History Main / ExcessiveEvilEyeShadow

* ''Franchise/Wonderwoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Paula von Gunter wears thick black eyeshadow on her upper lids which she stops wearing after her HeelFaceTurn.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Paula von Gunter wears thick black eyeshadow on her upper lids which she stops wearing after her HeelFaceTurn.

* [[LooksLikeCesare Cesare]] from ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari'' was one of the codifiers of the trope in cinema. ''Creator/ConradVeidt'' had this going on for all of his career ever after: his murderously jealous hypnotist in ''The Last Performance'' wears stage makeup even at home, and in ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940'', Jaffar has some quality guyliner going on (inspiring the cat-eye makeup on Disney's Jafar in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'').

* Peter Parker, while under the influence of [[ClothesMakeTheManiac his new black suit]] in ''Film/SpiderMan3''. Presumably, this was a secondary power of the suit, as Peter is hardly the type to go shopping for makeup.

Despite [[WesternAnimation/WinxClub the Trix girls]] being the page pic, guys can wear Excessive Evil Eyeshadow, usually in the form of GuyLiner. They also tend to be a lot...''quirkier''...than other guy villains. It's also worth noting that this [[SubTrope Sub-trope]] of ObviouslyEvil is so exclusively villainous that it's rare to see even {{Anti Hero}}es use Excessive Evil Eyeshadow[[note]]Most {{Anti Hero}}es who do usually are {{Nineties Anti Hero}}es at best[[/note]]. If the character also wears a lot of makeup in addition to the excessive evil eyeshadow, expect him/her to be a MonsterClown. When the darkness is natural, rather than from cosmetics, it's CreepyShadowedUndereyes.

* Creator/MarvelComics' villainess The Enchantress.
** ComicBook/EmmaFrost is a dual example. She's the trope played straight during her White Queen of the Hellfire Club days, but she subverts it now that she's one of the ''ComicBook/XMen'', but [[CostumeInertia still wears]] the silver-white eyeshadow and lipstick.

* [[LooksLikeCesare Cesare]] from ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari'' was one of the codifiers of the trope in cinema. ''Creator/ConradVeidt'' had this going on for all of his career ever since: his murderously jealous hypnotist in ''The Last Performance'' wears stage makeup even at home, and in ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940'', Jaffar has some quality guyliner going on (inspiring the cat-eye makeup on Disney's Jafar in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'').

* Peter Parker, while under the influence of [[ClothesMakeTheManiac his new black suit]] in ''Film/SpiderMan3''.

* [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth the Goblin King.]]

* ComicBook/TheJoker has this in Creator/{{Filmation}}'s version of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', which was produced in 1968.

* Ember from ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''

* Master Cyclonis from ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' wears a ''ton'' of eyeshadow and eyeliner. Then again, with the liner, it's hard to tell whether or not that's just the animation style...

* ComicBook/TheJoker has this in Creator/{{Filmation}}'s version of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', which was produced in 1968.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'', you think that its just how Hordak's alien face looks, until you see that his clones ''don't'' have the same aesthetic and you realize that he's just wearing copious black eye makeup around his eyes.

* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon:

* In ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'', you think that its just how Hordak's alien face look until you see that his clonrs ''don't'' have the same aesthetic, and you realize that he's just wearing copious black eye makeup around his eyes.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'', Hordak has copious black eye makeup around his eyes.

** Ursula and Morgana from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea'' were villains who wore heavy eyeshadow.

* Croix Meridies from ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'' wears dark pink eyeshadow to just scream her impending antagonist role. Perhaps symbolically, she lacks it from when she was still friends with Chariot as a teenager, [[spoiler: and noticeably also loses it post HeelFaceTurn.]]

* In ''Discworld/WyrdSisters'' gives us our TropeNamer, although it's not an example: Magrat is a kind-hearted witch whose personal aesthetic is something of a Discworld [[GranolaGirl hippie.]] But when she wants to look scary and "witchy," the cosmetics come out and take action...

** [[http://images.wikia.com/villains/images/d/dd/Madame-medusa.png Madame Medusa]] in ''Disney/TheRescuers''
** [[http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj42/DeivisGiannini/CruellaDevillepose_jpg.png Cruella de Vil]] in ''[[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians 101 Dalmatians]]''
** [[http://nechel.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/sw_queen.jpg The evil queen]] in ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''
** [[http://media.monstersandcritics.com/articles/1255698/article_images/theydontcallherthewickedstepmotherfornothing.jpg Lady Tremaine]] in ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}''
** [[http://www.gb93.com/site_images/2011-05-28/maleficent-sleeping-beauty-200a032410-fp.jpg Maleficent]] in ''Disney/SleepingBeauty''
** [[http://img.buzznet.com/assets/imgx/8/1/2/5/0/4/1/orig-8125041.jpg Zira]] in ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride''.
** [[http://blog.ohsorad.com/images/yzma.jpg Yzma]] in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''
** Ursula and Morgana from Disney's ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' and ''Disney/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea'' were villains who wore heavy eyeshadow.

** Mother Gothel from ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'', however, hers isn't as noticeable.
** Rare male example: Jafar from ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''.
** Subverted with the witches from ''Disney/TheBlackCauldron''. Although neither of them are actually evil, they are all still very nasty.
** Rare heroic example: Megara from ''Disney/{{Hercules}}''. She was manipulated by [[EverybodyHatesHades Hades,]] but still...

* [[LooksLikeCesare Cesare]] from ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari'' was one of the codifiers of the trope in cinema. ''Creator/ConradVeidt'' had this going on for all of his career ever since: his murderously jealous hypnotist in ''The Last Performance'' wears stage makeup even at home, and in ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940'', Jaffar has some quality guyliner going on (inspiring the cat-eye makeup on Disney's Jafar in ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'').

-> '''The Chick:''' You're wearing lipstick!
-> '''Dark Nella:''' I know, and eyeliner.
-> '''The Chick:''' Where are your glasses? ''*{{Gasp}}!*'' You're ''evil!''
-->-- ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick'' reviews.

** The [[http://media.monstersandcritics.com/articles/1255698/article_images/theydontcallherthewickedstepmotherfornothing.jpg wicked stepmother]] in ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}''

* Creator/{{Disney}} examples:

* VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}: As part of the goth motif the character has in general, the Shadow form of [[spoiler: Sae Niijima]] has black eyeshadow all around her eyes.
* VideoGame/{{Final Fantasy VI}}: The villain Kefka has a penchant for dressing like a clown, which includes stark-white face paint and dramatic red eyeshadow drawn into points.
* VideoGame/{{Final Fantasy VIII}}: Main villain Ultimecia has markings on her face that resembles heavily applied eyeshadow. [[spoiler: When she is possessing the body of Edea Kramer, Edea also has heavy eyeshadow. This is a clue that Ultimecia is in control at the time.]]

* Prince Jazan subverts this in the ''{{Website/Neopets}}'' Ancient Egypt-themed "Lost Desert" plot. For most of the plot, he's played as a villain, with heavy guyliner. (That is, heavier than other characters.) Later on, he's revealed to have been controlled by the real BigBad and makes a HeelFaceTurn. He never stops wearing the guyliner.

* Wrestling/SaraDelRey apparently mistook "eye shadow" for "war paint". If you see her smearing it around, keep your distance. If you're unfortunate to be her scheduled opponent when she's shadowed up, brace yourself and keep [[{{Pun}} an eye]] out for [[CombatPragmatist fowls]].

Villains and evil characters [[MakeupIsEvil tend to wear excessive, dark colored makeup]] on and around their eyes. The key word here is ''"excessive"'', as in "singlehandedly keeps a cosmetics company in the black" (no pun intended). There's a few ways for the character to apply the Evil Eyeshadow: there's always some on the eyelid accompanied with mascara to darken and lengthen the eye lashes, and the "excessive" extra can be applied as upper or lower eyeshadow... or ''both'' to go the extra villainous mile. The color isn't restricted to just black, but just about any color as long as it's sufficiently dark.

* Kodachi Kuno in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' wears a lot of eyeshadow, and while not being evil per se, she is certainly the one of suitors that is least likely to play fair or be rational (and in that series, that is saying something) and is certainly treated as one of the bad guys.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', FillerVillain Muramasa has large fields of purple eyeshadow in a fancy shape. He is fairly reserved, but definitely bold, mysterious, and unsettling. Although being the spirit of a zanpakuto weapon, it could just be part of his anatomy.

* Given a rather sad spin in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''. Anji Yukyuzan uses ashes to his eyelids and make himself look scarier... [[spoiler: and the first time he did it, he used ashes taken from the lifeless, burned body of one of his murdered adoptive children.]]

* In ''Film/ChaiLaiAngelsDangerousFlowers'', CreepyCrossdresser King Kong uses excessive amounts of eyeshadow; none of which helps him look any more feminie. Especially noticeable during the battle at the castle, where it looks as if his eyes have sprouted metallic green butterfly wings.

* Tira in the VideoGame/SoulSeries wears heavy make up.

* In ''Film/ChaiLaiAngelsDangerousFlowers'', CreepyCrossdresser uses excessive amounts of eyeshadow; none of which helps him look any more feminie. Especially noticeably during the battle at the castle, where it looks as if his eyes have sprouted metallic green butterfly wings.

* In ''Film/ChaiLaiAngelsDangerousFlowers, CreepyCrossdresser uses excessive amounts of eyeshadow; none of which helps him look any more feminie. Especially noticeably during the battle at the castle, where it looks as if his eyes have sprouted metallic green butterfly wings.

* ''Anime/KillLaKill'''s Ragyo Kiryuuin is a ''very'' nasty piece of work and also the only character to wear prominent makeup. Later, when she is brainwashed and dons Junketsu, [[spoiler: Ryuuko]] dons prominent red eyeshadow and, much like Ragyo in some shots, it makes her look very crazed.

* ComicBook/TheJoker in ''Film/{{Batman}}''.