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** Tachibana from ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' is designed to make you not trust him for most of the game. He shows up out of nowhere to throw Kiryu a lifeline, but Tachibana's first conversation with Kiryu sounds a lot like an example of NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine, and him washing Kiryu's clothes looks like an excuse so Tachibana can engage in EatingTheEyeCandy. Then Tachibana reveals he has a surprisingly large information network and caps it off with a NewEraSpeech and a display of power by stopping the electricity for a few seconds. Throughout the game, you're left wondering if Tachibana is setting up Kiryu to be a successor or a patsy, which seemingly culminates when the player sees he has the bat tattoo Makoto is looking for. But in the end, it ends up he really is just a really good real estate agent who wants Kamurocho to be better, and most of his actions are based on a genuine desire to be reunited with his long-lost sister.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': In [[Characters/AmphibiaMarcyWu Marcy Wu's]] first appearance, Sprig flat-out says that he doesn't trust her thinking she's secretly mean like Sasha. Turns out, she's exactly as nice as she appears to be. [[spoiler:However, the Season 2 finale reveals that Sprig was technically right about her hiding more than she let on, as she is the reason she and her friends were trapped in Amphibia, though she did it for reasons that were overall selfish though still sympathetic]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': In Marcy's first appearance, Sprig flat-out says that he doesn't trust her thinking she's secretly mean like Sasha. Turns out, she's exactly as nice as she appears to be. [[spoiler:However, the Season 2 finale reveals that Sprig was technically right about her hiding more than she let on, as she is the reason she and her friends were trapped in Amphibia, though she did it for reasons that were overall selfish though still sympathetic]].

** Zuko's uncle Iroh in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' seems to be a relaxed and silly old man who cares more about Pai Sho than being a bad guy, unlike his somewhat obsessive nephew. When we get to see more of him in action, we find that he's a TokenGoodTeammate for the Fire Nation (having had a HeelRealization years prior) and is probably the ''only'' family member Zuko has who actually loves the poor kid and was halfhearted about Zuko's quest to capture the Avatar because he knew it was the wrong path for Zuko to take. At one point in development, he ''was'' meant to be a BitchInSheepsClothing EvilUncle, but the writers abandoned that plotline in favor of giving Iroh much more positive HiddenDepths.
** Asami Sato in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' seems too good to be true in her first appearance, as after a CrashIntoHello MeetCute with one of the male protagonists, she immediately offers to sponsor him and his brother with her father's vast wealth. Many fans immediately suspected she would turn out to be a RichBitch, and it was also quickly theorized that she was really an [[TheMole Equalist spy]]. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen While this was how her character was]] [[http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/105916338157/korrasami-is-canon-you-can-celebrate-it-embrace originally envisioned]], for the actual show the writers followed Iroh's example, with Asami being a RedHerringMole NiceGirl who genuinely wants to help Team Korra, no matter how much she gets put through the wringer for it. [[spoiler: Her dad is a ''real'' Equalist spy, but Asami wasn't in on it and is devastated when she finds out.]] There's also a RedHerring in her appearance, as she looks like a FemmeFatale with [[MakeupIsEvil heavy makeup]] and wears [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]], but she's really just a case of RavenHairIvorySkin wearing [[CultureEqualsCostume the favored colors of her father's culture]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episode, "Pinch Sitter", [[BabysitterEpisode Daria gets a gig babysitting for her neighbors' kids.]] Looking at their seemingly innocent appearances, and their dad jokingly referring to them as little devils, she understandably expects them to turn into brats as soon as their parents are gone. She even tells them they can drop the "angel act" once they leave. Nope. They are, in fact, that innocent... disturbingly so. Daria appears to have preferred that they were brats.

** In C.H.E.R.U.B, Collin is a [[StealthPun literal example]]. Unlike [[PunchClockHero his colleagues]], whose sweet nature is only a façade, Collin's completely genuine about that, sincerely trying to help people for the sake of goodness, and gets very unsettled when it comes the insulting antics of Cletus and Keenie, with him truly wanting to give chances at redemption to every being no matter how evil they are.

** In Queen-bee, Bee-Lzebub is presented in her debut episode "Queen Bee" as a good-natured life of the party. Her song "Cotton Candy" has Bee encouraging people, as the Sin of Gluttony, to indulge and over-consume their favorite vice, including [[FoodBasedSuperpowers using magic to make food and drink grow bigger around her party]]. Since Bee is a central focus of the episode, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, and Tex's girlfriend (and thus Loona's romantic rival), the expectation is that the other shoe will drop and Bee will become an antagonist. She never does; this friendly party-host personality is what Bee is actually like, even making small chat with Loona and complimenting her. Despite Loona accusing Bee of having an ulterior motive for inviting her to the party, Bee's initial reason -- that she just wanted Loona to join one of her smaller parties as a chance for Loona to socialize and come out of her shell -- really is the reason that Bee invited her. Even when Bee loses a drinking contest to Blitzo, Bee is a GracefulLoser. The only time Bee actually gets angry during the episode is when she insists that Loona check on Blitzo after the drinking contest, and Loona initially refuses to do it while insulting Bee at the same time. Bee apologizes to Vortex for her outburst after calming down and says (sincerely) that she hopes everything works out.

* ''Film/BlowOut'': Charming, supportive talk-show Host Frank Donahue is the only objective person in the story to believe the main character's claims that the car crash which killed a presidential candidate [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident was no accident]] and offers to help with his investigation. While many films of the genre might have a character like that be an enemy spy or a {{glory hound}} looking to steal all of the credit for the investigation while letting someone else take the risks, Donahue is apparently sincerer.

* Season 2 of ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' introduces Chloe Rice. She is the head cheerleader at the high school and is [[BigBad Bryce Walker]]'s current girlfriend. Throughout the season, it seems like she wants to get close to Jessica and make friends with her, despite hearing about the accusation of Bryce raping her, and deciding to side with his version of the story that nothing happened. Jessica even comforts her suspecting that she is scheming against her. Then we find out that Chloe really was trying to befriend and work with Jessica, despite her being Bryce's girlfriend, and even realizes that Bryce isn't the nice guy she thought he was. Eventually, this leads to [[spoiler: Chloe herself finding out she was a victim of Bryce when he raped her while she was knocked out on drugs and booze at the boys' clubhouse. Even still, it seems like Jessica was right about Chloe when she promises to testify against Bryce but doesn't show up on her court date, making Jessica and others feel betrayed. Then the season finale reveals that she doesn't do so, because she finds out she is pregnant with Bryce's child and is conflicted about what to do. This is resolved in Season 3, but that's another story.]]

* ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'': Jacques Duquesne, the fiancee of Kate Bishop's mother Eleanor, who Kate thinks is shady and suspects him of killing her uncle, with it later appearing that he's one of [[spoiler:Kingpin]]'s cohorts. Turns out, Kate's a bit biased, and he's a decent person who was framed. [[spoiler: By Eleanor.]]

* ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'', has an episode where a military woman was raped and murdered. At first, it seemed like Olivia Benson found her suspect, a fellow soldier who was serving with the victim and was her friend. This is mainly, because of evidence that the guy was stalking the victim prior to her death. The soldier in question also doesn't cooperate at first, even taunting Benson by pointing out how unstable she is acting towards him, to the point that Benson, who is recovering from a tramatic event in a past episode, almost kills him. However, its revealed that the soilder did not rape or murder the victim, he was actally trying to protect her from the real murderer and was getting justice in his own way against the real suspect, another soldier of higher rank and a [[VillainWithGoodPublicity good reputation]]. Afterwards, Benson warms up to him, and its implied that things might have gone another way between the two, had they met under better circumstances.
* Sefa from ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}''. Gwen imagines her to be a traitor bent on revenge who wants to destroy Camelot and hides it behind a sweet composure, [[EtTuBrute like her old friend Morgana]]. It is quickly made painfully clear that she just innocently gave information to her father, not imagining to which extent he would want to harm Camelot. Her motivation was simply to help her beloved father get the respect he deserves, as she thinks everyone should, from a ruler who attacked their pacifistic people by mistake in the past. Even before knowing her father's plan, [[GuiltComplex she feels sorry]] because the Queen (who, as far as she knows, would condemn her to death if she knew where she was born) was kind to her, encouraged her to pursue her crush, and allowed her to eat and sit at the Queen's table.

** Dr. Garrett Rossmore from ''In Extremis''. After Dr. Nelson costs him and his company millions by shutting down one of their drug trials, Rossmore shows up at Nelson's with a bottle of wine at his celebration, assuring him that he isn't bitter and recognizes that he didn't have the data to support his theory and understands why Nelson made that call. While the average GenreSavvy viewer might expect him to be the murderer, he is in fact completely sincere, while the real killer is the person who profited off Nelson's ruling against Rossmore via insider trading.
** Ernie Trask from ''Super'' is a genial, fatherly building superintendent whose full of amusing stories and also seems to be stalking one of his tenants and may have killed his wife. Only it turns out that his wife simply left him and moved back to Florida, he's actually trying to ''protect'' his tenant from a real stalker.

** Two in ''Mission Creep''. First is Joey Dalloway, who seems like a caring boyfriend and decorated vet who's simply fallen onto hard times before the reveal that he's part of a crew of bank robbers and seemingly has a SecretOtherFamily. But it turns out that the other family is the family of his dead friend from the service and the robberies are his way of supporting them. The second sheep in sheep's clothing, Detective Molina, is introduced as a reasonable, competent man who quickly allies with Carter, but the fact that Lattimer is taking orders from someone (not to mention robbing a police evidence locker) might make him a bit suspicious. But in fact, Lattimer's boss is an ArcVillain who won't actually be seen for several episodes while Molina is the honest cop he appears to be.

* ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'': After ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' revealed its most outwardly kind and innocent character ([[spoiler:June/Akane]]) to be the cold, calculating mastermind Zero, many players expected its sequel ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' to do a similar reveal with Luna, who seems too sweet and unfailingly loyal to the protagonist to be true. It turned out that, while Luna does have several big secrets of her own, she really is every bit as nice as she seems to be, and the only character who [[spoiler:never betrays any of her AB game opponents]]. The traitors are instead the overt {{Jerkass}} Dio and [[spoiler:the amnesiac protagonist Sigma]].

* ''VideoGame/TinkerQuarry'': Although Peter is quick to help the player, being the first character to join the player's party, his stoic and cynical attitude is off-putting at times. He is the game's {{mascot}}, and in the marketing materials, he is often seen giving the viewer an unsettling stare that almost looks like a KubrickStare. But deep down, Peter really is a good person who has every intention of protecting Adeline and the other party members.

* ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'': After ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' revealed its most outwardly kind and innocent character ([[spoiler:June/Akane]]) to be the cold, calculating mastermind Zero, many players expected its sequel ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' to do a similar reveal with Luna, who seems too sweet and unfailingly loyal to the protagonist to be true. It turned out that, while Luna does have several big secrets of her own, she really is every bit as nice as she seems to be, and the only character who [[spoiler:never betrays any of her AB game opponents.]]

Related to TheUntwist. Compare GoodAllAlong, for when the character who looks evil and/or does bad things is revealed to have good intentions. Compare/contrast JerkWithAHeartOfJerk when suspicions of kindness about a usually {{Jerkass}}-like character are wrong. Also contrast SubvertedSuspicionAesop, where suspicions seem unfounded, but turn out to be right. Opposite of TooGoodToBeTrue, when the appearance of perfection really is just a facade.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'': Tonio Trussardi/[[WritingAroundTrademarks Trendy]] is a seemingly kind SupremeChef whose food makes [[BodyHorror really gross]] things happen to the bodies of people who eat it. He seems all set up to be a VillainOfTheWeek, and Josuke is convinced there's some dark secret behind his cooking, especially when he throws knives at Josuke for entering his kitchen. Turns out, he is ''genuinely'' a kindhearted SupremeChef who happens to have a FaceOfAThug. His Stand-created food actually ''[[{{Panacea}} heals]]'' people (the process looks absolutely disgusting, but it works), and is not [[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies long pork]], poisonous, or any of the other things Josuke suspected. In fact, it's absolutely delicious and satisfying. He only chased Josuke away because the kid wasn't respecting proper kitchen hygiene, something which Tonio, as a chef, considers to be ''very'' SeriousBusiness. A couple of later scenes show that our protagonists have become regular customers after their first meal.

* ''Fanfic/FromPorcelainToIvoryToSteel'': In chapter 23, Sherry runs into a large muscular doctor who tries to help her before she rushes after an illusion of her brother Jean. When she describes the man to Avdol in the next chapter, he fearfully confirms that the man isn't Sherry's doctor, leading them and the audience to suspect he's an agent of DIO. However, in the following chapter, it's not only revealed that the man ''isn't'' an enemy when he helps Sherry against Death 13, [[spoiler:he turns out to be [[Manga/PhantomBlood Jonathan Joestar]], his spirit still continuing to fight against DIO and his minions]].

* From ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', [[PlayableCharacter Shepard]] meets [[ShrinkingViolet Liara T'Soni]], an intelligent scientist and [[TheDragon Matriarch Benezia's]] daughter. After recruiting her, ''everyone'' expects her to be a spy working for her mother to sabotage Shepard's attempts to stop her EvilPlan. She acts like a shy, nerdy loner who is trying to make friends, but...she ''really is'' an awkward girl who wants to befriend everybody. She actually provides help against her mother and proves to be GoodAllAlong. [[UndyingLoyalty Overall, she becomes one of Shepard's best and most consistently loyal friends in the series.]]

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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** Iris from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'' surely ''seems'' nice, polite and innocent. She also has a secret connected with Phoenix's past and generally looks like a ''textbook'' example of BitchInSheepsClothing. Nope! NiceGirl all along. [[spoiler:In a double whammy, she's also this in Phoenix's backstory. The reason Phoenix insisted that Dahlia Hawthorne ''cannot'' be possibly evil was that the girl he was dating at the time was Iris, not Dahlia. And while Dahlia hated his guts and tried to kill him, Iris really loved him just like he insisted.]]
** To a lesser extent in ''Trials and Tribulations'', Desiree [=DeLite=] is set up to be a GoldDigger, with her husband being afraid she'll leave him if she finds out he's been fired from his job, but expensive tastes aside, she genuinely loves Ron and is a kind and friendly woman overall.
** ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' introduces Klavier Gavin as the new prosecutor. He was the prosecutor in the case that got Phoenix disbarred. Every ''other'' prosecutor has been some combination of jerk, incompetent, and/or downright murderous. The previous case showed that [[spoiler: his brother Kristoph]] was a murderous BitchInSheepsClothing. One of his close friends [[spoiler: is a smuggler and murderer]]. All this adds up to there being something fake about Klavier's friendly teasing and lack of grudge-holding, right? Well, wrong. Klavier is just as horrified by the above persons' actions as the player is and ultimately goes through prosecuting them despite how clearly upset it makes him.
** [[spoiler:Colias Palaeno]] from the final case of ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' cooperates in nearly every way that they can with your investigation of crime scenes, a behavior which the franchise generally uses for guilty parties. Additionally, they have animations that lend themselves really well to a VillainousBreakdown. In the end, it turns out that it was a RedHerring: the developers were using expectations from the player, and the person really is just that helpful, which may be a first for the franchise. [[spoiler: His counterpart Quercus Alba, on the other hand...]]
** The first day of the second case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' is spent building up Bonny de Famme, a sweet young magician who idolizes Trucy, as duplicitous and even possibly the culprit of the case after the heroes overhear her talking about how much she really hates Trucy. [[spoiler:As it turns out, both that and her appearance in court were actually her twin sister, Betty, doing a TwinSwitch (which, incidentally, is also the secret to Bonny's signature teleportation magic trick), and Bonny was entirely sincere and exactly as nice as she appears; though she was also party to the prank intended to ruin Trucy's reputation, it's implied that Betty pushed her into it. Even Betty is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and UnwittingPawn of the real murderer.]]
* Usami/Monomi from ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' appears as a rabbit MagicalGirl who acts as chaperone for the island school trip, which she says is to help the students bond with each other, though she doesn't give any more pertinent information, such as how she ''got'' them to Jabberwock Island. The students (and most players) are very suspicious of her, especially after Monokuma shows up and turns her into his "little sister." In reality, these suspicions are baseless; Usami genuinely wants to help the students, but can't because Monokuma stole her powers. [[spoiler: She's actually an AI created by Chihiro from the first game, and the survivors of that game co-opted her to administer the trip in order to ''redeem'' the students, who were the Remnants of Despair.]]
* Lauren from ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' is shallow, and as Morgan correctly says, she’d do almost anything for attention. However, at her core, she just wants mutual love and respect from someone.
* ''VisualNovel/ExtraCaseMyGirlfriendsSecrets'': Sally is portrayed as the main antagonist on the Steam art and title screen, making it seem like her kindness in the previous game was a lie. [[spoiler:In reality, she has an evil SplitPersonality based on her deceased sister, and she never wanted to kill her boyfriends at all. She even goes as far as to break up with Marty in order to protect him from the "curse" that killed her previous boyfriends.]]
* After ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' revealed its most outwardly kind and innocent character ([[spoiler:June/Akane]]) to be the cold, calculating mastermind Zero, many players expected its sequel ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' to do a similar reveal with Luna, who seems too sweet and unfailingly loyal to the protagonist to be true. It turned out that, while Luna does have several big secrets of her own, she really is every bit as nice as she seems to be, and the only character who [[spoiler:never betrays any of her AB game opponents.]]
* In ''VisualNovel/ReAlistair'', Merui mentions that even nice guys can [[InternetJerk act like jerks online]] in regards to [[NiceGuy Shiro]] being one of the three boys who could potentially be Alistair. Additionally, playing Shiro's route has you see him acting uncharacteristically hostile towards Derek in one scene when Merui isn't around. [[SpoiledByTheFormat Of course]], since he's listed on this page, you know he's not actually Alistair and has a completely understandable reason to not be friendly towards Derek. [[spoiler:In fact, he's Merui's online friend [=FionaWings=] who rightly suspects Derek of being Alistair.]]
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* Zuko's uncle Iroh in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' seems to be a relaxed and silly old man who cares more about Pai Sho than being a bad guy, unlike his somewhat obsessive nephew. When we get to see more of him in action, we find that he's a TokenGoodTeammate for the Fire Nation (having had a HeelRealization years prior) and is probably the ''only'' family member Zuko has who actually loves the poor kid and was halfhearted about Zuko's quest to capture the Avatar because he knew it was the wrong path for Zuko to take. At one point in development, he ''was'' meant to be a BitchInSheepsClothing EvilUncle, but the writers abandoned that plotline in favor of giving Iroh much more positive HiddenDepths.

* Asami Sato in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' seems too good to be true in her first appearance, as after a CrashIntoHello MeetCute with one of the male protagonists, she immediately offers to sponsor him and his brother with her father's vast wealth. Many fans immediately suspected she would turn out to be a RichBitch, and it was also quickly theorized that she was really an [[TheMole Equalist spy]]. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen While this was how her character was]] [[http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/105916338157/korrasami-is-canon-you-can-celebrate-it-embrace originally envisioned]], for the actual show the writers followed Iroh's example, with Asami being a RedHerringMole NiceGirl who genuinely wants to help Team Korra, no matter how much she gets put through the wringer for it. [[spoiler: Her dad is a ''real'' Equalist spy, but Asami wasn't in on it and is devastated when she finds out.]] There's also a RedHerring in her appearance, as she looks like a FemmeFatale with [[MakeupIsEvil heavy makeup]] and wears [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]], but she's really just a case of RavenHairIvorySkin wearing [[CultureEqualsCostume the favored colors of her father's culture]].

* ''Literature/TheThinRedLine'': Gaff in the book. He comes across as a concerned and grave officer who says his men deserve medals, then I think looks as if he forgot about those medals in the face of his own glory before it turns out he did I need fact see to it they'd receive the credit and decorations but was simply delayed by bureaucracy.

* ''Literature/{{Slacker}}'': Jordan's Student Body President rival Kelly is a straight-A student, ExtracurricularEnthusiast, being the softball captain, Blood Drive Coordinator, Parents' Night Hostess, National Honor Society, and part of every other student organization that Jordan and Felicia know of (including the golf team, the art club, and eventually even the P.G.A.). She is also genuinely nice to everyone but Jordan (who suspects that she set up a third candidate named Jordana just to siphon votes away from him), and even they make up and decide to become co-presidents while doing P.G.A. charity work together.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':

* In ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', given its very BlackComedy focus, the character Dr. Hutchison is immediately suspicious; she's a [[ThePollyanna constantly upbeat and cheerful]] doctor with a taste for morbid humor whose seemingly permanent smile is [[SlasherSmile so wide it's kind of creepy]]. Add in the long, SlasherMovie style HookHand she has, and her combination CatchPhrase & CharacterTic where she sharply says "Kay?" whilst tilting her head to the side and making a noise that is either her neckbones grating or her teeth grinding, and she gives off the air of someone who is either going to undergo a violent psychotic break or who is secretly a SerialKiller. Nope! She's genuinely as sweet, kind, happy, and friendly as she acts; she's just a bit weird. The fact that Filburt, the most nervous and paranoid character in the whole show, [[HappilyMarried marries and has kids with her]] says a lot about how truly nice Dr. Hutchison is.

* ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'', has an episode where a military woman was raped and murdered. At first, it seemed like Olivia Benson found her suspect, a fellow soldier who was serving with the victim. This is mainly, because of evidence that the guy was stalking the victim prior to her death. The soldier in question also doesn't cooperate at first, even taunting Benson by pointing out how unstable she is acting towards him, to the point that Benson, who is recovering from a tramatic event in a past episode, almost kills him. However, its revealed that the soilder did not rape or murder the victim, he was actally trying to protect her from the real murderer and was getting justice in his own way against the real suspect, another soldier of higher rank and a [[VillainWithGoodPublicity good reputation]]. Afterwards, Benson warms up to him, and its implied that things might have gone another way between the two, had they met under better circumstances.