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So you've got your [[Big Bad]] [[Evil Overlord]], looming over the world like a colossus. But he can't just [[Orcus on His Throne|putz around on his throne]] or [[Kingpin in His Gym|hang out in his gym]] all day long, waiting for the [[Big Damn Heroes]] to show up and kick his butt. And while [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness]] doesn't seem to do much but [[We Wait|sit around and wait]] while spouting off cryptic nonsense, they've got to have some sort of [[Hidden Agenda Villain|hidden agenda]] to hide or there isn't much of a point.
 
So they've got to have a [[Plan]]. An evil'''Evil planPlan'''. [[The Villain Makes the Plot|Otherwise there's not much of a story, is there?]]
 
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Can involve a [[Xanatos Gambit]] but ''only'' if the '''Evil Plan''' is arranged so that whatever the heroes do helps the villain in some way. See the trope page for details.
 
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== Fan Works ==
* ''[[Ultimate SpiderWoman|Ultimate: Spider Woman]] ''Change With Thethe Light]]'' did this with Jack O'Lantern, Spider-Woman's [[Arch Enemy]] as well. Jack immediately minimizes most of the risk to himself by using [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] Phillip Watson as his mind-controlled dupe and making it look like ''Phillip'' is the one pulling the strings. Jack is giving Phillip instructions on what to say and do, and makes sure to delete all his correspondence with Phillip so it can't be traced back to him. The plan works out just as he'd hoped—the resulting [[Mob War]] decimates two of New York City's crime syndicates, allows him to begin implementing his [[Legion of Doom]] plan to set up a new supervillain crime organization, Phillip is blamed for the whole thing and Jack gets off scot-free, and he manages to give Spider-Woman a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] as the final delicious twist.
 
== Film ==
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* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. According to their [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|whiteboard list]] the Trio plan to; "[[Weather Control Machine|Control The Weather]], [[Shrink Ray|Miniaturize]] [[Goldfinger|Fort Knox]], [[Glamour|Conjure Fake I.D.s]], [[Shrink Ray]], [[All Men Are Perverts|Girls]], [[You Need to Get Laid|Girls,]] The [[Killer Gorilla|Gorilla Thing]], and [[Awesome but Impractical|Workable Prototype]] [[Jet Pack]]s." Oh, and make Buffy their [[Sex Slave]].
 
== TheaterTheatre ==
* ''[[The Tempest]]''—A rare heroic version; the entire play is Prospero's [[A God Is You|God Game]] to end his exile from Milan. 'heroic' because all he wants is to get his home back and teach his [[Evil Brother]] a lesson. No one gets hurt, not even the evil brother, and almost all of them go back to Milan as more or less friends.
 
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