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* Somewhat justified in the ''[[Videogame/STALKER]]'' series. You start out with basic weapons (usually because you've had a BagOfSpilling moment when you almost got killed somehow, or you've just come to the [[DeathWorld Zone]]) and armor, but you won't be facing anything more dangerous than a few bandits and a time or the local wildlife for a while. Granted, [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou those are nothing to sneeze at]], but later on they're more of a nuisance than a threat (if they're present at all) and you'll be facing heavily armed and armored troops in large numbers.
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* Somewhat justified in the ''[[Videogame/STALKER]]'' ''{{Videogame/STALKER}}'' series. You start out with basic weapons (usually because you've had a BagOfSpilling moment when you almost got killed somehow, or you've just come to the [[DeathWorld Zone]]) and armor, but you won't be facing anything more dangerous than a few bandits and a time or the local wildlife for a while. Granted, [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou those are nothing to sneeze at]], but later on they're more of a nuisance than a threat (if they're present at all) and you'll be facing heavily armed and armored troops in large numbers.
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* Done in all the MarioAndLuigi games. What's strange here though is that there are many cases of late game areas and early game areas located right next to one another. As in, part of say, the desert is explored at the beginning and part is explored at the end of the game. Given that the enemies are scaled to match this, it means that sometimes you've literally only got a four foot wall between an area with weak enemies and one with strong ones, and no real reason why the latter never seem to cross it.
** It's also done interestingly in MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory, in that the big enemies Bowser fights are actually weaker than the small ones he usually just crushes underfoot. What this means is that when Mario and Luigi revisit the area later, they find that the small enemies are the ones actually scaled to their current level...
** It's also done interestingly in MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory, in that the big enemies Bowser fights are actually weaker than the small ones he usually just crushes underfoot. What this means is that when Mario and Luigi revisit the area later, they find that the small enemies are the ones actually scaled to their current level...
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* Played relatively straight in both ''MassEffect'' games. In the first game, the initial antagonists are the mechanical Geth and rogue Spectre Saren, whom is eventually revealed to be working for [[spoiler: [[SapientShip Sovereign]], a Reaper, who are [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] intent on destroying the galaxy's organic life]].
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', [[SlaveMooks the Collectors,]] who are abducting human colonies [[hottip:*: to build a human-based reaper]] become the main antagonists. They are controlled by Harbinger, another [[EldritchAbomination Reaper]], though most early-game enemies are just mercenaries unrelated to the Collectors. At the end of the game, Harbinger mobilizes hundreds of [[SapientShip Reapers]], all with a personal vendetta against [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]], which will presumably need to be dealt with in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', [[SlaveMooks the Collectors,]] who are abducting human colonies [[hottip:*: to build a human-based reaper]] become the main antagonists. They are controlled by Harbinger, another [[EldritchAbomination Reaper]], though most early-game enemies are just mercenaries unrelated to the Collectors. At the end of the game, Harbinger mobilizes hundreds of [[SapientShip Reapers]], all with a personal vendetta against [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]], which will presumably need to be dealt with in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''.
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* Played relatively straight in both ''MassEffect'' ''Franchise/MassEffect'' games. In the first game, the initial antagonists are the mechanical Geth and rogue Spectre Saren, whom is eventually revealed to be working for [[spoiler: [[SapientShip Sovereign]], a Reaper, who are [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] intent on destroying the galaxy's organic life]].
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', [[SlaveMooks the Collectors,]] who are abducting human colonies[[hottip:*: to [[spoiler:to build a human-based reaper]] become the main antagonists. They are controlled by Harbinger, another [[EldritchAbomination Reaper]], though most early-game enemies are just mercenaries unrelated to the Collectors. At the end of the game, Harbinger mobilizes hundreds of [[SapientShip Reapers]], all with a personal vendetta against [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]], which will presumably need to be dealt with in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', [[SlaveMooks the Collectors,]] who are abducting human colonies
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* Alluded to in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' where the first time we see Batman he handily [[spoiler:arrests Scarecrow]].
** ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'' makes use of this trope, with each main villain becoming more competent. In addition, the first two movies have Gotham City at risk of losing hope or [[spoiler:sanity]]. The third movie has the city at risk of [[spoiler:every person in it dying.]] ''Batman Begins'' has Batman first fight the mob, then [[PsychoPsychologist Scarecrow]] and his [[BrownNote fear toxin]] and finally Batman must defeat [[spoiler:[[EvilMentor Ra's]][[{{Badass}} al]] [[KnightTemplar Ghul]]]] who nearly [[spoiler:drives all of Gotham insane with fear toxin, before Batman defeats his army and leaves Ra's to die]]. Then in ''The Dark Knight'', SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker manages to put all of Gotham into panic without the vast resources and army that [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul]] had in ''Batman Begins'' and creates another villain, [[spoiler:Two-Face, by causing Harvey Dent to become a FallenHero]]. The Joker also nearly succeeds in making Gotham lose all hope. In ''The Dark Knight Rises'', [[GeniusBruiser Bane]] at first seems to be just a robber who attack the stock market. Very quickly, Bane is shown to be a huge threat, ''especially'' when he [[spoiler:defeats Batman and traps him in a prison halfway around the world]]. After that, Bane forcibly takes over Gotham for months, [[spoiler:and is secretly working with[[DaddysLittleVillain Talia]] [[FemmeFatale al]] [[ManipulativeBitch Ghul's]]. Both want {{revenge}} for Ra's death, and want it by [[NukeEm nuking Gotham]].]]
** ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'' makes use of this trope, with each main villain becoming more competent. In addition, the first two movies have Gotham City at risk of losing hope or [[spoiler:sanity]]. The third movie has the city at risk of [[spoiler:every person in it dying.]] ''Batman Begins'' has Batman first fight the mob, then [[PsychoPsychologist Scarecrow]] and his [[BrownNote fear toxin]] and finally Batman must defeat [[spoiler:[[EvilMentor Ra's]][[{{Badass}} al]] [[KnightTemplar Ghul]]]] who nearly [[spoiler:drives all of Gotham insane with fear toxin, before Batman defeats his army and leaves Ra's to die]]. Then in ''The Dark Knight'', SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker manages to put all of Gotham into panic without the vast resources and army that [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul]] had in ''Batman Begins'' and creates another villain, [[spoiler:Two-Face, by causing Harvey Dent to become a FallenHero]]. The Joker also nearly succeeds in making Gotham lose all hope. In ''The Dark Knight Rises'', [[GeniusBruiser Bane]] at first seems to be just a robber who attack the stock market. Very quickly, Bane is shown to be a huge threat, ''especially'' when he [[spoiler:defeats Batman and traps him in a prison halfway around the world]]. After that, Bane forcibly takes over Gotham for months, [[spoiler:and is secretly working with[[DaddysLittleVillain Talia]] [[FemmeFatale al]] [[ManipulativeBitch Ghul's]]. Both want {{revenge}} for Ra's death, and want it by [[NukeEm nuking Gotham]].]]
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* Alluded to in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' where the first time we see Batman he handily [[spoiler:arrests Scarecrow]].
**''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'' makes use of this trope, with each main villain becoming more competent.competent. Alluded to in ''The Dark Knight'' where the first time we see Batman he handily [[spoiler:arrests Scarecrow]]. In addition, the first two movies have Gotham City at risk of losing hope or [[spoiler:sanity]]. The third movie has the city at risk of [[spoiler:every person in it dying.]] ''Batman Begins'' ]]
** ''Film/BatmanBegins'' has Batman first fight the mob, then [[PsychoPsychologist Scarecrow]] and his [[BrownNote fear toxin]] and finally Batman must defeat [[spoiler:[[EvilMentor Ra's]][[{{Badass}} al]] [[KnightTemplar Ghul]]]] who nearly [[spoiler:drives all of Gotham insane with fear toxin, before Batman defeats his army and leaves Ra's todie]]. die]].
** Then in''The Dark Knight'', ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker manages to put all of Gotham into panic without the vast resources and army that [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul]] had in ''Batman Begins'' and creates another villain, [[spoiler:Two-Face, by causing Harvey Dent to become a FallenHero]]. The Joker also nearly succeeds in making Gotham lose all hope.
** In''The Dark Knight Rises'', ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', [[GeniusBruiser Bane]] at first seems to be just a robber who attack the stock market. Very quickly, Bane is shown to be a huge threat, ''especially'' when he [[spoiler:defeats Batman and traps him in a prison halfway around the world]]. After that, Bane forcibly takes over Gotham for months, [[spoiler:and is secretly working with[[DaddysLittleVillain Talia]] [[FemmeFatale al]] [[ManipulativeBitch Ghul's]]. Both want {{revenge}} for Ra's death, and want it by [[NukeEm nuking Gotham]].]]
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** ''Film/BatmanBegins'' has Batman first fight the mob, then [[PsychoPsychologist Scarecrow]] and his [[BrownNote fear toxin]] and finally Batman must defeat [[spoiler:[[EvilMentor Ra's]][[{{Badass}} al]] [[KnightTemplar Ghul]]]] who nearly [[spoiler:drives all of Gotham insane with fear toxin, before Batman defeats his army and leaves Ra's to
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* ''KungFuHustle'' has a rather clearly evident Algorithm, starting with basic [[GangOfHats Axe Gang]] members that are countered by the Pig Sty Alley's three martial artists, who are then countered by the Axe Gang's hired {{Musical Assassin}}s, who are then countered by the Landlord and Landlady, who are in turn countered by the MadeOfIron and [[SuperSpeed superhumanly-fast]] Beast, who is in turn countered by the [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn-ed {{Unsympathetic Comedy|Protagonist}} VillainProtagonist]]. In a slightly jarring subversion, the Beast attempted to use a pile of basic Axe Gang members to soften up the hero before properly fighting him.
* ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' began with the enemies being a crew of cursed undead pirates. The second movie had them facing against the mythological Davy Jones. The third was a battle royal against Davy Jones and the entire East India Company navy, with the God of the Ocean thrown in for good measure. Good thing they had the Pirate council and Elizabeth TookALevelInBadass.
* ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' began with the enemies being a crew of cursed undead pirates. The second movie had them facing against the mythological Davy Jones. The third was a battle royal against Davy Jones and the entire East India Company navy, with the God of the Ocean thrown in for good measure. Good thing they had the Pirate council and Elizabeth TookALevelInBadass.
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* ''KungFuHustle'' ''Film/KungFuHustle'' has a rather clearly evident Algorithm, starting with basic [[GangOfHats Axe Gang]] members that are countered by the Pig Sty Alley's three martial artists, who are then countered by the Axe Gang's hired {{Musical Assassin}}s, who are then countered by the Landlord and Landlady, who are in turn countered by the MadeOfIron and [[SuperSpeed superhumanly-fast]] Beast, who is in turn countered by the [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn-ed {{Unsympathetic Comedy|Protagonist}} VillainProtagonist]]. In a slightly jarring subversion, the Beast attempted to use a pile of basic Axe Gang members to soften up the hero before properly fighting him.
*''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' began with the enemies being a crew of cursed undead pirates. The second movie had them facing against the mythological Davy Jones. The third was a battle royal against Davy Jones and the entire East India Company navy, with the God of the Ocean thrown in for good measure. Good thing they had the Pirate council and Elizabeth TookALevelInBadass.
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* ''TheKarateKid'' series has a pattern in which he must use a new technique that the previous final boss proves immune to, thus suggesting that each opponent is tougher than the previous.
* Each of the ''Film/{{Terminator}}'' sequels introduced a more advanced Terminator model as the antagonist. There are plot reasons for this.
* Each of the ''Film/{{Terminator}}'' sequels introduced a more advanced Terminator model as the antagonist. There are plot reasons for this.
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* ''TheKarateKid'' ''Film/TheKarateKid'' series has a pattern in which he must use a new technique that the previous final boss proves immune to, thus suggesting that each opponent is tougher than the previous.
* Each of the''Film/{{Terminator}}'' ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' sequels introduced a more advanced Terminator model as the antagonist. There are plot reasons for this.this, since Skynet is sending Terminators back into the past from increasingly later points in the future, thus the models are stronger than the previous ones.
** The T-800 Terminator in ''Film/TheTerminator'' is a [[SuperToughness Super Tough]] hulking ImplacableMan with an [[ImmuneToBullets immunity to bullets]], pitted against human fighters.
** The T-1000 model in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' looks less physically imposing than the previous one, but it's an illusion. This foe possesses VoluntaryShapeshifting, allowing it to create melee weapons from its own body, impersonate anyone, and will [[HealingFactor recover from anything]] to the point of being NighInvulnerable. Not to worry, the humans now have a reprogrammed T-800 on their side.
** The T-X in ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' combines the best traits of both previous models, being a Super Tough solid Terminator skeleton with a liquid metal shapeshifter skin. It also has an [[ArmCannon in-built plasma cannon in one of its arms]], and can hack into most mechanical systems and operate them remotely. The odds are tipped even more in the machines' favor, since the friendly T-850 fully admits that it's a depleted model compared to the T-X.
** ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'', as it's set during the future RobotWar, showcases Skynet's entire army, with numerous models of different designs, including gigantic Harvester mechs, regular warriors, and [[spoiler:infiltrator prototypes]]. The movie does play it both ways however, since while the Terminator threat is larger than ever, the Terminators themselves actually seem ''less'' efficient than in previous movies because they uncharacteristically hold back during fights due the protagonists' PlotArmor.
* Each of the
** The T-800 Terminator in ''Film/TheTerminator'' is a [[SuperToughness Super Tough]] hulking ImplacableMan with an [[ImmuneToBullets immunity to bullets]], pitted against human fighters.
** The T-1000 model in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' looks less physically imposing than the previous one, but it's an illusion. This foe possesses VoluntaryShapeshifting, allowing it to create melee weapons from its own body, impersonate anyone, and will [[HealingFactor recover from anything]] to the point of being NighInvulnerable. Not to worry, the humans now have a reprogrammed T-800 on their side.
** The T-X in ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' combines the best traits of both previous models, being a Super Tough solid Terminator skeleton with a liquid metal shapeshifter skin. It also has an [[ArmCannon in-built plasma cannon in one of its arms]], and can hack into most mechanical systems and operate them remotely. The odds are tipped even more in the machines' favor, since the friendly T-850 fully admits that it's a depleted model compared to the T-X.
** ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'', as it's set during the future RobotWar, showcases Skynet's entire army, with numerous models of different designs, including gigantic Harvester mechs, regular warriors, and [[spoiler:infiltrator prototypes]]. The movie does play it both ways however, since while the Terminator threat is larger than ever, the Terminators themselves actually seem ''less'' efficient than in previous movies because they uncharacteristically hold back during fights due the protagonists' PlotArmor.
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* ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'' is rather guilty of this. While not every villain is more powerful than the last, the {{Big Bad}}s have become successively more powerful, to the point that currently there are multiple characters who are ''stronger than {{God}}''.
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* [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] lampshades this in a guest appearance on ''The Isle of Rangoon'' when he refuses to defeat The Mysterious Malefactor. He points out that his villains have progressed from a semi-incompetent MadScientist to a reality-destroying EldritchAbomination, and advises the characters to be happy with their "mostly-harmless schmuck of a villain".
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* [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] lampshades this in a guest appearance on ''The Isle of Rangoon'' when he refuses to defeat The Mysterious Malefactor. He points out that his villains have progressed from a semi-incompetent MadScientist to a reality-destroying EldritchAbomination, and advises the characters to be happy with their "mostly-harmless schmuck of a villain".
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* ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'' reintroduces [[{{Batman}} The Detective]] as being principally concerned with cleaning up [[WretchedHive Gotham City]]'s [[TheMafia Mobster problem]]; its nominal sequels such as ''The Man Who Laughs'', ''TheLongHalloween'' and ''DarkVictory'' concern the gradual emergence and rise of the supervillain threat, and by the end of ''Halloween'' and ''Victory'' nearly all the principal mobsters are either incarcerated or dead, and the supervillains have taken over. Afterwards though this trope is zig-zagged and subverted since, while Batman does deal with global, even genocidal villains as his career moves on, and as part of the ''JusticeLeague'' takes on intergalactic menaces and otherworldly threats, those same supervillains still pose as much or even more trouble for him as they ever have, though under GrantMorrison there was / is a tendency to make the city-based threats part of larger international conspiracies, to the point where prior to the lastest CosmicRetCon Batman had decided to start his own multinational crimefighting ''franchise'' to tackle ''crime everywhere''.
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* ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'' reintroduces [[{{Batman}} [[Franchise/{{Batman}} The Detective]] as being principally concerned with cleaning up [[WretchedHive Gotham City]]'s [[TheMafia Mobster problem]]; its nominal sequels such as ''The Man Who Laughs'', ''TheLongHalloween'' and ''DarkVictory'' concern the gradual emergence and rise of the supervillain threat, and by the end of ''Halloween'' and ''Victory'' nearly all the principal mobsters are either incarcerated or dead, and the supervillains have taken over. Afterwards though this trope is zig-zagged and subverted since, while Batman does deal with global, even genocidal villains as his career moves on, and as part of the ''JusticeLeague'' takes on intergalactic menaces and otherworldly threats, those same supervillains still pose as much or even more trouble for him as they ever have, though under GrantMorrison there was / is a tendency to make the city-based threats part of larger international conspiracies, to the point where prior to the lastest CosmicRetCon Batman had decided to start his own multinational crimefighting ''franchise'' to tackle ''crime everywhere''.
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** ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'' makes use of this trope, with each main villain becoming more competent. In addition, the first two movies have Gotham City at risk of losing hope or [[spoiler:sanity]]. The third movie has the city at risk of [[spoiler:every person in it dying.]] ''Batman Begins'' has Batman first fight the mob, then [[PsychoPsychologist Scarecrow]] and his [[BrownNote fear toxin]] and finally Batman must defeat [[spoiler:[[EvilMentor Ra's]][[{{Badass}} al]] [[KnightTemplar Ghul]]]] who nearly [[spoiler:drives all of Gotham insane with fear toxin, before Batman defeats his army and leaves Ra's to die]]. Then in ''The Dark Knight'', TheJoker manages to put all of Gotham into panic without the vast resources and army that [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul]] had in ''Batman Begins'' and creates another villain, [[spoiler:Two-Face, by causing Harvey Dent to become a FallenHero]]. TheJoker also nearly succeeds in making Gotham lose all hope. In ''The Dark Knight Rises'', [[GeniusBruiser Bane]] at first seems to be just a robber who attack the stock market. Very quickly, Bane is shown to be a huge threat, ''especially'' when he [[spoiler:defeats Batman and traps him in a prison halfway around the world]]. After that, Bane forcibly takes over Gotham for months, [[spoiler:and is secretly working with[[DaddysLittleVillain Talia]] [[FemmeFatale al]] [[ManipulativeBitch Ghul's]]. Both want {{revenge}} for Ra's death, and want it by [[NukeEm nuking Gotham]].]]
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** ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'' makes use of this trope, with each main villain becoming more competent. In addition, the first two movies have Gotham City at risk of losing hope or [[spoiler:sanity]]. The third movie has the city at risk of [[spoiler:every person in it dying.]] ''Batman Begins'' has Batman first fight the mob, then [[PsychoPsychologist Scarecrow]] and his [[BrownNote fear toxin]] and finally Batman must defeat [[spoiler:[[EvilMentor Ra's]][[{{Badass}} al]] [[KnightTemplar Ghul]]]] who nearly [[spoiler:drives all of Gotham insane with fear toxin, before Batman defeats his army and leaves Ra's to die]]. Then in ''The Dark Knight'', TheJoker SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker manages to put all of Gotham into panic without the vast resources and army that [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul]] had in ''Batman Begins'' and creates another villain, [[spoiler:Two-Face, by causing Harvey Dent to become a FallenHero]]. TheJoker The Joker also nearly succeeds in making Gotham lose all hope. In ''The Dark Knight Rises'', [[GeniusBruiser Bane]] at first seems to be just a robber who attack the stock market. Very quickly, Bane is shown to be a huge threat, ''especially'' when he [[spoiler:defeats Batman and traps him in a prison halfway around the world]]. After that, Bane forcibly takes over Gotham for months, [[spoiler:and is secretly working with[[DaddysLittleVillain Talia]] [[FemmeFatale al]] [[ManipulativeBitch Ghul's]]. Both want {{revenge}} for Ra's death, and want it by [[NukeEm nuking Gotham]].]]
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* During his tenure as the writer for ''TheAvengers'', JimShooter pitted the team against a series of progressively more powerful and more dangerous opponents, all of whom had powers that bordered on invincibility. They faced the genetically enhanced Atlantean Tyrak (who had superhuman strength), the robot Ultron (who was equipped with an "encephalo-ray" which could place his enemies in a death-like state and possessed an indestructible adamantium body), the mad scientist Graviton (who had the ability to control one of the fundamental forces of the universe), Count Nefaria (a FlyingBrick) and eventually Korvac (a would-be warlord from the 31st century who had obtained godlike powers by absorbing part of the Power Cosmic from Galactus's abandoned starship). The first four typically took down Thor and Wonder Man (the strongest members of the team) with a single attack, while Korvac actually managed to kill the entire team in battle [[spoiler: before being driven to despair by the apparent betrayal of his similarly cosmically-empowered wife and restoring the team to life with his final breath]].
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Seasons 1-2 initially had the Yellow-Eyed demon as the BigBad, who gets replaced by the more powerful Lilith in seasons 3-4, and then by [[spoiler:the Devil himself]] in season 5. Lampshaded, along with VillainPedigree, near the end of season five when Sam asks Dean if he remembers when they just fought things like wendigos. When it comes to the big bads, the usual downside of the ManBehindTheMan structure is averted, as the lower-ranking villain usually has to free the higher-ranking villain before they can step in. [[spoiler:Yellow-Eyes released Lilith, who went on to release Lucifer]].
** The writers are kind of shameless in using this trope. A brief timeline of the show's enemies by season: [[spoiler::demons were introduced as the ultimate evil that could only be killed by the Colt. The first mini-boss was Meg, a low-ranking manager, and the first BigBad was a high ranking demon. Season 3 introduces Lilith, the highest-ranking demon of them all, but also a magic knife that one-shots any demon that isn't a BigBad, meaning that by this time, formerly invincible/immortal demons of Meg's rank or sometimes higher would routinely get one-shotted before they can say a full sentence. In season 4, we're introduced to angels, who are at the time understood to be the most powerful beings in the universe other than God Himself, and it's outright stated that nothing can kill them except another language. By the next season, this trope into overdrive as humans are killing angels wholesale with a different magic knife. It even gets to the point where Sam and Dean can kill low-level gods with relative ease. As was stated before, season 6 subverted this trope somewhat, but "the origin of all monsters" is still pretty high-ranking. Season 7 introduced the Leviathans as beings so powerful and dangerous that God locked them away in purgatory to stop them from killing angels. Though this is mostly an InformedAbility because as it turns out, the Leviathans are pretty weak, routinely getting killed by detergent, thus inverting the trope. The show's writers clearly became aware of this problem after the Lucifer arc, so while angels are still getting killed by the thousands off-screen, this trope seems to have slowed down. Though it did take two humans about five minutes to kill Zeus.]]
** The writers are kind of shameless in using this trope. A brief timeline of the show's enemies by season: [[spoiler::demons were introduced as the ultimate evil that could only be killed by the Colt. The first mini-boss was Meg, a low-ranking manager, and the first BigBad was a high ranking demon. Season 3 introduces Lilith, the highest-ranking demon of them all, but also a magic knife that one-shots any demon that isn't a BigBad, meaning that by this time, formerly invincible/immortal demons of Meg's rank or sometimes higher would routinely get one-shotted before they can say a full sentence. In season 4, we're introduced to angels, who are at the time understood to be the most powerful beings in the universe other than God Himself, and it's outright stated that nothing can kill them except another language. By the next season, this trope into overdrive as humans are killing angels wholesale with a different magic knife. It even gets to the point where Sam and Dean can kill low-level gods with relative ease. As was stated before, season 6 subverted this trope somewhat, but "the origin of all monsters" is still pretty high-ranking. Season 7 introduced the Leviathans as beings so powerful and dangerous that God locked them away in purgatory to stop them from killing angels. Though this is mostly an InformedAbility because as it turns out, the Leviathans are pretty weak, routinely getting killed by detergent, thus inverting the trope. The show's writers clearly became aware of this problem after the Lucifer arc, so while angels are still getting killed by the thousands off-screen, this trope seems to have slowed down. Though it did take two humans about five minutes to kill Zeus.]]
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Seasons 1-2 initially had the Yellow-Eyed demon as the BigBad, who gets replaced by the more powerful Lilith in seasons 3-4, and then by [[spoiler:the Devil himself]] in season 5. Lampshaded, along with VillainPedigree, near the end of season five when Sam asks Dean if he remembers when they just fought things like wendigos. When it comes to the big bads, the usual downside of the ManBehindTheMan structure is averted, as the lower-ranking villain usually has to free the higher-ranking villain before they can step in. [[spoiler:Yellow-Eyes released Lilith, who went on to release Lucifer]]. \n** The In all, the writers are kind of shameless in using this trope. A brief timeline of the show's enemies by season: [[spoiler::demons season:
** In season 1, the Winchesters were fighting regular monsters since way back when Demons were introduced as the ultimate evil that could only be killed by the Colt. The first mini-boss was Meg, a low-ranking manager, and the first BigBad was a high rankingdemon. demon, who doesn't die until the end of season 2.
** Season 3 introduces Lilith, the highest-ranking demon of them all, but also a magic knife that one-shots any demon that isn't a BigBad, meaning that by this time, formerly invincible/immortal demons of Meg's rank or sometimes higher would routinely get one-shotted before they can say a fullsentence. sentence.
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** Season 6 subverted this trope somewhat, but "theorigin mother of all monsters" is still pretty high-ranking. A corrupted angel ascends to becoming a PhysicalGod at the end, but he quickly loses his powers because his virtual omnipotence was too much of a StoryBreakerPower.
** Season 7 introduced the Leviathans as beings so powerful and dangerous that God locked them away in purgatory to stop them from killing angels. Though this is mostly an InformedAbility because as it turns out, the Leviathans are pretty weak, routinely getting killed by detergent, thus inverting thetrope. The trope.
** By season 8 the show's writers clearly became aware of this problem after the Lucifer arc, so while angels are still getting killed by the thousands off-screen, this trope seems to have slowed down. Though it did take two humans about five minutes to killZeus.]]Zeus, the supposed King of Gods.
** In season 1, the Winchesters were fighting regular monsters since way back when Demons were introduced as the ultimate evil that could only be killed by the Colt. The first mini-boss was Meg, a low-ranking manager, and the first BigBad was a high ranking
** Season 3 introduces Lilith, the highest-ranking demon of them all, but also a magic knife that one-shots any demon that isn't a BigBad, meaning that by this time, formerly invincible/immortal demons of Meg's rank or sometimes higher would routinely get one-shotted before they can say a full
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** By season 8 the show's writers clearly became aware of this problem after the Lucifer arc, so while angels are still getting killed by the thousands off-screen, this trope seems to have slowed down. Though it did take two humans about five minutes to kill
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* The ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' films play this straight with their main antagonists.[[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil Tai Lung]], despite being powerful enough to defeat both the Furious Five and Master Shifu, is still only one guy and his focus is solely on the Dragon Scroll, making him a complete non-issue to anyone outside the Valley of Peace (at least in the short term). Then comes [[EvilOverlord Lord Shen]], who controls a powerful army and seeks nothing less than to conquer all of China. He's not as strong as Tai Lung, but he's a ''far'' greater threat.
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* The WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda films play this straight with their main antagonists.[[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil Tai Lung]], despite being powerful enough to defeat both the Furious Five and Master Shifu, is still only one guy and his focus is solely on the Dragon Scroll, making him a complete non-issue to anyone outside the Valley of Peace (at least in the short term). Then comes [[EvilOverlord Lord Shen]], who controls a powerful army and seeks nothing less than to conquer all of China. He's not as strong as Tai Lung, but he's a ''far'' greater threat.
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* Subverted in ''Film/ThreeHundred''. After his first wave of {{Mooks}} fails, God-King Xerxes sends his best troops, the Immortals, to kill the Spartans. It fails because, as the narrator claims, the Spartans were not yet weakened by fatigue.
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* Subverted in ''Film/ThreeHundred''. After his first wave of {{Mooks}} fails, God-King Xerxes sends his best troops, the Immortals, to kill the Spartans. It While the Immortals make quite a few casualties among the Spartans, it ultimately fails because, as the narrator claims, the Spartans were not yet weakened by fatigue.
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** The writers are kind of shameless in using this trope. A brief timeline of the show's enemies by season: [[spoiler::demons were introduced as the ultimate evil that could only be killed by the Colt. The first mini-boss was Meg, a low-ranking manager, and the first BigBad was a high ranking demon. Season 3 introduces Lilith, the highest-ranking demon of them all, but also a magic knife that one-shots any demon that isn't a BigBad, meaning that by this time, formerly invincible/immortal demons of Meg's rank or sometimes higher would routinely get one-shotted before they can say a full sentence. In season 4, we're introduced to angels, who are at the time understood to be the most powerful beings in the universe other than God Himself, and it's outright stated that nothing can kill them except another language. By the next season, this trope into overdrive as humans are killing angels wholesale with a different magic knife. It even gets to the point where Sam and Dean can kill low-level gods with relative ease. As was stated before, season 6 subverted this trope somewhat, but "the origin of all monsters" is still pretty high-ranking. Season 7 introduced the Leviathans as beings so powerful and dangerous that God locked them away in purgatory to stop them from killing angels. Though this is mostly an InformedAbility because as it turns out, the Leviathans are pretty weak, routinely getting killed by detergent, thus inverting the trope. The show's writers clearly became aware of this problem after the Lucifer arc, so while angels are still getting killed by the thousands off-screen, this trope seems to have slowed down.]]
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** The writers are kind of shameless in using this trope. A brief timeline of the show's enemies by season: [[spoiler::demons were introduced as the ultimate evil that could only be killed by the Colt. The first mini-boss was Meg, a low-ranking manager, and the first BigBad was a high ranking demon. Season 3 introduces Lilith, the highest-ranking demon of them all, but also a magic knife that one-shots any demon that isn't a BigBad, meaning that by this time, formerly invincible/immortal demons of Meg's rank or sometimes higher would routinely get one-shotted before they can say a full sentence. In season 4, we're introduced to angels, who are at the time understood to be the most powerful beings in the universe other than God Himself, and it's outright stated that nothing can kill them except another language. By the next season, this trope into overdrive as humans are killing angels wholesale with a different magic knife. It even gets to the point where Sam and Dean can kill low-level gods with relative ease. As was stated before, season 6 subverted this trope somewhat, but "the origin of all monsters" is still pretty high-ranking. Season 7 introduced the Leviathans as beings so powerful and dangerous that God locked them away in purgatory to stop them from killing angels. Though this is mostly an InformedAbility because as it turns out, the Leviathans are pretty weak, routinely getting killed by detergent, thus inverting the trope. The show's writers clearly became aware of this problem after the Lucifer arc, so while angels are still getting killed by the thousands off-screen, this trope seems to have slowed down. Though it did take two humans about five minutes to kill Zeus.]]
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** The writers are kind of shameless in using this trope. A brief timeline of the show's enemies by season: [[spoiler::demons were introduced as the ultimate evil that could only be killed by the Colt. The first mini-boss was Meg, a low-ranking manager, and the first BigBad was a high ranking demon. Season 3 introduces Lilith, the highest-ranking demon of them all, but also a magic knife that one-shots any demon that isn't a BigBad, meaning that by this time, demons of Meg's rank or higher would routinely get killed without a problem. In season 4, we're introduced to angels, who are at the time understood to be the most powerful beings in the universe other than God Himself, and it's outright stated that nothing can kill them except another language. By the next season, humans are killing angels wholesale with a different magic knife. It even gets to the point where Sam and Dean can kill low-level gods with relative ease. As was stated before, season 6 subverted this trope somewhat, but "the origin of all monsters" is still pretty high-ranking. Season 7 introduced the Leviathans as beings so powerful and dangerous that God locked them away in purgatory to stop them from killing angels. Though this is mostly an InformedAbility because as it turns out, the Leviathans are pretty weak, routinely getting killed by detergent, thus inverting the trope. The show's writers clearly became aware of this problem after the Lucifer arc, so while angels are still getting killed by the thousands off-screen, this trope seems to have slowed down.]]
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** The writers are kind of shameless in using this trope. A brief timeline of the show's enemies by season: [[spoiler::demons were introduced as the ultimate evil that could only be killed by the Colt. The first mini-boss was Meg, a low-ranking manager, and the first BigBad was a high ranking demon. Season 3 introduces Lilith, the highest-ranking demon of them all, but also a magic knife that one-shots any demon that isn't a BigBad, meaning that by this time, formerly invincible/immortal demons of Meg's rank or sometimes higher would routinely get killed without one-shotted before they can say a problem.full sentence. In season 4, we're introduced to angels, who are at the time understood to be the most powerful beings in the universe other than God Himself, and it's outright stated that nothing can kill them except another language. By the next season, this trope into overdrive as humans are killing angels wholesale with a different magic knife. It even gets to the point where Sam and Dean can kill low-level gods with relative ease. As was stated before, season 6 subverted this trope somewhat, but "the origin of all monsters" is still pretty high-ranking. Season 7 introduced the Leviathans as beings so powerful and dangerous that God locked them away in purgatory to stop them from killing angels. Though this is mostly an InformedAbility because as it turns out, the Leviathans are pretty weak, routinely getting killed by detergent, thus inverting the trope. The show's writers clearly became aware of this problem after the Lucifer arc, so while angels are still getting killed by the thousands off-screen, this trope seems to have slowed down.]]
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Seasons 1-2 initially had the Yellow-Eyed demon as the BigBad, who gets replaced by the more powerful Lilith in seasons 3-4, and then by the Devil himself in season 5. Lampshaded, along with VillainPedigree, near the end of season five when Sam asks Dean if he remembers when they just fought things like wendigos. When it comes to the big bads, the usual downside of the ManBehindTheMan structure is averted, as the lower-ranking villain usually has to free the higher-ranking villain before they can step in. [[spoiler:Yellow-Eyes released Lilith, who went on to release Lucifer]]. After season 5 this trope is subverted, since [[spoiler:Lucifer was thrown back into Hell]], and none of the season 6 big bads are more powerful than him. Then briefly played straight again when [[spoiler:Castiel]] becomes a villain so powerful that he can destroy the Winchesters and almost anyone else with a finger snap if he wanted to, [[spoiler:but his power is unstable and he is forced to repent and give it up.]] In season 7, the new main villains are the [[spoiler:Leviathans, who are the first that Sam and Dean can actually beat in a straight fight.]] After their defeat it's back to Demons and [[spoiler::Angels]] in season 8.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Seasons 1-2 initially had the Yellow-Eyed demon as the BigBad, who gets replaced by the more powerful Lilith in seasons 3-4, and then by the [[spoiler:the Devil himself himself]] in season 5. Lampshaded, along with VillainPedigree, near the end of season five when Sam asks Dean if he remembers when they just fought things like wendigos. When it comes to the big bads, the usual downside of the ManBehindTheMan structure is averted, as the lower-ranking villain usually has to free the higher-ranking villain before they can step in. [[spoiler:Yellow-Eyes released Lilith, who went on to release Lucifer]]. After season 5 this trope is subverted, since [[spoiler:Lucifer was thrown back into Hell]], and none of the season 6 big bads are more powerful than him. Then briefly played straight again when [[spoiler:Castiel]] becomes a villain so powerful that he can destroy the Winchesters and almost anyone else with a finger snap if he wanted to, [[spoiler:but his power is unstable and he is forced to repent and give it up.]] In season 7, the new main villains are the [[spoiler:Leviathans, who are the first that Sam and Dean can actually beat in a straight fight.]] After their defeat it's back to Demons and [[spoiler::Angels]] in season 8.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Seasons 1-2 initially had the Yellow-Eyed demon as the BigBad, who gets replaced by the more powerful Lilith in seasons 3-4, and then by the Devil himself in season 5. Lampshaded, along with VillainPedigree, near the end of season five when Sam asks Dean if he remembers when they just fought things like wendigos. When it comes to the big bads, the usual downside of the ManBehindTheMan structure is averted, as the lower-ranking villain usually has to free the higher-ranking villain before they can step in. [[spoiler:Yellow-Eyes released Lilith, who went on to release Lucifer]]. After season 5 this trope is subverted, since [[spoiler:Lucifer was thrown back into Hell]], and none of the season 6 big bads are more powerful than him. Then briefly played straight again when [[spoiler:Castiel]] becomes a villain so powerful that he can destroy the Winchesters and almost anyone else with a finger snap if he wanted to, [[spoiler:but his power is unstable and he is forced to repent and give it up.]] In season 7, the new main villains are the [[spoiler:Leviathans, who are the first that Sam and Dean can actually beat in a straight fight.]] After their defeat it's back to Demons and [spoiler::Angels]] in season 8.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Seasons 1-2 initially had the Yellow-Eyed demon as the BigBad, who gets replaced by the more powerful Lilith in seasons 3-4, and then by the Devil himself in season 5. Lampshaded, along with VillainPedigree, near the end of season five when Sam asks Dean if he remembers when they just fought things like wendigos. When it comes to the big bads, the usual downside of the ManBehindTheMan structure is averted, as the lower-ranking villain usually has to free the higher-ranking villain before they can step in. [[spoiler:Yellow-Eyes released Lilith, who went on to release Lucifer]]. After season 5 this trope is subverted, since [[spoiler:Lucifer was thrown back into Hell]], and none of the season 6 big bads are more powerful than him. Then briefly played straight again when [[spoiler:Castiel]] becomes a villain so powerful that he can destroy the Winchesters and almost anyone else with a finger snap if he wanted to, [[spoiler:but his power is unstable and he is forced to repent and give it up.]] In season 7, the new main villains are the [[spoiler:Leviathans, who are the first that Sam and Dean can actually beat in a straight fight.]] After their defeat it's back to Demons and [spoiler::Angels]] [[spoiler::Angels]] in season 8.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Seasons 1-2 initially had the Yellow-Eyed demon as the BigBad, who gets replaced by the more powerful Lilith in seasons 3-4, and then by the Devil himself in season 5. Lampshaded, along with VillainPedigree, near the end of season five when Sam asks Dean if he remembers when they just fought things like wendigos. When it comes to the big bads, the usual downside of the ManBehindTheMan structure is averted, as the lower-ranking villain usually has to free the higher-ranking villain before they can step in. Yellow-Eyes [[spoiler:Yellow-Eyes released Lilith, who went on to release Lucifer. Lucifer]]. After season 5 this trope is subverted, since Lucifer [[spoiler:Lucifer was thrown back into Hell, Hell]], and none of the season 6 big bads are more powerful than him. Then briefly played straight again when [[spoiler:Castiel]] becomes a villain so powerful that he can destroy the Winchesters and almost anyone else with a finger snap if he wanted to, [[spoiler:but his power is unstable and he is forced to repent and give it up.]] In season 7, the new main villains are the Leviathans, [[spoiler:Leviathans, who are the first that Sam and Dean can actually beat in a straight fight. fight.]] After their defeat it's back to Demons and Angels [spoiler::Angels]] in season 8.8.
** The writers are kind of shameless in using this trope. A brief timeline of the show's enemies by season: [[spoiler::demons were introduced as the ultimate evil that could only be killed by the Colt. The first mini-boss was Meg, a low-ranking manager, and the first BigBad was a high ranking demon. Season 3 introduces Lilith, the highest-ranking demon of them all, but also a magic knife that one-shots any demon that isn't a BigBad, meaning that by this time, demons of Meg's rank or higher would routinely get killed without a problem. In season 4, we're introduced to angels, who are at the time understood to be the most powerful beings in the universe other than God Himself, and it's outright stated that nothing can kill them except another language. By the next season, humans are killing angels wholesale with a different magic knife. It even gets to the point where Sam and Dean can kill low-level gods with relative ease. As was stated before, season 6 subverted this trope somewhat, but "the origin of all monsters" is still pretty high-ranking. Season 7 introduced the Leviathans as beings so powerful and dangerous that God locked them away in purgatory to stop them from killing angels. Though this is mostly an InformedAbility because as it turns out, the Leviathans are pretty weak, routinely getting killed by detergent, thus inverting the trope. The show's writers clearly became aware of this problem after the Lucifer arc, so while angels are still getting killed by the thousands off-screen, this trope seems to have slowed down.]]
** The writers are kind of shameless in using this trope. A brief timeline of the show's enemies by season: [[spoiler::demons were introduced as the ultimate evil that could only be killed by the Colt. The first mini-boss was Meg, a low-ranking manager, and the first BigBad was a high ranking demon. Season 3 introduces Lilith, the highest-ranking demon of them all, but also a magic knife that one-shots any demon that isn't a BigBad, meaning that by this time, demons of Meg's rank or higher would routinely get killed without a problem. In season 4, we're introduced to angels, who are at the time understood to be the most powerful beings in the universe other than God Himself, and it's outright stated that nothing can kill them except another language. By the next season, humans are killing angels wholesale with a different magic knife. It even gets to the point where Sam and Dean can kill low-level gods with relative ease. As was stated before, season 6 subverted this trope somewhat, but "the origin of all monsters" is still pretty high-ranking. Season 7 introduced the Leviathans as beings so powerful and dangerous that God locked them away in purgatory to stop them from killing angels. Though this is mostly an InformedAbility because as it turns out, the Leviathans are pretty weak, routinely getting killed by detergent, thus inverting the trope. The show's writers clearly became aware of this problem after the Lucifer arc, so while angels are still getting killed by the thousands off-screen, this trope seems to have slowed down.]]
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* In the list "The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord" by Peter Anspach, one item is an aversion of this trope.
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* [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] lampshades this in a guest appearance on ''The Isle of Rangoon'' when he refuses to defeat The Mysterious Malefactor. He points out that his villains have progressed from a semi-incompetent MadScientist to a reality-destroying EldritchAbomination, and advises the characters to be happy with their "mostly-harmless schmuck of a villain".
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** Here's the real kicker, [[spoiler: his assistant Whis is actually much stronger than even he is]] and not only that [[BiggerBad there's the fact that there's eleven other universe's Gods of Destruction]] [[BeyondTheImpossible are likely even stronger Beers]].
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** Here's the real kicker, [[spoiler: his assistant Whis is actually much stronger than even he is]] and not only that [[BiggerBad there's the fact that there's eleven other universe's Gods of Destruction]] [[BeyondTheImpossible Destruction [[SerialEscalation are likely even stronger Beers]].
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****Beers from "Battle of The Gods" which is viewed as canon is even higher in power than any villain in the canon, being an official "God of Destruction" for his universe and is [[TheDreaded feared by all the gods in the universe]]. He also curb stomped Super Saiyan 3 Goky without trying [[spoiler: even the Super Saiyan God State, officially the strongest Super Saiyan state]] only forced him to go to 70% of his power and Goku still lost. That's right, Goku famous for always winning, [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter was outmatched by someone will always be better than him]]
**Here's the real kicker, [[spoiler: his assistant Whis is actually much stronger than even he is]] and not only that [[BiggerBad there's the fact that there's eleven other universe's Gods of Destruction]] [[BeyondTheImpossible are likely even stronger Beers]].
**Here's the real kicker, [[spoiler: his assistant Whis is actually much stronger than even he is]] and not only that [[BiggerBad there's the fact that there's eleven other universe's Gods of Destruction]] [[BeyondTheImpossible are likely even stronger Beers]].
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** In the first few seasons before they decided on their Discard and Draw style, the main Big Bads were like this. They fight Rita for a seasons, seeing her as the worst evil in the Galaxy, then season 2 comes in, and Zordon says "Forget her, this guy's worse."
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** The next villain, King Sombra, is hard to place. He's certainly stronger than Chrysalis (who even powered up struggled with Celestia, while King Sombra took ''both'' Celestia and Luna to take out), its unclear just how powerful he actually is as he spends most of the two parter unable to directly attack the group. However, he's clearly more ''dangerous'' than any preceding villain due to being DangerouslyGenreSavvy to the point his NearVillainVictory comes without him actually ''needing'' to do anything.
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A problem comes up if a long-running show goes [[PostScriptSeason past its]] first GrandFinale. We may believe that the EvilOverlord is enough of a tactical dunce to think that sending his henchmen out in ascending order was a valid strategy. But why should the ''new'', unrelated, BigBad happen to be even stronger? Sometimes the {{Big Bad}}s might form a string of [[TheManBehindTheMan Men Behind The Men]], making this structure more sensible. Although this leads to new FridgeLogic issues: why doesn't the Man Most Behind use the [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking unimaginable power]] of his position to just wipe all the heroes out? If the first Big Bad is only a local terror, bigger bads may not have even been ''aware'' of the heroes. The increasing threats they face are a reflection of the threat they pose to the ultimate boss.
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A problem comes up if a long-running show goes [[PostScriptSeason past its]] first GrandFinale. We may believe that the ultimate EvilOverlord is enough of a tactical dunce to think that sending his henchmen out in ascending order was a valid strategy. But why should the ''new'', unrelated, BigBad happen to be even stronger? Sometimes the {{Big Bad}}s might form a string of [[TheManBehindTheMan Men Behind The Men]], making this structure more sensible. Although this leads to new FridgeLogic issues: why doesn't the Man Most Behind use the [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking unimaginable power]] of his position to just wipe all the heroes out? If the first Big Bad is only a local terror, bigger bads may not have even been ''aware'' of the heroes. The increasing threats they face are a reflection of the threat they pose to the ultimate boss.
boss. And then there's the FridgeLogic that can rise when one wonders why later, more powerful villains would tolerate the earlier, weaker ones hatching plots of their own. If the villain of Season Three [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt wants to destroy the world]], and the villain of Season Four [[TakeOverTheWorld wants to conquer it]], why would the Season Four villain tolerate his predecessor's attempts to destroy it? One way to adress these issues is to make the later villain a SealedEvilInACan who only gets released after the earlier villain is defeated, not necessarily as a result of it.
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And then there's the FridgeLogic that can rise when one wonders why later, more powerful villains would tolerate the earlier, weaker ones hatching plots of their own. If the villain of Seaon Three wants to destroy the world, and the villain of Season Four wants to conquer it, why would the Season Four villain tolerate his predecessor's attempts to destroy it?
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** Seasons 1-5 initially had the Yellow-Eyed demon as the BigBad, who gets replaced by the more powerful Lilith, and then by the Devil himself. Lampshaded, along with VillainPedigree, near the end of season five when Sam asks Dean if he remembers when they just fought things like wendigos. When it comes to the big bads, the usual downside of the ManBehindTheMan structure is averted, as the lower-ranking villain usually has to free the higher-ranking villain before they can step in. Yellow-Eyes released Lilith, who went on to release Lucifer.
** Later, this trope is subverted, since Lucifer was thrown back into Hell, and none of the season 6 big bads are more powerful than him. In season 7, the new main villains are the Leviathans, who are the first that Sam and Dean can actually beat in a straight fight.
** Seasons 1-5 initially had the Yellow-Eyed demon as the BigBad, who gets replaced by the more powerful Lilith, and then by the Devil himself. Lampshaded, along with VillainPedigree, near the end of season five when Sam asks Dean if he remembers when they just fought things like wendigos. When it comes to the big bads, the usual downside of the ManBehindTheMan structure is averted, as the lower-ranking villain usually has to free the higher-ranking villain before they can step in. Yellow-Eyes released Lilith, who went on to release Lucifer.
** Later, this trope is subverted, since Lucifer was thrown back into Hell, and none of the season 6 big bads are more powerful than him. In season 7, the new main villains are the Leviathans, who are the first that Sam and Dean can actually beat in a straight fight.
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**''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Seasons 1-5 1-2 initially had the Yellow-Eyed demon as the BigBad, who gets replaced by the more powerful Lilith, Lilith in seasons 3-4, and then by the Devil himself.himself in season 5. Lampshaded, along with VillainPedigree, near the end of season five when Sam asks Dean if he remembers when they just fought things like wendigos. When it comes to the big bads, the usual downside of the ManBehindTheMan structure is averted, as the lower-ranking villain usually has to free the higher-ranking villain before they can step in. Yellow-Eyes released Lilith, who went on to release Lucifer.
** Later,Lucifer. After season 5 this trope is subverted, since Lucifer was thrown back into Hell, and none of the season 6 big bads are more powerful than him. Then briefly played straight again when [[spoiler:Castiel]] becomes a villain so powerful that he can destroy the Winchesters and almost anyone else with a finger snap if he wanted to, [[spoiler:but his power is unstable and he is forced to repent and give it up.]] In season 7, the new main villains are the Leviathans, who are the first that Sam and Dean can actually beat in a straight fight.fight. After their defeat it's back to Demons and Angels in season 8.
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* ''Franchise/StargateVerse'':
** ''Series/StargateSG1'' started with Apophis. When they finally got rid of him, even stronger Goa'uld showed up. But that's okay, the team got good at dispatching Goa'uld. So Anubis shows up, with the full knowledge of the godlike beings who had created the stargates. But they took care of him -- though it was a close one. For almost a whole month there is peace. Then the godlike Ori turn up. [[hottip:*:This progression is grounded in the plot by Tok'ra. He says that every time the Tau'ri defeat a System Lord an even worse one inevitably takes his or her place. By killing Ra, and others, SG-1 kept disrupting the Goa'uld balance of power, allowing more aggressive Goa'uld to sweep up now-leaderless forces and rise in threat level. They didn't cause Anubis, but probably sped up his timetable. They did make the Replicators more dangerous, by giving the nanotech precursor of the Replicators to the Asgard, from whom it was then captured. A self-application of StopHelpingMe The Ori only found out about the Milky Way galaxy when Daniel Jackson and Vala accidentally warped over to their home galaxy and caused a scene. An unfortunate coincidence, perhaps, but still their doing.]]
** The ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' team woke up the Wraith ''and'' turned on the Asurans' hostility switch. NiceJobBreakingItHero indeed. At first glance it might even seem like the Stargate Program was responsible for Earth being attacked by the Goa'uld -- Earth being safely ignored by them until the SGC used the Stargate and wound up killing Ra. However, if the stargate had never been dug up in the first place, then humanity would never have (re)discovered the Goa'uld until humans discovered FTL travel on their own probably hundreds of years from now... and the Goa'uld would probably have been out there waiting for them. So in the case of the overall series' problem itself, the SGC didn't create the villain, just drew their attention prematurely. The last episode of ''Atlantis'' was essentially the concept of when the villains skip a few levels past where the heroes are expecting.
** ''Series/StargateSG1'' started with Apophis. When they finally got rid of him, even stronger Goa'uld showed up. But that's okay, the team got good at dispatching Goa'uld. So Anubis shows up, with the full knowledge of the godlike beings who had created the stargates. But they took care of him -- though it was a close one. For almost a whole month there is peace. Then the godlike Ori turn up. [[hottip:*:This progression is grounded in the plot by Tok'ra. He says that every time the Tau'ri defeat a System Lord an even worse one inevitably takes his or her place. By killing Ra, and others, SG-1 kept disrupting the Goa'uld balance of power, allowing more aggressive Goa'uld to sweep up now-leaderless forces and rise in threat level. They didn't cause Anubis, but probably sped up his timetable. They did make the Replicators more dangerous, by giving the nanotech precursor of the Replicators to the Asgard, from whom it was then captured. A self-application of StopHelpingMe The Ori only found out about the Milky Way galaxy when Daniel Jackson and Vala accidentally warped over to their home galaxy and caused a scene. An unfortunate coincidence, perhaps, but still their doing.]]
** The ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' team woke up the Wraith ''and'' turned on the Asurans' hostility switch. NiceJobBreakingItHero indeed. At first glance it might even seem like the Stargate Program was responsible for Earth being attacked by the Goa'uld -- Earth being safely ignored by them until the SGC used the Stargate and wound up killing Ra. However, if the stargate had never been dug up in the first place, then humanity would never have (re)discovered the Goa'uld until humans discovered FTL travel on their own probably hundreds of years from now... and the Goa'uld would probably have been out there waiting for them. So in the case of the overall series' problem itself, the SGC didn't create the villain, just drew their attention prematurely. The last episode of ''Atlantis'' was essentially the concept of when the villains skip a few levels past where the heroes are expecting.
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* ''Franchise/StargateVerse'':
''Franchise/StargateVerse'': At first glance it might even seem like the Stargate Program was responsible for Earth being attacked by the Goa'uld -- Earth being safely ignored by them until the SGC used the Stargate and wound up killing Ra. However, if the stargate had never been dug up in the first place, then humanity would never have (re)discovered the Goa'uld until humans discovered FTL travel on their own probably hundreds of years from now... and the Goa'uld would probably have been out there waiting for them. So in the case of the overall series' problem itself, the SGC didn't create the villain, just drew their attention prematurely.
** ''Series/StargateSG1'' started with Apophis. When they finally got rid of him, even stronger Goa'uld showed up. But that's okay, the team got good at dispatching Goa'uld. So Anubis shows up, with the full knowledge of the godlike beings who had created the stargates. But they took care of him -- though it was a close one. For almost a whole month there is peace. Then the godlike Ori turn up. [[hottip:*:This \\
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This progression is grounded in the plot by Tok'ra. He says that every time the Tau'ri defeat a System Lord an even worse one inevitably takes his or her place. By killing Ra, and others, SG-1 kept disrupting the Goa'uld balance of power, allowing more aggressive Goa'uld to sweep up now-leaderless forces and rise in threat level. They didn't cause Anubis, but probably sped up his timetable. They did make the Replicators more dangerous, by giving the nanotech precursor of the Replicators to the Asgard, from whom it was then captured. A self-application of StopHelpingMe The Ori only found out about the Milky Way galaxy when Daniel Jackson and Vala accidentally warped over to their home galaxy and caused a scene. An unfortunate coincidence, perhaps, but still theirdoing.]]
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** The ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' team woke up the Wraith ''and'' turned on the Asurans' hostility switch. NiceJobBreakingItHero indeed. At first glance it might even seem like the Stargate Program was responsible for Earth being attacked by the Goa'uld -- Earth being safely ignored by them until the SGC used the Stargate and wound up killing Ra. However, if the stargate had never been dug up in the first place, then humanity would never have (re)discovered the Goa'uld until humans discovered FTL travel on their own probably hundreds of years from now... and the Goa'uld would probably have been out there waiting for them. So in the case of the overall series' problem itself, the SGC didn't create the villain, just drew their attention prematurely. The last episode of ''Atlantis'' was essentially the concept of when the villains skip a few levels past where the heroes are expecting.
** ''Series/StargateSG1'' started with Apophis. When they finally got rid of him, even stronger Goa'uld showed up. But that's okay, the team got good at dispatching Goa'uld. So Anubis shows up, with the full knowledge of the godlike beings who had created the stargates. But they took care of him -- though it was a close one. For almost a whole month there is peace. Then the godlike Ori turn up.
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This progression is grounded in the plot by Tok'ra. He says that every time the Tau'ri defeat a System Lord an even worse one inevitably takes his or her place. By killing Ra, and others, SG-1 kept disrupting the Goa'uld balance of power, allowing more aggressive Goa'uld to sweep up now-leaderless forces and rise in threat level. They didn't cause Anubis, but probably sped up his timetable. They did make the Replicators more dangerous, by giving the nanotech precursor of the Replicators to the Asgard, from whom it was then captured. A self-application of StopHelpingMe The Ori only found out about the Milky Way galaxy when Daniel Jackson and Vala accidentally warped over to their home galaxy and caused a scene. An unfortunate coincidence, perhaps, but still their
** The ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' team woke up the Wraith ''and'' turned on the Asurans' hostility switch. NiceJobBreakingItHero indeed.
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* ''Manga/{{Holyland}}'': The first enemies Yuu fights are usually generic punks who know a bit of streetfighting. He starts coming up against more experienced fighters with genuine training in various disciplines. Eventually, he has to face pros in combat-tested styles like Muay Thai, kickboxing and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts.
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* ''Manga/{{Holyland}}'': The first enemies Yuu fights are usually generic punks who know a bit of streetfighting. He starts coming up against more experienced fighters with genuine training in various disciplines. Eventually, he has to face prodigies and pros in combat-tested styles like Muay Thai, kickboxing and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts.
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* Generally averted in Creator/JRRTolkien's works- the supernatural powers of evil tend to get ''weaker'', not stronger, as the timeline advances. The supernatural powers of good ''also'' get weaker, however (or at least less accessible) in accord with the general transition of Middle-earh from a mythological world to a more realistic one. If you start with ''Literature/TheHobbit'' and then go to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', however, it's played straight, going from the BigBad being a dragon (dangerous on his own to be sure, but lacking minions or the ambition to range far from home without proper incentive) to an EvilOverlord with world-conquering ambition.
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* Generally averted in Creator/JRRTolkien's works- the supernatural powers of evil tend to get ''weaker'', not stronger, as the timeline advances. The supernatural powers of good ''also'' get weaker, however (or at least less accessible) in accord with the general transition of Middle-earh Middle-Earth from a mythological world to a more realistic one. If you start with ''Literature/TheHobbit'' and then go to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', however, it's played straight, going from the BigBad being a dragon (dangerous on his own to be sure, but lacking minions or the ambition to range far from home without proper incentive) to an EvilOverlord with world-conquering ambition.
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* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' breaks from the trope, with the power level of the foes waxing and waning. For example, the first few villains they face are the supernatural Nazgul, a hulking cave troll, and Saruman's super-orc uruk-hai. In the second film they face mostly rank-and-file orcs. In the third, however, the Nazgul come back with tougher mounts, the colossal oliphaunts appear, the king of the Nazgul shows up, and Aragorn has to duel an armored troll.
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* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' breaks from the trope, with the power level of the foes waxing and waning. For example, the first few villains they face are the supernatural Nazgul, Nazgûl, a hulking cave troll, and Saruman's super-orc uruk-hai.Uruk-Hai. In the second film they face mostly rank-and-file orcs. In the third, however, the Nazgul Nazgûl come back with tougher mounts, the colossal oliphaunts appear, the king of the Nazgul Nazgûl shows up, and Aragorn has to duel an armored troll.
