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Finding good help is hard, especially hard if you're a villain. No matter how fearsome a villain appears, it seems they are often stuck with a gaggle of bunglers for help. All except one guy - the Token Competent Minion.

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Finding good help is hard, especially hard if you're a villain. No matter how fearsome a villain appears, it seems they are often stuck SurroundedByIdiots. All their {{Mooks}} are hopeless bunglers, with a gaggle of bunglers for help. All except one guy - exception -- the Token Competent Minion.
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*** Subverted with Quan Chi who stands out among Shao Kahn's minions for doing something other than getting defeated or killed in story mode. Not only does he secure [[HeelFaceDoorSlam Scorpion's]] allegiance to the villain side, but he also comes up with the idea to breach the borders between Outworld and Earth by resurrecting Sindel under mind control and [[spoiler:claims the souls of the dead heroes after they are killed by Sindel.]] [[spoiler:Where the subversion comes in is that Quan Chi is actually working for Shinnok and is only pretending to serve Shao Kahn]].

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*** Subverted with Quan Chi who stands out among Shao Kahn's minions for doing something other than getting defeated or killed in story mode. Not only does he secure [[HeelFaceDoorSlam Scorpion's]] allegiance to the villain side, but he also comes up with the idea to breach the borders between Outworld and Earth by resurrecting Sindel under mind control and [[spoiler:claims the souls of the dead heroes after they are killed by Sindel.]] [[spoiler:Where the subversion comes [[spoiler:Subverted in is that Quan Chi is actually working for Shinnok and is only pretending to serve Shao Kahn]].
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** Sage, a new character introduced from ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' onwards, is WAY more competent than [[BumblingHenchmanDuo both Orbot and Cubot]], due to being an AI that took on a physical form from the Ancients’ technology, able to calculate various scenarios with peak efficiency, as well as convince her father, Dr. Eggman, to (once again) [[EnemyMine ally himself with Sonic]] to take down [[spoiler:THE END, an EldritchAbomination that was responsible for the near genocide of the Ancients, as well as tricking Sonic into freeing it from Cyber Space]].

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** Sage, a new character introduced from ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' onwards, is WAY more competent than [[BumblingHenchmanDuo [[BumblingHenchmenDuo both Orbot and Cubot]], due to being an AI that took on a physical form from the Ancients’ technology, able to calculate various scenarios with peak efficiency, as well as and convince her father, Dr. Eggman, to (once again) [[EnemyMine ally himself with Sonic]] to take down [[spoiler:THE END, an EldritchAbomination that was responsible for the near genocide of the Ancients, as well as tricking Sonic into freeing it from Cyber Space]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': Catra turns out to be this for Hordak, being the only member of his forces who manages to help him make headway in his plans for conquest. Shadow Weaver might have counted, [[spoiler:but she was actually sabotaging Hordak's efforts until she could find a way to stop him permanently.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': Catra [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerCatra Catra]] turns out to be this for Hordak, being the only member of his forces who manages to help him make headway in his plans for conquest. Shadow Weaver might have counted, [[spoiler:but she was actually sabotaging Hordak's efforts until she could find a way to stop him permanently.]]

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