Basic Trope: A character voluntarily takes all blame to save others, and no one else knows it. * Straight: A noble Anti-Hero discovers a cosmic threat to the mankind, becomes a vicious God-Emperor to prepare the world for it, and is finally killed by La Résistance, knowing that they are now strong enough to fight back whatever he foresaw. They just think they've deposed a brutal tyrant. * Exaggerated: The Big Bad ruthlessly pursues and exterminates anyone who suspects there's good in him, just to maintain the impression that he is a Complete Monster. * Justified: The World Is Not Ready for the knowledge of whatever the "Big Bad" has foreseen, hence it must remain a secret. * Inverted: The Big Bad justifies his actions as Necessarily Evil to all his victims before he makes the