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* '''Deconstructed''': The psychological aspects of being a mole are discussed. We see the angst Bob suffers over having to betray the people he befriended.

'''Basic Trope''': A bad guy who pretends to be a good guy.

* '''Inverted''': Bob is a good guy working infiltrating the bad guys' team to gain information.

** Except he [[HeelFaceMole faked his Heel-Face Turn on purpose.]]

* '''Inverted''': Bob is a ReverseMole.

* '''Straight''': Most people assume Bob is a good guy, until TheReveal when it turns out he was a villain (or working for them) all along.

** Everybody in the story is [[FlockOfWolves secretly working for someone else]].

** Bob is [[MoleInCharge the leader of the heroes]].

** Bob is revealed as a mole, but then it turns out to be [[RedHerringMole someone else framing him]].
** Bob is BecomingTheMask and pulls a HeelFaceTurn

** Bob is revealed as a mole, then it turns out to be someone else framing him, but at the end [[EvilAllAlong Bob really is the mole after all]].
** Except he [[HeelFaceMole faked his Heel-Face Turn on purpose]].

** Rhe mole has a large brown [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_%28skin_marking%29 melanocytic nevus]] on his face or elsewhere on his body, a la ''Film/AustinPowers''.

* '''Downplayed''': NotInHereForYourRevolution

* '''Downplayed''': Bob isn't a villain as such, but his agenda is different than the one he pretended it was, and it isn't in the best interests of the good guys.

* '''Exploited''': ???

** Bob is BecomingTheMask and pulls a HeelFaceTrun

** Except he [[HeelFaceMole faked his Heel Face Turn on purpose]].

* '''Subverted''': Bob is revealed as a mole, but then it turns out to be someone else framing him. See RedHerringMole.
* '''Double Subverted''': Bob is revealed as a mole, then it turns out to be someone else framing him, but at the end Bob really is the mole after all.

* '''Enforced''': In any work set during the ColdWar, it's well known that both sides employed moles, so there pretty much has to be one.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': Everybody in the story is [[FlockOfWolves secretly working for someone else]].
** Alternatively, Bob is [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder working for more sides than he can keep track of]] at any given time.
** Or, Bob is [[MoleInCharge the leader of the heroes]].
* '''Justified''': Bob is a mole because he's being blackmailed or coerced.

* '''Parodied''': Bob is [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain so obviously a mole]] that it's ridiculous nobody else notices. For example, in a FunnyAnimal work, he is literally a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(animal) burrowing mammal of the family Talpidae]].
** Alternately, the mole has a large brown [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_%28skin_marking%29 melanocytic nevus]] on his face or elsewhere on his body, a la ''AustinPowers''.
* '''Deconstructed''': The psychological aspects of being a mole are discussed. We see the angst Bob suffers over having to betray the people he befriended.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob is the focus character, or even the protagonist. His {{backstory}} and psychological issues are studied; he has an opportunity to make a HeelFaceTurn... but doesn't. In the end, he carries out his betrayal exactly as planned, surprising everybody.

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* '''Conversed''': ???

** Or, Bob is [[TheMoleInCharge the leader of the heroes]].

* '''Straight''': Most people assume the character is a good guy, until TheReveal when it turns out he was a villain (or working for them) all along.

** Alternatively, the mole is [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder working for more sides than he can keep track of]] at any given time.
* '''Justified''': The character is a mole because he's being blackmailed or coerced. Alternatively, because he has good reason to dislike the good guys.
* '''Inverted''': The character is a ReverseMole.
* '''Subverted''': The character is revealed as a mole, but then it turns out to be someone else framing him. See RedHerringMole.
* '''Double Subverted''': The character is revealed as a mole, then it turns out to be someone else framing him, but at the end he really is the mole after all.
* '''Parodied''': The character is [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain so obviously a mole]] that it's ridiculous nobody else notices. For example, in a FunnyAnimal work, he is literally a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(animal) burrowing mammal of the family Talpidae]].

* '''Deconstructed''': The psychological aspects of being a mole are discussed. We see the angst the character suffers over having to betray the people he befriended.
* '''Reconstructed''': The mole is the focus character, or even the protagonist. His {{backstory}} and psychological issues are studied; he has an opportunity to make a HeelFaceTurn... but doesn't. In the end, he carries out his betrayal exactly as planned, surprising everybody.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The character is set up as the mole, but turns out to be a DoubleAgent. The guy framing him is actually the mole, but working for a third side. Then the protagonist ends up being a mole too.

** Alternately, the mole has a large brown [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_%28skin_marking%29 melanocytic nevus]] on his face, a la ''AustinPowers''.