History Main / MoleInCharge

* King Bradley from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is the Führer and General of the Army of Amestris. Secretly, he's the homunculus Wrath (Pride in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime]]) and he's working for Father (Dante in the 2003 anime). In the manga, Father's agents have controlled the highest offices of the country [[ExaggeratedTrope for its entire 400 year history]] because ''[[AbusivePrecursors he founded it himself]]''.

* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'': There's a spy planted by Caesar in the New California Republic at Camp [=McCarran=] who's radioing out information, and they're trying to root out who it is. [[spoiler:It happens to be the officer in charge of the investigation.]]
* In ''Videogame/Fallout4'', it's eventually revealed that [[spoiler:Mayor [=McDonough=] of Diamond City]] is actually a Synth infiltrator, with the real one having been [[KillAndReplace killed and replaced]] long ago.

** Marine Colonel Nezumi may count as an early minor example, given his bought loyalty to Arlong.

* In [[VideoGame/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Romance Of The Three Kingdoms II]], you can hide officers in enemy territory to lower the loyalty of his officers. If his ruler dies, one of his officers (a relative if possible, the highest Charm officer otherwise) becomes the new ruler -- which means that your mole may become their new ruler (and, if he does, he will promptly [[FaceHeelTurn stop being a mole]].

** It's revealed the Batarian leadership had been indoctrinated by exposure to a Reaper carcass they'd found, thus when the Reapers invaded through Batarian space, the Hegemony collapsed without any resistance.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has a two-parter where [[ItMakesSenseInContext the US government imprisons all Peruvian pan-flute bands]]...and then [[{{Slurpsaur}} giant guinea pigs and derivative creatures]] go on the attack. The Department of Homeland Security director turns out to be a [[spoiler:guinea pirate]] in disguise, having assumed the role of DHS director to eliminate the pan-flute bands, as their music was the only thing keeping the guinea creatures contained. He also intentionally sent the boys and Craig to their doom in the Peruvian mountains because Craig was TheChosenOne per the Incans' predictions, not realizing/caring that Craig [[RefusalOfTheCall kept trying to walk away, having wanted no part in the weirdness]]... only for the Incans to have anticipated that and [[YouCantFightFate engineered things so Craig didn't have any choice in the matter.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has a two-parter where [[ItMakesSenseInContext the US government imprisons all Peruvian pan-flute bands]]...and then [[{{Slurpsaurs}} giant guinea pigs and derivate creatures]] go on the attack. The Department of Homeland Security director turns out to be a [[spoiler:guinea pirate]] in disguise, having assumed the role of DHS director to eliminate the pan-flute bands, as their music was the only thing keeping the guinea creatures contained. He also intentionally sent the boys and Craig to their doom in the Peruvian mountains because Craig was TheChosenOne per the Incans' predictions, not realizing/caring that Craig [[RefusalOfTheCall kept trying to walk away, having wanted no part in the weirdness]]... only for the Incans to have anticipated that and [[YouCantFightFate engineered things so Craig didn't have any choice in the matter.]]

* Anti-[[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Supe]] Congresswoman Victoria Neuman in ''Series/TheBoys2019'' is revealed at the end of the second season to be the [[YourHeadAsplode head-exploding]] [[EvilInc Vought]] assassin that's been stymying the team's efforts. Season 3 starts with her as the head of a [[SuperRegistrationAct Supe-regulating government agency]] that [[CapeBusters the Boys]] become a part of, with her putting the {{pacifist}} NaiveNewcomer Hughie in charge as well as [[ObstructiveBureaucrat mountains of red tape]] in their way to reduce the team's impact on Vought's bottom line.

* Anti-[[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Supe]] Congresswoman Victoria Neuman in ''Series/TheBoys2019'' is revealed at the end of the second season to be the [[YourHeadAsplode head-exploding]] [[EvilInc Vought]] assassin that's been stymying the team's efforts. Season 3 starts with her as the head of a Supe-regulating government agency that the Boys become a part of, with her putting the {{pacifist}} NaiveNewcomer Hughie in charge as well as [[ObstructiveBureaucrat mountains of red tape]] in their way to reduce the team's impact on Vought's bottom line.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In the prequel trilogy, Senator Palpatine becomes Chancellor of the Republic and [[BigBad Darth Sidious]] is the mastermind behind [[Film/ThePhantomMenace the invasion of Naboo]] and [[Film/AttackOfTheClones the Separatist Crisis]], which turns into the [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Clone]] [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Wars]]. They're the same person, whose ultimate goal is the downfall of the Republic and destruction of the Jedi Order, to be replaced with his own Empire. [[TheBadGuyWins This succeeds.]] It then evolves into the conflict of the Galactic Civil War in the original trilogy (Episodes IV-VI).

* A bit of ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' lore tells how an Anarchist infiltrated the [[KnightTemplar Harmonium]] so deeply and for so long that he ended up the head of the latter faction. The Anarchist then ordered the Harmonium to disband... which promptly lead to his being arrested and tried for treason, and revealed as TheMole. Depending on your perspective, either a [[WhatAnIdiot tremendously]] ChaoticStupid move by a mole in a position of power making life more difficult for any moles who come after him, or a brilliant ParanoiaGambit to make the Harmonium forever wonder what damage he had done on the way up and hindering their ability to trust one another ever after.

* ''Cambridge Spies'' and all other retellings of the story of Kim Philby and his colleagues, Communist agents who rose to the top ranks of MI5.

** ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'': The head of Fenix is killed and replaced by a demon in the first episode, although it takes until the thirteenth for anyone to notice.

** Stussy is the leader of a very popular red-light district and a major figure in the global underworld. She is also [[spoiler:a high-ranking government agent who uses her power and influence in the underworld to make contact with other highly influential criminals and arrest them. Or assassinate them, depending on the circumstances.]]

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** It's revealed the Batarian leadership had been indoctrinated by exposure to a Reaper carcass they'd found, thus when the Reapers invaded through Batarian space, the Hegemony collapsed without any resistence.

* Kim Wexler becomes an unintended example in the fourth season of ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': Her client bank Mesa Verde tasked her with evicting a man from the planned site of a call center, but she came to sympathize with him, and so had her boyfriend Saul represent him legally. Kim actually tries to ''get off'' the case by pointing out the blatant conflict of interest, but the head of Mesa Verde insists she stay.