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Is there a specific name for the plot device in which the story's "Big Bad" has a cunning plan to use some monstrous being to further their diabolical machinations. This may be something summoned f...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T12:23:57Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/46482 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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Ash
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2019-12-08T12:23:57Z (almost 5 years ago)
Is there a specific name for the plot device in which the story's "Big Bad" has a cunning plan to use some monstrous being to further their diabolical machinations. This may be something summoned from elsewhere, brought back from banishment after earlier issues, or even the creation of magic or mad science. But when it arrives/arises it turns around and destroys the existing Big Bad only to pursue its own campaign of destruction that continues to tie down the same protagonists?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-07-07T12:44:07Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 18