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* '''Played For Horror''': The GloriousLeader[=/=]PresidentEvil is shown [[MobBossSuitFitting casually playing pool]] as he [[StoryboardingTheApocalypse plots the atrocities for his vision of]] WorldWarIII.
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** Several tough guys are shown playing pool at a seedy bar, but then it's revealed they are all honest people, sometimes either {{Neighbourhood Friendly Gangster}}s or {{Punch Clock Villain}}s.
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** Several tough guys are shown playing pool at a seedy bar, but then it's revealed they are all honest people, sometimes either {{Neighbourhood Friendly Gangster}}s NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters or {{Punch Clock Villain}}s.
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** Several tough guys are shown playing pool at a seedy bar, but then it's revealed they are all honest people, sometimes either {{Neighborhood Friendly Gangster}}s or {{Punch Clock Villain}}s.
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** Several tough guys are shown playing pool at a seedy bar, but then it's revealed they are all honest people, sometimes either {{Neighborhood {{Neighbourhood Friendly Gangster}}s or {{Punch Clock Villain}}s.
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* '''Straight''': A bunch of criminals are shown playing pool at the BadGuyBar.
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* '''Straight''': A bunch of criminals from TheMafia are shown playing pool at the BadGuyBar.
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* '''Downplayed''': In one scene, a few criminals are briefly shown playing pool.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** In one scene, a few criminals are briefly shown playingpool.pool.
** [[VillainsOutShopping The villains play pool as their sports.]]
** In one scene, a few criminals are briefly shown playing
** [[VillainsOutShopping The villains play pool as their sports.]]
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** The BigBad loves to play pool, and this affection for the game has filtered down to his {{Mooks}}.
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** The BigBad (especially TheDon) loves to play pool, and this affection for the game has filtered down to his {{Mooks}}.
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** Several tough guys are shown playing pool at a seedy bar, but then it's revealed they are all honest people, not criminals.sometimes either {{Neighborhood Friendly Gangster}}s or {{Punch Clock Villain}}s.
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* '''Played For Drama''': The ReverseMole is found out when he is invited to play pool and [[CoverIdentityAnomaly it turns out he doesn't know how.]]
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* '''Played For Drama''': The ReverseMole TheMole is found out when he is invited to play pool and [[CoverIdentityAnomaly it turns out he doesn't know how.]]
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** The villains use a lot of ricochet in combat, and pool is good practice.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "I'm so bored, Jeff..." "What about playing pool? It's the most villainous game in the world, after all."
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* '''Lampshaded''': "I'm so bored, Jeff..." "What about playing playin' pool? It's the most villainous game in the world, after all."
* '''Implied''': A [[BlackComedy darkly humorous]] RunningGag throughout the story is that every other scene at the police department opens with someone filing a report about a beating inflicted with a pool cue.
* '''Reconstructed''': In the story's world, the pool is known as the favourite sport of both violent criminals and hardboiled policemen, so it has a neutral reputation overall.
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** Regular villains are scared of the pool players, who are invariably [[CompleteMonster Complete Monster]]s.
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** Regular villains are scared of the pool players, who are invariably [[CompleteMonster Complete Monster]]s. the worst of the lot.
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** Regular villains are scared of the pool players, who are invariably [[CompleteMonster Complete Monster]]s.
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** Anyone who plays pool is a very evil villain, maybe even a CompleteMonster.
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'''Basic Trope''': In fiction, the villains are often shown playing pool.
* '''Straight''': A bunch of criminals are shown playing pool at the BadGuyBar.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** The bad guys [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything do nothing but play pool all day]].
** Anyone who plays pool is a very evil villain, maybe even a CompleteMonster.
* '''Downplayed''': In one scene, a few criminals are briefly shown playing pool.
* '''Justified''':
** The pool table is one of the main fixtures of the BadGuyBar, so why not use it?
** The BigBad loves to play pool, and this affection for the game has filtered down to his {{Mooks}}.
* '''Inverted''': The policemen are shown playing pool on their time off.
* '''Subverted''':
** Several tough guys are shown playing pool at a seedy bar, but then it's revealed they are all honest people, not criminals.
** The bad guys are shown playing pool... and then someone points out they're playing ''snooker''.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** The scene then cuts to the criminals' hideout, and they're also playing pool.
** The bad guys are [[LondonGangster British gangsters]] who are calling pool "snooker" [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage because they don't know or care about the difference]].
* '''Parodied''':
** Playing pool is treated as crossing the MoralEventHorizon.
** The pool balls are painted to look like [[CartoonBomb bombs]], [[NothingButSkulls skulls]], and other "evil" things.
** TheMafia uses a National Pool Tournament as a cover for the underworld gathering.
** The pool is a national sport of the [[CommieNazis Great Proletarian Reich]].
** The more evil someone is, the better they are at playing pool.
* '''Zig Zagged''':
** The two characters shown playing pool are a PunchClockVillain and a DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent respectively.
** The bad guys play cue sports, but can't set on what variation to play - so one day it's some variation of pool, another day - snooker, other day - Russian billiards, another yet - straight-rail billiards, and so on.
* '''Averted''': The bad guys play cards instead of pool.
* '''Enforced''': The writer has bad guys playing pool [[TheCoconutEffect because that's what bad guys always play on TV.]]
* '''Lampshaded''': "I'm so bored, Jeff..." "What about playing pool? It's the most villainous game in the world, after all."
* '''Invoked''': To avoid {{Bar Brawl}}s, the owners of the BadGuyBar installed a pool table as a way to entertain their patrons.
* '''Exploited''':
** People in need of hired thugs look among the people playing pool in bars.
** The gang leader invites a rival for a friendly game of pool in order to break the ice.
* '''Defied''': "Alright, that's it... we're not playin' this stupid ball game today, ya mooks! I'm damn sick of it!"
* '''Discussed''': "Any idea what Freddie is doin' today?" "Playin' pool, like he always does. I start to wonder why does our dishonest lot love pool so much..."
* '''Conversed''': "Why do the bad guys on TV always play pool? It's like it's the national sport of Criminalland or something."
* '''Deconstructed''': When the government catches on that bad guys love to play pool, it becomes much more strictly regulated, and anyone who likes to play pool is regarded with suspicion.
* '''Played For Laughs''': The bad guys ''try'' to play pool... only they're as inept at it as they are [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy at hitting the heroes in combat]].
* '''Played For Drama''': The ReverseMole is found out when he is invited to play pool and [[CoverIdentityAnomaly it turns out he doesn't know how.]]
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* '''Straight''': A bunch of criminals are shown playing pool at the BadGuyBar.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** The bad guys [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything do nothing but play pool all day]].
** Anyone who plays pool is a very evil villain, maybe even a CompleteMonster.
* '''Downplayed''': In one scene, a few criminals are briefly shown playing pool.
* '''Justified''':
** The pool table is one of the main fixtures of the BadGuyBar, so why not use it?
** The BigBad loves to play pool, and this affection for the game has filtered down to his {{Mooks}}.
* '''Inverted''': The policemen are shown playing pool on their time off.
* '''Subverted''':
** Several tough guys are shown playing pool at a seedy bar, but then it's revealed they are all honest people, not criminals.
** The bad guys are shown playing pool... and then someone points out they're playing ''snooker''.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** The scene then cuts to the criminals' hideout, and they're also playing pool.
** The bad guys are [[LondonGangster British gangsters]] who are calling pool "snooker" [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage because they don't know or care about the difference]].
* '''Parodied''':
** Playing pool is treated as crossing the MoralEventHorizon.
** The pool balls are painted to look like [[CartoonBomb bombs]], [[NothingButSkulls skulls]], and other "evil" things.
** TheMafia uses a National Pool Tournament as a cover for the underworld gathering.
** The pool is a national sport of the [[CommieNazis Great Proletarian Reich]].
** The more evil someone is, the better they are at playing pool.
* '''Zig Zagged''':
** The two characters shown playing pool are a PunchClockVillain and a DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent respectively.
** The bad guys play cue sports, but can't set on what variation to play - so one day it's some variation of pool, another day - snooker, other day - Russian billiards, another yet - straight-rail billiards, and so on.
* '''Averted''': The bad guys play cards instead of pool.
* '''Enforced''': The writer has bad guys playing pool [[TheCoconutEffect because that's what bad guys always play on TV.]]
* '''Lampshaded''': "I'm so bored, Jeff..." "What about playing pool? It's the most villainous game in the world, after all."
* '''Invoked''': To avoid {{Bar Brawl}}s, the owners of the BadGuyBar installed a pool table as a way to entertain their patrons.
* '''Exploited''':
** People in need of hired thugs look among the people playing pool in bars.
** The gang leader invites a rival for a friendly game of pool in order to break the ice.
* '''Defied''': "Alright, that's it... we're not playin' this stupid ball game today, ya mooks! I'm damn sick of it!"
* '''Discussed''': "Any idea what Freddie is doin' today?" "Playin' pool, like he always does. I start to wonder why does our dishonest lot love pool so much..."
* '''Conversed''': "Why do the bad guys on TV always play pool? It's like it's the national sport of Criminalland or something."
* '''Deconstructed''': When the government catches on that bad guys love to play pool, it becomes much more strictly regulated, and anyone who likes to play pool is regarded with suspicion.
* '''Played For Laughs''': The bad guys ''try'' to play pool... only they're as inept at it as they are [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy at hitting the heroes in combat]].
* '''Played For Drama''': The ReverseMole is found out when he is invited to play pool and [[CoverIdentityAnomaly it turns out he doesn't know how.]]
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