Basic Trope: The destruction of the Big Bad leads to multiple Littler Bads trying to take their place. * Straight: Colonel Ripper kills Evil Dictator, but with the balance of power upset, every major power tries to come out on top. * Exaggerated: The Evil Dictator was ruler of a small nation about the size of Luxembourg and with an army numbering in the hundreds, but the tiny upset in the precarious balance of power causes every ruler in the world to go to war. * Justified: The Evil Dictator controlled a large chunk of the world, and enslaved a large percentage of its population. The Alliance that defeated him was never very strong anyway, and the land is rich in resources that other countries need to be powerful. * Inverted: The Big Good is killed, and rather than carry on a