Punch Clock Villain/Playing With
Basic Trope: A villain who only does bad things while at work.
- Straight: Jason robs banks for a crime boss, but is not really a bad guy out of work.
- Exaggerated: Jason is a Complete Monster, but is a nice guy when not at work.
- Downplayed: Jason's job limits mostly to Poke the Poodle.
- Justified: Jason doesn't like being evil, but the good guys weren't hiring.
- Inverted: Punch Clock Hero
- Subverted: Jason's actually more evil when he's off the clock.
- Double Subverted: That's just an act. He wants people to stay away from him because of his day job.
- Parodied: Jason is the nicest guy ever until he literally punches the clock.
- Zig Zagged: Jason is evil when not on the job somedays, other days he' nice.
- Averted: Jason is evil during and after his job.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: "It's OK, Jason won't hurt us. It's his day off."
- Invoked: Jason, a Nice Guy is looking for a job. In the classified ads, he sees a job that involves evil deeds. Since he doesn't qualify for other jobs, and since it pays well, he chooses it.
- Exploited: The heroes interrogate Jason, knowing that he's willing to give out information.
- Defied: Jason refuses to work for the Big Bad.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
Quittin' time boys! We've kicked enough puppies for one day, let's go back to Punch Clock Villain. Drinks are on me!