Basic Trope: The story begins with the villain.
- Straight: The story begins with Emperor Evulz giving a speech to his men.
- Exaggerated: The opening sequence following Evulz lasts for half an hour.
- Downplayed: The opening sequence begins with the top enforcers of Evulz; General Drake is seen giving orders to his men, Head Scientist Butcherstein is doing some unethical experiments on some hapless Redshirts captured from Tropeland, and Claidheamh the Left Handed Brute grinds his uncannily huge blade and practices his sword fighting on some dummy in order to cleave through his enemies.
- Justified:
- Inverted:
- The story begins with King Richter von Troperia giving a speech to his men.
- The story begins with Sir Robert riding his horse in order to lead his group back to base.
- Subverted: It looks like the story will begin with Emperor Evulz, but as it turns out, it's merely a painting of him, as King Richter gives out his speech.
- Double Subverted: Then comes the Picture-Perfect Presentation into Evulz giving a speech to his own men.
- Parodied: The story begins with Emperor Evulz singing in the shower.
- Averted: The story doesn't begin with Emperor Evulz.
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