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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
->''"Even someone who wears a mask of goodness can still have pitch darkness in his heart, you see."''
-->-- '''Giriko''', ''Manga/SoulEater''

->'''Naru:''' [[PassiveAggressiveKombat Well, let's both put some serious effort into this and get hired. Though our levels of seriousness may be different]], [[LastNameBasis Sakura-san]].\\
'''Nene:''' ''[thinking]'' Why does she hate me so much?!\\
''[Umiko arrives and notices that Nene and Naru are working in awkward silence]''\\
'''Umiko:''' Sakura-san, is something wrong?\\
'''Nene:''' Eh? Ah... well...\\
'''Naru:''' ''[smiling]'' It seems [[AffectionateNickname Nenecchi]] is having a bit of trouble.\\
'''Umiko:''' Is that so? What don't you understand?\\
'''Nene:''' ''[thinking]'' She's acting all nice...!
-->-- ''Manga/NewGame''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fan Works]]
->Her eyes were melancholy, but he knew better than to pity her.
-->-- '''Tavros''' watching '''Vriska''', in the ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' fanfiction ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9404434/1/Don-t-Leave Don't Leave]]''

->I don't need help from a bunch of ass kissers picked by an idiot king. Especially not her. I can easily see it through her eyes, nothing is genuine about her. I want absolutely nothing to do with her.
-->-- '''[[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaKatsukiBakugo Bakugo]]''' making a [[JerkassHasAPoint point]] on how rotten '''[[Characters/TheRisingOfTheShieldHeroMaltyMelromarc Malty]]''' is deep inside much to her anger when they first meet, Chapter 2 of ''Fanfic/KingExplosionMurderTheShieldHero''

->'''Neia Varon''': Well you see, when I first saw him (Itsuki) back at Melromarc, he seemed like a very nice person, even defending us when things get rough. But suddenly he acts so horribly here in this country (Tervein), calling me a bitch and saying other horrible insults to you and to be taking a job like with with those kinds of people?\\
'''[[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaKatsukiBakugo Bakugo]]''': It was because he was playing hero,\\
'''Neia''': Playing hero?\\
'''Bakugo''': He acts like an ideal hero everyone would like as an act, but all the little ass hat cares about was his shallow pride and getting recognition from people. He never cared about being a hero. I have seen too many heroes in my world who lie behind the publics to suck up to the press.
-->-- ''Fanfic/KingExplosionMurderTheShieldHero'', Chapter 7

->"More or less. Helps that people will happily buy that face of hers as the picture of innocence." The less the world knew of the wicked grin that 'innocent' face made while setting anthills on fire and discreetly cheating at certain arcade games to get more tickets, the better for all three of them.
-->-- '''Adagio Dazzle''' on '''Sonata Dusk''', ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/291067/sirens-of-chs Sirens of CHS]]''

->''"Does that mean we ''can't'' kick her ass?"''
-->-- '''Sonata Dusk''', ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/291067/sirens-of-chs Sirens of CHS]]''

->"Hey, that's what your dad said!" Sonata chirped. A dark shadow crossed her face as she smiled. "And look where he is."
-->-- ''Fanfic/SpectacularSeven''
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[[folder:Film -- Animation]]
->''"She spied on our lives through the little doll's eyes and saw that we weren't happy. So she lured us away with treasures and treats, and games to play, gave all that we asked. Yet we still wanted more, so we let her sew the buttons. She said she loved us; but she locked us here. And ate up our lives."''
-->-- '''Ghost Boy''' on '''the Beldam''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}''

->''"The guy may seem plush and huggable on the outside, but inside, he's a monster."''
-->-- '''Buttercup''', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''
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[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
->''"She's a predator posing as a house pet."''
-->-- '''Tyler Durden''', ''Film/FightClub''

->''"You are just like me, Lydia. Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it."''
-->-- '''Jennifer Blake''', ''Film/TeenWolf''

->''"Oh my God, that's a thin veneer of kindness. Nobody's that nice. ''Serial killers'' are that nice."''
-->-- '''Jay Baruchel''' regarding '''Jonah Hill''', ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd''

->''"Do you believe [[WoundedGazelleGambit every sad story]] you hear?"''
-->-- '''Kalara''' (through a translator device), ''Film/StarTrekBeyond''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Literature]]
->''"Snow may be pretty, but up close it's cold and nasty."''
-->-- '''[[TheHero Jason]]''' on '''[[AnIcePerson Khione]]''', ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus''

->"Scarlett!" he said, when he saw her. "It's him! Come on!"\\
"It's who? What are you talking about?"\\
"Him! [[spoiler:Frost]]. He's Jack. He tried to kill me!"\\
A ''bang!'' from above as the man Jack kicked at the door.\\
"But." Scarlett tried to make sense of what she was hearing, "But he's ''nice.''"\\
"No," said Bod, grabbing her hand and pulling her down the stairs, into the hallway. "No, he's not."
-->-- ''Literature/TheGraveyardBook''

->It was easy to take Nan at face value, but a good many business people -- realtors, for the most part -- had [[ObfuscatingStupidity discovered that doing so was a bad idea]]. Behind the sweet face there was a clicking computer of a mind, and beneath the motherly swell of bosom there was [[{{Greed}} a pile of account books]] where the heart should have been.
-->-- ''Literature/NeedfulThings''

->You came to me disguised as Venus, but you are Lilith, and I know it.
-->-- ''Tropic of Capricorn'', by Henry Miller

->The artist had captured [[{{Socialite}} Priscilla, Lady Blyth]]. The lightly arch look, and the smile, were exactly right. As for the shadows encroaching on one side of the face, the hand tucked just behind the skirt, unseen -- well. Of those few people who saw the true self of Robin's mother, only Sargent had dared to put it on display like that while she still lived. The painter must have known that neither she nor her husband would catch the irony, [[ConspicuousConsumption neither of them loving art for itself]].
-->-- ''Literature/TheLastBinding'': ''A Marvellous Light''

->Since on the surface he looked pure-hearted, free of desire, and immune to wicked temptations, then beneath that surface he had to be immoral, shameless, scummy, and despicable.
-->--''Literature/TheScumVillainsSelfSavingSystemRenZhaFanpaiZijiuXitong''
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
->''"Still the iron claw in the velvet glove, Mariel?"''
-->-- '''Timov''', ''Series/BabylonFive''

->''"I know it seems like she's being nice, but she hates us and she's about to say something mean."''
-->-- '''PFC Randy Hill''', ''Series/{{Enlisted}}''

->'''Don:''' You come and go as you please.\\
'''Hilton:''' Yes, I do.\\
'''Don:''' And you don't give a crap that my future is tied up in this mess because of you?\\
'''Hilton:''' You wanted my account, and you were lucky to get it.\\
'''Don:''' And you wanted to play with me. Kick me around, knock me down to size while you called me "son".
-->-- ''Series/MadMen'', "[[Recap/MadMenS3E13ShutTheDoorHaveASeat Shut the Door. Have a Seat]]"

->'''Raj:''' I'm very comfortable here. Penny, dear, why don't you shoot another silver bullet my way?\\
'''Penny:''' Get one yourself!\\
'''Raj:''' Hoooh! Somebody's been taking bitchy pills!\\
'''Penny:''' God, he's an ass when he drinks.\\
'''Howard:''' He's an ass when he doesn't, you just don't hear it.
-->-- ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', "[[Recap/TheBigBangTheoryS4E3TheZazzySubstitution The Zazzy Substitution]]"

->'''Worf:''' I believed her... I ''helped'' her. I did not see what she was.\\
'''Picard:''' Mr. Worf, villains who twirl their moustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well camouflaged.
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E21TheDrumhead The Drumhead]]"

->'''Dorien:''' I'm afraid ''darling'' Rosa has been a manipulative little ''bitch!''\\
'''Sharon:''' Can't ''think'' where she gets it from.
-->-- ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather'', "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS5E9EastSideStory East Side Story]]"

->'''Phoebe:''' Y'know, I bet it would actually make my grandmother very happy to know that we're trying to figure out her recipe. I bet she's looking up at us and smiling right now.\\
'''Ross:''' Looking ''up''?\\
'''Phoebe:''' Oh yeah — no, she was really nice to me, but she's in Hell for sure.
-->-- ''Series/{{Friends}}'', [[Recap/FriendsS7E3TheOneWithPhoebesCookies "The One With Phoebe's Cookies"]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Music]]
->''You look like an angel\\
Walk like an angel\\
Talk like an angel\\
But I got wise\\
You're the devil in disguise''
-->-- '''Music/ElvisPresley''', "Devil in Disguise"

->''An angel in disguise she was\\
But somehow you fell for her\\
Until she broke your heart that day\\
And left you in the rain''
-->-- '''Music/{{Brandy}}''', "Angel in Disguise"

->''Smiling faces sometimes pretend to be your friend\\
Smiling faces show no traces of the evil that lurks within\\
Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes\\
They don't tell the truth\\
Smiling faces, smiling faces\\
Tell lies and I got proof''
-->-- '''The Undisputed Truth''', "Smiling Faces Sometimes"

->''You whore in sheep's clothing, fucking up all I do...''
-->-- '''Music/CoheedAndCambria'''

->''I know you'd like to think your shit don't stank, but\\
Lean a little bit closer, see\\
Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh''
-->-- '''Music/OutKast''', "Roses"

->''With her wine-stained lips, yeah, she's nothing but trouble\\
Cold to the touch, but she's warm as a devil\\
I gave her my heart, but she wanted my soul''
-->-- '''Music/NickJonas''', "Chains"

->''Darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream''
-->-- '''Music/TaylorSwift''', "Blank Space"

->''Standing on the same road again''\\
''Sister's in the master bedroom''\\
''Time to dig that hole again''\\
''You have the tools but you did not choose them''\\
''You are a [[cutlass cruiser]]''\\
''I'm just a part-time loser now''\\
''Do you take scars or bruises?''\\
''All have proof that we struggled somehow''
-->--'''TOPS''', "Cutlass Cruiser"

->''"It's in your eyes, what's on your mind\\
I see the truth that you've buried inside\\
It's in your eyes, what's on your mind\\
There's no mercy, just anger I find"''
-->--'''Music/WithinTemptation''', "A Dangerous Mind"
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Religion and Myth]]
->''"Beware of {{false prophet}}s, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}''', ''Literature/TheBible, Matthew 7:15''
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
->The [=DeFontaines=] are very much like taking a bite from a perfectly polished, delicious-looking apple, only to find it completely rotten at the core. They come across as the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity perfect parents-in-absentia]]: competent, caring, authoritative, inclined to listen to the concerns of their staff and students. In truth, both were twisted at an early age to lack any sense of compassion for their "inferiors" (i.e.: anyone outside their own [[MysteryCult particular religious sect]]) and if sufficiently pressed by circumstances, they can be provoked into revealing this [[LackOfEmpathy total lack of human empathy]].
-->-- "High, Sweet Evil Laughter", ''[[TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness Innocents]]''
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[[folder:Theatre]]
->''"O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!\\
Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?\\
Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical,\\
Dove-feathered raven, wolvish-ravening lamb!"''
-->-- '''Juliet''', ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''
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[[folder:Video Games]]
->''([[StepfordSmiler That soft, kind smile]]... It's the kind that tells you a pair of devil horns are not too far away...)''
-->-- '''Phoenix Wright''' on '''[[spoiler:Morgan Fey]]''', ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll''

->''"People are simply things to be used. Used and thrown away. Put on a sweet, innocent face, and people will swallow anything you feed them."''
-->-- '''[[spoiler:Matt Engarde]]''', ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll''

->''"A degenerate who makes you want to throw up just from the fact that you're breathing the same air as her. That was the true identity of Kanade Otonokoji, a person whom we once thought as our friend, as our classmate."''
-->-- '''Sora''' on '''Kanade Otonokoji''', ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpaAnother2''

->'''Radiance:''' I daresay you've found it. Wonderful, wonderful work, Ella/Ellis. You were so much quicker than I expected.\\
''(Something shifts subtly in Radiance's smile... his/her eyes becoming cunning, sharp, '''''wicked''''')''\\
'''Ella/Ellis:''' What do you mean?\\
'''Radiance:''' Lovely, sweet Ella/Ellis. Who would have guessed?\\
''(Ella/Ellis stands frozen in fear. He/she tries to run, but is transfixed to the spot as Radiance walks towards them)''\\
'''Radiance:''' Such a clever girl/boy, Ella/Ellis. And yet so naïve. So very ''trusting''. Didn't you parents tell you to be wary of the Fae in the woods?
-->-- ''VisualNovel/TheCursedHeart''
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[[folder:Web Video]]
->'''Penny:''' Sometimes people are layered like that. There's something totally different underneath than what's on the surface.\\
'''Dr. Horrible:''' And sometimes there's a third, even deeper level, and that one is the same as the top surface one!\\
'''Penny:''' Huh?\\
'''Dr. Horrible:''' Like with pie.
-->-- ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''

->'''WebVideo/BennettTheSage:''' Wait a minute... this whole cutesy, naïve thing was all just an act?\\
'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick:''' ''[[BluntYes Yep]]''.\\
'''[[WebVideo/YouCanPlayThis JewWario]]:''' You're... not really that nice?\\
'''Chick:''' ''Nope''.
-->-- ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}''

->'''Kirito:''' There's no way that guy's really dead. There's [[FakingTheDead something else]] going on here, and I'm going to prove it.\\
'''Asuna:''' [[SarcasmMode Wow, how noble of you]].\\
'''Kirito:''' Oh spare me, ComicBook/WonderWoman. You're only doing this to prove I was wrong.\\
'''Asuna:''' ''Hey!'' At least I ''pretend'' to be nice to people!\\
'''Kirito:''' Yeah, whatev-- [[DoubleTake Wait, pretend?]]
-->-- ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged''
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
->'''Homer Simpson:''' Flanders? ''You're'' [[TheDevil the Devil]]?!\\
'''Devil Ned Flanders:''' ''[=[=][[AffablyEvil chuckling amiably]]]'' It's always the one you least suspect.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

->'''TV Caption:''' Lois Griffin -- Probably more of a bitch than she lets on.\\
'''Lois:''' [[IResembleThatRemark Oh, you can just go *bleep* yourself, Diane]].
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''

->''"You know, I lose more Puddy Tats that way!"''
-->-- '''Tweety''', ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''

->''"He told me he was [[TheMuse a muse]], that he chose one brilliant mind a century to inspire. [[MyGreatestFailure What a fool I was, blinded by his flattery and games]]. He became my research assistant. He was free to move in and out of my mind as he pleased. We were partners. When he told me I could complete my research by building a gateway to other worlds, I trusted him. He said this was the way genius happened: with a little help from a friend. It seemed that I was on the verge of my greatest achievement... [[KickTheMoralityPet until my partner]] got a [[GoMadFromTheRevelation glimpse of]] Bill's [[WhenDimensionsCollide true plans]]."''
-->-- '''Grunkle Ford''' on '''Bill Cipher''', ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''

->''"And though we seem quite pleasant, our niceness is just a show!"''
-->-- '''Reirei''', ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard''
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