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** Charlie was GoodAllAlong and secretly trying to stop the real villain of the story through sabotage.
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* '''Inverted''': The VillainProtagonist's friend turns out to be TheMole conspiring to thwart his evil plans.

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* '''Inverted''': The VillainProtagonist's friend [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes friend]] turns out to be TheMole conspiring to thwart his evil plans.
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* '''Straight''': Bob is ready to get some help from best friend Charlie, but he gets betrayed when it turns out he is the crime boss of his empire.

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* '''Straight''': Bob is ready to get some help from his best friend Charlie, but he gets betrayed when it turns out he that Charlie is the crime boss of his empire.



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* '''Inverted''': The VillainProtagonist's friend turns out to be a ReverseMole conspiring to thwart his evil plans.

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* '''Inverted''': The VillainProtagonist's friend turns out to be a ReverseMole TheMole conspiring to thwart his evil plans.
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* '''Exaggerated''': ALL of the hero's friends are bad guys.

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* '''Exaggerated''': ALL of the hero's friends are bad guys.guys, one of them being TheBigBadWolf.
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** Bob's childhood bully and nemesis Daniel turns out to be the ultimate BigGood. Bob is utterly disillusioned from his heroic cause when he finds out.

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** After the reveal, Charlie convinces Bob to turn to his side.



** ... and then it turns out that Charlie only made it ''look'' like he was framed, and really was the BigBad after all.
** ... However in actuality Charlie is the ''real'' Emperor Evulz, mind controlling his brother into the Evulz persona.

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** ... and then it turns out that Charlie only made it ''look'' like he was framed, and really was the BigBad after all.
** ... However in actuality Charlie is the ''real'' Emperor Evulz, mind controlling his brother into the Evulz persona.
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** ...However in actuality Charlie is the ''real'' Emperor Evulz, mind controlling his brother into the Evulz persona.
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'''Basic Trope''': TheHero's friend turns out to be the BigBad.

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'''Basic Trope''': TheHero's friend turns out to be (or is at least in league with) the BigBad.
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* '''Inverted''': The VillainProtagonist's friend turns out to be good.

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* '''Inverted''': The VillainProtagonist's friend turns out to be good.a ReverseMole conspiring to thwart his evil plans.
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'''Basic Trope''': TheHero's friend turns to be the BigBad.

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'''Basic Trope''': TheHero's friend turns out to be the BigBad.

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** Charlie is an EvilFormerFriend of Bob's who wants revenge over a past incident.



** Emperor Evulz possesses the same identifying birthmark that Charlie has, but it turns out Evulz is actually his identical twin brother.



** ... However in actuality Charlie is the ''real'' Emperor Evulz, mind controlling his brother into the Evulz persona.



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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???
"Charlie refuses to renew his contract for the next season, so let's write it that his character was the BigBad all along!"
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"Huh, guess like brothers we've ended up fighting each huh Charlie?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
[[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou Charlie]] usurps the role of BigBad because he doesn't want anyone else to fight Bob.
* '''Exploited''': ???
Bob urges Charlie to remember the good times they shared- So Bob can kill him whilst he's lost in thought.
* '''Defied''': ???Bob refuses to make any friends at all so he'll never end up shocked and betrayed by the reveal they're his enemy.


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* '''Implied''': Emperor Evulz possesses the same subtle [[CharacterTics physical tic]] that Charlie and no one else has. Not helping matters is how Charlie is always missing whenever Evulz is around.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob honestly viewed Charlie as his best friend, and having been betrayed Bob is depressed & afraid to make new friends to avoid another Charlie incident.
* '''Reconstructed''': Though Charlie's betrayal hurts Bob, Bob never ceases to consider him his friend even as he's forced to kill Charlie. Whilst wary of dealing with another Charlie incident, Bob vows to be a better friend so it'll never happen again.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice, Bob's ex-girlfriend and personal BigBad, reveals herself to be pregnant with his child. Shocked by the revelation, Bob has to either kill her and his unborn child or allow her to escape almost certainly causing more trouble in the future.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Bob knows that Charlie is not to be trusted yet he still hangs out with him.

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* '''Subverted''': Charlie ''seems'' to be the BigBad, but was actually framed.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Charlie ''seems'' to be the BigBad, but was actually framed.



* '''Double Subverted''': ... and then it turns out that Charlie only made it ''look'' like he was framed, and really was the BigBad after all.

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* '''Double Subverted''': ...Subverted''':
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and then it turns out that Charlie only made it ''look'' like he was framed, and really was the BigBad after all.

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* '''Double Subverted''': ... and then it turns out that Charlie only made it ''look'' like he was framed, and really was the BigBad after all..

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** Charlie's friendship with Bob causes him to pull a HeelFaceTurn.
* '''Double Subverted''': ... and then it turns out that Charlie only made it ''look'' like he was framed, and really was the BigBad after all..all.
** Charlie runs into a HeelFaceDoorSlam by Bob.

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* '''Justified''': Charlie became Bob's friend in order to manipulate him. Alternatively, Bob is a RealityWarper, and by becoming Bob's friend, Charlie is able to use Bob's power for his own ends.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Charlie became Bob's friend in order to manipulate him. Alternatively, him.
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Bob is a RealityWarper, and by becoming Bob's friend, Charlie is able to use Bob's power for his own ends.



* '''Parodied''': Charlie is obviously evil, the MonsterOfTheWeek regularly visits Charlie in Bob's presence before trying to kill Bob, and Bob periodically walks in on Charlie in the middle of a megamanaical rant. Bob finally discovers that Charlie is the big bad because he uses the same brand of shampoo that he found in the big bad's secret lair, and is shocked and outraged at his betrayl.

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* '''Parodied''': Charlie is obviously evil, the MonsterOfTheWeek regularly visits Charlie in Bob's presence before trying to kill Bob, and Bob periodically walks in on Charlie in the middle of a megamanaical megalomaniac rant. Bob finally discovers that Charlie is the big bad because he uses the same brand of shampoo that he found in the big bad's secret lair, and is shocked and outraged at his betrayl.betrayal.
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* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???Charlie became Bob's friend in order to manipulate him. Alternatively, Bob is a RealityWarper, and by becoming Bob's friend, Charlie is able to use Bob's power for his own ends.



* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Charlie is obviously evil, the MonsterOfTheWeek regularly visits Charlie in Bob's presence before trying to kill Bob, and Bob periodically walks in on Charlie in the middle of a megamanaical rant. Bob finally discovers that Charlie is the big bad because he uses the same brand of shampoo that he found in the big bad's secret lair, and is shocked and outraged at his betrayl.
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** Non of TheHero's friends turn out to be evil.

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** Non None of TheHero's friends turn out to be evil.

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* '''Averted''': Non of TheHero's friends turn out to be evil.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Non of TheHero's friends turn out to be evil.

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* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???
The VillainProtagonist's friend turns out to be good.
* '''Subverted''': ???
Charlie ''seems'' to be the BigBad, but was actually framed.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Subverted''': ... and then it turns out that Charlie only made it ''look'' like he was framed, and really was the BigBad after all..



* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???Non of TheHero's friends turn out to be evil.
** Alternatively, TheHero doesn't have any friends to begin with.
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* '''Downplayed''': TheHero's friend [[TheMole was on the Big Bad's side all along]].

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* '''Downplayed''': TheHero's friend [[TheMole was on casual acquaintance who appears a few times turns out to be the Big Bad's side all along]].BigBad.
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* '''Downplayed''': TheHero's friend [[TheMole was on the Big Bad's side all along]].

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* '''Downplayed''': TheHero's friend [[TheMole was on the Big Bad's side all along]].along]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': ALL of the hero's friends are bad guys.

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* '''Exaggerated''': ALL of the hero's friends are bad guys.guys.
* '''Downplayed''': TheHero's friend [[TheMole was on the Big Bad's side all along]].
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'''Basic Trope''': TheHero's friend turns to be the BigBad.
* '''Straight''': Bob is ready to get some help from best friend Charlie, but he gets betrayed when it turns out he is the crime boss of his empire.
* '''Exaggerated''': ALL of the hero's friends are bad guys.

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