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* TheUndertaker, as the leader of the Ministry of Darkness, was clearly seen as the biggest threat in the [=WWF=] at the time, to the point where it seemed even VinceMcMahon was getting face cheers over him and was being portrayed somewhat sympathetically. However, Taker began making references to a "Higher Power", and when it was time for the reveal, [[spoiler: it was none other ([[YourMileageMayVary perhaps predictably]] than [=McMahon=] himself who had been pulling the strings all along. The Ministry merged with The Corporation to form the Corporate Ministry, and Undertaker immediately became [=McMahon=]'s dragon.]]
* TheUndertaker, as the leader of the Ministry of Darkness, was clearly seen as the biggest threat in the [=WWF=] at the time, to the point where it seemed even VinceMcMahon was getting face cheers over him and was being portrayed somewhat sympathetically. However, Taker began making references to a "Higher Power", and when it was time for the reveal, [[spoiler: it was none other ([[YourMileageMayVary perhaps predictably]] than [=McMahon=] himself who had been pulling the strings all along. The Ministry merged with The Corporation to form the Corporate Ministry, and Undertaker immediately became [=McMahon=]'s dragon.]]
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* James [=McCullen=] spends most of [[Film/GIJoe GI Joe: Rise of Cobra]] as the BigBad. Then [[spoiler: his MadScientist revealed himself as Cobra Commander, Turning [=McCullen=] into his Dragon Destro in the process.]]
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** As of Dark of the Moon, Megatron is still TheDragon. This time under [[spoiler: Sentinel Prime.]]
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* In ''SuperMarioLand''. Tatanga is the FinalBoss. In the sequel, Wario is the FinalBoss, and that Tatanga is simply guarding one of his coins for some reason.
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* In ''SuperMarioLand''.''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand''. Tatanga is the FinalBoss. In the sequel, Wario is the FinalBoss, and that Tatanga is simply guarding one of his coins for some reason.
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* Shendu, from ''JackieChanAdventures''. For the first season he was the one calling the shots but after his defeat he is forced into servitude to the other demons.
* In ''DannyPhantom'' the Fright Knight became Pariah Dark's Dragon when he awoke. Vlad convinced him to turn against his master.
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* Shendu, from ''JackieChanAdventures''. For the first season he was the one calling the shots but after his defeat he is forced into servitude to the other demons.
demons. Though in this case, he demoted ''himself'' so they'd stop beating the crap out of him for leaving them to rot in their prison.
* In ''DannyPhantom'' the Fright Knight became Pariah Dark's Dragon when he awoke. Though in this case, the Fright Knight was ''always'' Pariah's Dragon, his boss was just SealedEvilInACan when the Fright Knight was unleashed the first time. Vlad convinced him to turn against hismaster.master offscreen.
* In ''DannyPhantom'' the Fright Knight became Pariah Dark's Dragon when he awoke. Though in this case, the Fright Knight was ''always'' Pariah's Dragon, his boss was just SealedEvilInACan when the Fright Knight was unleashed the first time. Vlad convinced him to turn against his
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** Though if you pay attention, you are told near the beginning of the game that something [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie turns John into a zombie]].
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* In FinalFantasyX, the seemingly BigBad FinalBoss called Sin turned out to only be an ''armor'' used by Yu Yevon, the center of the world's only religion and pretty much their God. From the moment the cast learns this, Sin is technically DemotedToDragon, because the player had expected that Sin/Jecht would be the BigBad.
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* A strange variant in ''{{Smallville}}'''s Season 10 episode, "Dominion". General Zod, the BiggerBad of Season 5, and Major Zod, his clone, and the BigBad of Season 9, were fused into a single being by {{Darkseid}}, the Season 10 BigBad, and used as his surrogate in the Phantom Zone.
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* A strange variant in ''{{Smallville}}'''s Season 10 episode, "Dominion". General Zod, the BiggerBad of Season 5, and Major Zod, his clone, and Zod (his clone), the BigBad of Season 9, were fused into a single being by {{Darkseid}}, the Season 10 BigBad, and used as his surrogate in the Phantom Zone.
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* In ''DannyPhantom'' the Black Knight became Pariah Dark's Dragon when he awoke. Vlad convinced him to turn against his master.
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** Debatable - even in A New Hope it was Tarkin giving the orders to Vader, not vice versa.
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* A strange variant in ''{{Smallville}}'''s Season 10 episode, "Dominion". General Zod, the BiggerBad of Season 5, and Major Zod, his clone, and the BigBad of Season 9, were fused into a single being by {{Darkseid}}, the Season 10 BigBad, and used as his surrogate in the Phantom Zone.
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* ''GIJoe'':happens to Cobra Commander when Serpentor came around
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* Slade from''TeenTitans'' ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' is demoted to Trigon's Dragon dragon when the latter tries to take over the world. An unusual case where the former BigBad is actually ''more'' of a threat to the heroes when he's serving as someone else's henchman.
* Slade from
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* In HarryPotterComics, Voldemort is revived by a mysterious Necromancer for the sole purpose of being his Dragon (and fully opening the Chamber of Secrets).
* In HarryPotterComics, Voldemort is revived by a mysterious Necromancer for the sole purpose of being his Dragon (and fully opening the Chamber of Secrets).
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* Rita Repulsa once Lord Zedd took over in ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers''.
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* On ''AtopTheFourthWall'', Mechakara was the BigBad starting from the May 2009 episodes. After the storyline concluded in February 2010, Mechakara later reappeared as TheDragon to the new BigBad, Lord Vyce.
* On ''AtopTheFourthWall'', Mechakara was the BigBad starting from the May 2009 episodes. After the storyline concluded in February 2010, Mechakara later reappeared as TheDragon to the new BigBad, Lord Vyce.
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** Well, technically, he was ''always'' TheDragon to The Fallen; we just weren't told about it until the second movie. The Fallen was retconned to being the BiggerBad masterminding the events of the first film.
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* ''{{Angel}}'': After Angel has a HeroicBSOD and fires everyone in Angel Investigations, he gets better and asks for them to return, as his bosses not his employees - he demotes ''himself'' to Dragon. Eventually he goes back to being the boss but it's never quite established how.
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* ''{{Angel}}'': After A varient for the good guys - after Angel has a HeroicBSOD and fires everyone in Angel Investigations, he gets better and asks for them to return, as his bosses not his employees - he demotes ''himself'' to Dragon. Eventually he goes back to being the boss but it's never quite established how.
** It's because [[spoiler: Wesley betrayed the team's trust in a misguided attempt to protect Angel's son, and was subsequently booted from being the boss of AI later in Season 3. He later returned, but stayed as TheSmartGuy]]. And really, from that point on everyone had their own role on the team, with nobody being 'in charge' again until Season 5, when [[spoiler: they took over Wolfram and Hart]].
** It's because [[spoiler: Wesley betrayed the team's trust in a misguided attempt to protect Angel's son, and was subsequently booted from being the boss of AI later in Season 3. He later returned, but stayed as TheSmartGuy]]. And really, from that point on everyone had their own role on the team, with nobody being 'in charge' again until Season 5, when [[spoiler: they took over Wolfram and Hart]].
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* In ''DannyPhantom'' the Black Knight became Pariah Dark's Dragon when he awoke. Vlad convinced him to turn against his master.
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* Darth Vader of the original [[StarWars Star Wars trilogy]]: in A New Hope, Darth Vader is clearly the villain. By Return of the Jedi, Vader is merely [[BigBad Emperor Palpatine]]'s pawn.
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* In ''SuperMarioLand''. Tatanga is the FinalBoss. In the sequel, Wario is the FinalBoss, and it's revealed that Tatanga worked for him all along.
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* Poor King Ghidorah of the ''{{Godzilla}}'' franchise. He started out as the BigBad in ''Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster'' and was considered the ultimate evil in the universe. The next film, ''Invasion Of The Astro-Monster'' reduced him into the mind-controlled pet of an evil alien-race. And he's pretty much been that way ever since.
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* In ''PiratesOfTheCarribean: At World's End'', the previous film's BigBad Davy Jones is demoted to being TheDragon for Cutler Becket. Justified by Becket possessing [[SoulJar the heart of Davy Jones]], and therefore being quite capable of having Jones killed and [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt replaced]] if he doesn't obey Becket's orders.
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* In ''PiratesOfTheCarribean: ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: At World's End'', the previous film's BigBad Davy Jones is demoted to being TheDragon for Cutler Becket. Justified by Becket possessing [[SoulJar the heart of Davy Jones]], and therefore being quite capable of having Jones killed and [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt replaced]] if he doesn't obey Becket's orders.
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* In ''PiratesOfTheCarribean: At World's End'', the previous film's BigBad Davy Jones is demoted to being TheDragon for Cutler Becket. Justified by Becket possessing [[SoulJar the heart of Davy Jones]], and therefore being quite capable of having Jones killed and [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt replaced]] if he doesn't obey Becket's orders.
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* Dr. Cortex becomes Uka Uka's [[TheDragon Dragon]] in the third ''CrashBandicoot'' game
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* Happened to Lechuck in ''EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'', though he does turn on the game's new villain in the endgame when they're defeated.
* Happened to Lechuck in ''EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'', though he does turn on the game's new villain in the endgame when they're defeated.
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* Shendu, from ''JackieChanAdventures''. For the first season he was the one calling the shots but after his defeat he is forced into servitude to the other demons.
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Contrast DragonAscendant, the inverse. Demoted Big Bads will almost always become TheStarscream or a DragonWithAnAgenda.
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Contrast DragonAscendant, the inverse.inverse, and BigBadDuumvirate, when the previous BigBad isn't explicitly subserviant to the new one. Demoted Big Bads will almost always become TheStarscream or a DragonWithAnAgenda.
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Contrast DragonAscendant, the inverse. Compare TheStarscream, as demoted Big Bads will almost always become this.
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Contrast DragonAscendant, the inverse. Compare TheStarscream, as demoted Demoted Big Bads will almost always become this.TheStarscream or a DragonWithAnAgenda.
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* Slade from ''TeenTitans'' is demoted to Trigon's Dragon when the latter tries to take over the world.
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