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8* ''Series/ThirtyRock'':
9** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0_PygbFn6Y Liz Lemon]], when she deceives her crush to get him to hang out with her.
10** This was mirroring the behavior of evil laughing Spanish-language soap-opera character 'El Generalissimo', a dead-ringer for Jack.
11* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Lampshaded in one episode when Lorne describes a scene where the BigBad "mwa-ha-ha'd at us." Played extremely straight (and sinister) when the episode "[[Recap/AngelS04E10Awakening Awakening]]" ends with [[spoiler:Angelus]] opening his eyes and...smiling. Then chuckling softly but continuously until the credits.
12* ''Series/ANTFarm'':
13** Subverted with vampire Fletcher in the Halloween episode, whose EvilLaugh is a girlish "Tee-hee-hee" while his ''normal'' laugh is easily mistaken for an evil one.
14** Played Straight by Sequoia on Creative [=ConsultANT=]. She says Chyna is suspended, then laughs. Angus does it too, but only because he doesn't get her [[IncrediblyLamePun so-called joke]] but fakes it. While Olive knows something is wrong because of that and [[IdolSinger Chyna would never miss an opportunity to sing live.]]
15*** Later, Olive and Angus find Chyna suspended [[spoiler: above a shark tank,]] and Angus realizes what she meant and does the EvilLaugh again.
16* ''Series/AshesToAshes2008'': Jim Keats has a seriously creepy giggly one. [[spoiler: And in the finale, when he's implied to be none other than {{Satan}} himself, he combines it with a weird hissing noise that's pure NarmCharm]].
17* ''Series/Batman1966'': Frank Gorshin's evil, [[GigglingVillain high-pitched chuckle]] as ComicBook/TheRiddler in the Adam West series.
18** And Creator/CesarRomero's manic laughter as ComicBook/TheJoker.
19** And let's not forget: [[ComicBook/ThePenguin "Waugh waugh waugh!"]] This was an invention of Creator/BurgessMeredith -- in the original comics the Penguin had an [[GigglingVillain effeminate giggle]]. The [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking cigarettes]] Meredith had to smoke for the role irritated his throat, producing a laugh that just so happened to resemble a penguin's squawking.
20* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': Sheldon Cooper, described by Leonard as "One lab accident short of being a supervillain", has a rather droll one used during an escalating prank war with Penny.
21* ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'': Does this in one episode about plants that eat meat.
22* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': In the episode "Potato", we see, in turn, Captain Rum, Blackadder himself, and Baldrick try out what are definitely evil cackles of the pirate variety. They then stop as the line gets to a disconsolate Percy, asking him if he is not going to join in the "Ha Has".
23* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': The nerd trio in Season 6 : "We're like... supervillains. Mwahahahaha!" (The script notes "It needs some work"). In the season finale their leader tries this in a demon bar, and belatedly realises they're laughing at him, not with him.
24-->'''Warren:''' This... isn't the Evil Laugh of Victory, is it?\
25'''Vampire:''' More like the evil laugh of "You're a dead man."
26** The most complete counter-example is the ''Buffy'' Season 3 uber-villain, the Mayor. His chuckles and general good humour are completely sincere and natural.
27* ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'':
28** This cop/writer TV show had an awesome evil laugh moment in the Halloween episode. The main character, Castle, [[spoiler:has an impressive go at it with a running pumpkin drill in his hand and a mild threat to go after any boys who hurt his daughter. Impressive, that is, until he has a coughing fit.]]
29** He has a more successful one when he [[spoiler:suggests building a weather machine out of liquid nitrogen so that Alexis won't have to choose between staying at home to study and going with her friends out of the city]].
30* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'':
31** Carla has a particularly evil cackle she lets out from time to time. Usually when she knows something someone else doesn't.
32** In the episode "The Executive's Executioner", Norm gets saddled with the soul-crushing job of "office hatchetman"; in the end, he uses his new boogeyman-status to get revenge on the executive who inflicted it on him: "This is NORM PETERSON! ''MUHAHAHAHA!"''
33* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': Parodied in "Chuck Versus the Subway" by [[spoiler: Daniel Shaw, after he has captured Sarah and Casey]]. And then, in "Chuck Versus the Ring", by [[spoiler: Chuck, after he reveals to Daniel Shaw how he beat him and took down the Ring]].
34* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
35** Senor Chang gets a couple of good ones in the episode "[[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]]". He also shares a less cackling one with Dean Pelton at an earlier point.
36** One of the German students does an evil laugh when he figures out a plan to get revenge on Jeff and the study group. He's in class when he does it, however, and tries to cover it up by claiming to remember a joke from the German version of ''Series/TheNanny''.
37* ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'': UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler has a very low-key, sinister laugh during the final sim of the "Vlad the Impaler vs. Creator/SunTzu" episode.
38* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
39** Some, no, ''any'' incarnations of TheMaster worth their salt have a penchant for dramatic mad laughter.
40*** Creator/JonathanPryce's Master from ''[[AffectionateParody The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' deserves a special mention. His Laugh is so Evil that it causes thunder and lightning to strike ''inside his TARDIS.''
41*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]" has [[spoiler:Creator/JohnSimm's Master, having just turned the entire of humanity into copies of himself, go into an Evil Laugh that lasts 45 seconds, is echoed by all his copies, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking gives us the sight of John Simm in drag]].]]
42** [[MadScientist Davros]] combines this with a touch of RoboSpeak at [[LargeHam high volume]] for a memorably batshit insane Evil Laugh. If you're ''really'' lucky, it's probably the finishing touch on a spectacular MotiveRant.
43*** If you're ''exceptionally'' lucky, you're listening to an Audio Drama[[note]]There's no page to put it on, hence why it's here.[[/note]], most likely ''Davros'', where the aforementioned character gives ''a full-tilt psychotic cackle!''
44** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora "The Masque of Mandragora"]], the Helix does this, often when there is no other sign of its presence.
45** Invoked in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime The Invasion of Time]]" when the Fourth Doctor is pretending to be evil. Of course, developing an evil laugh and using it extensively is an important part of this.
46** Subverted in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E2ThePiratePlanet The Pirate Planet]]". The Fourth Doctor is made to WalkThePlank to his apparent death, and the villains all have an evil laugh... only to stop when they [[NotQuiteDead hear the Doctor laughing along with them]].
47** The Black Guardian's version is good, if rather traditional; it goes something like "nyaaaaahahaha". Captain Wrack, meanwhile, seemed unable to function if she didn't cackle evilly every two minutes or so. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E5Enlightenment "Enlightenment"]], where they both appear, makes for some interesting watching.
48** The Rani plays this trope straight in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E1TimeAndTheRani Time and the Rani]]", but in the mine shaft scene with the Master and Peri in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E3TheMarkOfTheRani The Mark of the Rani]]", she [[KansasCityShuffle starts choking]] and knocks Peri out with her poison gas capsules.
49** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E7TheIdiotsLantern "The Idiot's Lantern"]]: The Wire indulges in a bit of this as it gets closer to its endgame.
50** [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride "The Runaway Bride"]]:
51*** The Racnoss Empress has a very hammy one: "AK-akakakakaka!"
52*** Her human accomplice [[spoiler: Lance Bennett]] has a more subdued one.
53** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone "Flesh and Stone"]] has the Weeping Angels making a very alien sound that is an approximation of laughter.
54** [[Recap/DoctorWho2019NYSResolution "Resolution"]] presents the very first instance of [[spoiler:a Dalek]] engaging in this trope, as the [[spoiler:recon scout Dalek]] taunts the Doctor and company when she establishes communications with it.
55* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'': When Echo is in the Attic, she comes across a projection of Boyd Langton. When she asks where her friends are, he lets out a reverberating evil laugh before telling her she ''has'' no friends (he's lying of course).
56* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'': Vera Bates, Mr. Bates's [[PsychoExGirlfriend psycho ex-wife]], indulges in one once.
57* ''Series/EerieIndiana'':
58** In "Foreverware", Betty Wilson, the evil neighborhood woman who has been retaining her youth forever, does a rather over the top one (complete with lightning strikes) when Marshall and Simon escape from her house.
59** In "Reality Takes a Holiday", Dash X does one after he and the ''Eerie, Indiana'' writer José Schaefer tell Marshall that he is going to be killed off.
60* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': [[UnfazedEveryman Wash]] gives us an example of a good guy doing this in the pilot episode 'Serenity', as a conversation between...two toy dinosaurs. "I think we should call it your grave!" '"[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!]]", "Hahaha! Mine is an EvilLaugh! Now die!"
61* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Appears under the name "The Plan Laugh", employed by Phoebe -- Joey tries to imitate it, but can't get it right.
62-->'''Phoebe:''' Muahahahahaha!!!\
63'''Joey:''' Ho, ho, ho!\
64'''Phoebe:''' It's not ''Santa's'' plan!
65** Joey's stalker (played by Brooke Shields) has a pretty scary laugh.
66* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
67** Walder Frey has one during and after the Red Wedding.
68** Averted by notably humourless Tywin Lannister and dispassionate Roose Bolton, who almost never laugh at all.
69* ''Series/GetSmart'': Max and 99 are sneaking through a cave looking for a MadScientist when an InescapableNet drops onto them. The cave immediately echoes with the scientist's sinister laugh.
70-->'''Max:''' Well we can be thankful for one thing.\
71'''99:''' What's that, Max?\
72'''Max:''' Whoever captured us has a terrific sense of humor.
73* ''Series/GoodEats'': Alton Brown of does it occasionally, usually when turning a food trope into a SubvertedTrope. Most recently used when getting his veggiephobic niece to eat vegetables (specifically the parsnip).
74* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'':
75** Mrs. Dabney has been practicing her evil laugh for years, making her sound deeper as she does it.
76** Gabe also has an evil laugh in "Appy Days".
77* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'':
78** [[spoiler:Michael]] lets out one when Eleanor discovers that he's actually evil.
79** [[spoiler:Eleanor and Michael]] share one when [[spoiler:the rebooted Chidi]] reaches the same realization.
80* ''Series/HellsKitchen'': Strangely enough, Jen in Season 4 actually does a LaughingMad version of this after her former team lost. Check it out ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igY7KXw71Gk#t=01m43s 1:43]]).
81* ''Series/{{House}}'': Gregory House has one, perhaps unsurprisingly. He's not evil, though. He's just DrJerk. Watch the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O89bXKwr4IY BWA-HA-HA-HA!]] here.
82* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Barney does an evil laugh at times (notable in Season 6 Episode 23); [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog then again, he has been working with a vocal coach.]]
83* ''Series/IClaudius'': Livia, [[MagnificentBastard awesome scheming mega-bitch]] that she is, gets an ''epic'' evil cackle at the end of the episode "Poison is Queen". Starts [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAPyE7SRuf8 here]], at 3:58.
84* Creator/TimCurry as Pennywise gives a really odd rendition in the miniseries version of ''Literature/{{It}}'':
85-->'''Pennywise:''' Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH!
86* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
87** ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'': Ryubee Sonozaki has one of these. Regular users of Gaia memories [[PsychoSerum (i.e ones without drivers)]] cross this with LaughingMad.
88** Chiyoko Shiraishi provides a rare heroic example, when she indulges just little bit too much in her role as a mad scientist in one of the weirder episodes of ''Series/KamenRiderOOO''
89** [[EvilPrince Aran]] engages in a mocking one while preparing to unleash his full power as Kamen Rider Necrom in #22 of ''Series/KamenRiderGhost''.
90** It is kind of obvious that [[Series/KamenRiderExAid Kuroto Dan]] would do this, being a [[MadScientist mad programmer]] and so. The more [[LaughingMad deranged]] it gets the more [[NarmCharm hilarious]] it becomes. [[note]]Maybe the most famous evil laugh of the [[Franchise/KamenRider franchise]]. [[/note]]
91*** Emu, of all people, has a small psychotic chuckle upon [[spoiler: being possesed by Parado, who is PerpetualSmiler, but usually leaves the laugh to [[BigBadDuumvirate Kuroto]]]]. It turns into full blown sinister, unhinged laugh later on.
92** Night Rogue and Blood Stalk, the BigBadDuumvirate of ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' have both some extremely menacing laugh that is not funny even when pulled alonside SlouchOfVillainy (that ''is'' funny). Extra points for Blood Stalk, whose laugh echoes in a way that should turn dreams into nightmares. [[spoiler:When Blood Stalk becomes Kamen Rider Evol (and reveals his true identity as the demonic spirit of Evolt, the destroyer of Mars), his ''henshin jingle'' includes a psychotic one.]]
93** Storious, the story [[MonsterOfTheWeek Megid]] of ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'' notably averts this. He is not prone to gloating or any other tradiotionally villainous antics and just mantains a [[SoftSpokenSadist polite]], professionally pleasant attitude. What makes him even more eerie of an appearance are his [[EvilIsHammy hammy]] co-villains' and an [[NotSoAboveItAll occasional]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness indulgence]] that signifies that stuff is about to hit the fan.
94* ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'': Played terrifyingly straight by Papa Lazarou, who has an absolutely nightmarish cackle.
95* ''Series/MacGyver1985'': One of the Murdoc-centric episodes ends with [=MacGyver=] answering the phone to hear Murdoc's laughter.
96* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': Any time Marcy got one over on Al, she would unleash a loud, shrill, staccato like witch-cackle that could shatter glass.
97* ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'': One of the most underated antagonists in history, The Hitcher, provides an interesting subversion. Whereas most villains contain their evil laughter until the final moment, releasing it in one guffaw, The Hitcher laughs evilly AS HE TALKS, spreading it out through his dialogue!!
98* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': John Cleese does a surprisingly evil cackle of the psycho variety at the end of the sketch "How Not to Be Seen" (immediately following the explosion of a man, his wife, his neighbour, his house, and the building in which he was born).
99-->"Ahhahaha hahaha hahah-- ''(cough, pause)'' And now for something completely different."
100* ''Mr. Brain'': There is no doubt Creator/{{Gackt}} was having ''a lot'' of fun playing the role of a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6dwJaSDcYI cannibalistic serial killer]] in this TV series.
101-->"I will kill you all and feast upon your flesh! I will...be reborn! [[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]"
102* ''Series/MyHero2000'': In the episode "Nemesis", Piers, possessed by Rovi, laughs several times. When George asks him why he keeps laughing, he replies "It underscores my evil -- it's a flourish."
103* ''Series/MythBusters'': All the hosts (except [[TheStoic Jamie]]) have indulged in this at least once. For instance, when Adam inhaled sulphur hexachloride...
104* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': The episode "Bikini Wax". Tony [=DiNozzo=] gives us a truly epic one when he sees his co-worker Kate's picture on the "Wet T-Shirt Hall of Fame" as the screen fades to black.
105* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Rumplestiltskin is as infamous for his crazy giggles as for his Evil Deals.
106* ''Series/OurMissBrooks'': Mr. Conklin laughs ''evilly'' on a couple occasions. This example is from the episode "Two Way Stretch Snodgrass":
107-->'''Mr. Conklin:''' I just learned that Biff Mooney, one of the greatest college football players, is interested in a high school coaching job in this part of the country. I've already opened negotiations by mail, and it's a foregone conclusion that he'll accept my offer. Ah-ha-ha-ha ''[evil laugh]'' ah, I can't wait to see the expression on Brill's face when I tell him about it. Heh, heh, heh. ''[evil laugh]''\
108'''Miss Brooks:''' In some states, that laugh would be banned.
109* Staple of villains in ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. Notable examples include:
110** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
111*** When Tommy was evil in the first season, he tended to do this quite a bit during that particular arc, and it [[{{Narm}} got hilarious very quickly]].
112*** "I'll be back! You haven't seen the last of Rita Repuls-''ah-AH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!''" Hear it yourself [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIMzrzHF3-Y here, starting at 1:36.]]
113*** Almost all of Lokar's lines are just evil laughs.
114** in ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'', Ryan during his evil phase has one that is a match for Tommy's. Must be an evil Ranger thing.
115** Mesogog, the BigBad of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' is made creepier by ''averting'' this trope. A MadScientist, who doesn't rise his [[{{Sssssnaketalk}} voice]] and keeps his behavior [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent reptilian]] [[IncrediblyLamePun cold]] is a contestant for the scariest villain in the history of the franchise.
116** When Chase is transformed into an evil elf in the second Christmas episode of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', he cackles like this every so often. Somehow it's hilarious without being narmy.
117* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'':
118** Jerry does an epic one of these while smoking [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking assholish cigars]] in one episode when Elaine is paying him money, having repeatedly lost her bet with him about not sleeping with David Puddy.
119** Parodied in the episode, "[[Recap/SeinfeldS8E15TheSusie The Susie]]" Jerry suggests that Elaine should "get rid of Susie," an InventedIndividual at her office. He then bursts into laughter at the sight of an offscreen bumper sticker. Unbeknownst to both of them, Mike, [[ItMakesSenseInContext who's trapped in the trunk of Jerry's car]], thinks they're planning to commit murder, and from his point of view, it sounds like Jerry is laughing evilly.
120** The blooper reel has several outtakes of Jerry doing his evil laughing while Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus keeps cracking up at him and ruining the take. Jerry eventually starts choking on all the cigar smoke on set in the middle of one of his evil laugh takes. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments It's hilarious]].
121** [[SitcomArchNemesis Newman]] does one in "[[Recap/SeinfeldS7E20TheCalzone The Calzone]]" which is cut short when a random fork on the chair he was sitting on pokes him in the rear.
122* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': In one episode, Lana, Chloe and Lois get particularly chilling ones [[spoiler:due to being possessed by evil witches]].
123* ''Series/{{Spaced}}'': Tim Bisley does a magnificent one in [=S1E4=]. He finishes the laugh with a VillainExitStageLeft, [[SuperWindowJump diving through the closed window]]. [[ImagineSpot Then the scene returns to reality]].
124* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': Doctor Chaotica in "The Adventures of Captain Proton", the show's homage to ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]]''. Most noticeable when Chaotica has [[DamselInDistress Constance Goodheart]] tied up as a supreme sacrifice to Queen Arachnia and, later, after Arachnia has agreed to marry him. There's even an TheEndOrIsIt laugh at the conclusion of the episode.
125* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': In the episode "Born Under a Bad Sign", [[DemonicPossession Meg!Sam]] gets to indulge in a chilling (and strangely hot) evil laugh.
126* ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'': The Crypt Keeper's famous evil cackle at the intro.
127* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'':
128** Pip lets one out in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E28ANicePlaceToVisit A Nice Place to Visit]]" when he reveals to Valentine [[spoiler:that he's not in Heaven as he originally presumed, but actually in Hell.]]
129** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E9DeathsHeadRevisited Deaths-head Revisited]]", when former SS captain Gunter Lütze is told by the ghost of one of his victims that sentence is about to be passed on him, Lütze lets out a vicious, cruel laugh as he mocks the ghost for thinking that he can be judged.
130** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E29TheJeopardyRoom The Jeopardy Room]]", the Soviet commissar uses a particularly nasty laugh at the end of the taped message he leaves for the defector he's toying with.
131* ''Series/TwinPeaks'': [[BigBad BOB]] has a pretty terrifying laugh. While inside the Black Lodge he laughs ''backwards'' and it sounds even more perverse and malevolent.
132* ''Series/UFO1970'': In "Timelash", Turner, one of the HQ radar operators, has turned traitor. Aliens have given him power to manipulate time, which makes him almost impossible to catch. He uses this to lead Cmdr. Straker and Col. Lake on a chase all across the area to distract them from stopping an impending UFO attack. All the while, he keeps taunting Straker with verbal abuse interspersed with hollow, very annoying laughter worthy of a melodrama villain.
133* ''Franchise/UltraSeries''
134** Kemur Man from ''Series/UltraQ'' started the trope off in the Ultra Series; when the size of a human, he utters an extremely deep example partly taken from the eponymous mushroom people of the Creator/{{Toho}} horror film ''Film/{{Matango}}'', with some of his laughs being reversed and others seemingly original in nature.
135** Baltan from the original ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' had a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep and menacing]] "Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho", While very popular with fans, it's another example of the Mushroom People's laughter in ''Matango''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9lcMOLJnPw Listen to it here.]]
136** ''Series/UltramanGaia'': Gan Q, a {{kaiju}} from another dimension. Clearly insane, it finds everything on Earth hilarious, and spouts maddening laughter that can be heard for miles around it.
137** Many of the {{Big Bad}}s have one.
138* At the end of the ''Series/WandaVision'' episode [[Recap/WandaVisionEpisode7BreakingTheFourthWall "Breaking the Fourth Wall"]], TheReveal of the actual villain is capped off by a comically over-the-top cackle.
139-->'''[[spoiler:Agatha Harkness/Agnes]]:''' [[AndYourLittleDogToo And I killed]] [[spoiler:[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Sparky, too]]]]! HAHAHAHAHA!
140* ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'':
141** Dr. Evilini has a habit of snickering evilly while dramatic music plays in the background. This, along with her MeaningfulName, is proof that she's ObviouslyEvil.
142-->'''Dr. Evilini:''' (laughs) [[EvilGloating Oh, that sounded mysterious!]]
143** One-upped by [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Gorog]] during "Wizards vs. Angels". When he laughs, his voice is amplified and projected like an echo to make him sound more terrifying.
144*** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] humorously when [[spoiler: he's disguised as Dexter, the doorman of the 13th floor in the "Apartment 13B" saga,]] and realizes the evil laugh doesn't work with this face.
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