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Entry looks too similar to Bitch In Sheeps Clothing when this trope isn't exclusive to villains, so I changed it.
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* '''Basic''': A character pretends to be harmless in order to get their evil goals.
* '''Straight''': Alice pretends to be sweet to get Bob to trust her and tell her his plans to defeat Evulz, so she can then go tell Evulz and he can thwart them.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is the nicest person on the squad, and then she becomes the main villain, bombs the headquarters, and kills Bob's seven-year-old daughter Eliza.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice was an average member of the team. When she turned, she didn't join the villains- just destroyed a machine and left.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice is a sweet person, she's just on a morally objectionable mission.
** Evulz will kill Alice if she doesn't lie to and manipulate Bob in this way.
* '''Inverted''': Alice pretends to be mean to intimidate Bob into giving her information, which she will use to STOP Evulz.
* '''Subverted''': It looks like Alice was pretending the entire time, but actually, she was only pretending to be pretending so Bob would leave her and she could keep him safe.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...actually, to manipulate him, break his heart, and end the world.
* '''Straight''': Alice pretends to be sweet to get Bob to trust her and tell her his plans to defeat Evulz, so she can then go tell Evulz and he can thwart them.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is the nicest person on the squad, and then she becomes the main villain, bombs the headquarters, and kills Bob's seven-year-old daughter Eliza.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice was an average member of the team. When she turned, she didn't join the villains- just destroyed a machine and left.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice is a sweet person, she's just on a morally objectionable mission.
** Evulz will kill Alice if she doesn't lie to and manipulate Bob in this way.
* '''Inverted''': Alice pretends to be mean to intimidate Bob into giving her information, which she will use to STOP Evulz.
* '''Subverted''': It looks like Alice was pretending the entire time, but actually, she was only pretending to be pretending so Bob would leave her and she could keep him safe.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...actually, to manipulate him, break his heart, and end the world.
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* '''Straight''': Alice pretends to be
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice is the nicest, sweetest little girl you could ever meet, and then it turns out she uses it to hide the fact she has a planet-consuming bomb planted inside her.
** BitchInSheepsClothing
* '''Downplayed''':
** Alice pretended to be harmless, but it turns out she's a delinquent who isn't a jerk, but still self-serving.
** Alice didn't make much of an effort to hide her true self, but it sure looked like she was harmless.
* '''Justified''': Alice truly is a good person, but [[IDidWhatIHadToDo had she not hid her true self, Bob would've avoided her at all costs]].
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice pretends to be dangerous to intimidate Bob into giving her information. Turns out she's harmless and just wanted to know the information (snitching optional).
** HiddenHeartOfGold
* '''Subverted''': It looks like Alice was pretending the entire time, but actually, she only pretended to pretend, so Bob would leave her and
* '''Downplayed''': Alice was an average member of the team. When she turned, she didn't join the villains- just destroyed a machine and left.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice is a sweet person, she's just on a morally objectionable mission.
** Evulz will kill Alice if she doesn't lie to and manipulate Bob in this way.
* '''Inverted''': Alice pretends to be mean to intimidate Bob into giving her information, which she will use to STOP Evulz.
* '''Subverted''': It looks like Alice was pretending the entire time, but actually, she was only pretending to be pretending so Bob would leave her and she could keep him safe.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice pretends to be harmless to hide her dangerous self, but said dangerous self was a pretention, but she was pretending, which was also a pretention... so on, so forth, to the point it's never made clear if she's harmless or not.
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** Alice is sweet, and remains sweet for the entire series.
** Alice is a villain, and remains a villain for the entire series.
* '''Enforced''': The producers want a plot twist, and they also want to break Bob's heart. They decide to enter a woman who he falls in love with, and then she turns evil.
* '''Implied''': Bob is recapping events of the last year to main character Della, and he tells her, "After what happened with Alice- I really did think she was a good person- we're cynical about trusting people. You never know who will betray you."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Alice played you, my dude. Just showed up, acted all nice, won your heart, and BAM- joined the villains."
* '''Invoked''': Evulz sends Alice to spy with specific instructions to pretend to be sweet.
* '''Defied''': Charlotte trains herself to recognize fake sweetness so she's prepared in case a WISC shows up.
* '''Exploited''': Frederick, who is an opportunistic, morally grey member of the squad, walks up to Alice and threatens to tell everyone she isn't who she says she is unless she gives him money and spares his life.
** Alice is a villain, and remains a villain for the entire series.
* '''Enforced''': The producers want a plot twist, and they also want to break Bob's heart. They decide to enter a woman who he falls in love with, and then she turns evil.
* '''Implied''': Bob is recapping events of the last year to main character Della, and he tells her, "After what happened with Alice- I really did think she was a good person- we're cynical about trusting people. You never know who will betray you."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Alice played you, my dude. Just showed up, acted all nice, won your heart, and BAM- joined the villains."
* '''Invoked''': Evulz sends Alice to spy with specific instructions to pretend to be sweet.
* '''Defied''': Charlotte trains herself to recognize fake sweetness so she's prepared in case a WISC shows up.
* '''Exploited''': Frederick, who is an opportunistic, morally grey member of the squad, walks up to Alice and threatens to tell everyone she isn't who she says she is unless she gives him money and spares his life.
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** Alice truly is sweet, harmless, and remains sweet never shows any powerful prowess for the entire series.
** Alice truly isa villain, and remains a villain dangerous, remaining so for the entire series.
* '''Enforced''': The producers want a plot twist, and they also want to break Bob's heart. They decide to enter a woman who he falls in love with, and then she turnsevil.out to be what Bob hates most.
* '''Implied''': Bob is recapping events of the last year tomain character Della, and he his friend Aerith, then tells her, "After "I really thought I could trust Alice, but after what happened with Alice- her... I really did think she was a good person- we're cynical about trusting people. You never don't know who will betray you.I can trust anymore."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Alice played you, my dude. Just showed up, acted all nice, won your heart, andBAM- joined the villains.BAM! She turned out to be destructive."
* '''Invoked''':Evulz A spy agency sends Alice to spy monitor Bob, with specific instructions to pretend to be sweet.
* '''Defied''': Charlotte trains herself to recognize fake sweetness so she's prepared in case a WISC shows up.
friendly/sweet.
* '''Exploited''':Frederick, who is an opportunistic, morally grey member of the squad, walks up to Freddy recognizes Alice and threatens to tell everyone Bob she isn't who she says she is is, unless she gives him money reveals her true self.
* '''Defied''':
** Alice decides to be upfront about her self andspares his life. tells Bob of how dangerous she is, but won't pretend to not be such.
** Bob trains herself to recognize when someone's pretending so he's prepared in any such case.
** Alice truly is
* '''Enforced''': The producers want a plot twist, and they also want to break Bob's heart. They decide to enter a woman who he falls in love with, and then she turns
* '''Implied''': Bob is recapping events of the last year to
* '''Lampshaded''': "Alice played you, my dude. Just showed up, acted all nice, won your heart, and
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Defied''': Charlotte trains herself to recognize fake sweetness so she's prepared in case a WISC shows up.
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''':
** Alice decides to be upfront about her self and
** Bob trains herself to recognize when someone's pretending so he's prepared in any such case.
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* '''Conversed''': "So Alice is evil. I sort of saw that coming, what with all the wolves in sheep's clothing there are out there."
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice shows up and pretends to be sweet. TheSmartGuy Charlotte sees right through her and kicks her out.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice hypnotizes Bob, Charlotte and all the other heroes into thinking she's a good person.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice's entire evil plan was to clog all the heroes' toilets.
* '''Played for Horror''': Alice is a sociopath who acted sweet and nice all the way until she started committing murder.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice shows up and pretends to be sweet. TheSmartGuy Charlotte sees right through her and kicks her out.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice hypnotizes Bob, Charlotte and all the other heroes into thinking she's a good person.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice's entire evil plan was to clog all the heroes' toilets.
* '''Played for Horror''': Alice is a sociopath who acted sweet and nice all the way until she started committing murder.
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* '''Conversed''': "So Alice is evil.isn't that nice. I sort of saw that coming, what with all the wolves in sheep's clothing there are out there."
* '''Deconstructed''':Alice shows up and pretends to be sweet. TheSmartGuy Charlotte sees Bob saw right through Alice and boots her and kicks her out.
out of his life. Alice then loses the confidence to pretend she isn't dangerous.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice [[{{Brainwashed}} hypnotizesBob, Charlotte and all the other heroes Bob into thinking she's a good person.
isn't who she actually is]].
* '''Played forLaughs''': laughs''': Alice's entire evil plan was so-called dangerous, city-scale powers are... causing cockroaches to clog all the heroes' toilets.
invade homes.
* '''Played forHorror''': drama''': Alice reveals herself to not be who she pretended at the brink of Bob's death, in an attempt to save him.
* '''Played for horror''': Alice is asociopath reformed criminal who acted acts sweet and nice all the way way... until she started slips into what she used to be and starts committing murder.
misdeeds once again.
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice [[{{Brainwashed}} hypnotizes
* '''Played for
* '''Played for
* '''Played for horror''': Alice is a
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice shows up and pretends to be sweet. SmartGuy Charlotte sees right through her and kicks her out.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice shows up and pretends to be sweet. SmartGuy TheSmartGuy Charlotte sees right through her and kicks her out.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is the nicest person on the squad, and then she becomes the main villain, bombs the headquarters, and kills Bob's seven-year-old daughter Eliza.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice was an average member of the team. When she turned, she didn't join the villains- just destroyed a machine and left.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice was an average member of the team. When she turned, she didn't join the villains- just destroyed a machine and left.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice shows up and pretends to be sweet. SmartGuy Charlotte sees right through her and kicks her out.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice hypnotizes Bob, Charlotte and all the other heroes into thinking she's a good person.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice hypnotizes Bob, Charlotte and all the other heroes into thinking she's a good person.
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* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice's entire evil plan was to clog all the heroes' toilets.
* '''Played for Horror''': Alice is a sociopath who acted sweet and nice all the way until she started committing murder.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is the nicest person on the squad, and then she becomes the main villain, bombs the headquarters, and kills Bob's seven-year-old daughter Eliza.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice was an average member of the team. When she turned, she didn't join the villains- just destroyed a machine and left.
* '''Played for Horror''': Alice is a sociopath who acted sweet and nice all the way until she started committing murder.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is the nicest person on the squad, and then she becomes the main villain, bombs the headquarters, and kills Bob's seven-year-old daughter Eliza.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice was an average member of the team. When she turned, she didn't join the villains- just destroyed a machine and left.
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* '''Conversed''': "So Alice is evil. I sort of saw that coming, what with all the wolves in sheep's clothing there are out there."
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* '''Conversed''': "So Alice is evil. I sort of saw that coming, what with all the wolves in sheep's clothing there are out there.""
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice shows up and pretends to be sweet. SmartGuy Charlotte sees right through her and kicks her out.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice hypnotizes Bob, Charlotte and all the other heroes into thinking she's a good person.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice's entire evil plan was to clog all the heroes' toilets.
* '''Played for Horror''': Alice is a sociopath who acted sweet and nice all the way until she started committing murder.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice shows up and pretends to be sweet. SmartGuy Charlotte sees right through her and kicks her out.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice hypnotizes Bob, Charlotte and all the other heroes into thinking she's a good person.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice's entire evil plan was to clog all the heroes' toilets.
* '''Played for Horror''': Alice is a sociopath who acted sweet and nice all the way until she started committing murder.
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** Alice genuinely likes Bob.
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** Evulz will kill Alice genuinely likes Bob. if she doesn't lie to and manipulate Bob in this way.
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Changed Basic example from 'their evil goaLampshadels' for possible spelling error.
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* '''Basic''': A character pretends to be harmless in order to get their evil goaLampshadels.
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* '''Basic''': A character pretends to be harmless in order to get their evil goaLampshadels.goals.
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* '''Basic''': A character pretends to be harmless in order to get their evil goaLampshadels.
* '''Straight''': Alice pretends to be sweet to get Bob to trust her and tell her his plans to defeat Evulz, so she can then go tell Evulz and he can thwart them.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice is a sweet person, she's just on a morally objectionable mission.
** Alice genuinely likes Bob.
* '''Inverted''': Alice pretends to be mean to intimidate Bob into giving her information, which she will use to STOP Evulz.
* '''Subverted''': It looks like Alice was pretending the entire time, but actually, she was only pretending to be pretending so Bob would leave her and she could keep him safe.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...actually, to manipulate him, break his heart, and end the world.
* '''Parodied''': Alice shows up as a cute kitten made of cotton candy. At the big reveal, she announces that she's evil- and she's still a cute kitten made of cotton candy, but now she's an evil one.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice shows up and pretends to be sweet. SmartGuy Charlotte sees right through her and kicks her out.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice hypnotizes Bob, Charlotte and all the other heroes into thinking she's a good person.
* '''Averted''':
** Alice is sweet, and remains sweet for the entire series.
** Alice is a villain, and remains a villain for the entire series.
* '''Enforced''': The producers want a plot twist, and they also want to break Bob's heart. They decide to enter a woman who he falls in love with, and then she turns evil.
* '''Implied''': Bob is recapping events of the last year to main character Della, and he tells her, "After what happened with Alice- I really did think she was a good person- we're cynical about trusting people. You never know who will betray you."
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice's entire evil plan was to clog all the heroes' toilets.
* '''Played for Horror''': Alice is a sociopath who acted sweet and nice all the way until she started committing murder.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is the nicest person on the squad, and then she becomes the main villain, bombs the headquarters, and kills Bob's seven-year-old daughter Eliza.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice was an average member of the team. When she turned, she didn't join the villains- just destroyed a machine and left.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Alice played you, my dude. Just showed up, acted all nice, won your heart, and BAM- joined the villains."
* '''Invoked''': Evulz sends Alice to spy with specific instructions to pretend to be sweet.
* '''Defied''': Charlotte trains herself to recognize fake sweetness so she's prepared in case a WISC shows up.
* '''Exploited''': Frederick, who is an opportunistic, morally grey member of the squad, walks up to Alice and threatens to tell everyone she isn't who she says she is unless she gives him money and spares his life.
* '''Discussed''': "Great, now Alice can join the ranks of fake-nice villains who played everyone."
* '''Conversed''': "So Alice is evil. I sort of saw that coming, what with all the wolves in sheep's clothing there are out there."
* '''Straight''': Alice pretends to be sweet to get Bob to trust her and tell her his plans to defeat Evulz, so she can then go tell Evulz and he can thwart them.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice is a sweet person, she's just on a morally objectionable mission.
** Alice genuinely likes Bob.
* '''Inverted''': Alice pretends to be mean to intimidate Bob into giving her information, which she will use to STOP Evulz.
* '''Subverted''': It looks like Alice was pretending the entire time, but actually, she was only pretending to be pretending so Bob would leave her and she could keep him safe.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...actually, to manipulate him, break his heart, and end the world.
* '''Parodied''': Alice shows up as a cute kitten made of cotton candy. At the big reveal, she announces that she's evil- and she's still a cute kitten made of cotton candy, but now she's an evil one.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice shows up and pretends to be sweet. SmartGuy Charlotte sees right through her and kicks her out.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice hypnotizes Bob, Charlotte and all the other heroes into thinking she's a good person.
* '''Averted''':
** Alice is sweet, and remains sweet for the entire series.
** Alice is a villain, and remains a villain for the entire series.
* '''Enforced''': The producers want a plot twist, and they also want to break Bob's heart. They decide to enter a woman who he falls in love with, and then she turns evil.
* '''Implied''': Bob is recapping events of the last year to main character Della, and he tells her, "After what happened with Alice- I really did think she was a good person- we're cynical about trusting people. You never know who will betray you."
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice's entire evil plan was to clog all the heroes' toilets.
* '''Played for Horror''': Alice is a sociopath who acted sweet and nice all the way until she started committing murder.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is the nicest person on the squad, and then she becomes the main villain, bombs the headquarters, and kills Bob's seven-year-old daughter Eliza.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice was an average member of the team. When she turned, she didn't join the villains- just destroyed a machine and left.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Alice played you, my dude. Just showed up, acted all nice, won your heart, and BAM- joined the villains."
* '''Invoked''': Evulz sends Alice to spy with specific instructions to pretend to be sweet.
* '''Defied''': Charlotte trains herself to recognize fake sweetness so she's prepared in case a WISC shows up.
* '''Exploited''': Frederick, who is an opportunistic, morally grey member of the squad, walks up to Alice and threatens to tell everyone she isn't who she says she is unless she gives him money and spares his life.
* '''Discussed''': "Great, now Alice can join the ranks of fake-nice villains who played everyone."
* '''Conversed''': "So Alice is evil. I sort of saw that coming, what with all the wolves in sheep's clothing there are out there."
