

But unlike his bosses who have sympathetic motives, Hanzo himself helps them cause mass destruction and kill people merely for his own amusement.

Contrast Dragon-in-Chief, which is when a minion is more competent and has more power than their supposed boss, and The Man Behind the Man, where the minion secretly controls their boss - in both cases, the minion is not truly a minion, so this trope does not apply. Note that this is not simply cases where the minion is a Jerkass while their boss is Affably Evil - the minion has to be at least as heinous as their boss and more heinous than a jerk.Ĭompare with Overzealous Underling and Poisonous Friend. This can sometimes cause It's Personal with the Dragon, where The Hero has a much more intense rivalry or bigger beef with an underling than the Big Bad.

Sometimes the minion is outright plotting to usurp their boss. The minion may be a Dragon with an Agenda who supports their boss for the sake of getting power in return. Typically, the Big Bad is a Well-Intentioned Extremist and/or Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds, but their minion does not care one bit about the boss's cause, and just signed up for the chance to kill people.
