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"Even someone who wears a mask of goodness can still have pitch darkness in his heart, you see."
— Giriko, Soul Eater
Naru: Well, let's both put some serious effort into this and get hired. Though our levels of seriousness may be different, Sakura-san.
Nene: [thinking] Why does she hate me so much?!
[Umiko arrives and notices that Nene and Naru are working in awkward silence]
Umiko: Sakura-san, is something wrong?
Nene: Eh? Ah... well...
Naru: [smiling] It seems Nenecchi is having a bit of trouble.
Umiko: Is that so? What don't you understand?
Nene: [thinking] She's acting all nice...!
Nene: [thinking] Why does she hate me so much?!
[Umiko arrives and notices that Nene and Naru are working in awkward silence]
Umiko: Sakura-san, is something wrong?
Nene: Eh? Ah... well...
Naru: [smiling] It seems Nenecchi is having a bit of trouble.
Umiko: Is that so? What don't you understand?
Nene: [thinking] She's acting all nice...!
Fan Works
Her eyes were melancholy, but he knew better than to pity her.
— Tavros watching Vriska, in the Homestuck fanfiction Don't Leave
I don't need help from a bunch of ass kissers picked by an idiot king. Especially not her. I can easily see it through her eyes, nothing is genuine about her. I want absolutely nothing to do with her.
— Bakugo making a point on how rotten Malty is deep inside much to her anger when they first meet, Chapter 2 of King Explosion Murder The Shield Hero
Neia Varon: Well you see, when I first saw him (Itsuki) back at Melromarc, he seemed like a very nice person, even defending us when things get rough. But suddenly he acts so horribly here in this country (Tervein), calling me a bitch and saying other horrible insults to you and to be taking a job like with with those kinds of people?
Bakugo: It was because he was playing hero,
Neia: Playing hero?
Bakugo: He acts like an ideal hero everyone would like as an act, but all the little ass hat cares about was his shallow pride and getting recognition from people. He never cared about being a hero. I have seen too many heroes in my world who lie behind the publics to suck up to the press.
Bakugo: It was because he was playing hero,
Neia: Playing hero?
Bakugo: He acts like an ideal hero everyone would like as an act, but all the little ass hat cares about was his shallow pride and getting recognition from people. He never cared about being a hero. I have seen too many heroes in my world who lie behind the publics to suck up to the press.
— King Explosion Murder The Shield Hero, Chapter 7
"More or less. Helps that people will happily buy that face of hers as the picture of innocence." The less the world knew of the wicked grin that 'innocent' face made while setting anthills on fire and discreetly cheating at certain arcade games to get more tickets, the better for all three of them.
— Adagio Dazzle on Sonata Dusk, Sirens of CHS
"Does that mean we can't kick her ass?"
— Sonata Dusk, Sirens of CHS
"Hey, that's what your dad said!" Sonata chirped. A dark shadow crossed her face as she smiled. "And look where he is."
Film — Animation
"She spied on our lives through the little doll's eyes and saw that we weren't happy. So she lured us away with treasures and treats, and games to play, gave all that we asked. Yet we still wanted more, so we let her sew the buttons. She said she loved us; but she locked us here. And ate up our lives."
— Ghost Boy on the Beldam, Coraline
"The guy may seem plush and huggable on the outside, but inside, he's a monster."
— Buttercup, Toy Story 3
Film — Live-Action
"She's a predator posing as a house pet."
— Tyler Durden, Fight Club
"You are just like me, Lydia. Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it."
— Jennifer Blake, Teen Wolf
"Oh my God, that's a thin veneer of kindness. Nobody's that nice. Serial killers are that nice."
— Jay Baruchel regarding Jonah Hill, This Is the End
"Do you believe every sad story you hear?"
— Kalara (through a translator device), Star Trek Beyond
Literature
"Snow may be pretty, but up close it's cold and nasty."
"Scarlett!" he said, when he saw her. "It's him! Come on!"
"It's who? What are you talking about?"
"Him! Frost. He's Jack. He tried to kill me!"
A bang! from above as the man Jack kicked at the door.
"But." Scarlett tried to make sense of what she was hearing, "But he's nice."
"No," said Bod, grabbing her hand and pulling her down the stairs, into the hallway. "No, he's not."
"It's who? What are you talking about?"
"Him! Frost. He's Jack. He tried to kill me!"
A bang! from above as the man Jack kicked at the door.
"But." Scarlett tried to make sense of what she was hearing, "But he's nice."
"No," said Bod, grabbing her hand and pulling her down the stairs, into the hallway. "No, he's not."
It was easy to take Nan at face value, but a good many business people — realtors, for the most part — had discovered that doing so was a bad idea. Behind the sweet face there was a clicking computer of a mind, and beneath the motherly swell of bosom there was a pile of account books where the heart should have been.
You came to me disguised as Venus, but you are Lilith, and I know it.
— Tropic of Capricorn, by Henry Miller
The artist had captured Priscilla, Lady Blyth. The lightly arch look, and the smile, were exactly right. As for the shadows encroaching on one side of the face, the hand tucked just behind the skirt, unseen — well. Of those few people who saw the true self of Robin's mother, only Sargent had dared to put it on display like that while she still lived. The painter must have known that neither she nor her husband would catch the irony, neither of them loving art for itself.
— The Last Binding: A Marvellous Light
Since on the surface he looked pure-hearted, free of desire, and immune to wicked temptations, then beneath that surface he had to be immoral, shameless, scummy, and despicable.
Live-Action TV
"Still the iron claw in the velvet glove, Mariel?"
— Timov, Babylon 5
"I know it seems like she's being nice, but she hates us and she's about to say something mean."
— PFC Randy Hill, Enlisted
Don: You come and go as you please.
Hilton: Yes, I do.
Don: And you don't give a crap that my future is tied up in this mess because of you?
Hilton: You wanted my account, and you were lucky to get it.
Don: And you wanted to play with me. Kick me around, knock me down to size while you called me "son".
Hilton: Yes, I do.
Don: And you don't give a crap that my future is tied up in this mess because of you?
Hilton: You wanted my account, and you were lucky to get it.
Don: And you wanted to play with me. Kick me around, knock me down to size while you called me "son".
Raj: I'm very comfortable here. Penny, dear, why don't you shoot another silver bullet my way?
Penny: Get one yourself!
Raj: Hoooh! Somebody's been taking bitchy pills!
Penny: God, he's an ass when he drinks.
Howard: He's an ass when he doesn't, you just don't hear it.
Penny: Get one yourself!
Raj: Hoooh! Somebody's been taking bitchy pills!
Penny: God, he's an ass when he drinks.
Howard: He's an ass when he doesn't, you just don't hear it.
Worf: I believed her... I helped her. I did not see what she was.
Picard: Mr. Worf, villains who twirl their moustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well camouflaged.
Picard: Mr. Worf, villains who twirl their moustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well camouflaged.
Dorien: I'm afraid darling Rosa has been a manipulative little bitch!
Sharon: Can't think where she gets it from.
Sharon: Can't think where she gets it from.
Phoebe: Y'know, I bet it would actually make my grandmother very happy to know that we're trying to figure out her recipe. I bet she's looking up at us and smiling right now.
Ross: Looking up?
Phoebe: Oh yeah — no, she was really nice to me, but she's in Hell for sure.
Ross: Looking up?
Phoebe: Oh yeah — no, she was really nice to me, but she's in Hell for sure.
Music
You look like an angel
Walk like an angel
Talk like an angel
But I got wise
You're the devil in disguise
Walk like an angel
Talk like an angel
But I got wise
You're the devil in disguise
— Elvis Presley, "Devil in Disguise"
An angel in disguise she was
But somehow you fell for her
Until she broke your heart that day
And left you in the rain
But somehow you fell for her
Until she broke your heart that day
And left you in the rain
— Brandy, "Angel in Disguise"
Smiling faces sometimes pretend to be your friend
Smiling faces show no traces of the evil that lurks within
Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes
They don't tell the truth
Smiling faces, smiling faces
Tell lies and I got proof
Smiling faces show no traces of the evil that lurks within
Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes
They don't tell the truth
Smiling faces, smiling faces
Tell lies and I got proof
— The Undisputed Truth, "Smiling Faces Sometimes"
You whore in sheep's clothing, fucking up all I do...
I know you'd like to think your shit don't stank, but
Lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
— OutKast, "Roses"
With her wine-stained lips, yeah, she's nothing but trouble
Cold to the touch, but she's warm as a devil
I gave her my heart, but she wanted my soul
Cold to the touch, but she's warm as a devil
I gave her my heart, but she wanted my soul
— Nick Jonas, "Chains"
Darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream
— Taylor Swift, "Blank Space"
Standing on the same road again
Sister's in the master bedroom
Time to dig that hole again
You have the tools but you did not choose them
You are a [[cutlass cruiser]]
I'm just a part-time loser now
Do you take scars or bruises?
All have proof that we struggled somehow
Sister's in the master bedroom
Time to dig that hole again
You have the tools but you did not choose them
You are a [[cutlass cruiser]]
I'm just a part-time loser now
Do you take scars or bruises?
All have proof that we struggled somehow
—TOPS, "Cutlass Cruiser"
"It's in your eyes, what's on your mind
I see the truth that you've buried inside
It's in your eyes, what's on your mind
There's no mercy, just anger I find"
I see the truth that you've buried inside
It's in your eyes, what's on your mind
There's no mercy, just anger I find"
—Within Temptation, "A Dangerous Mind"
Religion and Myth
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves."
Tabletop Games
The DeFontaines are very much like taking a bite from a perfectly polished, delicious-looking apple, only to find it completely rotten at the core. They come across as the perfect parents-in-absentia: competent, caring, authoritative, inclined to listen to the concerns of their staff and students. In truth, both were twisted at an early age to lack any sense of compassion for their "inferiors" (i.e.: anyone outside their own particular religious sect) and if sufficiently pressed by circumstances, they can be provoked into revealing this total lack of human empathy.
— "High, Sweet Evil Laughter", Innocents
Theatre
"O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!
Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?
Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical,
Dove-feathered raven, wolvish-ravening lamb!"
Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?
Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical,
Dove-feathered raven, wolvish-ravening lamb!"
— Juliet, Romeo and Juliet
Video Games
(That soft, kind smile... It's the kind that tells you a pair of devil horns are not too far away...)
— Phoenix Wright on Morgan Fey, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice For All
"People are simply things to be used. Used and thrown away. Put on a sweet, innocent face, and people will swallow anything you feed them."
— Matt Engarde, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice For All
"A degenerate who makes you want to throw up just from the fact that you're breathing the same air as her. That was the true identity of Kanade Otonokoji, a person whom we once thought as our friend, as our classmate."
— Sora on Kanade Otonokoji, Super Danganronpa Another 2
Radiance: I daresay you've found it. Wonderful, wonderful work, Ella/Ellis. You were so much quicker than I expected.
(Something shifts subtly in Radiance's smile... his/her eyes becoming cunning, sharp, wicked)
Ella/Ellis: What do you mean?
Radiance: Lovely, sweet Ella/Ellis. Who would have guessed?
(Ella/Ellis stands frozen in fear. He/she tries to run, but is transfixed to the spot as Radiance walks towards them)
Radiance: Such a clever girl/boy, Ella/Ellis. And yet so naïve. So very trusting. Didn't you parents tell you to be wary of the Fae in the woods?
(Something shifts subtly in Radiance's smile... his/her eyes becoming cunning, sharp, wicked)
Ella/Ellis: What do you mean?
Radiance: Lovely, sweet Ella/Ellis. Who would have guessed?
(Ella/Ellis stands frozen in fear. He/she tries to run, but is transfixed to the spot as Radiance walks towards them)
Radiance: Such a clever girl/boy, Ella/Ellis. And yet so naïve. So very trusting. Didn't you parents tell you to be wary of the Fae in the woods?
Web Video
Penny: Sometimes people are layered like that. There's something totally different underneath than what's on the surface.
Dr. Horrible: And sometimes there's a third, even deeper level, and that one is the same as the top surface one!
Penny: Huh?
Dr. Horrible: Like with pie.
Dr. Horrible: And sometimes there's a third, even deeper level, and that one is the same as the top surface one!
Penny: Huh?
Dr. Horrible: Like with pie.
Bennett the Sage: Wait a minute... this whole cutesy, naïve thing was all just an act?
The Nostalgia Chick: Yep.
JewWario: You're... not really that nice?
Chick: Nope.
The Nostalgia Chick: Yep.
JewWario: You're... not really that nice?
Chick: Nope.
Kirito: There's no way that guy's really dead. There's something else going on here, and I'm going to prove it.
Asuna: Wow, how noble of you.
Kirito: Oh spare me, Wonder Woman. You're only doing this to prove I was wrong.
Asuna: Hey! At least I pretend to be nice to people!
Kirito: Yeah, whatev— Wait, pretend?
Asuna: Wow, how noble of you.
Kirito: Oh spare me, Wonder Woman. You're only doing this to prove I was wrong.
Asuna: Hey! At least I pretend to be nice to people!
Kirito: Yeah, whatev— Wait, pretend?
Western Animation
Homer Simpson: Flanders? You're the Devil?!
Devil Ned Flanders: [chuckling amiably] It's always the one you least suspect.
Devil Ned Flanders: [chuckling amiably] It's always the one you least suspect.
TV Caption: Lois Griffin — Probably more of a bitch than she lets on.
Lois: Oh, you can just go *bleep* yourself, Diane.
Lois: Oh, you can just go *bleep* yourself, Diane.
"You know, I lose more Puddy Tats that way!"
— Tweety, Looney Tunes
"He told me he was a muse, that he chose one brilliant mind a century to inspire. What a fool I was, blinded by his flattery and games. He became my research assistant. He was free to move in and out of my mind as he pleased. We were partners. When he told me I could complete my research by building a gateway to other worlds, I trusted him. He said this was the way genius happened: with a little help from a friend. It seemed that I was on the verge of my greatest achievement... until my partner got a glimpse of Bill's true plans."
— Grunkle Ford on Bill Cipher, Gravity Falls
"And though we seem quite pleasant, our niceness is just a show!"
— Reirei, The Lion Guard
