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* On ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', Dijonay was frequently this towards Penny, though she did [[WhatTheHellHero get called out on it]] at least once in the series' run.
** For that matter, the rest of Penny's friends constantly ditch her when the going gets tough as well, just not as much as Dijonay.
** For that matter, the rest of Penny's friends constantly ditch her when the going gets tough as well, just not as much as Dijonay.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', Dijonay was frequently this towards Penny, though she did [[WhatTheHellHero get called out on it]] at least once in the series' run.
run, with Penny's takeaway at the end of one episode being that she can always trust Dijonay to be this trope.
** For that matter, the rest of Penny's friends constantly ditch her when the going gets tough as well, just not as much as Dijonay. This is acknowledged in series, when Penny gets a new friend group in one episode and her grandmother remarks that these new people are "faker than [her] fake friends."
** For that matter, the rest of Penny's friends constantly ditch her when the going gets tough as well, just not as much as Dijonay. This is acknowledged in series, when Penny gets a new friend group in one episode and her grandmother remarks that these new people are "faker than [her] fake friends."
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* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'': Referenced in the episode "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E20DownAndOutInDuckburg Down and Out in Duckburg]]", when Scrooge loses his fortune. After the group walks out of the mansion, fed up with its new owner Fritter O'Way, the triplets propose that they should ask Launchpad or Gyro if they can stay with them. Scrooge refuses, saying that Launchpad and Gyro will treat him like he treated the regular citizens of Duckburg when he was wealthy.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'': Referenced in the episode "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E20DownAndOutInDuckburg Down and Out in Duckburg]]", when Scrooge loses his fortune. After the group walks out of the mansion, fed up with its new owner Fritter O'Way, the triplets propose that they should ask Launchpad or Gyro if they can stay with them. Scrooge refuses, saying that Launchpad and Gyro will treat him like he treated the regular citizens of Duckburg when he was wealthy. Of course, [[NiceGuy given either's characters]], this trope is never demonstrated to have any basis in fact.
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* Ange's intramural teammates from ''Anime/CrossAnge'' turn on her after she is revealed to be a Norma, all of one day after she makes a heartwarming speech about [[TrueCompanions teamwork]].
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* Ange's intramural teammates from ''Anime/CrossAnge'' turn on her after she is revealed to be a Norma, all of one day after she makes a heartwarming speech about [[TrueCompanions teamwork]].
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* Similarly, ''Fanfic/ForHisOwnSake'' deals with everyone facing serious consequences for their actions, and friendships fraying at the seams. When some of the girls start taking more responsibility for their own problems, the more stubborn and hard-headed among them prove that they're nothing more than fair-weather friends even while accusing the others of being 'traitors'.
* [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo]] doesn't call his friends this, but the narrative implies they are after they abandon him in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/896232/chapters/1730901 Wanderlust]]'' after he loses his powers. It leads to Ichigo having to deal with the trauma of the Winter War by himself with no one to turn to.
* ''Fanfic/InASkyOfAMillionStars'': All of Bakugou Katsuki's lackeys prove to be this when he briefly returns Aldera Junior High after Izuku's suicide attempt. Despite him clearly not being alright and still trying to cope with the situation, they avoid him and instead join in on the growing rumor mill. Obviously, after Katuski hits his RageBreakingPoint and blows up the cafeteria, it's not hard for him to skip out on school altogether and enroll in Aldera's CorrespondenceCourse a few months later. The situation ultimately feeds into Katsuki's GuiltComplex, as it proves an AwfulTruth: despite Katsuki treating him like shit, Izuku really was his OnlyFriend.
* [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo]] doesn't call his friends this, but the narrative implies they are after they abandon him in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/896232/chapters/1730901 Wanderlust]]'' after he loses his powers. It leads to Ichigo having to deal with the trauma of the Winter War by himself with no one to turn to.
* ''Fanfic/InASkyOfAMillionStars'': All of Bakugou Katsuki's lackeys prove to be this when he briefly returns Aldera Junior High after Izuku's suicide attempt. Despite him clearly not being alright and still trying to cope with the situation, they avoid him and instead join in on the growing rumor mill. Obviously, after Katuski hits his RageBreakingPoint and blows up the cafeteria, it's not hard for him to skip out on school altogether and enroll in Aldera's CorrespondenceCourse a few months later. The situation ultimately feeds into Katsuki's GuiltComplex, as it proves an AwfulTruth: despite Katsuki treating him like shit, Izuku really was his OnlyFriend.
* ''Fanfic/ForHisOwnSake'' deals with everyone at the Hinata Inn facing serious consequences for their actions, and friendships fraying at the seams. When some of the girls start taking more responsibility for their own problems, the more stubborn and hard-headed among them prove that they're nothing more than fair-weather friends even while accusing the others of being 'traitors'.
* ''Fanfic/InASkyOfAMillionStars'': All of Bakugou Katsuki's lackeys prove to be this when he briefly returns Aldera Junior High after Izuku's suicide attempt. Despite him clearly not being alright and still trying to cope with the situation, they avoid him and instead join in on the growing rumor mill. Obviously, after Katsuki hits his RageBreakingPoint and blows up the cafeteria, it's not hard for him to skip out on school altogether and enroll in Aldera's CorrespondenceCourse a few months later. The situation ultimately feeds into Katsuki's GuiltComplex, as it proves an AwfulTruth: despite Katsuki treating him like shit, Izuku really was his OnlyFriend.
* ''Fanfic/LeaveForMendeleiev'':
** Adrien takes an interest in Marinette and her friends when he starts suspecting that they might be connected to Ladybug, zeroing in on her in particular. After [[spoiler:seeing Future!Ladybug checking on Marinette during the Timebreaker incident]], he decides he must have been wrong and immediately starts ignoring her, Aurore, and the rest.
** Nino also shows shades of this. While he promises Marinette that [[RichBitch Chloé]] isn't involved in his movie-making project, he decides not to warn her when this changes, as he knows Marinette is trying to avoid her long-time bully and wouldn't want to come if she knew she was there. He [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blames Marinette for this]], acting [[EntitledBastard entitled to her help]], and generally trampling over the boundaries of ''everyone'' involved with the project. The whole debacle leaves Marinette seriously questioning [[AllTakeAndNoGive the nature of their friendship]].
* [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo]] doesn't call his friends this, but the narrative implies they are after they abandon him in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/896232/chapters/1730901 Wanderlust]]'' after he loses his powers. It leads to Ichigo having to deal with the trauma of the Winter War by himself with no one to turn to.
* ''Fanfic/LeaveForMendeleiev'':
** Adrien takes an interest in Marinette and her friends when he starts suspecting that they might be connected to Ladybug, zeroing in on her in particular. After [[spoiler:seeing Future!Ladybug checking on Marinette during the Timebreaker incident]], he decides he must have been wrong and immediately starts ignoring her, Aurore, and the rest.
** Nino also shows shades of this. While he promises Marinette that [[RichBitch Chloé]] isn't involved in his movie-making project, he decides not to warn her when this changes, as he knows Marinette is trying to avoid her long-time bully and wouldn't want to come if she knew she was there. He [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blames Marinette for this]], acting [[EntitledBastard entitled to her help]], and generally trampling over the boundaries of ''everyone'' involved with the project. The whole debacle leaves Marinette seriously questioning [[AllTakeAndNoGive the nature of their friendship]].
* [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo]] doesn't call his friends this, but the narrative implies they are after they abandon him in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/896232/chapters/1730901 Wanderlust]]'' after he loses his powers. It leads to Ichigo having to deal with the trauma of the Winter War by himself with no one to turn to.
* In ''Film/BattleRoyale'', two female students, Kaori and Mizuho, forced into the titular game give tearful goodbyes to each other before they're forced to enter the battlefield out on the island they've been put on. Later on, we see a shot of their dead bodies impaled with either a harpoon or spear and you see a lifesaver between them. And because they fought over who gets to escape the island as a matter of survival regarding the dangers of the ocean such as freezing temperatures, strong currents, etc. this is about as literal as this trope can get.
* ''Film/CreedII'' The Russian elites are shown as this to Ivan Drago. In ''Film/RockyIV'' They praise Ivan as their champion, but after his loss at Rocky's hands, they abandon him, exile him to Ukraine [[spoiler: and his wife Ludmilla abandons him and their son to remarry a wealthy man]]. His son Viktor even [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out on this]], upset he was desperate to earn the approval of the same people who threw him aside when he needed them most.
* ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'': When skekSil the Chamberlain makes his move to take the throne, many of the other Skeksis whisper that they're all with him. After losing the trial by stone, they all gleefully turn on skekSil on skekZok's command.
* In ''Film/SanAndreas'', it's more of "Fair Geology Friends" where the protagonist's daughter and her boyfriend part ways as soon as an earthquake hits and debris is trapping the girl in a parking garage as while the boyfriend bolts for his own safety refusing to go through another near-death experience.
* ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'': When skekSil the Chamberlain makes his move to take the throne, many of the other Skeksis whisper that they're all with him. After losing the trial by stone, they all gleefully turn on skekSil on skekZok's command.
* In ''Film/SanAndreas'', it's more of "Fair Geology Friends" where the protagonist's daughter and her boyfriend part ways as soon as an earthquake hits and debris is trapping the girl in a parking garage as while the boyfriend bolts for his own safety refusing to go through another near-death experience.
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* In ''Film/BattleRoyale'', two female students, Kaori and Mizuho, forced into the titular game give tearful goodbyes to each other before they're forced to enter the battlefield out on the island they've been put on. Later on, we see a shot of their dead bodies impaled with either a harpoon or spear and you see a lifesaver between them. And because they fought over who gets to escape the island as a matter of survival regarding the dangers of the ocean such as freezing temperatures, strong currents, etc. this is about as literal as this trope can get.
* In ''Film/SanAndreas'', it's more of "Fair Geology Friends" where the protagonist's daughter and her boyfriend part ways as soon as an earthquake hits and debris is trapping the girl in a parking garage as while the boyfriend bolts for his own safety refusing to go through another near-death experience.
* ''Film/CreedII'' The Russian elites are shown as this to Ivan Drago. In ''Film/RockyIV'' They praise Ivan as their champion, but after his loss at Rocky's hands, they abandon him, exile him to Ukraine [[spoiler: and his wife Ludmilla abandons him and their son to remarry a wealthy man]]. His son Viktor even [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out on this]], upset he was desperate to earn the approval of the same people who threw him aside when he needed them most.
* ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'': When skekSil the Chamberlain makes his move to take the throne, many of the other Skeksis whisper that they're all with him. After losing the trial by stone, they all gleefully turn on skekSil on skekZok's command.
* In ''Film/SanAndreas'', it's more of "Fair Geology Friends" where the protagonist's daughter and her boyfriend part ways as soon as an earthquake hits and debris is trapping the girl in a parking garage as while the boyfriend bolts for his own safety refusing to go through another near-death experience.
* ''Film/CreedII'' The Russian elites are shown as this to Ivan Drago. In ''Film/RockyIV'' They praise Ivan as their champion, but after his loss at Rocky's hands, they abandon him, exile him to Ukraine [[spoiler: and his wife Ludmilla abandons him and their son to remarry a wealthy man]]. His son Viktor even [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out on this]], upset he was desperate to earn the approval of the same people who threw him aside when he needed them most.
* ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'': When skekSil the Chamberlain makes his move to take the throne, many of the other Skeksis whisper that they're all with him. After losing the trial by stone, they all gleefully turn on skekSil on skekZok's command.
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* In the book ''The Man in the Ceiling,'' the ''main character'' abandons his friends who need his help when the most popular boy in school takes an interest in him. He claims that all of them, being outcasts, would have done the same thing in his place.
* A literal example in Creator/OscarWilde's ''The Devoted Friend'': Hugh Miller visits Hans during the spring, summer, and autumn, but not during the winter when Hans is left to endure the cold weather. Lampshaded by Hugh:
-->'''Hugh''': There is no good in my going to see little Hans as long as the snow lasts, for when people are in trouble, they should be left alone, and not be bothered by visitors.
* A literal example in Creator/OscarWilde's ''The Devoted Friend'': Hugh Miller visits Hans during the spring, summer, and autumn, but not during the winter when Hans is left to endure the cold weather. Lampshaded by Hugh:
-->'''Hugh''': There is no good in my going to see little Hans as long as the snow lasts, for when people are in trouble, they should be left alone, and not be bothered by visitors.
* In ''Literature/DebtOfHonor'', [[spoiler:China, who had earlier formed a secret alliance with Japan as part of their plot to seize the Northern Resource Area, are quick to throw Japan under the bus once Yamata's plan starts unraveling]].
* A literal example in Creator/OscarWilde's ''The Devoted Friend'': Hugh Miller visits Hans during the spring, summer, and autumn, but not during the winter when Hans is left to endure the cold weather. {{Lampshaded}} by Hugh:
-->'''Hugh''': There is no good in my going to see little Hans as long as the snow lasts, for when people are in trouble, they should be left alone, and not be bothered by visitors.
* ''Literature/TheDiabolic'': Gladdic wants to have good relations with Sidonia (she says she expected them to marry eventually), but he's a coward who quickly buckles when someone more powerful is around. Notably, in his first appearance he tries to warn Nemesis that she's going to get date-raped... but shuts up because Elantra glares at him. Nemesis quickly decides he is not worthy of Sidonia.
* A literal example in Creator/OscarWilde's ''The Devoted Friend'': Hugh Miller visits Hans during the spring, summer, and autumn, but not during the winter when Hans is left to endure the cold weather. {{Lampshaded}} by Hugh:
-->'''Hugh''': There is no good in my going to see little Hans as long as the snow lasts, for when people are in trouble, they should be left alone, and not be bothered by visitors.
* ''Literature/TheDiabolic'': Gladdic wants to have good relations with Sidonia (she says she expected them to marry eventually), but he's a coward who quickly buckles when someone more powerful is around. Notably, in his first appearance he tries to warn Nemesis that she's going to get date-raped... but shuts up because Elantra glares at him. Nemesis quickly decides he is not worthy of Sidonia.
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* ''Literature/HarryPotter''''Literature/HarryPotter'':
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** Inverted with Ron and Hermione in the last few books. After Harry realizes he has a long and dangerous quest ahead of him to defeat Voldemort, he almost begs Ron and Hermione to leave his side, not wanting to drag them along with his troubles and endangering their lives. Both of them make perfectly clear Harry is stuck with them during his quest.
* In Jan Guillou's ''Ondskan'', the protagonist Erik Ponti is at the start of the story running several fairly successful rackets at school, one of which includes stealing records from record stores with the aid of his friends. Erik is clever enough to lay down two rules for his gang: they rotate which stores they hit next so as to minimize suspicion, and if caught they will admit to nothing so as to minimize their punishment and not get each other in trouble. Unfortunately for Erik, while he's busy with something else his friends decide to target the same store several times, resulting in them getting caught, and they immediately blame Erik for making them go through with it in order to save their own hides.
* In Jan Guillou's ''Ondskan'', the protagonist Erik Ponti is at the start of the story running several fairly successful rackets at school, one of which includes stealing records from record stores with the aid of his friends. Erik is clever enough to lay down two rules for his gang: they rotate which stores they hit next so as to minimize suspicion, and if caught they will admit to nothing so as to minimize their punishment and not get each other in trouble. Unfortunately for Erik, while he's busy with something else his friends decide to target the same store several times, resulting in them getting caught, and they immediately blame Erik for making them go through with it in order to save their own hides.
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** Inverted {{Inverted}} with Ron and Hermione in the last few books. After Harry realizes he has a long and dangerous quest ahead of him to defeat Voldemort, he almost begs Ron and Hermione to leave his side, not wanting to drag them along with his troubles and endangering their lives. Both of them make perfectly clear Harry is stuck with them during his quest.
* In Jan Guillou's ''Ondskan'', the protagonist Erik Ponti is at the start of the story running several fairly successful rackets at school, one of which includes stealing records from record stores with the aid of his friends. Erik is clever enough to lay down two rules for his gang: they rotate which stores they hit next so as to minimize suspicion, and if caught they will admit to nothing so as to minimize their punishment and not get each other in trouble. Unfortunately for Erik, while he's busy with something else his friends decide to target the same store several times, resulting in them getting caught, and they immediately blame Erik for making them go through with it in order to save their own hides.quest.
* In Jan Guillou's ''Ondskan'', the protagonist Erik Ponti is at the start of the story running several fairly successful rackets at school, one of which includes stealing records from record stores with the aid of his friends. Erik is clever enough to lay down two rules for his gang: they rotate which stores they hit next so as to minimize suspicion, and if caught they will admit to nothing so as to minimize their punishment and not get each other in trouble. Unfortunately for Erik, while he's busy with something else his friends decide to target the same store several times, resulting in them getting caught, and they immediately blame Erik for making them go through with it in order to save their own hides.
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* In ''Literature/DebtOfHonor'', [[spoiler:China, who had earlier formed a secret alliance with Japan as part of their plot to seize the Northern Resource Area, are quick to throw Japan under the bus once Yamata's plan starts unraveling.]]
* ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'' (second book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''): Adolin is disturbed to find that all his friends want nothing to do with him now that his family's political future is uncertain. Part of this is Adolin's fault, as he was friendly with pretty much everyone but didn't try to forge meaningful relationships with anyone besides his brother. Mostly, it's a sign of how shallow and corrupt the Alethi elite have become.
* ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'' (second book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''): Adolin is disturbed to find that all his friends want nothing to do with him now that his family's political future is uncertain. Part of this is Adolin's fault, as he was friendly with pretty much everyone but didn't try to forge meaningful relationships with anyone besides his brother. Mostly, it's a sign of how shallow and corrupt the Alethi elite have become.
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* In ''Literature/DebtOfHonor'', [[spoiler:China, who had earlier formed a secret alliance with Japan as part of their plot to seize the Northern Resource Area, are quick to throw Japan under the bus once Yamata's plan starts unraveling.]]
* ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'' (secondbook of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''): Adolin is disturbed to find that all ''The Man in the Ceiling,'' the ''main character'' abandons his friends want who need his help when the most popular boy in school takes an interest in him. He claims that all of them, being outcasts, would have done the same thing in his place.
* In Jan Guillou's ''Ondskan'', the protagonist Erik Ponti is at the start of the story running several fairly successful rackets at school, one of which includes stealing records from record stores with the aid of his friends. Erik is clever enough to lay down two rules for his gang: they rotate which stores they hit next so as to minimize suspicion, and if caught they will admit to nothing so as todo minimize their punishment and not get each other in trouble. Unfortunately for Erik, while he's busy with him now that something else his family's political future is uncertain. Part of this is Adolin's fault, as he was friendly friends decide to target the same store several times, resulting in them getting caught, and they immediately blame Erik for making them go through with pretty much everyone but didn't try it in order to forge meaningful relationships with anyone besides his brother. Mostly, it's a sign of how shallow and corrupt the Alethi elite have become.save their own hides.
* ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'' (second
* In Jan Guillou's ''Ondskan'', the protagonist Erik Ponti is at the start of the story running several fairly successful rackets at school, one of which includes stealing records from record stores with the aid of his friends. Erik is clever enough to lay down two rules for his gang: they rotate which stores they hit next so as to minimize suspicion, and if caught they will admit to nothing so as to
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* ''Literature/TheDiabolic'': Gladdic wants to have good relations with Sidonia (she says she expected them to marry eventually), but he's a coward who quickly buckles when someone more powerful is around. Notably, in his first appearance he tries to warn Nemesis that she's going to get date-raped... but shuts up because Elantra glares at him. Nemesis quickly decides he is not worthy of Sidonia.
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* ''Literature/TheDiabolic'': Gladdic wants ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'' (second book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''): Adolin is disturbed to find that all his friends want nothing to do with him now that his family's political future is uncertain. Part of this is Adolin's fault, as he was friendly with pretty much everyone but didn't try to forge meaningful relationships with anyone besides his brother. Mostly, it's a sign of how shallow and corrupt the Alethi elite have good relations with Sidonia (she says she expected them to marry eventually), but he's a coward who quickly buckles when someone more powerful is around. Notably, in his first appearance he tries to warn Nemesis that she's going to get date-raped... but shuts up because Elantra glares at him. Nemesis quickly decides he is not worthy of Sidonia.
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Sometimes, when the going gets tough, Walter Denton gets going, i.e. "Trial By Jury".
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Sometimes, ''Series/{{ER}}'''s Kerry Weaver repeatedly proved herself to be this the moment she realized that supporting someone would be detrimental to her--she screwed over Mark Greene to become ER chief, she ditched her girlfriend when the going gets tough, Walter Denton gets going, i.e. "Trial By Jury".latter was falsely accused of sexual harassment, and she allowed her protegé to take the sole blame for a patient's death so that she herself would incur no punishment.
** Mark himself had a bad habit of being unable to support anyone who needed it.
** Mark himself had a bad habit of being unable to support anyone who needed it.
* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Sometimes, when the going gets tough, Walter Denton gets going, i.e. "Trial By Jury".
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* ''Series/{{ER}}'''s Kerry Weaver repeatedly proved herself to be this the moment she realized that supporting someone would be detrimental to her--she screwed over Mark Greene to become ER chief, she ditched her girlfriend when the latter was falsely accused of sexual harassment, and she allowed her protegé to take the sole blame for a patient's death so that she herself would incur no punishment.
** Mark himself had a bad habit of being unable to support anyone who needed it.
** Mark himself had a bad habit of being unable to support anyone who needed it.
* In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', Tenko accuses Angie of this during the second trial, as Angie is the first person to point out that Himiko is suspicious because the [[spoiler:Ryoma's body was discovered during her magic show]], while failing to acknowledge that said show was ''her'' idea. Angie retorts that [[JerkassHasAPoint they have to question Himiko or they might end up getting killed]], but Tenko's criticism still isn't exactly wrong - Angie is ''very'' quick to turn on the Blackened after Shuichi figures out who did it, asking if they were just pretending to be friends to gain everyone's trust, which is ironically something Angie does in the third chapter when she decides to set up a "Student Council" that answers to Atua, which conveniently means that she is in charge.
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* In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', Tenko accues Angie of this during the second trial, as Angie is the first person to point out that Himiko is suspicious because the [[spoiler:Ryoma's body was discovered during her magic show]], while failing to acknowledge that said show was ''her'' idea. Angie retorts that [[JerkassHasAPoint they have to question Himiko or they might end up getting killed]], but Tenko's criticism still isn't exactly wrong - Angie is ''very'' quick to turn on the Blackened after Shuichi figures out who did it, asking if they were just pretending to be friends to gain everyone's trust, which is ironically something Angie does in the third chapter when she decides to set up a "Student Council" that answers to Atua, which conveniently mean that she is in charge.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' RearWindowHomage Bart asks Milhouse to sign his leg cast, after he's forced to stay inside due to his leg injury while the other kids play in the family's swimming pool, but he just writes Mil..Pool and leaves for the pool.
** In fact, through the series, Milhouse has been shown to be occasionally fickle towards Bart, as he often abandons him, sells him out to avoid trouble, or attacks whenever a dispute breaks out between them.
** In fact, through the series, Milhouse has been shown to be occasionally fickle towards Bart, as he often abandons him, sells him out to avoid trouble, or attacks whenever a dispute breaks out between them.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' RearWindowHomage ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''[='=] RearWindowHomage, Bart asks Milhouse to sign his leg cast, cast after he's forced to stay inside due to his leg injury while the other kids play in the family's swimming pool, but he just writes Mil..Pool and leaves for the pool.
** In fact,through throughout the series, Milhouse has been shown to be occasionally fickle towards Bart, as he often abandons him, sells him out to avoid trouble, or attacks whenever a dispute breaks out between them.
** In fact,
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** Many students follow public opinion when it comes to Harry, being friendly when he's popular and cold when he's unpopular. This is highlighted in the fifth and sixth books. During the fifth book, the ministry actively attempted to discredit Harry, pressuring the newspaper to portray him as a lunatic, causing many students to shun him. In the sixth book, the ministry and newspaper portray Harry as some sort of hero and the only one able to defeat Voldemort. This resulted in Harry being swarmed by fangirls, one of whom even tried to poison him with love potion.
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** Many students follow public opinion when it comes to Harry, being friendly when he's popular and cold when he's unpopular. This is highlighted in the fifth and sixth books. During the fifth book, the ministry Ministry of Magic actively attempted attempt to discredit Harry, pressuring the newspaper wizard newspapers to portray him as a lunatic, causing many students to shun him. In the sixth book, the ministry Ministry and newspaper newspapers portray Harry as some sort of hero and the only one able to defeat Voldemort. This resulted in Harry being swarmed by fangirls, one of whom even tried to poison him with love potion.
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* Taken to the nth degree in ''Film/{{Brazil}}'', where Michael Palin's character is willing toIN perform ColdBloodedTorture on longtime friend Sam when circumstances turn against Sam.
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** He also turns on Ash [[InternalReveal after learning that]] Ash has [[RelationshipUpgrade gotten together with Trip]], getting ''incredibly jealous'' of the notion that ''HIS'' friend could be close to anybody else. He even considers [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset outing Ash in hopes of hurting him]] and ruining his reputation.
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* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': Goh ''claims'' he's always been there for Chloe and says that he cares for her "like he cares for Ash and Raboot". But he never comes to Chloe's aid ''at all''. When Chloe questions him where he's been, he retorts that he's been chasing his dreams which she lacks. This ends up being the moment he put his foot in his mouth and Chloe decides to run away from home and then get onto the Infinity Train.
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* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': Goh ''claims'' several times over:
** While he claims that he's always been there forChloe and says that he cares for her "like he cares for Ash and Raboot". But he his ChildhoodFriend Chloe, in practice, the two of them [[TheFriendsWhoNeverHang never comes to Chloe's aid ''at all''. spend any time together]]. When Chloe questions she calls him where he's been, out on this, he retorts that he's been busy [[GoalInLife chasing his dreams which dreams]] -- adding that she lacks. can't ''possibly'' understand what that's like because she doesn't ''have'' any. This ends up being serves as the moment he put his foot in his mouth and catalyst for Chloe decides to run running away from home and then get onto boarding the Infinity Train.Train.
** Similarly, Goh didn't make any effort to find out ''why'' Tokio wasn't able to meet up with him like they'd planned, leaping to the conclusion that he'd deliberately ditched him.
** Over time, Goh convinces himself that ''Chloe'' was a fair-weather friend to him, since she stopped trying to reach out to him and repair their fraying friendship. The fact that [[NeverMyFault HE didn't make any effort]] until ''after'' she boarded the Train, and has mainly concerned himself with 'saving' her [[StatusQuoIsGod so everything can go back to exactly how it was before]], is completely lost upon him.
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** Similarly, Goh didn't make any effort to find out ''why'' Tokio wasn't able to meet up with him like they'd planned, leaping to the conclusion that he'd deliberately ditched him.
** Over time, Goh convinces himself that ''Chloe'' was a fair-weather friend to him, since she stopped trying to reach out to him and repair their fraying friendship. The fact that [[NeverMyFault HE didn't make any effort]] until ''after'' she boarded the Train, and has mainly concerned himself with 'saving' her [[StatusQuoIsGod so everything can go back to exactly how it was before]], is completely lost upon him.
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* Kaa accuses Mowgli's friends of this in the Creator/{{Disney}} version of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}''.
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Often a part of an IneffectualLoner's backstory. Compare this to a FalseFriend. A FalseFriend is someone who is never actually your friend, but pretends to be because it will work to their advantage. A Fair Weather Friend is a genuine friend to you at first, but they'll abandon you as soon as it puts them at a disadvantage. Inverse of PowerOfFriendship. Contrast AFriendInNeed. Do not confuse with SocialCircleFiller, who are friends that drop out of the story because the main character got better, more plot-relevant ones.
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Often a part of an IneffectualLoner's backstory. Compare this to a FalseFriend. A FalseFriend is someone who is never actually your friend, but pretends to be because it will work to their advantage. A Fair Weather Friend is a genuine friend to you at first, but they'll abandon you as soon as it puts them at a disadvantage. Inverse of PowerOfFriendship. Contrast AFriendInNeed. Do not confuse with SocialCircleFiller, who are friends that drop out of the story because the main character got better, more plot-relevant ones.
ones (which would make the main character an unspoken one of these).
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* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': Goh ''claims'' he's always been there for Chloe and says that he cares for her "like he cares for Ash and Raboot". But he never comes to Chloe's aid ''at all''. When Chloe questions him where he's been, he retorts that he's been chasing his dreams which she lacks. This ends up being the moment he put his foot in his mouth and Chloe decides to run away from home and then get onto the Infinity Train.
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* ''Film/CreedII'' The Russian elites are shown as this to Ivan Drago. In ''Film/RockyIV'' They praise Ivan as their champion, but after his loss at Rocky's hands, they abandon him, exile him to Ukraine [[spoiler: and his wife Ludmilla abandons him and their son to remarry a wealthy man]]. His son Viktor even [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out on this]], upset he desperate to earn the approval of the same people who threw him aside when he needed them most.
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* ''Film/CreedII'' The Russian elites are shown as this to Ivan Drago. In ''Film/RockyIV'' They praise Ivan as their champion, but after his loss at Rocky's hands, they abandon him, exile him to Ukraine [[spoiler: and his wife Ludmilla abandons him and their son to remarry a wealthy man]]. His son Viktor even [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out on this]], upset he was desperate to earn the approval of the same people who threw him aside when he needed them most.
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** 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 between them.
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Often a part of an IneffectualLoner's backstory. Compare this to a FalseFriend. A FalseFriend is someone who is never actually your friend, but pretends to be because it will work to their advantage. A Fair Weather Friend is a genuine friend to you at first, but they'll abandon you as soon as it puts them at a disadvantage. Inverse of PowerOfFriendship. Contrast AFriendInNeed.
AFriendInNeed. Do not confuse with SocialCircleFiller, who are friends that drop out of the story because the main character got better, more plot-relevant ones.
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* In ''VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3'', Tenko accues Angie of this during the second trial, as Angie is the first person to point out that Himiko is suspicious because the [[spoiler:Ryoma's body was discovered during her magic show]], while failing to acknowledge that said show was ''her'' idea. Angie retorts that [[JerkassHasAPoint they have to question Himiko or they might end up getting killed]], but Tenko's criticism still isn't exactly wrong - Angie is ''very'' quick to turn on the Blackened after Shuichi figures out who did it, asking if they were just pretending to be friends to gain everyone's trust, which is ironically something Angie does in the third chapter when she decides to set up a "Student Council" that answers to Atua, which conveniently mean that she is in charge.
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* In ''VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3'', ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', Tenko accues Angie of this during the second trial, as Angie is the first person to point out that Himiko is suspicious because the [[spoiler:Ryoma's body was discovered during her magic show]], while failing to acknowledge that said show was ''her'' idea. Angie retorts that [[JerkassHasAPoint they have to question Himiko or they might end up getting killed]], but Tenko's criticism still isn't exactly wrong - Angie is ''very'' quick to turn on the Blackened after Shuichi figures out who did it, asking if they were just pretending to be friends to gain everyone's trust, which is ironically something Angie does in the third chapter when she decides to set up a "Student Council" that answers to Atua, which conveniently mean that she is in charge.
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* In ''Film/SanAndreas'', it's more of "Fair Geology Friends" where the protagonist's daughter and her boyfriend part ways as soon as an earthquake hits and debris is trapping the girl in a parking garage as while the boyfriend bolts for his own safety refusing to go through another near-death experience.
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Sometimes, when the going gets tough, Walter Denton gets going, i.e. "Trial By Jury".
* In the Season 6 finale of ''Series/GameOfThrones'', [[YoungAndInCharge Lady Lyanna Mormont]] gives a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech dress-down]] of all her fellow northern lords assembled, all adult men, for being this to House Stark, and then reaffirms her own UndyingLoyalty by becoming [[spoiler: Jon Snow's kingmaker]]. The lords of the three strongest remaining houses contritely admit she's right. They all swear fealty again, [[spoiler:joining Lady Mormont in declaring Jon the King In The North]].
** Jon's younger sister and regent Sansa Stark hangs a lampshade on the flip-flop nature of the Northern lords:
--->'''Sansa Stark''': "Yes, they turned their backs on Jon when it was time to retake Winterfell, and then they named him their King, and now they're ready to turn their backs on him again. How far would you trust men like that? They're all bloody wind vanes."
* On a first-season episode of ''Series/TheWestWing'', while dealing with the public fallout of his alcoholism and pill addiction coming to light, Leo invites Simon Blye, whom he regards as a friend, to meet with him at the White House. President Bartlet considers Simon a fair weather friend, and unfortunately for Leo, is proven right, as Simon basically tells Leo he needs to resign.
* ''Series/{{ER}}'''s Kerry Weaver repeatedly proved herself to be this the moment she realized that supporting someone would be detrimental to her--she screwed over Mark Greene to become ER chief, she ditched her girlfriend when the latter was falsely accused of sexual harassment, and she allowed her protegé to take the sole blame for a patient's death so that she herself would incur no punishment.
** Mark himself had a bad habit of being unable to support anyone who needed it.
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Sometimes, when the going gets tough, Walter Denton gets going, i.e. "Trial By Jury".
* In the Season 6 finale of ''Series/GameOfThrones'', [[YoungAndInCharge Lady Lyanna Mormont]] gives a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech dress-down]] of all her fellow northern lords assembled, all adult men, for being this to House Stark, and then reaffirms her own UndyingLoyalty by becoming [[spoiler: Jon Snow's kingmaker]]. The lords of the three strongest remaining houses contritely admit she's right. They all swear fealty again, [[spoiler:joining Lady Mormont in declaring Jon the King In The North]].
** Jon's younger sister and regent Sansa Stark hangs a lampshade on the flip-flop nature of the Northern lords:
--->'''Sansa Stark''': "Yes, they turned their backs on Jon when it was time to retake Winterfell, and then they named him their King, and now they're ready to turn their backs on him again. How far would you trust men like that? They're all bloody wind vanes."
* On a first-season episode of ''Series/TheWestWing'', while dealing with the public fallout of his alcoholism and pill addiction coming to light, Leo invites Simon Blye, whom he regards as a friend, to meet with him at the White House. President Bartlet considers Simon a fair weather friend, and unfortunately for Leo, is proven right, as Simon basically tells Leo he needs to resign.
* ''Series/{{ER}}'''s Kerry Weaver repeatedly proved herself to be this the moment she realized that supporting someone would be detrimental to her--she screwed over Mark Greene to become ER chief, she ditched her girlfriend when the latter was falsely accused of sexual harassment, and she allowed her protegé to take the sole blame for a patient's death so that she herself would incur no punishment.
** Mark himself had a bad habit of being unable to support anyone who needed it.
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Sometimes, when the going gets tough, Walter Denton gets going, i.e. "Trial By Jury".
* In the Season 6 finale of ''Series/GameOfThrones'', [[YoungAndInCharge Lady Lyanna Mormont]] gives a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech dress-down]] of all her fellow northern lords assembled, all adult men, for being this to House Stark, and then reaffirms her own UndyingLoyalty by becoming [[spoiler: Jon Snow's kingmaker]]. The lords of the three strongest remaining houses contritely admit she's right. They all swear fealty again, [[spoiler:joining Lady Mormont in declaring Jon the King In The North]].
** Jon's younger sister and regent Sansa Stark hangs a lampshade on the flip-flop nature of the Northern lords:
--->'''Sansa Stark''': "Yes, they turned their backs on Jon when it was time to retake Winterfell, and then they named him their King, and now they're ready to turn their backs on him again. How far would you trust men like that? They're all bloody wind vanes."
* On a first-season episode of ''Series/TheWestWing'', while dealing with the public fallout of his alcoholism and pill addiction coming to light, Leo invites Simon Blye, whom he regards as a friend, to meet with him at the White House. President Bartlet considers Simon a fair weather friend, and unfortunately for Leo, is proven right, as Simon basically tells Leo he needs to resign.
* ''Series/{{ER}}'''s Kerry Weaver repeatedly proved herself to be this the moment she realized that supporting someone would be detrimental to her--she screwed over Mark Greene to become ER chief, she ditched her girlfriend when the latter was falsely accused of sexual harassment, and she allowed her protegé to take the sole blame for a patient's death so that she herself would incur no punishment.
** Mark himself had a bad habit of being unable to support anyone who needed it.
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Sometimes, when the going gets tough, Walter Denton gets going, i.e. "Trial By Jury".
* In the Season 6 finale of ''Series/GameOfThrones'', [[YoungAndInCharge Lady Lyanna Mormont]] gives a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech dress-down]] of all her fellow northern lords assembled, all adult men, for being this to House Stark, and then reaffirms her own UndyingLoyalty by becoming [[spoiler: Jon Snow's kingmaker]]. The lords of the three strongest remaining houses contritely admit she's right. They all swear fealty again, [[spoiler:joining Lady Mormont in declaring Jon the King In The North]].
** Jon's younger sister and regent Sansa Stark hangs a lampshade on the flip-flop nature of the Northern lords:
--->'''Sansa Stark''': "Yes, they turned their backs on Jon when it was time to retake Winterfell, and then they named him their King, and now they're ready to turn their backs on him again. How far would you trust men like that? They're all bloody wind vanes."
* On a first-season episode of ''Series/TheWestWing'', while dealing with the public fallout of his alcoholism and pill addiction coming to light, Leo invites Simon Blye, whom he regards as a friend, to meet with him at the White House. President Bartlet considers Simon a fair weather friend, and unfortunately for Leo, is proven right, as Simon basically tells Leo he needs to resign.
* ''Series/{{ER}}'''s Kerry Weaver repeatedly proved herself to be this the moment she realized that supporting someone would be detrimental to her--she screwed over Mark Greene to become ER chief, she ditched her girlfriend when the latter was falsely accused of sexual harassment, and she allowed her protegé to take the sole blame for a patient's death so that she herself would incur no punishment.
** Mark himself had a bad habit of being unable to support anyone who needed it.
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* Heidi counts as this to [[WesternAnimation/{{Stoked}} Lo]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6331445/5/Hanging-Ten Hanging Ten]]''. While at first she seems nice enough, Heidi soon abandons her since she considers Lo a "surf nut". Lo then comes to the sad conclusion that all of her school friends are like that and that she never had any true friends before meeting the other surfers. {{Subverted}} in a sequel story, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12094997/1/Hanging-Ten-My-Cyber-Sweet-Sixteen Hanging Ten: My Cyber-Sweet Sixteen]]'', where another friend from Lo's school, Flor, shows up and immediately proves herself a true friend by making Heidi apologize for her behavior.
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* Heidi counts as this to [[WesternAnimation/{{Stoked}} Lo]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6331445/5/Hanging-Ten Hanging Ten]]''. While at first she seems nice enough, Heidi soon abandons her Lo since she considers Lo a "surf nut". Lo then comes to the sad conclusion that all of her school friends are like that and that she never had any true friends before meeting the other surfers. {{Subverted}} in a sequel story, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12094997/1/Hanging-Ten-My-Cyber-Sweet-Sixteen Hanging Ten: My Cyber-Sweet Sixteen]]'', where another friend from Lo's school, Flor, shows up and immediately proves herself a true friend by making Heidi apologize for her behavior.
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* Heidi counts as this to [[WesternAnimation/{{Stoked}} Lo]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6331445/5/Hanging-Ten Hanging Ten]]''. While at first she seems like a good friend to Lo, Heidi soon abandons her since she considers Lo a "surf nut". Lo then comes to the sad conclusion that all of her school friends are like that and that she never had any true friends before meeting the other surfers. {{Subverted}} in a sequel story, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12094997/1/Hanging-Ten-My-Cyber-Sweet-Sixteen Hanging Ten: My Cyber-Sweet Sixteen]]'', where another friend from Lo's school, Flor, shows up and immediately proves herself a true friend by making Heidi apologize for her behavior.
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* Heidi counts as this to [[WesternAnimation/{{Stoked}} Lo]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6331445/5/Hanging-Ten Hanging Ten]]''. While at first she seems like a good friend to Lo, nice enough, Heidi soon abandons her since she considers Lo a "surf nut". Lo then comes to the sad conclusion that all of her school friends are like that and that she never had any true friends before meeting the other surfers. {{Subverted}} in a sequel story, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12094997/1/Hanging-Ten-My-Cyber-Sweet-Sixteen Hanging Ten: My Cyber-Sweet Sixteen]]'', where another friend from Lo's school, Flor, shows up and immediately proves herself a true friend by making Heidi apologize for her behavior.
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* Heidi counts as this to [[WesternAnimation/{{Stoked}} Lo]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6331445/5/Hanging-Ten Hanging Ten]]''. While at first she seems like a good friend to Lo, Heidi soon abandons her since she considers Lo a "surf nut". Lo then comes to the sad conclusion that all of her school friends are like that and that she never had any true friends before meeting the other surfers. {{Subverted}} in a sequel story, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12094997/1/Hanging-Ten-My-Cyber-Sweet-Sixteen Hanging Ten: My Cyber-Sweet Sixteen]]'', where another friend from Lo's school, Flor, shows up and immediately proves herself a true friend by making Heidi apologize for her behavior.
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* ''Comicstrip/{{Peanuts}}'':
** Referenced in [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1966/11/05 this]] strip.
--->'''Linus:''' "It's fair weather today, Charlie Brown."\\
'''Charlie Brown:''' "So where are all my friends?"
** In [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1962/01/20 this]] one Snoopy bemoans the loss of his snowman to a bright, sunny (if cold) day. "There's one thing for sure...he was no 'fair weather friend.'"
** In the book ''I Need All the Friends I can Get'' Charlie Brown says "[[TitleDrop I need all the friends I can get.]] I'd even settle for a fair-weather friend."
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* ''Comicstrip/{{Peanuts}}'':
** Referenced in [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1966/11/05 this]] strip.
--->'''Linus:''' "It's fair weather today, Charlie Brown."\\
'''Charlie Brown:''' "So where are all my friends?"
** In [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1962/01/20 this]] one Snoopy bemoans the loss of his snowman to a bright, sunny (if cold) day. "There's one thing for sure...he was no 'fair weather friend.'"
** In the book ''I Need All the Friends I can Get'' Charlie Brown says "[[TitleDrop I need all the friends I can get.]] I'd even settle for a fair-weather friend."
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* ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'': When skekSil the Chamberlain makes his move to take the throne, many of the other Skeksis whisper that they're all with him. After losing the trial by stone, they all gleefully turn on skekSil on skekZok's command.
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* ''Comicstrip/{{Peanuts}}'':
** Referenced in [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1966/11/05 this]] strip.
--->'''Linus:''' "It's fair weather today, Charlie Brown."\\
'''Charlie Brown:''' "So where are all my friends?"
** In [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1962/01/20 this]] one Snoopy bemoans the loss of his snowman to a bright, sunny (if cold) day. "There's one thing for sure...he was no 'fair weather friend.'"
** In the book ''I Need All the Friends I can Get'' Charlie Brown says "[[TitleDrop I need all the friends I can get.]] I'd even settle for a fair-weather friend."
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* ''Comicstrip/{{Peanuts}}'':
** Referenced in [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1966/11/05 this]] strip.
--->'''Linus:''' "It's fair weather today, Charlie Brown."\\
'''Charlie Brown:''' "So where are all my friends?"
** In [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1962/01/20 this]] one Snoopy bemoans the loss of his snowman to a bright, sunny (if cold) day. "There's one thing for sure...he was no 'fair weather friend.'"
** In the book ''I Need All the Friends I can Get'' Charlie Brown says "[[TitleDrop I need all the friends I can get.]] I'd even settle for a fair-weather friend."
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' RearWindowHomage Bart asks Milhouse to sign his leg cast but he just writes Mil..Pool and leaves for the swimming pool.
** 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.
** 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.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' RearWindowHomage Bart asks Milhouse to sign his leg cast cast, after he's forced to stay inside due to his leg injury while the other kids play in the family's swimming pool, but he just writes Mil..Pool and leaves for the swimming pool.
** 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 outhim.between them.
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* Kaa accuses Mowgli's friends of this in the Creator/{{Disney}} version of ''Disney/TheJungleBook''.
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* An somewhat odd example can be seen in the ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode, "Total Rickall." The Smith house has been invaded by alien parasites that tamper with everyone's memories, making Rick and his family believe that they're old friends of theirs. They multiply exponentially, overwhelming the Smiths, and even having them turn on each other. However, Morty eventually comes to the realization that their fake friends are only capable of creating good memories, while their real ones were there for the good and bad.
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* A literal example in Creator/OscarWilde's ''The Devoted Friend'': Hugh Miller visits Hans during the spring, summer, and autumn, but not during the winter when Hans is left to endure the cold weather. Lampshaded by Hugh:
-->'''Hugh''': There is no good in my going to see little Hans as long as the snow lasts, for when people are in trouble, they should be left alone, and not be bothered by visitors.
-->'''Hugh''': There is no good in my going to see little Hans as long as the snow lasts, for when people are in trouble, they should be left alone, and not be bothered by visitors.
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* ''Film/CreedII'' The Russian elites are shown as this to Ivan Drago. In ''Film/RockyIV'' They praise Ivan as their champion, but after his loss at Rocky's hands, they abandon him, exile him to Ukraine [[spoiler: and his wife Ludmilla abandons him and their son to remarry a wealthy man]]. His son Viktor even [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out on this]], upset he desperate to earn the approval of the same people who threw him aside when he needed them most.
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* In ''Film/BattleRoyale'', two female students, Kaori and Mizuho, forced into the titular game give tearful goodbyes to each other before they're forced to enter the battlefield out on the island they've been put on. Later on, we see a shot of their dead bodies impaled with either a harpoon or spear and you see a lifesaver between them. And because they fought over who gets to escape the island as a matter of survival regarding the dangers of the ocean such as freezing temperatures, strong currents, etc. this is about as literal as this trope can be.
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* In ''Film/BattleRoyale'', two female students, Kaori and Mizuho, forced into the titular game give tearful goodbyes to each other before they're forced to enter the battlefield out on the island they've been put on. Later on, we see a shot of their dead bodies impaled with either a harpoon or spear and you see a lifesaver between them. And because they fought over who gets to escape the island as a matter of survival regarding the dangers of the ocean such as freezing temperatures, strong currents, etc. this is about as literal as this trope can be.get.
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* In ''Film/BattleRoyale'', two female students, Kaori and Mizuho, forced into the titular game give tearful goodbyes to each other before they're forced to enter the battlefield out on the island they've been put on. Later on, we see a shot of their dead bodies impaled with either a harpoon or spear and you see a lifesaver between them. And because they fought over who gets to escape the island as a matter of survival regarding the dangers of the ocean such as freezing temperatures, strong currents, etc. this is one of the most about as literal examples of as this trope listed on this page. can be.
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* Depending on the route, [[spoiler:Makoto]] is this in ''VisualNovel/SongOfMemories''. They can end up as either selfless, selfish but harmless, malicious, or downright reprehensible depending on who you romance.
