History PlayingWith / ForgotToFeedTheMonster

** [[TheBrute Claidheamh]] decides to start raiding and pillaging every village out there as some kind of "profit", which he then gives to Emperor Evulz in order to help keep the entire operation financed and running.

** Emperor Evulz's {{mooks}}, being people of ill repute and favoring [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer violent means of conflict resolution]], decide to take matters into their own hands when they haven't been paid and they [[TheDogBitesBack turn]] on Emperor Evulz and proceed to RapePillageAndBurn.

** Emperor Evulz's {{mooks}}, being people of ill repute and favoring [[ViolenceIsReallyTheAnswer violent means of conflict resolution]], decide to take matters into their own hands when they haven't been paid and they [[TheDogBitesBack turn]] on Emperor Evulz and proceed to RapePillageAndBurn.

** Emperor Evulz's beast refuses to do his biddings until he gives it a belly rub.

* '''Averted''':
** There is no mention of the logistics behind the beasts or the death traps.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey! Who forgot to feed [[FluffyTheTerrible Fluffy]]?"

** Emperor Evulz pays his {{mooks}} a ''very'' low wage and as a result, the {{mooks}} give [[HarmlessVillain hilariously]] [[PokeThePoodle bad]] [[YouGetWhatYouPayFor performance]] at work.

** Emperor Evulz only has a few {{mooks}} because that's all he can afford to hire.

** Emperor Evulz can't afford the upkeep.

** The Humane Society raids [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals Evulz]]' lair to rescue the starving beast and issue him a very heavy fine and a court summon for animal cruelty.

** The ''beast'' is healthy. The ''arena'' is neglected and part of the grandstand collapses and kills the beast.

** [[BigBad Emperor Evilz]] has [[TheHero Alice]] FedToTheBeast but the beast died from starvation because he forgets about it when he's not feeding said beast would-be heroes.
** Emperor Evilz summons his {{mooks}} to attack Alice but they've deserted because he hasn't paid them this month.

** Emperor Evilz's lair falls into disrepair because he didn't pay ''any'' of his staff, not just his {{mooks}} for the past few years.

** The beast is alive but very weak because Emperor Evilz can only afford to feed it a starvation diet.
** Emperor Evilz only has a few {{mooks}} because that's all he can afford to hire.

** Emperor Evilz is too busy to worry about mundane things such as pay and maintenance.
** Emperor Evilz doesn't care about his mooks or beasts.
** Emperor Evilz can't afford the upkeep.

** [[TheHero Alice]] doesn't pay the soldiers that accompany her.
** Emperor Evilz orders the beast to be fed too much so it can use it can have limitless energy when needed. This backfires when Alice easily overpowers the fattened beast.
** Emperor Evilz is extremely lavish with paying and hiring only the best EliteMooks he can get and he goes into debt.

** Alice enters Emperor Evilz's lair and notices that it since it is so decrepit, Emperor Evilz probably couldn't afford any guards. She promptly runs into a horde of {{mooks}} that have just been hired.

** The new mooks promptly quit once Emperor Evilz can't pay them.

** Emperor Evilz's beast refuses to do his biddings until he gives it a belly rub.
** Emperor Evilz's beast is sick because a diet of {{mooks}} who have [[YouHaveFailedMe failed him]] is not well-balanced and lacking in essential nutrients.
** Alternatively, Evilz feeds so many people to the beast that the beast is morbidly obese and is in no [[{{Pun}} shape]] to be a threat.
** Emperor Evilz pays his {{mooks}} a ''very'' low wage and as a result, the {{mooks}} give [[HarmlessVillain hilariously]] [[PokeThePoodle bad]] performance at work.

** The beast survives the grandstand collapsing on it, only to slip on the debris and fall. Only to survive that fall and drop dead because it had a heart problem, as Emperor Evilz forgot to get a doctor for the beast.
** Alice learns that all the {{mooks}} have deserted Emperor Evilz since he hasn't paid them. But she soon runs into some freshly hired EliteMooks. Then part of the ceiling collapses onto the {{mooks}} since Emperor Evilz also didn't pay his maintenance personnel. And when she gets to his doomsday weapon, it's in perfect working order since he hired the best technicians to maintain and repair it. But the "doomsday weapon" is also incredibly weak since he gave his mad scientists a puny budget and they could only afford [[ShoddyKnockOffProduct substandard]] materials.

** Alice enters Emperor Evilz's lair with a lot of cash in hand as she knows the {{mooks}} haven't been paid and that they're easily bought off.
* '''Defied''': Emperor Evilz makes sure to keep every part of his lair in tiptop shape and properly pay his underlings.

** The local beast keeper instructs his salespeople to not sell anything to Emperor Evilz.

** Emperor Evilz eventually goes bankrupt from having to constantly replace the beasts that have died from neglect.

** Emperor Evilz is [[HoistByHisOwnPetard mauled]] by the desperately starving beast.
** Emperor Evilz's reputation for stiffing his workers proceeds him and he is unable to hire any {{mooks}}.
** Emperor Evilz's lair collapses and buries him because he didn't bother to spend money to keep his lair structurally sound.

** Emperor Evilz has the beasts created by dark magic.
** Emperor Evilz [[MadeASlave enslaves the local populace]] to serve as his [[SlaveMooks mooks]].
** Emperor Evilz uses magic to ensure his lair will never collapse.

** Emperor Evilz's {{mooks}} unionize and strike to demand that he pay them properly.

** One of the {{mooks}} is desperate for money, so he joins Emperor Evilz as he's lured by the promise of a steady, well-paying job. Unfortunately, not only is he rarely, if ever paid, he is treated little better than a slave. And he doesn't dare speak up for fear that Emperor Evilz will simply have him killed.

** Emperor Evilz pays his {{mooks}} a ''very'' low wage and as a result, the {{mooks}} give [[HarmlessVillain hilariously]] [[PokeThePoodle bad]] performance.

** Emperor Evilz pays his {{mooks}} a ''very'' low wage and as a result, the {{mooks}} give [[LaughablyEvil hilariously]] [[PokeThePoodle bad]] performance.

** A mook has a WalletFullOfCobwebs.

** Alice learns that all the {{mooks}} have deserted Emperor Evilz since he hasn't paid them. But she soon runs into some freshly hired EliteMooks. Then part of the ceiling collapses onto the {{mooks}} since Emperor Evilz also didn't pay his maintenance personnel. And when she gets to his doomsday weapon, it's in perfect working order since he hired the best technicians to maintain and repair it. But the "doomsday weapon" is also incredibly weak since he gave his {{Mad Scientists}} a puny budget and they could only use [[ShoddyKnockOffProduct substandard]] materials.

** Emperor Evulz's beast refuses to do his biddings until he gives it a belly rub.
** Emperor Evulz's beast is sick because a diet of {{Mooks}} who have [[YouHaveFailedMe failed him]] is not well-balanced and lacking in essential nutrients.
** Alternatively, Evulz feeds so many people to the beast that the beast is morbidly obese and is in no [[{{Pun}} shape]] to be a threat.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The beast survives the grandstand collapsing on it, only to slip on the debris and fall. Only to survive that fall and drop dead because it had a heart problem, as Emperor Evilz forgot to get a doctor for the beast.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Played For Laughs''': The Humane Society raids [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals Evulz]]' lair to rescue the starving beast and issue him a very heavy fine and a court summon for animal cruelty.
* '''Played For Drama''': The beast is kept [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals juuuust starved enough]] so that it will be ravenously hungry, and it's ultimately just another victim of Evulz's cruelty.

* '''Parodied''': Emperor Evulz's beast refuses to do his biddings until he gives it a belly rub.

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

* '''Inverted''': [[TheHero Alice]] doesn't pay the soldiers that accompany her.

* '''Parodied''': Emperor Evulz's beast refuses to fight for him until he gives it a belly rub.

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

* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

** Alice enters Emperor Evilz's lair and notices that it since it is so decrepit Emperor Evilz couldn't afford any guards. She promptly runs into a horde of {{mooks}} that have just been hired.

* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Played For Laughs''':
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice, a practicing Christian in Ancient Rome, needs to protect herself and her friends from this fate but still remain true to herself and her beliefs.

* '''Downplayed''': Alice is thrown into a pit brimming with leeches, and she's retrieved [[ColdBloodedTorture just before dying from blood loss]].