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* ''{{Franchise/Extrapower}}'' has the hero Zophy. In ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerGiantFist Giant Fist]]'' he is joined by the Duba people, Mr Duba, and Zett.

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* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', the blond [[ManipulativeBastard Thrax]] is from the dark-skinned desert elf clans of the Tronin Desert.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Helluva Boss}}'': Verosika Mayday's HumanDisguise is a dark-skinned woman with long blonde hair.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', [[spoiler: Rose, once she [[GoMadFromTheRevelation goes grimdark]], causing her skin to appear charcoal-colored, among other [[PowerGlows changes]] in appearance.]] The Strider-Lalonde family can also be this normally, as the white skin of all the human characters is [[WordOfGod intended]] as a "[[{{Mukokuseki}} neutral]]" base and anyone can imagine them as any race.
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Sun is a deeply tanned man with very pale blond hair, who looks much darker when standing next to paler-skinned companions such as Blake, Weiss or Ruby. He comes from a desert origin, and has a very mischievious personality to go with his [[LittleBitBeastly monkey-heritage]]. He is therefore a fun-loving delinquent, prone to illegally stowing away on ships or stealing food just for the fun of it. As a result, he enjoys helping out Team RWBY whenever they're bending or breaking the rules to investigate the villains; as he tells the heroes: friends should always get other friends into trouble.
* ScaryBlackMan Bobby Jacks from ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' was an African-American with blonde hair. WordOfGod says that it's dyed.

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* ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'': Mafuyu Aoki, though it's probably just because he's a tanned SurferDude.

* Solo from ''Videogame/MegamanStarForce'' is a boy with white hair and tanned skin typical of the Mu, an ancient lost civilization of which he is the only survivor.

* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', DarkActionGirl Jasper has orange skin (in the AmazingTechnicolorPopulation sense, not a bad fake tan) and a [[RapunzelHair magnificent mane]] of pale beige-blonde hair. She's close to the "arrogant, tanned, blond wrestling heel" version of this trope: while not a wrestler, she is [[ArrogantKungFuGuy thoroughly arrogant]], [[BloodKnight loves personal combat]], and is obsessed with physical prowess.

** {{Non Player Character}}s in ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' tend to be these or {{Dark Skinned Redhead}}s far more often than you'd expect in RealLife. It's not a very good look on most of them.

* Liquid Snake of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' isn't noticeably dark-skinned in the game itself, but official artwork shows both him and Fortune (of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'') looking like this. Liquid's coloring is enhanced by spending about ten years in the Middle East being bleached and tanned by the sun (his brother is paler due to living in Alaska); Fortune is your everyday [[ButNotTooBlack naturally-blonde-and-blue-eyed black woman]]. Strangely enough, she seems to inherit this trait from her father, who is also a black man with (barely noticeable) blonde hair. Drebin in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' is also black with blonde hair.

* Introduced in ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', the Jackson Hyde version of Aqualad has dark skin and blond hair, though unlike his ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' counterpart, his hair is dyed.

* ''ComicBook/TheDemonMages'': Ari the Gorgon is blond with bronzed skin--and, for some reason, a Southern Belle's accent.

** ComicBook/{{Storm}} takes this to an extreme, with skin color reflecting her African heritage combined with ''white'' hair (and blue eyes, for added complexity). Presumably, her mutant genetics help explain this unusual combination.

* In the 1990s, [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batman and Robin]] were assisted in the Batcave not only by Alfred, but also by a [[TheSpeechless mute dwarf]] named "Harold". Harold had actually been a former lackey of the Penguin whom Batman had rescued, and he worked as a mechanic on the Batmobile. Harold had very light brown hair (most would call it "auburn") but also relatively dark skin (though this could be due merely to the "shadowy" way the Batcave was inked and colored). [[spoiler:He was later killed off during the ''Hush'' arc [[RedemptionEqualsDeath after confessing to Batman that he had betrayed him to help the eponymous villain]].]]

* Frostbite of ''[=DV8=]'' is a black man with blond hair--naturally. His hair turned blond when he became Gen-Active. Even his beard is blond; he basically looks like black Hulk Hogan. The ''Gods and Monsters'' miniseries has him with very short black hair, without in-story explanation.

* In practice, the canonically gold [[ComicBook/{{Warlock}} Adam Warlock]] looks like he has bright yellow hair and orange/brown skin.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'':

* There's an ''entire culture'' of characters with dark skin and fair hair in ''VideoGame/SuikodenTierkreis'': the Magedom of Janam. Plotting the personalities and appearances of [[ProperLady Manaril]], [[TheWisePrince Shams]], [[KnightInShiningArmor Asad]], and sundry supported characters between the Dark-Skinned Blond and the DarkSkinnedRedhead is an exercise left to the reader, but the end result is undeniable: Janam and its swarthy, light-haired natives seem downright [[IncrediblyLamePun ''otherworldly'']].

* HotScientist Rakshata Chawla of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' is officially from India but has blonde hair. This is never really explained, but considering that [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green and purple heads]] also appear in that universe without much explanation, it may not be such a big deal. Likewise, AcePilot Villeta Nu has pale blue hair and dark skin.

* Archer in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', of the silver/white-haired variety, who, besides being of dubious origin, has another twist: [[spoiler:he's the adult self of TheHero Shiro, a pale ''redhead''. It has been mentioned that this is caused by the [[LockedIntoStrangeness strain on his body from tracing]], and overuse of magic and magical tampering in this series is known to change peoples' appearances. Sakura Matou should be black haired and blue eyed, like her sister Rin Tohsaka, and Dark Sakura should be [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple haired]], yet it all goes white when she goes crazy.]]

* Solo from ''Videogame/MegamanStarForce''is boy with white hair and tanned skin typical of the Mu, an ancient lost civilization of which he is the only survivor.

* In ''Anime/GreatPretender,'' Dorothy has dark skin and brilliant platinum hair. The platinum hair seems like it could be dyed at first, since it's also [[MulticoloredHair pink on the underside.]] But there is some evidence it's natural: [[spoiler: In TheStinger, an [[EasyAmnesia amnesiac]] Dorothy who's been living in a small fishing village has lost the pink undercoat, but is still platinum blonde.]]

* Marik Ishtar in ''Anime/YuGiOh'', as well as [[StrongFamilyResemblance his dad]]. Thief King Bakura has dark skin and white hair, and Pharaoh Atem is dark-skinned with [[MulticoloredHair partially]] blond hair. The real Dark Magician Girl from Egypt, as well as her summoner Mana both, had dark skin and blond hair in the [[Manga/YuGiOh original manga]].

* Honey Lemon from ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' has a very light brown skin-tone and blonde hair. She's a latina American, though it's never specified what her exact heritage is.

* ''Manga/LoveHina'' has Kaolla Su and her sister Amalla Su. They're usually mistaken for Indian by other characters, but are from Molmol, an island somewhere in the Indian Ocean. Also, the blonde hair and other details show otherwise. She may also be partly based off of either the Californian or Australian surfer girl...and damn, they got it right!

The addition of a Dark-Skinned Blond in the cast often adds a foreign flavor to the show, and it is not uncommon for the Dark-Skinned Blond to be of [[AmbiguouslyBrown uncertain or dubious origin]]. This appearance is also sometimes used for fantasy races or ethnic groups with no real-life equivalent. The fact that very few people in real life have this natural combination of hair and skin helps to create this impression, with the exception of surfers or others who spend lots of time in the sun, as the sun bleaches hair and darkens tans, sometimes to extreme degrees. It's also common for a Dark-Skinned Blond to be of mixed [[ButNotTooForeign heritage]]--see [[http://mulattoesonly.tumblr.com/ here]] for some RealLife examples--and have their appearance {{handwave}}d through this, but more often than not, it just goes unexplained; light hair on dark characters is simply easier to draw and frames the face very well. Although this is by no means unheard of in real life, it is much more common in fiction than in reality.

The trope also shows up with some frequency in Western works (either animated or live action), where it will either take the form of a very tan-skinned blond or a non light skinned person with bleached hair. These characters will often play the role of either TheDitz (often a ValleyGirl) or the JerkJock; in fact, the "arrogant, tanned, blond villain" has been a stock character in ProfessionalWrestling almost from its inception (see below). More benign examples may appear as {{Surfer Dude}}s, since you can easily acquire a gnarly tan from extended exposure to the sun on the beach. Note that how much a person tans due to sun exposure is genetic: depending on a person's ethnic background even if they are otherwise pale-skinned they might very well tan enough to fit this trope with even limited sun exposure. This can be especially common among those with Mediterranean ancestry.

* The protagonist of ''Manga/BootyRoyaleNeverGoDownWithoutAFight'' Misora Haebaru has natural tanned skin and dyed blonde hair.

* Lisa Vanette from "Scoop Chase", episode 8 of the original ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'', may be one of the earliest examples. While a city in Japan, [=MegaTokyo=] is a multicultural melting pot, and Lisa probably counts as a "foreigner" because she has both a French name and an uncle who is black ([[DaChief Chief Todo]] of the AD Police).

** Kuu Fei, an {{Expy}} of Kaolla Su and an AnimeChineseGirl, though whether anyone from China actually looks like her is a good question. Kuu Fei's skin coloring could be explained as a natural tan and her hair as a dye job, both of which is plausible for people from China to have.

* Pirotess of ''Anime/RecordOfLodossWar'' in certain illustrations, while others make her hair seem more white than blonde. Given that the whole series is firmly grounded in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' (or Japanese interpretation thereof), she's probably supposed to be a drow.
* Akio Ohtori from ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' is a dark-skinned man with light lavender hair. His actual ethnicity is unknown, although he certainly fits the definition of foreigner, in the truest sense of the word.

** Seiya's old rival Cassius is a VERY brutal, blood thirsty version of this trope. [[spoiler:But when he dies in a ''[[TearJerker very]]'' {{t|earJerker}}ragic HeroicSacrifice, he gets ''huge'' AlasPoorVillain vibes.]]

* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', Kilik's weapons, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/36605.jpg Fire and Thunder]], are this.
* [[{{Bifauxnen}} Kaname Kenjo]] from ''LightNovel/StrawberryPanic''--but only in the the manga and light novels. In the anime, she's an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette with a completely different overall appearance...[[DependingOnTheWriter and characterization, and role in the story]].

* Another white-haired dark-skinned race are the Mushroom Tribe from ''Manga/UruseiYatsura: The Final Chapter''.

* Marik Ishtar in ''Anime/YuGiOh'', as well as [[StrongFamilyResemblance his dad]]. Thief King Bakura has dark skin and white hair, and Pharaoh Atem is dark-skinned with [[MulticoloredHair partially]] blond hair. The real Dark Magician Girl from Egypt as well as her summoner Mana both had dark skin and blond hair in the [[Manga/YuGiOh original manga]].

* [[http://ja.gram.pl/upl/blogi/98610/img_wpisy/2011_50/Yureka15326.jpg Phuan]] from ''Manhwa/{{Yureka}}'' definitely fits, though rather than being ditzy, she is hot blooded and violent to the point of giving off some feral vibes (in RealLife, she settles for being a delinquent).

** ComicBook/{{Storm}} takes this to an extreme, with skin color reflecting her African heritage combined with ''white'' hair (and blue eyes, for added complexity). Presumably her mutant genetics help explain this unusual combination.

* The brown-skinned Therons in ''ComicStrip/DanDare'' had a large variety of hair colours. Volstar, Dan's closest friend among the Therons, was very blond indeed.

* Ira Gamagoori in ''Webcomic/KillLaKillAU'' is this, true to canon, though how dark his skin tone might be seems vary from comic to comic.

* Storm from the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', although she's more like a dark skinned girl with MysticalWhiteHair. ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' shows that she's naturally dark-haired but Apocalypse empowering her [[PowerDyesYourHair turns it white]].

* ''Literature/TheDalemarkQuartet'': Brown skin and blonde hair is a combination fairly common in northern Dalemark, thanks to interbreeding between the native people and foreign invaders. It's the other way round in the South, where the most common colouration is pale skin and brown hair. The people of the Holy Islands, rumoured to be the last descendants of the very first inhabitants of Dalemark, are also this trope.

** In ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic'', the natives of Krull have pitch black skin and moonlight-pale hair.

* In ''Literature/DoctrineOfLabyrinths'', the Duke of Murtagh is described having brown skin several shades darker than his golden hair (and amber eyes). This combination seems fairly common among the citizens of his native Corambis.

* Dona Sofia Salvara of ''The Lies of Locke Lamora'' in the ''Literature/GentlemanBastard Sequence'' is described as having "skin like burnt amber and hair the colour of almond butter".

* The Clayr, a clan of seers in Creator/GarthNix's ''Literature/OldKingdom'' series, are described as looking this way, partly due to living on a glacier and having their skin be nearly constantly tanned by reflected sunlight. Has the added bonus of further isolating EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Lirael from everyone else she knows. [[spoiler:She may be half-Clayr, but it's the Abhorsen look that shows up.]]

* ''Series/OnceUponATime'' has Ursula the sea witch played by black actress Merrin Dungey, with her hair coloured blonde. This seems to be an in-universe DyeHard--since Ursula's teenage self is shown with black hair. This could be taken from the Broadway version of Ursula, wherein she was played by two black actresses (as understudies though)where the character, while black, had bright platinum blonde hair.

* Liquid Snake of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' isn't noticeably dark-skinned in the game itself, but official artwork shows both him and Fortune (of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'') looking like this. Liquid's colouring is enhanced by spending about ten years in the Middle East being bleached and tanned by the sun (his brother is paler due to living in Alaska); Fortune is your everyday [[ButNotTooBlack naturally-blonde-and-blue-eyed black woman]]. Strangely enough, she seems to inherit this trait from her father, who is also a black man with (barely noticeable) blonde hair. Drebin in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' is also black with blonde hair.

* Shannon from ''Webcomic/BloodyUrban'', who has sandy blonde hair and dark grey skin. Justified by the fact that he's not human. (Though he still had the same colouring back before the {{Retcon}}, when he was a vampire and not a ghoul)

* ''Webcomic/ElfBlood'' has the mercenary Carlita Delacroix, whose mixed race/species parentage probably contributes (she's a [[HeinzHybrid half-Cuban-feline-spirit-incarnum half-French-human]]).

* Exaggerated in ''Webcomic/ItsMidnightSomewhere'', where all characters seen have jet-black skin and paper-white hair.

* Riot from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' has darker skin than most other characters. Flashback show it's his natural skin tone and his hair is natural as well, though neither of his parents have his skin tone.

** King Alfor is also light haired and dark skinned, and Allura's mother is shown in a flashback to look almost exactly like her, down to hair and skin color.

* The protagonist of ''Manga/HagureIdolJigokuhen'' Misora Haebaru has natural tanned skin and dyed blonde hair.

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* In practice, the canonically gold ComicBook/AdamWarlock looks like he has bright yellow hair and orange/brown skin.

* ''ComicBook/{{Elfquest}}'': Suntop/Sunstream is blond with dark skin, due to his mother Leetah (her people are desert elves). Wing and Mender though were born to Wolfriders, who are pale-skinned usually, yet end up dark-skinned as a result of living in the desert Sun Village too, tanning over time.

* Many artists and writers depict Fëanor from ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' with tan or even quite dark skin. The entire internet also decided that his son [[EgomaniacHunter Celegorm]] had light hair although this is nowhere stated in the text: so he frequently ends up with dark skin and platinum blond or silver hair. He is considered especially beautiful, even compared to his brothers and cousins. Frequently shows up on [[TheStrongman Angrod]] as well: here the blond hair is canonical, with dark skin to emphasize his athleticism. Other fans use this color scheme only for Valar, particularly [[BoisterousBruiser Tulkas]] (whose yellow hair is canonical: his name means "yellow" in Valian). Sauron in his guise of Annatar (said to look like a Vanyarin elf) is also given this color scheme frequently.

The addition of a Dark-Skinned Blond in the cast often adds a foreign flavor to the show, and it is not uncommon for the Dark-Skinned Blond to be of [[AmbiguouslyBrown uncertain or dubious origin]]. This appearance is also sometimes used for fantasy races or ethnic groups with no real-life equivalent. The fact that very few people in real life have this natural combination of hair and skin helps to create this impression, with the exception of surfers or others who spend lots of time in the sun, as the sun bleaches hair and darkens tans, sometimes to extreme degrees. It's also common for a Dark-Skinned Blond to be of {{mixed|Ancestry}} [[ButNotTooForeign heritage]]--see [[http://mulattoesonly.tumblr.com/ here]] for some RealLife examples--and have their appearance {{handwave}}d through this, but more often than not, it just goes unexplained; light hair on dark characters is simply easier to draw and frames the face very well. Although this is by no means unheard of in real life, it is much more common in fiction than in reality.