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6-> ''"Suspicion that a character once thought trustworthy may not be trustworthy!"''
7-->-- '''Wealthy Successful Protagonist (Who Is Handsome)''', ''WebVideo/ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver''
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9This describes a person, be it a ManipulativeBastard, BitchInSheepsClothing, [[TheSociopath Sociopath]], AlphaBitch, or whatever, who gets close to you and pretends to be your ally, friend, lover, etc. Basically, they earn your trust, and when you least expect it, they betray you and reveal they've merely been playing you this whole time. Another variation on this is that the manipulative character may find himself BecomingTheMask, developing real feelings for the person he betrayed. Sometimes, the betrayer may turn out to be someone you've known pretty much your whole life.
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11If a character with a FriendlessBackground ''finally'' finds a person who appears to believe in him or her, and then that person turns out to be a False Friend, it's almost certain that the character will then have crossed the DespairEventHorizon, or at least is very vulnerable to such, especially if that character defended them against rightful accusations, leading to PostSupportRegret. Speaking of event horizons, forming a "friendship" with someone only to take advantage of them is a common way to cross the MoralEventHorizon. A False Friend is also likely to be [[HateSink intended to be hated by the audience]].
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13TheMole is perhaps the best-known practitioner of this brand of betrayal.
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15Closely related to EvilAllAlong, WasItAllALie, and IJustWantToHaveFriends. Can lead to an EtTuBrute situation. If the False Friend turns out to be the guy behind ''everything'', he's a BigBadFriend. Contrast TrueCompanions. The polar opposite of both VitriolicBestBuds and WithFriendsLikeThese if true friends are always mean to each other but still remain friends. If it's about a character revealing their hatred for another during a falling out, then it's HiddenDisdainReveal. See also TheFarmerAndTheViper and FairWeatherFoe.
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17Sadly... TruthInTelevision.
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19Not to be confused with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend the term in linguistics]] for [[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike words in two languages which look similar but do not mean the same thing]]. ("''Embarazada''? But… I trusted you!")
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21Related to BrokenPedestal.
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28* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' uses this as one of the major twists of the series, giving the cast and audience a solid GutPunch in the process. It's made even more [[TearJerker painful]] by the revelation that even though [[spoiler: Reiner, Bertolt, and Annie]] were [[TheMole spies]] and [[BigBadFriend responsible]] for much death and suffering, the bonds of [[TrueCompanions friendship]] were [[BecomingTheMask genuine]]. Eren [[HeroicBSOD reacts]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge about]] [[YouMonster as well]] [[ItsPersonal as can]] [[YouKilledMyFather be expected]].
29* Griffith of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' was ''never'' a nice guy, even before his FaceHeelTurn. A good example of this is how he treats Princess Charlotte, who's genuinely in love with him, as a MealTicket while still pretending to be in love with her. The only person he was remotely honest with was Guts. He has a catastrophic breakdown when Guts tries to leave the Hawks due to wanting to stand on even ground with him and feeling that he was unable to as his subordinate. [[IfICantHaveYou Griffith fights him again]], but the breakdown comes from Guts beating him as effortlessly as Griffith beat Guts in their first meeting. From there, he sleeps with Charlotte, gets caught, imprisoned and tortured, and the realization he'll never be the man he was (what with most of his tendons missing, he can't even stand or hold a sword) is part of what drives him to call on the Godhand during the Eclipse and willingly sacrifice the Hawks.
30* ''Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName'':
31** Uzuki to Yuki. As he himself tells Yuki in episode 2 "You're a nuisance. I hate your goody-two-shoes, know-it-all act. I'm not your friend. I felt bad for you, so I thought I'd try being nice, but you misunderstood. ''No one needs you.''" But its refreshingly subverted when its revealed Uzuki was just deeply hurting from being abandoned by his parents and lashed out at others. He and Yuki become friends again after Yuki gets rid of the demon that was possessing Uzuki and feeding on his negative emotions.
32** And in episode 12 Kanata, Yuki's best friend, does this when he reveals to Yuki that he is actually the BigBad Reiga.
33* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Aizen [[spoiler:does this when stabbing Hinamori while hugging and praising her, as well as betraying everyone in Soul Society (who adored him) after revealing the fact that he has always been against them]].
34* The first time you properly see Izaya Orihara in the ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' anime, he spends most of the episode having a suicidal and unstable girl named Rio, that he pretended to sympathize with and be friends with online, kidnapped and then orchestrating her rescue, only to hold poor Rio over the side of a building, toy with her desire (or lack thereof) to actually commit suicide, and then wander off to watch from a distance as Rio's despair reaches its peak and she decides to jump anyway. Luckily for her, Celty was a little more worried about her safety and saves her.
35* Sakurako Sanjou of ''Manga/BoysOverFlowers'', who in all continuities (manga, anime, drama) befriends [[PluckyGirl Tsukushi Makino]] and looks like a kind, shy, cutesy type... at least up until she has Tsukushi drugged, takes pictures of her unconscious in compromising positions and distributes them freely among the school, leading to her assault by other students. This is revealed to be [[EvilPlan her master plan for seducing/revenging herself upon Domyoji]], Tsukushi's SlapSlapKiss-y love interest, which also involved her spending a fortune on plastic surgery, dropping out of school in the past, and hiring professional goons to assault ''various'' characters (not only Tsukushi). The reason for all of this is that ever since she was in kindergarten, Domyoji [[DisproportionateRetribution bullied her and called her ugly]]. She does eventually get some much-needed CharacterDevelopment, however, and becomes more of a GoodIsNotNice JerkWithAHeartOfGold case.
36* In ''Manga/Brave10'', [[spoiler:Anastasia upon her FaceHeelTurn]] reveals the friendliness was all an act to get [[TheMole information]].
37* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
38** Rolo, Lelouch's fake little brother, was actually a teenage assassin charged with the task of keeping an eye on Lelouch in case he regained his old memories. When Lelouch found out, he continued treating Rolo kindly and orchestrated a situation where Lelouch could pretend to risk his life to save Rolo, winning his trust and bringing him over to his side. After Lelouch's real sister died [[spoiler:or so we think]], he admitted to Rolo that he was just using him, actually hated him, and had tried to kill him on several occasions. Nevertheless, without being asked or influenced by Lelouch's Geass, Rolo sacrificed himself to protect Lelouch, since he believed that even when Lelouch lied to him, ''his'' own love for Lelouch was sincere.
39** And [[spoiler:Empress Marianne]], [[spoiler:Lelouch]]'s mother, [[spoiler:whom he looked up to and adored]] is revealed to actually be [[spoiler:quite the MagnificentBitch]].
40* When Riff from ''Manga/CountCain'' has his confusing [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn and "dies," it is revealed that Riff, the manservant ''personality'' was never actually real]]. This is Cain's manservant, by the way, the only one who can "see his scars, make his tea, and tie his shoelaces." Epic TearJerker.
41* ''Manga/DeathNote'':
42** Light Yagami is quite fond of this trope. The most notable victims of his manipulations are Misa Amane and Kiyomi Takada. Each woman was [[{{Yandere}} incredibly in love with him]], but Light, as with all of his allies, [[YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness found them disposable]].
43** L, as a heroic example, counts as that towards Light and Misa, probably.
44--->"So now I've gained yet another friend..."
45* ''Manga/ElfenLied'': During Lucy's childhood, she made friends with another girl who promised to keep the fact that Lucy was taking care of a puppy a secret from a group of boys who frequently bullied her. Eventually, the boys found out about the puppy and [[MoralEventHorizon beat it to death in front of Lucy while making her watch]]. It turns out the girl Lucy made friends with had ''deliberately'' told the boys about the puppy, and while she's pretending to cry about it and feel bad about what she did, we see her '''smile''' through her [[CrocodileTears crocodile-tears]]. Lucy then snaps forever and '''[[DisproportionateRetribution kills]]''' [[KarmicTwistEnding her along with the bullies]]. It is however left somewhat ambiguous if that was the case. It's [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation possible]] [[UnreliableNarrator Lucy imagined the smile]] and the girl really didn't know the boys were gonna do that to the puppy.
46* ''Manga/FrankenFran'': One chapter has Veronica go to a school, where everybody picks on her except for one girl, who invites her to her home. [[spoiler:She actually works for a pedophile ring, attracting young girls to be sold overseas. After Veronica slaughters the men, she spares the girl's life... leaving her to work out how to explain the corpses in her apartment.]]
47* ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'':
48** In the beginning, The Count seems to like Albert when in reality he only views him as a tool for his revenge. [[spoiler:However, as time goes on, he finds himself developing real feelings for Albert which cause him lots of angst and heartbreak, but ultimately save him in the end.]]
49** Also, Peppo to Albert. Though [[AmbiguousGender she/he (?)]] eventually develops actual feelings for him.
50* ''Anime/{{Hamatora}}'': In the new season, [[spoiler:Art, who used to be Nice's friend, but turned against him and his friends]].
51* ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'': The first chapter/episode has two girls, Toshimi and Misuzu, proclaiming their friendship while running hand-in-hand as they attempt to escape the zombies overrunning their school. That is until Toshimi gets caught unexpectedly and is promptly abandoned to die by her "friend" Misuzu, who kicks the other girl to force her to let go of her hand so she could save herself. [[KarmicDeath But Misuzu is immediately caught and killed, as well.]]
52* ''Manga/HotGimmick'': Azusa does this to Hatsumi, making her fall in love with him before trying to have his friends gang rape her out of revenge.
53* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
54** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'': The unnamed boy who pretended to be a big brother-type figure to Narancia then ruined his life when he framed him for assault.
55** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': Romeo essentially did nothing when Jolyne was framed for a hit and run just to avoid prison. The next time he appears, he makes up for this by assisting Jolyne and even throws the police off her trail.
56* Sara to Yuuri in ''Literature/KyoKaraMaoh''. However, Sara does save Yuuri after betraying him and they become friends again, subverting the trope.
57* Manami from ''Manga/Life2002'' is introduced as a classmate who befriends the introverted and depressed Ayumu. It soon becomes obvious she is simply trying to manipulate and bully Ayumu. She's the closest thing to a BigBad the manga has.
58* ''Anime/LupinIIIIslandOfAssassins'': [[spoiler:Doc]] literally [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder made a career]] out of ingratiating himself with various partners, only to stab them in the back [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness once it was convenient for him.]]
59** Years prior to the start of the film, he was Lupin's old partner before meeting Jigen. That ended the day he shot Lupin during one of their escapes, with his own Walther P-38, then left him for dead.
60** He also spent years pretending to care about [[BrokenBird Ellen]], despite being responsible for her brother's death (unbeknownst to her). Once he no longer needed her, he conspired with Gordeau to have her and the other defectors mass murdered.
61** Gordeau wasn't exempt either, since [[spoiler:Doc]] knew he was planning to turn on him once everything was in place. So he beat him to the punch by giving him a fake antidote, then shot Gordeau while he was suffering from the toxin.
62* Near the end of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaReflection'', it's revealed that [[spoiler:Kyrie's ChildhoodFriend Iris has actually been pretending to be her friend since the day they met and was only using her as a pawn to get her revenge on Yuri. ''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaDetonation Detonation]]'' shows that Kyrie never actually stop viewing her as a friend (especially in light of learning the reasons behind her actions), and she (and Yuri) happily welcome her back after her incarceration had ended.]]
63* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'': Char Aznable spends years pretending to be Garma Zabi's friend, but sets him up for defeat and [[spoiler:a brutal death]] at the hands of the White Base, and [[KickTheDog gleefully admits to the betrayal]] [[spoiler:during Garma's final moments]]. It was all part of his plan to destroy the Zabi family one by one.
64* This trope was {{conversed|trope}} in Chapter 8 of ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'', animated as the first half of Episode 4. Nozaki was initially unwilling to consult [[MrExposition Tomoda]] when playing Mikoshiba's DatingSim as he sees anyone who appears to be friendly to the protagonist in fiction to be this--after all, Nozaki is a ShoujoGenre author by trade. After a brief explanation of the trope itself by Nozaki, Mikoshiba complained Nozaki for being WrongGenreSavvy.
65* ''Manga/MoonSubaruSolitudeStanding'' has Minmin's friend from acrobat school. He was friendly towards her when she was homesick and showed her how much fun being an acrobat can be, as well as how it helps send money to her poor family. The two even start a romance going on, but Minmin realizes that his friendship was a setup by the school's higher-ups. He was supposed to manipulate her into not leaving, no matter how.
66* ''Literature/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation'' has [[spoiler:Hitogami]] who offers advice to his apostles. Following it will usually improve their lives, while ignoring it makes their lives worse. This subtly trains them to follow his suggestions without question, unknowingly setting off cascades of events that benefit [[spoiler:Hitogami]]. He will continue to use them in this way either until they're killed by his enemy or betraying them furthers the plan.
67* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
68** Kabuto usually presents himself as this harmless, bumbling oaf with NerdGlasses, but is, in fact, the subordinate of the BigBad Orochimaru, and Naruto seems clearly angry and upset when he realizes this because he had originally believed Kabuto was on their side since he helped them by giving them information and the like.
69** Shiranami to Hotaru in the Six-Tailed Beast arc.
70** Also, Yashamaru, Gaara's uncle. At first, Gaara thought that he was the only one that cared about him. Yashamaru taught Gaara about physical pain, emotional pain, and love; concepts Gaara was completely unaware of in his childhood. He was commanded by the Fourth Kazekage to assassinate Gaara but was given the choice in deciding whether he wanted to proceed or not. Yashamaru willingly accepted the command in order to avenge his older sister's premature death. The assassination attempt, however, ended in a desperate suicide mission and ultimately failed. Before he died, he told Gaara that no one had ever really loved him, not even him. This left Gaara even more of an emotional wreck than he already was. His suicide bombing attempt on Gaara's life caused Gaara to become psychotic. Yashamaru's last words, to Gaara, were "This is it. Please die." It's revealed much later that [[spoiler:he ''truly'' did it under the orders of the Fourth Kazekage (Gaara's dad) as part of a SecretTestOfCharacter, and that he had objected to such a move but ultimately had no choice.]]
71** In the second ''Shippuden'' movie Shinnou turns out to be one for Amaru. Amaru is quite shocked but separates the person who taught her medicine and served as an inspiration to save lives and the person who is the BigBad.
72** Tobi and Nagato worked as allies as the true powers of Akatsuki. But after Nagato's death, Tobi shows [[HiddenDisdainReveal frank contempt for Nagato]], saying that Nagato just too easily influenced and merely complains about needing another pawn. And later, he reveals to Konan that he had been using Nagato's ideals and his quite understandable hatred against the people to control him.
73* ''Manga/NatsuENoTobira'' has one of Marion's three friends playing the trope to him: [[spoiler: none other than [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Lind]], who was so DrivenByEnvy regarding [[TheAce him]] that, when Marion became the lover of a married woman, he decided to sell him out to the lady's very high-ranked husband, hoping that the cuckolded man would complain to the school and get Marion expelled. It fails big time: not only the old man is more or less [[MyGirlIsASlut indifferent]], but when his and Marion's friend Jacques finds out, he '''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech explodes]]''' on Lind himself.]]
74* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
75** Kuro does this to Kaya as part a lengthy scheme to gain her trust so he can claim her fortune and retire from piracy. When Kaya finds out his true nature, he freely admits that he ''hated'' having to act the kindly butler to her.
76** It is again used by the [=CP9=] as they act friendly, become well-loved members of Water 7, befriend many members of Dock 1, including Paulie, but when they reveal themselves, they also reveal that they never had any attachment to the city or to the people inside it. Paulie can't believe it at first, and asks his traitorous good friend Rob Lucci:
77---> '''Paulie:''' ...I thought...!! I REALLY THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS!!!\
78'''Rob Lucci:''' [[WasItAllALie Only you thought that]].
79** It was used during Alabasta by the crime boss and Shichibukai, Crocodile, with him pretending to be aiding the dying sand kingdom by killing any invading bands of pirates and purporting himself as fighting for the people, when in reality he was just goading them so he could use his organization known as Baroque Works to destroy them from the inside and have their king show him the FantasticNuke that their country is hiding.
80* In ''Manga/PandoraHearts'', [[spoiler:Jack Vessalius]] turns out to be this to [[spoiler:Arthur Barma in the past and Oz in the present]]. It can be argued that he was also this to [[spoiler:Oswald/Glen]], though it's very possible the two were genuine friends before [[spoiler:Lacie's death drove Jack insane]].
81* ''Anime/PeachGirl'':
82** Sae to Momo for the first couple of volumes before the two genuinely become friends.
83** And Sae gets a taste of her own medicine when she falls for Ryo, who's just as manipulative as her. The betrayal part comes into play when he sets Sae up to do a porn video without her knowledge. Thankfully, Momo saves her.
84* An early chapter of the horror manga ''Presents'' focused on two girls, Rinko and Suzuko. Everyone said the two were great friends, but what they (and Suzuko) didn't know was that Rinko only befriended Suzuko because she thought Suzuko made her look better by comparison. As time went on though, Suzuko slowly started becoming more confident without losing her friendly demeanor, and Rinko became desperate to knock Suzuko down a few pegs. Although in all honesty, it's more that Rinko's inferiority complex coupled with the fact that she was now suffering from an outbreak of zits was making her more paranoid about Suzuko (not helped by Suzuko's naturally flawless skin). She gives Suzuko tainted perfume, which causes Suzuko to develop horrible boils on her face. KarmicTrickster Kurumi appears to help Suzuko, realizing Suzuko really is as innocent as she appears, and helps her deliver a "return gift" to Rinko. Kurumi reveals to Suzuko just how much of a giant bitch Rinko is, and the return gift is Suzuko's despair and feeling of betrayal transferred to Rinko. This restores Suzuko's face to normal and gives Rinko boils alongside her acne.
85* Lancia of ''Manga/Reborn2004'' is a young Mafia boss who took Mukuro Rokudo in as a child. However, he was betrayed and brainwashed by Mukuro's HypnoticEyes, which forced him to kill his entire family.
86* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'':
87** Akio is TheCasanova to the extreme and does this to a lot of people, most notably to Utena. Another example is when Nanami walks in on her beloved brother Touga making out with a member of her old gang, Keiko, and overhears him say he never loved her to begin with, and her ex-friend claims she has no connection to her anymore either.
88** Touga is actually very good at this, and his other victim aside of Nanami is Saionji. Yes, Saionji was a JerkAss, but not even ''he'' deserved Touga's horrible treatment.
89* In ''Manga/SakuraGari'' Sakurako passes herself off as a kind-hearted SatelliteLoveInterest to Masataka (who genuinely starts falling for her). Unfortunately for him, she's a scary [[spoiler:and thoroughly broken]] {{Yandere}} who actually hates him and is [[BrotherSisterIncest incredibly possessive of her brother]].
90* Otome's "friends" Natsumi, Minami and Kumi do this to her in ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays''. Otome is betrayed by them twice: they first [[spoiler:videotape her having sex with Makoto, the guy she likes, and show the tape ''to the whole school'']], [[note]]This only happens in the anime, in the games it's Nanami's rival Chie who does it[[/note]] and then [[spoiler:they have sex with him behind her back.]][[note]] (In the anime it's set on stone, but it's optional -in the games)[[/note]] And they do this '''for no reason at all.'''
91* [[spoiler:Haruko]] turns out to have been playing her friend from the start in ''Manga/SchoolMermaid'' as part of a horrific BatmanGambit.
92* Kyouko Mogami of ''Manga/SkipBeat'' initially followed her childhood friend Shou to Tokyo to help him to get into a music career. Although Shou didn't help her at all and mistreated her, Kyouko still believed that all her efforts (doing several part-time jobs, paying for his training, being his de-facto unpaid maid) would be eventually repaid with love and gratitude. (Plus, Shou's parents were considering to make ''her'' the heiress of the family business instead of Sho.) Until she learns, from the mouth of Shou himself, that he has no feelings towards her, and the only reason he asked her to come with him was that he knew she would act as his personal maid for nothing. So she snaps, decides not to take it anymore, and makes the resolve to get revenge on him by trying to become as famous as him.
93* ''Manga/SnowWhiteWithTheRedHair'': At thirteen years-old, prince Zen finally made his first friend after his position had left him isolated from anyone who didn't want to use him for his title. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this friend only befriended him as part of an assassination attempt, and Zen couldn't try to kill him even after the plot was revealed and his "friend" was making a legitimate attempt on his life. He was saved by his older brother and the knight Mitsuhide, who became his true first friend even if Zen was unable to ever stop considering the traitor as such]].
94* In the backstory of ''Manga/SpecialA'', Akira's childhood friend Sayo only hung out with Akira because she was rich. Yahiro, a ''real'' friend to Akira, drove Sayo away to protect Akira but let Akira believe he did it because he was just being a jerk to spare her the truth. In the present she still hates him.
95* In the yaoi manga ''Manga/UnderGrandHotel'' an inmate named Norman is in love with Swordfish, who is in love with Sen, but pretended to be in love/friends with Sen so he could get closer to Swordfish. He tried to persuade Swordfish to kill Sen but that didn't work. So, on one occasion when there was a scuffle going on he tried to get Sen out of the way by stabbing him with a pencil but accidentally ends up stabbing his inmate Walter instead who was trying to protect Sen in the hope of getting protection from Swordfish. When he finds this out, Norman holds a knife to Walter's neck telling him, "If you don't want to die, don't butt in again Walter!"
96* In ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'', it is later revealed that [[spoiler:the seemingly friendly and innocent transfer student Rei Shingetsu is in fact Vector, one of the Seven Barian Emperors, who had set up a long, elaborate con that started from befriending Yuma and his friends, and ending once he reveals his true colors [[KickTheDog in the cruelest way possible]], [[ForTheEvulz solely to mess with Yuma]].]]
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100* In the final part of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague'': ''ComicBook/TrinityWar'', [[spoiler:the Atom (Rhonda Pineda) who was first thought to be a sleeper agent for the JLA working on the Justice League, but was revealed to have put a small piece of Kryptonite in Superman's brain, poisoning him. She revealed that she was a sleeper agent from Earth 3.]] before this, [[spoiler:she]] was actually quite friendly to everyone.
101* ''ComicBook/LargoWinch'': Largo finds himself in a Turkish cell framed for murder with a Swiss safecracker named Simon. When word gets out that he's the heir to an enormous fortune and company, the terrified higher-ups let him out, but the StateSec guy secretly has them shadowed to be murdered. This backfires on him, and with Simon and Largo now FireForgedFriends, they start looking for the person who had Largo framed in the first place. This leads to one of his company's [=CEOs=], who... orders Simon to pull a gun on Largo, before revealing that he'd set up the entire thing, counting on the two becoming friends, to get Largo exactly where he wanted. What the CEO ''hadn't'' counted on was that his hold on Simon was guaranteed by holding Simon's adoptive mother hostage, which made Simon confess as soon as they were out of Turkey. Then Largo found out that the CEO's goons had tortured her to death... The CEO's death at Simon's hands was neither pretty, soundless nor quick.
102* In ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' comic book story "The Jewel Smurfer", Ganelon is revealed to be this to the Duke of Abelagot, having kidnapped the duke's son and held him hostage to extort a ransom from the duke. The Smurfs know about this and put on a ShowWithinAShow to expose Ganelon as a traitor.
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106* ''Fanfic/AccidentalCompanions'': Naruto views the rest of Team 7 this way, due to their tendency to treat him like an annoying TagalongKid more than anything else.
107* ''Fanfic/AfterThatFatefulNight'': [[spoiler:Silent Brook]] serves as one to Twilight Sparkle, getting close to her for the sole purpose of potentially reaching Nightmare Moon.
108* ''Fanfic/AftermathOfTheGames'': In ''Integration'', Filly Starlight is afraid of making new friends out of fear that they'll abandon her like she believes Sunburst did. Twilight encourages her by stating the risk is worth it, admitting that others pretended to be her friend when she was younger in hopes of meeting Princess Celestia... or getting her to do their homework for them.
109* ''Fanfic/AllWorldsAlliance'': Chandler Cheesecake befriends Funabori with the intent of [[spoiler:unleashing the Zero Goddess inside of her]].
110* ''Fanfic/AlwaysTheQuietOnes'': The Rainbooms find Fluttershy's diary, which leaves them with the impression that she never considered them to be friends. Turns out [[spoiler:it was actually an English assignment]].
111* ''Fanfic/AmelieInAmity'': Paulina unwittingly becomes one to Amelie. Jealous of the attention the new girl is getting, she pretends to be nice to her in order to lure her into humiliating pranks. However, all of these plans failed, with Amelie none the wiser and sincerely believing that Paulina was a good friend.
112* ''Fanfic/AnywayIveBeenThere'': Pacifica acted as one towards Tiffany and Elizabeth. When she tries to apologize for this later, they [[RejectedApology shoot her efforts down]].
113* In the PeggySue ''Fanfic/ArrowRebirth'', once Laurel learns that Felicity was planning on [[MurderTheHypotenuse murderering her so she could be with Oliver]], she concludes that even in the original timeline they weren't really friends; as an actual friend would never do that. From the look into Felicity's mind we get, she's right.
114* ''Fanfic/BurnTheWitchMiraculousLadybug'': Lila served as one to most of her classmates, but especially Rose, who is utterly ''heartbroken'' when she learns too late that Lila tricked her into donating to a FakeCharity. Especially since Rose unwittingly encouraged many of her friends and family to donate as well, even contacting Prince Ali out of the belief that he'd naturally want to support his [[CelebrityLie dear friend]]... only for Prince Ali to reveal he didn't know who Lila was, berating Rose for getting him involved with a ConArtist and cutting off contact with her.
115* ''Fanfic/BurningBridgesBuildingConfidence'': Lila naturally serves as one to all of her "friends", as well as a ToxicFriendInfluence. Alya is the hardest hit; Lila manipulates her into becoming her [[TheBrute brutish enforcer]]. At one point, Lila pretends to be listening to Alya vent, but secretly mutes her, only switching it back on so she can pass on some 'juicy' cherry-picked gossip.
116* ''Fanfic/ACertainInfinitePossibility'': While ambiguous at first, it eventually becomes clear that [[spoiler:Jason]] doesn't actually care for anyone in the Kamijou Faction. They're simply useful to them, and they keeps them alive because they need them for their plans.
117* ''Fanfic/ACloudyPath'': Albedo attempted to become one of these for Taylor; the only reason she tried getting closer to her was in order to ferret out and learn her secrets. However, Taylor's inner circle proved too difficult for her to penetrate.
118* In ''Fanfic/CoincidenceAndMisunderstandings'', Starfire convinces herself that Raven was one of these all along, hiding her true demonic nature from the rest of the team for five years and biding her time until she was strong enough to follow in her father's footsteps and try destroying the world.
119* In ''Fanfic/CrimsonAndNoire'', Marinette isn't aware that Lila is a ConsummateLiar who acts sweet and friendly while attempting to monopolize as much of Marinette's free time as possible. Plagg suspects that Lila is a ClingyJealousGirl who wants Marinette all to herself.
120* ''Fanfic/ADeceptiveGameOfChess'': Blake feigns attraction to Weiss in order to lure the heiress into a trap, exploiting her FriendlessBackground. She soon comes to regret this.
121* ''Fanfic/TheDemesneOfTheReluctantTwilightSparkle'' [[{{Downplayed}} downplays]] this. Twilight's growing friendship with Discord ''is'' genuine; however, he realizes that she's deliberately cultivating that friendship for reasons that could be interpreted as ways to keep him under control.
122* ''Fanfic/ToExtinguishTheSun'': After secretly observing Camilo for a decade, Mateo earns his trust over a period of several months before luring him into a secluded area and assaulting him.
123* ''Fanfic/FloweyIsNotAGoodLifeCoach'': Flowey pretends to be Papyrus' friend, deciding to psychologically torment and string him along simply because [[ForTheEvulz he's bored]] and wants to see just how far he can push the trusting skeleton.
124* ''Fanfic/ForHisOwnSake'': Kagura and Chisato convince Mutsumi that they want to help her in her self-imposed mission to [[ShipperOnDeck get Keitaro and Naru back together]]. As it turns out, Mutsumi is so delusional that she continues to believe this even when they act in ways that clearly contradict their claims, such as when Kagura attempts to seduce Keitaro. Ultimately, Chisato becomes so [[EnragedByIdiocy enraged by her stupidity]] that she slaps and calls her out:
125-->'''Chisato:''' Will you just shut the hell up? Even Naru said that she didn't want to work things out with Keitaro, who what makes you think that after all that was said, all that you heard that things were going to go as you wanted?\
126'''Kagura:''' It was so easy to have you wrapped around our fingers, but even so, we didn't think that you were so... well, so ''stupid''. I mean there has to be a limit of how stupid someone can be, right?
127* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46817137/chapters/117923854 Hold on til May]]'', it turns out that Adrien is a BitchInSheepsClothing. Not only did he trick Chloé into constantly taking the fall for all of their mischief as children, he sees all of their classmates as {{Unwitting Pawn}}s whom he's manipulating to create the "ideal high school experience" he's always wanted. After Marinette transfers to another school, he becomes hellbent on forcing her to come back -- not because he cares about her, but because he thinks she's a particularly ''useful'' pawn.
128* ''Fanfic/AHollowInEquestria'': Ulquiorra attempts to invoke this from Chapter 35 onwards, hoping to convince the ponies to leave him alone so he can focus on figuring out who's threatening Equestria. This ultimately backfires, in part since he doesn't understand how said friendships developed in the first place, so he unintentionally winds up strengthening them in the long run.
129* ''Fanfic/ISeeWhatYouDoBehindClosedDoorsMiraculousLadybug'': Both Lila and Adrien qualify here, as both only care about manipulating the rest of their classmates to their own selfish ends. Notably, Lila ends up [[spoiler:exposing Adrien when she praises him as her AccompliceByInaction]].
130* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'':
131** Lila, quite naturally, is a ManipulativeBitch [[BitchInSheepsClothing in Sheep's Clothing]] who strings her classmates along with promises that are TooGoodToBeTrue. Notably, she sees the rest of the class as being much like her -- in her eyes, it's clear that they only care about [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity what they can get]] out of being her friends, and she's simply exploiting their SecretlySelfish nature.
132** Adrien also proves himself to be one, preferring to let Lila do as she pleases because he ''might'' be inconvenienced if he warns his classmates that they're being conned. His friendship is shown to be purely lip service; he likes calling Marinette, Nino, and the others his friends without having to actually ''do anything'' to help them out.
133* In ''Fanfic/ALonelyGirl'', Trixie Tang questions whether Veronica and the rest of the "Popular Kids" are actually her friends, or if they're only pretending to be for the sake of social status.
134* [[ManipulativeBitch Lila]] serves as one to [[UnwittingPawn Alya]] in ''Fanfic/MarinetteDupainChengsSpitePlaylist''. As Alya is reeling from the shock and hurt of Marinette transferring to another school and calling her out for being a FairWeatherFriend, Lila convinces her that she's a much ''truer'' friend, when in reality, she's been taking advantage of her every step of the way.
135* ''Fanfic/TheMatrixRewinds'': In a rare heroic version, Victoria's BetaBitch friend Courtney (who took the name Elle after unplugging) has only taken on the role as part of her cover.
136* ''Fanfic/ProjectSunflower'': When Erin Olsen/Sunflower starts bonding with the Mane Six, along with Meadowlark and her daughter Marigold, she’s afraid that she’ll become this, as she was sent to Equestria to find a potential home for humanity. When the truth comes out, and she explains herself, the Mane Six forgive her, but Meadowlark does not.
137* Ruby from ''Webcomic/{{REMNANTS}}'' was popular at her old school but this was only because of the silver eyes (which are associated with powerful huntsman) she inherited from her celebrity mother. Most of her friends only liked Ruby for her eyes, not her character.
138* According to ''Fanfic/TheRugratsTheory'', Susie goes along with everything that Angelica tells her, then exploits her trust by turning her tales into the ''Rugrats'' cartoon.
139* ''Fanfic/ThroughTheWellOfPirene'': This is Amelia's initial relationship with Wire and the Cutie Mark Crusaders. The moment she sees them as more of a burden than a boon, she promptly writes them off.
140* ''Fanfic/TraitorsFace'': Mai starts out as one for Aang in Act 1, manipulating him and the rest of the Gaang while gradually BecomingTheMask.
141* ''Fanfic/AnUnsungSong'' features plenty of betrayals in this fashion. [[spoiler:Charity]] betrays both of their allies; [[spoiler:Chenille and Fabian]] also betray Ionia and Samantha, only for [[spoiler:those two to return the favor]].
142* In ''Fanfic/{{Venality}}'', Denki Kaminari is a false friend to the "Bakugang", as he's secretly TheMole working for the League of Villains.
143* ''Fanfic/VengeanceOfDawn'':
144** During her time at the School for Gifted Unicorns, Laurel dealt with multiple ponies pretending to be her friends so that she'd do their homework for them. Laurel was painfully aware of the fact that they were just using her, which is part of why she's so devoted to Breaking Dawn; Dawn was the first pony she met who didn't have any ulterior motives and simply wanted to be her friend.
145** Twilight also dealt with this: one of her friends as a filly, Scarlet Shine, was ordered to hang out with her by her parents, who wanted to use that "friendship" as leverage for securing an audience with Princess Celestia.
146** While disguised as "Countess Mercedes Zaccone", Breaking Dawn works her way into Twilight's good graces with the intent of poisoning Candence and orchestrating Twilight's downfall.
147* ''Fanfic/VillainOfYourOwnStory'': Alya has a bad tendency to fall for these due to being a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter.
148** At her old school, she wound up an UnwittingPawn who posted MaliciousSlander on the school blog without doing any fact-checking first. When this got her into trouble, she [[NeverMyFault blamed her sources]] for giving her faulty information.
149** Her HypercompetentSidekick, Adrien, is actually using her as a way to get revenge upon their classmates for how they caused Chloé's KarmaHoudiniWarranty to expire.
150** Lila also suffered LaserGuidedKarma in the new reality; however, Alya refuses to consider the notion that the scandals that erupted around her might be evidence that Marinette was [[CassandraTruth telling the truth]] about her.
151* In ''Fanfic/WhateverHappenedToElfstar'', Gina Frost allows Marcie into their circle of friends and their [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]] sessions, only to single her out because she doesn't want Marcie getting too close to Debbie. When Marcie breaks down because of the ostracization, Gina kicks her out of the group and shows no sympathy when told she's suffering.
152* ''Fanfic/TheWolvesInTheWoodsMiraculousLadybug'' calls Alya's friendship with Marinette into question, as she [[ToxicFriendInfluence convinced most of the class]] to turn upon her based on Lila's claims... while ''fully aware'' that Lila wasn't telling the truth. Why? Because she wanted to 'knock her down a few pegs' [[TallPoppySyndrome after her recent successes]] and keep Marinette cowed and dependent upon her 'bestie'.
153** Nino also wonders whether Alya originally defended her from Chloé because it was the right thing to do... or simply because she wanted to 'play the hero'. It's heavily implied that she wanted Marinette to ''remain'' an ExtremeDoormat, disliking the idea of her gaining any confidence.
154* ''Fanfic/TheWorldOfTheCreatures'': Hope presents herself to Patrick as a compassionate, supportive friend who's always willing to be there for him and listen to his troubles. In reality, she's only doing this to make him more dependent upon her, so she can cut him off from his real friends.
155* ''Fanfic/YourHeartAHavenOfThornsNaruto'': Naruto eventually comes to realize that the trust he placed in the Sandaime was completely misplaced. While his 'Saru-jiji' repeatedly reassured him that he'd eventually be able to make friends, he did nothing to address how he was being [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer isolated and scorned]] by the majority of Konoha's residents. What's worse, [[spoiler:Sasuke]] reveals that his father had actually informed him that Naruto was the Kyuubi's jinchuuriki, advising him to avoid Naruto because Hiruzen would see any friendship formed between him and clan children as a potential ''alliance''.
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159* Lil Lightning the Welsh Corgi from ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansIIPatchsLondonAdventure'',: He informs Thunderbolt that his character is being killed off the show, when in fact, it's soon revealed to be a lie just to trick the German Shepard into getting out of the picture in order so Lightning can have the spotlight for himself, having grown tired of being in Thunderbolt's shadow.
160-->'''Lil Lightning''': ''[to a Thunderbolt Plush Toy]'' A whole new direction! What do you think of ''that'', Thunderbolt, old pal? Finally, I'll be able to step out of your shadow, you overrated, overacting ham! "''The Lil' Lightning Adventure Hour''". Has a nice ring, doesn't it? What do you think? ''(chuckles)''
161** Then upon hearing about Thunderbolt still gaining fame while on a real heroic mission, Lil' Lightning then decides to join forces with him, along with the pup, obviously just to stop them from ''succeeding'' as to prevent Thunderbolt from reclaiming the spotlight. Once they reach the bad guys' hideout, Lightning persuades them to go for an open attack to rescue the puppies instead of a stealth plan--which predictably fails and gets Patch and Thunderbolt locked up in cages along with the other puppies. He even reveals to them his true nature and intentions before leaving them behind in their cages.
162--->'''Thunderbolt''': ''[about getting hit in the head with a paint can by Cruella]'' That hurt. That ''really'' hurt!\
163'''Patch''': I ''knew'' you were faking it.\
164'''Lightning''': ''(suddenly, out of nowhere, he appears and chuckles)'' Oh, he's been ''faking'' it, all right.\
165'''Thunderbolt''': Lightning, little buddy.\
166'''Lightning''': ''(angrily in Thunder's face)'' I am NOT your "little buddy!" And YOU are no wonder dog! This kid trusted you, and look where it's got him.\
167'''Patch''': What's he mean?\
168'''Lightning''': He's been lying to you all day, kid. He doesn't care about you, or your family. He was just trying to get his name in the paper, and SAVE his job. Ask him!\
169'''Thunderbolt''': NO! Well, yeah, but - but...\
170'''Lightning''': (''mockingly'') "But - but - but." HEY, GENIUS! You're no hero! You're a '''''FRAUD!''''' And by the way, there ''never'' was a plan to recast you. I just had to get you out of the way. ''[grins evilly at him, then starts to head back toward the exit with a wicked chuckle and a devious look on his face]'' And now, I get to go take your place on the show! ''MY'' SHOW!\
171''([[EvilLaugh laughs evilly]], and exits, just as it is about to storm outside)''
172* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' Prince Hans eventually reveals that he simply wanted to get close to Anna [[spoiler:in order to marry into the royal family]]. After learning that [[spoiler:Anna is dying and can only be saved by true love]], he has this to say:
173-->''[[spoiler:"Oh Anna... if only there was someone out there who loved you.”]]''
174* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', the BigBad Hades is unable to defeat his enemy Hercules because he is unaware of his weakness, so he instructs Megara to get close to Hercules and they both end up falling in love. However, before she can tell Hercules the truth, Hades ends up telling Hercules about how Meg was working for him all along in the most [[KickTheDog cruel manner possible]].
175* Gothel in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' tried to make Rapunzel believe that Flynn was this, that he was only after the crown and never cared for her. She nearly succeeded, until [[spoiler:Rapunzel remembered her true heritage and realized that Gothel had kidnapped her and Flynn was going to be executed]].
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179* ''Film/ActsOfVengeance2017'': [[spoiler:Strode]] seems like Valera's friend at first, giving him sympathy over the loss of his wife and daughter. [[spoiler:He's the one who murdered them, and secretly loathes Valera. Later he discovers Strode had been stalking him before and they got close to facilitate the murders.]]
180* In ''Film/TheAdventuresOfTartu'', it's PlayedForDrama and Averted. Terence admits to Marushuka (part of LaResistance) that he's a British spy sent to sabotage a German gas plant, but she becomes suspicious of him when his actions led to the deaths of several underground members. Because of this, she then believes him to be a False Friend, but in reality, he's really ''is'' a British agent.
181* In ''Film/AllAboutEve'', Eve initially appears to be a sweet [[TheIngenue Ingenue]] who just wants to be Margo's best friend and assistant but gradually reveals her true colors as a BitchInSheepsClothing who wants to steal Margo's acting role and husband away from her.
182* ''Film/{{Ajnabee}}'': Vicky and Neeta were planning to [[FrameUp frame Raj and Priya]] for their crimes the moment they moved in, and only faked being their friends.
183* Played with in the case of Shogo in ''Film/BattleRoyale'': he is initially introduced as TheMentor to both Shuya and Noriko, but near the end, he confesses that they were just his {{unwitting pawn}}s and subsequently opens fire upon them both. [[spoiler:That was part of his plan to get them both to safety]].
184* ''Film/BerkshireCounty'': When [[TheProtagonist Kylie]] calls [=911=], she gets in touch with a woman named Barbara, who gives her tips and guides her to avoid the intruders. However, she herself is one of them and has had all of Kylie's [=911=] calls rerouted to the radio in the intruders' van.
185* In ''Film/BlackSwan'', Nina sees Lily as one of these, but [[MindScrew the truth is anyone's guess]].
186* ''Film/BloodPi'': The Omega sisters (minus [[TokenGoodTeammate Stephanie]]) invited Agnis into their inner circle simply to break off Agnis' friendship with [[AxCrazy Amber]]. And their ultimate plan is to utterly humiliate Agnis.
187* In ''Film/TheHobbit'', this is how Thorin sees [[spoiler:all elves]] after [[spoiler:Thranduil the Elvenking]] refused to help the dwarves when Smaug invaded Erebor.
188* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'': Elsa Schneider is ordered to seduce both Jones to steal the Grail but ends up falling in love with Indiana.
189* Janus, the villain of the ''Film/JamesBond'' film ''Film/GoldenEye'' turned out to be [[spoiler:ex-[=MI6=] 00-agent Alec Trevelyan, who was presumed dead in a spy mission gone wrong.]] He is now on a revenge mission against England for past grievances, [[spoiler:namely the fact that his parents, who were Lienz Cossacks, killed themselves out of survivors' guilt after WWII.]]
190* ''Film/TheMask''. IntrepidReporter Peggy Brandt pretends to be Stanley Ipkiss' friend so she can get the $50,000 bounty for betraying him to Dorian Tyrell. While she did seem to believe that Tyrell wouldn't kill Ipkiss, she never tries to help him after the fact.
191* In ''Film/PlanB'', Bruno befriends his ex Laura's new boyfriend Pablo with the intent of sabotaging their relationship so that he can win Laura back. His RelationshipSabotage centers on getting the reportedly bisexual Pablo to fall for him by feigning an attraction to him. What Bruno doesn't count on is his feigned friendship -- and attraction -- [[BecomingTheMask becoming real]].
192* ''Film/{{Respire}}'': [[spoiler: Sarah to Charlie.]] She is using her to boost her popularity in school and becomes aggressive and hostile at the slightest provocation.
193* Given the [[MysteryFiction whodunit]] nature of their plots and their mostly teen/college-age casts, many of the killers in the ''Film/{{Scream}}'' films are close friends of the protagonists who are revealed to have betrayed them.
194** In [[Film/Scream1996 the first film]], [[spoiler:Billy and Stu were Sidney and Tatum's respective boyfriends. Billy especially [[HiddenDisdainReveal secretly hated Sidney]], blaming her mother for destroying his parents' marriage]].
195** In [[Film/Scream2 the second]], [[spoiler:Mickey was one of Randy and Sidney's movie geek friends who joined Mrs. Loomis' revenge plot as part of his own scheme to achieve FameThroughInfamy]]. In [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the original script]], [[spoiler:Sidney's boyfriend Derek and roommate Hallie were instead the killers, an OutlawCouple in the manner of ''Film/NaturalBornKillers'']].
196** In [[Film/Scream4 the fourth]], [[spoiler:Jill wasn't merely Sidney's friend but her ''cousin'', while Charlie was Robbie's best friend in the Cinema Club. Jill especially resented Sidney growing up for how she became famous as a result of her repeated ordeals and staged everything as part of a scheme to replace her as an iconic FinalGirl.]]
197** In [[Film/Scream2022 the fifth]], [[spoiler:Richie was Sam's boyfriend, while Amber was Tara's best friend. Richie especially only started dating Sam in order to get close to her, knowing that she was [[LongLostRelative Billy's illegitimate daughter]] and [[InTheBlood using that to set her up]] to take the fall as part of his own scheme to create a new "true story" to inspire a new ''[[ShowWithinAShow Stab]]'' movie.]]
198* In ''Film/{{Searching}}'', it turns out two of Margot's friends who she still keeps on Facebook and in her contacts, Abigail and Derek, are this. Abigail admits to David that she is just using Margot as a fake best friend so she could get into Berkeley while Derek is just exploiting Margot's disappearance for his own petty ends.
199* ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou''. Chastity, who is supposedly the best friend of the second leading lady Bianca, not only goes out with her original date Joey but even rubs her face in it afterwards by revealing that Joey only took her out on a bet with his buddies in the first place.
200* In ''Film/TrainingDay'', street-wise cop Alonzo is friends with a local neighborhood drug kingpin named Roger, and has been using him as his go-to drug contact for information and arrest of minor dealers for over ten years. [[spoiler:Later in the film, Alonzo robs Roger of all the drug money he saved up over the years and then murders him as a way to cover it up. When rookie Jake is shocked by this and calls Alonzo out on killing his friend, Alonzo explains this trope, claiming that just because they were on a first-name basis doesn't mean anything. He was using him the whole time until he was given permission to take him out by his equally corrupt superiors.]]
201* ''Film/TheTrumanShow''. Truman's "best friend" since childhood (who is really an actor) at one point appears to truly be listening to Truman's plight and confusion, almost seeming to really want to help his buddy understand the crap that's going on with his life. However, he allows himself to be instrumental in the biggest MindScrew the studio pulls on Truman in bringing his "father" back from the grave. He later leads the hunt to capture Truman once he starts escaping.
202** There are deleted scenes that indicate that Marlon/Louis does, in fact, feel guilty about what he's doing to Truman, and the (actual, real-life) actor said that the character has a drug addiction from the stress.
203* ''Film/TheWholeTruth2021'': Pim's friend Paew is revealed in the middle of the movie to have filmed the clip of Pim in the showers that Fame is threatening to distribute if Putt doesn't help him get with her. She did it because she hates that Pim is head of the cheer squad, and wants to humiliate her into leaving.
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207* ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'':
208** [[spoiler:O'Brien]] tricks Winston and Julia into thinking he's their friend and gets him to trust them, especially as far as identifying himself as a member of the Inner Party but [[DoubleAgent is really a member of]] LaResistance. He then organizes the raid to capture the protagonists, brings them to the Ministry of Love and oversees their torture and brainwashing.
209** There's also Mr. Charrington, the kindly old prole who sells Winston the paper and pen that he uses for his diary and later rents out a telescreen-less room for both him and Julia, but in actuality is [[spoiler:an agent of the Thought Police whose "telescreen-less" room has a hidden telescreen behind a picture, leading to Winston and Julia's arrest]].
210* ''Literature/The39Clues'': Ian Kabra pretended to like [[TheSmartGuy Amy]] so he and his sister could steal the clue from right under [[BrotherSisterTeam Amy and Dan's]] noses... Only... [[InLoveWithTheMark it isn't]] [[UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo quite that simple]].
211* The fox and the cat in ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'', upon discovering Pinocchio has several gold pieces, proceed to mooch off of him, try to rob and hang him, and later swindle him, all while pretending to be his friends. [[spoiler:Unlike the [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Disney version]], however, they do get their comeuppance in the end, and when they beg for Pinocchio to help them, [[HeelFaceDoorSlam he shows no forgiveness]].]]
212* In ''Literature/TheBrokenLand'' trilogy by Creator/SeanWilliams, the young protagonist runs away from home with the help of a more worldly friend who he eventually realizes has been manipulating him all along in order to take advantage of his developing magical gift.
213%%* [[spoiler:Kij Porter]] in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', [[EvilAllAlong the worst kind]].
214* In ''Literature/CastleHangnail'', Molly never thought Eudaimonia was a ''good'' friend, but did think she was a cool older girl who taught her some magic and was simply a bit of an AlphaBitch. Over the book Molly realizes that Eudaimonia had been manipulating her, stealing her power, and was actually seriously evil.
215* Nearly half of the ''Literature/FearStreet'' books will climax with the main character shocked to realize the person trying to ruin (if not outright kill) them is actually their best friend. That leads to a speech revealing this "friend" has long hated them out of jealousy, wanting the other character's boyfriend or some long ago "crime" against them (or their family) the main character never knew about. In a few cases, it's detailed that the ''entire'' friendship has all been an act to set them up for this moment.
216* [[spoiler:[=ForceFlow=], actually a pseudonym for the BigBad]] to Tash in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear''. She wasn't the first one, either. It was all in hopes of finding [[spoiler:Force-Sensitive people]] and stealing their LifeEnergy. Later, [[spoiler:Grimpen]] does something similar, acting friendly and kind so she would [[BitchInSheepsClothing wrongly consider him trustworthy]].
217* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
218** [[spoiler:Wormtail]] does this when he betrayed Harry's parents to Voldemort, even though they were his best friends - though he was more of a FairWeatherFriend who [[spoiler:sold out his buddies in order to save his own life]]. When his remaining friend, [[spoiler:Sirius]], chased him down after James and Lily's deaths, [[spoiler:Wormtail shouted that Sirius had been the one to sell out the Potters, caused an explosion that killed a dozen innocent people, and faked his death before escaping, pinning the murders of himself, the Potters, and all the other people on Sirius]].
219** [[spoiler:Tom Riddle]] is a more straight example, doing this to [[spoiler:Ginny]] and, to a lesser extent, [[spoiler:Professor Slughorn]]. There's also the fact that he refers to [[spoiler: Death Eaters]] as his friends, although in reality, they are nothing more than disposable pawns to him.
220* ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'': Herald Myste had this pulled on her as a child three times by guys using her to get close to her best friend (the most attractive girl in the neighborhood). Prince Karathanelan tricks Selenay into wedding him but doesn't survive the "betrayal" part. Lady Naril (never seen 'on screen') pretends she loves Dirk but is actually trying to get close to his handsome friend Kris.
221* In Creator/ArthurHailey's ''Literature/{{Hotel}}'', St. Gregory hotel owner Warren Trent is facing serious financial troubles and may have to sell. Curtis O'Keefe offers to buy the place for his massive chain but Trent is unsure as it's not just him but his employees, who he sees as family. He cites Tom, the hotel's chief bartender for 30 years who Trent would trust with his life. To his shock, O'Keefe produces a report revealing that Tom "has been bleeding you white" almost that entire time. Trent confronts Tom on this and fires him. At which point, Tom sneers that he never saw Trent as anything more than a high and mighty boss and he (and others) are going to enjoy seeing him go out of business. Trent marvels at how he could never realize in 30 years how much his "close, personal friend" hated his guts.
222* ''Literature/LaughingJack'': Laughing Jack poses as an ImaginaryFriend to the young James, who says to his mother that the clown has been playing with him and giving him sweets. But it's all in Jack's sick game to eventually maim him gruesomely.
223* The first ''Literature/NightHuntress'' book has a classmate cozying up to Cat, only to try to kidnap her for a white slavery ring. Turned out she did this to a lot of girls.
224* Poor [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Neru]] from ''[[Literature/{{REEL}} REAL]]'' doesn't have much luck when it comes to friends: he manages to befriend his longtime online crush [[AmbiguousGender Likaï]], only to get his heart broken [[spoiler:when Likaï steals his account to enter the Future Tournament in his place.]] When Neru manages to contact his three teammates to ask them for help, they all turn their back on him: as it turns out, they just hung out with him in TheMetaverse for the bonus points and glory that they got thanks to his talent for video games.
225* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'':
226** Sauron pretends to be Ar-Pharazôn's... well, not exactly ''friend'', but more servant. [[TooDumbToLive Pharazôn believes him.]] Cue Númenor turning to worship of [[GodOfEvil Morgoth]], Pharazôn trying to attack Valinor because he thinks it'll give him immortality, and the destruction of Númenor.
227** Played with in the story of Beren and Lúthien. Daeron starts out a true friend, but then [[LoveMakesYouCrazy his love for Lúthien]] and [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy of Beren]] leads to him betraying her to Thingol.
228* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
229** [[spoiler:Ser Dontos]] acts as a friend and confidant to Sansa and promises to help her escape the Lannisters [[spoiler:to repay her for saving his life. In actuality he's working for Littlefinger and is willing to sell her out to whoever will pay him for it]].
230** [[spoiler:Shae]] to [[spoiler:Tyrion]], she acts as she cares about him but she's really just a GoldDigger who's more than happy to accuse him of crimes he didn't commit for the promise of riches and status.
231** One of the themes of Daenerys' storyline is the constant presence of these and her doubts to tell her real allies from those who seek to use her or will at some point betray her. The appendix section dedicated to her in ''Literature/ADanceWithDragons'' event lists "Her uncertain allies, false friends, and known enemies."
232** Lancel Lannister, Falyse Stokeworth, the Kettleblack brothers and poor Sansa (again) should have run the second Cersei smiled at them in either a friendly or seductive fashion. Yup; just using you, suckers. Mind you, Cersei also gets suckered herself: Taena Merryweather and Aurane Waters basically suck up to her primarily to try taking her to the cleaners.
233* In one of ''Literature/TheSouthernVampireMysteries'' novels, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Bill]] was ordered by his queen to seduce Sookie, as part of a plan to use her telepathy for whatever it is a vampire queen needs a telepath for.
234* In ''Literature/TheSpiderAndTheFly'', the Spider offers anything he thinks will entice the Fly. She finally succumbs to flattery, and he nabs her. In the illustrated book, the Spider is a well-dressed gentleman while the Fly is TheIngenue, and the subtext of an older man about to ruin a young woman is more prominent.
235* ''Literature/TeenPowerInc'': In some books, the villain seems to be close friends with sympathetic characters but are really victimizing for completely unjustified reasons.
236** In ''The Ghost of Raven Hill'', Terry Bigge and Elmo "Zim" Zimmer II's late fathers were best friends and Zim and Terry have known each other for decades. Terry loans Zim money to keep his struggling newspaper afloat and acts apologetic about how his own debts and obligations are forcing him to demand prompt repayment of the loan at a hard time for Zim. It's all an act: Terry has been sabotaging the paper to put it in debt, plans to sell it to Zim's hated enemy, and privately mocks Zim for being such a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter and borrowing from him in the first place.
237** In ''The Missing Millionaire'', miserly hotelier Bruce Piggot seems to have a soft spot for his neighbor, the cheerful and generous plasterer Albie, whom he plays cards with and speculates on lottery numbers with. However, however real their OddFriendship may have been beforehand, it does not survive their lottery ticket winning $2,000,000 while Albie is laid up in bed. Piggot decides to hide the fact that their ticket won and keep Albie's half of the money for himself. He acts like a caring friend who wants to make sure Albie gets better through rest, when he really just wants to keep Albie in bed until the lottery number stops appearing on the news.
238* In ''Literature/TheTraitorGame'', [[FriendlessBackground Michael]] comes to believe that Francis has spent their friendship laughing about their games with his friends. The consequences are nothing short of disastrous.
239* ''Literature/WonderWomanWarbringer'': Jason, to everybody given his hidden motivations, but most clearly to Theo. He openly admits that the only reason he hung out with Theo was that that way he could keep an eye on his father.
240* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Taylor tries to become this to the supervillain gang the Undersiders but finds herself BecomingTheMask.
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244* Nina Myers on ''Series/TwentyFour'' is the show's biggest example of this, being Jack Bauer's primary confidant at CTU in season 1 until she [[spoiler:killed his wife while trying to escape after being outed as a mole working for the bad guys]]. She would then go on to become a recurring villain in seasons 2 and 3.
245* On ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', Ward turns out to be this when it's revealed mid-way through the first season he's a member of HYDRA. Interestingly, in season 2, Ward seems to still think he'll be EasilyForgiven but the team makes it clear they now see him as just the enemy. A telling bit is when Fitz is amazed Ward thinks an "I'm sorry" makes up for nearly killing Fitz by dumping him out of a plane. When Ward states that he "still considers us friends," Fitz snaps that he now knows Ward was ''never'' their friend but just playing a role.
246* ''Series/AlmaGemea'':
247** Cristina pretends to be [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy happy for Rafael and Serena despite being attracted to him]], which makes her earn his friendship and respect. Rafael keeps telling her all of his plans and asking her for suggestions. She also pretends to be Serena's friend, and she easily trusts her. She exploits both of her false friendships with the couple to manipulate them, turning them against each other, and to obtain information.
248** Cristina also pretends to be Dalila's friend, but she's just helping Raul to string her around. She uses her fake niceness to convince her to marry another man, one willing to assume the parenthood of her child in Raul's place.
249* ''Series/TheBarrier'': Iván, a government official's son considers that all of his father's friends are the false kind. Since he's making that statement in response to being told that [[spoiler:his father lost a friend who was his one remaining true one]], Iván's father doesn't take kindly to it at all.
250* Series/{{Columbo}} ''admits'' to doing this (once) at the end of one of the Creator/{{ABC}} TV movies.
251* The final arc for Catherine in ''Series/{{CSI}}'' is her old friend Laura runs into her at a party and soon lets Catherine know her husband Mark is into some major criminal deals. Laura appears to be among those killed in a bombing and Catherine is convinced Mark did it to shut her up. However, when Catherine's own life is in danger, she soon realizes someone is trying to make it look like she "quit" the team to take revenge on Mark before vanishing. Catherine is confused as every clue seems to show that Mark actually has no idea of the illegal stuff happening in his company or his wife's death. Sara points out how Catherine is ignoring OccamsRazor: [[spoiler: That this whole thing started when Catherine's "old friend" who she hadn't seen in years just happened to run into her at a party, just happened to "let" Catherine know about her husband being a crook and then is killed. Sure enough, Laura was the real mastermind of the scheme, faking her death and trying to trick Catherine into a scheme to get her husband. Arrested, Laura claims she picked Catherine because "I know you" and how she goes for what she wants in life and sees nothing wrong with using Catherine.]]
252-->'''Catherine''': You're never gonna see the outside world again. Tell me whose life you'd rather have now. Oh and you do know me but not as well as you think. Because when you chose me, you should have known it would end like this.
253* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'': Season 3 sets out to answer the question whether Dexter, a SerialKillerKiller who naturally keeps his activities secret, could have a friend. Spoilers, he can't. In more detail, Dexter accidentally kills a man, Oscar Prado, who turns out to be the little brother to ADA Miguel Prado. To cover his tracks, Dexter tracks down and kills the primary suspect, which is witnessed by Miguel. Miguel is incredibly thankful and starts to build a friendship with Dexter, who after some time agrees to make him a part of the vigilante killings. Miguel immediately uses it to murder a defense attorney who was simply pissing him off, the evidence he gave Dexter to buy his trust turns out to be fake, and Miguel is revealed to truly be a manipulative narcissist who was using him all along. Dexter ultimately kills him since he now fits the code.
254* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
255** Ramsay Snow, aka [[spoiler:"The Boy"]], pretends to be [[spoiler:Theon Greyjoy's]] only friend and ally. He helps the latter escape his torture, kills several of their pursuers who are trying to gangrape him...only to lead him back to the torture chamber. Why did he do all of this? Because it was ''fun''. He also razed Winterfell to the ground on his father's orders, despite supposedly being there to save it.
256** Locke joins the Night's Watch and pretends to befriend Jon Snow as part of a plan to kill or capture Jon and find Jon's half-brothers Bran and Rickon and do the same to them, fooling Jon into genuinely believing that he is a new Night's Watch recruit. As Locke dies of a broken neck, courtesy of Bran warged into Hodor, his plan to betray Jon and what he planned to do to Jon's brothers is never discovered because his true intentions are never revealed. Locke's dead body is then later ceremonially burned, with Jon, Grenn, Edd, and the others all believing that he had died as a loyal brother of the Night's Watch, at the hands of the mutineers.
257* ''Series/HiHoneyImHome'': Skunk pretends to be Chucky’s friend to get him to help rob a neighbor’s house.
258* In ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder'', it's eventually revealed that on the day of her death, Lila [[spoiler:admitted that she only hung out with Rebecca because she felt sorry for her and because she wanted a distraction from her stressful life. She ends their friendship by stating that she's too good for Rebecca, a "[[KickTheDog trashed-out druggie whore]]", to hang out with.]]
259* In ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'', [[spoiler:Ryusei/Kamen Rider Meteor]] at first[[note]]After Episode 31 he becomes a [[TrueCompanions true companion though]][[/note]].
260** JK establishes himself as a "friend" who takes advantage of others and isn't ashamed to admit this. Gentarou accepts him anyway and makes AnAesop about how you have to accept a person's worse sides too if you want to befriend them. JK ends up getting better.
261* ''Series/LoveAlarm'': Despite supposedly being Jo-jo's best friend, Jung-go takes a picture of Jo-jo and Sun-oh kissing and spreads it through the internet, in order to ruin her relationship with Il-sik, who she has a crush on.
262* An episode of ''Series/{{Monk}}'' sees Andy Richter play a man who pretends to befriend Monk in order to obtain a piece of evidence Monk unknowingly has that could implicate him. Even after discovering that he's a criminal, in the end, Monk still considers him a better friend to him than many people he's met in the past.
263* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': In Season 1, Regina is this to Kathryn, pretending to care for her when her husband has an affair. However, unbeknownst to Kathryn, Regina is the one who erased her true memories in the first place and is only on Kathryn's side because she hates Mary Margaret.
264** Zelena is this to Mary Margaret, posing as her midwife in Season 3 in order to get close to her baby, [[spoiler:which she intends to use as an ingredient in her Time Travel Spell.]]
265* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "Abduction", Cody Phillips claims that everyone that he knows, including his so-called friends, blame him for everything in life.
266* In ''Series/{{Oz}}'' Schillinger arranges for [[DepravedBisexual Chris Keller]] to meet [[ButtMonkey Tobias Beecher]], Schillinger's former sex slave, with the intent of gaining his trust and seducing him. A mutual attraction instantly forms between them, and the two eventually exchange confessions of love. Unfortunately for Beecher, he finds out that the man he fell in love with was working with his arch enemy all along (and informs him that he never loved him right before breaking Beecher's arms and legs). Keller clearly enjoys the beating but is briefly seen experiencing a moment of regret when he returns to his empty cell and eventually realizes that he has fallen in love with Beecher.
267** Ryan O'Reily and pretty much '''everyone''' he ever purports to be friends with, but probably the biggest example is the way he ingratiates himself with Nino Schibetta while secretly slipping ground glass into the man's food.
268* Morgana, with Uther and Arthur, since the beginning of ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' season 3.
269* In ''Series/RobinHood'', Marian cultivates a "friendship" of sorts with Guy of Gisborne so that she can pass on information to Robin. She even goes so far as to pull off a perfectly executed DecoyDamsel ploy, which Guy falls for hook, line, and sinker. Guy was something of a False Friend himself considering he seems more than ready to have Marian punished if she disobeys him, and when he learns that she's in love with Myth/RobinHood, he [[spoiler:stabs her to death]].
270* In ''Series/{{Roots|1977}}'' and [[Series/Roots2016 its 2016 remake]], Missy is seemingly established as Kizzy’s closest friend from childhood. She even goes as far as protecting Kizzy from racist relatives and teaching her how to read. However, [[spoiler:when Noah was revealed to be carrying papers forged by Kizzy]], she doesn’t bother protecting Kizzy [[spoiler:from being sold to another slave owner. She later has the ''gall'' to feel betrayed for Kizzy helping out some abolitionists]].
271* ''Series/RuyisRoyalLoveInThePalace'':
272** A Ruo pretends to be Ruyi's friend while secretly plotting against her.
273** Langhua acts as if she likes Xiyue while poisoning her so she can't have a child and finally killing her so she can't reveal Langhua's crimes.
274** Yuyan pretended to be Ruiji's friend but killed her child and blamed it on Langhua. She played her part so well that years later Ruiji still believes Langhua is responsible. [[VillainousBreakdown She doesn't react well when she learns the truth.]]
275* On ''Series/{{Shark}}'', Jessica's old friend Laura Fields, a medical examiner she's worked with for years, gives her word on who killed a reporter. The problem is, the supposedly sure suspect has an airtight alibi. Another M.E. says there's something wrong with this report as it turns out the reporter had been investigating a man in prison who's long claimed innocence in a murder where Fields was the M.E. It turns out Laura killed the reporter herself before she could expose that Fields had faked the evidence in that earlier case. Jessica is hurt by this but still wants to back Laura as making a mistake...until, at the trial, Laura throws Jessica under the bus by claiming that not only was she fully aware of this when prosecuting the man but even encouraged Laura to lie about it so Jessica could get the win. Jessica is rocked by how her "friend" is ready to ruin Jessica's career just to save herself.
276* The short-lived series ''Traveler'' has best friends Jay and Tyler visiting a museum with their college buddy Will Traveler. They pull a huge prank skating through it while leaving bags behind and as they leave, Will calls them up to say "sorry." The museum is rocked by an explosion and when Jay and Tyler reach their hotel, they see the news blaming them as the bombers. They try to find Will only to realize that not only is there no record of him ever existing but in all the photos taken over the years, Will has made sure his face is never seen. It hits Jay and Tyler that from the day they met him, Will has been setting them up specifically for this bombing and everything he's done was just to win their trust.
277* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'':
278** In "The Shadow Man", Danny Hayes knows that the Shadow Man will never hurt him as the person under whose bed he sleeps. His apparent bravery in going over to Lianna Ames' house at night earns him many false friends, including Lianna and various popular students who used to either ignore him or make fun of him. In the process, Danny ignores Peter, [[OnlyFriend his one true friend]], and takes no action to prevent the Shadow Man from hurting anyone else.
279** In "The Trunk", Willy Gardner finds an old abandoned trunk in a room of the Hotel Winchester, of which he has the manager, and soon discovers that it can grant his every wish. He uses it to fill his small room with expensive clothes, pieces of electronic equipment, and bottles of wine and invites the hotel guests and the locals Candy, Danny, Rocco, and Cap to a party. He comes to think of them as his new friends but it does not take him long to realize that they are merely using him because of his apparent newfound wealth. The only person who truly likes or respects him is an elderly guest named Mrs. Kudaba.
280* [[spoiler:HG]] from ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' does this using the other agents to get an artifact so [[spoiler:she]] could destroy the world though she does somewhat [[BecomingTheMask become the mask]], getting talked down from doing this when her friend tells her to shoot her instead of being a coward and killing her with the rest of the world.
281-->'''Myka:''' If I am wrong, then kill me. Do it! Kill me now! I mean, we're all gonna die anyway right, so what's the difference? So shoot me! Shoot me now. Kill me. But not like this. Not like a coward. I want you to look me in the eyes and. Take. My. Life.
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284[[folder:Music]]
285* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdDoiT7NZKo How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life?]]" Yes, that's actually the title.
286* "I Was Only Kidding" by Music/WeirdAlYankovic is this.
287* An early [[Music/JoanJett Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]] song, "Fake Friends" is pretty much about this trope, and why it is better to cut ties with those who are only friendly to you when it is convenient for them.
288-->''You got nothin' to lose, you don't lose when you lose fake friends!''
289* "Your Enemy Cannot Harm You (But Watch Your Close Friend)," originally by Blind Willie Davis, is about how your enemies don't know you well enough to hurt you as deeply as your "friends."
290* Music/TheStranglers warn of these in "Skin Deep":
291-->''Many people tell you that they're your friend\
292You believe them, you need them for what's 'round the river bend\
293Make sure that you're receiving the signals they send\
294Cos brother, you've only got two hands to lend''
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297[[folder:Podcasts]]
298* ''Podcast/DiceFunk'': [[spoiler:Jayne hates Rinaldo so much that she tries to sell him into slavery.]]
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301[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
302* Wrestling/KevinSteen and [[Wrestling/SamiZayn El Generico]] used to be friends, but not quite as close of friends as Generico thought they were, and Steen slowly but surely drifted apart from him until, well...Steen was this trope.
303* Wrestling/JimmyJacobs acted this way towards Ta'Darius Thomas in Wrestling/RingOfHonor for the purpose of expanding his PowerStable Decade and breaking up rival TagTeam Adrenaline Rush, which Thomas was a part of with actual friend ACH.
304* No one in Valkyrie treated Wrestling/SuYung any better than a dog, except for unofficial member Sweet Saraya, who treated Yung the way [[AbusiveParents she treated her kids]]. Wrestling/AllysinKay was the only member who pretended to respect Yung as an independent human woman, simply to get Yung to let her guard down so that it would hurt more when Kay inevitably showed her true colors.
305* After the Bro-mans caused the Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople's second Wrestling/{{TNA}} disbanding when Robbie got Wrestling/VelvetSky fired, Wrestling/AngelinaLove, who had tried to rejoin the group early into her fourth TNA run, was happy to see Sky go.
306* After breaking up Wrestling/TheShield, Wrestling/SethRollins ''claims'' he was this to Wrestling/DeanAmbrose and Wrestling/RomanReigns. Though he tends to slip and show that he may have cared about them more than he'd like to admit. Later on, this became fully subverted with his HeelFaceTurn, where it was confirmed that this was a complete lie that he was trying to make himself believe so he wouldn't have to deal with guilt.
307* Wrestling/AdamCole and MJF were forced to tag together in the Blind Tag Team Eliminator. At first the two hated each other but over the course of the next couple months the two would become "best friends" much to the disdain of his actual best friend Roderick Strong and the Kingdom. They won the ROH tag team titles at All In 2023 against Aussie Open and would lose the tag team titles 4 months later to the devil's masked men. At World's End... right as the two were about to be attacked by the devil's masked men, the lights went out and when they came up... the masked men were now behind Adam Cole revealing that [[FaceHeelTurn Adam Cole was the devil and the masked men were The Kingdom and Wardlow]]. The rest of the now Undisputed Kingdom attacked MJF.
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311* ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'': Given the shallow Parisian society at TheCavalierYears, this play is full of them:
312** De Guiche [[GirlPosse pays a fine court of obsequious noblemen]], but the nobles really distrust and despise him because he is a Gascon. They only bow to him because he is successful.
313--->'''Second Marquis''': Faugh!...Another Gascon!\
314'''First Marquis''': Ay, but the cold, supple Gascon—that is the stuff success is made of!\
315Believe me, we had best make our bow to him.
316** The poets who frequent Raguenau's rotisserie claim to love Raguenau’s poetry, but they only want to leech off him.
317** Cyrano defies this trope with all his will, as lampshaded in Act II Scene VII:
318--->'''People''' ''(crowding round Cyrano):''\
319My friend!...my friend...\
320'''Cyrano:''' Meseems that yesterday\
321I had not all these friends!\
322'''Le Bret''' ''(delighted):'' Success!\
323'''A young Marquis''' ''(hurrying up with his hands held out):'' My friend,\
324Didst thou but know...\
325'''Cyrano:''' Thou!...Marry!...thou!...Pray when\
326Did we herd swine together, you and I![[note]]In French, using "tu" is equivalent to being on a FirstNameBasis with someone, and people you don't know using it out of the blue is very jarring[[/note]]
327* Iago of [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' pretends to be the titular character's trustworthy adviser while secretly plotting his demise out of jealousy and ForTheEvulz.
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331* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
332** There's an odd version of this in the series. Dahlia Hawthorne tricks Phoenix into thinking she's in love with him, just so she can get a piece of evidence back that incriminates her for a previous murder. She tries to kill him when it doesn't work. It's subverted when Dahlia has her sister impersonate her for a while, and her sister actually does fall in love with Phoenix.
333** In ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'', [[spoiler:Kristoph Gavin became Phoenix's "friend" only to closely monitor his activities after Kristoph got him disbarred, and ends up framing him for murder. Phoenix was aware of this, however.]]
334* In ''VideoGame/ChildOfLight'', [[spoiler:Aurora's stepsister Norah turns out to be the BigBad's youngest daughter and a [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who had deliberately put on a façade of a loving older sibling so she could manipulate the young girl [[ItsAllAboutMe for her own benefit]]. [[HeroicBSOD Aurora does not take it at all well.]]]]
335* In the ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'' series, rival leaders' AI not only has a Loyalty stat determining how likely they are to turn on you, even if they've made a Declaration of Friendship with you, but also a Deceptiveness stat that can mean that their listed "Friendly" demeanor towards you is just a front. In ''Civ V'', leaders like Napoleon, Wu Zetian, Dido of Carthage, and Enrico Dandolo are notorious backstabbers, while in ''Civ IV'', Catherine the Great of Russia is unique in that it's possible to bribe her to attack another nation she is on friendly terms with.
336* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', it's possible for Hawke to do this to Fenris when he finally confronts his former master Danarius by handing Fenris back to him. This will devastate him so much that he'll simply submit without a fight. However, this act is considered a MoralEventHorizon by the other companions save for Anders, who hates Fenris.
337* The backstory of ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' gives an interesting case: Eichi deliberately reached out to Tsumugi to be part of ''fine'' and then used him as a scapegoat. However, he never really felt that he was being deceitful, believing that they were both just using each other and that Tsumugi couldn't possibly think he was actually sincere. Unfortunately for him, he did. Tsumugi doesn't bear Eichi any ill will over it, as he is an ExtremeDoormat, but Eichi's regrets over what happened and his awkward attempts to ''actually'' befriend Tsumugi define their relationship from then on.
338* ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' sequel ''Holiday Star'' makes it clear this was the case for [[spoiler:Hitori Uzune and the original Nanaki Kazuaki, a quail whose clinical depression was exploited by Hitori to double-cross him in a suicide pact and steal his identity. The betrayal caused Nanaki's spirit to become an EldritchAbomination hell-bent on [[AssimilationPlot eternal companionship]].]]
339* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrails'':
340** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'': [[spoiler:Professor Alba]] just happens to cross paths with Estelle and Joshua on multiple occasions, and even offers his assistance at a few points, such as helping them get past a security checkpoint when they get held up, or providing them a lead on a jaeger assault. He continues his chummy act right until the very moment of TheReveal when Joshua finally figures him out of being the real BigBad.
341** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'': Defied with [[spoiler:Crow Armbrust]]. As much as he insists that his time at Thors meant nothing to him, and that it was only for the sake of throwing the RMP off his trail, he does tell Rean and the others if they beat him, he'll come back.
342* Possibly [[spoiler:Six]] in ''VideoGame/LittleNightmaresII''. According to one interpretation [[spoiler:she let Mono fall into the depths of the Signal Tower as soon as it became clear [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness she would no longer need his help to escape the Pale City]]]].
343* ''VisualNovel/MagicalDiary'': [[spoiler:Damien.]] That ''bastard''. If you get his good ending, it turns into BecomingTheMask... maybe. If you believe ''anything'' he says by that point. If you've ground White magic enough to have gotten the spell Empathy, you can use it on him when you next talk to him. [[spoiler:He's telling the truth about how he feels now.]]
344* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
345** In ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'', Bass presented himself as a possible friend and ally to Mega Man. When he is hurt fighting Shade Man, Mega Man allows him to go to Doctor Light to get repaired. Once all the Robot Masters are defeated, he discovers that Bass has betrayed him, wrecked the lab, stole his upgrades, and hurt Doctor Light. Wily then brags about how Bass was his creation to get close to Mega Man and how he was going to use his own upgrades on Bass to destroy him. Needless to say, Mega Man is pissed and this is probably one of the reasons why he is willing to kill Wily at the end of the game.
346** ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork3WhiteAndBlue'': Mr. Match sets fires all over the net which causes temperatures in the real world to reach dangerous levels hospitalizing multiple SciLab scientists after having tricked Lan into thinking he had given up his evil ways.
347* The Boss in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', before defecting, was Snake's mentor and one of his closest friends. She celebrates her FaceHeelTurn by beating him up and stealing his rescued hostage. [[spoiler:Subverted ''and'' played straight, however, as The Boss was really a FakeDefector sent in by the U.S. government to play the False Friend to BigBad Colonel Volgin. A devastated Snake only learns the truth after he's completed his mission to kill her.]]
348* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', [[spoiler:Goro Akechi]] is a traitor gaining your trust while secretly plotting to hand your heads on pikes to the Conspiracy. [[spoiler:It eventually turns out that he gets just as bad as he gives, if not worse; the Phantom Thieves are on to him from the very beginning and are using him to get to his boss, his boss is planning to dispose of him as soon as he [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlives his usefulness]], and the being who granted him his powers is using him to usher in an Orwellian dystopia with itself as its god. It's not an exaggeration to say that there is not a single character in the game who legitimately has his best interests at heart.]]
349* The true BigBad of ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' is revealed post-game to be [[spoiler:Volo, a seemingly friendly merchant who aids the player after they get expelled from the Survey Corps]]. Turns out [[spoiler:he's actually a nihilist GodhoodSeeker who exploited both Giratina and the player's trust to collect the plates and summon Arceus so he could [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the universe]] and [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans rewrite it in his own image]] as a GodOfEvil]].
350* ''Franchise/SlyCooper'': [[BitchInSheepsClothing Penelope]] feigns being a NiceGirl to get the trust of the Cooper Gang for her world domination ploy, even going as far as to pull Bentley into a fake romance for his potential in profiting from weapon designs. Since she sees no potential in Sly or Murray, just objects towards her goals, Penelope tries to murder them to have Bentley to herself. She gets caught red-handed, and is kicked out of the Cooper Gang and declared a sworn enemy.
351* After dominating a player in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', one of the Spy's {{Bond One Liner}}s is "I never really was on your side."
352* ''VideoGame/TouhouKaikidanMysticSquare'' features the [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and [[AnIcePerson ice]] magicians [[RedOniBlueOni Yuki and Mai]] as a DualBoss. If you defeat Mai first, Yuki will be furious and [[TurnsRed crank up the heat]]. But if you defeat Yuki first, Mai will smugly declare that her comrade was nothing more than "dead weight" dragging her down (though ironically Mai's regarded as the easier of the two). Mai's {{leitmotif}} is appropriately named "Treacherous Maiden ~ Judas Kiss."
353* A variation occurs in Specter's ending in ''VideoGame/TwistedMetalBlack''; [[spoiler:the man of her dreams has been forced to marry her by way of some brain surgery,]] but he's still able to tell her "I... will... ''never'' ...love ...you."
354* In ''VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves'', Harry Flynn does this to Nathan Drake at the end of the Museum mission, leaving poor Drake to rot in prison for 3 months.
355* [[spoiler:Ellen to Viola]] in ''VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse''. [[spoiler:Ellen tricked Viola into sympathizing with her by telling her about her illness and the way her parents neglected her, which was all technically true, just that she also didn't mention how those things were part of what turned her into a murderous witch. Ellen just wanted to be "friends" with Viola because a bond of genuine trust was required for the demonic spell which would allow Ellen to pull a GrandTheftMe on Viola to work.]]
356* ''VideoGame/YokusIslandExpress'': [[spoiler:Turns out your companion/occasional helper Kickback is The God Slayer -- the BigBad of the game.]]
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359[[folder:Web Animation]]
360* ''WebAnimation/EtraChanSawIt'':
361** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L4x__r9GCk In one episode]], [[spoiler: Hiiragi and Akane were seemingly best friends with Tsutsuji, but it's revealed they were just using her, and never thought of her as a friend. First, Hiiragi asked Tsutsuji out on a date, with Akane recording, with the intention of humiliating her, but it failed because Tsutsuji turned him down. They then resort to pranking her at a summer festival, keeping her there until it ends, and having Tachibana scare her in the bathroom.]]
362** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfp6OHgO_r0 this story]],[[spoiler: Kuroki looked up to his best friend Hiiragi until it was revealed that Hiiragi was stealing his crush behind his back just to make him suffer.]]
363** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evqis8Al3yg Yuzuriha]] appears to be Akane's best friend since middle school; [[spoiler: however, it turns out that she is the real cuprit behind Akane's misfortunes because she dated her boyfriend behind her back for thrill and superiority.]]
364* ''WebAnimation/MangaRabbitHomeNoba'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH210p2ozqY Hideki Doi]] only hired Tomoya Fujiwara and made him Vice-President of the company for the profits he would bring to the company with his talent as a writer. After Tomoya found him dating his girlfriend Iyami, he betrayed and fired him while she broke up with him.
365* ''WebAnimation/MangaRoom'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GdUnxxVoz8 Claire]]'s circle of friends ditched her when she became poor after her father's company went bankrupt and they even mocked her when they see her. They change their attitude towards her when they find out that she became rich again.
366* [[spoiler: Felix]] in the 12th season of ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''. It turns out that [[spoiler: he'd been working with Locus all along, and was hired to wipe out the entire population of Chorus]].
367* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': [[MasterOfIllusion Emerald Sustrai]] seems friendly and chatty in her conversation with the eponymous heroines at the beginning of Volume 3, but the moment they part ways, Emerald makes very clear to Mercury how much she really despises them and finds their constantly happy, positive attitudes annoying. [[spoiler:She's the one responsible for framing Yang and tricking Pyrrha into destroying Penny.]] [[spoiler: By the time of Volume 8 however after learning what Salem’s true goal was, she leaves Salem’s faction and joins the heroes. while they were hesitant at first, Emerald tells the heroes she’s switched sides, and both her and the heroes get along better.]]
368* ''WebAnimation/StoryTimeAnimated'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fjmGm8riDA Marle]] became a fake friend for Aria when she ditched Cassidy for her. She didn't show up for her group science project and even framed Aria for ruining the prom when it was actually Marle's fault.
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372* ''Webcomic/TheDreamlandChronicles'': [[http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/the-dreamland-chronicles/page-690/ Here]].
373* Happens quite a bit in the GambitPileup that is ''{{Webcomic/Erfworld}}''. Since Erfworld also features quite a few {{PunnyName}}s from earth, the two untrustworthy allies of one side are actually called Frenemy and [[TheQuisling Quisling]].
374* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', Tarvek and Gil's childhood friendship ''was'' real. Sadly, circumstances separated them and they both became convinced that the other was a False Friend due to some more unfortunate circumstances. They are currently FireForgedFriends / VitriolicBestBuds.
375* In ''Webcomic/TheGuideToAHealthyRelationship'', Apollo becomes friends with Daniel, the boyfriend of his childhood best friend Julian. Daniel manipulates them both to sabotage their friendship.
376* ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo''. Miho did this to Piro sometime before the start of the series.
377* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Nale drives Elan to the DespairEventHorizon by telling him that Haley is this trope, taking advantage of [[NotWhatItLooksLike incriminating evidence]] and Haley's [[TheUnintelligible inability to defend herself]] to [[EvilGloating gloat]] about Haley's supposed betrayal of Elan's friends and Elan's stupidity in not seeing that she was EvilAllAlong. Elan is [[spoiler:briefly]] convinced and goes into a [[UnstoppableRage murderous fury]], telling Haley that he hates her, before Haley finally manages to [[CannotSpitItOut spit it out]].
378** Nale also uses a suggestion spell to make Elan angrier, hence the uncharacteristic murderous fury.
379* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' has several people like this: [[spoiler:Hoh, Nia, and most notably Rachel. Later, Apple, Khun's hacker in the second season, turns out to be a FUG agent.]]
380* In ''Webcomic/{{Tellurion}}'', this is how the lead guy is [[ButtMonkey regarded by the gang]] of thieves, in the beginning, it might be a bit of a stretch to call them "friends". But they definitely aren't worth any trust in the end.
381* ''Webcomic/UnOrdinary'': Arlo pretends to befriend John, but in actuality is getting him to trust him just enough that Arlo can trick him into an ambush to force him to use his powers and force him to take part in the tiered hierarchy Arlo is such a firm believer in.
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385* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', [[ManipulativeBastard Ferron]] befriends [[LovableRogue Refan]] during the Great War but does so only for two reasons: to avenge his lover who died by Refan's hand and to use Refan to get rid of TheDragon who had also wronged him (hoping that the two weaken each other enough in battle so that he can finish both of them off).
386* [[spoiler: Hanson]] in ''WebVideo/EndTimes'' pulls a major one of these.
387-->[[spoiler:'''Charlie:''' You needed my help!]]\
388[[spoiler:'''Hanson:''' Or else I never would have been here.]]
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392* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'':
393** Subverted with Sasha. Anne's description of [[AllTakeAndNoGive her friendship with Sasha]] leads the audience to believe this, but once the character is properly introduced several episodes later, it's made very clear that Sasha does legitimately see Anne as her best friend. She just has a twisted idea of how friendship works, being incredibly manipulative, possessive, and controlling.
394** Played with by [[spoiler: King Andrias, who presents himself as TheGoodKing of Amphibia who mentored Anne's friend Marcy and is happy to help the three human girls get back home by restoring the Calamity Box, the InterdimensionalTravelDevice that brought them to Amphibia. Once he gets the restored box, Andrias reveals that he wanted the box because it's an ArtifactOfDoom that belonged to his ancestors, who were {{Multiversal Conqueror}}s that he wishes to honor their legacy by completing their work. He was playing the girls and their allies for fools the entire time, and essentially admits he saw Marcy as nothing more than a pawn to his master plan. However, Andrias admits later he ''did'' grow to like Marcy to a degree, but as the last time he had genuine friends they betrayed him plus being whispered poisoned words by [[GreaterScopeVillain The Core]] for most of his life after that, he ultimately would turn on her regardless of any personal feelings.]]
395--->[[spoiler:'''Marcy:''' Andrias, this wasn't the plan! You said no one would get hurt!]]\
396[[spoiler:'''King Andrias:''' I would have said anything if it meant you'd deliver the Box to me fully charged. Hate to break it to ya kiddo, but you've been duped.]]
397* A HeelFaceTurn example occurs in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. In "The Boiling Rock", [[spoiler:Azula gets this after Mai and Ty Lee turn their backs on her]]. It is possible that [[spoiler:they were never friends with her in the first place since they were scared of her. It's also possible that she just went too far this time and they weren't willing to put up with her any longer. In other words, this trope really applied to Azula the whole time]].
398* In an episode of the animated adaptation to ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' the new kid, Ferdie, befriends the popular girl, Queenie, not knowing that she's just using him to get his homework answers. It isn't until Ferdie sees Queenie laughing at him after he took a football to the gut that he realizes the truth. Queenie eventually apologizes to Ferdie, both for laughing at him and pretending to be his friend.
399* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' [[{{Flanderization}} flanderises]] the ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}'' character Alucard, who was a sworn enemy of Dracula, [[AdaptationalVillainy as this]]. Rather than continue helping them, Alucard chooses to betray his friends during the raid on Dracula's Castle.
400* [[BigBad Bill Cipher]] in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' was this to [[BigGood The Author]] (aka [[spoiler:Stanford "Ford" Pines]]). The Journal's original entry on Bill describes him in glowing terms as the nicest, most trustworthy being in the universe. After he discovers Bill's true nature, he crosses out the whole entry and describes him as the most dangerous and evil being in the universe, to never be summoned at any cost.
401* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': After her friendship with Hilda and David got severely strained due to the events in episode 9, Frida befriends a teen named Kelly. Kelly is a Marra (a creature that gives people nightmares) and clearly doesn't have the best intentions with Frida. She actively prevents Frida from reconciling with Hilda and David, sees to it Frida comes to a nighttime meeting of the Marra instead of going to the Sparrow Scouts camp, and when the [[CanisMajor Black Hound]] shows up, she doesn't hesitate to use Frida as a distraction for the beast.
402* In the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' episode "Tale of the Demon Tail", [[MonsterOfTheWeek Hsi Wu]] the [[WingedHumanoid Sky Demon]] invoked this trope as part of a gambit; [[VoluntaryShapeshifting he changes into the form of]] [[HumanDisguise a human boy named "Seymour"]] and befriends [[KidSidekick Jade Chan]], gaining her trust so that [[MustBeInvited he can be allowed entrance into Uncle's shop]], [[ItMakesSenseInContext and then retrieve his lost severed tail that they seized from him]]. Jade, who's a lonely kid at her school, is very happy to make a new friend, and she even grows a crush on him... too bad that "Seymour" has to inevitably reveal his true identity and [[FauxAffablyEvil not-so-friendly intentions]] in the climax.
403* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', which (obviously) focuses on friendship, has several antagonists who are this:
404** Tirek plays this role to Discord in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2]]".
405** Trixie starts off like this in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E6NoSecondPrances No Second Prances]]", where she pretends to be Starlight's friend just to get back at Twilight. But as the episode goes on, [[BecomingTheMask Trixie starts to consider Starlight a friend]] and she eventually pulls a HeelFaceTurn.
406** Gladmane from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E20VivaLasPegasus Viva Las Pegasus]]" claims to be a "friendship connoisseur", and his employees laud him as kind, genuine and compassionate. However, it's later revealed that he willingly sows discord between his employees so they're too busy fighting with each other to take their acts on the road, all so they'll keep making money for his resort.
407** The Season 8 finale, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E25SchoolRazePart1 "School]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E26SchoolRazePart2 Raze"]] reveals [[spoiler:Cozy Glow]] as this. [[spoiler:Being not so different from her pen pal, Tirek, the manipulative and sociopathic filly believes that friendship is a means to gain power, and gaining many friends to her means getting more power.]]
408* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', Gretchen befriends a little girl named Becky while getting ready for the school science fair, only to find out that Becky was pretending to be her friend so she can steal her project.
409* In the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' episode "Jack and the Warrior Woman", [[TheHero Jack]] meets and befriends [[ActionGirl Ikra]], who claims to have a similar [[DarkAndTroubledPast tragic backstory]] like he does, and joins him on a quest to find a magic jewel so that Jack could [[TimeTravel return home]]... only for Ikra to betray him by smashing the jewel, and then reveals that "she" was actually [[ArchEnemy Aku]] [[VoluntaryShapeshifting in disguise]] all along; much to Jack's shock, rage, and sorrow.
410* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Bart's Girlfriend", Jessica Lovejoy serves as one to Bart Simpson. She pretends to befriend and fall in love with him, only so she can act as bad as she wants; knowing that if she gets caught, she can always blame Bart and let him take the fall. If not for Lisa, it would have worked.
411* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower''
412** Especially to Scorpia and Entrapta, who did think of Catra as their friend, if not a dysfunctional one. Offscreen, they have spent some quality time together, which Scorpia took pictures of. But Catra is quite {{manipulative|bitch}} in the relationship. She did manipulate Entrapta into sticking around, and Scorpia's devotion to her makes her the perfect [[YesMan Yes Woman]] in her eyes, to the point that Scorpia became an ExtremeDoormat to her. However, Catra would sooner throw them under the bus if they don't agree with her. [[spoiler:When Entrapta's calculations lead her to decide opening the portal is not a good idea, Catra decides to have her sent to Beast Island. Seeing Catra's behavior take a dip in Season 4, Scorpia at first thought Catra was just having one of those days, and believed that if Catra was a real friend, she would still come around even if Scorpia screwed up. After making up a lie that she accidentally damaged Emily's memory bank, Catra calls her useless, leading Scorpia to realize Catra was never her friend and decides to ditch her for good]].
413* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'':
414** "F.U.N." is all about Plankton pretending to befriend Spongebob as part of yet another scheme to obtain the secret recipe for the Krabby Patty.
415** "Porous Pockets" involves a large crowd of people leeching off of Spongebob after he earns a small fortune. Once it dries up, they instantly abandon him.
416* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Butters considers Cartman to be a friend that he can hang out and do fun stuff with. Cartman takes advantage of this and frequently manipulates Butters into being a pawn for his latest scheme, uses him as a scapegoat for to pin his actions on, or even outright bullies and embarrasses him at school.
417* In ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'', [[BigBad Master Cyclonis]] disguises herself as a crystal expert named Lark in an attempt to infiltrate the Storm Hawks and learn more about [[TheLancer Piper]] in the aptly-named "Best Friends Forever". Piper originally connects with her thanks to Cyclonis saving her life in a storm and their shared passion for [[PowerCrystal crystals]] and sees her as her new BFF, though she figures out the deception around the two-thirds mark and they fight it out. Interestingly enough, Cyclonis herself becomes [[VillainTakesAnInterest impressed enough by Piper]] during all of this that she offers her [[WeCanRuleTogether a place in her empire]] [[spoiler:and as shown by her failure to kill Piper with a crystal that, in Piper's own words, doesn't work on friends "even those who were only friends for a moment", [[BecomingTheMask a part of her did consider a Piper a genuine friend at least briefly]]]].
418* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'': [[spoiler: The Enchanted Girl to Cassandra]]. She just sees the latter as a tool in her EvilPlan, promising her glory and revenge just to snatch it all away later. Whether she genuinely saw [[spoiler: Cass]] as a kindred spirit is debatable, but she's still not the friend she claims she wants to be.
419* Brought up once in the original ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats''. "Better an honest enemy than a false friend."
420* In ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'', [[spoiler:Pumyra]].
421* Terra in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', though [[BrokenBird sympathetically so]].
422** She's much, ''much'' nastier in [[ComicBook/TeenTitans the comics]], as Terra was not a lost girl brainwashed by Slade. She was a pure psychopath that Slade was almost ''scared of'' (You read that right). Worse is that she was also Slade's [[{{Squick}} underage girlfriend]]. What makes it especially hilarious is that at no point in the lead-up of the comic arc does she ever really pretend that she doesn't dislike nearly everyone on the team nor isn't lying constantly to them, so the Titans, in retrospect, were TooDumbToLive.
423** Malchior is this to Raven in the "Spellbound" episode. He pretends to be the hero unjustly sealed by the evil dragon as a LastBreathBullet and manages to play on her insecurities to worm his way into her heart in order to get her to free him, revealing he ''is'' the evil dragon who was SealedEvilInACan instead once she does.
424** And Blackfire, Starfire's sister, pretended to care for her sister while framing her for the crimes she committed so Starfire would get taken to jail instead. Starfire eventually finds out the truth and engages her in battle which leads to Blackfire rightfully getting captured by the police.
425* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', Jonas Venture Sr. and the Blue Morpho teamed up on a few adventures together and seemed to be good friends. [[spoiler:But then it's revealed that Jonas had recorded the Blue Morpho cheating on his wife and used the tape to blackmail him into becoming Jonas' personal attack dog. Then after the Blue Morpho's death, Jonas "revived" him as a mindless cyborg, used him as a butler when he lost interest in him, and finally unceremoniously tossed his "friend" into the garbage after the cyborg snapped and attacked Rusty. Also, it's heavily implied that the "fertility treatments" Jonas gave the Blue Morpho's wife to help her conceive was actually just him sleeping with her.]]
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