History Series / WieIsDeMol

* EnforcedMethodActing: The very first candidates of the very first season were notably ''not'' told about the true nature of the game and were only told that there was a mole in their midst when they had already landed in Australia.

* {{Auction}}: Was held at least twice in the Dutch seasons, and both times they managed to somehow empty the pot. The first time was in Thailand, and the second one, in Oregon, was in particular littered with several [[WhammyBid Whammy Bids]]. (for jokers, nonetheless, the lowest tiering wildcard)

* Greed: A frequent theme in the series due to the role money plays in it. Since candidates who are not the mole will want to maximize the prize money in case they win the season, the games often play into this by offering contestants the option of taking big risks to earn more money than they conventionally would or gamble with gained prize money. Envelopes or packages with unknown content are frequently featured, which may or may not contain either beneficial prizes (money, jokers/exemptions) or harmful prizes (usually negative money, but can also lead to DeathByGreed). When money is not concerned, contestants are often tempted with wildcards, which due to their ability to help you survive until the end of the game are incredibly valuable. Contestants spending exorbitant amounts of prize money to gain these wildcards, or backstabbing their fellow contestants for them are a common occurance.

* AscendedExtra: Twice in the show's run has a previous contestant [[spoiler:and winner]] come back to host the show in a later season, with Art Rooijakkers (of season 11) taking over for Pieter Jan Hagens the following season and Rik van de Westelaken (of season 15) succeeding Art four seasons later. It helps that both Art and Rik had previous experience hosting a reality show of this kind prior to becoming contestants.

* AscendedExtra: Twice in the show's run has a previous contestant [[spoiler:and winner]] come back to host the show in a later season, with Art Rooijakkers (of Season 11) taking over for Pieter Jan Hagens the following season and Rik van de Westelaken (of Season 15) succeeding Art four seasons later. It helps that both Art and Rik had previous experience hosting a reality show of this kind prior to becoming contestants.

* AscendantExtra: Twice in the show's run has a previous contestant [[spoiler:and winner]] come back to host the show in a later season, with Art Rooijakkers (of Season 11) taking over for Pieter Jan Hagens the following season and Rik van de Westelaken (of Season 15) succeeding Art four seasons later. It helps that both Art and Rik had previous experience hosting a reality show of this kind prior to becoming contestants.

* DeathByGreed: Happens frequently due to the often speculative nature of rewards (see "Greed"), but taken to [[UpToEleven a whole new level]] in season 23. The remaining contestants had to make the test, but instead of the infamous execution following straight after, were then sent on a roadtrip instead. In between various minigames they would then encounter suspiciously large boxes with their names on them, which they could purchase for prize money. Said boxes came with a question note best translated as ''How confident are you?''. Most contestants took this as a hint that the contents of the box would help them out when the inevitable execution occured later. Instead, upon arriving at the site of execution, contestants who bought the mystery box found it out it only contained [[spoiler: a chair. Whoever had bought such a chair then instead had to attend the execution, with those who didn't advancing to the next round automatically. This ultimately led to Nabil being eliminated through spending money on an unknown item he had deemed to be valuable.]]

* DeathByGreed: Happens frequently due to the often speculative nature of rewards (see "Greed"), but taken to [[UpToEleven a whole new level]] in season 23. The remaining contestants had to make the test, but instead of the infamous execution following straight after, were then sent on a roadtrip instead. In between various minigames they would then encounter suspiciously large boxes with their names on them, which they could purchase for prize money. Sais boxes came with a question note best translated as ''How confident are you?''. Most contestants took this as a hint that the contents of the box would help them out when the inevitable execution occured later. Instead, upon arriving at the site of execution, contestants who bought the mystery box found it out it only contained [[spoiler: a chair. Whoever had bought such a chair then instead had to attend the execution, with those who didn't advancing to the next round automatically. This ultimately led to Nabil being eliminated through spending money on an unknown item he had deemed to be valuable.]]

** Other excellent examples are the Moles from Seasons 3 and 8 who regularly rank at the top of "best Mole" fan polls because they were so good at painting themselves as too lovably goofy to possibly be the Mole.

* BilingualBonus: [[spoiler: Inge Iepenburg]], the Mole of season 7, used the word 'toen' ('then...') often, as the word for 'mole' is a near homophone for the word 'toen'.

* BigBadFriend: The Dutch series has had several instances of the Mole becoming best friends with a contestant and thoroughly convincing them that they couldn't possibly be the Mole until their reveal in the finale, including [[spoiler:Kees to Zarayda]] in season 13, [[spoiler:Thomas to Diederik]] in season 17 [[note]] Which is especially notable since Diederik, being a science journalist, was TheSmartGuy of the team and was the last candidate to be executed as his trust in Thomas killed him [[/note]], and [[spoiler:Jan to Olcay]] in season 18.

** [[spoiler: Milouska Meulens]], the mole from season 6, used a very similar tactic as compared to the mole of season 3. She would constantly mess up things she had to remember, not know how to do simple things during missions and be completely oblivious to the things happening around her. She was, however, using this trope to conceal that she was the mole and only one of the candidates caught on. It should furthermore be noted here that this tactic worked, despite the fact that she's a research journalist and news anchor for "Het Jeugdjournaal", a news bulletin for children.

* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: Merel]], the Mole of season 19, later admitted that her tearful and shocked reaction after the elimination of [[spoiler: Jamie, who she was the BigBadFriend to]] was genuine.