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With every angel, there are its [[EvilCounterpart Evil Counterparts]], with much more malevolent versions of the cupid portrayed as a {{Fallen Angel}}s or even as all-out [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]]. Like their heavenly counterparts, Fallen Cupids have bows and arrows too, but they aren't nearly as wholesome. Instead of sacred couplings, perhaps they elicit more [[{{Lust}} carnal desires]] like the HornyDevils that they are, [[DoubleSubversion portraying them like the Greco-Roman Cupid of old in a more modern context]]. The love they inflict might be a form of MadLove, and might even ensure that LoveHurts in the end just for the satisfaction of watching hearts break. They might manifest as a form of JerkassGenie, granting a mortal's wish for love and have that love be an [[AwfulWeddedLife annoying, corrupting thing]] that [[ToxicFriendInfluence brings out the worst in all parties]]. They could carry nothing but lead arrows and destroy love, or maybe they can pierce the heart of a person and they bleed to death.

* The evil enchanter from ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'' attempting to force a maiden to love him of course decorates his house imagery of Cupid and his dominion over the gods.

* Carrie Cutter, a.k.a. Cupid in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' is portrayed much like her comic book counterpart, being an AbhorrentAdmirer of the Green Arrow that becomes a bow-wielding serial killer to get his attention. Unlike in the comics however, she was not a spec-ops agent driven made by an experiment. Instead, she was a police officer that possessed an attachment disorder; fixating on a single individual and projecting her own extreme emotions on to them to a murderous degree, becoming fixated on the Arrow after he saved her from a mugger.

With every angel, there are its [[EvilCounterpart Evil Counterparts]], with much more malevolent versions of the cupid portrayed as a {{Fallen Angel}}s or even as all-out [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]]. Like their heavenly counterparts, Fallen Cupids have bows and arrows too, but they aren't nearly as wholesome. Instead of sacred couplings, perhaps they illicit more [[{{Lust}} carnal desires]] like the HornyDevils that they are, [[DoubleSubversion portraying them like the Greco-Roman Cupid of old in a more modern context]]. The love they inflict might be a form of MadLove, and might even ensure that LoveHurts in the end just for the satisfaction of watching hearts break. They might manifest as a form of JerkassGenie, granting a mortal's wish for love and have that love be an [[AwfulWeddedLife annoying, corrupting thing]] that [[ToxicFriendInfluence brings out the worst in all parties]]. They could carry nothing but lead arrows and destroy love, or maybe they can pierce the heart of a person and they bleed to death.

* Fortnite had a Cupid in the Love Ranger (A shirtless, stony grey, winged Jonesy reskin) and this trope in the Fallen Love Ranger, who is identical to the Love Ranger, minus the wings, plus some horns, and glowing cracks all over his (literally) chiseled body.

* The [[BigBad Killer]] from ''Film/{{Valentine}}'' wears a Cupid mask and leaves love limericks written in blood around for his victims.

* Played for laughs in the second ''Literature/FrannyKStein'' book, where Franny first hears about Valentine's Day and interprets Cupid as being a [[{{Cyclops}} one-eyed]] demon who uses his arrows to skewer people.

* Played for laughs in the second ''Literature/FrannyKStein'' book, where Franny first hears about Valentine's Day and interprets Cupid as being a [[{{Cyclops}] one-eyed]] demon who uses his arrows to skewer people.

'''Lê Chiến Kim[=/=]Dark Cupid:''' No friendship or love affair will escape my fury. No one will love again!

In the times of AncientRome, Cupid (and by extension, his Greek-counterpart Eros) was [[LoveGoddess a god of love and an embodiment of sexual desire]]. He was armed with a bow gifted to him by his father [[WarGod Mars/Ares]] and a quiver of arrows; [[CupidsArrow gold arrows that induced love]], [[ThePowerOfHate lead arrows that destroyed it]]. He was also a terrible shot, and would often be the blame for [[MadLove madness and chaos brought on by raw, uncontrollable desire]] among the mortals. With cultural osmosis, Cupid as an icon has endured the test of time in the form of an [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]] and [[CherubicChoir flying baby]] that personifies love.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' episode "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E10DarkCupid Dark Cupid]]", Chloe Bourgeois makes Lê Chiến Kim a social media laughing stock out of his attempts at confessing his feelings for her, so Hawk Moth akumatizes him into Dark Cupid, a Cupid-esque supervillain armed with arrows that invert love -- romantic or platonic -- into hate. He reappears much later in the two-part Season Two finale where he is instrumental in keeping Scarlet Moth's akumatized army replenished by inflicting bad emotions on the heroes and anyone they de-akumatized.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' episode "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E10DarkCupid Dark Cupid]]", Chloe Bourgeois makes Lê Chiến Kim a social media laughing stock out of his attempts at confessing his feelings for her so Hawk Moth akumatizes Lê Chiến Kim into Dark Cupid, a Cupid-esque supervillain with arrows that inverts all love -- romantic and platonic -- into hate in all struck by them. He appears much later in the two-part Season Two finale where he is instrumental in keeping Scarlet Moth's akumatized army replenished by inflicting bad emotions on the heroes and anyone they de-akumatized.

With every angel, there are its [[EvilCounterpart Evil Counterparts]], with much more malevolent versions of the cupid portrayed as a {{Fallen Angel}}s or even as all-out [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]]. Like their heavenly counterparts, Fallen Cupids have bows and arrows too, but they aren't nearly as wholesome. Instead of sacred couplings, perhaps they illicit more [[{{Lust}} carnal desires]] like the HornyDevils that they are, portraying them like the Greco-Roman Cupid of old in a more modern context. The love they inflict might be a form of MadLove, and might even ensure that LoveHurts in the end just for the satisfaction of watching hearts break. They could carry nothing but lead arrows and destroy love, or maybe they can pierce the heart of a person and they bleed to death.

Compare BadSanta. Related to WickedHeartSymbol.

* Two important characters from ComicBook/{{Lucifer}} evoke the visual image. Gaudium and Spera are a brother/sister team of demons that are fallen cherubs with a stunted, impish look. While neither are hugely focused on love during the story (more important things are going on) they both have a habit of becoming an AbhorrentAdmirer to other characters.

* When Chloe Bourgeois makes him a social media laughing stock of his attempts at confessing his feelings for her in the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' episode "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E10DarkCupid Dark Cupid]]", Hawk Moth akumatizes Lê Chiến Kim into Dark Cupid, a Cupid-esque supervillain with arrows that inverts all love -- romantic and platonic -- into hate in all struck by them. He appears much later in the two-part Season Two finale where he is instrumental in keeping Scarlet Moth's akumatized army replenished by inflicting bad emotions on the heroes and anyone they de-akumatized.

-> '''Hawk Moth''': Dark Cupid, I am Hawk Moth. I can give you the power to shoot your arrows, pierce love and impale friendships. But there is something you must do for me in return.
-> '''Le Chien Kim[=/=]Dark Cupid''': No friendship or love affair will escape my fury. No one will love again!

With every angel, there are its [[EvilCounterpart Evil Counterparts]], with much more malevolent versions of the cupid portrayed as a [[FallenAngel Fallen Angels]] or even as all-out [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]]. Like their heavenly counterparts, Fallen Cupids have bows and arrows too, but they aren't nearly as wholesome. Instead of sacred couplings, perhaps they illicit more [[{{Lust}} carnal desires]] like the HornyDevils that they are, portraying them like the Greco-Roman Cupid of old in a more modern context. The love they inflict might be a form of MadLove, and might even ensure that LoveHurts in the end just for the satisfaction of watching hearts break. They could carry nothing but lead arrows and destroy love, or maybe they can pierce the heart of a person and they bleed to death.

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* Carrie Cutter, A.K.A. Cupid in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' is portrayed much like her comic book counterpart, being an AbhorrentAdmirer of the Green Arrow that becomes a bow-wielding serial killer to get his attention. Unlike in the comics however, she was not a spec-ops agent driven made by an experiment. Instead, she was a police officer that possessed an attachment disorder; fixating on a single individual and projecting her own extreme emotions on to them to a murderous degree, becoming fixated on the Arrow after he saved her from a mugger.

* When Chloe Bourgeois makes him a social media laughing stock of his attempts at confessing his feelings for her in the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' episode "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E10DarkCupid Dark Cupid]]", Hawk Moth akumatizes Le Chien Kim into Dark Cupid, a Cupid-esq supervillain with arrows that inverts all love - romantic and platonic - into hate in all struck by them. He appears much later in the two-part Season Two finale where he is instrumental in keeping Scarlet Moth's akumatized army replenished by inflicting bad emotions on the heroes and anyone they de-akumatized.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Hercules and the Comedy of Arrows", Icarus sneaks into Cupid's arrow factory in order to find a way to break up Cassandra and Melampus. He winds up creating loathe arrows - arrows that induce hate instead of love - that Pain and Panic steal, becoming Hades' own personal cherubs who sow hatred all across Greece.
* Anti-Cupid from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' is the [[EvilCounterpart Anti-Fairy counterpart]] of Cupid. While Cupid's job is to distribute love all across Earth, it can be presumed that Anti-Cupid does the opposite.

* Two important characters from ComicBook/Lucifer evoke the image. Gaudium and Spera are a brother/sister team of demons that are fallen cherubs with a stunted, impish look. While neither are hugely focused on love during the story (more important things are going on) they both have a habit of becoming an AbhorrentAdmirer to other characters.

* Two important characters from ComicBook/Lucifer evoke the image. Gaudium and Spera are a brother/sister team of demons that are fallen cherubs with a stunted, impish look. While neither are hugely focused on love during the story (more important things are going on) they both have a habit of becoming AbhorrentAdmirers to other characters.