History Fanfic / InfinityCrisisTropesAToK

** ''Infinity Crisis'', of course, has Thanos [[spoiler:but also the Red Skull, Malekith & Hela as his LegionOfDoom]].
** ''Of Kryptonians and Queens'' and Chapter 8 of ''Counterpart Conferences'' have [[spoiler:Morgan Le Fay, before and after her and Lena Luthor got split.]]
** ''Gamma Relations'' has [[spoiler:the trio formed by Doctor Octopus, the Leader & Mister Sinister.]]
** ''Different Strokes'' has the Earth-51 Deathstroke.
** In ''Taking Flight (And Fights)'', [[spoiler:the Division Alpha]] is a {{Downplayed}} example: they just want to bring [[spoiler:Wolverine]] back to Canada, it's just that their methods are not very conventional.
** ''Powers and Marvels'' see Lord Zedd, Rita Repulsa and [[spoiler:the true Mandarin]] filling this role.
** ''In Hand and Foot'' has this position shared between the Hand and the Foot Clan. [[spoiler:Then, Krang arrives in the MCU and quickly takes the position, along with the Triceraton Empire.]]
** Chapter 5 of ''Counterpart Conferences'' has the Decepticons, while Chapter 7 has the murderous Earth-99 Bruce Wayne.
** In ''Tomorrow's Guardians'', [[spoiler:Ultron]] serves as this.
** ''Sins, Sirens & Strife'' and ''Road Trip: Storybrooke'' have Amora the Enchantress as this. [[spoiler:At first. Ultimately, Circe has more presence than her in the former and, in the latter, she is upstaged by Agatha Harkness.]]
** ''Distant Cousins'' has [[spoiler:Lex Luthor]] filling that role. [[spoiler:And then, Eve Tessmacher & the other Skrulls usurp him at the mid-point.]]
** ''The Inhumans'' has Maximus the Mad and the Krees.
** In ''Brothers of Thunder'', HYDRA, the possessed Enchantress, Surtur & Dormammu all fill this role. [[spoiler:Subverted with Earth-8096 Loki, as he's not here, it's just Earth-199999 Loki pretending to be him and working in favor of the heroes.]]
** ''An Adventure of a Multiversal Crisis'' has the Irkens serve as this. [[spoiler:SPECTRE is hiding in the shadows but they have way less importance than the aliens.]]
** ''Women of Wonder'' has the Earth-1992 Circe, as well as Aresia and her brainwashed legions.
** ''The New Kids in Townsville'' see the Earth-55426 Masters of Evil serve as this.
** ''Salvation Run'', ''Spirits & Timey-Wimey Mischief'' and other one-shots have [[spoiler:a faction of renegade, reactionary Skrulls led by Paibok]].
** ''Test Tube Troubles'' has two: Gorgolla, the Living Gargoyle, and [[spoiler:Doctor Doom, aka Rockslide]].
** ''Of Mice and Mojo'' sees Pinky and the Brain [[spoiler:as well as Doctor Two-Brains]] taking on this position.
** In ''All Kinds of Legends'', the time-displaced Vandal Savage is the main threat for the Legends to fight.
** ''A Darker Shade of Red'' has Brandon Breyer. [[spoiler:At least, before Earth-167 Clark Kent and the Thirteenth Doctor convince him to pull a HeelFaceTurn.]]
** ''His Hazelnut Heart'' shows Vlad Masters as the main villain.
** ''Celestial Navigation'' sets up the entire Greek Pantheon to be this.
** In ''Overgrowth'', the Earth-51 Poison Ivy is the main threat driving the plot.
** The second half of Pighead's first story arc, "The Note Oink Plays", sees Jack English taking on the position.

** ''Fathers and Daughters'' have two main villains: the Earth-555326 Miles Warren and the Grizzly [[spoiler:aka Peter Parker]], from Earth-78227.

** The Fright Knight is the main antagonist of ''The Spirit of Halloween''.

** In ''Kim vs Kim'', the Earth-051542 iterations of Kim Possible and [[spoiler: T.J. Detweiler]] serve as this.

** ''A Wolf in New York'' has Patrick Bateman as its main threat.

** [[spoiler:Chapter 3 of ''The Pilot & the Meddler Hit the Road'' connects the mysterious hoodie-wearing person showing up in the two previous chapters with Pighead's appearances in ''How To Write An IC'' (both the out-of-universe writing guide and the in-universe New Year's Eve party) and the [=AO3=] version of ''This Beautiful Mess We Made'' as well as the mentions of her in ''Daughters of the Morningstars'' by revealing that they were not only the same person the whole time, but also the future self of the Pighead the readers have learned to know.]]

** It happens so often in ''Another Side of the Glimpses'' that it almost borders on NoFourthWall. [[spoiler: By the time of D.E.L.I.L.A.H.' takeover of the narration and the reveal that the Wild Card was the author of the story all along in the last two chapters, the fourth wall ends up completely shattered. It doesn't stop just here afterwards.]]