Line #27 PlayingWith/TheMole


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character is secretly working for the other side.
2	* '''Straight''': Most people assume Bob is a good guy working with LaResistance, until TheReveal when it turns out he was working for TheEmpire and [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] all along.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** [[FlockOfWolves Everybody in the story is secretly working for someone else.]]
5	** Bob is [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder working for more sides than he can keep track of]] at any given time.
6	** [[MoleInCharge Bob is the leader of the heroes.]]
7	** [[TwoAliasesOneCharacter Bob is Emperor Evulz.]]
8	* '''Downplayed''': NotInThisForYourRevolution
9	* '''Justified''':
10	** Bob is a mole because he's being blackmailed or coerced.
11	** Bob has good reason to dislike the good guys.
12	* '''Inverted''': In a group where everyone else is TheMole, Bob is the only member sincere about his allegiances.
13	* '''Subverted''':
14	** Bob is revealed as a mole, but then it turns out to be [[RedHerringMole someone else framing him.]]
15	** Bob is BecomingTheMask and pulls a HeelFaceTurn.
16	** RedHerringMole
17	* '''Double Subverted''':
18	** Bob is revealed as a mole, then it turns out to be someone else framing him, but at the end [[EvilAllAlong Bob really is]] [[FramingTheGuiltyParty the mole after all.]]
19	** Except he [[FakeDefector faked his Heel-Face Turn on purpose.]]
20	* '''Parodied''':
21	** 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]].
22	** 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 ''Film/AustinPowers''.
23	** Lareneg Elomeht, an ObviouslyEvil [[PuttingOnTheReich person looks like a Nazi general]] with his SdrawkcabAlias to boot, has no one suspecting him at all.
24	* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob 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.
25	* '''Averted''': There are no moles -- everybody's on the side they claim to be.
26	* '''Enforced''': In any work set during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar, it's well known that both sides employed moles, so there pretty much has to be one.
27	* '''Lampshaded''': "There's always a mole in these stories. And it's always the person you least suspect."
28	* '''Invoked''': "We've got to plant a mole in their team; it's right there in the Spies Handbook."
29	* '''Exploited''': The heroes know that Bob is a mole, and so feed him false information.
30	* '''Defied''': "There's no mole among us; the psychometer would ferret one out in an instant."
31	* '''Discussed''': The characters talk about how likely it is that there will be a mole, given the political situation.
32	* '''Conversed''': "I knew he was a bad guy!"
33	* '''Deconstructed''':
34	** The psychological aspects of being a mole are discussed. We see the angst Bob suffers over having to betray the people he befriended.
35	** The pressure of staying under the radar and putting himself in dangerous situations to do his mission takes a toll on Bob, and he makes a huge mistake that causes him to get caught.
36	* '''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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42	%%* '''Implied''': ???
43	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
44	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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