History PlayingWith / ObviouslyEvil

** Nick is a CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying]], PunchClockVillain, and is contractually obligated/has more fun being [[EvilIsHammy hammy]].

** Nick is not evil, but he's obviously [[JerkAss a douche bag]].[[note:*:Complete with a pink polo, sweater over his shoulders, Aviator shades, and sleek, coifed hair.]]

** Nick only acts ObviouslyEvil when he's trying to intimidate people. Otherwise, he seems like a perfectly normal guy at first.

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* '''Downplayed''': Nick only acts ObviouslyEvil when he's trying to intimidate people. Otherwise, he seems like a perfectly normal guy at first.

* '''Justified''': Nick has never been a very subtle person and everyone else would see through him anyway, so why try to fool them now?

* '''Inverted''': Nick looks like Satan. [[DarkIsNotEvil He's also the good guy]]

* '''Double Subverted''': Turns out, they were lying all along.

* '''Deconstructed''': Evil old Nicolai is actually from a race of people who ''all'' look ObviouslyEvil, or [[BlueAndOrangeMorality whose morals and values are so utterly alien to normal people that they seem evil by comparison]]. As a result, everybody assumes that they're AlwaysChaoticEvil, leading to much FantasticRacism as Nicolai and his people try to prove that they're not villainous even though they look it.
* '''Reconstructed''': After putting up with years of crap from their tormentors, Nicolai and his people decide that [[HumansAreBastards everyone else is a bastard]] and start destroying everything in sight; thereby becoming the villains that they were made out to be.

* '''Enforced''': ViewersAreMorons--the writers want to make sure everyone knows that Nick is ''eeeeevil''

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** The writers want their villain [[EvilIsCool to look forboding and badass.]]

* '''Downplayed''': Nick only acts ObviouslyEvil when he's trying to intimidate people. Otherwise, he seems like a perfectly normal guy at first

** Nicolai suffers from a variety of mental disorders and feels the need to emulate a comic book villain in order to uphold a coherent identity of some sort, making him a TragicVillain.

* '''Zig Zagged''':

* '''Exploited''': [[ManipulativeBastard Alice manipulated]] the naive goth Nick into doing questionable acts for her gain. This way, even when things go wrong, she's be out of trouble.

* '''Inverted''': Nick looks like Satan. He's also the good guy

Back to ObviouslyEvil

* '''Straight''': [[DevilInPlainSight Nick]] has no sense of subtlety, acting in a way from which anyone with half a brain would guess his evil.
* '''Exaggerated''': [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Nicolai 'the Deathlove' Lucifer Scorpius]] sports a [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience black]] [[DressCodedForYourConvenience armor]] with a Satanic insignia, [[SpikesOfVillainy numerous spikes]] and an OminousOperaCape. He also has [[HellishPupils snakishly slit-pupilled]], [[RedEyesTakeWarning bloodred eyes]] [[GlowingEyesOfDoom that glow when he's really infuriated]], [[CreepyMonotone speaks with a monotonic]] [[EvilSoundsDeep bass]] and [[EvilIsHammy is prone to displays of dramatic flair]] with an occasional [[EvilLaugh menacing laugh]].

** A villain is from a culture where things we see as usually indicating something bad are seen in a positive light.

* '''Double Subverted''': Turns out they were lying all along.
** Alternatively, they actually turn evil soon after the fact.

* '''Invoked''': TheHero is confident in being able to track down a villain, because surely someone has spotted the person so blatantly nefarious-looking.
* '''Defied''': A villain takes care of his appearance, style and wardrobe in order to avoid needless suspicions.

* '''Conversed''': "Why does this show seem to be in love with villains that make Skeletor look like a perfectly respectable patent lawyer by comparison?" "My guess? The writers were aiming for DarkerAndEdgier, and overshot."

* '''Conversed''': "Why does this show seem to be in love with villains that make Skeletor look like a perfectly respectable patent lawyer by comparison?" "My guess? The writers were aiming for DarkerAndEdgier, and overshot."

** The villain is trying to be TheDreaded, so he makes himself look fearsome and villanous.

* '''Subverted''': A person with a sinister appearance turns out to be a good guy or neutral.

* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':

** EvilIsCool,so Nick is intentionally unsubtle

* '''Lampshaded''': "I ''knew'' you were evil, Nick!" [[DeapanSnaker "Yes, you and everyone else with the capacity to function in normal society."]]

* '''Lampshaded''':

* '''Exaggerated''': [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Nicolai 'the Deathlove' Lucifer Scorpius]] sports a [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience black]] [[DressCodedForYourConvenience armor]] with a Satanic insignia, [[SpikesOfVillainy numerous spikes]] and an OminousOperaCape. He also has [[HellishPupils snakishly slit-pupilled]], [[RedEyesTakeWarning bloodred eyes]] [[GlowingEyesOfDoom that glow when he's really infuriated]], [[CreepyMonotone speaks with a monotonic]] [[EvilSoundsDeep bass]] and [[EvilIsHammy is prone to displays of dramatic flair]] with an occasional [[EvilLaugh menacing laughter]].

* '''Discussed''': ''They never seem to think of trying to blend in.''
* '''Conversed''':

* '''Justified''': Nick has never been a very subtle person and everyone else would see through him anyways, so why try to fool them now?

** A villain is from a culture where things we see as usually indicating or warning of something bad are seen in a positive light.

* '''Parodied''': See Exaggerated above. Even better, [[DevilInPlainSight have no one notice]].

* '''Enforced''': ViewersAreMorons-the writers want to make sure everyone knows that Nick is ''eeeeevil''

* '''Inverted''': Nick looks like Satan.He's also the good guy

* '''Inverted''':

* '''Enforced''':

* '''Parodied''':

* '''Invoked''':

* '''Discussed''':

* '''Justified''':

* '''Exaggerated''': [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Nicolai 'the Deathlove' Lucifer Scorpius]] sports a [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience black]] [[DressCodedForYourConvenience armor]] with a Satanic insignia, [[SpikesOfVillainy numerous spikes]] and an OminousOperaCape. He a

* '''Exaggerated''': [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Nicolai 'the Deathlove' Lucifer Scorpius]] sports an armor with a Satanic insignia, [[HugeShoulderPads huge shoulderpads]] and [[SpikesOfDoom numerous spikes]] and an OminousOperaCape.

* '''Exaggerated''': [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Nicolai 'the Deathlove' Lucifer Scorpius]] sports an armor with a Satanic insignia, [[HugeShoulderPadsOfDoom huge shoulderpads]] and [[VillainousSpikesOfDoom numerous spikes]] and an OminousOperaCape.