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* HoardingTheProfits: When an individual or small group steals the gains from the larger group they are part of.
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* CategoryTraitor: Someone gets accused of betrayal for liking something that goes against their culture.

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* CategoryTraitor: Someone gets accused of betrayal for liking or doing something that goes against their culture.
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* ConfidentialityBetrayal: A character tells another character's secret to third parties, making it no longer a secret.
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* TemporaryPartyMemberToVillain: A GuestStarPartyMember that betrays the party and later fights it.
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: The bad guy mistreats his minions and his underlings repay his abuse by turning on him.

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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: The bad guy mistreats his minions Someone is betrayed by another, and his underlings repay his the former repays this abuse by turning on him.the latter.
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* AbandonmentInducedAnimosity: A character was left behind in the past by their allies, letting them face capture or death on their own.
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* SpiesAreDespicable: Spies are view as bad people because of the propensity for betraying and lying to people as part of their work.

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* SpiesAreDespicable: Spies are view viewed as bad people because of the propensity for betraying and lying to people as part of their work.
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* TruceTrickery: Making an end-run around or blatantly violating a ceasefire or peace treaty.
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* SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb: Sneaking a bomb into enemy territory.
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* DoctorVonTurncoat: A war criminal with valuable expertise is given immunity by their former enemies in exchange for working for them.

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* SixthRangerTraitor: The newest member of the team turns out to secretly be a villain intent on destroying the group from within.



* SixthRangerTraitor: The newest member of the team turns out to secretly be a villain intent on destroying the group from within.


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* SpiesAreDespicable: Spies are view as bad people because of the propensity for betraying and lying to people as part of their work.
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* HuntingTheRogue: A rogue agent deserts from an organization they served and they're chased as a result.
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* ProppingUpTheirPatsy: A culprit proclaims the innocence of another suspect to conceal their own culpability or further their own agenda.
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*** MoleInCharge: The villain becomes the leader of a group and destroys it.

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*** MoleInCharge: The villain A character becomes the leader of a group and destroys it.

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** UnfriendlyFire: A character "frags" someone on their own side of the conflict.



* UnfriendlyFire: A character "frags" someone on their own side of the conflict.
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* TheUsurper: A character who takes a position of power (such as a ruler) away from its legitimate holder.

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* TheUsurper: A character Someone who takes seizes a position of power (such as a ruler) away from its legitimate holder.holder; such as a monarch being overthrown by another royal seeking to hold the throne themselves.

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** TheMole: A cover agent who infiltrates the opposing organization by pretending to be on their side.
*** FeedTheMole: The hero gives the villain false information.
*** MistakenlyAttackedMole: Attack someone you didn't know was your mole.
*** MoleInCharge: The villain becomes the leader of a group and destroys it.



* TheMole: A cover agent who infiltrates the opposing organization by pretending to be on their side.
** FeedTheMole: The hero gives the villain false information.
** MistakenlyAttackedMole: Attack someone you didn't know was your mole.
** MoleInCharge: The villain becomes the leader of a group and destroys it.
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* TheCoup: A government is overthrown and replaced, usually by a subordinate official seeking to hold leadership over it.
** MilitaryCoup: When a (usually civilian) government is ousted and replaced by their own military officers.
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Contrast wirh ATrustingIndex and LoyaltyTropes. Victims of betrayal are often motivated to seek retribution against the traitor through any type of RevengeTropes.

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Contrast wirh with ATrustingIndex and LoyaltyTropes. Victims of betrayal are often motivated to seek retribution against the traitor through any type of RevengeTropes.
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Contrast ATrustingIndex and LoyaltyTropes.

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Contrast wirh ATrustingIndex and LoyaltyTropes.
LoyaltyTropes. Victims of betrayal are often motivated to seek retribution against the traitor through any type of RevengeTropes.

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* TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Betrayal is treated as worse than any other evil thing a villain has done.

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* TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Betrayal is treated as being worse than any other evil thing act a villain has done.done.
** KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Murdering members of one's own family is almost universally considered to be perhaps the most wicked form of betrayal.
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* SavedToEnslave: Someone saved your life only to put you in their service.
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* CavalryBetrayal: TheCavalry has arrived! Wait...why are they shooting us instead of helping us?!

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* CavalryBetrayal: TheCavalry has arrived! Wait... why are they shooting us instead of helping us?!
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* EvilAllAlong: a character thought to be on the side of good has actually been evil from the start.

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* EvilAllAlong: a A character thought to be on the side of good has actually been evil from the start.
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* EvilAllAlong: a character thought to be on the side of good has actually been evil from the start.
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* BadSamaritan: The villain who acts kind and uses good deeds to lure the heroes into a false sense of security, before turning the tables on them for their master plan.


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* SalvagePirates: They don't intend to save you. They just want your stuff, and you are merely collateral.
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** HeelFaceDoorSlam: An evil character tries to change their ways, but no one will accept that they genuinely want to make amends for what they did.

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** HeelFaceDoorSlam: An evil character tries to change their ways, but either no one will accept that they genuinely want to make amends for what they did.did, or another evil character does something really bad to them before they can make any progress.
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* InsidiousRumorMill: A character lies or manipulates the friends, family members, and colleagues they share with someone they're in conflict with to turn their backs on that person.
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* ObviousJudas: Doesn't even bother hiding the fact that they're gonna stab you in the back.

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* ObviousJudas: Doesn't even bother hiding YMMV trope where it's painfully obvious to the fact audience that they're gonna stab you in a character will betray the back.rest.

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