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Playing With: Bad Boss
Basic Trope: The villain mistreats his minions regularly.
  • Straight: Slayer treats his minions like trash.
  • Exaggerated: Slayer makes his minions do all the work while not paying them, and then yells at them more for any small mistake.
  • Downplayed: Slayer merely annoys his minions
  • Justified:
  • Inverted: Benevolent Boss
  • Subverted: He was having a bad day - He has a Hidden Heart of Gold.
  • Double Subverted: Except he's not much nicer on a good day - He's a Jerk With A Heart Of Jerk.
  • Parodied: Slayer constantly yells out "YOU'RE FIRED!"
  • Zig Zagged: ???
  • Averted: Slayer behaves in a respectful and professional matter with his minions, or at least doesn't abuse them.
  • Enforced: "We need to show that Slayer is a really bad person"
  • Lampshaded: ???
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: Slayer treats his employees with respect and dignity, and even rewards them when they do something right, in order to avoid having them turn against him.
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???

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