1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character is secretly working for the other side. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Most people assume Bob is a good guy working with LaResistance, until TheReveal when it turns out he was working for TheEmpire and [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] all along. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** [[FlockOfWolves Everybody in the story is secretly working for someone else.]] |
5 | ** Bob is [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder working for more sides than he can keep track of]] at any given time. |
6 | ** [[MoleInCharge Bob is the leader of the heroes.]] |
7 | ** [[TwoAliasesOneCharacter Bob is Emperor Evulz.]] |
8 | * '''Downplayed''': NotInThisForYourRevolution |
9 | * '''Justified''': |
10 | ** Bob is a mole because he's being blackmailed or coerced. |
11 | ** Bob has good reason to dislike the good guys. |
12 | * '''Inverted''': In a group where everyone else is TheMole, Bob is the only member sincere about his allegiances. |
13 | * '''Subverted''': |
14 | ** Bob is revealed as a mole, but then it turns out to be [[RedHerringMole someone else framing him.]] |
15 | ** Bob is BecomingTheMask and pulls a HeelFaceTurn. |
16 | ** RedHerringMole |
17 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
18 | ** Bob is revealed as a mole, then it turns out to be someone else framing him, but at the end [[EvilAllAlong Bob really is]] [[FramingTheGuiltyParty the mole after all.]] |
19 | ** Except he [[FakeDefector faked his Heel-Face Turn on purpose.]] |
20 | * '''Parodied''': |
21 | ** Bob is [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain so obviously a mole]] that it's ridiculous nobody else notices. For example, in a FunnyAnimal work, he is literally a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(animal) burrowing mammal of the family Talpidae]]. |
22 | ** The mole has a large brown [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_%28skin_marking%29 melanocytic nevus]] on his face or elsewhere on his body, a la ''Film/AustinPowers''. |
23 | ** Lareneg Elomeht, an ObviouslyEvil [[PuttingOnTheReich person looks like a Nazi general]] with his SdrawkcabAlias to boot, has no one suspecting him at all. |
24 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is set up as the mole, but turns out to be a DoubleAgent. The guy framing him is actually the mole, but working for a third side. Then the protagonist ends up being a mole too. |
25 | * '''Averted''': There are no moles -- everybody's on the side they claim to be. |
26 | * '''Enforced''': In any work set during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar, it's well known that both sides employed moles, so there pretty much has to be one. |
27 | * '''Lampshaded''': "There's always a mole in these stories. And it's always the person you least suspect." |
28 | * '''Invoked''': "We've got to plant a mole in their team; it's right there in the Spies Handbook." |
29 | * '''Exploited''': The heroes know that Bob is a mole, and so feed him false information. |
30 | * '''Defied''': "There's no mole among us; the psychometer would ferret one out in an instant." |
31 | * '''Discussed''': The characters talk about how likely it is that there will be a mole, given the political situation. |
32 | * '''Conversed''': "I knew he was a bad guy!" |
33 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
34 | ** The psychological aspects of being a mole are discussed. We see the angst Bob suffers over having to betray the people he befriended. |
35 | ** The pressure of staying under the radar and putting himself in dangerous situations to do his mission takes a toll on Bob, and he makes a huge mistake that causes him to get caught. |
36 | * '''Reconstructed''': Bob is the focus character, or even the protagonist. His {{backstory}} and psychological issues are studied; he has an opportunity to make a HeelFaceTurn... but doesn't. In the end, he carries out his betrayal exactly as planned, surprising everybody. |
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38 | Back to TheMole |
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40 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
41 | %% |
42 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
43 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
44 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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