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Main Evil Overlord List Discussion
"After I kidnap the beautiful princess, we will be married immediately in a quiet civil ceremony, not a lavish spectacle in three weeks' time during which the final phase of my plan will be carried out." - usually it is to get recognised as a rightful ruler - i.e. PR move. It cannot be done in a "quiet civil ceremony" as the whole point is the PR.
The problem with #47 is that it is often implemented by means of attempted genocide, causing Genocide Backfire and Nice Job Breaking It Herod.
Also, #50 would be very hard to implement today.
I have one that wasn't on the list.
If you lose to the protagonist and he spares you take his generosity. Don't be an idiot and try to shoot him in the back because that hardly ever works in the end. Even if you do kill him his buddy who is also there will normally kill you in retaliation.
- 100: "Finally, to keep my subjects permanently locked in a mindless trance, I will provide each of them with free unlimited Internet access."
37. If my trusted lieutenant tells me my Legions of Terror are losing a battle, I will believe him. After all, he's my trusted lieutenant.
It's currently tropeless, but I think The Consigliere applies.
I'm making a book series. I won't tell you much, but the Bad guy in charge of the bad guy (Implied to be Homer Simson, but in the story he is a Complete Monster) in charge of the bad guy (A Mad Scientist who kills the gods of space and time and turned their powers into Mooks) in charge of the Bid Bad, is Adolf Hitler. HE will follow this list
"I will be neither chivalrous nor sporting. If I have an unstoppable superweapon, I will use it as early and as often as possible instead of keeping it in reserve."
I think we have a bit of a problem on the list. Point 40 is showing up as a YMMV. We should probably find a way to fix that.
I will not grow a goatee. In the old days they made you look diabolic. Now they just make you look like a disaffected member of Generation X.
First of all fashion changes, so what was true yesteryear will not be true the next.
Secondly, what is Generation X?