Line #10 PlayingWith/MoreDespicableMinion


1	'''Basic Trope''': One of the villain's minions is even eviler than the villain.
2	* '''Straight''': [[BigBad Emperor Evulz']] [[TheDragon dragon]], General Drake, is much more evil than Evulz himself. Evulz is a WellIntentionedExtremist looking to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans bring peace through conquest]], gets a few PetTheDog moments (such as genuinely caring about [[TheHero Bob]]), and tends to go for diplomatic and bloodless conquests, while General Drake is a bloodthirsty warmonger who has outright tried to kill the heroes multiple times.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Emperor Evulz is more of a HarmlessVillain, while General Drake is an EgomaniacHunter, a CompleteMonster, an OmnicidalManiac, and a SerialRapist.
5	** CorruptPolitician General Drake goes as far as to try to kill (or even succeed at killing) Emperor Evulz in order to become the DragonAscendant. Emperor Evulz, if he survives, may even pull a HeelFaceTurn or an EnemyMine.
6	** Under Evulz's Empire, [[AlwaysChaoticEvil literally everyone]] under Evulz's faction is {{eviler\|ThanThou}} than Evulz himself, who is either the {{token good teammate}} ([[IronicName ironically]]) at best, or {{a lighter shade of black}}, at worst.
7	** [[NonIndicativeName Evulz]] is an example of GoodRunningEvil, being a decent, misguided man running an organization in which nearly everyone else is irredeemably evil.
8	** General Drake may be worse than Evulz, but EvilGenius Head Scientist Butcherstein is even ''worse'' than Drake, DarkMistress Lady Rubliss is worse than Head Scientist Butcherstein, and it all goes down to the worst of them all: TheBrute and practically AlmightyJanitor Claidheamh, who's practically a CompleteMonster, OmnicidalManiac, HateSink, [[TheScrappy AND Scrappy]]!
9	* '''Downplayed''':
10	** Both villains are incredibly evil, but General Drake is more willing to kill.
11	** Both villains are relatively sympathetic, but General Drake is notably more brutal.
12	** More Unlikable Lackey: Spike is the head honcho of a GangOfBullies, but has a tendency to be a FatherToHisMen and is overall a JerkWithAHeartOfGold with his occasional PetTheDog moments. His friends, [[SirSwearsALot Mike]], [[TheNapoleon Tyke]], and [[SmallNameBigEgo Harold]] on the other hand, aren't as likable, since, outside of their [[UndyingLoyalty loyalty]] and [[TrueCompanions camraderie]] towards Spike and each other, they tend to veer into VillainyFreeVillain territory and KickTheDog more often than their leader, while [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Ike]] [[HateSink doesn't have the other three's reedeeming qualities]] and is TheStarScream within Spike's group
13	* '''Justified''': Emperor Evulz wanted an ambitious second-in-command, even if it meant General Drake was more ambitious than him.
14	* '''Inverted''':
15	** VileVillainLaughableLackey
16	** Emperor Evulz is incredibly evil, while General Drake is much less evil.
17	** Bob is a nearly-flawless IdealHero, but his second-in-command Lance is a brutal TokenEvilTeammate who regularly does horrible things and is only on Bob's side out of [[UndyingLoyalty personal loyalty]] because he's his ChildhoodFriend.
18	** Bob is a nearly-flawless IdealHero, but his second-in-command Lance is even ''less'' flawed than Bob, hence why Bob is considered ''[[ExactWords nearly]]''-flawless.
19	* '''Subverted''': It turns out that Evulz just doesn't like getting his hands dirty himself. He condones General Drake's actions.
20	* '''Double Subverted''': Actually having to get his hands dirty ends up making Evulz have a HazyFeelTurn.
21	* '''Parodied''': For some zany reason, the lower your rank is as an Evulz Empire Official, the more despicable you are.
22	* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
23	* '''Averted''': The henchpeople are not as evil as the main villain.
24	* '''Enforced''': Evulz's generally sympathetic nature has made him a less intimidating villain, so the execs create a more evil minion to be more intimidating and serve as an easy target of audience hate.
25	* '''Lampshaded''': "Y'know, despite 'evil' being in your name, your own general is way more horrible than you are."
26	* '''Invoked''': Evulz is a WellIntentionedExtremist who believes he is too "weak" to do what is necessary, so he hires PsychoForHire Drake to carry out his evil acts for him.
27	* '''Exploited''': The heroes note that Evulz is uncomfortable with Drake's horrible actions and they manage to get him to make a HeelFaceTurn by asking him if he really wants to associate with him.
28	* '''Defied''': Emperor Evulz decides to kill General Drake once he finds how evil he really is.
29	* '''Discussed''': ???
30	* '''Conversed''': ???
31	* '''Deconstructed''':
32	** General Drake becomes TheStarscream and things go FromBadToWorse.
33	** Emperor Evulz develops [[EvenEvilHasStandards some standards]] against General Drake's cruel behavior, and replaces him.
34	** Drake being more evil also means he [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat tends to screw up Evulz’s plans by picking the more evil option over the pragmatic one]].
35	* '''Reconstructed''':
36	** Evulz outmanuvers Drake with surprisingly ruthless tactics, and Drake realizes he shouldn't try this again.
37	** But then Evulz's new second-in-command doesn't do the job nearly as well, and he rehires Drake with an assurance he'll tone things down.
38	** When Drake screws up one too many times, he is subjected to a brutal punishment that convinces him to stop the insubordination and follow Evulz's more pragmatic orders.
39	* '''Played for Laughs''': Whenever Evulz is putting together a plan, Drake asks if he can murder someone with PuppyDogEyes, which Evulz always dismisses with a long-suffering sigh.
40	* '''Played for Drama''': The conflict between Evulz and Bob is GreyAndGrayMorality and a peaceful solution seems potentially possible, but Bob's side uses Drake's brutality as justification for prolonging the war.
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