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{{quote|''[[The Usurper|So prepare for the coup of the century,]]''<br />
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This song is almost always a measure of how important the villain is. If the villain has one, they'll get equal billing with the hero, and will probably steal the show. If they don't (e.g. Dr. Corrasco in ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'', Charlie Cowell in ''[[The Music Man]]''), they're not very important to the plot, and nobody qualifies as the [[Big Bad]]. Villains can get other songs where they pretend to be nice, but if they don't get at least one song to strut their villainy, they're (usually) not important.
Occasionally followed up by an [[Evil Laugh]]. Compare [[Villain Love Song]], and [["The Villain Sucks" Song]], which is sung ''about'' the villain by someone else. Is sometimes sung as a [[Dark Reprise]]. Contrast [[No Song for
Please note that just because a song is sung by a villain, it is not necessarily a [[Villain Song]]. ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' may have a showstopper in the form of "The Music of the Night", but he doesn't use it to gloat over his villainy. Villain Songs don't have to be personally sung by the villain either, though this is fairly rare.
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