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1'''Basic Trope''': Two separate characters were revealed to be the same person.
2* '''Straight''': Alex and Emperor Evulz were the same person all along.
3* '''Exaggerated''': So is Lord Bad, C.C. Executive, Bob, Charlie...
4* '''Downplayed''': Alex Black and Alex White are revealed to be the same person.
5* '''Justified''':
6** Alex did not want to let people know he's actually the BigBad, so he created an alias called "Emperor Evulz".
7** Alex has multiple personalities, each of whom seems to gain control of Alex's body at different times and without the knowledge of the other personalities.
8* '''Inverted''':
9** CollectiveIdentity.
10** LegacyCharacter.
11** DecompositeCharacter
12* '''Subverted''': Alex and Emperor Evulz are two different people, and the former is TheStarscream to the latter.
13* '''Double Subverted''': Alex kills Emperor Evulz and takes on his identity.
14* '''Parodied''': Every last one of the large cast turns out to be Alex, who is trying to entertain himself.
15* '''Zig Zagged''': The heroes unmask Emperor Evulz, only to discover that he was Alex all along. Except that's not actually Alex; it's a VoluntaryShapeshifter attempting to sew distrust between Alex and his friends... a shapeshifter hired by Emperor Evulz, AKA Alex, to give himself PlausibleDeniability.
16* '''Averted''': No one has a secret identity.
17* '''Enforced''': "So far, our villain looks like something out of a really lame children's adventure story. Realistically, he should have a secret identity."
18* '''Lampshaded''': "There is no Emperor Evulz. It was me all along."
19* '''Invoked''': Alex invents an evil alter ego.
20* '''Exploited''': Someone talks trash about Emperor Evulz in front of Alex to expose how unusually nervous he is about the subject.
21* '''Defied''': Alex abandons his alter ego.
22* '''Discussed''': "I think Emperor Evulz is really Alex. They sure do sound alike."
23* '''Conversed''': "So all this time, Emperor Evulz was Alex? I should have known; they certainly looked like the same actor."
24* '''Implied''': Alex and Emperor Evulz have the same voice and are never seen together.
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28%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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30%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
31%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
32%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
33%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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