History Main / DoubleAgent

* Pick a character from ''Series/{{Alias}}''. Any character.
* Ari in ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' was like this. He was manipulating all sides for [[ItsPersonal personal]] [[{{Revenge}} reasons]].
** Ironically, the heads of ''both'' sides thought Ziva was spying on them. As it happens, both Director Vance and her father were completely wrong, but it allowed them to spend several episodes being a JerkAss to the conflicted Ziva.
* Sam Axe did this for a while in ''Series/BurnNotice'', though not by choice.

* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': Sina Kazzari in "The Black Jet", who at first is assumed to work for the Americans, but later turns out to be working for the Iranians as well.
* In ''Series/EarthFinalConflict'', William Boone does this in season 1, becoming Protector to Da'an, whose loyalty is supposedly ensured by his brain implant. Except the implant was modified by LaResistance to remove that functionality. But while Boone works with the Resistance, he does not follow Jonathan Doors's orders blindly and he also enjoys a close relationship with Da'an, trying to understand Taelon culture. In seasons 2-4, the same role is taken by his ReplacementGoldfish Liam Kincaid, even more because Liam eventually becomes the RebelLeader.

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* In an [[AlternateUniverse alternate reality]] as depicted the episode "WesternAnimation/PhineasandFerb and the Temple of Juatchadoon", Isabella is revealed to be a "Dirty Double Crosser" as literally described on her business card. She has to trick Phineas and Ferb because Doofenshmirtz is holding her mother hostage.

* Pretty much the entire point of ''Creator/TomClancy's VideoGame/SplinterCellDoubleAgent'', although the player can ultimately determine just ''who'' Sam is ultimately working for.

** One in particular, Juan Pujol Garcia, fed the Germans such a wealth of false information that they actually ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Pujol_Garcia#Honours awarded him the Iron Cross for his efforts]]'', meaning he may be the only person to have received honors from both the Axis ''and'' Allied sides of World War II.

* Juan Pujol Garcia, a.k.a. "[[http://mentalfloss.com/article/58468/most-amazing-lie-history GARBO]]," who conned his way into Nazi Intelligence, used that to get into British Intelligence (his real goal), and played a critical role in ensuring that D-Day was a success.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter:'' [[EarWorm Snape. Snape. Severus Snape.]] His true allegiance is one of the Big Mysteries of the first six books, and, after frantic EpilepticTrees regarding the sixth book's ending, in the seventh it at last turns out [[spoiler: that he was good all along, and that he helped Dumbledore because he was in love with Lily and felt guilty that she died because he was a Death Eater and was the one who related the prophecy to Voldemort]].

* Ryouji Kaji of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is employed by NERV, SEELE, and the Japanese government to spy on and steal information from one another, while at same time pursuing his own goal: discovering the truth about TheConspiracy for himself. While none of the organisations are aware of his personal quest, NERV knows he's a double agent, SEELE suspects it, and the National Security Agency is relatively clueless. Eventually, one of the factions [[spoiler:(either SEELE or NERV, per [[WordOfGod Word of Anno]])]] gets sick of his backstabbing [[spoiler:and calls in a hit on him. [[GenreSavvy He knew that they would do it]], so [[FaceDeathWithDignity he just greets the killer and asks them what took them so long before he's shot dead]].]]

** One in particular, Juan Pujol Garcia, fed the Germans such a wealth of false information that they actually ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Pujol_Garc%C3%ADa#Honours awarded him the Iron Cross for his efforts]]'', meaning he may be the only person to have received honors from both the Axis ''and'' Allied sides of World War II.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter:'' [[EarWorm Snape. Snape. Severus Snape.]] His true allegiance is one of the Big Mysteries of the first six books, and, after frantic EpilepticTrees regarding the sixth book's ending, in the seventh it at last turns out [[spoiler: that he was good all along, and that he helped Dumbledore because he was in love with Lily and felt guilty that she died because he was a Death eater and was the one who related the prophecy to Voldemort]].
* Taken to truly brain-melting levels in the book [[FilmOfTheBook and film]] ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'': although everybodies' loyalties are eventually revealed to have been constant throughout, the loyalties they claim ping-pong back andforth like crazy. Check under BatmanGambit for details.

* In the last 3 special episodes of season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', Dean, a fellow WOOHP agent and one of the few hot guys that all of the three girls fall for is revealed in the second episode to be a double agent working for Terrence, Jerry's twin brother, to revenge on Jerry and destroy WOOHP, only to be revealed to be a "quadruple agent" (as said by Alex) in the third episode. He says he had to switch side to keep the girls safe, which makes no sense whatsoever (other than being a ridiculous plot twist) because he literally left them to die earlier, not to mention that he backpedals immediately and says "I knew you'd find a way out somehow." Not as absurd as a Main/DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent, but still absurd.

* In the last 3 special episodes of season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', Dean, a fellow WOOHP agent and one of the few hot guys that all of the three girls fall for is revealed in the second episode to be a double agent working for Terrence, Jerry's twin brother, to revenge on Jerry and destroy WOOHP, only to be revealed to be a "quadruple agent" as said by Alex again in the third episode. He says he had to switch side to keep the girls safe, which makes no sense whatsoever (other than being a ridiculous plot twist) because he literally left them to die earlier, not to mention that he backpedals immediately and says "I knew you'd find a way out somehow." Not as absurd as a Main/DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent, but still absurd.

* In the last 3 special episodes of season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', Dean, a fellow WOOHP agent and one of the few hot guys that all of the three girls fall for is revealed in the second episode to be a double agent working for Terrence, Jerry's twin brother, to revenge on Jerry and destroy WOOHP, only to be revealed to be a "quadruple agent" as said by Alex again in the third episode. He says he had to switch side to keep the girls safe, which makes no sense whatsoever (other than being a ridiculous plot twist) because he literally left them to die earlier, not to mention that he backpedals immediately and says "I knew you'd find a way out somehow." Not as absurd as an Main/DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent, but still absurd.

* In the last 3 special episodes of season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', Dean, a fellow WOOHP agent and one of the few hot guys that all of the three girls fall for is revealed in the second episode to be a double agent working for Terrence, Jerry's twin brother, to revenge on Jerry and destroy WOOHP, only to be revealed to be a "quadruple agent" as said by Alex again in the third episode. He says he had to switch side to keep the girls safe, which makes no sense whatsoever (other than being a ridiculous plot twist) because he literally left them to die earlier, not to mention that he backpedals immediately and says "I knew you'd find a way out somehow." Not as absurd as an [[DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent]], but still absurd.

* In the last 3 special episodes of season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', Dean, a fellow WOOHP agent and one of the few hot guys that all of the three girls fall for is revealed in the second episode to be a double agent working for Terrence, Jerry's twin brother, to revenge on Jerry and destroy WOOHP, only to be revealed to be a "quadruple agent" as said by Alex again in the third episode. He says he had to switch side to keep the girls safe, which makes no sense whatsoever (other than being a ridiculous plot twist) because he literally left them to die earlier, not to mention that he backpedals immediately and says "I knew you'd find a way out somehow."

* In the last 3 special episodes of season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', Dean, a fellow WOOHP agent and one of the few hot guys that all of the three girls fall for is revealed in the second episode to be a double agent working for Terrence, Jerry's twin brother, to revenge on Jerry and destroy WOOHP, only to be revealed to be a "quadruple agent" as said by Alex again in the third episode. He says he had to switch side to keep the girls safe, which makes no sense whatsoever (other than being a ridiculous plot twist) because he literally left them to die earlier.

* In the last 3 special episode of season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', Dean, a fellow WOOHP agent and one of the few hot guys that all of the three girls fall for is revealed in the second episode to be a double agent working for Terrence, Jerry's twin brother, to revenge on Jerry and destroy WOOHP, only to be revealed to be a "quadruple agent" as said by Alex again in the third episode. He says he had to switch side to keep the girls safe, which makes no sense whatsoever (other than being a ridiculous plot twist) because he literally left them to die earlier.

* In the last 3 special episode of season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', Dean, a fellow WOOHP agent and one of the few hot guys that all of the three girls fall for is revealed in the second episode to be a double agent working for Terrence, Jerry's twin brother, to revenge on Jerry and destroy WOOHP, only to be revealed to be a "quadruple agent" as said by Alex again in the third episode. He says he had to switch side to keep the girl safe, which makes no sense whatsoever (other than being a ridiculous plot twist) because he literally left the girls to die earlier.

* In the last 3 special episode of season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', Dean, a fellow WOOHP agent and one of the few hot guys that all of the three girls fall for is revealed in the second episode to be a double agent working for, Terrence, Jerry's twin brother, to revenge on Jerry and destroy WOOHP, only to be revealed to be a "quadruple agent" as said by Alex again in the third episode. He says he had to switch side to keep the girl safe, which makes no sense whatsoever (other than being a ridiculous plot twist) because he literally left the girls to die earlier.

** One in particular, Juan Pujol Garcia, fed the Germans such a wealth of false information that they actually ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Pujol_Garc%C3%ADa#Honours awarded him the Iron Cross for his efforts]]''.

->''"The thing about doubling anyone is that the more they do for you, the deeper they get. The deeper they get, the more you can make them do. Great if you're running them, but hard on the source. The [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled suicide rate is]]... above average."''

* In ''Literature/TheMachineriesOfEmpire'', [[spoiler:Vahenz]], one of the rebellion's bigwigs, is eventually revealed to be a freelance agent who works for the Hafn as well as the Liozh.

* ''Film/OperationDumboDrop'': Goddard, a Frenchman who keeps portraits of LyndonJohnson and Ho Chi Minh in a double-sided pictureframe.

* Ryouji Kaji of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is employed by NERV, SEELE, and the Japanese government to spy on and steal information from one another, while at same time pursuing his own goal: discovering the truth about TheConspiracy for himself. While none of the organisations are aware of his personal quest, NERV knows he's a double agent, SEELE suspects it, and the National Security Agency is relatively clueless. Eventually, one of the factions [[spoiler:(either SEELE or NERV, per [[WordOfGod Word of Anno]])]] gets sick of his backstabbing [[spoiler:and calls in a hit on him.]]

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', [[spoiler:Gin was working with Aizen to kill him-- Gin wanted to avenge the way Aizen had abused his friend Rangiku. It took him [[BestServedCold a century]] to obtain both the information needed, and the actual opportunity itself, to make the assassination attempt.]]

* Taizou Kirihara in ''Anime/CodeGeass'', the head of one of the "Six Houses of Kyoto", a group of Japanese noble families that still retain power after Japan has been conquered, by supporting Britannian rule. However, Lelouch figures out that he's secretly the head of the Kyoto Group, which gives funds and supplies to resistance groups and offers to help the Black Knights. "A double agent... how cliche." [[spoiler: Kirihara also was behind the coverup of Prime Minister Genbu Kururugi's death at the hands of his 10-year-old son.]]

* [[MagnificentBastard Revolver Ocelot,]] of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' fame, is probably the definition of this; the end of each game has him talking with some puppetmaster or another over the phone, making known his double, triple, and quadruple crosses but never quite explaining what they ''are'' when all is said and done. To wit, he gives an arguably false name to Big Boss at the end of the [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater third game]], is revealed to have been masterminding the entire events of it in the [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps third-and-a-half-th game]], is apparently both a ManBehindTheMan and double crosser to Liquid Snake in the original ''Metal Gear Solid'' (working for the President), and is seen "working for" the same (ex) President in a conspiracy in ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 2|SonsOfLiberty}}'' up until the end, where it turns out he was actually working for a completely ''different'' conspiracy as well as himself.
** Gets even more complex in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' where he's [[spoiler:an agent of said conspiracy working to destroy it from within.]]
** Though amazingly, he did tell Big Boss [[spoiler:his real name]].
*** Basically, it seems Ocelot worked for [[spoiler:the American CIA before transferring his allegiance to Big Boss. Everything else was him playing multiple sides for Big Boss's sake. Of course, it still fits as being out for himself, because he really respects Big Boss.]]