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'''Basic Trope''': A mentally handicapped villain.

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'''Basic Trope''': A mentally handicapped disabled villain.



** Dracone is pure evil, and has at least half a dozen mental handicaps.
** [[DysfunctionJunction Every single villain has some sort of mental handicap.]]

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** Dracone is pure evil, and has at least half a dozen mental handicaps.
disabilities.
** [[DysfunctionJunction Every single villain has some sort of mental handicap.disability.]]

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Flame Bait, and a deconstruction has to occur within the work itself/


* '''Deconstructed''':
** The characters start associating autism with Dracone, which stigmatizes non-evil autists.
** This is a trope that can become [[UnfortunateImplications inflamating among sensible members of the audience]].

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* '''Deconstructed''':
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'''Deconstructed''': The characters start associating autism with Dracone, which stigmatizes non-evil autists.
** This is a trope that can become [[UnfortunateImplications inflamating among sensible members of the audience]].
autists.
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Ambiguous Disorder is not a trope anymore, but a redirect to a YMMV entry.


* '''Implied''': Dracone has a few odd symptoms that suggest an AmbiguousDisorder.

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* '''Implied''': Dracone has a few odd symptoms that suggest an AmbiguousDisorder.a mental disorder.
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** This is a trope that can become [[UnfortunateImplication inflamating among sensible members of the audience]].

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** This is a trope that can become [[UnfortunateImplication [[UnfortunateImplications inflamating among sensible members of the audience]].

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* '''Downplayed''': Dracone has Asperger's syndrome and is a MinionWithAnFInEvil.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Dracone has Asperger's syndrome and is a MinionWithAnFInEvil.MinionWithAnFInEvil.
** Dracone is an AffablyEvil {{Manchild}} and a FriendlyEnemy to the heroes.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Dracone is sometimes portrayed as austistic, [[ThrowingOffTheDisability sometimes he isn't]].

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Dracone is sometimes portrayed as austistic, autistic, [[ThrowingOffTheDisability sometimes he isn't]].
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* '''Straight''': TheDragon Dracone has HollywoodAutism.

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* '''Straight''': TheDragon Dracone has HollywoodAutism.[[HollywoodAutism Asperger's syndrome]].



* '''Downplayed''': Dracone has HollywoodAutism and is a MinionWithAnFInEvil.

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* '''Downplayed''': Dracone has HollywoodAutism Asperger's syndrome and is a MinionWithAnFInEvil.



** TheLancer has HollywoodAutism.

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** TheLancer [[LoonWithAHeartOfGold Lance]], [[TheHeroine Alice's]] [[TheLancer second-in-command and primary partner]], has HollywoodAutism.



** EvilGenius

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** EvilGeniusDracone is an EvilGenius, maybe even with a MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate or two.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Dracone is sometimes portrayed as austistic, but sometimes not.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Dracone is sometimes portrayed as austistic, but [[ThrowingOffTheDisability sometimes not.he isn't]].



* '''Reconstructed''': Jason, an autistic hero, kills Dracone and calls out the hero for their prejudice.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Jason, an autistic hero, kills Dracone and [[WhatTheHellHero calls out the hero other heroes]] for their prejudice.

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* '''Averted''': The villains have no mental handicaps.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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The villains have no mental handicaps.handicaps.
** Any mental handicaps the villains have are explicitly ''not'' part of his evil (ex. Dracone's autism makes him a RailEnthusiast but none of his evil deeds involve trains in any way, shape or form).

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* '''Deconstructed''': The characters start associating autism with Dracone, which stigmatizes non-evil autists.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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The characters start associating autism with Dracone, which stigmatizes non-evil autists.autists.
** This is a trope that can become [[UnfortunateImplication inflamating among sensible members of the audience]].

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* '''Defied''': Evulz refuses to hire Dracone because of his autism.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Evulz refuses to hire Dracone because of his autism. autism.
** Dracone's autism and his capacity for evil have no direct correlation. Dracone may even have a BerserkButton towards people who assume otherwise.
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* '''Played For Horror''': Dracone's autism manifests in a desire to do horrible (or just plain spooky) things like vivisection or taxidermy. Or the writer says that Dracone has a bundle of mental handicaps (of which autism is just one of his most visible) that all combine in a semblance of Hollywood Sociopathy and thus Dracone has no problem slaughtering an entire building full of people just [[DisproportionateRdtribution because the cook made his beans and greens touch in his dinner]].

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* '''Played For Horror''': Dracone's autism manifests in a desire to do horrible (or just plain spooky) things like vivisection or taxidermy. Or the writer says that Dracone has a bundle of mental handicaps (of which autism is just one of his most visible) that all combine in a semblance of Hollywood Sociopathy and thus Dracone has no problem slaughtering an entire building full of people just [[DisproportionateRdtribution [[DisproportionateRetribution because the cook made his beans and greens touch in his dinner]].
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* '''Played For Horror''': Dracone's autism manifests in a desire to do horrible (or just plain spooky) things like vivisection or taxidermy. Or the writer says that Dracone has a bundle of mental handicaps (of which autism is just one of his most visible) that all combine in a semblance of Hollywood Sociopathy and thus Dracone has no problem slaughtering an entire building full of people just [[DisproportionateRdtribution because the cook made his beans and greens touch in his dinner]].

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* '''Zig Zagged''':

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Dracone is sometimes portrayed as austistic, but sometimes not.



** The author has some kind of problem with autistic people.
** The author ''is'' autistic, but thinks EvilIsCool.



* '''Defied''':

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* '''Defied''': Evulz refuses to hire Dracone because of his autism.



* '''Reconstructed''': Jason, an autistic hero, kills Dracone and calls out the hero for their prejudice.



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** Every single villain has some sort of mental handicap.

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** [[DysfunctionJunction Every single villain has some sort of mental handicap.]]



** Dracone is lashing out after being bullied and ostracized because of his disorder.

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** Dracone is [[WhosLaughingNow lashing out out]] after being bullied and ostracized because of his disorder.
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'''Basic Trope''': A mentally handicapped villain.
* '''Straight''': TheDragon Dracone has HollywoodAutism.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Dracone is pure evil, and has at least half a dozen mental handicaps.
** Every single villain has some sort of mental handicap.
* '''Downplayed''': Dracone has HollywoodAutism and is a MinionWithAnFInEvil.
* '''Justified''':
** Dracone's disorder keeps him from understanding what is and is not acceptable. Emperor Evulz takes advantage of this by enabling and encouraging Dracone's less savoury actions.
** Dracone is lashing out after being bullied and ostracized because of his disorder.
* '''Inverted''':
** TheLancer has HollywoodAutism.
** Dracone is the only character who ''doesn't'' have some sort of mental handicap.
** EvilGenius
* '''Subverted''': Evulz reveals that Dracone was faking his autism.
* '''Double Subverted''': Evulz is a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, and lied because he was embarrassed to have a minion with autism.
* '''Parodied''': Evulz has engaged in plenty of [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]], but no one believes he's evil because he doesn't have autism.
* '''Zig Zagged''':
* '''Averted''': The villains have no mental handicaps.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "What's up with all these autists siding with Evulz?"
* '''Invoked''': Emperor Evulz recruits people with HollywoodAutism when he's in need of more minions.
* '''Exploited''': The heroes use their knowledge of Dracone's HollywoodAutism to trick him into revealing Evulz's plans.
* '''Defied''':
* '''Discussed''': Evulz ponders whether people with HollywoodAutism make good villains.
* '''Conversed''': While watching ''Sinkhole Wars'', Alice remarks that the characters with HollywoodAutism seem to have an affinity for evil for some reason.
* '''Implied''': Dracone has a few odd symptoms that suggest an AmbiguousDisorder.
* '''Deconstructed''': The characters start associating autism with Dracone, which stigmatizes non-evil autists.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Dracone's HollywoodAutism symptoms consist of him being a LiteralMinded {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, which always makes his schemes fail and turns him into an IneffectualSympatheticVillain.
* '''Played For Drama''': After being bullied because of his mental handicap, Dracone slips into extreme cynicism and eventually evil.
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