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A previously established character joins the evil side, and works as one of the {{Mooks}}. They may or may not be acting on their own free will, but one thing is for sure: they have officially changed sides. They are not just DressingAsTheEnemy, or [[DisguisedHostageGambit forced to disguise as one]]. They ''are'' one of them. At best, they are the {{Reverse Mole}}s who have decided to keep up the charade a bit longer. At worst, however...
Uncommonly for an EvilCostumeSwitch, if any, their new outfit tends to be less distinctive to reflect their new position as a low-ranking member. They may be provided with a uniform and disallowed to customize it any further than UniformityException. They may even be masked into FacelessGoons (handy for a later DramaticUnmask).
Related tropes:
* See also FaceHeelTurn and FaceMonsterTurn for possible reasons for their voluntary and forced change of mind, respectively.
* MookFaceTurn is the opposite of this trope.
* May subvert WhatMeasureIsAMook if they are treated better than the other mooks.
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!!Examples:
* ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'': The protagonist ends up being just another would-be rebel who's brainwashed into a model citizen and quietly terminated.
* ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ReturnOfTheJedi:'' One of Jabba the Hutt's guards is really Lando Calrisian in a face-concealing helmet. With how long he stays in-character as a guard (several days at least), he apparently went undercover by ''legitimately joining'' Jabba's organization, rather than just stealing a uniform.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/Deadpool2016'' during the final battle, when Deadpool discovers that one of the mooks he's fighting is his buddy Bob (a LawyerFriendlyCameo of Bob, Agent Of HYDRA). Deadpool proceeds to knock him out then ask him how his kids are doing.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': Dartz Summons four Mirror Knight Tokens of different heights. Later their helmets shatter and fall into the ground: they are in truth the souls of Yugi's friends, who have been turned into these forms.
* ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': Nabooru is captured in the Spirit Temple. Seven years later, Link encounters a strange orange-hued Iron Knuckle there. After defeating it, the plates of armor fall off the Iron Knuckle, revealing Nabooru as the one inside. Nabooru had been BrainwashedAndCrazy, and thus forced to attack Link.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': In the anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/ShikamaruHidenACloudDriftingInSilentDarkness'', Shikamaru is captured and separated from the HugeGuyTinyGirl duo. Guarded by two hooded figures (one small, one big), he is brought to the villain. Shikamaru asks for the duo, which are revealed to be the guards, having been {{Brainwashed}} by the villain.
* ''VideoGame/ShirenTheWanderer 3: The Sleeping Princess of Karakuri Mansion'': One of the EliteFour transforms [[spoiler:Shiren]] into a mindless MascotMook, forcing his allies to go look for him through Catfish's Nest.
* ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'': Quval uses a syringe device to merge Zyuoh Tiger with one of his Moebas. In this form, she becomes Quval's loyal servant who will attack even her good friend Tusk. After taking several hits from her, Tusk is able to snap her out of Quval's control and restore her to normal.
* ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'': The hacked [=HumaGear=] can corrupt other [=HumaGear=] and transform them into Trilobite Magia by piercing them with tendrils.
A previously established character joins the evil side, and works as one of the {{Mooks}}. They may or may not be acting on their own free will, but one thing is for sure: they have officially changed sides. They are not just DressingAsTheEnemy, or [[DisguisedHostageGambit forced to disguise as one]]. They ''are'' one of them. At best, they are the {{Reverse Mole}}s who have decided to keep up the charade a bit longer. At worst, however...
Uncommonly for an EvilCostumeSwitch, if any, their new outfit tends to be less distinctive to reflect their new position as a low-ranking member. They may be provided with a uniform and disallowed to customize it any further than UniformityException. They may even be masked into FacelessGoons (handy for a later DramaticUnmask).
Related tropes:
* See also FaceHeelTurn and FaceMonsterTurn for possible reasons for their voluntary and forced change of mind, respectively.
* MookFaceTurn is the opposite of this trope.
* May subvert WhatMeasureIsAMook if they are treated better than the other mooks.
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!!Examples:
* ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'': The protagonist ends up being just another would-be rebel who's brainwashed into a model citizen and quietly terminated.
* ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ReturnOfTheJedi:'' One of Jabba the Hutt's guards is really Lando Calrisian in a face-concealing helmet. With how long he stays in-character as a guard (several days at least), he apparently went undercover by ''legitimately joining'' Jabba's organization, rather than just stealing a uniform.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/Deadpool2016'' during the final battle, when Deadpool discovers that one of the mooks he's fighting is his buddy Bob (a LawyerFriendlyCameo of Bob, Agent Of HYDRA). Deadpool proceeds to knock him out then ask him how his kids are doing.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': Dartz Summons four Mirror Knight Tokens of different heights. Later their helmets shatter and fall into the ground: they are in truth the souls of Yugi's friends, who have been turned into these forms.
* ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': Nabooru is captured in the Spirit Temple. Seven years later, Link encounters a strange orange-hued Iron Knuckle there. After defeating it, the plates of armor fall off the Iron Knuckle, revealing Nabooru as the one inside. Nabooru had been BrainwashedAndCrazy, and thus forced to attack Link.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': In the anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/ShikamaruHidenACloudDriftingInSilentDarkness'', Shikamaru is captured and separated from the HugeGuyTinyGirl duo. Guarded by two hooded figures (one small, one big), he is brought to the villain. Shikamaru asks for the duo, which are revealed to be the guards, having been {{Brainwashed}} by the villain.
* ''VideoGame/ShirenTheWanderer 3: The Sleeping Princess of Karakuri Mansion'': One of the EliteFour transforms [[spoiler:Shiren]] into a mindless MascotMook, forcing his allies to go look for him through Catfish's Nest.
* ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'': Quval uses a syringe device to merge Zyuoh Tiger with one of his Moebas. In this form, she becomes Quval's loyal servant who will attack even her good friend Tusk. After taking several hits from her, Tusk is able to snap her out of Quval's control and restore her to normal.
* ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'': The hacked [=HumaGear=] can corrupt other [=HumaGear=] and transform them into Trilobite Magia by piercing them with tendrils.
