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* '''Implied''': A MillionMookMarch scene is reused several times, but it is shorter every time it plays, with the GrandFinale not having it at all.

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* '''Implied''': A MillionMookMarch scene is reused several times, but it is gets shorter every time it plays, with the GrandFinale not having it at all.
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* '''Invoked''': The heroes destroy Evulz's {{Mecha-Mook|s}} factories.

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* '''Invoked''': The heroes destroy Evulz's {{Mecha-Mook|s}} MechaMook factories.
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* '''Invoked''': The heroes destroy Evulz's {{MechaMook|s}} factories.

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* '''Invoked''': The heroes destroy Evulz's {{MechaMook|s}} {{Mecha-Mook|s}} factories.



* '''Defied''': Evulz is AFatherToHisMan, never treating his mooks as expendable.

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* '''Defied''': Evulz is AFatherToHisMan, AFatherToHisMen, never treating his mooks as expendable.



* '''Conversed''': "I see the writers are showing the consequences of Evulz's treatment of mooks."

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* '''Conversed''': "I see the writers are showing the consequences of Evulz's bad treatment of mooks."
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'''Basic Trope''': A villain runs out of mooks.
* '''Straight''': Evulz starts with an army of thousands of people, but by the end, he has only a dozen men left.
* '''Exaggerated''': Evulz had an army spanning several galaxies, but now he has a single subordinate left, and it is not TheDragon or anyone else high ranking, it is TheGoomba.
* '''Downplayed''':
** A single, but very valuable mook is killed off, disrupting Evulz's plot.
** Evulz starts with twelve subordinates but is left with four at the end.
* '''Justified''': Emperor Evulz is a BadBoss who treats his mooks as expendable, leading many to desert or die from his risky tactics.
* '''Inverted''': Evulz has a mook surplus and has to deal with equipment shortages and the high cost of paying them, but cannot risk firing them, otherwise they will rampage and loot his lands.
* '''Subverted''': Evulz clones the dead mooks, restoring the army.
* '''Double Subverted''': The clones die before they could fight due to CloneDegeneration.
* '''Parodied''': The one mook left is an unnamed janitor, who is played up as a dramatic PreFinalBoss.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': The number of mooks changes depending on the episode.
* '''Averted''': The number of mooks stays constant.
* '''Enforced''': The extras playing the mooks have left the show.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Not so strong now without your army?"
* '''Invoked''': The heroes destroy Evulz's {{MechaMook|s}} factories.
* '''Exploited''': Evulz's Army being depleted allows his National Guard to get more power and dominate the DecadentCourt.
* '''Defied''': Evulz is AFatherToHisMan, never treating his mooks as expendable.
* '''Discussed''': "No army is unlimited, after all."
* '''Conversed''': "I see the writers are showing the consequences of Evulz's treatment of mooks."
* '''Implied''': A MillionMookMarch scene is reused several times, but it is shorter every time it plays, with the GrandFinale not having it at all.
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