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* '''Zig Zagged''': The mooks are not afraid of Hell Mask and attack, believing they have killed him, onyl to find out they killed TheDragon of the BigBad. That frightens them enough to force them into hiding but Hell Mask finds them and blackmails them into helping. Feeling comfort due to Hell Mask's protection, the mooks set out to help him take down the BigBad, only to find out he was [[ILied lying the whole time]] and plans to torture and kill them.

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* '''Discussed''': "Why is he doing this? He's the hero. He's not supposed to be scary... right?"

** Hell Mask's attempt to OutscareTheEnemy ironically [[GoneHorriblyRight worked too well]] and [[CorneredRattlesnake driven the mooks to break their limits out of suicidal desperation]].

* '''Defied''': Hell Mask is a nice guy and is actually [[FriendlyEnemies polite to the mooks as he beats them up]], refusing to scare them.

* '''Subverted''': The mooks know Hell Mask is playing mind games and refuse to be terrified.

* '''Double Subverted''': That is, until Hell Mask laughs and reveals he "was just playing" and the idea that he is being so nonchalant about killing them scares the crap out of the mooks.

** Part of the reason is because [[HeelRealization they come to the realization that]] [[BlackAndGrayMorality they and their friends should have known to expect this might happen for being involved in things that even Hell Mask would never do.]]

** Part of the reason is because [[BlackAndGrayMorality they and their friends pretty much had it coming for doing things that even Hell Mask would never do.]]

* '''Reconstructed''': Hell Mask then reveals that, despite the mooks' terror, they were never seriously injured and their fear led them to give the whereabouts of the BigBad. She accepts his methods after this.

** He's called "Hell Mask" for a reason

** Instead of mooks being terrorized, it's the main villains being terrorized in the same location.

** Instead of mooks being terrorized, it's the main villains in the same location being terrorized.

** Instead of mooks being terrorized, it's the main villains being terrorized.

* '''Exaggerated''': Hell Mask goes to great lengths to scare the mooks, including stringing up the dead bodies of their friends, spelling out the names of who's next in blood, and even going so far as to threaten their loved ones.

* '''Straight''': Bob stalks and systematically kills mooks working for the BigBad, freaking them out in the process.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob goes to great lengths to scare the mooks, including stringing up the dead bodies of their friends, spelling out the names of who's next in blood, and even going so far as to threaten their loved ones.

** The mooks are generally scared of Bob since he's a badass and the beatings he gives them would be pretty stressful to experience.
** Bob isn't going out of his way to scare the mooks, but for all their efforts they only manage to slow him down. Having an unstoppable and seemingly unkillable badass tearing through everything you throw at him would scare the crap out of '''anybody'''.

** Bob is waging psychological warfare on the mooks. The more mind games he plays, the sloppier they get.
** Bob is on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge because they killed Alice.

** Bob is stalked by a gang of mooks who try to terrorize him as much as possible.

* '''Subverted''': The mooks know Bob is playing mind games and refuse to be terrified.
* '''Double Subverted''': That is, until Bob laughs and reveals he "was just playing" and the idea that he is being so nonchalant about killing them scares the crap out of the mooks.

** Bob wears a stupid mask and shouts "Boo!", making all the mooks crap their pants.
** The mooks are watching the security monitors, and think it's a horror movie going on. Then Bob comes to remind them that ThisIsReality.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The mooks are not afraid of Bob and attack, believing they have killed him, onyl to find out they killed TheDragon of the BigBad. That frightens them enough to force them into hiding but Bob finds them and blackmails them into helping. Feeling comfort due to Bob's protection, the mooks set out to help him take down the BigBad, only to find out he was [[ILied lying the whole time]] and plans to torture and kill them.
* '''Averted''': Bob takes the mooks down in a very professional and clinical manner with no psychological mind games involved.

** The writers want to let the readers know Bob is not messing around at all with these bad guys.
** The writers want Bob to have some moral ambiguity as he frightens and kills the mooks.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Oh man, this is just like those horror movies... except the killer is a good guy."
* '''Invoked''': Bob's a BadassNormal who can't hope to take out dozens of armed Mooks in a straight fight. Stalking them one by one allows him to whittle away their numbers while driving the rest into a panic (and thus making them less dangerous).

** During the MookHorrorShow, one of the Mooks video tapes the carnage and uses it either to make Bob appear ''much'' worse to the public or to use when training new underlings on why they take caution in regards to Bob.
** Bob is actually practicing his intimidation skills on random mooks to see how scary he can be.
* '''Defied''': Bob is a nice guy and is actually [[FriendlyEnemies polite to the mooks as he beats them up]], refusing to scare them.

** Bob's actions get a WhatTheHellHero reaction from Alice who can't believe he went so far.

* '''Reconstructed''': Bob then reveals that, despite the mooks' terror, they were never seriously injured and their fear led them to give the whereabouts of the BigBad. She accepts his methods after this.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob uses CoolAndUnusualPunishment to scare the mooks in funny ways, having a good laugh about it as it happens.
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob's actions are so heinous, they even scare his fellow heroes who don't look at him the same way again.
* '''Implied''': Bob is TheDreaded among the mooks due to a NoodleIncident that is never explained.

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'''Basic Trope''': The Mook Horror Show is a scene that plays out like a horror/slasher film but casts the hero as the monster.

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** The mooks are generally scared of Bob since he's a {{Badass}} and the beatings he gives them would be pretty stressful to experience.

* '''Downplayed''': The mooks are generally scared of Bob since he's a {{Badass}} and the beatings he gives them would be pretty stressful to experience.

* '''Downplayed''': The mooks are generally scared of Bob since he's a BadAss and the beatings he gives them would be pretty stressful to experience.

* '''Parodied''': Bob wears a stupid mask and shouts "Boo!", making all the mooks crap their pants.

* '''Exploited''': During the MookHorrorShow, one of the Mooks video tapes the carnage and uses it either to make Bob appear ''much'' worse to the public or to use when training new underlings on why they take caution in regards to Bob.

* '''Invoked''': During the MookHorrorShow, one of the Mooks video tapes the carnage and uses it either to make Bob appear ''much'' worse to the public or to use when training new underlings on why they take caution in regards to Bob.
* '''Exploited''': Bob is actually practicing his intimidation skills on random mooks to see how scary he can be.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's actions get a WhatTheHellHero reaction from Alice who can't believe he went so far.

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

** Bob is waging psychological warfare on the mooks. The more midn games he plays, the sloppier they get.
* Bob is on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge because they killed Alice.

** Bob is stalked by a gang of mooks who try to terrorisze him as much as possible.

* '''Reconstructed''': Bob then reveals that, despite the mooks' terror, they were never seriously injured and their fear led them to give the wherebouts of the BigBad. She accepts his methods after this.