History Main / EvilEyebrows

* ComicBook/TheJoker. Naturally.
* In Paul Murry's ''ComicBook/MickeyMouse'' comics, you could always tell the bad guys by their eyebrows.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':

* Black Hat from ''WesternAnimation/[[VillainousCartoonNetwork Villainous]]'' has them, befitting his sinister personality and HumanoidAbomination status.

* In the telenovela ''Tres Veces Ana'', Creator/AngeliqueBoyer plays triplets: Ana Laura- TheIngenue, Ana Lucia- the FieryRedhead and Ana Leticia- the FemmeFatale. Ana Laura and Ana Lucia have rounded natural eyebrows, while Ana Laura has visible arched longer eyebrows. Of course that she is the BigBad of the telenovela.

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* Creator/AlanRickman, as mentioned before.
* Actor Creator/JackNicholson is well known for his trademark Evil Eyebrows.
* Creator/SkandarKeynes has prominent, dark eyebrows, which make him look like he frowns a lot. It's combined with a KubrickStare when he smiles at the same time. [[Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Edmund Pevensie]] was especially described as a PerpetualFrowner, just because of this.
* Any picture of Leona Helmsley shows that she had Evil Eyebrows.
* The otherwise incredibly {{Moe}} Music/DavidArchuleta has eyebrows like this.
* [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars Marshal Oudinot]] was noted for having unusually high eyebrows. Although he was not particularly evil, he did have a tendency to kill horses that did not obey quickly enough--his facial expression apparently remaining the same all the way.
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* Hiruma of ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' probably has these on purpose, given how genre savvy he is.

* [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Dio Brando]]. This is especially noticeable after he [[spoiler:drains Joseph's blood]], as seen [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/9/9a/Jotaro_suprises_DIO.png/revision/latest?cb=20150619213742 here]].

* In Paul Murry's ''MickeyMouse'' comics, you could always tell the bad guys by their eyebrows.

* Black Hat from ''WesternAnimation/{{Villainous}}'' has them, befitting his sinister personality and HumanoidAbomination status.

[[caption-width-right:250:Yep, these guys are baaaad.[[note]]top: [[Series/LazyTown Robbie Rotten]]; middle: [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]]; bottom: [[Film/TheShining Jack Torrance]][[/note]]]]

* Frollo from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.

* In the telenovela ''Tres Veces Ana'', Creator/AngeliqueBoyers plays triplets: Ana Laura- TheIngenue, Ana Lucia- the FieryRedhead and Ana Leticia- the FemmeFatale. Ana Laura and Ana Lucia have rounded natural eyebrows, while Ana Laura has visible arched longer eyebrows. Of course that she is the BigBad of the telenovela.

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* Even if you knew nothing about Creator/JackNicholson before seeing ''Film/TheShining'', you'd still be able to guess what's going to happen to him just by looking at his eyebrows alone.
* Dr Evil from the ''Film/AustinPowers'' series.
* [[https://40.media.tumblr.com/f45aaed34a58ff678dffb818146d7003/tumblr_nak0r8Pc0o1sfx88eo1_500.jpg The Gardener]] from ''Film/AdeleHasntHadHerDinnerYet'' has them.

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* Lord Vetinari from the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books is able to terrify people just by raising his eyebrow.
* Snape from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' is often described as arching his eyebrows, and is a former Death Eater and current SadistTeacher. He's played in the films, naturally enough, by the master of evil-eyebrow-raising, Creator/AlanRickman. After a lot of uncertainty about his true allegiance, he ends up being a NominalHero.
* Queen Etheldredda from ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'', to the point that she even uses them to express a face of permanent disapproval.

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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Along with her constant smirking, Cersei also usually has one or both eyebrows raised. They don't match her hair colour, which by contrast makes them all the more sinister.
* Robbie Rotten from ''Series/LazyTown'' has thick, arched eyebrows to emphasize that he is, in fact, the villain.
* Sylar from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' has very impressive and thick eyebrows that are more of the "low and menacing" variety. He is far from nice.
* Subverted with [[Franchise/StarTrek Mr. Spock]]. Though Dr. [=McCoy=] often [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] that his high eyebrows, pointed ears, and green-tinted complexion made him look satanic.
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. Homaged with Dr Chaotica, the Ming the Merciless expy in the holodeck program ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton''
* After Uncle Leo [[ItMakesSenseInContext gets his eyebrows singed off]] in ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', Elaine draws some crude ones in place. They look so sinister that a doctor starts to interpret everything Leo says as being laced with anger and hostility.

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* Emperor Ming from ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon''.
* From ''Comicstrip/InSecurity'' we have Gabby, Roy and Charlene's baby daughter whose BigOlEyebrows make her look [[CreepyChild creepy and evil]] ... Particularly to Roy's {{Cloudcuckoolander}} GenkiGirl cousin Sedine.
* ''Webcomic/PixieAndBrutus'': In one strip where Brutus tries to teach Pixie self-defense, he draws heavy, slanted eyebrows on a teddy bear before the lesson to make it look more menacing.

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* Buzz the gofer, as seen on the backglass for ''Pinball/NoGoodGofers''.
* The Devil in ''Pinball/DevilsDare'' has evil brow ridges.

[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* Ox Baker had unusually thick, black pointed eyebrows.
* Wrestling/SaraDelRey is prone to painting on a second set of eye brows when she's in "Forget athletic competition, I just want to hurt someone." mode and yes, she does often pair this look with {{excessive evil eyeshadow}}.

* Scar from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''. He even has an [[GoodScarsEvilScars evil]] [[MeaningfulName scar]] over one of them.
* Frollo from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.
* Jenner from ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh'' has eyebrows that arch [[DisembodiedEyebrows all the way out of his head]].

* Laird and Hildegard from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndThePea''.

Evil Eyebrows are usually darker and curve higher than any other character's eyebrows. The level of thickness varies - if the hero has thick eyebrows, the villain usually has razor thin ones to counter this. But if the hero has thin eyebrows, the villain's will usually be ''[[BigOlEyebrows thicker than the fuzziest of caterpillars]]''. Either way, they will still have the trademark "evil arch" that every bad guy seems to be born with.

* From ‘’Comicstrip/InSecurity’’ we have Gabby, Roy and Charlene’s baby daughter whose BigOlEyebrows make her look [[CreepyChild creepy and evil]] . . . Particularly to Roy’s {{Cloudcuckoolander}} GenkiGirl cousin Sedine.

* [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars Marshal Oudinot]] was noted for having unusually high eyebrows. Although he was not particularly evil, he did have a tendency to kill horses that did not obey quickly enough - his facial expression apparently remaining the same all the way.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Sebastian Ballesteros, who ends up as the most irredeemable and least empathetic ComicBook/{{Cheetah}}, has thick dark high arched brows with little tufts at the peaks. Amusingly [[ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} Jason Blood]]--a more famous DC property--has similar odd brows and spends a while in the book brainwashed into villainy, but he's usually an anti-hero.

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[[caption-width-right:250:Yep, these guys are baaaad.[[note]]top: [[Series/LazyTown Robbie Rotten]]; middle: [[Disney/TheLionKing Scar]]; bottom: [[Film/TheShining Jack Torrance]][[/note]]]]

* Scar from ''Disney/TheLionKing''. He even has an [[GoodScarsEvilScars evil]] [[MeaningfulName scar]] over one of them.
* Frollo from ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.