Line #10 PlayingWith/NothingCanStopUsNow


1	'''Basic Trope''': The villain falsely proclaims victory ahead of time.
2	* '''Straight''': [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] is at the [[NearVillainVictory height of his power]]. The ArtifactOfPower has been pacified and is [[TemptingFate firmly under his control]], [[TheHero Bob]] [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim is being lowered into]] [[AcidPool a large tankard of boiling acid]] [[SharkPool filled with]] [[ThreateningShark monstrous sharks]], while [[LoveInterest Alice]] and [[TheLancer Charlie]] [[DarkestHour are in prison]]. He declares victory, and starts [[EvilLaugh bellowing]] and [[EvilGloating gloating]] uncontrollably. But in this lapse of self-control, the [[ArtifactDomination artifact]] seizes control over his mind, forcing him to open every last electronically locked door in his SupervillainLair so he could escape, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain allowing Bob's team escape]], who then shut the trapdoor over the SharkPool and free TheHero, and capture Evulz, who, of course, remarks that ThisCannotBe
3	* '''Exaggerated''': TheEmpire has [[TheBadGuyWins succeeded]] in [[TakeOverTheWorld conquering the world]], and [[TheHeroDies all the heroes are dead]]. Evulz so much as [[ThoughtCrime considers]] the possibility that victory may or may not be attainable at that very moment. He and his Empire are [[{{Retgone}} Retgoned]] in '''one second'''.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Evulz seeks to boost the morale of his {{Mook}}s by reassuring them of their ultimate victory, but advises them to exercise caution.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** Evulz is a SmugSnake.
7	** TheEmpire sits comfortably on a sound foundation of countless consecutive victories. So why should a group of ragtag, upstart children shaken Evulz's faith in his success?
8	** Evulz has low self-esteem and requires any re-affirmation of his greatness, even at his own peril.
9	* '''Inverted''':
10	** Bob, along with Alice and Charlie, are given a HopeSpot after being the local {{Butt Monkey}}s of the series; They've got the ArtifactOfPower to themselves, Evulz is getting his ass hauled to jail, while [[DarkActionGirl Lady Scarlett]] and [[TheDragon General Drake]] are currently still stuck in the trap that Alice and Charlie rigged and are also to be sent to jail, and the trio cheer for victory. And then {{The Brute}}s [[PsychoElectro Electro-Man]] and [[TheJuggernaut Hellraiser]] tear through the police and frees Evulz, and also come back to get Scarlett and Draco, while also managing to capture Bob, Alice, and Charlie. Bob laments that they were so close to victory.
11	** [[RockBottom It cannot possibly get worse from here]].
12	** [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Everything Can Stop Us Now]]
13	** NothingCanSaveUsNow
14	* '''Subverted''': Evulz is tempted to commit the greatest sin an aspiring [[TakeOverTheWorld world conquerer]] or other EvilOverlord could possibly commit. But then he shuts his mouth and focuses on the task at hand.
15	* '''Double Subverted''': And then he breaks out laughing against his better judgement anyways.
16	* '''Parodied''': [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Evulz]] succeeds in [[{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}} seizing and devouring a candy]] [[PokeThePoodle from a baby]]. Nothing can stop his plans for world domination now.
17	* '''Zig-Zagged''': [[TheStarscream Evulz]] [[KlingonPromotion assassinates his predecessor and supercedes]] and considers prematurely declaring invincibility, but then decides that he should wish to properly assess his resources and abilities. This is only the beginning, after all. But then he boasts when all of his political rivals were disposed of in a way such that their deaths were [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident made to look like an accident]]. But then he shuts up and stays silent as the heroes are dealt with swiftly.
18	* '''Averted''':
19	** Evulz makes sure to restrain his arrogance until ''after'' victory has indeed been achieved.
20	** [[HarmlessVillain Evulz]] never gets close to [[EvilWillFail victory]], anyways.
21	* '''Enforced''':
22	** The show is a SugarBowl or other story where TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin, so it follows that, even if Evulz gets close tp victory, he'll end up throwing it all away for a moment of self-satisfaction.
23	** [[AnAesop The story is suppose to illustrate the pitfalls of]] {{Pride}}.
24	* '''Lampshaded''': "[[CardCarryingVillain As the villain of the story]], [[ContractualGenreBlindness I cannot win]]. Ergo, I must [[StupidEvil sabotage myself]] in the form of [[NotSoInvincibleAfterAll denial of vulnerability]]."
25	* '''Invoked''': An arrogant enemy is a weak enemy, and [[GuileHero Bob]] knows this. So he works towards pumping up Evulz's head until he can no longer understand why he isn't invincible.
26	* '''Exploited''': [[GeneralRipper General]] [[BastardUnderstudy Drake]] seeks to [[FlawExploitation exploit]] Emperor Evulz's {{Pride}} and belief that the heroes could not possibly defeat him; a sortie is [[BlatantLies not required]] to relieve the siege at [[HauntedCastle Montfort]] in {{Uberwald}}, and as such, the heroes sucessfully StormTheCastle. ThisCannotBe Emperor Evulz, being the [[SmugSnake absolute devil he is]], is goaded forth by [[TheStarscream Drake]] to [[OneManArmy retake the fortress himself]] and demonstrate his VillainousValour. There are exactly three possibilities, [[XanatosGambit all leading to varying degrees of success for the general]]: Emperor Evulz reigns victorious, [[TheHeroDies the heroes are all dead]], and he, recognizing Drake's 'wisdom' nominates him as his [[TreacherousAdvisor advisor]] and DragonInChief while he untowardly becomes a mere [[PuppetKing puppet]]; Emperor Evulz is slain by the heroes, and Drake amplifies the magnitude of his failure and ignorance and seizes supreme power in his stead; or both Evulz ''and'' the heroes [[MutualKill die in lockstep]], which is even better.
27	* '''Defied''': [[EvilOverlordList 24. I will maintain a realistic assessment of my strengths and weaknesses.]]
28	* '''Discussed''': "So, then, I guess ThisIsThePartWhere Evulz raves on and on about his invincibility?"
29	* '''Conversed''': "Evulz seems like a [[SarcasmMode humble guy]]."
30	* '''Deconstruction''': ''I'' cannot ''possibly fail''! Devoting his faith in the infallibility of his [[TheEmpire empire]] and his ''[[EvilPlan grand design]]'', it should come as no surprise that, when [[OutGambitted it all collapses around him]], when all [[CollapsingLair that he had built]] falls into ruin, when [[MookDepletion all of his soldiers perish around him]] fighting a hopeless war, so declared in his own name, [[AlasPoorVillain Evulz]] finally ''[[BreakTheHaughty breaks]]''. And in his bunker, as [[EmptyShell he]] dives into the [[DespairEventHorizon bottomless sinkhole of despair]], the [[MadnessMantra final thing he can speak out with clarity]] is but a string of words: [[BeingEvilSucks All the death, the destruction]], it was AllForNothing, ''[[ItsAllMyFault all because of my damned ego]]''.
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32	NothingCanStopUsNow, adversary!
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34	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
35	%% * '''Implied''': ???
36	%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
37	%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
38	%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
39	%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???

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