Basic Trope: A character who's subservient to a very evil villain, but acts like a good guy.
- Straight: Alice is the sidekick to Bob, who is thoughtless, evil, and proud of it. Despite this, she often cries when Bob kills people, apologizes for Bob's actions, and helps the good guys.
- Exaggerated: Alice is practically a saint, even though she works for Bob.
- Downplayed:
- Alice doesn't mind doing some pretty awful things, but she says things like "please" and draws the line at actually killing people. Bob, on the other hand, has no manners and is a Serial Killer.
- Bully with an F in Jerkass. Alice is friends with Bob and Diane, she tries hard to be an asshole, but her kindness lets her fail every time.
- Justified: Alice naturally has a stronger moral compass than Bob, but Bob roped her into doing his bidding because she has skills he needs but doesn't possess.
- Inverted:
- Villain With An F in Evil. Bob is the main villain, but he often hesitates to kill people and apologizes for his own actions. His sidekick, Alice, is there to remind him to be eviler.
- Bumbling Sidekick: Charles is the main hero and Doris is his sidekick, but Doris often does the wrong thing.
- Subverted:
- Alice then reveals that she was just pretending to have empathy and she was really just as evil as Bob all along.
- Alice is a very competent mole, deliberately undermining Bob with her Obfuscating Stupidity.
- Charles and Doris kill Bob, causing Alice to take the kid gloves off and seek revenge against them.
- Double Subverted: She was just saying that so that Bob wouldn't punish her.
- Parodied:
- Alice is an All-Loving Hero, then she starts dressing in black and insisting she's made a Face–Heel Turn, so Bob brings her on as a sidekick. She doesn't act any differently than before.
- Alice's evil mom threatens to throw her in an active volcano after she got an F on all subjects in Evulz Academy.
- Zig-Zagged: Sometimes Alice shows no remorse, but other times she seems almost saintly. It all depends on what episode you're watching.
- Averted:
- Bob does his evil acts solo.
- Alice is just as bad as Bob.
- Enforced: The writers plans for Alice to eventually do a Heel–Face Turn, so they deliberately make her less vile than Bob to make her eventual turn more believable and/or acceptable.
- Lampshaded: "Alice should join forces with us instead of tagging along with Bob."
- Invoked: Alice needs money, so she starts working for Bob, who offers to pay well. She's basically a Punch-Clock Villain, but lacks any evil bone in her body to effectively carry out Bob's plans.
- Exploited: The heroes talk Alice into giving them confidential information.
- Defied: Alice decides that she's not cut out for this whole "evil" business and leaves Bob's services.
- Discussed: "You're far better than my old sidekick, who was reluctant to steal even a baby's pacifier."
- Conversed: "Alice almost seems like one of the heroes!"
- Implied: Alice is never present when Bob's out and about because she has a desk job, but she's seen looking shocked when Bob discusses his Evil Plan.
- Deconstructed: Alice's virtue causes her to repeatedly fail in carrying out Bob's Evil Plan. Eventually, Bob decides that she's outlived her usefulness and kills her.
- Reconstructed: It's not very practical killing someone just because they aren't evil enough. Bob just fires Alice.
- Played for Laughs: This is played as a Running Gag with Alice doing good things and Bob getting frustrated.Bob: No, you ignoramus! You're supposed to take money out of the charity box, not put more in!
- Played for Drama: The only reason Alice is working for Bob at all is because he's her father. It's abundantly clear that she's not cut out for evil and would be much happier as a good guy. However, Bob is such a monstrously Abusive Parent that Alice is too scared to leave him, even though she's horrified by his Evil Plan.
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