What exactly is this trope? The description seems to indicate a super crime lord, a sort of crime emperor or "napoleon of crime" as Doyle puts it. But the examples list lone supervillain types like Gru from Despicable me, who's only lord over a basement full of minions, and dr. Impossible from Soon I Will Be Invincible, who's lord of exactly nothing.
What exactly is this trope? The description seems to indicate a super crime lord, a sort of crime emperor or "napoleon of crime" as Doyle puts it. But the examples list lone supervillain types like Gru from Despicable me, who's only lord over a basement full of minions, and dr. Impossible from Soon I Will Be Invincible, who's lord of exactly nothing.