Basic Trope: A villainous character who is respected by their constituents.
- Straight: Alice tries to convince people that C.C. Executive is really a bad guy. However, since he has an army of spin doctors at his disposal, he's able to quash those rumors before they even get started.
- Exaggerated: C.C. literally owns every media outlet in Troperville, as well as the army and police force - anything remotely bad about him doesn't even get said.
- Downplayed: C.C.'s actions have been a little questionable, so while there's some suspicion, he's still respected enough to not warrant any action.
- Justified:
- Inverted:
- Subverted: After a great deal of work, Alice finally gets a media outlet to print something negative about C.C. It seems like he's about to have to pay the piper...
- Double Subverted: ...but he's able to spin the story as a positive.
- Parodied: C.C. regularly kicks puppies and steals candy from babies in broad daylight. No one calls him out on this.
- Zig Zagged: So he's finally going to have to pay the piper...but he gets out of it...but Alice saw this coming and had another barrage prepared.
- Averted: The approval rating of a figure is roughly in line with the villainy of his actions.
- Enforced: "This is the 2010s now, so we need charismatic, well-liked villains to go against the heroes!"
- Lampshaded: "I know he's evil, but he's just so charming!"
- Invoked: C. C. Co decides to spend large amounts of money on improving their image.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: People initially refuse to look past his evilness.
- Discussed: "You're a monster." "I know, that's why I have a PR department."
- Conversed: "C.C. is so Obviously Evil, his spin doctors must cost a fortune."
- Deconstructed: C.C. risks his publicity because he keeps committing crimes that are so blatant, even his lawyers barely come up with a plausible alibi, And keeping his publicity and running an empire takes it toll...
- Reconstructed: When enough stories about his overt evilness come out, people aren't able to look past it anymore and finally give him the punishment he deserves.
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Villain with Good Publicity.
