Straight
Straight adjective - Conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue.
Usage example: a store owner known and trusted for his straight dealings
Vile
Vile adjective - Not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency.
Usage example: a vile trick to play on someone
Both words in one sentence
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Debatably however, you could also say the trope is being played straight if you put aside the other supernatural templates of the setting, since while the Princesses are straight good guys, their villains are as vile and nightmarish as what you'd find in the other gamelines...
Source: Vile Villain, Saccharine Show -
Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: Averted in the first game, due to it not having a specific Big Bad, but played straight in the second onward.
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Played absolutely straight, as vile and filthy creatures who are nothing but menaces to humanity.
Source: Frazetta Man
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