Line #15 PlayingWith/CanonCharacterAllAlong


1	'''Basic Trope''': In an adaptation, a character assumed to be an original character turns out to be a canon character.
2	* '''Straight''': TheFilmOfTheBook ''Troperia'' at first appears not to contain BigBad Emperor Evulz. However, it turns out that [[TheMole Charlie]], thought to be a CanonForeigner, is actually Evulz.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Many characters turn out to be canon characters.
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** The identity of "Charlie" is new, but it was known that Evulz was going to be in Troperia.
6	** Both Charlie and Emperor Evulz exist in the book, but in the film, [[CompositeCharacter they turn out to be the same person.]]
7	* '''Justified''': Emperor Evulz was already known as a master of disguise.
8	* '''Inverted''':
9	** Emperor Evulz turns out to be an original character, an InNameOnly version of the book's character.
10	** Emperor Evulz as a title exists in both the source material and film, but Charlie is an [[CanonForeigner original]] bearer of the title over one of the existing users.
11	* '''Subverted''':
12	** When Charlie reveals he is evil, he says, "I am ... Emperor Everson!"
13	** Charlie is heavily linked to Evulz ... but then he dies.
14	* '''Double Subverted''':
15	** He eventually takes on "Emperor Evulz" instead.
16	** Emperor Everson is still the film's version of Emperor Evulz [[AdaptationNameChange under a different name]].
17	** He comes BackFromTheDead as "Emperor Evulz".
18	** After the heroes seemingly defeat Emperor Evulz, Charlie turns up alive and revels himself to be the real Emperor Evulz.
19	* '''Parodied''': [[CloudCuckoolander Charlie]] declares that he is now Princess Violet at the end of the film. Not only has she been introduced, she is standing next to him looking thoroughly confused.
20	* '''Zig-Zagged''': Charlie first appeared in the adaptation, then gets included in later book series -- as a completely separate character. However it turns out that Charlie was actually his past self who so despises him [[FutureMeScaresMe that he is willing to risk temporal paradox to kill him]] when he finds out [[EvenEvilHasStandards what he will do disgusts even a hardened spy]]. However that is an alternate timeline version of him who would never become Evulz -- hence why he didn't [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim commit suicide]].
21	* '''Averted''': All original characters are actually original.
22	* '''Enforced''':
23	** The author is trying to avoid ItWasHisSled by introducing a new twist with Evulz.
24	** It would be impossible to depict Evulz in his original form convincingly, so they instead had him pre-ascension.
25	** The writers needed to add filler that would include Evulz in the first act ([[ExecutiveMeddling as ordered by the executives]]) without affecting the plot, so they made him ''[[NamedInTheAdaptation Emperor Charles "Charlie" Evulz]]'' to slightly mask his identity.
26	* '''Lampshaded''': "Of course -- I should have recognized you from the start."
27	* '''Invoked''': "Did you really think that I was just [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall an ordinary man that nobody's ever heard of?]]"
28	* '''Exploited''': This turns out to be ProductionForeshadowing for the next book, which reveals that [[RetCanon Emperor Evulz had always been Charlie.]]
29	* '''Defied''': AliceAndBob, the protagonists, [[CrazyPrepared have Evulz tracked after their battle]].
30	* '''Discussed''': "I knew they wouldn't leave Emperor Evulz out of the movie. He had to be in it somehow."
31	* '''Conversed''': ???
32	* '''Deconstructed''':
33	** Charlie appears inexplicably powerful and [[CurbStompBattle trounces beloved characters]] Alice and Bob easily; while it makes sense that BigBad Emperor Evulz is that powerful, Charlie looks like a CreatorsPet until the twist.
34	** "Emperor Evulz" means nothing to the characters, as they don't know about the original book. When Charlie says he is Evulz, Alice and Bob are just confused.
35	* '''Reconstructed''':
36	** Charlie is a vital part of the plot, but never steals the spotlight from the other characters.
37	** Even though Evulz doesn't mean anything to them, the fact Charlie has been hiding his identity is shocking enough for them to react the same way as the readers.
38	* '''Played for Laughs''': The shocking twist is that Charlie is Dave, the SpearCarrier in the fifth chapter who fetches a book for Alice.
39	* '''Implied''': It's never actually said that Charlie is Evulz, but there's many a MythologyGag that connects the two characters.
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