History Main / DoubleAgent

The guy who's TheMole on both sides of a conflict. He works for both sides and plays them off against each other. Although often shown as a villain, he can also be a likeable rogue who just happens to have flexible loyalties, or who has problems with both sides and enjoys setting them on each other. He can even be loyal to one side, and willing to engage in the DirtyBusiness of faking being an agent for the other; TheMole who engages in BecomingTheMask may turn into this.

* In WebVideo/ShortsWars, cdotkom "Charlie" is friends with the Shorts creators, until later they find out that he has been secretly working with The Boss the whole time and actually betrayed them. Little did they know, that cdot was actually working *against* The Boss the whole time, and [[spoiler: was actually the one who saved [=RoyalMelon=] from the explosion, leaked the logs that would later reveal The Boss' true identity and backstory]] and even helped the other creators destroy the second facility in the end.

-->-- ''Series/BurnNotice'', "Hard Bargain"

[[caption-width-right:213:The whole cult is like this...]]

%%* Sam Axe did this for a while in ''Series/BurnNotice'', though not by choice.

* In ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded'', [[Literature/HarryPotter Snape]] explains that he's actually a double agent who helped Voldemort until he was at an opportunity to be killed, then goes back in time stop Voldemort from ever existing.

* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'': Near the end of Season 2, we're introduced to Roundabout, a [[NebulousEvilOrganization V.I.L.E.]] operative planted high-up in British intelligence, a position he uses to keep V.I.L.E. one step ahead of law enforcement. He proves efficient enough at his job that [[spoiler: he's chosen to fill the [[EvilPowerVacuum empty seat]] on the [[BigBadDuumvirate V.I.L.E. Faculty]]]].

* Taken to ridiculous extremes in ''Film/{{Cypher}}''. Almost every character is a double agent, to the extent you'll be sure that even the cleaners had a hidden agenda. And the protagonist [[spoiler:is.. well, let's see.. He starts as a spy for Digicorp, they brainwash him into a double agent to be planted at Sunways, but Sunways had the brainwashing sabotaged so he could be a triple spy, then he contacts Foster to become a spy for Rooks, then gets tempted into betraying Rooks for Digicorp as Rooks mole in Digicorp had planned all along, and then turns out to be Rooks himself playing all the others. So that's 6 times, a Sextuple spy. Yeah.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', KND operatives are sent for [[LaserGuidedAmnesia decommissioning]] once they reached [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteen]]. In one episode, Number 5's former teammate Maurice, explains that the best and trusted operatives are exempt from decommissioning, allowing them to continue helping the KND from opposing sides.