Basic Trope: A boss has minions to fight alongside them.
- Straight: When Bob confronts Emperor Evulz, Evulz is assisted by his Elite Guards.
- Exaggerated:
- Evulz summons his entire army and the strongest to weakest guards can summon their own minions.
- As the Final Boss Evulz summons previous bosses, turning the battle into an impromptu Boss Rush.
- The Final Boss is basically a Boss Bonanza, with Evulz as the strongest and head honcho of the bonanza.
- Every single boss is accompanied by henchmen and some are more annoying about it than others.
- Downplayed:
- There are only two or three guards assisting Evulz.
- Wolf Pack Boss: Evulz doesn't fight alone when Bob confronts him, but the people he's with aren't his average mooks (elite or not). Like Count Drake, Dr. Techmo, Ms. Malicia, and The Clobberer are the ones fighting alongside their boss.
- Justified:
- Evulz knows the value of strength in numbers.
- Evulz is an Enemy Summoner, so naturally he summons his minions to fight alongside him.
- Inverted:
- When fighting Evulz, Bob summons his group of Mauve Shirt's.
- The guards are the real bosses and Evulz is the minion.
- The guards have the ability to summon previously fought bosses.
- When Evulz shows up, he order his underlings to get lost.
- Subverted:
- The guards are just statues.
- Evulz summons his minions... who start attacking him.
- Evulz dismisses his guards before fighting Bob.
- Double Subverted:
- Evulz brings the statues to life as his own personal minions.
- Evulz annihilates the traitorous minions and summons some that are more loyal.
- Evulz calls his guards back after Bob gains the upper hand.
- Parodied: Every time the heroes cut down a Mook, Evulz laments how much they cost... promptly before summoning another.
- Zig Zagged: Evulz and his minions constantly switch out in different phases.
- Averted: Evulz fights Bob one-on-one.
- Enforced: "How do we make the villain compete with a team without being too hard?"
- Lampshaded: "How many minions do you have?"
- Invoked: Evulz decided that, as a Big Bad, he needs minions to keep up his image.
- Exploited:
- Bob tricks the Elite Guards into attacking Evulz.
- Bob uses the Elite Guards as meat shields to protect himself from Evulz' attacks.
- Bob kills the Elite Guards in order to obtain more Experience Points and/or Random Drops.
- Defied: Bob surrounds himself and Evulz with a force field, cutting off the guards.
- Discussed: "Why can't we just have a fair fight, without your stupid minions?"
- Conversed: "Ever notice how the bad guy just sends in minions, instead of just fighting himself?"
- Deconstructed: Mooks are limited.
- Reconstructed:
- The limited Mooks whom are in question are so strong, all or most of them can be labeled as a Boss in Mook Clothing.
- Alternatively, the Mook army never ends until Evulz dies.
- Played For Laughs:
- Everytime a minion is killed, Evulz creates another out of his life force. This only exhausts Evulz, as they are very easy to kill.
- When the player actually attacks Evulz, he goes down in one hit.
- Played For Drama: The heroes just killed several soldiers, with families and friends, just to defeat one guy. As they question their motives, Evulz gets away and/or succeeds in his plan.
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