1 | '''Basic Trope:''' The story begins with the villain. |
2 | * '''Straight''': The story begins with [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] giving a speech to his men. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': The opening sequence following Evulz lasts for half an hour. |
4 | * '''Downplayed:''' |
5 | ** The opening sequence begins with the top enforcers of Evulz; [[TheDragon General Drake]] is seen giving orders to his men, [[EvilGenius Head Scientist Butcherstein]] is doing some unethical experiments on some hapless {{Redshirt}}s captured from Tropeland, and [[TheBrute Claidheamh the Left Handed Brute]] grinds his [[{{BFS}} uncannily huge blade]] and practices his sword fighting on some dummy in order to cleave through his enemies. |
6 | ** The story opens with Bob having a nightmare about Evulz, showing both characters at the same time. |
7 | * '''Justified:''' Evulz [[CreateYourOwnHero is responsible for creating the heroes]], so it makes sense to open with his actions. |
8 | * '''Inverted:''' |
9 | ** The story begins with [[BigGood King Richter von Troperia]] giving a speech to his men. |
10 | ** The story begins with [[TheHero Sir Robert]] riding his horse in order to lead his group back to base. |
11 | * ''' Subverted:''' It looks like the story will begin with Emperor Evulz, but as it turns out, it's merely a painting of him, as King Richter gives out his speech. |
12 | * '''Double Subverted''': Then comes the PicturePerfectPresentation into Evulz giving a speech to his own men. |
13 | * '''Parodied:''' The story begins with Emperor Evulz singing in the shower. |
14 | * '''Averted:''' The story doesn't begin with Emperor Evulz. |
15 | * '''Defied:''' In the story's FramingDevice, Bob demands that the narrator start with him instead of Evulz. |
16 | * '''Zig-Zagged:''' ??? |
17 | * '''Enforced:''' The film is an adaptation of another work in which Evulz was a BreakoutVillain, meaning the audience is most excited to see him. |
18 | * '''Lampshaded:''' In the story's framing device, Bob says, "Okay, starting with the bad guy, huh?" |
19 | * '''Discussed:''' ??? |
20 | * '''Conversed:''' ??? |
21 | * '''Invoked:''' ??? |
22 | * '''Exploited:''' |
23 | * '''Played for Laughs:''' |
24 | * '''Played for Drama:''' |
25 | * '''Played for Horror:''' |
26 | * '''Implied:''' ??? |
27 | * '''Unparodied:''' ??? |
28 | * '''Untwisted:''' ??? |
29 | * '''Deconstructed:''' ??? |
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