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* '''Played For Drama''': The villain has committed a crime so heinous that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even his own men believe he has gone too far]]. He starts laughing uncontrolably, revealing he has finally gone mad and snarls, "Laugh, damn you." Fearing some sort of retaliation, the men start to force themselves to laugh nervously.

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The villain has committed a crime so heinous that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even his own men believe he has gone too far]]. He starts laughing uncontrolably, revealing he has finally gone mad and snarls, "Laugh, damn you." Fearing some sort of retaliation, the men start to force themselves to laugh nervously.nervously.
** After capturing the hero, the villain demands that the hero laugh with him and tortures him when he refuses.
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** The villain does a little EvilGloating among his henchmen who take the initiative to start laughing. The villain is perplexed but joins in anyway since, "I guess it is pretty funny, isn't it?".

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** The villain does a little EvilGloating among his henchmen who take the initiative to start laughing. The villain is perplexed but joins in anyway since, "I guess it is pretty funny, isn't it?".it?"



* '''Zig Zagged''': The villain laughs and asks his minions ot join but quickly realizes it isn't funny and stops them, only to change his mind yet again and ask them to keep going.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': The villain laughs and asks his minions ot to join but quickly realizes it isn't funny and stops them, only to change his mind yet again and ask them to keep going.



* '''Lampshaded''': The villain has a Laugh With Me moment. When he is out of earshot, one of the mooks turns to another and asks, "Wait, why are we laughing?". The other mook shrugs, "He wants us to?".

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* '''Lampshaded''': The villain has a Laugh With Me moment. When he is out of earshot, one of the mooks turns to another and asks, "Wait, why are we laughing?". laughing?" The other mook shrugs, "He wants us to?".to?"



* '''Played For Drama''': The villain has committed a crime so heinous that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even his own men believe he has gone too far]]. He starts laughing uncontrolably, revealing he has finally gone mad and snarls, "Laugh, damn you". Fearing some sort of retaliation, the men start to force themselves to laugh nervously.

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* '''Played For Drama''': The villain has committed a crime so heinous that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even his own men believe he has gone too far]]. He starts laughing uncontrolably, revealing he has finally gone mad and snarls, "Laugh, damn you". you." Fearing some sort of retaliation, the men start to force themselves to laugh nervously.
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* '''Straight''': The BigBad has successfully completed his lasted evil scheme, so he indulges in an Evil Laugh fit, but not before asking his minions to join in.

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* '''Straight''': The BigBad has successfully completed his lasted evil scheme, so he indulges in an Evil Laugh EvilLaugh fit, but not before asking his minions to join in.

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* '''Justified''': The villain has made some sort of DoomsdayDevice that, for whatever reason, works on laughter. He starts laughing and when the machine isn't sufficiently powered, tells his henchmen to join in so he can use it.

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The villain has made some sort of DoomsdayDevice that, for whatever reason, works on laughter. He starts laughing and when the machine isn't sufficiently powered, tells his henchmen to join in so he can use it.it.
** The villain is an AxCrazy MonsterClown.

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* '''Inverted''': The villain does a little EvilGloating among his henchmen who take the initiative to start laughing. The villain is perplexed but joins in anyway since, "I guess it is pretty funny, isn't it?".

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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The villain does a little EvilGloating among his henchmen who take the initiative to start laughing. The villain is perplexed but joins in anyway since, "I guess it is pretty funny, isn't it?".
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** The villain laughs at one of their own schemes, and his henchmen start laughing, too. The villain then proceeds to tell them to stop.
-->''[[WesternAnimation/SonicBoom "Don't laugh with me; you're ruining it!"]]''

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

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* '''Exploited''': ???The villain does this to make his minions nervous, thus intimidating them into following his every command.

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* '''Straight''': The BigBad has successfully completed his lasted evil scheme, so he induges in an Evil Laugh fit, but not before asking his minions to join in.

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* '''Straight''': The BigBad has successfully completed his lasted evil scheme, so he induges indulges in an Evil Laugh fit, but not before asking his minions to join in.



* '''Invoked''': When a new mook joins the villain, one of the senior mooks instructs him on his cue to laugh.
* '''Exploited''': The villain has hired mooks who actually have it in their contracts that they are to laugh every time he does.

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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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When a new mook joins the villain, one of the senior mooks instructs him on his cue to laugh.
* '''Exploited''': ** The villain has hired mooks who actually have it in their contracts that they are to laugh every time he does.does.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': This trope is usually a RuleOfFunny trope.
* '''Played For Drama''': The villain has committed a crime so heinous that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even his own men believe he has gone too far]]. He starts laughing uncontrolably, revealing he has finally gone mad and snarls, "Laugh, damn you". Fearing some sort of retaliation, the men start to force themselves to laugh nervously.



* '''Played For Drama''': The villain has committed a crime so heinous that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even his own men believe he has gone too far]]. He starts laughing uncontrolably, revealing he has finally gone mad and snarls, "Laugh, damn you". Fearing some sort of retaliation, the men start to force themselves to laugh nervously.



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* '''Exploited''': The villain has hired mooks who actually have it in their contracts they they are to laugh everytime he does.

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* '''Exploited''': The villain has hired mooks who actually have it in their contracts they that they are to laugh everytime every time he does.



* '''Conversed''': Bob and Alice talks about how funny it is when this happens in te movies.
* '''Played For Drama''': The villain has committed a crime so heinous that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even his own men believe he has gone too far]]. He starts laughing uncontrolably, revealing he has finally gone mad and snarls, "Laugh, damn you". Fearing some sort of retaliation, the men start to force themselves to laugh nervously.

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* '''Conversed''': Bob and Alice talks talk about how funny it is when this happens in te the movies.
* '''Played For Laughs''': This trope is usually a RuleOfFunny trope.
* '''Played For Drama''': The villain has committed a crime so heinous that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even his own men believe he has gone too far]]. He starts laughing uncontrolably, revealing he has finally gone mad and snarls, "Laugh, damn you". Fearing some sort of retaliation, the men start to force themselves to laugh nervously. nervously.
* '''Implied''': Retired henchmen talk about their past jobs for villains. One of them complains, "His jokes were bad enough but it was worse when he wanted other people to laugh at them."
* '''Deconstructed''': The villain questions why he laughs so much and moreover, why he has to have other people laugh with him. He decides it makes him look insecure and stops.
* '''Reconstructed''': Then he realizes when the henchmen stop laughing at his jokes, they begin to take his other orders for granted too. The villain soon realizes he needs to reassert himself and begins demanding them to laugh again.



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* '''Enforced''': The villain has hired mooks who actually have it in their contracts they they are to laugh everytime he does.

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* '''Enforced''': The villain has hired mooks who actually have it in their contracts they they are writers want to laugh everytime he does.put a humorous spin on the EvilLaugh.



* '''Invoked''': ???
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* '''Invoked''': ???
When a new mook joins the villain, one of the senior mooks instructs him on his cue to laugh.
* '''Exploited''': ???
The villain has hired mooks who actually have it in their contracts they they are to laugh everytime he does.
* '''Defied''': ???The villain doesn't make jokes since he doesn't want the hassle of telling his henchmen to laugh with him.

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* '''Subverted''': The villain laughs and his mooks join in, assuming he expects them to. The villain gives them a BigShutUp because they were not given the order to do so ...

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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The villain laughs and his mooks join in, assuming he expects them to. The villain gives them a BigShutUp because they were not given the order to do so ...so ...
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* '''Straight''': The BigBad has successfully completed his lasted evil scheme, so he induges into an Evil Laugh fit, but not before asking his minions to join in.

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* '''Straight''': The BigBad has successfully completed his lasted evil scheme, so he induges into in an Evil Laugh fit, but not before asking his minions to join in.



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* '''Downplayed''': ???The villain giggles a little and nudges his cronies, prompting them to smirk or giggle themselves.



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* '''Parodied''': ???
The villain laughs but stops just before his minions join in. Realizing they're laughing, he starts laughing again but by then, they've stopped. They awkwardly try to get their timing right before they just give up.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???The villain laughs and asks his minions ot join but quickly realizes it isn't funny and stops them, only to change his mind yet again and ask them to keep going.



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

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* '''Enforced''': ???The villain has hired mooks who actually have it in their contracts they they are to laugh everytime he does.



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Two henchmen complain that the evil overlord always makes them do this.
* '''Conversed''': ???Bob and Alice talks about how funny it is when this happens in te movies.

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'''Basic Trope''': An evil characters makes an EvilLaugh and expects others (likely his {{mooks}}) to join in.

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'''Basic Trope''': An evil characters character makes an EvilLaugh and expects others (likely his {{mooks}}) to join in.
* '''Straight''': The BigBad has successfully completed his lasted evil scheme, so he induges into an Evil Laugh fit, but not before asking his minions to join
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': The villain has made some sort of DoomsdayDevice that, for whatever reason, works on laughter. He starts laughing and when the machine isn't sufficiently powered, tells his henchmen to join in so he can use it.



* '''Justified''': The villain has made some sort of DoomsdayDevice that, for whatever reason, works on laughter. He starts laughing and when the machine isn't sufficiently powered, tells his henchmen to join in so he can use it.



* '''Lampshaded''': The villain has a Laugh With Me moment. When he is out of earshot, one of the mooks turns to another and asks, "Wait, why are we laughing?". The other mook shrugs, "He wants us to?".

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* '''Lampshaded''': The villain has a Laugh With Me moment. When he is out of earshot, one of the mooks turns to another and asks, "Wait, why are we laughing?". The other mook shrugs, "He wants us to?".'''Parodied''': ???
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* '''Played For Drama''': The villain has committed a crime so heinous that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even his own men believe he has gone too far]]. He starts laughing uncontrolably, revealing he has finally gone mad and snarls, "Laugh, damn you". Fearing some sort of retaliation, the men start to force themselves to laugh nervously.

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* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': The villain has a Laugh With Me moment. When he is out of earshot, one of the mooks turns to another and asks, "Wait, why are we laughing?". The other mook shrugs, "He wants us to?".
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': The villain has committed a crime so heinous that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even his own men believe he has gone too far]]. He starts laughing uncontrolably, revealing he has finally gone mad and snarls, "Laugh, damn you". Fearing some sort of retaliation, the men start to force themselves to laugh nervously.
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'''Basic Trope''': An evil characters makes an EvilLaugh and expects others (likely his mooks) to join in.

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'''Basic Trope''': An evil characters makes an EvilLaugh and expects others (likely his mooks) {{mooks}}) to join in.



* '''Subverted''': The villain laughs and his mooks join in, assuming he expects them to. The villain gives them a BigShutUp because they were not given the order to laugh...

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* '''Subverted''': The villain laughs and his mooks join in, assuming he expects them to. The villain gives them a BigShutUp because they were not given the order to laugh...do so ...



* '''Lampshaded''': The villain has a Laugh With Me moment. When he is out of earshot, one of the mooks turns to another and asks, "Wait, why are we laughing?".
* '''Averted''': The villain starts laughing and questions why his men aren't joining. They quickly begin grumbling that his jokes really aren't that funny.
* '''Played For Drama''': The villain has committed a crime so heinous that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even his own men believe he has gone too far]]. He starts laughing uncontrolably, revealing he has finally gone mad and snarls, "Laugh, damn you". Fearing some sort of retaliation, the men start force laughter nervously.

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* '''Lampshaded''': The villain has a Laugh With Me moment. When he is out of earshot, one of the mooks turns to another and asks, "Wait, why are we laughing?".
laughing?". The other mook shrugs, "He wants us to?".
* '''Averted''': The villain starts laughing and questions why his men aren't joining. They quickly begin grumbling that his jokes really aren't that funny.
* '''Played For Drama''': The villain has committed a crime so heinous that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even his own men believe he has gone too far]]. He starts laughing uncontrolably, revealing he has finally gone mad and snarls, "Laugh, damn you". Fearing some sort of retaliation, the men start to force laughter themselves to laugh nervously.

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'''Basic Trope''': An evil characters makes an EvilLaugh and expects others (likely his mooks) to join in.
* '''Exaggerated''': The BigBad demands his cronies laugh, then he demands his hostages laugh, then he goes outside and starts demanding random people to laugh.
* '''Inverted''': The villain does a little EvilGloating among his henchmen who take the initiative to start laughing. The villain is perplexed but joins in anyway since, "I guess it is pretty funny, isn't it?".
* '''Justified''': The villain has made some sort of DoomsdayDevice that, for whatever reason, works on laughter. He starts laughing and when the machine isn't sufficiently powered, tells his henchmen to join in so he can use it.
* '''Subverted''': The villain laughs and his mooks join in, assuming he expects them to. The villain gives them a BigShutUp because they were not given the order to laugh...
* '''Double Subverted''': ... Then he quickly changes his mind, "Oh, go ahead and laugh."
* '''Lampshaded''': The villain has a Laugh With Me moment. When he is out of earshot, one of the mooks turns to another and asks, "Wait, why are we laughing?".
* '''Averted''': The villain starts laughing and questions why his men aren't joining. They quickly begin grumbling that his jokes really aren't that funny.
* '''Played For Drama''': The villain has committed a crime so heinous that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even his own men believe he has gone too far]]. He starts laughing uncontrolably, revealing he has finally gone mad and snarls, "Laugh, damn you". Fearing some sort of retaliation, the men start force laughter nervously.

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