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The original '''Evil Overlord List''' was compiled in 1990 by several members of the FidoNet Science Fiction and Fandom email echo. The FidoNet list originated with a 1988 ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' skit featuring Bond Villains touting a book "What Not To Do When You Capture James Bond". The FidoNet list arose out of discussions regarding what sort of advice might be in that book, and was compiled and published by Jack Butler.
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Jack Butler's list can be found [http://legendspbem.angelfire.com/eviloverlordlist.html here], and Peter Anspach's list can be found [http://www.eviloverlord.com/ here]. Both Peter Anspach and Jack Butler acknowledge the existence of each other's lists, that both lists originated independently of each other, and state that their two lists have been so cross-pollinated over the years as to become effectively identical.
▲The version reproduced for TV Tropes is the more well-known list that sprang out of discussions on the ''[[Star Trek]]'' mailing list around 1994, discussing common cliches that appeared on ''[[Deep Space 9]]''. It started with 25 items and growing into eventually 100 items with several appendices grouped into "Cellblock A" and "Cellblock B". It is no longer updated, though it can still be found at [http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html this site].
See also [[Evil Overlord List Cellblock A]] and [[Evil Overlord List Cellblock B]]. If you wish to add points of your own, see the [[All the Tropes Additional Evil Overlord Vows]]. See also [[Evil Plan]] and [[Stock Evil Overlord Tactics]] for more general information.
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