'''Basic Trope''': The villain directly causing the conflict of the story.
* '''Straight''': [[EvilOverlord Emperor]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Evulz]], who rules the [[{{Mordor}} Evil Empire]] of [[DarkIsEvil Darkness]] with an iron fist, causes chaos and misery for all when he decides to expand his territory by [[SaveThePrincess kidnapping Princess Alice]] and [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forcing her to marry him]]. This forces the FiveManBand to rise up and defeat him.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** TheBigBadWolf [[CompleteMonster Emperor Evulz]] ends up being behind [[GambitRoulette every single inconvenience in the history of the world]], from power outages to traffic jams to [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the heroes’ coffeemaker breaking.]]
** [[EvilOverlord Emperor Evulz]] is literally [[{{satan}} The Devil]] himself!
** There are exactly ''[[RoguesGallery 25]]'' [[TitleDrop Big Bads]]!
** [[GreaterScopeVillain Emperor Evulz]] is the Big Bad behind ''[[VillainOfAnotherStory every]]'' [[EnemyToAllLivingThings story]] simultaneously.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Emperor Evulz is part of a BigBadEnsemble, but is the most dangerous member.
** Emperor Evulz is an AntiVillain who rules the Empire of Evil with an Iron Fist, however he [[WellIntentionedExtremist does it for a greater good]].
** Emperor Evulz is TheHeavy for a GreaterScopeVillain.
** The person who’s directly causing the main conflict of the story isn’t ''necessarily'' a {{villain|s}}, but rather a huge jerk.
* '''Justified''': Evulz is dangerously savvy in politics, and combined with his dark sorcery, he's able to get himself into a leadership position with ease.
* '''Inverted''':
** Bob is TheHero out to defeat Evulz. He’s the one (partially, occasionally) fixing the problems.
** BigGood
** Princess Alice of the [[SugarBowl Peaceful]] [[GoodRepublicEvilEmpire Republic]] of [[LightIsGood Light]] and [[TheGoodKingdom Good]], despite being a DamselInDistress, is TheMentor to the heroes who accompanies them through a magical FairyCompanion avatar, [[BigGood and is the one who sent them on their quest to defeat Evulz]].
* '''Subverted''':
** Emperor Evulz is actually a figurehead or PuppetKing for the true villain, [[TheManBehindTheMan King Bubba the First]].
** Evulz is really a WellIntentionedExtremist using his status to prepare the heroes to fight some [[GreaterScopeVillain greater evil]] in the future.
** Evulz is a DiscOneFinalBoss.
** Evulz [[HeelFaceTurn becomes a good guy]] after his EvilPlan is revealed.
** Evulz [[BigBadWannabe doesn't have what it takes to be an effective threat]].
** Evulz was GoodAllAlong.
** [[CardCarryingVillain Evulz]] has a [[SmallNameBigEgo small name, but a big ego,]] and a ''very'' loud voice.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** In reality, King Bubba the First is just an alias of the Emperor.
** Evulz [[TheStarscream betrays Bubba]] to become the ruler for real.
** Evulz wanted the greater evil gone so he could rule alone- [[HijackedByGanon and he was the one who created the greater evil that betrayed him.]]
** The [[DiscOneFinalBoss Disc One Final Battle]] was only the ''first'' battle against Evulz. His second fight is the FinalBoss, and the TrueFinalBoss is his OneWingedAngel form.
* '''Parodied''': Emperor Evulz is [[HarmlessVillain a total dunce]] who [[SoreLoser whines like a little baby]] when his EvilPlan goes south.
* '''Zig Zagged''':
** Emperor Evulz [[BigBadWannabe turns out to be a lesser threat than some of the others around him]]. He gets into frequent EnemyMine situations with the FiveManBand, but by the end of the episode, [[StatusQuoIsGod it's back to business as usual]].
** Emperor Evulz provides the main conflict in the story, but his main goal is to unleash a SealedEvilInACan GreaterScopeVillain that he will serve once achieving this goal.
* '''Averted''':
** Emperor Evulz doesn't even last half the season.
** The show relies entirely on the MonsterOfTheWeek format.
** The conflict, great or small, has no one entity behind it. Even if there are villains in this setting, none are solely responsible for the mess or significantly more powerful than the others. Instead, the conflict(s) come from their [[GambitPileup combined efforts]] and/or pure bad luck.
** Emperor Evulz is a PlotIrrelevantVillain.
** [[NoAntagonist The show doesn't even have villains in it.]]
** [[NonIndicativeName Evulz]] is a HeroAntagonist in a GoodVersusGood story.
** [[GreyAndGrayMorality There is no villains as well as no heroes]].
* '''Enforced''':
** "We need a source of conflict, and nothing says conflict like an EvilOverlord."
** "You know what [[SliceOfLife this story]] needs? [[EvilIsCool A badass villain!]]"
* '''Lampshaded''':
** "Why can't the guys with [[LegionOfDoom badass armies]], [[EvilTowerOfOminousness big fortresses]], [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains skimpy]] [[TheseTropesAreEvilAndSexy seductive]] [[HotConsort consorts]], and [[OffScreenVillainDarkMatter infinite resources]] ever be on ''[[EvilIsCool our side]]''?"
** [[CardCarryingVillain "I’m the bad guy here, you see."]]
* '''Invoked''':
** "I'll get those [[FiveManBand five warriors]], or my name isn't Emperor Evulz! And I know just how to do it: raise an evil army, and use my massive funds to rise through the political ranks as well!"
** Evulz intentionally plays the part of a villain [[GenghisGambit to unite his fractured empire against him]].
* '''Exploited''': The heroes find a single antagonist with predictable goals to be much more manageable than last season's MonsterOfTheWeek format, so they [[GuileHero convince]] Evulz to unite the monsters under his empire.
* '''Defied''':
** Emperor Evulz is actually [[ArcVillain one of several Big Bads in the series]], none of whom have much influence over the MythArc.
** Evulz [[TheGoodKing goes out of his way to be as kind as possible]] and stops anyone who even ''seems'' like they might become a Big Bad.
* '''Discussed''': "I just know there's someone behind all this."
* '''Conversed''': "There's always some evil boss guy controlling all the [[{{Mooks}} littler evil guys.]]"
* '''Implied''': The calamities seem to be unconnected, but [[TheStinger at the end of the story when all is solved]], Evulz can be seen talking in a way that vaguely suggests he was the cause of everything. This may or may not be a SequelHook.
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Evulz's evil is kept in check by the OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness; in fact, he's so impaired by them that he can't even KickTheDog without their approval.
** [[DarkIsNotEvil Evulz is actually the setting's GOOD guy]], and he's fighting for freedom against a totalitarian regime. The FiveManBand [[VillainProtagonist may]] or [[UnwittingPawn may not]] be aware of this.
** Emperor Evulz VII ''seems'' like a [[ObviouslyEvil scary]] and [[TheCaligula insane]] ruler, so everyone assumes he's [[FisherKing singlehandedly responsible]] for turning TheGoodKingdom into {{Mordor}}. After the FiveManBand [[MurderIsTheBestSolution successfully kills him in combat]], however, they realize that it was actually a complex combination of factors including a decade-long drought (that Evulz didn't cause) and the wasteful spending of Evulz I-VI (which VII had no control over) that have ravaged and bankrupted the land. [[TheGoodKing Evulz]] merely lay in his bed, suffering from depression and too paralyzed with fear to do anything himself, and sent his servants to fix the problem. He previously tried solving the issue democratically, but his nobles and soldiers began abusing their power ([[AntiVillain but only because they’re trying to get by]]), and the NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering vetoed nearly every one of his decisions. His minions kidnapped the princess as a last resort, hoping the marriage will unite the two Lands and the Peaceful Republic of Good can aid them in the crisis. Ultimately, people are suffering and dying because the Empire of Darkness is becoming [[WeAREStrugglingTogether increasingly fractured]], and the factions care more about their personal agendas than actually solving the crisis; meanwhile [[GoodAllAlong Evulz himself made his policies and did everything else he did with the best of intentions]], even if the implementation was flawed at best. But the angry public wanted someone to blame- as a result, Evulz ended up becoming TheScapegoat, so he is ultimately nothing more than a SlaveToPR. And LaResistance [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized has committed horrible atrocities in the name of their cause]]- in fact, [[NotQuiteTheRightThing killing the rightful heir]] has only caused one thing: a SuccessionCrisis. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice one, guys]].
** The hero assumes that all of the world's problems are the fault of one singular villain, and his growing fixation on defeating that villain blinds him to the genuine problems of the society he lives in that exist with or without some madman with a god complex.
** The sudden appearance of a villain as powerful as a Big Bad that poses that much of a threat causes many different groups to [[TheAlliance ally against them]], bringing the Big Bad's defeat and ensuring that the newfound alliance puts safeguards in place to prevent a similar thing from happening again, bringing about world peace and an eternal utopia.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Evulz solves the problem by [[TheStarscream killing them all]].
** The OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness ''is'' the BigBad; Evulz is only one member of [[BigBadDuumvirate an entire organization]] of {{Big Bad}}s who coordinate their efforts and act as advisors towards each other to prevent BondVillainStupidity and other fallacies.
** The ''[[ManBehindTheMan true]]'' BigBad is the ruler of the [[IronicName Peaceful]] [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny Republic]] of {{Light|IsNotGood}} and [[CrapsaccharineWorld Good]]’s regime that Evulz was fighting against: the {{Five Man Band}}’s [[TreacherousAdvisor mentor]], [[DecoyDamsel Princess]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing Alice]], [[EvilAllAlong who sent them on the quest in the first place]].
** While Evulz was giving orders with a general direction, [[EvilChancellor his chancellor]], [[SinisterMinister Prime Minister Mayhem]], [[TheManInFrontOfTheMan was the one who was creating and passing laws that caused the problems]], and ''he'' ordered the kidnapping of Princess Alice. The eventual victor of the SuccessionCrisis, Princess Candace Evulz, actually ends up being a WhiteSheep, and kicks out Mayhem.
** The "hero", in pursuit of defeating the singular villain, winds up ''[[YouAreWhatYouHate becoming]]'' the BigBad he seeks when he proceeds to commit horrible atrocities in his quest to defeat the perceived villains, forcing everyone else into an alliance to stop the madman from destroying everything.
** The Alliance leaders [[FullCircleRevolution become the new]] Big Bad themselves as they go too far in trying to clamp down on evil, becoming a tyrannical KnightTemplar regime forcing a group of rebels to rise up against them.
** The supposed Big Bad who necessitated the rise of the Alliance [[FalseFlagOperation was a tool of the alliance leaders themselves]], who instigated the crisis to [[LetNoCrisisGoToWaste grab power]] and TakeOverTheWorld.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Emperor Evulz is a HarmlessVillain who does little more than PokeThePoodle.
* '''Played For Drama''': Emperor Evulz is [[InvincibleVillain so powerful that there is no conceivable way he can be defeated]]. Much angst results.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The audience [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks dislikes]] the addition of a villain, since the first season was a SliceOfLife comedy with NoAntagonist and Evulz is a GenericDoomsdayVillain who disrupts the flow of the show. This was intentional, as ExecutiveMeddling forced the author to add a villain to [[MerchandiseDriven sell more toys]], so they intentionally made Evulz TheScrappy to force the creators to change it back.
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