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* '''Reconstructed''': The villain's act of petty cruelty is so gratuitous that it forces everyone to reevaluate his character, leading to big changes in how the cast react to him.

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The villain's act of petty cruelty is so gratuitous that it forces everyone to reevaluate his character, leading to big changes in how the cast react to him.
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** The villain's superior is annoyed by his sadistic tendencies, but keeps him alive [[BunnyEarsLawyer because he does achieve results]] for Team Evil.
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* '''Justified''': The Villain's entire motivation has no logical sense as he [[ItAmusedMe is a sadist]].

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* '''Justified''': The Villain's entire motivation has no logical sense as he [[ItAmusedMe [[ForTheEvulz is a sadist]].



** The villain is a fairly realistic violent psychopath who genuinely can't pass by a helpless target without being compelled to hurt it. The misery this causes others and the frustration it causes the villain become the focus of the story.

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** The villain is a fairly realistic violent psychopath who genuinely can't pass by a helpless target without being compelled to hurt it. The misery this causes others and the frustration it causes makes the villain become the focus of the story.
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* '''Justified''': The Villain's entire motivation has no logical sense as he is a sadist

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* '''Justified''': The Villain's entire motivation has no logical sense as he [[ItAmusedMe is a sadistsadist]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': The villain kicks a puppy to death, then cuts its head off and starts playing hackeysack with it in front of its owner. [[CrossesTheLineTwice And then he eats it]]. Not only was it a completely worthless waste of time to do, but it actually hindered him.

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The villain kicks a puppy to death, then cuts its head off and starts playing hackeysack with it in front of its owner. [[CrossesTheLineTwice And then he eats it]]. Not only was it a completely worthless waste of time to do, but it actually hindered him.



** The villain is killed by his [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]] superior.

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** The villain is killed by his [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]] {{pragmatic|Villainy}} superior.

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poke poodle, meh


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** MoralEventHorizon
* '''Downplayed''': ???PokeThePoodle

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* '''Exaggerated''':
** The villain kicks a puppy to death, then cuts its head off and starts playing hackeysack with it in front of its owner. [[CrossesTheLineTwice And then he eats it]]. Not only was it a completely worthless waste of time to do, but it actually hindered him.

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* '''Exaggerated''':
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'''Exaggerated''': The villain kicks a puppy to death, then cuts its head off and starts playing hackeysack with it in front of its owner. [[CrossesTheLineTwice And then he eats it]]. Not only was it a completely worthless waste of time to do, but it actually hindered him.him.
* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Parodied''':

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



* '''Deconstructed''':
** The villain is a fairly realistic violent psychopath who genuinely can't pass by a helpless target without being compelled to hurt it. The misery this causes others and the frustration it causes the villain become the focus of the story.
** The villain is killed by his [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]] superior.
* '''Reconstructed''': The villain's act of petty cruelty is so gratuitous that it forces everyone to reevaluate his character, leading to big changes in how the cast react to him.



* '''Defied''': The villain refuses to kick any puppies without a good reason.

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The villain refuses to kick any puppies [[PragmaticVillainy without a good reason. reason.]]
** The villain [[PetTheDog actually likes puppies]], and not only he would never dare to hurt them, but he kills anyone that tries to do so.



* '''Deconstructed''':
** The villain is a fairly realistic violent psychopath who genuinely can't pass by a helpless target without being compelled to hurt it. The misery this causes others and the frustration it causes the villain become the focus of the story.
** The villain is killed by his [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]] superior.
* '''Reconstructed''': The villain's act of petty cruelty is so gratuitous that it forces everyone to reevaluate his character, leading to big changes in how the cast react to him.



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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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* '''Deconstructed''': The villain is a fairly realistic violent psychopath who genuinely can't pass by a helpless target without being compelled to hurt it. The misery this causes others and the frustration it causes the villain become the focus of the story.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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The villain is a fairly realistic violent psychopath who genuinely can't pass by a helpless target without being compelled to hurt it. The misery this causes others and the frustration it causes the villain become the focus of the story.story.
** The villain is killed by his [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]] superior.
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** PokeThePoodle[=/=]WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous

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** PokeThePoodle[=/=]WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinousPokeThePoodle[=/=]FelonyMisdemeanor

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* '''Parodied''': The villain has a compulsion to kick any puppy he sees, even if he has to drop whatever he's doing and chase it.

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The villain has a compulsion to kick any puppy he sees, even if he has to drop whatever he's doing and chase it.it.
** A dog breed is mentioned to have been specially bred to "maximize kicking pleasure".

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* '''Exaggerated''': The villain kicks a puppy to death, then cuts its head off and starts playing hackeysack with it in front of its owner. [[CrossesTheLineTwice And then he eats it]]. Not only was it a completely worthless waste of time to do, but it actually hindered him.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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The villain kicks a puppy to death, then cuts its head off and starts playing hackeysack with it in front of its owner. [[CrossesTheLineTwice And then he eats it]]. Not only was it a completely worthless waste of time to do, but it actually hindered him.



* '''Inverted''': PetTheDog

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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* '''Subverted''': The villain kills a bystander, and later it turns out that the bystander had been trying to defeat the villain (and the villain knew this).

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The villain kills a bystander, and later it turns out that the bystander had been trying to defeat the villain (and the villain knew this).

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'''Basic Trope''': A villain commits a gratuitously evil act for no logical reason.

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'''Basic Trope''': A villain commits a gratuitously evil act for no logical reason.to reduce [[SympatheticPOV audience sympathy]].



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* '''Inverted''': The villain commits a [[PetTheDog random act of kindness]].
** Or the puppy kicks the villan.

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* '''Inverted''': The villain commits a [[PetTheDog random act of kindness]].
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** Or the puppy kicks the villan.TheDogBitesBack
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** [[FamilyGuy Or alternatively]], an AntiHero [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown smashes a glass on a dog's face, smacks the dog around, repeatedly punches the dog in the face, picks up a towel rack and repeatedly hits the dog in the head with it, holds the dog's head into the toilet, then throws the dog onto the floor saying the dog has until 5:00 to pay up.]]
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** Or alternatively, an AntiHero [[FamilyGuy smashes a glass on a dog's face, smacks the dog around, repeatedly punches the dog in the face, picks up a towel rack and repeatedly hits the dog in the head with it, holds the dog's head into the toilet, then throws the dog onto the floor saying the dog has until 5:00 to pay up.]]

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** [[FamilyGuy Or alternatively, alternatively]], an AntiHero [[FamilyGuy [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown smashes a glass on a dog's face, smacks the dog around, repeatedly punches the dog in the face, picks up a towel rack and repeatedly hits the dog in the head with it, holds the dog's head into the toilet, then throws the dog onto the floor saying the dog has until 5:00 to pay up.]]
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** Or alternatively, an AntiHero [[FamilyGuy smashes a glass on a dog's face, smacks the dog around, repeatedly punches the dog in the face, picks up a towel rack and repeatedly hits the dog in the head with it, holds the dog's head in the toilet, then throws the dog onto the floor saying the dog has until 5:00 to pay up.]]

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** Or alternatively, an AntiHero [[FamilyGuy smashes a glass on a dog's face, smacks the dog around, repeatedly punches the dog in the face, picks up a towel rack and repeatedly hits the dog in the head with it, holds the dog's head in into the toilet, then throws the dog onto the floor saying the dog has until 5:00 to pay up.]]
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** Arguably, MoralEventHorizon could be considered the extreme of KickTheDog.

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** Arguably, MoralEventHorizon could be considered Or alternatively, an AntiHero [[FamilyGuy smashes a glass on a dog's face, smacks the extreme of KickTheDog.dog around, repeatedly punches the dog in the face, picks up a towel rack and repeatedly hits the dog in the head with it, holds the dog's head in the toilet, then throws the dog onto the floor saying the dog has until 5:00 to pay up.]]
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** Or the puppy kicks the villan.
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** Arguably, MoralEventHorizon could be considered the extreme of KickTheDog.

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'''Basic Trope''': A villain commits a gratuitously evil act.
* '''Straight''': The villain kicks a puppy.
* '''Exaggerated''': The villain kicks a puppy to death, then cuts its head off and starts playing hackeysack with it in front of its owner. [[CrossesTheLineTwice And then he rapes it]].
** MoralEventHorizon.
* '''Justified''': The puppy just ate the instructions to the villain's DoomsdayDevice.
** Alternatively, the villain is a Sadist and making the puppy suffer pleases him.

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'''Basic Trope''': A villain commits a gratuitously evil act.
act for no logical reason.
* '''Straight''': The villain kicks a puppy.
puppy even though it would not serve him at all.
* '''Exaggerated''': The villain kicks a puppy to death, then cuts its head off and starts playing hackeysack with it in front of its owner. [[CrossesTheLineTwice And then he rapes it]].
** MoralEventHorizon.
eats it]]. Not only was it a completely worthless waste of time to do, but it actually hindered him.
* '''Justified''': The puppy just ate the instructions to the villain's DoomsdayDevice.
** Alternatively, the villain
Villain's entire motivation has no logical sense as he is a Sadist and making the puppy suffer pleases him.sadist



* '''Double Subverted''': The villain kills a bystander, and later it turns out that the bystander had been trying to defeat the villain... but the villain didn't know that at the time.

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* '''Double Subverted''': The villain kills a bystander, and later it turns out that the bystander had been trying to defeat the villain... but the villain didn't know that at the time.time Nor did he do it for any particular purpose.
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** MoralEventHorizon

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** MoralEventHorizonMoralEventHorizon.
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Back to KickTheDog.

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Back to KickTheDog.Oh look, a cute puppy. [[KickTheDog Let's kick it!]].
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** Alternatively, the villain is a Sadist and making the puppy suffer pleases him.
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** KickTheSonOfABitch

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