Basic Trope: An apprentice of a villain who seems loyal double-crosses the villain.
- Straight: Evulz' apprentice Lila, who seems to adore and worship Evulz, ends up killing him in his sleep and taking over his organization.
- Exaggerated: All of Evulz' employees, not only apprentices but also cleaning staff, lunch ladies, and talking animals rise up against him at the worst moment possible.
- Downplayed: Lila, previously seen by Evulz as a textbook example of Blind Obedience, gives a The Reason You Suck speech.
- Justified:
- Lila was forced to work for Evulz and was never loyal to him.
- Lila was abused by Evulz.
- Lila and Evulz have always been on good terms until Lila decides to overthrow Evulz when the cards are down.
- Inverted:
- Evulz seems to think Lila is a wonderful apprentice... too wonderful, in fact. So he sends her to a mission that gets her killed and gets a new apprentice.
- Lila used to be a student of Brave Bob until she framed him up and parted ways to work with Evulz.
- Subverted: Lila attacks Evulz, but in fact she's using fake weapons to make the heroes think she's disloyal and thus be allowed to infiltrate their team.
- Double Subverted: An hour later, she turns on Evulz for real.
- Parodied: Lila "betrays" Evulz by eating his cake. Evulz acts positively horrified.
- Zigzagged: ???
- Averted:
- All Evulz's apprentices are loyal.
- Evulz works alone.
- Enforced:
- Lila is an unbeatable Action Girl who could protect the villain from anything, so the producers have to get rid of her so the heroes can defeat Evulz. However, they don't want to kill her or put her on a bus because she is a fan favorite.
- The work is about Lila's rise to becoming the Scarlet Empress from the original work, where her usurping of Evulz' empire was already established.
- Implied: Evulz mentions that he'll never take another apprentice, as they always betray him.
- Lampshaded: "Evulz should stop taking apprentices. Lila betrayed him, Martin betrayed him, Nina betrayed him. It has to get tiring."
- Invoked: Oliver convinces Lila to betray Evulz.
- Exploited: Oliver, knowing that Lila will betray Evulz soon and hating Evulz, teaches her about his weaknesses.
- Defied:
- Discussed: "If there's anything TV has taught me, it's that evil apprentices do not stay loyal for long."
- Deconstructed: Evulz easily puts down Lila's rebellion, having taught her everything she knows.
- Reconstructed: Lila goes to the heroes, who always thwart Evulz, and asks them to teach her their fighting techniques.
- Played for Laughs: Lila is an adorable five-year-old girl. Evulz is a big, hulking muscleman. Lila STILL defeats him.
- Played for Drama: Evulz loved Lila like a daughter, and is absolutely heartbroken when she betrays him.
- Played for Horror: Lila turns out as a Viler New Villain as she's even more sadistic and unhinged than Evulz.
