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Half-Hearted Henchman

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20 feature instances
19 referencing feature instances

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Half-Hearted Henchman	comment	The opposing side is fleshed out by being given one or two one-off henchmen, not unlike the ones you usually fight, but having them slack off, have no motivation, and complain about it to their coworkers. Sometimes they honestly suck, but sometimes, they just don't care. All that matters is that it's their job, and they're bad at it. Compare Minion with an F in Evil who are more enthusiastic, but also more clueless. Compare Bumbling Henchmen Duo and Mauve Shirt, who are part of the main cast rather than one-off characters and who tend to be more dangerous and sometimes more dedicated. Compare Punch-Clock Villain, who is motivated by the paycheck and doesn't generally put in any effort above and beyond the job requirements. Contrast Overzealous Underling, who is so motivated it often creates problems for his employer. Examples
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_1adee40d	comment	Late in The World Ends with You, one Support Reaper is found in the streets who was too lazy to go to the emergency meeting and skipped work that day. As they were handing out one-way tickets to the Assimilation Plot that day, it's all the better for him.
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_1bd53ae0	comment	Bone: The two recurring rat creatures were supposed to go and kill the heroes. They bungled it rather badly in every attempt, to the point where the heroes deliberately let them live because they're too incompetent and unmotivated to pose a threat.
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_1ff419c5	comment	Demyx from Kingdom Hearts II... until he actually decides to fight you. Ironically, he technically isn't even half-hearted — as a Nobody, he has no heart at all. Don't tell him that, though.
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_23a937ec	comment	Razorbeard's henchman in Rayman 2: The Great Escape.
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_2d311a08	comment	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987): Bebop and Rocksteady are very much this trope. At the orders of their boss Shredder, they fight the Turtles and seem to have fun doing this; Shredder also gives them other, more laborious duties that they don't enjoy as much; but to all appearances, what they really want to be doing is just playing around, like children. They are actually reflective enough to realize that their relationship with Shredder is that of a lazy slave to his master; but while they may feel a little uneasy with the lifestyle of a Punch-Clock Villain, they rarely seem to have any kind of wish that they could quit and do something else with their lives.
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_3790ae45	comment	The fake sea captain from Double Homework, who's spent most of the voyage making false appeals to “International Sea Law” to justify not returning to port for supplies, surrenders immediately when the protagonist and Morgan physically threaten him.
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_4b790c7b	comment	Iron Man 3: After utilizing pieces of his suit to break free, Tony begins taking out the henchmen charged with keeping an eye on him until he draws his weapon on the last one, who immediately surrenders and informs him, "Honestly, I hate working here. They are so weird."
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_59151283	comment	Johnny Sasaki of Metal Gear, the poor Butt-Monkey.
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_69a9d669	comment	Breath of Fire III: Most of the guards in McNeil's mansion. Depending on the guard, they can let you pass either after you bribe them, find their missing wallet or go beat up the guard dog so that it gets the blame instead of them.
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_6c9193a1	comment	The Venture Bros.: Basically every Monarch henchman, every time they talk. When the Flying Cocoon's engines failed mid-flight, none of them were willing to go into the engine room to fix it because "that place is spooky, man." 21 and 24 are kind of borderline. 21, at least, is completely clueless to his costume's features (like functioning wings and night vision).
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_72262aee	comment	Avatar: The Last Airbender: Emotionless Girl Mai fills this role. An example of this is during the Season Two Finale when confronted by Toph and Sokka, she decided not to put up a fight at all. Another example earlier in Season 2 episode "The Drill", Mai refuses to chase after the heroes after they jump into a pipe containing slurry, the mixture of water and rock created as a byproduct by the drill.
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_90a3a7f4	comment	Kim Possible: Shego, despite being The Dragon. She'd much rather lounge around painting her nails or reading magazines while snarking at Dr. Drakken, though when she does get motivated (usually by Kim's arrival), she can be quite the dangerous villain. She's also much more competent than Drakken himself, and contents herself to be The Dragon because she (usually) is too unmotivated to become the Big Bad in her own right. One Bad Future shows that it's a very bad thing when she gets motivated enough.
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_9e7875e7	comment	In Ittle Dew, The first Jenny Frogs that are encountered guard the castle by each patrolling a small area which Ittle can't even reach due to spikes being in the way. The rest of them don't seem very passionate about their jobs, either.
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_b618b457	comment	In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Ford almost succeeds in convincing the Vogon guard that his job sucks so much that he shouldn't even bother throwing him and Arthur out an airlock. In the end, the guard admits he likes the shouting aspect too much to give it up, but he'll be sure to take a good long look at his life, once he throws them out the airlock.
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_bc1dc95a	comment	Pirates of the Caribbean: Pintel and Ragetti from Barbossa's crew decline into this trope after their first (energetically violent) appearance.
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_de0f8ee1	comment	One short of RWBY Chibi introduces Mike and Marty, a pair of Beowulf Creatures of Grimm. From their perspective, we see them as Affably Evil who really aren't that enthused to be pulled into yet another of Cinder Fall's schemes, lamenting for some time off.
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_eb6719f6	comment	Biggs and Wedge from Final Fantasy VIII sit between this and Bumbling Henchmen Duo. They're actually decently motivated, and really DO try - well, at least Biggs does - but they always get beaten up and demoted, and then moan about it. At the end, when they've been assigned to guard the door to the boss lair, they see you coming - and then just up and quit, walking off to find a better career.
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_f88df431	comment	This existed as a game mechanic in The Misadventures Of Tron Bonne. Going too long without using a specific Servbot would build his laziness up, and if it filled out he would become this. He would be "goofing off somewhere" and unavailable for missions until you punished him via a Mini-Game.
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_fb8d0b81	comment	Jenn from Sturgeon's Law is this trope in a nutshell (except on a team of Villain Protagonists).
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Half-Hearted Henchman / int_fb9c177d	comment	Thundercracker in The Transformers has doubts about the Decepticon cause, which sometimes impede his effectiveness.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Half-Hearted Henchman	processingCategory2	Villains
Hercules / Disney / int_5fb86231	type	Half-Hearted Henchman
Alkitrang Dugo / int_5fb86231	type	Half-Hearted Henchman
Stay Tuned / int_5fb86231	type	Half-Hearted Henchman
Suddenly / int_9b25aa51	type	Half-Hearted Henchman
Swamp Thing / int_9b25aa51	type	Half-Hearted Henchman
Zorro, the Gay Blade / int_9b25aa51	type	Half-Hearted Henchman
Lord of the Flies / int_5fb86231	type	Half-Hearted Henchman
HalfHeartedHenchman	sameAs	Half-Hearted Henchman
VideoGameCharacters	seeAlso	Half-Hearted Henchman
Eye of the Storm / int_5fb86231	type	Half-Hearted Henchman
Puffs the Play (Theatre) / int_5fb86231	type	Half-Hearted Henchman
Ittle Dew (Video Game) / int_5fb86231	type	Half-Hearted Henchman
Number Munchers (Video Game) / int_5fb86231	type	Half-Hearted Henchman
RE:CALL (Video Game) / int_5fb86231	type	Half-Hearted Henchman
The World Ends with You (Video Game) / int_9b25aa51	type	Half-Hearted Henchman
Double Homework (Visual Novel) / int_5fb86231	type	Half-Hearted Henchman
Sturgeon's Law (Webcomic) / int_9b25aa51	type	Half-Hearted Henchman
Blue Eye Samurai / int_5fb86231	type	Half-Hearted Henchman

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