Basic Trope: A character is betrayed by someone they trust the most, which causes them great despair.
- Straight: Alice is abandoned by her long time friends, Bob and Claire, as they want to join Emperor Evulz's army, causing her to go into a Heroic BSoD.
- Exaggerated: Bob and Claire, Alice's family, and lover, Danny, betray her to join Evulz. This results in a sobbing fit from Alice, who bursts into Inelegant Blubbering while hitting the floor with her fist and cursing the gods.
- Downplayed:
- While Bob remains on Alice's side, Claire leaves her to join Evulz. Alice sheds a Single Tear before continuing on.
- While they don't outright betray her, Bob and Claire say something hurtful and inconsiderate to her, which makes her feel sad but quickly gets over it.
- Justified:
- Bob and Claire were deceived by Evulz, thinking that Alice is becoming a threat to the world due to her powers.
- Bob and Claire are fed up with Alice doing things that have endangered their lives many times.
- Alice is a Pragmatic Hero who has done a lot of questionable things, but they were the only solution to save the world.
- Bob and Claire are Brainwashed by Evulz.
- Alice had made a selfish decision that would cause Bob and Claire to lose their respect for her, and now Alice has to live with this downfall for as long as she lives.
- Bob and Claire are selfish assholes.
- Inverted: Evulz's Mooks befriend with Alice, which elates her.
- Subverted:
- It appears as though Bob and Claire are going to betray her, but then they reject Evulz's offer and stay loyal to Alice.
- Bob and Claire are only doing it for a painful but necessary lesson.
- After Bob and Claire join Evulz's army, Alice looks like she's about to cry before she shrugs it off and continues on his adventure.
- Double Subverted:
- This was all of a ruse. Claire stabs Alice in the back with a dagger before running off with Bob.
- Once Alice shows she didn't learn the lesson at all, Bob and Claire betray her for once this time, causing Alice to go into a Heroic BSoD.
- Alice begins to remember her good memories with Bob and Claire and falls to the ground crying.
- Parodied: Bob and Claire betray Alice... only to come back one hour later.
- Zig-Zagged: It would seem that whenever Alice messes up, Bob and Claire betray her, and whenever Alice seeks reconciliation, they all return to her side, but then there's Evulz telling some lies (or truths) about Alice...
- Averted:
- Alice is never betrayed by Bob and Claire.
- Alice doesn't seem to care that Bob and Claire betrayed her at all.
- Enforced: "We need something to put Alice into despair. How about having her friends turn their backs on her?"
- Lampshaded: "You guys can't leave me here. You're my friends! What are you thinking?!"
- Invoked: Evulz offers Bob and Claire a lot of money to betray Alice. A lot of money, maybe even enough to soothe her conscience.
- Exploited: Evulz, knowing Alice's Heroic BSoD, constantly brags about Bob and Claire being on her side to damage her mental health more.
- Defied: Bob and Claire decide that no matter what happens to her and no matter what she does, they will stay by her side.
- Discussed: "Why would I betray you, Alice? I'm your friend, just like Bob."
- Conversed: "Bob and Claire turning their backs on her is the worst thing to ever happen to her. If I thought Evulz beating Alice only once was that bad, being betrayed by her friends seriously takes the cake."
- Implied: Bob and Claire abruptly disappear from the work. Alice is noticeably more sadder than usual and two Mooks resembling Bob and Claire can be seen in Evulz's army.
- Deconstructed:
- Bob and Claire, after joining Evulz's army, find it hard to fit in with the Mooks. They constantly get abused by Evulz for simply failing to follow his orders and constantly feel guilt for leaving Alice behind, especially after seeing her weep on the ground as they leave for Evulz's castle.
- After Bob and Claire have helped out Emperor Evulz's cause enough he decides to eliminate them for fear they may prove to be FairWeatherFriends and attempt to change sides again later.
- Reconstructed: Bob and Claire manage to take down Evulz's army from the shadows and reunite with Alice, driving away her sorrows.
- Played for Laughs: Bob and Claire betrayed Alice all because she was illegally downloading videos on the internet.
- Played for Drama: Alice's mental health is incredibly damaged upon seeing Bob and Claire join Evulz's army. She begins contemplating suicide.
- Played for Horror: Alice, seeing Bob and Claire betray her for Evulz, turns into an Ax-Crazy maniac whose only motive is to slaughter every single Mook in Evulz's army, including Bob and Claire.
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