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* '''Justified''': Vlad was raised by the previous EvilOverlord of the realm, who decided that he needed a fittingly evil name.

* '''Downplayed''': Vlad Scarlord is an AffablyEvil PragmaticVillain. He harms (badly) only those who are threat to him or his plans.

** Deathbringer looks cute, [[KillerRabbitbbut he is actually quite dangerous.]]

** Deathbringer looks cute, but he is actually quite dangerous.

** ...or, DeathbringerTheAdorable, if inverted the other way.
* '''Subverted''': Vlad Scarlord, though a bit scary-looking, [[DarkIsNotEvil is actually quite friendly]] and soon becomes a valued member of the heroes' team.

** BrownNote

** ...or, NamesToTrustImmediately if inverted both ways.

** Vlad Scarlord is an exception and considered a WhiteSheep by the rest of the Scarlord family, which consists entirely of {{Card Carrying Villain}}s.

* '''Subverted''':
** Vlad Scarlord, though a bit scary-looking, [[DarkIsNotEvil is actually quite friendly]] and soon becomes a valued member of the heroes' team.

* '''Downplayed''': Vlad Scarlord is AffablyEvil PragmaticVillain. He harms (badly) only those who are threat to him or his plans.

** Vlad Scarlord, though a bit scary-looking, is actually quite friendly and soon becomes a valued member of the heroes' team.
** Vlad, despite the name, is a hero.

** Vlad Scarlord is an exception and considered a black sheep by the rest of the Scarlord family, which consists entirely of {{Card Carrying Villain}}s.

** An incompetent criminal with delusions of grandeur, known as Vlad Scarlord, encounters the heroes, who laugh hysterically at his name. Eventually, he is forced to wander away, baffled.
** A normal passer-by introduces herself as Charity Love. The heroes run away screaming in terror, denouncing her as a villain.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Vlad Scarlord seems to be stuck in a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, and occasionally goes by a variety of pseudonyms of various scariness levels. Additionally, it is hinted that his real name is in fact something else, until we find out that nope, Vlad Scarlord's his name.

* '''Enforced''': "People need to know he's evil. [[ViewersAreMorons They]] won't think a guy named "Ted" would be evil. He needs an evil name, now."

** [[UpToEleven Dr. Vlad Chainsaw Bludlord ]][[YouAreAlreadyDead Yorded ]][[UpToEleven von Extreme Omnicidal Hell]].

* '''Exaggerated''': Dr. Vlad Bludlord von Genocide is the OmnicidalManiac BigBad.

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

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Double Subverted''': ...Until he [[TheMole betrays them at the end]].

** Well, a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V]] AntiHero with [[SociopathicHero severe violent and sociopathic tendencies]].

* '''Inverted''': FluffyTheTerrible / TomTheDarkLord

* '''Subverted''': Vlad Scarlord, though a bit scary-looking, is actually quite friendly and soon becomes a valued member of the heroes' team.

* '''Parodied''': An incompetent criminal with delusions of grandeur, known as Vlad Scarlord, encounters the heroes, who laugh hysterically at his name. Eventually, he is forced to wander away, baffled.

* '''Deconstructed''': Vlad Scarlord's name was his StartOfDarkness, after he took a death ray to his school where all the kids teased him about his name.
* '''Reconstructed''': Though it turns out that his family have all had equally scary names due to [[NamingConventions tradition]], but they and the town in general are ''used'' to it and don't expect them to be evil. What set Vlad apart was his own [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]] and natural inclination for cruelty. The [[KidsAreCruel taunts of his classmates]] merely gave these urges an easy outlet.

* '''Averted''': None of the characters have particularily frightening names, not even the villains.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''':
%%* '''Played For Laughs''':
%%* '''Played For Drama''':

* '''Exaggerated''': Dr. Vlad Bludlord von Genocide is the OmnicidalManiac CompleteMonster BigBad.

** Well, a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V]] AntiHero with [[HeroicSociopath severe violent and sociopathic tendencies]].

* '''Inverted''': FluffyTheTerrible/TomTheDarkLord

* '''Inverted''': FluffyTheTerrible

* '''Exaggerated''': Dr. Vlad Bludlord von Genocide is one of the villains of a series.

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