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* Late in ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'', a group of [[EvilGenius Neomegas]] conspire to kill BigBad Phaeton, whose VillainousBreakdown is likely to lose them the war against Terrans. They convince [[TheSmartGuy Marsala]] (a [[TokenEnemyMinority Neo Sapien serving in the Terran Exo Fleet]]) to cooperate by saying they need him to capture Phaeton, so they can make peace with humanity. In actuality, they just want to take over the Neosapien race(s) and are quite willing to turn around and finish wiping out humanity afterward. Only one of the Neomegas, Galba, actually believes in the stated goal. Ironically enough, that saves Galba's life when the coup fails, as an aide loyal to Phaeton hears the other Neomegas order Galba's arrest when they think their plan has succeeded, so the aide and Phaeton both conclude that Galba must have been loyal to Phaeton, and the other Neomegas were turning on him due to that.
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* Late in ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'', a group of [[EvilGenius Neomegas]] Neo-Megas]] conspire to kill BigBad Phaeton, whose because they believe his VillainousBreakdown and SanitySlippage is likely going to lose them result in Neo-Sapiens losing the war against the Terrans. They convince [[TheSmartGuy Marsala]] (a [[TokenEnemyMinority Neo Sapien Neo-Sapien serving in the Terran Exo Fleet]]) to cooperate by saying they need him to capture Phaeton, so and they can plan to make peace with humanity. humanity after Phaeton is deposed. In actuality, they just want to take over the Neosapien Neo Sapien race(s) and are quite willing to turn around and finish wiping out humanity afterward. Only one of the Neomegas, Neo-Megas, Galba, actually believes in the stated goal. goal of peace. Ironically enough, that this saves Galba's life when the coup fails, as because an aide loyal to Phaeton hears the other Neomegas Neo-Megas order Galba's arrest when they think their plan has succeeded, so the aide and Phaeton both conclude that Galba must have been loyal to Phaeton, Phaeton and the other Neomegas Neo-Megas were turning on him due to that.
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* The ComicBook/{{Shazam}}-centric issue of ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'' (''Thunderworld'') shows us a version of the Legion of Sivanas, a LegionOfDoom composed of some Captain Marvel ArchEnemy Doctor Sivana AlternateUniverse. One of them was a Nobel Prize winner with some personal problems that wants to exchange knowledge to save the world, and discovers to his horror that every of his AlternateUniverse counterparts is a SuperVillain.
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* The ComicBook/{{Shazam}}-centric issue of ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'' (''Thunderworld'') shows us a version of the Legion of Sivanas, a LegionOfDoom composed of some Captain Marvel ArchEnemy Doctor Sivana AlternateUniverse. One of them was a Nobel Prize winner with some personal problems that wants to exchange knowledge to save the world, and discovers to his horror that every of his AlternateUniverse counterparts is a SuperVillain.
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* There's a dark case in Derek's flashbacks in ''Film/AmericanHistoryX''. When he went to prison, Derek, who was a leader of a Neo-Nazi gang on the outside, hooks up with the local Aryan Nation gang in prison for safety and protection. He quickly comes to see, however, that none of the inmates believe in the ideology that Derek had bought into, and routinely transgressed against the various codes that Derek thought they stood for. This soon turned into BreakTheBeliever when they get angered by Derek calling them out and subject him to a vicious PrisonRape, bringing Derek to his personal RockBottom. At that point he is finally able to consider changing his life and outlook.
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* Near the end of the ''Film/StreetFighter'' movie, we find that DumbMuscle Zangief is the only one who believed Bison's lies and propaganda about his cause. Everyone else was just OnlyInItForTheMoney.
-->'''Zangief:''' ''[[CaptainObviousReveal General Bison is a bad guy?]] If you know then why do you work for him?''
-->'''Dee Jay:''' ''Because he paid me a freakin fortune, Man! If you know what's good for you you'll save your own ass!''
-->'''[[TooDumbToLive Zangief]]''': [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments ...you got paid?]]
* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', when Captain Jack learns that yet another of his rescuers had an ulterior motive, he calls for a show of hands by anyone who'd come to save him just because they missed him. Only a few people raise their hands, and in the trailer only the ''monkey'' does.
-->'''Zangief:''' ''[[CaptainObviousReveal General Bison is a bad guy?]] If you know then why do you work for him?''
-->'''Dee Jay:''' ''Because he paid me a freakin fortune, Man! If you know what's good for you you'll save your own ass!''
-->'''[[TooDumbToLive Zangief]]''': [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments ...you got paid?]]
* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', when Captain Jack learns that yet another of his rescuers had an ulterior motive, he calls for a show of hands by anyone who'd come to save him just because they missed him. Only a few people raise their hands, and in the trailer only the ''monkey'' does.
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* In ''Film/{{Network}}'', after UBS gives [[WesternTerrorists the Ecumenical Liberation Army]] their own DocuSoap show, ''The Mao Tse-Tung Hour'', the onetime revolutionary socialists quickly turn into social''ites'' as the show becomes a hit and the network's money hollows out their ideals, perhaps best expressed when they're renegotiating their contract with UBS. The only one of them who still believes in their revolutionary ideals is, ironically, Mary Ann Gifford, the Patty Hearst-esque heiress who they kidnapped and who [[StockholmSyndrome embraced their ideals with the zeal of the convert]].
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* In ''Film/{{Network}}'', after UBS gives [[WesternTerrorists the Ecumenical Liberation Army]] their own DocuSoap show, ''The Mao Tse-Tung Hour'', the onetime revolutionary socialists quickly turn into social''ites'' as the show becomes a hit and the network's money hollows out their ideals, perhaps best expressed when they're renegotiating their contract with UBS. The only one of them who still believes in their revolutionary ideals is, ironically, Mary Ann Gifford, the Patty Hearst-esque heiress who they kidnapped kidnapped, and who [[StockholmSyndrome then zealously embraced their ideals with the zeal of the convert]].ideals.
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* There's a dark case in Derek's flashbacks in ''Film/AmericanHistoryX''. When he went to prison, Derek, who was a leader of a Neo-Nazi gang on the outside, hooks up with the local Aryan Nation gang in prison for safety and protection. He quickly comes to see, however, In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', when Captain Jack learns that none yet another of his rescuers had an ulterior motive, he calls for a show of hands by anyone who'd come to save him just because they missed him. Only a few people raise their hands, and in the trailer only the ''monkey'' does.
* Near the end of theinmates believe in the ideology ''Film/StreetFighter'' movie, we find that Derek had bought into, DumbMuscle Zangief is the only one who believed Bison's lies and routinely transgressed against the various codes that Derek thought they stood for. This soon turned into BreakTheBeliever when they get angered by Derek calling them out and subject him to a vicious PrisonRape, bringing Derek to propaganda about his personal RockBottom. At that point cause. Everyone else was just OnlyInItForTheMoney.
-->'''Zangief:''' ''[[CaptainObviousReveal General Bison is a bad guy?]] If you know then why do you work for him?''
-->'''Dee Jay:''' ''Because heis finally able to consider changing his life and outlook.paid me a freakin fortune, Man! If you know what's good for you you'll save your own ass!''
-->'''[[TooDumbToLive Zangief]]''': [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments ...you got paid?]]
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-->'''Zangief:''' ''[[CaptainObviousReveal General Bison is a bad guy?]] If you know then why do you work for him?''
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-->'''[[TooDumbToLive Zangief]]''': [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments ...you got paid?]]
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* In ''Literature/TheManWhoWasThursday'', while the rest of the anarchists in the club are [[FlockOfWolves police spies spying on each other]], the character Gregory is an actual [[BombThrowingAnarchist anarchist]], and is not pleased at the reveal.
* Similar to the above, in the backstory of the novel ''Literature/BeachMusic'' by Pat Conroy, during college Shyla became passionately involved in an anti-[[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam War movement]]. While presumably there are other sincere people that we never actually encounter, both the leader of the movement and Shyla's lover turn out to be moles, a betrayal that is not good at all for a BrokenBird with some schizoid issues.
* Similar to the above, in the backstory of the novel ''Literature/BeachMusic'' by Pat Conroy, during college Shyla became passionately involved in an anti-[[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam War movement]]. While presumably there are other sincere people that we never actually encounter, both the leader of the movement and Shyla's lover turn out to be moles, a betrayal that is not good at all for a BrokenBird with some schizoid issues.
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* In ''Literature/TheManWhoWasThursday'', while the rest of the anarchists in the club are [[FlockOfWolves police spies spying on each other]], the character Gregory is an actual [[BombThrowingAnarchist anarchist]], and is not pleased at the reveal.
* Similar to the above, inthe backstory of the novel ''Literature/BeachMusic'' by Pat Conroy, during college Shyla became passionately involved in [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar an anti-[[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam anti-Vietnam War movement]]. While presumably there are other sincere people that we never actually encounter, both the leader of the movement and Shyla's lover turn out to be undercover moles, a betrayal that is not good at all for a BrokenBird with some schizoid hidden mental health issues.
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** In ''Literature/SmallGods'', the "great god" Om is stunned to realize that despite having a [[CorruptChurch theocratic]], [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] church devoted to him and a nation of millions named after him, nobody actually ''believes'' in him. (Again, this in a world where GodsNeedPrayerBadly.) People believe in the ''Church'', sure, and have ''feelings'' about Om such as hope and fear, but the only one who actually believes in Om is Brutha, who ranks so low in the Church hierarchy that he's barely even considered a part of it. There's also one extremely determined atheist that militantly and ''very specifically'' disbelieves in Om even while acknowledging the existence of other gods. Om notes that this kind of attitude is so similar to actual belief that it's almost as good as the real thing.
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** In ''Literature/SmallGods'', the "great god" Om is stunned to realize that despite having a [[CorruptChurch theocratic]], [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] church devoted to him and a nation of millions named after him, nobody actually ''believes'' in him. (Again, this in a world where GodsNeedPrayerBadly.) People generally just believe in the ''Church'', sure, and they have ''feelings'' about Om such as hope and fear, but the only one who actually believes in Om is Brutha, who ranks so low in the Church hierarchy that he's barely even considered a part of it. There's also one extremely determined atheist that militantly and ''very specifically'' disbelieves in Om even while acknowledging the existence of other gods. Om notes that this kind of attitude is so similar to actual belief that it's almost as good as the real thing.thing.
* In ''Literature/TheManWhoWasThursday'', while the rest of the anarchists in the club are [[FlockOfWolves police spies spying on each other]], the character Gregory is an actual [[BombThrowingAnarchist anarchist]], and is not pleased at the reveal.
* In ''Literature/TheManWhoWasThursday'', while the rest of the anarchists in the club are [[FlockOfWolves police spies spying on each other]], the character Gregory is an actual [[BombThrowingAnarchist anarchist]], and is not pleased at the reveal.
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** Jaime Lannister starts off as a cynical BloodKnight [[KnightInSourArmor In Sour Armor]] widely reviled as a [[BodyguardBetrayal regicide]] and an [[TheOathbreaker oathbreaker]]. He was only accepted into the ranks of [[PraetorianGuard the Kingsguard]] to spite his father (as Kingsguard [[SuccessionCrisis cannot inherit titles]]), and nowadays he only sees it as a way to be close to his sister/lover the Queen. However, after a long arc of BreakTheHaughty and a positive knightly role model in Brienne of Tarth, Jaime starts to think about restoring his own honor and that of the Order he has come to command -- however, by this point his subordinates are mostly thugs and lackeys, a world away from the KnightInShiningArmor stories that inspired a young Jaime to join in the first place.
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** Jaime Lannister starts off as a cynical BloodKnight [[KnightInSourArmor In Sour Armor]] widely reviled as a for [[BodyguardBetrayal having committed regicide]] and an [[TheOathbreaker oathbreaker]]. He was The only reason the original king he served accepted him into the ranks of [[PraetorianGuard the Kingsguard]] was to spite his Jaime's father (as Kingsguard [[SuccessionCrisis cannot inherit titles]]), and nowadays he Jaime only sees it as a way to be close to his sister/lover the Queen. However, after a long arc of BreakTheHaughty and a positive knightly role model in Brienne of Tarth, Jaime starts to think about restoring his own honor and that of the Order he has come to command -- however, by this point his subordinates are mostly thugs and lackeys, a world away from the KnightInShiningArmor stories that inspired a young Jaime to join in the first place.
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* In ''Series/{{MASH}}'', Frank Burns and Margaret Houlihan are the only main characters who actually believe in the cause of UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar. All the other main characters are draftees who share the writers' anti-war views.
* Played for tragedy on one episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'': A con man had set up a cult that ripped off the "Heaven's Gate" cult in Nevada, a scam that he had done repeatedly (brainwash people, take all their possessions, do a faux-suicide with Kool Aid and sleeping pills, run away while everybody's knocked out. It is said that he had not been caught because the other times he'd done that had not been fully documented out of the cultists' embarrassment). While the other cultists "believed" out of brainwashing, one young woman truly believed because her life was crap and she wanted to go someplace better, and when she discovered the con man checking his getaway vehicle and he let her into the secret of his scam, she killed him and went out to get ''real'' poison for the mass suicide (and while she chickened out of committing it with the rest of the cultists because she was horrified at seeing their death throes, she tried to kill herself anyway a few hours later. The cops caught her and saved her life, but Brass made it clear in the aftermath that someone believing this kind of stuff as hard as she did probably won't be deprogrammed any time soon).
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* Played for tragedy on one episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'': A con man had set up a cult that ripped off the "Heaven's Gate" cult in Nevada, a scam that he had done repeatedly (brainwash people, take all their possessions, do a faux-suicide with Kool Aid and sleeping pills, run away while everybody's knocked out. It is said that he had not been caught because the other times he'd done that had not been fully documented out of the cultists' embarrassment). While the other cultists "believed" out of brainwashing, one young woman truly believed because her life was crap and she wanted to go someplace better, and when she discovered the con man checking his getaway vehicle and he let her into the secret of his scam, she killed him and went out to get ''real'' poison for the mass suicide (and while she chickened out of committing it with the rest of the cultists because she was horrified at seeing their death throes, she tried to kill herself anyway a few hours later. The cops caught her and saved her life, but Brass made it clear in the aftermath that someone believing this kind of stuff as hard as she did probably won't be deprogrammed any time soon).
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* Played for tragedy on one episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'': A con man had set up a cult that ripped off In ''Series/{{MASH}}'', Frank Burns and Margaret Houlihan are the "Heaven's Gate" cult only main characters who actually believe in Nevada, a scam that he had done repeatedly (brainwash people, take all their possessions, do a faux-suicide with Kool Aid and sleeping pills, run away while everybody's knocked out. It is said that he had not been caught because the cause of UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar. All the other times he'd done that had not been fully documented out of main characters are draftees who share the cultists' embarrassment). While the other cultists "believed" out of brainwashing, one young woman truly believed because her life was crap and she wanted to go someplace better, and when she discovered the con man checking his getaway vehicle and he let her into the secret of his scam, she killed him and went out to get ''real'' poison for the mass suicide (and while she chickened out of committing it with the rest of the cultists because she was horrified at seeing their death throes, she tried to kill herself anyway a few hours later. The cops caught her and saved her life, but Brass made it clear in the aftermath that someone believing this kind of stuff as hard as she did probably won't be deprogrammed any time soon).writers' anti-war views.
* Taken in reverse in ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'', with the bard Joel becoming the very ''first'' worshipper of the newly created god Finder, god of [[OddJobGods renewal of music and art]]. After a few years of gallivanting around the Outer Planes after his apotheosis, Finder got down to the job of actually founding his own church. This he did by taking on a guide in human form and making friends with Joel, a disaffected bard stifled by the rote memorization taught by the college he attended. The two were [[PalsWithJesus adventuring companions]] for some time with Finder taking on a mentor role and Joel fit his belief tenants perfectly, but it took a long time for the role as a bardic priest to really click in Joel's mind: After all, how does one go about openly worshipping a being who you spent years being friends with?
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* Taken in reverse in ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'', with the bard Joel becoming the very ''first'' worshipper of the newly created god Finder, god of [[OddJobGods renewal of music and art]]. After a few years of gallivanting around the Outer Planes after his apotheosis, Finder got down to the job of actually founding his own church. This he did by taking on a guide in human form and making friends with Joel, a disaffected bard stifled by the rote memorization taught by the college he attended. The two were [[PalsWithJesus adventuring companions]] for some time with Finder taking on a mentor role and Joel fit his belief tenants perfectly, but it took a long time for the role as a bardic priest to really click in Joel's mind: After all, how does one go about openly worshipping a being who you spent years being friends with?
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Palworld}}'', the Free Pal Alliance is an AnimalWrongsGroup that's dedicated to protecting the titular {{mon}}s, but they're {{Straw Hypocrite}}s that act no better than the rival EvilPoacher gang. Their MisanthropeSupreme founder Lily wrote the rules and is the only one who followed them, while being blissfully unaware of how her {{mooks}} really raised the funds for her conservation efforts.
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', N is the only important member of the AnimalWrongsGroup Team Plasma who actually believes in liberating Pokémon. Worse, he's being manipulated as a PuppetKing. On the other hand, ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' reveals that roughly half of Team Plasma, including at least one of the Seven Sages, actually did believe in helping Pokémon, and after the events of the first game they split off from the main team and [[TheAtoner do what they can to atone for the group's misdeeds]].
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', N is the only important member of the AnimalWrongsGroup Team Plasma who actually believes in liberating Pokémon. Worse, he's being manipulated as a PuppetKing. On the other hand, ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' reveals that roughly half of Team Plasma, including at least one of the Seven Sages, actually did believe in helping Pokémon, and after the events of the first game they split off from the main team and [[TheAtoner do what they can to atone for the group's misdeeds]].
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Palworld}}'', ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreForAnswer'', the Free Pal Alliance PlayerCharacter is an AnimalWrongsGroup that's dedicated to protecting this on [[spoiler: ORCA's path, as the titular {{mon}}s, but they're {{Straw Hypocrite}}s that act no better than rest of ORCA is either killed in action, or in Thermidor's case, was a MoleInCharge for the rival EvilPoacher gang. Their MisanthropeSupreme founder Lily wrote corporations the rules and whole time. By the time the last mission happens, the player is the only one who followed them, while being blissfully unaware of how her {{mooks}} really raised still holds to ORCA's original plan to free humanity to go to space, and the funds for her conservation efforts.
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* In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', N is the only important member of the AnimalWrongsGroup Team Plasma
* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'': After JC Denton discovered that the anti-terrorist organization he was working for is really a front for the evil Majestic-12, he and some fellow colleagues leave. Quartermaster Samuel Carter opts to stay behind, as he still believe that UNATCO can still be a force for good if he can [[InternalReformist reform it from the inside]]. It was shown later that Carter would be kicked out due to having prior experience outside of the organization.
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* In ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreForAnswer'', the PlayerCharacter is this on [[spoiler: ORCA's path, as the rest of ORCA is either killed in action, or in Thermidor's case, was a MoleInCharge for the corporations the whole time. By the time the last mission happens, the player is the only one who still holds to ORCA's original plan to free humanity to go to space, and the one who ultimately carries it out]].
* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'': After JC Denton discovered that the anti-terrorist organization he was working for is really a front for the evil Majestic-12, he and some fellow colleagues leave. Quartermaster Samuel Carter opts to stay behind, as he still believe that UNATCO can still be a force for good if he can [[InternalReformist reform it from the inside]]. It was shown later that Carter would be kicked out due to having prior experience outside of the organization.
* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'': After JC Denton discovered that the anti-terrorist organization he was working for is really a front for the evil Majestic-12, he and some fellow colleagues leave. Quartermaster Samuel Carter opts to stay behind, as he still believe that UNATCO can still be a force for good if he can [[InternalReformist reform it from the inside]]. It was shown later that Carter would be kicked out due to having prior experience outside of the organization.
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* In ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreForAnswer'', ''VideoGame/{{Palworld}}'', the PlayerCharacter Free Pal Alliance is this on [[spoiler: ORCA's path, as an AnimalWrongsGroup that's dedicated to protecting the rest of ORCA is either killed in action, or in Thermidor's case, was a MoleInCharge for titular {{mon}}s, but they're {{Straw Hypocrite}}s that act no better than the corporations rival EvilPoacher gang. Their MisanthropeSupreme founder Lily wrote the whole time. By the time the last mission happens, the player rules and is the only one who still holds to ORCA's original plan to free humanity to go to space, and the one who ultimately carries it out]].
* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'': After JC Denton discovered that the anti-terrorist organization he was working for isfollowed them, while being blissfully unaware of how her {{mooks}} really a front raised the funds for her conservation efforts.
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', N is theevil Majestic-12, he and some fellow colleagues leave. Quartermaster Samuel Carter opts to stay behind, only important member of the AnimalWrongsGroup Team Plasma who actually believes in liberating Pokémon. Worse, he's being manipulated as he still a PuppetKing. On the other hand, ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' reveals that roughly half of Team Plasma, including at least one of the Seven Sages, actually did believe that UNATCO can still be a force for good if he can [[InternalReformist reform it in helping Pokémon, and after the events of the first game they split off from the inside]]. It was shown later that Carter would be kicked out due main team and [[TheAtoner do what they can to having prior experience outside of atone for the organization.group's misdeeds]].
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* While he's not the only true believer, the cult leader in the ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndDaleRescueRangers'' episode "The Cola Cult" was certainly the only one in the cult's priesthood who genuinely believed his religious order was intended to enlighten its various adherents. [[CluelessBoss He's genuinely surprised and dismayed to discover that the rest of his colleagues have been stashing the worldly possessions new converts surrendered to the cult in a kind of treasury, and are exploiting the cult's followers]]. He also does what he can to help the Rangers escape and overthrow the priesthood, and is implied to be willing to try implementing their suggestion at the end that the cult's former laity continue to meet as friends (and maybe set up a social club) rather than as cultists.
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* While he's not the only true believer, the cult leader in the ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndDaleRescueRangers'' episode "The Cola Cult" was certainly the only one in the cult's priesthood who genuinely believed his religious order was intended to enlighten its various adherents. [[CluelessBoss He's genuinely surprised and dismayed to discover that the rest of his colleagues have been stashing the worldly possessions new converts surrendered to the cult in a kind of treasury, and are exploiting the cult's followers]]. He also does what he can to help the Rangers escape and overthrow the priesthood, and is implied to be willing to try implementing their suggestion at the end that the cult's former laity continue to meet as friends (and maybe set up a social club) rather than as cultists.
* Played for laughs in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. Brother Blood, headmaster of the [[AcademyOfEvil HIVE Academy]], discovers his two top students are actually good guy [[TheMole Moles]]. In frustration he angrily asks "Was anyone at my school actually there to learn?!"
* Played for laughs in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. Brother Blood, headmaster of the [[AcademyOfEvil HIVE Academy]], discovers his two top students are actually good guy [[TheMole Moles]]. In frustration he angrily asks "Was anyone at my school actually there to learn?!"
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* In ''Manga/ChainsawMan'', out of all the {{Human Demon Hybrid}}s that joined the CultOfPersonality surrounding Denji, Longsword Man was the only one who lacked any sort of ulterior motive and genuinely respected him. He was a WellIntentionedExtremist in contrast to the other members, who were either in it [[AxCrazy just for the killing]] or [[spoiler:[[AvengingTheVillain seeking revenge for Makima]]]].
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* In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', N is the only important member of the AnimalWrongsGroup Team Plasma who actually believes in liberating Pokémon. Worse, he's being manipulated as a puppet figurehead. On the other hand, ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' reveals that roughly half of Team Plasma, including at least one of the Seven Sages, actually did believe in helping Pokémon, and after the events of the first game they split off from the main team and do what they can to atone for the group's misdeeds.
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', N is the only important member of the AnimalWrongsGroup Team Plasma who actually believes in liberating Pokémon. Worse, he's being manipulated as a puppet figurehead. On the other hand, ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' reveals that roughly half of Team Plasma, including at least one of the Seven Sages, actually did believe in helping Pokémon, and after the events of the first game they split off from the main team and do what they can to atone for the group's misdeeds.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Palworld}}'', the Free Pal Alliance is an AnimalWrongsGroup that's dedicated to protecting the titular {{mon}}s, but they're {{Straw Hypocrite}}s that act no better than the rival EvilPoacher gang. Their MisanthropeSupreme founder Lily wrote the rules and is the only one who followed them, while being blissfully unaware of how her {{mooks}} really raised the funds for her conservation efforts.
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* Played for laughs in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. Brother Blood, headmaster of the [[AcademyOfEvil HIVE Academy]], discovers his two top students are actually good guy [[TheMole Moles]]. In frustration he angrily asks "Was anyone in my school actually here to learn?!"
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* Played for laughs in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. Brother Blood, headmaster of the [[AcademyOfEvil HIVE Academy]], discovers his two top students are actually good guy [[TheMole Moles]]. In frustration he angrily asks "Was anyone in at my school actually here there to learn?!"
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* Taken in reverse in ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'', with the bard Joel becoming the very ''first'' worshipper of the newly created god Finder, god of [[OddJobGods renewal of music and art]]. After a few years of gallivanting around the Outer Planes after his apotheosis, Finder got down to the job of actually founding his own church. This he did by taking on a guide in human form and making friends with Joel, a disaffected bard stifled by the rote memorization taught by the college he attended. The two were [[PalsWithJesus adventuring companions]] for some time with Finder taking on a mentor role and Joel fit his belief tenants perfectly, but it took a long time for the role as a bardic priest to really click in Joel's mind: After all, how does one go about openly worshipping a being who you spent years being friends with?
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* In ''Film/VForVendetta'', Dr. Delia Surridge was the only one of the new regime who genuinely believed the horrible things she was doing were for the betterment of mankind while everyone else just wanted power. This is one of the reasons why, when V comes to kill her, he does it while she is asleep unawares, he assures her that her death will be painless, and she sincerely apologizes to V for what happened to him which he accepts.
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** Most people who seek to join the Military Police do so because of the perceived life of ease and luxury, which is sure to be far, far away from man eating Titans which [[spoiler:supposedly]] have humanity dangerously close to extinction. From the 104th Trainee Corps, only [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth Marco]] actually believes in the honor of serving the King, everyone else trying to join the Military Police just want the easy life.
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** Most people who seek to join the Military Police do so because of the perceived life of ease and luxury, which is sure to be far, far away from man eating the hordes of man-eating Titans which [[spoiler:supposedly]] have humanity dangerously close to extinction.outside the city walls that the other military branches deal with. From the 104th Trainee Corps, only [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth Marco]] actually believes in the honor of serving the King, everyone else trying to join the Military Police just want the easy life.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', Milo is the only character who thinks the expedition's goal is to find Atlantis to advance science, it turns out the entire expedition is OnlyInItForTheMoney. He does manage to make most of the team [[HeelFaceTurn switch sides]] once they find out that taking the treasure will mean destroying the Atlantean civilization, barring the main bad guy and his right-hand woman... and their GasMaskMook army.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', Milo is the only character who thinks the expedition's goal is to find Atlantis to advance science, it turns out science; he's a bit miffed when everyone else in the entire expedition is openly admits to being OnlyInItForTheMoney. He does manage to make most of the team [[HeelFaceTurn switch sides]] once they find out that taking the treasure will mean destroying the Atlantean civilization, barring the main bad guy and his right-hand woman... and their GasMaskMook army.
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* In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', N is the only important member of the AnimalWrongsGroup Team Plasma who actually believes in liberating Pokémon. Worse, he's being manipulated as a puppet figurehead. ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' reveals that roughly half of Team Plasma, including at least one of the Seven Sages, actually did believe in helping Pokémon, and after the events of the first game they split off from the main team and do what they can to atone for the group's misdeeds.
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* In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', N is the only important member of the AnimalWrongsGroup Team Plasma who actually believes in liberating Pokémon. Worse, he's being manipulated as a puppet figurehead. On the other hand, ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' reveals that roughly half of Team Plasma, including at least one of the Seven Sages, actually did believe in helping Pokémon, and after the events of the first game they split off from the main team and do what they can to atone for the group's misdeeds.
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* Similar to the above, in the backstory of the novel ''Beach Music'' by Pat Conroy, during college Shyla became passionately involved in an anti-[[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam War movement]]. While presumably there are other sincere people that we never actually encounter, both the leader of the movement and Shyla's lover turn out to be moles, a betrayal that is not good at all for a BrokenBird with some schizoid issues.
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* Similar to the above, in the backstory of the novel ''Beach Music'' ''Literature/BeachMusic'' by Pat Conroy, during college Shyla became passionately involved in an anti-[[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam War movement]]. While presumably there are other sincere people that we never actually encounter, both the leader of the movement and Shyla's lover turn out to be moles, a betrayal that is not good at all for a BrokenBird with some schizoid issues.
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* Common in RealLife [[FakeCharity fraudulent charities]] that exist purely to con softhearted donors out of their money. Con artists who set them up will often recruit at least one person who doesn't know it's a scam. These people can be great at collecting donations, as they truly believe those donations will help people, and people who wouldn't otherwise donate can sometimes be convinced to do so simply due to the sincerity of these believers. The con artists also frequently attempt to use these believers as the FallGuy, ensuring that all of the "charity's" paperwork incriminates the true believer and not them.
* The same goes for fake religions ([[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement none of which will be named here]]): even when a cult's founders are just looking for easy marks to exploit, they'll often promote some of their early converts to the leadership, because nothing sells a religion quite so convincingly as a true believer. The difference is that since these scammers are often playing a LongGame, these true believers usually will ''not'' be set up as patsies for anything, and can sometimes linger on and keep the cult going even when the original founders are long gone.
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* Common in RealLife [[FakeCharity fraudulent charities]] that exist purely to con softhearted donors out of their money. Con artists who set them up will often recruit at least one person who doesn't know it's a scam. These people can be great at collecting donations, as they truly believe those donations will help people, and people who wouldn't otherwise donate can sometimes be convinced to do so simply due to the sincerity of these believers. The con artists also frequently attempt to use these believers as the FallGuy, ensuring that all of the "charity's" paperwork incriminates the true believer and not them.
* The same goes for fake religions ([[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement none of which will be named here]]): even when a cult's founders are just looking for easy marks to exploit, they'll often promote some of their early converts to the leadership, because nothing sells a religion quite so convincingly as a true believer. The difference is that since these scammers are often playing a LongGame, these true believers usually will ''not'' be set up as patsies for anything, and can sometimes linger on and keep the cult going even when the original founders are long gone.
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* There's a dark case in Derek's flashbacks in ''Film/AmericanHistoryX''. When he went to prison, Derek, who was a leader of a Neo-Nazi gang on the outside, hooks up with the local Aryan Nation gang in prison for safety and protection. He quickly comes to see, however, that none of the inmates believe in the ideology that Derek had bought into, and routinely transgressed against the various codes that Derek thought they stood for. This soon turned into BreakTheBeliever when they get angered by Derek calling them out and subject him to a vicious PrisonRape, bringing Derek to his personal RockBottom. At that point he is finally able to consider changing his life and outlook.
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* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'': After JC Denton discovered that the anti-terrorist organization he was working for is really a front for the evil Majestic-12, he and some fellow colleagues leave. Quartermaster Samuel Carter opts to stay behind, as he still believe that UNATCO can still be a force for good if he can [[InternalReformist reform it from the inside]]. It was shown later that Carter would be kicked out due to having prior experience outside of the organization.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Officer Barbrady is the only member of the South Park police department that is neither corrupt nor racist and genuinely wants to uphold justice. His early season appearances showcases his capacity for extreme PoliceBrutality and criminal neglect, but he does that sort of thing due to [[HanlonsRazor incompetence instead of malice]].
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** Officer Barbrady is the only member of the South Park police department that is neither corrupt nor racist and genuinely wants to uphold justice. His early season appearances showcases his capacity for extreme PoliceBrutality and criminal neglect, but he does that sort of thing due to [[HanlonsRazor incompetence instead of malice]].
** PC Prinicpal would be the only member of PC Bros who is actually concerned and advocates for social justice, while the rest of the fraternity is only interested in using activisim for scoring with chicks.
** Officer Barbrady is the only member of the South Park police department that is neither corrupt nor racist and genuinely wants to uphold justice. His early season appearances showcases his capacity for extreme PoliceBrutality and criminal neglect, but he does that sort of thing due to [[HanlonsRazor incompetence instead of malice]].
** PC Prinicpal would be the only member of PC Bros who is actually concerned and advocates for social justice, while the rest of the fraternity is only interested in using activisim for scoring with chicks.
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*On ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', as ''yet another'' member of Chakotay's original Maquis crew turns out to have been a mole:
-->""You were working for her, Seska was working for them… was anyone on that ship working for me?""
-->""You were working for her, Seska was working for them… was anyone on that ship working for me?""
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* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Officer Barbrady is the only member of the South Park police department that is neither corrupt nor racist and genuinely wants to uphold justice. His early season appearances showcases his capacity for extreme PoliceBrutality and criminal neglect, but he does that sort of thing due to [[HanlonsRazor incompetence instead of malice]].
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* In ''Fanfic/TheConfectionaryChronicles'', since Gabriel has grown used to basically ignoring most of the prayers he receives in his role as Heaven’s Messenger (although he will act on some of them as his Trickster self), most of the prayers he receives as Loki are from eccentric wiccans, the odd hunter, the occasional demon or demon-witch (who he tends to kill immediately), rebellious teenagers, or the occasional person so desperate for justice or punishment that they’re trying to summon Loki without really believing in him. Hermione’s prayer thus grabs Gabriel’s attention due to the sheer strength and purity of her belief in him, which leads to her becoming an ‘official’ high priestess of Loki after her first sacrifice, although [[spoiler:her first acolyte is not brought into the fold until shortly before Hermione starts at Hogwarts]].
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* In ''Fanfic/TheConfectionaryChronicles'', since Gabriel has grown used to basically ignoring most of the prayers he receives in his role as Heaven’s Messenger (although he will act on some of them as his Trickster self), most of the prayers he receives as Loki are from eccentric wiccans, the odd hunter, the occasional demon or demon-witch (who he tends to kill immediately), rebellious teenagers, or the occasional person so desperate for justice or punishment that they’re trying to summon Loki without really believing in him. Hermione’s prayer thus grabs Gabriel’s attention due to the sheer strength and purity of her belief in him, which leads to her becoming an ‘official’ high priestess of Loki after her first sacrifice, although [[spoiler:her first acolyte is not brought into the fold until shortly before Hermione starts at Hogwarts]].
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* In ''Film/{{Network}}'', after UBS gives [[WesternTerrorists the Ecumenical Liberation Army]] their own DocuSoap show, ''The Mao Tse-Tung Hour'', the onetime revolutionary socialists quickly turn into social''ites'' as the show becomes a hit and the network's money hollows out their ideals, perhaps best expressed when they're renegotiating their contract with UBS. The only one of them who still believes in their revolutionary ideals is, ironically, Mary Ann Gifford, the Patty Hearst-esque heiress who they kidnapped and who [[StockholmSyndrome embraced their ideals with the zeal of the convert]].
-->'''[[MalcolmXerox Laureen Hobbs]]:''' I'm not giving this pseudo-insurrectionary sectarian a piece of my show, I'm not giving him script approval, and I ''sure as shit'' ain't cutting him into my distribution charges!\\
'''Mary Ann Gifford:''' ''[[SuddenlyShouting YOU FUCKING FASCIST!!!]]'' Did you see the film we made of the San Marino jailbreak demonstrating the rise of the seminal prisoner class infrastructure?\\
'''Laureen:''' You can [[VerbThis blow the seminal prisoner class infrastructure out your ass]]! I'm not knocking down my goddamn distribution charges!
-->'''[[MalcolmXerox Laureen Hobbs]]:''' I'm not giving this pseudo-insurrectionary sectarian a piece of my show, I'm not giving him script approval, and I ''sure as shit'' ain't cutting him into my distribution charges!\\
'''Mary Ann Gifford:''' ''[[SuddenlyShouting YOU FUCKING FASCIST!!!]]'' Did you see the film we made of the San Marino jailbreak demonstrating the rise of the seminal prisoner class infrastructure?\\
'''Laureen:''' You can [[VerbThis blow the seminal prisoner class infrastructure out your ass]]! I'm not knocking down my goddamn distribution charges!
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''This particular version of '' [[Franchise/{{Shazam}} Doctor Sivana]] didn't realize that their AlternateUniverse counterparts all had ScaryShinyGlasses that give away them as MadScientist and EvilGenius with FourEyesZeroSoul.]]
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