Love the treason, but hate the traitor.
— Proverb
First bullet to the traitor.
— Russian saying
A man who'd commit treason would surely betray me, too, one day.
— Bandaka, Buddha
Preston Northwest: I would just like to say that, as a rich capitalist, I welcome your tyrannical rule! Perhaps I can be one of your, uh, "horsemen of the apocalypse"?
Bill Cipher: Oh, wow, that's a great offer. How about instead I shuffle the functions of every hole in your face?
Bill Cipher: Oh, wow, that's a great offer. How about instead I shuffle the functions of every hole in your face?
"Trust not a man who has betrayed his master, nor take him into your own service, lest he betray you too."
—The Prince on the Vizier, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
The betrayer of military secrets is a pariah, despised by every man and every nation. Even the enemy whom he serves has no respect for him, but merely uses him. Any nation which is not uncompromisingly unanimous in its condemnation of this type of treachery is undermining the very foundations of its own state, whatever its form of government may be.
— Admiral Karl Dönitz, Ten Years And Twenty Days
"#16: If the Hero says he is willing to betray his cause and accept my offer of ruling the world at my side, he will only be believed once that betrayal results in his cause's total destruction, at which point his demonstration of total lack of principle should lead to his immediate execution."
"Betrayal is its own reward."
"Cowards and traitors deserve no second thought, only their complete annihilation."
— Kain, Legacy of Kain
Argit: Attea, don't shoot! We had a deal...
Attea (shoots him): You had a deal. I had a whim.
Attea (shoots him): You had a deal. I had a whim.
—Ben 10: Omniverse, Frogs of War Part 2
"Right now, I'm not like [grins], I'm like [frowns] because you are traitors. Yes, you are! As soon as you saw the votes swinging MY way, you abandoned your parties and you jumped on the Saxon bandwagon. So...this is your reward."
—Harold Saxon, Doctor Who, "The Sound of Drums"
Hierarch: Hold, sir! I am the man King Gangrel told you about! Did you not receive orders to take me into your protection?
Vasto: I've orders to protect a man, true... but I see no man here! Only a pig! A rasher of traitorous bacon that sold out his own sovereign! And what do we do with little piggies, hmm?
Hierarch: Well, you... I mean, perhaps... you let them go free?
Vasto: Oh, are you a chicken now? Bawk bawk! We've a whole barnyard in our midst! Well, it don't matter what you are. The axe will fall just the same!
Vasto: I've orders to protect a man, true... but I see no man here! Only a pig! A rasher of traitorous bacon that sold out his own sovereign! And what do we do with little piggies, hmm?
Hierarch: Well, you... I mean, perhaps... you let them go free?
Vasto: Oh, are you a chicken now? Bawk bawk! We've a whole barnyard in our midst! Well, it don't matter what you are. The axe will fall just the same!
D.U.P. Officer: And what makes you think Bio-terrorist scum like you can leave this city alive?
Hank: We had a deal.
D.U.P. Officer: No, you had a deal. With my boss. Who's not here right now. But the guys who are here enlisted to hunt down you Bio-terrorists, not help them escape after they sell out their own kind!
Hank: We had a deal.
D.U.P. Officer: No, you had a deal. With my boss. Who's not here right now. But the guys who are here enlisted to hunt down you Bio-terrorists, not help them escape after they sell out their own kind!
Narf-Win-Gitag: What would you have done if he'd said he wanted to join us?
Schroeder: I would've had you kill him anyway. He took bribes. He couldn't be trusted.
Narf-Win-Gitag: He took bribes from you.
Schroeder: Precisely. So I know how little he could be trusted.
Schroeder: I would've had you kill him anyway. He took bribes. He couldn't be trusted.
Narf-Win-Gitag: He took bribes from you.
Schroeder: Precisely. So I know how little he could be trusted.
Comrade Paul, you were a traitor to your own country, how can you expect us to trust you now? You are a revolutionist, perhaps you might revolt against our system.
—Communist Leader, The Poor Revolutionist
Except I haven't forgiven you yet, Miranda dear! (turns Miranda into a tiny spider)
— Prince Phobos, W.I.T.C.H.
You're a ruthless little cunt, Liam, I'll give you that… but I've got no time for grassers. Feed 'im to the pigs, Errol!
Gelfling Guard: But I was loyal! I warned you of the guards' revolt!
The Scientist: Then it is only fitting you meet the same end as your fellow guards!
A man without honor has no reason to live.
— Kilrathi Commander, Wing Commander Academy ("Red and Blue")
Rip van Winkle: Tell me, Captain, how does it feel slaughtering your kinsmen, turning them into ghouls, and betraying your family und country, all for ze selfish desire to become an immortal vampire?
Commander Violet: Wow, uh... when you put it like that, I feel like kind of a cunt.
Rip van Winkle: Oh, but you know what might make you feel better? (shoves her gun in his face) Checking your privilege. (gunshot)
For his payment, the Betrayer's son was returned to him in our form, and the Icon of Sin was brought upon the heathens. His vengeance was swift and merciless, for the wages of treachery are suffering.
— Codex file "The Wraiths III", Doom Eternal
Adam: Have I not demonstrated my loyalty to you?!
Lord Nazmul: You betrayed your friends. I admire that. But if you had the nerve to turn on them, betraying me would be nothing. No, you will meet your fate tomorrow.
Lord Nazmul: You betrayed your friends. I admire that. But if you had the nerve to turn on them, betraying me would be nothing. No, you will meet your fate tomorrow.
—Di-Gata Defenders ("Adam & Eve of Destruction")
Never trust a traitor. Not even one you created.
— Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, Frank Herbert's Dune
If they'll cheat with you, they'll cheat on you.
—Popular saying
Prison Guard: No, no, Dagur, don't! I'm the one that gave you the key!
Dagur: Which makes you a traitor. [knocks him out] I hate traitors.
Dagur: Which makes you a traitor. [knocks him out] I hate traitors.
Vlad Tepes: Bury him with the honors due to a lord. And he... should perish by the spear with which he killed.
Nobleman: Why, your highness? If I hadn't done it, you would.
Vlad: I haven't sworn to be faithful to him.
Nobleman: Why, your highness? If I hadn't done it, you would.
Vlad: I haven't sworn to be faithful to him.
Mongol: Temudgin, we throw our khan at your feet.
Temudgin: Who is this?
Mongol: Your enemy, Targutai.
(Temudgin then nods to his second-in-command, Altan)
Altan: Kill them.
Mongol: For what? Altan! What did we do wrong?
Altan: You broke the law. You betrayed your Khan.
Temudgin: Who is this?
Mongol: Your enemy, Targutai.
(Temudgin then nods to his second-in-command, Altan)
Altan: Kill them.
Mongol: For what? Altan! What did we do wrong?
Altan: You broke the law. You betrayed your Khan.
Dealer: Now, this kinda information doesn't come cheap. I gotta look out for number one, know what I mean?
Sleet: Of course. Name your price; I'll make sure you get everything that's coming to you.
Dealer: Okay, Bartleby's got the orb, and Sonic, Sonia, and Manic are on their way over to his mansion to get it back.
Sleet: You have done well, my criminal friend.
Dealer: Oh, it's a pleasure to serve Robotnik... and make, say, a thousand Mobiums?
Sleet: You should've asked to be paid before you told me who had the orb. Grab him!
[two SWATbots grab the dealer and start marching him towards the roboticizer]
Dealer: Wh— Sleet! You can't do this! We had a deal! Look, I told you everything I know... Sleet! No!
[the roboticizer closes around him, and Sleet turns it on]
Sleet: I said you'd get what's coming to you.
Sleet: Of course. Name your price; I'll make sure you get everything that's coming to you.
Dealer: Okay, Bartleby's got the orb, and Sonic, Sonia, and Manic are on their way over to his mansion to get it back.
Sleet: You have done well, my criminal friend.
Dealer: Oh, it's a pleasure to serve Robotnik... and make, say, a thousand Mobiums?
Sleet: You should've asked to be paid before you told me who had the orb. Grab him!
[two SWATbots grab the dealer and start marching him towards the roboticizer]
Dealer: Wh— Sleet! You can't do this! We had a deal! Look, I told you everything I know... Sleet! No!
[the roboticizer closes around him, and Sleet turns it on]
Sleet: I said you'd get what's coming to you.
—Sonic Underground, "Artifact"
[King Canute] loved those whom he had heard to have served Edmund truly and faithfully, and hated those whom he knew to be treacherous and who had, in the time of war, played both sides with duplicitous indecision, so much that one day he ordered many of the princes to be put to death for this kind of treachery. Among these was Eadric, who had fled from battle, and to whom, when he demanded rewards from the king for this very thing, as if he had done this for his victory, the grieved king replied: „You who have deceitfully betrayed your master, how could you ever be faithful to me? I will pay you the proper rewards, but henceforth you won't indulge in treachery ever again.“ And when he had called Duke Erik, he said to him: „Pay this man what we owe him; that is, kill him so he won't betray us.“ And he, without delay, took a battle-axe and with a mighty blow cut off his head, that by this example warriors might learn to be faithful to their kings and not unfaithful.
—The Encomium of Queen Emma
Stocke: What happened to the owner of that armlet?!
Soldier: Well, after he spilled his guts— he spilled his guts.
Soldier: Well, after he spilled his guts— he spilled his guts.
Seeker: Prepare for re-education, Mertens!
Martin: You got the wrong man, fella. I've been helping beefcakes like you catch Hiders for months.
Seeker: We know you've been playing both sides! You think that's not hurtful?
Martin: You got the wrong man, fella. I've been helping beefcakes like you catch Hiders for months.
Seeker: We know you've been playing both sides! You think that's not hurtful?
—Adventure Time, "Min and Marty"
I don't make deals with traitors, I just let them think I do.
— Vleist, Star Wars: Razor's Edge
"With all the money we save Robotnik on snitches, he should give us a raise!"
— Sleet, Sonic Underground, "Artifact"
I intend to serve as Hand of the King until my father returns from the war and seeing as you betrayed the last Hand of the King, well, I just wouldn't feel safe with you lurking about.
— Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones
