Basic Trope: Wasps are usually depicted as evil, especially when compared to bees.
- Straight: Lady Stinger is a wasp, a serial killer, and a major antagonist.
- Exaggerated:
- Every villain is a wasp and every wasp is a wicked villain.
- Lady Stinger is The Sociopath, and even the other wasps are sickened by her vile character.
- Downplayed: Lady Stinger is kind of a bitch.
- Justified: Lady Stinger was always treated like a monster for being a wasp, so she became one.
- Inverted: Lady Stinger is an All-Loving Hero.
- Subverted: She pulls a Heel–Face Turn.
- Double Subverted:
- Then, she goes back to the dark side.
- Lady Stinger is a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing.
- Lady Stinger was always a kindhearted wasp. Her sister, on the other hand, is a serial killing wasp who frequently frames her much kinder sister for the murders.
- Parodied: A spiteful and extremely bitchy wasp fights a parody
Purity Sue Virtuous Bee. - Zig-Zagged: Some wasps are good, some are evil.
- Averted: Wasps are not portrayed as more evil than any other insect.
- Enforced: The author has a fear or hatred of wasps.
- Lampshaded: "Why are wasps always the bad guys?"
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