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* [[Cue Card Pause]]: "[[Kill the Poor|I hate the homeless]]...ness problem that plagues this city."
* [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]]: "It's not about making money, it's about ''taking'' money." Of course, this is blatant hypocrisy on Dr. Horrible's part, as the Transmatter Ray was supposed to transport the gold bar intact, and it's clear from "Slipping" that he is after cash and fame as well as social change.
* [[Damning With Faint Praise]]: You don't get much fainter than "I guess he's pretty okay" in regards to the hero of the city!
* [[Dartboard of Hate]]: Dr. Horrible's not a very good dart thrower. Fortunately this is quickly rectified by more direct application of dart to Hammer.
* [[Death by Origin Story]]: Penny, unless Joss has something really twisted up his sleeve for the putative sequel.
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** The hero gets the girl, but only wants her for, well, ''sex'' (musing about how he might even sleep with the same girl twice, and later cheerfully announcing their bedroom activity to the press during his speech in Act III, much to Penny's horror). And, also, because he knows the villain genuinely loves her. Have we mentioned Captain Hammer is a [[Jerkass]]? Because Captain Hammer is a ''[[Jerkass]]''.
** It's the hero's actions that ultimately drive the villain to become truly evil.
** Interestingly, the strict actions of the hero and villain fit the usual template. Dr. Horrible stalks a girl, can't be bothered to sign a petition for a good cause, and idolizes clearly evil villains (and all this before his flip). Meanwhile, the hero saves the girl, stops the villain, starts a new homeless shelter, and gives an "everyone can be a hero" speech.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: The "Evil League of Evil" is, arguably, semantically justified; the first 'Evil' describes the nature of the league, the second the composition of the league. It is a league of evil, which is itself evil. However, it most definitely captures the spirit of the trope.
* [[Designated Hero]] and [[Designated Villain]]: Invoked; thanks to the [[Deconstruction]] mentioned above, Captain Hammer has a heroic demeanor but is a xenophobic, anti-intellectual, pompous [[Miles Gloriosus]] with [[Super Strength]] who prefers to beat up and humiliate Dr. Horrible rather than turn him over to the police; while Dr. Horrible is a classic [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] who is too introverted to pull off any serious crimes. Until, of course, Captain Hammer makes it personal.
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