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* '''Implied''': Dracone has a few odd symptoms that suggest an AmbiguousDisorder.
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* '''Implied''': Dracone has a few odd symptoms that suggest an AmbiguousDisorder.intellectual disability.
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** Dracone has multiple mental handicaps that all combine in a semblance of HollywoodSociopathy, so Dracone has no problem slaughtering an entire building full of people for [[DisproportionateRetribution petty reasons]] (like the cook accidentally making his beans and vegetables touch in his dinner).
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** Dracone has multiple mental handicaps that all combine in a semblance of HollywoodSociopathy, into something resembling sociopathy, so Dracone has no problem slaughtering an entire building full of people for [[DisproportionateRetribution petty reasons]] (like the cook accidentally making his beans and vegetables touch in his dinner).
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* '''Straight''': TheDragon Dracone has an intellectual disability
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* '''Straight''': TheDragon Dracone has an intellectual disability disability.
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** Dracone has Asperger's syndrome and is an [[DumbMuscle]]
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** Dracone has Asperger's syndrome and is an [[DumbMuscle]]a DumbMuscle.
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** [[LoonWithAHeartOfGold Lance]], [[TheHeroine Alice's]] [[TheLancer second-in-command and primary partner]], has an mental disability
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** [[LoonWithAHeartOfGold Lance]], [[TheHeroine Alice's]] [[TheLancer second-in-command and primary partner]], has an a mental disability disability.
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* '''Subverted''': Evulz reveals that Dracone was faking his disability
* '''Double Subverted''': Evulz is a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, and lied because he was embarrassed to have a minion with an intellectual disability
* '''Parodied''': Evulz has engaged in plenty of [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]], but no one believes he's evil because he doesn't have an mental disability
* '''Zig Zagged''': Dracone is sometimes portrayed as mentally disabled, [[ThrowingOffTheDisability sometimes he isn't]].
* '''Double Subverted''': Evulz is a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, and lied because he was embarrassed to have a minion with an intellectual disability
* '''Parodied''': Evulz has engaged in plenty of [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]], but no one believes he's evil because he doesn't have an mental disability
* '''Zig Zagged''': Dracone is sometimes portrayed as mentally disabled, [[ThrowingOffTheDisability sometimes he isn't]].
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* '''Subverted''': Evulz reveals that Dracone was faking his disability
disability.
* '''Double Subverted''': Evulz is a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, and lied because he was embarrassed to have a minion with an intellectualdisability
disability.
* '''Parodied''': Evulz has engaged in plenty of [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]], but no one believes he's evil because he doesn't havean a mental disability
disability.
*'''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Dracone is sometimes portrayed as mentally disabled, [[ThrowingOffTheDisability and sometimes he isn't]].
* '''Double Subverted''': Evulz is a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, and lied because he was embarrassed to have a minion with an intellectual
* '''Parodied''': Evulz has engaged in plenty of [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]], but no one believes he's evil because he doesn't have
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** Any mental handicaps the villains have are explicitly ''not'' part of his evil
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** Any mental handicaps the villains have are explicitly ''not'' part of his evil their evil.
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** The author has some kind of problem with intellectually disabled people
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** [[AuthorTract The author has some kind of problem with intellectually disabled people people]].
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** Evulz refuses to hire Dracone because of his intellectual disability
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** Evulz refuses to hire Dracone because of his intellectual disability disability.
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* '''Deconstructed''':
** The characters start associating intellectual disabilities with Dracone, which stigmatizes non-evil intellectual disabled
** This is a trope that can become [[UnfortunateImplications inflamating among sensible members of the audience]].
** The characters start associating intellectual disabilities with Dracone, which stigmatizes non-evil intellectual disabled
** This is a trope that can become [[UnfortunateImplications inflamating among sensible members of the audience]].
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* '''Deconstructed''':
**'''Deconstructed''': The characters start associating intellectual disabilities with Dracone, which stigmatizes non-evil people with intellectual disabled
** This is a trope that can become [[UnfortunateImplications inflamating among sensible members of the audience]].disabilities.
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** This is a trope that can become [[UnfortunateImplications inflamating among sensible members of the audience]].
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* '''Played For Horror''': Dracone's mental disability manifests in a desire to do horrible (or just plain spooky) things like vivisection or taxidermy. Or the writer says that Dracone has a bundle of mental handicaps (of which autism is just one of his most visible) that all combine in a semblance of Hollywood Sociopathy and thus Dracone has no problem slaughtering an entire building full of people just [[DisproportionateRetribution because the cook made his beans and greens touch in his dinner]].
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* '''Played For Horror''': Horror''':
** Dracone's mental disability manifests in a desire to do horrible (or just plain spooky) things like vivisection ortaxidermy. Or the writer says that taxidermy.
** Dracone hasa bundle of multiple mental handicaps (of which autism is just one of his most visible) that all combine in a semblance of Hollywood Sociopathy and thus HollywoodSociopathy, so Dracone has no problem slaughtering an entire building full of people just for [[DisproportionateRetribution because petty reasons]] (like the cook made accidentally making his beans and greens vegetables touch in his dinner]].dinner).
** Dracone's mental disability manifests in a desire to do horrible (or just plain spooky) things like vivisection or
** Dracone has
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* '''Straight''': TheDragon Dracone has [[HollywoodAutism Asperger's syndrome]].
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* '''Straight''': TheDragon Dracone has [[HollywoodAutism Asperger's syndrome]].an intellectual disability
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** Dracone has Asperger's syndrome and is a MinionWithAnFInEvil.
** Dracone is an AffablyEvil {{Manchild}} and a FriendlyEnemy to the heroes.
** Dracone is an AffablyEvil {{Manchild}} and a FriendlyEnemy to the heroes.
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** Dracone has Asperger's syndrome and is a MinionWithAnFInEvil.
** Dracone isan AffablyEvil {{Manchild}} and a FriendlyEnemy to the heroes.[[DumbMuscle]]
** Dracone is
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** [[LoonWithAHeartOfGold Lance]], [[TheHeroine Alice's]] [[TheLancer second-in-command and primary partner]], has HollywoodAutism.
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** [[LoonWithAHeartOfGold Lance]], [[TheHeroine Alice's]] [[TheLancer second-in-command and primary partner]], has HollywoodAutism.an mental disability
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* '''Subverted''': Evulz reveals that Dracone was faking his autism.
* '''Double Subverted''': Evulz is a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, and lied because he was embarrassed to have a minion with autism.
* '''Parodied''': Evulz has engaged in plenty of [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]], but no one believes he's evil because he doesn't have autism.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Dracone is sometimes portrayed as autistic, [[ThrowingOffTheDisability sometimes he isn't]].
* '''Double Subverted''': Evulz is a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, and lied because he was embarrassed to have a minion with autism.
* '''Parodied''': Evulz has engaged in plenty of [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]], but no one believes he's evil because he doesn't have autism.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Dracone is sometimes portrayed as autistic, [[ThrowingOffTheDisability sometimes he isn't]].
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* '''Subverted''': Evulz reveals that Dracone was faking his autism.
disability
* '''Double Subverted''': Evulz is a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, and lied because he was embarrassed to have a minion withautism.
an intellectual disability
* '''Parodied''': Evulz has engaged in plenty of [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]], but no one believes he's evil because he doesn't haveautism.
an mental disability
* '''Zig Zagged''': Dracone is sometimes portrayed asautistic, mentally disabled, [[ThrowingOffTheDisability sometimes he isn't]].
* '''Double Subverted''': Evulz is a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, and lied because he was embarrassed to have a minion with
* '''Parodied''': Evulz has engaged in plenty of [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]], but no one believes he's evil because he doesn't have
* '''Zig Zagged''': Dracone is sometimes portrayed as
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** Any mental handicaps the villains have are explicitly ''not'' part of his evil (ex. Dracone's autism makes him a RailEnthusiast but none of his evil deeds involve trains in any way, shape or form).
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** Any mental handicaps the villains have are explicitly ''not'' part of his evil (ex. Dracone's autism makes him a RailEnthusiast but none of his evil deeds involve trains in any way, shape or form).
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** The author has some kind of problem with autistic people.
** The author ''is'' autistic, but thinks EvilIsCool.
* '''Lampshaded''': "What's up with all these autists siding with Evulz?"
* '''Invoked''': Emperor Evulz recruits people with HollywoodAutism when he's in need of more minions.
* '''Exploited''': The heroes use their knowledge of Dracone's HollywoodAutism to trick him into revealing Evulz's plans.
** The author ''is'' autistic, but thinks EvilIsCool.
* '''Lampshaded''': "What's up with all these autists siding with Evulz?"
* '''Invoked''': Emperor Evulz recruits people with HollywoodAutism when he's in need of more minions.
* '''Exploited''': The heroes use their knowledge of Dracone's HollywoodAutism to trick him into revealing Evulz's plans.
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** The author has some kind of problem with autistic people.
** The author ''is'' autistic, but thinks EvilIsCool.
intellectually disabled people
* '''Lampshaded''': "What's up with all theseautists mentally disabled people siding with Evulz?"
* '''Invoked''': Emperor Evulz recruits people withHollywoodAutism mental disabilities when he's in need of more minions.
* '''Exploited''': The heroes use their knowledge of Dracone'sHollywoodAutism mental disability to trick him into revealing Evulz's plans.
** The author ''is'' autistic, but thinks EvilIsCool.
* '''Lampshaded''': "What's up with all these
* '''Invoked''': Emperor Evulz recruits people with
* '''Exploited''': The heroes use their knowledge of Dracone's
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** Evulz refuses to hire Dracone because of his autism.
** Dracone's autism and his capacity for evil have no direct correlation. Dracone may even have a BerserkButton towards people who assume otherwise.
* '''Discussed''': Evulz ponders whether people with HollywoodAutism make good villains.
* '''Conversed''': While watching ''Sinkhole Wars'', Alice remarks that the characters with HollywoodAutism seem to have an affinity for evil for some reason.
** Dracone's autism and his capacity for evil have no direct correlation. Dracone may even have a BerserkButton towards people who assume otherwise.
* '''Discussed''': Evulz ponders whether people with HollywoodAutism make good villains.
* '''Conversed''': While watching ''Sinkhole Wars'', Alice remarks that the characters with HollywoodAutism seem to have an affinity for evil for some reason.
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** Evulz refuses to hire Dracone because of his autism.
intellectual disability
** Dracone'sautism disability and his capacity for evil have no direct correlation. Dracone may even have a BerserkButton towards people who assume otherwise.
* '''Discussed''': Evulz ponders whether people withHollywoodAutism intellectual disabilities make good villains.
* '''Conversed''': While watching ''Sinkhole Wars'', Alice remarks that the characters withHollywoodAutism mental disabilities seem to have an affinity for evil for some reason.
** Dracone's
* '''Discussed''': Evulz ponders whether people with
* '''Conversed''': While watching ''Sinkhole Wars'', Alice remarks that the characters with
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** The characters start associating autism intellectual disabilities with Dracone, which stigmatizes non-evil autists.intellectual disabled
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* '''Reconstructed''': Jason, an autistic hero, kills Dracone and [[WhatTheHellHero calls out the other heroes]] for their prejudice.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Dracone's HollywoodAutism symptoms consist of him being a LiteralMinded {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, which always makes his schemes fail and turns him into an IneffectualSympatheticVillain.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Dracone's HollywoodAutism symptoms consist of him being a LiteralMinded {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, which always makes his schemes fail and turns him into an IneffectualSympatheticVillain.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Jason, an autistic intellectually disabled hero, kills Dracone and [[WhatTheHellHero calls out the other heroes]] for their prejudice.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Dracone'sHollywoodAutism mental disability symptoms consist of him being a LiteralMinded {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, which always makes his schemes fail and turns him into an IneffectualSympatheticVillain.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Dracone's
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* '''Played For Horror''': Dracone's autism manifests in a desire to do horrible (or just plain spooky) things like vivisection or taxidermy. Or the writer says that Dracone has a bundle of mental handicaps (of which autism is just one of his most visible) that all combine in a semblance of Hollywood Sociopathy and thus Dracone has no problem slaughtering an entire building full of people just [[DisproportionateRetribution because the cook made his beans and greens touch in his dinner]].
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* '''Played For Horror''': Dracone's autism mental disability manifests in a desire to do horrible (or just plain spooky) things like vivisection or taxidermy. Or the writer says that Dracone has a bundle of mental handicaps (of which autism is just one of his most visible) that all combine in a semblance of Hollywood Sociopathy and thus Dracone has no problem slaughtering an entire building full of people just [[DisproportionateRetribution because the cook made his beans and greens touch in his dinner]].
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Basic Trope: A mentally handicapped villain.
Straight: The Dragon Dracone has an intellectual disability
Exaggerated:Dracone is pure evil, and has at least half a dozen mental handicaps.
Every single villain has some sort of mental handicap.
Downplayed:Dracone is a dumb muscle
Justified:
Dracone's disorder keeps him from understanding what is and is not acceptable. Emperor Evulz takes advantage of this by enabling and encouraging Dracone's less savoury actions.
Dracone is lashing out after being bullied and ostracized because of his disorder.
Inverted:
Lance, Alice's second-in-command and primary partner, has an intellectual disability
Dracone is the only character who doesn't have some sort of mental handicap.
Dracone is an Evil Genius, maybe even with a Morally Ambiguous Doctorate or two.
Subverted: Evulz reveals that Dracone was faking his disability
Double Subverted: Evulz is a Politically Incorrect Villain, and lied because he was embarrassed to have a minion with an mental disability
Parodied: Evulz has engaged in plenty of dog-kicking, but no one believes he's evil because he doesn't have an mental disability
Zig Zagged: Dracone is sometimes portrayed as autistic, sometimes he isn't.
Averted:
The villains have no mental handicaps.
Any mental handicaps the villains have are explicitly not part of his evil
Enforced:
The author has some kind of problem with autistic people.
The author is autistic, but thinks Evil Is Cool.
Lampshaded: "What's up with all these autists siding with Evulz?"
Invoked: Emperor Evulz recruits people with Hollywood Autism when he's in need of more minions.
Exploited: The heroes use their knowegdge of Dracone's Hollywood Autism to trick him into revealing Evulz's plans.
Defied:
Evulz refuses to hire Dracone because of his intellectual disability
Dracone's mental disability and his capacity for evil have no direct correlation. Dracone may even have a Berserk Button towards people who assume otherwise.
Discussed: Evulz ponders whether people with Hollywood Autism make good villains.
Conversed: While watching Sinkhole Wars, Alice remarks that the characters with Hollywood Autism seem to have an affinity for evil for some reason.
Implied: Dracone has a few odd symptoms that suggest an Ambiguous Disorder.
Deconstructed:
The characters start associating autism with Dracone, which stigmatizes non-evil autists.
This is a trope that can become This example contains a FlameBait entry. It should be moved to the FlameBait tab.inflamating among sensible members of the audience.
Reconstructed: Jason, an autistic hero, kills Dracone and calls out the other heroes for their prejudice.
Played For Laughs: Dracone's Hollywood Autism symptoms consist of him being a Literal-Minded Cloudcuckoolander, which always makes his schemes fail and turns him into an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain.
Played For Drama: After being bullied because of his mental handicap, Dracone slips into extreme cynicism and eventually evil.
Played For Horror: Dracone's autism manifests in a desire to do horrible (or just plain spooky) things like vivisection or taxidermy. Or the writer says that Dracone has a bundle of mental handicaps (of which autism is just one of his most visible) that all combine in a semblance of Hollywood Sociopathy and thus Dracone has no problem slaughtering an entire building full of people just because the cook made his beans and greens touch in his dinner.
Straight: The Dragon Dracone has an intellectual disability
Exaggerated:Dracone is pure evil, and has at least half a dozen mental handicaps.
Every single villain has some sort of mental handicap.
Downplayed:Dracone is a dumb muscle
Justified:
Dracone's disorder keeps him from understanding what is and is not acceptable. Emperor Evulz takes advantage of this by enabling and encouraging Dracone's less savoury actions.
Dracone is lashing out after being bullied and ostracized because of his disorder.
Inverted:
Lance, Alice's second-in-command and primary partner, has an intellectual disability
Dracone is the only character who doesn't have some sort of mental handicap.
Dracone is an Evil Genius, maybe even with a Morally Ambiguous Doctorate or two.
Subverted: Evulz reveals that Dracone was faking his disability
Double Subverted: Evulz is a Politically Incorrect Villain, and lied because he was embarrassed to have a minion with an mental disability
Parodied: Evulz has engaged in plenty of dog-kicking, but no one believes he's evil because he doesn't have an mental disability
Zig Zagged: Dracone is sometimes portrayed as autistic, sometimes he isn't.
Averted:
The villains have no mental handicaps.
Any mental handicaps the villains have are explicitly not part of his evil
Enforced:
The author has some kind of problem with autistic people.
The author is autistic, but thinks Evil Is Cool.
Lampshaded: "What's up with all these autists siding with Evulz?"
Invoked: Emperor Evulz recruits people with Hollywood Autism when he's in need of more minions.
Exploited: The heroes use their knowegdge of Dracone's Hollywood Autism to trick him into revealing Evulz's plans.
Defied:
Evulz refuses to hire Dracone because of his intellectual disability
Dracone's mental disability and his capacity for evil have no direct correlation. Dracone may even have a Berserk Button towards people who assume otherwise.
Discussed: Evulz ponders whether people with Hollywood Autism make good villains.
Conversed: While watching Sinkhole Wars, Alice remarks that the characters with Hollywood Autism seem to have an affinity for evil for some reason.
Implied: Dracone has a few odd symptoms that suggest an Ambiguous Disorder.
Deconstructed:
The characters start associating autism with Dracone, which stigmatizes non-evil autists.
This is a trope that can become This example contains a FlameBait entry. It should be moved to the FlameBait tab.inflamating among sensible members of the audience.
Reconstructed: Jason, an autistic hero, kills Dracone and calls out the other heroes for their prejudice.
Played For Laughs: Dracone's Hollywood Autism symptoms consist of him being a Literal-Minded Cloudcuckoolander, which always makes his schemes fail and turns him into an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain.
Played For Drama: After being bullied because of his mental handicap, Dracone slips into extreme cynicism and eventually evil.
Played For Horror: Dracone's autism manifests in a desire to do horrible (or just plain spooky) things like vivisection or taxidermy. Or the writer says that Dracone has a bundle of mental handicaps (of which autism is just one of his most visible) that all combine in a semblance of Hollywood Sociopathy and thus Dracone has no problem slaughtering an entire building full of people just because the cook made his beans and greens touch in his dinner.
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Straight: The Dragon
* '''Straight''': TheDragon Dracone has
Exaggerated:Dracone
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Dracone is pure evil, and has at least half a dozen mental handicaps.
** [[DysfunctionJunction Every single villain has some sort of mental
Downplayed:Dracone
* '''Downplayed''':
** Dracone has Asperger's syndrome and is a
Justified:
** Dracone is an AffablyEvil {{Manchild}} and a FriendlyEnemy to the heroes.
* '''Justified''':
** Dracone's disorder keeps him from understanding what is and is not acceptable. Emperor Evulz takes advantage of this by enabling and encouraging Dracone's less savoury actions.
** Dracone is [[WhosLaughingNow lashing
Lance, Alice's
** [[LoonWithAHeartOfGold Lance]], [[TheHeroine Alice's]] [[TheLancer second-in-command and primary
** Dracone is the only character who
** Dracone is an
Double Subverted:
* '''Double Subverted''': Evulz is a
Parodied:
* '''Parodied''': Evulz has engaged in plenty of
Zig Zagged:
* '''Zig Zagged''': Dracone is sometimes portrayed as autistic, [[ThrowingOffTheDisability sometimes he
Averted:
* '''Averted''':
** The villains have no mental handicaps.
** Any mental handicaps the villains have are explicitly
Enforced:
* '''Enforced''':
** The author has some kind of problem with autistic
** The author
Lampshaded:
* '''Lampshaded''': "What's up with all these autists siding with Evulz?"
Defied:
* '''Defied''':
** Evulz refuses to hire Dracone because of his
** Dracone's
Deconstructed:
* '''Deconstructed''':
** The characters start associating autism with Dracone, which stigmatizes non-evil autists.
** This is a trope that can become
Reconstructed:
* '''Reconstructed''': Jason, an autistic hero, kills Dracone and [[WhatTheHellHero calls out the other
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Basic Trope: A mentally handicapped villain.
Straight: The Dragon Dracone has an intellectual disability
Exaggerated:Dracone is pure evil, and has at least half a dozen mental handicaps.
Every single villain has some sort of mental handicap.
Downplayed:Dracone is a dumb muscle
Justified:
Dracone's disorder keeps him from understanding what is and is not acceptable. Emperor Evulz takes advantage of this by enabling and encouraging Dracone's less savoury actions.
Dracone is lashing out after being bullied and ostracized because of his disorder.
Inverted:
Lance, Alice's second-in-command and primary partner, has an intellectual disability
Dracone is the only character who doesn't have some sort of mental handicap.
Dracone is an Evil Genius, maybe even with a Morally Ambiguous Doctorate or two.
Subverted: Evulz reveals that Dracone was faking his disability
Double Subverted: Evulz is a Politically Incorrect Villain, and lied because he was embarrassed to have a minion with an mental disability
Parodied: Evulz has engaged in plenty of dog-kicking, but no one believes he's evil because he doesn't have an mental disability
Zig Zagged: Dracone is sometimes portrayed as autistic, sometimes he isn't.
Averted:
The villains have no mental handicaps.
Any mental handicaps the villains have are explicitly not part of his evil
Enforced:
The author has some kind of problem with autistic people.
The author is autistic, but thinks Evil Is Cool.
Lampshaded: "What's up with all these autists siding with Evulz?"
Invoked: Emperor Evulz recruits people with Hollywood Autism when he's in need of more minions.
Exploited: The heroes use their knowegdge of Dracone's Hollywood Autism to trick him into revealing Evulz's plans.
Defied:
Evulz refuses to hire Dracone because of his intellectual disability
Dracone's mental disability and his capacity for evil have no direct correlation. Dracone may even have a Berserk Button towards people who assume otherwise.
Discussed: Evulz ponders whether people with Hollywood Autism make good villains.
Conversed: While watching Sinkhole Wars, Alice remarks that the characters with Hollywood Autism seem to have an affinity for evil for some reason.
Implied: Dracone has a few odd symptoms that suggest an Ambiguous Disorder.
Deconstructed:
The characters start associating autism with Dracone, which stigmatizes non-evil autists.
This is a trope that can become This example contains a FlameBait entry. It should be moved to the FlameBait tab.inflamating among sensible members of the audience.
Reconstructed: Jason, an autistic hero, kills Dracone and calls out the other heroes for their prejudice.
Played For Laughs: Dracone's Hollywood Autism symptoms consist of him being a Literal-Minded Cloudcuckoolander, which always makes his schemes fail and turns him into an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain.
Played For Drama: After being bullied because of his mental handicap, Dracone slips into extreme cynicism and eventually evil.
Played For Horror: Dracone's autism manifests in a desire to do horrible (or just plain spooky) things like vivisection or taxidermy. Or the writer says that Dracone has a bundle of mental handicaps (of which autism is just one of his most visible) that all combine in a semblance of Hollywood Sociopathy and thus Dracone has no problem slaughtering an entire building full of people just because the cook made his beans and greens touch in his dinner.
Straight: The Dragon Dracone has an intellectual disability
Exaggerated:Dracone is pure evil, and has at least half a dozen mental handicaps.
Every single villain has some sort of mental handicap.
Downplayed:Dracone is a dumb muscle
Justified:
Dracone's disorder keeps him from understanding what is and is not acceptable. Emperor Evulz takes advantage of this by enabling and encouraging Dracone's less savoury actions.
Dracone is lashing out after being bullied and ostracized because of his disorder.
Inverted:
Lance, Alice's second-in-command and primary partner, has an intellectual disability
Dracone is the only character who doesn't have some sort of mental handicap.
Dracone is an Evil Genius, maybe even with a Morally Ambiguous Doctorate or two.
Subverted: Evulz reveals that Dracone was faking his disability
Double Subverted: Evulz is a Politically Incorrect Villain, and lied because he was embarrassed to have a minion with an mental disability
Parodied: Evulz has engaged in plenty of dog-kicking, but no one believes he's evil because he doesn't have an mental disability
Zig Zagged: Dracone is sometimes portrayed as autistic, sometimes he isn't.
Averted:
The villains have no mental handicaps.
Any mental handicaps the villains have are explicitly not part of his evil
Enforced:
The author has some kind of problem with autistic people.
The author is autistic, but thinks Evil Is Cool.
Lampshaded: "What's up with all these autists siding with Evulz?"
Invoked: Emperor Evulz recruits people with Hollywood Autism when he's in need of more minions.
Exploited: The heroes use their knowegdge of Dracone's Hollywood Autism to trick him into revealing Evulz's plans.
Defied:
Evulz refuses to hire Dracone because of his intellectual disability
Dracone's mental disability and his capacity for evil have no direct correlation. Dracone may even have a Berserk Button towards people who assume otherwise.
Discussed: Evulz ponders whether people with Hollywood Autism make good villains.
Conversed: While watching Sinkhole Wars, Alice remarks that the characters with Hollywood Autism seem to have an affinity for evil for some reason.
Implied: Dracone has a few odd symptoms that suggest an Ambiguous Disorder.
Deconstructed:
The characters start associating autism with Dracone, which stigmatizes non-evil autists.
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Reconstructed: Jason, an autistic hero, kills Dracone and calls out the other heroes for their prejudice.
Played For Laughs: Dracone's Hollywood Autism symptoms consist of him being a Literal-Minded Cloudcuckoolander, which always makes his schemes fail and turns him into an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain.
Played For Drama: After being bullied because of his mental handicap, Dracone slips into extreme cynicism and eventually evil.
Played For Horror: Dracone's autism manifests in a desire to do horrible (or just plain spooky) things like vivisection or taxidermy. Or the writer says that Dracone has a bundle of mental handicaps (of which autism is just one of his most visible) that all combine in a semblance of Hollywood Sociopathy and thus Dracone has no problem slaughtering an entire building full of people just because the cook made his beans and greens touch in his dinner.
