Flunky Boss/Playing With

Basic Trope: A boss has minions to fight alongside them.
 * Straight: When Bob confronts Emperor Evulz, Evulz is assisted by his Elite Guards.
 * Exaggerated: The guards can summon their own minions.
 * Downplayed: There are only two or three guards.
 * Justified: Evulz knows the value of strength in numbers.
 * Inverted:
 * When fighting Evulz, Bob summons his Redshirt Army.
 * The guards are the real bosses and Evulz is the minion.
 * Subverted: The guards are just statues.
 * Double Subverted: Which Evulz brings to life as his own personal minions.
 * Averted: Evulz fights Bob one-on-one.
 * Invoked: Evulz decided that, as a Big Bad, he needs minions to keep up his image.
 * Defied: Bob surrounds himself and Evulz with a force field, cutting off the guards.

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