And really, having it always looking like the villain is winning before the hero makes a comeback makes most fights incredibly predictable and the villain's early lead increasingly meaningless.

A hero doing an epic ass-kicking to an overconfident, Smug Snake of a villain can be both incredibly awesome and cathartic, and an intelligently done one-sided battle can leave you as breathless as one that's close. Evulz has just been subjected to a Curb Stomp Battle.Īs with all tropes, this can be done well or done poorly. He wipes off the sword, sheathes it, says something about his sister, and walks into the sunset. Bob is predicting Evulz's moves to the inch, hitting him with every move in his own arsenal, and not even getting tired whilst doing so! By the end of the episode, Evulz is stone dead, and Bob hasn't a drop of blood on him except for Evulz's. IS IT?!įast forward a week and you've got the next episode. Everything looks evenly matched and set for a huge battle.īut in the immortal words of Pearl Forrester: ORRRRRR.

Bob is looking pumped too: He's got a calm yet battle-ready demeanor, an Infinity+1 Sword, proper fighting attire, The Power of Friendship and a reason to fight. Evulz is pretty tough: he's the Big Bad, he's got lots of Spikes of Villainy, a big, nasty weapon, and he killed Bob's sister last season. Emperor Evulz and Bob are finally meeting face to face and there's gonna be a fight. So, the new episode of your favorite show is on.

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