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Plot and devices resulting from the Hero Ball:
* [[Alone
* [[Balance Between Good and Evil]]
* [[Cardboard Prison]]
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* [[Dumb Is Good]]
* [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]]
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* [[I Work Alone]]
* [[Joker Immunity]]
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* [[Redemption Demotion]]
* [[Save the Villain]]
* [[Sealed Evil in
** [[Sealed Inside a Person Shaped Can]]
* [[Slave to PR]]
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Note that some of these tropes are mutually contradictory; for example, a [[Lawful Stupid]] character carries the Hero Ball all the time, but would sooner die than [[Save the Villain]]. Apparently, there's only so many ways to be smart, but idiocy is Legion.
Modern, Western action movies usually combine the Hero Ball with some form of [[Karmic Death]]. The hero can't actually be shown executing the villain, but that doesn't mean the villain can't fall to his death, be [[Self
Compare with the [[Villain Ball]] and [[Holding Back the Phlebotinum]]. Contrast [[Flaw Exploitation]] for when an antagonist exploits a heroes' flaws. Contrast [[No-Nonsense Nemesis]], who isn't prone to carrying the [[Villain Ball]].
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