1 | '''Basic Trope''': Bad guys either don't understand jokes or tell really bad ones. |
2 | * '''Straight''': |
3 | ** Emperor Evulz never laughs at anyone's jokes. |
4 | ** Emperor Evulz laughs at things like drowning a person in a ducking chair. |
5 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
6 | ** Emperor Evulz has never gotten a single joke since he was born. |
7 | ** Emperor Evulz is TheHyena, and [[PutTheLaughterInSlaughter what he finds so funny all the time]] is torturing or killing others. |
8 | * '''Downplayed''': |
9 | ** Emperor Evulz rarely laughs at people's jokes, but occasionally it happens. |
10 | ** Emperor Evulz finds torturing people funny, but it's not the only kind of humor he likes. |
11 | ** Emperor Evulz merely has a [[BlackComedy dark sense of humor]] that isn't inherently malicious. |
12 | * '''Justified''': |
13 | ** Emperor Evulz is TheEeyore. |
14 | ** Emperor Evulz is a MonsterClown. |
15 | ** Emperor Evulz hails from an AlwaysChaoticEvil race where human suffering is considered humorous. |
16 | ** Emperador Malvados doesn't understand English well enough to make sense of the puns (or make them himself). |
17 | * '''Inverted''': |
18 | ** Bob, {{the hero}}, has NoSenseOfHumor. |
19 | ** Emperor Evulz is given {{Foreshadowing}} to a future HeelFaceTurn by having him have a proper sense of humor (and [[DudeNotFunny some standards of sensitivity]]) in comparison to his fellow villains. |
20 | ** Emperor Evulz is the main source of comedy. |
21 | * '''Subverted''': Emperor Evulz is seen laughing after someone drops a hundred-pound weight on an underling...but it turns out said underling is MadeOfIron, making it the equivalent of {{slapstick}} comedy. |
22 | * '''Double Subverted''': However, then someone hits the underling with a mallet made of something that weakens or bypasses his toughness, leaving him critically injured. Evulz finds this hysterical. |
23 | * '''Parodied''': Emperor Evulz is a comedian with the funniest jokes. The moment he performs a FaceHeelTurn, all his jokes get DudeNotFunny reactions and opens to an empty crowd. |
24 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Emperor Evulz has no sense of humor; Dracone has a sadistic sense of humor, and Eva's sense of humor is no different from those of the heroes. |
25 | * '''Averted''': Evulz' sense of humor (or lack thereof) is no different from the heroes'. |
26 | * '''Enforced''': The author wants to show clearly that Evulz is not a guy the audience wants to imitate. |
27 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Why is it every villain I've ever met either has no sense of humor or a lousy one?" |
28 | * '''Invoked''': Evulz wants his targets to view him as an unstoppable killing machine. Unstoppable killing machines don’t laugh. |
29 | * '''Exploited''': |
30 | ** Bob knows his jokes are [[BerserkButton more annoying to Evulz’ than they are funny]]. He keep joking and laughing at Evulz until he [[VillainousBreakdown breaks down]]. |
31 | ** Bob know that Evulz laughs hysterically every time he sees someone break a bone so Bob intentionally breaks his own arm, leaving Evulz open for attack in the middle of his laughing fit. |
32 | * '''Defied''': Despite being a sociopath, Evulz regularly goes to stand up shows to study what people find funny so he can better understand and tell jokes. |
33 | * '''Discussed''': “Why do the people trying to kill us never crack a good joke? It’s just brooding anger and dead baby jokes 24/7. At this point I’d even settle for a horrible pun.” |
34 | * '''Conversed''': “Evulz totally [[KnightofCerebus changes the tone of the whole show]], dude. He NEVER jokes around.” |
35 | * '''Implied''': “You going to Evulz’s dungeon open mic this weekend?” “Why would I ever put myself through that?” |
36 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
37 | ** Evulz's bad sense of humor turns off potential allies and makes him TheFriendNobodyLikes among his actual [[VillainousFriendship friend group]]. |
38 | ** Internally, he’s dealing with a lot and just can’t bring himself to find any humor in the world. |
39 | ** Evulz's cruel jokes get him in trouble with the GreaterScopeVillain. |
40 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
41 | ** After sorting out all his personal issues, Evulz still doesn’t laugh, realizing that he just doesn’t actually find many things funny. |
42 | * '''Played for Laughs''': |
43 | ** Evulz is TheComicallySerious. |
44 | ** Evulz's sense of humor isn't so much "sick and twisted" as it is "embarrassing"; he is unashamedly fond of [[DiscreditedMeme outdated memes]] and [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed unpopular internet celebrities]]. |
45 | * '''Played for Drama''': Evulz is a truly dangerous sociopath and the KnightOfCerebus. |
46 | * '''Played for Horror''': |
47 | ** Evulz's [[BerserkButton standard]] [[DisproportionateRetribution reaction]] to having someone say a joke within earshot is to [[SpreeKiller kill him and everybody who had any kind of happy reaction to it]]. |
48 | ** Evulz's multi-decade murder spree is well-documented with [[CriminalMindGames hundreds of letters sent to the police]] full of incredibly shitty jokes and puns. |
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