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* In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', [[spoiler:Alex's brilliant plan to betray all his friends to the Gibborim earns him a fiery death; the Gibborim, it turns out, don't appreciate children trying to "improve" on their plans.]]

* Appears in ''ComicBook/GiveMeLiberty''. [[spoiler:President Nissen's Cabinet members kill him, UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar style, then are promptly killed when their ringmaster blows up the White House.]]

* ''Film/MeanMachine'': [[spoiler:Nitro tries to murder a fellow prisoner in exchange for a promised transfer to a minimum security prison. He gets sent to a BedlamHouse instead.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'', Hector, one of Dracula's most loyal human servants, lets [[TheStarScream Carmilla]], one of his generals, manipulate him into betraying his master. [[spoiler: This along with other factors led to Dracula's defeat. Afterwards, Carmilla rewards Hector by savagly beating him into submission while laughing and makes it clear he is her slave now, and the real reason she fooled him into betraying Dracula was because she needed a [[MookMaker Forgemaster]] of her own to create an army of demons to take over and rule in Dracula's place.]] In the long-run, however, it's something of a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] as well. [[spoiler: Carmilla's abuse of Hector while he's her slave causes him to plot against her, setting in motion a chain of events that ultimately lead to her death. If Carmilla had actually shown Hector some gratitude, he may have actually stayed loyal to her.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'': As revealed in the episode "King of the Carnaval," [[spoiler:Esteban and his friend, Victor Delgado, willingly helped Shuriki take over Avalor in exchange for a high-ranking position. Shuriki gave Esteban the power he wanted when she took over, but not before killing Elena's parents, trying to do the same to Elena herself, and having Victor and his entire family banished from the kingdom, ensuring that at every waking moment, Esteban would be tormented by the guilt of losing everyone he ever cared for.]]

* In ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'', the Allies [[spoiler:accept Hans Landa's offer to betray Hitler in return for protection after the war. Aldo Raine is furious that the Allies uphold their end of the bargain, but manages to get one last shot at Landa by killing his minion and carving a Swastika into his forehead, marking him for life as a Nazi. In this case it is less about treason and more the fact that he was a Nazi (and a willing one who betrayed Hitler because it was in his own interest)]].

-->'''2 Samuel 4:9-12''' David replied to Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, "As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from every adversity, when a man told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ thinking that he was bringing good news, I seized and killed him in Ziklag, to reward him for his news. How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous and just man in his own house on his bed, shall I not require his blood from your hand and remove you from the earth?” So David commanded his young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hung them beside the pool in Hebron. But they took Ish-bosheth's head and buried it in Hebron in the tomb of Abner [his relative].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}}'' animated series, Hector, one of Dracula's most loyal human servants, lets [[TheStarScream Carmilla]], one of his generals, manipulate him into betraying his master. [[spoiler: This along with other factors led to Dracula's defeat. Afterwards, Carmilla rewards Hector by savagly beating him into submission while laughing and makes it clear he is her slave now, and the real reason she fooled him into betraying Dracula was because she needed a [[MookMaker Forgemaster]] of her own to create an army of demons to take over and rule in Dracula's place.]] In the long-run, however, it's something of a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] as well. [[spoiler: Carmilla's abuse of Hector while he's her slave causes him to plot against her, setting in motion a chain of events that ultimately lead to her death. If Carmilla had actually shown Hector some gratitude, he may have actually stayed loyal to her.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/WonderWoman2009'' Subverts this. When trying to stop Ares from entering Hades' domain, Diana and Steve discover that a HumanSacrifice is required to do so. We then cut to Ares staring menacingly at [[TheDragon Persephone]]--who betrayed her fellow Amazons to free him out of LimaSyndrome. Just when it looks like he's about to use her as a sacrifice, he grabs one of his [[{{Mooks}} cultists]] instead. Apparently betrayal doesn't count when it's done out of [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes love]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}}'' animated series, Hector, one of Dracula's most loyal human servants, lets [[TheStarScream Carmilla]], one of his generals, manipulate him into betraying his master. [[spoiler: This along with other factors led to Dracula's defeat. Afterwards, Carmilla rewards Hector by savagly beating him into submission while laughing and makes it clear he is her slave now, and the real reason she fooled him into betraying Dracula was because she needed a [[MookMaker Forgemaster]] of her own to create an army of demons to take over and rule in Dracula's place.]]

* In the first ''WesternAnimation/WingCommanderAcademy'' episode, "Red and Blue", the human technician who betrayed the Terran Confederation was asked by the [[MegaNeko Kilrathi]] captain he ran to with the stolen information why the human had betrayed his own kind. Played with in that the captain [[ThrownOutTheAirlock spaces the human]] not necessarily for treason, but because his reason was absurdly petty (resentment over being washed out of the Academy over a bad psych evaluation).

* In ''Film/GrampsIsInTheResistance'', Wehrmacht General Spontz states that he can't stand traitors, and as such he only has contempt for former janitor turned [[UsefulNotes/TheGestapo Gestapo]] [[LesCollaborateurs Collaborateur]] Adolfo Ramirez, despite the latter (loudly) claiming they're on the same side. Especially since he meets him harassing the Bourdelles (the French family whose Spontz requisitioned the house) for petty revenge and stealing their food rations. When Spontz catches Ramirez snooping around in his own apartment, he almost drowns him in a sink and burns his neck with a smoothing iron.

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', Dr. Beetle, the much beloved ruler of Beetleburg, dies as a result of Silas Merlot's unnecessarily dramatic actions. Merlot attempts to toady up to Baron Wulfenbach and formulate a plan to hide Dr. Beetle's death -- whereupon the Baron commands that Dr. Beetle be given a funeral with highest honors, the exact details of his death hidden from the public, and, just to illustrate to Merlot how hard he's fucked up, Merlot is put in charge of Beetleburg and the University. Merlot, having never much liked our protagonist Agatha, expels her on the spot for sheer petty spite. Later, a team of Wulfenbach's cryptographers decode Dr. Beetle's encrypted notes, revealing Agatha's true identity to Merlot, who begins a frantic search for her, which fails (because she's already on Castle Wulfenbach). Merlot thinks that if Wulfenbach found out who Merlot let slip through his fingers, it would be curtains... so he [[CrimeAfterCrime destroys all evidence]] -- labs, record halls and ''the cryptographers'' -- in a fire. Wulfenbach discovers it another way, [[RevealingCoverup finds out]] about Merlot's attempts to cover his butt and so he sends him to [[MaximumFunChamber Castle Heterodyne]].

-->'''Burroughs:''' ''(doors seal in front of him)'' Wait! We had a deal! ''(doors open behind him into space)'' A DEEEEEAAAAAL!!!
-->'''Kilrathi:''' A man without honor has no reason to live.

* In French movie ''[[Film/PapyFaitDeLaResistance Papy fait de la résistance]]'', Wehrmacht General Spontz states that he can't stand traitors, and as such he only has contempt for former janitor turned Gestapo Collaborateur Adolfo Ramirez, despite the latter (loudly) claiming they're on the same side. Especially since he meets him harassing the Bourdelles (the French family whose Spontz requisitioned the house) for petty revenge and stealing their food rations. When Spontz catches Ramirez snooping around in his own apartment, he almost drowns him in a sink and burns his neck with a smoothing iron.

-->-- '''Maurice Ogden''', ''Literature/TheHangman''

-->-- '''Maurice Ogden''', ''The Hangman''

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* ''LightNovel/HowARealistHeroRebuiltTheKingdom'': When Gaius Amidonia decides to invade the city of Altomura, the local lord tries to negociate a surrender just after he convinces his people to not HoldTheLine and make it a LastStand situation. Gaius seemingly accepts this, but once the man is out of earshot, he states to his soldiers that once he accomplishes that goal he will have him executed.
* ''LightNovel/Overlord2012:'' [[spoiler: The forces of Re-Estize betray and kill their commander and prince Zanac, then offer his severed head to Ainz in the hopes that he spares them and their families.]] Ainz, [[spoiler: who had personally met Zanac and formed a short but amicable rapport with him]], has the [[spoiler: mutineers]] escorted to [[TortureTechnician Neuronist]] [[AFateWorseThanDeath Painkill]] as "a reward comparable to their efforts." [[spoiler: For good measure, Ainz also orders that Neuronist does not kill them unless they beg for it... and not to kill them quickly even if they ''do'' beg.]]
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* In the first ''WesternAnimation/WingCommanderAcademy'' episode, "Red and Blue", the human technician who betrayed the Terran Confederation was asked by the [[MegaNeko Kilrathi]] captain he ran to with the stolen information why the human had betrayed his own kind. Played with in that the captain [[ThrownOutTheAirlock spaces the human]] not necessarily for treason, but because his reason was absurdly petty (resentment over being washed out of the Academy over a bad psych evaluation).
-->'''Burroughs:''' ''(doors seal in front of him)'' Wait! We had a deal! ''(doors open behind him into space)'' A DEEEEEAAAAAL!!!
-->'''Kilrathi:''' A man without honor has no reason to live.


* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'':
** This happens when Demona betrays Macbeth to Canmore. After Canmore "kills" Macbeth and Demona, he says, "She betrayed Macbeth; it was only a matter of time before she would have betrayed us. It's a good thing we had the rest of her clan destroyed as well. Her kind was an abomination; they did not deserve to live!"
** This happened to her before, too, as she and the human Guard Captain of the castle betrayed the human inhabitants to the viking raiders due to [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal how poorly the humans regarded their protectors]]. Hakon, naturally, broke the terms of the deal that involved leaving the (currently stone) gargoyles alone.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SkeletonWarriors'', [[BigBad Baron Dark]] frequently rewarded people who betrayed the rebels by turning them into more Skeleton Warriors. Since the transformation burned all of the goodness out of a subject, it effectively turned them into a BlackShirt and partially falls under the exception mentioned near the end of the trope description.
* Played with and ultimately averted in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' finale. In the aftermath of an EnemyCivilWar, Luthor's side has beaten Grodd's and Luthor asks if any of them can give a reason they shouldn't [[ThrownOutTheAirlock continue following Grodd.]] Killer Frost, one of Grodd's cabal, steps forward, turns around and immediately freezes all the others on her side. This even unnerves the villains on Luthor's side.
-->'''Luthor:''' Killer Frost... you've got a future. Get rid of the rest.\\
'''Frost:''' You got it.
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' has a non-lethal example in the episode "Frogs of War": [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Argit]] betrays the rebellion to the Incursean Empire. As soon as he has lured them into the trap, [[SociopathicSoldier Attea]] shoots him and has him imprisoned with the others.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", Discord betrays the ponies to aid Tirek after he offered him freedom. In the end, Discord is betrayed by Tirek and his magic is drained, leaving him to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone dwell on what he had done]].
* ''Young Samson & Goliath'' episode "The Idol Rama-Keesh". Ramu is the priest of a temple of the deity Rama-Keesh. He constructs a robot in the shape of an idol of his deity and uses it to scare the local villagers into leaving. He later meets with General Tong, who had him do it so he could invade and use the village as his headquarters. When he asks General Tong for his reward, Tong hits him over the head with a mallet, knocking him unconscious. He tries to have the robot drop Ramu in a fire pit to kill him, but Samson appears and saves Ramu from death.
* The ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising '' episode "Isolated" has this with [[spoiler:Paige's friends. They alert General Tessler to the fact that two [=ISOs=], Quorra and her friend, passed through and were given medical assistance. General Tessler promptly thanks them for their assitance, then procceds to derezz the pair of them (and ''everyone else in the Hospital'' bar Paige) because they harboured and assisted [=ISOs=].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'': In "Of Shadows and Skulls", Shadow Weaver is so tired of being mistreated by Hordak she helps Skeletor to overthrow him. Skeletor rewards her by locking her up inside the same cage they locked Hordak in.
* ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'': Mildew, the local Berk {{Jerkass}}, betrays his tribe (his chief's son most specifically) to the Outcasts. The result? He spends his residence with the Outcasts in constant terror of being disposed of by his new BadBoss and has to repeatedly come up with new plans (that [[YouHaveFailedMe always fail]]) for attacking his homeland to convince Alvin he has not [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived his usefulness]]. Once the Outcasts are taken over by Dagur and his Berserker tribe, he's demoted to a servant assigned to feeding/taking care of the trained dragons (the creature he hated enough to prompt his betrayal in the first place).

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'':
** The Kaminoans [[ObliviouslyEvil unknowingly betrayed the Republic]] by going out of their way to conceal the truth about Order 66, as Dooku manipulated them into believing it was a safeguard against [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels Dark Jedi]]. After this [[ForegoneConclusion inevitably]] leads to the rise of the Galactic Empire, it's shown in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'' Admiral Tarkin shut down their cloning facilities to prevent them from being used against the Empire before bombarding the planet's surface following a failed secession attempt.
** Barriss Offee fell to TheDarkSide and [[FrameUp framed Ahsoka Tano for terrorism]], [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom initiating a chain of events that led to the]] Film/RevengeOfTheSith. Ironically, in ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' it's shown that not only did Offee have a HeelFaceTurn but was ''promoted to Knight'', only to get incinerated by an AT-TE during Order 66.[[note]]ShrugOfGod ultimately leaves her final fate ambiguous, as Creator/DaveFiloni and Leland Chee have refused to comment on [[UncertainDoom whether her death was]] {{retcon}}ned by ''Clone Wars'' after being shown in the aforementioned comic and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' deleted scenes.[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BooBoomTheLongWayHome'': Episode 12, one of the members of Mario's resistance group tries to betray them to the Germans in an attempt to save his own skin. Naturally, as soon as he has told the Germans everything he knows, they promptly arrest him.
* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'': As revealed in the episode "King of the Carnaval," [[spoiler:Esteban and his friend, Victor Delgado, willingly helped Shuriki take over Avalor in exchange for a high-ranking position. Shuriki gave Esteban the power he wanted when she took over, but not before killing Elena's parents, trying to do the same to Elena herself, and having Victor and his entire family banished from the kingdom, ensuring that at every waking moment, Esteban would be tormented by the guilt of losing everyone he ever cared for.]]
* Averted in the backstory of ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks''. [[RedBaron The Dark Ace]] of [[TheEmpire Cyclonia]] was a member of the original Storm Hawks [[FallenHero who betrayed his team]] when they fought against the Empire for glory and power, and the previous Master Cyclonis followed through on the deal with no strings attached. He even became TheDragon for the current Master Cyclonis in her campaign to [[TakeOverTheWorld conquer Atmos]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}}'' animated series, Hector, one of Dracula's most loyal human servants, lets [[TheStarScream Carmilla]], one of his generals, manipulate him into betraying his master. [[spoiler: This along with other factors led to Dracula's defeat. Afterwards, Carmilla rewards Hector by savagly beating him into submission while laughing and makes it clear he is her slave now, and the real reason she fooled him into betraying Dracula was because she needed a [[MookMaker Forgemaster]] of her own to create an army of demons to take over and rule in Dracula's place.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'':
** Dinobot is afraid of returning to Cybertron alongside his new Maximal companions because, despite Optimus Primal's insistence he'll be treated as one of them, he fears they'll pull this trope on him instead.
--->'''Dinobot:''' YOU'RE what I'm afraid of! You're so eager to go home, but your home is not ''my'' home. I am Predacon, despite our alliance, and when your ship comes to rescue you, my fate will be the same as Megatron's. Perhaps, even worse.
** Later episodes expand on this further and reveal he's also afraid of ''not'' being rewarded as a traitor deserves, as being treated as a Maximal also means abandoning his Predacon heritage and turning his back on his core beliefs. [[spoiler:So much so that it's implied part of his motivation for [[HeroicSacrifice dying to save the valley]] was to [[IDieFree take a third option]].]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', Preston Northwest gets a full face of NightmareFuel and BodyHorror as a "reward" for offering to join [[BigBad Bill Cipher's]] legion of Hench-Maniacs. Quite literally, in fact:
-->'''Preston:''' I would just like to say that as a rich capitalist I welcome your tyrannical rule. Perhaps I could be one of your, uh... horsemen of the apocalypse?\\
'''Bill:''' Oh wow, that's a great offer. How 'bout instead I shuffle the functions of every hole in your face?

* In Creator/{{DC|Comics}}'s ''Villains United'' #6, [[Characters/TeenTitansCheshire Cheshire]], having leaked the location of the ComicBook/SecretSix's hideout to a Secret Society of Super-Villains death squad, attempts to leave the hideout to join them:
-->'''Cheshire:''' I'm coming out! I am unarmed! I'm one of you! I'm one of you! I am un-- ''[shot by ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}]''\\
'''Deathstroke:''' Sorry, Cheshire. We don't need any traitors in the Society.
* Happens in the ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' limited series, when [[spoiler:The Mink fatally stabs Foxfire after she betrays Nighthawk's rebels.]]
* In the UK ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'', after selling out the entire Chaotix Crew to the Metallix Empire, Nack the Weasel is told he'll "Get what he deserves". And he does, when the Metallix blast him, nearly killing him. Nack was actually clever enough to expect this, and bring a Disruptor, but it didn't do him much good.
* In ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'', Private Scales, one of the original Freedom Fighters, betrays the others to Robotnik, proudly boasting that, as a [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent snake]], [[TheFarmerAndTheViper it's in his nature to betray others]]. In response, Robotnik throws him into the trap with the others, commenting "How can I trust you? [[IronicEcho You did just say you were a snake,]]" before [[UnwillingRoboticization roboticizing him]] and banishing him to the Zone of Silence with the others.
* Appears in ''ComicBook/GiveMeLiberty''. [[spoiler:President Nissen's Cabinet members kill him, UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar style, then are promptly killed when their ringmaster blows up the White House.]]

* In ''Old Man Hawkeye'', a spin-off of ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'', the Thunderbolts get this in spades. While they were still "good guys", they betray the Avengers sparing only Hawkeye. For this, the Thunderbolts get to live under the villain regime but are "awarded" dead-end menial jobs like circus freak and Doombot assembly worker. Then Hawkeye goes to kill the traitorous Thunderbolts before he becomes completely blind.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Swipe betrays the US to the Nazis for a bit of cash, but unfortunately for him his Nazi contact is Paula von Gunther, who while sadistic, fatalistic and nihilistic has not forgotten that she's only working for the Nazis because they're holding her daughter hostage and already murdered her husband for her attempts to avoid them. She murders Swipe as soon as she's gotten a bit of use out of him.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': The Sangtee Emperor orders Sakritt executed once the information she's given them while betraying the revolutionaries is proven. When Sakritt's betrayal turns out to have been a ruse and the Emperor concedes to the revolutionaries' demands the Emperor instead chooses to work with Sakritt long term since they greatly value loyalty and Sakritt's dangerous play proved that she is incredibly loyal to her companions of choice.

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[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]

* ''Film/TheMask'': In a DeletedScene, after Peggy sells Stanley out to Tyrell and his men, the ''first thing'' Tyrell does after putting the Mask of Loki on is toss Peggy into a printing press, killing her.
* ''Film/MeanMachine'': [[spoiler:Nitro tries to murder a fellow prisoner in exchange for a promised transfer to a minimum security prison. He gets sent to a BedlamHouse instead.]]
* In ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'', the Allies [[spoiler:accept Hans Landa's offer to betray Hitler in return for protection after the war. Aldo Raine is furious that the Allies uphold their end of the bargain, but manages to get one last shot at Landa by killing his minion and carving a Swastika into his forehead, marking him for life as a Nazi. In this case it is less about treason and more the fact that he was a Nazi (and a willing one who betrayed Hitler because it was in his own interest)]].
* In the original ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}'' movie, the Cylons beheaded Baltar after he betrayed his fellow humans.
* ''Film/{{Serenity}}''. [[spoiler: Mr. Universe]] reluctantly cooperates with the Operative by [[spoiler:luring Serenity into an Alliance trap]]. Afterwards he turns to the Operative and begins an angry rant, only for the Operative to [[spoiler:run Mr Universe through on his sword rather than allow any chance of the truth coming out]]. Bonus points because the traitor was demanding his [[Literature/TheBible thirty pieces of silver]]. He knew that one way or another, he didn't have much to look forward to after what he'd done.
* In ''Film/{{Ran}}'' two retainers help defeat their master, Hidetora. Hidetora's son rewards them as they agreed, however he then explains that he can't very well have retainers who obviously disregard loyalty to their master, and kicks them out. Later on they wander too close to one of Hidetora's loyal followers and get chased down and killed.
* ''Film/SupermanII''. Lex Luthor betrays the human race by allying with the Kryptonian super villains and leading them to Lois Lane so they can find Superman. After he does this [[BigBad General Zod]] orders [[TheDragon Non]] to murder him, and he's only saved by the arrival of Superman.

* In ''Film/SuckerPunch'', [[spoiler:Blondie]] tells Blue about [[spoiler:the girls' plan to escape]], but only because she didn't want her friends to die. Blue praises her, at first, then replies that he doesn't like snitches. She's quickly dispatched with a bullet to the head.
* ''Film/{{Snatch}}'': Brick Top's EstablishingCharacterMoment has him [[FedToPigs disposing of]] someone who's [[NoodleIncident betrayed him in some manner or other]] before having the man's sidekick disposed of in the same manner while explaining he's "got no time for grassers[[note]]British slang for 'snitch'[[/note]]".
* [[spoiler: Castor and Gem]] in ''Film/TronLegacy'' by Clu, as well as [[YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness outliving their usefulness.]]
* ''Film/TheFifthCommandment'' have Angel's agent, who turns out to be the man who ordered her assassination due to her contract expiring and his preference to have her executed to bring in a younger singer as a replacement, never mind how his actions indirectly led to the deaths of dozens of people in the process. But moments after his betrayal is revealed, he then earns three bullets in the chest from his own hired hitman, who actually wants Angel alive.

* In ''Sword of Sherwood Forest'', the Sheriff makes this offer to one of Myth/RobinHood's men; promising him a free pardon. After he gets the information, the Sheriff has him shot and then orders a pardon drawn up for him.
* In the film ''Film/{{Immortals}}'', Lysander does a FaceHeelTurn since he fears Hyperion's forces cannot be stopped. Hyperion agrees to take him in, but orders his guards to physically scar his face as well as neuter him via giant mallet, since he feels Lysander shouldn't get preferential treatment for switching sides the way he did, nor does he want the traitor to spread his seed by having kids.

* In a 1979 Romanian biopic of [[{{Dracula}} Vlad Dracula]], a battle with a rival prince is averted when he's killed by his own captain. When Vlad orders the assassin executed (with his own murder weapon), he points out that Vlad would have slain his rival anyway. Vlad counters that ''he'' never swore loyalty to him.
* In ''Film/WrathOfTheTitans'', Perseus warns everybody not to pray to Ares, since a god can hear and locate anybody who prays to them and Ares is their enemy. Eventually, Korrina gives in to fear and prays to Ares, thinking he will save her. Ares teleports to the heroes' location and starts slaughtering everybody. When Korrina reveals herself as the person who prayed to him, Ares kills her without a second thought.
* Discussed and wiggled around in ''Film/HardBoiled'', when Alan (secretly [[TheMole an undercover cop]] named Tony) is in the process of selling out mob boss Mr. Chiu to the up-and-comer Johnny Wong. He insists to Wong that he's not a traitor and will be loyal to Chiu until Chiu is dead, and then helps to make that the case. Wong is entirely okay with this and keeps Alan around, but his [[TheDragon right-hand man]], Mad Dog, is unimpressed with the treason.

* When one of the outlaws in ''Film/RobinHood1991'' rats out to the authorities, he's next seen dead in a gibbet with maggots in his empty eye sockets.
* In ''Film/BadDayAtBlackRock'', Liz Wirth helps Macreedy escape from town in her jeep, only to drive him straight into an ambush set by [[BigBad Reno Smith.]] Smith then shoots her in the back as part of his plan to [[HeKnowsTooMuch silence his old accomplices.]]

* In ''Film/TheLastWitchHunter'', TheMole in Axe and Cross betrays them to the Witch Queen in exchange for gaining magic, only to be told that "you can't turn clay into gold" and the Witch Queen killing him for being human.
* ''Film/DeepCover'': After one of Barbossa's henchmen is caught by the police, the henchman gives up undercover cop Russell (thinking he's just a street dealer) to keep his own ass out of jail, confident that his bosses would consider Russell expendable. Instead they kill the henchman for making a deal with the cops and reward Russell for keeping his mouth shut all the way to his trial by giving him the henchman's job.
* Played with in ''Film/BlackMass'' when "Whitey" Bulger (Creator/JohnnyDepp) briefly threatens the life of one of his cronies for revealing a secret family recipe -- to ''him''. It is of course a sick joke, but not a terribly funny one, since Bulger is a confirmed sociopath and will personally kill ''anyone'' who becomes a liability to him if given half a chance.
* Defied in ''Film/LicenceToKill''. After [[EveryManHasHisPrice persuading]] DEA agent Ed Killifer to help him escape, Franz Sanchez still insists upon properly paying Killifer as promised. When Milton Krest, one of Sanchez's associates, ask why he would do this instead of killing him, Sanchez answers "Loyalty is more important to me than money." [[spoiler:Killifer eventually dies facing a vengeful James Bond.]]
* ''Film/OperationDeltaForce'': Dr. Wells, the UN traitor who sold information about the new viral strain to Johann Nash and his terrorists, ends up being executed by Nash after the UN facility is captured.
* In ''Film/TheRibaldTalesOfRobinHood'', Polly betrays Robin to Prince John; telling him that Marian has informed Robin of the trap to catch him. Lady Sallyforth takes Polly away to receive her 'reward', but then kills her when she will not reveal the location of Richard's gold (which was something she did not know).
* ''Film/MeanGuns'': Cam is approached by a police detective she believes she can trust with incriminating evidence about the Syndicate she was unwittingly laundering money for. It turns out that he's a DirtyCop when he immediately delivers her to Marcus, one of the Syndicate's chief enforcers. However, when he starts demanding a huge sum of money for his services, Marcus just shoots him for being a rat.
* ''Film/ColdPursuit'': When Coxman hires the Eskimo to eliminate Viking, the Eskimo takes the upfront payment and then goes to Viking to inform him of Coxman's intent, collecting another $90,000 from Viking. Viking pays the money into the Eskimo's account, and then has the Eskimo executed; disgusted by his lack of professionalism.
* In French movie ''[[Film/PapyFaitDeLaResistance Papy fait de la résistance]]'', Wehrmacht General Spontz states that he can't stand traitors, and as such he only has contempt for former janitor turned Gestapo Collaborateur Adolfo Ramirez, despite the latter (loudly) claiming they're on the same side. Especially since he meets him harassing the Bourdelles (the French family whose Spontz requisitioned the house) for petty revenge and stealing their food rations. When Spontz catches Ramirez snooping around in his own apartment, he almost drowns him in a sink and burns his neck with a smoothing iron.
* ''Film/BlackChristmas2019'': TheMole for DKO, [[spoiler:Helena, who set her sisters up to be murdered]], is killed offhandedly to make a point.
* ''Film/TheGatlingGun'': Sneed escapes from the cavalry patrol, and runs to Two Knives' camp, but it is not greeted with open arms. Believing Sneed had deliberately deceived him, Two Knives has him captured, tortured and finally killed.
* ''Arthur and Merlin'': A villager goes to Aberthol's minions and tells them where they can find Arthur and Merlin. Once they have the information they need, they kill him.
* ''Film/Batman1989'': [[DirtyCop Lt. Eckhardt]] gets offed by [[ComicBook/TheJoker Jack Napier]] at the beginning of the film.
-->'''Jack Napier:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Eckhardt! Think about the future!]]
* ''Film/InMyCountry'': Dumi, on being discovered by the anti-apartheid fighters he'd been friends with from that time to have been an informant who'd given up a man whom the police killed, is shot dead by them.
* ''Film/GunFury'': When Slayton finds out that Jess is riding with Ben in pursuit of him, he makes Ben an offer: he'll return Ben's fiancée Jennifer is Jess rejoins him. Ben and Jess agree to the deal and Jess returns to Slayton expecting to be welcomed with open arms, only for Slayton to gun him down.

* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'':
** This is the eventual fate of [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Michael Hasek-Davion]] after one too many attempts to double-cross both his own liege and the enemy ruler he was conspiring with. Said enemy ruler is from a [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen notoriously unstable royal family]] and orders Michael's execution when he's had enough of the constant betrayal.
** It is implied that this would have been the ultimate fate of Aldo Lestrade, a separatist and secessionist whose scheming nearly got the heir-princess of his nation killed. The Draconis Combine intelligence services viewed him as a distasteful necessity... who then end up asking each other who was the one that spoiled the satisfaction by carrying out their planned assassination of Lestrade ''too early''. [[spoiler: It turns out to be none of them. An angered third party harmed by Lestrade's schemes makes him pay his last dues before the Combine can.]]
* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'', Ka•Ge magazine Volume 1 Issue 8 (2nd quarter 1993) story "Instruction Takes a Turn". The decker Kam betrays the rest of his team to the corporation they're infiltrating in return for money, allowing the corp to prepare for their attack. However, the corp has Kam murdered because they have no love for traitors and know that if he will betray his fellow shadowrunners, he'll betray the corporation too.
* GDW's ''TabletopGame/DarkConspiracy'' adventure ''Hellsgate''. Margaret Ryan betrays the PlayerCharacters while in the service of an evil alien being, but the alien betrays her by having her bofy altered. The resulting Margaret-Thing is MultiArmedAndDangerous, has faceted eyes like a fly and two non-human legs.

* Narrowly averted in ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002''. Evil-Lyn is offered to be '[[ExactWords honored above all others]]' if she betrays Skeletor and joins the ranks of King Hisss. It turns out that, as far as Snake people are concerned, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality there is no higher honor than to be devoured by your king...]] but Hisss decides to spare her when he decides she's of more use to him alive.
* A mild version occurs in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Bart Sells His Soul". Bart pulls a prank at church by switching the opening hymn with "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". Milhouse ends up ratting him out and is praised by Rev. Lovejoy for it, who then takes Bart away from punishment... and drags Milhouse along, too, saying, "You too, snitchy."

* ''Film/RoboCop2'': One of the councilmen sells Mayor Kusak out to OCP upon hearing of an impending deal that would derail OCP's plans for Delta City. It doesn't exclude him of being targeted and gunned down by the newly made [=RoboCop=] 2 all the same.
* In ''Film/RoboCop3'', Coontz leads the Rehabs to the rebel base in exchange for money. The Rehabs then kill him so they don't have to pay him.

* ''Film/GunFury'': When Slayton finds out that Jess is riding with Ben in pursuit of him, he makes Ben an offer: he'll return Ben's fiancée Jennifer is Jess rejoins him. Ben and Jess agree to the deal and Jess returns to Slayton expecting to be welcomed with open arms, only for Slayton to gun him down.

One frequent variation has the villain show the good guy that he [[IHaveYourWife has his wife]], and offers to release her from his prison in exchange for his cooperation. When it comes time to reward the traitor, the villain slyly gives him FalseReassurance that she has indeed been [[ReleasedToElsewhere "released"]], and that now it is time for him to join her. More generally, a NobleDemon will often use ExactWords to turn the traitor's promised "reward" into this trope.

** Nidhiki attempts to betray Metru Nui to the Dark Hunters during the Toa-Dark Hunter War, but Lhikan catches on and arranges things so the Toa win anyway. Nidhiki is forced to go back with the Dark Hunters to their island base, Odina, where he is treated very poorly due to his known status as a would-be betrayer of Metru Nui. He is rejected from partnering with his only "friend", Lariska, in favor of the big dumb brute Krekka, who is meant to keep him in line, and upon trying to escape, [[BalefulPolymorph Roodaka transforms him into]] [[WasOnceAMan a horrifying insectoid creature]]. This forces him to remain a Dark Hunter until his death at the hands of Makuta, and to top it all off, [[{{Irony}} Nidhiki's worst fear was his]] [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes phobia of insectoid creatures]]...

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* ''LightNovel/Overlord2012:'' [[spoiler: The forces of Re-Estize betray and kill their commander and prince Zanac, then offer his severed head to Ainz in the hopes that he spares them and their families.]] Ainz, who had personally met [[spoiler: Zanac]] and formed a short but amicable rapport with him, has the [[spoiler: mutineers]] escorted to [[TortureTechnician Neuronist]] [[AFateWorseThanDeath Painkill]] as "a reward comparable to their efforts." [[spoiler: For good measure, Ainz also orders that Neuronist does not kill them unless they beg for it... and not to kill them quickly even if they ''do'' beg.]]

One frequent variation has the villain show the good guy that he [[IHaveYourWife has his wife]], and offers to release her from his prison in exchange for his cooperation. When it comes time to reward the traitor, the villain slyly gives him FalseReassurance that she has indeed been [[ReleasedToElsewhere "released"]], and that now it is time for him to join her.

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* In ''Manga/DGrayMan'' Suman Dark is defeated by Tyki Mikk and begs for his life. He is offered to survive if he betrays his comrades. After all his good deeds, Tyki thanks him by having him [[CruelAndUnusualDeath devoured from inside by flesh-eating butterflies]].
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', [[http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Open_for_Business!_The_Leaf_Moving_Service Episode #187]]: When the Lord of the Land of Vegetables is betrayed by his people, the collaborators are dispatched by the band of bandits they betrayed their feudal lord to. [[DiscussedTrope When the last one to be killed asks why, the villain recites this trope.]]
* In the ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' manga, the captain of a aircraft carrier, the HMS ''Invincible'', turns it over to Millennium (turning the rest of the crew into ghouls in the process) in exchange for becoming a vampire. Rip Van Winkle arrives, congratulates him, informs him that his new orders are to "provide nutrients for the fish" and blows him away with her gun. When this happens in OVA 4, she makes sure to point out that he "betrayed his TrueCompanions" just for his own benefit. Although it's worth noting this paints her as a massive {{Hypocrite}}. At the beginning of that same OVA, she helped [[BigBad The Major]] betray their superior officers, who they ([[ILied falsely]]) promised to turn into vampires in exchange for their financial support.
* In ''Manga/ToLoveRu'', during Trouble Quest, almost all the characters are trapped in a VR game that seems to have MagicalGirl Kyoko from Lala's favorite ShowWithinAShow as the BigBad. Run, The Queen and her posse all agree to stop the progress of Rito and Lala's group in exchange for being sent home. Run ends up being chased by the pervert Principal (again) and Aya's would-be spell renders her own team topless. Their betrayal must have angered Yami, for she doesn't even punish Rito for gawking at them when this happens. In the end, not being with the main group has them all forgotten about when Kyoko is revealed as [[spoiler:Lala's even more irresponsible sisters, testing Lala's circle of Earth friends]]. As a result, they are transported to the Amazon, where wackiness ensues.
* During ''Manga/VinlandSaga'', half of Askeladd's men turn traitor during a SternChase to escape [[BloodKnight Thorkell]], and capture Askeladd. When Thorkell finally catch up to the waiting (and surrendering) traitors, he 'rewards' them by letting them pick up their own weapons again so they can die honourably and go to Valhalla when his men kill them. He leaves Askeladd alive.
* The anime OVA of ''LightNovel/AiNoKusabi'' has this combined with YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness. [[spoiler: Iason has successfully used former Bison gang member Kirie to sell out and destroy the gang. When Kirie shows up to collect his reward money, he's instead taken away, ''{{Brainwashed}}'' and turned into an unthinking and obedient [[SexSlave Pet]].]]
* In the Franchise/{{Digimon}} movie ''[[Anime/DigimonXEvolution X-Evolution]]'', after [=WarGreymon=] X gathers a group of Digimon in an attempt to band them together for survival against the KnightTemplar Royal Knights, Andromon reveals that he's already come into contact with them. When Omegamon arrives, he's one of those gunned down by the Jogressed Ultimate.
* ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' has this attempted when Pinocchimon steals Taiki's Digivice to have [=GrandLocomon=] allow him out of their Zone. Naturally, [=GrandLocomon=] takes it for himself and nearly kills Pinocchimon in turn.
* The manga ''Franchise/{{Gundam}} Legacy'' has a particularly extreme example in its final story arc, where some [[TheRemnant Zeon remnants]] launch a plan to [[NukeEm nuke their former home colony]]. The betrayal, [[MoralMyopia at least in their eyes]], is that most of Zeon surrendered after losing the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam One-Year War]] rather than fighting to the very last man, [[DisproportionateRetribution which is apparently a crime worthy of killing millions of innocents]].
* ''Anime/CasshanRobotHunter'': Happens to the human prisoner who betrays Luna and his fellow prisoners' escape attempt, under the assumption that ''he'd'' be freed.
* In the ALO arc of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', one member of the Sylphs tries to sell out his race (which is in the process of allying with the Cait Sith), to the Salamanders, who are in a powerful position now and are expected to be even better off in the next patch, so that he can reroll as a Salamander. The plot fails thanks to Kirito's intervention and the traitor is exiled, but the Sylph leader suspects that even if the traitor's plan had succeeded, it's unlikely that the Salamander leader would have kept his end of the bargain.
* In ''Manga/FairyTail'''s Tartarus arc, the former head of the magic council, Crawford, is revealed to have allied with the demons for a hefty amount of gold despite knowing that they plan to wipe out all magic on the continent and kill all humans when they're defenseless. However, to do so, the demons need to kill the other former members who're living keys to activate the doomsday weapon. When down to one last key which Jellal has, Crawford uses his magic to transfer the key to himself with the intention of passing it on to someone else that the demons can kill. [[DidNotThinkThisThrough You can guess what happens when he shows this to the demons.]]
* Herr Gutheimer in ''Manga/{{Adolf}}'' is a Jewish businessman who has dealings with Nazi-affiliated companies. This does absolutely nothing to deter the Nazis from sending him and most of his family to the camps.
* ''LightNovel/HowToBuildADungeonBookOfTheDemonKing'': Aur is captured by Figurian strategist Cass, an advisor to the king, in chapter 13. He works out that she's going behind the king's back and hopes to use him to advance herself. After he's rescued by Yunis and the others in the next chapter, he rejects Cass's offer to ally with him to save herself and [[KillItWithFire burns her alive]].
* ''LightNovel/HowARealistHeroRebuiltTheKingdom'': When Gaius Amidonia and his troops are camping and preparing to attack the city of Altomura, the local lord is seeking to surrender his city to Gaius just after he convinces his people to not HoldTheLine and make it a LastStand situation. Gaius agrees to the deal, but once the man leaves he states to his troops his intent to kill the man [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness once accomplishes that goal]].
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* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', it's revealed in the last legs of "The Enforcers!" that information about Nighteye's raid on Mysterio's warehouse was leaked by a corrupt police chief Mysterio had bribed, [[spoiler:leading to the operation's complete and utter failure.]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness The chief is later found riddled with bullet holes atop a car after being dropped from a hundred feet in the air by Vulture.]]
* ''Fanfic/QueenOfShadows'': During the Shadowkhan's conquest of Kyushu, several samurai betray their lord, in order to earn favor with their new masters. [[NobleDemon Ikazuki]] is so [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgusted with this]], that he has all the offenders gelded, cuts out their tongues, and has written explanations of their treachery carved into their flesh, before sending them off to toil as slave laborers until they die.
* ''Fanfic/AgesOfShadow'' features a minor example -- after [[TheEmpire the Himinate]] conquers a small kingdom only because the king's brother betrays him, the [[ReligionOfEvil Shadow Walkers]] repay him by placing him right behind the king on the HumanSacrifice menu.
* In ''Fanfic/XCOMTheHadesContingency'', the UN want the Commander to surrender Zhang to them for trial, with execution or life imprisonment the most likely outcomes, after he defects from the Triads with the alien artefact. This disgusts the Commander, who already had a low opinion of them and proceeds to defy this trope.
* In ''Fanfic/TheElementsOfFriendship Book I: Harmony'', [[spoiler: Madam Oleander]] sells out Harthind and the Mane Six to [[BigBad NightMare Moon]], in [[DealWithTheDevil exchange]] for the restoration of her youth. Instead, [=NightMare=] Moon [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness kills her]].
* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''/''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' crossover ''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel'', a vampire mook slays his abusive mob boss and then tries to cut a deal with Buffy and Supergirl, claiming that he did "their work for them". Buffy stakes him.
* ''Fanfic/ChasingDragons'': When Drogo lays siege to Qohor, with the priests of the Black Goat preparing to invoke their god against him by mass sacrificing the children of the city's magisters, the magister in charge of the Unsullied offers to open the gates and let the Dothraki in, in exchange for his household being spared. Drogo agrees, the city is sacked, and said magister and his family are executed via trampling by the horde because [[EveryoneHasStandards even Dothraki look down on that kind of treachery, even if it helps them]]. Besides, Drogo [[ExactWords promised that no Dothraki would hurt the magister's family, but made no promises about their horses]].
* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': When Chrysalis was a nameless genetic deviant, she lived as a prisoner with other genetically deviant changelings, including one known as #1992-PT. On one occasion, the deviants made a plan to escape, but #1992-PT secretly informed the guards about it, who promised they wouldn’t tell the deviants it had been her. As soon as the escape attempt was foiled, [[ILied the guards told the deviants exactly who had informed on them]], and then threw #1992-PT back in their cell. Chrysalis never reveals what the deviants did to her in retribution, only that it was rather nasty.
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