Right-Hand

A right-hand is a number two to numero uno! A right-hand is a loyal minion or second-in-command to a big-ass boss, usually a villain by nature while heroes rarely appear to have right-hands, being so compassionate that they see everyone as their right-hand and shit, which makes 'em usually designed for downfall. Altho a lot and a lot of exceptions exist where a hero has a right-hand and a bad guy sometimes don't. Here's a bit more info; a leader needs a number two; this is where a right-hand-man or woman steps in. The leader may also have a left-hand-man/woman aka third-in-command and fourth and fifth, etc. Sometimes, usually where the boss is a villain, to make his ass more mysterious, the right-hand and his minions may be working as the front-liners and carry out all of his orders all the time and have the most screen time. These types of right-hands are usually all about their master's orders and work as one of their most dangerous and competent subordinates! No joke, ppl! NO JOKE!
==Types of Right-hands==
*Big Bad Boss: A typical tyrant working for another tyrant, carrying out all of his orders n' shit.
*Right-Hand and Left-Hand: A right-hand of his Master also has his very own right-hand, this being the Master or Mistress' third-in-command or left-hand-man.
*The Conqueror: The right-hand who leads the armies and does most of the work while the boss just sits his ass on his throne and does niente.
*Promoted Guy: The right-hand whomst becomes the boss after his leader's death.
*Fodder: Very rarely, but sometimes a jobber for the boss who may or may not get killed by boss or the heroes/villains in the end for being so useless and is sometimes used by their leader so the main villain or hero can gain more power.
*Traitor: The right-hand who betrays their boss in the end to gain his station.
*Nemesis: The boss's right-hand is the arch-enemy of it's de-facto hero.
*Pre-Final Boss fight: You fight him before taking on the boss. This scenario usually appears in video games, sometimes real life, like a street fight in the alley or in school.
*The Monstrosity: When the right-hand of a villain is much worse than the villain himself and the heroes want to get rid of him as soon as possible.
*The Simp: The right-hand is unquestionably loyal and may even be in a Stockholm Syndrome position with the boss if the leader turns out to be abusive. They may also sexually serve them, if need be.
==Examples==
*Gicov Bell is this to Dutch van der Linde in the middle of the game after Douche's original right-hand Hosea Matthews, gets killed in a bank robbery. The third-in-command of Douche's gang was Arthur Morgen, the main hero, however as the game progresses Douche and his boys begin to lose trust in Morgan as Morgan begins to lose faith in Dutch so Leopold Strauss is the de-facto third-in-command. Well, it's either him or Javier Escueller.
*Colonel Daren to General Javier Diego. Daren served Diego so well that when his arm got blown off by a young Red Harlow, Diego paid out of his own pocket to give Daren a mortar placed on where his left hand used to be.
*Jason Cornet to Mayor Griffon. Jason is the oldest of the Cornet bros. who all serve Mayor Griffon and sticks the closest to him and never fails his orders... Well, almost never. He is also sadistic and willing to entertain Griff with torturing his royal subjects anyway he can.
*Quan Chi was this to Shinnok for many ages until he got demoted and Clurkicus took his position. Quan Chi ain't a big fan of this as he got his ass kicked numerous times for his Dark Lord yet when he died, Shinnok complimented him and then turned around to his new second-in-command, D'Vorah and pretended like Quan never existed... Ouch. Also, Clurkicus is the one who resurrected Quan, I doubt Shinnok would even resurrect the pasty bald fuck.
*Vladimir Kazliv was this to Olaf Tutchenko, the dictator of Germany for many years before he betrayed him and wanted Germany for himself. Dr. Joseph Goebbels and George Schwerin took over this role when Olaf ordered Kazliv's execution. However, neither had the stamina nor the charisma to properly succeed Olaf.
*Paul Fortunato to Don Emilio Barzini. Paul stood as Barzini's right-hand for years and after Emilio was assassinated, Paul succeeded him, taking over the crime family while Victor Barzini, Emilio's own goddamn son, was to become the right-hand of Fortunato. Damn, that's just humiliating. Emilio never saw Victor as shrewd or brave enough to lead the family after his death, so Paul took over and lead the Family successfully.
*Alberto La Ruso was the right-hand to Don Victor Barzini after Victor betrayed his old boss and took over the family.
*Arnold Wesker to Scarface; Arnold is in actuality the puppet master of Scarface since he controls the damn mobster-styled puppet. Truth is he is a complete schizophrenic and thinks Scarface controls him. However, Scarfy is also influenced by Emilio Barzini's spirit who seeks to takeover France once more with Scarface as his vessel and Arnold is just the easiest guy to control and convince that he's the mook.
*Riccardo "Rico" Tattaglia was this to his father, Don Sammy Tattaglia until he had to share this position with his younger brother Bruno Tattaglia, after Bruno proved himself by killing Frankie Malone.
**When Rico became Don, Alejandro Burromuerto became his right-hand.
*Freddie Nobile to Damon Redwood. Freddie is Damon's lawyer and closest adviser, also his spy and informant plus personal chef and general of his armies.
*Roberto Pedrosa to Rico Pedrosa, despite Roberto being his older brother, I think. What's more funni is that Roberto once tied Rico to a stake or cross and left him out on the sun to dry.
*Marco Cuneo to his father, Don Phillip Cuneo. Despite this, Phillip relied more on Mario DeBellis and Elvis Smoth, his capo and lawyer, to carry out his acts.
*Salvatore Stracci to his father, Don William Stracci. However, Salvatore was a sociopathic nutjob who only cared about destruction so he wasn't such a good right-hand.
*Sonny Corleone to his father, Don Vito Corleone, despite Vito hatin' on Sonny and wanting him dead. Sonny just wanted to make his daddio proud, but that never happened and Maggle became the worthy right-hand of Vito.
**Charlie Trapani was this to Michael after Vito's assassination and he betrayed Maggle.
*Sylvester Goins is this to Lucy van Bates. He's also a complete simp to her and washes the dishes and shit.
*Finn Mertens to Lili Cornet. Finn was a gentleman who greatly respected Lili and never asked her out for he had too much respect for her, knowing she's far too superior for him. He served her greatly and without questions. His loyalty to her is best displayed as he's rather a friendly kid who loves helping out others, but will never question Lili's sadistic orders to torment the other kids.
*Greedo to Jabba the Hutt. Greedo was Jabba's best bounty hunter who always completed his tasks and Jabba respected him greatly for this, always giving him praises and raises. However, Jabba's real right-hand was Bib "Bibby" Fortuna, although Jabba never had much respect for him, since he was just an incompetent suck-up.
*General Reiko was Shao Kahn's most brutal general and was moulded by the Emperor to succeed him after his death. However Mileena Kahn, Shao's daughter, instead took the throne and Reiko served her then. They even shared beds and had orgies. After Kotal Kahn took over Outworld, Reiko went back to serving the Brotherhood of Shadow and Shinnek.
*Smoke is this to Noob Sailbot, kinda. Well, they're actually partners-in-crime and both lead the Brotherhood of Shadow with their own right-hands, but Noob still considers himself the true ruler of the cult and Smoke just takes over from time to time. (Don't tell Smoke this, ok guys?)
*Kano to Kabal. Back when Kabal ran the Black Dragon, Kano served him well. When Kabal joined the cops and fought the same gang he once led, Kano tried all sorts of ways to sway Kabal back but he refused, leading Nightspirits to take over the clan, only to be betrayed and killed by Kano and now Kano leads the Dragon.
*Navado is the right-hand to Daegon, Grandmaster of the Red Dragon Clan and Black Dragon's rival. He was the sworn nemesis of Kabal and now Kano.
**Similarly, Hsu Hao was Navado's right-hand and infiltrator into the American Special ed Forces.
*Sektor was this to his father Oniro, Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei until he killed him and took the clan over for himself, changing its name even.
*Jesse Lynch, a supposedly immortal outlaw, was this to Mr. Nigel Black until his disappearance (small talk say death, but Black is immortal as well) and later to Sid Winkler. Winkler's gang has since disbanded but Jesse still roams the Earth.
*D'Vorah was this to Kotal Kahn for a week or a day until she betrayed him to Quan Kai and Shinnok. She got a much better deal out of it anyway.
*Willie Bollard is this to his older bro, Rufus Bollard until his death. He also loved to act the leader when Ruf wasn't around.
*Damon West was this to Ted Thompsen, leader of the Jocks. Similar to the person above, Damon loved to bark orders when Ted wasn't around and when he was, he would repeat everything he said like a clone. However, his loyalty to him is rather questionable since Damon many times stated that the gang would be more respected with him in charge and with Ted out of the picture. Wow, Teddy better watches his back, Ig.
*Beef Taylor was the right-hand of Derby Harrington, leader of the Dixmor Academy's preps. He did all the heavy-lifting and beat up Derby's enemies one by one while Harringten just laughed on his throne. Beef also sometimes took orders from Tad Spencer, who also held a high position within the gang, meaning Taylor served as a right-hand for Derby and a bodyguard or minion for the other members. Preppies wouldn't be where they were if it weren't for Beef, I assure you.
*Gordon Wakefield was the right-hand of Gary Smith, that psycho kid who led a cult and tried to rule Dixmor's. However, Gord is never seen interacting with him much, but can be heard praising and mentioning him when walking around the campus.
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