History Main / GoodScarsEvilScars

* Dr. Blight from ''{{WesternAnimation/Captain Planet|AndThePlaneteers}}'' looks perfectly normal ([[EvilIsSexy and in fact hot]])... until she moves the fringe covering the side of her face, revealing a severely scarred face and a [[EyeScream destroyed eye]].

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':

** AntiHero Omar Little has a thin scar running from over his left eyebrow to his right cheek, (which is an actual scar that actor Michael K Williams has) with a similar diagonal scar across his chest.
** Also, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] drug kingpin/mass murderer Marlo Stanfield has a large curved scar running down his left cheek. The result is that if you're looking at Marlo straight on or from the other side you'd never know it was there, but if you see him from the scarred side he looks pretty horrific, which is ''very'' appropriate for his character.

** ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Aemond Targaryen didn't just lose his left eye, the brawl with the Velaryon children of Rhaenyra as a child also left a scar that runs both north and south of his empty eye socket. He appears to be intelligent, very skilled with a sword and unhinged when it comes to trying to literally take an eye for an eye to Lucerys Velaryon.

* Grey from ''Inhuman'' almost has more scars than regular skin on his body. The main reason it's just ALMOST is because his face is almost unscarred... aside from a huge scar over the bridge of his nose, which admittedly does make for the "cute but deadly" look.

** In ''Ceremonies of Light and Dark'', a third season episode, there's Boggs, a bad guy with a similar scar to Ben-zayn's. However, this one wasn't put on the character on purpose, it's a real scar that ([[BigDamnHeros actor Don Stroud got knifed in the face in real life when he dove into a crowd to prevent a rape]]).

* ''Series/BabylonFive'' has two examples. In the first season episode ''Eyes'' we have Col. Ari Ben-zayn, an EvilBrit with a wicked scar starting below his eye, and continuing down the cheek past his mouth. It's such a long and deep scar that it obviously affects his facial movements on that side. In ''Ceremonies of Light and Dark'', a third season episode, there's Boggs, a bad guy with a similar scar to Ben-zayn's. However, this one wasn't put on the character on purpose, it's a real scar ([[BigDamnHeroes the actor got knifed in the face in real life when he dove into a crowd to prevent a rape]]).

* In the {{furry|webcomics}} SpaceOpera ''Webcomic/LancerTheKnightsOfFenris'', hero team leader Rolf Garret (a wolf) has a scar on his snout, a souvenir of his battle with the feared [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent reptilian]] leader General Yuta.

** Ironhide from the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' film series has a scar over his right eye.
*** Also in the movie continuity, there's [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:ROS5-Strongarm.jpg Strongarm]] (from the IDW comics) who has three HUGE slashes across his face (which is sometimes covered up by a face mask). Apparently he was involved in a Decepticon attack that left his entire unit dead and whilst the scars could be repaired, he chose to keep them as a reminder to the Autobots who died under his command.

* In the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' fanfic ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', Kasai has a long scar above both eyes that crosses the bridge of his nose. It's usually concealed beneath his glasses, so it's only shown when he's on duty Tsuruya's bodyguard.

* The main character Hiccup from ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' has a small, short scar on his chin that's hard to notice unless the camera's zoomed in on his face. (which he sustained from [[spoiler:Cloudjumper when he was an infant]], and he's missing his foot at the ankle. Compare him to the BigBad Drago Bludvist, who has multiple nasty laceration scars on his face and [[spoiler:is missing his left arm at the shoulder.]]

** Also in ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'': [[spoiler:Kristoph is revealed to have a ''Skull'' shaped scar on the back of his hand.]]
*** [[spoiler:Actually, only the 'mouth' of the 'skull' is a scar. The rest is him stretching his hand]].

* Gill from ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' has a classic evil scar on his right eye. It's actually very large and jagged, extending across his mouth and includes some damage to his right fin. Despite the fact that he actually is a good guy, Pixar uses all the basic tools they can, scars included, to paint him as a villain.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', the original villain Sharptooth (and his TV show parallel Red Claw) have a jagged red scar across one eye. Doc, a good guy in the 6th movie, has a similar scar, but it's thin and contrasts less with the skin.

* In ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'', Godzilla is covered in big red scars. This calls to mind the original design philosophy Toho had, in that his skin was supposed to resemble the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keloid keloid]] scars that the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings developed.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Near the end of Season 3, after Jon can’t bring himself to kill an old man to prove his loyalty to the Wildlings, they become suspicious and a fight between Jon and the Wildlings ensues, during which Jon and Wildling warg Orell battle in a fight-to-the-death, which ends when Jon literally and figuratively twists the knife (revealing he was loyal to the Night’s Watch all along) upon stabbing Orwell. Orell’s eagle, warged by Orwell, proceeds to claw and peck Jon's face and attempts (but fails) to take an eye. This leaves Jon with some photogenic talon scars around his eyes, befitting his status as a sympathetic action hero.
** The slash Tyrion receives across his face thanks to a BodyguardBetrayal is downplayed from the source material into a scar that looks somewhere between an AntiHero Scar and an Evil Scar both for practical reasons and to keep him looking sympathetic. Margaery comments that they actually lend a dashing look and don't detract from his appearance.
** The Thenns are characterized by their bald heads and scary, ornamental scars that make them look ObviouslyEvil, which they are.
** Brienne ends up inverting this after Locke's bear leaves her with a nasty-looking set of massive claw scars on her neck.
** Locke sports a big evil one along his right eye.
** Rorge is a sadistic criminal who enjoys a spot of rape, so his nasty facial scars fall firmly on the 'evil' side.
** Sandor's horribly disfigured face can be... off-putting to say the least.
--> '''Sandor:''' (to Sansa) ''Look at me!'' Stannis is a killer. The Lannisters are killers. Your father was a killer. Your brother is a killer. Your sons will be killers some day. The world is built by killers, so you better get used to looking at them.

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* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''Fanfic/SanctuaryTheLionKing'', where Rayan [[HeroicSacrifice pushes Sarana away from an acid flare but gets hit by it in the process]]. He nearly dies and gets horrific scars that cover most of his body, ruin his face [[spoiler:and render him permanently sterile]]. So in this case, the scars make him look evil, but they're actually a sign of his compassion. (He [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer justifiably]] [[KidsAreCruel angsts]] about it, though.)

* Averted in ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' by York's scarring. In a sparring match gone bad, a grenade goes off very close to his face, blinding him in one eye and giving him some serious scars on that side of his face. Despite the extent of his injuries, he's still a good guy.

Compare GoodHairEvilHair and KnuckleTattoos. See also ScarsAreForever and MarkOfShame.

* ''Fanfic/TheFlashSentryChronicles'': Flash is scarred during his battle with Sombra, leaving a giant X shaped scar across his chest.

** [[Characters/BatmanDeathstroke Deathstroke]] is missing his right eye, which puts him in RedRightHand territory. On the other hand, he does [[EyepatchOfPower keep the socket covered]] 100% of the time, which could be why no one can seem to agree if he's a villain or a good guy (though no one would stretch to call him a hero).