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** "[[MultiPartEpisode Tune in next week for the exciting conclusion to this episode]]." Relax, it's merely a CliffHanger.
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** Emperor Evulz's win victory leads to a chain of events which eventually sets the story for a new hero who learns from their predecessor's mistakes which allows for this hero to win.

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** Emperor Evulz's win victory leads to a chain of events which eventually sets the story for a new hero who learns from their predecessor's mistakes which allows for this hero them to win.
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** Emperor Evulz's win victory leads to a chain of events which eventually sets the story for a new hero who learns from their predecessor's mistakes which allows for this hero to win.

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* '''Implied''': The Villains always assume that Bob and Alice won against them but someone else wins as a Mary Sue, as a neutral invincible hero.



** Also in regards to the mentality behind this. Because Alice and Bob are the Good Guys and Evulz is the BigBad, the expectation they will always win puts enormous pressure on the two, and failure can not only send them into a HeroicBSOD, but also result in scorn and hatred aimed in their direction, making them HeroeswithBadPublicity.
* '''Implied''': The Villains always assume that Bob and Alice won against them but someone else wins as a Mary Sue, as a neutral invincible hero.

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** Also in regards to the mentality behind this. Because Alice and Bob are the Good Guys and Evulz is the BigBad, the expectation they will always win puts enormous pressure on the two, and failure can not only send them into a HeroicBSOD, but also result in scorn and hatred aimed in their direction, making them HeroeswithBadPublicity.
* '''Implied''': The Villains always assume that Bob and Alice won against them but someone else wins as a Mary Sue, as a neutral invincible hero.
[[HerowithBADpublicity Heroes with Bad Publicity]].
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Evulz appears to have lost, but [[XanatosGambit it turns out that he had won]] in the end. And then Bob uses Evulz's apparent victory [[XanatosSpeedChess to beat him.]] But Evulz [[CrazyPrepared saw this coming, so...]]

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Evulz appears to have lost, but [[XanatosGambit it turns out that he had won]] in the end. And then Bob uses Evulz's apparent victory [[XanatosSpeedChess to beat him.]] But Evulz [[CrazyPrepared saw this coming, so...]]]] The cycle of good and evil winning continues.
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* '''Averted''': [[DownerEnding The heroes don’t win in any way.]]

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* '''Averted''': [[DownerEnding The Sometimes the heroes don’t win in any way.]]win, sometimes Evulz wins.

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* '''Implied''': The Villains always assume that Bob and Alice won against them but someone else wins as a Mary Sue, as a neutral invincible hero.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** The Heroes win to make Alice and Bob stronger than ever.
** When they both win, they will retire after the villains gave up.



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* '''Double Subverted''': [[TheDeterminator But the heroes didn't give up that easily]] and [[NearVillainVictory they managed to finally beat Evulz once and for all.]]

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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[[TheDeterminator But the heroes didn't give up that easily]] and [[NearVillainVictory they managed to finally beat Evulz once and for all.]]]]
** Evulz, unfortunately, finds out that he was OutGambitted by the heroes.
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* '''Enforced''': "It's the general rule of fiction. Also, fans will go insane if the villains win."

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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"It's the general rule of fiction. Also, fans will go insane if the villains win."
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* '''Inverted''': TheBadGuyWins.
* '''Subverted''': Just when it seemed that the heroes had Evulz beaten, out of surprise, Evulz [[OneWingedAngel comes back stronger than ever before,]] [[CurbStompBattle defeating them with ease.]]

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* '''Inverted''': TheBadGuyWins.
TheBadGuyWins. Always.
* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Just when it seemed that the heroes had Evulz beaten, out of surprise, Evulz [[OneWingedAngel comes back stronger than ever before,]] [[CurbStompBattle defeating them with ease.]]



* '''Deconstructed''': VictoryIsBoring.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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VictoryIsBoring.
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** EvilOnlyHasToWinOnce, so [[AnthropicPrinciple for the show to continue]], the heroes ''must'' win every time.
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** Also in regards to the mentality behind this. Because Alice and Bob are the Good Guys and Evulz is the BigBad, the expectation they will always win puts enormous pressure on the two, and failure can not only send them into a HeroicBSOD, but also result in scorn and hatred aimed in their direction, making them HeroeswithBadPublicity.
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** [[TheChessmaster Evulz]] turns out to have had a XanatosGambit going on in the background: the heroes defeat him, but in the process set off a chain of events that allow his daughter, [[DaddysLittleVillain Faye]], to easily finish the job. TheBadGuyWins.

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* '''Inverted''': TheBadGuyWins

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* '''Inverted''': TheBadGuyWinsTheBadGuyWins.



* '''Deconstructed''': VictoryIsBoring.



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** [[VillainProtagnist Evul Bob]] always gets thwarted by [[HeroAntagonist Hiro]].

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** [[VillainProtagnist [[VillainProtagonist Evul Bob]] always gets thwarted by [[HeroAntagonist Emperor Hiro]].

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* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] and [[ActionGirl Alice]] always stop [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] from taking over the world.

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[[TheHero Bob]] and [[ActionGirl Alice]] always stop [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] from taking over the world.world.
** [[VillainProtagnist Evul Bob]] always gets thwarted by [[HeroAntagonist Hiro]].
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* '''Averted''': [[DownerEnding The heroes doesn't win in any way.]]

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* '''Averted''': [[DownerEnding The heroes doesn't don’t win in any way.]]
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* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???“You notice how in stories, it’s always the good guys who come out on top?”
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* '''Subverted''': Just when it seemed that the heroes had Evulz beaten, out of surprise, Evulz comes back stronger than ever before, defeating them with ease.
* '''Double Subverted''': But the heroes didn't give up that easily and [[NearVillainVictory they managed to finally rid of Evulz once and for all.]]

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* '''Subverted''': Just when it seemed that the heroes had Evulz beaten, out of surprise, Evulz [[OneWingedAngel comes back stronger than ever before, before,]] [[CurbStompBattle defeating them with ease.
ease.]]
* '''Double Subverted''': [[TheDeterminator But the heroes didn't give up that easily easily]] and [[NearVillainVictory they managed to finally rid of beat Evulz once and for all.]]



* '''Averted''': The heroes doesn't win in any way.

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* '''Averted''': [[DownerEnding The heroes doesn't win in any way.]]
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* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] and [[ActionGirl Alice]] always defeat [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] from taking over the world.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob and Alice always defeat the bad guys that this makes them {{Invincible Hero}}es.
* '''Downplayed''': Despite losing some battles, the heroes always win the war against Evulz.

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* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] and [[ActionGirl Alice]] always defeat stop [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] from taking over the world.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob and Alice always defeat the bad guys that this makes them {{Invincible Hero}}es.
Hero}}.
* '''Downplayed''': [[YouCantThwartStageOne Despite losing some battles, the heroes always win the war against Evulz.]]

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* '''Exploited''': Evulz creates a WaveMotionGun powered by his own failure, and repeatedly skirmishes with Bob and Alice.

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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
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Evulz creates a WaveMotionGun powered by his own failure, and repeatedly skirmishes with Bob and Alice.



* '''Defied''': Evulz plans every step a month in advance, with assistance from several future selves, and has abackup plan for everything, specifically because of meddling heroes.

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* '''Defied''': Evulz plans every step a month in advance, with assistance from several future selves, and has abackup a backup plan for everything, specifically because of meddling heroes.

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* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???[[TragicFlaw Evulz has an ultimately self-destructive flaw that leads to his downfall.]]



* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???
Evulz can't even win at checkers.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Evulz appears to have lost, but [[XanatosGambit it turns out that he had won]] in the end. And then Bob uses Evulz's apparent victory [[XanatosSpeedChess to beat him.]] But Evulz [[CrazyPrepared saw this coming, so...]]



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* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"Evulz, did you really expect to win? I'm the ''Hero''."
* '''Invoked''': ???
Bob and Alice start a PR campaign to portray themselves as undeniably heroic and Evulz as undeniably evil.
* '''Exploited''': ???
Evulz creates a WaveMotionGun powered by his own failure, and repeatedly skirmishes with Bob and Alice.
** Evulz has all the successful children in the kingdom killed, so none of the winners get to be heroic.
* '''Defied''': ???Evulz plans every step a month in advance, with assistance from several future selves, and has abackup plan for everything, specifically because of meddling heroes.
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'''Basic Trope''': The good guys always win in the end.
*'''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] and [[ActionGirl Alice]] always defeat [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] from taking over the world.
*'''Exaggerated''': Bob and Alice always defeat the bad guys that this makes them {{Invincible Hero}}es.
*'''Downplayed''': Despite losing some battles, the heroes always win the war against Evulz.
*'''Justified''': ???
*'''Inverted''': TheBadGuyWins
*'''Subverted''': Just when it seemed that the heroes had Evulz beaten, out of surprise, Evulz comes back stronger than ever before, defeating them with ease.
*'''Double Subverted''': But the heroes didn't give up that easily and [[NearVillainVictory they managed to finally rid of Evulz once and for all.]]
*'''Parodied''': ???
*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': The heroes doesn't win in any way.
*'''Enforced''': "It's the general rule of fiction. Also, fans will go insane if the villains win."
*'''Lampshaded''': ???
*'''Invoked''': ???
*'''Exploited''': ???
*'''Defied''': ???
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': "We all know Alice and Bob will save the day again. I wish they would just lose for once, though."
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