Bad Boss/Playing With

Basic Trope: The villain mistreats his minions regularly.
 * Straight: Slayer treats his minions like trash.
 * Exaggerated: Slayer makes his minions do all the work while not paying them, and then yells at them more for any small mistake.
 * Downplayed: Slayer merely annoys his minions
 * Justified:
 * He has incompetent minions who can't get a single thing done right. - His abusiveness is retribution.
 * Slayer is just that much of a Complete Monster
 * Inverted: Benevolent Boss
 * Subverted: He was having a bad day - He has a Hidden Heart of Gold.
 * Double Subverted: Except he's not much nicer on a good day - He's a Jerk with a Heart of Jerk.
 * Parodied: Slayer constantly yells out "YOU'RE FIRED!"
 * Zig Zagged: ???
 * Averted: Slayer behaves in a respectful and professional matter with his minions, or at least doesn't abuse them.
 * Enforced: "We need to show that Slayer is a really bad person"
 * Lampshaded: ???
 * Invoked: ???
 * Exploited: ???
 * Defied: Slayer treats his employees with respect and dignity, and even rewards them when they do something right, in order to avoid having them turn against him.
 * Discussed: ???
 * Conversed: ???

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