History PlayingWith / VillainProtagonist

* '''Justified''': [[CharacterNarrator The story is Evulz writing down his memoirs for posterity]]: Obviously he'll not be able to use anyone but himself as the viewpoint character.

* '''Averted''': Emperor [[NonIndicativeName Evulz]] is TheHero. The story is a standard following of his [[TheHerosJourney hero's journey]] to take down [[BigBad Bob Badguy]].

* NoCampaignForTheWicked

** the protagonist is a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor

** Despite still being villainous and heroic respectively, Evulz constantly [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech makes heroic speeches]] that would fit right in with TheCape, while the hero Bob [[FauxHorrific cackles and raves like a supervillain on his plans for world peace.]]

** "villain" maybe too strong of a word but the protagonist is certainly a {{Jerkass}}

** Halfway through the story Emperor Evulz does a HeelFaceTurn.

* '''Justified''': [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis The story is Evulz writing down his memoirs for posterity]]: Obviously he'll not be able to use anyone but himself as the viewpoint character.

** NominalHero

* '''Zig Zagged''': The story constantly switches viewpoint characters. Emperor Evulz is only one of them and is only the protagonist ever so often.

'''Basic Trope''': The main character, viewpoint character and protagonist of a story, is also the story's villain.
* '''Straight''': [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] is the protagonist of the story "Emperor Evulz [[TakeOverTheWorld Takes Over The World]]", which contains ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin (of course). He acts in every way like a traditional EvilOverlord BigBad, but is the main character who narrates the story.
* '''Exaggerated''': Evulz is a complete CardCarryingVillain who mercilessly and repeatedly [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaks the fourth wall]] to {{lampshade|Hanging}} how he's the villain.

** The characters in the story [[GreyAndGrayMorality can't be neatly divided into good guys and bad guys]], but on the shades of grey within the show the character is an obviously darker shade.
** The protagonist is a WellIntentionedExtremist and genuinely believes that [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans his actions will create a better world]].

* '''Inverted''': HeroAntagonist.

** NominalHero.
** AntiVillain Protagonist.

* '''Averted''': Emperor Evulz is TheHero. The story is a standard following of his [[TheHerosJourney hero's journey]] to take down [[BigBad Bob Badguy]].

** NominalHero

* '''Downplayed''': The characters in the story [[GreyAndGrayMorality can't be neatly divided into good guys and bad guys]], but on the shades of grey within the show the character is an obviously darker shade.

** Despite still being villainous and heroic respectively, Evulz constantly [[WorldOfCardboard makes heroic speeches]] that would fit right in with TheCape, while the hero Bob [[FauxHorrific cackles and raves like a supervillain on his plans for world peace.]]

'''Basic Trope''': The main character, viewpoint character and protagonist of a story is also the story's villain.

* '''Downplayed''': The characters in the story [[GreyAndGrayMorality can't be neatly divided into good guys and bad guys]]. The protagonist is a {{Jerkass}}.

* '''Lampshaded''': Emperor Evulz: "Admire me? You fools. Do you not know that I'm the villain of this tale."

* '''Lampshaded''': Emperor Evulz: Admire me? You fools. Do you not know that I'm the villain of this tale."

* '''Enforced''': The writer wants to make a story where the main character is a bad guy who gets defeated at the end so we can see the rise and fall of a villain.

* '''Exaggerated''': Evulz is a complete CardCarryingVillain who mercilessly and repeatedly [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaks the fourth wall]] to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] how he's the villain.
* '''Downplayed''': The characters in the story [[GrayAndGrayMorality can't be neatly divided into good guys and bad guys]]. The protagonist is a JerkAss.

* '''Parodied''': Evulz starts the story by beating up the narrator and taking his protagonist-hood via HostileShowTakeover. The entire rest of the story concerns Evulz abusing his narrator privileges to turn the narrative into a bad case of HerCodeNameWasMarySue, while the Bob tries to break free from the story and boot Evulz out of the narrator seat.

* '''Deconstructed''': Having Evulz in charge does in no way lessen his villainy, causing the whole story to turn into a serious case of BlackAndGreyMorality where the distant and ineffectual heroes have no connection to the audience and the only people given care and attention are unsympathetic and evil. All the events that would normally be OffscreenVillainy in a traditional story gets described in livid detail, showcasing just how horrible villains are in such stories and how many lives get lost while the heroes tarry and go through their personal flaws and demons.

* '''Subverted''': The story starts of with Emperor Evulz for the first half of the book, before suddenly switching viewpoint and main-characterhood to [[TheHero Bob Badass]] instead.

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