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* '''Straight:''' It is the FinalBattle. While the heroic Troperian troops are conquering his capital with ease, Emperor Evulz commits suicide in his bunker.

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\n* '''Straight:''' It is the FinalBattle. While the heroic Troperian troops are conquering his capital with ease, [[BigBad Emperor Evulz Evulz]] commits suicide in his bunker.
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* '''Inverted:''' The heroes are so depressed by what they have gone through that they have crossed the DespairEventHorizon, can't go on and kill themselves as soon as they are finally close enough to Emperor Evulz.

* '''Subverted:''' The news spread that Emperor Evulz killed himself in his bunker, and some Troperian soldiers find something that looks like his burnt corpse. Evulz is declared dead, but some years later it turns out that he only hides in exile in Clicheria, preparing his return.

* '''Double Subverted:''' The return never happens. Evulz gets depression in exile and kills himself.

* '''Enforced:''' The storyboard wants to establish Emperor Evulz as a coward who doesn't even dare to fight the heroes himself in the end of the season.

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\n* '''Inverted:''' The heroes are so depressed by what they have gone through that they have crossed the DespairEventHorizon, can't go on on, and kill themselves as soon as they are finally close enough to Emperor Evulz.

Evulz.
* '''Subverted:''' The news spread that Emperor Evulz killed himself in his bunker, and some Troperian soldiers find something that looks like his burnt corpse. Evulz is declared dead, but some years later it turns out that he is only hides hiding in exile in Clicheria, preparing for his return.

return.
* '''Double Subverted:''' The return never happens. Evulz gets goes into depression in exile and kills himself.

himself.
* '''Enforced:''' The storyboard wants to establish Emperor Evulz as a coward who doesn't even dare to fight the heroes himself in at the end of the season.
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* '''Parodied:''' As soon as the heroes are close enough to kill him, Evulz drops dead from a HollywoodHeartAttack since they are so very fearsome in his opinion.

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\n* '''Parodied:''' As soon as the heroes are close enough to kill him, Evulz drops dead from a HollywoodHeartAttack since HollywoodHeartAttack, since, in his opinion, they are so very fearsome in his opinion.
fearsome.




* '''Invoked:''' Evulz asks his staff what to do in case of defeat. Evulz' trusted Lieutenant Bad suggests just to kill himself, what makes him prepare a dose of cyanide.

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\n* '''Invoked:''' Evulz asks his staff what to do in case of defeat. Evulz' trusted Lieutenant Bad suggests to just to kill himself, what which makes him prepare Evulz take a dose of cyanide.
cyanide.










* '''Deconstructed:''' The news that Emperor Evulz killed himself without even trying to fight makes people view such like him as cowards who are mainly bragging about their strength. Fear of villains like him goes down in the years after the war.

* '''Reconstructed:''' This leads to Lieutenant Bad becoming Emperor Bad, who in the end also chooses to dispose himself when defeat is imminent.

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\n* '''Deconstructed:''' The news that Emperor Evulz killed himself without even trying to fight makes people view such those like him as cowards who are mainly bragging about their strength. Fear of villains like him goes down in the years after the war.

war.
* '''Reconstructed:''' This leads to Lieutenant Bad becoming Emperor Bad, who in the end also chooses to dispose of himself when defeat is imminent.imminent.
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* '''Parodied:''' As soon as the heroes are close enough to kill him, Evulz drops dead from a HollywoodHeartAttack since they are so very fearsome.

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* '''Parodied:''' As soon as the heroes are close enough to kill him, Evulz drops dead from a HollywoodHeartAttack since they are so very fearsome.
fearsome in his opinion.



* '''Implied:''' Alice and her unit storm Evulz' lair, only to find him dead with a gun still in his hand and a wound in the head.

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* '''Implied:''' Alice and her unit storm Evulz' lair, only to find him dead with a gun still in his hand and a wound in the head.head.

* '''Deconstructed:''' The news that Emperor Evulz killed himself without even trying to fight makes people view such like him as cowards who are mainly bragging about their strength. Fear of villains like him goes down in the years after the war.

* '''Reconstructed:''' This leads to Lieutenant Bad becoming Emperor Bad, who in the end also chooses to dispose himself when defeat is imminent.

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* '''Straight:''' While the heroic Troperian troops are conquering his capital with ease, Emperor Evulz commits suicide in his bunker.

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* '''Straight:''' It is the FinalBattle. While the heroic Troperian troops are conquering his capital with ease, Emperor Evulz commits suicide in his bunker.



* '''Justified:''' Emperor Evulz is an example of EvilIsPetty.

* '''Inverted:''' Evulz kills the heroes in the end, leading to a DownerEnding for them.

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* '''Justified:''' Emperor Evulz is an example of EvilIsPetty.

StupidEvil.

* '''Inverted:''' Evulz kills the The heroes in are so depressed by what they have gone through that they have crossed the end, leading DespairEventHorizon, can't go on and kill themselves as soon as they are finally close enough to a DownerEnding for them.
Emperor Evulz.



* '''Parodied:''' As soon as the heroes are close enough to kill him, Evulz drops dead from a HollywoodHeartAttack since they are so very fearsome.



* '''Invoked:''' Evulz asks his staff what to do in case of defeat. Evulz' trusted Lieutenant Bad suggests just to kill himself, what makes him prepare a dose of cyanide.



* '''Conversed:''' "The guy just died the same way as Hitler." "Well, he was a coward to begin with."

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* '''Conversed:''' "The guy just died the same way as Hitler." "Well, he was a coward to begin with.""

* '''Implied:''' Alice and her unit storm Evulz' lair, only to find him dead with a gun still in his hand and a wound in the head.
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'''Basic Trope Description:''' The villain destroys themselves, usually sparing the heroes from the task of disposing them.

* '''Straight:''' While the heroic Troperian troops are conquering his capital with ease, Emperor Evulz commits suicide in his bunker.

* '''Exaggerated:''' While the Troperians are conquering his capital, Emperor Evulz kills his whole staff in his bunker and then uses his powers to vanish from existence, making everyone who ever knew who he was forget him in the process.

* '''Downplayed:''' Seeing his imminent defeat, Emperor Evulz surrenders himself to the Troperians as their prisoner.

* '''Justified:''' Emperor Evulz is an example of EvilIsPetty.

* '''Inverted:''' Evulz kills the heroes in the end, leading to a DownerEnding for them.

* '''Subverted:''' The news spread that Emperor Evulz killed himself in his bunker, and some Troperian soldiers find something that looks like his burnt corpse. Evulz is declared dead, but some years later it turns out that he only hides in exile in Clicheria, preparing his return.

* '''Double Subverted:''' The return never happens. Evulz gets depression in exile and kills himself.

* '''Enforced:''' The storyboard wants to establish Emperor Evulz as a coward who doesn't even dare to fight the heroes himself in the end of the season.

* '''Averted:''' The Troperian army storms Emperor Evulz' SupervillainLair, and Alice, TheHero, kills Evulz.

* '''Lampshaded:''' "Evulz is dead? Seems like we have nothing to do here anymore! Nice, like in the comics!"

* '''Discussed:''' "Evulz is dead!" "Who killed him?" "Well, the reward goes to himself."

* '''Conversed:''' "The guy just died the same way as Hitler." "Well, he was a coward to begin with."

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