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* Sidonis from ''MassEffect2'' is a Betrayar Barry. Part of Archangel's squad on Omega, he was caught by the mercenary gangs and ended up betraying Archangel to save his own skin.

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* Sidonis from ''MassEffect2'' is a Betrayar Barry. Part of Archangel's squad on Omega, he was caught by the mercenary gangs and ended up betraying Archangel to save his own skin. Depending on how you deal with Garrus' mission, he'll either end up dead by Garrus' hand or he'll be given a chance to redeem himself after admitting his guilt.

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* Randall ''Randall'' '''RANDALL''' from {{Recess}} is The Obnoxious Oscar and ''''HOW'''!!

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* Randall ''Randall'' '''RANDALL''' from {{Recess}} is The Obnoxious Oscar and ''''HOW'''!!'''HOW'''!!
** He has [[EvenEvilHasStandards reservations]], however. For one thing, he never tries to directly squeal on those who are higher up than him (such as King Bob), and gets legitimately angered at those who do end up doing something like that. In addition, in the ending of the movie ''School's Out'', Randall was noticably disgusted with Fenwick desperately trying to avoid jailtime by pinning his boss, Dr. Phillium Benedict, with the entire blame on the events of the movie, and even offering evidence for the state trial.

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* In ''ToyStory 3'', Chatter Phone, who was the Lacerated Larry type: He ended up confessing to Lotso and his minions about Woody and the others escaping from Sunnyside from what was implied to be torture.

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* In ''{{Bullitt}}'', Johnny Ross, a Chicago mobster who agrees to testify against the Mafia. Naturally, the Mafia wants him dead for this--and for the money Johnny stole from them.
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'''Innocent Ingrid''': A character who, along with other characters, has been involved in some activities that have gone rapidly downhill, and turns them in because of this. Maybe they never wanted to do anything bad but suddenly found themself caught up with people prepared and willing to do so, maybe their co-conspirators began doing things that they cannot stand, or maybe they honestly didn't know that their friends or co-workers were doing anything wrong and upon finding out, decide to turn them in.
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** "Bart the Daredevil": Despite trying to convince Bart the dangers of Daredevil stunts, Lance Murdock is instead impresed by Bart's interest in it which causes Lisa to tell his Dad about it fearing that he may get hurt or die, despite getting the most attention.

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** "Bart the Daredevil": Despite trying to convince Bart the dangers of Daredevil stunts, Lance Murdock is instead impresed by Bart's interest in it which causes Lisa to tell his their Dad about it fearing that he may get hurt or die, despite getting the most attention.

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* Even though Raikov is supposed to be Volgin's gay lover, interrogating him at knifepoint will have him dish out information about some weaknesses of Volgin for Snake to exploit, such as the fact that Volgin is weak against water or that Russian Glowcaps will deflect his electric attacks.
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See also TheInformant, of which this trope is a SubTrope.
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* ''TheInsider'' is all about this.

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* In {{Naruto}}, Shizune goes to Homura and Koharu regarding Tsunade allowing Naruto to go on missions where he might encounter the Akatsuki. She gradually begins to accept Tsunade's reasoning, but when she does, the elders come in to attempt to restrict Naruto's movements based on what Shizune told them, and in the anime, Tsunade gets quite upset with Shizune.
** It's more sympathetic than it sounds, since she's clearly a Concerned Claire over Naruto's well-being, where Tsunade is far more inclined to take it on faith that [[IdiotHero Naruto]] will make it out alright.
* In the OnePiece anime, one of the slaves on Tequila Wolf reports Robin to the others when being threatened with punishment, and is rewarded with a box of chocolates. She, however, is overcome with guilt, and gives it to Soran, who goes to give it to Robin.
* In Turn 19 of ''CodeGeass'', [[spoiler:after Schneizel meets some resistance to the Black Knights in his efforts to goad the Black Knights into turning on Lelouch, Ohgi and Villetta's account of Lelouch's geass end up sealing the deal. Quite possibly a Petty Peter for Villetta, and a misguided Whistleblower Wilson for Ohgi, considering [[QuoteMine some of]] [[FalseReassurance the evidence]]]].



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* In {{Naruto}}, Shizune goes to Homura and Koharu regarding Tsunade allowing Naruto to go on missions where he might encounter the Akatsuki. She gradually begins to accept Tsunade's reasoning, but when she does, the elders come in to attempt to restrict Naruto's movements based on what Shizune told them, and in the anime, Tsunade gets quite upset with Shizune.
** It's more sympathetic than it sounds, since she's clearly a Concerned Claire over Naruto's well-being, where Tsunade is far more inclined to take it on faith that [[IdiotHero Naruto]] will make it out alright.
* In the OnePiece anime, one of the slaves on Tequila Wolf reports Robin to the others when being threatened with punishment, and is rewarded with a box of chocolates. She, however, is overcome with guilt, and gives it to Soran, who goes to give it to Robin.
* In Turn 19 of ''CodeGeass'', [[spoiler:after Schneizel meets some resistance to the Black Knights in his efforts to goad the Black Knights into turning on Lelouch, Ohgi and Villetta's account of Lelouch's geass end up sealing the deal. Quite possibly a Petty Peter for Villetta, and a misguided Whistleblower Wilson for Ohgi, considering [[QuoteMine some of]] [[FalseReassurance the evidence]]]].

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* ''TheSimpsons'': Lisa Simpson is this in a few episodes:

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* ''TheSimpsons'': Lisa Simpson is this in a few episodes:''TheSimpsons'':


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** The whole episode of "The Seven Beer Snitch" focuses on this trope.
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** Martin Prince is also one when he squealed on Bart in "Bart the Genius" and on Milhouse in "Summer of 4 Ft. 2".

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* [[TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]] is this in a few episodes.

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* [[TheSimpsons ''TheSimpsons'': Lisa Simpson]] Simpson is this in a few episodes.episodes:
** "Bart the Daredevil": Despite trying to convince Bart the dangers of Daredevil stunts, Lance Murdock is instead impresed by Bart's interest in it which causes Lisa to tell his Dad about it fearing that he may get hurt or die, despite getting the most attention.
** "Mypods and Broomsticks": Lisa squeals on Bart after pulling a prank on Steve Mobbs and the rest of the consumers and employees.
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* ''[[TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]] is this in a few episodes.

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* ''[[TheSimpsons [[TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]] is this in a few episodes.
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--->'''Parrot''': Me and my big mouth.

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** "A Day at the Zoo": As described in the picture above.

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** "A Day at the Zoo": As a spot gag described in the picture above.


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** "Buccaneer Bunny": One parrot keeps telling Pirate Sam where Bugs is hiding until Bugs himself puts him out of his misery with a stick of dynamite.
** "Tom Turk and Daffy": Daffy squeals on the Turk because of his temptation to Yams.
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--> '''Lando''': ''[while being strangled by Chewbacca]'' I...had...no...choice!
--> '''Leia''': Oh, we understand him, don't we Chewie? "He had no choice!"

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--> '''Lando''': ''[while being strangled by Chewbacca]'' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny I...had...no...choice!
choice!]]
--> '''Leia''': [[SarcasmMode Oh, we understand him, don't we Chewie? "He had no choice!"
choice!"]]
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* --> [[StarWars I...had...no...choice!!]]
--> [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Oh we understand him don't we Chewie? "He had no choice!!"]]

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* Lando in ''TheEmpireStrikesBack''
--> [[StarWars '''Lando''': ''[while being strangled by Chewbacca]'' I...had...no...choice!!]]
choice!
--> [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Oh '''Leia''': Oh, we understand him him, don't we Chewie? "He had no choice!!"]]
choice!"

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[[quoteright:250:[[LooneyTunes http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stoolpigeon_1886.jpg]] ]]
[[caption-width-right:250: "Oh, he did so do it. I taw him with my very own eyes. So there."]]




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* ''LooneyTunes'' has several cartoons that display this:
** "A Day at the Zoo": As described in the picture above.
** "Don't Axe Me": The Barnyard Dawg squeals on Daffy for Elmer to catch him.
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* --> [[StarWars I...had...no...choice!!]]
--> [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Oh we understand him don't we Chewie? "He had no choice!!"]]
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* Randall ''Randall'' '''RANDALL''' from {{Recess}} is The Obnoxious Oscar and ''''HOW'''!!
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* [[spoiler:Tuller]], in the ''{{ColSec Trilogy}}'', sells out the main characters to the cops—supposedly to make them leave his gang alone, but it's made fairly clear that he mainly just did it to be a jerk. [[spoiler:When the rest of the gang finds out the cops have no intention of keeping their end of the bargain, they [[KarmicDeath turn on Tuller and knife him]].]]
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* Stelli, in Paula Volsky's novel ''Illusion'', is a Petty Peter: [[SpoiledSweet Eliste]]'s former maid who blames the noblewoman for [[spoiler:being unable to save her fiancé's life]], she sells Eliste out to the revolution. [[spoiler:Eliste gets away.]]

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* In ''IdentityCrisis'', Wally West averts this trope, even though he'd fall squarely into the Whistleblower Wilson category, when he decides not to [[spoiler: tell Superman and Batman that a group of Justice League members have been wiping supervillains' memories via Zatanna to protect their secret identities, even when he learns they went so far as to effectively lobotomize Dr. Light and, when Batman found out and objected, mind-wiped him as well.]] {{YMMV}}, but protecting people who crossed the MoralEventHorizon is definitely ethically dubious territory.
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* BobAndGeorge: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050417c X reveals that Zero was going to dump his body in the river, and gets accused of being a snitch]].

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* In Turn 19 of ''CodeGeass'', [[spoiler:after Schneizel meets some resistance to the Black Knights in his efforts to goad the Black Knights into turning on Lelouch, Ohgi and Villetta's account of Lelouch's geass end up sealing the deal. Quite possibly a Petty Peter for Villetta, and a misguided Whistleblower Wilson for Ohgi, considering [[QuoteMine some of]] [[FalseReassurance the evidence]]]].
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AaahhRealMonsters, its a cartoon filled with demons allright, the disgusting kind.



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* AaahhRealMonsters: Zimbo, he not only acts as the Snorch's Familiar, he also acts as the Gromble's personal spy who reports back any unruly behavior by the other monsters, plus he's the only one who understands the Snorch's speech clearly.
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** It's more sympathetic than it sounds, since she's clearly a Concerned Claire over Naruto's well-being, where Tsunade is far more inclined to take it on faith that [[IdiotHero Naruto]] will make it out alright.
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*In The BerenstainBears and the Scandal Sheet, the members of the student underground newspaper, including Brother, get exposed and in trouble for making a false statement about a teacher dating someone when one of the members comes forward.

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*In The BerenstainBears and the Scandal Sheet, the members of the student underground newspaper, including Brother, get exposed and in trouble for making a false statement about a teacher dating someone when one of Brother tells his sibling about it, who passes the members comes forward.
word to Mama who then informs the authorities. This is a case of a Concerned Claire that actually turned out for the better, as with the exposure, the real student newspaper was able to be reformed, making the student underground unnecessary.

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