History PlayingWith / BigBadWannabe

** Alex is the legitimate main antagonist of the story, but is either incompetent or a small fry compared to [[VillainOfAnotherStory other villains in the setting]].

** Alex is the legitimate main antagonist of the story, but is either laughably incompetent or a small fry compared to [[VillainOfAnotherStory other villains in the setting]].

* '''Played For Laughs''': Alex is a NoRespectGuy to everyone in-universe, and his [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption inevitable hilarious failure]] is a OnceAnEpisode gag.

** Alex wants to rule the playground, but Francis can always out bully him.

** Alex believes he's the only person bad enough to rule Las Vegas, but lacks the skills.

* '''Parodied''': Alex wants to rule las Vegas, and he tries everything he can to do so. He often ends up helping Betty get into a position of power each time he tries
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alex desperately wants to rule Las Vegas. But wait, the current leader of Las Vegas is actually a projection of his mind, technically meaning that he's actually already ruling the city. He doesn't know this, and inadvertly destroys the projection. With anarchy ruling the streets, it's easy for Alex to take control. Later, Alex himself gets killed in an accident.

* '''Invoked''': Betty wants there to be a distract while she works on something behind the scenes, so she gives "inspirational" speeches to Alex to egg him into becoming a distraction by giving him ambitions that don't match his skill.
* '''Exploited''': Other villains regularly trick Alex into doing things that he thinks will make him more powerful, but that really only help the other villains' goals.

** Alex is the VillainProtagonist and the series [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain focuses on his constant failure]] [[TheStarscream to usurp the role of lead villain.]]
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alex is a NoRespectGuy to everyone in universe, and his [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption inevitable hilarious failure]] is a OnceAnEpisode gag.

%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

** Alex truly is the biggest bad there is, but fear there's always someone better.

* '''Played For Drama''': While Alex will never be able to get a position of power, his recklessness makes him an even more dangerous foe than the BigBad.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Played For Drama''': While Alex will never be able to get a position of power, his recklessness makes him an even more dangerous foe then the BigBad.
** Alex is the villain protagonist and the series focuses on his cosnat disappointments.

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

** General Evil defeats Alex, but [[DefeatMeansFrienship takes him on]] as his [[TheDragon second-in-command]].

* '''Downplayed''': Alex wants to rule the playground, but Francis can always out bully him.

* '''Exaggerated''': Alex desperately wants to be a DimensionLord, but cannot as he easily gets knocked out by a sneeze.

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

* '''Enforced''': The writer wanted to show Alex as a failure in every respect: Evil, useless, misguided. They decided to use this way to show what a loser he was.

** Alex don't want to be the the BigBad, but he has the skills to be the BigBad.

* '''Played For Drama''': While Alex will never be able to get a position of power his recklessness makes him an even more dangerous foe the the BigBad.

* '''Subverted''': Alex wants to rule Las Vegas, but it turns out [[KnightTemplar it's because he wants to "cleanse" the city of its evil.]]

* '''Averted''': Alex has a realistic assumption of his abilities and doesn't even try

* '''Lampshaded''': "Alex really seems to be overshooting his abilities, doesn't he? Doesn't seem like he would ever be capable of ruling a lot less than Vegas
* '''Invoked''': Betty wants there to be a distract while she works on something behind the scenes, so she gives "inspirational" speeches to Alex to egg him into becoming a distraction by giving him ambitions that don't mach his skill.

%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Defied''': ???

'''Basic Trope''': A character tries to be the BigBad, but is not really the BigBad.

* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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* '''Justified''': Alex believes he's the only person bad enough to rule Las Vegas, but lacks the skills.

* '''Inverted''': Alex wants to help Las Vegas as the BigGood, but he is second-best to a philanthropist.

* '''Justified''': Alex believes he's the only person bad enough to rule Las Vegas.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alex desperately wants to rule Las Vegas. But wait, the current leader of Las Vegas is actually a projection of his mind, technically meaning that he's actually already ruling the city. He doesn't know this, and inadvertly destroys the projection. With anarchy ruling the streets, it's easy for Alex to take control. Later, Alex himself gets killed in an accident.