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* '''Played For Laughs''': Salvadore, a harmless little garter snake, is an incompetent IneffectualSympatheticVillain who tries and fails to be taken seriously as a threat.
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** All the snakes in the story are literal {{Smug Snake}}s.
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** The heroes all have animal motifs; the TokenEvilTeammate (or at least resident JerkWithAHeartOfGold) is [[GreaserDelinquents greaser]] with a snake motif.
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'''Basic Trope''': Reptiles are usually associated with evil.
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'''Basic Trope''': Reptiles Snakes are usually associated with evil.
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** Pythus is a reptile on the side of good.
** Reptile-themed characters are no more likely than non-reptilians to be villains.
** Reptile-themed characters are no more likely than non-reptilians to be villains.
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** Pythus is a reptile snake on the side of good.
**Reptile-themed Snake-themed characters are no more likely than non-reptilians non-snake themed characters to be villains.
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'''Basic Trope''': Reptiles are usually associated with evil.
* '''Straight''':
** The evil assassin "The Viper" has a snake motif; he's sneaky, treacherous and fond of PoisonedWeapons. His costume resembles a cobra's hood and he has a habit of hissing when he speaks.
** Salvadore, a boa constrictor, is the BigBad of ''Amazonia'', who seeks to kill and eat the heroes (a marmoset, an agouti and a hyacinth macaw).
** King Blackstone is a [[SnakePeople cobra-person]], whose armies are trying to take over the world. His species are the only ophidian races in the story.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** ''EVERY'' snake in the rainforest is an AlwaysChaoticEvil CardCarryingVillain that wants to kill everything it sees, and has no redeeming qualities.
** ''EVERY'' villain in the world uses a snake motif or is compared to one.
* '''Downplayed''':
** The heroes stop the evil cobra-folk army from taking over the world. They are aided by heroic python-folk.
** The Viper is not the BigBad; instead, he's an assassin employed by the real BigBad and [[AffablyEvil is a pretty decent guy when he's not on the job]].
** Salvadore is a NonMaliciousMonster; he doesn't target the heroes out of malice, but simply because he's hungry.
* '''Justified''': The story is told from the perspective of small prey animals; the sort of animals that snakes prey on.
* '''Inverted''': The heroes are all snakes and the mammals are villains.
* '''Subverted''': The heroes (all mammals and birds) have to stop the evil snakes from taking over the world. But when the heroes' army invades Snakeland, they discover that King Slither (a python) and the snakes loyal to him have been trying the whole time to stamp out the evil snakes. Most snakes are decent.
* '''Double Subverted''': The heroes (all mammals and birds) have to stop the evil snakes from taking over the world. When the heroes invade Snakeland, they discover that King Slither has been trying to stop them this whole time. Then later it turns out that Slither's EvilChancellor (a cobra) is the ManBehindTheMan for the bad snakes and is planning to frame the heroes for their acts. And Slither is no paragon either; the heroes are merely helping him because the opposition would be even ''worse''.
* '''Parodied''': Salvadore the boa constrictor is a BigBadWannabe, who does various PokeThePoodle acts.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Slither's cobra EvilChancellor plans to frame the heroes... only for the team to be saved by Pythus, one of Slither's loyal advisors. Pythus later, seemingly, turns on them, believing they are invaders... until King Slither comes along and clarifies the misunderstanding.
* '''Averted''':
** Pythus is a reptile on the side of good.
** Reptile-themed characters are no more likely than non-reptilians to be villains.
** The heroes (an equal mix of mammals, birds and reptiles) have to stop the evil snakes from taking over the world. They are aided by King Slither and his heroic snakes, who want to stamp out the evil snakes, who aim to take over the realm.
** There are no snake-themed characters in the series.
* '''Enforced''': [[AuthorPhobia The author is ophidophobic]] so he thinks they'll be scarier villains.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why is it that all the baddies are snakes? Is it something in the water in Snakeland?"
* '''Invoked''': Evil King Vivverius (a mongoose) tricks the heroes into attacking his main opponent Naja (a cobra) by framing him for a crime. The evidence is shoddy, but they assume Naja is evil because she's a snake. Vivverius correctly predicts the heroes will fall for it because SnakesAreSinister.
** The Viper deliberately uses an association with snakes to strike terror into the hearts of his enemies.
* '''Exploited''': The hero uses his pet snake to scare the ophidophobic mooks holding him captive.
* '''Defied''': Naja decides [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch her species doth protest too much]] and becomes a DefectorFromDecadence. She may be an AntiHero who struggles with her "unnatural" moral code, but with the help of her friends and allies she stays on the side of good.
* '''Discussed''': "Well, I don't really... trust Naja. Aren't you aware of what she is?"
* '''Conversed''': "So a talking snake is an acceptable character, but a talking snake ''with empathy'' is absurd?"
* '''Implied''': In the peaceful, good villages, no snakes are to be found. But whenever the villains' armies show up, you can hear hissing sounds from the crowd.
* '''Deconstructed''': Snakes are a victim of FantasticRacism; feared and distrusted by other creatures.
* '''Reconstructed''': See Defied; enough snakes prove themselves heroic enough that the FantasticRacism gradually goes away.
* '''Played For Drama''': One of the main heroes turns out to be of part-snake heritage, leading to uneasiness.
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* '''Straight''':
** The evil assassin "The Viper" has a snake motif; he's sneaky, treacherous and fond of PoisonedWeapons. His costume resembles a cobra's hood and he has a habit of hissing when he speaks.
** Salvadore, a boa constrictor, is the BigBad of ''Amazonia'', who seeks to kill and eat the heroes (a marmoset, an agouti and a hyacinth macaw).
** King Blackstone is a [[SnakePeople cobra-person]], whose armies are trying to take over the world. His species are the only ophidian races in the story.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** ''EVERY'' snake in the rainforest is an AlwaysChaoticEvil CardCarryingVillain that wants to kill everything it sees, and has no redeeming qualities.
** ''EVERY'' villain in the world uses a snake motif or is compared to one.
* '''Downplayed''':
** The heroes stop the evil cobra-folk army from taking over the world. They are aided by heroic python-folk.
** The Viper is not the BigBad; instead, he's an assassin employed by the real BigBad and [[AffablyEvil is a pretty decent guy when he's not on the job]].
** Salvadore is a NonMaliciousMonster; he doesn't target the heroes out of malice, but simply because he's hungry.
* '''Justified''': The story is told from the perspective of small prey animals; the sort of animals that snakes prey on.
* '''Inverted''': The heroes are all snakes and the mammals are villains.
* '''Subverted''': The heroes (all mammals and birds) have to stop the evil snakes from taking over the world. But when the heroes' army invades Snakeland, they discover that King Slither (a python) and the snakes loyal to him have been trying the whole time to stamp out the evil snakes. Most snakes are decent.
* '''Double Subverted''': The heroes (all mammals and birds) have to stop the evil snakes from taking over the world. When the heroes invade Snakeland, they discover that King Slither has been trying to stop them this whole time. Then later it turns out that Slither's EvilChancellor (a cobra) is the ManBehindTheMan for the bad snakes and is planning to frame the heroes for their acts. And Slither is no paragon either; the heroes are merely helping him because the opposition would be even ''worse''.
* '''Parodied''': Salvadore the boa constrictor is a BigBadWannabe, who does various PokeThePoodle acts.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Slither's cobra EvilChancellor plans to frame the heroes... only for the team to be saved by Pythus, one of Slither's loyal advisors. Pythus later, seemingly, turns on them, believing they are invaders... until King Slither comes along and clarifies the misunderstanding.
* '''Averted''':
** Pythus is a reptile on the side of good.
** Reptile-themed characters are no more likely than non-reptilians to be villains.
** The heroes (an equal mix of mammals, birds and reptiles) have to stop the evil snakes from taking over the world. They are aided by King Slither and his heroic snakes, who want to stamp out the evil snakes, who aim to take over the realm.
** There are no snake-themed characters in the series.
* '''Enforced''': [[AuthorPhobia The author is ophidophobic]] so he thinks they'll be scarier villains.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why is it that all the baddies are snakes? Is it something in the water in Snakeland?"
* '''Invoked''': Evil King Vivverius (a mongoose) tricks the heroes into attacking his main opponent Naja (a cobra) by framing him for a crime. The evidence is shoddy, but they assume Naja is evil because she's a snake. Vivverius correctly predicts the heroes will fall for it because SnakesAreSinister.
** The Viper deliberately uses an association with snakes to strike terror into the hearts of his enemies.
* '''Exploited''': The hero uses his pet snake to scare the ophidophobic mooks holding him captive.
* '''Defied''': Naja decides [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch her species doth protest too much]] and becomes a DefectorFromDecadence. She may be an AntiHero who struggles with her "unnatural" moral code, but with the help of her friends and allies she stays on the side of good.
* '''Discussed''': "Well, I don't really... trust Naja. Aren't you aware of what she is?"
* '''Conversed''': "So a talking snake is an acceptable character, but a talking snake ''with empathy'' is absurd?"
* '''Implied''': In the peaceful, good villages, no snakes are to be found. But whenever the villains' armies show up, you can hear hissing sounds from the crowd.
* '''Deconstructed''': Snakes are a victim of FantasticRacism; feared and distrusted by other creatures.
* '''Reconstructed''': See Defied; enough snakes prove themselves heroic enough that the FantasticRacism gradually goes away.
* '''Played For Drama''': One of the main heroes turns out to be of part-snake heritage, leading to uneasiness.
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