History Main / ObviouslyEvil

* DarthVaderClone: Whether intentional or not, the villain has similarities with ''Franchise/StarWars'' villain Darth Vader, with many of the shared traits making it obvious that they are evil.

* DoomTroops

* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset

* CardCarryingVillain: Villains who are proud of their villainy.

* CreepyMonotone
* CreepySouvenir

* OminousOperaCape

* SicklyGreenGlow

* MalevolentMutilation: A character shows how depraved they are by intentionally cutting up and deforming their own and other people's bodies.

* MalevolentMutilation

* DastardlyWhiplash: The classic mustached villain clad in black character archetype that was frequently used to represent the bad guy in 1920's serials.

* BigRedDevil: For the same reasons as SatanicArchetype.

* EvilIsNotWellLit: For the same reasons as DarkIsEvil.

* EvilMakesYouMonstrous: For the same reasons as EvilMakesYouUgly

* EvilWearsBlack: For the same reasons as DarkIsEvil.

* GenuineHumanHide: For the same reasons as BloodBath.

* TheKlan: For the same reasons as ANaziByAnyOtherName, PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, and ThoseWackyNazis.

* SwampsAreEvil

* HornsOfVillainy

* HateSink: This guy is so evil that he was made to be hated at.

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' has Manfred von Karma, a terrifying guy with a booming voice, who even Miles "Demon Prosecutor" Edgeworth considers ruthless. It's quickly made clear that he is not above forging evidence and using underhand tactics to get what he wants (like [[spoiler:hiding incriminating evidence, and tasering Phoenix and Maya to steal the evidence they'd acquired]]), and values a flawless record over putting the truly guilty in prison. It probably doesn't come as a surprise to many when it's revealed that [[spoiler:he was the one who killed Gregory Edgeworth, for [[EvilIsPetty proving he used false evidence and thus putting a mark on his perfect record]]]].

** In ''Trials and Tribulations'', Phoenix and Maya meet Furio Tigre. Who looks like Phoenix, except his skin is pure orange and he has scars over one eye and much spikier hair. [[spoiler: Guess who the murderer was...]]

* LackOfEmpathy: Heroes are defined as caring for others so not caring for others makes one evil, especially due to its overlap with TheSociopath (which is [[AlwaysChaoticEvil almost always evil]])

* ObviouslyEvil/{{Webcomics}}

* MalevolentMice: Mice who are portrayed as antagonists.

* ''Fanfic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar'' gives us Red Cyclone, who, aside from having [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] and body color, is also an A-class SmugSnake and seeks to [[KillEmAll obliberate the ponies]].

* Despite the fact that ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' displays everyone as birds (not counting the few second pseudo-human visual of their human appearance), it's easy to tell that Doctor Shuu is not a good guy. Not because everybody ''tells'' the player over and over that he is evil. But Shuu is a partridge bird, definitely a lot more on the chubby side than the rest of the cast.
** He even [[LampshadedTrope lampshades]] this if you choose to [[DatingSim romance]] him. He talks about how he was very clearly both evil and insane, and yet you chose to try and fall in love with him anyway. [[spoiler:Right before he kills you with a cleaver.]]

* Titan from ''FanFic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic''.

** In ''Justice for All'', the second case opens with a voice-over accusing a man named Dr. Turner Grey of a murder. When the players meet Grey, he's tense, irritable, and downright nasty; his name [[MeaningfulName implies a moral gray area]]; he makes a big deal about how innocent he is; and other characters relate stories of an incident in which many patients died under his care. When he becomes the victim in the case, it's plain as day that he really was behind a great many deaths. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Except he's]] ''[[SubvertedTrope not]]''--Grey was actually totally innocent of the incident wherein the patients died. While he might be slightly to blame for putting a young, inexperienced nurse in charge of distributing those patients' medicines, he certainly didn't kill anyone. It's eventually revealed that Grey was getting dangerously close to learning the truth about the fatal incident, prompting the nurse in question, who was living as her own sister after a car crash killed her sister, to kill him.]]

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: There isn't a single person who likes the villain.

!!Tropes invoked in the establishment of this style include:

* [[ObviouslyEvil/AnimatedFilms Films — Animation]]

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** In what can probably be described as EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, the villains in the first game all tended to be obviously not nice people. Frank Sawhit behaves very suspiciously and has a creepy-looking face, Redd White is a CorruptCorporateExecutive and dresses the part, and Dee Vasquez wears dark clothing and [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking smokes a pipe]]. The only exception is [[spoiler:[[ObfuscatingInsanity Yanni Yogi]]]].

* PracticallyJoker: The villain shares similarities to ComicBook/TheJoker, having many of the shared traits making it obvious that they're evil.

The second is Obviously Evil Appearance where the villain [[VillainousFashionSense merely]] [[SpikesOfVillainy appears]] [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver evil]]. Unlike behavior, the appearance tropes are just stereotypes that have been drilled into our head over the years and as such make for prime subversion fodder when they appear on [[DarkIsNotEvil heroes]] and [[AntiHero anti-heroes]]. (After all, who would expect [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 Skeletor's]] skull-faced mug up there to appear on a [[ComicBook/GhostRider good guy]].) Even when they appear [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds on]] [[AntiVillain certain]] [[TragicVillain types]] [[AlasPoorVillain of]] [[WorthyOpponent villains]] they can still be used for the subversion aspect as people who have grown up on "Spikey-armor = Irredeemable" can still get thrown for a loop when it appears on a character presented sympathetically. If the villain of the series is a KnightTemplar and/or VillainWithGoodPublicity then having a hero with an “obviously evil” appearance can create an interesting commentary on the nature of good and evil as the [[DarkIsNotEvil "Evil" looking hero]] battles the [[LightIsNotGood "Heroic" looking villain]]. See DarkIsNotEvil.

* CompleteMonster: An utterly evil villain with nothing positive to say.