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* ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'': ProfessionalKiller David Cain, father of Cassandra, has white hair even in flashbacks to when he was a young man.

* Discord, the GodOfChaos from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', is a monster with white eyebrows and a goatee who warped Equestria to his will in his debut appearance. Downplayed in later seasons, after he befriends Fluttershy and is shown to have a HiddenHeartOfGold.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'', Horde Prime has white hair (and cybernetic cables attached to his head that resemble white dreadlocks), and he is the most evil character in the series. Averted with Scorpia, however; while her introduction implies she's going to be intimidating and sinister, that air of menace lasts approximately five seconds, and she ends up [[TokenGoodTeammate probably the LEAST evil character on Team Horde]] [[spoiler:and gets a HeelFaceTurn in Season 4]].

** Without the veil, Blue Diamond is shown to have bluish-white hair, though it's played with; she was shown to be extremely callous towards Ruby and Sapphire for accidentally fusing in "The Answer", but her cruelty doesn't extend to her fellow Diamonds, who she deeply cares for, and she seems to have developed a sense of empathy for humans as opposed to Yellow's outright contempt for organic life.
** White Diamond naturally has white hair, and she's the most twisted of the Diamonds.

* Ever since the events of ''ComicBook/CurseOfTheMutants'', [[ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula the Marvel version of]] Franchise/{{Dracula}} has sported long white hair. This design was later used in the WesternAnimation/{{Marvel Universe|DisneyXD}} shows.

* [[HangingJudge Judge]] [[SinisterMinister Claude Frollo]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}''.

* Ever since the events of ''ComicBook/CurseOfTheMutants'', [[ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula the Marvel version of]] Franchise/{{Dracula}} has sported long white hair. This design was later used in the WesternAnimation/MarvelUniverse shows.

* ''LetsPlay/AfterlifeSMP'': As a Vampire, Scott has white hair, {{red eyes|TakeWarning}}, and is a CardCarryingVillain who [[spoiler:murders two of his server-mates in cold blood for trivial reasons]] in his debut episode holding the origin.

* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'' has Abe no Seimei, whose long snow-white hair doesn't hide a black heart but when it comes to the {{yokai}} it varies a lot: the {{shinigami}} Kurodōji is [[CuteAndPsycho a cute young boy with one too many screws loose]], his older brother Shiromujō is polite and gentlemanly, the {{oni}} Yōkinshi is an arrogant asshole but very refined, while the [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]] Yōko is refined (or perhaps he just wants us to think that) while in reality he kidnaps children and is implied that he rapes them.

* ProfessionalKiller David Cain, father of the third ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2000}} has white hair even in flashbacks to when he was a young man.

* [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman Doomsday]] is often drawn with long, white hair, though usually only a few strands on his head.
* [[BigBad Mister Grimm]] in ''ComicBook/FairyQuest'' has a head of white hair, and rules over Fablewood as a dictator, [[MindWipe Mind Wiping]] everyone who deviates from their intended roles in their stories.

* The ''ComicBook/New52'' version of [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Rose]] [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Wilson]] has beautiful white hair but is an unrepentant ProfessionalKiller and BloodKnight.
** Rose was initially an aversion as she was a good guy and while she did become more vicious after being tortured by her [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} father]] she was still a good guy. Slade on the other hand is a straighter example of this trope.
* The ''ComicBook/New52'' version of Captain Cold.

* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'': the Corinthian is white-haired, gay, and good-looking [[RedRightHand when he keeps his sunglasses on]]. He's also a SerialKiller who likes to [[PickyPeopleEater eat eyeballs]] with his own eyeballs. (Also, like [[MysticalWhiteHair Lyta Hall]], he might just be a very pale blond.)

* A {{Very Special|Episode}} issue of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' featured Skip, who baby-sat a young Peter Parker. And molested him. This is either non-canon or a ''major'' case of AngstWhatAngst, as it sure never comes up again.
** ''[[http://superdickery.com/index.php?view=article&catid=32%3Aseduction-index&id=344%3Aspider-man-learns-a-valuable-lesson&option=com_content&Itemid=24#content Superdickery]]'' insists Skip resembles Uncle Ben. This is all lies -- he honestly resembles an adolescent (and eye-teeth-less) version of [[ComicBook/TheSandman the second Corinthian]].
* Mister Negative, a crime boss from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'''s rogues gallery, is the SuperpoweredEvilSide of a black-haired man, who inverts all his colors (including clothing) when the evil self takes over. Hence the white hair.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'''s got ComicBook/{{Magneto}} and ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}, though some artists draw Magneto to look like it's old age. He was first introduced in 1963, less than twenty years after the Holocaust ended. To maintain his backstory as a survivor of Auschwitz[[note]]which [[NewerThanTheyThink didn't become]] a part of his backstory until the '80s[[/note]], some aging is inevitable. However, he's ''not'' actually supposed to look his age -- Between Creator/{{Marvel}}'s [[ComicBookTime sliding timescale]] and the fact that he was reduced to infancy at one point and later re-aged to his prime, Magneto should really look more like Quicksilver's (slightly) older brother than his father.
** During the Trial of Magneto, we see a flashback of Magneto during his "regressed to infancy" phase. He has white hair.
** Magneto's ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' incarnation plays the trope much straighter, as he's pure evil with no redeemable or sympathetic traits whatsoever. Oddly, his hair is white here as well even though it's revealed in ''ComicBook/UltimateOrigins'' that he was a young man in the '80s and therefore can't be older than his fifties.
* Tommy Shepherd, aka Speed of the ComicBook/YoungAvengers, mostly as a callback to the fact that he's the reincarnation of one of Scarlet Witch's kids-who-were-part-of-Mephisto/never-existed-except-for-her-wishing-them-to. In an existential screwup that could only happen in comics, he and "twin" Billy Kaplan are mirrors of their former mother and uncle, with him having Quicksilver's powers and looks.

Even if there is a long, white-haired PrettyBoy in the side of good, almost always, they will be a {{Jerkass}} AntiHero (even though sometimes they will be [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold nice inside]]) or the TokenEvilTeammate and/or NominalHero, but almost never a complete NiceGuy. Short white-haired pretty boys or white-haired [[FemalesAreMoreInnocent women]] (regardless of hair length) that are nice is not uncommon, though.

Compare with LightIsNotGood and WhiteGangBangers. Compare and contrast with someone who has MysticalWhiteHair, who is less likely to be evil and more likely to be magical, superpowered, or otherworldly (although the two can very much interact, since the otherworldliness itself is what makes a white-haired villain so unnerving). When an albino phenotype is seen as this and ostracized because of it, it may be AlbinosAreFreaks. AngryWhiteMan is a similar trope but with anger instead of evil being an emphasis, although both can overlap each other.

* Lexi from ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' decides for his human form -- as he's a book whose pages can turn into a human -- to be based off of a fictional character based off Chloe known as the "Specter of the Black Forest" (an {{Expy}} of Specter from ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS''). Unlike his inspiration, Lexi is actually a sweet book...unless the topic is about Grace and Simon who tore him into pieces and buried him within the confines of his car.
** The Erlking from The Midnight Car has white hair and tries to tempt Chloe to joining his band of hunters. When she refuses, he and his hunters start chasing after her.

%% Doesnt explain how he is evil. * ''Film/MarathonMan'': Szell's [[IronicNickname nickname]] is "The White Angel" because of his hair.

* Khan Noonien Singh in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''. In the original series he had dark hair, but a combination of 15 years of aging and suffering on a [[DeathWorld desolate planet]] made his hair greyish-white.

* Poet of ''Creature Court'' is young, slight and pale-haired, and while he's not really any worse than most of the other characters, he runs solely on his own agenda [[spoiler: with his [[UndyingLoyalty loyalty]] only to the BigBad Garnet]] and is considered very dangerous. [[spoiler: However, he eventually betrays Garnet and sides with Velody for the final showdown, subverting this trope.]]

* The whole trend (at least in Western literature) can be traced more or less directly to [[Literature/TheElricSaga Elric of Melnibone]] as written by Michael Moorcock. Elric is a weakling albino, often described in terms of effeminate beauty, who comes from an ancient line of powerful, cruel, Chaos-allied people. He is granted superhuman prowess in combat by a cursed sentient sword which eats the souls of opponents, and he tends (often through the interference of said sword) to kill his allies and/or lovers with alarming regularity.
* ''Literature/TheLastStars'': The overseer is described as a young white haired woman who could be considered beautiful if she wasn't a sadist who enjoyed punishing children for the smallest infractions and killing animals for her own dark delight.

* ''Literature/TheLockedTomb: Literature/GideonTheNinth'': Silas Octakiseron is a white-haired sixteen-year-old {{Necromancer}} and a HolierThanThou KnightTemplar. He's openly antagonistic towards the main characters and tries to attack one under parlay.

* ''Literature/ModernFaerieTales'' has Roiben, a gorgeous faerie who is damaged and bitter after being forced to serve as errand boy for the Unseelie Queen and perform horrific acts for her amusement. He falls into antihero territory, however, since those acts were magically compelled and he remains good at heart.

* [[RoyallyScrewedUp House Targaryen]] from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' are a whole family of these, with purple eyes as well. How? BrotherSisterIncest. Although the nastiest ones have less of the pretty boy part of this trope, and the one who best fits it is Rhaegar, who is ... let's just say morally ambiguous, for now. And ''he'' didn't marry his sister -- admittedly because she wasn't born yet, but still. Dany (the aforementioned sister) fits [[MysticalWhiteHair White-Haired Pretty Girl]] beautifully. Her brother Viserys, however, is a clear cut example, but he more [[EvilIsPetty petty]] and pathetic to be really threatening.

** In ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''', there is King Viserys the II, who has white hair, and is a SerialRapist who has a lot of bastard children forced to live under inhuman conditions in the Fighting Pits from King's Landing.

** The Primarch of the Emperor's Children Legion, Fulgrim, had white hair and was said to be one of the best looking primarchs. [[SubvertedTrope He also was a genuinely nice guy if a little eccentric.]] [[DoubleSubversion Until he fell to Chaos...]]

* Christie from ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' is a [[EvilBrit British woman]] with white hair and one of the most vile characters within the franchise. A ruthless assassin, Christie [[PsychoForHire takes cruel pleasure in her job]] and was responsible for the death of the mother of Helena during an Opera showing. Think that isn't bad enough? How about the fact that ''Helena'' was the target not her mother and when Helena reacted with shock and despair upon finding this out, Christie laughed in her face.

%% ** His {{expy}}, Yamato, from the second game has this look, but his {{Jerkass}} personality prevents many in-universe from appreciating it. The Anguished One looks like this as well, to the point fans consider him an {{expy}} of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Kaworu]].

** Series recurring villain Mannimarco, the "King of Worms" [[OurLichesAreDifferent Lich]][=/=]{{Necromancer}}, is frequently depicted with long white hair. He's especially good looking in the ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'' "Siege" trailer and he's not that bad looking in-game.
* ''VideoGame/EmeraldDragon'' has Ostracon. He's a human with long, white hair that willyly joined the demons for power, and quickly became [[TheDragon their top general]]. Most of the evil commited by the demon by him is done by him, whether directly or by his command, and he has no guilt over it.
* In ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'', this trope is invoked by Ibara, who deliberately sets up the [[LongHairedPrettyBoy white-maned]] and [[RedEyesTakeWarning red-eyed]] Nagisa as a sadistic dictator type character for the stage. In reality, he's more like a passive EmotionlessBoy, though over time [[BecomingTheMask some of that dominating behaviour makes its way into his normal personality]].

* In the girl version of ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon DS'', there is a white-haired phantom thief named Skye that you can marry. Particular emphasis on the "effeminate pretty-boy" bit.

** Monsoon of is the only villain to have white hair, is tall and slender compared to the other male villains, and presents as a misanthropic nihilist who grew up under the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, where he claims to have developed his views on humanity.

* Claude from ''VideoGame/OctopathTravelerII'' is also a massive sadist who [[ImmortalityPromiscuity fathered "coutless" children over his long life]] and let them all kill each other off, just so the "best" one could either [[spoiler:kill him or become Vide's new vessel]]. It says something that both Throné and [[spoiler:Ori]] are [[EveryoneHasStandards completely disgusted]] by him.

* Reve from ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarZero''. He doesn't have red eyes, but has a red visor over them [[spoiler:until his HeelFaceTurn]]. He's a jerk and a real pain.

* ''VideoGame/PurgatoryRPGMaker'': Downplayed with Emma. She has silver hair and, in the original game, is a ManipulativeBitch who treats her "friend" Enri as a tool to do whatever she wants, and is pretty mean to Oliver and Lukas as well. But she never does anything flat-out evil, and [[spoiler:in the sequel it turns out she TookALevelInKindness]].

* Ramirez from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'', who is also TheDragon for Galcian [[spoiler:and the FinalBoss]]. Galcian is also white-haired, but is not quite as pretty as his subordinate.
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'''s Dr. Eggman Nega has a white 'stache to contrast the original Eggman's reddish-brown, and is far more monstrous than his counterpart.

** Likewise, his girlfriend Jaina, though in a minor scale. In ''III'' and the majority of ''[=WoW=]'', she is blond and morally straight, promoting peace between the Alliance and the Horde. Then [[BreakTheCutie the bombing of Theramore happened]], and her hair is bleached into white majorly and she got fed up enough to abandon any notions of peace, becomes a bitter warmongering woman that wants the Horde destroyed so they pay for the destruction of Theramore. At any rate, peace-loving Jaina is gone by then. Which makes Kalegcos' warning that she's nearly becoming like Arthas... a bit ironically true.

* Taichi in ''VisualNovel/CrossChannel'' is a [[{{Bishonen}} somewhat androgynous]] white-haired teen and the hero of the story. Unless he has one of his psychotic episodes and kills everyone. And snapping and killing everyone isn't just confined to bad ends, either. Nope, the journal logs reference them and [[spoiler:one of the very last endings involves Taichi killing Youko to defend everyone in what is probably a very brutal manner, causing everyone to freak, and then he kills them.]] His hair is often commented upon. Oddly enough, he actually has something of a complex, where he is convinced that he is incredibly ugly.

* Adonis from ''Silver Chaos'' starts off a good guy but gets [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by the spirit of an evil god after performing a dark ritual to save his friend/love interest Might's life and becomes the game's BigBad who Might needs to kill.

* [[AristocratsAreEvil Don Paragon]] from ''WebAnimation/NomadOfNowhere'', beneath the [[SissyVillain cheerfulness, flamboyance]], and pure white ponytail, is a cold, calculating and profoundly greedy man.

* This is one of the many, many tropes that ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'' mocks. When the heroes first see Argent, they immediately assume he must be evil because of this trope. His response: "What, you think a guy can't have silver hair and gold trimmed armor without being evil? Well... you're right."

** Incubus is a more conventional example, appearing in dreams as a white-haired prettyboy. He rules another hundred thousand universes and is known as [[SatanicArchetype "The Lord of the Pit"]] amongst others. [[spoiler:His real form is considerably less pretty, being CoveredInScars, ThePigPen, and marked by TaintedVeins from using dark magic.]]
* Shi-hoo, a vampire, from ''Webcomic/OrangeMarmalade''. Well, sort of. He's an arrogant asshole who views human as inferior and dumps his girlfriend in the worst way possible... But he also has his sweet moments, making him more of a ''White Hair, Gray Heart'' sort of person.

* Marquessa Yrina Karavayev in ''Webcomic/{{Silenziosa}}'', a ruthless, devious bully who is willing to make a ''very'' early start to her vocation as assassin.

** An example of GreatGazoo: Puck. Operates on Blue and Orange Morality half the time, helps or hinders based as much as if he likes the person as if they're working to a good or bad cause, can be a complete jerk or your best friend. It says something Xanatos spots the Jerkass Genie when Puck offers him a wish, and manages to impress Puck with his final choice.
** Subverted with the Magus in the opening five-part episode ''Awakening''; with his long white hair, elfin features, high-pitched voice and an unfriendly attitude towards our heroes, the show does just about everything short of putting up a sign to paint him as a villain, but he ultimately turns out to be a loyal and heroic character.

* Khan Noonien Singh in ''Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan''. In the original series he had dark hair, but a combination of 15 years of aging and suffering on a [[DeathWorld desolate planet]] made his hair greyish-white.

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* Vergil of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' is a classic example, and is the AloofBigBrother to heroic white-haired half-demon Dante.

** The von Einzberns, Ilya's family (composed entirely of white-haired homunculi like herself), are a collective example, as they molded Ilya into the little monster she is when she first appears by [[spoiler:preventing Kiritsugu from ever seeing her again, then telling her that he'd abandoned her for Shirou]], nurturing her desire for revenge and cruel streak so that she would ruthlessly eliminate the competition in the Grail War. That being said, most individual members of the family who appear onscreen have some redeeming qualities. Irisviel in ''LightNovel/FateZero'' is one of the ''nicest'' characters. Also, the ''[[Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks Unlimited Blade Works]]'' TV series shifts much of the blame for Ilya's twisted upbringing onto the Grail itself, which hijacks Irisviel's form to manifest before Ilya and tell her lies.

* In ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce'' BigBad Nekron's hair and skin are snow white (intentionally, since he is AnIcePerson) and he has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

** [[spoiler:Kyrie Ushiromiya]]’s core defining trait is {{Envy}}, and is confirmed to have been one of the true culprits behind the murders and showcases some signs of being a [[TheSociopath sociopath]], especially in [=EP7=].

Despite the wide range and use of HairColors for characters, there's an eerie specificity to the use of white/silver hair when coupled with a [[{{Bishonen}} pale, handsome, vaguely-effeminate face]]. It is often combined with FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon in order to cause an uncannily angelic appearance of a demonic being. The ([[LongHairedPrettyBoy usually long]] and rarely tied back) white hair is [[WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver very frequently coupled]] with {{red eyes|TakeWarning}} and often with a [[EvilWearsBlack dark outfit]] for contrast. Odds are the character is the BigBad, or sometimes TheDragon or otherwise a major villain; {{Mooks}} and minor villains almost never get this treatment.

** Vaermina, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[YourWorstNightmare Nightmares]], is sometimes depicted with white hair. She is perhaps second only to [[GodOfEvil Molag Bal]] himself in terms of her malevolence toward mortals.

** Sephiroth himself appears as a BonusBoss in the [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI first two]] [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII numbered titles]].