One-Winged Angel/Playing With

Basic Trope: A Big Bad assumes a monstrous form for combat.
 * Straight: The human Emperor Evulz sprouts horns and demonic wings.
 * Exaggerated: Evulz escalates from one form to the next again and again and again, eventually becoming larger than the Earth and uglier than a Lovecraftian bowel movement.
 * Downplayed: Evulz grows somewhat taller and more muscular, and his face distorts a bit
 * Justified: The human appearance was just a disguise, and it would only get in the way during a fight.
 * Evulz can shapeshift, and has a form that's better at combat than his current form. Why not use it?
 * Inverted: The already-monstrous Evulz crosses the Bishonen Line.
 * Or Hiro transforms into a One-Winged Angel form and proceeds to epically defeat Evulz.
 * Evulz is ALREADY huge and shrinks halfway through the final battle, becoming faster and deadlier after the transformation.
 * Evulz is an Eldritch Abomination, but in the final confrontation he gains an advantage by Becoming a Real Boy, because Humans Are Special.
 * Subverted: Clipped-Wing Angel.
 * "Rule 34: I will not turn into a giant snake. It never works."
 * Double Subverted: The Clipped-Wing Angel was just the first stage of the transformation. The second stage means business!
 * "Besides, dragons are so much cooler."
 * Parodied: The One-Winged Angel form looks utterly ridiculous. Even the heroes double over in laughter.
 * Deconstructed: Evulz downs the mutagen sample, sprouts Combat Tentacles, and shortly thereafter dies of organ failure from having his biology so abruptly rearranged.
 * Reconstructed: ... then rises up again as an unstoppable monstrosity, the mutagen having completed its work.
 * ...Then he reveals that the physical mutations were just a side effect of changing his physiology so that he could transfer his mind into his castle.
 * He killed himself on purpose to go to hell and subsequently take it over to gain even MORE power than what the mutagen sample would've given him had he survived.
 * Zig Zagged: He reveals his new form. It's a cute little animal. The animal starts to tear the party apart. It shows a weakness to carrots. It Turns Red...
 * Averted: Emperor Evulz kicks plenty of ass as a human.
 * Enforced: "What says This Is the Final Battle better than our villain turning into a twenty-foot tall demon?"
 * Lampshaded: "Puny do-gooders, "
 * Invoked: Evulz knows he needs more power and downs the mutagen sample.
 * Defied: Evulz sneers at anyone who feels the need to alter his body to kick ass.
 * Discussed: "Don't let your guard down. When the going gets tough, fellows like these tend to turn into devils and sprout wings."
 * Conversed: "Have you noticed how often BigBads have scary alternate forms?"
 * Played For Laughs: Emperor Evulz turns into a Waddle Dee.
 * Played For Drama: Emperor Evulz's willingness to sacrifice his humanity for power is portrayed with appropriate gravitas.

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