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Extensions to the [[Evil Overlord List]]. They're written by the editors here, so don't expect sanity.

 

Sanity may not be expected, but remember... '''[[Dangerously Genre Savvy|DANGEROUSLY GENRE SAVVY!]]''' (Seriously, I got a short way down and had to come up here to add this. Apparently, many tropers are not as genre aware as they think they are.)

 

 

Also, don't just add things villains have done that annoy you unless they're actually counterproductive to the [[Evil Scheme]].

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** All my mooks will be instructed to take cover behind the red non-lethal barrels and to avoid the rusty-brown ones if they are under attack by the hero.

** He will also eagerly waste ammunition on the red barrels, as my minions take cover behind them, in an attempt to blow them up.

* If the Hero mowing down my [[We Have Reserves|Legions]] of [[Redshirt Army|Terror]] wouldn't last five minutes against my own [[Authority Equals Asskicking|unholy]] [[Sorcerous Overlord|might]], [[Orcus on His Throne|I will invest those five minutes]].

* I will not use [[We Will Use Manual Labor in the Future|slave labor]] for any task [[No OSHA Compliance|better suited]] to machinery.

** However, in an urban or industrial setting, I should be cautious so as not to over-mechanize my society, particularly if this would render a large population of citizens unemployed. Keeping plebs downtrodden and impoverished is fine, but if there are no jobs or no ways to make ends meet then heroes are always more likely to emerge or find sympathy. People in these slums or towns are far less likely to revolt if they're too busy working all day.

* If I have a monster [[Made of Iron|too]] [[Invincible Minor Minion|tough]] for the Hero's weaponry to hurt, I will never put it in a room with [[Boss Arena Idiocy|weapons, devices or explosives which CAN hurt it]]. If possible, the room shall be as bare as possible with no possible implements that could be extracted from the ground or wall. After all, [[MacGyvering]] is becoming an increasingly-common hero talent.

* I shall [[Conservation of Ninjitsu|always attack the heroes with one or two of my best men.]] That, or screw [[Mook Chivalry]] and mob him.

* I will remember that any [[Redshirt Army|enemy soldiers]] that are not the hero or in the hero's company are incapable of reliably capturing me, killing me, or otherwise doing anything that could jeopardize my health or my ability to be an [[Evil Overlord]]. Therefore, I will face an entire army of tanks, snipers, choppers, and [[Cool Plane|planes]] instead of facing [[The Hero]] if I am given the alternatives.

* I will read Machiavelli's ''The Prince'', before taking over anything, country, world, or otherwise. I will remember that Machiavelli never took over the world, nor built an empire that would last forever. Therefore, I will need to make some improvements to his ideas. I will also consider the possibility that Machiavelli's ''The Prince'' is satire.

* I will know that the best defence is the [[Status Quo Is God|status quo]] so i will use it against the hero and do everything in my power to maintain it.

** I will always use protection, and all the harem members will be on the pill. The last thing I need is bastard offspring trying to kill me and take my place. Or syphilis. That's no fun, either.

** Better yet - I just [[Take a Third Option|won't have a harem at all.]] Anything that requires this much effort to keep safe just isn't worth it.

*** If I need women that badly, I will just buy Pay-Per-View, or if such technology does not exist, a "Gold Pass" to the local Brothel (Preferably one on the payroll, or at least one who keeps track of who's working for them). They won't want one of their prime customers dead, and I will enter and leave while disguised.

** If I need to have a harem, for whatever reason, I will hire a mix of those aforementioned hot amazons (doubling as bodyguards) and regular prostitutes. They still would be required to occasionally have (protected) sex with me, but they will be allowed to come and go as they please, sleep otherwise with whoever they like (in secret), get lavished with gifts, and most importantly, their families will be well taken care of. Helping their sickly little sisters become healthy will be the real loyalty winners. The baubles will just be bonuses.

* I will make sure to have ''two'' dining halls, and only rig one like this. Having something like this happen to my trusted lieutenant just because I'm paranoid and he forgot which seat it was isn't just a setback, it's bloody ''embarrassing''.

* My jail/prison/dungeon/gulag will be as far away from my primary base as physically possible. The base will have cells for temporary confinement, but all prisoners will be transferred to the main dungeon as quickly as possible. Their equipment will be sent to a different facility, preferably at least 20 miles or more from the prison.

* All of my [[Meido|maids]] will be [[Hot Amazon|hot]] [[Ninja Maid]]s. They will be treated well and given plenty of downtime, but will act as if they were enslaved. That way, when the hero inevitably tries to free them from my 'oppression', they will kill him before he knows what happened. Additionally, if they desire companionship beyond me, I shall encourage them to form a happy relationship with [[Bishounen]] [[Battle Butler]]s who are in a similar position. This way, I can also counter any potential female heroes and [[Action Girl]]s.

** As an added bonus, if Evil Overlording proves not to be my style, this will allow me to seamlessly reinvent myself as a harem anime protagonist.

* If, for some reason, I do need to take [[The Hero]] alive, I will ensure that he does not pose a threat to me by amputating all his limbs and keeping him in a box.

** Unless I, for some reason, need the hero to keep his limbs. Then I will fill the box with sharp objects and turn off the lights. Guards who can see in infrared or ultraviolet will be used to guard him, and will be equipped with the appropriate flashlights. These guards will also have buttons allowing them to turn on the lights if necessary. The lights will emit only in the visible spectrum and will be very bright. I never said those guards had to see in the visible spectrum.

* I will [[Bread and Circuses|foster happiness]] in my Empire. My interest is in power, not being a dick. Failing all else this will allow me to counter a heroic [[Combined Energy Attack]] with one of my own.

* I will foster communal wealth. Flat screens in the public park. All channels will include lessons on how to kill the Hero, his army, and any traitors. I will keep in mind that this could allow [[The Hero]] to prepare for such things.

* I will not rape anyone, ever. Doing so is a [[Moral Event Horizon|one-way ticket]] to a [[Karmic Death]], and those are ''never'' pleasant. Besides, if I want to be a competent overlord, I have to be able to control my desires.

** I will not tolerate rape on the part of any of my subordinates. Anyone caught doing so will be executed. [[Stuffed in A Fridge|Brutally]], [[Bloody Hilarious|slowly]], and [[Forced to Watch|in full view of the public.]] I mean, like ''horribly''. What's [[Rumble in The Bronx|that movie where someone gets stuffed into a woodchipper]]? Like that, only worse.

* If I have a wife, girlfriend, or significant other, I will remain faithful. The wrath of a [[Woman Scorned]] is probably the most powerful force in the universe (or at least right up there), and I'd rather not face it. I'm not having my plans shot to hell because I couldn't keep my pants on.

* If things between the wife and me go sour, I'll do my best to end things amicably and leave her with a decent alimony, to make her less tempted to help the hero. Or just quietly kill her.

* I will not disregard any potential threat simply because it's [[Just a Kid]]. Instead, I will keep tabs on any kids who might turn out to be a [[Kid Hero]], ''especially'' skinny spiky-haired preteen boys and those who wear [[Rollerblade Good|rollerblades]] and speak in [[Totally Radical|antiquated '80s slang]].

* Any who pose a threat to me (given a particularly liberal definition of 'threat') will be quietly [[unperson]]ed, and their disappearance attributed to those kidnappers over at [[La Résistance]]. I don't have to worry about their death motivating a relative to bring me down, either, because that only applies to killing [[Dead Little Sister|exaggeratedly-innocent girls who have heroic-looking older brothers]].

* There is a time and a place for my [[Evil Laugh|maniacal laugh]], and that is right after my adorable little granddaughter does something cute (such as pulling the lever on the trap door under an incompetent minion) because she thinks my special laugh is cute and she will start laughing herself and very few Heroes will attack a doting grandfather while his 6 year-old granddaughter laughs with him. I will not, however, engage in maniacal laughter at an inappropriate time, such as when I am ordering my troops into battle or when my Grand Master Plan has nearly come to fruition, because any hero worthy of the name will choose that moment to attack.

* I will use robot guards programmed to kill any human on sight. Anyone loyal to me will have a special transmitter implanted in their brain, indicating to these robot guards that they are not targets. These transmitters will also deactivate on the death of their owner, and make their owners completely loyal to me, so the hero cannot exploit such an implant, allowing them access to my Evil Fortress.

** Or I will offer a raise for guards if they volunteer to become eunuchs (or for women whatever the female version is). Not only will it remove the want to chase tail but it also helps built muscle to kick tail instead. I will remember steers are stronger and bigger than bulls because "they focus on grass instead of ass".

** Alternately, I will ensure that my guards are provided with the opportunity to regularly visit brothels, or return home on leave to their significant others. After all, a sexually satisfied guard is less likely to fall for the hero(ine)'s charms.

* I could just use robots, of course. But make sure that the robots are ''actually'' robots, and don't [[Do Androids Dream?|dream]]. And I'll make sure they can't be reprogrammed without retinal clearance from my top roboticist, my head of security, and myself.

* I will have the retinal scanner disguised as a finger-print scanner. If anyone puts, say, the severed hand of my head of security up against it, it will spectacularly explode.

* If I am the Overlord of a video game, I will have my Legions of Evil track down any and all [[Save Point|saving]]/[[Trauma Inn|healing]] points and either remove them or [[Everything Is Trying to Kill You|rig them to]] [[Stuff Blowing Up|violently self-destruct]] or otherwise attack the hero if he ([[No Man of Woman Born|or she]]) tries to use them. Except for one, which will be moved to my personal quarters and restricted to my own use. [[Save Scumming]] may be cheating, but then again, [[Fighting Dirty|I am an Evil Overlord.]]

** In fact, if my research indicates that I am a boss in a video game, I will carefully study the list of [[Classic Video Game "Screw You"s]] and will endeavor to include as many of them in my base as possible. If the Hero never gets to fight me because the player controlling him or her gave up in frustration, then I win by default.

** Removing said monsters and bandits will also [[Villain with Good Publicity|improve my reputation among the populace]] and reduce the chances of poverty-induced discontent.

* I will store the [[Plot Coupon]]s in a single place. The door that needs the coupons to open will be between the hero's starting location and myself. Ha.

* I will put my most sensitive information in an obscure format only readable by my own software, [[Hidden in Plain Sight]] as a derelict terminal not connected to the Network and without any external ports or removable disc drives whatsoever, placed somewhere where no-one will bother to look for it, such as a museum.

** I will, along with this, make sure that the said terminal is readily accessible to myself and whoever must be in on it by the Need to Know Basis' requirements, and in a way that will not attract attention. Me and/or my trusted lieutenants paying visits to nondescript terminals will have great significance to the hero, as it signals that the nondescript terminal in question has some significance to me.

* I will not listen to the princess/heroine/love interest when she says [[The Scarpia Ultimatum|she'll marry me if only I spare the hero's life.]] The fact that she was not willing to entertain the idea when his life was ''not'' on the line suggests her priorities are elsewhere.

* I will have him executed out of her sight, dress up a similar looking minion dress up in his clothes, "release" the minion in front of her, and marry her.

* Although it's normally standard policy to remind myself that there are lots of other women in the world, I must consider the possibility that she may be a princess and I could need her politically. Under these circumstances, I will instead marry whichever heir is the weakest of will, regardless of her personal appearances. Nobody ever said I had to be faithful.

* I will strike a happy compromise. She might be [[Beautiful All Along]], and/or end up aiding the heroes, if I am unfaithful. Even if she does not, she may conveniently take me out after my utter defeat, which should not happen if I have read this list. Or it might be in my moment of triumph.

* I will not keep a gigantic, man-eating beast that is likely to eat just anyone who happens to dump into its moat or dungeon. If it can't be trained into never trying to eat ''me'', it's not worth the risk.

* When a noble hero convinces another, less noble hero not to kill me, it is not the right time for me to push my luck. In a situation like that, I will not mock them for being so naive and promise that eventually I'll kill them both. Instead, I will act humble and remorseful for as long as they've got me dead to rights.

* I will not suddenly start acting evil again once they've no longer got me, either. I will at least wait until they're out of both sight and earshot.

* If I hear a suspicious sound coming from somewhere in my fortress or just outside my camp, I will send out three henchmen to investigate: one in the direction from which the sound was coming, two in the opposite direction.

* I will strive to avoid healing techniques that drain life from one person to heal another. It will only be considered if I have condemned criminals for execution; let their wasted lives be spent to save others.

* I will encourage my soldiers to bring their children to work. The children will learn from common mistakes that are made, and be more likely to work as soldiers. Also, the hero will be less likely to attack my soldiers, in fear that they might hit a child, or leave a child without a father or mother. Also, children could make good back-up soldiers, due to their [[Infant Immortality|surprising resistance to bullets and cuts.]]

* I will make the first Friday of every month "Funny Hat Day". Not only will it raise morale of my Legions of Evil but the hero will think twice about [[Dressing as the Enemy|posing as one of them]] when they have to wear a hat made out of fake fruit.

** I will also grant rewards for the funniest hats. Forcing my minions to humiliate themselves is not good for morale.

*** If I don't need access to the item, I'll either leave it sitting in my own vault or break it. Even a health potion sitting in the dungeon will help anyone going through it. Hell, I'll put it in my vault if I do need it.

* I will hire my lieutenants based on their knowledge of Sun Tzu's "The Art of War".

*** But they should have plenty of field experience. Ruperts that learned all they know from books tend to think everything goes exactly as planned.

* If I'm fighting a hero whose family, friends, or loved ones I murdered, I will not taunt them by telling them "[[Would You Like to Hear How They Died?|so-and-so begged me to spare his/her life]]". That's more than just flirting with death, that's raping him.

* After defeating the nearby, less [[Genre Savvy]] but [[Eviler Than Thou]] Overlord, if I find that there is [[The Cutie|a Cutie]] in process of [[Break the Cutie|breaking]], I will adopt her and have her train under same program with my other [[Ninja Maid]]s. This way, I will have a [[Morality Pet]] that can be useful, and since she has already seen a worse overlord, the risk of her pulling a [[Heel Face Turn]] is slim.

** I will also make sure to actually treat her as a [[Morality Pet]]. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|That way, if I die,]] the heroes might suddenly have to deal with a [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]].

* If I decide to make a giant mech to smite my enemies, I shall make a hidden button that activates a [[Weak Point]]. I shall not press this button untill my enemies try to override my mech, at which point I will press the button, eject out of the cockpit, wait untill the heroes get into the mech... and then blast the [[Weak Point]] with a rocket launcher/[[Laser/BFG|BFG]] (Whichever is the best avalible.)

* If the hero has a One-Winged Angel form and attempts to use it on me, during the stage in which he goes "HRAAAAARGH" with a deep red glow i will immediately smash him to the floor with a swift haymaker punch.

* Female minions will be given more protective equipment than [[Breast Plate|metal lingere']].

** [http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6550847/female-armor-sucks detailed here]

* When assembling teams, I will go through everyone's backstories to check for possible sources of conflict. If one of the potential members happens to blame another for the tragedy that ruined his life, they ''do not'' work together.

* I will make it clear that anyone caught [[Metal Gear Solid|browsing a dirty magazine]], [[Metal Slug|playing a videogame, talking on his mobile phone]], or [[The Guards Must Be Crazy|napping]] while on duty will be fired. Out of a cannon. Negligence is what allows heroes to slip in.

** If, by any chances, they are stored underground / in deep caves / some elaborate structures (which seems to be a lot), I'll just collapse the whole place and bury all those artifacts, dump a whole lot of concrete over the area, and set some people to watch over the area in case of heroes coming in to investigate the area.

*** Also, if possible and won't end up in a large disaster, such as the monsters in area dig up the cement, even if nobody blames me for it or it won't lower my public PR, I will use my resources to build a prosperous city on top of the cement filled area after I make sure there are no barracks that have accidentally formed somehow. On top of the most likely area that the item will be and dug down to, I will build a very good hospital that takes care of all diseases or issues, magical or biological, and have it that the basement will be needed for the proper running of the hospital. This way, the hero cannot/will not/doesn't think of digging down in that area to get the item. This hospital, payed for by me and my technology/magic, will not only be good for my PR, but a person will indeed get it into his head to dig down into basement and I will have guards in the hospital. If it's the hero then they will have to waste time trying to explain to everybody why in hell they were doing something that could possibly take down a very effective hospital that is, in fact, run by the very person they are getting the weapon to take that person down.

** But make sure to [[Genocide Backfire|absolutely destroy them, or else]] [[Titan A.E.|they'll bit you back, HARD]].

*** It [[Shaped Like Itself|pretty much answers itself.]]

* All protagonists who attempt to kill me will be given a computer with Internet access as a reward. And [[Main Page|this]] will be the [[Home Page]]. That ought to give me enough time to reach my Escape Vehicle and start the self-destruct sequence.

* I will found, christen, donate to, and attend charity events of an animal hospital and adoption center regularly. This will not only boost my PR, but the heroes will waste time trying to find out what sort of sinister reason there is that would justify my involvement. If the heroes try to bring it down, not only will they find that there wasn't anything suspicious happening there, but also makes them look much less heroic in the eyes of the public for destroying the place that takes care of all those helpless animals.

* Unless I am SURE that this universe has a [[Lost Aesop]], I will refrain from [[Not So Different|pointing out any contradictions]], [[What Is Evil?|grey areas]], [[Hannibal Lecture|or other weaknesses in the hero's moral code]]. [[The War On Straw|Odds are that the author put more thought into rebutting my complaints than the complaints themselves.]]

* If I'm aware that my death will triggers whatever nonsensible force to [[Collapsing Lair|collapse]] my [[Supervillain Lair]], I will make sure this also applies with all [[The Empire]] public structures such as aqueduct and mine shaft (just like my lair, I built most of them anyway). And I will remind the heroes that killing me mean years of drought and mineral shortage to millions people.

** That, or triggers a [[Doomsday Device]] which will detonate immediately after my [[Video Will]] / [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] gloat ends, and my death means [[The End of the World as We Know It]].

* Rather than booby traps that kill outright, I will have booby traps that do character assassination as well. For example; a bookshelf full of [[Distracted by the Sexy|porn]] swing open when the hero steps through the laser sensor. All magazines will be coated in poison, so once he flips through his favorite naughty puplication, he drops dead. I merely need to display his corpse with a deathgrip on a [[Hentai]] for the ire of the masses over his death to fade into "I can't beleive we idolized that perv".

** I will make sure never to read the stuff myself where others can see me. If I need "adult" entertainment, it will be stored in a secure place, with an anti-eavesdropping EMP curtain and vault doors coded to my fingerprints, eyescan, voiceprint, DNA, and psychic information, and with at least one combination lock and two key-type locks.

* If the hero has a particularly [[The Cutie|gentle, nice, and sweet companion]], I will not [[Break the Cutie|torture]] or otherwise [[Beware the Nice Ones|provoke him/her]]. I will, however, attempt to keep some genuinely nice, gentle people around who are loyal to me personally.

*** However, if this is a [[Safe, Sane, and Consensual]] [[Author Tract]] where the villain is expected to have boring sex, I'll nail whoever I want however I want (''if'' my partner/s agrees to it and is at least 18, of course).

** No using genetic engineering for said creepy fetishes. If I've got to go through such waste for sex toys, I should step down.

* If I have other means to gain control of the kingdom then force a princess to marry me, I'll go with this plan instead. Also, I'll make sure to remember that "princess" is not synonym to "first beauty in the country" or to "perfect wife for evil lord."

** If the hero does manage to kill me, I will use the hidden weapon, I have on my person, not on the hero (he will probably dodge it any anyway,) but at the said backstabbing wife. My [[Final Speech]] will be: "Did you a favor." Then die.

* Should I discover an alien planet with sentient life hostile to my goals, I will genetically engineer a plague that works on them (and ONLY on them) and kills after 24 hours as well as a temporary cure. This plague shall be carefully engineered and tested to ensure that it cannot, under any circumstances, infect humans. Still, I will ensure that my minions (and myself) wear special bio-hazard suits outside of a few sterilized area into which aliens cannot go. After the population is infected and enough have died for them to be worried, I'll offer the 24 hours worth of antidote every day in return for a lifetime of free slave labor. Any who refuse will, obviously, be left to die.

* If I take up playing an instrument, I will stay away from the [[Ominous Pipe Organ]].

* I will familiarize myself with the technique known as [[Obfuscating Stupidity]], and I will use it frequently. If the hero is [[Genre Savvy]], he or she will be afraid and think twice before attacking. If not, I get an easy kill.

** This elite force will not be the first enemy the heroes face in a large-scale battle. On the contrary, I will arrange my armies with the least capable soldiers in the front and have the most [[Badass]] soldiers as my personal bodyguards. By the time the heroes reach them, they will have exhausted their energy on my immense army.

** If the [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]] bitch about you "cheating" if you beat them while using a tactic, it becomes SOP.

* You know those things that Firefigters wear that sounds an alarm when they don't move for more than a minute, or fall flat? The mooks should have those too.

* As an alternative to [[Evil Overlord List Cellblock B|fark.com's Rule 19]], I will offer a bounty for the hero's capture. However, it will be made clear that if the capture was a collective effort, then each participant will be well rewarded. It'll be a little pricier, but who cares. With the hero out of the way, I'll have all the money I want. It's an investment.

* If the setting allows, I will turn myself into a powerful, free-willed undead who can ressurect after being killed again, such as a Lich. This way, I'll just keep coming back. My [[Soul Jar]], will of course, be under heavy guard in an unbreachable room, with doors that only be opened from inside. If possible, I will construct multiple Phylacteries.

** Disguise is also very effective at keeping one's Phylactery safe. Making them out of simple bricks and throwing them into the construction materials will ensue that they are never found.

* I will never, ever tell any of my minions or henchmen "I don't pay you to think." Yes, it's true that people who think too much might be a threat to my authority, but if I wanted a mindless robot, I'd make or hire a mindless robot.

* If my incredible power was gained at the discretion of another being, [[Aladdin (Disney film)|say a genie,]] and I have some number of wishes left, when the hero tells me that something (the genie/the nix/whatever I am currently forcing to do my bidding) is more powerful than I am, instead of flying into a jealous rage and wishing to become a more powerful version of that being without any regards for the consequences I will thank the hero for his concern, proceed with killing him, and then carefully weigh the pros and cons of becoming said being.

* If there is a hero that has repeatedly foiled my plans in the past, and I have the resources for it, I will consider building a fake stronghold, whether this be an underground lair, floating fortress or orbital space station. I will make it seem as if this fake stronghold is actually the base of my operations, and put a few token guards outside for appearances sake. When the hero attacks the [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon|"stronghold"]] in expectation of a [[Final Boss|climactic showdown]] with [[Big Bad|me]], they will instead find the place utterly deserted - save for the ton of explosives set to go off the moment they step inside.

* If I hear of a prophecy that says a certain person shall defeat me, I will NOT command my army to go out and kill every person that matches that description. I might end up missing one who'll get mad at my needless slaughtering and [[Nice Job Breaking It, Herod|come to defeat me]].

** [[Final Fantasy XII|try to wreck half the planet just to piss off the gods (Preferably, one should get on their good side if they are JerkassGods).]]

** [[Final Fantasy XIII|or throw a suicidal temper tantrum that daddy left me and my 1 million siblings alone to run a shitty little utopia in the sky.]]

* Even if all my advisors agree that [[No One Could Survive That|no-one could survive the blow]] I have just dealt to the hero, I will still chop his head off for good measure.

* If I'm ever seriously injured, I will fake being knocked stupid.

* I, too, will learn and master the art of "Quick Save" and "Quick Load." If the hero can manage this in the universe where I rule, surely I can figure it out as well.

* In the lobby of my fortress of evil, I will have all my gas-mask wearing, ultra-evil elite mooks stand next to bright red barrels labeled "Danger: Explosive!" The barrels will be filled with a poisonous gas which will not explode when shot, punctured, or thrown at high speed, but will fill the room with the instantly lethal gas, killing those which are not wearing gas masks.

** Should I mass produce an army of them, I will actively make them weaker, less intelligent and more instinctual than the trusted one so he or she still feels as though they're the best, and the generic ones won't see him/her and become jealous and loathesome of us. As far as the generics go, I will ''Always'' adhere to rule 48, just in case.

** Should I recieve word my trusted supersoldier has died in the field, I will request them to find their body and make sure they are, in fact, dead before I make a new trusted supersoldier, if they aren't dead and see me with their replacement, it will reveal my lies to both of them, giving me not one, but two new enemies.

** Failing that, I will hide the statue somewhere no one would ever think to look for it, or even learn it exists. The last thing I need is my [[Eviler Than Thou]] predecessor being released by some asstarded coincidence like [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|kids arguing next to it]]. I turned him to stone for a reason.

** I will never admit to subjecting people to this fate if the victim remains conscious. [[And I Must Scream]] is rather high on the list of [[Moral Event Horizon]] violations.

* My retirement plan for myself is going to have enough challenges to keep my genius occupied. Too many accomplished villains grow bored with enjoying their victory and go back to fighting battles they have already won (thus setting themselves up for defeat at the hands of a hero) purely out of nostalgia.

* I will make sure that I have one person one my evil council whose job it is to argue against anything suggested. He will not be punished for disagreeing with me.

*If I have a [[It Only Works Once|single-use superweapon]], and a choice between targeting some minor person who has annoyed me personally and an actual threat, I will put aside personal jealousy for a few seconds and target the actual threat.

 

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