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4[[quoteright:1000:[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast1991 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tvtropes_beautyisbad_gaston.png]]]]
5 [[caption-width-right:1000:''No one's foul like this guy...'']]
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7->''"Celebrate the personal strengths that unattractiveness can breed. For instance, I find that ugly people in general, are nicer because they know they can't use their looks to get by and because they've developed compassion from going through life unattractive."''
8-->-- '''Marty Nemko''', ''[[http://martynemko.com/articles/working-while-ugly_id1587 Working While Ugly]]''
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10If a character is beautiful, then that character is a bad person, either publicly or secretly.
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12Traditionally, heroes are attractive, clean, and well-mannered, and villains are ugly, unhygienic, and boorish. There were some attractive villains, but BeautyEqualsGoodness used to be taken for granted by writers and producers, but a trend arose and became inescapable in the mid-[[TheEighties 1980s]] after the theatrical release of ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'' and continuing from there, which implies that the majority of good, reliable, honest, clean-cut and reputable people are [[TwoDecadesBehind behind the times]], unfashionable, [[GeekPhysiques out of shape]] and [[ThisLoserIsYou uncool]]. If not, they're HollywoodHomely. A good-looking character in a work where this holds is either hiding their unattractiveness or geekiness from the public (and will later embrace it) or is a vain, crass, vulgar, shallow, self-absorbed, unintelligent {{Jerkass}}.
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14This trope provides a layer of ThisLoserIsYou when taken to include not just an average-to-ugly appearance but also crude behavior. The moral of stories where this holds becomes, "BeYourself, [[BrokenAesop and that never means being pretty or acting polite]] and always being '[[http://urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=That%20Guy that guy]]'".
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16Often, Beauty Is Bad appears alongside BeautyEqualsGoodness in the same work, especially in romantic situations, because of the DoubleStandard. The poor, working-class underdog will have rich pretty-boy rivals, all of whom have the personality of a toad. At the same time, the rich girl for whom he is competing will have a heart of gold despite being the most beautiful girl in school... UptownGirl and UglyGuyHotWife both run off "Beauty Is Bad, but only for men." However, this is not always the case. There are plenty of gorgeous {{Rich Bitch}}es in fiction too and a guy [[WrongGuyFirst might fall for originally her]] based on superficial beauty before moving on his less attractive ([[HollywoodHomely but still undoubtedly pretty]]) NiceGirl true love.
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18This trope is the opposite of BeautyEqualsGoodness and is related to, but not the same as, SexyVillainsChasteHeroes. SexyVillainsChasteHeroes refers to the use of sexuality and attractiveness to add appeal to a villain (intentionally or otherwise) and to contrast with the relatively plainer-looking heroes; Beauty is Bad refers to making a character good-looking to indicate that they are insufferable and unlikable.
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20Please note that Beauty Is Bad refers to conventional measures of beauty. If more than one standard of beauty is competing in a work and this comes into play, it's the more conventional beauties who will be not-so-good.
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22{{Supertrope}} to BeautyBreedsLaziness.
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24Can overlap with AlphaBitch; AttentionWhore; BrainlessBeauty; DCupDistress; FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon; CruelCheerleader; LightIsNotGood; MadonnaWhoreComplex; MuscleBeachBum; {{Narcissist}}; NotLikeOtherGirls; PeerPressureMakesYouEvil; PetitePride; PlasticBitch; PopularIsDumb; PopularIsEvil; RealWomenDontWearDresses; and RealWomenHaveCurves. For when sexuality in addition to (or instead of) beauty is considered bad, see FemmeFatale; SexIsEvil, SlutShaming; SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny; TheVamp. Can also lead to WastedBeauty if the character's bad traits ends up driving away those who were initially attracted by their beauty.
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26Compare this trope to MakeUpIsEvil, EvilMakesYouUgly and {{Gonk}}. Contrast UglyCute (where it values personality more over looks).
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33[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
34* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'':
35** Griffith is a LongHairedPrettyBoy with the body of a Greek god. He has always been able to use his looks to his advantage, which is frequently necessary for his goal of gaining his own kingdom. At first, he was morally ambiguous, but after sacrificing his comrades to become a demon, he took on the status of the main villain. Ironically, he became even more beautiful after he gave up his humanity, having an aura of divine beauty about him that convinces people he's a messiah-like figure. In contrast, the AntiHero protagonist Guts is handsome, but in a more rugged and perhaps intimidating way, sometimes falling victim to FaceOfAThug or just his own lack of social skills.
36** Slan is a more risque version of TheVamp who goes around only in a neck corset and an underbust corset that [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything looks like a penis being inserted between her breasts]]. She is every bit as vile as the other God Hands, shown when she comments that Femto's rape of Casca while Guts watches is wonderful, and forces Guts to perform oral sex on her when having him captured, making it clear she wants him as her SexSlave.
37* ''Manga/BlackButler''
38** Sebastian is a devilishly good looking man but he's also a demon and a cold, amoral one at that.
39** Aleister Chamber has good looks but also proves to be a crazy asshole in every appearance.
40** Ciel Phantomhive is a DudeLooksLikeALady {{Bishonen}} and is not exactly a NiceGuy.
41* ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'' plays with the trope: while attractive characters like self-centered Ruruka, BlackAndWhiteInsanity-inflicted Munakata, [[spoiler:drone spy Miaya,]] and beefcake {{Ikemen}} Juzo are definitely on the worse side of things, the villain is [[spoiler: old, unattractive Kazuo Tengan.]]
42* ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'':
43** Richter is an [[AngelicAliens Angelic Alien]] who looks like a [[SpaceRomans Roman statue]] come to life, but he's also a genocidal maniac who's willing to kill his sister because she pursued a romance with a human.
44** Raiza has sea-green hair and is very busty, providing a lot of the anime's {{Fanservice}}. She's also [[{{Yandere}} unhealthily obsessed with Richter]], just as much as a maniacal psychopath, and whips her servants without a second thought.
45* [[Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami Light Yagami]] from ''Manga/DeathNote''. Especially when contrasted against the HeroAntagonist L, [[HollywoodHomely who is seen as unattractive]], at least InUniverse.
46* Gilgamesh from ''Literature/FateZero'' is ridiculously good-looking and has A+ Charisma, but is a major {{Jerkass}} and a part of the BigBadDuumvirate.
47* Lust from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', all the way down to being a female DracoInLeatherPants. Then again, she '''is''' created after the {{Lust}} [[SevenDeadlySins sin]].
48* ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'':
49** Nakago and it's nearly deconstructed in a last-minute AlasPoorVillain scene showing his origin story.
50** Yui, though in her case it's more because she's been ''badly'' manipulated and emotionally abused by Nakago, mentioned above.
51* Andrea Cavalcanti of ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'' is very, very handsome. He is also probably the most twisted character from the whole series attempting to rape Eugenie Danglars, and also sleeping with Madame Victoria de Danglars, who is [[spoiler:revealed to be his own mother]].
52* ''Anime/HelloSandybell'': AlphaBitch [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kitty_shearer.png Kitty]] is rude, vulgar and works on undermining Sandybell and Mark's friendship because she wants Mark to herself. She also rewards Sandybell rescuing her horse by harshly slapping her. Despite her horrible personality, Kitty is well-liked by the neighborhood because of her good looks and her reputation as the daughter of the [[SpoiledBrat wealthy Shearers]]. [[spoiler: Kitty ultimately reforms and works on being a nicer person, subverting this trope]].
53* ''Literature/TheHeroLaughsWhileWalkingThePathOfVengeanceASecondTime'': Princess Alesia may be physically attractive, but her actual personality is hideous, twisted, and cruel. Slavery and racism are two of the atrocities she promotes across the land.
54%%* Ryoki from ''Manga/HotGimmick''.
55%%** Also [[spoiler:Azusa, who is an attractive model that tries to have his friend gang-raped as revenge for ''[[MoralEventHorizon something she didn't even do]]''.]]
56* ''Manga/{{Hyakunichikan}}'': [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] separately by Shuuto and the kindergarten girls, regarding Masaki-sensei. [[SubvertedTrope However]], he turns out to be a SheepInSheepsClothing.
57* DIO, the main villain of [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood part 1]] and [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders part 3]] of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. Not only is he charismatic, but he also has followers from across the world, and had sex with many women. He is constantly shown half-naked before his proper appearance in the final part of the manga, touching his body constantly ([[CainAndAbel which he stole from Jonathan Joestar]]). While the main heroes ''are'' attractive, the manga never focuses on how handsome they are([[FemaleGaze in a technical sense at least]]), with the exception of Jotaro being a ChickMagnet, much to his annoyance.
58* ''Manga/{{Lady}}'': Jeanne Montogomery is undeniably a gorgeous woman with a striking face and gossamer hair, just as she is undeniably an emotionally abusive mother who frequently drives her six-year-old daughter to tears and blames her for the family's issues.
59* Alcyone from ''Manga/{{Magic Knight Rayearth}}'' is drop-dead gorgeous. And she is the only villain in this story who does not do a HeelFaceTurn. At least not in the original manga version, in the anime [[spoiler: she does end redeeming herself near the end of the series, but at the cost of her own life.]].
60%%* Apos of ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}''
61* Johann Liebert from ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' is a charming PrettyBoy who easily gets people to trust him by acting kind and considerate. Beneath this deception, he is a sociopathic murderer who wants to watch the world burn. On a less heinous level, the protagonist Dr. Tenma's ex-fiancee Eva is a vain and attractive RichBitch who dumped him because he gave up his career advancement to defend his principles. The heroes opposing Johann are a mixed bag: Nina is the prettiest on the hero team, which ironically is because she and Johann are HalfIdenticalTwins. Tenma isn't hard on the eyes, but is significantly older than Johann and tends to be in an unkempt state because he's a fugitive from the law.
62* [[TheOjou Flay Allster]] from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' doesn't seem that bad a person when she's first introduced, and seems to be on good terms with [[TheHero Kira Yamato]] and her will-be fiance Sai Argyle. Then [[AllLovingHeroine Lacus Clyne]], the renowned Coordinator popstar of the [=PLANTs=] is discovered by Kira, and when she tries to make nice with Flay, [[FantasticRacism she treats Lacus like a monster since she hates Coordinators]], believing them to be abominations since they alter their genes willingly. She sees it as an offense to what nature intended. When this offends Kira, Flay quickly affirms that he's not like the Coordinators of the ZAFT organization... [[spoiler:only to immediately grow to hate him anyways when her father is killed in a battle with ZAFT, all because Kira was holding back against the opposition. [[FailureToSaveMurder Flay blames Kira for her father's death]], even deducing correctly that the reason he didn't do his best to save George Allster like he promised was because he was a Coordinator who didn't want to fight his own kind. So she decides to get her revenge by ''motivating'' Kira to fight ZAFT... [[ManipulativeBastard by pretending to fall in love with him and play the role of a supportive girlfriend]], even having [[TheirFirstTime her first sexual experience]] with Kira to ensure that he ''wants'' to fight. It works, since Kira is easily fooled into thinking he's protecting Flay, whom he has a crush on anyways. Unfortunately for her, [[BecomingTheMask she starts developing feelings for the man she's trying to get killed anyways]]... which only ends in [[ILetGwenStacyDie tragedy]] later.]]
63%%* Yuki Michio from ''Manga/{{MW}}''.
64%%* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''
65%%** Sasuke, at least after he TookALevelInJerkass.
66%%** Neji Hyuga is TallDarkAndHandsome indeed, but another reason he has so many female fans is that he is [[ArrogantKungFuGuy arrogant]], [[TheStoic stoic]], and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]]. Less after his HeelFaceTurn, but he still is a cynical guy, making [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys girls drool after him]].
67* Asuka Langley Soryu from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. Pretty much so. However, in her case, it's a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] of this trope: she's a hot bitch, yeah, yet not only does she not get away with her antics (Touji is annoyed to no end by her, Shinji puts up with it because he's also deeply fucked up, Rei is indifferent most of the time, etc.), but she's subjected to a horrifying combined HumiliationConga and BreakTheHaughty process that reveals her terrible DarkAndTroubledPast.
68* Handsomely Masked Sweet Mask from ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' looks kind of like Light (until later in the adaptions where his hair is longer), which is probably not a coincidence if you consider that his sense of justice also consists of killing anything he deems evil.
69%%* Most of the male villains of ''Franchise/SailorMoon''.
70* Played with in ''Manga/SaintSeiya'': Pisces Aphrodite is the most beautiful of the Gold Saints and, according to Saga, his beauty is only matched [[TheUnfettered by his cruel and unyielding disposition]], something he backs up more than once, but he's not as evil as [[CardCarryingVillain Deathmask]], just someone you need to ''not'' provoke.
71* Cruelly deconstructed in ''Manga/SakuraGari'', where the unearthly gorgeous Souma is a massive bastard... but he turns out to have an extremely complex reason to be an asshole. [[spoiler: And his physical beauty brought him lots of abuse.]]
72* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'':
73** In the first manga, Tsukiyama is portrayed as a very attractive man who mutilates and eats humans and ghouls alike, and manipulates Kaneki so he can gain his trust and eat him.
74** Furuta is a bishonen but is also incredibly cruel and screwed up.
75* ''Anime/VoltesV'': [[Characters/VoltesVPrinceHeinel Prince Heinel]] is a blonde PrettyBoy with silky, untamed, hair and pretty eyelashes. He's also the leader of the Boazanian AlienInvasion to Earth.
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79* ''Art/TheFallenAngel'': Creator/AlexandreCabanel's portrayal of [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] is as a [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains naked fallen angel]] with a TroubledButCute countenance and a muscled body. Meanwhile, the loyal angels are not that detailed, so they are rather plain-looking.
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83* DependingOnTheWriter, Veronica Lodge from ''ComicBook/ArchieComics''.
84** Cheryl when she replaces Veronica's role as AlphaBitch.
85* ''ComicBook/ComicCavalcade'': Randy Holcome is a noted pretty boy in the corner of Texas [[Franchise/WonderWoman Etta]] is from, but Etta's father is on to something when he says that there is something sinister hiding behind the man's physical beauty. In a twist on the concept Judy [=MacGregor=]'s attractive features have led to her violent short tempered personality, because Randy and other won't stop hitting on her and assaulting her and it makes it so that she can't even hold a job, since her employers blame her for the actions of a bunch of men who won't take no for an answer.
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89* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': It's acknowledged in Chapter 16 that [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnon Ghidorah]] was as beautiful as any Titan, albeit wholly evil and destructive.
90* In ''Fanfic/IfThemsTheRules'', [[OCStandIn Arcturus Black]] definitely qualifies being described as very beautiful but utterly cold to his wife and a racist bastard to Harry.
91* In ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'', Maji is an alluringly beautiful mermaid [[spoiler: who likes to [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent lure animals in so she can suck the water out of their bodies via French kissing.]]]]
92* [[spoiler: Mindy the Lopunny]] in ''FanFic/{{Pokeumans}}'' is referred to by many people as attractive or, to quote, 'hawt'. Then she turns out to be a spy.
93* ''Fanfic/TheStoryOfApolloDaphneAndLucaAnItalianTragedy'': Vincenzo is the most attractive boy in school and is very [[ChickMagnet popular with girls]], but is arrogant, vain and a massive jerk towards Luca.
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97* The Beast in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', before his curse. And Gaston throughout. Commentary by the creators indicates that the intention was to invert BeautyEqualsGoodness by making the villain ruggedly handsome to contrast with the monstrous but good-hearted Beast. Although considering the heroine [[MeaningfulName Belle]]'s primary attribute is her ''beauty'', the actual aesop learns more towards TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside. Beast is good because he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who genuinely reforms his beastly ways and Belle is good because she sees the cursed prince for what he really is and helps him with his redemption. Gaston is bad because he's a CrazyJealousGuy who tries to force Belle into marrying him and murder the Beast simply for [[MurderTheHypotenuse being his romantic rival]].
98* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' gives us [[spoiler:Prince Hans]]. Anna thinks he's gorgeous and he's certainly very charming, but he turns out to be a sociopathic SocialClimber who is only interested in Anna for her claim to the Arendelle's throne and was planning to arrange an "[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident accident]]" to get Elsa out of the way even before her powers were revealed. Contrast Kristoff, who isn't bad-looking by any means, but is still rather plainer and stockier and apparently has a lot of gross habits, but is much CloserToEarth than the RomanticFalseLead is.
99* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'': The villainous sirens, Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk, are all equally beautiful but nonetheless utterly evil.
100* In ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'', where the good guys are mostly ugly, the villain of the second and third movies, Prince Charming, is handsome.
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104* ''Film/AnimalHouse'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'' definitely qualify.
105** ''Animal House'' tries to have it both ways. The opposite number of Omega House's Gregg Marmalard is clearly Eric Stratton, who's just as handsome as Gregg is but is clearly intended to be the DesignatedHero. But if you consider Gregg's "good" counterpart to be John Blutarski (who ''does'' ultimately succeed in wooing Mandy Pepperidge away from him, after all), then this trope is played straight.
106* Some of the female villains of ''Film/ChildrensPartyAtThePalace'' look not so hideous as their villainous nature, such as Cruella de Vil and the Grand High Witch.
107* ''Film/CruelIntentions'': Both lead characters are played up as being very attractive, and both are rotten to the core. However, the film's climax features some character development for the male as he develops actual, honest feelings for the genuinely wholesome girl he was chasing for most of the film.
108* Ajax, the BigBad of ''Film/Deadpool2016'', is a cruel and sadistic MadScientist who performs torturous experiments on people to turn them into super-powered slaves. He's also played by Ed Skrein, who, in the closing credit sequence, is regarded by the cartoon Deadpool as the "hottest" of the actors.
109* In ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory'', the villainous dodgeball team is (with a single exception), attractive, athletic, muscular and young who believe they are naturally superior to other people ''because'' of their physical attractiveness. This is juxtaposed by the heroic team, who are all geeks, overweight, slobs, or... pirates. And the member of the opposing team who has something of a HeelFaceTurn? A BrawnHilda who falls in love with one of the Average Joes.
110* ''Film/DrHeckylAndMrHype'': When Heckyl becomes handsome, he becomes evil. Also, the bald kinda homely Dr. Hoo becomes evil when he becomes the attractive Miss Finebum clone.
111* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'', Frodo discusses this trope with his fellow hobbits soon after meeting Aragorn as he leads them to Rivendell:
112-->'''Frodo''': I think an agent of the enemy would look fairer... and feel fouler.
113* The film ''Branded,'' attempts to deconstruct this, by having a wave of "fat acceptance" advertisement is actually part of a conspiracy to sell more burgers at fast food joints. Yes, if you're fat, you're a mindless drone literally feeding ([[MakesJustasMuchSenseInContext through giant invisible parasites on top of buildings]]) the evil corporations. [[BrokenAesop The movie]] [[SpaceWhaleAesop didn't handle it]] [[QuirkyWork very well]].
114* ''Film/TheFinal'' at first plays it straight - as the bullies who are targeted for revenge are all attractive, wealthy and beautiful - in heavy contrast to the more average-looking outcasts. But notably Bridget - who is one of the pretty girls - refuses to harm one of her friends to save her own skin.
115* The bitchy, dim-witted (minus one) second wives in ''Film/TheFirstWivesClub'' are all noticeably younger and prettier than the titular characters (though they are all quite attractive themselves). Like the ''Film/{{Hairspray|1988}}'' example below, it's implied that two traits simply go together.
116* A very early film example is Tod Browning's ''{{Film/Freaks}}''. The titular freaks are shown as decent, wholesome people (to the shock of [[ValuesDissonance a 1930s audience]]). Hercules and Cleopatra, two glamorously attractive circus performers, are the antagonists. The sympathetic non-freak BetaCouple, Venus and Phroso, are respectively a horseback stunt rider and a clown- still good-looking, but lacking Herc and Cleo's glamorousness.
117* ''Film/{{Hairspray|1988}}'' is a milder example, in that Tracy Turnblad, while chubby, is still usually quite pretty. The fact remains, though, that the thin, attractive Van Tussel women (and most of the other cast members on ''The Corny Collins Show'') are portrayed as being snobbish and cruel, apparently just because they ''are'' thin and attractive.
118** While the Van Tussels remain just as horrible in the second ''Film/{{Hairspray|2007}}'' movie, the other attractive cast members are shown to warm up to Tracy. The black girls among the kids invited for Negro Day who are thin and attractive are nice from the start- it's primarily that being thin and conventionally-1960s pretty (which rules out both fat white girls and beautiful black girls) is bad in this setting.
119* A good portion of the female villains in the ''Film/JamesBond'' franchise, though the heroines are always pretty too.
120* Any part played by Creator/WilliamZabka during the late 1980s. He seemed to have made a career out of playing pretty-boy bullies who thought nothing of acting as crappily as possible to anyone not as handsome, rich, and self-important as himself (the characters he played in ''Film/TheKarateKid'', ''Film/BackToSchool'', and especially ''Film/JustOneOfTheGuys''). It should be noted that, by all accounts, [[MeanCharacterNiceActor the former-actor-turned-Oscar-nominated-director himself is anything but a Jerk Ass]].
121* Subverted in ''Film/TheMask'': The blonde hottie (played by Creator/CameronDiaz) with whom the BigBad is involved gets paired up with Stanley at the end.
122* Any of the [[GirlPosse plastics]] in ''Film/MeanGirls'' particularly Regina George are rude and cruel to the other students in their school that they don't consider as popular and attractive as them. There also exists a fan theory that Janis is a former AlphaBitch precisely because of the beauty of her actress Lizzy Caplan[[note]]Who almost didn't get the role because producers thought she was too pretty to play the outsider.[[/note]]
123* ''Film/MercenariesFromHongKong'': The film's main villainess, Madam Ying, is one of the most despicable and horrendous character ever put in an action film, willing to arrange for her father's assasination to usurp his wealth, and then manipulating the titular mercenary crew, a group of ex-soldiers whom had fallen on hard times, to go on a SuicideMission under the pretense of investigating her father's demise, only to have them double-crossed and murdered one at a time. She had no qualms having innocent people who knew her true identity murdered, putting her captives through ColdBloodedTorture, and manipulate Sing, TheLancer, into turning on his friends causing the main characters to kill each other. She's even eager to kidnap the ailing daughter of one of the mercenaries, an 8-year-old child [[LittlestCancerPatient suffering from cancer]], only to have the child shot when things doesn't go according her way. And she is portrayed by Candice Yu On-on, a former Hong Kong supermodel and beauty pageant.
124* In the film ''Film/PhatGirlz'', every slim woman (In contrast to the BigBeautifulWoman heroines) is a bitch. The only exception is their friend Mia, but she's an idiot, so she still falls under this trope.
125* Heavily implied in the case of many supporting characters in ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera''. (Not the ''named'' ones, but the extras- wanting to look or feel better automatically makes you a shallow, surgery addicted drug whore in this film.) It was implied in the extra material that there was a group of people who were addicted to plastic surgery, though the original art for these people showed that they weren't attractive by any means.
126* The Alpha Beta fraternity and their associated sorority, Pi Delta Pi in ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds''.
127* ''Film/ShallowHal'' explores this trope with emphasis on a person's inner beauty over their outer beauty. Notably, a beautiful chain-smoking GoldDigger is seen by Hal as ugly and repulsive.
128* ''The Girl Most Likely To'' plays with this. Most of the people behave like dicks to the Ugly Duckling protagonist, but there are super pretty girls that snub her or take advantage of her and then later [[spoiler: the protagonists unleash deadly yet hilarious revenge after reconstructive surgery has made her a knockout]]
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132* Creator/AgathaChristie seems to have believed this very much. If a handsome man is introduced in a book of hers, he will be either the killer, the accomplice or otherwise immoral. Note that this is restricted to men whose attractiveness is spelled out: other characters might be handsome too, but the fact being mentioned is a sure sign that we're looking at a gigolo, a blackmailer or just a bastard. This is so prevalent in her writing that in the ''one'' book where a handsome man isn't a complete bastard (he's loyal and caring, but he still ''might'' be a gigolo), the killer turns out to be [[spoiler: the other handsome man.]] This may be WriterOnBoard as Christie's first husband was a good-looking jerk.
133** Averted, however, in [[spoiler:''Literature/DeathComesAsTheEnd'']], in which a handsome suitor to the heroine of the story is a good (though not faultless) man. [[spoiler:She ultimately realizes, however, that he is not the one she wants to marry. It's also notable that the murderer is the only one of the patriarch's sons ''not'' to be described in the story as handsome, although the other two handsome sons are jerks.]]
134** [[spoiler:Richard Carey in ''Literature/MurderInMesopotamia'']] is another aversion.
135* [[TheBeautifulElite Iason Mink]] of ''Literature/AiNoKusabi'' is incredibly cruel but he is also incredibly irresistible.
136* {{Literature/Animorphs}}'s Andalites are the most beautiful of the alien races, resembling mouthless blue centaurs with extra eyes, elfin ears, and long bladed tails. The other aliens in the setting are less pretty and don't get admired in the same way. But while Andalites aren't ''evil'', the initial perception of them as purely benevolent towards humanity is certainly incorrect.
137* The BigBad Torak in ''Literature/TheBelgariad'' is described as being the most beautiful of the gods, with a vanity to match.
138** Averted by the time the stories are set, though. There's a ''reason'' he's also called "the maimed god."
139* [[PosthumousCharacter Keifer Porter]] of ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' was noted for being cruel, dim-witted, and exceptionally beautiful. On the other hand, Jerin Whistler, who ends up marrying Keifer's widows, subverts this. He's noted in-universe for his beauty, and also for his intelligence and kind nature. Jerin even manages to help Trini deal with her aversion to men caused by Keifer brutalizing her before she was of age for marital relations anyway.
140* Creator/CSLewis sometimes uses this in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''. Jadis, aka The White Witch, and The Lady of the Green Kirtle (in her human form anyway) are described as incredibly beautiful, at least by some; [[Literature/TheMagiciansNephew "Polly always said she couldn't see anything specially beautiful about her."]] Taken as a whole, though, the series makes it clear that while internal beauty may work its way [[BeautyEqualsGoodness outward]], the opposite is not true: it is only seven short years from [[Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader "Grown-ups thought her the pretty one of the family"]] to [[Literature/TheLastBattle "My sister... is no longer a friend of Narnia."]]
141* In ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'', Achren, the former Queen of Prydain, is described as being intensely beautiful despite being at least sixty years old, if not much older. She's a minor villain in the first book of the series, and the BigBad of the third.
142* Female villains in fairy tales often fit this trope. The wicked stepsisters in "Literature/{{Cinderella}}" (though there are just as many versions of the story that present them as ugly), the wicked queen in "Literature/SnowWhite", etc. In fact, a good many of those villains are only evil because they're jealous that the protagonists are more beautiful than they are.
143* ''Literature/{{Circe}}'': Circe resents the shining beauty of her mother, sister, and fellow nymphs, and associates it with their vapid personalities and cruelty. She also finds the perfect divine beauty of gods like Apollo and Hermes unsettling.
144* Creator/DanielleSteel likes this trope (although to be fair, much like in the page description, this is frequently paired with BeautyEqualsGoodness). But whereas a hero or heroine is naturally beautiful without any effort, a villain's good looks are usually artificial and fading.
145** Played completely straight in the novel "Big Girl", where the HollywoodPudgy protagonist is constantly made to feel unattractive compared to her thinner counterparts, starting with her younger sister and just getting worse from there--one boyfriend turns out to be a bastard, cheating on her with and eventually dumping her for a slimmer woman who's an equally classic AlphaBitch.
146* ''Literature/TheDiariesOfTheFamilyDracul'': Sadistic vampiress Elisabeth is frequently noted for her stunning beauty, to the point of easily seducing Zsuzsanna, who herself is very alluring.
147* ''Literature/TheDragonEggPrincess'':
148** Luzee is stunningly beautiful, described as having the appearance of an angel by Micah. She's also the most evil person in the book.
149** Micah describes Roku as a very attractive young man. He's also a treacherous, power-hungry schemer.
150* Dr. Mark Ahriman of ''Literature/FalseMemory''. Handsome, successful psychiatrist [[spoiler:who [[MindRape mind rapes]] (and sometimes literally rapes) his patients, sending some out to kill people and driving others to creative suicide for his own entertainment]].
151* Christian Grey from ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' is described as amazing attractive by his love-slave girlfriend Anastasia Steele, and of course he is cruel, domineering, abusive jerk. Their relationship is portrayed as [[UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}} S&M]], but since it completely misses the entire [[UsefulNotes/{{Consent}} "Safe, Sane and Consensual"]] thing, he's really just a {{Domestic Abuse}}r.
152* In ''The First Casualty'' by Creator/BenElton, Captain Shannon is a violent, misogynistic, sociopathic rapist and killer. He is also incredibly handsome, which attracts women to him (unaware of his propensity for sexual violence) and has the effect of making others think they can trust him.
153* Creator/BretEastonEllis' ''Literature/{{Glamorama}}'' is about models who are so self-centered and vain that they become sociopathic terrorists.
154* All the main villains in ''Literature/{{GONE}}'' are apparently either very attractive or simply drop-dead gorgeous. [[BigBad Caine]], Diana, [[TheDragon Drake]] -- even [[TheStarscream Penny]] is said to be pretty or "cute". And none of them are above murdering someone [[TheChessmaster either as part of a cold-blooded plan for supremacy]] (Caine), [[ManipulativeBastard apathetic and manipulative self-preservation]] (Diana), [[ColdBloodedTorture for the evulz]] (Drake), or [[RevengeBeforeReason as petty revenge for something insignificant]] (Penny).
155** Worth noting that around half the heroes (or ''good'' characters) [[HollywoodHomely are said to be easy on the eyes as well]], but aren't described half as often (or to the same magnitude at ''all'') as all being insanely beautiful that one has to catch their breath for a moment to comprehend it.
156** Plus, the heroes don't use their physical appearance to their advantage... '''Diana:''' Oh yes, I could, urm, "Slow Sam down".
157* Lord Voldemort, BigBad of the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series, was almost unbelievably handsome in his youth and used it to manipulate those around him. Later on, not so much. It's been noted that his younger self's good looks are more remarked upon than those of any other character in the series, including LoveInterests.
158** [[MeaningfulName Narcissa Malfoy]] and Bellatrix Lestrange also qualify, though the latter loses her looks somewhat after a decade in prison.
159* In the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series there's quite a lot of BeautyEqualsGoodness and in fact people not-infrequently become more beautiful just inherently from using magic. Some mages deliberately make themselves more pretty in different ways and ''that'' is always taken as a bad sign right off the bat. In ''Winds of Fate'', after [[CatGirl Nyara's]] injured herself helping Darkwind's charges he thinks about how attractive she is and furiously declares that if she's "done that" to herself he'll kill her. [[Literature/LastHeraldMageTrilogy Vanyel's]] taken by Krebain's looks until he realizes Krebain isn't naturally hot. [[BigBad Ma'ar]] reshaped his body to make it strikingly handsome but was unable to change his eyes, which remained small and shifty.
160** On the more normal side, Herald Talia's abusive father and brother were quite attractive, and as a result, she's wary around handsome men; the man she falls in love with is repeatedly described as homely.
161* In Creator/AndreNorton's ''Literature/IceCrown'', Sandar, Roane's vicious cousin. Roane's first look at Nelis Imfray has her thinking explicitly that he's not as good-looking as Sandar.
162* The ''Literature/{{Indigo}}'' series has several examples: Quinas (despite being a mutant) comes to mind. So do Jessamin (who's [[EnfantTerrible the avatar of the Serpent who Devours]]) and Carlaze (who's just a [[LadyMacbeth scheming bitch]]). In all of the above cases, the first thing we hear about is their good looks. However, not every attractive character in the series ''is'' necessarily evil. (For example, there's Indigo herself...although not much focus is put on her looks.)
163* In ''Literature/JaneEyre'', Jane herself and Rochester are nothing special, even joking about each other's hideousness, while Blanche Ingram and Georgiana Reed are more conventionally attractive but horrible and snobby. Charlotte Bronte admitted this was her intent when she wrote the novel, in a rebuttal to her sister Emily, to prove that a heroine didn't have to be beautiful.
164* The fourth ''Literature/LandOfOz'' book, ''Literature/DorothyAndTheWizardInOz'', features a PlantPeople race called the Mangaboos, who are described as all being beautiful. The race is AlwaysChaoticEvil since the longer Dorothy and her companions stayed in their land, the more hostile the Mangaboos became. They turn violent and opt to murder the group [[ForTheEvulz for no reason]], forcing them to flee for their lives. Their evil is strong enough for the nearby Valley of Voe to call them dreadful creatures.
165* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Sauron, being something akin to a fallen angel, was once very beautiful and used this trait to ensnare humanity in his plots.
166* ''Literature/NightfallSeries'': Most humans at the Resistance seem to think beauty is bad, as they associate beauty with vampires. Myra’s cousin, Thea, argues that beauty isn’t inherently right or wrong.
167* In Creator/JohnMilton's ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', Belial is quite beautiful, even in Hell.
168-->'' A fairer person lost not Heav'n''
169* In ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray'', Dorian Gray is a beautiful young-looking man who is corrupted by Lord Henry's ideas of [[TheHedonist hedonism]] and starts pursuing pleasure, regardless of the consequences, and wreaks havoc. His [[ArtifactOfDoom portrait]] starts changing from beautiful to hideous as he commits more and more evil acts.
170* Princess Laideronette (whose name is the French word for "ugly" rendered into a feminine name- one of the translations into English renamed her Hidessa) from the 18th-century fairy tale novella "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/aulnoy/1892/greenserpent.html The Green Serpent]]" is, in spite of having a good figure and lovely hair according to the original illustrations (they only show her from the back), so badly disfigured from birth by a curse flung at her by a fairy who was scorned by Laidronette's parents that she is kept locked away from the world and forced to wear a veil. When she wants to attend a ball in honor of her vain, beautiful, shallow sister Bellotte (who escaped the curse), the only concession her parents make is allowing her a peep-hole to watch the ball so she doesn't frighten the guests. When Bellotte gets married to a king, she gives Laidronette one of her used ribbons. Laidronette's virtue is rewarded by the restoration of her beauty, marriage to a handsome prince, and became queen in her own right rather than just a consort, while Bellotte is left with nothing.
171* [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Joren]] of Stone Mountain in Tamora Pierce's ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'' books, a misogynist asshole who goes to any length possible to get Kel out of knight training. [[http://q-sama.livejournal.com/198479.html According]] to [[WordOfGod Pierce]] he was based on someone she knew in college.
172* The eponymous character in Tess Gerrittsen's ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'' series is a die-hard believer of this. There is yet to be a single beautiful woman in one of the books who she hasn't immediately deemed dumb, bitchy, etc. However, this rarely turns out to be the truth--instead, it's a result of Rizzoli's irrational jealousy of good-looking women (because she's plain). There are a few moments where it is played straight--Joyce O'Donnell, a psychologist Rizzoli frequently clashes with and outright describes as "a vampire", is consistently described as beautiful, immaculately coiffed, dressed, and made up--and is an utterly despicable person, regularly communicating with serial killers and advocating for their release and constantly preying on Rizzoli' s insecurities.
173** Gerritsen has used this in some of her other novels. The heroine of the book ''Bloodstream'' is repeatedly described as "ordinary-looking" while her rival is often described as "a handsome woman", who actually starts out as a perfectly decent person before becoming flabbergasted that the hero would fall for the homely woman within weeks after years of never giving ''her'' a second look and bitterly tries to get back at her by frequently punishing her son for minor infractions (she's the principal of his high school).
174* In ''Literature/TheShipWho'' this is the case a few times.
175** ''[=PartnerShip=]'' has Polyon, who looks like he stepped off a recruiting poster. Before coming to realize how volatile, ruthless, and sadistic he is his cousin Nancia is inclined to believe he's noble and principled; after finding out, she keeps tabs on him and is aggravated by the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity puff pieces]] journalists publish about him, which ''always'' include commentary on how attractive and elligible he is.
176** ''The City Who Fought'' and ''The Ship Avenged'' have the Kolnari, a HumanSubspecies with [[DarkIsEvil truly black skin]], platinum hair, and golden eyes. The ones who aren't horrifically scarred or above the age of thirty-five or so (at which point they age with catastrophic speed, being more short-lived than normal humans) tend to be very beautiful. They're also basically a species of the worst possible {{Angry Black Man Stereotype}}s, played ''completely'' straight but with BreedingCult and [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinism]] added on, and RecycledINSPACE.
177* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' plays with BeautyEqualsGoodness quite a bit, resulting in a few straight examples of this trope.
178** The first villains to appear are [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman the most beautiful woman in Westeros]], Cersei Lannister and her [[HalfIdenticalTwins Half Identical Twin]] Jaime--one being probably the most iconic evil queen since Disney, and the other a knight known by the name of "Kingslayer" whose first major act in the book is to defenestrate a child who saw the two performing {{Twincest}}. The eldest offspring this loving union has produced is said to inherit the best physical features of his parents and is one of, if not ''the'' most psychotic character in Westeros (despite having plenty of competition). In general, [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon being attractive and blond]] is one of the trademarks of the Lannister clan, who are generally speaking ''not'' nice people. Cersei and Jaime's brother Tyrion, an ugly, deformed dwarf, is by far the most compassionate and kind of the Lannisters (although he's also done some pretty questionable things), and Jaime's redemption arc proceeds along with an aversion of BeautyIsNeverTarnished.
179** Joffrey Baratheon, the eldest of Cersei and Jaime's three children (nominally the children of Cersei's husband Robert Baratheon) inherited his parents' stunning looks, but is physically and emotionally abusive to his uncle Tyrion, his younger siblings, and his fiancée Sansa Stark, and governs the realm with [[TheCaligula terrible, petty decisions]].
180** Gerold Dayne, also known as "Darkstar," has the traditional beauty of the Daynes but is arrogant, mean-spirited, has a "cruel tongue," and is eager to make a name from himself distinct from that of his family. He's also not above [[spoiler:nearly killing Myrcella Baratheon, a little girl, maiming her in the process]], if it means accomplishing that. For bonus points, Arianne Martell describes the trademark purple eyes of House Dayne as looking [[BlackEyesOfEvil black from a distance]] on him.
181** Downplayed with Loras Tyrell, whose trademark Tyrell good looks have garnered him plenty of InUniverse fangirls. He's arrogant and cocky but isn't really a terrible person. [[spoiler:And then he gets several major injuries attacking Dragonstone -- having ''boiling oil'' poured on his face included -- so it remains to be seen whether he'll live to subvert or invert this trope or not.]]
182** The series also inverts this by having more unattractive guys as more decent, such as Ned Stark or Tyrion Lannister, but also averts this by having good-looking nice guys such as Garlan Tyrell and Robb Stark.
183* ''Literature/SpinningSilver'': All the heroic characters are physically plain or unremarkable -- Irina is a disappointment to her father the Duke because she isn't pretty enough to improve her marriage prospects -- whereas Tsar Mirnatius is a highly antagonistic PrettyBoy. [[spoiler:It's implied to be a {{Glamour}} from the demon he was bound to in the womb.]]
184* All of the genetically enhanced superhumans in ''Literature/StarTrekTheEugenicsWars'' are described as very charismatic.
185* Literature/SweetValleyHigh also manages to pull this off, even though again, everyone in the books is quite pretty or handsome. But the protagonists of the current story will almost inevitably feel less attractive, even plain or outright unattractive in comparison to their beautiful, evil rival. Even Elizabeth and Jessica have felt like this, despite being described ad nauseam as among the prettiest girls in their school, and even Elizabeth has felt like this in comparison to Jessica, despite them being ''identical'' twins (the difference being that Elizabeth dresses and acts in a far more conservative manner than Jessica).
186* In the second book of Kat Richardson's ''Greywalker'' series, the main character Harper immediately distrusts the really good-looking guy -- she's right. Several other times played straight in this series. Harper winds up deeply in love with a guy who's ''not'' handsome.
187* In Creator/RuthFrancesLong's ''Literature/TheTreacheryOfBeautifulThings'', as you might guess from the title, TheFairFolk are beautiful and vicious. When Jack thinks how beautiful Jenny is, he explicitly notes her freckles, in contrast.
188* The two main antagonists in ''The Fabulous Five'' series (and it's ''Taffy Sinclair'' prequels), Laura [=McCall=] and the eponymous Taffy, respectively, are blonde, pretty, and bitchy. The bitchiness is supposed to, therefore, make it okay that the protagonists spend a good portion of the "Taffy" books basically bullying her.
189* Lanfear in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' is the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman and one of the most powerful and dangerous of [[QuirkyMinibossSquad the Forsaken]]. In fact, ''most'' of the Forsaken, men or women, are good-looking (Ishamael/Moridin, Demandred, Graendal, Rahvin, and Aran'gar are all also singled out), but Lanfear clearly leads the pack in this department.
190** Galad Damodred was never evil per se but he would do what he thought was good, regardless of who got hurt. [[spoiler: He got better in Book 13.]]
191* In "The Eye of the Beholder", one of Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/GeorgeAndAzazel'' stories, a homely woman loses all her generosity and kindness once Azazel makes her beautiful.
192* [[AffablyEvil Captain Halsing]] in ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'' is one of the most attractive characters in the book, described as tall, well-built, blond and blue-eyed, handsome and a snappy dresser. This is also a case of MeaningfulAppearance, since his Nordic handsomeness (as well as [[TheAce everything else about him]]) illustrates the ideals of [[KnightTemplar his Nazi ideology]].
193* The [[FemmeFatale Milady de Winter]], from ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' who is TheDragon towards the BigBad [[TheGhost The Cardinal]], but in many ways could be described as the true villain of the story is described as being incredibly beautiful, but as treacherous and dangerous as a serpent.
194* "The Staff in the Stone" by Creator/GarthNix: "The beautiful Naramala" is an EvilSorcerer who [[TheVamp seduced and murdered]] her friends for a chance at a promotion and bolsters her powers with BloodMagic. The other two wizards are a salt-of-the-earth CountryMouse and an elderly ReasonableAuthorityFigure, both with no looks to speak of.
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198* ''Series/{{Alias}}'': Every single recurring attractive female who isn't Sydney is a villain. The only exceptions are Rachel, who starts off working for an evil organization and doesn't know it, and Francie, who was killed by her evil double.
199%% * Any very attractive teenage girl or adult woman as well as any gorgeous guy in a LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek.
200* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': The series's OfficialCouple is pretty much set up to be the classic 'NiceGuy nerd courting the Prom Queen'. As such, almost, but not all, rival love interests who happen to be attractive, or at least arguably more attractive than Leonard, tend to be complete and utter assholes, who treat Penny terribly. The exceptions being Stuart (who goes from slightly adorkable NiceGuy to almost a parody of the Adorkable Woobie types), Zack (who despite fitting the mold, he's an example of GoodIsDumb), and her British study partner Leonard was jealous of, who was willing to play along with Leonard's attempt to scare him off.
201* Angel and Spike in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. They've both spent a good amount of their lives [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing]], murdering and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil even raping]] various people, and never reform completely, but it doesn't seem to detract from their sexual appeal. They dress a lot more stylishly than either Xander or [[GoodIsBoring Riley]] and, [[InformedAbility judging by the reactions of other characters in-universe]], they are supposed to be more physically attractive.
202* In the "Love Conquers Al" episode of ''Series/ColdCase'', it's revealed that the head [[CruelCheerleader cheerleader]] encouraged her track star boyfriend to kill the female track star he had sex with.
203* Jeff on ''Series/{{Community}}'', although he gets slightly better over time.
204* ''Series/TheCompanyYouKeep'': It's noted that, no matter how evil she may be, Daphne nonetheless is very beautiful.
205* ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'': In one episode, Larry determined that this trope not only applies to sexy women but also to their husbands and boyfriends as well. Larry fired his business manager because his wife is way too pretty and decided to invest in an invention because the inventor's wife is physically unattractive and that the men who are in relationships with beautiful women are also vain. shallow and self-absorbed. Therefore, the episode also has the StockAesop that [[BirdsOfAFeather people are judged by the company they keep]].
206* A classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' example from very early in the show's run is the story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E1Galaxy4 Galaxy 4]]"--the Doctor and his companions find themselves trapped on a planet along with the beautiful female Drahvins and the hideous Rills.
207* ''Series/FamilyMatters'': The first appearance of Stephan Urkelle was a self-absorbed prick who couldn't care less about Carl's friend getting shot. However, as Steve began modifying and perfecting the formula to create him (Boss Sauce), Stephan becomes a suave and kind-hearted gentleman. Essentially, a cool and slightly less intelligent version of Steve.
208** Some of the guys that Laura becomes interested in usually end up being jerks who just want to sleep with her.
209* Saffron (or whatever her real name is) from ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', who was a thief, a swindler, and who tried to kill Mal by leaving him naked in the desert.
210* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' carries the "Lannister syndrome" from the books. The most kind-hearted adult Lannister is Tyrion, the least attractive. The increasing compassion of Jaime is relative to his increasing filthiness and wretchedness. Cersei, who is considered to be one of the most beautiful women in Westeros, is cruel, treacherous and occasionally murderous, while her handsome son Joffrey is a horrific psychopath. However, Tommen and Myrcella would appear to avert this. Tommen is a decent boy if easily swayed by others, and Myrcella is by all accounts a normal, well-adjusted girl. Furthermore, many people outside of this family are both good-looking and morally good... -ish. A prominent non-Lannister example of this trope is Melisandre.
211* ''Series/{{Gossip Girl}}'''s TheBeautifulElite are spoiled, prissy, vain and bitchy. The more sympathetic protagonists - Dan, Jenny, Vanessa - are attractive in a less conventional way. Serena, however, is a subversion. While a straight example before the series began, she's had a HeelRealization and is trying to become TheAtoner.
212* In the "Thank God It's Friday" episode of ''Series/GrowingPains'', Mike, Boner, and Eddie are invited to a party by a hip college dude. At the party, The boys are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mckPFVnoBdE pressured to use cocaine by the pretty girls]]. Message: [[DrugsAreBad hot chicks do drugs]] and therefore run with a [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fast+crowd&defid=7407381 fast crowd]]. When the show wraps up, Kirk Cameron talks to the audience about [[PeerPressureMakesYouEvil peer pressure and drugs]].
213%%* Nathan Petrelli and Sylar throughout ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.
214* A lot of the programs on Creator/InvestigationDiscovery ([=ID=]) are presented as cautionary tales about getting romantically involved with beautiful people.
215* An episode of ''Series/JoanOfArcadia'' has Joan believing God is trying to make her preach this, and she begins protesting her cosmetology class by not showering, washing her hair, or putting on deodorant or makeup. God then tells her that isn't what he meant. But it kind of was. But not really. The Aesop of the episode was a little confusing.
216* In the ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' episode "Mean", three mean, pretty and popular teenage girls kidnap and murder a fourth pretty and popular teenage girl.
217* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Waldreg, a peasant from the Southlands, refers to the DarkLord, Sauron, as "a beautiful servant".
218%%* Sawyer on the first couple of seasons of ''Series/{{LOST}}''.
219* Played straight with Morgana and several one-off characters in ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}''.
220* Most children's shows where the main characters are a GrotesqueGallery.
221* On soap operas, the super sexy characters engage in all kinds of immoral and unethical behavior.
222%%* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'': Barring Rita, most of the humanoid female villains could qualify.
223* Alex Barnes a/k/a Alicia Bannister from ''Series/TheSentinel''. Although beautiful, she was a thief, a multiple murderer, and generally {{AxCrazy}}. Also Lyla, Maya. . . really, most of the women Jim & Blair get with -- they're all gorgeous, and all thoroughly nasty pieces of work.
224* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'':
225** Narek takes full advantage of his physical beauty when acting as a HoneyTrap to his victims.
226** Narissa is a gorgeous Romulan woman who likes to inflict pain and violence on others, and even her own brother (whom she nearly suffocated with her bare hands) is not safe from her.
227* Prevalent in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. As a general rule, while a character's level of attractiveness doesn't determine how "good" they will be, the less attractive male characters seem to form better romantic relationships.
228** While Sam and Dean might basically be good people (at least, when Sam hasn't gone darkside) they both manipulate women for sex and have a tendency to self-obsess and act like major jerkasses to everybody around them. If you were a random bar-frequenting woman in the Supernatural universe and they hadn't saved your life, you'd be forgiven for thinking they were bastards. It's worth noting however that Sam averted this entirely before he became a Hunter again in the series pilot, instead having been in a stable and loving relationship with Jessica at the time.
229** Castiel isn't sexually manipulative towards women, but that might have more to do with his general [[NoSocialSkills cluelessness about human behaviour]], his devotion to his faith, and disinterest in the matter. The sexual chemistry with Meg seems to be based around violence, and he once accidentally burnt somebody's eyes out and forgot to fix them, although it seems like he could have done so easily. So he's probably not the best boyfriend material, either.
230** Bobby is comparatively less attractive but was able to maintain a stable and loving marriage for many years.
231** While Samuel Winchester, Senior (the grandfather) is morally ambiguous, his marriage and commitment to his family seem a lot stronger than John's.
232** The only notable exception to the rule is Jimmy (Castiel's vessel), who is very pretty and was (before he became involved in angel business) a devoted and loving father and husband. And the actor who plays him is probably cuter when he plays Cas, anyway.
233** The Meg demon is fond of possessing attractive hosts and varies between smacking around or making out with the Winchester boys.
234%%* Laurie from ''Series/That70sShow''
235* This idea was played with on the reality show ''True Beauty'', which took a cast of good-looking people and then attempted to see if they were as good on the inside as they were on the outside by testing their kindness and morals. Some of them were, some of them... weren't.
236* ''Series/TidelandsNetflix'': Adrielle, Leandra and Violca are all very beautiful women while being ruthless villains.
237%%* Eric from ''Series/TrueBlood'', especially after he took a level in sexy in seasons two and three.
238%%** And Bill and Jason have had their moments of complete bastardry, too.
239%%* Damon Salvatore of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries''.
240* ''Series/UglyBetty'': In the fourth season, Betty dreams about an alternate universe in which she never had braces (and also got laser eye surgery, so no glasses). Being pretty, and therefore popular, meant she never learned the humility and compassion her "ugly" self did, and ended up being a bit of a grown-up AlphaBitch.
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244* Music/AniDiFranco's lyrics from "32 Flavors." "God help you if you are an ugly girl, of course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbours a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room."
245* The Don Henley song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHimia_Fxzs "Dirty Laundry"]] is about unscrupulous newspeople who will do anything for a story and makes fun of the fact that local news shows have at least one [[BrainlessBeauty "bubble-headed bleach blonde"]].
246* The Jimmy Soul song "If You Want To Be Happy" (famously covered by the Coasters) has this to say:
247-->''A pretty woman makes her husband look small\
248And very often causes his downfall.\
249As soon as he marries her, then she starts\
250To do the things that will break his heart,\
251But if you make an ugly woman your wife,\
252You'll be happy for the rest of your life,\
253An ugly woman cooks her meals on time,\
254She'll always give you peace of mind.''
255* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypkv0HeUvTc Beautiful People]]" by Music/MarilynManson is all about this trope.
256* The Northern Pikes song "She Ain't Pretty" (she just looks that way)
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260* [[Literature/TheBible Jezebel]], the wicked queen of Israel, could very well be the poster child for this trope. She is extremely beautiful...and has the people of Israel killed if they refused to worship the Phoenician god Ba'al. In the process, she turns many Israelites away from God.
261* {{Satan}}, especially his pre-fall angel form Lucifer, is commonly depicted as an inhumanly beautiful PrettyBoy, which fits with his description as the Prince of Lies and a master manipulator. It's also common for the SatanicArchetype of any given story to be beautiful for similar reasons.
262* In Literature/TheTalmud (Nedarim 50b), a Roman princess tells Rabbi Yehoshua that while he has much Torah wisdom, it's stored in an ugly vessel. He suggests that someone as rich as her should store her wine in silver and gold vessels instead of cheap earthenware. She tries it, and it spoils. He responds that Torah wisdom works the same way. {{Downplayed}} because she notes that there are attractive Torah scholars as well, but he comments that if they were ugly, they'd be even more learned.
263* Myth/ClassicalMythology, [[ValuesDissonance by modern standards]]. Most gods and goddesses (With some exceptions, such Hephaestus) are often described as the epithome of beauty. They are also often shown to be extremely cruel JerkassGods prone to DisproportionateRetribution, treat mortals like their playthings, being petty and vindictive, and in Zeus case, they are also shown to be remorseless rapists.
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267* Wrestling/ShawnMichaels during his prime as the "[[GorgeousGeorge Heartbreak Kid]]", before his [[TenMinuteRetirement first]] retirement, and becoming a born-again Christian. Not only was he an insufferable jackass in the ring, even as a good guy, but he was also like this ''[[WriteWhoYouKnow in real life]]'', making life miserable for countless wrestlers who had the misfortune of being employed in the WWE during Shawn's prime. Sure, he was a pretty boy and a ladies man, and he was also a huge asshole who abused the crap out of his position. It was only after his GameBreakingInjury and return in 2002 that he mellowed out and became a decent person.
268* Attractive women are often seen as inferior wrestlers or are pre-judged to have gotten their jobs on looks rather than athletic merits or wrestling skill. This attitude dates back to Wrestling/{{Sable}} in the late 90s, not to say the thought never arose prior. ''At the start'' of the 1990s when Wrestling/{{FMW}} picked up and pushed [[Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling Zenjo]] reject Megumi Kudo, there were grumblings about them [[MerchandiseDriven trying to sell modeling photo books]], but she soon displayed an improved work rate and previously unrevealed toughness that proved these concerns premature. Still, the trope was played straight the other way, as FMW initially gave Kudo an "[[RedBaron evil princess]]" [[TheGimmick gimmick]] before she became popular to the point of being [[DesignatedHero a face by default]]. Even the 1980s Wrestling/{{GLOW}}, a {{camp}} promotion that most involved didn't expect to succeed, had certain physical and technical standards all its athletes were expected to meet. Those involved in the wrestling industry were protective of it in that they did their utmost to ensure those considered inferior were kept out and failing that, used in ways their flaws would not expose incompetence. The straight examples, such as GLOW's own the EvilBrit {{Godiva|Hair}}), were reflections of that attitude held by both bookers and the wrestlers themselves.
269* On one hand, Sable was ultra-popular for a while and brought back women's wrestling to mainstream promotions. On the other hand, she'd had so much plastic surgery she could barely bump and had to be carried through her matches by the more talented, and gorgeous, Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}}[[note]]Who herself was hired previously by Wrestling/{{WCW}} solely for her looks as the second to the evil Wrestling/KevinSullivan. Learning that she could wrestle was a happy coincidence for them[[/note]] and the deliberately odd-looking but also very talented Wrestling/LunaVachon. Even strictly WWE fans began to notice Sable's opponents tended to look a lot more capable facing each other than they did her, then the company itself lost interest in protecting Sable after too many behind the scenes disputes. This attitude became even more prevalent when WWE spent the better part of 2004 dedicating [[PlotTumor a quarter of its programming]] to a "quarter of a million-dollar diva search" which repeatedly was stated ''not'' to be about finding another woman wrestler only to drop most of its women wrestlers after the contest was over and have untrained contestants who didn't even win the contest take their places. WWE has had a history of hiring people for their looks (though the smarks often miss out on the fact that their athleticism and ability to play a character is also tested), and while the worse parts of this practice have been dying off in TheNewTens - and plenty of legitimate wrestlers are hired in addition to models - the stereotype that all model-turned-wrestlers are terrible still hangs in the air. Wrestling/MariaKanellis used it for [[InvokedTrope heel heat]] in Family Wrestling Entertaiment and Wrestling/RingOfHonor long after the point fans caved as decided to give her a fair chance.
270* The flip side to this is that fans will automatically assume that any female who ''doesn't'' look like a supermodel or fit conventional standards of beauty must be a good wrestler (or why else would they be in the company?). Wrestling/{{Chyna}} wasn't incapable of having good matches, but the majority of her WWF career consisted of forearms, particularly [[GroinAttack between the legs]] of opponents [[InTheBack approached from behind]]. Despite this, she's frequently held up as a great wrestler by people ''only'' familiar with her WWF work because she was a big, butch, bulky woman [[YouGoGirl who held a man's title belt]]. Wrestling/TaminaSnuka - who was called up to TV and given a free pass by smarks for years because of her unconventional appearance (and the fact that she was the daughter of a Hall of Famer) - was one of the greener members of the roster in her time and remained among the most injury prone throughout her whole time in the company. She also got two random baby {{face}} pushes against Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart and Wrestling/BethPhoenix while the latter two were doing an evil pinup modle gimmick.
271* Former ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' Playmate April Hunter, who debuted in Wrestling/{{WCW}} roughly a year after Sable won the women's championship belt, knew from the get-go she was going to run right into this trope. She eventually came to embrace it, putting together a trio with Taylor Made and Wrestling/AllysinKay that call themselves Made In Sin, [[CardCarryingVillain a name not]] chosen just for the sake of a {{pun}}.
272* It is bad but celebrated in his own case with Panamanian wrestler VENENO, who briefly made "[[CardCarryingVillain El Guapo Siniestro]]" his official gimmick in IWRG. Of course, he usually kept [[MaskedLuchador his looks hidden]] until Grand Markus Jr unmasked him two years later in Wrestling/{{CMLL}}. Mr. México and Poder Méxica had some fun [[TraumaticHairCut getting him shaved.]]
273* {{Invoked|Trope}} by Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE, who hired a famous Taiwanese model and pushed her as Yinling The Erotic Terrorist, leader of the [[AmazonBrigade Amazoness division]] of The [[Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada Takada Monster Army]] out to destroy professional wrestling. While she was initially pitted opposite more conventional recruits such as kickboxing champion Karate Girl or veteran pro wrestlers such a [[Wrestling/AjaKong Erica]] and [[Wrestling/AmazingKong Margarete]], she also [[CueTheFlyingPigs scored a win]] over BigGood top {{face}} [[TheAce ace]] of HUSTLE, judo champion Wrestling/NaoyaOgawa, in [[TrollingCreator a parody]] of Wrestling/{{All Japan|ProWrestling}}'s attempt to push the much more renowned Akira Hokuto.
274* {{Defied|trope}} with Yuzuki Aikawa in Wonder Ring STARDOM, whose place in the company was suspect to many because she was primarily known for being a swimsuit model rather than for her participation in any type of athletics. Nanae Takahashi took it upon herself to make sure [[PayingTheirDues any dues]] Aikawa had left [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown would be paid in full by the end of her first match]], leaving Aikawa's torso covered in bruises and one of her eyes swollen shut. There were some wrestlers who ''still'' resented her modeling background after this but for the most part, she was held up as the MVP of STARDOM by the end of her rookie year.
275* Aikawa's ordeals ended up overshadowing almost everything else in STARDOM, allowing the other former models to slip into the ring with little to no controversy. Of these, Mayu Iwatani enjoyed the most longevity, more than Aikwawa herself, and remained a baby{{face}} throughout. Still, Wrestling/{{Madusa}} felt the promotion still relied too much on appearance and expressed a desire to move it in a tighter, more serious wrestling direction after coming on. Iwatani was also something of a TokenGoodTeammate in the {{Power Stable}}s Planet and Queens Quest(lead by infamous Sexy Purple Thunder Sister Io Shirai, [[TagTeam SPTS]] also [[EvilDuo being a straight example]]), whose membership generally played the trope straight. They were face stables only because their top rival(s) Kimura Monster GunOedo~Tai [[EvilerThanThou were worse]].
276* {{Subverted|trope}} in another STARDOM case with "Act" Yasukawa, who people were equally skeptical about entering professional wrestling, though not quite as many people due Aikawa being better known. Her "title" is even a reference to her former career as an actress. However, Yasukawa wrestles with [[FacialMarkings face paint]] and an {{eye patch|of power}}, as her athletic background is in kendo, which lead to a [[TheGimmick gimmick]] based around several famous [[EverythingsBetterWithSamurai samurai]]. Also unintentionally subverted in that Yasukawa has been ''[[CardCarryingVillain openly]]'' evil for most of her career but fans [[DracoInLeatherPants ignored it]].
277* WWE wrestler Wrestling/CodyRhodes, especially in his stint as "Dashing Cody Rhodes", whose character was that of a handsome, but utterly vain and egotistical heel who'd denigrate fans and other superstars for their supposed "ugliness". This made him the one-man [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]][=/=]AlternateCompanyEquivalent to Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople. Became especially ironic after he became "disfigured" (a MinorInjuryOverreaction) and began wearing a protective mask and freaked out about his "hideous" face which looked exactly the same as before.
278* ''Breaking Ground'' shows Tye Dillinger telling Tino Sabbatelli that he already needs to do very little to get over as a {{Heel}} - precisely because he's so good-looking and in such great shape that the fans will already be jealous of him.
279--> "People are gonna hate you based on how you look because ''they'' don't look like that."
280* "The Midnight Son" Caleb Konley, especially in EVOLVE. No one cares about win-loss rankings, mixed styles or even really wrestling. What's really important is his magnificent face, and he will hold up the show as long as he can to keep the camera focused on it as long as possible. His face will be burned into your brain!
281* Hana Kimura, [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor the large majority of the time]], especially in World Wonder Ring STARDOM, where she appropriately became [[DaddysLittleVillain mama's little villain]] for Kyoko, who had become the de facto leader of Oedo~tai. Hana is roughly the same height as Kyoko but at least ten pounds lighter and far more girly. Where Kyoko developed her reputation from bloody {{garbage|wrestler}} matches in Big Japan and such, Hana spends more time styling her hair, getting elaborate gear, seductively dancing and claiming to be "sexy but dangerous". Hana ''is'' a ruthless a rule breaker too, just more subtle than mom.
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285* In ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'', it mentions that in the Old World - if someone has good looks that are too flawless - they are suspect of being something sinister. This has some basis in the Warhammer world, the evil god Slaanesh and his accompanying daemons are beautiful (albeit in an inhuman way) and one of his/her gifts is "Allure" which increases his followers beauty. His favourite champion is Sigvald the Magnificent, who's so good-looking (and in totally human fashion - no wings, tails, pincers and etc.) that he floats above the ground as the earth is too ugly for his beauty. Sigvald is also one of the evillest beings in the world. There's also the Dark Elf race who are [[AlwaysChaoticEvil all evil]] and, barring the ones who are mutilated or too ancient, all are extremely beautiful.
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289* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
290** In this series, every female who is ''[[RuleOfCute cute]]'' (frequently adorkable) is good [[spoiler:unless her name is [[CuteIsEvil Dahlia]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing Hawthorne]]]], and those who are ''sexy'' are evil. There are only a few exceptions to this--the major ones are buxom Mia, [[spoiler:Angel Starr, Lana Skye, and Desireé [=DeLite=]]]--and the last of those is still morally suspect, just not a murderess.
291** For a male example, look no further than [[spoiler:[[NiceCharacterMeanActor Matt Engarde]], whose initial [[ObfuscatingStupidity ditzy persona]] belies a [[EvilIsPetty petty sociopath]] who hired a ProfessionalKiller to murder his rival and kidnap Maya to force Phoenix into giving him a Not Guilty verdict, and is indirectly responsible for [[DrivenToSuicide the suicide of Celeste Inpax]]. When Phoenix finally discovers the truth about his client, he [[MaskingTheDeformity moves his hair bang]] to reveal [[GoodScarsEvilScars four massive scars on his right eye]], which may or may not [[BlemishedBeauty add to his attractiveness]].]]
292** Another male example would be [[spoiler:[[EvilMentor Kristoph]] [[AmoralAttorney Gavin]]. He has the very look of a SexyMentor down pat, with his [[BlondesAreEvil long, blond hair]] and the IcyBlueEyes behind his [[GlassesAreSexy glasses]], yet he's the culprit behind two different murders in [[VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney the game he hails from]]. He's also a [[EvilIsPetty petty jerk]] who anonymously provided Phoenix with forged evidence because his would-be client chose Phoenix as his lawyer over him, and deliberately [[WouldHurtAChild gave a 12-year-old girl a bottle of poisonous nail polish]] in order to cover it up, and is emotionally abusive to [[CainAndAbel his younger brother Klavier]].]]
293* In the sequel to ''{{VideoGame/ActRaiser}}'', Confusion, the frost demon of Lovaous, a ice creature made of beautiful ice crystals takes on the alluring form of an [[MsFanservice equally beautiful nude woman]], [[TheVamp to seduce the king into an endless sleep]], whilst putting his subjects into a freezing hellhole.
294* Pretty much every single thing in ''VideoGame/BlackKnightSword'' is ugly and grotesque, with dirty coloration. The artstyle is reminiscent of the animated segments in ''Creator/MontyPython''. The only exception is the White Princess, a beautiful, angelic-looking princess drawn in an appealing, clean artstyle. She also happens to be a [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen malevolent, depraved tyrant]] and the BigBad FinalBoss of the game, whose attacks are just as grotesque as anything else in the game. The contrast in artstyle combined with her voice (which is literally composed of violin strokes) create a profound UncannyValley effect. [[spoiler:Ironically, her true form is simply a white version of her sister Black Hellebore.]]
295* ''VideoGame/CorpseParty''’s most malevolent characters tend to be attractive: [[spoiler:Kizami, Naho, Misuto, and of course [[BigBad Sachiko/Witch Queen]]]].
296* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'':
297** In general, the overall BigBad [[spoiler:Junko Enoshima is both a beautiful blonde and a manipulative, highly misanthropic HopeCrusher who sees no one around her as human and only someone to transform into a means to spread despair. Of course, because of this, to say "bad" is understating it, by a ''lot''.]]
298** Actively played upon in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc''--hero Makoto Naegi considers himself plain and is surprised when old schoolmate Sayaka Maizono remembers him. [[spoiler:Sayaka is a cute idol singer, but it also turns out that she tried to set Makoto up to take a fall for her so she could escape the battle royale. Zig-zagged in that she regrets it.]] Also present in the rest of the cast--the wealthy and handsome son of a corporation has next to no empathy for his fellow classmates, the [[spoiler:elegant GothicLolita Celestia sets up a double murder]] and [[spoiler:the BigBad’s true identity is Junko Enoshima, the classmate known as the Ultimate Fashionista]]. The less conventionally attractive cast members are accordingly more heroic--plain Makoto is a sweetheart, and beefy warrior woman Sakura is noble and kind.
299** In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', the same pattern follows: resident WhiteHairBlackHeart Nagito has... shall we say, ''extreme'' ideas of hope, Hiyoko is shown to be a sharp-tongued brat [[spoiler:though she does show signs of changing [[HeelFaceDoorSlam right before she's killed]]]], [[spoiler:CuteClumsyGirl Mikan still had traces of her old brainwashing when she committed her crime]], and the overall mastermind is [[spoiler:LongHairedPrettyBoy Izuru Kamukura with his suppressed emotions]] compared to the plain-looking protagonist Hajime.[[spoiler:..who, mind you, ''became'' Izuru before the plot started.]] On the other hand, the more heroic characters are folks like the hulking Nekomaru, childish-looking Fuyuhiko, and punkish Kazuichi, and the aforementioned son of a corporation [[spoiler:apparently]] returns both [[FormerlyFit morbidly obese]] and [[TookALevelInKindness far less of a prick]]. [[spoiler:Ultimately zig-zagged, however, in that their original selves as Ultimate Despair only went bad due to the aforementioned brainwashing, with a side order of guinea pig testing on Hajime's part.]]
300** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' has Miu Iruma, who starts ''out'' as a jerk and only gets worse as the game continues. She also happens to be a prideful ShamelessFanserviceGirl and actually wants people to pay attention to her, but as a result of an InferioritySuperiorityComplex. [[spoiler:She ends up trying to kill the cast at the end of Chapter 4 by killing Kokichi in the Virtual World in an attempt at a perfect crime out of her desire to leave the academy, which fails because Kokichi offs her using Gonta before she has the chance to complete her murder.]]
301* Invoked in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', where Cloud's behaving as a jerk is connected to the fact that he now looks like a [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous sexy SOLDIER member]] as a result of [[PhlebotinumRebel the experimental medical procedures done on him]]--apparently, he expects SOLDIER members should be like this. A couple of characters remark that the persona makes him seem attractive in itself.
302* In ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'', [[spoiler: Queen Sectonia]] used to be a benevolent ruler, but an obsession with beauty gradually turned her into a heartless monster until her subjects were forced to send help to another world to depose her and save them.
303* Nick from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' is a rather handsome man... and a sexist ConMan who implies that he has ties to the Irish Mob, and was planning on throwing everyone under the bus to save his own hide.
304* ''VideoGame/MasterDetectiveArchivesRainCode'':
305** Halara Nightmare appears beautiful on the outside, but inside, they're a misanthropic, cynical jerk only willing to help others as a detective as long as they're paid for it, and they're ready to admit to hating all of humanity equally.
306** Yomi Hellsmile, director of the Peacekeepers, is described as being "handsome", and his assistant Martina is supposedly attracted to him. However, he's also a cruel TautologicalTemplar DirtyCop who'll dispose of any challenge to his position on a whim, and even [[spoiler:manipulates a chief detective into committing murder in Chapter 4]]. Additionally, Martina ends up [[spoiler:opposing him when Yomi tries to execute her in Chapter 2 for being easily tricked by detectives.]]
307* ''VideoGame/MemoriaFreese'':
308** In the ''Literature/DateALive'' crossover campaign ''Ais Catastrophe'', Kaguya Yamai was already beautiful, [[spoiler: but when the Kaguya who accompanied Shido and company in Orario is revealed to be an imposter, she wasn't just one of the most attractive characters of the setting, she was also one of the most monstrous antagonists in both ''Dan Machi'' and ''Date A Live'']].
309** In the ''Nightmare Academia'' Campaign, [[spoiler:Tiones Walpurgis, also known as the Spirit of the Dream, may look as beautiful as Tione, whom she resembles, but is really an EvilTeacher who has no qualms if people dragged into the dream world she is the source of die with the supposed happiness provided being false and temporary]].
310* ''VideoGame/PeretEmHeruForThePrisoners'': [[spoiler:Soji Mizumi]] is a [[{{Bishonen}} pretty handsome fella]]. Pity he's also a SerialRapist.
311* ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'':
312** Despite its appearance of a seemingly innocent butterfly, Beautifly has a much darker side. It drains other Pokémon's body fluids to survive. Indeed, Beautifly can learn all three Grass-type draining moves (Absorb, Mega Drain, and Giga Drain) through level-up.
313** Despite its elegant appearance, Gorebyss aggressively chases its prey with its spear-shaped mouth into submission. After it catches its prey, it proceeds by draining the prey's bodily fluids with its mouth. In-game, Gorebyss can learn Draining Kiss through level-up.
314* [[EvilDiva Courtney Gears]] in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal'' has been described as the "hottest pop star in the galaxy", but is also a sadistic robot supremist who uses her good looks to lure {{Loony Fan}}s into her lair for be used for cruel experiments. She's also a ManipulativeBitch who tricks Clank into letting her guest-star in his Holovid show so she could lure him away from Ratchet for capture, sends out [[EvilTwin a decoy named Klunk]] to serve as TheMole, and has him and Qwark be lured into the Dreadnaught Leviathan for a trap. She also once dated a [[NiceGuy kind-hearted]] school teacher turned [=DreadZone=] Exterminator named Reactor, but was only interested in his money.
315* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'':
316** Asura is roughly handsome; his true form, Asherah, is a downright ''hot'' woman. They're also among the most horrible demons in the game.
317** [[spoiler:Zelenin and Jimenez arguably qualify as a variation. Both start the story as attractive, and both have their [[ScienceHero good]] [[TrueCompanions sides]] and [[FantasticRacism bad]] [[OnlyInItForTheMoney sides]]. Both also undergo distinct {{Face Heel Turn}}s by the end, where their bad sides get [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide far]] [[TheSocialDarwinist worse]], and they both get [[SpaceClothes much]] [[WalkingShirtlessScene sexier]]. Bonus points for it being ''Jiminez'' who gets the most {{Stripperiffic}} outfit too.]]
318* Rouge from the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series is a downplayed example. She is considered to be the MsFanservice of the series and happens to be a vain, sassy, and manipulative jewel thief, although she's [[AntiHero nowhere near evil]].
319* Vega from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' due to his handsome face with a psychotic killer's mind.
320* Consul D/[[spoiler:Blackblaze Dirk]] from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' is a handsome Bishonen, even referring to himself as "quite the looker". It doesn’t take away from the fact he’s a fearsome mass murderer, [[spoiler:let alone he collected the heads of the soldiers he slaughtered when he was Blackblaze Dirk.]]
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324* As a possible example of this trope, there's one ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'' strip in which a villainess explains her face (and gender) is always hidden because only hot evil chicks are allowed to show they're evil.
325** Double lampshaded because at first they just think it's because she was horribly disfigured in an accident, but then she mentions that even before the accident, a woman who was "nothing special" would have been a pretty good catch compared to her.
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329* ''WebAnimation/AoharuMangaLibrary'': Played straight and inverted at the same time. In various stories where the antagonist is a young male character, they will most likely be a handsome young man with an extroverted personality, clicking with the popular trend to contrast with Keiichi's more plain looks and introverted personality. However, their personalities tend to be extremely shallow, only valuing other people for their looks and outer accomplishments. On the other hand, the heroines are flat-out beautiful, but they are also good people who don't flaunt their beauty. In fact, it's the heroines who sometimes appear homely and unattractive at first, but [[BeautifulAllAlong turn out to be a complete knockouts in both looks and heart later.]]
330* In ''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Teen Girl Squad]]'', Cheerleader is considered the hottest out of the group in-universe. She's also the meanest.
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334%%* Captain Hammer from ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''.
335* ''Literature/BrigScarletFlamingo'' has its share of attractive heroes and average-looking or outright ugly villains, but two characters who are considered gorgeous by almost everybody are among the vilest of all:
336** In the backstory, Queen Carolina was a stunning-looking woman and a power-hungry SoftSpokenSadist.
337** Anthony's handsome looks and deep voice enchant nearly every woman he meets. He also is completely amoral with a ''serious'' case of ChronicBackstabbingDisorder.
338* Played straight in ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' at the beginning at least, the three bullies of homely protagonist Taylor are as pretty as they are remorseless. Although it's not a reoccurring theme. Throughout the novel, many, many characters of varying physical descriptions are shown to be good/evil/of grey morality with no apparent connection to the way they look.
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342* {{Subverted}}, but also {{Invoked}}, in the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' episode "[[Recap/AmericanDragonJakeLongS02E22SirenSays Siren Says]]". Over the course of the episode, Jake starts to act in ridiculous and humiliating ways, and Lao Shi concludes that they're dealing with a Siren. Trixie suspects that the Siren is Danika, Jake's beautiful date. But later, it turns out that Danika was just being manipulated by the ''real'' Siren, the nerdy and [[HollywoodHomely (Hollywood) Homely]] Vicky, who banked on the idea that people would instantly blame Danika because everyone already thinks pretty girls are evil. Everyone present promptly give Trixie a DeathGlare for her accusations.
343-->'''Vicky:''' It's just easier to use pretty girls. People always assume they're evil anyway.
344%%* Mozenrath from ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries''.
345* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
346** Original Series:
347*** Played straight with [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderPrincessAzula Azula]], the beautiful princess of the Fire Nation Royal Family. She is even called by Ty Lee the "most beautiful, smartest, perfect girl in the world", but in spite of that, Azula is jealous of how the latter is able to [[DudeMagnet attract boys]]. What she doesn't realize tho is that her attitude is the reason as to why that's the case, in contrast to Ty Lee's [[NiceGirl nice and cheerful]] demeanor. It becomes even more apparent after her conversation with Chan ends with him excusing himself when Azula demonstrates her sociopathic self, thus [[WastedBeauty repulsing him after he came to have an interest in her]].
348*** The BigBad [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderFireLordOzai Fire Lord Ozai]] also counts. Up until Zuko's homecoming, whenever Ozai appeared on-screen, his face was never completely visible, thus furthering audiences' expectations for him to look like the standard animated villain (i.e., having a somewhat more homely design than the heroes). The first full-on shot of his face (which, admittedly, is downright gorgeous) only reinforced the fact that he was absolutely the most despicable character in the entire series. (The sound of his voice doesn't exactly help, either.)
349** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
350*** Discussed and eventually subverted with [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraAsamiSato Asami]]. When this gorgeous rich girl showed up and immediately began a relationship with Mako, despite him seemingly being set up for a relationship with Korra, many fans immediately assumed she was TheMole and evil. This was only fueled by the discovery that her father ''was'' an Equalist, and a ''very'' short period of time where she pretended to side with him if only to get the upper hand as she rejects her father's justification of joining to a terrorist organization. And about her LoveTriangle between her and Mako, she is shown to be more mature to handle a relationship and its possible setbacks compared to them. [[BeautyEqualsGoodness In the end, she was as genuine as she seemed to be.]]
351*** [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraKuvira Kuvira]] is an AmazonianBeauty example, especially when it's lampshade by Prince Wu. She can also be noble in her efforts to make the Earth Empire do good things, but then it eventually turned for the worse and became DrunkWithPower in the process.
352%%*
353* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': The episode [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison "Pretty Poison"]] serves as a cautionary tale for many who completely subscribe to this trope's [[BeautyEqualsGoodness opposite number]]. Cosmetics designer [[Characters/DCAUPoisonIvy Dr. Pamela Isley]] is a (seemingly) innocent, sweet lady with Old Hollywood esque bombshell good looks who secretly moonlights as the FemmeFatale eco-terrorist Poison Ivy and keeps a [[ManEatingPlant giant, mutant flytrap]] in her private greenhouse she implies has made a meal of other people before seizing a nosy Batman in it's TentacleRope.
354* ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'''s very own JFK.
355* Princess Clara from ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' looks like your typical pretty [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Disney Princess]]. She is also a bigoted fundamentalist who often displays racist and anti-semitic views. One episode even reveals she had bought child slaves from Third World countries. While on the first episodes from the series she was originally portrayed as an InnocentlyInsensitive character, as the series progressed she TookALevelInJerkass, often displaying villainous personality traits.
356* From ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', Marie Kanker, the witty punk-styled girl, is the one who possibly defines this trope the most among the show's main set of characters, given that she's not as odd-looking as her sisters are (unless if one may consider her yellow teeth).
357* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
358** An episode of Family Guy has [[Characters/FamilyGuyPeterGriffin Peter Griffin]] becoming a jerk after plastic surgery turns him into one of the beautiful people, [[ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful because being handsome means that he can screw the rules]]. On the other hand, considering [[{{Jerkass}} who we're talking about]], the appearance boost may not be to blame.
359** A similar example happened in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E4DontMakeMeOver Don't Make me Over]]" with Meg where she became a cute blond girl and a singer, but also a jerkass until she is humiliated on tv and returned to normal.
360** Connie is depicted as a popular, pretty AlphaBitch in every appearance, especially to Meg who even confessed to her that she resorted to SelfHarm because of the abuse.
361%%** Jeff Fecalman, Brenda Quagmire's abusive boyfriend.
362** In the "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E14BeCarefulWhatYouFishFor Be Careful What You Fish For]]", Miss Emily is the negligent owner of the Tiny Tots Preschool and Stewie brings it to Brian's attention. When Brian tries to confront her, he sees Miss Emily sunbathing and resorts to running interference with Stewie until he can have sex with her. He finally has Miss Emily arrested once he finds out she has a live-in boyfriend named Devin whom she never mentioned.
363* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': [[{{Jerkass}} Mr. Cat]] and [[AlphaBitch Pretty]], both of whom are apparently very attractive but also very selfish and cruel.
364%%* Gordon Gibble of ''WesternAnimation/KickButtowski''.
365* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Every single attractive girl whom Jack meets ends up trying to harm or kill him, or turns out to be Aku in disguise. Ashi ended up being both, [[spoiler:but the latter case was unwilling as she had a part of Aku in her without realizing it]].
366* In the "[[Recap/SouthParkS11E14TheList The List]]" episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', after Kyle is voted the ugliest kid in the class, Abraham Lincoln tells Kyle that [[http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/155928/abraham-lincoln ugly people develop character and kids who are considered to be hot rarely do]].
367%%* The Dark Ace from ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks''.
368* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
369** [[Characters/TotalDramaHeather Heather]] is this--basically all the male contestants agree that while she's certainly very attractive, the guys that aren't Alejandro ([[RelationshipRevolvingDoor Heather's on/off-boyfriend]]) are very careful to keep their distance from her, since they're all well aware of what her personality is like, ''especially'' after the first season.
370** Justin, mainly in the second season. Even when he's not the main villain, he's still a jerk, but he's also a professional model for good reason. His label is literally "The Eye Candy".
371** [[Characters/TotalDramaCourtney Courtney]] may also count to a lesser extent when she's on the Heel side of the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor. It's mostly downplayed, but she's kissed more guys than anyone else on the show, and isnt't afraid to use her looks and flirt her way to the win.
372** [[Characters/TotalDramaAlejandro Alejandro]]. He's a lying, back-stabbing jerk, but is also the major MrFanservice of the show. Has anyone counted how many times he's ripped off his shirt?
373*** A promo for the finale of Total Drama World Tour says that Alejandro needs a shirt four times in both English and Spanish.
374%%* Callie Maggotbone in the earlier episodes of ''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans''.
375* The Trix in ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': They are as psychopathic, bitchy, and homicidal as they are beautiful. Heck, their hobbies are torturing others for shits and giggles (Mirta, Lucy, etc)
376* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' used an art style that made most characters attractive. However, according to some fans, the most attractive characters are Pietro, Gambit, and Avalanche. While Gambit and Avalanche both have lines they won't cross and times of heroics, they still had strong shades of criminal level jerkery. However, Pietro takes the cake. Sociopathic disregard for human life? Check. Starscream level cowardice? Check. Draco level smugness? Check. Pretty white hair and bishonen level attractiveness according to female fans? Check.
377** The jock Duncan took the JerkJock trope even further when he attacked the Morlocks with guns and bombs.
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