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** Reason and logic are intrinsically evil. All the inteligent people are criminals and every single scientist a CompleteMonster.

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** Reason and logic are intrinsically evil. All the inteligent intelligent people are criminals and every single scientist a CompleteMonster.CompleteMonster. Meanwhile, every single strongman has IncorruptiblePurePureness.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob and Evulz take turns outsmarting one another, but during the times Evulz outsmart are usually an IdiotPlot.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob and Evulz take turns outsmarting one another, but during the times Evulz outsmart are usually an IdiotPlot.another.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is a GeniusBruiser; Evulz is a BadassBookworm. SmartJerkAndNiceMoron

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Bob is a GeniusBruiser; Evulz is a BadassBookworm. BadassBookworm.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is a GeniusBruiser; Evulz is a BadassBookworm.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is a GeniusBruiser; Evulz is a BadassBookworm. SmartJerkAndNiceMoron

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* '''Enforced''': A magical artifact requires a person to sell your soul to gain true knowledge.

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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A magical artifact requires a person to sell your soul to gain true knowledge.knowledge.
** The author is aiming for an [[AntiIntellectualism anti-intellectualistic]] message.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is DumbMuscle; Evulz is a SquishyWizard.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Bob is DumbMuscle; Evulz is a SquishyWizard.SquishyWizard.
** Every heroic character is also an idiot. Every evil character is a genius.
** Reason and logic are intrinsically evil. All the inteligent people are criminals and every single scientist a CompleteMonster.
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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Bob and Evulz are equally clever and equally strong.



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"I hate it when the brainy guys are all villainous and the good guys only survive thanks to random fairies helping them."

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* '''Deconstructed''': Things get worse after Bob kills Evulz because [[AndThenWhat he didn't have a plan about what to do afterwards]] whereas under Evulz TheTrainsRunOnTime.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob ultimately wins because he knows his intellectual limitations and isn't afraid to ask others for help whereas Evulz is too proud to consult others.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Things get worse after Bob kills Evulz because [[AndThenWhat he didn't have a plan about what to do afterwards]] whereas under Evulz TheTrainsRunOnTime.
** Because all villains seem to use brains, a stigma arises against intelligent people, so Alex and Daniel, a pair of [[GuileHero Guile Heroes]], are treated with suspicion.
* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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Bob ultimately wins because he knows his intellectual limitations and isn't afraid to ask others for help whereas Evulz is too proud to consult others.others.
** Eventually, Bob and the other people realize that your intelligence and your strength does not determine your morality, and they accept Alex and Daniel.

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* '''Justified''': In this setting, the [[TheMagocracy intelligent and well-educated]] [[FantasticRacism have a great deal of contempt]] for others.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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In this setting, the [[TheMagocracy intelligent and well-educated]] [[FantasticRacism have a great deal of contempt]] for others.
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** Evulz suffers from ComplexityAddiction, while [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim using Captain Bob isn't above using brute force]].

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** Doctor Evulz is a CombatPragmatist, while Captain Bob relies more on fighting honorably.



* '''Deconstructed''': Things get worse after Bob kills Evulz because [[AndThenWhat he didn't have a plan about what to do aftewards]] whereas under Evulz TheTrainsRunOnTime.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Things get worse after Bob kills Evulz because [[AndThenWhat he didn't have a plan about what to do aftewards]] afterwards]] whereas under Evulz TheTrainsRunOnTime.
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'''Basic Trope''': Evil uses brains, good uses brawn.
* '''Straight''': [[TheGoodCaptain Captain]] [[TheHero Bob]] is stronger than [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Doctor]] [[BigBad Evulz]]; Doctor Evulz is more intelligent than Bob.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is DumbMuscle; Evulz is a SquishyWizard.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is a GeniusBruiser; Evulz is a BadassBookworm.
* '''Justified''': In this setting, the [[TheMagocracy intelligent and well-educated]] [[FantasticRacism have a great deal of contempt]] for others.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is TheSmartGuy; Evulz is TheBrute.
* '''Subverted''': After playing the trope straight for most of the work, Bob overcomes Evulz by [[IndyPloy outsmarting him]].
* '''Double Subverted''': ...Except Evulz had anticipated Bob's trump card and Bob ultimately wins by [[ShutUpHannibal punching out Evulz]].
* '''Parodied''': Bob is wearing a dunce cap; Evulz is wearing a graduation cap.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob and Evulz take turns outsmarting one another, but during the times Evulz outsmart are usually an IdiotPlot.
* '''Averted''': Bob and Evulz aren't contrasted by their strength and intelligence.
* '''Enforced''': A magical artifact requires a person to sell your soul to gain true knowledge.
* '''Lampshaded''': Bob: "Let's find smart guys doing very bad things and hit them with sticks, like heroes do."
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* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Things get worse after Bob kills Evulz because [[AndThenWhat he didn't have a plan about what to do aftewards]] whereas under Evulz TheTrainsRunOnTime.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob ultimately wins because he knows his intellectual limitations and isn't afraid to ask others for help whereas Evulz is too proud to consult others.
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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