Basic Trope: A villain who pushes people to commit evil or even turn to the dark side.
- Straight: Evulz seduced Bob to kill Alice, deceiving him that she allegedly killed his family, and revenge is sweet.
- Exaggerated:
- Evulz gathers and sets up each member of the team of heroes against each other.
- Evulz can turn anyone into a monster, no matter how all-loving or pure, and he enjoys corrupting people so much that it's basically a hobby of his.
- Evulz has corrupted God to destroy the world.
- Downplayed: Evulz sets Bob up to rob Alice for robbing him.
- Justified:
- Evulz wants Bob to be his ally.
- Evulz is a Manipulative Bastard, who is perfectly aware of all the subtleties of human psychology.
- Subverted: When Bob refused to kill Alice, Evulz comes in to congratulate him for passing his Secret Test of Character.
- Double Subverted: ???
- Inverted:
- Parodied: Evulz corrupts Bob into littering, swearing and stealing candy from babies.
- Averted: Evulz never seduces anyone.
- Defied: Alice and Charlie, having learned that Evulz corrupted Bob, try to stop him.
- Zig-Zagged: Evulz sometimes sets people on the road of evil, sometimes on the road of good.
- Enforced:
- Lampshaded: "How did you manage to turn Bob into a bastard?"
- Invoked: Evulz specializes in seducing people to create his army or servants.
- Exploited: Read in "Justified", "Played For Drama" and "Invoked".
- Played for Drama: Evulz is a corrupter to set the heroes against each other or turn them to his side to victory of the bad guy.
- Played for Horror: ???
- Implied: "Did you hear that Evulz managed to lower Bob to his level?"
- Deconstructed: Evulz ripped off many people, but some managed to be put back in place by other people. Because of what Evulz puts himself at risk.
- Reconstructed: ???
