Basic Trope: The story begins with the villain.
- Straight: The story begins with Emperor Evulz giving a speech to his men.
- Exaggerated: The opening sequence following Evulz lasts for half an hour.
- Downplayed:
- The opening sequence begins with the top enforcers of Evulz; General Drake is seen giving orders to his men, Head Scientist Butcherstein is doing some unethical experiments on some hapless Redshirts captured from Tropeland, and Claidheamh the Left Handed Brute grinds his uncannily huge blade and practices his sword fighting on some dummy in order to cleave through his enemies.
- The story opens with Bob having a nightmare about Evulz, showing both characters at the same time.
- Justified: Evulz is responsible for creating the heroes, so it makes sense to open with his actions.
- Inverted:
- The story begins with King Richter von Troperia giving a speech to his men.
- The story begins with Sir Robert riding his horse in order to lead his group back to base.
- Subverted: It looks like the story will begin with Emperor Evulz, but as it turns out, it's merely a painting of him, as King Richter gives out his speech.
- Double Subverted: Then comes the Picture-Perfect Presentation into Evulz giving a speech to his own men.
- Parodied: The story begins with Emperor Evulz singing in the shower.
- Averted: The story doesn't begin with Emperor Evulz.
- Defied: In the story's Framing Device, Bob demands that the narrator start with him instead of Evulz.
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Enforced: The film is an adaptation of another work in which Evulz was a Breakout Villain, meaning the audience is most excited to see him.
- Lampshaded: In the story's framing device, Bob says, "Okay, starting with the bad guy, huh?"
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