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Basic Trope: The Big Bad's most trusted lieutenant.

Straight: General Drake leads Emperor Evulz's armies into battle, and is more willing to get his hands dirty than his boss.
Exaggerated: Dragon-in-Chief
Justified: Emperor Evulz has terminal cancer, and General Drake was simply the most capable candidate to carry out his will.
- Or Emperor Evulz and General Drake are friends, and Drake doesn't mind doing the fighting. Or Drake is a mercenary hired just for that purpose. Or Drake believes in Evulz' cause, and volunteers for the job. Etc, etc. This is an easy one to justify, folks.
Inverted: The Lancer
- The Hero, if there is a Big Good to oppose the Big Bad.
Subverted: General Drake is hyped up to be on par with Evulz himself, but he's trounced unceremoniously by Chica of the Five-Man Band.
Double Subverted: General Drake was faking his defeat, and he promptly sends Chica within an inch of the nearest icebox.
Parodied: General Drake is frequently sent down by Emperor Evulz to hassle the Five-Man Band, despite him having a zero percent success rate with the heroes.
Deconstructed: General Drake knows that he's number two to a sick and feeble man, and hates every minute of it. Thus, he devotes his spare time to finding a way to put his boss down.
Reconstructed: Emperor Evulz brutally reminds him of the status quo whenever Drake decides to plot against him.
- Evulz kills Drake, and replaces him with a loyal new dragon.
Zig Zagged: ???
Averted: General Drake appears to fight the hero, but he gets out of town when the heroes face him.
Enforced: "We need to stall for time before the heroes face the Ultimate Bad Guy. Let's write this guy in."
Lampshaded: "Say hello to General Drake of the Seven Swords. If you expect to meet me in combat, you must face him."
Invoked: Emperor Evulz decides to promote the toughest Mook he can find to Curb Stomp Battle our heroes and help him stall for time to activate his sinister scheme.
Defied: General Drake's attempt to block our heroes is thwarted when he's brutally tossed off a bridge.
Discussed: "Wait. Our trek here was too easy. Isn't this where someone nasty comes before us?"
Conversed: "I've noticed a lot of villains have this one guy that does their dirty work."

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 '''Basic Trope''': The [[Big Bad|Big Bad's]] most trusted lieutenant.
 * '''Straight''': [[Master Swordsman|General]] [[Meaningful Name|Drake]] leads Emperor Evulz's armies into battle, and is more willing to get his hands dirty than his boss.
-* '''Exaggerated''': [[Dragon in Chief]]
+* '''Exaggerated''': [[Dragon-in-Chief]]
 * '''Justified''': Emperor Evulz has terminal cancer, and General Drake was simply the most capable candidate to carry out his will.
 ** Or Emperor Evulz and General Drake are friends, and Drake doesn't mind doing the fighting. Or Drake is a mercenary hired just for that purpose. Or Drake believes in Evulz' cause, and volunteers for the job. Etc, etc. This is an easy one to justify, folks.
 * '''Inverted''': [[The Lancer]]
 ** [[The Hero]], if there is a [[Big Good]] to oppose the [[Big Bad]].
-* '''Subverted''': General Drake is hyped up to be on par with Evulz himself, but he's [[Curb Stomp Battle|trounced unceremoniously]] by [[The Chick|Chica]] of the [[Five Man Band]].
+* '''Subverted''': General Drake is hyped up to be on par with Evulz himself, but he's [[Curb Stomp Battle|trounced unceremoniously]] by [[The Chick|Chica]] of the [[Five-Man Band]].
 * '''Double Subverted''': General Drake was faking his defeat, and he promptly sends Chica within an inch [[Stuffed Into the Fridge|of the nearest icebox]].
-* '''Parodied''': General Drake is frequently sent down by Emperor Evulz to hassle the [[Five Man Band]], [[Goldfish Poop Gang|despite him having a zero percent success rate with the heroes.]]
+* '''Parodied''': General Drake is frequently sent down by Emperor Evulz to hassle the [[Five-Man Band]], [[Goldfish Poop Gang|despite him having a zero percent success rate with the heroes.]]
 * '''Deconstructed''': General Drake knows that he's number two to a sick and feeble man, and hates every minute of it. Thus, [[The Starscream|he devotes his spare time to finding a way to put his boss down]].
 * '''Reconstructed''': Emperor Evulz brutally reminds him of the status quo whenever Drake decides to plot against him.
 ** Evulz kills Drake, and replaces him with a loyal new dragon.
 * '''Zig Zagged''': ???
-* '''Averted''': General Drake appears to fight the hero, but he [[Screw This I'm Outta Here|gets out of town when the heroes face him]].
+* '''Averted''': General Drake appears to fight the hero, but he [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|gets out of town when the heroes face him]].
 * '''Enforced''': "We need to stall for time before the heroes face the Ultimate Bad Guy. Let's write this guy in."
 * '''Lampshaded''': "Say hello to General Drake of the Seven Swords. If you expect to meet me in combat, you must face him."
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 * '''Discussed''': "Wait. Our trek here was too easy. Isn't this where someone nasty comes before us?"
 * '''Conversed''': "I've noticed a lot of villains have this one guy that does their dirty work."
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