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** ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'': Astronema, [[RedBaron Princess of Evil]], decides to pull a HeelFaceTurn and side with the Rangers after learning [[spoiler:Red Ranger Andros is her long-lost brother]]. The other evil forces won't have this and put her under intense mind control. She emerges with a red bob cut and a brainwashing device [[BodyHorror fused to her forehead]].
** ''Series/PowerRangersCosmicFury'': [[spoiler:Ollie]] takes on the Astronema-esque role of a Ranger's loved one who's been brainwashed into being TheDragon. Lord Zedd and Scrozzle modify his Ranger powers and give him a new costume what is essentially a suit of armor on top of his spandex. The evil upgrade includes SpikesOfVillainy, [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily snarling]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyed]] ''triceratops'' heads on his [[ShouldersOfDoom shoulders]], and a belt that prominently features the logo of the EvilInc responsible for his condition, Squid Ink Inc.
** ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'': Astronema, [[RedBaron Princess of Evil]], decides to pull a HeelFaceTurn and side with the Rangers after learning [[spoiler:Red Ranger Andros is her long-lost brother]]. The other evil forces won't have this and put her under intense mind control. She emerges with a red bob cut and a brainwashing device [[BodyHorror fused to her forehead]].
** ''Series/PowerRangersCosmicFury'': [[spoiler:Ollie]] takes on the Astronema-esque role of a Ranger's loved one who's been brainwashed into being TheDragon. Lord Zedd and Scrozzle modify his Ranger powers and give him a new costume what is essentially a suit of armor on top of his spandex. The evil upgrade includes SpikesOfVillainy, [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily snarling]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyed]] ''triceratops'' heads on his [[ShouldersOfDoom shoulders]], and a belt that prominently features the logo of the EvilInc responsible for his condition, Squid Ink Inc.
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** Chloe is once affected by some parasites that makes her go crazy over Clark and doesn't miss the chance to mock Lana on the way about it; she [[EvilIsSexy wears]] [[{{Fanservice}} only]] black compared to the varied colours she normally wears. She even dyed the tips of her hair black. The other time was a bit awkward as she happens to be wearing black when [[spoiler:Lionel persuades her to turn against Clark]].
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** Chloe is once affected by some parasites that makes her go crazy over Clark and doesn't miss the chance to mock Lana on the way about it; she [[EvilIsSexy wears]] [[{{Fanservice}} only]] black [[EvilWearsBlack wears only black]] compared to the varied colours she normally wears. She even dyed the tips of her hair black. The other time was a bit awkward as she happens to be wearing black when [[spoiler:Lionel persuades her to turn against Clark]].
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** In Season 4 after PrincessClassic Sansa Stark decides to throw in her lot with MagnificentBastard Littlefinger, she does a GrandStaircaseEntrance in a [[PaintItBlack black gown]] with [[SpikesOfVillainy feathers on the shoulders]] (playing on [[BastardUnderstudy Littlefinger's]] [[SymbolMotifClothing mockingbird sigil]]) showing [[EvilIsSexy a good deal more cleavage]] [[SheIsAllGrownUp than usual]]. Littlefinger is [[VillainousCrush visibly stunned]]. It's downplayed in the following season, where she just [[CoordinatedClothes wears the same black cloak and gloves as Littlefinger]] (she's going OopNorth and [[ExposedToTheElements Winter is coming]], after all).
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** In Season 4 after PrincessClassic Sansa Stark decides to throw in her lot with MagnificentBastard Littlefinger, she does a GrandStaircaseEntrance in a [[PaintItBlack black gown]] with [[SpikesOfVillainy feathers on the shoulders]] (playing on [[BastardUnderstudy Littlefinger's]] [[SymbolMotifClothing mockingbird sigil]]) showing [[EvilIsSexy [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains a good deal more cleavage]] [[SheIsAllGrownUp cleavage than usual]]. Littlefinger is [[VillainousCrush visibly stunned]]. It's downplayed in the following season, where she just [[CoordinatedClothes wears the same black cloak and gloves as Littlefinger]] (she's going OopNorth and [[ExposedToTheElements Winter is coming]], after all).
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* Not that he wasn't '''already''' kind of evil to begin with, but once the Dean [[TheDragon gives him the go-ahead]] to take out the remaining players, in the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare "Modern Warfare"]], Senor Chang changes to an outfit similar to that worn by ''Film/TheKiller''.
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* Not that he wasn't '''already''' kind of evil to begin with, but once the Dean [[TheDragon gives him the go-ahead]] to take out the remaining players, in the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare "Modern Warfare"]], Senor Chang changes to an outfit similar to that worn by ''Film/TheKiller''.''Film/TheKiller1989''.
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** Dark Willow is the PowerDyesYourHair version. Wishverse Willow is an AlternateUniverse vampire who dresses in a [[EvilWearsBlack black]] [[HellBentForLeather leather]] [[OfCorsetsSexy corset]]. Lampshaded when Willow has to do some DressingAsTheEnemy.
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** Dark Willow is the PowerDyesYourHair version. Wishverse Willow is an AlternateUniverse vampire who dresses in a [[EvilWearsBlack black]] [[HellBentForLeather leather]] [[OfCorsetsSexy corset]]. Lampshaded in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E16Doppelgangland Doppelgangland]]" when Willow has to do some DressingAsTheEnemy.
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** In the episode where Vampire Willow first appears, there was also Vampire Xander, with his leather pants.
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* In a ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' MirrorUniverse, the gals' alternate versions are dressed in black. In an episode where Piper temporarily becomes evil, her look changes to what Website/TelevisionWithoutPity's recapper aptly described as "Dungeon Mistress Barbie". And then there's the time Prue went undercover as "[[ProfessionalKiller Ms. Hellfire]]".
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* In a ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' ''Series/Charmed1998'' MirrorUniverse, the gals' alternate versions are dressed in black. In an episode where Piper temporarily becomes evil, her look changes to what Website/TelevisionWithoutPity's recapper aptly described as "Dungeon Mistress Barbie". And then there's the time Prue went undercover as "[[ProfessionalKiller Ms. Hellfire]]".
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* At one point in ''Series/RedDwarf'', the ship and its crew acquire dark and light versions of themselves. The Light Crew, predictably, dress in white and gold, while the Dark Crew look like every stereotype you've ever seen of goth S&M freaks.
** Especially Rimmer.
*** Also, when Rimmer is infected by the holo-virus, just LOOK at his clothes! [[spoiler:He's in a red and white checked gingham dress and army boots with a penguin puppet he calls Mr. Flibble]].
* A less extreme version occurs in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', where the holographic Doctor's data back-up boots up in an alien museum and finds that history has painted the Voyager crew as villains. Their uniforms already being mostly black, the main difference was the inclusion of black leather gloves, although Chakotay had a larger tattoo on his face and Seven was still Borg. The undershirts were black instead of the usual grey, as well.
** In the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original]] MirrorUniverse episode, the Imperial Starfleet wore a more gaudy uniform than the originals, with gold sashes and lots of decoration. Kirk's uniform top was a metallic vest, and female crewmembers wore [[{{Stripperiffic}} midriff-exposing]] vests. The ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' mirror episodes went for the leather.
** Especially Rimmer.
*** Also, when Rimmer is infected by the holo-virus, just LOOK at his clothes! [[spoiler:He's in a red and white checked gingham dress and army boots with a penguin puppet he calls Mr. Flibble]].
* A less extreme version occurs in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', where the holographic Doctor's data back-up boots up in an alien museum and finds that history has painted the Voyager crew as villains. Their uniforms already being mostly black, the main difference was the inclusion of black leather gloves, although Chakotay had a larger tattoo on his face and Seven was still Borg. The undershirts were black instead of the usual grey, as well.
** In the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original]] MirrorUniverse episode, the Imperial Starfleet wore a more gaudy uniform than the originals, with gold sashes and lots of decoration. Kirk's uniform top was a metallic vest, and female crewmembers wore [[{{Stripperiffic}} midriff-exposing]] vests. The ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' mirror episodes went for the leather.
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* At one point ''Series/RedDwarf'':
** When Rimmer is infected by the holo-virus in''Series/RedDwarf'', "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVQuarantine Quarantine]]", just ''look'' at his clothes! [[spoiler:He's in a red and white checked gingham dress and army boots with a penguin puppet he calls Mr. Flibble.]]
** In "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVDemonsAndAngels Demons and Angels]]", the ship and its crew acquire dark and light versions of themselves. The Light Crew, predictably, dress in white and gold, while the Dark Crew [[BondageIsBad look like every stereotype you've ever seen of goth S&Mfreaks.
** Especiallyfreaks]], especially Rimmer.
*** Also, when Rimmer is infected by * ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
** In theholo-virus, just LOOK at his clothes! [[spoiler:He's in [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original]] MirrorUniverse episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror Mirror, Mirror]]", the Imperial Starfleet wear a red and white checked gingham dress and army boots gaudier uniform than the originals, with gold sashes and lots of decoration. Kirk's uniform top is a penguin puppet he calls Mr. Flibble]].
*metallic vest, and female crewmembers wear [[{{Stripperiffic}} midriff-exposing]] vests. The ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' mirror episodes go for the leather.
** A less extreme version occurs inan the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', where "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E21LivingWitness Living Witness]]", in which the holographic Doctor's data back-up boots up in an alien museum and finds that history has painted the Voyager crew as villains. Their uniforms already being mostly black, the main difference was is the inclusion of black leather gloves, although Chakotay had has a larger tattoo on his face and Seven was is still Borg. The undershirts were are black instead of the usual grey, as well.
** In the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original]] MirrorUniverse episode, the Imperial Starfleet wore a more gaudy uniform than the originals, with gold sashes and lots of decoration. Kirk's uniform top was a metallic vest, and female crewmembers wore [[{{Stripperiffic}} midriff-exposing]] vests. The ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' mirror episodes went for the leather.well.
** When Rimmer is infected by the holo-virus in
** In "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVDemonsAndAngels Demons and Angels]]", the ship and its crew acquire dark and light versions of themselves. The Light Crew, predictably, dress in white and gold, while the Dark Crew [[BondageIsBad look like every stereotype you've ever seen of goth S&M
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** In the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original]] MirrorUniverse episode, the Imperial Starfleet wore a more gaudy uniform than the originals, with gold sashes and lots of decoration. Kirk's uniform top was a metallic vest, and female crewmembers wore [[{{Stripperiffic}} midriff-exposing]] vests. The ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' mirror episodes went for the leather.
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** In "Wrath", Lana also wears only black after she [[spoiler:gained Kryptonian abilities]] and went psycho.
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** In "Wrath", "[[Recap/SmallvilleS07E07Wrath Wrath]]", Lana also wears only black after she [[spoiler:gained Kryptonian abilities]] and went psycho.
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* In an episode of ''Series/{{Flash Gordon|2007}}'', Dale is possessed by a witch and dons a vampy red dress and lipstick. Confusingly for the viewer, this makes Dale look like Princess Aura, who has similar facial features to Dale but is distinguished by...her red dress and lipstick.
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* In an episode of ''Series/{{Flash Gordon|2007}}'', ''Series/FlashGordon2007'', Dale is possessed by a witch and dons a vampy red dress and lipstick. Confusingly for the viewer, this makes Dale look like Princess Aura, who has similar facial features to Dale but is distinguished by...her red dress and lipstick.
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** [[spoiler: Jack's]] armored-up appearance from one of the final episodes could potentially be seen as this.
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** In the Patrick Troughton story "Power of the Daleks", the Doctor notices that the character Bragen has changed into a black, dictatorial uniform and realises that it means he's about to do something awful.
** At the climax of "The Robots of Death", Dask reveals his real identity by showing himself to the others wearing UncannyValleyMakeup, a wavy hairstyle, and clothes that make him resemble one of the robots in the setting.
** Over the course of the 3-part Series 9 finale, the Doctor undergoes a ProtagonistJourneyToVillain (specifically WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds / TheUnfettered) thanks to a TraumaCongaLine "highlighted" by [[spoiler: the death of his companion/sweetheart Clara]]. Thus in the SeasonFinale "Hell Bent", he discards his red velvet Crombie coat in favor of a dusty black overcoat in the early going; when a character points out that this isn't very "Doctor-y", he says "I can't be the Doctor all the time." Eventually he has his HeelRealization and repents, so the episode ends with him receiving a new red velvet coat, among other things.
** At the climax of "The Robots of Death", Dask reveals his real identity by showing himself to the others wearing UncannyValleyMakeup, a wavy hairstyle, and clothes that make him resemble one of the robots in the setting.
** Over the course of the 3-part Series 9 finale, the Doctor undergoes a ProtagonistJourneyToVillain (specifically WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds / TheUnfettered) thanks to a TraumaCongaLine "highlighted" by [[spoiler: the death of his companion/sweetheart Clara]]. Thus in the SeasonFinale "Hell Bent", he discards his red velvet Crombie coat in favor of a dusty black overcoat in the early going; when a character points out that this isn't very "Doctor-y", he says "I can't be the Doctor all the time." Eventually he has his HeelRealization and repents, so the episode ends with him receiving a new red velvet coat, among other things.
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** In the Patrick Troughton story "Power "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks The Power of the Daleks", Daleks]]", the Doctor notices that the character Bragen has changed into a black, dictatorial uniform and realises realizes that it means he's about to do something awful.
** At the climax of"The "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E5TheRobotsOfDeath The Robots of Death", Death]]", Dask reveals his real identity by showing himself to the others wearing UncannyValleyMakeup, a wavy hairstyle, and clothes that make him resemble one of the robots in the setting.
** Over the course of the 3-part Series 9 finale, the Doctor undergoes a ProtagonistJourneyToVillain (specificallyWoobieDestroyerOfWorlds / TheUnfettered) WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds[=/=]TheUnfettered) thanks to a TraumaCongaLine "highlighted" by [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the death of his companion/sweetheart Clara]]. Thus Thus, in the SeasonFinale "Hell Bent", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent Hell Bent]]", he discards his red velvet Crombie coat in favor of a dusty black overcoat in the early going; when a character points out that this isn't very "Doctor-y", he says "I can't be the Doctor all the time." Eventually he has his HeelRealization and repents, so the episode ends with him receiving a new red velvet coat, among other things.
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* Done for laughs in a parody of Agatha Christie on ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook''. The Poirot expy knows that he has found the killer when a mousy, frumpy woman he has accused starts doing 'the evil voice', using a cigarette holder, wearing sexy lipstick, and showing more cleavage even though she is ostensibly still wearing the same dress.dress.
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* Franchise/KamenRider loves to color-code alignments with this. Bussines suits are usually a good sign of someone being evil or turning evil, ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' being an exception.
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* Franchise/KamenRider loves to color-code alignments with this. Bussines Business suits are usually a good sign of someone being evil or turning evil, ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' being an exception.
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{{Evil Costume Switch}}es in LiveActionTV.
* ''Series/TheJourneyOfFlower'':
** Zi Xun starts wearing dark colours after defecting to the demons' side.
** Qian Gu starts wearing more make-up and dark red clothes after she becomes a demon.
* ''Series/TheEternalLove'': Yi Huai starts wearing dark colours and black eyeshadow after he decides to usurp the throne.
* ''Series/TenMilesOfPeachBlossoms'': Xuan Nu starts out wearing bright colours, but switches to darker clothes after becoming a traitor and marrying Li Jing.
* ''Series/PrincessAgents'': Yan Xun starts wearing black clothes and dark eyeshadow after his FaceHeelTurn.
* In the fourth series ''Series/BlakesSeven'' episode "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS4E7Assassin Assassin]]", [[spoiler:the female assassin pretends to be a slave and spends most of the episode in frumpy clothes, blubbing. Naturally, when the truth is revealed, she stops to change into a rather stylish little black number and redo her hair]].
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** A variation of this happened in early season 2: Drusilla was introduced as a VirginInAWhiteDress to exemplify her child-like mentality and vulnerability. After she got her power restored, thus became more actively evil, she dressed in much darker colors like red and black.
** Dark Willow is the PowerDyesYourHair version. Wishverse Willow is an AlternateUniverse vampire who dresses in a [[EvilWearsBlack black]] [[HellBentForLeather leather]] [[OfCorsetsSexy corset]]. Lampshaded when Willow has to do some DressingAsTheEnemy.
--->'''Willow:''' [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain I'm a blood-sucking fiend! Look at my outfit!]]
** In the episode where Vampire Willow first appears, there was also Vampire Xander, with his leather pants.
** Similarly, Angel's switch to Angelus on ''Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}}'' or ''Series/{{Angel}}'' was usually accompanied by wearing a lot more leather. A [[LampshadeHanging lampshade was hung]] on this in season 2 of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', when the possibility of Angel turning evil made Lorne consider the great benefits of Angel in leather.
** Also lampshaded in "[[Recap/AngelS01E17Eternity Eternity]]", where Cordelia says that she knows he's still Angel because Angelus would never wear the outfit Angel had on.
** Really, any time someone mainly wears leather, they're going to be evil. Other than Buffy herself, who has worn some pretty hot leather pants while still kicking evil's collective ass.
** When Anya is introduced, she has brunette hair. She colors it blond after becoming human, then goes back to brunette when she becomes a vengeance demon again. When she turns human for the second time, she goes back to blond.
* ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'': When Seladon becomes the new All-Maudra, all the negative comparisons to her mother drive her to renounce the crown and deck herself with a new [[EvilWearsBlack black crown and gown]]. Naturally, her new regalia is compared to those of the Skeksis, whom she had pledged her undying allegiance to.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'':
** Eden, after being revealed as a mole, spends a lot of time wearing black leather.
** There's also Sylar, who apparently [[EvilIsCool got contacts]] when he went insane and decided to go around stealing people's brains, not to mention trading in his unfashionable knitwear for a more stylish, [[PaintItBlack predominantly black]] wardrobe. In one of the alternate futures, he is shown wearing glasses again when he becomes good and stops using his powers.
* ''Series/{{Lexx}}'' had the Brunnen-G, who wore very bright colors. When Kai, last of the Brunnen-G, became an [[spoiler:undead]] assassin for His Divine Shadow, his clothes became a blackened version of the same outfit. This was slightly subverted when Kai [[spoiler:joined forces with our "heroes", and his clothes remained black for the rest of the series]].
** Well, he is still undead. The dead do not need colors.
** And then, he was dressed in those clothes, as opposed to choosing himself. The whole point of making undead assassins was that The Order tried (and mostly succeeded) in taking everything from their new servants, including their memories and sense of identity. This was supposed to be doubly ironic in Kai's case, being the one predicted to destroy His Shadow, and turned into ''a tool'' of the villain, while his purpose was supposed to be removed, along with his identity (this last part mostly succeeded). [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters It didn't go too well]] [[BecauseDestinySaysSo on the destiny part]], though...
* Franchise/KamenRider loves to color-code alignments with this. Bussines suits are usually a good sign of someone being evil or turning evil, ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' being an exception.
** Kit Taylor/[[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Kamen Rider Dragon Knight]] is an interesting subversion as he had nightmares about turning evil, complete with a dark PaletteSwap of his usual [[RedIsHeroic red armor]], but his alignment did not change after receiving it. Yes, he is slightly less nice than before, but that's because of the things that has been heaped on him over the course of the story and not even a significant change.
** Eiji Hino/[[Series/KamenRiderOOO Kamen Rider OOO]] starts out wearing bright, garish colors, but midway through the show, he gains a DeadlyUpgrade that slowly begins turning him into a [[HumanoidAbomination Greeed]]. Just like all of the other Greeed wear colors in their human guises matching their monstrous forms, Eiji soon starts wearing almost exclusively purple, black, and white to match his own.
** [[FromNobodyToNightmare Mitsuzane Kureshima]] of ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' starts out with light blue [[TrueCompanions Team Gaim]] hoodie and formal school uniform as a part of his dual life. His progress through darker shirts and sweaters, ending with a black business suit, mirrors both his increasingly awful decisions and his scattering marbles.
** By the end of the first season of ''Series/KamenRiderAmazons'', protagonist Haruka has gone from wearing a pristine white shirt to one that's red and black as he's lost his innocence and embraced his savage nature.
** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'''s Hiiro Kagami changes from his white doctor's coat to a black business suit after being enticed into working for the BigBad. [[spoiler:Kiriya Kujo]] wears a black leather jacket when he makes a similar heel turn, as well as gaining a new Rider form that features far more black and uses the black Proto Gashats as power-ups, which give him dark monochromatic armor. Both characters switch back to their original clothes upon turning face again, but the latter keeps his new gear.
* Parodied in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. Barney's backstory reveals that he became the womanizer he is today due to being rejected by one woman. Classic trope style, Barney shaves, aggressively pulls on his sleeves, then the camera pulls away to reveal his new, entirely black suit.
* In a ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' MirrorUniverse, the gals' alternate versions are dressed in black. In an episode where Piper temporarily becomes evil, her look changes to what Website/TelevisionWithoutPity's recapper aptly described as "Dungeon Mistress Barbie". And then there's the time Prue went undercover as "[[ProfessionalKiller Ms. Hellfire]]".
* In the first season of ''Series/WhoWantsToBeASuperhero'', when the Iron Enforcer became the Dark Enforcer, Creator/StanLee gave him a new (almost entirely black) outfit.
* In season 4 of ''Series/BreakingBad'', Jesse swapped out his brightly coloured hip-hop ensemble for black pants, a leather jacket, and a [[BaldOfEvil shaved head]] after [[spoiler:he kills another meth cook that Gus was planning to replace him and Walter with]].
* At one point in ''Series/RedDwarf'', the ship and its crew acquire dark and light versions of themselves. The Light Crew, predictably, dress in white and gold, while the Dark Crew look like every stereotype you've ever seen of goth S&M freaks.
** Especially Rimmer.
*** Also, when Rimmer is infected by the holo-virus, just LOOK at his clothes! [[spoiler:He's in a red and white checked gingham dress and army boots with a penguin puppet he calls Mr. Flibble]].
* A less extreme version occurs in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', where the holographic Doctor's data back-up boots up in an alien museum and finds that history has painted the Voyager crew as villains. Their uniforms already being mostly black, the main difference was the inclusion of black leather gloves, although Chakotay had a larger tattoo on his face and Seven was still Borg. The undershirts were black instead of the usual grey, as well.
** In the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original]] MirrorUniverse episode, the Imperial Starfleet wore a more gaudy uniform than the originals, with gold sashes and lots of decoration. Kirk's uniform top was a metallic vest, and female crewmembers wore [[{{Stripperiffic}} midriff-exposing]] vests. The ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' mirror episodes went for the leather.
* In an episode of ''Series/LoisAndClark'', where Clark suffers GrandTheftMe, his hijacker dresses him in leather pants and a black lycra shirt. Quoth Lois: "Change out of that stupid outfit, honey."
* ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'': Sailor [[spoiler:Mercury]] dresses noticeably more fashionably and in darker colors when she's brainwashed by Kunzite. Her sailor uniform gains dark accents and a black tulle bow on the back.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
** Clark wears blacks, greens, and reds when evil instead of his usual blues, reds, and yellows. Subverted in season 9, where his superhero costume is black and silver, but he is still good[[note]]Clark has turned his back on human emotions, so the black and silver represent Krypton since the Kryptonian uniform is black with a silver S[[/note]].
** Chloe is once affected by some parasites that makes her go crazy over Clark and doesn't miss the chance to mock Lana on the way about it; she [[EvilIsSexy wears]] [[{{Fanservice}} only]] black compared to the varied colours she normally wears. She even dyed the tips of her hair black. The other time was a bit awkward as she happens to be wearing black when [[spoiler:Lionel persuades her to turn against Clark]].
** In "Wrath", Lana also wears only black after she [[spoiler:gained Kryptonian abilities]] and went psycho.
* Possibly the subtlest is Londo on ''Series/BabylonFive'', whose clothing slowly turned darker and more militant over the course of the first two seasons, without ever changing the basic style. Lampshaded by Vir: "...there's no question the ambassador is going through changes. He even LOOKS different."
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Flash Gordon|2007}}'', Dale is possessed by a witch and dons a vampy red dress and lipstick. Confusingly for the viewer, this makes Dale look like Princess Aura, who has similar facial features to Dale but is distinguished by...her red dress and lipstick.
* In the BBC's ''Series/RobinHood'', both Allan and Isabella start wearing copious amounts of black leather immediately after their {{Face Heel Turn}}s. Lampshaded by the sheriff after Allan shows him several of Robin's secret routes into the castle: "Upgrade this boy to leather."
* Not that he wasn't '''already''' kind of evil to begin with, but once the Dean [[TheDragon gives him the go-ahead]] to take out the remaining players, in the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare "Modern Warfare"]], Senor Chang changes to an outfit similar to that worn by ''Film/TheKiller''.
* ''Series/TwentyFour'':
** Done to Tony Almeida by having him switch to a shaved head, a beard, and a black leather jacket when he's working with the terrorists at the beginning of season 7. [[spoiler: But it actually gets zig-zagged: Almost immediately it's revealed that Tony is actually [[TheMole undercover]] and secretly working with Bill Buchanan and Chloe O'Brien to stop the terrorists, but later on three quarters into the season it then reveals he's working with another set of terrorists. By the time Tony's done this, he's actually ''lost'' his leather jacket by that point. Of course, in the end, he's actually on a rogue vendetta thing targeting the leader of the other group of terrorists... it's complicated. But during a season where he's ''mostly'' presented to us as someone we can't trust, his look reflects it.]]
** [[spoiler: Jack's]] armored-up appearance from one of the final episodes could potentially be seen as this.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** In the Patrick Troughton story "Power of the Daleks", the Doctor notices that the character Bragen has changed into a black, dictatorial uniform and realises that it means he's about to do something awful.
** At the climax of "The Robots of Death", Dask reveals his real identity by showing himself to the others wearing UncannyValleyMakeup, a wavy hairstyle, and clothes that make him resemble one of the robots in the setting.
** Over the course of the 3-part Series 9 finale, the Doctor undergoes a ProtagonistJourneyToVillain (specifically WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds / TheUnfettered) thanks to a TraumaCongaLine "highlighted" by [[spoiler: the death of his companion/sweetheart Clara]]. Thus in the SeasonFinale "Hell Bent", he discards his red velvet Crombie coat in favor of a dusty black overcoat in the early going; when a character points out that this isn't very "Doctor-y", he says "I can't be the Doctor all the time." Eventually he has his HeelRealization and repents, so the episode ends with him receiving a new red velvet coat, among other things.
* Queen Regina in ''Series/OnceUponATime'' evidently went through this when she transformed from the sweet girl she was into the Evil Queen.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** In Season 4 after PrincessClassic Sansa Stark decides to throw in her lot with MagnificentBastard Littlefinger, she does a GrandStaircaseEntrance in a [[PaintItBlack black gown]] with [[SpikesOfVillainy feathers on the shoulders]] (playing on [[BastardUnderstudy Littlefinger's]] [[SymbolMotifClothing mockingbird sigil]]) showing [[EvilIsSexy a good deal more cleavage]] [[SheIsAllGrownUp than usual]]. Littlefinger is [[VillainousCrush visibly stunned]]. It's downplayed in the following season, where she just [[CoordinatedClothes wears the same black cloak and gloves as Littlefinger]] (she's going OopNorth and [[ExposedToTheElements Winter is coming]], after all).
** Although she was already pretty unpleasant to start with, to celebrate by far her most vile acts of [[spoiler: blowing up the Sept of Baelor along with hundreds, if not thousands, of people to destroy her enemies the Sparrows and the Tyrells and usurp the throne,]] Cersei Lannister trades in her red and gold flared-sleeved gowns for some [[EvilWearsBlack black leather]] dresses with silver chains and shoulder armour accessories. Interestingly it's also a reversal of the usual costume switch in some ways because her previous outfits leant towards being elaborate with NavelDeepNeckline but her new ones are modestly high collared and minimalist by comparison, probably because they're [[RuleOfSymbolism designed to resemble]] her [[spoiler: late]] father's clothes.
** After being reinstated as the Faith Militant, the Sparrows swap their humble grey robes for black ones adorned with chains and religious symbols carved into their foreheads.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': In the Season 5 episode "Gone Rogue," XS swaps out her white and purple suit for black leather when she joins the Young Rogues. They lampshade that just changing your clothes doesn't say much about your morality, but admit the [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] GlowingEyesOfDoom are a lot more impressive.
* Done for laughs in a parody of Agatha Christie on ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook''. The Poirot expy knows that he has found the killer when a mousy, frumpy woman he has accused starts doing 'the evil voice', using a cigarette holder, wearing sexy lipstick, and showing more cleavage even though she is ostensibly still wearing the same dress.
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* ''Series/TheJourneyOfFlower'':
** Zi Xun starts wearing dark colours after defecting to the demons' side.
** Qian Gu starts wearing more make-up and dark red clothes after she becomes a demon.
* ''Series/TheEternalLove'': Yi Huai starts wearing dark colours and black eyeshadow after he decides to usurp the throne.
* ''Series/TenMilesOfPeachBlossoms'': Xuan Nu starts out wearing bright colours, but switches to darker clothes after becoming a traitor and marrying Li Jing.
* ''Series/PrincessAgents'': Yan Xun starts wearing black clothes and dark eyeshadow after his FaceHeelTurn.
* In the fourth series ''Series/BlakesSeven'' episode "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS4E7Assassin Assassin]]", [[spoiler:the female assassin pretends to be a slave and spends most of the episode in frumpy clothes, blubbing. Naturally, when the truth is revealed, she stops to change into a rather stylish little black number and redo her hair]].
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** A variation of this happened in early season 2: Drusilla was introduced as a VirginInAWhiteDress to exemplify her child-like mentality and vulnerability. After she got her power restored, thus became more actively evil, she dressed in much darker colors like red and black.
** Dark Willow is the PowerDyesYourHair version. Wishverse Willow is an AlternateUniverse vampire who dresses in a [[EvilWearsBlack black]] [[HellBentForLeather leather]] [[OfCorsetsSexy corset]]. Lampshaded when Willow has to do some DressingAsTheEnemy.
--->'''Willow:''' [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain I'm a blood-sucking fiend! Look at my outfit!]]
** In the episode where Vampire Willow first appears, there was also Vampire Xander, with his leather pants.
** Similarly, Angel's switch to Angelus on ''Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}}'' or ''Series/{{Angel}}'' was usually accompanied by wearing a lot more leather. A [[LampshadeHanging lampshade was hung]] on this in season 2 of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', when the possibility of Angel turning evil made Lorne consider the great benefits of Angel in leather.
** Also lampshaded in "[[Recap/AngelS01E17Eternity Eternity]]", where Cordelia says that she knows he's still Angel because Angelus would never wear the outfit Angel had on.
** Really, any time someone mainly wears leather, they're going to be evil. Other than Buffy herself, who has worn some pretty hot leather pants while still kicking evil's collective ass.
** When Anya is introduced, she has brunette hair. She colors it blond after becoming human, then goes back to brunette when she becomes a vengeance demon again. When she turns human for the second time, she goes back to blond.
* ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'': When Seladon becomes the new All-Maudra, all the negative comparisons to her mother drive her to renounce the crown and deck herself with a new [[EvilWearsBlack black crown and gown]]. Naturally, her new regalia is compared to those of the Skeksis, whom she had pledged her undying allegiance to.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'':
** Eden, after being revealed as a mole, spends a lot of time wearing black leather.
** There's also Sylar, who apparently [[EvilIsCool got contacts]] when he went insane and decided to go around stealing people's brains, not to mention trading in his unfashionable knitwear for a more stylish, [[PaintItBlack predominantly black]] wardrobe. In one of the alternate futures, he is shown wearing glasses again when he becomes good and stops using his powers.
* ''Series/{{Lexx}}'' had the Brunnen-G, who wore very bright colors. When Kai, last of the Brunnen-G, became an [[spoiler:undead]] assassin for His Divine Shadow, his clothes became a blackened version of the same outfit. This was slightly subverted when Kai [[spoiler:joined forces with our "heroes", and his clothes remained black for the rest of the series]].
** Well, he is still undead. The dead do not need colors.
** And then, he was dressed in those clothes, as opposed to choosing himself. The whole point of making undead assassins was that The Order tried (and mostly succeeded) in taking everything from their new servants, including their memories and sense of identity. This was supposed to be doubly ironic in Kai's case, being the one predicted to destroy His Shadow, and turned into ''a tool'' of the villain, while his purpose was supposed to be removed, along with his identity (this last part mostly succeeded). [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters It didn't go too well]] [[BecauseDestinySaysSo on the destiny part]], though...
* Franchise/KamenRider loves to color-code alignments with this. Bussines suits are usually a good sign of someone being evil or turning evil, ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' being an exception.
** Kit Taylor/[[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Kamen Rider Dragon Knight]] is an interesting subversion as he had nightmares about turning evil, complete with a dark PaletteSwap of his usual [[RedIsHeroic red armor]], but his alignment did not change after receiving it. Yes, he is slightly less nice than before, but that's because of the things that has been heaped on him over the course of the story and not even a significant change.
** Eiji Hino/[[Series/KamenRiderOOO Kamen Rider OOO]] starts out wearing bright, garish colors, but midway through the show, he gains a DeadlyUpgrade that slowly begins turning him into a [[HumanoidAbomination Greeed]]. Just like all of the other Greeed wear colors in their human guises matching their monstrous forms, Eiji soon starts wearing almost exclusively purple, black, and white to match his own.
** [[FromNobodyToNightmare Mitsuzane Kureshima]] of ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' starts out with light blue [[TrueCompanions Team Gaim]] hoodie and formal school uniform as a part of his dual life. His progress through darker shirts and sweaters, ending with a black business suit, mirrors both his increasingly awful decisions and his scattering marbles.
** By the end of the first season of ''Series/KamenRiderAmazons'', protagonist Haruka has gone from wearing a pristine white shirt to one that's red and black as he's lost his innocence and embraced his savage nature.
** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'''s Hiiro Kagami changes from his white doctor's coat to a black business suit after being enticed into working for the BigBad. [[spoiler:Kiriya Kujo]] wears a black leather jacket when he makes a similar heel turn, as well as gaining a new Rider form that features far more black and uses the black Proto Gashats as power-ups, which give him dark monochromatic armor. Both characters switch back to their original clothes upon turning face again, but the latter keeps his new gear.
* Parodied in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. Barney's backstory reveals that he became the womanizer he is today due to being rejected by one woman. Classic trope style, Barney shaves, aggressively pulls on his sleeves, then the camera pulls away to reveal his new, entirely black suit.
* In a ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' MirrorUniverse, the gals' alternate versions are dressed in black. In an episode where Piper temporarily becomes evil, her look changes to what Website/TelevisionWithoutPity's recapper aptly described as "Dungeon Mistress Barbie". And then there's the time Prue went undercover as "[[ProfessionalKiller Ms. Hellfire]]".
* In the first season of ''Series/WhoWantsToBeASuperhero'', when the Iron Enforcer became the Dark Enforcer, Creator/StanLee gave him a new (almost entirely black) outfit.
* In season 4 of ''Series/BreakingBad'', Jesse swapped out his brightly coloured hip-hop ensemble for black pants, a leather jacket, and a [[BaldOfEvil shaved head]] after [[spoiler:he kills another meth cook that Gus was planning to replace him and Walter with]].
* At one point in ''Series/RedDwarf'', the ship and its crew acquire dark and light versions of themselves. The Light Crew, predictably, dress in white and gold, while the Dark Crew look like every stereotype you've ever seen of goth S&M freaks.
** Especially Rimmer.
*** Also, when Rimmer is infected by the holo-virus, just LOOK at his clothes! [[spoiler:He's in a red and white checked gingham dress and army boots with a penguin puppet he calls Mr. Flibble]].
* A less extreme version occurs in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', where the holographic Doctor's data back-up boots up in an alien museum and finds that history has painted the Voyager crew as villains. Their uniforms already being mostly black, the main difference was the inclusion of black leather gloves, although Chakotay had a larger tattoo on his face and Seven was still Borg. The undershirts were black instead of the usual grey, as well.
** In the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original]] MirrorUniverse episode, the Imperial Starfleet wore a more gaudy uniform than the originals, with gold sashes and lots of decoration. Kirk's uniform top was a metallic vest, and female crewmembers wore [[{{Stripperiffic}} midriff-exposing]] vests. The ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' mirror episodes went for the leather.
* In an episode of ''Series/LoisAndClark'', where Clark suffers GrandTheftMe, his hijacker dresses him in leather pants and a black lycra shirt. Quoth Lois: "Change out of that stupid outfit, honey."
* ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'': Sailor [[spoiler:Mercury]] dresses noticeably more fashionably and in darker colors when she's brainwashed by Kunzite. Her sailor uniform gains dark accents and a black tulle bow on the back.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
** Clark wears blacks, greens, and reds when evil instead of his usual blues, reds, and yellows. Subverted in season 9, where his superhero costume is black and silver, but he is still good[[note]]Clark has turned his back on human emotions, so the black and silver represent Krypton since the Kryptonian uniform is black with a silver S[[/note]].
** Chloe is once affected by some parasites that makes her go crazy over Clark and doesn't miss the chance to mock Lana on the way about it; she [[EvilIsSexy wears]] [[{{Fanservice}} only]] black compared to the varied colours she normally wears. She even dyed the tips of her hair black. The other time was a bit awkward as she happens to be wearing black when [[spoiler:Lionel persuades her to turn against Clark]].
** In "Wrath", Lana also wears only black after she [[spoiler:gained Kryptonian abilities]] and went psycho.
* Possibly the subtlest is Londo on ''Series/BabylonFive'', whose clothing slowly turned darker and more militant over the course of the first two seasons, without ever changing the basic style. Lampshaded by Vir: "...there's no question the ambassador is going through changes. He even LOOKS different."
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Flash Gordon|2007}}'', Dale is possessed by a witch and dons a vampy red dress and lipstick. Confusingly for the viewer, this makes Dale look like Princess Aura, who has similar facial features to Dale but is distinguished by...her red dress and lipstick.
* In the BBC's ''Series/RobinHood'', both Allan and Isabella start wearing copious amounts of black leather immediately after their {{Face Heel Turn}}s. Lampshaded by the sheriff after Allan shows him several of Robin's secret routes into the castle: "Upgrade this boy to leather."
* Not that he wasn't '''already''' kind of evil to begin with, but once the Dean [[TheDragon gives him the go-ahead]] to take out the remaining players, in the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare "Modern Warfare"]], Senor Chang changes to an outfit similar to that worn by ''Film/TheKiller''.
* ''Series/TwentyFour'':
** Done to Tony Almeida by having him switch to a shaved head, a beard, and a black leather jacket when he's working with the terrorists at the beginning of season 7. [[spoiler: But it actually gets zig-zagged: Almost immediately it's revealed that Tony is actually [[TheMole undercover]] and secretly working with Bill Buchanan and Chloe O'Brien to stop the terrorists, but later on three quarters into the season it then reveals he's working with another set of terrorists. By the time Tony's done this, he's actually ''lost'' his leather jacket by that point. Of course, in the end, he's actually on a rogue vendetta thing targeting the leader of the other group of terrorists... it's complicated. But during a season where he's ''mostly'' presented to us as someone we can't trust, his look reflects it.]]
** [[spoiler: Jack's]] armored-up appearance from one of the final episodes could potentially be seen as this.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** In the Patrick Troughton story "Power of the Daleks", the Doctor notices that the character Bragen has changed into a black, dictatorial uniform and realises that it means he's about to do something awful.
** At the climax of "The Robots of Death", Dask reveals his real identity by showing himself to the others wearing UncannyValleyMakeup, a wavy hairstyle, and clothes that make him resemble one of the robots in the setting.
** Over the course of the 3-part Series 9 finale, the Doctor undergoes a ProtagonistJourneyToVillain (specifically WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds / TheUnfettered) thanks to a TraumaCongaLine "highlighted" by [[spoiler: the death of his companion/sweetheart Clara]]. Thus in the SeasonFinale "Hell Bent", he discards his red velvet Crombie coat in favor of a dusty black overcoat in the early going; when a character points out that this isn't very "Doctor-y", he says "I can't be the Doctor all the time." Eventually he has his HeelRealization and repents, so the episode ends with him receiving a new red velvet coat, among other things.
* Queen Regina in ''Series/OnceUponATime'' evidently went through this when she transformed from the sweet girl she was into the Evil Queen.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** In Season 4 after PrincessClassic Sansa Stark decides to throw in her lot with MagnificentBastard Littlefinger, she does a GrandStaircaseEntrance in a [[PaintItBlack black gown]] with [[SpikesOfVillainy feathers on the shoulders]] (playing on [[BastardUnderstudy Littlefinger's]] [[SymbolMotifClothing mockingbird sigil]]) showing [[EvilIsSexy a good deal more cleavage]] [[SheIsAllGrownUp than usual]]. Littlefinger is [[VillainousCrush visibly stunned]]. It's downplayed in the following season, where she just [[CoordinatedClothes wears the same black cloak and gloves as Littlefinger]] (she's going OopNorth and [[ExposedToTheElements Winter is coming]], after all).
** Although she was already pretty unpleasant to start with, to celebrate by far her most vile acts of [[spoiler: blowing up the Sept of Baelor along with hundreds, if not thousands, of people to destroy her enemies the Sparrows and the Tyrells and usurp the throne,]] Cersei Lannister trades in her red and gold flared-sleeved gowns for some [[EvilWearsBlack black leather]] dresses with silver chains and shoulder armour accessories. Interestingly it's also a reversal of the usual costume switch in some ways because her previous outfits leant towards being elaborate with NavelDeepNeckline but her new ones are modestly high collared and minimalist by comparison, probably because they're [[RuleOfSymbolism designed to resemble]] her [[spoiler: late]] father's clothes.
** After being reinstated as the Faith Militant, the Sparrows swap their humble grey robes for black ones adorned with chains and religious symbols carved into their foreheads.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': In the Season 5 episode "Gone Rogue," XS swaps out her white and purple suit for black leather when she joins the Young Rogues. They lampshade that just changing your clothes doesn't say much about your morality, but admit the [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] GlowingEyesOfDoom are a lot more impressive.
* Done for laughs in a parody of Agatha Christie on ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook''. The Poirot expy knows that he has found the killer when a mousy, frumpy woman he has accused starts doing 'the evil voice', using a cigarette holder, wearing sexy lipstick, and showing more cleavage even though she is ostensibly still wearing the same dress.
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