiceCharacterMeanActor. Not to be confused either with AffablyEvil or BewareTheNiceOnes, where the person is genuinely nice rather than just putting up a facade (though both tropes can commonly be [[CharacterDerailment derail as such]] if over exaggerated, as can a Bitch In Sheep's Clothing evolve into one of the former via CharacterDevelopment).



* Inaho Hitomebore from ''Master of Mosquiton 99''. To the school, she's the most exalted student; to those unfortunate enough to travel with her, she is a miser who uses her friends as tool & makes the guy who loves her do stupid & humiliating things while she ignores his pleas & thinks of riches.
* In ''AshitaNoNadja'', Nadja's best friend Rosemary Applefield starts as a sweet NaiveEverygirl with a huge inferiority complex. After she's "betrayed" by Nadja and snaps, she [[spoiler: makes everyone in her surroundings believe she ''is'' the real Nadja, fooling a whole noble clan as a part of a conspiracy that will make her boss, Hermann Preminger, the true heir to the clan.]] To make these plans work, Rosemary shamelessly lies, tells half-truths, manipulates, steals/destroys various stuff and gleefully takes part of [[spoiler: Hermann's]] various schemes, rarely losing her innocent facade, and even being ready to ''[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betray]]'' her boss if she gets to keep her new "princess" status that way. [[spoiler: And even when she ''does'' admit her defeat and willingly returns everything to Nadja, Rosemary bitterly recognizes that [[BrokenBird she's been so deeply changed by such experiences]] that she just ''can't'' be the genuinely sweet kid she once was.]]
* Ami from ''Anime/{{Toradora}}'', although with CharacterDevelopment she becomes more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in sheep's clothing, and eventually just a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* Anko's wart in Episode 14 of ''ThrillerRestaurant.'' When she takes over the real Anko's body and mind, she makes herself appear as a bright, attractive girl. In reality, the wart is arrogant, manipulative and absolutely sadistic. [[spoiler: Thank goodness Shou noticed something was wrong with her.]]
* Lust is one briefly in {{Fullmetal Alchemist}}. As Havoc's girlfriend Solaris, she is apparently charming, sweet, and attentive, and was very supportive of him as he got used to living in Central. Havoc is understandably a bit shocked when she promptly turns out to be an evil quasi-immortal being who [[spoiler: ''literally'' stabs him in the back, and then goes on to try to kill Mustang, Hawkeye, and Alphonse]] all the while thoroughly enjoying herself.

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* Inaho Hitomebore from ''Master of Mosquiton 99''. To the school, she's the most exalted student; to those unfortunate enough to travel with her, she is a miser who uses her friends as tool & tools and makes the guy who loves her do stupid & and humiliating things while she ignores his pleas & and thinks of riches.
* In ''AshitaNoNadja'', Nadja's best friend friend, Rosemary Applefield Applefield, starts as a sweet NaiveEverygirl with a huge inferiority complex. After she's "betrayed" by Nadja and snaps, she [[spoiler: makes everyone in her surroundings believe she ''is'' the real Nadja, fooling a whole noble clan as a part of a conspiracy that will make her boss, Hermann Preminger, the true heir to the clan.]] To make these plans work, Rosemary shamelessly lies, tells half-truths, manipulates, steals/destroys various stuff stuff, and gleefully takes part of in [[spoiler: Hermann's]] various schemes, rarely losing her innocent facade, and even being ready to ''[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betray]]'' her boss if she gets to keep her new "princess" status that way. [[spoiler: And even when she ''does'' admit ''admits'' her defeat and willingly returns everything to Nadja, Rosemary bitterly recognizes that [[BrokenBird she's been so deeply changed by such experiences]] that she just ''can't'' be the genuinely sweet kid she once was.]]
* Ami from ''Anime/{{Toradora}}'', although although, with CharacterDevelopment CharacterDevelopment, she becomes more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in sheep's clothing, and eventually eventually, just a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* Anko's wart in Episode 14 of ''ThrillerRestaurant.'' When she takes over the real Anko's body and mind, she makes herself appear as a bright, attractive girl. In reality, the wart is arrogant, manipulative manipulative, and absolutely sadistic. [[spoiler: Thank goodness Shou noticed something was wrong with her.]]
* Lust is one briefly in {{Fullmetal Alchemist}}. As Havoc's girlfriend Solaris, she is was apparently charming, sweet, and attentive, and was very supportive of him as he got used to living in Central. Havoc is understandably a bit shocked when she promptly turns out to be an evil quasi-immortal being who [[spoiler: ''literally'' stabs him in the back, and then goes on to try to kill Mustang, Hawkeye, and Alphonse]] Alphonse]], all the while thoroughly enjoying herself.



* Miya Miya of ''BambooBlade''. In classic Power-Rangers style, she's added to the team as the "Pink" ranger, for her cute and sweet nature. It's all a lie, though. She's actually the most terrifyingly brutal character in the show. The team names her real persona "Black", and it comes with its ''own aura of violent intent.'' On one occasion, it startles Pink Miya Miya when just her grimace from painful feet terrifies Sayako and Kirino into ''[[PoseOfSupplication dogeza]]'' because they think "You were Black Miya Miya!"

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* Miya Miya of ''BambooBlade''. In classic Power-Rangers style, she's added to the team as the "Pink" ranger, ranger for her cute and sweet nature. It's all a lie, though. She's actually the most terrifyingly brutal character in the show. The team names her real persona "Black", and it comes with its ''own aura of violent intent.'' On one occasion, it startles Pink Miya Miya when just her grimace from painful feet terrifies Sayako and Kirino into ''[[PoseOfSupplication dogeza]]'' because they think "You were Black Miya Miya!"



* Shou from ''SkipBeat!'' has carefully engineered his public image to look as the perfect Teenager Cool Prince, and he isn't shy to step over anyone he considers beneath his "grand destiny" of becoming the most popular artist in Japan. He is also selfish, immature, petty, absurdly self-centered, and completely unable to cope with any reaction who isn't admiration or adulation.

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* Shou from ''SkipBeat!'' has carefully engineered his public image to look as like the perfect Teenager Cool Prince, and he isn't shy to step over anyone he considers beneath his "grand destiny" of becoming the most popular artist in Japan. He is also selfish, immature, petty, absurdly self-centered, and completely unable to cope with any reaction who which isn't admiration or adulation.



* Sakurako Sanjou of ''HanaYoriDango'', who in all continuities (manga, anime, drama) befriends [[PluckyGirl Tsukushi Makino]] and looks like a kind, shy, cutesy type... at least up until she has Tsukushi drugged, takes pictures of her unconscious in compromising positions and distributes them freely among the school, leading to her assault by other students. This is revealed as a part of her master plan for seducing/revenging herself upon Domyoji, Tsukushi's SlapSlapKiss-y love interest, which also involved her spending a fortune on plastic surgery, dropping out of school in the past, and hiring professional goons to assault ''various'' characters (not only Tsukushi). The reason for all of this is that ever since she was in kindergarten, Domyoji [[DisproportionateRetribution bullied her and called her ugly]]. Talk about one WomanScorned.
** However, through CharacterDevelopment, she arguably becomes ALighterShadeOfGray GoodIsNotNice case of sympathetic FemmeFatale, who beats up the other [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitches in Sheep's Clothing]] when they try to kill Tsukushi. Just goes to show that despite all the terrible acts of evil and violence committed against Tsukushi and her friends, almost all villains end up with a HeelFaceTurn and this one firmly belongs on the lighter side of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism. This would make Tsukushi a rare KnightInSourArmor that [[EarnYourHappyEnding SUCCEEDS]].
* Sousuke Aizen from ''{{Bleach}}'' would be a male example of the trope. Actually, he's probably the ''best'' example of the trope, because he's actually the ''BigBad''. And prior to his introduction, he had spent at least a hundred years maintaining the nice guy façade.

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* Sakurako Sanjou of ''HanaYoriDango'', who who, in all continuities (manga, anime, drama) drama), befriends [[PluckyGirl Tsukushi Makino]] and looks like a kind, shy, cutesy type... type...at least up until she has Tsukushi drugged, takes pictures of her unconscious unconscious, in compromising positions positions, and distributes them freely among the school, leading to her assault by other students. This is revealed as a part of her master plan for seducing/revenging herself seducing/exacting revenge upon Domyoji, Tsukushi's SlapSlapKiss-y love interest, which also involved her spending a fortune on plastic surgery, dropping out of school in the past, and hiring professional goons to assault ''various'' characters (not only Tsukushi). The reason for all of this is that ever since she was in kindergarten, Domyoji [[DisproportionateRetribution bullied her and called her ugly]]. Talk about one WomanScorned.
** However, through CharacterDevelopment, she arguably becomes ALighterShadeOfGray ALighterShadeOfGray, GoodIsNotNice case of a sympathetic FemmeFatale, who beats up the other [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitches in Sheep's Clothing]] when they try to kill Tsukushi. Just goes to show that despite all the terrible acts of evil and violence committed against Tsukushi and her friends, almost all villains end up with a HeelFaceTurn HeelFaceTurn, and this one series firmly belongs on the lighter side of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism. This would make Tsukushi a rare KnightInSourArmor that [[EarnYourHappyEnding SUCCEEDS]].
SUCCEEDS in her goals]].
* Sousuke Aizen from ''{{Bleach}}'' would be a male example of the trope. Actually, he's probably the ''best'' example of the trope, because he's actually the ''BigBad''. And prior to his introduction, he had spent at least a hundred years maintaining the nice guy façade.



* Natsu Tanimoto of ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' is another male example. To most of the school, he's the [[{{Bishounen}} extremely handsome]], incredibly intelligent, multi-talented, kind-hearted honor roll student. To the members of the Shinpaku Alliance, however, he reveals his true nature, an angry, violent, short-tempered {{Jerkass}} who is prone to stomping them into the ground for even looking at him the wrong way. However, thanks to some CharacterDevelopment (most of it courtesy of Kenichi's little sister Honoka), he's now more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, though you'll be hard-pressed to get him to admit it.
* Sae from ''PeachGirl'', who uses her PaleSkinnedBrunette [[TheIngenue ingenue]] appearance as an advantage over "gangster-looking" DarkSkinnedBlonde Momo (she tans easily). Out of jealousy that Momo has the attention of two hot {{Bishounen}} classmates, Sae pretends to be her friend but starts whispering campaigns about her, repeatedly pulls the WoundedGazelleGambit to make people hate her, blackmails her mutual crush into pretending to be Sae's boyfriend instead to protect her, and tells her (next) boyfriend that Momo has rape fantasies about him and demands that he fulfill them - then tricks Momo into going somewhere with him, and ''drugs her into a stupor''. And this was just what she'd done by the 2nd volume.

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* Natsu Tanimoto of ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' is another male example. To most of the school, he's the [[{{Bishounen}} extremely handsome]], incredibly intelligent, multi-talented, kind-hearted honor roll student. To the members of the Shinpaku Alliance, however, he reveals his true nature, nature: an angry, violent, short-tempered {{Jerkass}} who is prone to stomping them into the ground for even looking at him the wrong way. However, thanks to some CharacterDevelopment (most of it courtesy of Kenichi's little sister Honoka), he's now more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, though you'll be hard-pressed to get him to admit it.
* Sae from ''PeachGirl'', who uses her PaleSkinnedBrunette [[TheIngenue ingenue]] appearance as an advantage over "gangster-looking" DarkSkinnedBlonde Momo (she tans easily). Out of jealousy that Momo has the attention of two hot {{Bishounen}} classmates, Sae pretends to be her friend but starts whispering campaigns rumours about her, repeatedly pulls the WoundedGazelleGambit to make people hate her, blackmails her mutual crush into pretending to be Sae's boyfriend instead to protect her, and tells her (next) boyfriend that Momo has rape fantasies about him and demands that he fulfill fulfills them - then tricks Momo into going somewhere with him, and ''drugs her into a stupor''. And this was just what she'd done by the 2nd volume.



* Doe-Doe Eun of ''PigBride'' is publicly a sweet YamatoNadeshiko maiden who enjoys being demure and needlework. But it's almost entirely an act to snare the main lead, who has made no secret that that's the kind of girl he likes. When there are no boys around, Doe-Doe is a ruthless gangster-type who bullies the other girls so they won't move in on her territory. What makes her a touch more sympathetic is that she is stuck in a YouCantFightFate competition with the title character. rendering all her efforts fruitless from the start.
* Akira of ''SamuraiDeeperKyo'' fits this trope in his interactions with Yuya. To the male characters he's a complete and utter bastard, but to Yuya he continues to act sweet even after she knows it's an act.

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* Doe-Doe Eun of ''PigBride'' is publicly a sweet YamatoNadeshiko maiden who enjoys being demure and needlework. But it's almost entirely an act to snare the main lead, who has made no secret that that's the kind of girl he likes. When there are no boys around, Doe-Doe is a ruthless gangster-type who bullies the other girls so they won't move in on her territory. What makes her a touch more sympathetic is that she is stuck in a YouCantFightFate competition with the title character. character, rendering all her efforts fruitless from the start.
* Akira of ''SamuraiDeeperKyo'' fits this trope in his interactions with Yuya. To the male characters characters, he's a complete and utter bastard, but to Yuya Yuya, he continues to act sweet even after she knows it's an act.



* Ran from ''UruseiYatsura'', although is more of a ''{{Yandere}}''. Ryoko, on the other hand, is a better example.
* ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' has [[TheBarnum Nabiki Tendo]]; a [[FauxAffablyEvil pleasant, good-humored]] (if mildly snarky) girl who [[MoneyFetish places more value on her wallet than on human life]]... to the extent she once offered to sell her (temporary) fiance to the other members of his UnwantedHarem (and would have, if they hadn't had a spontaneous attack of StupidEvil and tried to kill her instead of paying her), and let the same UnwantedHarem members know that he was about to marry [[OfficialCouple Akane Tendo]] because she thought they'd bring cash presents to the wedding that she could steal. One might also consider [[AnimeChineseGirl Shampoo]] to be one of these, with her capacity to go from sweet, bubbly and [[TheGlomp crushingly]] [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace affectionate]] to a calculating destructive warrior willing to [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill off her romantic rivals]]... but she makes no effort to hide her darker side from anyone, least of all Ranma, so she might not count.
** During the introduction story of "Pantyhose" Tarou, when Shampoo finds Akane alone and tied up in a cave, she thinks that this is a perfect opportunity to MurderTheHypotenuse and let Tarou take the blame. While she was initially quite blatant and straight-forward in her attacks on others, by this point in the manga she had become quite duplicitous.

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* Ran from ''UruseiYatsura'', although is more of a ''{{Yandere}}''.bit on the ''{{Yandere}}'' side. Ryoko, on the other hand, is a better example.
* ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' has [[TheBarnum Nabiki Tendo]]; Tendo]]: a [[FauxAffablyEvil pleasant, good-humored]] (if mildly snarky) girl who [[MoneyFetish places more value on her wallet than on human life]]... life]]...to the extent that she once offered to sell her (temporary) fiance to the other members of his UnwantedHarem (and would have, if they hadn't had a spontaneous attack of StupidEvil and tried to kill her instead of paying pay her), and let the same UnwantedHarem members know that he was about to marry [[OfficialCouple Akane Tendo]] because she thought they'd bring cash presents to the wedding that she could steal. One might also consider [[AnimeChineseGirl Shampoo]] to be one of these, with her capacity to go from sweet, bubbly bubbly, and [[TheGlomp crushingly]] [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace affectionate]] to a calculating calculating, destructive warrior willing to [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill off her romantic rivals]]... rivals]]...but she makes no effort to hide her darker side from anyone, least of all Ranma, so she might not count.
** During the introduction story of "Pantyhose" Tarou, when Shampoo finds Akane alone and tied up in a cave, she thinks that this is a perfect opportunity to MurderTheHypotenuse and let Tarou take the blame. While she was initially quite blatant and straight-forward in her attacks on others, by this point in the manga manga, she had become quite duplicitous.



* Luna of ''SetoNoHanayome'' appears to be a sweet, incredibly {{Moe}} IdolSinger. Turns out she's really a bit of a bitch, especially when it comes to one-upping San. Although she does have some [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold genuinely nice]] moments.

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* Luna of ''SetoNoHanayome'' appears to be a sweet, incredibly {{Moe}} IdolSinger. Turns out out, she's really a bit of a bitch, especially when it comes to one-upping San. Although she does have some [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold genuinely nice]] moments.



* In ''CodeGeass'' [[spoiler: Empress Marianne VI Britannia, AKA Lady Marianne "The Flash", AKA Lelouch's mother, is presented for most of the first season as being practically a PuritySue that was TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth and killed because of it while protecting her daughter. However when we finally meet her late in R2 she turns out to be a BloodKnight that had used her Geass power to survive, using a young girl (who she had constantly MindRaped) as a SoulJar. Also, she was working with her husband TheEmperor on his AssimilationPlot, and since she lacks his FreudianExcuse she comes across more as a LadyMacbeth with shades of KnightTemplarParent than he does.]]
** C.C. who ''at first'' seems like a persecuted MysteriousWaif with a humorous affinity for being a DeadpanSnarker when it comes to Lelouch and a love for pizza. But as the series progresses, it's revealed that she [[spoiler: seriously FUCKED her insanely-obsessed lover Mao, Lelouch's predecessor in fact, and is running a [[BlessedWithSuck particularly cruel]] ThanatosGambit to direct Lelouch into fulfilling her secret DeathWish so that she [[WhoWantsToLiveForever doesn't have to live anymore]]. Oh and that guy named Mao? She tried to do the same to him first, but because he was her {{Yandere}}, he refused and she abandoned him for it. Complete with [[PowerIncontinence incontinent]] {{telepathy}}. Real nice gal.]] Although, much later in [[OddlyNamedSequel R2]], she is revealed to have once been a [[TheWoobie Woobie]] who just wanted to be loved but was [[spoiler: betrayed by ''her'' own BitchInSheepsClothing]], but still... She does seem to get better though, or at least act more considerate.

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* In ''CodeGeass'' ''CodeGeass'', [[spoiler: Empress Marianne VI Britannia, AKA Lady Marianne "The Flash", AKA Lelouch's mother, is presented for most of the first season as being practically a PuritySue that was TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth, and was killed because of it while protecting her daughter. However However, when we finally meet her her, late in R2 R2, she turns out to be a BloodKnight that had used her Geass power to survive, using a young girl (who she had constantly MindRaped) as a SoulJar. Also, she was working with her husband TheEmperor on his AssimilationPlot, and since she lacks his FreudianExcuse FreudianExcuse, she comes across more as a LadyMacbeth with shades of KnightTemplarParent than he does.]]
** C.C. , who ''at first'' seems like a persecuted MysteriousWaif with a humorous affinity for being a DeadpanSnarker when it comes to Lelouch and a love for pizza. But as the series progresses, it's revealed that she [[spoiler: seriously FUCKED over her insanely-obsessed lover Mao, Lelouch's predecessor predecessor, in fact, and is running a [[BlessedWithSuck particularly cruel]] ThanatosGambit to direct Lelouch into fulfilling her secret DeathWish so that she [[WhoWantsToLiveForever doesn't have to live anymore]]. Oh Oh, and that guy named Mao? She tried to do the same to him first, but because he was her {{Yandere}}, he refused refused, and she abandoned him for it. Complete with [[PowerIncontinence incontinent]] {{telepathy}}. Real nice gal.]] Although, much later in [[OddlyNamedSequel R2]], she is revealed to have once been a [[TheWoobie Woobie]] who just wanted to be loved loved, but was [[spoiler: betrayed by ''her'' own BitchInSheepsClothing]], but still... still...She does seem to get better though, or at least starts to act more considerate.



** Anime!Asuka often acts as a bitch to hide her true feelings. For example, she pretended to kiss Shinji just to pass time, but actually she has feelings for him. So she qualifies for ''inversion''.

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** Anime!Asuka often acts as a bitch to hide her true feelings. For example, she pretended to kiss Shinji just to pass time, but actually actually, she has feelings for him. So she actually qualifies for ''inversion''.the ''inversion'' of this trope.



* Shinghi from ''{{Zippy Ziggy}}'', especially at first. It's pretty much the entire point of his character. Also his father.

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* Shinghi from ''{{Zippy Ziggy}}'', especially at first. It's pretty much the entire point of his character. Also The same with his father.



* ''HoneyHunt'': Yukari is Yura's mother, a beautiful and talented actress. But her beauty is only skin deep as shown throughout the series. She is never at home for Yura and is very selfish. On all of her interviews she lies and says that she and Yura are close and spend much time together, when in reality she is a cold and distant parent. While her husband was having an affair she was having one of her own with Yura's neighbor, Shinsuke (who Yura had a crush on). She and her husband were only together for the sake of their careers and their images, they didn't love each other. The two of them even agreed on a rule with each other that they would stay married as long as they hide their own adulterous affairs. After she decided to divorce Takayuki, however, it is shown that she has no intentions of taking care of Yura and only cares about improving her image in the eyes of the public who had originally thought she was the "ideal mother".
* Hana Mizuki from ''[=Papillon=]''. She has a beautiful angelic appearance and acts in a sickeningly sweet manner towards people, but underneath that is an extremely manipulative and selfish girl who acts terrible to her sister for the sole reason that she wants to prevent her sister "from ever attaining happiness" out of jealousy that boys seem to like her sisters personality more than hers. Kyuu compares her to a rose, stating she is "covered in thorns".
* Mayu Okada from ''KaguyaHime''. She is very much a {{Yandere}} for Akira, and doesn't let men or women near her. She has a sweet appearance but beneath that is very manipulative and will do anything to get her way, such as pretending to be sick and fainting on the spot to get attention.

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* ''HoneyHunt'': Yukari is Yura's mother, a beautiful and talented actress. But her beauty is only skin deep deep, as shown throughout the series. She is never at home for Yura and is very selfish. On all of her interviews interviews, she lies and says that she and Yura are close and spend much time together, when in reality reality, she is a cold and distant parent. While her husband was having an affair affair, she was having one of her own with Yura's neighbor, Shinsuke (who Yura had a crush on). She and her husband were only together for the sake of their careers and their images, they didn't love each other. The two of them even agreed on a rule with each other that they would stay married as long as they hide their own adulterous affairs. After she decided to divorce Takayuki, however, it is shown that she has no intentions of taking care of Yura Yura, and only cares about improving her image in the eyes of the public who had originally thought she was the "ideal mother".
* Hana Mizuki from ''[=Papillon=]''. She has a beautiful angelic appearance and acts in a sickeningly sweet manner towards people, but underneath that is an extremely manipulative and selfish girl who acts terrible to her sister for the sole reason that she wants to prevent her sister "from ever attaining happiness" out of jealousy that boys seem to like her sisters sister's personality more than hers. Kyuu compares her to a rose, stating she is "covered in thorns".
* Mayu Okada from ''KaguyaHime''. She is very much a {{Yandere}} for Akira, and doesn't let men or women near her. She has a sweet appearance but but, beneath that that, is very manipulative and will do anything to get her way, such as pretending to be sick and fainting on the spot to get attention.



* Heloïse Villefort of ''{{Gankutsuou}}''. She seems perfectly normal in her first few appearances, with a warm motherly appearance and pleasant smile. She is the stepmother of Valentine and is the second wife of the crown prosecutor Villefort. She is the biological mother of her young son Edward, from her first marriage. Valentine is to inherit all of the fortune, leaving her stepmother jealous because Edward doesn’t get a single penny. So when the Count seduces her and innocently introduces her to toxicology and gives her a deadly ring which releases a deadly poison Heloïse becomes murderous and tries to poison Valentine and her husband, as well as inadvertently almost poisoning Albert and poisoning one of the servants of the Villefort household. And she does all this while maintaining her angelic motherly facade up till near the end of the series when her husband finds out what she's been doing and points out that she's nothing more than a murderous woman who's completely lost it before he sends her to an insane asylum.
* ''{{Naruto}}'': Kabuto Yakushi. He usually presents himself as this harmless, bumbling oaf with NerdGlasses who showed up to help Naruto and his teammates on occasion but is in fact a sadistic ManipulativeBastard and a subordinate of the BigBad Orochimaru.
* ''ElfenLied'': During Lucy's childhood she made friends with a seemingly sweet kind-hearted girl who promised to keep the fact that Lucy was taking care of a puppy a secret from a group of boys who frequently bullied her. Eventually, the boys find out about the puppy and [[MoralEventHorizon beat it to death in front of Lucy while making her watch]]. Turns out the girl Lucy made friends with had deliberately told the boys about the puppy and while she's pretending to cry about it and feel bad about what she did, we see her smile through her tears. Lucy then snaps and kills her along with the bullies.
* Captain Shears in the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' comic "Farewell, Beloved Falco" - Shears, a military officer on Titania, tells Fox that he needs help combating remnants of Andross's army who are planning a counterattack [[spoiler: In fact, Shears is trying to re-build Andross and is trying to fool Fox into attacking Falco and his group]]

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* Heloïse Villefort of ''{{Gankutsuou}}''. She seems perfectly normal in her first few appearances, with a warm motherly appearance and pleasant smile. She is the stepmother of Valentine and is the second wife of the crown prosecutor Villefort. She is the biological mother of her young son Edward, from her first marriage. Valentine is to inherit all of the fortune, leaving her stepmother jealous because Edward doesn’t get a single penny. So when the Count seduces her and innocently introduces her to toxicology and gives her a deadly ring which releases a deadly poison poison, Heloïse becomes murderous and tries to poison Valentine and her husband, as well as inadvertently almost poisoning Albert and poisoning one of the servants of the Villefort household. And she does all this while maintaining her angelic motherly facade up till near the end of the series when her husband finds out what she's been doing and points out that she's nothing more than a murderous woman who's completely lost it before he sends her to an insane asylum.
* ''{{Naruto}}'': Kabuto Yakushi. He usually presents himself as this harmless, bumbling oaf with NerdGlasses who showed up to help Naruto and his teammates on occasion but is is, in fact fact, a sadistic ManipulativeBastard and a subordinate of the BigBad Orochimaru.
* ''ElfenLied'': During during Lucy's childhood childhood, she made friends with a seemingly sweet sweet, kind-hearted girl who promised to keep the fact that Lucy was taking care of a puppy a secret from a group of boys who frequently bullied her. Eventually, the boys find out about the puppy and [[MoralEventHorizon beat it to death in front of Lucy while making her watch]]. Turns out out, the girl Lucy made friends with had deliberately told the boys about the puppy puppy, and while she's pretending to cry about it and feel bad about what she did, we see her smile through her tears. Lucy then snaps and kills her along with the bullies.
* Captain Shears in the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' comic "Farewell, Beloved Falco" - Shears, a military officer on Titania, tells Fox that he needs help combating remnants of Andross's army who are planning a counterattack counterattack. [[spoiler: In fact, Shears is trying to re-build Andross and is trying to fool Fox into attacking Falco and his group]]
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* [[spoiler:Tony]] is revealed to be one at the end of ''TheImaginariumOfDoctorParnassus'', although there are subtle hints dropped throughout the film that he's not as nice as he at first appears.
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* Leonard from TheBigBangTheory, who in spite of being rather nasty to the women he's with insists that he's a "good guy".

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** Though she's also a Tsundere, and she sincerely tries to be deredere sometimes. Usually only to Kaji, but also to Shinji sometimes.

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** Anime!Asuka often acts as a bitch to hide her true feelings. For example, she pretended to kiss Shinji just to pass time, but actually she has feelings for him. So she qualifies for ''inversion''.
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* Ami from ''{{Toradora}}'', although with CharacterDevelopment she becomes more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in sheep's clothing, and eventually just a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

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* Ami from ''{{Toradora}}'', ''Anime/{{Toradora}}'', although with CharacterDevelopment she becomes more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in sheep's clothing, and eventually just a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
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* Many fans believe the innocent farm girl Lila from HeyArnold to be this, in a passive aggressive way.
** Remember that one time she seemed to be forcing Helga to admit her secret crush to her, just so Helga could have Lila's part in the play? Lila's tone of voice seemed to indicate she was taking pleasure in seeing Helga physically struggle to get the words out.
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* ''SurvivalOfTheFittest'' v4 has Aaron Hughes as a male example. He starts out the game wanting to start an escape plot, but throughout the version he proceeds to [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate]] every single character he comes across, and eventually decides to play the game conventionally while still having the guise of a leader in an escape plot. Ashlie Jackson of ''Evolution'' is also hinted to have been one of these before being put in the experiments, and although her power rendered her unable to pull it off as much, she attempts to pull off a CuteMute facade at one point. And as early as his first appearance, Simon Leroy of ''Virtua'' is already shaping up to be a male example, who started out the game attempting to get [[ShrinkingViolet Sycanus Appletin]]'s trust by pretending to be a NiceGuy... while planning to [[ManipulativeBastard use her trust to his advantage]].
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* [[Spoiler: Jeannie May]] in FalloutNewVegas, who gets found out during a quest to find out who [[Spoiler: Sold Boone's wife to Legion slavers to later have her lead out to be assassinated in front of the local tourist attraction]] and nothing of value was lost.

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* [[TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Tingle]] is perky, cheerful, and near-sycophantic when talking to Link, but if you talk to the guy in pink, he reveals that he's Tingle's younger brother, and Tingle is incredibly abusive, but on days when you visit, he's so much nicer (he does not, however, specify if "so much nicer" is enough of an improvement for Tingle's behavior to qualify as "nice" on its own)! If you talk to the guy in white, you find out ''he's'' not even related to Tingle; he's just some poor schmuck who happens to look like Tingle, and washed ashore one day after a boating accident, and Tingle has been forcing him to do menial labor ever since.
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* Stan's older sister Shelly pulls this act in her introductory episode on ''SouthPark'' around her parents, only to [[BigBrotherBully beat him up]] in their absence.
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* [[spoiler:Nina]] is perfect for the role of the ''BlackSwan'', because she is a ManipulativeBastard, master of the WoundedGazelleGambit and most importantly, [[CuteAndPsycho crazy]] enough to [[MurderTheHypotenuse do anything to get the role]].

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* [[spoiler:Nina]] is perfect for the role of the ''BlackSwan'', ''Film/BlackSwan'', because she is a ManipulativeBastard, master of the WoundedGazelleGambit and most importantly, [[CuteAndPsycho crazy]] enough to [[MurderTheHypotenuse do anything to get the role]].
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* Henri from ''FutureGPXCyberFormula''. For most of ''ZERO'', he appeared to be a cheerful rookie who seemed to be nice to most of the racers, but in reality, he's a vengeful person who wanted to make Hayato suffer for taking away his dream. [[spoiler:His father was a former racer who pushed Henri to be the best in racing to make him the youngest champion in CF history, but when Hayato got the the title before him, his father started drinking and then abandoned him, which triggered his resentment towards Hayato]]. Thankfully, he somewhat mellowed out at the end of ''ZERO''.

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* Henri from ''FutureGPXCyberFormula''.''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula''. For most of ''ZERO'', he appeared to be a cheerful rookie who seemed to be nice to most of the racers, but in reality, he's a vengeful person who wanted to make Hayato suffer for taking away his dream. [[spoiler:His father was a former racer who pushed Henri to be the best in racing to make him the youngest champion in CF history, but when Hayato got the the title before him, his father started drinking and then abandoned him, which triggered his resentment towards Hayato]]. Thankfully, he somewhat mellowed out at the end of ''ZERO''.
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* Leonard from TheBigBangTheory, who in spite of being rather nasty to the women he's with insists that he's a "good guy".

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* In ForBetterOrForWorse, when Elly is interviewing a replacement for Kourtney, she thinks the candidate seems like a nice person from her application, and wonders why she was let go. She calls up and the woman on the other end seems polite up until she screams at her child for acting out. Elly politely removes her from consideration, having heard all she needs to.
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* [[{{Yandere}} Akira]] [[HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight Kogami]] from ''{{Lucky Star}}'''s [[ShowWithinAShow Lucky Channel]] segments.

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* The ''HarryPotter'' flicks have both Quirrel and Umbridge, who both seem quite benign on the surface, but are in fact quite evil. Heavy emphasis on the "bitch" part in the latter's case.
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* KimiNoIruMachi gives us the character Eba Rin, main heroine Yuzuki's younger step-sister. Even before the manga begins Rin has managed to make her sister so uncomfortable that she moves out to be as far away from Rin as possible. Eventually she drops her meaner tendencies and gets along with her sister, but still loves to {{troll}} just about everyone else.
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* ''InDeath'': A number of the murderers can qualify as this. A notable example would be Ava from ''Strangers In Death''. Eve actually refers to the act Ava puts on as a suit, and Eve has to poke at it to eventually make Ava drop the act.
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* Marisol from {{Degrassi}} is [[BrainlessBeauty cute and cheerful (if a bit dim)]] however she flirted with and [[DidTheyOrDidntThey possibly had an affair with KC]] while he was living with his girlfriend and [[TeenPregnancy son]] and told the entire school her childhood best friend Katie was a recovering bulimic, almost causing Katie to relapse, all because Katie was dating Drew who Marisol went on one date with months ago.
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* Sae from ''PeachGirl'', who uses her PaleSkinnedBrunette TheIngenue appearance as an advantage over "gangster-looking" DarkSkinnedBlonde Momo (she tans easily). Out of jealousy that Momo has the attention of two hot {{Bishounen}} classmates, Sae pretends to be her friend but starts whispering campaigns about her, repeatedly pulls the WoundedGazelleGambit to make people hate her, blackmails her mutual crush into pretending to be Sae's boyfriend instead to protect her, and tells her (next) boyfriend that Momo has rape fantasies about him and demands that he fulfill them - then tricks Momo into going somewhere with him, and ''drugs her into a stupor''. And this was just what she'd done by the 2nd volume.

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* Sae from ''PeachGirl'', who uses her PaleSkinnedBrunette TheIngenue [[TheIngenue ingenue]] appearance as an advantage over "gangster-looking" DarkSkinnedBlonde Momo (she tans easily). Out of jealousy that Momo has the attention of two hot {{Bishounen}} classmates, Sae pretends to be her friend but starts whispering campaigns about her, repeatedly pulls the WoundedGazelleGambit to make people hate her, blackmails her mutual crush into pretending to be Sae's boyfriend instead to protect her, and tells her (next) boyfriend that Momo has rape fantasies about him and demands that he fulfill them - then tricks Momo into going somewhere with him, and ''drugs her into a stupor''. And this was just what she'd done by the 2nd volume.



** During the introduction story of "Pantyhose" Tarou, when Shampoo finds Akane alone and tied up in a cave, she thinks that this is a perfect opportunity to MurderTheHypotenuse and let Tarou take the blame. While she was initially quite blatant and straight-forward in her attacks on others, by this point in the manga she had become quite duplicitous. And Akane definitely counts. She pretends to be sweek, kind, and innocent, but she is not above manipulating or exploiting even poor Ryoga's emotions to make Ranma jealous and is a complete hypocrite.

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* ''KimiNiTodoke'': Kurumi acts sweet and nice to gain Sawako's sympathy, then tells her to keep her hands off Kazehaya. She gets better.

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* [[{{Anime/Monster}} Johan Liebert]] is one of the most pleasant and polite people imaginable. He's incredibly classy, cultured, intelligent, and a very good listener. [[CompleteMonster He's also practically the embodiment of pure evil]] and actually the trope image on the CompleteMonster page. All of his "nice actions" just make it easier for him to get into your head, MindRape you, and either kill you, get you to kill others for him, or [[DrivenToSuicide kill yourself.]]

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* MasterOfMartialHearts is literally riddled with mutiple instances of the trope:
** [[spoiler: FauxActionGirl Miko, the cute, helpless strange girl, cuddly and cheerfully, and also the [[AFriendInNeed friend in need]] driving Aya to the whole mess? Nothing but a bitchy mark]]

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* MasterOfMartialHearts is literally riddled with mutiple multiple instances of the trope:
** [[spoiler: FauxActionGirl Miko, the cute, helpless strange girl, cuddly and cheerfully, and also the [[AFriendInNeed friend in need]] driving Aya to the whole mess? Nothing but a bitchy mark]]mark.]]



** [[spoiler: Nasume's brother, Aya's love interest? Ruthless enough to kill in cold blood people he actually ''hired'' for his plot, Miko's lover and in league with the other two to ruin Aya's life forever]]
** [[spoiler: Natsume's mom, the epitome of the trope. Currently a CuteMute HotMom, secretly a StepfordSmiler, deeply inside a raging beast that, due to have lost catastrophically her voice, mental sanity and freedom because of Aya's mom when both of them were plucky [[ActionGirl Action Girls]] (and she actually tried to kill her opponent's parents, it seems...) masterminded the whole convolute plot, pressuring her offspring and their cousin Miko to send dozens of young girl to her same fate just to ensure Aya was reeled in]].

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** [[spoiler: Nasume's Natsume's brother, Aya's love interest? Ruthless enough to kill in cold blood people he actually ''hired'' for his plot, Miko's lover and in league with the other two to ruin Aya's life forever]]
** [[spoiler: Natsume's mom, the epitome of the trope. Currently a CuteMute HotMom, secretly a StepfordSmiler, deeply inside a raging beast that, due to have lost catastrophically her voice, mental sanity and freedom because of Aya's mom when both of them were plucky [[ActionGirl Action Girls]] (and she actually tried to kill her opponent's parents, it seems...) masterminded the whole convolute convoluted plot, pressuring her offspring and their cousin Miko to send dozens of young girl to her same fate just to ensure Aya was reeled in]].



** Thats more of DarkAndEdgy AntiHero in TheCape's clothing. Scott isn't really that bad, just been forced to do some really dark things to keep the mutant race from being extinct (They're down to less than a hundred and everyone seems to be out to kill them all). When Xavier lied and kept secrets, it was to make his dream go on undisputed, when Cyclops did it, it was to save the rest of his species, different things.

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** Thats That's more of DarkAndEdgy AntiHero in TheCape's clothing. Scott isn't really that bad, just been forced to do some really dark things to keep the mutant race from being extinct (They're down to less than a hundred and everyone seems to be out to kill them all). When Xavier lied and kept secrets, it was to make his dream go on undisputed, when Cyclops did it, it was to save the rest of his species, different things.



* Many WickedStepmother fairy tales involve the stepmothers acting nice to the stepchildren when their fathers are still alive, and then turning cruel after the fathers pass away. This may also apply to the father if the stepmother was always motivated by desire for money

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* Possibly Regina from ''MeanGirls''. Towards the very beginning we're only told she's a bitch, and she seems to act perfectly civil to Cady. Then of course, things begin to go downhill from there. A good example is when Regina insults someone's skirt after saying to the person's face that she liked it. This is obviously a call back to earlier in the film when she complimented Cady's bracelet.

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* Possibly Regina from ''MeanGirls''. Towards the very beginning we're only told she's a bitch, and she seems to act perfectly civil to Cady. Then of course, things begin to go downhill from there. A good example is when Regina insults someone's skirt after saying to the person's face that she liked it. This is obviously a call back to earlier in the film when she complimented Cady's bracelet.



* [[spoiler:Nina]] is perfect for the role of the ''BlackSwan'', because she is a ManipulativeBastard, master of the WoundedGazelleGambit and most importantly, CuteAndPsycho enough to [[MurderTheHypotenuse do anything to get the role]].

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It's also worth mentioning that this trope isn't exclusive to female characters. The [[http://www.heartless-bitches.com/rants/niceguys/niceguys.shtml "Nice Guy"]] who hides a cruel, self-centered nature under superficial inoffensiveness is also a Bitch In Sheeps Clothing. (Don't confuse this with the NiceGuy trope, though.)

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* ''TigerAndBunny'''s Barnaby Brooks Jr. is a friendly, charming, handsome, and all-around awesome guy... so long as the cameras are rolling. When publicity isn't a factor, however, he's cold and standoffish, especially to his partner Kotetsu. (He begins to [[DefrostingIceQueen defrost]] noticeably after [[spoiler:Kotetsu takes a shot for him]], though.)
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* Borderline example: Rin Tohsaka from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', who combines this with JerkWithAHearOfGold. She's not a bad person, but she's more a case of female [[TallDarkAndSnarky Cool, Dark and Snarky]] than the "perfect honour student" image she shows to the rest of the school. The only ones in on her real personality (barring [[TheHero Shirou]], who has a minor trauma when he finds out) are her [[TheRival rival]] Ayako, who has a similar facade going on, and Issei, who served with her on the student council in middle-school and got to see her true, pragmatically ruthless nature. Sakura seems to have at least some idea too, [[spoiler:because she's her sister]]. She has rather mixed feelings, however, since she [[spoiler:worries about what Rin might do to Shirou in the war, but at the same time clearly still loves Rin, and desperately wants to be acknowledged by her.]] How much of this you see depends on the route. In Fate, you see some of her kindness amongst her glorious snarkiness. In Unlimited Blade Works, her kindness is fully displayed. In Heaven's Feel, [[spoiler:she ''seems'' to drop the 'heart of gold' entirely and just become a bitch -- especially towards her sister, Sakura -- until the end of the final fight, where she [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming demonstrates that]] her bitchiness had really been a facade all along, as an attempt to persuade herself that she could, after all, [[ShootTheDog kill]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Sakura]] if she had to]]. The True End of the Heaven's Feel route implies that she has dropped the "bitch" part entirely, at least as far as [[spoiler:Sakura and Shirou]] are concerned.

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* Borderline example: Rin Tohsaka from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', who combines this with JerkWithAHearOfGold.JerkWithAHeartOfGold. She's not a bad person, but she's more a case of female [[TallDarkAndSnarky Cool, Dark and Snarky]] than the "perfect honour student" image she shows to the rest of the school. The only ones in on her real personality (barring [[TheHero Shirou]], who has a minor trauma when he finds out) are her [[TheRival rival]] Ayako, who has a similar facade going on, and Issei, who served with her on the student council in middle-school and got to see her true, pragmatically ruthless nature. Sakura seems to have at least some idea too, [[spoiler:because she's her sister]]. She has rather mixed feelings, however, since she [[spoiler:worries about what Rin might do to Shirou in the war, but at the same time clearly still loves Rin, and desperately wants to be acknowledged by her.]] How much of this you see depends on the route. In Fate, you see some of her kindness amongst her glorious snarkiness. In Unlimited Blade Works, her kindness is fully displayed. In Heaven's Feel, [[spoiler:she ''seems'' to drop the 'heart of gold' entirely and just become a bitch -- especially towards her sister, Sakura -- until the end of the final fight, where she [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming demonstrates that]] her bitchiness had really been a facade all along, as an attempt to persuade herself that she could, after all, [[ShootTheDog kill]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Sakura]] if she had to]]. The True End of the Heaven's Feel route implies that she has dropped the "bitch" part entirely, at least as far as [[spoiler:Sakura and Shirou]] are concerned.
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* Simone Clouseau in the original ''ThePinkPanther'' (at least to a modern viewer). Because her husband Jacques is TheFool, she is able to successfully hide her professional ''and'' romantic connections to the jewel thief he is trying to capture, and ultimately helps frame him for their crimes. Since the thieves were the protagonists of the film, pulling a KarmaHoudini (Clouseau was the EnsembleDarkhorse who became TheZenigata hero of the subsequent films) the audience is supposed to be on their side. Unfortunately, even here Jacques Clouseau is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, so her behavior is rather [[TheUnfairSex cruel]].

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* Simone Clouseau in the original ''ThePinkPanther'' (at ([[ValuesDissonance at least to a modern viewer).viewer]]). Because her husband Jacques is TheFool, she is able to successfully hide her professional ''and'' romantic connections to the jewel thief he is trying to capture, and ultimately helps frame him for their crimes. Since the thieves were the protagonists of the film, pulling a KarmaHoudini (Clouseau was the EnsembleDarkhorse who became TheZenigata hero of the subsequent films) the audience is supposed to be on their side. Unfortunately, even here Jacques Clouseau is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, so her behavior is rather [[TheUnfairSex cruel]].
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*** This troper thought that Kento, due to being LockedOutOfTheLoop, wasn't even aware that Kazehaya liked her. It kinda became a LoveDodecahedron for a few chapters.
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* Lust is one briefly in {{Fullmetal Alchemist]]. As Havoc's girlfriend Solaris, she is apparently charming, sweet, and attentive, and was very supportive of him as he got used to living in Central. Havoc is understandably a bit shocked when she promptly turns out to be an evil quasi-immortal being who [[spoiler: ''literally'' stabs him in the back, and then goes on to try to kill Mustang, Hawkeye, and Alphonse]] all the while thoroughly enjoying herself.

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*Lust is one briefly in {{Fullmetal Alchemist]]. As Havoc's girlfriend Solaris, she is apparently charming, sweet, and attentive, and was very supportive of him as he got used to living in Central. Havoc is understandably a bit shocked when she promptly turns out to be an evil quasi-immortal being who [[spoiler: ''literally'' stabs him in the back, and then goes on to try to kill Mustang, Hawkeye, and Alphonse]] all the while thoroughly enjoying herself.
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* Doe-Doe Eun of ''PigBride'' is publicly a sweet YamatoNadeshiko maiden who enjoys being demure and needlework. But it's almost entirely an act to snare the main lead, who has made no secret that that's the kind of girl he likes. When there are no boys around, Doe-Doe is a ruthless gangster-type who bullies the other girls so they won't move in on her territory. What makes her a touch more sympathetic is that she is stuck in a [=~You Can't Fight Fate~=] competition with the title character. rendering all her efforts fruitless from the start.

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* Doe-Doe Eun of ''PigBride'' is publicly a sweet YamatoNadeshiko maiden who enjoys being demure and needlework. But it's almost entirely an act to snare the main lead, who has made no secret that that's the kind of girl he likes. When there are no boys around, Doe-Doe is a ruthless gangster-type who bullies the other girls so they won't move in on her territory. What makes her a touch more sympathetic is that she is stuck in a [=~You Can't Fight Fate~=] YouCantFightFate competition with the title character. rendering all her efforts fruitless from the start.



* James Tobin from {{In The 1st Degree}}. He seems like a nice guy who got caught in a bad situation at first. However, it will become clear that this is only the image he is trying to project as he is trying to not be found guilty of murder and grand theft. Luckily, he is not very good at projecting this image. In fact, if you play the game right, you'll be able to make him lose his cool completely and then he will show himself for what he is right in front of everybody in the courtroom.
* [[Spoiler: Jeannie May]] in {{Fallout New Vegas}}, who gets found out during a quest to find out who [[Spoiler: Sold Boone's wife to Legion slavers to later have her lead out to be assassinated in front of the local tourist attraction]] and nothing of value was lost.

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* James Tobin from {{In The 1st Degree}}.InThe1stDegree. He seems like a nice guy who got caught in a bad situation at first. However, it will become clear that this is only the image he is trying to project as he is trying to not be found guilty of murder and grand theft. Luckily, he is not very good at projecting this image. In fact, if you play the game right, you'll be able to make him lose his cool completely and then he will show himself for what he is right in front of everybody in the courtroom.
* [[Spoiler: Jeannie May]] in {{Fallout New Vegas}}, FalloutNewVegas, who gets found out during a quest to find out who [[Spoiler: Sold Boone's wife to Legion slavers to later have her lead out to be assassinated in front of the local tourist attraction]] and nothing of value was lost.



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-> ''Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under 't.''
-->-- '''Lady Macbeth''', ''{{Macbeth}} Act 1 Scene 5''.

You meet someone you think is a really NiceGuy/girl, or perhaps you meet a favorite celebrity for the first time, thinking that they'll be just as warmhearted and cool as they are on camera. However, something happens to set free their TrueColors, revealing an immature brat, [[NoHeroToHisValet total]] JerkAss or even an outright {{villain}}.

Congratulations. You've just met the Bitch in Sheep's Clothing -- the polar opposite of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

The WoundedGazelleGambit is a favorite tactic of this sort of antagonist, and if they are genuinely evil, expect them to be a VillainWithGoodPublicity.

It's also worth mentioning that this trope isn't exclusive to female characters. The [[http://www.heartless-bitches.com/rants/niceguys/niceguys.shtml "Nice Guy"]] who hides a cruel, self-centered nature under superficial inoffensiveness is also a Bitch In Sheeps Clothing. (Don't confuse this with the NiceGuy trope, though.)

In romance plots, the Bitch in Sheep's Clothing is usually trying to date, dating, or about to marry another character and hiding their TrueColors. Occasionally, the Bitch in Sheep's Clothing genuinely ''was'' a nice person... but suffered sudden CharacterDerailment in order to [[DerailingLoveInterests derail them as a love interest]] from another character. In any case, expect them to make an EngineeredPublicConfession in one form or another.

In some cases however, a Bitch In Sheep's Clothing can be sympathetic. Many lighter cases involve a scenario in which a fairly flawed yet well intentioned character may come into a situation to make themselves more benevolent than they really are ([[TedBaxter especially if they have a high profile of themselves]]). More often than not this charade falls apart and leads their true persona to blast out, usually in an extreme manner that makes them look even worse than they usually are. In some cases a Bitch In Sheep's Clothing could lean more as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold if they weren't too busy hiding their unpleasant qualities in a overenacted facade instead of their genuine (and usually resented) redeeming aspects. Maybe someone will seem like this, then you will realize they are just a type B {{Tsundere}}.

See also: DevilInPlainSight, VillainWithGoodPublicity, WartsAndAll. A RomanticFalseLead is [[DerailingLoveInterests often like this.]] The EnfantTerrible is also a related trope (possibly the AnnoyingYoungerSibling with SiblingRivalry from Hell). For a version specifically concerning actors and actresses, see NiceCharacterMeanActor. Not to be confused either with AffablyEvil or BewareTheNiceOnes, where the person is genuinely nice rather than just putting up a facade (though both tropes can commonly [[CharacterDerailment derail as such]] if over exaggerated, as can a Bitch In Sheep's Clothing evolve into one of the former via CharacterDevelopment).
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* Inaho Hitomebore from ''Master of Mosquiton 99''. To the school, she's the most exalted student; to those unfortunate enough to travel with her, she is a miser who uses her friends as tool & makes the guy who loves her do stupid & humiliating things while she ignores his pleas & thinks of riches.
* In ''AshitaNoNadja'', Nadja's best friend Rosemary Applefield starts as a sweet NaiveEverygirl with a huge inferiority complex. After she's "betrayed" by Nadja and snaps, she [[spoiler: makes everyone in her surroundings believe she ''is'' the real Nadja, fooling a whole noble clan as a part of a conspiracy that will make her boss, Hermann Preminger, the true heir to the clan.]] To make these plans work, Rosemary shamelessly lies, tells half-truths, manipulates, steals/destroys various stuff and gleefully takes part of [[spoiler: Hermann's]] various schemes, rarely losing her innocent facade, and even being ready to ''[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betray]]'' her boss if she gets to keep her new "princess" status that way. [[spoiler: And even when she ''does'' admit her defeat and willingly returns everything to Nadja, Rosemary bitterly recognizes that [[BrokenBird she's been so deeply changed by such experiences]] that she just ''can't'' be the genuinely sweet kid she once was.]]
* Ami from ''{{Toradora}}'', although with CharacterDevelopment she becomes more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in sheep's clothing, and eventually just a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* Anko's wart in Episode 14 of ''ThrillerRestaurant.'' When she takes over the real Anko's body and mind, she makes herself appear as a bright, attractive girl. In reality, the wart is arrogant, manipulative and absolutely sadistic. [[spoiler: Thank goodness Shou noticed something was wrong with her.]]
* Quattro of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS''. Though she initially appears to be a [[{{Kawaiiko}} seemingly playful, childlike]] {{Meganekko}}, this is a facade to conceal her [[SmugSnake true personality]].
* Miya Miya of ''BambooBlade''. In classic Power-Rangers style, she's added to the team as the "Pink" ranger, for her cute and sweet nature. It's all a lie, though. She's actually the most terrifyingly brutal character in the show. The team names her real persona "Black", and it comes with its ''own aura of violent intent.'' On one occasion, it startles Pink Miya Miya when just her grimace from painful feet terrifies Sayako and Kirino into ''[[PoseOfSupplication dogeza]]'' because they think "You were Black Miya Miya!"
* Polly (Pururun) from ''SamuraiPizzaCats'', while sweet and charming at first, is actually a real bitch when she gets annoyed, often taking her frustrations out on innocent customers.
* Shou from ''SkipBeat!'' has carefully engineered his public image to look as the perfect Teenager Cool Prince, and he isn't shy to step over anyone he considers beneath his "grand destiny" of becoming the most popular artist in Japan. He is also selfish, immature, petty, absurdly self-centered, and completely unable to cope with any reaction who isn't admiration or adulation.
* Tomoe Marguerite from the ''{{Mai-Otome}}'' anime [[DevilInPlainSight puts on airs of sweetness in front of the staff at Garderobe]], but has no problem hurting or otherwise manipulating others to get her way, especially when Shizuru is involved. She even acts nice to Arika herself (in her mind, her main rival for Shizuru's affection), but mainly while others are watching, and reveals her true colors to Arika when she first sees her after the WhamEpisode.
* [[{{Yandere}} Akira]] [[HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight Kogami]] from ''{{Lucky Star}}'''s [[ShowWithinAShow Lucky Channel]] segments.
* Zange from ''{{Kannagi}}''.
* Sakurako Sanjou of ''HanaYoriDango'', who in all continuities (manga, anime, drama) befriends [[PluckyGirl Tsukushi Makino]] and looks like a kind, shy, cutesy type... at least up until she has Tsukushi drugged, takes pictures of her unconscious in compromising positions and distributes them freely among the school, leading to her assault by other students. This is revealed as a part of her master plan for seducing/revenging herself upon Domyoji, Tsukushi's SlapSlapKiss-y love interest, which also involved her spending a fortune on plastic surgery, dropping out of school in the past, and hiring professional goons to assault ''various'' characters (not only Tsukushi). The reason for all of this is that ever since she was in kindergarten, Domyoji [[DisproportionateRetribution bullied her and called her ugly]]. Talk about one WomanScorned.
** However, through CharacterDevelopment, she arguably becomes ALighterShadeOfGray GoodIsNotNice case of sympathetic FemmeFatale, who beats up the other [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitches in Sheep's Clothing]] when they try to kill Tsukushi. Just goes to show that despite all the terrible acts of evil and violence committed against Tsukushi and her friends, almost all villains end up with a HeelFaceTurn and this one firmly belongs on the lighter side of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism. This would make Tsukushi a rare KnightInSourArmor that [[EarnYourHappyEnding SUCCEEDS]].
* Sousuke Aizen from ''{{Bleach}}'' would be a male example of the trope. Actually, he's probably the ''best'' example of the trope, because he's actually the ''BigBad''. And prior to his introduction, he had spent at least a hundred years maintaining the nice guy façade.
** Kuugo Ginjou, with added MemoryGambit at no extra charge.
* Mariya Shidou from ''MariaHolic'' fits this to a T -- sweet, helpful princess of the school on the outside, sadistic ManipulativeBastard (and VillainousCrossdresser) on the inside.
* Natsu Tanimoto of ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' is another male example. To most of the school, he's the [[{{Bishounen}} extremely handsome]], incredibly intelligent, multi-talented, kind-hearted honor roll student. To the members of the Shinpaku Alliance, however, he reveals his true nature, an angry, violent, short-tempered {{Jerkass}} who is prone to stomping them into the ground for even looking at him the wrong way. However, thanks to some CharacterDevelopment (most of it courtesy of Kenichi's little sister Honoka), he's now more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, though you'll be hard-pressed to get him to admit it.
* Sae from ''PeachGirl'', who uses her PaleSkinnedBrunette TheIngenue appearance as an advantage over "gangster-looking" DarkSkinnedBlonde Momo (she tans easily). Out of jealousy that Momo has the attention of two hot {{Bishounen}} classmates, Sae pretends to be her friend but starts whispering campaigns about her, repeatedly pulls the WoundedGazelleGambit to make people hate her, blackmails her mutual crush into pretending to be Sae's boyfriend instead to protect her, and tells her (next) boyfriend that Momo has rape fantasies about him and demands that he fulfill them - then tricks Momo into going somewhere with him, and ''drugs her into a stupor''. And this was just what she'd done by the 2nd volume.
* In a not-uncommon {{Hentai}} example, Yuriko from the series ''MoonlightLady''. At first, she seems to be a YamatoNadeshiko who honors family tradition. She is. She just doesn't care that her daughter gets raped as a part of it. She's not above trying to steal her son-in-law-to-be, either.
* Doe-Doe Eun of ''PigBride'' is publicly a sweet YamatoNadeshiko maiden who enjoys being demure and needlework. But it's almost entirely an act to snare the main lead, who has made no secret that that's the kind of girl he likes. When there are no boys around, Doe-Doe is a ruthless gangster-type who bullies the other girls so they won't move in on her territory. What makes her a touch more sympathetic is that she is stuck in a [=~You Can't Fight Fate~=] competition with the title character. rendering all her efforts fruitless from the start.
* Akira of ''SamuraiDeeperKyo'' fits this trope in his interactions with Yuya. To the male characters he's a complete and utter bastard, but to Yuya he continues to act sweet even after she knows it's an act.
** A more classic example in the series would be Antera, who has the appearance of a young girl but once killed a man by ''squeezing his head until it popped''.
* Ran from ''UruseiYatsura'', although is more of a ''{{Yandere}}''. Ryoko, on the other hand, is a better example.
* ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' has [[TheBarnum Nabiki Tendo]]; a [[FauxAffablyEvil pleasant, good-humored]] (if mildly snarky) girl who [[MoneyFetish places more value on her wallet than on human life]]... to the extent she once offered to sell her (temporary) fiance to the other members of his UnwantedHarem (and would have, if they hadn't had a spontaneous attack of StupidEvil and tried to kill her instead of paying her), and let the same UnwantedHarem members know that he was about to marry [[OfficialCouple Akane Tendo]] because she thought they'd bring cash presents to the wedding that she could steal. One might also consider [[AnimeChineseGirl Shampoo]] to be one of these, with her capacity to go from sweet, bubbly and [[TheGlomp crushingly]] [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace affectionate]] to a calculating destructive warrior willing to [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill off her romantic rivals]]... but she makes no effort to hide her darker side from anyone, least of all Ranma, so she might not count.
** During the introduction story of "Pantyhose" Tarou, when Shampoo finds Akane alone and tied up in a cave, she thinks that this is a perfect opportunity to MurderTheHypotenuse and let Tarou take the blame. While she was initially quite blatant and straight-forward in her attacks on others, by this point in the manga she had become quite duplicitous. And Akane definitely counts. She pretends to be sweek, kind, and innocent, but she is not above manipulating or exploiting even poor Ryoga's emotions to make Ranma jealous and is a complete hypocrite.
* In ''{{Kampfer}}'', [[spoiler:Kaede Sakura]] would qualify. [[spoiler:[[SarcasmMode Such a sweet girl, handing out stuffed animals to her closest friends and acquaintances]]. Through the early and mid portions of the anime, she's seemingly oblivious to any and all of the strange occurrences happening around her. It's only later that her cold calculating side comes to the forefront.]]
* Luna of ''SetoNoHanayome'' appears to be a sweet, incredibly {{Moe}} IdolSinger. Turns out she's really a bit of a bitch, especially when it comes to one-upping San. Although she does have some [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold genuinely nice]] moments.
* Tomomi in ''LadiesVersusButlers'' definitely qualifies. While the end result is for the best, she usually grins in an evil way just to make her UnluckyChildhoodFriend Akiharu and SchoolgirlRival Sernia squirm for her satisfaction.
* In ''CodeGeass'' [[spoiler: Empress Marianne VI Britannia, AKA Lady Marianne "The Flash", AKA Lelouch's mother, is presented for most of the first season as being practically a PuritySue that was TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth and killed because of it while protecting her daughter. However when we finally meet her late in R2 she turns out to be a BloodKnight that had used her Geass power to survive, using a young girl (who she had constantly MindRaped) as a SoulJar. Also, she was working with her husband TheEmperor on his AssimilationPlot, and since she lacks his FreudianExcuse she comes across more as a LadyMacbeth with shades of KnightTemplarParent than he does.]]
** C.C. who ''at first'' seems like a persecuted MysteriousWaif with a humorous affinity for being a DeadpanSnarker when it comes to Lelouch and a love for pizza. But as the series progresses, it's revealed that she [[spoiler: seriously FUCKED her insanely-obsessed lover Mao, Lelouch's predecessor in fact, and is running a [[BlessedWithSuck particularly cruel]] ThanatosGambit to direct Lelouch into fulfilling her secret DeathWish so that she [[WhoWantsToLiveForever doesn't have to live anymore]]. Oh and that guy named Mao? She tried to do the same to him first, but because he was her {{Yandere}}, he refused and she abandoned him for it. Complete with [[PowerIncontinence incontinent]] {{telepathy}}. Real nice gal.]] Although, much later in [[OddlyNamedSequel R2]], she is revealed to have once been a [[TheWoobie Woobie]] who just wanted to be loved but was [[spoiler: betrayed by ''her'' own BitchInSheepsClothing]], but still... She does seem to get better though, or at least act more considerate.
* [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka. Langley. Soryu.]] At least in the manga adaptation. Not so much in the original anime, where pretty much ''all'' the cast knows she's a JerkAss.
** Though she's also a Tsundere, and she sincerely tries to be deredere sometimes. Usually only to Kaji, but also to Shinji sometimes.
* Yukino from ''YakitateJapan'' isn't just a bitch, she's a CompleteMonster. But the first time she appears outside of a flashback, she acts very friendly to Tsukino and apologizes for defiling her mother's ashes. It's all a lie, or course, but this facade has her grandfather wrapped around her little finger.
* Shinghi from ''{{Zippy Ziggy}}'', especially at first. It's pretty much the entire point of his character. Also his father.
* Surprisingly for a harem story, ''HayateTheCombatButler'' has three, all seeming to be on the same side of the good vs evil line. All three seem to have taken up this because of love, but don't have the mental instability of a Yandere.
** Athena is the strongest case, at least as a little girl: she acted wonderful and loving to Hayate, even training him to be stronger, but any time she got a hint of him not being single-mindedly in pursuit of her, she didn't hesitate to attack, usually Hayate himself. She appears to have grown out of it.
** Mikoto (Wataru's mother) also seems harmless, but uses wiles to try to convince/coerce Wataru to live with her while belittling both Saki (his maid) and Sakuya (one of his potential love interests).
** Mikado seems to be acting this way, an unassuming old man, but with significant evil intentions just under the surface.
* ''HoneyHunt'': Yukari is Yura's mother, a beautiful and talented actress. But her beauty is only skin deep as shown throughout the series. She is never at home for Yura and is very selfish. On all of her interviews she lies and says that she and Yura are close and spend much time together, when in reality she is a cold and distant parent. While her husband was having an affair she was having one of her own with Yura's neighbor, Shinsuke (who Yura had a crush on). She and her husband were only together for the sake of their careers and their images, they didn't love each other. The two of them even agreed on a rule with each other that they would stay married as long as they hide their own adulterous affairs. After she decided to divorce Takayuki, however, it is shown that she has no intentions of taking care of Yura and only cares about improving her image in the eyes of the public who had originally thought she was the "ideal mother".
* Hana Mizuki from ''[=Papillon=]''. She has a beautiful angelic appearance and acts in a sickeningly sweet manner towards people, but underneath that is an extremely manipulative and selfish girl who acts terrible to her sister for the sole reason that she wants to prevent her sister "from ever attaining happiness" out of jealousy that boys seem to like her sisters personality more than hers. Kyuu compares her to a rose, stating she is "covered in thorns".
* Mayu Okada from ''KaguyaHime''. She is very much a {{Yandere}} for Akira, and doesn't let men or women near her. She has a sweet appearance but beneath that is very manipulative and will do anything to get her way, such as pretending to be sick and fainting on the spot to get attention.
* Mimi Yoshioka from ''LovelyComplex''. She is in love with Otani, and brings him milk every day so he could reach her height, about the same as Risa's. Since Otani does not have feelings toward her but does have feelings for Risa, she becomes jealous of her. She acts accordingly two-faced between them both: acting sweet and cute whenever Otani is around, yet slipping into [[{{Yandere}} psycho mode]] and acting malicious to Risa whenever Otani is not around. She becomes less of a bitch later on, though.
* Tsuzuki from ''PrivatePrince''.
* ''KimiNiTodoke'': Kurumi acts sweet and nice to gain Sawako's sympathy, then tells her to keep her hands off Kazehaya. She gets better.
** Kento is an unusually accurate male example, given the way he manipulates classmates and takes advantage of Sawako's faith in him to convince her Kazehaya doesn't like her.
* Ibuki Yagami from ''MaisonIkkoku'' is a StalkerWithACrush to her [[HotForTeacher substitute teacher]] Godai, and she is extremely manipulative and aggressive in getting what she wants. She often makes use of her girlishly innocent appearance to deceive people.
* ''OniisamaE'': Fukiko and most of the senior members of the Sorority. They'd sell their grandmothers if it would bring them the slightest advantage (after inviting her to a fancy dinner, nonetheless).
* Heloïse Villefort of ''{{Gankutsuou}}''. She seems perfectly normal in her first few appearances, with a warm motherly appearance and pleasant smile. She is the stepmother of Valentine and is the second wife of the crown prosecutor Villefort. She is the biological mother of her young son Edward, from her first marriage. Valentine is to inherit all of the fortune, leaving her stepmother jealous because Edward doesn’t get a single penny. So when the Count seduces her and innocently introduces her to toxicology and gives her a deadly ring which releases a deadly poison Heloïse becomes murderous and tries to poison Valentine and her husband, as well as inadvertently almost poisoning Albert and poisoning one of the servants of the Villefort household. And she does all this while maintaining her angelic motherly facade up till near the end of the series when her husband finds out what she's been doing and points out that she's nothing more than a murderous woman who's completely lost it before he sends her to an insane asylum.
* ''{{Naruto}}'': Kabuto Yakushi. He usually presents himself as this harmless, bumbling oaf with NerdGlasses who showed up to help Naruto and his teammates on occasion but is in fact a sadistic ManipulativeBastard and a subordinate of the BigBad Orochimaru.
* ''ElfenLied'': During Lucy's childhood she made friends with a seemingly sweet kind-hearted girl who promised to keep the fact that Lucy was taking care of a puppy a secret from a group of boys who frequently bullied her. Eventually, the boys find out about the puppy and [[MoralEventHorizon beat it to death in front of Lucy while making her watch]]. Turns out the girl Lucy made friends with had deliberately told the boys about the puppy and while she's pretending to cry about it and feel bad about what she did, we see her smile through her tears. Lucy then snaps and kills her along with the bullies.
* Captain Shears in the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' comic "Farewell, Beloved Falco" - Shears, a military officer on Titania, tells Fox that he needs help combating remnants of Andross's army who are planning a counterattack [[spoiler: In fact, Shears is trying to re-build Andross and is trying to fool Fox into attacking Falco and his group]]
* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'':
** Seto Kaiba in the first appearance of the manga and the first anime - Kaiba pretends to befriend Yugi and has Yugi's grandfather's Blue Eyes White Dragon switched with a copy. When Yugi figures this out and calls out Kaiba on the switch, Kaiba loses the facade and whacks Yugi in the face with a briefcase.
** Kaiba does it a second time during Death-T in the manga. He pretends that he has forgiven Yugi and simply wants to let him and Jonouchi have a good time; once Yugi discovers that his grandfather is in the battle arena, Kaiba drops the pretense of being nice. Yugi notices the difference in how he acts around a disgruntled ex-employee and how he acts around him, but doesn't suspect enough to see through him until it's too late.
** Nezumi in the manga - Yugi and Jonouchi meet Nezumi at school. Nezumi claims that a gang of bullies attacked him and that he needed help in dealing with them. [[spoiler: In fact Nezumi was ordered by Hirutani, Jonouchi's old middle school friend and now enemy, to have Jonouchi and Yugi lured to the abandoned warehouse so that Jonouchi could be forced to re-join Hirutani's gang.]]
** Volume 1 and [[NoExportForYou Season 0]] had Ms. Chono. To the teachers and staff, she is just an incredibly nice and beautiful teacher whom does incredibly well in getting her students to behave and the only flaw she has is her not-so-suspiciously-poor track record for arranged dates and marriages always being called off. To the students, however, she is the "wicked witch of expel" who noticeably has as much bitchiness as she does make-up on her face whom expels students for even the slightest twitch and has taken delight in starting dates with men just to tug at their heart strings and then shatter them to pieces. Yami Yugi reveals her true nature, but how varies between the manga and the anime.
* Subverted in ''AimForTheAce'' with Reika. She seems to turn into a bitch at first, despite being still a good sports. Over the course of the series, [[spoiler: especially after Coach Munakata's death]] she [[CharacterDevelopment turns into a much more sympathetic character]].
* Ayumi in ''Gu-Gu Gunmo''. She appears to be a cute, gentle girl in the first few episodes, but eventually she shows her true colors and turns into a manipulative, self-centered and aggressive little bitch. Oh, [[{{Gasshole}} and her farts could wipe out whole towns]].
* Henri from ''FutureGPXCyberFormula''. For most of ''ZERO'', he appeared to be a cheerful rookie who seemed to be nice to most of the racers, but in reality, he's a vengeful person who wanted to make Hayato suffer for taking away his dream. [[spoiler:His father was a former racer who pushed Henri to be the best in racing to make him the youngest champion in CF history, but when Hayato got the the title before him, his father started drinking and then abandoned him, which triggered his resentment towards Hayato]]. Thankfully, he somewhat mellowed out at the end of ''ZERO''.
* Fiore of ''TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' is actually introduced to the audience as an agent of [[TheRemnant Vintage]] from her first appearance, and it isn't until after she [[spoiler: [[MoralEventHorizon stabs Kanon]]]] that we see the sheep's clothing that she wears around her fellow New Devils.
* In {{Bakuman}}, [[spoiler:[[SmugSnake Toru]] [[JerkAss Nanamine]]]] acts polite and cheerful around the editors, apologizing for publishing his oneshot online after it got passed over for an award, and the main characters note he seems somehow overly polite. When he's alone with the main characters, though, he reveals that he has nothing but contempt for editors, whom he views as outsiders who know nothing about manga. He keeps up his persona around his editor until he reveals that he is corresponding with 50 people online for ideas, and, while [[HannibalLecture taking advantage of his editor's lack of confidence and need to get a series]], threatens to go elsewhere if his editor doesn't go along with what he does as the 51st person.
* ''TigerAndBunny'''s Barnaby Brooks Jr. is a friendly, charming, handsome, and all-around awesome guy... so long as the cameras are rolling. When publicity isn't a factor, however, he's cold and standoffish, especially to his partner Kotetsu. (He begins to [[DefrostingIceQueen defrost]] noticeably after [[spoiler:Kotetsu takes a shot for him]], though.)
* [[{{Anime/Monster}} Johan Liebert]] is one of the most pleasant and polite people imaginable. He's incredibly classy, cultured, intelligent, and a very good listener. [[CompleteMonster He's also practically the embodiment of pure evil]] and actually the trope image on the CompleteMonster page. All of his "nice actions" just make it easier for him to get into your head, MindRape you, and either kill you, get you to kill others for him, or [[DrivenToSuicide kill yourself.]]
* Remi Mizuchi in ''SukebanDeka''. She seems to be TheOjou in PrincessCurls, and seems like the WhiteSheep of the family compared to her ObviouslyEvil siblings. Then, in the OVA she suddenly leaps into full-fledged terrorism, and she becomes a major recurring villain in the manga.
* [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Iris's Emolga]], as the viewers undoubtedly realized from the moment she was introduced. She'd better watch out, 'cause [[ActionGirl Snivy]] don't take no shit.
* MasterOfMartialHearts is literally riddled with mutiple instances of the trope:
** [[spoiler: FauxActionGirl Miko, the cute, helpless strange girl, cuddly and cheerfully, and also the [[AFriendInNeed friend in need]] driving Aya to the whole mess? Nothing but a bitchy mark]]
** [[spoiler: HeterosexualLifePartner Natsume, Aya's ''best friend forever''? Actually a revenge-obsessed bitch willing to trample, maim and MindRape a whole bunch of innocent women and girls just to screw up with Aya. The whole while faking her friendship just to rub it in her face during TheReveal]].
** [[spoiler: Nasume's brother, Aya's love interest? Ruthless enough to kill in cold blood people he actually ''hired'' for his plot, Miko's lover and in league with the other two to ruin Aya's life forever]]
** [[spoiler: Natsume's mom, the epitome of the trope. Currently a CuteMute HotMom, secretly a StepfordSmiler, deeply inside a raging beast that, due to have lost catastrophically her voice, mental sanity and freedom because of Aya's mom when both of them were plucky [[ActionGirl Action Girls]] (and she actually tried to kill her opponent's parents, it seems...) masterminded the whole convolute plot, pressuring her offspring and their cousin Miko to send dozens of young girl to her same fate just to ensure Aya was reeled in]].
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* Surprisingly, SonicTheHedgehog fits this trope in the [[SonicTheComic Fleetway comics]]. While he was hero worshiped by all of Mobius as a fearless symbol of hope, he was actually a self-centered, immature {{Jerkass}}.
* Dean in ''{{My Faith in Frankie}}.'' Although ''he'' gives the excuse of being in Hell for ten thousand years during the day he spent dead, the very fact that he ended up in Hell implies that he was actually ''always'' like this, and now he just has a focus and outlet.
* At his very worst, Cyclops of the XMen, in contrast to JerkWithAHeartOfGold Wolverine. Ignoring the complicated mess that is his love life, Cyclops tries to project the image of a wise and noble leader for mutants to admire while keeping dirty secrets from his teammates, such as the existence of X-Force, his personal mutant kill-squad. This is after he kicked Professor Xavier out of his own home because he kept secrets from Cyclops. To be absolutely fair to Scott, he really thinks all of this is necessary to ensure the survival of mutantkind after the various disasters of the past few years -- and he might be right. Still, at one point Wolverine, X-Force's field leader, reminds Cyclops that his hands are just as dirty as any member of X-Force's since Cyclops organized X-Force in the first place and gives them their orders.
** Thats more of DarkAndEdgy AntiHero in TheCape's clothing. Scott isn't really that bad, just been forced to do some really dark things to keep the mutant race from being extinct (They're down to less than a hundred and everyone seems to be out to kill them all). When Xavier lied and kept secrets, it was to make his dream go on undisputed, when Cyclops did it, it was to save the rest of his species, different things.
* [[{{Dreamkeepers}} Tinsel]] has got to be this trope personified.
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[[folder:Fairy Tales]]
* Many WickedStepmother fairy tales involve the stepmothers acting nice to the stepchildren when their fathers are still alive, and then turning cruel after the fathers pass away. This may also apply to the father if the stepmother was always motivated by desire for money
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* A lot of genuinely nice characters will be [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation "interpreted"]] or outright [[CharacterDerailment derailed]] into this trope if fanfic writers want him or her to be [[RonTheDeathEater made unsupportable]] as a perceived threat to a [[DieForOurShip pairing they support]].

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* The starter boyfriend of any female lead in any Romantic Comedy. Sometimes the nice guy veneer is so thin, you have to wonder HOW he manages to hide it at all from the woman, or why he even WANTS to marry her instead of just dumping her and moving onto the next girl?
** Maybe jerks just love having a sweet girl to hide their jerkiness from for the rest of their lives together
*** Starter girlfriends in romantic comedies get this treatment too, though they tend to have even LESS of a nice gal veneer than the starter boyfriends!
* Fairy Godmother from ''Shrek2''. We assume all fairy godmothers are nice - this one definitely is not.
* Auric {{Goldfinger}}, as stated in his TheVillainSucksSong:
-->"Pretty girl, beware of his heart of gold, This heart is cold!"
* Baby Herman in ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
** Herman seems to manage to be a combination of this ''and'' JerkWithAHeartOfGold. In the films he stars in, he plays an innocent, happy baby, while in real life, he's actually a gruff womanizer. However, he's still a decent guy who, once he finds out Roger's in trouble, immediately sets off to try and help him out.
* Peyton Mott in ''{{The Hand That Rocks the Cradle}}''. A very chilly example.
* [[spoiler: Verbal Kint]] in ''TheUsualSuspects''.
* David Simms in ''TinCup''. Partly subverted in that Roy [=MacAvoy=] and all his friends already know this about David. Conversely, David's girlfriend (with whom Roy falls head-over-heels in love, naturally) doesn't realize that Roy's comments about David's true nature are accurate until the movie is almost finished.
* Simone Clouseau in the original ''ThePinkPanther'' (at least to a modern viewer). Because her husband Jacques is TheFool, she is able to successfully hide her professional ''and'' romantic connections to the jewel thief he is trying to capture, and ultimately helps frame him for their crimes. Since the thieves were the protagonists of the film, pulling a KarmaHoudini (Clouseau was the EnsembleDarkhorse who became TheZenigata hero of the subsequent films) the audience is supposed to be on their side. Unfortunately, even here Jacques Clouseau is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, so her behavior is rather [[TheUnfairSex cruel]].
* Possibly Regina from ''MeanGirls''. Towards the very beginning we're only told she's a bitch, and she seems to act perfectly civil to Cady. Then of course, things begin to go downhill from there. A good example is when Regina insults someone's skirt after saying to the person's face that she liked it. This is obviously a call back to earlier in the film when she complimented Cady's bracelet.
* George in ''ThePhiladelphiaStory''. His TrueColors are revealed in his last scene.
* Macy in ''TrickRTreat''. Actually, many characters in ''TrickRTreat''.
* In the ArnoldSchwarzenegger comedy ''{{Jingle All the Way}}'', PhilHartman portrays his next-door neighbor, who appears to be a nearly perfect man: a devoted single father who dotes on his child, is a master at cooking and home repair, and has a seemingly limitless supply of free time to devote to helping others. For most of the film, only Arnold can see him for what he really is: a SmugSnake whose every move and thought is dedicated to seducing every woman he comes across, whether they're single or not.
* The [[spoiler:Second Wife]] in ''RaiseTheRedLantern''.
* Ray Zalinsky in ''TommyBoy''. Tommy quips that he seems so genuine on camera. He then explains what a {{Jerkass}} he is when Tommy gets to Chicago to try and talk him out of buying the family business.
* ''In [[TwentySevenDresses 27 Dresses]]'', the heroine's sister fits this trope perfectly.
** It's very heavily implied that she's doing it to deal with her own loneliness and they do make up at the end
* Karl in ''{{Blackout}}''. On the outside, he's a helpful, chivalrous NiceGuy, devoted parent, and recovering widower. But between his flashbacks, and his gradual loss of patience in the elevator, we learn that he's [[spoiler: a deeply sadistic and misogynistic NietzscheWannabe SerialKiller[=/=]rapist who staged his wife's suicide and whose main reason for needing to escape the elevator is to clean up his [[TortureCellar bachelor pad]] before his daughter arrives and sees the corpse of his latest victim]].
* Katharine Parker in ''WorkingGirl'' starts off as BISC before progressing to DevilInPlainSight.
* In LegallyBlonde 2, the senator (played by SallyField) is sweet and kind to Elle, becoming a mentor and friend quickly. She throws Elle under the bus the first chance she gets to gain a political edge by doing so.
* [[spoiler:Lotso]] in ''ToyStory 3''. In the ''Art of Toy Story 3'' book, the revelation of [[CompleteMonster his true nature]] was said to be like "finding out MisterRogers was a mafia don".
* Eve Harrington in ''AllAboutEve''.
* Mother Gothel in ''{{Tangled}}'' pretends to be Rapunzel's loving mother, but she's only using her for her own ends.
* Carrigan Crittenden in the (1995) film: {{Film/Casper}}. Shes this way up to the point of her ethereal death by light.
* Professor Catalan in the French action-comedy ''ThatManFromRio'', a mousy, academic archaeologist, is kidnapped by folks who had just stolen a Mesoamerican statue which is a key to a vast treasure. The protagonists rescue him around mid-film, unaware [[spoiler: he'd staged his own kidnapping and is after the treasure himself, along the way murdering a former colleague and abducting a young lady he had been a surrogate 'favorite uncle' to]].
* Balraj's sister Kiran and Mrs. Darcy in ''Film/BrideAndPrejudice'' are not nice people at all.
* [[spoiler:Nina]] is perfect for the role of the ''BlackSwan'', because she is a ManipulativeBastard, master of the WoundedGazelleGambit and most importantly, CuteAndPsycho enough to [[MurderTheHypotenuse do anything to get the role]].
* [[StarWars Palpatine]], full-stop, combining this with VillainWithGoodPublicity. As the Chancellor of the Republic, he had cultivated an image of himself as a kind, tea-drinking, grandfatherly figure who cares deeply for his planet, The Republic, and democracy. All the while, he was [[RunningBothSides running the Separatist forces]] as his alter-ego, Darth Sidious. Immediately upon being confronted by the Jedi, he shows his true colors as a sadistic, megalomaniacal, power-hungry ManipulativeBastard. In the public eye, he kept up his former facade, while using his new hideously deformed appearance to pull what was essentially a giant WoundedGazelleGambit and turn the Senate and public opinion against the Jedi.
** What's more is that even after the Empire unleashed the full force of its tyranny on the galaxy, he remained popular, and even those who hated Imperial rule generally did not see him as the villain. He continued to be seen as either the galaxy's benevolent hero who ended the Clone Wars, or at the very worst, as a weak-willed old man being manipulated behind the scenes by the likes of Tarkin and the Moff Council. Very few actually realize (or want to believe) that he is a megalomaniacal tyrant in complete control of The Empire.
** At one point, Mon Mothma even calls him this trope.
-->''"This Palpatine was a Rodian in Ewok's clothing!"''
* Hal from ''{{Megamind}}''. He's basically Jimmy Olsen -- if Jimmy secretly hated {{Superman}} and lusted after Lois Lane. The Sheep's Clothing fools Megamind, who thinks that Hal is the kind of nobody who would become a hero if given great power. Instead, Hal goes FromNobodyToNightmare.
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* [[RichBitch Blanche Ingram]] in ''JaneEyre'' coos and fawns over Mr. Rochester to the point where it almost sickens the reader -- though the company takes it as proof of her love, while giving Jane death glares and making cutting remarks that manage to sound innocuous while obliquely insulting Jane. Her love of Rochester, however, is put to a quick end when he tells her (lying) [[GoldDigger that his fortune is far smaller than she thought it to be.]]
* Princess Josiane in the ''[[TortallUniverse Alanna]]'' quartet, after being turned down by Prince Jonathon, turns out to be quite literally [[AxeCrazy axe crazy]].
** This happens a lot to Copper Islands rulers; [[InTheBlood due to excessive inbreeding]], a lot of them exhibit this characteristic. Take Princess Imajane in the ''Trickster'' books -- beautiful and sweet to most, but turns into a sadistic bitch if you are so unfortunate as to piss her off.
* Caroline Bingley in ''{{Pride and Prejudice}}''
** Wickham is a male example: he seems like a wonderful, charming guy, but he's a {{Casanova}} and a bit of a con artist.
* Tommy Toledo in the short story "I'll Never Stop Loving You, Tommy Toledo" by Ellen Conford.
* Darth Zannah sort of qualifies. In ''{{Dynasty of Evil}}'' she makes an act of being nice to people just to get favors, and she seduces a guy in book 2, resulting in his death.
** Given the Sith philosophy towards self-realization, which means first fulfilling one's capacity to experience ''genuine'' affection, friendship, passion and love (thus directly rejecting the Jedi concept of nonattachment), and then attaining personal liberation and fulfilling one's capacity to experience pain and loss by betraying the objects of such affection in the deepest imaginable ways... really, not only does this come with the territory, BitchInSheepsClothing is probably the ''best'' outcome which can be hoped for.
* Dolores Umbridge in "{{Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}." Uber-feminine pink frills, kitten pictures and passive-aggressive personal style go with an obsession with personal and governmental power. The bitchitude is meant to be transparent to the reader and sympathetic characters, but the intended hypocrisy is clear enough. Her inner bitch is meant to be out of the closet by the time she uses a magical instrument of torture on the hero.
** During his school years, Tom Riddle is this. While Dumbledore can see through his facade, everyone else believes him to be a honorable, hardworking student and a hero who caught the Heir of Slytherin.
* Burgo Fitzgerald in ''Can You Forgive Her?" (1864) by Anthony Trollope. Trollope included many others in his other novels.
* Male example in ''Literature/TheGraveyardBook'' [[spoiler: Mr. Frost is the nice bachelor who has recently moved in. He is friendly to both Scarlet and her mother. Turns out he's also the same Jack who killed Bod's family all those years ago and is still out to get him.]]
* Several examples in ''WarriorCats''.
** Sasha meets some cats on a farm Pine shows her. They pretend to be nice, but as soon as Pine leaves, they attack Sasha and her kits.
** Hawkfrost acts kind and considerate, but really he's a huge ass.
** [[spoiler: Ashfur]] is seemingly very nice, but he is consumed with hatred for [[spoiler: Squirrelflight. To the point of trying to kill her.]]
** [[spoiler: Hollyleaf, after ''Long Shadows'']]
** Sol. Calm, kind, [[MagnificentBastard behind everything?]]
** Willy and friends from ''Ravenpaw's Path''.
* Helen Vaughan in Arthur Machen's ''TheGreatGodPan'' appears to be a beautiful, charming woman. In reality, she's the HumanoidAbomination daughter of an dark nature god. She will seduce and lure you in and drive you to madness and suicide.
* Dame Olga from ''EllaEnchanted''. When we first meet her, she seems nice enough, at least compared to her daughters (especially Hattie). But once she marries Ella's father and discovers that he had no money, she quickly turns into the cruel, abusive, petty stepmother we know from the Cinderella tale, making Ella a slave in her own home and tormenting the girl after her father leaves for business.
* Nancy from ''Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." She's nice enough to befriend Margaret, but mean enough to start vicious rumors about Laura Danker just because she has big boobs.
* Grandmother in ''Jane of Lantern Hill''. She's a sweet-looking little old lady but sabotages her daughter's marriage and can, and does, make anything sound like an insult.
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* One time ''StarTrekTNG'' character, Nicholas Locarno, while nice and charming on the outside, was actually a really nasty person beneath the surface, according to WordOfGod.
** Similarly, Khan seemed like a really swell guy, til he set out to kill Kirk, steal his ship, and conquer the known universe.
** The episode "Amok Time" gives us T'Pring. More of a bitch in EmotionlessGirl's clothing, really, but still the ex-wife from hell whose {{Jerkass}} moves include: Denying Spock sex when it will literally kill him not to have it, trying to make him fight his captain [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and his friend]] to the death, then revealing that even if Spock still wanted her after all that, she would have cheated on him anyway.
*** Spock is wearing HIS {{Jerkass}} hat in this episode. Remember he's made her wait some twenty odd years for her wedding night, and incidentally made his reluctance to go through with their marriage PAINFULLY clear to her, her family and all Vulcan. Given a choice between the man who's been at her side for said twenty years and worships the ground she walks on and a guy who's only coming back to her because it's (his) life or death and will be off again the minute he's bedded her - well let's just say that T'Pring's got a point!
*** Except that this is standard for Vulcan betrothals.
** And on ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Vedic (later Kai) Winn: wise and benevolent religious leader on the outside, but full of biting passive-aggressive insults that quickly reveal the depths of her envy and pettiness.
* This is how Dr. Kelso was introduced on ''{{Scrubs}}''.
** He later turns out to be a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, especially after he retires.
** Elliot Reid is this to most, if not all of her relationships.
* In an episode of ''ICarly'', Carly meets up with an old friend named Missy, but Sam has suspicions that Missy is trying to get her out of the picture, but Carly believes otherwise. It turns out that Sam was right all along, and after winning a chance to take a cruise, Missy confesses to Sam about her intentions, but Carly was within ear-shot at the time, and [[spoiler:it also turns out that Freddie won the cruise and gave it to Missy, who [[LaserGuidedKarma is actually prone to seasickness.]]]]
* Marcy from Married With Children, who is often presented as being old fashioned and loving of her husband Steve (and later Jefferson). However she often ends up in situations where someone has wronged her and this often causes her to describe in violent detail how she is going to exact revenge on them. In a similar fashion she's also shown to be sex-obsessed but she tries to keep this persona hidden from the Bundys because she wants to look wholesome and the voice of reason. It never works.
* Sherry Palmer from ''[[TwentyFour 24]]'' could've been the trope-namer.
** In all fairness she did get a pet the dog moment by helping Jack to stop Peter Kingsley
* Jasmine from ''{{Angel}}'' has a hypnotic power that causes everyone who sees her to instantly become entranced and view her as perfect and beautiful, which is of course hiding the fact that [[spoiler:her true appearance is of a decaying maggot-covered corpse and she eats people. A lot. And wants to enslave the Earth.]] More to the point of the trope, while she acts like a wise and all-loving goddess when she's getting her way, an awful temper and vindictiveness lie beneath.
* Cordelia in the first episode of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. She's very kind to Buffy and looks out for her on the first day, but Buff sees her for what she is when she insults Willow for her admittedly hideous outfit. Cordy eventually redeems herself throughout both ''Buffy'' and ''{{Angel}}'' but can still pull out the bitch card when needed as seen in "Rm w/a Vu"
** Whereas by Season 7, one suspects the reason Buffy spends ''every single scene'' with Spike is because no one else can stand her anymore.
*** The potential Slayers pick Faith over her. [[FaceHeelRevolvingDoor Faith.]] What's that tell you?
** Willow can be this occasionally, especially in season 6.
* Speaking of Willow, Lily in ''HowIMetYourMother''. She's manipulative and controlling, very rarely takes other peoples' feelings or opinions into account, but never gets called out on it.
* Isabella from ''Series/RobinHood'' shows her TrueColors when she tries to kill Robin after [[LoveMakesYouCrazy he dumps her]]. However, it is unintentionally subverted considering Robin's [[CharacterDerailment questionable behaviour]] in this particular season, and the fact that it is heavily hinted that Isabella has mental problems thanks to seventeen years of an abusive marriage. Likewise, the DerailingLoveInterests trope played a part, as Robin hooked up with [[TheWesley Kate]] soon afterwards.
** Kate herself was petty, mean, jealous, spiteful and vindictive...not that the writers ever noticed considering she was an almost too-perfect example of a JerkSue masquerading as a DesignatedHero.
* ''EverybodyLovesRaymond'': In a flashback episode, Robert's ex-wife Joanne is revealed to have been one of these.
** Marie can also count as one as well.
** Debra also has her moments, particularly in the later seasons.
* ''{{Friends}}'' had Emily, Ross's 2nd ex-wife. Later on in her appearance, she became much more... not ''bitch'' per say, more along the lines of a 'possessive extremist with a short temper'. Granted, she had reason for being not so innocent anymore ([[TooDumbToLive Ross said the wrong name at the wedding]]) but her 'demands' were admittedly quite unreasonable...
** Phoebe late in the series especially in that episode where she and Monica try to break up and fire respectively a guy but the first one to do so is the bitch. Monica rehires him but Phoebe doesn't take him back.
* Amy Pond from Series/DoctorWho is something of an unintentional example, on the surface she seems fun to be around but she treats her boyfriend like ''crap''.
** Amy just likes to play up the [[FieryRedhead feisty Scottish lass]] stereotype. But if you try to mess with Rory, Amy will fucking [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend end you.]]
** To be fair to dear Amy, she ''does'' appreciate Rory, and it becomes pretty obvious as the season progresses that she loves him as much as he love her. That being said, her trying to [[spoiler: seduce the Doctor the night before her wedding day, and attempt to kiss him the day of was still a bit of a dick move.]]
** While we're on the topic of the Doctor's companions, Rose could be a bit of a bitch to Mickey as well. She abandoned him for a year (accidentally making him a murder suspect), kept disappearing for months at a time and got mad when she heard he was dating someone else. This quote from when she first leaves with the Doctor illustrates this;
--> Rose: Thanks.
--> Mickey: For what?
--> Rose: Exactly.
** Both Rose and Amy, however, have been [[WhatTheHellHero called out on]] their poor treatment of their significant others by their significant others; "Boom Town" has Mickey chew Rose out for essentially abandoning him for another guy only to keep showing up and stringing him along whenever it suits her, to which Rose is left rather shaken. "Amy's Choice" has Rory angrily point out when Amy flippantly accuses him of being 'insecure' that she ''did'' run off with another guy on the night before their wedding; although he doesn't mention the whole 'attempt to seduce the Doctor' thing, Amy's touchy and defensive "Not in that way!" response suggests that she's aware that his accusations cut deeper than he realizes and is more than a bit guilty about it.
** To be fair, we do get something of an inversion with Donna Noble. She starts out as a loud, shrill harpy, but as time goes on we realize her attitude comes from her feelings of total worthlessness. The Doctor said it best, "Shouting at the world 'cos no-one's listening."
*** The Doctor is at heart a JerkWithAHeartOfGold but friendlier regenerations can swing from nice to mean to GoodIsNotNice very quickly.
** Also, to be fair to Amy, a lot of her issues were only shown in Season Five, where it's clear that she has [[BrokenBird issues]] related to the cracks in time swallowing [[spoiler: her parents and later Rory himself]]. In Season Six, which takes place after the Doctor "reboots the universe", she's considerably better adjusted.
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' has Saffron/Yolanda/Bridget/[[IHaveManyNames Who the hell knows her real name]]. A con artist with [[HighClassCallGirl Companion]] training who works by seducing anyone worth a mark.
* It's arguable whether Seth started as this on TheOC or TookALevelInJerkass.
* SonnyWithAChance: [[spoiler: Penelope]]. [[CompleteMonster Big time]].
* In the KoreanSeries ''[[FortyNineDays 49 Days]]'', In-Jung is the best friend of a girl in a coma. Come to find out, she set up the hostile takeover of her friend's company two years before the beginning of the story, using her boyfriend/lover as bait.
* Daphne from {{Frasier}} is a rather [[PlayedForLaughs harmless and comedic]] example. While perfectly nice when things go her way, she has also proven to selfish, manipulative, petty and a huge [[HypocriticalHumor hypocrite]] who's [[NeverMyFault quick to blame others for most of the problems she causes]]. This is actually lampshaded shortly after she gets together with Niles, when she beleives that her overeating binge was caused partly by anxiety over the fact that she knows she's not as sweet as she acts and doesn't think she can live up to Niles's expectations of her after he has built her up and worshipped the ground beneath her feet during seven years of UnrequitedLove. [[HiddenDepths It turns out that Niles is perfectly capable of coming up with a long list of things he hates about Daphne, but loves her all the same.]]
* Becky Slater, Kevin Arnold's ex from ''TheWonderYears''.
* [[{{Damages}} Patty Hewes]] seems to be invited to guest at a heck of a lot of morning news-and-chat shows in spite of her numerous nefarious, under-the-table deeds.
* On [[BeverlyHills90210 90210]], Naomi's older sister Jen seemed like she truly cared about Naomi in her first appearance. Right until we learn that she slept with Ethan while he and Naomi were together (she would later go on to sleep with Liam while he was dating Naomi and blame Annie for it).
** Annie and Dixon's cousin Emily seemed like a sweet, innocent girl who looked up to Annie at first. Then she turned all of Annie's friends against her, tried to steal Liam away from her, got Annie fired from her internship, and suspended from school... all while pulling the WoundedGazelleGambit.

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* Progressive rock band CoheedAndCambria makes a reference to this in their song "Welcome Home", with the "bitch" context taken a little up:
--> ''"A whore in sheep's clothing, fucking up all I do."''
** Debatable. Considering the song is about [[AxCrazy The Writer]] who not only fantasises about killing his ex girlfriend, but also talks to his bicycle, [[UnreliableNarrator one wonders how much of The Writer's side of the story we should believe]].
** The song is featured in the rhythm game RockBand, where the same line is changed to "A wolf in sheep's clothing, mocking up all I do".
* The ElvisPresley song ''Devil In Disguise''.
* Referenced vaguely in Mumford & Sons' "Little Lion Man".
--> ''"Your grace is wasted in your face. Your boldness stands alone among the wreck."''
* By [[WordofGod Word of Goddess]], Sara Bareilles considers '''herself''' one of these. She's said more than a few interviews that she finds it very amusing that she can fill her albums with angry songs that chew people out or tell people straight off, and people turn around and love her for it. In her words "You can be a total bitch, but if you say it in a happy, peppy, sweet way, absolutely no one will notice."
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* From GreekMythology Hera in pretty much all depictions. Queen of the Gods! Goddess of Marriage! Nice woman, right? Wrong.
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* In ''{{Exalted}}'', the [[http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/blogs/freelancers/archive/2010/04/09/ink-monkeys-vol-10-black-claw-style.aspx Black Claw Style]] of Supernatural Martial Arts is based entirely around this concept; most of the techniques of the style are variations on the WoundedGazelleGambit, and the final Charm in the style is a powerful attack that becomes unblockable, undodgeable, and even more powerful if its target is someone who genuinely loves the user of the style.

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* [[MonsterClown Dimentio]] from ''[[VideoGame/PaperMario Super Paper Mario]]'' is a polite, almost perpetually-smiling court jester who pretends to be on the side of the heroes. [[spoiler:Then he tries to destroy reality.]]
** [[PsychopathicWomanchild Mimi]] also fits this trope, although she drops the "nice" facade within a few minutes of meeting Mario (when he breaks her vase). The player knows she's evil from the get go, though, [[spoiler:and she pulls a HeelFaceTurn at the end.]]
** And in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', there's [[spoiler:Grubba]], who acts nice to Mario for most of the chapter, [[spoiler:but later turns out to be a total bastard who's been using the chapter's MacGuffin to drain the life energy out of people.]]
* Many characters in the ''AceAttorney'' games are like this, and they're usually the true culprit of the crime.
** [[spoiler: Dahlia Hawthorne being the best example, since she looked [[TastesLikeDiabetes sweet enough to give one cavities]], but was in actual fact a bitter serial killer.]]
** ''Apollo Justice'' also had [[spoiler: Alita Tiala, a seemingly loving, devoted fiancée to Wocky, the defendant of Case 2 that was in fact marrying him because she and the victim of the case were the only two people that knew Wocky was going to be dead soon. In fact, she carried out the murder to prevent being ratted out and blamed it on Wocky.]]
** [[spoiler: Matt Engarde]] is a pretty decent male example.
** As is [[spoiler: Kristoph Gavin]].
** Subverted in T&T case 2 when everyone expects Desiree, but [[spoiler: she's genuinely a nice person. Played straight in every other case 2 of the series - April May, Ini Miney, and Alita Tiala.]]
** And deliberately invoked in Investigations. [[spoiler: Colias Palaeno was designed to be as friendly and sweet as possible to make veteran players suspect him right off the bat. In fact he's exactly who he presents himself to be and was just Manny Coachen's pawn.]]
* [=GLaDOS=] from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''.
* Yokuba/[[MeaningfulName Fassad]] from ''{{Mother 3}}''.
* {{Halo}}'s [[DarkMessiah Prophet of Truth]] comes across as polite and affable at first to the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Covenant]],until it's shown that he tried to commit Genocide against the Elites, and he [[{{YMMV}} becomes]] [[CharacterDerailment Hysterical]] by the end of Halo 3.
* Atris from the second ''{{Knights of the Old Republic}}'' game. Even wears white. Despite her [[GoodIsNotNice crappy attitude]], she presents herself as very much holier than thou; the quintessential perfect goody-two-shoes Jedi. In reality she has turned to the dark side and caused countless innocent deaths. ExecutiveMeddling caused the extent of her evil acts ([[spoiler:causing the destruction of Katarr, the extinction of the Miraluka and the death of hundreds of Jedi just because she loved and hated the Exile]]) to be cut from the finished game. If anything she's a unique case in that she has no idea how bad she is until she's shown.
* In the beginning of ''DragonAge: Origins'', Queen Anora seems like nothing but eye candy for [[UpperClassTwit King Cailan]] and after his death as the justification why her father should be the regent in the absence of a king. Towards the end of the game, you have to [[DamselInDistress rescue her from a castle where she is kept against her will by her father]]. Once you have saved her, it turns out that she had been running the kingdom all the time. That her father arranged for the death of her husband seems not to be bothring her too much, but she isn't going to let him take away ''her'' kingdom. She agrees to marry her late husbands half-brother to strengthen her claim as the queen, but only under the condition that she keeps running the show and ''he'' is going to be only for show.
** Sister Petrice plays one in ''DragonAgeII'' as she manipulates events in order to start a war with the Qunari.
* Borderline example: Rin Tohsaka from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', who combines this with JerkWithAHearOfGold. She's not a bad person, but she's more a case of female [[TallDarkAndSnarky Cool, Dark and Snarky]] than the "perfect honour student" image she shows to the rest of the school. The only ones in on her real personality (barring [[TheHero Shirou]], who has a minor trauma when he finds out) are her [[TheRival rival]] Ayako, who has a similar facade going on, and Issei, who served with her on the student council in middle-school and got to see her true, pragmatically ruthless nature. Sakura seems to have at least some idea too, [[spoiler:because she's her sister]]. She has rather mixed feelings, however, since she [[spoiler:worries about what Rin might do to Shirou in the war, but at the same time clearly still loves Rin, and desperately wants to be acknowledged by her.]] How much of this you see depends on the route. In Fate, you see some of her kindness amongst her glorious snarkiness. In Unlimited Blade Works, her kindness is fully displayed. In Heaven's Feel, [[spoiler:she ''seems'' to drop the 'heart of gold' entirely and just become a bitch -- especially towards her sister, Sakura -- until the end of the final fight, where she [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming demonstrates that]] her bitchiness had really been a facade all along, as an attempt to persuade herself that she could, after all, [[ShootTheDog kill]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Sakura]] if she had to]]. The True End of the Heaven's Feel route implies that she has dropped the "bitch" part entirely, at least as far as [[spoiler:Sakura and Shirou]] are concerned.
* [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} B.B. Hood/Bulleta.]] Well, hopefully. If it's ''not'' just an act, she's even more AxCrazy than she seems, which is saying a lot.
* Athena in the ''{{God of War}}'' series. She plays TheObiWan role for most of the first game, [[spoiler:and again in the third posthumously, only to reveal her true nature after Zeus is killed. When Kratos sacrifices himself to release Hope to all of humanity, Athena wails "You fool! That was supposed to go to '''me!''' The mortals won't know what to do with it!"]]
* [[spoiler:Adachi Tohru]] in {{Persona 4}} in the Normal/True Play through.
** [[spoiler:Izanami]] might be a more subtle example. [[spoiler:She's a goddess who gives people incredible power and sits back as two of them endanger the lives of innocent people, and ultimately ends up trying to kill you.]] Her disguise? [[spoiler:An androgynous, and relatively friendly gas station attendant.]]
* [[spoiler: Scott Selby]] in HeavyRain. At first [[spoiler: he]] comes across as a nice, compassionate [[spoiler: guy]], who even [[spoiler: rescues a suicidal mother and looks after her baby]], but [[spoiler: is the [[CompleteMonster Origami Killer]]]].
* [[spoiler: Paz]] from ''[[Main/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker MGS Peace Walker]]''. She introduces herself as a sweet college student longing for peace in her beloved country Costa Rica. Even after knowing that her "professor" works for KGB, Snake decides to accept the mission just for the sake of this girl because he thought that her feelings were genuine. [[spoiler: But then she turns out to be the game's final boss when she steals YOUR beloved Metal Gear ZEKE, pilot the damn thing in ''[[RuleOfSexy her underwear]]'' and tries to blast you with a railgun. She actually works as triple agent for KGB, CIA, and mostly Cipher the proto-PATRIOT. Thank God Snake then blows her ass out of the Metal Gear into the ocean.]]
* Given the lighthearted nature of the series, [[CuteMonsterGirl Pamela]] from ''AtelierSeries'' is a PlayedForLaughs case. Well, she's not evil, but some things she does are not very... nice.
** In Trinity Universe, she more or less states that she does those things only because that's how ghosts are supposed to behave. She genuinely is dense to the point she doesn't realize what she does can be construed as 'evil', and all she really wants is a friend to play pranks on. Even when she goes ubercreepy and helpfully hopes you'll die soon, it's only because she thinks that way you can have fun being ghosts together.
* Numnu from ''SuikodenTierkreis'', although this is usually PlayedForLaughs. He might seem to be a cuddly, adorable [[FishPeople Porpos-kin]], but he is also good at putting people into troubles, even outright dangerous situations.
* [[spoiler: Levin aka the third World Eater Raksha]] from ''SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' combines this with ObfuscatingStupidity and spends most of the game pretending to be a good-natured goofy moron. Disturbingly enough, while he isn't good-natured or moronic in the slightest, he still comes across as a little goofy [[spoiler: when Trish confronts him]]. This is also one of the rare cases where, depending on RelationshipValues, the person in sheep's clothing can end up BecomingTheMask.
* ''DragonQuestIX'' has Mayor Bryce, who runs the struggling Port Llaffan. While he treats Jona kindly, acting like a surrogate father for the recently orphaned girl, he's mainly interested in abusing her ability to summon the great whale Lleviathan. When she says she's not comfortable overusing that power, he immediately replies "Well, it's not like you can do anything ''else'' for us, useless girl." It's not simply a matter of helping their village survive, either; he keeps her summoning to the point where everyone completely abandons their fishing as useless. And even before she developed her power, when they were honestly struggling to survive, he ''still'' wouldn't let anyone else use his private fishing hole... better described as an entire ''coastline''.
* Randy from {{Valkyria Chronicles 2}} qualifies. He's the ideal student council president, comforts those who are down and out, and helps old ladies across the street. And then you bring him into battle... BANG BANG BANG PLOP [[SarcasmMode "How unfortunate."]] The whole nice guy thing was just a facade so that he could set himself up for a leadership role. God help you if he perceives you as a threat to his role as a leader and the center of attention.
* Tokimi in EienNoAselia. Only Yuuto ever seems to realize it. Deep down she's really not so bad, though.
* In WorldOfWarcraft Cataclysm, it turns out that Hope Saldean, the kindly adopted daughter of the Saldean farmers who cares for the people of Westfall, is actually Vanessa [=VanCleef=], who seeks to revive the Defias Brotherhood and avenge her father's death.
* Captain Shannon from TheOrionConspiracy. He seems to be a nice guy, giving a eulogy to Danny, Devlin's son, and letting Devlin say something at the funeral. He seems to care very much about the crew (notwithstanding some hostilities between him and the engineer Meyer) and is a little condescending towards Devlin, on the grounds that Devlin is middle-aged and Shannon is in his prime. Shannon also seems to be rather anal about the rules. Then, when [[spoiler: Kaufmann]] is murdered, Shannon blames Devlin for the murder, ignores Devlin's protests of innocence, has Devlin imprisoned, and decides to cover up the murder, keeping it between himself, [=LaPaz=], and Ward. So you would think, what a sleazy guy, right? Then Devlin and Shannon have a confrontation later on and it is revealed that [[spoiler: Shannon blames Devlin for the death of Shannon's wife, so he murdered Danny as part of his revenge, then he murdered Kaufmann to frame Devlin, and now he is going to murder Devlin]]. Now ''that'' is a [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bastard In Sheep's Clothing]]! Good thing [[spoiler: Meyer]] intervened before anything else happened.
* Luca from ArTonelico2, she gets better, but [[TheScrappy there are still people who hate her for it.]]
** Harvestasha in the sequel, very {{Moe}} in an appearance and has very squishy voice, doesn't hesitate in disabling her trusted friend in atempt to wake up a PhysicalGod.
* James Tobin from {{In The 1st Degree}}. He seems like a nice guy who got caught in a bad situation at first. However, it will become clear that this is only the image he is trying to project as he is trying to not be found guilty of murder and grand theft. Luckily, he is not very good at projecting this image. In fact, if you play the game right, you'll be able to make him lose his cool completely and then he will show himself for what he is right in front of everybody in the courtroom.
* [[Spoiler: Jeannie May]] in {{Fallout New Vegas}}, who gets found out during a quest to find out who [[Spoiler: Sold Boone's wife to Legion slavers to later have her lead out to be assassinated in front of the local tourist attraction]] and nothing of value was lost.
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* Angelica Pickles in ''{{Rugrats}}'', while seemingly polite and sweet to adults is actually a SpoiledBrat and a ControlFreak who constantly [[KickTheDog abuses her baby cousin]] and his friends.
* Darla Dimple in ''[=~Cats Don't Dance~=]''.
* Suzy Johnson on ''PhineasAndFerb,'' though possibly only when it comes to girls her older brother Jeremy likes (and whom she thus feels are a threat to her status as his "favorite girl").
** Apparently, she also torments [[TheBully Buford]], but the audience has never seen her do it.
* Subverted in ''FairlyOddParents'', where Timmy summons a pop star for his babysitter to forcibly marry, expecting that he will be an example of this trope... however, he turns out to be a very nice and easygoing guy.
** Vicky in the eyes of Timmy's parents, usually.
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Leela dates the Mayor's Aide and he pulls string to get her nice perks, before discovering he was a creep who deprives orphans of fun and other such selfish acts to get those perks.
** Also from ''Futurama'' there's Mom, the grandmotherly industrialist who is secretly a bitter old hag.
** And Zapp Brannigan, of course. ''The'' Zapp Brannigan!
*** Then again, it has more to do with just about ''everyone's'' inability to recognize Zapp's incompetence.
** Also Professor Farnsworth. Considering that some of the less disruptive things he's done in the show include creating albino atomic apes for the sole purpose of proclaiming his love for Mom, and the implication that he has multiple doomsday devices, his charming and harmless-seeming senility [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation could be]] just [[ObfuscatingStupidity a very good act]].
* Lois in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' definitely falls here. Granted she a sensible person and an usual voice of reason. But really get her going and she can do some rather questionable things and not bat an eyelash. Can't even get the courage up to say "I Love You" to her daughter [[ButtMonkey Meg]] (she merely mumbles it) on her ''wedding day no less''.
** Even lampshaded in one episode where she is described as "More of a bitch than she lets on."
** Goes even further in the 'Foxy Lady' episode when Peter draws Red Heinie Monkey's female sidekick "who's always nagging at Red Heinie Monkey and telling him not to leave his beer cans lying around and what not."
-->'''Peter''': [Holding up a drawn picture of Lois with a duck bill instead of a mouth and nose] And her name is Bitch-Duck.
--->'''Meg''': That kind of looks like Mom.
--->'''Peter''': Not finished talking, Meg!
** Most formerly pleasant characters or StraightMan types have gained extreme JerkAss traits that lean them into this trope. The frequent ComedicSociopathy in the show has arguably lent to the more openly JerkAss characters like Stewie actually having more genuine redeeming aspects than the [[DesignatedHero designated]] "nice" ones such as Lois.
* Francine of ''AmericanDad'' also occasionally leans into this (or BewareTheNiceOnes on lighter occasions) though granted she is [[WhatTheHellHero called out on it]] or handed an Aesop more often than Lois.
* Ferris Boyle from ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' qualifies big time. While he pretends to be a humanitarian, he is really a callous monster who cares only about money. Even Batman, who's usually pretty stoic, is horrified when he discovers the full extent of what Boyle did. The only happy part in the whole episode is knowing that Boyle will face justice for his crimes thanks to Batman.
* Quite a few characters on ''TheVentureBrothers'' can be this from time-to-time, but nobody takes the cake like Dr. Jonas Venture. When the show started he was just shown as a God-like super-scientist and globetrotting adventurer who was just plain better then his son and heir Rusty. But as the show went on, it was revealed he was an extreme {{Jerkass}} who went back and forth from neglecting his son to putting him in situations of traumatizingly-high levels of danger. Further, the reason Rusty is such a failure who can't live up to his dad is because of his horrible upbringing which has left him a mental wreck.
* In ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'' Numbuh 3 little sister Mushi at first comes across as being just as childish and ditzy as her older sister. However when she is stuck alone on the space ship with Cree and Numbuh 5 she gives a speech about how they should stop fighting because sisters are supposed to care about each other and be friends. As the teenage villain stops to think about this the little girl pushes her out the airlock, turns to Abby, and says "older sisters always fall for that mushy stuff". In her next appearance her TrueColors are revealed as she stabs her sister's and stuffed animal and is sent to her room forever. After that she becomes a full-fledged villain and creates a spanking monster to attack kids.
* Hama in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
* Darcy from WinxClub does this in one episode. After seemingly saving Riven's life she deliberately acts sweet and cutesy (she even says "My name's Darcy" while giving a big cutesy smile that make her two psychopathic sisters disgusted.) Next episode she's back to seductive and evil bitch who attempts to commit homicide against her rival for Riven (which shows how spiteful she is given that she didn't even like Riven yet still wanted to murder Musa just for liking him. Jesus)
* First time you see her, Josephine from ''SamuraiJack'' looks more like a StepfordSmiler FemmeFatale; it's when her smile wears off that you realize why she's so good [[PsychoForHire at her job.]]
* Mrs. Gerkin on ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}''. Her first appearance hypes her up as a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold, only to reveal in the last moments that she is, indeed, everything Jimmy feared. Her next appearance has her causing a ZombieApocalypse.
* Marcia from BlinkyBill is basically this mixed with a HeroicSociopath.
* Arguably Rebecca Cunningham of ''{{Talespin}}'' leans inside the fine line between this and a Jerk With A Heart Of Gold. She is a nice guy deep down, but too often tries to sugarcoat her bad temper and [[TedBaxter ego problems]] in a professional facade rather than her genuine positive traits.
* InvaderZim: Dib's sister Gaz and Tak from the episode: "Tak the Hideous New Girl".
* Pietro in XMenEvolution is introduced as one. At first he pretends to be nothing more than a Rival, and even helps Evan in luring a trap against whoever's ripping him off. Then he reveals, in an awesome manner, that ''he'' is the one who's been messing with him, and leaves him framed for vandalism and theft.
** Kitty accuses Lance of this at the beginning of Season 3.
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* TheNostalgiaChick combined this with a Sarah Palin impression to try and [[TheStarscream overthrow]] the Critic during {{Kickassia}}.
** To a less homicidal extent, how she is normally. [[ComedicSociopathy There's]] [[ManipulativeBitch something]] [[BrokenBird darker]] underneath that [[GirlishPigtails cute]], [[BowtiesAreCool girly]] [[EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs exterior]].
* For the Travel Channel website-original animation "[[NoReservations Anthony Bourdain's]] Alternative Universe" we see a fictional side of travel hostess Samantha Brown we don't normally see on the air in the episode [[http://www.travelchannel.com/Video/following-the-footsteps-of-frankenstein-11695 "Romanian Rhapsody."]] (Sam's segment starts at the 1:40 mark.) Seeing the burned corpse of the fictional Anthony Bourdain, she goes, "Yeah, NOW who's laughing, funny man?" Sam kicks the head off the body, then gets an evil look on her face as she goes, "Guess that 10:00 time slot [[ThisIsSparta just. became. AVAILABLE.]]" Spouting off to a nearby camera man, she tells him when she's calmer, "Go get the head and send it to [[RachaelRay Rachael.]] She'll appreciate it." One final rant, and then she gets the clapboard in front of her face. Once the clapper comes down, she's her normal smiling self again.
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* One of TheThirtySixStratagems is "Xiao li chang dao", translating as "Hide a dagger behind a smile". Maintain a facade of friendliness while you plot.
* As mentioned above: your typical self-proclaimed [[http://www.heartless-bitches.com/rants/niceguys/niceguys.shtml Nice Guy.]]
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