![]() ![]() Green Lantern: During one Pre-Crisis tale by Denny O'Neil, Green Lantern and Green Arrow come across the town of Desolation, ruled over by the tyrannical Mine Owner Slapper Soams.He nevertheless holds lease with the majority of the city, and holds sway with the local branch of the army, going as far as being able to order a missile strike to his doorstep. Don Rosa's Scrooge McDuck is a Lighter and Softer example with the whole of Duckburg being built around his financial empire.That said, this trope is still acceptable in Period Pieces set in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when the Tyrannical Town Tycoon was a relevant figure in small-town life. ![]() Corrupt executives working for large corporations have stepped in to take their place, as the Real Life local businesses that once influenced small town life have been bought up by larger and larger players whose wealthy owners don't even bother to live near the communities they are destroying.Īs a result of these developments, more modern works usually need to Hand Wave away the growing unlikelihood of a major businessperson being confined to one town by claiming that the person actually has a massive business empire outside it ( which probably remains completely offscreen), but they care about this town in particular for some reason (e.g., it being their hometown). While once popular in all forms of media, the Tyrannical Town Tycoon is on its way to becoming a Discredited Trope (or, at least, an Evolving Trope), at least in the developed world. ![]()
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