Basic Trope: A minion has more virtuous qualities than the villain they serve.
- Straight: General Drake is The Dragon to Big Bad Emperor Evulz who is a worse villain. General Drake has some principles and a few Pet the Dog moments, while Evulz doesn't care about anything or anyone as long as he achieves his goals.
- Exaggerated: Evulz is an irredeemable Complete Monster while Drake is a Nominal Villain.
- Downplayed: Both villains are relatively sympathetic, but Emperor Evulz is more likely to behave badly.
- Justified: Drake is disgusted with Evulz's brutality and doesn't want to be like him.
- Inverted: More Despicable Minion.
- Subverted: It turns out that Drake is no different from Evulz. He was just pretending to be noble.
- Double Subverted: Drake is actually as noble as he seemed. His real ploy was fooling Evulz into thinking they're similar so he won't be disposed of.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: The minions are not more noble than the villains.
- Enforced: Evulz's despicable nature risks putting off the viewers so Drake is written as sympathetic to balance it out.
- Lampshaded: "Guys, am I crazy for feeling bad that a respectable guy like Drake works for Evulz?"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: Drake's good nature makes it easier for Evulz to puppeteer him.
- Defied: Evulz wisens up to Drake and kills him before he causes his downfall.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed: ???
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