Line #19 PlayingWith/DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character aims to create a {{Dystopia}}.
2	* '''Straight''': Emperor Evulz seeks to turn the world into a dystopian empire where people are forced to live in poverty and fear.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Evulz wants to turn the universe into a literal hell where everyone, including Evulz himself, exists solely to suffer unimaginable torment for all eternity.
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** DespotismJustifiesTheMeans
6	** Evulz enjoys tormenting his subjects, but is careful not to push it too far for fear of sparkling a rebelion.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Evulz is MadeOfEvil and sustains himself by other people's suffering.
9	** Evulz believes that every society should seek to maximize order, so he aims to create a state in which freedom is essentially non-existent.
10	** Evulz was raised on BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad and believes a dystopia to be the most moral type of society.
11	** Evulz is an alien and he plans to [[AliensAreBastards enslave the humans]], and fear is the best way for him to control his slaves.
12	** Evulz is a bitter and angry man who wants to make his subjects suffer out of spite. Or just a {{Sadist}} that wants as many people to squirm as possible.
13	** Evulz is actually an overzealous believer in MiseryBuildsCharacter, thinking that his dystopian society [[WellIntentionedExtremist will improve everyone in the long-term.]]
14	* '''Inverted''':
15	** UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
16	** Emperor Evulz wants to destroy the government and bureaucracy to cause the nation to fall into a {{crapsack\|World}} {{anarchy\|IsChaos}}.
17	** The [[DesignatedHero supposed]] [[EvilHero good guys]] wants to make a Dystopia.
18	* '''Subverted''': Evulz' plan to create a dystopia was really just a lie he designed in order to [[ZeroApprovalGambit unite the world against his empire.]]
19	* '''Double Subverted''': ...because he knows that his enemies [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilised will eventually become tyrants themselves]] and create a dystopia on their own.
20	* '''Parodied''': Evulz runs for president and promises to turn the country into a dystopian nightmare if he is elected. Most people vote for him because they consider him the least terrible candidate.
21	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
22	* '''Averted''': Evulz only wants to further his self-interest. He doesn't care if the world is a dystopia, utopia or anything in-between.
23	* '''Enforced''': "We want to show totalitarianism in our story, but we cannot portray it as well-meaning in any way. Let's just make the ruler as evil as possible."
24	* '''Lampshaded''': "Is Evulz seriously trying to make all of his subjects suffer just for the sake of it?"
25	* '''Played For Laughs''': Evulz' idea of "dystopia" is [[PokeThePoodle mundane problems and annoyances]] like amping up gas prices, forcing people into boring cubicle jobs and making football illegal.
26	* '''Played For Drama''': Because Evulz' empire exists for the sake of causing suffering, [[FascistButInefficient the empire struggles to function in basic yet essential policies]], [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating everyone turns against him]] and Evulz is kicked out or assassinated very quickly.
27	* '''Exploited''': Evulz' political rivals use his dystopic desires to appear as the LesserOfTwoEvils and win support by the public.
28	* '''Defied''':
29	** While a BadBoss and {{Sadist}}, Emperor Evulz avoids actively creating a dystopia [[PragmaticVillainy so the people aren't motivated to go after him]].
30	** Evulz is an AntiVillain who finds himself [[EvenEvilHasStandards squirming at the thought of someone]] [[ForTheEvulz who deliberate seeks to create a society that maximizes human suffering]], so he seeks to [[WellIntentionedExtremist make the world a better place, albeit through questionable actions.]]
31	* '''Invoked''': ???
32	* '''Discussed''': ???
33	* '''Conversed''': ???
34	* '''Deconstructed''': [[TheBadGuyWins When he eventually reaches his goal]] of creating a {{dystopia}}, Emperor Evulz [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor finds out the hard way]] in that [[DystopiaIsHard it is harder keeping and maintaining it than he imagined it would]].
35	* '''Reconstructed''': He still gets to be the boss of everybody for however long it takes for him to be deposed/killed/dragged down into misery with everybody else. ''That'' is going to suck, but hey, you can't have everything.
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