History Main / TallDarkAndSnarky

* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'': William Herondale follows this trope to a T. He has dark hair and is implied to be quite tall (Tessa Gray mentions that he is taller than her, and that she is uncommonly tall for her own age). His snark is practically his DefiningCharacterTrait:

-->'''Will''': I spoke of the pitch-black inner depths of their souls.
-->'''Tessa''': And what color do you suppose the inner depths of ''your'' soul are, Will Herondale?

* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'': William Herondale follows this trope to a T. He has dark hair and a hugely snarky wit:
'''Tessa''': Gideon and Gabriel. They're really quite good-looking, they aren't hideous at all.
'''Will''': I spoke of the pitch-black inner depths of their souls.
'''Tessa''': And what color do you suppose the inner depths of ''your'' soul are, Will Herondale?
'''Will''': Mauve.

* [[Character/MCULoki Loki]] in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. This is to be expected, though, since he ''is'' TheTrickster: snark comes with the territory. He is also tall (the actor's height is 188 cm and the in-universe [[https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/8kro1y/the_height_of_most_characters_in_the_mcu/ character's height]] is 187 cm) and has raven-black hair.

* [[Character/MCULoki Loki]] in Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. This is to be expected, though, since he ''is'' TheTrickster: snark comes with the territory. He is also both tall (the actor's height is 188 cm and the in-universe [[https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/8kro1y/the_height_of_most_characters_in_the_mcu/ character's height]] is 187 cm) and has raven-black hair.

* [[Character/MCULoki Loki]] in Franchise\MarvelCinematicUniverse. This is to be expected, though, since he ''is'' TheTrickster: snark comes with the territory. He is also both tall (the actor's height is 188 cm and the official [[https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/8kro1y/the_height_of_most_characters_in_the_mcu/ character's height]] is 187 cm) and has raven-black hair.

%%* Loki in the 2011 ''Film/{{Thor}}'' film is very much this in the beginning. This is to be expected, though, since he ''is'' TheTrickster: snark comes with the territory.

* ''Series/{{Merlin}}'': The titular wizard is no longer a wizened old man with a beard, but an ''adorable'' young man with cheekbones to rival anyone's.

%%* Hayate from ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'', though, half the time, he acts like this [[JerkassFacade on purpose]].

%%* Fakir from ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' fits the description so well it almost seems like it was written ''about'' him, right down to the chipper main character teaching him ThePowerOfLove.

* Ragna the Bloodedge (6'0.5") from ''VideoGame/{{BlazBlue}}'' qualifies as being the Tall, Dark and Snarky, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but is a good person at heart]]. Hazama is almost as tall as him and a {{Troll}} par excellence, although he's the BigBad.

** Kyo Kusanagi is "only" 6'0 (182 cms) tall, but he deals the snark quite nicely in his ''XIII'' pre-match dialogues.

** [[LovableRogue DJ the]] [[{{Subverted}} Slicer]] (Star Wars lingo for [[TheCracker Computer Hacker]]); Played by BenicioDelToro. He's certainly very tall, dark (clothes, skin tone, ethics) and amusingly snarky.

* ''WebAnimation/RWBY'' has Qrow Branwen, a tall, dark-haired man with PermaStubble who is the foremost master of the gun scythe and a member of Ozpin's inner circle. His reputation is so fearsome that trained assassins like Mercury Black running for the hills at the sight of him. He's also constantly drunk and snarks at everyone's expense when he feels that they're acting out of line (ignoring how his own actions can disturb the peace).

* Like his fellow Franchise/StarWars villains, [[{{Film/TheForceAwakens}} Kylo Ren]] is substantially taller than the protagonists and never found without his black cloak. Unlike them, he's constantly being snide and sarcastic, sometimes because his subordinates have screwed up ("The ''droid''... stole a freighter?") and sometimes just because ("Comfortable?"). [[spoiler:He must get it from his dad.]]
-->[General Hux is defending his Stormtroopers after [[spoiler:Poe and Finn's escape from Starkiller Base]].]\\
'''Kylo Ren''': How skilled are your soldiers, General?\\
'''General Hux''': I won't have my men questioned by the likes of--\\
'''Kylo Ren''': They're certainly skilled at committing high treason.

* Septimus from ''Film/{{Stardust}}''. He's tall, dark, a skilled assassin, and thinks he is surrounded by idiots. He's played by MarkStrong

* ''Film/XMen'':

* Darth Vader demonstrates this trope in ''Film/RogueOne'' during his meeting with Director Krennic. When Krennic is trying to justify his "successes" with the Death Star and its power, the tall dark-suited man has this to say about it, with an annoyed and condescending tone all throughout:

** Oh, and he also Force-Chokes Krennic and provides a pun about it:

** Vader also shows his snark with a BondOneLiner after Captain Needa goes to take responsibility for losing the Millennium Falcon.

This archetype is also frequently used as a mentor or [[AloofBigBrother older brother type]], used as a foil for the protagonist's optimistic and foolish nature. They also are a common choice for a villain role as well. See also TallDarkAndHandsome for the straight vanilla versions.

%%* Mui in ''TheBrideOfTheWaterGod''.

%%* Creator/JeffGoldblum, rather like Creator/AlanRickman, has made a pretty good career out of this. One particularly notable example is Ian Malcolm from JurassicPark.

[-[[caption-width-right:301:"Tell me, are you incapable of restraining yourself, or do you take pride in being an insufferable know-it-all?"]]-]

%%* Prowl from ''TransformersAnimated'' is not quite so snarky as other examples, but fills the quota nonetheless.

* Oblivion from ''ShadowhunterPeril'' is a villanous example. It was more apparent when he briefly joined the Resistance as he would constantly made snide comments to EVERYONE, and use his powers on them without warning for his own amusement. He is also incredibly attractive, and always clad in black. He has RedEyesTakeWarning, except they don't stop his fangirls. And the fact that he is now a villain just makes him more of a DracoInLeatherPants. His foil is Umbra--to an extent. Both of them have blonde hair and dress in black, and both are tall and muscular, but whereas Oblivion is selfish, consumed by anger, and is incapable of loving, Umbra can open his heart to anyone, and he cares more about others than himself.

%%* Wrestling/WadeBarrett, ex-leader of TheNexus.

* ''{{Riverdale}}'' has Jughead Jones, a very [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette dark-haired]], broody boy who almost ''always'' has something [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] to say and stands at 6'0'', as per his actor's height, which makes him the tallest of the main [[{{Deuteragonist}} main four characters]].