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* ''’Played For Horror''': The act that Evulz does that "fixes" things is violent, bloody, traumatic [[PyrrhicVictory and something Bob wishes to erase from his mind]], such as Evulz kidnapping and torturing Bob's sister to death (which drives Bob to literally apocalyptic UnstoppableRage).

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* '''Inverted''': NiceJobBreakingItHero

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* '''Inverted''': NiceJobBreakingItHero'''Inverted''':
** NiceJobBreakingItHero
** Nice Job Breaking It, Villain; Emperor Evulz creates a monster capable of destruction but the monster possesses Emperor Evulz and becomes Belial Evulz and causes so much destruction that not even the most powerful heroes can defeat him.
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** Emperor Evulz turns on a light-switch. [[ForWantOfANail Doing so causes a chain reaction]] that eventually leads to a power outage. This cuts power to his base's [[ForceFieldDoor energy barriers]], allowing Bob (who was held prisoner) to escape and basically get free access to ''all'' of Evulz's base.

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** Emperor Evulz turns on a light-switch. [[ForWantOfANail Doing so causes a chain reaction]] reaction that eventually leads to a power outage. This cuts power to his base's [[ForceFieldDoor energy barriers]], allowing Bob (who was held prisoner) to escape and basically get free access to ''all'' of Evulz's base.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Emperor Evulz turns on a light-switch. [[ForWantOfANail Doing so causes a chain reaction]] that eventually leads to a power outage. This cuts power to his base's [[ForceFieldDoor energy barriers]], allowing Bob (who was held prisoner) to escape and basically get free access to ''all'' of Evulz's base.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Emperor Evulz turns on a light-switch. [[ForWantOfANail Doing so causes a chain reaction]] that eventually leads to a power outage. This cuts power to his base's [[ForceFieldDoor energy barriers]], allowing Bob (who was held prisoner) to escape and basically get free access to ''all'' of Evulz's base.base.
** At the beginning of the story, Evulz's plan was working without a hitch, but Evulz [[CreateYourOwnHero antagonized Bob]] and provoked him into questing to stop him, making Evulz himself responsible for all the problems he's experienced in the whole story.

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* '''Invoked''': Evulz wants to end his career as a villain, so he starts "accidentally" aiding Bob so that Bob can 'defeat' him and let him retire.

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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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Evulz wants to end his career as a villain, so he starts "accidentally" aiding Bob so that Bob can 'defeat' him and let him retire.retire.
** [[GuileHero Bob]] [[BatmanGambit planned around how Evulz acts]].
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* '''Straight''': Emperor Evulz kidnaps and holds [[TheHero Bob]]'s sister Alice for ransom. Turns out Alice was planning to kill her brother and join Evulz, but she can't very well do that now that she's in captivity, and this gives Bob the opportunity to figure out her plan. Now Bob realizes that his sister is a villain and Evulz's mistreatment of Alice means that there's no way she would help him even if he did let her.

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* '''Straight''': Emperor Evulz kidnaps and holds [[TheHero Bob]]'s sister Alice for ransom. [[EvilAllAlong Turns out Alice was planning to kill her brother and join Evulz, Evulz]], but she can't very well do that now that she's in captivity, and this gives Bob the opportunity to figure out her plan. Now Bob realizes that his sister is a villain and Evulz's mistreatment of Alice means that there's no way she would help him even if he did let her.

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* '''Conversed''': ???



* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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* '''Played For Drama''': ???Evulz ''actually'' stops the DoomsdayDevice he was trying to operate, making way for the hero to come and give him angst.

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