History Main / HotGuysAreBastards

** ''Animal House'' tries to have it both ways. The opposite number of Omega House's [[BlondGuysAreEvil Gregg Marmalard]] is clearly Eric Stratton, who's just as handsome as Gregg is but is clearly intended to be the DesignatedHero. But if you consider Gregg's "good" counterpart to be John Blutarski (who ''does'' ultimately succeed in wooing Mandy Pepperidge away from him, after all), then this trope is played straight.

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* Ajax, the BigBad of ''{{Film/Deadpool2016}}'', is a cruel and sadistic MadScientist who performs torturous experiments on people to turn them into super-powered slaves. He's also played by Ed Skrein, who, in the closing credit sequence, is regarded by the cartoon Deadpool as the "hottest" of the actors.

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* Tsukiyama is this in the first manga of ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' where he is portrayed as a very attractve guy whom mutilates and eats other people and ghoul.

Related tropes: AllGirlsWantBadBoys, ManOfWealthAndTaste, EvilIsSexy, BastardBoyfriend, BespectacledBastardBoyfriend, HandsomeDevil. Often leads to a DracoInLeatherPants situation - he's an asshole but the female viewers[=/=]readers love him anyway. Compare BeautyIsBad.

This trope is not gender exclusive - attractive women can display unpleasant personalities, hence the trope's alternate name. Female characters of ''any'' moral fiber who are presented in visual media tend to be good-looking (for more on this, see HollywoodHomely and MostWritersAreMale) - making it rare for any fiction to draw this trope's direct correlation between beauty and nastiness.

According to many movies, books, and TV shows, seriously good-looking men will usually turn out to have character defects making them just short of the AntiChrist. Polar opposite of BeautyEqualsGoodness -- originally a subversion of the trope, now has pretty much become a stereotype in itself. The JerkJock stereotype all grown up. In contrast, [[NerdsAreInnocent nerdy-looking or plain characters are usually nice]].

Might happen because the authors are dealing with their own issues (ex-girlfriends or nerds). If it's the latter, the plain nice guy wins. If the former, then a fantasy idol who is an exception will be in the story.

* Dio Brando from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.

* Creator/RumikoTakahashi uses the variation Hot Guys are moronic buffoons, characters such as [[Manga/UruseiYatsura Mendou, Rei]] and [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Tatewaki Kuno]] are good examples. Rei is probably the best example as the {{Cute Monster G|irl}}uy is so dumb he can only say a few words very slowly. Due to the [[OnlySixFaces art]] [[GenericCuteness style]] they often don't look that much more attractive then the other characters.

According to many movies, books, and TV shows, seriously good-looking men will usually turn out to have character defects making them just short of the AntiChrist. Polar opposite of BeautyEqualsGoodness -- originally a subversion of the trope, now has pretty much become a stereotype in itself. The JerkJock stereotype all grown up. In contrast, nerdy-looking or plain characters are usually nice.

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* Creator/RumikoTakahashi uses the variation Hot Guys are moronic buffoons, characters such as [[UruseiYatsura Mendou, Rei]] and [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Tatewaki Kuno]] are good examples. Rei is probably the best example as the {{Cute Monster G|irl}}uy is so dumb he can only say a few words very slowly. Due to the [[OnlySixFaces art]] [[GenericCuteness style]] they often don't look that much more attractive then the other characters.

* Ajax, the BigBad of ''Film/Deadpool2016'', is a cruel and sadistic MadScientist who performs torturous experiments on people to turn them into super-powered slaves. He's also played by Ed Skrein, who, in the closing credit sequence, is regarded by the animated Deadpool as the "hottest" of the actors.

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%%* The Beast in Disney's ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', before his curse. And Gaston throughout.

%%* [[spoiler: Prince Hans]] from ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''

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* Ajax, the BigBad of ''Film/Deadpool2016'', is a cruel and sadistic MadScientists who performs torturous experiments on people to turn them into super-powered slaves. He's also played by Ed Skrein, who, in the closing credit sequence, is regarded by the animated Deadpool as the "hottest" of the actors.

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* Ryoki from ''Manga/HotGimmick''.
** Also [[spoiler:Azusa, who is an attractive model that tries to have his friend gang-raped as revenge for ''[[MoralEventHorizon something she didn't even do]]''.]]
* Aizen of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''.
* {{Anime/Monster}}: Johan Liebert
* Apos of ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}''

* Miyabi from ''Manga/RosarioToVampire''.

* Cruelly deconstructed in SakuraGari, where the unearthly gorgeous Souma is a massive bastard... but he turns out to have an extremely complex reason to be an asshole. [[spoiler: And his physical beauty brought him lots of abuse.]]

* The Beast in Disney's ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', before his curse. And Gaston throughout.
* Prince Charming from the third ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' movie.
* Pitch Black from ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians''.
* [[spoiler: Prince Hans]] from ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''

* ''Film/ShallowHal''.

** On the less sympathetic side, there's Rahvin.

* Sawyer on the first couple of seasons of ''Series/{{LOST}}''.
* Nathan Petrelli and Sylar throughout ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.
* Chuck Bass in ''Series/{{Gossip Girl}}''.

* Eric from ''TrueBlood'', especially after he took a level in sexy in seasons two and three.
** And Bill and Jason have had their moments of complete bastardry, too.

* Nick from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2''.
* Kizami from ''VideoGame/CorpseParty''.
* Vega from ''StreetFighter''.

* Yu Han-Sung from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''.

* Captain Hammer from ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''.

* ''CloneHigh'''s very own JFK.
* ''XMenEvolution'' used an art style that made most characters attractive. However, according to some fans, the most attractive characters are Pietro, Gambit, and Avalanche. While Gambit and Avalanche both have lines they won't cross and times of heroics, they still had strong shades of criminal level jerkery. However, Pietro takes the cake. Sociopathic disregard for human life? Check. Starscream level cowardice? Check. Draco level smugness? Check. Pretty white hair and bishonen level attractivness according to girl fans? Check.

* The Dark Ace from ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks''.
* Justin and Alejandro in ''TotalDrama'' in spades. Also Duncan, Scott and Lightning to a degree.
* Gordon Gibble of ''KickButtowski''.

* Yui of FushigiYuugi, though in her case it's more because she's been ''badly'' manipulated and emotionally abused by Nakago, mentioned above.

* DependingOnTheWriter, [[ArchieComics Veronica Lodge]].

* Pick a female villain in the ''Film/JamesBond'' franchise, any female villain.

* PowerRangers: Barring Rita, most of the humanoid female villains could qualify.
* Laurie from ''Series/That70sShow''

* As a possible example of this trope, there's one ''{{Nodwick}}'' strip in which a villainess explains her face (and gender) is always hidden because only hot evil chicks are allowed to show they're evil.

* Azula from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
* Callie Maggotbone in the earlier episodes of ''UglyAmericans''.
* The Trix from ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub''.

* Ryoki from ''HotGimmick''.

* IWRG luchador El Guapo Siniestro was of this opinion, and if his name didn't give it away, [[CardCarryingVillain based this view on himself]].[[/folder]]

* RumikoTakahashi uses the variation Hot Guys are moronic buffoons, characters such as [[UruseiYatsura Mendou, Rei]] and [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Tatewaki Kuno]] are good examples. Rei is probably the best example as the {{Cute Monster G|irl}}uy is so dumb he can only say a few words very slowly. Due to the [[OnlySixFaces art]] [[GenericCuteness style]] they often don't look that much more attractive then the other characters.

* Christian Grey from ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' is, as an expy of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]], described as amazing attractive by his love-slave girlfriend Anastasia Steele, and of course he is cruel, domineering, abusive jerk. Their relationship is portrayed as [[UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}} S&M]], but since it completely misses the entire [[UsefulNotes/{{Consent}} "Safe, Sane and Consensual"]] thing, he's really just a DomesticAbuser (he's even been condemned to [[Pantheon/DisgracesOthers the Disgraces]] as the Enforcer of RomanticizedAbuse).

* Christian Grey from ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGray'' is, as an expy of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]], described as amazing attractive by his love-slave girlfriend Anastasia Steele, and of course he is cruel, domineering, abusive jerk. Their relationship is portrayed as [[UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}} S&M]], but since it completely misses the entire [[UsefulNotes/{{Consent}} "Safe, Sane and Consensual"]] thing, he's really just a DomesticAbuser (he's even been condemned to [[Pantheon/DisgracesOthers the Disgraces]] as the Enforcer of RomanticizedAbuse).

** Richard Carey in ''Literature/MurderInMesopotamia'' is [[spoiler:another aversion]].

** Averted, however, in [[spoiler:''Literature/DeathComesAtTheEnd'']], in which a handsome suitor to the heroine of the story is a good (though not faultless) man. [[spoiler:She ultimately realizes, however, that he is not the one she wants to marry. It's also notable that out of the patriarch's sons, the murderer is the only one ''not'' to be described in the story as handsome, although the other two are jerks.]]

** Averted, however, in [[spoiler:''Literature/DeathComesAtTheEnd'']], in which a handsome suitor to the heroine of the story is a good man. [[spoiler:She ultimately realizes, however, that he is not the one she wants to marry.]]

** Averted, however, in [[spoiler:''Literature/DeathComesAtTheEnd'']], in which a handsome suitor to the heroine of the story is a good man.