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6	->'''''Friendship''', ''n.'' A ship big enough to carry two in good weather, but only one in foul.''
7	-->-- ''Literature/TheDevilsDictionary''
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9	Someone who's your buddy when things are going well, but isn't when things go poorly.
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11	Friends are good, especially when they are TrueCompanions who will stick with you through thick and thin. But not all of your "friends" are reliable people. Some of them are fickle sorts who will [[BetrayalByInaction abandon you the moment you get into trouble and actually need a friend to help.]] That's a Fair Weather Friend.
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13	Sometimes a Fair Weather Friend will bookend a story, palling around with the protagonist at the beginning, disappearing when difficulties arise, then coming back as though nothing had happened when the trouble is over, attempting to regain their place.
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15	Often a part of an IneffectualLoner's backstory. Compare this to a FalseFriend. A FalseFriend is someone who is never actually your friend, but pretends to be because it will work to their advantage. A Fair Weather Friend is a genuine friend to you at first, but they'll abandon you as soon as it puts them at a disadvantage. Compare with FriendshipBribe, in which someone will agree to be your friend as long as you buy them things. Inverse of PowerOfFriendship. Contrast AFriendInNeed. Do not confuse with SocialCircleFiller, who are friends that drop out of the story because the main character got better, more plot-relevant ones (which would make the main character an unspoken one of these).
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17	SisterTrope to FairWeatherFoe. Platonic counterpart to FairWeatherEx. Compare this to WithFriendsLikeThese and IFightForTheStrongestSide, which often overlap with this trope. Contrast FinancialTestOfFriendship. See also FairWeatherMentor, for when it's a teacher who takes this attitude.
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19	!!Examples:
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23	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
24	* Ange's intramural teammates from ''Anime/CrossAnge'' turn on her after she is revealed to be a Norma, all of one day after she makes a heartwarming speech about [[TrueCompanions teamwork]].
25	* Haruo from ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'', a fair weather friend [[SmugSnake with an ever-present arrogant smirk on his face]] who enjoys getting Kenichi into trouble. He and Kenichi have even dubbed each other their "bad friends".
26	* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': Due to the survival of the fittest environment in the WrongSideOfTheTracks they both grew up in, both Akira and Sheryl divide most of the world into two categories, enemies, and this. Something Akira gradually makes exceptions for as a DefrostingIceKing. Nonetheless, Sheryl's Gang they both run, full of StreetUrchin from the slums, has a cyclical exodus of members who are fair weather friends whenever Akira stirs up enough trouble, something that doesn't bother them too much since it fits their expectations.
27	* Nanami's GirlPosse from ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' is revealed to be this to one another in Episode 21 after Keiko is punished by Nanami for being caught [[UmbrellaOfTogetherness sharing an umbrella]] with her brother, Touga, by banning her from all clubs and associations. When Keiko turns to Aiko and Yuuko for help, they simply look at her blankly before asking each other aloud if they had just heard something and then leave her behind. By the end of the episode though, after Keiko manages to make up with Nanami, the three are back together again on apparent good terms.
28	* In ''Manga/ASilentVoice'', when Shouya Ishida [[TheScapegoat is scapegoated]] for all the horrible bullying of Shouko Nishimiya (he ''was'' the ringleader and the worst of them, but ''all'' the blame is placed on him) ''all'' of his friends abandon him, even Ueno, the girl who [[ClingyJealousGirl had a crush on him and largely bullied Shouko out of jealousy of the attention Shouya paid to her]]. His supposed best friends Shimada and Hirose even join the rest of the class in bullying Shouya in turn, suggesting they never really liked him in the first place and mainly hung around with him because he was cool.
29	* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': Team Gurren starts out with composed of Kamina, Simon and a few other nameless teenage boys. The latter few end up surrendering to the village chief so they won't be withheld food like Kamina. Kamina quickly disowns them as his "blood brothers" after this, leaving Simon as the only other member.
30	* ''Literature/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'': Leon's group of fellow ImpoverishedPatrician nobles in the Royal Academy present themselves as TrueCompanions, only to look out for number one at the first sign of adversity, buckling under pressure to vandalize Leon's room (though at least Daniel and Raymond apologize). Leon works around this by using blackmail to push them to actually work together and help him, which results in their plight easing even if they complain.
31	* In the soundtrack for season 1 of ''Anime/YuGiOh'', the song "I'm Back", which plays during the show, has the lines "Now I see those close to me/They were just fair-weather friends". This is how Kaiba views anyone that claims to be loyal to him in the show as well.
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34	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
35	* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'':
36	** Referenced in [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1966/11/05 this]] strip.
37	--->'''Linus:''' "It's fair weather today, Charlie Brown."\
38	'''Charlie Brown:''' "So where are all my friends?"
39	** In [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1962/01/20 this]] one Snoopy bemoans the loss of his snowman to a bright, sunny (if cold) day. "There's one thing for sure...he was no 'fair weather friend.'"
40	** In the book ''I Need All the Friends I can Get'' Charlie Brown says "[[TitleDrop I need all the friends I can get.]] I'd even settle for a fair-weather friend."
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43	[[folder:Fan Works]]
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45	[[AC:{{Crossover}}s]]
46	* ''Fanfic/BartSimpsonAndTheBoyWhoLived'': Ron initially gets along well with Bart, but immediately turns upon him once Bart gets Sorted into Slytherin, ignoring the fact that Bart is also Muggleborn and thusly faces FantasticRacism from his new housemates. He gets extremely upset when Harry and Hermione don't share his seething hatred of the whole house, reducing Hermione to tears with some of his vicious accusations, and Harry warns him that he won't consider Ron to be his friend anymore if he doesn't knock it off. Ultimately, [[spoiler:Ron then subverts this when he returns to help Bart, Harry and Hermione seize the Philosopher's Stone before Voldemort can obtain it]].
47	* During Vox's interview with Velvette in Chapter 4 of ''Fanfic/ADivineRomanticComedy'' (''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''), the fashion/social media Overlord states that she'd have tried to bag Lucifer had the opportunity ever presented itself. When Vox laughs at the notion that she'd ever leave the Vees for a shot at being Lucifer's paramour, her casual, uncaring silence makes it clear that, yes, she most certainly would ditch her VillainousFriendship with Vox and Val for more power without a second thought.
48	* ''Fanfic/HangingTenSaga'': Heidi counts as this to Lo in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6331445/5/Hanging-Ten Hanging Ten]]''. While at first she seems nice enough, Heidi soon abandons Lo since she considers Lo a "surf nut". Lo then comes to the sad conclusion that all of her school friends are like that and that she never had any true friends before meeting the other surfers. {{Subverted}} in a sequel story, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12094997/1/Hanging-Ten-My-Cyber-Sweet-Sixteen Hanging Ten: My Cyber-Sweet Sixteen]]'', where another friend from Lo's school, Flor, shows up and immediately proves herself a true friend by making Heidi apologize for her behavior.
49	* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': Goh several times over:
50	** While he claims that he's always been there for his ChildhoodFriend Chloe, in practice, the two of them [[TheFriendsWhoNeverHang never spend any time together]]. When she calls him out on this, he retorts that he's been busy [[GoalInLife chasing his dreams]] -- adding that she can't ''possibly'' understand what that's like because she doesn't ''have'' any (due to the fact that she's not allowed to as all her classmates are pressuring her to be into Pokémon and he's never at school, unless it's for tests, for him to see it for himself). This serves as the catalyst for Chloe running away and boarding the Train.
51	** Similarly, Goh didn't make any effort to find out ''why'' Tokio wasn't able to meet up with him like they'd planned -- Tokio fell ill -- leaping to the conclusion that he'd deliberately ditched him.
52	** Over time, Goh convinces himself that ''Chloe'' was a fair-weather friend to him, since she stopped trying to reach out to him and repair their fraying friendship. The fact that [[NeverMyFault HE didn't make any effort]] until ''after'' she boarded the Train, and has mainly concerned himself with 'saving' her [[StatusQuoIsGod so everything can go back to exactly how it was before]], is completely lost upon him.
53	** He also turns on Ash [[InternalReveal after learning that]] Ash has [[RelationshipUpgrade gotten together with Trip]], getting ''incredibly jealous'' of the notion that ''HIS'' friend could be close to anybody else. He even considers [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset outing Ash in hopes of hurting him]] and ruining his reputation; at one point, he's briefly ''giddy'' over the prospect that Delia might [[IHaveNoSon disown her son]] upon learning about it, unaware that she already knows about and accepts his relationship.
54	** Eventually, Goh is confronted and called out on this [[BreakThemByTalking so harshly]] that he [[spoiler:suffers a massive breakdown -- one so severe that he ends up boarding the Train himself]].
55	* ''Fanfic/TheRejuvenationverse'': ''Final Curtain'' reveals that [[UpperClassTwit Jet Set and Upper Crust]] were both quite friendly with Baron Brittler Borax... right up until Candance brought him down, spurring them to drop him without a second thought.
56	* ''Fanfic/ASongOfLightAndDark'': One of the Eorzean Alliance's biggest problems with Ishgard is that they're effectively this, unwilling to actually assist any of the other members when they need help. When the Dravanians sign up, Ishgard complains about their [[ArchEnemy Arch-Enemies]] being accepted... so the city-states boot Ishgard out and replace them with Zenith.
57	* In ''Fanfic/{{Two Kinds\|DannyPhantomLadybug}}'': Valerie gets unceremoniously booted out of the A-listers after her father is fired; now that she's no longer wealthy, the other members want nothing more to do with her. The only exception is fellow ''former'' member Adrien. When he calls her in order to check up on her and see how she's doing, Valerie realizes this is precisely ''why'' he left the group.
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59	[[AC:''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'']]
60	* ''Fanfic/LivingInAFrogWorld'': Anne [[WeUsedToBeFriends used to be friends]] with Frank Ramirez, the protagonist of the story, but [[ToxicFriendInfluence Sasha convinced her]] to abandon him when he refused to comply to her manipulations... and, eventually, to steal from his family's thrift store.
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62	[[AC:''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'']]
63	* ''Fanfic/WhatItTakes'':
64	** Felicity proves to be this to the ''extreme'' at the start of the story. When she finds out about what's happening in Starling, her heart "goes out" to Laurel and the others but she immediately decides not to help them, and to make sure Oliver doesn't find out what's going on so he can't leave to help them either, so that way he won't get himself killed. While it's justified by her disillusionment with Starling City due to all the chaos and suffering the city has gone through in the past three years, at the end of the day she's still abandoning her friends in their time of need to maintain her "perfect life" with Oliver. [[spoiler:When they find out she abandoned them and kept Oliver away, they all implicitly end their friendships with her]]. Her actions also have the effect of making them assume Oliver is this as well, [[spoiler:up until he makes it back to Starling to help and explains what really happened]].
65	** Dinah, Laurel and Sara's mother. She's lamenting Laurel's choices and blames herself for Laurel becoming a vigilante but doesn't actually do anything to help deal with the situation, like convincing Laurel to turn herself in peacefully. [[spoiler:Then, after Laurel saves the world and is pardoned, she's all up for returning to Starling and reuniting their family despite clear disinterest in previous years, even after Sara came back home]]. Naturally, Laurel isn't having any of it, [[spoiler:and disowns Dinah alongside Quentin]].
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67	[[AC:''Series/BabylonFive'']]
68	* ''Fanfic/AFightingChance'': Earth sees much of the League and the Centauri this way after the first few battles of the war, as most of their supposed allies effectively abandoned them when the Milbari attacked. The only exceptions to this are the Drazi, Hyach, Markab, Narn, and especially the Dilgar, as all of them stood by the EA and helped them out. When Londo attempts to negotiate with the EA in the wake of the Battle of the Line, he receives a far frostier response than before, and only gets anywhere by offering extremely crucial war-sensitive information in exchange.
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70	[[AC:''Manga/{{Bleach}}'']]
71	* ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/896232/chapters/1730901 Wanderlust]]'': Ichigo doesn't call his friends this, but the narrative implies they are after they abandon him when he loses his powers. It leads to Ichigo having to deal with the trauma of the Winter War by himself with nobody else to turn to for support.
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73	[[AC:''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'']]
74	* ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomLostEpisodesSeries'': In "Cursed at Caspar High", Kwan doesn't hesitate to cut his best friend Dash from the team when he's struggling with his bad karma's backlash.
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76	[[AC:''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'']]
77	* ''Fanfic/ADragonInShiningArmour'': When the Royal Knights discover the Black Pincer Company's operations in Saversburg, Bolgmon immediately throws [=GrandisKuwagamon=] under the bug, and Blitzmon is more than happy to let them be TheScapegoat.
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79	[[AC:''Franchise/HarryPotter'']]
80	* ''Fanfic/TheChosenSix'': After Percy is [[spoiler:permanently scarred by Fenrir]], many of his friends and acquaintances start avoiding him.
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82	[[AC:''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'']]
83	* In ''[[Fanfic/BuriedTrilogy The Chrysanthemum and the Sword]]'', many of the high-profile people Kim previously saved immediately denounce and turn upon her once she's declared a fugitive.
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85	[[AC:''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'']]
86	* ''Fanfic/WhatIsAPersonWorth'': Lincoln decides that the only friends he's willing to trust are Clyde and Ronnie Anne, refusing to tell the rest what's been going on. When Liam, Rusty and Zach want answers anyway, he retorts that they've already shown themselves to be fickle "friends" in the past, having turned upon him during other incidents. While initially hurt, the trio later acknowledge that he's right; they really ''haven't'' given him much reason to trust them.
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88	[[AC:''Manga/LoveHina'']]
89	* Motoko runs afoul of this in ''Fanfic/AnAlternateKeitaroUrashima'':
90	** Her GirlPosse of devoted {{Fangirl}}s repeatedly harass Keitaro on her behalf; when he snaps back at them and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tells them off]], Motoko challenges him to a duel... and loses. Said fangirls promptly abandon her, deciding that she wasn't as strong as they'd thought she was and thusly wasn't worth their attention.
91	** Naru had wagered that Motoko would win the duel; when she lost, Naru was [[OrderedApology forced to apologize]] to Keitaro for ''her'' latest [[UnprovokedPervertPayback assault attempt]]. This blow to her pride made her [[NoSympathy completely unsympathetic]] to Motoko's struggles; when Motoko [[spoiler:gets arrested]], Naru declares that the HumiliationConga she's going through "serves her right".
92	* ''Fanfic/ForHisOwnSake'': After resident [[TheChewToy Chew Toy]] Keitaro [[GrewASpine stands up for himself]] and leaves the Hinata Inn, the girls find that their {{Karma Houdini Warrant\|y}}ies are expiring left and right. Tensions swiftly rise, causing friendships to fray at the seams as some of the tenants reveal themselves as fair-weather friends to the others.
93	** Naru proves to be the queen of this, due to her extremely [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorbed attitude]] and MoralMyopia. She twists herself into knots [[NeverMyFault blaming everyone else]] for her troubles, setting every last one of her connections aflame while insisting it's ''their'' fault that she's attacking them. When the dust settles down, she then expects the people she hurt to [[CrossingTheBurntBridge welcome her with open arms]], only to find that she's not so EasilyForgiven.
94	** [[TheBabyOfTheBunch Shinobu]] was treated as the group's {{Protectorate}}... until she starts speaking up more about how often they went into PervertRevengeMode when [[UnprovokedPervertPayback Keitaro hadn't done anything to deserve it]]. Naru and Motoko ''immediately'' turn upon her, to the point that Naru is on the verge of [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating her up]] for the high crime of [[DisproportionateRetribution standing up for herself]] while Motoko [[AccompliceByInaction coldly stands aside and watches]].
95	** Sarah expects Naru, Motoko, and the rest of the Hinata Girls to come racing to her rescue after her bratty behavior gets her [[OffToBoardingSchool shipped off to a strict boarding school]]. None of them ever show up, and she eventually realizes that she was never on their radar to begin with.
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97	[[AC:''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'']]
98	* ''Fanfic/BurningBridgesBuildingConfidence'' paints most of Marinette's classmates as these; despite praising her as their 'Everyday Ladybug', they're quick to side with [[ManipulativeBitch Lila]] and her [[CelebrityLie exciting yarns]], believing her MaliciousSlander. This is especially true of Alya and Adrien. Alya is the loudest and most vicious about confronting Marinette with all of Lila's accusations, while Adrien is well aware of Lila's true nature, but chooses to blame ''Marinette'' and insist that she needs to stop trying to expose her, as her lies 'aren't hurting anyone'... aside from Marinette herself, who apparently doesn't count.
99	* ''Fanfic/{{Couturiere}}'': Having all of her classmates swallow Lila's BlatantLies and turn against her -- with Adrien, who knows the truth but opts to [[BetrayalByInaction stand aside]] and not say anything against Lila -- causes Marinette's akumatization into the titular akuma. Hawkmoth keeps her under his control by reminding her of how ''easily'' Alya and the rest turned, asking [[ArmorPiercingQuestion what would prevent them from doing so again the moment she wasn't powerful anymore]].
100	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44744269/chapters/112576217 Hey, You Broke Up With Me (What Can I Say Babe, You Broke Up With Me)]]'' has ''Juleka'' go through this treatment. Over the summer, she participates in several small movie projects; the day after getting into a huge argument with most of her classmates, the movies start debuting, and the very same people who were insulting and belittling her mere hours before abruptly act like they're her "best friends", trying to convince her to do favors for them for clout. Rose is especially eager to reclaim Juleka as her "super-famous girlfriend", only for Juleka to remind her that they'd broken up ''months'' ago and reveal that she'd already moved on.
101	* ''Fanfic/{{I See What You Do Behind Closed Doors\|MiraculousLadybug}}'':
102	** Not only does Adrien refuse to do anything about Lila's constant manipulation and MaliciousSlander, he gets annoyed when Marinette calls him out on his continued BetrayalByInaction after they start dating. After all, the only reason he's dating Marinette in the first place is so he can fantasize about being with Ladybug instead... unaware that [[LovesMyAlterEgo she IS Ladybug]].
103	** After Lila's true nature is [[LiarRevealed finally revealed]], most of the class promptly attempts to mend fences with Marinette... while refusing to acknowledge that [[IWarnedYou she warned them]]. Or rather, only acknowledging that little detail while trying to convince her that it was ''[[NeverMyFault her fault]]'' that [[CassandraTruth they didn't believe her]]. Naturally, Marinette is unimpressed, and she calls them out on their fickleness, making clear that while she ''might'' have been able to forgive them for wanting to believe things that were TooGoodToBeTrue, their attempts to pin the blame on ''her'' have only convinced her that there's no point in doing so, as they haven't learned anything from their mistakes.
104	* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'':
105	** Most of Marinette's friends from class prove to be this, effectively abandoning their 'Everyday Ladybug' in favor of Lila's false promises. Notably, they expect Marinette to ''continue'' catering to their whims; even ''Lila'' notes that they're [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity taking Mari's help completely for granted]]. Out of the entire class, only [[spoiler:Juleka and Rose]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone recognize how they wronged her]]; the rest [[EntitledBastard expect]] to be [[EasilyForgiven instantly forgiven]] after learning her SecretIdentity.
106	** Alya acts particularly entitled; upon witnessing Ladybug being [[TheUnmasking unmasked]] while taking down Hawkmoth, she squeals with delight at the notion that she's "Ladybug's best friend", while blithely ignoring how she'd been ignoring her existence in favor of Lila. She also expects Marinette to ''compensate'' her for all the time she spent LockedOutOfTheLoop with exclusive interviews, letting her and her boyfriend Nino become permanent heroes, ''and'' letting them reveal their own secret identities on her Ladyblog for the extra press.
107	** Adrien also proves himself to be one; despite knowing that Lila's a ConArtist, he lets her keep scamming his friends because it might ''inconvenience'' him to call her out. He claims that Marinette [[BecauseYouCanCope can easily handle being shunned]], despite how he himself [[{{Hypocrite}} doesn't want to deal with the others getting angry]] by telling them something they don't want to hear.
108	** Chloé comes to recognize Adrien as one after her JerkassRealization; while he was fully aware that her entitled, bratty behavior and bullying weren't doing her any favors, he never made any ''real'' effort to call her out or teach her the error of her ways. He simply avoided acknowledging that she was his ChildhoodFriend unless he saw some way that he might benefit from it, such as when he attempts to recruit her to help convince Marinette to let the class [[AllTakeAndNoGive keep taking advantage of her]].
109	** Ironically, the class actually ''subverts'' this when it comes to [[spoiler:Adrien. They're willing to stick by and support him when the rest of Paris suspects him of aiding his terrorist father, tarnishing their own reputations by defending him. But once they learn how he let Lila manipulate them, they all turn on him for his BetrayalByInaction]].
110	* ''[[Fanfic/ALadysScout A Lady's Scout (and the Salt within her Soul)]]'' paints most of Marinette's classmates this way. After they ditch her in favor of Lila and her {{Celebrity Lie}}s, Marinette subtly drops hints that she knows the secret identities of the temporary heroes, giving them various pieces of attire themed around their heroic counterparts... around the time that they're replaced. As rumors spread that she's some kind of 'hero scout', several of her former friends promptly abandon Lila and start vying for ''her'' favor, hoping that they can worm their way into Ladybug's good graces by buttering up Marinette.
111	* ''Fanfic/LeaveForMendeleiev'':
112	** Adrien takes an interest in Marinette and her friends when he starts suspecting that they might be connected to Ladybug, zeroing in on her in particular. After [[spoiler:seeing Future!Ladybug checking on Marinette during the Timebreaker incident]], he decides he must have been wrong and immediately starts ignoring her, Aurore, and the rest. He then gets annoyed when Jean calls him out on this.
113	** Nino also shows shades of this. While he promises Marinette that [[RichBitch Chloé]] isn't involved in his movie-making project, he decides not to warn her when this changes, as he knows Marinette is trying to avoid her long-time bully and wouldn't want to come if she knew she was there. He [[BlamingTheVictim blames Marinette for this]], acting [[EntitledBastard entitled to her help]], and generally trampling over the boundaries of ''everyone'' involved with the project. The whole debacle leaves Marinette seriously questioning [[AllTakeAndNoGive the nature of their friendship]].
114	* In ''Fanfic/LongCon'', it's Lila who calls the whole class out on this when they finally confront her, pointing out that they refused to heed any of Marinette's warnings, then let her (seemingly) get roped into Lila's deception and let her continue to be strung along even as they each gradually figured out the truth for themselves:
115	-->'''Lila:''' My point is, I told you all what you wanted to hear. You thought I was your ticket to stardom, and you thought Marinette would get in the way of that. So you pushed her away. The minute she became an inconvenience to you, you tossed her out like yesterday's garbage.\
116	'''Alya:''' That's not true!\
117	'''Lila:''' Isn't it? Tell me, [[ArmorPiercingQuestion why are you all just now confronting me]]? I saw how frustrated you all were, carrying my things and doing favors for me. But none of you said anything. Adrien, you knew for ''months'' that I was a fake, and you didn't say anything. So, again I ask, why ''now''? I'll tell you why. Because all that time you were waiting for Marinette, your 'everyday Ladybug', to fix your mess for you. Just like you expected her to bring you pastries, or make clothes for you, or babysit, or host some stupid sports festival, or ''take the high road''.\
118	''(Adrien goes white upon hearing this, while she chuckles)''\
119	'''Lila:''' Oh yes, I know all about that. Marinette told me how ''lucky'' she was that she listened to you, that she would have missed out on such ''a good friend'' otherwise. Admit it, Adrien. You didn't care about being 'the bigger person', or whatever bull you told her. You just didn't want to deal with the drama. You didn't say anything because you were afraid ''you'' would get caught in the crossfire. When Alya confronted me that day in class, she was only concerned about how ''she'' was affected, about her blog's reputation. I mean honestly, it's not ''my'' fault you guys are too stupid to look things up. But then you realized that Marinette couldn't help you this time, so you finally got off your butts and decided to deal with the problem. Not that it matters.
120	* ''Fanfic/OfPatienceAndPettiness'': While Lila is quickly exposed here, Alya, Adrien, and the majority of Marinette's classmates [[NeverMyFault refuse to admit their mistakes]], [[TheScapegoat pinning all the blame on Lila]] and expecting to be EasilyForgiven for how they turned on Marinette.
121	* In ''Fanfic/{{Recommencer\|MiraculousLadybug}}'', Marinette transfers out of Collége Francoise Dupont after seeing how swiftly her classmates abandoned her in favor of Lila.
122	* ''Fanfic/{{The Wolves in the Woods\|MiraculousLadybug}}'':
123	** In this particular work, Lila didn't actually ''intend'' to turn Marinette's classmates against her so completely, having expected that all their years of growing up alongside Marinette and everything she'd done for them would amount to more. Alas, the majority are all too willing to ditch their 'Everyday Ladybug' and replace her with a better model: Lila herself, as she realizes that they expect her to step up and [[AllTakeAndNoGive do whatever they want for free]], just like [[HourglassPlot Marinette before her]]. And given how they're openly ''bragging'' about being self-proclaimed {{Bully Hunter}}s who drove Marinette away, she's naturally terrified at the potential consequences of them learning about how she lied.
124	** Adrien claims that he just wants everyone to get along, but refuses to intervene even as he watches almost all of his friends turn upon Marinette. He only speaks up once ''he's'' personally inconvenienced, and [[BlamingTheVictim blames Marinette]] for transferring out of the toxic, hostile environment their classroom had become.
125	** Alya turns out to be the worst of the lot. While she insists that she was motivated by fear that Marinette's recent successes as a fashion designer would [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism go to her head]], she was actually DrivenByEnvy and chose to "[[TallPoppySyndrome cut her down to size]]" by supporting Lila's campaign against her and [[ToxicFriendInfluence encouraging the whole class]] to turn on her. When Marinette transfers away, she's ''furious'' and hellbent upon [[EntitledToHaveYou getting her back]], all while insisting that [[NeverMyFault nobody should blame her]] for driving Marinette away in the first place. When Nino eventually [[InternalReveal learns about all of this]], he's left wondering if [[WasItAllALie she ever cared about him or anyone else at all]].
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127	[[AC:''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'']]
128	* ''Fanfic/BuildYourselfUpDontLetThemBreakYouDown'': The students and staff of Aldera Middle School attempt to [[InvertedTrope invert this]]. After spending years bullying Izuku or turning a blind eye to said bullying, they attempt to kiss up to him once Hawks publicly defends him, hoping to ride his coattails or prevent him from exposing the way they treated him before.
129	* In the ''Fanfic/DecrescenteSeries'', [[spoiler:Izuku himself]] abandons Katsuki after he punches one of their classmates.
130	* ''Fanfic/{{Dekugate}}'': The titular online community is extremely toxic, filled with {{Conspiracy Theorist}}s who hate Izuku for ''[[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence existing]]'' and spinning insane theories about how he's not ''really'' All Might's son. When one of their number complains about how "Deku" ruined her chance to spend a few hours not just [[LoonyFan stalking All Might]], but playing with him while disguised as a dog, the massive backlash she receives from members who [[EveryoneHasStandards don't agree with her methods]] makes her former friends scramble to delete any evidence that they'd ever supported her.
131	* ''Fanfic/FailureToExplode'': Once Katsuki [[PointOfDivergence fails to get into U.A.]], he promptly loses his BigJerkOnCampus status: none of his former lackeys are willing to follow him around anymore, and the teachers are no longer willing to turn a blind eye towards his {{Barbaric Bully}}ing.
132	* ''Fanfic/InASkyOfAMillionStars'': All of Bakugou Katsuki's lackeys prove to be this when he briefly returns to Aldera Junior High after Izuku's suicide attempt. Despite him clearly not being alright and still trying to cope with the situation, they avoid him and instead join in on the growing rumor mill. Obviously, after Katsuki hits his RageBreakingPoint and blows up the cafeteria, it's not hard for him to skip out on school altogether and enroll in Aldera's CorrespondenceCourse a few months later. The situation ultimately feeds into Katsuki's GuiltComplex, as it proves an AwfulTruth: despite Katsuki treating him like shit, Izuku really was his OnlyFriend.
133	* ''Fanfic/KeepYourFriendsClose'' revolves around an exercise where students are divided into "hero" and "villain" teams, with the twist that [[spoiler:everyone on the villain team aside from Hatsune and Midoriya]] is a DoubleAgent. This takes a serious toll on Izuku's ability to ''trust'' anyone, as he comes to see them all as willing to compromise their ideals and betray him... for what? To do well on an ''exam''...? As far as he's concerned, they failed the SecretTestOfCharacter.
134	* Goes both ways in ''Fanfic/QuirkSequencer''. Once Izuku awakens the titular Quirk, many of his former bullies start cozying up to him. Izuku, for his part, takes advantage of this to get his hands on their DNA in order to make his ability stronger.
135	* ''Fanfic/WaitingIsWorthIt'': Katsuki calls out his elementary school class for collectively being this. The class isolated and bullied Katsuki when rumors spread of him attacking a girl. Then the class turned their backs on the girl when it came out that she lied about the attack.
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137	[[AC:''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'']]
138	* ''Fanfic/YourMoveInstigatorDrawYourWeaponAndHoldYourTongue'': The Allied Mothers Force was founded in the name of protecting their children. Yet when Haruno Mebuki's four-year-old daughter is being forcibly enrolled in a special class at the Academy that will prepare her to become a {{Child Soldier\|s}} at the tender age of ''five'', the rest of the members refuse to help her fight back, kicking her out of the group. Note that most of the members come from Konoha's more powerful clans, giving them prestige that Mebuki lacks... and most of their children are protected by virtue of being clan heirs. But they're unwilling to use that clout to help her out.
139
140	[[AC:''Franchise/OnePiece'']]
141	* In ''Fanfic/TrappedInEternity'', Garp believes that the Spade Pirates abandoned Ace after he was captured and subjected to ColdBloodedTorture by another crew, as they thought he was "weak" for being caught in the first place. In reality, the incident Ace described happened in [[GroundhogPeggySue one of Ace's past loops]], ending with ''his death'' -- he only told Garp about it in order to explain why his personality had changed.
142
143	[[AC:''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'']]
144	* At the beginning of ''Fanfic/PokemonStrangledRed'', Red's mom gushes to Steven about how her son looks up to him, but she won't talk to him at all after his Charizard dies, and he gives everything up out of grief.
145
146	[[AC:''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'']]
147	* ''WebVideo/CanOneChangeFixAllOfRWBY'': Leonardo Lionheart is no less cowardly and unreliable than his canon portrayal. He's a mole for Ozpin instead of Salem thanks to the [[RoleSwapAU switcheroo premise]], but he's equally terrified of both of them. [[spoiler:Ozpin and Salem both know that they can't truly rely on him for this reason]].
148	* ''Fanfic/{{Raise}}'': While Pyrrha doesn't come from a FriendlessBackground, all of her friends either abandoned her during her gradual rise to fame because they weren't getting all the benefits they wanted to milk out of their relationship, or turned into mooching parasites she was forced to cut off herself. She finds her friendship with Jaune to be an immense relief due to their CommonalityConnection: both of them have learned the hard way that CelebrityIsOverrated.
149	* ''Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile'': While Russell gets along well with Velvet, he stands by and watches whenever she [[FantasticRacism gets bullied for being a Faunus]]. Eventually, [[spoiler:he starts growing out of this]].
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151	[[AC:''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'']]
152	* Picachuyou's ''Fanfic/UndertaleFanNovelization'' gives Frisk several of these. During the prologue, [[AdaptationalGenderIdentity her]] friends agree to meet up with her and explore Mt. Ebott together, but nobody comes.
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155	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
156	* Kaa accuses Mowgli's friends of this in the ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' version of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book\|1967}}''.
157	* Derek in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' breaks up with Susan when he thinks she'll overshadow him due to her transformation, but then tries to hook up with her again when the public opinion of her skyrockets and being her husband would give him extra fame.
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161	* In ''Film/BattleRoyale'', two female students, Kaori and Mizuho, forced into the titular game give tearful goodbyes to each other before they're forced to enter the battlefield out on the island they've been put on. Later on, we see a shot of their dead bodies impaled with either a harpoon or spear and you see a lifesaver between them. And because they fought over who gets to escape the island as a matter of survival regarding the dangers of the ocean such as freezing temperatures, strong currents, etc. this is about as literal as this trope can get.
162	* Taken to the nth degree in ''Film/{{Brazil}}'', where Michael Palin's character is willing to perform ColdBloodedTorture on longtime friend Sam when circumstances turn against Sam.
163	* ''Film/{{Crash}}'': Employed in one of this film's subplots as part of the anti-racism [[AnAesop aesop]]. Sandra Bullock's character, a lonely woman married to a wealthy but frequently absent husband, has previously shown hostility to a Mexican repairman. Later on, she takes a fall in her home that leaves her unable to walk and she calls one of her white upper-class lady friends for help. Her "friend" ignores her plea, but her Mexican maid does come to her aid.
164	* ''Film/CreedII'': The Russian elites are shown as this to Ivan Drago. In ''Film/RockyIV'' They praise Ivan as their champion, but after his loss at Rocky's hands, they abandon him, exile him to Ukraine [[spoiler: and his wife Ludmilla abandons him and their son to remarry a wealthy man]]. His son Viktor even [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out on this]], upset he was desperate to earn the approval of the same people who threw him aside when he needed them most.
165	* ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'': When skekSil the Chamberlain makes his move to take the throne, many of the other Skeksis whisper that they're all with him. After losing the trial by stone, they all gleefully turn on skekSil on skekZok's command.
166	* Defied in ''Film/JohnWickChapter4''. Even with the High Table gunning for John, Shimazu doesn't think twice about providing him shelter. When John apologizes for the trouble he's caused, Shimazu shrugs it off: "Friendship means little when it's convenient."
167	* In ''Film/SanAndreas'', it's more of "Fair Geology Friends" where the protagonist's daughter and her boyfriend part ways as soon as an earthquake hits and debris is trapping the girl in a parking garage while the boyfriend bolts for his own safety, refusing to go through another near-death experience.
168	* In ''Film/TradingPlaces'' when Winthorpe is framed for drug use and being with a hooker, he instantly is turned on by all his friends. He doesn't grasp it until he comes to the club to ask them to be character witnesses at his upcoming trial only to be coldly told by all of them (including his ex-fiance) that they want nothing to do with him anymore and just leave.
169	* Dylan Gould in ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon''. He at first seemed like a cool person [[BenevolentBoss to work for]] to the film's human protagonists Sam and Carly, but when the Decepticons take over, Dylan reveals that he defected to them out of cowardice. Dylan then sells out Sam to Soundwave, and kidnaps Carly to be his wife (or sex slave, if you'd call it).
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172	[[folder:Literature]]
173	* ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'': Nick Drew abandons his friends when the going gets tough.
174	* In ''Literature/DebtOfHonor'', [[spoiler:China, who had earlier formed a secret alliance with Japan as part of their plot to seize the Northern Resource Area, are quick to throw Japan under the bus once Yamata's plan starts unraveling]].
175	* Creator/OscarWilde's ''The Devoted Friend'': Hugh Miller visits Hans during the spring, summer, and autumn, but not during the winter when Hans is left to endure the cold weather. {{Lampshaded}} by Hugh:
176	-->'''Hugh''': There is no good in my going to see little Hans as long as the snow lasts, for when people are in trouble, they should be left alone, and not be bothered by visitors.
177	* ''Literature/TheDiabolic'': Gladdic wants to have good relations with Sidonia (she says she expected them to marry eventually), but he's a coward who quickly buckles when someone more powerful is around. Notably, in his first appearance he tries to warn Nemesis that she's going to get date-raped... but shuts up because Elantra glares at him. Nemesis quickly decides he is not worthy of Sidonia.
178	* ''Literature/DragonJousters'': Alluded to in the ''Joust''. After a new Jouster screws up big time, Ari comments that the Jouster's noble friends won't be hanging around to console him.
179	* In ''Literature/HarrietTheSpy'', the titular character's inner thoughts are shared with her classmates when her diary is taken from her. Her close friends, offended by her unflattering (yet not intentionally harmful) thoughts, join a club devoted to ruining her life. (Unlike some other examples here, they learn better by the end.)
180	* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
181	** Many students follow public opinion when it comes to Harry, being friendly when he's popular and cold when he's unpopular. This is highlighted in the fifth and sixth books. During the fifth book, the Ministry of Magic actively attempt to discredit Harry, pressuring the wizard newspapers to portray him as a lunatic, causing many students to shun him. In the sixth book, the Ministry and newspapers portray Harry as some sort of hero and the only one able to defeat Voldemort. This resulted in Harry being swarmed by fangirls, one of whom even tried to poison him with love potion.
182	** Peter Pettigrew is this very much, only befriending those he can get the most out of. In his youth, he was friends with James, Sirius and Lupin, the former two being among the most popular students of the school. When Voldemort starts his first reign of terror, Peter is quick to align himself with the dark wizard, as staying befriended with his schoolmates, who all actively fight against Voldemort, would almost certainly result in trouble.
183	** {{Inverted}} with Ron and Hermione in the last few books. After Harry realizes he has a long and dangerous quest ahead of him to defeat Voldemort, he almost begs Ron and Hermione to leave his side, not wanting to drag them along with his troubles and endangering their lives. Both of them make perfectly clear Harry is stuck with them during his quest.
184	* In ''Literature/{{The Hike\|2023}}'', Helena accuses Joni of being this type of friend, saying she's only there for them when they're all having a good time, but when things are tough she bails; although Maggie and Liz don't explicitly back-up Helena and they even defend some of Joni's actions, privately they admit Helena isn't completely wrong. Joni didn't come to visit Helena's mother - who treated her [[LikeADaughterToMe like a daughter]] growing up - when she knew she was dying, nor did she come to the funeral, and the only comfort she offered Helena was sending her flowers (which Helena suspects was handled by her PR agent). She also wasn't there to support Maggie when her marriage to Adrian broke down while she had a young daughter to look after. Joni does care about her friends and feels guilty when Helena lays into her about her failings as a friend; she just tends to be so caught up in her own problems she's oblivious to her friends' struggles, while also having a bad habit of dealing with problems by avoiding rather than facing them.
185	* ''Literature/TheLordOfBembibre'': The Count of Lemos joined Queen María during the preceding Castilian civil war, was rewarded with lands for his support, and abandoned her to join her enemies when he realized who was obviously going to win the war.
186	* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Gimli expresses a dislike for these sorts of people during the Council of Elrond.
187	-->"Faithless is he who says farewell when the road darkens"
188	* In the book ''The Man in the Ceiling,'' the ''main character'' abandons his friends who need his help when the most popular boy in school takes an interest in him. He claims that all of them, being outcasts, would have done the same thing in his place.
189	* In Jan Guillou's ''Ondskan'', the protagonist Erik Ponti is at the start of the story running several fairly successful rackets at school, one of which includes stealing records from record stores with the aid of his friends. Erik is clever enough to lay down two rules for his gang: they rotate which stores they hit next so as to minimize suspicion, and if caught they will admit to nothing so as to minimize their punishment and not get each other in trouble. Unfortunately for Erik, while he's busy with something else his friends decide to target the same store several times, resulting in them getting caught, and they immediately blame Erik for making them go through with it in order to save their own hides.
190	* A recurring motif in Olivia Goldsmith's books will be a character hitting low and quickly realizing who their real friends are.
191	** ''The First Wives Club'' has each of the wives realizing how fast their society pals can turn on them once their husbands divorce them.
192	** ''Marrying Mom'' reveals that the supposed con man who had been a RichesToRags type is actually still very wealthy. It seems when he lost his money the first time, he quickly discovered how his wife and others were willing to desert him. Thus, he keeps his new wealth secret to know how folks truly feel about him.
193	** In ''Young Wives'', Michelle's husband is arrested for drug dealing. It takes Michelle a while to grasp how she's now a pariah at the PTA and other neighborhood events despite how she knew nothing of what her husband was up to.
194	* ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'' (second book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''): Adolin is disturbed to find that all his friends want nothing to do with him now that his family's political future is uncertain. Part of this is Adolin's fault, as he was friendly with pretty much everyone but didn't try to forge meaningful relationships with anyone besides his brother. Mostly, it's a sign of how shallow and corrupt the Alethi elite have become.
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198	* ''Series/{{ER}}'''s Kerry Weaver repeatedly proved herself to be this the moment she realized that supporting someone would be detrimental to her--she screwed over Mark Greene to become ER chief, she ditched her girlfriend when the latter was falsely accused of sexual harassment, and she allowed her protegé to take the sole blame for a patient's death so that she herself would incur no punishment.
199	** Mark himself had a bad habit of being unable to support anyone who needed it.
200	* In the Season 6 finale of ''Series/GameOfThrones'', [[YoungAndInCharge Lady Lyanna Mormont]] gives a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech dress-down]] of all her fellow northern lords assembled, all adult men, for being this to House Stark, and then reaffirms her own UndyingLoyalty by becoming [[spoiler: Jon Snow's kingmaker]]. The lords of the three strongest remaining houses contritely admit she's right. They all swear fealty again, [[spoiler:joining Lady Mormont in declaring Jon the King In The North]].
201	** Jon's younger sister and regent Sansa Stark hangs a lampshade on the flip-flop nature of the Northern lords:
202	--->'''Sansa Stark''': Yes, they turned their backs on Jon when it was time to retake Winterfell, and then they named him their King, and now they're ready to turn their backs on him again. How far would you trust men like that? They're all bloody wind vanes.
203	* On ''Series/MorkAndMindy'', Mindy's high school "friend" Susan Taylor (played by Creator/MorganFairchild) would show up occasionally. During the single Christmas show, Susan wangled an invitation to Mindy's, since her boyfriend insisted on spending the holiday with his wife. When she found out that the gift she thought was a picture was actually a thousand-dollar bill, she immediately abandoned the [=McConnells=] and rushed out to leave a present in her boyfriend's mailbox.
204	* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Sometimes, when the going gets tough, Walter Denton gets going, i.e. "Trial By Jury".
205	* On a first-season episode of ''Series/TheWestWing'', while dealing with the public fallout of his alcoholism and pill addiction coming to light, Leo invites Simon Blye, whom he regards as a friend, to meet with him at the White House. President Bartlet considers Simon a fair weather friend, and unfortunately for Leo, is proven right, as Simon basically tells Leo he needs to resign.
206	* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': Pastor Jeff and all of Mary's friends prove to be these as they abandon her after finding out about Georgie impregnating Mandy, and the former also fires her from her job and kicks the entire family out of the church ([[BlatantLies he tries to rationalize it as "taking time off to reflect" but both he and Mary know that's a lie]]).
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209	[[folder:Music]]
210	* "My Fairweather Friend" by Music/EmilieAutumn.
211	* "[[https://on.soundcloud.com/hfpm7S9wQnLTKmRi9 Summer Friends]]" by Hospital Bracelet speaks of friends who only stick around for the good times, the "summer".
212	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTDJWZ4WiI0 "Fake Friends"]] by [[Music/JoanJett Joan Jett And The Blackhearts]].
213	-->"You got nothing to lose, you don't lose when you lose fake friends!"
214	* "Can You Stand the Rain" by Music/NewEdition extends the weather metaphor by asking a woman whether she is this or whether she ... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin can stand the rain]].
215	-->''Sunny days--everybody loves them''\
216	''(But tell me baby) [[TitleDrop Can you stand the rain]]''
217	* "Fairweather Friends" by Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge, featuring piano and backing vocals by Music/EltonJohn.
218	[[/folder]]
219	[[folder:Theater]]
220	* ''Theatre/HenryIV'': Referenced in the [[RousingSpeech St. Crispin's Day speech.]]
221	-->We will not die in that man's company that fears his fellowship to die with us.
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223
224	[[folder:Video Games]]
225	* In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', Tenko accuses Angie of this during the second trial, as Angie is the first person to point out that Himiko is suspicious because the [[spoiler:Ryoma's body was discovered during her magic show]], while failing to acknowledge that said show was ''her'' idea. Angie retorts that [[JerkassHasAPoint they have to question Himiko or they might end up getting killed]], but Tenko's criticism still isn't exactly wrong - Angie is ''very'' quick to turn on the Blackened after Shuichi figures out who did it, asking if they were just pretending to be friends to gain everyone's trust, which is ironically something Angie does in the third chapter when she decides to set up a "Student Council" that answers to Atua, which conveniently means that she is in charge.
226	* The protagonist of ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' was previously a fair weather boyfriend to Rachel when they previously dated. He bonded with her over their shared love of skiing, but broke up with her when she was upset about her family troubles. Somewhat deconstructed, with the protagonist exploring the reasons for his behavior and working to be a better person. And Rachel notices.
227	* ''VideoGame/Drakengard3'': In the backstory, Zero's boyfriend tried to be as nice as possible until she came down with an incurable illness. Then he tried to sell her into slavery. Hence the homicidal insanity.
228	* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', the trope is called by name and defied. Following the legionnaire Hadvar out of the bedlam of the Helgen attack all the way to Riverwood leads to meeting his Uncle Alvor, the village smith, and his family. Like his nephew, Alvor is pro-Empire and says that [[NoTrueScotsman true Nords]] aren't just fair-weather friends to the beleaguered Empire.
229	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': In a flashback, Tifa once gathered a group together to venture out into the mountains. As she went further on her trip, she didn't notice most of the members had turned back out of fear, and Cloud was the only one who kept following her out of concern.
230	* In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', Hisao has this opinion of his old friends and would-be girlfriend Iwanako. After he suffers his heart attack in the opening scene and is diagnosed with arrhythmia, his class initially visits him, but after a while, only his friends come, then only Iwanako, and finally, even she stops visiting him. However, in Shizune's route, he realizes that his gloomy demeanor pushed his friends away, and concludes that he is at least partially at fault.
231	* ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}'': The Mudokons are this to [[PlayerCharacter Abe]]. If you save over half of them, they're on your side, but if you don't they outright refuse to save you from the game's resident life threatening cituation. In ''Abe's Odyssey'', they refuse to save you from being blended, and in ''Abe's Exoddus'' they outright hand you over to [[BigBad the Glukkons]].
232	* ''VideoGame/OtterIsland'': Jeremy gets along with the other two just fine, but when he learns about [[spoiler:the monster]], he refuses to help Zachary search for Connor out of fear for his own life and presses him to escape without Connor. Interestingly, Zachary doesn't hold it against him, saying he understands his fear. To Jeremy's credit, he also doesn't abandon Zachary [[spoiler:if he chooses to stay and continue looking for Connor after the boat is set up]].
233	* Depending on the route, [[spoiler:Makoto]] is this in ''VisualNovel/SongOfMemories''. They can end up as either selfless, selfish but harmless, malicious, or downright reprehensible depending on who you romance.
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236	[[folder:Web Comics]]
237	* ''Webcomic/ILoveYoo'': [[spoiler: Alyssa]] is this towards Shin-Ae in middle school. [[spoiler: Once Shin-Ae starts getting bullied, she starts pushing her away.]]
238	* In ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' "Good" Angel Vashiel advises his [[OurAngelsAreDifferent semi-fallen brother]] to turn in one of his (Vashiel's) friends on suspicion of murder to win brownie points in heaven even though he (Vashiel) doesn't really think he is guilty. Fortunately his brother has ''some'' morals and points out that this makes Vashiel the ultimate in fair weather friends (and kinda a dick as well).
239	* In ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'', [[http://www.forthewicked.net/archive/01-45.html Red chuckles at the notion that Perrault is November's friend, when he turned tail at the sight of Red.]]
240	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Inverted with the BigBad Xykon, who's a domineering {{Jerkass}} towards his minions when he's in a strong position, but [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0147.html much more considerate]] when he's helplessly recuperating inside his SoulJar.
241	-->'''Redcloak:''' I can't help but notice that your sense of team spirit is inversely proportionate to your number of functioning appendages, sir.
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243
244	[[folder:Western Animation]]
245	* Obsidian and Strika from ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' say that they're loyal to Cybertron and its ideals above any one person. In practice, this means they devoutly serve Cybertron's current ruler, [[LoyalToThePosition no matter who they are]], only to ditch them the second things go south. When Megatron is seemingly defeated, they don't even last a day before trying to join the Maximals instead of trying to hold his empire together. Thrust calls them out on this, asking if they can really be loyal to anybody if they're loyal to ''everybody''. [[spoiler:His words strike a nerve and the two ultimately decide that he's right, [[VillainousValour standing with Megatron in the face of defeat]].]]
246	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' The A-Listers are shown to be willing to cut each other from their group without remorse.
247	** In the Season 1 episode "10 Shades of Gray", when Valerie's father loses his job and her family becomes poor, Dash, Kwan, and Paulina are completely unfazed by the misfortune that befalls their friend and do not even pretend to care about what happened to her, just cutting her out for being poor when she need her friends' support.
248	--->'''Valerie:''' Things are kinda tight now, ya' know?\
249	'''Dash:''' No.\
250	'''Paulina:''' Nuh-uh.\
251	'''Kwan:''' Not really.
252	** In the Season 1 episode "Lucky in Love", when Danny temporarily becomes popular when he starts to date Paulina (who at the time was possessed by Kitty, who's using Danny to make Johnny jealous), he takes Kwan's place in the group, with Dash kicking Kwan out despite it appearing they are close friends.
253	* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'': Referenced in the episode "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E20DownAndOutInDuckburg Down and Out in Duckburg]]", when Scrooge loses his fortune. After the group walks out of the mansion, fed up with its new owner Fritter O'Way, the triplets propose that they should ask Launchpad or Gyro if they can stay with them. Scrooge refuses, saying that Launchpad and Gyro will treat him like he treated the regular citizens of Duckburg when he was wealthy. Of course, [[NiceGuy given either's characters]], this trope is never demonstrated to have any basis in fact.
254	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB'': Penelope is Bessie's closest human friend, but will abandon her whenever that seems advantageous. Good thing Bessie's very tolerant.
255	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'', celebrity guest, Jerry Reed, [[WhatTheHellHero accuses Shaggy and Scooby]] of this when they refuse to help him retrieve his guitar. Daphne and Velma join in as well.
256	* On ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', Dijonay was frequently this towards Penny, though she did [[WhatTheHellHero get called out on it]] at least once in the series' run, with Penny's takeaway at the end of one episode being that she can always trust Dijonay to be this trope.
257	** For that matter, the rest of Penny's friends constantly ditch her when the going gets tough as well, just not as much as Dijonay. This is acknowledged in series, when Penny gets a new friend group in one episode and her grandmother remarks that these new people are "faker than [her] fake friends."
258	* An somewhat odd example can be seen in the ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode, "Total Rickall." The Smith house has been invaded by alien parasites that tamper with everyone's memories, making Rick and his family believe that they're old friends of theirs. They multiply exponentially, overwhelming the Smiths, and even having them turn on each other. However, Morty eventually comes to the realization that their fake friends are only capable of creating good memories, while their real ones were there for the good and bad.
259	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''[='=] RearWindowHomage, Bart asks Milhouse to sign his leg cast after he's forced to stay inside due to his leg injury while the other kids play in the family's swimming pool, but he just writes "Milpool" and leaves for the pool.
260	** In fact, throughout the series, Milhouse has been shown to be occasionally fickle towards Bart, as he often abandons him, sells him out to avoid trouble, or attacks whenever a dispute breaks out between them.
261	** And this cuts both ways; when not friends with Milhouse, Bart is usually ignoring or outright bullying him. He once somehow [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext got him set up as America's Most Wanted and turned him into a]] [[Film/TheFugitive fugitive]], seemingly all just [[ItAmusedMe for a cruel prank]].
262	** Bart of course isn't the only one with fickle friends: There is also Lisa's occasional one-off friend, Janey Powell, who is noted as "Lisa's fair-weather friend", and often laughs at her dilemmas.
263	*** Allison Taylor, who was Lisa's one-time friend, has also been [[DemotedToExtra reduced to this]]. Although she has no lines, she visibly does what Janey and other background children do.
264	** In fact, the town of Springfield (consisting of all the major secondary and recurring characters) are like this to the Simpsons five, from Marge's gossiping acquaintances to Homer's beer buddies.
265	* ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'': In the episode "Recap/WhatIfS1E7WhatIfThorWereAnOnlyChild", with Odin in the Odinsleep and Frigga off visiting her sisters, Thor decides to go to Earth and throw a WildTeenParty on a planetary-scale, inviting his "friends" from across the galaxy. Once his mother realizes he is on Earth though, instead of studying in his room, she announces she is coming to Earth to see if he is really doing a "cultural exchange class" with his "study group". When Thor tries to stop the party, everyone there begins to ditch him for being a "party pooper" and leave him to clean the mess up himself. They only stay to help once Thor announces that [[AlmightyMom his mother is coming]], with everyone wanting to avoid Frigga's wrath.
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