History Main / SnakesAreSinister

* PoisonIsEvil: Most dangerous snakes (both fictional and real) inject poison.

* An interesting case was Kaa in ''Disney/TheJungleBook'', a python who, in the movie, tries to prey on Mowgli. A clear case of AdaptationalVillainy (Kaa was Mowgli's friend in the book version) he was made a villain here ''because'' of this Trope. As in, Disney didn't think audiences would accept a benevolent snake character.

* In the ''CollegeHumor'' sketch "Adam and Eve in the Friendzone," Eve tells Adam that she doesn't want to start a relationship with him because "she's just out of a really long relationship and wants to keep her options open." As Adam wonders who this alleged ex could possibly be, the snake (a puppet) pops up from behind a log, wearing a leather jacket and a [[EvilRedhead red]] mohawk, and invites Eve to the Tree of Knowledge. [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys She accepts his invitation]], leaving Adam behind to sulk. [[spoiler: God tells Adam that He can make him a ''new'' partner, but that He will need another rib to do it. Adam declines, saying that he and Eve will make it work somehow.]]

* ''Fanfic/OldWest'' is set after the events of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' (see the Western Animation section below), and it averts this trope by featuring snakes who come from both sides of the morality spectrum. The canonical [[TheDreaded Rattlesnake Jake]] is as roguish as before, but now he's an AntiHero working with the heroes and [[PetTheDog shows once in a while that he can be capable of compassion]]. [[DeterminedHomesteader Grace Glossy]] is a law-abiding and honest boar-farmer and a [[MamaBear devoted single mother]] for her only child [[ChildrenAreInnocent Teddy]]. One of the antagonists includes a kingsnake named [[PsychoForHire Henry]], who's [[WordOfGodexplicitly]] stated to be the {{Expy}} of [[OnceUponATimeInTheWest Frank]].

* While ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' averts ReptilesAreAbhorrent overall with several heroic reptilian characters (including the protagonist, a chameleon, and his LoveInterest, an iguana), it features Rattlesnake Jake, a gigantic, terrifying, gunslinger snake as one of its main villains. [[spoiler: However, he is ony TheDragon to the Mayor, and turns against him in the end, while he starts respecting Rango as his equal.]]

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* Professor Cobra, the BigBadWannabe from season three of Anime/YuGiOhGX''; his deck used venomous snake-like monsters.

* The EvilOverlordList includes the line "I will not turn into a snake. It never helps."

* Orochi, the eight headed serpent of ''Myth/JapaneseMythology''.

* ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' has the Hebijo Academy who has snake as their symbol (the students of Hebijo are sometimes called "Serpent Girls") and train "evil shinobi" ([[GreyAndGrayMorality though the term "evil" can be bit loose]]). [[spoiler:And then there is the sanke-like demon Orochi, who is born fromt he dead souls of the school's students and wants to destroy everything.]]

** Averted with the boa constrictor that Harry Potter accidentally releases in the first book. It just wants to leave the zoo and go to Brazil.

Snakes are associated with evil. We've seen lots of evil snakes. Now how many times have you seen a good snake in fiction? None? Very few? That's because of this trope. Aversions of this trope are rarer than aversions of ReptilesAreAbhorrent.

* In ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'' the BigBad is the head of a snake-worshipping cult, and in the climax turns into a snake himself.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
** Although anyone can train them, Ekans, its evolution Arbok, and Seviper are all owned by the regular villains, Team Rocket. All 3 are poison types and can be rather mean.

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* Snakes, serpents, and other similar creatures that crawl on their bellies are often identified as being evil and unclean in Literature/TheBible, starting all the way back in the BookOfGenesis, in which Satan disguises himself as a serpent to tempt Eve into eating the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. Because of this, not only does God curse the serpent for it deceiving Eve and Adam to sin, but almost all snakes and serpents throughout the rest of the Bible are regarded as symbols of evil and immorality.
* Every single snake that's appeared in the {{Redwall}} series is pure evil. The first one ever seen is a monstrous adder named Asmodeus, while others include a TreacherousAdvisor grass snake living on a huge raven's head, a blind and insane adder descended from Asmodeus, a gigantic lake-dwelling snake known as the Deepcoiler, and three conjoined adders that basically function as a hydra.
* The Naga of WarcraftIII's expansion were Night Elves turned into undersea snake-men by a cataclysmic magic explosion.
* Averted in Mowgli's story in TheJungleBook (the original, not the Disney version): Mowgli falls into a cobra pit, but thanks to AnimalSpeak is able to ask them not to attack, while Kaa the python actually helps Mowgli out (after Bagheera tells him the monkeys insulted him), though his HypnoticEyes also affect Bagheera and Baloo.
** In Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, another story in the book, the hero is a mongoose, so of course he encounters not only evil cobras (who plot to kill the humans who've adopted him out of spite) but a smaller snake called Krait.
* The SherlockHolmes story "The Speckled Band" has a fictional snake as the villain's murder weapon. Holmes [[spoiler:turns it against the murderer.]]

* In ''{{VideoGame/Pokemon}}'' although anyone can train them, Ekans, its evolution Arbok, and Seviper are all owned by the regular villains, Team Rocket. All 3 are poison types and can be rather mean.
** Onix, Steelix and the Snivy line pretty much avert it, although Snivy's family are all SmugSnake characters..

* According to ''VideoGame/FarCry4'''s [[GreatBigBookOfEverything survival guide]] Pagan Min, the BigBad, loves pit viper meat, has a chef specially trained in preparing pit viper meat, and often adds pit viper meat to his crab rangoon.

* In ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'' the BigBad is the head of a snake-worshipping cult, and in the climax turns into a snake himself.

* The EvilOverlordList includes the line "I will not turn into a snake. It never helps."

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* Snakes, serpents, and other similar creatures that crawl on their bellies are often identified as being evil and unclean in TheBible, starting all the way back in the Book of Genesis, in which Satan disguises himself as a serpent to tempt Eve into eating the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. Because of this, not only does God curse the serpent for it deceiving Eve and Adam to sin, but almost all snakes and serpents throughout the rest of the Bible are regarded as symbols of evil and immorality.

* Averted in Mowgli's story in ''TheJungleBook'' (the original, not the Disney version): Mowgli falls into a cobra pit, but thanks to Animal Speak is able to ask them not to attack, while Kaa the python actually helps Mowgli out (after Bagheera tells him the monkeys insulted him), though his Hypnotic Eyes also affect Bagheera and Baloo.

-->"Do you feel a creeping, shrinking sensation, Watson, when you stand before the serpents at the zoo and see the slithering, gliding, venomous creatures, with their deadly eyes and wicked, flattened faces? Well, that's how Milverton impresses me. I've had to do with fifty murderers in my career, but the worst of them never gave me the repulsion I have for this fellow."
* Harry Potter has numerous examples:
** The Big Bad Voldemort has snakes as his Animal Motifs. He is a Parseltongue (which means he can talk to snakes), he has a pet snake called Nagini, he went to Slytherin House (see below), and his appearance (especially his eyes and nostrils) is often compared to snakes.

** The Basilisk is a monstrous snake that has been placed in the Chamber of Secrets under Hogwarts by Salazar Slytherin, and only can be controlled by the Heir of Slytherin. Its task is to rid the school of muggle-borns.

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How do I edit my YTTKW?

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* Snakes, serpents, and other similar creatures that crawl on their bellies are often identified as being evil and unclean in Literature/TheBible, starting all the way back in the BookOfGenesis, in which Satan disguises himself as a serpent to tempt Eve into eating the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. Because of this, not only does God curse the serpent for it deceiving Eve and Adam to sin, but almost all snakes and serpents throughout the rest of the Bible are regarded as symbols of evil and immorality.

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* Every single snake that's appeared in the {{Redwall}} series is pure evil. The first one ever seen is a monstrous adder named Asmodeus, while others include a TreacherousAdvisor grass snake living on a huge raven's head, a blind and insane adder descended from Asmodeus, a gigantic lake-dwelling snake known as the Deepcoiler, and three conjoined adders that basically function as a hydra.
* The Naga of WarcraftIII's expansion were Night Elves turned into undersea snake-men by a cataclysmic magic explosion.
* Averted in Mowgli's story in TheJungleBook (the original, not the Disney version): Mowgli falls into a cobra pit, but thanks to AnimalSpeak is able to ask them not to attack, while Kaa the python actually helps Mowgli out (after Bagheera tells him the monkeys insulted him), though his HypnoticEyes also affect Bagheera and Baloo.
** In Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, another story in the book, the hero is a mongoose, so of course he encounters not only evil cobras (who plot to kill the humans who've adopted him out of spite) but a smaller snake called Krait.
* The SherlockHolmes story "The Speckled Band" has a fictional snake as the villain's murder weapon. Holmes [[spoiler:turns it against the murderer.]]
** In another story, he compares a particularly odious blackmailer to a snake.
--> "Do you feel a creeping, shrinking sensation, Watson, when you stand before the serpents at the zoo and see the slithering, gliding, venomous creatures, with their deadly eyes and wicked, flattened faces? Well, that's how Milverton impresses me. I've had to do with fifty murderers in my career, but the worst of them never gave me the repulsion I have for this fellow."

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justanotherrandomlurker, I think putting that under [[AC:{{Religion}}]] rather than [[AC:{{Literature}}]] would be more appropriate

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* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Voldermort, nothing more need be said.

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''{{VideoGame/Pokemon}}'':
** Although anyone can train them, Ekans, its evolution Arbok, and Seviper are all owned by the regular villains, Team Rocket. All 3 are poison types and can be rather mean.
** Onix, Steelix and the Snivy line pretty much avert it, although Snivy's family are all SmugSnake characters.

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^^ Good point.

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^^^ ZeroContextExample.

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Compare:
* EvilSlinks: Snakes and snake-like creatures often slink about.
* PoisonIsEvil: Most dangerous snakes (both fictional and real) inject poison.
* ScaledUp: Villains who turn into snakes.
* SnakePeople: Are often evil.

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I was really surprised that we didn't have this one yet; but yes, snakes being evil was only part of ReptilesAreAbhorrent until now. But indeed, snakes are much more often portrayed in a negative light than lizards or even crocodiles.

Expanding on the HarryPotter example:
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has numerous examples:
** The BigBad Voldemort has snakes as his AnimalMotifs. He is a Parseltongue (which means he can talk to snakes), he has a pet snake called Nagini, he went to Slytherin House (see below), and his appearance (especially his eyes and nostrils) is often compared to snakes.
** Slytherin House's name sounds like "slithering", and has a snake as its mascot. This house has a reputation of raising the most dark wizards, including Voldemort himself. The House's founder, Salazar Slytherin, was a Parseltongue too.
** The Basilisk is a monstrous snake that has been placed in the Chamber of Secrets under Hogwarts by Salazar Slytherin, and only can be controlled by the Heir of Slytherin. Its task is to rid the school of [[FantasticRacism muggle-borns]].
** Averted with the boa constrictor that Harry Potter accidentally releases in the first book. It just wants to leave the zoo and go to Brazil.

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Whose example had no context? It looked like mine did.

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How do i remove a tag?

Edit: I found out: only a mod can do it

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^^^ Lord-Jaric's. It just said "Voldemort, nothing more to be said", assuming that everyone is familiar with HarryPotter, and without explaining the connection between Voldemort and snakes.

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In ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'' the BigBad is the head of a snake-worshipping cult, and in the climax turns into a snake himself.

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* The EvilOverlordList includes the line "I will not turn into a snake. It never helps."

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