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Basic Trope: A character (often a villain) tries to make the show about them.

  • Straight: Emperor Evulz tries to take over an episode of the show Tropetacular! in order to make it The Emperor Evulz Show.
  • Exaggerated: The entire Rogues Gallery of Tropetacular! takes over a season of the show.
  • Downplayed: The episode has a Special Edition Title briefly showing Evulz, but he doesn't really try too hard to take over the show.
  • Justified: Emperor Evulz is aware that he's in a show and wants to make it about him.
  • Inverted: Hiro and his team willingly give Emperor Evulz A Day in the Limelight... even though Evulz doesn't want one.
  • Subverted: ???
  • Double Subverted: ???
  • Parodied: ???
  • Zig-Zagged: ???
  • Averted: Nobody ever tries to take over the show.
  • Enforced: Emperor Evulz is well-liked among the fanbase because of Evil Is Cool, so the creators think that an episode where Evulz tries to make the show about himself would be an entertaining idea.
  • Lampshaded: ???
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: Hiro realizes what Evulz is up to and stops him before he can take over the show.
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???

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