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* Motoko runs afoul of this in ''FanFic/AnAlternateKeitaroUrashima''. When she goes through a major HumiliationConga and is at her lowest, her GirlPosse decides she's not as strong as they thought she was and ditch her. Naru also turns on her because when Makoto [[spoiler:lost her duel]], she was mildly inconvienced and took a slight blow to her ego.

* Makoto runs afoul of this in ''FanFic/AnAlternateKeitaroUrashima''. When she goes through a major HumiliationConga and is at her lowest, her GirlPosse decides she's not as strong as they thought she was and ditch her. Naru also turns on her because when Makoto [[spoiler:lost her duel]], she was mildly inconvienced and took a slight blow to her ego.

* Kaa accuses Mowgli's friends of this in the Disney version of ''Disney/TheJungleBook''.

* Peter Pettigrew in ''Literature/{{Harry Potter}}''. He's friends with James, Sirius, and Remus until Lord Voldemort shows up. It's possible he only became their friend because they were bullies in their youth.

* Alluded to in the novel ''[[DragonJousters Joust]]''. After a new Jouster screws up big time, Ari comments that the Jouster's noble friends won't be hanging around to console him.

** She's also [[DumbMuscle stupid]] enough to go along with [[AlphaBitch Portia]] and [[TheDragon Gwen's]] schemes.

** For that matter, Penny's other friends constantly ditch her when the going gets tough as well, just not as much as Dijonay.

** For that matter, Penny's friends constantly ditch her when the going gets tough, just not as much as Dijonay.

* Peter Pettigrew in ''{{Harry Potter}}''. He's friends with James, Sirius, and Remus until Lord Voldemort shows up. It's possible he only became their friend because they were bullies in their youth.

*** However, Bart has done so much for Milhouse than he can ever hope to replay him, from sacrificing a rare comic book just to save his life from falling out of the treehouse to allowing him to humiliate him in from of his Capital City friends just so he can look cool. Milhouse is also the one responsible for leading Bart to be the underachieving class clown he is today, second only to his Kindergarten teacher.

*** Allison Taylor, who was Lisa's one-time friend, has also been [[DemotedToExtra reduced to this]]. Although she has no lines, she virtually does what Janey and other background children do.

*** However, Bart has done so much for Milhouse than he can ever hope to replay him, from sacrificing a rare comic book just to save his life from falling out of the treehouse to allowing him to humiliate him in from of his Capital City friends just so he can look cool. Keep in mind that Milhouse is also the one responsible for leading Bart to be the underachieving class clown he is today, second only to his [[CompleteMonster Kindergarten teacher]].

** In fact, the entire town of Springfield (consisting of all the major secondary and recurring characters) are like this to the Simpsons five, from Marge's gossiping acquaintances to Homer's beer buddies.

--->Linus: It's fair weather today, Charlie Brown.
--->Charlie Brown: So where are all my friends?

->"[[MultipleReferencePun A friend in need is a friend indeed.]]"

* ''TheMightyB'': Penelope is Bessie's closest human friend, but will abandon her whenever that seems advantageous. Good thing Bessie's very tolerant.

* Taken to the nth degree in ''{{Brazil}}'', where Michael Palin's character is willing to perform ColdBloodedTorture on longtime friend Sam when circumstances turn against Sam.

Often a part of an IneffectualLoner's backstory. Inverse of PowerOfFriendship.

** If fact, through the series, Milhouse has been shown to been occasionally fickle towards Bart, as he often abandons him, sells him out to avoid trouble, or attacks whenever a dispute breaks out him. Such instances would include (but are not limited to) daring him to yank off Homer's beard when he was working as a mall Santa, disowning Bart for being presumably being a genius after he is sent to the Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children, abandoning him after he hurts himself during his first daredevil attempt to jump over a car while riding a skateboard, taking Bart away (as the new hall monitor) to serve 600 days of detention after he takes the blame for Lisa's crime,[11] neglecting Bart after falling in love with Samantha Stankey and attacking him after he revealed that he told Samantha's father about their romance, accusing Bart of being in league with an unknown conspiracy and attacking him when the children believe their parents are acting peculiar, tattling on Bart to Reverend Lovejoy that they switched the churches intended hymns with "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", wagering Bart to sell his soul for $5 and raising the price to $50 dollars when he asks for it back, refusing to share his Bonestorm video game by falsely telling his mother that Bart was "swearing" and "smoking", attacking Bart after he criticizes his management skills when they are left in charge of The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop, boasted to Bart about how he was dating Greta Wolfcastle after he broke up with her, taking credit for Bart's idea on how to sneak into R-rated movies, asking Bart to let him give him a wedgie and laughed at him in order to look cool in front of his new friends when he moved to Capital City, jeopardizing Bart's relationship with Jenny by hinting at his misdeeds, and tattling on Bart to his mother that the cell phone he found belongs to Denis Leary after she takes it away.

*** Allison Taylor, who was Lisa one-time friend, has also been [[DemotedToExtra reduced to this]]. Although she has no lines, she virtually does what Janey and other background children do.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ''RearWindow'' [[WholePlotReference episode]] Bart asks Milhouse to sign his leg cast but he just writes Mil..Pool and leaves for the swimming pool.

* Haruo from ''[Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple Kenichi: the Mightiest Disciple]]'', a fair weather friend [[SmugSnake with an ever-present arrogant smirk on his face]] who enjoys getting Kenichi into trouble...

* Haruo from ''HistorysStrongestDiscipleKenichi'', a fair weather friend [[SmugSnake with an ever-present arrogant smirk on his face]] who enjoys getting Kenichi into trouble...

* Kaa accuses Mowgli's friends of this in the Disney version of ''TheJungleBook''.

* In ''Harriet the Spy'', the titular character's inner thoughts are shared with her classmates when her diary is taken from her. Her close friends, offended by her unflattering (yet not intentionally harmful) thoughts, join a club devoted to ruining her life. (Unlike some other examples here, they learn better by the end.)

* ''{{Peanuts}}'':

* In ''{{Misfile}}'' "Good" Angel Vashiel advises his [[OurAngelsAreDifferent semi-fallen brothe]]r to turn in one of his (Vashiel's) friends on suspicion of murder to win brownie points in heaven even though he (Vashiel) doesn't really think he is guilty. Fortunately his brother has ''some'' morals and points out that this makes Vashiel the ultimate in fair weather friends (and kinda a dick as well).

* In ''TheSimpsons'' ''RearWindow'' [[WholePlotReference episode]] Bart asks Milhouse to sign his leg cast but he just writes something like Mil..Pool and leaves for the swimming pool.