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* '''Averted''': NoAntagonist.

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* '''Averted''': NoAntagonist.'''Averted''':
** NoAntagonist
** Charlie's villainy is out in the open from the very beginning.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The heroes become paranoid that anyone they meet could be the BigBad.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The '''Deconstructed''':
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heroes become paranoid that anyone they meet could be the BigBad.BigBad.
** A villain chooses to be hidden for a reason. [[VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment Finding out the reason why a villain does their best to remain hidden will likely hint to their weakness.]]
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* '''Invoked''': "So Charlie was the villain all along."

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* '''Invoked''': "So Charlie was Charlie's a {{Chessmaster}} who takes great pains to hide his identity from the villain all along."heroes until his plot has nearly reached fruition- when he lets them discover his identity because their reaction will further his ends.

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** Charlie's status as the BigBad is revealed in the first episode.

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** Charlie's status as Charlie is heavily foreshadowed to be the BigBad is revealed in the first episode.secret BigBad, but turns out not to be it.



* '''Parodied''': Our heroes are wondering where the remote is until Charlie pops in and reveals he hid it.

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Charlie was evil? Boy, no one saw that coming!"



* '''Implied''': The heroes stop the evil plan, but without ever finding out who was behind it. The astutue reader notices that Charlie has been acting suspicious.



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'''Basic Trope''': The true BigBad's identity is revealed at the end of the StoryArc.
* '''Straight''': Charlie is revealed to be the BigBad at the end of the StoryArc.
* '''Exaggerated''': Charlie is revealed to be behind ''every'' problem the heroes have faced throughout their entire lives.
* '''Downplayed''': Charlie is only behind the problems of a single episode.
* '''Justified''': Charlie kept his identity hidden to prevent the heroes from coming after him.
* '''Inverted''':
** HiddenAgendaVillain
** Charlie turns out to actually be TheHero's guardian angel.
* '''Subverted''':
** There is no BigBad, despite the heroes suspecting there to be.
** Charlie's status as the BigBad is revealed in the first episode.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Except that's just what Charlie, the BigBad, wanted them to think.
** Charlie gets defeated halfway through and reveals [[TheManBehindTheMan he was working for an unknown employer]].
* '''Parodied''': Our heroes are wondering where the remote is until Charlie pops in and reveals he hid it.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Charlie says he's behind all of the problems in the story, but his claims are never confirmed.
* '''Averted''': NoAntagonist.
* '''Enforced''': "How do we get people to keep watching our show?" "We could keep the BigBad's identity a secret for most of it."
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': "So Charlie was the villain all along."
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Charlie dies before the heroes find out about him.
* '''Discussed''': "Who is the BigBad? Charlie seems like he could be, but I don't know he could be innocent."
* '''Conversed''': "It seems like a lot of villains prefer to remain secret for most of the story."
* '''Deconstructed''': The heroes become paranoid that anyone they meet could be the BigBad.
* '''Reconstructed''': But they're able to narrow down a list of possible suspects for the BigBad.
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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