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'''The Doctor''': [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him|But if I kill... wipe out a whole intelligent life form, then I become like them. I'd be no better than the Daleks.]] |''[[Doctor Who]]'', "Genesis of the Daleks"}} |
'''The Doctor''': [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him|But if I kill... wipe out a whole intelligent life form, then I become like them. I'd be no better than the Daleks.]] |''[[Doctor Who]]'', "Genesis of the Daleks"}} |
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We all know the drill. It's [[The Federation]] versus [[The Empire]], and the [[Heroes]] stop the Empire's new superweapon just in time for [[The Cavalry]] to defeat the [[Mooks]]. Now good has triumphed, how do you mop up the resistance? If the heroes are lucky, the Empire will be led by a [[Self-Disposing Villain]] or an [[Evil Overlord]] with a [[ |
We all know the drill. It's [[The Federation]] versus [[The Empire]], and the [[Heroes]] stop the Empire's new superweapon just in time for [[The Cavalry]] to defeat the [[Mooks]]. Now good has triumphed, how do you mop up the resistance? If the heroes are lucky, the Empire will be led by a [[Self-Disposing Villain]] or an [[Evil Overlord]] with a [[0% Approval Rating]] who can be [[Sealed Evil in a Can|imprisoned]] in the [[Tailor-Made Prison]]. |
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But what if the driving force behind the forces of evil is not a single [[Big Bad|Evil Overlord]], but a [[Planet of Hats]] whose hat happens to be [[Always Chaotic Evil]]? You can't very well arrest and try every inhabitant. And it will doubtlessly include children, who, if you did try them, would be acquitted because [[Children Are Innocent]]. But as long as enough remain to propagate the species, they will remain a threat. |
But what if the driving force behind the forces of evil is not a single [[Big Bad|Evil Overlord]], but a [[Planet of Hats]] whose hat happens to be [[Always Chaotic Evil]]? You can't very well arrest and try every inhabitant. And it will doubtlessly include children, who, if you did try them, would be acquitted because [[Children Are Innocent]]. But as long as enough remain to propagate the species, they will remain a threat. |