Line #26 PlayingWith/BecomingTheMask


1	'''Basic Trope''': TheMole starts to like the surroundings he's infiltrated.
2	* '''Straight''': [[TheMole Melvin]] infiltrates the FiveManBand and pretends to join them. During his time with them, he starts to legitimately enjoy their company and the way they do things.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Melvin pretends to join the FiveManBand and immediately starts enjoying their company.
5	** Melvin is the BigBad.
6	** Melvin goes from near-CompleteMonster to an IdealHero the moment he decides to infliltrate the FiveManBand
7	* '''Downplayed''': Melvin infiltrates the FiveManBand to betray them, but decides they don't deserve it and just leaves instead.
8	* '''Justified''':
9	** Melvin really didn't like his life beforehand. The good guys show him that life is worth living.
10	** Alternately, Melvin genuinely wanted to join the good guys to begin with, and his job as TheMole was just an excuse to get out from under his evil employers.
11	** Melvin was a WellIntentionedExtremist who truly believed in the villains' cause. The FiveManBand has proven him wrong.
12	** Melvin finds he just enjoys being around the FiveManBand and doing what they do more than being with the villains.
13	* '''Inverted''': Melvin questions himself and is on the verge of doing a HeelFaceTurn, but after infiltrating the FiveManBand and hating them he realises that he was right all along and becomes much more comfortable with his betrayal.
14	* '''Subverted''': Melvin didn't really start to enjoy things...his act was so complete that he was even able to fake a growing sense of camaraderie with his victims.
15	* '''Double Subverted''': At least, that's the excuse he gives when he has to go through with his betrayal...
16	* '''Parodied''':
17	** The FiveManBand makes Melvin do all their laundry and cleaning, and treat him with barely-disguised contempt, he still insists he loves it.
18	** ... Because hey, it's still better than how he was being treated before.
19	* '''Zig Zagged''': There are certain aspects of that life Melvin missed, but overall, he doesn't seem too broken up about it.
20	* '''Averted''':
21	** Melvin keeps his distance while with the FiveManBand.
22	** Melvin's is devoted enough to Emperor Evulz that anytime the FiveManBand talks badly about him, he is secretly offended and doubles down on his mission to destroy them, no matter how nice they are to him personally.
23	* '''Enforced''': "Alright, let's have the bad guy who's infiltrating the good guys start to like their way of life!"
24	* '''Lampshaded''': "You know, I could get used to this." "What was that?" "I said...I should...let you do this!"
25	* '''Invoked''': When Rachel, herself a mole in the villain organisation, finds herself [[MoleInCharge in a position to hand out assignments to Melvin]], she sends him to infiltrate the FiveManBand because she believes they can convert him to their side.
26	* '''Exploited''': When Melvin confesses, Henry convinces him to [[DoubleAgent pretend to be still working for the enemy in order to feed them faulty intelligence]].
27	* '''Defied''': "They may seem like nice people, but they're still my enemies. My mission remains unchanged."
28	* '''Discussed''': "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Your true face... What kind of... face is it? I wonder... The face under the mask... Is that... your true face?]]"
29	* '''Conversed''': "That show was so sad, how that Melvin guy betrayed the team!"
30	* '''Implied''': While Melvin is still a [[TheMole Mole,]] you can start to see him pick up some of the characteristics of the FiveManBand.
31	* '''Deconstructed''':
32	** Melvin is forced to go through with his betrayal. Since he had started legitimately enjoying their companionship, this tears him up inside.
33	** Melvin starts suffering from a severe identity crisis as he begins to question who is the real him.
34	** Melvin felt bitter over the fact he will one day have to leave the band any time soon and wished he could have turned his life around for the better earlier.
35	* '''Reconstructed''':
36	** Melvin decides to make a HeelFaceTurn and becomes the SixthRanger.
37	** Melvin decides that there is no "real him", and strives in being his own person, culminating in his HeelFaceTurn.
38	* '''Played For Laughs''': Melvin goes in as TheMole to take out the FiveManBand from the inside. One party later, and he had so much fun, even his ''bosses'' want to join the FiveManBand.
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42	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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44	%%* '''Implied''': ???
45	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
46	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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