The villain has the hero at his mercy, and after some Evil Gloating gets down to explaining his Evil Plan (complete with slideshow!) to use their orbital Weather Control Machine to destroy every ice cream store in the city. "And then what?" asks the hero. Sometimes, this can happen to the heroes themselves too. Also sometimes known as the Monday Morning Question. A Sub-Trope of Armor-Piercing Question. Compare Stating the Simple Solution, Was It Really Worth It?, Victory Is Boring, So What Do We Do Now?. Examples of And Then What? include: