| Role/Occupation Mob Boss |
| Total Entries 35 |
| Representative Crab |
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In the “Sorting Algorithm of Evil”, crime leaders and mob bosses are usually the domain of cop shows, and for superheroes a “Starter Villain” before true supervillains start showing up. Then you have these people. Maybe they have superpowers themselves, maybe they have “Superpowered Mooks” under their command, maybe they employ super technology, maybe they are “Badass Normals” that can stand up to the heroes, or maybe they’re such a “Magnificent Bastard” that the heroes can do nothing to stop or even touch them. For whatever reason they are a major threat. These characters are often used in more mature and darker superhero stories, since tropes related to The Mafia usually fall into this, but even kids’ shows sometimes have these characters. Despite the name, not necessarily more likely to run a “Monster Protection Racket” than any other major supervillain. To make this trope more flexible, works that don’t involve superheroes can be examples, but still must be from stories that are similar to those, with the heroes having superpowers and supernatural abilities, or more conventional villains being also part of the cast… ~ Super Mob Boss – TV Tropes
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