History Main / ReverseMole

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}:'' [[spoiler: The Alpha Legion, at least originally-possibly still true, at least partially.]]
* The Green Lady in ''{{Exalted}}''.

* In SecretWars [[MakeMeWannaShout Klaw]] sabotages DoctorDoom 's current AGodAmI powers [[spoiler: subconsciously, because the Beyonder has taken him over.]]

* Itachi from ''{{Naruto}}''. Too bad it was only revealed once he was dead. [[spoiler:Even coming back as a zombie doesn't stop him from being loyal to Konoha.]]
** [[spoiler:His best friend Shisui was one as well, tasked by the clan to keep an eye on Itachi but instead sided with his best friend because he himself held the same devotion to Konoha as Itachi did. Ultimately he performed a HeroicSacrifice, doing his suicide in such a way that Itachi would gain the Mangekyo Sharingan to aid him in the massacre.]]

* Creator/AlfredHitchcock's MistakenIdentity film ''NorthByNorthwest'' features a mole inside the crime syndicate. Naturally, it's the FemmeFatale.

* In ''FireEmblem: Blazing Sword'', Leila is one. [[spoiler:Ephidel knows and has Jaffar kill her for it]].

* The real hero of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid One, Two, and Four''? [[spoiler:''' ''Ocelot.'' ''']]
** Also, in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'', [[spoiler: the Boss's defection turns out to have been a ruse intended to allow Ocelot the opportunity to steal the Philosophers' Legacy. Oh, and things such as stopping Volgin from using Shagohod]].

Compare HeelFaceTurn and MookFaceTurn. If the villain ''forces'' the goodie to join him, it may be a SadisticChoice or IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure. Contrast HeelFaceMole, where a villain with a known history of being evil fakes being good to infiltrate the hero's side.

* The titular assassin of ''TheDayOfTheJackal'' is hired because the organisation plotting de Gaulle's death is so full of Action Service infiltrators that its head is confident of the loyalty of only two others.

Compare HeelFaceTurn and MookFaceTurn. If the villain ''forces'' the goodie to join him, it may be a SadisticChoice or IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure.

* As soon as ChrisClaremont returned to the ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'', he revealed that Tessa (aka Sage) had been a Reverse Mole for the X-Men... for the first 20 years of her editorial history! Previously, she seemed to just be the telepathic secretary of the Hellfire Club's Sebastian Shaw. Given that it's ''[[KudzuPlot Claremont]]'', it's entirely possible he had this planned all along.

* In ''SuperSmashBros Brawl'', [[spoiler:King Dedede ended up saving the day when he puts badges on Ness and Luigi (who were turned into trophies earlier). They get revived by said badges when Tabuu trophyizes everyone else, and Dedede ended up getting revived as well. Dedede also ends up as a ReverseMole in ''KirbysAdventure''—he'd stolen and broken up the Dream Wand so that the BiggerBad Nightmare wouldn't be able to take it.]]

* In ''{{V-2009}}'', Joshua and several other crew members on Anna's ship are members of [[LaResistance The Fifth Column]].
** The First {{V}} had a fair amount of [[LaResistance The Fifth Column]] as well, some of them high-ranking. Seems a lot of the Visitors weren't very happy with their orders.
* Colby of {{Numb3rs}} was revealed to be a double agent for the Chinese in ''Janus List''. But then it turns out that he was really working for the FBI in the following episode.

* While not done in the direct sense, the same principle is used on {{Hustle}} frequently with a [[ChekhovsGunman random character]] turning out to be part of the con.

* In the episode ''Into the Fire'', a ReverseMole is the only reason Colonel O'Neill of ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'' doesn't have a snake in his head.

* In the second half of the ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' novella ''The Valley Of Fear'', [[spoiler: the protagonist]] turns out to be an undercover Pinkerton detective.

* While not done in the direct sense, the same principle is used on {{Hustle}} frequently with a [[CheckovsGunman random character]] turning out to be part of the con.

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* Really, any real life [[TheMole Mole]] is someone's ReverseMole.
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* Several of these examples popped up following ''WorldWarII'', where many [[TheQuisling Quislings]] in countries occupied by Nazi Germany turned out to have been helping their countries' LaResistance all along.
** Or so they claim.
** It wasn't unheard of for sympathetic German footsoldiers to either look the other way when they knew LaResistance was up to something, or even assisting them by "losing" weapons or other materials where the resistance members could get a hold of them.
* More significantly, Abwehr, the chief intelligence agency of NaziGermany, was filled to the brim with {{Double Agent}}s and {{Reverse Mole}}s, ''including DaChief himself'', Admiral Wilhelm Canaris. Their various subversive acts included smuggling Jews out of Germany, feeding false information to the Wermacht, feeding ''true'' information to the Allies, and plotting the assassination of AdolfHitler. It's no wonder then that German intelligence during WorldWarII was extremely shoddy.
** So was his follow-up Walter Schellenberg, who, while more loyal to the Nazis, at the time he took up the intelligence in 1944, considered overthrowing Hitler and negotiating peace with the West was a good idea. The Germans' overseas situation was not helped either by the fact that Abwehr's 'finishing school' tutor was in fact an MI6 plant, which meant that virtually every agent was rounded up on day 1, and most, due to their misgivings of NAZI ideology were [[HeelFaceTurn easily turned]]. It wasn't long before [[EpicFail ''every single spy in Britain who reported back to Germany was actually working for the British''.]]

* ATF agent Jay Dobyns is one of the more successful undercover cops in history, being the only one to have risen to full-patch member of the Arizona Hells Angels. Made doubly impressive because he was a extremely successful college football star ''in the same state.'' Dobyns felt that he could've gotten even more dirt on the Hells Angels, but the infiltration was ended because the higher-ups deemed it too dangerous.

* ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has one in the form of Chad Dickson (a.k.a. [[SixthRangerTraitor Numbuh 274]].) Starting in the Season 2 finale when Chad has his [[FaceHeelTurn FaceHeelTurn]] moment [[spoiler:by trying to hurl the KND Moon Base into the sun]] and thus becoming a villain for the rest of the series until the second-to-last episode [[spoiler:which reveals that he was a double agent the whole time and that all off his attempts were actually him preventing other villains from doing the same to the KND and being successful]].
* In WesternAnimation/YoungJustice, [[spoiler: Kaldur'ahm is the Reverse Mole, along with his Lieutenant Tigress, who is actually Artemis.]] Also, pro-tip: while secrecy is important in these situations, you should still make sure your team-mates are aware of their allies, so they don't accidentally [[MindRape foil]] your plans...

* Really, any real life TheMole is someone's ReverseMole.

* While not done in the direct sense, the same principle is used on {{Hustle}} frequently with a random character turning out to be part of the con.

* ''HarryPotter'': [[spoiler:Snape]] is revealed to be a Reverse Mole TWICE. [[spoiler:When Voldemort made it clear that he would kill Lily Potter, Snape went to Dumbledore and became a Mole for the Order of the Phoenix in the Death Eaters. When he killed Dumbledore, while he made it so that it looked like he was doing it for Voldemort, in fact he was performing a MercyKill on Dumbledore's orders.]]

* In SecretWars [[MakesMeWannaShout Klaw]] sabotages DoctorDoom 's current AGodAmI powers [[spoiler: subconsciously, because the Beyonder has taken him over.]]

* In VideoGame/ShinSuperRobotWars, Nanai is more than a little uneasy about [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Neo Zeon]]'s alliance with the Ze Balmary Empire, and Char admits that one mistake and all of mankind could become the Balmarians' playthings. He's willing to take that risk given that it will take time to assimilate the Balmarians' tech: he needs mankind to sit still until then. Nanai is willing to go along with this so long as Char loves her and helps keep construction of the Angel Halo on schedule.

* In WildARMs2, Antenora, [[BigBad Vinsfield's]] lover, [[spoiler:turns out to have joined him to get revenge because he killed her parents. She goes about getting this revenge by making him love her, and then having the heroes kill her so that he'd be griefstricken by her death.]]

* BobAndGeorge [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/041027c here]] and [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/041028c]]

* More like a BaitAndSwitchVillain, the director of intelligence in ''Film/StarShipTroopers 3 Marauder'' is initially seen by one of the protagonists (and the audience) as a traitor who's trying to assassinate the Sky Marshal, covering up the failed attempt and preventing his rescue, and seizing power. Well, she actually is doing all that...because the Sky Marshal has gone nutty (well, nuttier) and is going to sell humanity out to the enemy.