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Basic Trope: The villain happens to have a voracious appetite and is constantly eating.

  • Straight: Emperor Evulz is rather rotund and is obsessed with food.
  • Exaggerated:
    • Emperor Evulz is always eating no matter what else he's doing right now.
    • Emperor Evulz eats anything, including his own shit.
    • Emperor Evulz is an immortal who does not require any form of nutrition to survive yet he still eats massive quantities of food just because he likes to.
  • Downplayed:
    • Emperor Evulz isn't seen eating as often as the other characters, but he does tend to bring up food in conversation a lot.
    • Emperor Evulz is an Affably Evil Anti-Villain who eats three times the amount an olympic athlete does, with sense and class.
  • Justified:
    • Emperor Evulz became a villain precisely so he could steal enough funds to indulge in excessive eating.
    • Emperor Evulz is the World's Strongest Man, and needs all those calories in order to maintain his biologically-expensive muscles.
    • Emperor Evulz's magical prowess is Cast from Calories, and needs a constant intake of food in order to keep it up to par.
    • Emperor Evulz uses food as a coping mechanism for the Personal Horror he's endured as an Evil Overlord.
    • Emperor Evulz eats a lot so he can store enough energy in his body for hibernation.
  • Inverted:
    • Emperor Evulz is a skinny villain who tends to fast.
    • Bob is an overweight, heroic Big Eater.
  • Subverted:
    • Emperor Evulz is rumored to have a monstrous appetite, but he's never seen eating anything.
    • Emperor Evulz undergoes a Heel–Face Turn. His appetite may or may not lessen.
  • Double Subverted:
    • It turns out that Evulz doesn't eat too much in public, but when he's by himself, he's free to pig out to his heart's content.
    • Evulz turns evil again.
  • Parodied: The heroes trick Emperor Evulz into overeating until he either explodes or becomes too fat to move.
  • Zig Zagged: Sometimes Emperor Evulz overeats and sometimes less emphasis is given on how much he loves eating.
  • Averted: Emperor Evulz is never seen eating anything.
  • Enforced:
  • Lampshaded: "Maybe you'd be able to capture the heroes if you spent more time scheming and less time stuffing your face."
  • Invoked: Emperor Evulz decides to indulge in overeating for whatever reason.
  • Exploited:
  • Defied: Emperor Evulz abstains from excessive eating, knowing that he needs to be healthy in order to hold his own against the heroes.
  • Discussed: "Evulz was cruel enough to steal a kid's ice cream and messily devour it in front of the tyke? I'm not surprised in the least."
  • Conversed: "Next thing you know, he'll probably starve his minions just so he can eat more than he already can."
  • Implied: People make jokes about Emperor Evulz being so ravenous that he could eat entire restaurants out of business.
  • Deconstructed: His constant overeating causes Emperor Evulz severe health problems.
  • Reconstructed: Emperor Evulz makes sure to watch out for the nutritional value of his food and to only indulge when there's no harm to come from it.
  • Played For Laughs: Emperor Evulz makes a passing mention of eating every previous hero who tried to stop him.
  • Played For Drama: Emperor Evulz is a tyrant who was able to eat so much because he starved everyone under his rule.

The Villainous Glutton will kill us if we don't prepare his dinner in time!

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