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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:''' ???

Context PlayingWith / VillainOpeningScene