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* From ''Manga/FairyTail'', [[spoiler: Jellal (the evil version)]] gives one to Erza when he convinces her she [[spoiler:broke through Zeref's control on him]] with ThePowerOfLove. Naturally, he's still brainwashed and he just did it to drop her guard.

* In ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII'', [[spoiler: during Mother Corleone's funeral, Michael and Fredo reconcile with a hug. As Mike embraces him, he makes a signal to his hitman Al to kill him.]]

* In ''Film/{{Juice}}'', during Raheem's funeral, Bishop talks to his dead friend's mother and lets her cry on his shoulders. While this is happening, Bishop gives a cold and arrogant stare to Q, [[spoiler: because Q knows that Bishop killed Raheem and threatened to kill him and his friends if he told. Q stares back, realizing what a monster Bishop is.]]

* On ''Series/{{V 2009}}'': Ryan is seen over his fiance's shoulder as he hugs her. The audience knows he's troubled because [[spoiler: Valerie just found out she's pregnant, and Ryan is a Visitor]], but she doesn't know that. To complicate matters, he ''genuinely loves her''.

** When Dean finds Cas [[spoiler: in Purgatory]], he gives him an [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming overjoyed and relieved hug]]. Dean's close to ManlyTears-- but he's got his face [[HoYay tucked into Cas' neck]] to the point where he can't see the latter's clenched fist and shattered expression--Cas can't bring himself to hug Dean back because [[spoiler: Leviathans are after him, and he has to leave Dean to keep him safe.]]

** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E11DarkWater Dark Water]]", which provides the page quote, the Doctor and Clara are ''both'' doing this: [[spoiler: they're both lying about having a happier life, so the other won't leave ''their'' happy life for the sake of their friendship.]]

* In the season six finale of ''Series/CriminalMinds'', 'Lauren', [[spoiler: The team are informed of Emily Prentiss' apparent death at the hands of Ian Doyle (In reality a cover up by J.J and Hotch to protect her).]] J.J and Reid hug to comfort one another and whereas only grief can be seen on Reid's face, J.J looks at Hotch over his shoulder with an expression showing that there is more going on.

** After reading the story to its very conclusion, and re-reading to this point, there are three probable reasons for this seemingly out-of-place dramatic moment: [[spoiler: Perhaps he is feeling the first effects of the arsenic-laden fish. Perhaps he is vaguely aware, despite the amnesia, that he is hugging the person who once killed him. Perhaps he never had amnesia, is acutely aware that she has amnesia, and is biding his time until he gets out of his cell and the Metal Glen, and away from that maniac Red. Admittedly, his later reactions seem genuine enough to preclude that last option, but the penultimate panel remains ambiguous...]]

See also TraitorShot, TwoFacedAside.

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* From ''Manga/FairyTail'', [[spoiler: Jellal (the evil version)]] gives one to Erza when he convinces her she [[spoiler:broke through Zeref's control on him]] with ThePowerOfLove. Naturally, he's NotBrainwashed.

* In TheTeaser of ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', Film/JamesBond is making out with a belly dancer in his room just as a hidden assassin emerges with a truncheon and sneaks up on him. We then see her oddly calm reaction to the assassin's appearance, revealing that they are working together. Fortunately, Bond catches on, and it does not end well for either of them.

* TwoKinds: [[http://twokinds.keenspot.com/archive.php?p=709 Eric threatened to molest a 13 year old girl!]] [[http://twokinds.keenspot.com/archive.php?p=710 Or did he?]]

* In the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode, "Doppelgangland", Willow hugs her [[EvilTwin vampire counterpart before sending her back to her own reality]]. As they hug, [=VampWillow=] [[LesYay grins mischievously]]. Two seconds later, Willow jumps away:

** In "The Dark Age", Jenny is temporarily knocked out when a demon-possessed man breaks out of his cell. As a guilt-stricken Giles later holds her, her eyes flash in an "uh-oh" moment.

** "Becoming, Part 2". Buffy realises that Angel has got his soul back and hugs him. As Buffy does so her eyes widen in horror because she can see a vortex to the hell dimension opening behind Angel; she tells Angel to close his eyes and [[DeadlyHug does what she must]].

** Two in the episode "First of his Name." First, Lysa graciously welcomes her niece, Sansa, to her castle but Lysa's smile slides right off her face when she hugs Sansa. Then, Littlefinger lets his loving mask toward Lysa slip into a very telling look of disgust when she starts cuddling him after revealing that she's brought a septon to wed them immediately.

** In the episode "Death in Heaven", which provides the page quote, the Doctor and Clara are ''both'' doing this: [[spoiler: they're both lying about having a happier life, so the other won't leave ''their'' happy life for the sake of their friendship.]]
** The page quote is repeated when the Doctor later hugs Clara again in "The Magician's Apprentice", though the context is different.

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Death in Heaven", which provides the page quote, the Doctor and Clara are ''both'' doing this: [[spoiler: they're both lying about having a happier life, so the other won't leave ''their'' happy life for the sake of their friendship.]]

* Then there was the entire [[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys Bully Ray]]-Brooke Hogan thing during the Wrestling/AcesAndEights storyline, during which Bully was fighting against the Aces & Eights alongside Wrestling/{{Sting}} while courting/dating Brooke at the same time — and Brooke's dad, General Manager Wrestling/HulkHogan, did not trust Bully at first. Eventually, Bully proposed marriage to Brooke and she said yes…and during their hug, Bully looked at the camera with a blank expression as though he was the OnlySaneMan in the ring. Sure enough, he turned out to be the Aces' President.

* Wrestling/{{Layla}} gave one to Wrestling/{{Kaitlyn}} before the latter's Divas Championship opportunity against Wrestling/{{AJ Lee}} in 2013. She praised Kaitlyn as a deserving champion and hugged her, while also showing a {{Traitor Shot}}, suggesting that Layla had villainous plans against Kaitlyn. Sure enough, Layla did betray Kaitlyn during the match and cost her the title against AJ.

** Two in the episode "First of his Name." First, Lysa graciously welcomes her niece, Sansa, to her castle but Lysa's smile slides right off her face when she hugs Sansa. Then, Littlefinger lets his loving mask toward Lysa slip when she starts cuddling him after revealing that she's brought a septon to wed them immediately.
** And a few episodes later [[spoiler:after delivering the tearful story of her aunt's "suicide" (actually she was murdered by Littlefinger in front of Sansa's eyes)]] Sansa is hugged by Anya Waynwood and levels a MeaningfulLook at Littlefinger behind Anya's back. This seals her change from TheIngenue of the first three seasons to an [[BastardUnderstudy active player in the game of thrones]].

* A humorous one in ''Film/{{Charade}}'', when Creator/AudreyHepburn has just learned that CaryGrant has been lying to her about who he is and why he's hanging out with her. Not knowing she knows, he gives her what's intended as a comforting hug while telling her he's moved into the room adjoining hers. The [[OhCrap way her eyes suddenly get very wide]] is hilarious.

* This short animated film [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gxrI5CPYIM&feature=related Red]] where Little Red Riding Hood refuses the advances of the wolf (who looks like a [[LittleBitBeastly slightly feral]] child wearing a wolf costume) after spilling the cakes she was going to bring to her grandmother. After leaving brokenhearted, Red encounters a unicorn-horned rabbit, which she hugs (not noticing the [[RevealingHug evil toothed grin it makes]] before mutating into a bear-sized horned monster that was ready to devour Red before the wolf comes back in time to save the day.

* On TheBigBangTheory, Raj is threatened with being financially cut off by his parents because he's spending excessive amounts of money on the girl he's dating. He tells her that he chose love over money (and that they would have to return the more expensive gifts he bought her), leading to a hug with her looking disappointed. The next scene shows him depressed over their breakup.

* Drake on ''DrakeAndJosh'' hugs his GirlOfTheWeek while making the "Call me" gesture to another girl.

* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', when Dean finds Cas [[spoiler: in Purgatory]], he gives him an [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming overjoyed and relieved hug]]. Dean's close to ManlyTears-- but he's got his face [[HoYay tucked into Cas' neck]] to the point where he can't see the latter's clenched fist and shattered expression--Cas can't bring himself to hug Dean back because [[spoiler: Leviathans are after him, and he has to leave Dean to keep him safe.]]

* In ''Film/SleepingWithTheEnemy'', Laura doesn't want to have sex with her abusive husband. But To avoid further violence, she pretends to be aroused as he makes advances to her, right before we see her upset face over his shoulder.

* ''Series/OneLifeToLive'': After a character expresses anxiety about her impending wedding (due to being widowed very soon into her first marriage), her fiance reassures her. She laughs, insists that she's fine, and they hug. Of course, we see her secretly upset face over his shoulder. . .but the trope is then played twice when we see HIS equally worried face--he is fully aware that she's only pretending to be okay.

* At the very end of ''Film/{{Oldboy}}'', when Dae-Su hugs Mi-Do, we see his smile slowly change into a mask of grief. It is up to the viewer what this means, though it seems to imply that [[ItMakesSenseInContext the hypnosis]] may not have worked.

* In the Creator/StanleyKubrick adaptation of ''Literature/{{Lolita}}'', Humbert eyes a bedside picture of Charlotte's underage daughter while smooching Charlotte on their marriage bed. Charlotte chooses that moment to reveal her plan to send Lolita away to a strict boarding school, so she doesn't see Humbert's shocked ([[MurderTheHypotenuse and then contemplative]]) expression either.

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* A less dramatic, subtler example with the CooldownHug Nikolai gives Kirill in ''Film/EasternPromises''. It's not as if Nikolai's oblivious to his feelings, though.

* ''Film/NorthByNorthwest'' - Roger is on the lam, meets Eve on a train, they get on ''very'' well... as he holds her we see her cool, calculating face, having slipped a note to his pursuers in the next compartment.

* In ''{{Film/Juice}}'', during Raheem's funeral, Bishop talks to his dead friend's mother and lets her cry on his shoulders. While this is happening, Bishop gives a cold and arrogant stare to Q, [[spoiler: because Q knows that Bishop killed Raheem and threatened to kill him and his friends if he told. Q stares back, realizing what a monster Bishop is.]]

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* On ''[[{{V-2009}} V]]'' 2009: Ryan is seen over his fiance's shoulder as he hugs her. The audience knows he's troubled because [[spoiler: Valerie just found out she's pregnant, and Ryan is a Visitor]], but she doesn't know that. To complicate matters, he ''genuinely loves her''.

-->'''Ned''': Um, you can... let go now.
-->'''Moze''': Huh? Oh, right. I know...
* Done in an episode of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' where Clark hugs Lana. [[spoiler:A close-up of his face reveals a distortion and an evil smile revealing him as Bizarro to the audience.]]

* On ''{{Series/Revenge}}'', this is practically Emily Thorne's SignatureMove. Her hated enemy Victoria Grayson also sometimes gets into the act.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones''

* In later seasons of ''Series/AlloAllo'', a RunningGag was that Michelle of the Resistance - apparently the only woman in the town ''not'' attracted to KavorkaMan Rene - would pretend she was in order to get him on board with her plans. During their embraces, the camera would close in on her rolling her eyes and looking exasperated.

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* EddieGuerrero vs {{Chyna}} (defending champion) vs KurtAngle for the Intercontinental Championship in 2000. Angle knocked Chyna down with the belt, Eddie suplexed Angle out of the ring, and then went to check on Chyna to make sure she was alright. In the process, he accidentally pinned her, winning the Intercontinental Championship from her. After the match, he explained himself and was as shocked as she was. Chyna apparently forgave him, and they hugged... except the camera revealed an excellent smirk on Eddie's face behind Chyna's back. Seems he wasn't so upset about winning the championship after all.

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