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* ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'': Payapi appears as a kindly firefighter robot, but he causes fires to extinguish them for good publicity. At first he congratulates Amato and his friends for putting out a fire, but later he tries to set Amato's house alight.

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* Indigo of ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders was a strange variation. She started off as a seemingly-homicidal robot, then got "reformed" into a cute RobotGirl, before finally being revealed as [[spoiler:the latest incarnation of [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]]]].
* ''ComicBook/BerrybrookMiddleSchool'': Zeke appears meek and cute at first, but he's in fact a nasty womanizer who can't seem to stop getting on Jorge's bad side.
* Many a story in girl's comics like ''ComicBook/{{Bunty}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Mandy}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Jinty}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Tammy}}'' had a character like this. It was usually TheRival, but sometimes the main character had this sort of personality.
* Now that he has been corrupted by [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull]], ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. Especially now that he has been manipulating everyone in ''ComicBook/CivilWarII''.
* If ''Webcomic/{{Dreamkeepers}}''' Tinsel doesn't qualify, with her deceptive nature, manipulation games, inner cruelty, and absolutely evil personality, then it's hard to imagine who does.
* ''ComicBook/Dynamo5'' In public, Captain Dynamo/William Warner boasted a public image as the greatest superhero in the world. In private, he was a habitual womanizer who cheated on his wife Maddie and fathered numerous children, even when it compromised his crime-fighting duties.
* In ''ComicBook/EightBillionGenies'', Ernest Hemingway initially presents himself as the gentlemanly scholar-poet "Papa" upon arriving at the Lampwick. A few drinks later, Ernest is ranting about how his whiskey glass has run dry and calls Will a son of a bitch whose "shitty cantina" could be bought for a poem Ernest writes onto a napkin.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'', [[spoiler: Geppetto]] seems to be a nice old man, but underneath the exterior, he's ruthless, power-hungry, and an inveterate schemer.
* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': To a degree. While many agree that [[Characters/TheFlashBarryAllen Barry Allen]] is a NiceGuy, he's also done some downright horrible things due to selfishness and lack of consideration for those around him. The biggest offenders being ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' and the end of ''ComicBook/FlashWar'', where the former resulted in the destruction of the entire Flash Family thanks to Barry's half-assed meddling in time, and the latter [[spoiler:resulted in Wally having a complete mental breakdown that[[note]]until it was retconned/revealed to have been really the result of Savitar screwing around while trapped in the Speed Force[[/note]] was believed to have resulted in over 15 people dying and trying to kill himself to make up for it]]. In both instances, Barry has expressed some form of regret but has yet to do anything to truly make up for his actions other than apologizing which he gets away with because he's a NiceGuy.
* Amy from ''ComicBook/{{Heck}}'' was the seemingly kind-hearted old high-school flame who paid Heck to deliver a letter to her husband in Hell. Her husband, as it turns out, had been sent to the lowest circle of Hell for embezzling money from his company. When Heck reads him the letter, we learn that Amy was behind the embezzling scam, and only sent the letter to her husband in order to find out where the money was hidden, not caring about her husband's eternal torment.
* ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}} tries to be this toward the Caliph. He is terrible at it, but the Caliph is so oblivious it still works anyway.
* 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.
* ''ComicBook/RickAndMortyOni'': Mr. Hapsburg comes across as a kindly old man who loves horses, but like Rick, he abandoned his wife and child then attempted to have his son FollowInMyFootsteps without bothering to know if he wanted to or could.
* Thessaly from ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' may look like a sweet young college-age girl, but in reality, she's a paranoid, millennia-old witch with a nasty habit of offing anyone who so much as annoys her.
* ''ComicBook/ShamansTears'': Josh's friend Thom seems like a nice person when we first meet him. Issue #2 reveals that he's selling Medicine Hat Reservation horses to poachers and is jealous of Joshua being chosen for the Sun Dance. After he is mutated by Circle Sea's chemicals he outright tries to kill Joshua but T.C. being in danger causes him to snap back to his senses.
* Surprisingly, Sonic the Hedgehog fits this trope in the ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic''. While he was hero-worshiped by all of Mobius as a fearless symbol of hope, he was actually a self-centered, immature {{Jerkass}}. This comes back to bite him in the ass in ''Webcomic/SonicTheComicOnline'', where the sheep's clothing gets flung off and he ends up becoming a HeroWithBadPublicity. Once the public knew about some of his more questionable decisions that he made to try and save Mobius, all the {{Jerkass}} tendencies that people were willing to ignore made it easy for [[spoiler:Grimer]] to convince the public that he was a villain.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/SensationComics'': When she first appears, Byrna is acting as a secretary at the Fair Weather Valley town meeting and voices her disgust at how childish the less likable people are acting. Then she's revealed as the "Snowman" who is tormenting the town.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Helen Alexandros (Silver Swan) became Diana and Etta Candy's roommate to befriend them in order to get closer to her sworn enemy Wonder Woman.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
** At his very worst, [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]] (or at least a DarkerAndEdgier AntiHero in TheCape's clothing), in contrast to JerkWithAHeartOfGold Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}}. 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 ComicBook/XForce, his personal mutant kill-squad. This is after he kicked [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX 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 gave them their orders.\\\
Keep in mind, for most of his decades-long existence, Cyclops has always been TheHero and a straitlaced example of a boy scout and a Cape, essentially the mutant version of Franchise/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. Even then, many people disliked him, simply because he was an authority figure contrasted with fan-favorite Wolverine, and also because Cyclops' relationship with [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] stood in the way of their preferred ship. Back then, he was called a "jerk". [[RunningTheAsylum With the new millennium, creators]] took a hotly debated decision to turn him towards a darker path, being the person burdened first with the continued mission of the X-Men, then with the survival of the mutant race after they were nearly wiped out. While this led him to make difficult choices, fans debate that while Scott's actions are sometimes questionable, Wolverine can be seen as hypocritical when he takes an attitude of anti-violence, repulsion to killing, and reluctance to getting mutant teens involved, since Wolverine is notorious for his blood lust, penchant for violence and for always having a kid-sidekick, such as [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]], [[Characters/XMen90sMembers Jubilee]], Armor, and [[Characters/X23LauraKinney X-23]].
** Characters/{{Mystique}} loves to act loving and caring just so she can twist the knife in and betray every single person who was foolish enough to trust her. Worse still, Mystique has no qualms using her own children ([[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]])’s love to her own advantage, she’s even betrayed [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]] after sleeping with him. Characters/{{Cable|NathanSummers}} (a time-traveler from the future) even mentioned that in his time, "Mystique" was used in much the same way that "Judas" is used now.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/AnAlternateKeitaroUrashima'' has Granny Hina, who tries to pass herself off as a CoolOldLady who's only got everyone's best interests at heart when she's really a ManipulativeBitch. Her true colors emerge when she doesn't get her way, and much of the conflict is spurred on by her attempts to force others to do what she wishes against their will.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' story ''Fanfic/{{Asylum}}'', we have Nurse Ratchet (based on the character of the same name from ''Literature/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'') who acts like a kind and caring head nurse, but it only takes a few minutes of listening to her condescending tone and controlling personality to realize the kind of pony she really is. Even the orderlies are terrified of the mere thought of making her angry.
** In the same story, we have Dr. Rose, Twilight's primary doctor and the head of the new experimental treatment he is having her undergo. In person, he acts like an understanding stallion who genuinely wants to help ponies and is even one of the few doctors that has faith in Applejack, who faces prejudice in the medical field do to being an Earth Pony. But in secret, he's a ManipulativeBastard who is only nice to Applejack or his patients to keep them under his control and plans on risking Twilight's and many other unicorn's lives [[ItsAllAboutMe just so he can get his name in the medical textbook.]] Or at least so it seems...
** It should be noted that we only really see them through Twilight's eyes, who is a patient at the titular and it is ''not'' [[UnreliableNarrator made clear if we can really trust what she believes she sees.]]
* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': [[spoiler:Cozy Glow seems sweet and innocent on the outside, but once Twilight figures out her secret in chapter 10 of ''Diplomacy Through Schooling'', she admits that she's really out for power]].
* Jenny from ''Fanfic/EbonyDarknessDementiaRavenWayVsCanon'' seems like an average teenager who happens to enjoy {{Troll}}ing the Internet. She then reveals herself to be a pretty nasty piece of work.
* ''Fanfic/EquestriaGirlsAFairlyOddFriendship'':
** As she usually does, Vicky pulls this act, pretending to be Timmy's loving babysitter in front of Miss Cheerilee.
** [[spoiler: The Dazzlings use Sunset's past two-faced behavior as part of their bid to sell to Timmy that they're kind and heroic beings who want what's good for him. In reality, they're as heartless as ever and just want Timmy for his magical prowess]].
* Lacie in ''Fanfic/FallingInDeeper'' is said to be one, with an obsession in being just perfect in everything. It's also implied that [[spoiler: she is behind the events that made Bridgette and Megan be sent to Arkham for mass murder]]. To give an example, when she first appears is when she meets Bridgette [[spoiler:who has run away from Arkham and just escaped the Scarecrow]] and she teases her about all that happened [[spoiler:long enough that the Scarecrow finds her and takes her with him]].
* In ''Fanfic/TheFlashSentryChronicles'': Lightning Dust is this just like in canon, though it is much more blatant. She and Rainbow start off on good terms, but Lightning makes it clear she has [[FriendlessBackground no interest in making friends and thinks they would only slow her down]]. When Rainbow is made lead pony instead of her, and she is just Rainbow's wing pony, she drops the "in sheep's clothing part" entirely and becomes openly hostile to Rainbow, disobeying every order she gives to try to prove she is better than her.
* ''Fanfic/AFutureOfFriendshipAHistoryOfHate'': When Regal Rule is introduced in Episode 4, he at first appears to be Rarity's long-awaited PrinceCharming, but it soon becomes apparent to the reader that he's trying to drive a wedge between her and her friends. [[spoiler:And then he turns out to actually be Megalos Tyrant, one of [[BigBad Ruinate]]'s [[CoDragons heralds]] (specifically, the Element of Arrogance).]]
* ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'': [[spoiler:Homura appears to be the most kind and reasonable of the three Konoha elders. Turns out he was Gouki's man almost the entire story]].
* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/15353/inner-glory Inner Glory]]'' has Spectral Slash. She's the sympathetic kind of Bitch, and she never does anything too terrible, but it's made abundantly clear she's this when she not only attacks Rainbow for disturbing her but sells Twilight and her friends out to her true allies the first chance she gets.
* Henri [=LeRoi=], the titular ''Fanfic/JerkInSheepsClothing'', [[BadSamaritan first introduces himself to Marinette as the kind, eternally loyal companion]] she has been wishing for since Lila started trying to pit the class against her. He takes her at her word about the liar and keeps her company. But in truth, he’s actually secretly [[BigBadDuumvirate working with Lila]] to isolate Marinette completely, [[JerkassAtYourDiscretion bullying all her friends behind her back]] and [[WoundedGazelleGambit then making it look like the other way around]], and giving her reasons to doubt them and their loyalty, all so Marinette will sever ties with her friends and devote herself entirely to Henri.
* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'':
** Lila Rossi manipulates the majority of her classmates into seeing her as an even better version of their friend Marinette, with [[CelebrityLie better connections]] that she's more than happy to use to help them achieve [[YourHeartsDesire their greatest dreams]]. In reality, she's a complete ConArtist who not only scams them into donating to [[FakeCharity her fake charities]] but actively ''sabotages'' their prospects by stealing and selling off their work.
** Adrien also counts; while he honestly considers himself to be a good person, he's actually more than happy to let Lila continue scamming his friends just so he doesn't have to be the one to break the bad news of her true nature to them. He also goofs around as Chat Noir, refusing to take his responsibilities as one of Paris' protectors seriously -- after all, his partner has a magical ResetButton, so who ''cares'' what he does so long as she wins in the end?
* ''Fanfic/LeaveForMendeleiev'': Adrien acts like a model student, but his preferred way of dealing with conflicts is trying to shut down and guilt-trip anybody who doesn't agree with him, [[NoListeningSkills refusing to consider their point of view]]. He shows a [[EntitledToHaveYou deeply entitled streak towards]] Ladybug, trying to learn her SecretIdentity and [[DoggedNiceGuy force his affections upon her]]. He also exploits the power he holds over his kwami Plagg and proves to be a ToxicFriendInfluence on Nino by encouraging him to take advantage of their akumatized classmate.
** Highlighted quite nicely in his treatment of Marinette and Aurore. [[ForWantOfANail Since they aren't classmates]], he ignores their existence until he starts suspecting that Marinette might be Ladybug. He subsequently strings Aurore along, [[AllLoveIsUnrequited ignoring her crush on him]] while trying to get closer to Marinette. Once he has reason to believe she ''isn't'' Ladybug after all, he promptly snubs both girls the next time he sees them, walking past without acknowledging their friendly greetings.
* Emma Hunter of ''[[https://pastebin.com/y3Jiduy0 Lincoln Learns]] [[https://pastebin.com/ZcRx1NKf The Hard Way]]'' comes off as sweet and friendly with a soft spot for babies when [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse Lincoln]] meets her in the park. But in reality [[spoiler:she fully intends on having sex with the 11-year-old, willingly or not. And Lincoln's not the first kid she's tried it with]].
* Prince Jewelius in ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', an extended retelling of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic "A Canterlot Wedding"]]. In the first four chapters, he's presented as a humble nice cousin of Princess Cadance who becomes close with Twilight Sparkle and supports her as she ends up becoming alienated from her friends, brother, and mentor for [[WoundedGazelleGambit "disrespecting"]] the false Cadance. Right after he helps Twilight in exposing and defeating Queen Chrysalis, however, he turns arrogant and hostile towards all the other heroes as he exposes their mistakes to the public and blames them for the Changeling invasion ever happening. He then [[TheUsurper has the princesses dismantled and makes himself Equestria's king]], [[CorruptTheCutie manipulates Twilight into becoming his faithful pawn]], and turns all the other heroes into [[HeroWithBadPublicity hated pariahs]]. [[spoiler:He actually collaborated with Queen Chrysalis to take control of Equestria from the princesses he has secretly hated for years, but he double-crossed Chrysalis once he decided Twilight to be more valuable to him [[DarwinistDesire as a broodmare]]. He's sociopathic to the degree that [[LoveGoddess Cadance's]] love spell [[NoSell cannot induce love in him]], and the [[EmotionEater Changelings]] cannot find from his heart any love to feed on.]]
* Danny unfortunately finds himself going out with a few of them in ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'', such as [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Cree Lincoln]] and Vicky from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''.
* In the ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]]'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13189446/1/More-than-Meets-the-Eye More Than Meets the Eye]]'', Ash returns to Cerulean City to find that Misty is engaged, but Ash soon learns that her fiancé, Chris, intends to take the gym from her after the marriage and then divorce her, Chris refusing to let himself be 'overshadowed' in contrast to Ash's ability to accept when other people might be better in certain areas than he is.
* In the fic ''Fanfic/MyNameIsCinder'', Cinder's mother, Brigit Stark, presents herself as a kind woman who cares about her children and her husband's depression. She even mourns him when he eventually hangs himself. However, the truth is that she's a sociopathic GoldDigger who couldn't care less about her family and was the reason her husband killed himself in the first place, by admitting the truth about her. When Cinder tries to expose her, Brigit manipulates her brother and sister into hating Cinder so she can get away with abusing her.
* In the sidestories of ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', it's revealed that Cipher admin Capriccio managed to put up a respectable facade to almost get married to Jeanette Fisher's mother, Kaoruko. [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter It didn't help that he was favored by Kaoruko's father,]] [[ParentalMarriageVeto who disapproved of his daughter's romance with her eventual husband Kazuto]], until he exposed Capriccio as the criminal he was.
* ''Fanfic/RubyAndNora'': In ''Weiss and Pyrrha'', [[spoiler:Nurse Abigail Lemon presents herself as a kind and approachable woman when she comes in to check on Weiss after being stabbed by [[AxCrazy Admah Keter]]. However, she quickly shows her true colors when she tries to make Weiss OD on morphine. When Pyrrha catches her in the act, Abby reopens the stitches and uses her {{EMP}} Semblance to kill everyone on life-support in the hospital. Later in the story, the staff reveals that [[SerialKiller patients under her care tend to die often]], implying that she's been playing this trope for a long time]].
* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/291067/sirens-of-chs Sirens of CHS]]'' has Sonata Dusk. She seems cheerful, ditzy, and innocent. She also cheats at video games, sets anthills on fire with an evil grin, and acts disappointed when she's told she ''can't'' beat up human!Twilight.
* ''Fanfic/TotalDramaWhatIfSeries'' This is the reason why Sugar hates Ella and Dawn. She believes that their kindness is just a facade to hide the fact that they're jerks. {{Subverted|Trope}}, as the two aren't faking anything.
* In ''Fanfic/ATriangleInTheStars'', Bill Cipher puts on an air, sometimes thin, of friendliness and innocence, moreso for Steven, only letting his true colors slip occasionally, and his hidden plan is to [[spoiler:backstab everyone he can string along when his powers get restored]].
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13226631/1/Shigeko-Kageyama-AKA-Mob Shigeko Kageyama AKA Mob]]'', A ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'' gender swap, Asagiri Minori is convinced Mob is this. Mob, of course, is not.
* ''Fanfic/ThisIsMakingAMove'': [[spoiler:[[Film/Scream4 Jill Roberts]] was already one in canon, but the fanfic expands on her manipulation of her accomplice Charlie through promising [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe affection]], sex (they have sex after killing Marnie and Jenny in the film's opening), and the prospect of revenge against his AbusiveParents to string him along until she had no more use for him]].
* ''Fanfic/UnbreakableRedSilkenThread'': [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]]; in public Scarlett is a quiet girl, but at her job, she let her {{Jerkass}} side show.
* ''Fanfic/TheVerySecretDiary'': The fic explores Ginny Weasley's year at Hogwarts, and how she came under Tom Riddle's thrall. Tom exploited Ginny's naïve and trusting nature, pretending to be her friend while stringing her along.
* From the discontinued ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' mod ''VideoGame/VSSky'': Sky at first seems to be a cheerful if obsessive girl who deeply loves and admires Boyfriend. Then it becomes clear that she [[{{Yandere}} can't take "no" for an answer]].
* ''Fanfic/WhatItTakes'': Felicity Smoak, who everyone initially believes to be a quirky and awkward woman who nonetheless means well, only to turn out to be a selfish ControlFreak with NeverMyFault tendencies. [[spoiler:One of the reasons why nobody holds it against Oliver for being gullible enough to believe Felicity and thinking everything was fine in Starling for so long is because none of them thought Felicity was capable of that level of duplicity and selfishness either.]]
* ''Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie'' has Reiko Mitamura, the Ultimate Proofreader, as a {{downplayed|Trope}} example. In addition to her talent, she has excellent grades and manners, and most of the students respect her as their leader. That said, it's also implied that she [[SecretlySelfish secretly harbors a selfish desire]] [[WellDoneSonGuy for her parents' approval]] and [[IJustWantToBeSpecial her peers' respect]], and in a more lighthearted sense, is also a YaoiFangirl [[{{Hypocrite}} despite her disapproval of pornography and homosexuality]]. [[spoiler:It's fully played straight when, after learning that Monokuma will release evidence of her cheating on a test unless someone commits murder, she poisons Mizuhara and tries to frame Sugiura in order to graduate, thus ending up as something of a BrokenPedestal to Iwasawa and the others.]]
** Anzu Sugiura plays with this. After it's revealed that she [[spoiler:is actually the Ultimate Poisoner]], she drops the polite façade she'd adopted, and ends up acting more brusquely and rudely to most of her classmates. That said, she turns out to not be guilty of the second murder, [[spoiler:or the third]]. In the end, [[spoiler:she does commit murder, but only kills Iwasawa (a willing victim) to prevent Miura's family from being killed, and reveals that she actually did not commit the murder that earned her the Ultimate Poisoner title]].
** Sousuke Kagami is a male example and definitely worse than the two girls above him. [[spoiler:He pretends to be a pleasant, if a bit distant, guy with amnesia, then it’s revealed that he’s the ''Mastermind'' of the Killing Game. And his reason for doing this? ''[[DisproportionateRetribution Because the school titled him the Ultimate Copycat]]''.]]
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-->''You look like an angel''
-->''walk like an angel''
-->''talk like an angel''
-->''But I got wise''
-->''You’re the devil in disguise!''

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* Many characters in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' games are like this, and they're usually the true culprit of the crime.
** ''Justice for All'''s [[spoiler:Matt Engarde]] initially seems like a nice guy, if not terribly bright, so he doesn't seem capable of murder. [[spoiler:In reality, he's a sociopath who honestly claims that hiring an assassin to kill his rival Juan Corrida doesn't count as murder. He also told Juan that Celeste Inpax, Juan's fiancée, had been in a relationship with Matt before Juan, causing Juan to break up with her and leading to Celeste committing suicide.]] When he doesn't commit crimes ForTheEvulz, he does so to protect his own image.
** [[spoiler:Dahlia Hawthorne]] from ''Trials and Tribulations'' looks sweet enough to give one cavities, but is, in actual fact, [[spoiler: a bitter serial killer who seduces men to make them cover her tracks]].
** [[spoiler:Dahlia's mother, Morgan]], shows that it runs in the family. She initially seems like a good aunt who is devoted to the Fey family, but she also shows a knack for PassiveAggressiveKombat, not to mention that she [[spoiler:masterminded the plot to have Mini Miney murder Dr. Grey in order to frame Maya for the crime, so that Morgan's daughter Pearl can become Master of Kurain Village. When that failed, she was willing to use even someone as vile as ''Dahlia'' if it means seizing power]].
** ''Apollo Justice'' has [[spoiler: Alita Tiala, a seemingly loving, devoted fiancée to Wocky, the defendant of Case 2, who is, in fact, marrying him because she and the victim of the case were the only two people who knew that Wocky was going to be dead soon. In fact, she carried out the murder to prevent being ratted out, and blamed it on Wocky]].
** Also from ''Apollo Justice'', [[spoiler:Kristoph Gavin.]] He's introduced as a mentor figure for [[spoiler:Apollo Justice]], only to turn out to be the murderer [[spoiler:in the first and fourth cases]]. Even worse is why he did it. [[spoiler:He arranged for Phoenix to use forged evidence, leading to his disbarment, because Zak Gramarye chose Phoenix over Kristoph as his defense attorney. He [[WouldHurtAChild sent Vera Misham, a young girl]] who forged the diary page for him, a poisoned stamp to silence her (ending up killing her father in the process), and later killed Zak himself.]]
** Deliberately invoked in ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations 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, [[SheepInSheepsClothing he's exactly who he presents himself to be]], and was just Manny Coachen's pawn. The ''real'' bitch in sheep's clothing is the seemingly kindly and humble old ambassador Quercus Alba, who in reality is a dangerous, uncompromising criminal mastermind whose been running an international smuggling ring for at least 10 years.]]
** Zig-zagged in ''Investigations 2''. At first, it seems like Patricia Roland (Mari Miwa in Japanese) is a warden who genuinely cares about the inmates and their animals like they're her family, [[spoiler:then it starts seeming otherwise as suspicion starts pointing towards her for Knightley's murder. Then we learn that she only committed it out of fear because she believed he was one of Dogen's henchmen -- Dogen had been threatening her life for years so she'd give him whatever he wanted while he was incarcerated in her prison; she cries that she feared for her and her family's lives because she thought Knightley was sent to hurt her. We then learn that she actively took bribes from [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem Blaise]] [[AmoralAttorney Debeste]], was an integral part of the President's assassination twelve years ago, was apparently brutal to Simon Keyes when he was a child living in her orphanage (he was the sole witness to the murder and she needed to know the extent of what he saw -- he later says that she interrogated him every day) and was wholly expecting Blaise to cover for her (i.e. by hiding and forging evidence) when Edgeworth found out that she killed Knightley.]]
** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' has [[spoiler: [[BigBad Queen Ga'ran]], who initially appears to be a kind, caring woman who did what she thought was best for her daughter and country. In reality, she is an abusive, murderous [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who usurped her sister, had hundreds of innocents executed, and even attempted to have her own family members killed when she thought they stood in her way]].
* Tokimi in ''VisualNovel/AseliaTheEternalTheSpiritOfEternitySword''. Only Yuuto ever seems to realize it. Deep down, she's really not so bad, though.
* The Huggables from ''VideoGame/BattleBears'' act all kind but don't fall for their facade, or they'll hug you so hard you get crushed to death.
* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'': [[spoiler: Tsumugi Shirogane]] from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' [[spoiler:pretends to be a {{Nice G|uy}}irl only for her to be the BigBad of the game]].
* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaAnother'':
** Kizuna Tomori acts friendly and cheerful, befitting her talent as the Ultimate Cheerleader, but is truly spiteful and selfish, as shown in the first trial. [[spoiler:And then there’s the fact that immediately after the trial was finished, she was able to concoct an elaborate plan to murder Yuki, who is believed to know the mastermind. When Akane refuses to go along with her plan, she then tries to kill ''her'' because now [[HeKnowsTooMuch she knows too much]]]].
** [[spoiler:Kizuna’s killer, Ultimate Sprinter, Ayame Hatano]] tries to pull this act, so that the other students will feel less guilty about [[spoiler:executing her]], but Mikako sees right through it, seeing that [[spoiler:she had deliberately injured herself, via cutting her leg on a wire, meaning that even if she had escaped (and had everyone else executed in the process) she would most likely never be able to run again]]. In reality, this trope is subverted for her as not only, was her calm yet awkward and shy personality real, but [[spoiler:she had killed Kizuna so that Akane (who had stabbed her earlier, during Kizuna’s murder attempt) wouldn’t become the blackened instead]].
* ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpaAnother2'':
** All members of the organisation Void put up an act of being regular high school students at first, but are all actually deranged murders. It’s {{downplayed|Trope}} with Mikado Sannoji (who’s exposed as the game’s mastermind in the prologue and puts up a FauxAffablyEvil facade afterwards that nobody is fooled by) and [[spoiler:Hajime Makunouchi (who is shown in the Void Theater segments (taking place after he gets executed) to have regretted his actions and TookALevelInKindness)]] while the other two members who got executed, [[spoiler:Emma Magorobi and Nikei Yomiuri]], are shown to have good sides deep down, and the one who survived, [[spoiler:Iroha Nijiue]], drops the facade entirely after being exposed. They are all still sympathetic in spite of this (Mikado less so), due to having horrible lives before joining Void.
** A much ''worse'' example is Kanade Otonokoji, the Ultimate Guitarist and twin sister of Hibiki Otonokoji, the Ultimate Vocalist. Kanade at first appears to be a shy and weak-willed girl who constantly gets pushed around and yelled at by her more assertive (and older by two minutes) sister. However, during the investigation sequences, she becomes blunter, arrogant, condescending, and more calm and intelligent than usual, helping Sora with the case. Despite that, she’s still implied to be a good person. And then Chapter 3 happens, and it turns out she’s actually ''a lot worse''. [[spoiler:Not only is she the Chapter’s Blackened, but she’s also revealed to be a sociopathic SerialKiller who has killed anyone who gets close to Hibiki. She’s murdered their pet dog, Hibiki’s best friend, their old homeroom teacher and Hibiki’s first crush, ''their parents'', their band’s recording engineer, make-up artist and manager, and probably many more, considering an estimated number of her victims is ''60''. Not just that, but she’s also made it so that whenever Hibiki gets too stressed, she goes into a blank state when she can only obey Kanade’s commands, and even manipulated her into killing Setsuka Chiebukuro, her surrogate CoolBigSis. Oh, and she also believes herself to be a perfect being who’s above everyone else. She’s so utterly monstrous and depraved that even ''Mikado'' is disgusted by her true nature.]]
* Borderline example: Rin Tohsaka from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', who combines this with JerkWithAHeartOfGold. She's not a bad person, but she's [[TallDarkAndSnarky Cool, Dark, and Snarky]], rather 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's a bit traumatised 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 becomes a bitch -- especially towards her sister, Sakura -- until the end of the final fight, where she 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.
* ''VisualNovel/FaultMilestoneOne'' has two. [[spoiler: Years after the stabbing incident, the original Rune became well behaved, on the surface. However, she still continued to do violent acts, such as mutilating small animals, in secret. The end of the VisualNovel suggests that Selphine is one too, as she suddenly pulls a 180 from her typical, sweet self and demands that Ritona should not outright kill Melona right on the spot, as she wants to question Melona, but Ritona can tear Melona apart if she wants.]]
* ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaSeries'':
** Irisu Kiyoka is polite, but little more. Her speech contains veiled threats and a rather penetrating attitude. With a smile, she admits that she was hoping protagonist Yuuji would accept the souvenir she offered and get halfway home before realizing it was nothing but a veiled insult.
** The waitress in ''VisualNovel/TheEdenOfGrisaia'' that married Robbie and waits on Yumiko is rude, passive-aggressive, and pushy despite her superficial politeness. [[spoiler:As a CIA agent that's usually much more stoic, she's probably pissed at the cover job she has to take.]]
* [[spoiler:Miyo Takano]] in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' seems like a kind and supportive [[spoiler:nurse]], but turns out to be a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] villain who [[TheChessmaster caused all the bad events in Hinamizawa]].
* ''VisualNovel/LastWindow'' has [[spoiler: Dylan Fitchar]] who may come off as a bit of a NosyNeighbor, but is generally normal. In actuality, [[spoiler:he's TheMole for Nile]].
* Jeff from ''VisualNovel/{{Nicole}}'' is a mild example: due to [[spoiler:not wanting to be a burden on his grandparents after his mother abandoned him with them]], he has created his persona based on what the majority of the population wants to see, which is an all-around nice guy who excels at what he does and is helpful and friendly. In truth, he's a bit off his rocker, distant, has almost no empathy for others, and generally considers everyone around him complete idiots, but he's not actively malicious. Like Chiaki (listed below), he's not presented as irredeemable, and he's a potential {{Love Interest|s}}. [[spoiler:That being said, he becomes a ''far'' less mild and more malicious version when you find out that he's behind the recent kidnapping of three women -- even then, he's still redeemable, but ''only'' if he's Nicole's chosen {{Love Interest|s}}. Otherwise, he remains a SmugSnake who views others as subhuman.]]
* Chiaki in ''VisualNovel/OurTwoBedroomStory'' is described as "gentlemanly" and having a "sweet face," and he exerts himself to come across as pleasant and cheerful to his co-workers. However, as the protagonist soon discovers, his true self is something less pleasant - though not irredeemably so, given that he's one of the possible love interests of the game.
* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'':
** Seiji is a mild-mannered young man with a [[{{Bishonen}} pretty face]] and soft voice. However, he's also the heir to the Yakuza who takes great pleasure from tormenting and blackmailing others.
--->'''Ban:''' Stop pretending like you're innocent. I know who you are under that sheep disguise.
** Yasuko seems like a loving, maternal woman when the Urashima Woman first meets her. This is just because Yasuko sees her as a surrogate for Yasuko's child, however, and she reveals her true cruelty after the Urashima Woman actually gives birth.
* [[spoiler: Fal]] from ''VisualNovel/SymphonicRain'' who only acts nice to the protagonist in order to take advantage of his musical talents.
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** [[spoiler:Dahlia Hawthorne]] from ''Trials and Tribulations'' looks sweet enough to give one cavities, but is, in actual fact, [[spoiler: a bitter serial killer]].
** [[spoiler:Dahlia's mother, Morgan]], shows that it runs in the family. She initially seems like a good aunt who is devoted to the Fey family, but she also shows a knack for PassiveAggressiveKombat, not to mention that she [[spoiler:masterminded the plot to have Mini Miney murder Dr. Grey in order to frame Maya for the crime, so that Morgan's daughter Pearl can become Master of Kurain Village]].

* Indigo of ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders was a strange variation. She started off as a seemingly-homicidal robot, then got "reformed" into a cute RobotGirl, before finally being revealed as [[spoiler:the latest incarnation of ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}]].

** At his very worst, [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]] (or at least a DarkerAndEdgier AntiHero in TheCape's clothing), in contrast to JerkWithAHeartOfGold ComicBook/{{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 ComicBook/XForce, his personal mutant kill-squad. This is after he kicked [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX 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 gave them their orders.\\\
Keep in mind, for most of his decades-long existence, Cyclops has always been TheHero and a straitlaced example of a boy scout and a Cape, essentially the mutant version of Franchise/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. Even then, many people disliked him, simply because he was an authority figure contrasted with fan-favorite Wolverine, and also because Cyclops' relationship with [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] stood in the way of their preferred ship. Back then, he was called a "jerk". [[RunningTheAsylum With the new millennium, creators]] took a hotly debated decision to turn him towards a darker path, being the person burdened first with the continued mission of the X-Men, then with the survival of the mutant race after they were nearly wiped out. While this led him to make difficult choices, fans debate that while Scott's actions are sometimes questionable, Wolverine can be seen as hypocritical when he takes an attitude of anti-violence, repulsion to killing, and reluctance to getting mutant teens involved, since Wolverine is notorious for his blood lust, penchant for violence and for always having a kid-sidekick, such as [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]], [[Characters/XMen90sMembers Jubilee]], Armor, and ComicBook/{{X 23}}.
** Characters/{{Mystique}} loves to act loving and caring just so she can twist the knife in and betray every single person who was foolish enough to trust her. Worse still, Mystique has no qualms using her own children ([[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]])’s love to her own advantage, she’s even betrayed [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]] after sleeping with him. ComicBook/{{Cable}} (a time-traveler from the future) even mentioned that in his time, "Mystique" was used in much the same way that "Judas" is used now.

* ''Fanfic/WhatItTakes'': Felicity Smoak, who everyone initially believes to be a quirky and awkward woman who nonetheless means well, only to turn out to be a selfish ControlFreak with NeverMyFault tendencies. [[spoiler:One of the reasons why nobody holds it against Oliver for being gullible enough to believe Felicity and thinking everything was fine in Starling for so long is because none of them thought Felicity was capable of that level of duplicity and selfishness either]].

* In ''TabletopGame/{{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.

** Ditto Christy, whose cruelty gets a lot of attention in the story. On Joe's graduation day, Christy berates and threatens Joe an about an hour before giving an impassioned speech about how Joe is a "hero" and a "shining example."

** Yura Han acts all sweet and lovable, but underneath her sunny smile is an EntitledBitch who bullies her stepsister by deliberating [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter outshining her at everything]] and stealing her inheritance. She evens convinces her own HopelessSuitor to marry Iju, knowing the suitor is actually desperately in love with herself, because she wants Iju to suffer in an AwfulWeddedLife.

* [[http://akaichounokoe.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=paper+#/d4z3yme Toki is kind and gentle to some but bitchy to others]] Actually, make that abusive

See also: DevilInPlainSight, VillainWithGoodPublicity, WartsAndAll, FalseInnocenceTrick, and ConfoundThemWithKindness. TheFakeCutie is a subtrope where the (usually young) bitch tries to invoke cuteness or childlike innocence. The TroublemakingNewPet is a related trope where someone takes in a new pet, only to learn that the pet is a huge troublemaker or outright evil and gets rid of it afterward once discovered. A RomanticFalseLead is [[DerailingLoveInterests often like this.]] The EnfantTerrible is also a related trope (possibly the AnnoyingYoungerSibling with SiblingRivalry from Hell). EvilAllAlong is a subtrope comprised of purely villainous examples. For a version specifically concerning actors and actresses, see NiceCharacterMeanActor. For a more extreme version of this trope, see BaitTheDog, where the 'bitch', oddly enough, likes to KickTheDog.

** Characters/{{Mystique}} loves to act loving and caring just so she can twist the knife in and betray every single person who was foolish enough to trust her. Worse still, Mystique has no qualms using her own children ([[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] and [[Characters/XMen70sMembers Nightcrawler]])’s love to her own advantage, she’s even betrayed [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]] after sleeping with him. ComicBook/{{Cable}} (a time-traveler from the future) even mentioned that in his time, "Mystique" was used in much the same way that "Judas" is used now.

Keep in mind, for most of his decades-long existence, Cyclops has always been TheHero and a straitlaced example of a boy scout and a Cape, essentially the mutant version of Franchise/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. Even then, many people disliked him, simply because he was an authority figure contrasted with fan-favorite Wolverine, and also because Cyclops' relationship with [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] stood in the way of their preferred ship. Back then, he was called a "jerk". [[RunningTheAsylum With the new millennium, creators]] took a hotly debated decision to turn him towards a darker path, being the person burdened first with the continued mission of the X-Men, then with the survival of the mutant race after they were nearly wiped out. While this led him to make difficult choices, fans debate that while Scott's actions are sometimes questionable, Wolverine can be seen as hypocritical when he takes an attitude of anti-violence, repulsion to killing, and reluctance to getting mutant teens involved, since Wolverine is notorious for his blood lust, penchant for violence and for always having a kid-sidekick, such as [[Characters/XMen80sMembers Kitty Pryde]], [[Characters/XMen90sMembers Jubilee]], Armor, and ComicBook/{{X 23}}.
** Characters/{{Mystique}} loves to act loving and caring just so she can twist the knife in and betray every single person who was foolish enough to trust her. Worse still, Mystique has no qualms using her own children ([[Characters/XMen80sMembers Rogue]] and [[Characters/XMen70sMembers Nightcrawler]])’s love to her own advantage, she’s even betrayed [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]] after sleeping with him. ComicBook/{{Cable}} (a time-traveler from the future) even mentioned that in his time, "Mystique" was used in much the same way that "Judas" is used now.

* Yura Han from ''Webcomic/PerfectMarriageRevenge''. She acts all sweet and lovable, but underneath her sunny smile is an EntitledBitch who bullies her stepsister by deliberating [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter outshining her at everything]] and stealing her inheritance. She evens convinces her own HopelessSuitor to marry Iju, knowing the suitor is actually desperately in love with herself, because she wants Iju to suffer in an AwfulWeddedLife.

** On another note, Doguk, who Yura wants, hates her for this reason, as he is able to see through her facade. It puts him off especially because she reminds him of his BigBrotherBully, another BISC [[JerkassToOne who is kind to everyone else, but relishes in Doguk’s suffering]].

* Thessaly of ''ComicBook/TheSandman''. She may look like a sweet young college-age girl, but in reality, she's a paranoid, millennia-old witch with a nasty habit of offing anyone who so much as annoys her.

** [[spoiler:Dahlia Hawthorne]] from ''Trials and Tribulations'' looks [[TastesLikeDiabetes sweet enough to give one cavities]], but is, in actual fact, [[spoiler: a bitter serial killer]].

* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': To a degree. While many agree that [[Characters/TheFlashBarryAllen Barry Allen]] is a NiceGuy, he's also done some downright horrible things due to selfishness and lack of consideration for those around him. The biggest offenders being ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' and the end of ''ComicBook/FlashWar'', where the former resulted in the destruction of the entire Flash Family thanks to Barry's half-assed meddling in time, and the latter [[spoiler: resulted in Wally having a complete mental breakdown that resulted in over 15 people dying and trying to kill himself to make up for it]]. In both instances, Barry has expressed some form of regret but has yet to do anything to truly make up for his actions other than apologizing which he gets away with because he's a NiceGuy.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': When the characters traveling on the meteor to the new session meet [[spoiler:Aranea Serket, Vriska's dancestor]] as a ghost in the dream bubbles, she seems to be a friendly, helpful [[MrExposition Ms. Exposition]] who provides other characters, and especially the reader, with lots of useful information. She's also best friends with [[spoiler:Meenah]] and is very kind to and supportive of her dancestor [[spoiler:Vriska]]. Dave, Rose, and Terezi all comment separately on how nice she is. Then she's revealed to be a WellIntentionedExtremist who steals the Ring of Life to resurrect herself, plans to stop Lord English her own way, and is willing to hurt or kill any of the main characters who don't go along with it. During her ill-fated attempt to carry out her plans, she [[spoiler:pulls a MindRape on Jake (who previously had a crush on her), kills Jade, unintentionally kills Jake when he tries to save Jane from her, kills Jane anyway, mortally wounds Terezi, and destroys several of the kids' Lands before [[DragonWithAnAgenda the Condesce]] finally manages to off her]].

* Esmeralda on ''WebOriginal/TheWarComms'' is a variation; rather than everyone thinking she was gentle and sweet they thought she was too passive and whiny to do any real damage. The "sweet and proper lady" image was her own insistence, even as her claws started coming out... [[http://fandomwar.dreamwidth.org/1855.html?thread=128319#cmt128319 and then this happened]].

* Indigo of ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders was a strange variation. She started off as a seemingly-homicidal robot, then got "reformed" into a cute RobotGirl, before finally being revealed as [[spoiler:the latest incarnation of [[Characters/SupermanBrainiac Brainiac]]]].

* Jeff from ''VisualNovel/{{Nicole}}'' is a mild example: due to [[spoiler:not wanting to be a burden on his grandparents after his mother abandoned him with them]], he has created his persona based on what the majority of the population wants to see, which is an all-around nice guy who excels at what he does and is helpful and friendly. In truth, he's a bit off his rocker, distant, has almost no empathy for others, and generally considers everyone around him complete idiots, but he's not actively malicious. Like Chiaki above, he's not presented irredeemable, and he's a potential {{Love Interest|s}}. [[spoiler:That being said, he becomes a ''far'' less mild and more malicious version when you find out that he's behind the recent kidnapping of three women -- even then, he's still redeemable, but ''only'' if he's Nicole's chosen {{Love Interest|s}}. Otherwise, he remains a SmugSnake who views others as subhuman.]]

** [[spoiler: Dahlia Hawthorne]] looks [[TastesLikeDiabetes sweet enough to give one cavities]], but is, in actual fact, [[spoiler: a bitter serial killer]].

** Subverted in T&T case 2, where everyone expects this of Desiree, but she's genuinely a nice person.

** Phoenix Wright himself is a very light example. While he's a polite pushover to pretty much everybody on the outside, his InternalMonologue is generally filled to the brim with snide remarks directed at just about everyone. He also tends to pull the JustJokingJustification when he says "no" in a ButThouMust situation.

** [[spoiler:Matt Engarde]] initially seems like a nice guy, if not terribly bright, so he doesn't seem capable of murder. [[spoiler:In reality, he's a sociopath who honestly claims that hiring an assassin to kill his rival Juan Corrida doesn't count as murder. He also told Juan that Celeste Inpax, Juan's fiancée, had been in a relationship with Matt before Juan, causing Juan to break up with her and leading to Celeste committing suicide.]] When he doesn't commit crimes ForTheEvulz, he does so to protect his own image.
** [[spoiler:Kristoph Gavin.]] He's introduced as a mentor figure for [[spoiler:Apollo Justice]], only to turn out to be the murderer [[spoiler:in the first and fourth cases]]. Even worse is why he did it. [[spoiler:He arranged for Phoenix to use forged evidence, leading to his disbarment, because Zak Gramarye chose Phoenix over Kristoph as his defense attorney. He [[WouldHurtAChild sent Vera Misham, a young girl]] who forged the diary page for him, a poisoned stamp to silence her (ending up killing her father in the process), and later killed Zak himself.]]

Not to be confused either with AffablyEvil or BewareTheNiceOnes, where the person is genuinely nice rather than just putting up a facade. Most especially, '''do not''' confuse this with FauxAffablyEvil. Such a character does not attempt to ''hide'' their evil nature, they simply engage in ''faux pleasantries'' while commiting evil acts, usually in a cruel or mocking manner. It could only overlap if the villain initially attempts to disguise their true nature, but then kept up the act ''after'' the reveal when they have no reason to do so beyond being a creep.