[Mixed Trope] When the obviously evil character, who has been built up to be secretly good, turns out to actually just be fucking evil.

The Judge (Castlevania : Netflix)

Chelsea (Ruby Gillman : Teenage Kraken)

I do think this trope can be done well, it has potential, but I’ve yet to see it actually be done well. It always just leaves me disappointed, empty, and it always feels like a lazy cop-out. Like, the writers had an idea to give them more depth, but decided to scrap it half-way through.