1 | '''Basic Trope:''' The aristocrats are bad guys. |
2 | * '''Straight''': The main villain the heroes have to face is Baron Evulz. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Baron Evulz is a CompleteMonster. |
5 | ** Every single villain in the entire multiverse is an aristocrat, and every aristocrat a villain. The moment someone gets a title (even an honorary and non-inheritable one), they become DrunkWithPower. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': |
7 | ** Baron Evulz and his family are TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether, but other aristocrats are AffablyEvil. |
8 | ** TheUpperCrass |
9 | * '''Justified''': |
10 | ** DrunkWithPower. |
11 | ** ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections. |
12 | ** The king is evil and only hands out titles to his equally evil henchmen. |
13 | ** Baron Evulz obtained his title through immoral means (possibly even having stolen it). |
14 | *** Or, he was once loyal to the king, but then betrayed him and was stripped of his title, stealing it back as revenge. |
15 | * '''Inverted''': |
16 | ** Aristocrats are good. |
17 | ** Everyone without a title is evil. |
18 | * '''Subverted''': |
19 | ** Baron Evulz is a FakeAristocrat and not a real baron. |
20 | ** Baron Evulz turns out to be under MindControl of a real, non-aristocratic BigBad. |
21 | ** Baron Evulz is nice and kindly. |
22 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
23 | ** Until he does get the title. |
24 | ** He pretends to be so to frame someone else for his crimes. |
25 | ** But it's just him being AffablyEvil. |
26 | * '''Parodied''': Baron Evulz is the name of a parrot that sits in a cage all day and says nothing but "Baron Evulz is evil!" |
27 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': |
28 | ** Baron Evulz is all for PragmaticVillainy, which leads to him committing only as much evil as fits in his version of the bigger picture. |
29 | ** Some aristocrats are evil, some aren't. |
30 | ** An aristocrat is stuck in a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor. |
31 | * '''Averted''': |
32 | ** There are no aristocrats. |
33 | ** There are aristocrats, but their status is not indicative of their morality. |
34 | * '''Enforced''': The author is against aristocracy due to their political and/or religious views. |
35 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Listen, don't ''ever'' go near these castles if you value your life! Better stay with [[JustLikeRobinHood the forest outlaws]]!" |
36 | * '''Invoked''': Bob pretends to be an aristocrat because he needs to do a ZeroApprovalGambit. |
37 | * '''Exploited''': The RebelLeader uses the peasants' hatred of the aristocrats to start a revolution. |
38 | * '''Defied''': The king makes sure to award titles only to the people who deserve them. |
39 | * '''Discussed''': "Do you know who'll be the next baron?" "No, but it doesn't matter, all of them are the same." |
40 | * '''Conversed''': "The author was an active Socialist, what else would you expect?" |
41 | * '''Implied''': The villain's title and social position doesn't get revealed, but he is addressed as "Your Excellency", and TheDragon as "Your Lordship". |
42 | * '''Deconstructed''': The aristocrats are so hateful that the lower classes rebel, and a civil war nearly wipes out the entire country, but leads to the aristocrats' downfall. |
43 | * '''Reconstructed''': And then the formerly lower classes get the titles after the war and [[FullCircleRevolution begin to oppress the former aristocracy and everyone else]]. |
44 | * '''Played For Laughs''': LaughablyEvil courtiers openly discuss their evil plans, punctuated with the necessary amount of "[[EvilLaugh Mwahahahaaa]]". |
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