Quislings seen in Western Animation.
- In Ben 10: Omniverse episode "Frogs of War Part 2", Will Harangue, one of Ben's most vocal critics, sings the praises of the Incurseans who conquered Earth, because they launched Ben into space in a prison pod. Later episode "Return to Forever" states that afterwards Harangue lost viewership because of said praise-singing. Which he, of course, blames Ben for it.
- Exo Squad:
- Journalist Amanda Connor becomes the face of the Neosapien occupation, much to the disgust (but not surprise) of her ex-husband, Sean Napier, himself leader of La Résistance.
- After Phaeton takes over Earth, Venus, and Mars, the mayor of
ChicagoPhaeton City is giving speeches welcoming their new masters practically before the smoke has cleared.
- Evil Chancellor Grumper in the Felix the Cat movie. In a rewatch, it's chilling to watch him assure Princess Oriana that he'll delay the Duke's forces for as long as he can; she doesn't even know Grumper used to be the Duke's lab assistant!
- Gravity Falls:
- Attempted by Preston Northwest once Bill Cipher and his fellow demons take over. Keyword being "attempted"; Bill decides that while it's a great offer, he'd prefer to rearrange the functions of the various holes in Preston's face.
- Played straight with Gideon, with Bill giving Gideon the position of enforcer and the task to prevent anyone from rescuing Mabel. Gideon accepts this because he gets much of what he dreamed of—a position of power where he has dominion and control over Mabel. Though that's just what he tells himself. The real reason is he's just afraid to stand up to Bill, and to admit to himself that Mabel's never going to return his feelings. After he and Dipper have a heart-to-heart moment, Gideon turns on Bill and buys enough time for Dipper to save Mabel.
- Invincible (2021): Season 2's Downer Beginning has an alternate version of Mark Grayson/Invincible willingly sided with his father Omni-Man and the Viltrum Empire's invasion of Earth, Mark and Nolan singlehandedly wiped out, if not entirely, most of humanity's last line of resistance against the Viltrumites.
- Kaeloo: In one episode, Quack-Quack wins a high-stakes game of Me-Me-Nopoly and becomes the King of Smileyland. While he doesn't really commit any atrocities against its residents, Kaeloo and Stumpy are still annoyed because Quack-Quack took the TV and the couch for himself. Mr. Cat decides to take advantage of the situation by becoming Quack-Quack's subservient personal advisor, using his authority as the king's personal adviser to enact laws that harm Kaeloo and Stumpy while benefitting him and Quack-Quack, and after he gains Quack-Quack's trust he tricks him into signing a legal contract that transfers his authority as king to Mr. Cat.
- The Trope Namer is referenced in the Looney Tunes cartoon "Daffy and Tom Turk". Daffy Duck is hiding a turkey that Porky Pig is hunting for Thanksgiving dinner. Daffy refuses to tell Porky where the turkey is, but caves in after hearing the scrumptious dishes Porky was planning to serve with the turkey. Upon realizing this, the turkey calls Daffy a "Quisling".
- In the My Life as a Teenage Robot special "Escape From Cluster Prime", Arch-Alpha Bitches Brit and Tiff are pretty quick to side with the Alien invaders. They later make a Heel–Face Turn at just the right moment, and get away pretty easily, as far as anyone can tell.
- The Owl House:
- In "Clouds on the Horizon", it's revealed that Odalia knew that the Day of Unity would be catastrophic to everyone on the Boiling Isles, but went along with it out of a belief that she and her family would live like royalty in the new world Belos intended to create. Both her husband and youngest daughter are predictably disgusted by this (and it's very likely her other two kids would react the same way if they were present), with Amity flat out disowning her over her actions.
- She gets even worse in the finale, where she’s now the personal servant of The Collector, who has taken over the Isles. She grumbles a bit, but is basically shamelessly kowtowing to them, knowing that if she doesn’t she’ll be turned into a puppet.
- Rocky and Bullwinkle: an episode of the Box Top Robbery story arc was "When a Felon Needs a Friend, or: Pantomime Quisling."
- She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: Scorpia claims that when the Horde invaded her family's kingdom, they willingly allowed them to use their gemstone, the Black Garnet, and worked with them, which is why she's a Force Captain in the Horde despite being a Princess. However, a flashback in a later episode suggests that this isn't entirely true, as it shows the Black Garnet being taken by force. It is left ambiguous how much the handovers involved a conflict between pro- and anti-Horde factions and how much they were an offer Scorpia's grandfather did not have the option of refusing.
- The Simpsons:
- Kent Brockman, when believing the world was about to be invaded by a master race of giant ants, comments that "I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves." Once this is all cleared up, he says, "Well, this reporter was... possibly a little hasty earlier and would like to... reaffirm his allegiance to this country and its human president. May not be perfect, but it's still the best government we have. For now." The camera pulls back to reveal a hastily-drawn "HAIL ANTS" poster, which Kent quickly rips off.
- Kent Brockman does it again in "The Joy of Sect", this time for his job:Kent Brockman: Springfield has been overrun by a strange and almost certainly evil sect, calling themselves "the Movementarians". In exchange for your home and all your money, the Leader of this "way out" and "wrong" religion claims he'll take believers away on his spaceship to the planet "Blisstonia". Excuse my editorial laugh. (laughs) But— (a note is passed to him) Ladies and gentlemen, I have just learned of a change in this station's management! Welcome, Movementarians! Continue to improve our lives! I love you, perfect Leader... and new CEO of KBBL broadcasting!
- It's been heavily suggested Mr. Burns aided the Germans throughout the World Wars and, unlike Schindler, takes pride in having built shells for the Nazis which worked, dammit! It's even implied that him botching Abe Simpson's assassination attempt on Hitler was not just an accident. Depending on the Writer though it's unclear on which side he started with (he has an S.S, membership card and the Fuhrer fired him after the Plywood Pelican's fiasco).
- Star Wars Rebels:
- Minister Tua is a citizen of Lothal (and Ambiguously Brown, with tan or darker skin color being rather common among Lothal natives, like Ezra and Governor Azadi), yet she's rather fervent about her loyalty to the Empire, like demonstrated in "Empire Day". It does nothing for her in the end.
- Governor Pryce is also a local on Lothal (albeit she's not Ambiguously Brown and clearly white, and it's implied in Thrawn that her family came from offworld) and would sell out her planet to advance her own ambitions in the Empire. Even in the end, when the rebels liberate Lothal, she would rather die with the Empire rather than accept mercy from her opponent, Governor Azadi.
- When Tex Avery was working on his animated short Blitz Wolf, Fred Quimby, his boss at MGM studios, cautioned him not to be too harsh when parodying Adolf Hitler. When Avery incredulously asked why, Quimby replied, completely straightfaced, "After all, Tex, we don't know who's going to win the war." Avery was so disgusted by this that he made the parody even meaner.
- ThunderCats (2011): The story is kicked off when Grune collaborates with Mumm-Ra's forces to kill King Claudus and bring about Thundera's fall. It later becomes clear that he had always wanted to take over Thundera; Mumm-Ra's just gave him the power and resources he needed to act on his ambition. Later, when the villains reach Avista, Prefect Vultaire is so afraid of Mumm-Ra's power that he sells out the city and swears allegiance to him to save his own skin.
- Wuya from Xiaolin Showdown. Once one of the most powerful evil forces in the world, she is condemned to exist in spirit form and needs solid people to do her dirty work for her. She usually works for/with Jack Spicer, the incompetent junior villain who freed her from her puzzle box, but the series made a Running Gag of her going off to work with villains she saw as more powerful, only to come crawling back to Jack as soon as those villains were defeated. Eventually, this backfired on her after what happened with Mala Mala Jong and he outright refused to take her back, even creating a Shen Gong Wu detector just so her biggest asset to him was rendered null. Of course, this started a chain of events that leads to Wuya regaining her physical body and power, though Jack ends up helping the heroes stop and seal her away, and when she returns again with her body she's De Powered by Chase Young to make sure she can't betray him.
