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* Oscar from ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'', whose inevitable treachery [[DevilInPlainSight is practically advertised]]. Oscar seems to seems to revel in his aesthetic as an untrustworthy bastard, having "EVIL" printed on his trousers, "BAD GUY" on his jacket, and "BAD MAN" on the NiceHat he dons [[spoiler:as he backstabs the rest of the crew. When he does, the AltText links to a video of [[Series/{{Firefly}} "Aaah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"]].]]

* Oscar from ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'', whose inevitable treachery [[DevilInPlainSight is practically advertised]]. Oscar seems to seems to revel in his aesthetic as an untrustworthy bastard, having "EVIL" printed on his trousers, "BAD MAN" on his jacket, and "BAD MAN" on the NiceHat he dons [[spoiler:as he backstabs the rest of the crew. When he does, the AltText links to a video of [[Series/{{Firefly}} "Aaah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"]].]]

* Oscar from ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'', whose inevitable treachery [[DevilInPlainSight is practically advertised]]. Oscar seems to seems to revel in his aesthetic as an untrustworthy bastard, having "EVIL" printed on his trousers, "BAD MAN" on his jacket, and "BAD MAN" on the NiceHat he dons [[spoiler:as he backstabs the rest of the crew. While he's not the first member of the CaperCrew who tries to backstab another member for their share, he's by far the most successful.]]

* Oscar from ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'', whose inevitable treachery [[DevilInPlainSight is practically advertised]]. Oscar seems to seems to revel in his aesthetic as an untrustworthy bastard, having "EVIL" printed on his trousers, "BAD MAN" on his jacket, and "BAD MAN" on the NiceHat he dons [[spoiler:as he backstabs the rest of the crew). While he's not the first member of the CaperCrew who tries to backstab another member for their share, he's by far the most successful.]]

* Veilchen the Smoke Knight from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. Even the Jagermonsters are impressed at his professionalism as he leaves them to die in an inescapable pit..

* Evil Harry Dread in ''Discworld/TheLastHero'' is the Disc's last EvilOverlord, who joins up with the last {{Barbarian Hero}}es on their final quest because they're the only ones who remember the old days and how things used to work. And then betrays them, because that's what Evil Overlords do. And the Silver Horde completely understand this. Of ''course'' he has to betray them; if he didn't he'd be betraying the whole Barbarian Hero/Evil Overlord dynamic.

* Jill, a Wyvern Rider in the ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius'' series, becomes a traitor not once, but ''three times.'' First, she leaves Daein to spy on Ike in ''Path of Radiance,'' which leads to her altogether abandoning her country and joining the Crimean Army. Then, in ''Radiant Dawn'', she's fighting Crimea on Daein's side. ''Then'', it's possible to make her betray Daein and join Crimea again. Luckily, she's heroic enough (and a spectacular unit to boot) that the audience overlooks her constant flip-flopping.

** Kabuto Yakushi is so ridiculously untrustworthy that even the villain he swore unending loyalty to claims that there's no telling what he'll pull when he's on his own. He can, and has, betrayed everybody he's ever met at least once [[AffablyEvil with a smile on his face]] and may be on his way to BigBad status at the moment.

-->-- '''Tyrion Lannister''', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''.

* Veilchen the Smoke Knight from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. Even the Jagermonsters are impressed at his professionalism as he leaves them to die in an inescapable pit.
* Oscar from ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' is so stylish and LaughablyEvil that you can't help but have him grow on you even as he guns down his entire heist team in cold blood and turns on Cio and Allison as well.

* Zevran from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is this HellBentForLeather doused in FetishFuel. As the assassin who just tried to murder them, it takes a long time for the rest of the party to come to trust him and initially consider the Warden ''insane'' for sparing his life and letting him join the party.

* The ''Series/CimarronStrip'' episode "Journey to a Hanging" has Screamer, an avaricious cowboy who joins a posse to hunt down an outlaw for the bounty on his head. His enthusiasm makes him lovable, even before his HeelFaceTurn at the end of the episode.

%%* Kurodou Akabane in ''GetBackers''

* Saemon Havarian from ''VideoGame/BaldursGate II'', as {{lampshade|Hanging}}d ''repeatedly'' by [[FanNickname CHARNAME]], the supporting cast, [[spoiler:the villain]], and anyone else who's ever had to deal with him ever. [[GenreSavvy If it hadn't been for the fact that sidequests equal more XP and loot]], going along with almost ''anything'' he says becomes a major point of WhoWouldBeStupidEnough.

%%* Hisoka from ''HunterXHunter''

* Evil Harry Dread in ''Discworld/TheLastHero'' is the Disc's last EvilOverlord, who joins up with the last {{Barbarian Hero}}es because they're the only ones who remember the old days and how things used to work. And then betrays them, because that's what Evil Overlords do. And the Silver Horde completely understand this. Of ''course'' he has to betray them; if he didn't he'd be betraying the whole Barbarian Hero/Evil Overlord dynamic.

Compare ReliableTraitor, WildCard, HeelFaceRevolvingDoor and DoubleAgent.

* Littlefinger and Varys in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. As a man of low nobility and no martial prowess and a foreign commoner and eunuch respectively, they're not semi-trusted so much as completely underestimated by most of the rulers of the Seven Kingdoms. Those who notice enough to actively distrust them can still find them both charming enough to endure working with, if not enjoy it. Littlefinger does complicate it a little, as some in-world spot the Lovable, but mistake the Traitor for [[LovableRogue Rogue]]: the Tully family, for one group. [[spoiler:However, he loses the "lovable" part completely once you get to know him better, turning out to be a far more destructive kind of DevilInPlainSight.]]

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* Littlefinger and Varys in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. As a man of low nobility and no martial prowess and a foreign commoner and eunuch respectively, they're not trusted so much as underestimated by the rulers of the Seven Kingdoms. Littlefinger does complicate it a little, as some in-world spot the Lovable, but mistake the Traitor for [[LovableRogue Rogue]]: the Tully family, for one group. [[spoiler:However, he loses the "lovable" part completely once you get to know him better, turning out to be a far more destructive kind of DevilInPlainSight.]]

* Littlefinger and Varys in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. As a man of low nobility and no martial prowess and a foreign commoner and eunuch respectively, they're not trusted so much as underestimated by the rulers of the Seven Kingdoms. [[spoiler:Littlefinger, loses the "lovable" part of this trope once you get to know him better, turning out to be a far more destructive kind of DevilInPlainSight.]]

* ''WesternAnimattion/LegendOfKorra'': Oh, [[spoiler: Varrick]]. He only gets ''more'' loveable after being put in prison. Nobody seems capable of holding any bitterness towards him, and he even makes up for it with [[spoiler: a heartless war machine, Zhu Li (the battleship, not the cute assistant).]] [[spoiler: Bolin]] definitely misses him and wishes he were there to lighten the mood.

* Varys and Littlefinger in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. As a man of low nobility and no martial prowess and a foreign commoner and eunuch respectively, they're not trusted so much as underestimated by the rulers of the Seven Kingdoms. [[spoiler:Littlefinger, loses the "lovable" part of this trope once you get to know him better, turning out to be a far more destructive kind of DevilInPlainSight.]]