Anybody else think the current situation with Syria (circa Late Summer/Early Fall 2013) counts as a macro scale example, US as the Bad Cop, Russia as the Good Cop? I mean, we've even got the Good Cop saying, in effect, "please cooperate, I don't think I can control my friend here much longer".
Is this a valid example for a prospective Real Life example folder, or am I just too troped and seeing them in real life now?
Edited by 216.99.32.44
Well, could a character with Split Personality (or pretending to have Split Personality) potentially succeeds in pulling the good cop bad cop trick all by him/herself?
Who is this they?
This is a wiki, you should add it yourself.
Put me in motion, drink the potion, use the lotion, drain the ocean, cause commotion, fake devotion, entertain a notion, be Nova Scotian
That...doesn't really happen in any media I can think of, at least, it's not part of any trope formula. I can see you're trying to stretch it into The Good The Bad And The Ugly, but not everything needs to be a Shout-Out.
Edited by MrDeath
Given how common this trope is, and how often it's parodied, lampshaded, deconstructed, and reconstructed, does this qualify for Undead Horse Trope status?