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'''Emperor Evulz:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck ...Shit.]]

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'''Emperor Evulz:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck ...Shit.]]Shit]].
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** Evulz told an AccidentalTruth - such a prophecy did exist, but he didn't know about it.

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** Evulz told an AccidentalTruth - -- such a prophecy did exist, but he didn't know about it.
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** The prophecy is that Evulz will be killed by a friend. It turns out that a stranger killed him while he was standing next to a friend - by meant 'adjacent to' instead of 'through the actions of'.

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** The prophecy is that Evulz will be killed by a friend. It turns out that a stranger killed him while he was standing next to a friend - -- by meant 'adjacent to' instead of 'through the actions of'.
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** Evulz hears the prophecy and knows he will be defeated in the future, but in an extremely twisted approach to being a "glass half full" kind of guy accepts it as a "well, you can't be the top dog forever" and lives every day to the fullest… which is 24/7 debauchery for him and blood-soaked misery for everybody else, who cannot do anything to stop him [[ProphecyArmor because they are not the one the prophecy foretold]].
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** When the prophercy said no human, it meant no humans. Falling boulders are not human.

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** When the prophercy prophecy said no human, it meant no humans. Falling boulders are not human.human, nor wolves.
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** When the prophercy said no human, it meant no humans. Falling boulders are not human.
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** Evulz was screwed over by a JackassGenie who made sure there would be a way to kill him.


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** Evulz thinks of the loophole first and murders every woman he finds just to make sure this can't happen. It ends up being a SelfFulfillingProphecy when he manages to gain the ire of every single surviving ActionGirl in the land because of his abhorrent actions.
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** "No man can kill me!" ''(Gets stabbed by a woman)'' "No man or woman can kill me!" ''(Gets stabbed by an intersex person)'' "NO man, woman, genderqueer or intersex individual can kill me!" ''(Gets mangled by a golem)'' "No person can kill me!" ''(Gets eaten by a tiger)'' "No creature can kill me!" ''(Gets killed by a falling branch)'' "You know what, screw it! Nothing on this Earth can kill me!" ''(Gets blasted by a meteor)''

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** "No man can kill me!" ''(Gets stabbed by a woman)'' "No man or woman can kill me!" ''(Gets stabbed by an intersex person)'' "NO man, woman, genderqueer or intersex individual can kill me!" ''(Gets mangled punched by a golem)'' "No person can kill me!" ''(Gets eaten his leg torn off by a tiger)'' "No creature can kill me!" ''(Gets killed bonked over the head by a falling branch)'' "You know what, screw it! Nothing on this Earth can kill me!" ''(Gets blasted by a meteor)''



** Evulz's prophecy is an incredibly specific iron-clad legal document written by his lawyers to prevent LoopholeAbuse. "No man can kill me. The same applies for women, children, any ''Homo sapiens'', artificially-created clones, any manner of sentient being, robots, androids or cyborgs. In the event of being forced off a ledge, I am not liable to die, as the fault in these situations is always that of the offending party, not the environment. In the event of an explosion..."

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** Evulz's prophecy is an incredibly specific iron-clad legal document written by his lawyers to prevent LoopholeAbuse. "No man "Nothing can kill me. The same This also applies for men, women, children, any ''Homo sapiens'', artificially-created clones, any manner of sentient being, robots, androids or cyborgs. In the event of being forced off a ledge, I am not liable to die, as the fault in these situations is always that of the offending party, not the environment. In the event of an explosion...""
** Evulz just flat out says "[[InvincibleVillain Nothing can harm me.]]"
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Evulz is defeated by NonActionGuy Bob, who's "too wussy to qualify as a true man" ([[StopBeingStereotypical or anywhere else in the LGBTIQA+ spectrum, really]]).

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Evulz is defeated by NonActionGuy Bob, who's "too wussy to qualify as a true man" ([[StopBeingStereotypical or anywhere else in the LGBTIQA+ spectrum, really]]).man".
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Evulz is defeated by NonActionGuy Bob, who's "too wussy to qualify as a true man".

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Evulz is defeated by NonActionGuy Bob, who's "too wussy to qualify as a true man".man" ([[StopBeingStereotypical or anywhere else in the LGBTIQA+ spectrum, really]]).
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** No man can kill Emperor Evulz, but then he encounters Bob, who 1) is [[{{Determinator}} too determined to kill him]], 2) [[WhyWontYouDie fated to not be killed by Evulz]] and 3) an impressive LethalKlutz who will [[RasputinianDeath put to the test all of the other implied ways]] Evulz cannot die accidentally. After two or three hundred rounds of this, Evulz seriously thinks of seeing if [[DrivenToSuicide he also is one of the people who cannot kill him]] or just [[PrefersJailToTheProtagonist surrender to the lawgivers and let them lock him up for eternity]] just to get away from this nuisance.

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** No man can kill Emperor Evulz, but then he encounters Bob, who 1) is [[{{Determinator}} too determined to kill him]], 2) [[WhyWontYouDie fated to not be killed by Evulz]] and 3) an impressive LethalKlutz who will [[RasputinianDeath put to the test all of the other implied ways]] Evulz cannot die accidentally. After two or three hundred rounds of this, Evulz seriously thinks of seeing if [[DrivenToSuicide he also is one of the people who cannot kill him]] or just [[PrefersJailToTheProtagonist [[PreferJailToTheProtagonist surrender to the lawgivers and let them lock him up for eternity]] just to get away from this nuisance.
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** No man can kill Emperor Evulz, but then he encounters Bob, who 1) is [[{{Determinator}} too determined to kill him]], 2) [[WhyWontYouDie fated to not be killed by Evulz]] and 3) an impressive LethalKlutz who will [[RasputinianDeath put to the test all of the other implied ways]] Evulz cannot die accidentally. After two or three hundred rounds of this, Evulz seriously thinks of seeing if [[DrivenToSuicide he also is one of the people who cannot kill him]] or just [[PrefersJailToTheHero surrender to the lawgivers and let them lock him up for eternity]] just to get away from this nuisance.

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** No man can kill Emperor Evulz, but then he encounters Bob, who 1) is [[{{Determinator}} too determined to kill him]], 2) [[WhyWontYouDie fated to not be killed by Evulz]] and 3) an impressive LethalKlutz who will [[RasputinianDeath put to the test all of the other implied ways]] Evulz cannot die accidentally. After two or three hundred rounds of this, Evulz seriously thinks of seeing if [[DrivenToSuicide he also is one of the people who cannot kill him]] or just [[PrefersJailToTheHero [[PrefersJailToTheProtagonist surrender to the lawgivers and let them lock him up for eternity]] just to get away from this nuisance.
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** No man can kill Emperor Evulz, but then he encounters Bob, who 1) is [[{{Determinator}} too determined to kill him]], 2) [[WhyWontYouDie fated to not be killed by Evulz]] and 3) an impressive LethalKlutz who will [[RasputinianDeath put to the test all of the other implied ways]] Evulz cannot die accidentally. After two or three hundred rounds of this, Evulz seriously thinks of seeing if [[DrivenToSuicide he also is one of the people who cannot kill him]] or just [[PreferJailToTheHero surrender to the lawgivers and let them lock him up for eternity]] just to get away from this nuisance.

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** No man can kill Emperor Evulz, but then he encounters Bob, who 1) is [[{{Determinator}} too determined to kill him]], 2) [[WhyWontYouDie fated to not be killed by Evulz]] and 3) an impressive LethalKlutz who will [[RasputinianDeath put to the test all of the other implied ways]] Evulz cannot die accidentally. After two or three hundred rounds of this, Evulz seriously thinks of seeing if [[DrivenToSuicide he also is one of the people who cannot kill him]] or just [[PreferJailToTheHero [[PrefersJailToTheHero surrender to the lawgivers and let them lock him up for eternity]] just to get away from this nuisance.
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** No man can kill Emperor Evulz, but then he encounters Bob, who 1) is [[{{Determinator}} too determined to kill him]], 2) [[WhyWontYouDie fated to not be killed by Evulz]] and 3) an impressive LethalKlutz who will [[RasputinianDeath put to the test all of the other implied ways]] Evulz cannot die accidentally. After two or three hundred rounds of this, Evulz seriously thinks of seeing if [[DrivenToSuicide he also is one of the people who cannot kill him]] or just [[PreferJailToTheHero surrender to the lawgivers and let them lock him up for eternity]] just to get away from this nuisance.

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This example is Serial Escalation, not a zigzag. As such, it's better off as an example of a parody.


** "No man can kill me!" ''(Gets stabbed by a woman)'' "No man or woman can kill me!" ''(Gets stabbed by an intersex person)'' "NO man, woman, genderqueer or intersex individual can kill me!" ''(Gets mangled by a golem)'' "No person can kill me!" ''(Gets eaten by a tiger)'' "No creature can kill me!" ''(Gets killed by a falling branch)'' "You know what, screw it! Nothing on this Earth can kill me!" ''(Gets blasted by a meteor)''



** "No man can kill me!" ''(Gets stabbed by a woman)'' "No man or woman can kill me!" ''(Gets stabbed by an intersex person)'' "NO man, woman, genderqueer or intersex individual can kill me!" ''(Gets mangled by a golem)'' "No person can kill me!" ''(Gets eaten by a tiger)'' "No creature can kill me!" ''(Gets killed by a falling branch)'' "You know what, screw it! Nothing on this Earth can kill me!" ''(Gets blasted by a meteor)''

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* '''Justified''': Sybil, who made the prophecy in the first place, hates Evulz. She used ExactWords in the prophecy to goad Evulz into being overconfident and taking risks.

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Sybil, who made the prophecy in the first place, hates Evulz. She used ExactWords in the prophecy to goad Evulz into being overconfident and taking risks.
** The laws of magic require that everything have ''some'' vulnerability, so the best that Emperor Evulz could do was make himself unkillable by the most common enemy he would face.
** Emperor Evulz was always fated to be killed by Alice, which also means that he was fated to ''not'' be killed by anyone ''other'' than Alice.
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** No man can kill Emperor Evulz. Bob manages to kill him, and subsequently has a gender identity crisis.
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** Evulz believes that no man is able to kill him, but ends up being killed by Bob. This sends Bob into a crisis as he has no idea why ''he'' was able to kill Evulz while his fellow comrades, all men, cannot.[[note]]This may lead to TheReveal where Bob is either [[HumanAliens non-human]] or a trans woman who hasn't realized she's trans yet.[[/note]]

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** Evulz believes that no man is able to kill him, but ends up being killed by Bob. This sends Bob into a crisis as he has no idea why ''he'' was able to kill Evulz while his fellow comrades, all men, cannot.[[note]]This may lead to TheReveal where Bob is either [[HumanAliens non-human]] or non-human]], a trans woman who hasn't realized she's trans yet.yet, or whatever goes that allows them to qualify as not being a "man".[[/note]]

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--> '''Emperor Evulz''': You poor fool. No man can defeat the dark lord at a one-handed sword fight on a Thursday evening!\\
'''Bob''': Darn, that would've been fun. How about just a regular fight?\\
'''Emperor Evulz''': [[ThisIsGonnaSuck ...Shit.]]

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--> '''Emperor Evulz''': --->'''Emperor Evulz:''' You poor fool. No man can defeat the dark lord at a one-handed sword fight on a Thursday evening!\\
'''Bob''': '''Bob:''' Darn, that would've been fun. How about just a regular fight?\\
'''Emperor Evulz''': Evulz:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck ...Shit.]]



** "No man can kill me!" [Gets stabbed by a woman.] "No man or woman can kill me!" [Gets stabbed by an intersex person.] "NO man, woman, genderqueer or intersex individual can kill me!" [Gets mangled by a golem.] "No person can kill me!" [Gets eaten by a tiger.] "No creature can kill me!" [Gets killed by a falling branch.] "You know what, screw it! Nothing on this Earth can kill me!" [Gets blasted by a meteor.]

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** "No man can kill me!" [Gets ''(Gets stabbed by a woman.] woman)'' "No man or woman can kill me!" [Gets ''(Gets stabbed by an intersex person.] person)'' "NO man, woman, genderqueer or intersex individual can kill me!" [Gets ''(Gets mangled by a golem.] golem)'' "No person can kill me!" [Gets ''(Gets eaten by a tiger.] tiger)'' "No creature can kill me!" [Gets ''(Gets killed by a falling branch.] branch)'' "You know what, screw it! Nothing on this Earth can kill me!" [Gets ''(Gets blasted by a meteor.]meteor)''



** Evulz’s prophecy is an incredibly specific iron-clad legal document written by his lawyers to prevent [[LoopholeAbuse loophole abuse.]] “No man can kill me. The same applies for women, children, any homo sapien, artificially-created clones, any manner of sentient being, robots, androids or cyborgs. In the event of being forced off a ledge, I am not liable to die, as the fault in these situations is always that of the offending party, not the environment. In the event of an explosion...”

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** Evulz’s Evulz's prophecy is an incredibly specific iron-clad legal document written by his lawyers to prevent [[LoopholeAbuse loophole abuse.]] “No LoopholeAbuse. "No man can kill me. The same applies for women, children, any homo sapien, ''Homo sapiens'', artificially-created clones, any manner of sentient being, robots, androids or cyborgs. In the event of being forced off a ledge, I am not liable to die, as the fault in these situations is always that of the offending party, not the environment. In the event of an explosion..."



** "Seems like cheating, having the 'walking trees' that defeated Macbeth be just an army carrying branches. [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Perhaps it would have been more fun if I write it to be a literal way]]..."
* '''Played For Laughs''': Evulz is defeated by NonActionGuy Bob, who's "too wussy to qualify as a true man."
* '''Played For Drama''': Evulz, thinking he's invincible, murders Alice's family, driving her to a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. He says the obvious "[[ThisCannotBe that's impossible…]]" after Alice bludgeons him to his knees with a mace and starts winding up to rip his head off.

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** "Seems like cheating, having the 'walking trees' that defeated Macbeth be just an army carrying branches. [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Perhaps it would have been more fun if I write it to be a literal way]]..."
way…]]"
* '''Played For Laughs''': Evulz is defeated by NonActionGuy Bob, who's "too wussy to qualify as a true man."
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Evulz, thinking he's invincible, murders Alice's family, driving her to a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. He says the obvious "[[ThisCannotBe that's impossible…]]" after Alice bludgeons him to his knees with a mace and starts winding up to rip his head off.off.
** Evulz believes that no man is able to kill him, but ends up being killed by Bob. This sends Bob into a crisis as he has no idea why ''he'' was able to kill Evulz while his fellow comrades, all men, cannot.[[note]]This may lead to TheReveal where Bob is either [[HumanAliens non-human]] or a trans woman who hasn't realized she's trans yet.[[/note]]



** The prophecy's loophole is {{Foreshadowing}} to the reveal of greater horrors (ex. "no being on Earth will defeat you" leads to Evulz becoming victim of an EldritchAbomination or AlienInvasion).

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** The prophecy's loophole is {{Foreshadowing}} to the reveal of greater horrors (ex. "no (e.g. "No being on Earth will defeat you" leads to Evulz becoming victim of an EldritchAbomination or AlienInvasion).



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* '''Played For Laughs''': Evulz is defeated by [[HollywoodNerd Bob]], who's "too wussy to qualify as a true man."

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Evulz is defeated by [[HollywoodNerd Bob]], NonActionGuy Bob, who's "too wussy to qualify as a true man."
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* '''Played For Drama''': Evulz, thinking he's invincible, murders Alice's family, driving her to a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. He says the obvious "[[ItCannotBe that's impossible…]]" after Alice bludgeons him to his knees with a mace and starts winding up to rip his head off.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Evulz, thinking he's invincible, murders Alice's family, driving her to a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. He says the obvious "[[ItCannotBe "[[ThisCannotBe that's impossible…]]" after Alice bludgeons him to his knees with a mace and starts winding up to rip his head off.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Evulz, thinking he's invincible, murders Alice's family, driving her to a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. He says the obvious "[[ItCannotBe that's impossible…]]" after Alice bludgeons him to his knees with a mace and starts winding up to rip his head off.
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** The prophecy's loophole is there to give the heroes a HopeSpot. Because it's impossible for them to produce the specific circumstances of the loophole, Evulz remains invincible and is the executor (literally, as it turns out) of the story's CruelTwistEnding.
** The prophecy's loophole is {{Foreshadowing}} to the reveal of greater horrors (ex. "no being on Earth will defeat you" leads to Evulz becoming victim of an EldritchAbomination or AlienInvasion).
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** Good thing Bob was untimely ripped from his mother and not ''born''.
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** The prophecy is that at a certain date the that the crystals of the sun will rid all of the undead from the land. [[TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar The Cyberons already eradicated]] [[{{Necromancer}} the Masters of the Dead]] [[EveryoneHasStandards depraved even by their own questionable]] [[ForScience experimental ethics]] using their normal weapons of war, [[EnergyWeapon UV crystal lasers]]. They thought they had fulfilled the prophecy. The Cyberons are all wiped out by a crystalline monument which resembles Stonehenge. Their practice of [[RevivalLoophole replacing their own hearts and blood with synthetic nutrients and pumps]] caused them to be considered undead by the spell as they were animate after their heart stopped beating. The Ancients who made monument figured NoOneCouldSurviveThat without becoming undead.

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** The prophecy is that at by a certain date the that the crystals of the sun will rid all of the undead from the land. [[TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar The Cyberons already eradicated]] [[{{Necromancer}} the Masters of the Dead]] [[EveryoneHasStandards who they considered utterly depraved even by their own questionable]] [[ForScience experimental ethics]] ethics]]. They did this using their normal weapons of war, [[EnergyWeapon UV crystal lasers]]. They thought they had fulfilled the prophecy. The Cyberons are all later wiped out by a crystalline monument which resembles Stonehenge. Their practice of [[RevivalLoophole replacing their own hearts and blood with pumps and synthetic nutrients and pumps]] nutrients]] caused them to be considered undead by the spell as they were animate after their heart stopped beating. The Ancients who made monument and had it charging the spell for millennia figured NoOneCouldSurviveThat without becoming undead.

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* '''Implied''': When Sybil the oracle is reading off the prophecy that no man will kill Evulz, the camera focuses on Alice, and Sybil is looking in her general direction.



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