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* In ''The Temple of the Muses'', the fourth volume of John Maddox Roberts' ''SPQR'' series, the protagonist, Decius, warns one of his contemporaries at the Roman Embassy in Alexandria of a possible plot against Rome being fomented by someone in Ptolemy Auletes's court. The elder Roman brushes this off, advising Decius that whenever such a plot forms, inevitably one of the conspirators realizes how much better he can do for himself by betraying the plot to Rome and setting himself up to reap the rewards. In RealLife, encouraging such traitors was a cornerstone of Rome's foreign policy, and it (usually) worked astonishingly well. Writing with the benefit of hindsight, Decius remembers Caesar and later Antony employing this policy to great effect in Judea, with Antipater and his son Herod.
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* A few positive examples in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''; when Daenarys starts conquering/liberating cities founded on slavery, she unsurprisingly gets quite a few people (whether ex-slaves or freemen with a conscience,) who fully support her regime, with a few particularly useful ones joining her council. Equally unsurprisingly, these people are viewed as quislings by the deposed masters, and many acts of murder and sabotage are carried out by the latter, who consider themselves LaResistance.
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* A few positive examples in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''; when Daenarys Daenerys starts conquering/liberating cities founded on slavery, she unsurprisingly gets quite a few people (whether ex-slaves or freemen with a conscience,) who fully support her regime, with a few particularly useful ones joining her council. Equally unsurprisingly, these people are viewed as quislings by the deposed masters, and many acts of murder and sabotage are carried out by the latter, who consider themselves LaResistance.
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*** Wormtongue seemingly ''intended'' to become this. Gandalf accuses him (rightfully most likely, given Gandalf's track record) that Saruman promised him to be appointed a puppet king after the defeat of Rohan, ''and'' to be able to [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forcibly marry]] Eowin, whom he desired (which would also give him a shade of legitimacy).
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* ''Literature/AgeOfFire Dragon'': ''Outcast'' has [[spoiler:[=SiMevolant=]]], who upon becoming Tyr, opens the Lavadome to the Wrymmaster's forces, selling his people out to slavery in exchange for a cushy position as their PuppetKing. Unsurprisingly, this triggers a rebellion that results in his own death.
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** Ryu Ota, leader of the People's Republic of Ezo who spent his entire rule discriminating against the Japanese on Hokkaido despite being Japanese himself, labeling the Ainu "Lumpenproletariat" that needed to be reared to power. [[spoiler: During the fall of Ezo to Japan when Communism collapses in Asia, he would be found hiding in a forest by Japanese soldiers and beheaded for his betrayal.]]
** Dimitrios Ioannidis, the leader of Greece's Italian collaborationist government, is especially considered a detestable bootlicker [[EveryoneHasStandards even by Italy]], with Balbo once describing him as "A man made of meat that a dog wouldn't eat". [[spoiler: He's forced to resign by Italy on Duce Ciano's orders in 1976 as part of a desperate attempt to salvage the deteriorating situation in Greece.]]
** Ryu Ota, leader of the People's Republic of Ezo who spent his entire rule discriminating against the Japanese on Hokkaido despite being Japanese himself, labeling the Ainu "Lumpenproletariat" that needed to be reared to power. [[spoiler: During the fall of Ezo to Japan when Communism collapses in Asia, he would be found hiding in a forest by Japanese soldiers and beheaded for his betrayal.]]
** Dimitrios Ioannidis, the leader of Greece's Italian collaborationist government, is especially considered a detestable bootlicker [[EveryoneHasStandards even by Italy]], with Balbo once describing him as "A man made of meat that a dog wouldn't eat". [[spoiler: He's forced to resign by Italy on Duce Ciano's orders in 1976 as part of a desperate attempt to salvage the deteriorating situation in Greece.]]
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* Lord Pryderi, in the final installment of ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'', has always been a loyal ally of Prince Gwydion...only to show up for the council of war and declare that the only sane option is to join the enemy. Which he does. [[spoiler:He gets RewardedAsATraitorDeserves when, on Arawn's orders, he attempts to invade Caer Dallben and the place itself destroys him.]]
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* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'': Lord Pryderi, in the final installment of ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'', who has always been a loyal ally of Prince Gwydion...only to show Gwydion, shows up for the council of war and declare that the only sane option is to join the enemy. Which he does. [[spoiler:He gets RewardedAsATraitorDeserves when, on Arawn's orders, he attempts to invade Caer Dallben and the place itself destroys him.]]
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* Saruman in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', though he intends to be TheStarscream.
** Lotho Sackville-Baggins, in Saruman's Shire. [[spoiler: With the completion of the Scouring, [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves it's revealed that Wormtongue murdered him on Saruman's orders.]]]]
** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' in the First Age has Maeglin, the EvilNephew of Turgon, King of Gondolin, who is in love with Turgon's [[KissingCousins daughter Idril]]. When he is captured by [[GodOfEvil Morgoth]], under threat of torture he reveals the location of Gondolin and is told he will be rewarded with rule of the city and Idril. Despite the threat, Maeglin still doesn't warn the city of Morgoth's attack and during the Fall of Gondolin tries to kill his cousin's son Earendil. However Earendil's father Tuor kills Maeglin.
** Lotho Sackville-Baggins, in Saruman's Shire. [[spoiler: With the completion of the Scouring, [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves it's revealed that Wormtongue murdered him on Saruman's orders.]]]]
** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' in the First Age has Maeglin, the EvilNephew of Turgon, King of Gondolin, who is in love with Turgon's [[KissingCousins daughter Idril]]. When he is captured by [[GodOfEvil Morgoth]], under threat of torture he reveals the location of Gondolin and is told he will be rewarded with rule of the city and Idril. Despite the threat, Maeglin still doesn't warn the city of Morgoth's attack and during the Fall of Gondolin tries to kill his cousin's son Earendil. However Earendil's father Tuor kills Maeglin.
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* ''[[Literature/TheSalvationWar The Salvation War: Pantheicide]]'' gives us a non-villainous (or at least less-villainous) example. Micheal-lan is convinced that Earth '''will''' conquer heaven and seizes control specifically so that he can surrender before (more) nukes get launched.
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** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
*** Saruman secretly works for Sauron, though he intends to replace him.
** Lotho Sackville-Baggins, in Saruman's Shire. [[spoiler: With the completion of the Scouring, [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves it's revealed that Wormtongue murdered him on Saruman's orders.]]]]
** ''Literature/TheFallOfGondolin'' has Maeglin, the EvilNephew of Turgon, King of Gondolin, who is in love with Turgon's [[KissingCousins daughter Idril]]. When he is captured by [[GodOfEvil Morgoth]], under threat of torture he reveals the location of Gondolin and is told he will be rewarded with rule of the city and Idril. Despite the threat, Maeglin still doesn't warn the city of Morgoth's attack and during the battle he tries to kill his cousin's son Earendil. However Earendil's father Tuor kills Maeglin.
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*** Saruman secretly works for Sauron, though he intends to replace him.
** Lotho Sackville-Baggins, in Saruman's Shire. [[spoiler: With the completion of the Scouring, [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves it's revealed that Wormtongue murdered him on Saruman's orders.]]]]
** ''Literature/TheFallOfGondolin'' has Maeglin, the EvilNephew of Turgon, King of Gondolin, who is in love with Turgon's [[KissingCousins daughter Idril]]. When he is captured by [[GodOfEvil Morgoth]], under threat of torture he reveals the location of Gondolin and is told he will be rewarded with rule of the city and Idril. Despite the threat, Maeglin still doesn't warn the city of Morgoth's attack and during the battle he tries to kill his cousin's son Earendil. However Earendil's father Tuor kills Maeglin.
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[[TheQuisling Quislings]] seen in {{Literature}}.
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* In Creator/RobertSilverberg's ''The Alien Years'', a nerdy hacker breaks into the conquering aliens' computer system, but instead of trying to use it against them, he offers them his help in return for power and a harem.
* Any voluntary Controller from ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', but Hedrick Chapman deserves a special mention. You know, being the one who paraded [[PluckyGirl Loren]] before the Yeerks and said, "Hey, lookit this! I gotta planet of six billion just waitin' for ya!" and all. [[spoiler:Elfangor, Loren and the Yeerk he was trying to help, Sub-visser Thirty-two, all leave him to be sucked into a black hole. However, the Ellimist saved him and wiped his memory. When the Yeerks finally make it to Earth, he and his wife are infested, but only cooperate to keep their daughter, Melissa, free and uninfested. He becomes a MiddleManagementMook and the Animorphs' go-to guy when they need someone to threaten or torture.]] Ahh, karma.
** There's also [[TheBaroness Taylor]], a former AlphaBitch who lost her looks and her popularity in a fire. Desperate to regain the life she had, Taylor agrees to become a voluntary Controller in exchange for the Yeerks using their advanced technology to make her a {{Cyborg}} and restore her beauty. Unfortunately for Taylor, the Yeerk chosen to infest her is not exactly a pillar of mental stability...
** [[SixthRangerTraitor David]] could be considered a subversion, as he ''threatens'' to betray the team to the Yeerks on a few occasions but never actually does it. It's heavily implied he's bluffing and hates the Yeerks as much as the Animorphs do.
** And from [[VillainEpisode VISSER]] there's Rich Huntley, the first voluntary Human-Controller. [[spoiler:Edriss kills him for his trouble.]]
* Lord Pryderi, in the final installment of ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'', has always been a loyal ally of Prince Gwydion...only to show up for the council of war and declare that the only sane option is to join the enemy. Which he does. [[spoiler:He gets RewardedAsATraitorDeserves when, on Arawn's orders, he attempts to invade Caer Dallben and the place itself destroys him.]]
* In Taylor Caldwell's early-1950's novel, ''The Devil's Advocate'', the senior administrator of the Eastern Seaboard in a Communist-ruled America was secretly the head of LaResistance. [[spoiler:He makes a HeroicSacrifice at the end of the book, allowing himself to be assassinated so as to provide the scapegoat and poster boy for the downfallen dictatorship for Americans after the Second Revolution.]]
* ''[[Literature/AgeOfFire Dragon Outcast]]'' has [[spoiler:[=SiMevolant=]]], who upon becoming Tyr, opens the Lavadome to the Wrymmaster's forces, selling his people out to slavery in exchange for a cushy position as their PuppetKing. Unsurprisingly, this triggers a rebellion that results in his own death.
* ''Literature/EuricoThePresbyter'': Several Visigothic nobles such as Sisebuto, Ebas and Count Julian assist the Umayyads invade Visigothic Spain into conquering Hispania for pure self-interests or personal grudges and not because they believe in Islam, which is why their allies hold them in contempt as "infidels".
* ''Literature/FengshenYanyi'': while the series has plenty of Shang Generals who decide to become DefectorFromDecadence and are portrayed in a good light, two of King Zhou's ministers, Fei Lian and E Lai, are depicted as sycophantic towards him, but as soon as they notice that he's wounded, all generals are dead and the palace is surrounded, they immediately plot to run away with the Imperial Seal and offer it to King Wu to keep their old titles and riches. [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves King Wu is wise enough to see through their deception and has them executed]] for high treason.
* ''Literature/ForYourSafety'' has a character actually named [[LampshadeHanging Anna Quiyang Quisling]]. Before the [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Groupmind rebellion]] she was a Swedish writer of RoboSexual erotica, who was offered the chance to write pro-Groupmind propaganda. In exchange she was given a [[RobotBuddy morph]] companion to act out her fantasies with, and keep the billions of humans who want her dead from killing her.
* ''Free Flight'' by Douglas Termen is set in a [=post-WW3=] Soviet-occupied North America, but the antagonist is not the Soviets but [=McKennon=], a senior American officer of the Peace Division.
* ''Literature/TheGanymedeTakeover'', a 1967 science fiction novel by Creator/PhilipKDick and Ray Nelson, has several such characters (as the alien invaders know this is the only effective way [[VichyEarth they can rule Earth]]), racist landowner Gus Swenesgard being the best example, though at one point even a Resistance hero is offered the job (and is tempted for a moment). Subverted in that when the aliens are finally defeated, the resistance set up Swenesgard to be their puppet ruler until democracy is restored. That is, if they ever intend to restore democracy...
* At the end of ''Literature/GunsOfTheDawn'', when the war is over, [[spoiler:Mr Northway, formerly Mayor-Governor of Chalcaster for the king of Lascanne]], continues in that role despite the change in leadership. His motivations are reasonably good — ''someone'' has to be in charge, and continuity of government will avert dangerous instability. It doesn't do wonders for his public image, but then, people didn't think much of him anyway.
* [[EvilChancellor Andrew]] in ''Literature/{{Harald}}'', though his motives are never made clear.
* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' Voldemort installs a few of these to re-enforce his reign:
** [[spoiler:Severus Snape appears to be this, controlling Hogwarts on the behalf of the Death Eaters. Subverted when he was revealed to be a reverse mole]].
** [[UnfortunateNames Pius Thicknesse]] controls the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and [[spoiler: after Rufus Scrimgeour's death, the entire Ministry of Magic]]. In the books, this is the result of MindControl but in the movies, it is implied to be voluntary.
** Dolores Umbridge does not have any official ties with Voldemort, but she gleefully uses her post to enforce his FantasticRacism by running a KangarooCourt to give Muggle-borns a choice between surrendering their wands and a FateWorseThanDeath. (WordOfGod claims this earned her a life sentence in Azkaban after Voldemort's defeat.) In one BadFuture in ''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild'', she is reinstated as Hogwarts headmistress and openly supports Voldemort.
** The Inquisitorial Squad, a number of Slytherin students who gleefully aided Umbridge in her oppression of the school and who were given some measure of authority (e.g. the power to give or deduct points) in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix''.
* MagnificentBastard Melisande Shahrizai (and later [[spoiler:Isidore D'Aiglemort]]) of ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'', who plots with a hostile foreign power to take over her homeland long before the actual invasion even takes place.
* In Creator/RickCook's ''Literature/LimboSystem'', Aubrey is convinced of the greatness of colonists and helps them in their initial attack.
* The Diamonds, Spades, and Clubs in ''Literature/TheLookingGlassWars'' were loyal to Redd as soon as she took over. [[spoiler:When Alyss resumes power, they switch loyalties again, and unfortunately weren't punished.]] This is rectified in the sequel, ''Seeing Redd''. [[spoiler:Jack of Diamonds is seen to have been imprisoned for treason. He does manage to escape and tries to join up with Queen Redd. This time, he quickly outlives his usefulness.]]
* Saruman in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', though he intends to be TheStarscream.
** Lotho Sackville-Baggins, in Saruman's Shire. [[spoiler: With the completion of the Scouring, [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves it's revealed that Wormtongue murdered him on Saruman's orders.]]]]
** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' in the First Age has Maeglin, the EvilNephew of Turgon, King of Gondolin, who is in love with Turgon's [[KissingCousins daughter Idril]]. When he is captured by [[GodOfEvil Morgoth]], under threat of torture he reveals the location of Gondolin and is told he will be rewarded with rule of the city and Idril. Despite the threat, Maeglin still doesn't warn the city of Morgoth's attack and during the Fall of Gondolin tries to kill his cousin's son Earendil. However Earendil's father Tuor kills Maeglin.
* In Creator/KurtVonnegut's ''Mother Night'' the American protagonist is asked to become The Quisling for the Nazis by an American agent to pass information to America. The book is about what being a collaborator does to his soul (and life), even though he knows he is doing it for a good cause.
* [[PropheticNames Shift]] the Ape, from the final book in the ''Literature/{{Narnia}}'' series, fits the above description perfectly.
* Senator Viqi Shesh from the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' willing works with [[ScaryDogmaticAliens the Yuuzhan Vong invasion]], though it would be a stretch to say she was ''loyal'' to them her first loyalty was always to herself--she merely wanted to ensure her survival and position by teaming up with what looked like the winning side). This came back to bite her in the end, as the Vong, horrible as they were, actually had a rather strict code of conduct and found an obviously self-serving traitor repellant. Shesh found herself constantly scrambling to keep herself indispensable to [[TheDragon the Warmaster]] lest she be [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness unceremoniously killed off]].
** And when she ultimately finds herself stuck between the Vong (who don't really [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness need her anymore]]) and the New Republic (who she betrayed), she [[TakeAThirdOption Takes a Third Option]] by [[spoiler:giving herself a DisneyVillainDeath]].
** Most of the Peace Brigade members, they collaborate with the Yuuzhan Vong by handing over high ranking officials, and Jedi. But to the Vong, the term peace is synonymous for submission, as they already plan on enslaving the Peace Brigade when they win the war.
** The same series has Prime Minister Molierre Cundertol of the planet Bakura betray his own people to the Ssi-Ruuk, a reptilian race that had already attempted an invasion of his world once before earlier in the Star Wars timeline (the novel ''Truce at Bakura''). In exchange, the Ssi-Ruuk transferred his life into a new human-like droid body so he could live forever. They plan to use the population of Bakura as slaves to breed so that they can have a supply of humans whose life can be sucked out of their bodies and into Ssi-Ruuk war machines. Cundertol even tries to justify it to his people by saying that they can become far more powerful as machines, especially if they are running Ssi-Ruuk cities. Of course, no one buys this argument. In the end, it's revealed that the Ssi-Ruuk [[spoiler:have themselves been infiltrated by the Yuuzhan Vong and are unknowingly being manipulated by their undercover agent. This agent reveals himself to Cundertol and kills him for his failure]].
* Some of the cooperating ''zeks'' in ''Literature/OneDayInTheLifeOfIvanDenisovich'', like the cooks, like to screw over their fellow prisoners for their own gain.
* In the ''Resistance Trilogy'' by Clive Egleton, set in a [[AlternateHistory Soviet-occupied Britain]], the only named antagonists encountered by the hero are British, not Soviets.
* Creator/HarryTurtledove's ''Literature/RuledBritannia'' is loaded with 'em.
* ''[[Literature/TheSalvationWar The Salvation War: Pantheicide]]'' gives us a non-villainous (or at least less-villainous) example. Micheal-lan is convinced that Earth '''will''' conquer heaven and seizes control specifically so that he can surrender before (more) nukes get launched.
* In ''Literature/TheShelter'' one starts to wonder why they even keep Ricky around when he constantly betrays and tries to murder his family over and over again.
* A few positive examples in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''; when Daenarys starts conquering/liberating cities founded on slavery, she unsurprisingly gets quite a few people (whether ex-slaves or freemen with a conscience,) who fully support her regime, with a few particularly useful ones joining her council. Equally unsurprisingly, these people are viewed as quislings by the deposed masters, and many acts of murder and sabotage are carried out by the latter, who consider themselves LaResistance.
** One of them, Skahaz mo Kandaq a.k.a. the Shavepate (the head of Daenerys' SecretPolice), however, is hinted to be far more complex than that. Depending on which theory you buy, he may be preparing to designate himself Dany's successor or become a full-blown Starscream.
** Roose Bolton, who betrayed the Northern kingdom to the Lannisters and personally murdered his king Robb Stark, is a definitely negative example. Walder Frey did the same with the Riverlands at [[NastyParty The Red Wedding]], but failed: Littlefinger was appointed their Lord Paramount instead of him. However, his second son Emmon is made Lord of Riverrun and many of his descendants get marriages with Lannisters for this. Unfortunately, this has backfired with the Boltons and the Freys, as they are despised throughout the North and the Riverlands and Walder's descendants are getting murdered by the angry relatives of those they killed.
** A more positive example during Aegon's conquest. When Aegon began conquering the Riverlands, many of the River Lords joined him. After Black Harren Hoare and House Hoare were wiped out, Lord Edmyn Tully was made Lord Paramount of the Trident. However, Harren the Black was a cruel tyrant who had beggared the Riverlands and worked thousands to death building Harrenhal, and his grandfather Harwyn Handhand Hoare had invaded the Riverlands.
** When Aegon wiped out House Gardener, the rulers of the Reach, their castle of Highgarden was surrendered to him by its stewards, the Tyrells, and Aegon made them rulers of the Reach for this.
** In a much, much more ominous example, a sample chapter from ''The Winds of Winter'' heavily implies that [[spoiler:Euron Greyjoy has sold out the entire continent to the [[TheFairFolk Others]].]]
* ''Literature/TheTomorrowSeries'' has [[spoiler:Major Harvey. When he first appears, in ''The Dead of the Night'', he seems to be the heroic leader of the LaResistance group Harvery's Heroes, only to be later revealed to be an enemy officer who let his group get massacred. In ''The Third Day, The Frost'' he is put in charge of Stratton Prison, and killed by Robyn TakingYouWithMe during the group's escape]].
* In E. E. Knight's ''Vampire Earth'' novels, Quisling is a term often used to refer to Humans under Kurian rule.
* An actual psychological disorder in the ZombieApocalypse novel ''Literature/WorldWarZ'' (written by Max Brooks, son of Mel); "quislings" are humans who have nervous breakdowns and begin behaving like zombies. Unfortunately for them, the genuine article can tell the difference...
** They also may have aided in tons of confusion and urban legends about zombies amongst the survivors.
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* In Creator/RobertSilverberg's ''The Alien Years'', a nerdy hacker breaks into the conquering aliens' computer system, but instead of trying to use it against them, he offers them his help in return for power and a harem.
* Any voluntary Controller from ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', but Hedrick Chapman deserves a special mention. You know, being the one who paraded [[PluckyGirl Loren]] before the Yeerks and said, "Hey, lookit this! I gotta planet of six billion just waitin' for ya!" and all. [[spoiler:Elfangor, Loren and the Yeerk he was trying to help, Sub-visser Thirty-two, all leave him to be sucked into a black hole. However, the Ellimist saved him and wiped his memory. When the Yeerks finally make it to Earth, he and his wife are infested, but only cooperate to keep their daughter, Melissa, free and uninfested. He becomes a MiddleManagementMook and the Animorphs' go-to guy when they need someone to threaten or torture.]] Ahh, karma.
** There's also [[TheBaroness Taylor]], a former AlphaBitch who lost her looks and her popularity in a fire. Desperate to regain the life she had, Taylor agrees to become a voluntary Controller in exchange for the Yeerks using their advanced technology to make her a {{Cyborg}} and restore her beauty. Unfortunately for Taylor, the Yeerk chosen to infest her is not exactly a pillar of mental stability...
** [[SixthRangerTraitor David]] could be considered a subversion, as he ''threatens'' to betray the team to the Yeerks on a few occasions but never actually does it. It's heavily implied he's bluffing and hates the Yeerks as much as the Animorphs do.
** And from [[VillainEpisode VISSER]] there's Rich Huntley, the first voluntary Human-Controller. [[spoiler:Edriss kills him for his trouble.]]
* Lord Pryderi, in the final installment of ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'', has always been a loyal ally of Prince Gwydion...only to show up for the council of war and declare that the only sane option is to join the enemy. Which he does. [[spoiler:He gets RewardedAsATraitorDeserves when, on Arawn's orders, he attempts to invade Caer Dallben and the place itself destroys him.]]
* In Taylor Caldwell's early-1950's novel, ''The Devil's Advocate'', the senior administrator of the Eastern Seaboard in a Communist-ruled America was secretly the head of LaResistance. [[spoiler:He makes a HeroicSacrifice at the end of the book, allowing himself to be assassinated so as to provide the scapegoat and poster boy for the downfallen dictatorship for Americans after the Second Revolution.]]
* ''[[Literature/AgeOfFire Dragon Outcast]]'' has [[spoiler:[=SiMevolant=]]], who upon becoming Tyr, opens the Lavadome to the Wrymmaster's forces, selling his people out to slavery in exchange for a cushy position as their PuppetKing. Unsurprisingly, this triggers a rebellion that results in his own death.
* ''Literature/EuricoThePresbyter'': Several Visigothic nobles such as Sisebuto, Ebas and Count Julian assist the Umayyads invade Visigothic Spain into conquering Hispania for pure self-interests or personal grudges and not because they believe in Islam, which is why their allies hold them in contempt as "infidels".
* ''Literature/FengshenYanyi'': while the series has plenty of Shang Generals who decide to become DefectorFromDecadence and are portrayed in a good light, two of King Zhou's ministers, Fei Lian and E Lai, are depicted as sycophantic towards him, but as soon as they notice that he's wounded, all generals are dead and the palace is surrounded, they immediately plot to run away with the Imperial Seal and offer it to King Wu to keep their old titles and riches. [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves King Wu is wise enough to see through their deception and has them executed]] for high treason.
* ''Literature/ForYourSafety'' has a character actually named [[LampshadeHanging Anna Quiyang Quisling]]. Before the [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Groupmind rebellion]] she was a Swedish writer of RoboSexual erotica, who was offered the chance to write pro-Groupmind propaganda. In exchange she was given a [[RobotBuddy morph]] companion to act out her fantasies with, and keep the billions of humans who want her dead from killing her.
* ''Free Flight'' by Douglas Termen is set in a [=post-WW3=] Soviet-occupied North America, but the antagonist is not the Soviets but [=McKennon=], a senior American officer of the Peace Division.
* ''Literature/TheGanymedeTakeover'', a 1967 science fiction novel by Creator/PhilipKDick and Ray Nelson, has several such characters (as the alien invaders know this is the only effective way [[VichyEarth they can rule Earth]]), racist landowner Gus Swenesgard being the best example, though at one point even a Resistance hero is offered the job (and is tempted for a moment). Subverted in that when the aliens are finally defeated, the resistance set up Swenesgard to be their puppet ruler until democracy is restored. That is, if they ever intend to restore democracy...
* At the end of ''Literature/GunsOfTheDawn'', when the war is over, [[spoiler:Mr Northway, formerly Mayor-Governor of Chalcaster for the king of Lascanne]], continues in that role despite the change in leadership. His motivations are reasonably good — ''someone'' has to be in charge, and continuity of government will avert dangerous instability. It doesn't do wonders for his public image, but then, people didn't think much of him anyway.
* [[EvilChancellor Andrew]] in ''Literature/{{Harald}}'', though his motives are never made clear.
* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' Voldemort installs a few of these to re-enforce his reign:
** [[spoiler:Severus Snape appears to be this, controlling Hogwarts on the behalf of the Death Eaters. Subverted when he was revealed to be a reverse mole]].
** [[UnfortunateNames Pius Thicknesse]] controls the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and [[spoiler: after Rufus Scrimgeour's death, the entire Ministry of Magic]]. In the books, this is the result of MindControl but in the movies, it is implied to be voluntary.
** Dolores Umbridge does not have any official ties with Voldemort, but she gleefully uses her post to enforce his FantasticRacism by running a KangarooCourt to give Muggle-borns a choice between surrendering their wands and a FateWorseThanDeath. (WordOfGod claims this earned her a life sentence in Azkaban after Voldemort's defeat.) In one BadFuture in ''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild'', she is reinstated as Hogwarts headmistress and openly supports Voldemort.
** The Inquisitorial Squad, a number of Slytherin students who gleefully aided Umbridge in her oppression of the school and who were given some measure of authority (e.g. the power to give or deduct points) in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix''.
* MagnificentBastard Melisande Shahrizai (and later [[spoiler:Isidore D'Aiglemort]]) of ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'', who plots with a hostile foreign power to take over her homeland long before the actual invasion even takes place.
* In Creator/RickCook's ''Literature/LimboSystem'', Aubrey is convinced of the greatness of colonists and helps them in their initial attack.
* The Diamonds, Spades, and Clubs in ''Literature/TheLookingGlassWars'' were loyal to Redd as soon as she took over. [[spoiler:When Alyss resumes power, they switch loyalties again, and unfortunately weren't punished.]] This is rectified in the sequel, ''Seeing Redd''. [[spoiler:Jack of Diamonds is seen to have been imprisoned for treason. He does manage to escape and tries to join up with Queen Redd. This time, he quickly outlives his usefulness.]]
* Saruman in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', though he intends to be TheStarscream.
** Lotho Sackville-Baggins, in Saruman's Shire. [[spoiler: With the completion of the Scouring, [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves it's revealed that Wormtongue murdered him on Saruman's orders.]]]]
** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' in the First Age has Maeglin, the EvilNephew of Turgon, King of Gondolin, who is in love with Turgon's [[KissingCousins daughter Idril]]. When he is captured by [[GodOfEvil Morgoth]], under threat of torture he reveals the location of Gondolin and is told he will be rewarded with rule of the city and Idril. Despite the threat, Maeglin still doesn't warn the city of Morgoth's attack and during the Fall of Gondolin tries to kill his cousin's son Earendil. However Earendil's father Tuor kills Maeglin.
* In Creator/KurtVonnegut's ''Mother Night'' the American protagonist is asked to become The Quisling for the Nazis by an American agent to pass information to America. The book is about what being a collaborator does to his soul (and life), even though he knows he is doing it for a good cause.
* [[PropheticNames Shift]] the Ape, from the final book in the ''Literature/{{Narnia}}'' series, fits the above description perfectly.
* Senator Viqi Shesh from the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' willing works with [[ScaryDogmaticAliens the Yuuzhan Vong invasion]], though it would be a stretch to say she was ''loyal'' to them her first loyalty was always to herself--she merely wanted to ensure her survival and position by teaming up with what looked like the winning side). This came back to bite her in the end, as the Vong, horrible as they were, actually had a rather strict code of conduct and found an obviously self-serving traitor repellant. Shesh found herself constantly scrambling to keep herself indispensable to [[TheDragon the Warmaster]] lest she be [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness unceremoniously killed off]].
** And when she ultimately finds herself stuck between the Vong (who don't really [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness need her anymore]]) and the New Republic (who she betrayed), she [[TakeAThirdOption Takes a Third Option]] by [[spoiler:giving herself a DisneyVillainDeath]].
** Most of the Peace Brigade members, they collaborate with the Yuuzhan Vong by handing over high ranking officials, and Jedi. But to the Vong, the term peace is synonymous for submission, as they already plan on enslaving the Peace Brigade when they win the war.
** The same series has Prime Minister Molierre Cundertol of the planet Bakura betray his own people to the Ssi-Ruuk, a reptilian race that had already attempted an invasion of his world once before earlier in the Star Wars timeline (the novel ''Truce at Bakura''). In exchange, the Ssi-Ruuk transferred his life into a new human-like droid body so he could live forever. They plan to use the population of Bakura as slaves to breed so that they can have a supply of humans whose life can be sucked out of their bodies and into Ssi-Ruuk war machines. Cundertol even tries to justify it to his people by saying that they can become far more powerful as machines, especially if they are running Ssi-Ruuk cities. Of course, no one buys this argument. In the end, it's revealed that the Ssi-Ruuk [[spoiler:have themselves been infiltrated by the Yuuzhan Vong and are unknowingly being manipulated by their undercover agent. This agent reveals himself to Cundertol and kills him for his failure]].
* Some of the cooperating ''zeks'' in ''Literature/OneDayInTheLifeOfIvanDenisovich'', like the cooks, like to screw over their fellow prisoners for their own gain.
* In the ''Resistance Trilogy'' by Clive Egleton, set in a [[AlternateHistory Soviet-occupied Britain]], the only named antagonists encountered by the hero are British, not Soviets.
* Creator/HarryTurtledove's ''Literature/RuledBritannia'' is loaded with 'em.
* ''[[Literature/TheSalvationWar The Salvation War: Pantheicide]]'' gives us a non-villainous (or at least less-villainous) example. Micheal-lan is convinced that Earth '''will''' conquer heaven and seizes control specifically so that he can surrender before (more) nukes get launched.
* In ''Literature/TheShelter'' one starts to wonder why they even keep Ricky around when he constantly betrays and tries to murder his family over and over again.
* A few positive examples in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''; when Daenarys starts conquering/liberating cities founded on slavery, she unsurprisingly gets quite a few people (whether ex-slaves or freemen with a conscience,) who fully support her regime, with a few particularly useful ones joining her council. Equally unsurprisingly, these people are viewed as quislings by the deposed masters, and many acts of murder and sabotage are carried out by the latter, who consider themselves LaResistance.
** One of them, Skahaz mo Kandaq a.k.a. the Shavepate (the head of Daenerys' SecretPolice), however, is hinted to be far more complex than that. Depending on which theory you buy, he may be preparing to designate himself Dany's successor or become a full-blown Starscream.
** Roose Bolton, who betrayed the Northern kingdom to the Lannisters and personally murdered his king Robb Stark, is a definitely negative example. Walder Frey did the same with the Riverlands at [[NastyParty The Red Wedding]], but failed: Littlefinger was appointed their Lord Paramount instead of him. However, his second son Emmon is made Lord of Riverrun and many of his descendants get marriages with Lannisters for this. Unfortunately, this has backfired with the Boltons and the Freys, as they are despised throughout the North and the Riverlands and Walder's descendants are getting murdered by the angry relatives of those they killed.
** A more positive example during Aegon's conquest. When Aegon began conquering the Riverlands, many of the River Lords joined him. After Black Harren Hoare and House Hoare were wiped out, Lord Edmyn Tully was made Lord Paramount of the Trident. However, Harren the Black was a cruel tyrant who had beggared the Riverlands and worked thousands to death building Harrenhal, and his grandfather Harwyn Handhand Hoare had invaded the Riverlands.
** When Aegon wiped out House Gardener, the rulers of the Reach, their castle of Highgarden was surrendered to him by its stewards, the Tyrells, and Aegon made them rulers of the Reach for this.
** In a much, much more ominous example, a sample chapter from ''The Winds of Winter'' heavily implies that [[spoiler:Euron Greyjoy has sold out the entire continent to the [[TheFairFolk Others]].]]
* ''Literature/TheTomorrowSeries'' has [[spoiler:Major Harvey. When he first appears, in ''The Dead of the Night'', he seems to be the heroic leader of the LaResistance group Harvery's Heroes, only to be later revealed to be an enemy officer who let his group get massacred. In ''The Third Day, The Frost'' he is put in charge of Stratton Prison, and killed by Robyn TakingYouWithMe during the group's escape]].
* In E. E. Knight's ''Vampire Earth'' novels, Quisling is a term often used to refer to Humans under Kurian rule.
* An actual psychological disorder in the ZombieApocalypse novel ''Literature/WorldWarZ'' (written by Max Brooks, son of Mel); "quislings" are humans who have nervous breakdowns and begin behaving like zombies. Unfortunately for them, the genuine article can tell the difference...
** They also may have aided in tons of confusion and urban legends about zombies amongst the survivors.
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