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* '''Inverted''': ''Reputation'' casts you as Lord [[Draco in Leather Pants|Draco]], son of the high-ranked House Godwin of [[The Empire]]. You can follow in your daddy's footsteps as an [[Affably Evil]] loyalist, or become a rude [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized|revolutionary]] fighting to overturn the evil empire.
* '''Subverted''': Player Bob makes Spyke kick a puppy, but he doesn't gain any evil points for it.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...because it was [[Kick the Son of Aa Bitch|a werewolf puppy.]] Kicking a normal puppy still gets evil points.
* '''Parodied''': The big actions you can take over the course of the game -- like saving a burning orphanage or being the one who set it on fire in the first place -- have absolutely ''no'' effect on Spyke's [[Karma Meter]]. Instead, it's decided entirely by petty acts like whether you avoid swearing or [[Cluster F-Bomb]] your way through dialogue, petting or kicking puppies, and such things.
* '''Deconstructed''': Spyke quickly discovers that he [[Can't Get Away Withwith Nuthin']]: no matter [[All of the Other Reindeer|how rudely others treat him for]] [[Half-Human Hybrid|being different]], even being the ''tiniest'' bit [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky]] in response has everyone treating him like that just ''proves'' he's evil, ''including the [[Jerkass]] [[Knight Templar]] [[Jerkass God|God]]''. The only one who welcomes such behavior is the Chaos God, meaning he apparently has to choose between putting up with everyone else's crap or go full-blown evil.
* '''Reconstructed''': This whole situation turns out to be a game-wide [[Secret Test of Character]]: in the end, Spyke discovers that the Gods' personalities are determined by what their worshippers believe, and he can [[Taking a Third Option|Take A Third Option]] of changing how the gods are viewed, rewriting their personalities to something that better suits his sensibilities.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???