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* ''Series/FatherBrown'': In "The Owl of Minerva", Father Brown and Inspector Sullivan are cornered by the murderer and another member of the conspiracy, only for the other member to turn out to be an inspector from Special Branch who arrests the murderer.
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* ''Series/FatherBrown'': In "The "[[Recap/FatherBrownS3E15 The Owl of Minerva", Minerva]]", Father Brown and Inspector Sullivan are cornered by the murderer and another member of the conspiracy, only for the other member to turn out to be an inspector from Special Branch who arrests the murderer.
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* [[spoiler: Roz]] in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' turns out to be an undercover agent of the CDA. And not just an undercover agent, [[spoiler:but the head of the whole organization]].
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* [[spoiler: Roz]] in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' turns out to be an undercover agent of the CDA. And not just an undercover agent, [[spoiler:but the head of the whole organization]].
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* The second story of the fifth issue of the 1946 ''ComicBook/KidEternity'' had a man named Joe appear to be fatally shot, ultimately turning out to be a detective pretending to be with the gang who shot him in order to bring them down and having [[FakingTheDead staged his fatal shooting]] to make it easier to catch the criminals by surprise.
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* ''Film/{{Sheroes}}'': [[spoiler:Jasper]] turns out to be DEA, who's been investigating cocaine smuggled using Diamond's dad's jet.
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* Happens in "Advertisng/TheGreatCrunchieTrainRobbery". When the outlaws come out carrying the box of Crunchies, a respectable looking matron leaps up and rips open "her" blouse to reveal a sheriff's star.
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* Happens in "Advertisng/TheGreatCrunchieTrainRobbery". "Advertising/TheGreatCrunchieTrainRobbery". When the outlaws come out carrying the box of Crunchies, a [[DisguisedInDrag respectable looking matron matron]] leaps up and rips open "her" blouse to reveal a sheriff's star.
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* Happens in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQbXeAycblU Crunchie Train Robbery]]". When the outlaws come out carrying the box of Crunchies, a respectable looking matron leaps up and rips open "her" blouse to reveal a sheriff's star.
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* Happens in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQbXeAycblU Crunchie Train Robbery]]"."Advertisng/TheGreatCrunchieTrainRobbery". When the outlaws come out carrying the box of Crunchies, a respectable looking matron leaps up and rips open "her" blouse to reveal a sheriff's star.
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* A mild version in ''Series/LieToMe'' where Foster starts dating a high school guidance councillor, only to get strange vibes from him. She then finds passports with different identities and evidence of drugs. After she confronts the guy about it, he admits that he's DEA, sent to uncover a school trafficking ring. He later reveals it to Cal as well, given that Cal can't help but stick his nose in other people's business.
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** One episode had a undercover ''Secret Service'' agent get caught up in a search for a murderer of a college student with a gambling problem. The Secret Service agent had moved the body to ensure it was found, a mislead he apologizes for when he's off the clock.
* A mild version in ''Series/LieToMe'' where Foster starts dating a high school guidancecouncillor, councilor, only to get strange vibes from him. She then finds passports with different identities and evidence of drugs. After she confronts the guy about it, he admits that he's DEA, sent to uncover a school trafficking ring. He later reveals it to Cal as well, given that Cal can't help but stick his nose in other people's business.
* A mild version in ''Series/LieToMe'' where Foster starts dating a high school guidance
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones: On the Rocks'': The beautiful woman who followed Fred and Wilma to Rockapulco (essentially a parody of the Christie Brinkley character from ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation'') turns out to be a cop trying to catch a diamond thief. Fred is so dumbstruck that all he can say is, "You're a cop?"
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* This trope has been used at least once on ''Series/{{Castle}}'', and probably several times. The protagonists are investigating a murder and an early suspect turns out to be an agent of the FBI or ATF who was investigating the victim (or employing the victim somehow, or investigating or another suspect) for their own reasons.
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* This trope has been used at least once on ''Series/{{Castle}}'', ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'', and probably several times. The protagonists are investigating a murder and an early suspect turns out to be an agent of the FBI or ATF who was investigating the victim (or employing the victim somehow, or investigating or another suspect) for their own reasons.
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* In the ''Series/ColdCase'' episode "Jackals", the team search for the enforcer of a biker gang who somehow vanished for 30 years. They find out that he was a State Police officer who went undercover in the 1970's.
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* On ''Film/FaceOff'', the stewardess that Castor Troy was fooling around with turned out to be an FBI agent.
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* ''Series/TwentyFour'':
** Kim gets roped into a drug deal in season 1. The guys she's with rip off the guy they are meeting. The guy then says "You're under arrest". Cue police officers storming the place.
** Jack in season 3 breaks out a Mexican crime lord. He then presses a button on his watch which sends a signal back to CTU. Gael, who was TheMole, suddenly says "He's in".
** Kim gets roped into a drug deal in season 1. The guys she's with rip off the guy they are meeting. The guy then says "You're under arrest". Cue police officers storming the place.
** Jack in season 3 breaks out a Mexican crime lord. He then presses a button on his watch which sends a signal back to CTU. Gael, who was TheMole, suddenly says "He's in".
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* ''Series/TwentyFour'':
**''Series/TwentyFour'': Kim gets roped into a drug deal in season 1. The guys she's with rip off the guy they are meeting. The guy then says "You're under arrest". Cue police officers storming the place.
** Jack in season 3 breaks out a Mexican crime lord. He then presses a button on his watch which sends a signal back to CTU. Gael, who was TheMole, suddenly says "He's in".place.
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** Jack in season 3 breaks out a Mexican crime lord. He then presses a button on his watch which sends a signal back to CTU. Gael, who was TheMole, suddenly says "He's in".
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* ''Film/MenInBlack3'' has the shocking revelation that the modern artist Andy Warhol was an undercover MIB agent.
-->'''Agent W''': "You gotta fake my death! I'm running out of ideas! I've started painting pictures of soup cans!"
-->'''Agent W''': "You gotta fake my death! I'm running out of ideas! I've started painting pictures of soup cans!"
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** During the infamous "Monkey in the basketball" episode, the bad guy is arrested by Elliott but then he says to check his belt buckle. Inside is a listening device. He was an undercover cop all along and getting arrested is part of his plan to bust the animal smuggling operation being ran out of prison.
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** In season 1, Orlando (the Barksdale gang's frontman) decides to sell dope too. He meets with a guy who is willing to supply him. The guy shows Orlando ''something'' (probably his badge) which causes his face to go "OhCrap".
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** In season 1, Orlando (the Barksdale gang's frontman) decides to sell dope too. He meets with a guy who is willing to supply him. The guy shows Orlando ''something'' (probably his badge) which causes his face to go "OhCrap".OhCrap.
** Orlando sets up a meet with undercover Kima along for the ride. They are instead both shot at. Wee-Bey also goes OhCrap and get out of town when he finds out that Orlando's girl was a cop.
** Orlando sets up a meet with undercover Kima along for the ride. They are instead both shot at. Wee-Bey also goes OhCrap and get out of town when he finds out that Orlando's girl was a cop.
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* In ''Film/{{Assassins}}'', Robert and Miguel both get assigned to kill the hacker Elektra and the Dutch buyers who want her data. Miguel kills the buyers but find through their credentials that they are [=InterPol=] agents.
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* Nikolai reveals he is undercover at the end of ''Film/EasternPromises''.
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* Kim gets roped into a drug deal in season 1 of ''Series/TwentyFour''. The guys she's with rip off the guy they are meeting. The guy then says "You're under arrest". Cue police officers storming the place.
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* ''Series/TwentyFour'':
** Kim gets roped into a drug deal in season1 of ''Series/TwentyFour''.1. The guys she's with rip off the guy they are meeting. The guy then says "You're under arrest". Cue police officers storming the place.place.
** Jack in season 3 breaks out a Mexican crime lord. He then presses a button on his watch which sends a signal back to CTU. Gael, who was TheMole, suddenly says "He's in".
** Kim gets roped into a drug deal in season
** Jack in season 3 breaks out a Mexican crime lord. He then presses a button on his watch which sends a signal back to CTU. Gael, who was TheMole, suddenly says "He's in".
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* Kim gets roped into a drug deal in season 1 of ''Series/TwentyFour''. The guys she's with rip off the guy they are meeting. The guy then says "You're under arrest". Cue police officers storming the place.
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* Hilariously subverted in the fourth season of ''Series/TheWire''. Prez, formerly a cop [[spoiler: until he accidentally shot another cop]], becomes a school teacher, but Bubbles (formerly a police informant) sees him at the school, and not knowing Prez is no longer police, assumes Prez is setting himself up for this, and promises not to spill the beans. Prez, of course, has no idea what Bubbles is talking about.
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* ''Series/TheWire'':
** In season 1, Orlando (the Barksdale gang's frontman) decides to sell dope too. He meets with a guy who is willing to supply him. The guy shows Orlando ''something'' (probably his badge) which causes his face to go "OhCrap".
** Hilariously subverted in the fourthseason of ''Series/TheWire''.season. Prez, formerly a cop [[spoiler: until he accidentally shot another cop]], becomes a school teacher, but Bubbles (formerly a police informant) sees him at the school, and not knowing Prez is no longer police, assumes Prez is setting himself up for this, and promises not to spill the beans. Prez, of course, has no idea what Bubbles is talking about.
** In season 1, Orlando (the Barksdale gang's frontman) decides to sell dope too. He meets with a guy who is willing to supply him. The guy shows Orlando ''something'' (probably his badge) which causes his face to go "OhCrap".
** Hilariously subverted in the fourth
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* Ajax in ''Film/TheWarriors'' meets a woman sitting alone in the park and decides to keep her company. When he starts to get too aggressive with her and is about to sexually assault her, the woman manages to handcuff his arm to the bench and she reveals herself as a cop.
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* In the Creator/TimDorsey novel ''Hammerhead Ranch Motel'', one room at the motel holds two different drug gangs who are secretly undercover cops each of whom is trying to bust the other gang. They only discover this when a third jurisdiction of police shows up and tries to bust both of them.
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* In the Creator/TimDorsey novel ''Literature/SergeStorms'': ''Hammerhead Ranch Motel'', one room at the motel holds two different drug gangs who are secretly undercover cops each of whom is trying to bust the other gang. They only discover this when a third jurisdiction of police shows up and tries to bust both of them.
