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* Light Yagami of ''Manga/DeathNote'' was ''oh so helpful'' with [[spoiler:Naomi Misora]], [[DetectiveMole comparing notes on the Kira case with her]] and offering to let her use his cellphone [[spoiler:because [[HeKnowsTooMuch she knew too much]] and he needed to [[IKnowYourTrueName learn her true name.]]]]

The Bad Samaritan is someone who takes in the hero and seems (at first) to be helping, only to do the hero harm in the end.. He doesn't act out of the kindness of his own heart, [[EvilPlan but by some villainous motivation.]] He will keep his intention hidden from his victim, gaining their trust, until he has the hero helpless. This is the inverse of the Biblical parable about the Good Samaritan, teaching the audience that relying on the kindness of strangers is not always a good thing.

* Mr. Charrington, the man who sells Winston his book, pen and ink and later rents out a room without a telescreen to Winston and Julia in ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', turns out to be a [[SecretPolice Thought Police]] agent specifically waiting for potential dissidents interested in purchasing pre-Ingsoc artifacts. And the room in question? Turns out to have a telescreen hidden behind a painting, which Winston and Julia only [[OhCrap find out about]] just before the Thought Police show up and arrest them both.

* Mr. Charrington, the man who sells Winston his book, pen and ink and later rents out a room without a telescreen to Winston and Julia in ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', turns out to be a [[SecretPolice Thought Police]] plant specifically waiting for potential dissidents interested in purchasing pre-Ingsoc artifacts. And the room in question? Turns out to have a telescreen hidden behind a painting, which Winston and Julia only [[OhCrap find out about]] just before the Thought Police show up and arrest them both.

* Mr. Charrington, the man who sells Winston his book, pen and ink and later rents out a room without a telescreen to Winston and Julia in ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ends up turning them in because he's a [[SecretPolice Thought Police]] plant specifically waiting for potential dissidents interested in purchasing [=pre-IngSoc=] artifacts. And the room in question? Turns out to have a telescreen hidden behind a painting, which Winston and Julia only [[OhCrap find out about]] just before the Thought Police show up and arrest them both.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', if Eric Cartman ever suggests doing a good deed, it will often be this. Probably most prominent in "Crack Baby Athletic Association" where he tries to get rich under the pretenses of helping abandoned crack babies. He even manages to enlist [[TheConscience Kyle]] to help out.

* In ''Manga/AkameGaKill'', a rich family regularly takes in homeless people and travelers. Eventually, the guests are knocked out, thrown into a TortureCellar, and tortured to death.

* In Franchise/TheDCU, Granny Goodness runs an "[[OrphanageOfFear orphanage]]" for poor and downtrodden children on Apokolips that is really nothing more than a boot camp for {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}'s demon-dogs.
* "Mournin' Mess" in ''Tales from the Crypt'' #38 featured a charitable society supposed devoted to providing dignified burials for the homeless. A reporter assigned to investigate the organization discovered that it was actually [[spoiler:a group of ghouls interested in providing low-effort meals for themselves]].
* In ''ComicBook/GreenArrow: Quiver'', the resurrected Oliver Queen is taken in by a wealthy old man whom he saves from muggers, and who provides him with funds and equipment to get back on his feet as a hero. He also takes in Mia, a teenage girl who was forced to become a prostitute. Turns out he's not as charitable as he seems; [[spoiler:he's actually a satanic killer who intends to BodySurf into Queen and rape Mia]].
* {{ComicBook/Thanos}} during the Magus saga helps Adam Warlock in his battle against the Magus just because he sees the Magus as an obstacle to his goal of universal genocide.
** Later, he assists the In-Betweener (a cosmic entity created to balance Master Order and Lord Chaos, as Galactus balances Death and Eternity) in escaping from imprisonment. Thanos did so knowing that the prison was the only thing keeping the In-Betweener's powers active (an act of mercy from his parents/captors), stole the Infinity Gem from his brow, then left him to take the blame for the escape when Order and Chaos arrived to investigate.
* When ComicBook/LadyShiva ran into the newly christened ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}} Tim Drake in Paris she helped him fight off gangsters, save a rogue DEA agent, prevent a criminal from gaining a biological weapon, helped him train and fully intended to take him from Batman as her own protege by having him kill the individual behind everything they're working to stop which she makes clear after Tim kicks Dorrance out the window of his executive suite and Dorrance is hanging on fifty stories up, calling Tim "her weapon".
* Oddly enough, [[Comicbook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders the Outsiders]] villain NAMED the Bad Samaritan isn't an example of this trope, being outwardly villainous to the heroes from the beginning.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': In "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePuppetmaster The Puppetmaster]]" Hama takes in Team Avatar and is seemingly a kind old woman who was abducted from her childhood home. She bonds quickly with Katara being from her home village and similarly traumatized. However Hama has long turned to evil and been obsessed with the universe's equivalent of TheDarkArts. He tragically forces Katara to learn her art in order to save Aang and her brother. Katara fortunately renounces bloodbending going out of her way to make sure it was forever illegal.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''

* When ComicBook/LadyShiva ran into the newly christened [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]] Tim Drake in Paris she helped him fight off gangsters, save a rogue DEA agent, prevent a criminal from gaining a biological weapon, helped him train and fully intended to take him from Batman as her own protege by having him kill the individual behind everything they're working to stop which she makes clear after Tim kicks Dorrance out the window of his executive suite and Dorrance is hanging on fifty stories up, calling Tim "her weapon".

* In the ''WesternAnimation/Private Snafu'' episode "The Goldbrick", Goldie the Goldbrick tries to convince American soldiers to slack off from their work. It turns out that he is really [[spoiler:a Japanese spy hoping to enable Japan to win the war]].

* Yet another proof of the immorality of [[{{Troll}} Hazama/Terumi Yuuki]] of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'''s fame is due to him being this to [[spoiler:[[GoodSamaritan Litchi]]. When he learns that she's nearly dying due to the corruption she subjected herself to save the abandoned Arakune, Hazama offers her the cure for both her and Arakune if she joins NOL. While she refused at first, and then Kokonoe rejects her, Hazama just says he knew Kokonoe, thus eventually later on making her finalize the deal, even if he looks extremely shady and suspicious. Unfortunately for her, that was only HalfTruth: Hazama missed out the fact that Kokonoe utterly hates him and considers him her worst nemesis... and compounded with the fact that the reason why Hazama wants her in NOL was not for her to live longer, but rather for her Boundary knowledge in order to further his EvilPlan to plunge the world into despair, and seemingly ready to dump her if she ever outlives her purpose.]]

A GoodSamaritan provides help to anyone in need, even a complete stranger. They will come across the wounded hero and take him in, feed him and tend to his injuries without asking for anything in return. Sometimes these people are [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished punished for their goodness]] because they were a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter and chose to help [[TheFarmerAndTheViper someone who would only repay them with evil]].

The Bad Samaritan is someone who takes in the hero and seems (at first) to be helping, all to do the hero harm in the end.. He doesn't act out of the kindness of his own heart, [[EvilPlan but by some villainous motivation.]] He will keep his intention hidden from his victim, gaining their trust, until he has the hero helpless. This is the inverse of the Biblical parable about the Good Samaritan, teaching the audience that relying on the kindness of strangers is not always a good thing.

This is when a villain [[BitchInSheepsClothing wears a mask of altruism]] and pretends that their goal is to help unfortunate, needy characters. They will befriend and offer them their assistance to win them over, [[TheChessmaster secretly using them as pawns in their scheme]]. The good guys usually don't catch on until it is way, way too late to do anything about it and the villain has just put the final touches on the plot, revealing that the "help" was merely part of their evil plan all along.

This sort of ploy usually comes up when the hero wants something and is desperate enough to do ''anything'' to get it. The villain has just what the doctor ordered, and is willing to give it to the hero... [[DealWithTheDevil for a price]]. And the price is always exactly what the villain needs to achieve his goals. The hero might have to give up something important to the villain, or may have to [[FetchQuest retrieve]] a PlotCoupon. Other times, the villain will [[VillainWithGoodPublicity maintain a cover of respectability and generosity]] in order to attract good guys who later unwittingly act as {{mooks}} for the villain's cause. And sometimes the villain is simply a cruel bastard and likes corrupting the thought of kindness by turning it into villainy.

* Xelloss of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' does seemingly help out the heroes quite a lot more than what he expects in return. Some of that help is probably even is helpful. But most likely it all plays a part in his plan. And even when they find out [[TokenEvilTeammate who he really is]], he ''still'' gets away with it to some extent.
* In the backstory of ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', Gauron first encountered Sousuke back in his {{Child Soldier|s}} "Kashim" days. [[LoveAtFirstSight Gauron was immediately taken by the sight of the boy]] and offered him a ride back to Gauron's camp, promising him food, ammo, and AS parts. Sousuke immediately realized Gauron's intentions weren't good and refused. Gauron spent the rest of his life obsessed with Sousuke.