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# If the hero is proactive about his situation, then the Status Quo will, in most situations, eventually move, which is frequently banned under StatusQuoIsGod.
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# If the hero is proactive about his situation, then the Status Quo will, in most situations, eventually move, change, which is frequently banned under StatusQuoIsGod.
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# Most heroes are [[{{Protectorate}} protectors]] of some kind (cops, doctors (in medical dramas), or the parents of children who are being threatened by some (possibly supernatural) evil) and the villain's plans are a threat to the hero's {{Protectorate}}, thus making it impossible for them to be unusually proactive before the story starts.
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# Most heroes are [[{{Protectorate}} protectors]] of some kind (cops, doctors (in [in medical dramas), dramas], or the parents of children who are being threatened by some (possibly supernatural) [possibly supernatural] evil) and the villain's plans are a threat to the hero's {{Protectorate}}, thus making it impossible for them to be unusually proactive before the story starts.
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* Any story set in a world where TheBadGuyWins and the hero must reverse this outcome.
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# Most heroes are [[{{Protectorate}} protectors]] of some kind (cops, doctors (in medical dramas), or the parents of children who are being threatened by some (possibly supernatural) evil) and the villain's plans are most often destructive to the heroes' world in some way, thus making it impossible for them to be unusually proactive before the story starts.
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# Most heroes are [[{{Protectorate}} protectors]] of some kind (cops, doctors (in medical dramas), or the parents of children who are being threatened by some (possibly supernatural) evil) and the villain's plans are most often destructive a threat to the heroes' world in some way, hero's {{Protectorate}}, thus making it impossible for them to be unusually proactive before the story starts.
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# Most heroes are [[{{Protectorate}} protectors]] of some kind (cops, doctors (in medical dramas), or the parents of children who are being threatened by some (possibly supernatural) evil), thus making it impossible for them to be unusually proactive before the story starts.
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# Most heroes are [[{{Protectorate}} protectors]] of some kind (cops, doctors (in medical dramas), or the parents of children who are being threatened by some (possibly supernatural) evil), evil) and the villain's plans are most often destructive to the heroes' world in some way, thus making it impossible for them to be unusually proactive before the story starts.
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# If the hero actively opposes the villain before the latter has done anything evil, all the audience sees is a DesignatedHero harrasing a DesignatedVillain for no reason. Less of a problem for running series where the villain earned his reputation in previous stories, though that can be seen as a belated heroic reaction to the villain's past actions.
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# If the hero actively opposes the villain before the latter has done anything evil, all the audience sees is a DesignatedHero harrasing harassing a DesignatedVillain for no reason. Less of a problem for running series where the villain earned his reputation in previous stories, though that can be seen as a belated heroic reaction to the villain's past actions.
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-->--'''Narration''' from ''[[Comicbook/TheLastAvengersStory The Last Avengers Story]]''
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# TheVillainMakesThePlot is in full play here, as well; and one of the few ways to make a smart villain appear effective is to have him be a [[TheChessmaster successful schemer]].
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# TheVillainMakesThePlot TheHeavy is in full play here, as well; and one of the few ways to make a smart villain appear effective is to have him be a [[TheChessmaster successful schemer]].
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SuperTrope of TheVillainMakesThePlot which is where smart stories are built on smart villains. This trope points to the vast array of stories where the action starts with the villain. From the same line of thinking comes AmbitionIsEvil. See also OffstageVillainy, which is a common method of showing this.
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# If the hero fights the villain before he's done anything evil, all the audience sees is a DesignatedHero harrasing a DesignatedVillain for no reason. Less of a problem for running series where the villain earned his reputation in previous stories, though that can be seen as a belated heroic reaction to the villain's past actions.
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# If the hero fights actively opposes the villain before he's the latter has done anything evil, all the audience sees is a DesignatedHero harrasing a DesignatedVillain for no reason. Less of a problem for running series where the villain earned his reputation in previous stories, though that can be seen as a belated heroic reaction to the villain's past actions.
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# If the villain hasn't done anything yet, [[DesignatedVillain what makes him a villain]], and why should the audience root for [[DesignatedHero a guy fighting someone who isn't doing anything evil]]?
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# If the hero fights the villain hasn't before he's done anything yet, [[DesignatedVillain what makes him a villain]], and why should evil, all the audience root sees is a DesignatedHero harrasing a DesignatedVillain for [[DesignatedHero no reason. Less of a guy fighting someone who isn't doing anything evil]]?
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# If the villain hasn't done anything yet, [[DesignatedVillain what makes him a villain]], and why should the audience root for [[DesignatedHero a guy fighting someone who isn't doing anything evil]]?
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An odd fact about the nature of [[SlidingScaleOfProactiveness initiative]] in fiction: If somebody has a plan at the start of the story, that character is [[AmbitionIsEvil probably a villain]].
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An odd fact about the nature of [[SlidingScaleOfProactiveness initiative]] in fiction: If somebody has a plan {{plan}} at the start of the story, that character is [[AmbitionIsEvil probably a villain]].
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# A villain, in order to be threatening, must want something, and have some chance of getting it.
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SuperTrope of TheVillainMakesThePlot. TheVillainMakesThePlot is where smart stories are built on smart villains. This trope points to the vast array of stories where the action starts with the villain. From the same line of thinking comes AmbitionIsEvil. See also OffstageVillainy, which is a common method of showing this.
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SuperTrope of TheVillainMakesThePlot. TheVillainMakesThePlot which is where smart stories are built on smart villains. This trope points to the vast array of stories where the action starts with the villain. From the same line of thinking comes AmbitionIsEvil. See also OffstageVillainy, which is a common method of showing this.
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* The VillainProtagonist, obviously.
** This can vary, as sometimes the VillainProtagonist may end up going against a BigBad who is EvilerThanThou, which means that both the protagonist and antagonist can be both proactive AND reactive. This can result in a GambitPileup towards the end of the story as both character's schemes come to a climactic, and sometimes catastrophic, resolution.
** This can vary, as sometimes the VillainProtagonist may end up going against a BigBad who is EvilerThanThou, which means that both the protagonist and antagonist can be both proactive AND reactive. This can result in a GambitPileup towards the end of the story as both character's schemes come to a climactic, and sometimes catastrophic, resolution.
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* The VillainProtagonist, obviously.
** Thisobviously because they are the ones with the EvilPlan but this can vary, as sometimes the VillainProtagonist vary
**They mayend up going be against the HeroAntagonist which is this trope from a different viewpoint.
**A BigBad who isEvilerThanThou, EvilerThanThou may show up which means that both the protagonist TheProtagonist and antagonist TheAntagonist can be both proactive AND reactive. This can result in a GambitPileup towards the end of the story as both character's schemes come to a climactic, and sometimes catastrophic, resolution.
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-->--'''Narration''' from ''[[Comicbook/TheAvengers The Last Avengers Story]]''
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-->--'''Narration''' from ''[[Comicbook/TheAvengers ''[[Comicbook/TheLastAvengersStory The Last Avengers Story]]''
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# If the villain doesn't do anything, the audience is entirely within its rights to think that this is a case of OrcusOnHisThrone, which is [[TropesAreNotBad frequently]] [[YourMileageMayVary felt]] to be a bad thing.
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# If the villain doesn't do anything, the audience is entirely within its rights to think that this is a case of OrcusOnHisThrone, which is [[TropesAreNotBad frequently]] [[YourMileageMayVary felt]] frequently felt to be a bad thing.
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SuperTrope of TheVillainMakesThePlot. TheVillainMakesThePlot is where smart stories are built on smart villains. This trope points to the vast array of stories where the action starts with the villain. From the same line of thinking comes AmbitionIsEvil.
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SuperTrope of TheVillainMakesThePlot. TheVillainMakesThePlot is where smart stories are built on smart villains. This trope points to the vast array of stories where the action starts with the villain. From the same line of thinking comes AmbitionIsEvil.
AmbitionIsEvil. See also OffstageVillainy, which is a common method of showing this.
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'''Given that this is a documentation of a strong tendency in fiction, rather than a trope in and of itself, no examples will be provided.'''
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# If the villain doesn't do anything, the audience is entirely within its rights to think that this is a case of OrcusOnHisThrone, which is frequently felt to be a bad thing.
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# If the villain doesn't do anything, the audience is entirely within its rights to think that this is a case of OrcusOnHisThrone, which is frequently felt [[TropesAreNotBad frequently]] [[YourMileageMayVary felt]] to be a bad thing.
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** This can vary, as sometimes the VillainProtagonist may end up going against a BigBad who is EvilerThanThou, which means that both the protagonist and antagonist can be both proactive AND reactive. This can result in a ThirtyGambitPileup towards the end of the story as both character's schemes come to a climactic, and sometimes catastrophic, resolution.
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** This can vary, as sometimes the VillainProtagonist may end up going against a BigBad who is EvilerThanThou, which means that both the protagonist and antagonist can be both proactive AND reactive. This can result in a ThirtyGambitPileup GambitPileup towards the end of the story as both character's schemes come to a climactic, and sometimes catastrophic, resolution.
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* GreatEscape
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* GreatEscapeGreatEscape (though it can also be considered a reaction to being imprisoned)
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* GreatEscape
* PerpetualPoverty
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** This can vary, as sometimes the VillainProtagonist may end up going against a BigBad who is EvilerThanThou, which means that both the protagonist and antagonist can be both proactive AND reactive. This can result in a ThirtyXanatosPileUp towards the end of the story as both character's schemes come to a climactic, and sometimes catastrophic, resolution.
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** This can vary, as sometimes the VillainProtagonist may end up going against a BigBad who is EvilerThanThou, which means that both the protagonist and antagonist can be both proactive AND reactive. This can result in a ThirtyXanatosPileUp ThirtyGambitPileup towards the end of the story as both character's schemes come to a climactic, and sometimes catastrophic, resolution.
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->"''Every evil tyrant has a plan to rule the world. The good people don't seem to have the knack.''"
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# It's easier to write another story (and given that much fiction nowadays is in some form serialized) if the hero is not the one responsible for everything happening. Less important in OneOffs.
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SuperTrope of TheVillainMakesThePlot. TheVillainMakesThePlot is where smart stories are built on smart villains. This trope points to the vast array of stories where the action starts with the villain.
From the same line of thinking comes AmbitionIsEvil.
From the same line of thinking comes AmbitionIsEvil.
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SuperTrope of TheVillainMakesThePlot. TheVillainMakesThePlot is where smart stories are built on smart villains. This trope points to the vast array of stories where the action starts with the villain.
villain. From the same line of thinking comes AmbitionIsEvil.
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An odd fact about the nature of [[SlidingScaleOfProactiveness proactiveness]] in fiction: If somebody has a plan at the start of the story, that character is [[AmbitionIsEvil probably a villain]].
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# TheLawOfBruce is in full play here, as well; and one of the only ways to make a smart villain feel effective is to have him be a [[TheChessmaster successful schemer]].
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SuperTrope of TheLawOfBruce; but whereas TheLawOfBruce is about intelligence, this is all about who does what. From the same line of thinking comes AmbitionIsEvil.
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SuperTrope of TheLawOfBruce; but whereas TheLawOfBruce TheVillainMakesThePlot. TheVillainMakesThePlot is about intelligence, this is all about who does what. where smart stories are built on smart villains. This trope points to the vast array of stories where the action starts with the villain.
From the same line of thinking comes AmbitionIsEvil.
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** This can vary, as sometimes the VillainProtagonist may end up going against a BigBad who is EvilerThanThou, which means that both the protagonist and antagonist can be both proactive AND reactive. This can result in a ThirtyXanatosPileUp towards the end of the story as both character's schemes come to a climactic, and sometimes catastrophic, resolution.
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Subversion of this, HeroesActVillainsHinder, comes from stories centering on the actions or emotions of the hero:
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