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'''Bishonen Line''': A character's [[One -Winged Angel|most powerful form]] is also his most humanlike or attractive.
* '''Straight''': Emperor Evulz, after initially fighting Alice and Bob in a demon-like form, transforms into one that looks like an angelic version of his normal body. Naturally, this proves to be even tougher than his demon form.
* '''Exaggerated''': After going through a [[Cosmic Horror]] form that [[Clipped -Wing Angel|goes down in two hits]], Evulz becomes a Bishonen but otherwise human version of himself, which [[Curb Stomp Battle|beats Alice and Bob without him even trying]].
* '''Justified''':
** Emperor Evulz is a [[Master of Illusion]], and the demon form was a [[Fighting a Shadow|physical projection]] while the real him prepared for another go at Alice and Bob. After the demon's defeat, he has both learned their tactics and has better equipment (the "wings" of his angel form are [[Magitek]] armor).
** Emperor Evulz's real form is the angel, and he was keeping the demon form up through sheer strength of will. Now that it's dead, he can focus his full power into combat.
** Emperor Evulz's real form is the angel, and the demon form was a [[Power Limiter]] imposed on him by earlier heroes. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|He thanks Alice and Bob for freeing him,]] and then proceeds to mop the floor with them.
** Emperor Evulz [[What Measure Is a Non -Human?|knows that the heroes have less problem fighting monsters]], [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|so decides to take a humanoid form to get them to hesitate.]]
* '''Inverted''':
** [[One -Winged Angel]].
** It's Alice who does this to lay the smackdown on Evulz
* '''Subverted''': Evulz initially goes into his angel form, but becomes a demon again after it's beaten.