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11	[[quoteright:350:[[Franchise/StarWars https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dragon_vader_2.png]]]]
12	[[caption-width-right:350:"My apprentice, Darth Vader, will find [[TheHeavy and crush]] your [[YouRebelScum pitiful little band of Rebel friends]]."]]
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17	->''"This world and everything in it now belong to darkness! They belong to my master!"''
18	-->-- '''Ghirahim''', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword''
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20	Every good villain could use a sidekick. Just like TheHero has TheLancer, this character is the main villain's right-hand minion, their closest confidant (or something akin to it), frequently acts as their {{Foil}}, and may be seen working as the front-liner of the evil forces to personally carry out their master's orders as one of his most dangerous and competent subordinates. Sometimes the Dragon is the most active threatening villain in the story, which makes them TheHeavy, while their boss makes orders from the shadows.
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22	While the Dragon may be paired with a BigBad, that does not always make them authomatically a BigBadDuumvirate, which requires the villains to be equals. However, a Duumvirate can have one or [[CoDragons more]] Dragons of their own.
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24	For literal dragons and their permutations, see OurDragonsAreDifferent. Not to be confused with the DragonLady (which describes a character stereotype, not a character's role).
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26	!!Examples:
27	[[index]]
28	* TheDragon/AnimeAndManga
29	** ''TheDragon/{{Doraemon}}''
30	* TheDragon/ComicBooks
31	* TheDragon/FanWorks
32	* [[TheDragon/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
33	* {{TheDragon/Literature}}
34	* TheDragon/LiveActionTV
35	* TheDragon/VideoGames
36	* TheDragon/WebComics
37	* TheDragon/WebOriginal
38	* TheDragon/WesternAnimation
39	* TheDragon/OtherMedia
40	[[/index]]
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42	!!Related tropes:
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44	* BetaBitch: NumberTwo to the AlphaBitch, she often fills the Dragon role when the AlphaBitch is the BigBad.
45	* CoDragons: Two or more characters split the Dragon role between them.
46	* TheCreon: A second-in-command that's happy with his position.
47	* DemotedToDragon: A previous BigBad is revealed to be, or is reduced to being, the Dragon to another villain.
48	* DevourTheDragon: The BigBad kills the Dragon in order to become stronger.
49	* DragonAscendant: When he takes over from the Big Bad after the latter is defeated or leaves.
50	* DragonInChief: When he is ''more'' dangerous than the Big Bad and the ''de facto'' main villain of the story. Like DragonWithAnAgenda, may be TheManBehindTheMan. Not to be confused with TheHeavy.
51	* DragonTheirFeet: When the BigBad is defeated or killed first. The Dragon may or may not show up afterwards to rescue or {{aveng\|ingTheVillain}}e him, but he might just take his business elsewhere.
52	* DragonWithAnAgenda: When he has different goals from the Big Bad. If those goals are mutually exclusive, TheStarscream, RuleOfTwo or DragonInChief may be in play.
53	* TheHeavy: The "active" villain that drives most of the plot. While this villain can be either the Dragon or the Big Bad, many authors tend to use The Dragon in order to keep the Big Bad in the background and mysterious for most of the story. Not to be confused with DragonInChief.
54	* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: When the Dragon is the hero's ArchEnemy instead of the BigBad.
55	* LancerVsDragon: When the secondary hero and villain fight each other.
56	* MookLieutenant: When the Dragon is merely the leader of the Big Bad's minions when the Big Bad isn't around.
57	* MouthOfSauron: When the Big Bad himself is almost never seen taking an active role, The Dragon is usually the one who picks up the slack on reminding people why they're afraid of the Big Bad in the first place.
58	* NobleTopEnforcer: A trope that often overlaps with the Dragon; when the BigBad's NumberTwo is an AntiVillain that is considerably more virtuous than his master. Likely to [[HeelFaceTurn turn on the Big Bad]] if their actions piss him off enough.
59	* NumberTwo: The second-in-command of a team or organization, often overlapping with The Dragon.
60	* NumberTwoForBrains: When The Dragon is an ''idiot''.
61	* PreFinalBoss: A major BossBattle that immediately precedes the FinalBoss. By nature, this is often The Dragon, with the Big Bad being faced afterward.
62	* RuleOfTwo: A standard Big Bad and Dragon dynamic where betrayal is expected, and often inevitable.
63	* TheStarscream: A traitorous NumberTwo; often fulfills the role of the Dragon.
64	* VileVillainLaughableLackey: A duo consisting of a [[KnightOfCerebus serious villain]] with a [[LaughablyEvil humorous]] subordinate.
65	* VillainousFriendship: When a Dragon is good friends with the BigBad.
66	[[/index]]

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