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After the Elaborate Underground Base, this is perhaps the most common form of supervillain lair. A jaw-droppingly massive tower that, well, towers over everyone and everything around it. Visually the trope stems, as a prototype, from the Russian Constructivist movement in particular Vladimir Tatlin's Monument to the third In Heroic Fantasy, a castle like this, situated in Mordor or a similar wilderness, is often the home of the Evil Overlord. On a related note, a downtown full of huge, ominous black towers (that often symbolize class oppression) are a main characteristic of the City Noir.

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  • Evil Tower of Ominousness
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  • After the Elaborate Underground Base, this is perhaps the most common form of supervillain lair. A jaw-droppingly massive tower that, well, towers over everyone and everything around it. Visually the trope stems, as a prototype, from the Russian Constructivist movement in particular Vladimir Tatlin's Monument to the third In Heroic Fantasy, a castle like this, situated in Mordor or a similar wilderness, is often the home of the Evil Overlord. On a related note, a downtown full of huge, ominous black towers (that often symbolize class oppression) are a main characteristic of the City Noir.
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  • After the Elaborate Underground Base, this is perhaps the most common form of supervillain lair. A jaw-droppingly massive tower that, well, towers over everyone and everything around it. Visually the trope stems, as a prototype, from the Russian Constructivist movement in particular Vladimir Tatlin's Monument to the third In Heroic Fantasy, a castle like this, situated in Mordor or a similar wilderness, is often the home of the Evil Overlord. In a modern setting, Corrupt Corporate Executives and Villains With Good Publicity usually roost in skyscrapers right in the middle of town, so as to flaunt their power. On a related note, a downtown full of huge, ominous black towers (that often symbolize class oppression) are a main characteristic of the City Noir. In video games, this building will almost always be The Very Definitely Final Dungeon (compare with It's All Upstairs From Here). In mythology, often used in a desperate ploy by an Overprotective Dad to (unsuccessfully) prevent his daughter from getting pregnant. This results in a Girl in the Tower. Because Evil Is Bigger, any towers frequented by the good guys will almost always be dwarfed by this. The villain in these cases is almost always male. Many come equipped with a Den of Iniquity for the Mooks during their downtime. Such buildings are highly likely to be blown up, torn down, or set on fire. Examples of Evil Tower of Ominousness include:
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