1 | '''Basic Trope''': A villain motivated by a hatred of technology. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice feels that high technology is a sign of mankind's decadence and begins a crusade against technology and all who refuse to stop using it. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Bob decides that mankind has been corrupted by technology and announces he will kill anyone who as much as wears clothes or uses a stick or rock. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob both lament the loss of '[[GoodOldWays the old ways]]' and refuse to use anything that was invented after 1950. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** Alice is a dryad, whose power comes from nature while Bob was RaisedByWolves and simply doesn't understand why people need technology. |
7 | ** Alice's hometown was [[NukeEm hit by a nuclear bomb]]. |
8 | ** The setting's technology is PoweredByAForsakenChild. |
9 | * '''Inverted''': |
10 | ** Alice and Bob are {{Science Hero}}es who use science and technology to fight evil. |
11 | ** Alice and Bob are progress-obsessed zealots who consider anyone unwilling to make use of the technological advances available to them an ignorant savage who stands in the way of of creating a better world, and no cost too great in the name of progress. |
12 | * '''Subverted''': [[StrawHypocrite Alice reveals that she just wants all the technology for herself. She isn't really opposed to it as much as she's jealous of everyone who can afford better equipment.]] |
13 | * '''Double Subverted''': She still wants to prevent any further development of technology in order to retain her grip, however. |
14 | * '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob argue over whether whether their latest evil scheme uses too high a level of technology. |
15 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Alice and Bob claim to be anti-technology but [[MoralMyopia frequently use varying levels of it in their plans]]. |
16 | * '''Averted''': Alice and Bob are the villains of a ScavengerWorld. There's no technology to oppose. |
17 | * '''Enforced''': "We need to avoid making our NatureHero look like a crazed environmentalist. Make the villains far worse." |
18 | * '''Lampshaded''': "If they don't like technology, [[MoralMyopia why are they attacking us with guns]]?" |
19 | * '''Invoked''': Alice and Bob use their anti-technology sentiments to appeal to environmentalists and people who want a [[NostalgiaFilter 'simpler life'.]] |
20 | * '''Exploited''': TheFederation espouses a pro-technology ideology to encourage those that oppose them to eschew it and be less able to make themselves a threat. |
21 | * '''Defied''': [[PrinciplesZealot Bob]] claims that they should get rid of all technology when they take over, but [[PragmaticVillainy Alice points out]] that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome it would be impossible to rule a global empire without it]]. |
22 | * '''Discussed''': "If we continue to develop technology like this, mankind will lose its soul!" "Let's hope she never declares war on computers. [[DeadpanSnarker I already sold my soul for this laptop.]]" |
23 | * '''Conversed''': "I hear that Alice and Bob are rounding up anyone who knows how to run the machinery or the computers..." "I hear that they hate technology and anyone who uses it. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck This doesn't bode well..."]] |
24 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
25 | ** Alice is at a disadvantage in executing her EvilPlan, simply because everyone else is better equipped. |
26 | ** Alice is a WellIntentionedExtremist whose antipathy to technological advancement is rooted more in not wanting to see GaiasLament happen through environmental damage, and/or fears that the new technology would result in the use of the JobStealingRobot which would only enrich the wealthy few and disenfranchise the many poor. Her actions spark a backlash that pushes more people to support technological advances at any cost. |
27 | * '''Reconstructed''': [[{{Hypocrite}} Bob hires hackers and other technologically equipped mercenary types to do their dirty work]] while he and Alice act as [[VillainWithGoodPublicity well-respected environmentalists]]. Then they ...[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness deal with them]]. |
28 | ** Alice may have a technological disadvantage, but she has access to [[GaiasVengeance the forces of nature's wrath]] to compensate for that. |
29 | * '''Implied''': Alice is mainly a GenericDoomsdayVillain, but she disparages the heroes for using advanced technology. |
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31 | Repent and drag yourself away from this electronic abomination! Don't even think of going back to EvilLuddite! |
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33 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
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36 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
37 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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