History PlayingWith / BeardOfEvil

* '''Invoked''': A villain grows a beard for the sole purpose of making himself look more evil.

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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Averted''': Who has a beard and who doesn't has nothing to do with whether they're good or bad.

** The only character with a beard is the hero.
** The only shaven character is a villain.

* '''Deconstructed''': Every time the villain appears at a crowded place, he is put under suspice because of his beard. He is put into a dilemma: either shave his awesome beard or keep being looked down upon.

*** Upon [[FaceHeelTurn becoming evil]], the hero instantly grows a goatee.

** A character makes loses his mind and does a FaceHeelTurn after misplacing his razor.

* '''Enforced''': We need a way for audiences to tell apart the EvilTwin from his heroic counterpart- let's give him facial hair so they can notice right away.

* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': Every villain we run into has a beard of some sort, and none of the heroes do.
* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Inverted''': The only character with a beard is the hero.

* '''Parodied''': The villain laments his inability to grow an effective evil beard, and eventually goes for an obviously fake one.

** An EvilVizier refuses to grow a beard because he knows having one will make people think he's evil.

* '''Exploited''': An EvilVizier refuses to grow a beard because he knows having one will make people think he's evil.
* '''Defied''': After making his FaceHeelTurn, a character makes sure to keep up on shaving, as he doesn't like the idea of how he'd look with an evil goatee.

* '''Exploited''': ???

'''Basic Trope''': An evil character has a beard, usually a goatee.

* '''Parodied''':
** The villain laments his inability to grow an effective evil beard, and eventually goes for an obviously fake one.
** Alternately, every villain we run into has a beard of some sort, including the female ones.
** Alternately, the beard ''is'' the villain ...And it may have a beard of it's own
** [[OverlyLongGag Alternately]], the evilness of a villain is determined entirely by the size of their beard.
** [[OverusedRunningGag Alternatively]], [[DragonBallAbridged The hero imagines a goatee on their evil counterpart]]

* '''Discussed''': "Psst. Maybe we should stay away from that guy. Look at the beard! It just screams of evil!"

* '''Deconstructed''': People with beards are discriminated against in society, who believes they are all evil. It is thus considered terrible for men not to shave regularly.
* '''Reconstructed''': Which eventually gives rise to a group of a {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s [[ThenLetMeBeEvil who start committing crimes after being discriminated against for having beards]].

* '''Deconstructed''': People with beards are discriminated against in society, who believes they are all evil. It is thus considered terrible for men not to shave regularly.
* '''Reconstructed''': Which eventually gives rise to a group of a {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s [[ThenLetMeBeEvil who start committing crimes after being discriminated against for having beards]].

* '''Conversed''':

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* '''Justified''': He's got a FreudianExcuse behind his evil actions, and grew a BeardOfSorrow because of it all.

* '''Parodied''': The villain laments his inability to grow an effective evil beard, and eventually goes for an obviously fake one.

** Alternately, the beard ''is'' the villain
*** ...And it may have a beard of it's own

* '''Conversed''': "Oh look, there's a new character... he's gotta be evil, he's got the whole goatee of doom going on."

**** [[BeyondTheImpossible Now]] [[{{Narm}} that's]] just [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus silly]]!

* '''Reconstructed''': Which eventually gives rise to a group of a {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s who start committing crimes after being discriminated against for having beards.

**** [[BeyondTheImpossible Now]] [[{{Narm}} that's]] just [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus silly]]!** [[OverlyLongGag Alternately]], the evilness of a villain is determined entirely by the size of their beard.

**** [[BeyondTheImpossible Now]] [[{{Narm}} that's]] just [[MontyPythonAndTheFlyingCircus silly]]!** [[OverlyLongGag Alternately]], the evilness of a villain is determined entirely by the size of their beard.

**** [[BeyondTheImpossible Now]] [[{{Narm}} that's]] just [[MontyPhytonAndTheFlyingCircus silly]]!** [[OverlyLongGag Alternately]], the evilness of a villain is determined entirely by the size of their beard.

**** [[BeyondTheImpossible Now]] [[{{Narm}} that's]] [[XjustX just]] [[MontyPhytonAndTheFlyingCircus silly]]!
** [[OverlyLongGag Alternately]], the evilness of a villain is determined entirely by the size of their beard.