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* '''Subverted''':
* '''Subverted''':
** The heroes confront the [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] and he remarks, "Right, my only reason for doing any of this is that I'm evil." [[Sarcasm Blind|The heroes fail to note that he is being sarcastic.]]
** The heroes confront the [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] and he remarks, "Right, my only reason for doing any of this is that I'm evil." [[Sarcasm Blind|The heroes fail to note that he is being sarcastic.]]
** The villain has a [[Zero-Percent Approval Rating]], so he pretends to be a [[Card-Carrying Villain]].
** The villain has a [[0% Approval Rating]], so he pretends to be a [[Card-Carrying Villain]].
* '''Double Subversion''': The villain [[Straw Hypocrite|doesn't believe in his]] [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] motivations at all, and really is just doing it [[For the Evulz]].
* '''Double Subversion''': The villain [[Straw Hypocrite|doesn't believe in his]] [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] motivations at all, and really is just doing it [[For the Evulz]].
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Parodied''':
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** Doctor Villainous Evil considers himself a [[Complete Monster]], [[Poke the Poodle|yet he can't harm a fly.]]
** Doctor Villainous Evil considers himself a [[Complete Monster]], [[Poke the Poodle|yet he can't harm a fly.]]
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Dr. Villainous Evil is doomed to a [[Zero-Percent Approval Rating]] because he never pretends to be anything but evil.
** Dr. Villainous Evil is doomed to a [[0% Approval Rating]] because he never pretends to be anything but evil.
** The reason Dr. Villainous Evil chose that name is that he's actually disgusted by the moral absolutism of the [[Knight Templar|"heroes"]]. Ultimately, he ends up saving the world since he's a [[Noble Demon]], but since he presented himself as the ultimate bad guy, no one realizes this until long after his lonely and [[And There Was Much Rejoicing|celebrated]] death, having been bound by his own ideological image.
** The reason Dr. Villainous Evil chose that name is that he's actually disgusted by the moral absolutism of the [[Knight Templar|"heroes"]]. Ultimately, he ends up saving the world since he's a [[Noble Demon]], but since he presented himself as the ultimate bad guy, no one realizes this until long after his lonely and [[And There Was Much Rejoicing|celebrated]] death, having been bound by his own ideological image.
** Dr Villainous Evil comes to the realisation that he no longer needs to justify his actions in any moralistic fashion, since it would clash with seeing himself as the villain. This leads him [[The Unfettered|to become unrestrained in his evil]], [[Moral Event Horizon|plummeting]] [[Complete Monster|into depravity.]]
** Dr Villainous Evil comes to the realisation that he no longer needs to justify his actions in any moralistic fashion, since it would clash with seeing himself as the villain. This leads him [[The Unfettered|to become unrestrained in his evil]], [[Moral Event Horizon|plummeting]] [[Complete Monster|into depravity.]]
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