Recruiting Evil Minions.

Good minion characteristics:
Laid Back
Jumping before looking
Does not question the Evil Overlord
Shows no mercy towards fluffy things.
No experience just obedience.
Laughing at all the overlords jokes.

Overlord Rule nr 30: # All bumbling conjurers, clumsy squires, no-talent bards, and cowardly thieves in the land will be preemptively put to death. My foes will surely give up and abandon their quest if they have no source of comic relief.