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** Emperor Evulz is practically TheMessiah, who has cured cancer and established world peace. The second people learn he raped someone, he is considered a CompleteMonster by the world.

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** Emperor Evulz is practically TheMessiah, an AllLovingHero, who has cured cancer and established world peace. The second people learn he raped someone, he is considered a CompleteMonster by the world.

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* '''Averted''': The villain committing an act of rape is treated as evil and morally reprehensible, but no more or less so than the numerous acts of murder and torture they had previously engaged in.
** Rape is considered to be morally reprihensible, but less so than murder; perhaps a reasonable position given that some rape victims are eventually able to recover and return to normal lives, but a murder victim will never recover from being dead.

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The villain committing an act of rape is treated as evil and morally reprehensible, but no more or less so than the numerous acts of murder and torture they had previously engaged in.
** Rape is considered to be morally reprihensible, reprehensible, but less so than murder; perhaps a reasonable position given that some rape victims are eventually able to recover and return to normal lives, but a murder victim will never recover from being dead.
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** Rape is considered to be morally reprihensible, but less so than murder; perhaps a reasonable position given that some rape victims are eventually able to recover and return to normal lives, but a murder victim will never recover from being dead.

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* '''Inverted''': Rape is considered to be heroic.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Rape is considered to be heroic.
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** While fighting DepravedBisexual Bob, Alice is defeated. She asks Bob: ''"Are you going to rape me now?"'' The response Bob gives her is, '''"You wish"''', to show that Alice is in ''deep'' trouble.
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** Emperor Evulz has killed a few innocent civilians, but the time he slept with a woman drunk off her ass (thus making it dubiously consensual), he's considered to have crossed the MoralEventHorizon

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** Emperor Evulz has killed a few innocent civilians, but the time he slept with a woman drunk off her ass (thus making it dubiously consensual), he's considered to have crossed the MoralEventHorizonMoralEventHorizon.
** Emperor Evulz has tortured and killed some innocents, but the time he slept with Alice, a sex slave that Evulz believed was a willing prostitute, is considered his MoralEventHorizon.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Emperor Evulz has [[EarthShatteringKaboom blown up several galaxies]] and inflicted AndIMustScream on an entire planet's population, but the time he raped a woman is considered the worst crime he has ever done.
** Emperor Evulz has killed a few innocent civilians, but the time he slept with a woman drunk off her ass(thus making it dubiously consensual]], he's considered to have crossed the MoralEventHorizon

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Emperor Evulz has [[EarthShatteringKaboom blown up several galaxies]] and inflicted AndIMustScream on an entire planet's population, but the time he raped a woman is considered the worst crime he has ever done.
** Emperor Evulz has killed a few innocent civilians, but the time he slept with a woman drunk off her ass(thus ass (thus making it dubiously consensual]], consensual), he's considered to have crossed the MoralEventHorizon



* '''Enforced''': The writer feels that this trope is a bit overdone, and seeks to subvert it by having a character commit a rape and then be portrayed as sympathetic later. However, his editor believes that this will cause a backlash from readers and MoralGuardians everywhere, and thus "[[ExecutiveMeddling strongly encourages]]" the writer to change the story so that the rapist dies a painful death.

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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The writer feels that this trope is a bit overdone, and seeks to subvert it by having a character commit a rape and then be portrayed as sympathetic later. However, his editor believes that this will cause a backlash from readers and MoralGuardians everywhere, and thus "[[ExecutiveMeddling strongly encourages]]" the writer to change the story so that the rapist dies a painful death.



* '''Lampshaded''': Two random mooks are preparing to violently rape a woman in an alley. One looks at the other and says "Isn't it weird how, even though the psychopath we're working for is going to blow up the earth, we're still seen as more monstrous because of stuff like this?" His friend agrees, just in time for the hero to swoop in and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath violently execute them]].

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Two random mooks are preparing to violently rape a woman in an alley. One looks at the other and says "Isn't it weird how, even though the psychopath we're working for is going to blow up the earth, we're still seen as more monstrous because of stuff like this?" His friend agrees, just in time for the hero to swoop in and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath violently execute them]].



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** Emperor Evulz has killed a few innocent civilians, but the time he slept with a woman drunk off her ass(thus making it dubiously consensual]], he's considered to have crossed the MoralEventHorizon


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** Emperor Evulz is practically TheMessiah, who has cured cancer and established world peace. The second people learn he raped someone, he is considered a CompleteMonster by the world.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Because rape is considered worse than anything else, only rape is eventually considered a crime in the setting. Which means that killing people, ColdBloodedTorture, genocide, killing children, starving people to death etc. is considered perfectly acceptable as long as there's no rape involved.
* '''Reconstructed''': People become more reasonable and, even though rape is still a revolting crime, it's not placed higher on the evilness scale than crimes that are just as bad or worse.
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* '''Justified''': Several people consider rape to be a FateWorseThanDeath, so the punishment is greater that the one for murder.

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* '''Justified''': Several people consider rape to be a FateWorseThanDeath, so the punishment is greater that than the one for murder.



* '''Subverted''': Rape is so common, its not really considered "special".

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* '''Subverted''': Rape is so common, its it's not really considered "special".



* '''Zig Zagged''': Emperor Evulz rapes a captive woman and that event is what cements his reputation as a monster but due to BlueAndOrangeMorality Emperor Evulz and his Empire genuinely think its a heroic act and celebrate the rape, but the victim doesn't feel that way and tells Emperor Evulz so, at which point Emperor Evulz wonders if it is evil, but then shrugs and [[CrossingTheLineTwice continues to rape her]] because EvilFeelsGood until she starts [[BreakTheCutie to accept it as normal and not "special" at all....]]

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Emperor Evulz rapes a captive woman and that event is what cements his reputation as a monster monster, but due to BlueAndOrangeMorality BlueAndOrangeMorality, Emperor Evulz and his Empire genuinely think its it's a heroic act and celebrate the rape, but the victim doesn't feel that way and tells Emperor Evulz so, at which point Emperor Evulz wonders if it is evil, but then shrugs and [[CrossingTheLineTwice continues to rape her]] because EvilFeelsGood until she starts [[BreakTheCutie to accept it as normal and not "special" at all....]]



* '''Enforced''': The writer feels that this trope is a bit overdone, and seeks to subvert it by having a character commit a rape and then be portrayed as sympathetic later. However, his editor believes that this will cause a backlash from readers and MoralGuardians everywhere, and thus "strongly encourages" the writer to change the story so that the rapist dies a painful death.

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* '''Enforced''': The writer feels that this trope is a bit overdone, and seeks to subvert it by having a character commit a rape and then be portrayed as sympathetic later. However, his editor believes that this will cause a backlash from readers and MoralGuardians everywhere, and thus "strongly encourages" "[[ExecutiveMeddling strongly encourages]]" the writer to change the story so that the rapist dies a painful death.



* '''Invoked''': A DangerouslyGenreSavvy villain looking to make a hero with a ThouShaltNotKill rule defy his principles, and knowing that RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil, specifically sets out to kidnap and rape the hero's LoveInterest(or, [[MoralEventHorizon even worse]], [[PapaWolf his]] [[WouldHurtAChild child]]) in the hopes that this will drive the hero into a murderous rage.

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* '''Invoked''': A DangerouslyGenreSavvy villain looking to make a hero with a ThouShaltNotKill rule defy his principles, and knowing that RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil, specifically sets out to kidnap and rape the hero's LoveInterest(or, LoveInterest (or, [[MoralEventHorizon even worse]], [[PapaWolf his]] [[WouldHurtAChild child]]) in the hopes that this will drive the hero into a murderous rage.



* '''Discussed''': "Hmmm... I'm bored with kicking puppies. How about we go the next level and rape?"

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* '''Discussed''': "Hmmm... I'm bored with [[KickTheDog kicking puppies.puppies]]. How about we go the next level and rape?"

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* '''Discussed''': "Hmmm....I'm bored with kicking puppies. How about we go the next level and rape?"
* '''Conversed''': "Wow...that kind of evil is above and beyond!"

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* '''Discussed''': "Hmmm...."Hmmm... I'm bored with kicking puppies. How about we go the next level and rape?"
* '''Conversed''': "Wow...that That kind of evil is above and beyond!"



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* '''Zig Zagged''': Emperor Evulz rapes a captive woman and that event is what cements his reputation as a CompleteMonster but due to BlueAndOrangeMorality Emperor Evulz and his Empire genuinely think its a heroic act and celebrate the rape, but the victim doesn't feel that way and tells Emperor Evulz so, at which point Emperor Evulz wonders if it is evil, but then shrugs and [[CrossingTheLineTwice continues to rape her]] because EvilFeelsGood until she starts [[BreakTheCutie to accept it as normal and not "special" at all....]]

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Emperor Evulz rapes a captive woman and that event is what cements his reputation as a CompleteMonster monster but due to BlueAndOrangeMorality Emperor Evulz and his Empire genuinely think its a heroic act and celebrate the rape, but the victim doesn't feel that way and tells Emperor Evulz so, at which point Emperor Evulz wonders if it is evil, but then shrugs and [[CrossingTheLineTwice continues to rape her]] because EvilFeelsGood until she starts [[BreakTheCutie to accept it as normal and not "special" at all....]]
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* '''Defied''': The hero, despite being devastated and hating the DangerouslyGenreSavvy villain with every fiber of his being, realizes what the villain was attempting and maintains his ThouShaltNotKill rule by restraining himself and carting the [[WrongGenreSavvy flabbergasted]] [[SmugSnake villain]] off to jail. He then thanks ThePowersThatBe that, even though the event was traumatic and will take a long time to help them through it, his LoveInterst and/or child are still alive.

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* '''Defied''': The hero, despite being devastated and hating the DangerouslyGenreSavvy villain with every fiber of his being, realizes what the villain was attempting and maintains his ThouShaltNotKill rule by restraining himself and carting the [[WrongGenreSavvy flabbergasted]] [[SmugSnake villain]] off to jail. He then thanks ThePowersThatBe that, even though the event was traumatic and will take a long time to help them through it, his LoveInterst LoveInterest and/or child are still alive.
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* '''Defied''': The hero, despite being devastated and hating the DangerouslyGenreSavvy villain with every fiber of his being, realizes what the villain was attempting and maintains his ThouShaltNotKill rule by restraining himself and carting the [[WrongGenreSavvy flabbergasted]] [[SmugSnake villain]] off to jail.

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* '''Defied''': The hero, despite being devastated and hating the DangerouslyGenreSavvy villain with every fiber of his being, realizes what the villain was attempting and maintains his ThouShaltNotKill rule by restraining himself and carting the [[WrongGenreSavvy flabbergasted]] [[SmugSnake villain]] off to jail. He then thanks ThePowersThatBe that, even though the event was traumatic and will take a long time to help them through it, his LoveInterst and/or child are still alive.
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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???The hero, despite being devastated and hating the DangerouslyGenreSavvy villain with every fiber of his being, realizes what the villain was attempting and maintains his ThouShaltNotKill rule by restraining himself and carting the [[WrongGenreSavvy flabbergasted]] [[SmugSnake villain]] off to jail.
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* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': A DangerouslyGenreSavvy villain looking to make the hero with a ThouShaltNotKill rule defy his principles, rapes his LoveInterest(or, [[MoralEventHorizon even worse]], [[PapaWolf his]] [[WouldHurtAChild child]]) in the hopes that this will drive the hero into a murderous rage.

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A DangerouslyGenreSavvy villain looking to make the a hero with a ThouShaltNotKill rule defy his principles, rapes his and knowing that RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil, specifically sets out to kidnap and rape the hero's LoveInterest(or, [[MoralEventHorizon even worse]], [[PapaWolf his]] [[WouldHurtAChild child]]) in the hopes that this will drive the hero into a murderous rage.
* '''Exploited''': A DangerouslyGenreSavvy villain looking to make the hero with a ThouShaltNotKill rule defy his principles and knowing that RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil, allows his mooks or his PsychoForHire to rape his LoveInterest or child in the hopes that this will drive the hero into a murderous
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* '''Exploited''': A DangerouslyGenreSavvy villain looking to make the hero with a ThouShaltNotKill rule defy his principles, rapes his LoveInterest(or, even worse, his child) in the hopes that this will drive the hero into a murderous rage.

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* '''Exploited''': A DangerouslyGenreSavvy villain looking to make the hero with a ThouShaltNotKill rule defy his principles, rapes his LoveInterest(or, [[MoralEventHorizon even worse, his child) worse]], [[PapaWolf his]] [[WouldHurtAChild child]]) in the hopes that this will drive the hero into a murderous rage.
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* '''Lampshaded''': Two random mooks rape a woman in an alley. One looks at the other and says "Isn't it weird how, even though the psychopath we're working for is going to blow up the earth, we're still seen as more monstrous because of stuff like this?" His friend agrees, just in time for the hero to swoop in and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath violently execute them]].

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* '''Lampshaded''': Two random mooks are preparing to violently rape a woman in an alley. One looks at the other and says "Isn't it weird how, even though the psychopath we're working for is going to blow up the earth, we're still seen as more monstrous because of stuff like this?" His friend agrees, just in time for the hero to swoop in and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath violently execute them]].
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???Two random mooks rape a woman in an alley. One looks at the other and says "Isn't it weird how, even though the psychopath we're working for is going to blow up the earth, we're still seen as more monstrous because of stuff like this?" His friend agrees, just in time for the hero to swoop in and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath violently execute them]].
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* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???The villain committing an act of rape is treated as evil and morally reprehensible, but no more or less so than the numerous acts of murder and torture they had previously engaged in.
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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The writer feels that this trope is a bit overdone, and seeks to subvert it by having a character commit a rape and then be portrayed as sympathetic later. However, his editor believes that this will cause a backlash from readers and MoralGuardians everywhere, and thus "strongly encourages" the writer to change the story so that the rapist dies a painful death.
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???A DangerouslyGenreSavvy villain looking to make the hero with a ThouShaltNotKill rule defy his principles, rapes his LoveInterest(or, even worse, his child) in the hopes that this will drive the hero into a murderous rage.
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* '''Straight''': Emperor Evulz has killed a few innocent civilians, but that one time he raped a woman is what turned him into a CompleteMonster.

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* '''Straight''': Emperor Evulz has killed a few innocent civilians, but that one time he raped a woman is what turned him into a CompleteMonster.his MoralEventHorizon.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Emperor Evulz rapes a captive woman and that event is what cements his reputation as a CompleteMonster but due to BlueAndOrangeMorality Emperor Evulz and his Empire genuinely think its a heroic act and celebrate the rape, but the victim doesn't feel that way and tells Emperor Evulz so, at which point Emperor Evulz realizes that it IS evil, but then shrugs and continues to [[CrossingTheLineTwice rape]] her because EvilFeelsGood until she starts [[BreakTheCutie to accept it as normal and not "special" at all....]]

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Emperor Evulz rapes a captive woman and that event is what cements his reputation as a CompleteMonster but due to BlueAndOrangeMorality Emperor Evulz and his Empire genuinely think its a heroic act and celebrate the rape, but the victim doesn't feel that way and tells Emperor Evulz so, at which point Emperor Evulz realizes that wonders if it IS is evil, but then shrugs and continues to [[CrossingTheLineTwice rape]] her continues to rape her]] because EvilFeelsGood until she starts [[BreakTheCutie to accept it as normal and not "special" at all....]]
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Emperor Evulz rapes a woman and that event is what cements his reputation as a CompleteMonster but due to BlueAndOrangeMorality Emperor Evulz and his Empire genuinely think its a heroic act and celebrate the rape, but the victim doesn't feel that way and tells Emperor Evulz so, at which point [[FaceHeelRevelation Emperor Evulz realizes that it IS evil]], but then shrugs and continues to [[CrossingTheLineTwice rape]] her because EvilFeelsGood until she starts [[BreakTheCutie to accept it as normal and not "special" at all....]]

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Emperor Evulz rapes a captive woman and that event is what cements his reputation as a CompleteMonster but due to BlueAndOrangeMorality Emperor Evulz and his Empire genuinely think its a heroic act and celebrate the rape, but the victim doesn't feel that way and tells Emperor Evulz so, at which point [[FaceHeelRevelation Emperor Evulz realizes that it IS evil]], evil, but then shrugs and continues to [[CrossingTheLineTwice rape]] her because EvilFeelsGood until she starts [[BreakTheCutie to accept it as normal and not "special" at all....]]



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"Hmmm....I'm bored with kicking puppies. How about we go the next level and rape?"
* '''Conversed''': ???"Wow...that kind of evil is above and beyond!"
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Emperor Evulz rapes a woman and that event is what cements his reputation as a CompleteMonster but due to BlueAndOrangeMorality Emperor Evulz and his Empire genuinely think its a heroic act and celebrate the rape, but the victim doesn't feel that way and tells Emperor Evulz so, at which point [[FaceHeelRealization Emperor Evulz realizes that it IS evil]], but then [[SoWhat shrugs]] and continues to [[CrossingTheLineTwice rape]] her because EvilFeelsGood until she starts [[BreakTheCutie to accept it as normal and not "special at all....]]

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Emperor Evulz rapes a woman and that event is what cements his reputation as a CompleteMonster but due to BlueAndOrangeMorality Emperor Evulz and his Empire genuinely think its a heroic act and celebrate the rape, but the victim doesn't feel that way and tells Emperor Evulz so, at which point [[FaceHeelRealization [[FaceHeelRevelation Emperor Evulz realizes that it IS evil]], but then [[SoWhat shrugs]] shrugs and continues to [[CrossingTheLineTwice rape]] her because EvilFeelsGood until she starts [[BreakTheCutie to accept it as normal and not "special "special" at all....]]
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Emperor Evulz rapes a woman and that event is what cements his reputation as a CompleteMonster but due to BlueAndOrangeMorality Emperor Evulz and his Empire genuinely think its a heroic act and celebrate the rape, but the victim doesn't feel that way and tells Emperor Evulz so, at which point Emperor Evulz realizes that it IS evil, but then shrugs and continues to rape her because EvilFeelsGood and then she starts liking it.....

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Emperor Evulz rapes a woman and that event is what cements his reputation as a CompleteMonster but due to BlueAndOrangeMorality Emperor Evulz and his Empire genuinely think its a heroic act and celebrate the rape, but the victim doesn't feel that way and tells Emperor Evulz so, at which point [[FaceHeelRealization Emperor Evulz realizes that it IS evil, evil]], but then shrugs [[SoWhat shrugs]] and continues to rape [[CrossingTheLineTwice rape]] her because EvilFeelsGood and then until she starts liking it..... [[BreakTheCutie to accept it as normal and not "special at all....]]
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Emperor Evulz rapes a woman and that event is what cements his reputation as a CompleteMonster but due to BlueAndOrangeMorality Emperor Evulz and his Empire genuinely think its a heroic act and celebrate the rape, but the victim doesn't feel that way and tells Emperor Evulz so, at which point Emperor Evulz realizes that it IS evil, but then shrugs and continues to rape her because EvilFeelsGood and then she starts liking it.....
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* '''Subverted''': ???
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Rape is so common, its not really considered "special".
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Just because it happens often, doesn't make it any less evil.
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'''Basic Trope''': Rape is considered the worst crime one can do.
* '''Straight''': Emperor Evulz has killed a few innocent civilians, but that one time he raped a woman is what turned him into a CompleteMonster.
* '''Exaggerated''': Emperor Evulz has [[EarthShatteringKaboom blown up several galaxies]] and inflicted AndIMustScream on an entire planet's population, but the time he raped a woman is considered the worst crime he has ever done.
* '''Downplayed''': The punishment for murder is 20 years in prison, and the punishment for raping someone is 21 years in prison.
* '''Justified''': Several people consider rape to be a FateWorseThanDeath, so the punishment is greater that the one for murder.
* '''Inverted''': Rape is considered to be heroic.
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* '''Parodied''': The Super Hero team is trying to stop Doctor Destructo's [[WaveMotionGun Planet Exploder Ray]], but stop in order to arrest a rapist instead.
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