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3	->'''Sergei:''' I'm sorry about the unfortunate incident. It was excessive, and more to the point it was foolish. Mikhi did it without consulting me.\
4	'''Gregor:''' He turned rogue and can't be controlled? Is that it?
5	-->-- ''Film/Ronin1998''
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7	A member of a government intelligence agency who starts operating on their own authority. Often this is [[PlausibleDeniability merely a cover for activities the government in question would denounce]] if anything went wrong. If more than one person is involved, it will be described as a "renegade operation" or "rogue elephant".
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9	For writers, this is a good way to have a [[EvilCounterpart villain with all the skills and knowledge of the heroes]], should they also be spooks or special forces soldiers. It's also useful if you're BackedByThePentagon, as you're not disparaging the organization as a whole, just a "bad apple".
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11	For the group version of this, see RenegadeSplinterFaction. See RenegadeRussian and TerroristsWithoutACause for specific examples of this trope. Compare FromCamouflageToCriminal and RogueSoldier.
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13	!!Examples:
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17	%%[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
18	%%* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'': Kazundo Gouda, resident SmugSnake and AgentProvocateur of 2nd Gig.%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample
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21	[[folder:Comic Books]]
22	* ''ComicBook/DoubleDuck'' has a few:
23	** Axel Alpha/Agent Zero used to be a member of the Agency and fight villains until his various encounters with the Organization caused him to go his own way and become a freelance spy, doing jobs for whoever pays him more, to the point that in his namesake story, he steals the entire database of the Agency and then ''summons representatives from the Agency, the Organization and a second villainous syndicate to auction it off''. [[spoiler:He's actually Donald in disguise, and the whole affair is [[EnemyMine the Agency and the Organization working together to nip a new syndicate in the bud]], but [[TheRealRemingtonSteele Axel Alpha actually exists]] and when he eventually appears, he's still engaged as a rogue agent.]]
24	** The {{Crossover}} with ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' features T32, a rogue agent of the TimePolice being hunted down by his superiors. [[spoiler:He and Axel Alpha get their hands on a database of Time Police technologies and go on to create the 23rd century Organization, that Axel named after the syndicate that inspired his FaceHeelTurn.]]
25	** When the Direction replaces the Agency, it inherits all of the Agency's assets and promptly releases the identities of almost all their agents -- ''almost'' because they haven't fully decoded the database with their names before it's destroyed by Donald. After that debacle, Donald, Zig Zago and a few others who escaped being exposed go on to reform the Agency, as ''someone'' has to do the job.
26	* Every [[spoiler:surviving]] member of ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' severs ties with the British government between Vol. 2 and ''The Black Dossier''. The ones who decide to carry on fighting crime do so with the backing of the original Leaguer, Prospero, who lives in a storybook kingdom at the North Pole.
27	* ''ComicBook/Team7'' was an EliteArmy team serving for International Operations (aka I/O, the CIA of the Creator/{{Wildstorm}} universe) who went around the world finishing jobs that another military teams couldn't. After becoming {{Human Weapon}}s against their will during one mission, all the survivor members of the team went rogue and deserted from I/O, killing anyone who went after them. Eventually, various of them became {{vigilante\|Man}}s or formed/became part of their own team, becoming the angular stone of groups like the ComicBook/WildCATsWildStorm and [=WetWorks=].
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30	[[folder:Fan Works]]
31	* ''Fanfic/DanganronpaParadiseLost'': [[spoiler:Ex-[[PrivateMilitaryContractors Fenrir]] member Kenji Shima was hired on behalf of the Future Foundation to investigate and hopefully sabotage the latest [[DeadlyGame Killing Game]]. Unfortunately for them, Kenji lost sight of his original objectives and eventually got several people, himself included, killed while attempting to flush out Monaca Towa instead]].
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34	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
35	* ''Film/TheBourneSeries'': The employers of the main character think that he's done this, but he's actually suffering from EasyAmnesia.
36	* ''Film/BrooklynTide'': Jonathan Clay is a former FBI agent who was imprisoned for taking dirty money, and as revenge, he intends to cause a nuclear disaster.
37	* ''Film/CatsAndDogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore'' has the eponymous Kitty Galore be a former agent (playing into RenegadeRussian tropes) of the cat human-protection agency (MEOWS) who turned rogue after a mission resulted in her falling in a vat of hair remover, causing a HumiliationConga. This is the reason the movie ends up with an unprecedented dog-cat cooperation: MEOWS claims jurisdiction over stopping Kitty Galore because she's a rogue agent of theirs, and the dog human-protection agency PAWS claims jurisdiction because stopping cats threatening humanity and dogkind is ''their'' job.
38	* ''Film/TheEqualizer2'': The villains turn out to be Robert [=McCall's=] former colleagues from the DIA assassination team he used to be part of, who have now become killers for hire after the US government decided their services were no longer required.
39	* ''Film/JamesBond'':
40	** ''Film/LicenceToKill'': Bond goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge after his friend, Felix Leiter, is mutilated by a South American drug dealer and his wife was murdered on their wedding night. Other British agents try to forcibly bring him back.
41	** ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}'': [[spoiler:Alec Trevelyan, agent 006]], who was believed dead and turns out to be the BigBad.
42	** ''Film/DieAnotherDay'': Bond is imprisoned by M and has his Double-Oh status revoked after being framed for spilling secrets under duress. Bond escapes and pursues the DoubleAgent who framed him.
43	** ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' has Bond acting independently of MI-6 for much of the film, though whether this is a RoaringRampageOfRevenge for [[spoiler:Vesper Lynd's death]] in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' or simply 007 pursuing Quantum on his own when it appears MI-6 may be compromised -- or a bit of both -- is at least somewhat ambiguous.
44	** ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'': [[spoiler:Raoul Silva, the BigBad, is a former [=MI6=] agent.]]
45	** ''Film/{{Spectre}}'': Bond goes rogue from the very start of the film, albeit with a twist: [[spoiler:he's actually following orders from a {{Video Will\|s}} of the late M, who died in the previous film]].
46	* ''Franchise/TheMatrix'': In ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' and ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'', Agent Smith drops his "agent" position and simply becomes "Smith" when he [[spoiler:goes rogue and takes over the Matrix]].
47	* A recurring element of the ''Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries'', which is parodied in its ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' video.
48	** In ''Film/MissionImpossible1996'', Ethan Hunt is framed to be a rogue agent after an operation gone wrong, and the rest of the film he has to [[ClearMyName clear his name]] by finding the ''real'' rogue agent, who is [[spoiler:Jim Phelps, the protagonist of the original TV series, in one of the most infamous {{Face Heel Turn}}s in the history of cinema.]]
49	** In ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'', [[BigBad Sean Ambrose]] is a rogue IMF agent. In a break from the rest of the series, Ethan is ''not''.
50	** In ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'', Ethan Hunt is accused of being this once again halfway through the film, with the real rogue agent being [[spoiler:an IMF operative who is TheMole]].
51	** In ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol'', Ethan's whole team is declared rogue agents after a mission gone wrong, and they have to catch the BigBad on their own to clear their names.
52	** ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'' is ''full'' of rogue agents, appropriate considering the title itself. Ethan Hunt becomes a rogue agent yet again (see a pattern now?) after the CIA forces the IMF to shut down, tracking the leader of the Syndicate, Solomon Lane, [[spoiler:who is revealed to be a rogue agent of [=MI6=] himself, a product of a top-secret project consisted of rogue agents gathered from all over the world that later forms up the Syndicate]]. Also, other agents who support Ethan in his mission are also declared rogue agents by CIA as well.
53	** ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'' has [[spoiler:Solomon Lane again, but there is also August Walker, who is in reality John Lark, the leader of the Apostles. Also, despite helping detain Solomon Lane in the previous movie, the British Government considers Ilsa Faust as this, so she's trying to clear her name by killing Lane.]]
54	** ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning'': [[spoiler:The Entity turns out to be an unbeatable, unstoppable US ''digital'' agent that went rogue. Naturally, Ethan's team has to go rogue to stop it. In fact, Ilsa went rogue before Ethan was even ''on'' the case, and his first job is saving her. The movie has the SympatheticInspectorAntagonist and his assistant lampshade Ethan's pattern. Also, Ethan's team kind of goes rogue ''from Ethan'', when he tells them to vanish, and they all come back to help him.]]
55	* The climax of ''Film/RogueOne'' has the RagtagBunchOfMisfits-turned-rebels steal (back) an impounded Imperial shuttle they had earlier stolen, dub themselves with the call sign [[TitleDrop Rogue One]], and start an attack/espionage mission on Scarif so that they could retrieve the plans to the Death Star after the Rebel Alliance refused to take Jyn's word on the fact that stealing the plans would be valuable or even helpful. Once they're already on the ground, however, much of the rest of the Rebel Alliance joins them, thus sanctioning their actions.
56	* A major theme of ''Film/Ronin1998'', as the characters are former UsefulNotes/ColdWar spies and special forces operatives working as mercenaries, but at least one -- and possibly others -- are still secretly working for their own governments. Likewise, the terrorist Seamus is disavowed by Sinn Fein as a 'rogue breakaway operative' after he fails to get his hands on the mysterious suitcase.
57	* ''Film/TheSoldier'' is about a deniable government dirty tricks team, but when their contact in the CIA is murdered, they have to become rogue agents for real because no one else in the US government knows they exist. Appropriately they're fighting [[RenegadeRussian KGB agents who themselves turn out to be rogue]].
58	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
59	** In ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'', the Klingon Ambassador tries painting Captain Kirk as a "renegade and terrorist" due to the events of the previous film. The likely reason why the Ambassador doesn't claim the entire Federation is on a conspiracy to "annihilate the Klingon species" is political tact.
60	** In ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', Harrison was Starfleet's best agent before a perceived betrayal by his superiors sent him on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the entire Federation. [[spoiler:It's a cover story for his work at Section 31 and his true identity.]]
61	* ''Film/{{Switchback}}'': Frank [=LaCrosse=] is an FBIAgent who's a heroic example. He went rogue after the FBI closed the case of a {{serial killer}} he'd been hunting down on a taskforce. [=LaCrosse=] (rightly) believes the killer faked his suicide (which caused the case to be closed) as well as kidnapping [=LaCrosse=]'s son with a taunting note left behind as a lure. He'd been assigned another case, but left and went after the killer again without permission. During the film, his superior is trying to arrest [=LaCrosse=] for this. [[spoiler:However, in spite of all this, [=LaCrosse=] finds the killer and also his son.]]
62	* ''Film/ThreeDaysOfTheCondor'': The murders turn out to be a result of members of the CIA trying to hide a renegade operation from their own organization.
63	* William Strannix from ''Film/UnderSiege'' is a renegade/rogue former CIA agent, as is Travis Dane in [[Film/UnderSiege2DarkTerritory the sequel]]. The latter was merely fired, but as the former turned traitor, they tried (unsuccessfully, of course) to have him killed. Both are murderously unhappy at their respective plights.
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66	[[folder:Literature]]
67	* The titular organization from ''19'', by Roger Hall, is a peculiar variant. Most of its members are still part of various U.S. intelligence agencies but are secretly working for a retired OSS officer (their commander during the war) to do the work of American counterintelligence more effectively than the official agencies can. Its existence is unproven, its makeup unknown, and although it is evidently working to protect the U.S., many U.S. security types are determined to break it.
68	-->''"Are you talking about a penetration?"\
69	"Literally speaking, yes. But not by the opposition. If 19 exists, it's on our side. Although some of the things it's done, if it did them, were enough to give me the inside sweats."''
70	* ''Literature/TheBourneSeries'': {{Invoked\|Trope}} by a CIA agent who has become TheAlcoholic. When a U.S. official is reluctant to speak to him because of his reputation, he claims that these are deliberate rumors being spread so that his actions have PlausibleDeniability if he's caught.
71	* The protagonists of ''Literature/{{Brotherhood of the Rose}}'', by David Morrell, are Chris and Saul, two CIA assassins who are the surrogate children of CIA spymaster Eliot. Chris turns rogue when he kills someone in a TruceZone in violation of an agreement by the world's espionage agencies. Eliot has Saul blow up a conference and then frames him as a rogue agent working for Mossad. Chris, Saul and a Mossad agent then have to team up to find out why. [[spoiler:Eliot himself turns out to be running a rogue operation in collusion with spymasters from other countries to keep the Cold War under control.]]
72	* ''Literature/TheExecutioner'': Mack Bolan starts as a VigilanteMan, gets recruited by the US government as Colonel [[MeaningfulName Phoenix]] for the UsefulNotes/ColdWar in TheEighties, then goes rogue again after his LoveInterest is killed. He still does the occasional 'deniable' for his old colleagues.
73	* ''Literature/FlightOfTheIntruder'': A protagonist example, with the two main characters going on a renegade bombing mission to hit Communist Party Headquarters. They miss, succeeding only in blowing out some of the windows.
74	* Several in the ''Literature/JohnRain'' series:
75	** In ''Hard Rain'', the CIA station chief in Tokyo is running a covert operation that's been officially shut down, using his subordinate as the FallGuy by arranging to frame ''him'' as a rogue.
76	** Tatsu is running his own CowboyCop operation to assist reformist elements of Japanese society. He tries to recruit Rain as his assassin, with limited success.
77	** Jim Hilger is a CIA agent running the deniable kind of operation, who's eventually revealed to be a WellIntentionedExtremist and genuine Rogue agent.
78	** Daniel Larison is an ISA operative who plans to blackmail the U.S. government for a fortune in diamonds by threatening to release videos of Muslim prisoners being tortured.
79	** Colonel Horton's role in ''The Detachment'' is ambiguous for much of the novel. Is he trying to stop an American coup, like he claims, or is he one of the conspirators looking to advance his own interests?
80	* ''Franchise/Warhammer40000ExpandedUniverse'': The protagonists of the ''Literature/{{Eisenhorn}}'' and ''Literature/{{Ravenor}}'' series become Rogue Agents in, respectively, ''Hereticus'' and ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Ravenor: Rogue]]''. It's necessary under the circumstances, but Eisenhorn kills at least one man whose only crime is trying to stop him.
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83	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
84	* Jack Bauer of ''Series/TwentyFour'' qualifies as this in every season, though he remains on the side of good the whole time [[spoiler:(barring the end of the final season, in which [[FaceHeelTurn he becomes]] an AntiVillain)]]. Nina Myers, Stephen Saunders, Christopher Henderson and [[spoiler:Tony Almeida (in Season 7)]] are all villainous examples.
85	* ''Series/BlakesSeven'': Because it didn't seem plausible for TheDragon to keep pursuing and losing Blake [[YouHaveFailedMe without consequence]], in Season B, the writers had Space Commander Travis go renegade to avoid court-martial by the Federation. Servalan decides to aid him covertly just in case he does manage to get Blake or the Liberator, but in the season finale, it turns out that Travis is a genuine rogue [[spoiler:and MisanthropeSupreme, as he's helping an AlienInvasion that will KillAllHumans]].
86	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
87	** Faith becomes a rogue Slayer upon her FaceHeelTurn in the third season, working for the Mayor. This causes problems for the Watcher's Council as until she dies, the line of Slayers can't continue; they do their best to rectify the situation in ''Series/{{Angel}}''.
88	** Wesley tries to reinvent himself as a [[InsistentTerminology rogue demon hunter]] after being fired. Nobody really buys it (at least not initially).
89	--->'''Cordelia:''' What's a [[AmbiguousSyntax rogue demon]]?
90	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor is used in this role in his third and fourth incarnations, as a deniable agent for when the Time Lords decide to break their own rules of non-intervention. The Doctor isn't happy about it, as he'd rather be a genuine rogue.
91	* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': The Peacekeeper Crais goes rogue to hunt down John Crichton, whom he blames for the death of his brother.
92	* ''Series/TheGame2014'' plays with this with Joe Lamb and his revenge plot running occasionally against the official operations underway.
93	* ''Series/{{JAG}}'' has Clark Palmer, a former [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction DSD]] agent who tries to either kill or frame Harm on several occasions.
94	* ''Series/MissionImpossible'' agents are of the deniable operative kind. This is made clear to them in the MissionBriefing [[OncePerEpisode at the start of every episode]], and they apparently have the choice of refusing to accept a mission.
95	* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' has Mossad agents Ari Hassari and Michael Rivkin. [[spoiler:The former is a DoubleAgent who turns out to be EvilAllAlong; the latter is called a rogue but is actually acting under Director Eli David's full authority. Yet another example comes later with ''Deputy Director'' Ilan Bodnar, who goes rogue to assassinate Director David.]]
96	* ''Series/{{Nikita}}'': A number of Division undercover agents decide to go rogue and stop obeying orders from Division after Nikita takes over in the third season.
97	* ''Series/TheProfessionals'':
98	** In "Rogue", a member of [=CI5=] turns out to be corrupt and commits a couple of murders to conceal this. Cowley doesn't take it well, as he was an old war buddy and his first choice for recruitment into [=CI5=].
99	** In "Wild Justice", Cowley realizes that Bodie is planning to avenge a friend who had been murdered by an outlaw biker gang and ends up putting a gun to Bodie's head to prevent him committing murder and destroying [=CI5=] in the process.
100	* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
101	** Rogue NID agents become the standard human villains. In fact, it turns out that the ''majority'' of the NID are rogue agents, making it very difficult for the few loyal agents (even with the help of Stargate Command) to actually clean up the organization.
102	** This role is very occasionally played by SG-1 itself, notably at the end of Season 1, when the Stargate program is being shut down just as Daniel has knowledge from an alternate timeline that Goa'ould are about to devastate Earth. Since he turns out to be right and they stop this from happening in the main timeline, they're forgiven, and everything goes back to normal.
103	** Another episode has Jack going rogue and stealing technology from Earth's allies [[spoiler:as part of a sting to capture the actual rogue NID agents]].
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107	* ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'':
108	** For the majority of the story, Mike Thorton is a rogue agent after learning that [[spoiler:his own agency tried to kill him after he recovered the "stolen" missiles]].
109	** Of the people you meet during the game, Conrad Marburg is an ex-rogue agent turned civilian contractor (and also something of Mike's EvilCounterpart). And then there's Steven Heck, who may be a rogue agent. He may also be a non-rogue agent for a ''particularly'' deep-cover (and indiscriminate) part of the CIA... or he may be a complete lunatic who ''thinks'' that he's either of the above. [[spoiler:A mail recovered from the CIA's Rome listening post implies that it's option one.]]
110	%%* ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'': The Point Man has become this by ''F.E.A.R. 3''.%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample
111	* ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent'' involves, as you'd expect, an [=MI6=] agent going rogue after being discharged due to "needless brutality" and being recruited into SPECTRE by Goldfinger himself.
112	* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
113	** ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' has Saren Arterius, the Council's most famous Spectre, going rogue. [[spoiler:Of course, it's later revealed that he's actually been indoctrinated by [[BigBad Reaper Sovereign]], but at the same time, it's clear that he was pretty much fond of KickTheDog behavior even ''before'' he got indoctrinated.]]
114	** The galaxy sees Shepard as one in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' when s/he's forced to work with Cerberus, particularly in the ''Arrival'' [[DownloadableContent DLC]], in which Shepard [[spoiler:detonates a Mass Relay to delay the imminent arrival of the Reapers, despite the fact that this will mean sacrificing the lives of over 300,000 Batarians in the system as a result. Thus, ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' appropriately begins with Shepard on trial for having essentially committed a ''war crime'']].
115	** The first game has several encounters with Cerberus which paint a rather horrifying image of the organization. When Shepard is forced to work with them in the second, every person speaking for them tries to downplay all of the less savory things they've done. Some new ones are encountered, but Miranda Lawson and the Illusive Man are very quick to claim that these were all the work of rogue elements. A Paragon Shepard, especially one benefiting from the Overlord DLC, can see some definite hints that these claims are BlatantLies, or in Miranda's case, completely blind idealism for a group that she feels saved her life. [[HeelFaceTurn She eventually sees past it as well]].
116	** In the second game's ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' DLC, Shepard encounters Tela Vasir, a Spectre who works as TheDragon for [[ArcVillain the Shadow Broker]].
117	* ''VideoGame/SplinterCell: Conviction'' has protagonist Sam Fisher on the run, regarded as a rogue agent by his own people. [[spoiler:Killing your boss/best friend to maintain cover]] may have something to do with it.
118	* ''VideoGame/StarCraftI'':
119	** Raynor was charged with treason for aiding the Sons of Korhal with evacuating a city.
120	** Tassadar was marked a traitor after he decided to work with Terrans to defeat the Zerg.
121	* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', the Imperial Agent can become this at the end of their story [[spoiler:by bringing the Black Codex to the Minister of Intelligence, who uses it to erase your identity]] so that you can act as an independent agent who protects the Empire without Sith jurisdiction. It's a mixed bag, since you're freeing yourself of a fascistic... well, ''[[TheEmpire empire]]'' that runs on evil so that you can protect said evil empire on your own terms.
122	* Gabe Logan and Lian Xing go rogue at the end of the first ''VideoGame/SyphonFilter''.
123	%%* This is the eventual fate of [[spoiler:David]] in ''VideoGame/TellingLies''.%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample
124	* ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis 5'' reveals that [[spoiler:Robert Baxter is the traitor within the VSSE]] in the True Mastermind Edition.
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127	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
128	* In ''VisualNovel/ThePhantomAgent'', Chapter 12, Elliot is accused of working with the enemy and taken into custody after they find out that [[TheDragon The Contractor]] is none other than their previous partner, Rowan Salazar, and let the latter escape. Elliot's response? To go rogue for real in the next chapter, with their current partner, Gray, following suit. [[spoiler:In Chapter 17, it turns out that Marvin was banking on Elliot and Gray doing just that. As for why he accused Elliot and put them in custody, well, [[IDidWhatIHadToDo he did what he had to do]].]]
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131	[[folder:Webcomics]]
132	* {{Exaggerated\|Trope}} in ''Webcomic/AmazingAgentJennifer''. ''Every named agent'' goes rogue at some point, and the majority of the plot is caused by a collision of two rogue operations [[spoiler:controlled by ''the same agent'']].
133	* Lo Po Bia Ren from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' takes a ''lot'' of liberties with his SecretPolice job.
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136	[[folder:Web Original]]
137	* ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'': [[Film/DasBoot Willenbrock]] is a German U-Boat Captain who's made a career out of making Hitler's life miserable and uses all of his naval expertise to avoid being brought to justice.
138	* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': Virtually every agent of Project Freelancer goes rogue at some point. Given the group's [[PlayingWithSyringes extensive experiments with A.I. implantation]], this is not the least bit surprising.
139	* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': The Chaos Insurgency does both versions of the trope. Ostensibly, they are a RenegadeSplinterFaction that broke off from the SCP Foundation in 1924, but in truth, they were a black ops unit meant to carry out operations which the Foundation couldn't officially be involved in. Then, for reasons unknown, they turned against the Foundation for real.
140	* ''WebVideo/WaldoTheMovie'': Waldo becomes one, going on a rampage and shooting civilians in a crowd after someone says that they "found Waldo" while pointing at him, with the rest of the trailer focusing on him arming himself and playing cat-and-mouse with other agents. It's not explained what he wants or why he's trying to take out spy agency that hired agents, except for speculation that he "finally snapped".
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143	[[folder:Western Animation]]
144	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheBoondocksS3E15ItsGoinDown It's Goin' Down]]", [[{{Expy}} Jack]] [[Series/TwentyFour Flowers]] decides to go vigilante on the [[AristocratsAreEvil Wunclers]], who were planning to commit a pseudo-terrorist bombing for a [[{{Greed}} convoluted scam]]:
145	-->'''Chief:''' Sorry, Jack, [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney turns out some people are above the law]]. [[KarmaHoudini The Wunclers will not pay for what they did today]], you have my word. Good work, everyone, have a good weekend. And oh, [[TemptingFate no going rogue]].\
146	'''Jack:''' [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight I'm going rogue]].
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149	[[folder:Real Life]]
150	* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Terpil Frank Terpil]] was dismissed from the UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} in 1971 for financial misconduct and used his expertise to aid various dictators including UsefulNotes/MuammarGaddafi, UsefulNotes/IdiAmin and UsefulNotes/FidelCastro.
151	* Ex-CIA agent [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_P._Wilson Edwin P. Wilson]] was convicted of selling arms to Libya, though he was able to overturn the conviction after a long legal battle, claiming that he'd been working for the CIA the entire time. Details are on Website/{{Wikipedia}} (linked above).
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