Line #21 PlayingWith/AristocratsAreEvil


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]]".

Context PlayingWith / AristocratsAreEvil