History PlayingWith / GodSaveUsFromtheQueen

'''Basic Trope''': Queens in power are always evil.

* '''Exaggerated''':
** The kingdom has a long line of queens with nicknames like "the terrible" and "the castrating."
** Queen Alice is a CompleteMonster who [[TakeOverTheWorld rules the world]].
* '''Downplayed''':
** Queen Alice can be a bit hot-tempered and heavy-handed, and she's certainly made a few bad choices as queen, but the story has GreyAndGrayMorality and she's basically doing the best she can.
** Alice isn't a queen, just a powerful [[PresidentEvil politician]], [[GeneralRipper general]], or [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO]].

** ''All'' females in the setting are affected by an overlap of AlwaysChaoticEvil and GenderEqualsBreed.
** ...or all monarchs.

* '''Parodied''':
** All queens in the world are evil.
** The main villains are ''Music/{{Queen}}''... Holy literalism, Batman!
** As a [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]], Alice was fine -- but once she becomes the queen, she turns into a terror.

* '''Averted''':
** There is no queen or the queen is not in power. Or, the queen is fairly reasonable, but not perfect.
** All rulers--kings ''or'' queens--are just as bad.
* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': "People are oppressed, and Black Guards look ''too'' [[EvilIsSexy sexy and studly.]] Must be an Evil Queen."

Back to GodSaveUsFromTheQueen now, or I'll have you on a gibbet!

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

** The main villians are ''Music/{{Queen}}''... Holy literalisms, Batman!

** A StrawMisogynist states "She's a woman in power of course she's evil!" about the queen.

** Queens are all evil, but mainly because the society is so horribly sexist that mind-warping abuse is heaped on young women to the point that any one who gets into power is driven by a combination of vengeance and possibly insanity.

* '''Exaggerated''': The kingdom has a long line of queens with nicknames like "the terrible" and "the castrating."
* '''Downplayed''': Queen Alice can be a bit hot-tempered and heavy-handed, and she's certainly made a few bad choices as queen, but the story has GreyAndGrayMorality and she's basically doing the best she can.

* '''GenderFlipped''': An oppressive king.

* '''Lampshaded''': "People are oppressed, and Black Guards look ''too'' sexy and stud. Must be an Evil Queen."

* '''Straight''': The queen oppresses her people and is extremely vain.

* '''Downplayed''': The queen can be a bit hot-tempered and heavy-handed, yet she's a genuinely nice person when you get to know her and only acts for the greater good.

** The only way she could have become queen was if she [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority fought her way to the top]]. Naturally, she continues to act cruelly to keep power.
* '''Inverted''': TheHighQueen and/or EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses

* '''Subverted''': The queen seems to be a tyrannical bitch, [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask but is actually doing what she does out of genuine concern for her people.]]
* '''Double Subverted''': The evil queen explains that she is acting out of concern for her people, but when push comes to shove she's willing to make them suffer for her own gain.

** As a [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]], she was fine -- but once she becomes the queen, she turns into a terror.

** The queen ''is'' wicked but does something noble, but only because it serves her ends as well.
** The queen has BlueAndOrangeMorality.

** All rulers, kings or queens, are just as bad.
* '''Enforced''': The show's hero backstory has him as an orphan. During his adventures he already found and fought his long-lost evil father, so writers want to use a long-lost evil mother. As she won't be appealing as a direct opponent, they go with the "Evil Queen" stereotype.

** The queen is naturally mean-spirited, but forces herself to be nice since she doesn't want to come across as evil or oppressive.
** Those around her dread the day of the princess's coronation and ascent to the throne because of this trope, but when the day comes she [[SheIsTheKing proclaims herself king]].

** Alternately, she isn't quite as evil in comparison to your typical ruler of the periodlocale, but she gets a bad reputation precisely because society is sexist and she's a woman--things that a male king could get away with are considered "atrocities" when she commits them because women are supposed to be gentle.

** The queen's wickedness is part of the Machiavellian MagnificentBastard traits that got her to the throne in the first place, given that it's a male-dominated medieval setting. A nicer woman would never have made it.

* '''Downplayed''':
** The queen can be a bit hot-tempered and heavy-handed, yet she's a genuinely nice person when you get to know her and only acts for the greater good.
** As Hire travelled around the world, the queens he encountered were evil, with a few exceptions.

** FreudianExcuse
** The only way she could have become queen was if she fought her way to the top. Naturally, she continues to act cruelly to keep power.

** The queen IS wicked but does something noble, but only because it serves her ends as well.

* '''Invoked''': EvilPrince, Harold decides to [[UnholyMatrimony marry an evil woman]]. So that when he's king, she'll have absolutely no problem with his abuse of power.

** "Yes, that's Queen Marianne. She's evil."

** Alternately, she isn't quite as evil in comparison to your typical ruler of the period / locale, but she gets a bad reputation precisely because society is sexist and she's a woman--things that a male king could get away with are considered "atrocities" when she commits them because women are supposed to be gentle.

* '''Exploited''': In an attempt to halve the competition, a group of misogynists {{aristocrats|AreEvil}} (who are among those eligible to take up the throne) use the queen's tyrannical reign to justify why women should not be allowed to rule.

* '''Exploited''':
** In an attempt to halve the competition, a group of misogynists (who are among those eligible to take up the king's throne) use the queen's tyranical reign to justify why women should not be allowed to rule.

** Among all women, only wicked ones were audacious enough to want to rule the kingdom fr her selfish desire.

* GenderFlipped: An oppressive king.

* '''Downplayed''': The queen can be a bit hot-tempered and heavy-handed, yet she's a genuinely nice person when you get to know her and only acts for the greater good.

* '''Zig Zagged''': The queen IS wicked but does something noble, but only because it serves her ends as well.
* '''Averted''': There is no queen or the queen is not in power. Or, the queen is fairly reasonable, but not perfect.

* '''Exploited''': A group of misogynists use the queen's tyranical reign to justify why women should not be allowed to rule.

** A misogynist states "She's a woman in power of course she's evil!" about the queen.

* '''Reconstructed''': The queen's wickedness is part of the Machiavellian MagnificentBastard traits that got her to the throne in the first place, given that it's a male-dominated medieval setting. A nicer woman would never have made it.

* '''Invoked''': PrinceEvil, Harold decides to [[UnholyMatrimony marry an evil woman]]. So that when he's king, she'll have absolutely no problem with his abuse of power.

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Invoked''': A misogynist states "She's a woman in power of course she's evil!" about the queen.

* '''Discussed''': "Yes, that's Queen Marianne. She's evil."

* '''Defied''': The queen is naturally mean-spirited, but forces herself to be nice since she doesn't want to come across as evil or oppressive.

** The only way she could have become queen was if she fought here way to the top. Naturally, she continues to act cruelly to keep power.

* '''Exploited''': A group of antifeminists use the queen's tyranical reign to justify why women should not be allowed to rule.

* '''Exaggerated''':
** The kingdom has a long line of queens with nicknames like "the terrible" and "the castrating."

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

** As a [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]], she was fine -- but once she becomes the queen, she turns into a terror.
* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Double Subverted''': The evil queen explains that she is acting out of concern for her people, but when push comes to shove she's willing to make them suffer for her own gain.

** The main villians are Queen(the band).
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Queens are all evil, but mainly because the society is so horribly sexist that mind-warping abuse is heaped on young women to the point that any one who gets into power is driven by a combination of vengeance and possibly insanity.
** Alternately, she isn't quite as evil in comparison to your typical ruler of the period / locale, but she gets a bad reputation precisely because society is sexist and she's a woman--things that a male king could get away with are considered "atrocities" when she commits them because women are supposed to be gentle.
* '''Reconstructed''': The queen's wickedness is part of the Machiavellian MagnificentBastard traits that got her to the throne in the first place, given that it's a male-dominated medieval setting. A nicer woman would never have made it.

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* '''Exaggerated''': The kingdom has a long line of queens with nicknames like "the terrible" and "the castrating."

* '''Justified''': ''All'' females in the setting are affected by an overlap of AlwaysChaoticEvil and GenderEqualsBreed.

* '''Parodied''': All queens in the world are evil.

* '''Deconstructed''': Queens are all evil, but mainly because the society is so horribly sexist that mind-warping abuse is heaped on young women to the point that any one who gets into power is driven by a combination of vengeance and possibly insanity.

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* '''Subverted''': The queen seems to be a tyrannical witch, [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask but is actually doing what she does out of genuine concern for her people.]]

* '''Inverted''': TheHighQueen and/or [[{{Ptitlewop4ao6cwrhn}} Everything's Better With Princesses]]

** Alternately, she isn't quite as evil in comparison to your typical ruler of the period / locale, but she gets a bad reputation precisely because society is sexist and she's a woman--things that a male king could get away with are considered "atrocities" when she commits them because women are supposed to be weak.