No Honor Among Thieves



In order for a team to be effective, teamwork and trust among members is needed. Villains on the other hand, who are often motivated by greed or power rarely (if ever) trust each other. As a result, it's common for villainous teams and organization to ultimately destroy themselves from infighting. This can take several forms.


 * The second in command tries to kill the leader in order to seize power.
 * A member of a heist team in a heist that has gone wrong abandons their companions with as much of the stolen loot as they can.
 * Thieves start fighting over larger quantities of stolen loot instead of dividing it equally.
 * Multiple major villains in an alliance or team up start fighting among each other when victory is near.
 * Unruly vassals or governors in an evil empire, kingdom or nation try expanding the power and influence of their own territories and fiefdoms at the cost of the others.

Examples

 * Madam Medusa betrays Snoops as soon as the Devils Eye is in her possession hoping to make more money rather than split the loot with Snoops. Snoops in turn betrays Medusa and the two start fighting over the diamond while Penny along with Bernard and Bianca escape.
 * Diablo, Mephisto and Beal have at times succeeded in assaulting Heaven, but every time victory is near, the demon brothers start fighting among each other for greater power, this allows the Angels to launch a united counter attack and defeat the demons.
 * Starscream has attempted to overthrow Megatron at least once in every incarnation of Transformers.
 * Marluxia and Larxene attempted to overthrow Xemnas and seize control of Organization XIII by trying to take control over Sora.
 * Ramsay Bolton betrays his father Roose Bolton in order to seize control of The North