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* ''Series/{{JAG}}: In "Ares", Lieutenant Commander Gino Campisano is the senior weapons officer running the eponymous computerized weapons system onboard the destroyer: and suddenly, while off the North Korean coast, it starts to go crazy, operating without human input, and allowing no vessels other than ships to approach it. What no one knows is that Campisano is a North Korean mole, planted in the United States many years ago.

*** Riley is a ReverseMole actually.

* ''{{Neverwhere}}'': Used to good effect, where the BigBad's [[TheDragon Dragons]] inform the heroes that there is a traitor among them. The viewers are led to believe that it will turn out to be [[spoiler: the Marquis de Carabas, and it is made clear that the heroes believe this as well, but it's really the bodyguard, Hunter.]]

* ''Series/{{Whodonnit}}''" Is very similar to the mole in this respect, as one of the guests in secretly the killer

* ''TheCloser'': In the final season, a leak in Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson's department traces back to [[spoiler: Lieutenant Gabriel's girlfriend Ann. Goldman hired her to cozy up to Gabriel for inside information about the LAPD and Brenda's cases especially. Gabriel is legally cleared of wrongdoing, since everything he shared with Ann was said in confidence. He's still heavily scorned by members of the team for his accidental role in the leak.]]

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Cordelia is like this in Season 4, although it isn't the real Cordelia as her body is being used by an antagonist higher power of [[TotalitarianUtilitarian ambiguous morality]]

* ''Series/BabylonFive'': A couple of examples turn up:

** [[spoiler:Nate/Jason]] is revealed to be a militia spy as soon as they get to Miles. Some time later we find out that [[spoiler: he is Neville's son.]]
** [[spoiler:Joseph Wheatley, ostensibly of the rebels (possibly going by "Captain Burke"). In fact, he's been a militia spy for some time. Also, Mia, Nora's sister.]]
** Episode 17 had Miles quickly realizing that a mole has tipped off Monroe to the Resistance's whereabouts. Episode 18 has Miles trying to find out the mole's identity, and [[spoiler: Jason Neville]] is the prime suspect. However, it turns out to actually have been [[spoiler: Jim Hanson]].

* ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'':
** [[spoiler: Mr. Smith, though he turns to good for series 2.]]

* ''Series/TheXFiles'' has this trope all over the place, PlayedWith and from various points of view.

* ''Series/{{Whodoneit}}''" Is very similar to the mole in this respect, as one of the guests in secretly the killer

** The character of Vislor Turlough is initially introduced as a mole character who orchestrates his way into becoming one of the Fifth Doctor's companions under orders from the Black Guardian to kill him, but eventually does a HeelFaceTurn and defies the Guardian and goes on to become a loyal companion for the rest of his time on the show.
%%** [[spoiler: Mr. Smith, though he turns to good for series 2.]]

* ''Series/{{Nikita}}'': InvertedTrope where the character of Alex is set up to be the mole from the very start, and we see it all from her point of view. She remains the mole for the entirety of season 1. There is even a WasItAllALie? moment coming from a more minor character, Thom, directed at the main character of Alex mid-way through the season.

** Episode 17 had Miles quickly realizing that a mole has tipped off Monroe to the Resistance's whereabouts. Episode 18 has Miles trying to find out the mole's identity, and [[spoiler: Jason Neville]] is the prime suspect.

** [[spoiler:Ruby]] turned out to be The Mole who really wanted [[spoiler:Sam to kill Lilith, thereby releasing Lucifer from his prison]]. Like [[spoiler: Ruby]] being a mole was [[SarcasmMode surprising to anyone except]] [[spoiler: Sam himself]].
%%** [[spoiler: Uriel]] is revealed to be a mole in "On the Head of a Pin".

* ''{{Intelligence}}'': Half the cast is, at any given time, a mole for one or more members of the rest of the cast.

* ''Series/TwentyFour'': This show has probably the most famous example of this. Over the course of eight seasons, there have been ''fifteen'' named and confirmed moles, not counting the [[spoiler: hundreds of unnamed ones in Day 7]]. This figure also doesn't include double and ''triple'' moles.
** Amazingly, even by the eighth season, the characters are still astounded when a mole within CTU is uncovered.
** This has prompted many fans to suggest that Jack Bauer needs to have a [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique long talk]] with CTU's director of Human Resources.
** Not just CTU itself, every agency in the series is plagued by numerous moles.

* ''Series/{{Alias}}'': Has done this.
* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': Spoofed, when Tobias is asked to be a mole for the CIA; he think it's a casting agency, and assumes they want him to put on a mole costume.
** Also played straight with [[spoiler:Annyong]].
* ''AshesToAshes'': It is revealed near the end of season 2 that [[spoiler: Chris]] has been blackmailed into being a mole. He is however not a bad guy, so he redeems himself promptly with a FaceHeelTurn.

* ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'': Played with in the 2000s. From the beginning of the first season the audience is aware that Boomer is a Cylon, although the crew of the ship, and Boomer herself, are not. The [[StoryArc season arc]] features her struggling with self-doubt over whether or not she's human, attempting suicide, and ultimately learning that she is in fact a Cylon. In the season finale, she seemingly sides against her kind and sets off a nuke destroying a Base Star full of other copies of her, and at that moment [[WhamEpisode the Wham]] hits; [[spoiler:as Commander Adama is meeting her in CIC and praising her for a job well done, she draws her sidearm and shoots him twice, point blank, in the chest.]]
** The reveal of several other characters in the season three finale includes [[spoiler: two significant moles, as well as two lower tier individuals.]]
*** [[spoiler: Not really moles though -- their presence in the fleet turns out to be more like a punishment -- or a joke.]]

* ''Series/BreakoutKings'': [[spoiler: U.S. Marshal Colburn]] is revealed as one in "Where in the World is Carmen Vega?".
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': [[spoiler: Undersheriff [=McKeen=]]], revealed in the final episode of season 8 in spectacular fashion.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In the episode "The Runaway Bride", Lance - the fiance of the eponymous bride - is revealed to be working for the sinister Queen of the Racnoss. And in "The Last of the Time Lords", [[spoiler:a scientist employed by Martha turns her over to The Master. In a minor subversion in the latter example, however, Martha's actually counting on her doing so as part of her plan.]]

* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': Yolanda/Saffron/Bridget made a living out of being The Mole.
* ''{{Glee}}'': Quinn, Santana and Brittany, the three Cheerios who join Glee Club, are secretly spying for Cheerios coach Sue Sylvester, who is trying to bring down the club. As the series goes on, though, and Quinn's popularity and [[spoiler: membership in the Cheerios]] are destroyed by her pregnancy, [[HeelFaceTurn this gradually changes]].

* ''Series/TheMole'': This TV-program is the RealityShow version of this trope. The contestants engage in various challenges, and the better they do, the more money goes in the winning pot; at the end, the winner gets the pot, and the Mole gets the rest of the prize fund as a measure of how well they screwed things up. The contestants are also periodically quizzed about the Mole's identity and actions, with the poorest scorer eliminated.
** Played with: as a {{metagame}} strategy, non-Mole contestants also [[NiceJobBreakingItHero screw up]] on purpose, to fool others into thinking ''they're'' the Mole and thus do poorly on the quizzes. Sure, it decreases the winner's take, but it increases your chance of ''being'' the winner.

* ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'': [[spoiler: Mr. Smith, though he turns to good for series 2.]]

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Uses this with Michael Eddington. Originally a by-the-book secondary character who is more loyal to Starfleet than the rest of the cast, Eddington is eventually revealed to be a Mole for the rebellious Maquis.
** And then there's the time [[spoiler: Doctor Bashir was revealed to have been a Changeling impostor for the last several episodes.]]
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': Archer's steward Daniels turns out to be a time agent from the 31st century. DamselInDistress Rajiin is a portable X-Ray machine for the Xindi Reptilians. [[spoiler:Malcolm Reed works for an early incarnation of [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Section 31]], while reporter Gannet turns out to be working for Starfleet Intelligence and Ensign Masaro for radical Earth group Terra Prime]].
** [[spoiler:Reed]], at least, wasn't all too happy about [[spoiler:betraying his commanding officer, and when push came to shove, he stood by Archer]]. [[spoiler:He]] is one of the few characters of whom this can be said.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': [[spoiler:Ruby]] turned out to be The Mole who really wanted [[spoiler:Sam to kill Lilith, thereby releasing Lucifer from his prison]].
** Like [[spoiler: Ruby]] being a mole was [[SarcasmMode surprising to anyone except]] [[spoiler: Sam himself]].
** Also, [[spoiler: Uriel]] is revealed to be a mole in "On the Head of a Pin".

* ''TheWire'': During Season 2, the investigation into [[BigBad the Greek's]] syndicate is sabotaged at several points along the way by leaks from an FBI agent on his payroll.

* ''Series/{{Nikita}}'': InvertedTrope where the character of Alex is set up to be the mole from the very start, and we see it all from her point of view. She remains the mole for the entirety of season 1. There is even a WasItAllaLie? moment coming from a more minor character, Thom, directed at the main character of Alex mid-way through the season.

* ''Series/TheMole'': This TV-program is the RealityShow version of this trope. The contestants engage in various challenges, and the better they do, the more money goes in the winning pot; at the end, the winner gets the pot, and the Mole gets the rest of the prize fund as a measure of how well they screwed things up. The contestants are also periodically quizzed about the Mole's identity and actions, with the poorest scorer eliminated.
** Played with: as a {{metagame}} strategy, non-Mole contestants also [[NiceJobBreakingItHero screw up]] on purpose, to fool others into thinking ''they're'' the Mole and thus do poorly on the quizzes. Sure, it decreases the winner's take, but it increases your chance of ''being'' the winner.

* ''Series/{{Nikita}}'': InvertedTrope where the character of Alex is set up to be the mole from the very start, and we see it all from her point of view. She remains the mole for the entirety of season 1. There is even a WasItAllaLie? moment coming from a more minor character, Thom, directed at the main character of Alex mid-way through the season.
* Morgana was The Mole for most of ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' season 3, and now [[spoiler:Agravaine has taken over the role,working for Morgana]]

* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': Seconds after Flight 815 crashed, Ben dispatched minions to infiltrate the survivors. They later turn out to be [[spoiler: Ethan]] in the main group and [[spoiler: Goodwin]] in the Tailies. In season two, [[spoiler: Michael]] is forced to act as a mole. In season three, an elaborate ruse is utilized to let Juliet infiltrate the survivors, but she [[HeelFaceTurn turns]] pretty quickly.

* ''{{Neverwhere}}'': Used to good effect, where the BigBad's [[TheDragon Dragons]] inform the heroes that there is a traitor among them. The viewers are led to believe that it will turn out to be [[spoiler: the Marquis de Carabas, and it is made clear that the heroes believe this as well, but it's really the bodyguard, Hunter.]]
* ''{{Numb3rs}}'': In the season 3 finale, [[spoiler:FBI agent Colby Granger was revealed to be a spy for the Chinese.]] But in the premiere of season 4, [[spoiler:it was shown that he was a double agent the whole time.]]

* ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'': [[spoiler: Mr. Smith, though he turns to good for series 2.]]
** The character of Vislor Turlough is initially introduced as a mole character who orchestrates his way into becoming one of the Fifth Doctor's companions under orders from the Black Guardian to kill him, but eventually does a HeelFaceTurn and defies the Guardian and goes on to become a loyal companion for the rest of his time on the show.

* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': Spoofed, when Tobias is asked to be a mole for the CIA; he think it's a casting agency, and assumes they want him to put on a mole costume.
** Also played straight with [[spoiler:Annyong]].
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Uses this with Michael Eddington. Originally a by-the-book secondary character who is more loyal to Starfleet than the rest of the cast, Eddington is eventually revealed to be a Mole for the rebellious Maquis.
** And then there's the time [[spoiler: Doctor Bashir was revealed to have been a Changeling impostor for the last several episodes.]]
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': [[spoiler:Seska was a Cardassian [[WeWillNotUseStageMakeUpInTheFuture deep-cover agent disguised as a Bajoran]] and]] Tuvok was a [[ReverseMole Federation agent]] (but [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler that's made known pretty early on]]), both infiltrating the Maquis on Chakotay's ship (much to his chagrin). When [[spoiler:Seska]] defects to the Kazon-Nistrim, a minor Maquis crewman (Michael Jonas) is her collaborator who remains on board ''Voyager'' (though the Kazon do their damnedest to play the middleman).
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': Archer's steward Daniels turns out to be a time agent from the 31st century. DamselInDistress Rajiin is a portable X-Ray machine for the Xindi Reptilians. [[spoiler:Malcolm Reed works for an early incarnation of [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Section 31]], while reporter Gannet turns out to be working for Starfleet Intelligence and Ensign Masaro for radical Earth group Terra Prime]].
** [[spoiler:Reed]], at least, wasn't all too happy about [[spoiler:betraying his commanding officer, and when push came to shove, he stood by Archer]]. [[spoiler:He]] is one of the few characters of whom this can be said.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'': A couple of examples turn up:
** At the end of the first season, Garibaldi uncovers a plot to assassinate the president of the Earth Alliance. Before he can deliver a warning, he is shot in the back by [[spoiler: his aide Jack]].
** In "Divided Loyalties", Lyta Alexander delivers a warning that someone on the station has a deep-cover personality implanted by Psi Corps. [[spoiler: It turns out to be Talia Winters.]]
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': [[spoiler: Undersheriff [=McKeen=]]], revealed in the final episode of season 8 in spectacular fashion.
* ''{{Dollhouse}}'': The early episodes set up that there's a spy somewhere in the House, eventually revealing it to be [[spoiler: head of security Dominic]]. Notable in how the character was practically the only one fans ''hadn't'' suggested The Mole to be...''because it was such an [[DevilInPlainSight obvious choice]], [[GenreSavvy everyone assumed]] that it ruled them out.'' Oh, Joss Whedon, you insane genius. In the final episodes it is revealed that in fact [[spoiler:Boyd]], a trusted figure in Adelle's house, was the one in charge of Rossum Corporation.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': [[spoiler:Ruby]] turned out to be The Mole who really wanted [[spoiler:Sam to kill Lilith, thereby releasing Lucifer from his prison]].
** Like [[spoiler: Ruby]] being a mole was [[SarcasmMode surprising to anyone except]] [[spoiler: Sam himself]].
** Also, [[spoiler: Uriel]] is revealed to be a mole in "On the Head of a Pin".

* ''{{NCIS}}'': [[spoiler: Very Special Agent Lee]] is coerced into being a mole and learns, naturally, that [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]
* ''{{Glee}}'': Quinn, Santana and Brittany, the three Cheerios who join Glee Club, are secretly spying for Cheerios coach Sue Sylvester, who is trying to bring down the club. As the series goes on, though, and Quinn's popularity and [[spoiler: membership in the Cheerios]] are destroyed by her pregnancy, [[HeelFaceTurn this gradually changes]].
* ''TheAdventureGame'': After appearing as a contestant on the first series, Lesley Judd then appeared as The Mole on later series, culminating in a puzzle where the other contestants had to avoid finishing on the same square as her, otherwise they would be eliminated.
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': [[spoiler:Zack Addy is one for the Gormagon. He comes back occasionally, though, because he's a freakin' ''genius'' and]] nobody else can figure out the killer.

* ''AshesToAshes'': It is revealed near the end of season 2 that [[spoiler: Chris]] has been blackmailed into being a mole. He is however not a bad guy, so he redeems himself promptly with a FaceHeelTurn.
* ''Series/TheWildWildWest'': The episode "The Night of the Bleak Island". West's old friend Sir Nigel Scott turns out to be the BigBad.

* ''TheVampireDiaries'': Damon starts out as a mole in the founder's council. But soon he becomes an actual member and turns out to be the most useful.
* ''Series/{{Blackadder}} Goes Forth'': One episode has Blackadder look for a mole within the military hospital. He takes the opportunity to torture...I mean interrogate Darling for kicks, and gets cozy with the hospital nurse, while a man with an obvious German accent is a patient in the hospital. Come to find out in the conclusion, though, the nurse was the actual mole, and the 'German spy' was, to Darling's embarrassment, a ''British'' mole who picked up an accent during his time in Germany. [[spoiler: Then the TwistEnding reveals that ''George'' was inadvertently the mole, writing letters to his German uncle.]]
* ''Series/LasVegas'':
** Leo, one of the new guys at surveillance Ed hired in season 2, is revealed to be working together with a group of card counters.
** Adam, an employee remotely overseeing the card games in "Hit Me" is revealed to be sending electronic signals to a player.
* ''Series/BreakoutKings'': [[spoiler: U.S. Marshal Colburn]] is revealed as one in "Where in the World is Carmen Vega?".

* The TV-program ''Series/TheMole'' is the RealityShow version of this trope. The contestants engage in various challenges, and the better they do, the more money goes in the winning pot; at the end, the winner gets the pot, and the Mole gets the rest of the prize fund as a measure of how well they screwed things up. The contestants are also periodically quizzed about the Mole's identity and actions, with the poorest scorer eliminated.

* ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]'' is probably the most famous example of this. Over the course of eight seasons, there have been ''fifteen'' named and confirmed moles, not counting the [[spoiler: hundreds of unnamed ones in Day 7]]. This figure also doesn't include double and ''triple'' moles.

* Inverted in ''Series/{{Nikita}}'' where the character of Alex is set up to be the mole from the very start, and we see it all from her point of view. She remains the mole for the entirety of season 1. There is even a WasItAllaLie? moment coming from a more minor character, Thom, directed at the main character of Alex mid-way through the season.

* ''Series/{{Alias}}'' has done this.

* Partially subverted in the 2000s ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}''; from the beginning of the first season the audience is aware that Boomer is a Cylon, although the crew of the ship, and Boomer herself, are not. The [[StoryArc season arc]] features her struggling with self-doubt over whether or not she's human, attempting suicide, and ultimately learning that she is in fact a Cylon. In the season finale, she seemingly sides against her kind and sets off a nuke destroying a Base Star full of other copies of her, and at that moment [[WhamEpisode the Wham]] hits; [[spoiler:as Commander Adama is meeting her in CIC and praising her for a job well done, she draws her sidearm and shoots him twice, point blank, in the chest.]]

* Used to good effect in ''{{Neverwhere}}'', where the BigBad's [[TheDragon Dragons]] inform the heroes that there is a traitor among them. The viewers are led to believe that it will turn out to be [[spoiler: the Marquis de Carabas, and it is made clear that the heroes believe this as well, but it's really the bodyguard, Hunter.]]
* In the season 3 finale of ''{{Numb3rs}}'', [[spoiler:FBI agent Colby Granger was revealed to be a spy for the Chinese.]] But in the premiere of season 4, [[spoiler:it was shown that he was a double agent the whole time.]]
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The Runaway Bride", Lance - the fiance of the eponymous bride - is revealed to be working for the sinister Queen of the Racnoss. And in "The Last of the Time Lords", [[spoiler:a scientist employed by Martha turns her over to The Master. In a minor subversion in the latter example, however, Martha's actually counting on her doing so as part of her plan.]]

* ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' [[spoiler: Mr. Smith, though he turns to good for series 2.]]

* Yolanda/Saffron/Bridget of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' made a living out of being The Mole.
* Spoofed on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', when Tobias is asked to be a mole for the CIA; he think it's a casting agency, and assumes they want him to put on a mole costume.

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' uses this with Michael Eddington. Originally a by-the-book secondary character who is more loyal to Starfleet than the rest of the cast, Eddington is eventually revealed to be a Mole for the rebellious Maquis.

* In ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', [[spoiler:Seska was a Cardassian [[WeWillNotUseStageMakeUpInTheFuture deep-cover agent disguised as a Bajoran]] and]] Tuvok was a [[ReverseMole Federation agent]] (but [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler that's made known pretty early on]]), both infiltrating the Maquis on Chakotay's ship (much to his chagrin). When [[spoiler:Seska]] defects to the Kazon-Nistrim, a minor Maquis crewman (Michael Jonas) is her collaborator who remains on board ''Voyager'' (though the Kazon do their damnedest to play the middleman).
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. Archer's steward Daniels turns out to be a time agent from the 31st century. DamselInDistress Rajiin is a portable X-Ray machine for the Xindi Reptilians. [[spoiler:Malcolm Reed works for an early incarnation of [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Section 31]], while reporter Gannet turns out to be working for Starfleet Intelligence and Ensign Masaro for radical Earth group Terra Prime]].

* A couple of examples turn up in ''[[Series/BabylonFive Babylon 5]]'':

* [[spoiler: Undersheriff [=McKeen=]]] in ''Series/{{CSI}}'', revealed in the final episode of season 8 in spectacular fashion.
* The early episodes of ''{{Dollhouse}}'' set up that there's a spy somewhere in the House, eventually revealing it to be [[spoiler: head of security Dominic]]. Notable in how the character was practically the only one fans ''hadn't'' suggested The Mole to be...''because it was such an [[DevilInPlainSight obvious choice]], [[GenreSavvy everyone assumed]] that it ruled them out.'' Oh, Joss Whedon, you insane genius. In the final episodes it is revealed that in fact [[spoiler:Boyd]], a trusted figure in Adelle's house, was the one in charge of Rossum Corporation.

* Jen K in ''{{Greek}}'' is a mole for the school newspaper, and puts a dent in the entire Greek system with her article. Apropos that Jen K is played by Jessica Rose of ''{{lonelygirl15}}'' fame (see below).
* [[spoiler: Very Special Agent Lee]] on ''{{NCIS}}'' is coerced into being a mole and learns, naturally, that [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]
* In ''{{Glee}}'', Quinn, Santana and Brittany, the three Cheerios who join glee club, are secretly spying for Cheerios coach Sue Sylvester, who is trying to bring down the club. As the series goes on, though, and Quinn's popularity and [[spoiler: membership in the Cheerios]] are destroyed by her pregnancy, [[HeelFaceTurn this gradually changes]].
* After appearing as a contestant on the first series of ''TheAdventureGame'', Lesley Judd then appeared as The Mole on later series, culminating in a puzzle where the other contestants had to avoid finishing on the same square as her, otherwise they would be eliminated.
* In ''Series/{{Bones}}'', [[spoiler:Zack Addy is one for the Gormagon. He comes back occasionally, though, because he's a freakin' ''genius'' and]] nobody else can figure out the killer.
* In ''{{Intelligence}}'', half the cast is, at any given time, a mole for one or more members of the rest of the cast.
* In ''AshesToAshes'', it is revealed near the end of season 2 that [[spoiler: Chris]] has been blackmailed into being a mole. He is however not a bad guy, so he redeems himself promptly with a FaceHeelTurn.
* ''Series/TheWildWildWest'' episode "The Night of the Bleak Island". West's old friend Sir Nigel Scott turns out to be the BigBad.

* A series 2 subplot in the 2006 BBC adaption of ''Series/RobinHood'' features [[spoiler:Allan a Dale]] working as an informant for Guy of Gisborne, resulting in his exile from Robin's gang and the end of all his friendships when his treachery is unmasked. He ''is'' technically a good guy, so he also occasionally acts as a ReverseMole, though this is much more rare [[spoiler:until the season finale, in which he deliberately contradicts Guy's orders in a semi-suicidal bid to save the gang's lives and rejoins the band.]]
* During Season 2 of ''TheWire'', the investigation into [[BigBad the Greek's]] syndicate is sabotaged at several points along the way by leaks from an FBI agent on his payroll.

* Damon starts out as a mole in the founder's council on TheVampireDiaries. But soon he becomes an actual member and turns out to be the most useful.
* An episode of ''Series/{{Blackadder}} Goes Forth'' has Blackadder look for a mole within the military hospital. He takes the opportunity to torture...I mean interrogate Darling for kicks, and gets cozy with the hospital nurse, while a man with an obvious German accent is a patient in the hospital. Come to find out in the conclusion, though, the nurse was the actual mole, and the 'German spy' was, to Darling's embarrassment, a ''British'' mole who picked up an accent during his time in Germany. [[spoiler: Then the TwistEnding reveals that ''George'' was inadvertently the mole, writing letters to his German uncle.]]