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*** Alternately, the new mission is [[UriahGambit one Emperor Evulz doesn't expect Lord Bad to be coming back from]].

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*** Alternately, the new mission is ** Emperor Evulz sends his underling on another mission... [[UriahGambit one Emperor Evulz doesn't expect One which he expects Lord Bad to won't be coming back from]].

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** Evulz is rather paranoid about his minions becoming a SpannerInTheWorks.



** Emperor Evulz kills Lord Bad, and one of the mooks ask if Lord Bad had lost his usefulness. Turns out Evulz killed Lord Bad for either [[YouHaveFailedMe incompetence]] or [[TheStarscream treachery]].

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** Emperor Evulz kills Lord Bad, and one of the mooks ask asks if Lord Bad had lost his usefulness. Turns out Evulz killed Lord Bad for either [[YouHaveFailedMe incompetence]] or [[TheStarscream treachery]].



** Emperor Evulz sends Lord Bad on another mission. After that he kills him.
** Alternately, the new mission is [[UriahGambit one Emperor Evulz doesn't expect Lord Bad to be coming back from]].

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** Emperor Evulz sends Lord Bad on another mission. After that that, he kills him.
** *** Alternately, the new mission is [[UriahGambit one Emperor Evulz doesn't expect Lord Bad to be coming back from]].



** Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad after doing an order for him, but he comes back to him. Lord Bad comes back, however, and Emperor Evulz reluctantly hires him again. Then Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad ''again'' after doing an order for him. Repeat over and over again.

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** Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad after doing an order for him, but he comes back to him. Lord Bad comes back, however, and Emperor Evulz reluctantly hires him again. Then Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad ''again'' after doing an order for him. Repeat over and over again.



** Emperor [[PragmaticVillainy Pragmatically Villounous]] invades Emperor Evulz domain knowing that none of Emperor Evulz mooks are willing to fight for him .

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** Emperor [[PragmaticVillainy Pragmatically Villounous]] invades Emperor Evulz Evulz' domain knowing that none of Emperor Evulz Evulz' mooks are willing to fight for him .him.
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** "You've done well. However, I have no further use for you. Here's the $1,000,000 we agreed upon; pleasure doing business with you."

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** "You've done well. However, I have no further use for you. Here's the $1,000,000 we agreed upon; pleasure and your severance package. Pleasure doing business with you."

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* '''Exploited''': Sergeant Worse hears of Lord Bad's death and takes the opportunity to voluntarily promote himself to the empty spot Lord Bad left behind.

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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
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Sergeant Worse hears of Lord Bad's death and takes the opportunity to voluntarily promote himself to the empty spot Lord Bad left behind.
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**Emperor [[PragmaticVillainy Pragmatically Villounous]] invades Emperor Evulz domain knowing that none of Emperor Evulz mooks are willing to fight for him .
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* '''Defied''': "
** You seriously thought I was going to kill Lord Bad? After he just completed that mission for me? I honestly don't know which offends me more, you thinking I'd be that ungrateful or you thinking I'd be that paranoid."

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* '''Defied''': "
'''Defied''':
** You "You seriously thought I was going to kill Lord Bad? After he just completed that mission for me? I honestly don't know which offends me more, you thinking I'd be that ungrateful or you thinking I'd be that paranoid."

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* '''Downplayed''':

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':



** Emperor Evulz [[ReassignedToAntarctica Reassigns Lord Bad to Antarctica]].

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** Emperor Evulz [[ReassignedToAntarctica Reassigns Lord Bad to Antarctica]].



** Every minion still working for Emperor Evulz costs money. Since he's that cheap, he decides to just get rid of minions when they're not useful anymore.

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** Every minion still working for Emperor Evulz costs money. Since he's that cheap, he decides to just get rid of minions when they're not useful anymore.



** Emperor Evulz's advisor recommends Evulz to kill Lord Bad now that he is not useful. Evulz states that he will find use for him.

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** Emperor Evulz's advisor recommends Evulz to kill Lord Bad now that he is not useful. Evulz states that he will find use for him.



*** Alternately, the new mission is [[UriahGambit one Emperor Evulz doesn't expect Lord Bad to be coming back from]].

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*** ** Alternately, the new mission is [[UriahGambit one Emperor Evulz doesn't expect Lord Bad to be coming back from]].



** Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad after doing an order for him. The latter likes it because he never really liked working for the former. Lord Bad even gives Emperor Evulz a box of chocolates and some flowers.

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** Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad after doing an order for him. The latter likes it because he never really liked working for the former. Lord Bad even gives Emperor Evulz a box of chocolates and some flowers.



* '''Deconstructed''':
** Four words: LonelyAtTheTop.
** Emperor Evulz does this a few times too many, and his minions begin to stop trusting him; some [[HelpFaceTurn even begin to conspire against him and/or help the heroes defeat him]].
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad after doing an order for him, but he comes back to him. Lord Bad comes back, however, and Emperor Evulz reluctantly hires him again. Then Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad ''again'' after doing an order for him. Repeat over and over again.
** Emperor Evulz zsends Lord Bad on a sucide mission once he has no more use for him. Once Lord Bad comes back from ''that'', however, Evulz is genuinely impressed and decides to keep him around.

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* '''Deconstructed''':
** Four words: LonelyAtTheTop.
** Emperor Evulz does this a few times too many, and his minions begin to stop trusting him; some [[HelpFaceTurn even begin to conspire against him and/or help the heroes defeat him]].
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': Zagged''':
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Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad after doing an order for him, but he comes back to him. Lord Bad comes back, however, and Emperor Evulz reluctantly hires him again. Then Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad ''again'' after doing an order for him. Repeat over and over again.
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** Emperor Evulz zsends sends Lord Bad on a sucide suicide mission once he has no more use for him. Once Lord Bad comes back from ''that'', however, Evulz is genuinely impressed and decides to keep him around.



* '''Enforced''': The writer gets Evulz to kill Lord Bad after he gets [[FanDumb a wave of fanmail badgering him to kill that character off for whatever reason.]]

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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The writer gets Evulz to kill Lord Bad after he gets [[FanDumb a wave of fanmail badgering him to kill that character off for whatever reason.]]



* '''Exploited''': Sergeant Worse hears of Lord Bad's death and takes the opportunity to volunatarily promote himself to the empty spot Lord Bad left behind.
* '''Defied''': "You seriously thought I was going to kill Lord Bad? After he just completed that mission for me? I honestly don't know which offends me more, you thinking I'd be that ungrateful or you thinking I'd be that paranoid."
** "You've done well. However, I have no further use for you. Here's the $1,000,000 we agreed upon; pleasure doing buisiness with you."

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* '''Exploited''': Sergeant Worse hears of Lord Bad's death and takes the opportunity to volunatarily voluntarily promote himself to the empty spot Lord Bad left behind.
* '''Defied''': "You "
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seriously thought I was going to kill Lord Bad? After he just completed that mission for me? I honestly don't know which offends me more, you thinking I'd be that ungrateful or you thinking I'd be that paranoid."
** "You've done well. However, I have no further use for you. Here's the $1,000,000 we agreed upon; pleasure doing buisiness business with you."


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* '''Deconstructed''':
** Four words: LonelyAtTheTop.
** Emperor Evulz does this a few times too many, and his minions begin to stop trusting him; some [[HelpFaceTurn even begin to conspire against him and/or help the heroes defeat him]].


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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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** "You've done well. However, I have no further use for you. Here's the $1,000,000 we agreed upon; pleasure doing buisiness with you."

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* '''Downplayed''': Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad after doing an order for him.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad after doing an order for him.him.
** Emperor Evulz [[ReassignedToAntarctica Reassigns Lord Bad to Antarctica]].
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** YouHaveFailedMe

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** Emperor Evulz gives Lord Bad a legitimate and genuine reward for his success.



** Emperor Ezulz's advisor recommends Evulz to kill Lord Bad now that he is not useful. Evulz states that he will find use for him.

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** Emperor Ezulz's Evulz's advisor recommends Evulz to kill Lord Bad now that he is not useful. Evulz states that he will find use for him.


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** Emperor Evulz zsends Lord Bad on a sucide mission once he has no more use for him. Once Lord Bad comes back from ''that'', however, Evulz is genuinely impressed and decides to keep him around.

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** Emporer Evulz was lying.

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*** Alternately, the new mission is [[UriahGambit one Emperor Evulz doesn't expect Lord Bad to be coming back from]].
** Emporer Emperor Evulz was lying.
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** The minions are so [[EvilIsNotAToy dangerous]] and/or [[CompleteMonster depraved]] that Evulz kills them out of [[ProperlyParanoid self-preservation]] or [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgust]].

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** The minions are so [[EvilIsNotAToy dangerous]] and/or [[CompleteMonster depraved]] depraved that Evulz kills them out of [[ProperlyParanoid self-preservation]] or [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgust]].
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** "What better way to show how ruthless Evulz is when he does something as cold as killing his minions once they've served their purpose?"
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** The minions are so [[EvilIsNotAToy dangerous]] or [[CompleteMonster depraved]] or both that Evulz kills them out of [[ProperlyParanoid Proper Paranoia]] or [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgust]].

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** The minions are so [[EvilIsNotAToy dangerous]] or and/or [[CompleteMonster depraved]] or both that Evulz kills them out of [[ProperlyParanoid Proper Paranoia]] self-preservation]] or [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgust]].
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** The minions are so [[EvilIsNotAToy dangerous]] or [[CompleteMonster depraved]] that Evulz kills them out of [[ProperlyParanoid Proper Paranoia]] or [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgust]].

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** The minions are so [[EvilIsNotAToy dangerous]] or [[CompleteMonster depraved]] or both that Evulz kills them out of [[ProperlyParanoid Proper Paranoia]] or [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgust]].

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* '''Justified''': Every minion still working for Emperor Evulz costs money. Since he's that cheap, he decides to just get rid of minions when they're not useful anymore.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Every minion still working for Emperor Evulz costs money. Since he's that cheap, he decides to just get rid of minions when they're not useful anymore.



* '''Inverted''': CantKillYouStillNeedYou

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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CantKillYouStillNeedYou



* '''Subverted''': Lord Bad has found out Emperor Evulz will plan to kill him after his mission is complete, so he becomes TheStarscream and betrays him.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Lord Bad has found out Emperor Evulz will plan to kill him after his mission is complete, so he becomes TheStarscream and betrays him.



* '''Double Subverted''': Except when Emperor Evulz comes back and kills Lord Bad.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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Except when Emperor Evulz comes back and kills Lord Bad.



* '''Parodied''': Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad after doing an order for him. The latter likes it because he never really liked working for the former. Lord Bad even gives Emperor Evulz a box of chocolates and some flowers.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad after doing an order for him. The latter likes it because he never really liked working for the former. Lord Bad even gives Emperor Evulz a box of chocolates and some flowers.



* '''Deconstructed''': Four words: LonelyAtTheTop.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Four words: LonelyAtTheTop.
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* '''Straight''': Emperor Evulz kills [[MookLieutenant Lord Bad]] after doing an order for him.

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* '''Straight''': Emperor Evulz kills [[MookLieutenant Lord Bad]] after doing Lord Bad finished carrying out an order for from him.
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* '''Defied''': "You seriously thought I was going to kill Lord Bad? After he just completed that mission for me? I honestly don't know which offends me more, you thinking I'd be that ungrateful or you thinking that I'd be that paranoid."

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* '''Defied''': "You seriously thought I was going to kill Lord Bad? After he just completed that mission for me? I honestly don't know which offends me more, you thinking I'd be that ungrateful or you thinking that I'd be that paranoid."
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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???"You seriously thought I was going to kill Lord Bad? After he just completed that mission for me? I honestly don't know which offends me more, you thinking I'd be that ungrateful or you thinking that I'd be that paranoid."
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** Emperor Evulz does this a few times too many, and his minions begin to stop trusting him; some [[HelpFaceTurn even begin to conspire against him and/or help the heroes defeat him]].
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** Emperor Evulz kills a minion and binds his ghost because he needs him to remain useful post-mortem.
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* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???
The writer gets Evulz to kill Lord Bad after he gets [[FanDumb a wave of fanmail badgering him to kill that character off for whatever reason.]]
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"Why do you want to kill me? You just invited me to a top secret meeting yesterday!"
* '''Invoked''': ???
Sergeant Worse hates Lord Bad, so he lies to Evulz and tells him that Bad is planning a betrayal, provoking Evulz to kill Bad after his current mission.
* '''Exploited''': ???Sergeant Worse hears of Lord Bad's death and takes the opportunity to volunatarily promote himself to the empty spot Lord Bad left behind.



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

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"Of course he's not gonna kill you. Why do you think he would do that after he invited you to that top secret meeting yesterday?"
* '''Conversed''': ???"So I heard Emperor Evulz was killing off some of his minions straight after their missions." "Oh, I always wondered where that extra life insurance money was coming from..."
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** The minions are so [[EvilIsNotAToy dangerous]] or [[CompleteMonster depraved]] that Evulz kills them out of [[ProperlyParanoid Proper Paranoia]] or [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgust]].
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* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???Emperor Evulz gives thought to killing Lord Bad once he has completed his task, but doesn't go through with it.
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** Every time Emperor Evulz needs a new minion for something, he arranges for one to be born and raised specifically to do that job.
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** Evulz orders his assistant to get him coffee. Once he has it, he shoots the assistant.
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** Emperor Ezulz's advisor recommends Evulz to kill Lord Bad now that he is not useful. Evulz states that he will find use for him.
** Emperor Evulz kills Lord Bad, and one of the mooks ask if Lord Bad had lost his usefulness. Turns out Evulz killed Lord Bad for either [[YouHaveFailedMe incompetence]] or [[TheStarscream treachery]].


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** Emperor Evulz sends Lord Bad on another mission. After that he kills him.
** Emporer Evulz was lying.

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* '''Straight''': Emperor Evulz dumps Lord Bad after doing an order for him.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every minion who works for Emperor Evulz will be dumped when completing the order.
* '''Inverted''': CantKillYouStillNeedYou.
* '''Subverted''': Lord Bad has found out Emperor Evulz will plan to dump him after his mission is complete, so he becomes TheStarscream and betrays him.
* '''Double Subverted''': Except when Emperor Evulz comes back and dumps Lord Bad.
* '''Deconstructed''': Four words: LonelyAtTheTop.

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* '''Straight''': Emperor Evulz dumps kills [[MookLieutenant Lord Bad Bad]] after doing an order for him.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every minion who works for Emperor Evulz will be dumped killed when completing the order.
* '''Downplayed''': Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad after doing an order for him.
* '''Justified''': Every minion still working for Emperor Evulz costs money. Since he's that cheap, he decides to just get rid of minions when they're not useful anymore.
* '''Inverted''': CantKillYouStillNeedYou.
CantKillYouStillNeedYou
* '''Subverted''': Lord Bad has found out Emperor Evulz will plan to dump kill him after his mission is complete, so he becomes TheStarscream and betrays him.
* '''Double Subverted''': Except when Emperor Evulz comes back and dumps kills Lord Bad.
* '''Parodied''': Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad after doing an order for him. The latter likes it because he never really liked working for the former. Lord Bad even gives Emperor Evulz a box of chocolates and some flowers.
* '''Deconstructed''': Four words: LonelyAtTheTop.LonelyAtTheTop.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad after doing an order for him, but he comes back to him. Lord Bad comes back, however, and Emperor Evulz reluctantly hires him again. Then Emperor Evulz fires Lord Bad ''again'' after doing an order for him. Repeat over and over again.
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* '''Conversed''': ???
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