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1[[quoteright:300:[[Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/satan-tenacious-d_6329.jpg]]]]
2[[caption-width-right:300:[[RockMeAsmodeus The devil can play a wicked guitar!]]]]
3->''"Well, at least I don't look like a giant ketchup bottle!"''
4-->-- '''Suction Cup Man''' to {{Satan}}, "[[WebAnimation/SuctionCupMan Suction Cup Man 3: One Hell of a Climb]]"
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6In Western media, Christian [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons and devils]] often have a very specific appearance. You can usually spot them by their {{horns|OfVillainy}}, [[GoodWingsEvilWings batlike wings]], [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation red skin]], [[BeardOfEvil goatee]], furred legs with hooved feet, and sometimes a [[DevilsPitchfork trident or pitchfork]]. The horns and hooves are typically [[GruesomeGoat goat- or ram-like]], but bull-like examples also exist. {{Satan}} himself often takes this appearance.
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8That said, not all of the characteristics are necessary for a character to qualify in this trope. In fact, they don't even have to be red! The character/creature simply needs enough to invoke this classic depiction of demons and devils. The character isn't required even to be a demon. This can apply to characters that are [[DemonicPossession possessed by demons]], drawing power from [[TheDarkSide dark powers]] or [[BlackMagic magic]], or simply come from a [[DarkIsNotEvil race that resembles this type of creature]].
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10This trope has had a long evolution to its modern form. Many characteristics also have their own origin. The red skin seems to have started out as the red clothing worn by Mephistopheles in Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe's ''Theatre/{{Faust}}'' in his guise of a cavalier; this is also the source of the BeardOfEvil. The horns came as accessories to the older cloven hoof, which likely comes from Pan and the FaunsAndSatyrs of Myth/ClassicalMythology. Originally the deformed feet were more varied, duck feet, cock's claws, and horse's hooves being sometimes featured. Bat wings were used to show that the demons were fallen angels. Most of these characteristics are not found in representations of devils before the 13th century A.D. Earlier visualizations of devils gave them [[DarkIsEvil dark or black skin]], as in literally burned black by [[FireAndBrimstoneHell hellfire,]] which "red hot" skin still connotes in a way.
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12Given the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent many types of demons and devils in mythology and fiction from the world over]], few examples can be counted as aversions or subversions. To qualify as such, there must be clear expectations for a demonic character to look like this; if the vast majority of demons and devils in a fictional universe are not explicitly established to fit this trope, a LampshadeHanging is required.
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14The color is opposed by HeavenlyBlue.
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16Compare GrandpaGod, RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver and SatanicArchetype. Contrast RedIsHeroic, HeavenlyBlue. For a less infernal type of creature with goatlike horns and hooves, see FaunsAndSatyrs. For another common depiction of the devil, see DragonsAreDemonic (and by extension SnakesAreSinister).
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18Not to confuse with FlamingDevil, which is about {{Satan}} being [[SissyVillain fabulous]].
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21!! Examples:
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26* Creator/RyanReynolds' production company Maximum Effort made two memetic commercials starring a Satan very obviously patterned after Darkness from ''Film/{{Legend}}'', complete with monstrously huge horns.
27** [[https://youtu.be/YPq23RWpgPM Match Made in Hell]] where he finds love on Match.com with the year 2020.
28** [[https://youtu.be/3B0OsoxoE1g Dream Job]] (for Reynolds' Mint Mobile) where he gets a job at "Big Wireless."
29--->''These guys torture people on a whole other level! I'm learning so much!''
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32[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
33* ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'':
34** Zodd from evokes the Big Red Devil more than his more [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian]] counterparts, what with his great horns and gigantic bat wings when he goes Apostle, though his appearance, though humanoid, is more a cross between a tiger, a bull and an ape.
35** Another example is Femto, the fifth member of the Godhand, who is blood-red with sinister batlike CapeWings and has the feet and talons of a bird of prey, though he has no horns to speak of and other than that looks mostly human (fitting considering that [[spoiler:before the Eclipse, he was once Griffith, one of the main characters of the manga]]).
36** However he is black in both the manga and the second anime, in keeping with the black motif of the other four members of the Godhand.
37* It is implied Yoko's demonic ancestors in ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'' were like this, but centuries of defeat on the hands of the Light Clan made them to take a more humanoid appearance. Yuko's sudden growth of horns and tail is seen as some restoration of her demonic powers.
38* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
39** Venommyotismon [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7q_ePd2dEHg/SjUacByZAwI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/5YM6S8TiMzI/s320/venommyotismon.jpg is red and has horns and bat wings]].
40** Devimon as well but he is Black and not Red.
41** Daemon is also a red devil.
42** ''[[Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersWhoLeaptThroughTime Hunters]]'' and ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'' have [[{{Mephistopheles}} Phelesmon]] as a MonsterOfTheWeek. He's identified as a "FallenAngel" Digimon who looks more or less exactly like a classic cartoon devil, with the MarkOfTheBeast on the side of his head to boot. ''Ghost Game'' also featured his prior form Boogiemon, who resembles a large red imp.
43* ''Franchise/{{Devilman}}'':
44** Main character Akira transforms into a big, furred demon with bat wings and tail. His fur is black but red-tinged.
45** Amon moreso even than Akira.
46** Subverted with {{Satan}} who looks [[DivinelyAppearingDemons more angelic]].
47* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
48** Spike the Devilman in ''Manga/DragonBall'' (The devil fighter in service of Baba). Though he isn't red.
49** Demon King Dabura in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' is basically just Satan after a few dozen protein shakes - a towering, muscle-bound behemoth with red skin, horns, a neatly-trimmed goatee and a dapper, gentlemanly demeanour.
50** ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' introduces Frieza's new EliteMook, Shisami.
51* ''Manga/GabrielDropout'' features Vigne, who can materialize twisted horns and bat-like wings, as well as a trident pitchfork. She usually hides these features, though (along with the revealing outfit that often goes with them in character artwork), so as to blend in with regular humans.
52* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': [[EvilCounterpart Scanty and Kneesocks]].
53* Ruby-Eye Shabranigdo in the anime and manga of ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' (his appearances in the novels wildly differ).
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57* ''ComicBook/{{Cattivik}}'': While the devils in ''Un'avventura infernale'' aren't visibly red, since the comic is grayscale, they're otherwise stout, hairy humanoids provided with pointed horns, goatees, bat wings, goat hooves, arrowhead-tipped tails, and pitchforks with which to encourage sinners along in Hell.
58* Franchise/TheDCU:
59** ComicBook/BlueDevil and his (self-appointed) sidekick, Kid Devil, both have horns and technicolor skin. Kid Devil even changed his name to Red Devil later.
60** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'', which is about the Devil himself, who basically [[DivinelyAppearingDemons looks like an angel]]. At one point Lucifer and his brother Gabriel are in the [[Comicbook/TheSandman1989 Dreaming]], which is of course filled with memes from the collective consciousness of humanity. They encounter a Big Red Devil claiming to be Lucifer.
61--->'''Gabriel''': I think we found a dream of you.\
62'''Lucifer''': (FacePalm) Oh, this is embarrassing.
63** ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': Raven's [[ArchnemesisDad father]], Trigon the Terrible is a towering red-skinned demon lord. He does differ from the classic example ever so slightly by having four eyes and horns that are better described as antlers.
64** ComicBook/{{Sinestro}} from the ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' series. [[DarkIsNotEvil This does not apply]] to his fellow Koruganians Katma Tui and Soranik Natu, who are more [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Red Skinned Space Babes]]. Sinestro would be one too, but the air of fear he cultivates makes him come off much harsher, and closer to this.
65** ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: While the Emperor of Saturn is an alien rather than a devil and the reddish stripes and splotches on him in most early prints were a printing error he definitely fits the bill, being a horned villain whose realm and throne room have Satanic and Hellish overtones for atmosphere.
66* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'':
67** Some [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Hell Lords]] like Mephisto and Lucifer, the latter of whom turned out to be a rebellious angel named Marduk Kurios who more or less ''is'' the actual Lucifer, despite most Hell Lords just pretending to be {{Satan}} ForTheEvulz. Mephisto is slightly less stereotypical in that his "horns" is actually just his pointed red hair, but he is still a tall, red, humanoid demon, if thinner and lither than most. His ''true'' form is similar but somewhat more alien, his head looking something like an eyeless lizard with no hair or horns whatever. All demons though, especially Hell Lords, have VoluntaryShapeshifting and Mephisto in particular has taken on a range of nightmarish and horrifying forms over the years (though most are still big and red).
68** Surtur and the rest of the Demons of Muspelheim in ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor''.
69** Nightcrawler from ''ComicBook/XMen'' has the pointed ears and tail. Depends on the continuity whether he's truly demonic or not.
70** His dad Azazel is the red version. Nightcrawler gets the blue from his mom, Mystique.
71** ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'s iconic red costume has the look, though Matt Murdock [[DarkIsNotEvil is definitely on the side of the angels]].
72* ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} is a demon. He has the horns (although he files them down), cloven hooves, and red skin.
73* {{Satan}} is usually a version of this in ''ComicBook/ChickTracts''.
74* Jack of ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'' has sold his soul to a series of devils each embodying a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent different devil stereotype]]. So far, we've seen Mr Scratch; a [[TheTrickster Trickster]] type who sometimes wears red longjohns and fake horns and tail; [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Pan]]; a [[Literature/ParadiseLost Miltonian]], romantic Lucifer; and [[Myth/SlavicMythology Chernobog]]. Jack may be running out of soul-buyers.
75* Al Capone takes the form of a red horned demon ''[[ComicBook/TheGrievousJourneyOfIChabodAzrael The Grievous Journey of Ichabod Azrael (and the Dead Left in His Wake)]]''. It's ambiguous whether this is a hallucination of the main character or not though.
76* A big red horned villain actually called Satan turns up in one album of [[ComicBook/StormDonLawrence Storm]], despite it being set on an alien planet with no link to Humanity whatsoever.
77* ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'': Most of the demons of Hell take the form of giant red humanoids with horns and wings.
78* ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures''' Imperial caste evronians are drawn to evoke the imagery, with bright red skin and horn-like growths from their shoulders and from their second head. The Emperor takes it up to eleven by being far larger than an average Imperial caste, very muscular, and sitting on a throne resembling a rock while wielding a three-pronged spear.
79* ''ComicBook/SatansHollow'':
80** The Devil is a rather traditional horned red demon with hoofs.
81** One of his closest demon servants also fits this description, although he's also wearing a Nazi CommissarCap.
82* In ''ComicBook/{{Silverblade}}'', Jonathan Lord transforms into his film version of Satan to defeat the Executioner at its most powerful. His version of Satan is a skyscraper-sized red giant, with horns and barbed tail, and wielding a trident. And absolutely terrifing.
83-->'''Vane:''' SATAN!? Bobby, since ''when'' does Jonathan have the power to become the ''DEVIL'' himself?\
84'''Milestone:''' Since the film version of ''Literature/ParadiseLost''--1959, Virtuous Films. Critics said Jonathan's portrayal made him the most ''terrifying'' Satan the cinema had ever seen!
85* ''ComicBook/LadyDeath'': Lucifer is drawn as the classic depiction of the devil, with red skin, big horns and cloven feet.
86* Demons in ''ComicBook/HellblazerRiseAndFall'' default to this appearance, Lucifer being a svelt FlamingDevil variant while Despondeo was a more typical example.
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90* ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'':
91** Asuka's alternate shape is a big, muscled, red-skinned devil with huge ram horns.
92** [[spoiler:Asukhon's]] Valkyries are female, red-skinned, horned demons with bat wings and hooves.
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96* ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'': The demons that [[BigBad Rasputin]] summons look like Little Green Devils.
97* In the 1968 Soviet film ''Animation/{{The Little Mermaid|1968}}'', the Sea Witch has a devil-ish red skin and fangs, and appears in bursts of flames. And she [[EvilLaugh cackles]] too.
98* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1'', Sunset Shimmer is [[ArtifactOfDoom corrupted by Twilight's magic crown]] into a red [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot anthro-pony devil hybrid]].
99* The genie form of [[BigBad Jafar]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'' due to the films' "blue is good, red is evil" color coding. As a human he already had a very pointy face and BeardOfEvil, but becomes a big red genie with pointy ears.
100* The "Music/NightOnBaldMountain" sequence from ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' focuses on a pitch-black devil with bull-like horns and bat wings. There are also some lesser demons with blue skin, barbed tails, hooves, and horns.
101* The devil in ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' is presented as a mix of this, a {{Hell Hound}}, and a [[DragonsAreDemonic dragon]].
102* A traditionally demonic figure, with red skin, a goatee, horns and a deep voice, is among the residents of Halloween Town in ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.
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105[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
106* Pictured above is {{Satan}} from ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'', one of the most played straight versions of this trope. He's played by Music/DaveGrohl.
107* The Lipstick-Faced Demon from ''Film/{{Insidious}}'' definitely fits this trope.
108* ''Film/{{Dogma}}'' has a horned demon who wears a fedora to hide them. He otherwise looks human.
109* The Lord of Darkness, played by Creator/TimCurry, in ''Film/{{Legend 1985}}'' has red skin and ENORMOUS black horns.
110* In ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate'', the devil spends most of the movie just looking Creator/AlPacino, but eventually revealing his true form as this trope.
111* The Balrog from the Creator/PeterJackson's ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy is this [[IncendiaryExponent on fire]]. Its skin is black rather than red, and it wields a whip and FlamingSword rather than a pitchfork, but it has the characteristic horns, hooves and bat-like wings.
112* In ''Film/Bedazzled1967'', George Spigot (Lucifer) preferred to look fully human, but always wore red socks as a nod to people's expectations.
113** In ''Film/Bedazzled2000'' the Devil prefers to appear in the form of Creator/ElizabethHurley. She briefly transforms into a traditonal red devil, complete with goatee and pitchfork, to convince Elliot she really is the devil. She dismisses the look as "so trick-or-treat". Near the end of the movie she briefly transforms into a [[OneWingedAngel giant Chernabog-like monster]] after Elliot refuses to make his final wish.
114* While demonic creatures in ''Film/Constantine2005'' are shown as having monstrous forms, this trope is {{averted|Trope}} for Satan's onscreen appearance as a [[VillainInAWhiteSuit human man dressed in a white suit]] with feet covered in black sludge.
115* In the film of ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', [[EverybodyHatesHades Hades]] looks suspiciously like this sometimes.
116* ''Film/ReeferMadnessTheMusical'': The Devil shows up as a red guy with horns to tempt Jimmy into a life of marihuana in the "Listen to Jesus, Jimmy" song.
117* Described in ''Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou'' as "... the Great Satan hisself is red and scaly, with a bifurcated tail and carries a hay fork", though the accuracy of this depiction is immediately disputed.
118* In the biblical parody ''Film/WhollyMoses'' Creator/JohnRitter drops in for [[CelebrityCameo one scene]] and plays the Devil as a mild-mannered guy in a Halloween-level red horned outfit; he explicitly comments that God came over one day and said "Here, try this on!"
119* ''Franchise/StarWars'';
120** The Devaronian that appears in the background of the [[BarFullOfAliens Mos Eisley Cantina]] in ''Film/ANewHope''.
121** Darth Maul in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' has red-and-black tattooed skin, horns, {{yellow eyes|OfSneakiness}}, wears black robes, and carries a crimson lightsaber. [[SarcasmMode Suprisingly,]] he's a bad guy.
122** In Star Wars Legends, most prominently ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', are the Sith Purebloods, a red-skinned race naturally powerful in the dark side that merged with exiled Dark Jedi to become the Sith known by all.
123* The demon from ''Film/{{Annabelle}}'' and its sequels is this. Rather than red, its skin is black, but it otherwise fits the "goat devil" imagery. It has prominent horns, hoofed feet, and a goatee.
124* ''Film/TalesFromTheHood:'' [[spoiler: Mr. Simms [[LargeHam gleefully]] reveals this as his true form at the end of the film.]]
125* The demon in ''Film/NightOfTheDemon'' looks very much like you'd expect.
126* ''Film/SantaClaus1959'''s villain, Pitch, is an extremely campy take on this trope, being a skinny little man in a very form-fitting devil suit who likes to dance around.
127* In ''Film/HocusPocus'', which is set on Halloween night, the three witches run into a guy in a fairly lame devil costume. Not realizing what's going on, they assume he's the real Satan, and ask how they can best serve his will.
128* ''Film/Hellboy2004'', [[Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy its sequel]], and the [[Film/Hellboy2019 reboot]] all star a heroic BigRedDevil who sands his horns down to look more human. A prophecy of a potential BadFuture in the first movie shows a [[FaceHeelTurn corrupted]] Hellboy who has allowed his horns to grow out fully, embracing this trope.
129* ''Film/BatmanReturns'': One member of the [[CarnivalOfKillers Red Triangle Circus]] is dressed as one, and uses his fire-breathing act to torch buildings.
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133* In ''Literature/PureDeadBrilliant'', by Creator/DebiGliori, witch Fiamma d'Enfer fits this trope right down to her name. She's come up with some ingenious ways to hide her demonic characteristics, including human feet prosthetics which screw into her hooves.
134* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' demon king Astfgl. Normally looks like a human in red tights and fake pointy horns holding a trident. When enraged, has huge ram's horns, claws and wings that are made of "magnetism and shaped space", but still look batlike because it's traditional.
135* Creator/ChristopherBrookmyre's ''Literature/{{Pandaemonium}}'' has a subversion (or even deconstruction) of this trope as its central message. Just because they're big, red, horned, brutal, pointy-tailed, cower from crosses and Bible verse, seem to be immune to gunfire but are burned by holy water, and come from deep beneath the earth, ''doesn't mean they're necessarily actual demons''. The point is not to rely on superstition even when it's very familiar, and also to deliver a TakeThat to the church.
136* In ''Literature/ChildhoodsEnd'' the Overlords look like the classical Christian depiction of devils. They are smart enough to warn humans about this before letting themselves be seen.
137* In ''Literature/BoredOfTheRings'', Serutan the Wizard dresses like this, from the black horns pasted onto his head to the cloven patent-leather loafers on his feet.
138* In ''Literature/{{Horns}}'', Ig becomes the Big Red Devil to avenge his girlfriend's murder. He wakes up with small horns and the power to compel people's worst secrets from them. In time, his horns grow larger, and he develops red skin, a goatee, baldness, and finds a pitchfork in the rubble of a foundry.
139* ''Literature/DemonWarsSaga'': The [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils dactyl demon]] [[BigBad Bestesbulzibar]] from R. A. Salvatore's narration looks like this... [[SubvertedTrope at first]]. [[spoiler: After his body is destroyed at the end of the first book, he spends the rest of the series in his true form as a completely incorporeal spirit so subtle that his presence is almost impossible to detect, and becomes much more dangerous as he's able to manipulate a succession of human pawns and hosts from the shadows rather than being ObviouslyEvil like his initial incarnation]].
140* In ''Literature/TheScrewtapeLetters'', Screwtape advises his nephew Wormwood to use this image as a ploy to prevent his "patient" from believing in ''real'' devils, using the fallacious argument that if "something in red tights" is obviously not real, then Wormwood must not be either.
141* ''Literature/{{Spellbreaker}}'' ends with the villainous druid Nazek unleashing Shekka's Moon, the ultimate summoning of demons, the first and most powerful of the bunch being the Kurakil, a goat-horned, red-furred, infernal demon. It's gloriously illustrated in both the original and reprint versions of the cover art, too.
142* ''Literature/TheGreatSFStories'': The cover to ''Isaac Asimov Presents: The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Second Series'' has a bald red-skinned humanoid with large fangs and a long tail sitting in an iron throne with flames on either side. As artwork, we don't really learn how it relates to any narrative, but it certainly evokes the idea of the classic Christian devil.
143* Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/HellFire1956": While the audience of reporters, scientists, and government leaders watch [[{{Overcrank}} slow-motion footage]] of a nuclear fireball, a face appears with thin, flaring eyebrows, widow's peak hair, and horns affixed to the forehead.
144* ''Literature/PleaseDontTellMyParentsImQueenASupervillain'':
145** Recurring villain Mammon is a red-skinned demon from Hell and tries to enhance the image by dying his hair black and wearing prosthetic hooves.
146** In ''Literature/PleaseDontTellMyParentsImQueenOfTheDead'', Chris and Anne Domingo have red skin, black horns, sharp teeth, and spade tails. Neither they nor their mother has an explanation for why they look like this, and they otherwise show no devilish characteristics other than a wicked sense of fashion.
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150* A demon named Izzerial the Devil appears in ''Series/{{Angel}}'' with this appearance.
151* A briefly seen member of the audience of the trial held by the "[[Recap/BlackadderS1E5WitchsmellerPursuivant Witchsmeller Pursuivant]]" in the ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' that is somehow [[DevilInPlainSight missed]] by the rest of the peasants while it is [[HypocriticalHumor frantically looking like the rest of them for the Devil in the room.]]
152* The ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E4FearItself Fear Itself]]" featured a frat house accidentally getting turned into a giant summoning circle or something that would bring a fear-based demon matching this description into the physical world. In the end, the trope is pretty subverted when he really does have this appearance, but is only about 3 inches tall (they just step on him at the end, problem solved).
153* In ''Series/Charmed1998'', Balthazor, Cole's demon form, is pretty much this; he's larger than Cole's human form, with BaldOfEvil, pointy ears and a red face with black markings.
154* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
155** The titular being from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons The Dæmons]]" Though not very red, he invokes Satan...
156** The Beast from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E8TheImpossiblePlanet The Impossible Planet]]"/"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E9TheSatanPit The Satan Pit]]", who claims to actually be {{Satan}}, and it's hypothesized that he's the origin of every Horned Beast in every mythology across the universe.
157* Occasionally shows up on ''Series/GoodEats'', getting [[ButtMonkey (variously)]] chased off by a woman with a rolling pin in the pocket pie episode, and explaining the origins of hot tamales, and getting blasted with the fire extinguisher by Alton (who is a Christian in RealLife). He also appears as a LouisCypher character in the Devil's Food Cake episode.
158* The BonusRound of the game show ''Series/TheJokersWild'' has the player [[LuckBasedMission attempting to spin money amounts and reach a goal before the Devil shows up]]; [[{{Whammy}} if it does, all the accumulated money is wiped out]].
159* ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'': [[ArcVillain Enemy sponsor Beroba]] can transform into a giant, pinking-red version of the trope known as Kamen Rider Beroba, horns and all. She also has a [[{{Sadist}} sadistic nature]] to match.
160* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': The Balrog of Moria, once awaken it becomes wreathed in flames and appears to be made of living lava, sporting a pair of thick forward-curving horns and wings.
161* ''Series/Lucifer2016'' plays with this. The titular character takes the appearance of an attractive human male, but occasionally he flashes his true appearance for a split second to scare mortals. While his true appearance ''is'' red, it's because of exposed musculature making him resemble a skinned human with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] more than anything else. He also points out that he doesn't have horns or a tail, contrary to popular depictions of him. He also had a pair of white angelic wings until he [[ToHellWithThisInfernalJob abandoned Hell]] and cut them off. In season 3, his wings grow back, much to his annoyance, but in season 4 they turn into red bat wings due to his killing [[spoiler:Cain]] and in the finale [[spoiler:he assumes a semi-draconic big red devil form when forced to reclaim Hell's throne]].
162* ''Series/{{Nightman}}'': Subverted when a SinisterMinister tried to summon a Celtic god who looked like this and everyone assumed he had a personality to match. Turns out he's not evil at all and is [[GoodIsNotSoft not happy]] that the villain thought he could be used for evil purposes.
163--> '''Dahgda''': You assume that because I have red skin and horns that I am what humans call evil. Evil exists within the hearts of men.
164* Shows up a number of times on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Most memorably in the guise of Creator/JonLovitz being brought before People's Court. Also, Patrick Stewart's version where he choked on a grape and lost his mystique.
165** And Jason Sudekis' "The Devil", who looked mostly human, with small horns and a kids' Halloween pitchfork. He was evil, but ''genuinely upset'' with some truly disturbing things being reported in the news.
166* The BigBad of ''Series/ScreamQueens2015'' disguises their identity by dressing like this.
167* The ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E13DevilsDue Devil's Due]]" features a being who claims to be every species' conception of the Devil. When she presents herself as Satan, she looks pretty much exactly like this.
168* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'':
169** The angelic Lucifer turned into a bat-winged horned red devil when he became corrupted by committing the seven deadly sins.
170** A much earlier episode had depicted [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Bacchus]], the god of wine[[note]] for some reason known here by his ''Roman'' name, rather than his Greek one, Dionysus[[/note]] this way, rather than the handsome young man he is usually portrayed as. This is likely meant to reflect the character's AdaptationalVillainy, as he's played here as an outright GodOfEvil, with his Bacchae (maenads) being depicted as ''vampires'', rather than simply drunk, wild young women.
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174* {{Satan}} in a good number of his appearances. Interestingly, in Literature/TheBible itself, the closest thing Satan ever came to looking like this is the [[DraconicAbomination red seven-]][[DragonsAreDemonic headed dragon]] form he took on in the Literature/BookOfRevelation. Otherwise, given his status as a FallenAngel that was one of God's most beautiful and as the Morningstar, [[LightIsNotGood averted this trope.]]
175* Some Japanese {{Oni}}, who often look similar to this, work jobs in Hell under King Enma.
176* DependingOnTheArtist, [[OurGargoylesRock gargoyles]] and [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] can look like this, even if they aren't necessarily demonic. It's rather ironic for gargoyles, as they were originally created to [[DarkIsNotEvil frighten demons/evil spirits away]]. It's much more fitting for goblins though, as the word "goblin" is derived from the Greek word "Kobalos" which means "rogue" or "evil spirit".
177* [[DragonsAreDemonic European dragons, especially red ones, can also resemble a more animalistic version of this trope]], what with their horns, bat-like wings, and occasional pointed, devil-like tails. There's also the association with [[EvilIsBurningHot fire]].
178* TheKrampus has this appearance, though few depictions of him are actually red, more often black or gray.
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182* The antagonist of ''Pinball/{{Gorgar}}'', a giant horned monster with red skin and fangs who lives in a LavaPit and accepts {{Human Sacrifice}}s.
183* Creator/{{Bally}}'s ''Pinball/{{Fireball}}''
184** The unnamed "Fire God" might qualify -- he's a red humanoid WreathedInFlames who throws fireballs at the player and has small horn-like protrusions on his head.
185** Played very straight in the sequel, ''Fireball II'', which has horned and fanged creatures throughout, as well as a ball-saving post called "Little Demon".
186%%* The Devil in ''Pinball/DevilsDare'', unsurprisingly.
187* The Beast in ''Pinball/IronMaidenLegacyOfTheBeast'' is an archetypical horned red devil.
188* ''Pinball/GunsNRosesJerseyJack'': "No Sympathy for the Devil" centers on combating a traditional horned red devil who's stolen the band's instruments.
189* ''Pinball/FooFighters2023'': A red-colored devil is among the audience members in the Foo Fighters concert held during the WizardMode.
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193* The monster in the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''Creepy Town'' takes this form to [[spoiler: drag Frank into the fog and kill him.]]
194* A red devil in a suit is the visual motif for ''Podcast/{{Swindled}}'', a true-crime series covering white-collar criminals. The artwork for each episode also shows a devil dressing up as the criminal highlighted in the main story, such as Anna Delvey or Kwame Kilpatrick.
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197[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
198* Red Devil, the nemesis of Mr. Wrestling [[LegacyCharacter #2]][[labelnote:*]]Gordon Nelson[[/labelnote]]. Their feud lead up to [[HumiliatingWager a mask vs mask match]] in 1972, where Red Devil was revealed to be Dick Byer.
199* [[Wrestling/TakuyaSugi AHII]] looks like a particularly nasty one in Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling with protruding ribs, but he turned out to be a [[{{face}} good guy]].
200* Mephisto isn't ''that'' big, but in 2009 he started competing in weight division that he was really too big for and often wore a red mask with horns, giving one the impression Wrestling/{{CMLL}} was {{invok|edtrope}}ing this image, with an element of DavidVersusGoliath.
201* The first anniversary of Ice Ribbon's ''19 O'Clock'' featured Tsukasa Fujimoto and Makoto "defending" the promotion from {{captain ersatz}}es of Kaori Hoshi and Big Devil from the television drama ''Muscle Girls''.[[/folder]]
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203[[folder: Puppet Shows]]
204* The Devil in ''Series/TheMuppetShow'''s version of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" looks very much like this, with the addition of a sequined tuxedo. Which is also red.
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208* Satan in ''Radio/OldHarrysGame'' is usually described like this, and appears as such on the [[https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61y7enXefeL._SX342_QL70_.jpg CD covers]]. Often, there'll be a [[TheCoconutEffect distinctive clip-clop sound]] when he's walking.
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212* The New Jersey Devils of the UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague were named for "TheJerseyDevil" of local folklore, and ''not'' the Judeo-Christian embodiment of evil. However, their logo consists of a stylized red "N" with horns and a pointed tail in the style of this trope, and their mascot is a Big Red Devil, leading to occasional [[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/devils/2005-05-29-name-change_x.htm confusion and consternation]] from misguided MoralGuardians.
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216* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' uses this as part of its FantasyKitchenSink.
217** The cover of the 4e ''Monster Manual'' features Orcus, one of the biggest baddest demons of the ''D&D'' universe, who displays all five traits.
218** Balors on the demonic side (big, winged, fanged humanoids with whips and sometimes horns) and Pit Fiends on the diabolic side (big, bat-winged, red, scaly, fanged humanoids with ears that looks like horns) also qualify, the former once being called Balrogs before the Tolkien estate complained.
219** Many of the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils archdevils]] fit this trope. Mephistopheles is specifically called out for being the most stereotypically "devilish" of the bunch: he's red-skinned, he's tall, he has horns, he has bat wings, his favored weapon is a three-pronged polearm (technically a ranseur, but close enough), he has goat legs in some depictions, and his signature technique is [[EvilIsBurningHot hellfire.]] In fact, one of his more persistent gripes is that after his attempts to cultivate an image as an "iconic" devil has led to him instead being viewed as a "generic" devil, leading to many crediting his actions to some other devil instead and him developing an InferioritySuperiorityComplex.
220** ''TabletopGame/{{Mystara}}'' had a race called the diaboli, who other than the fact they were wingless and ''purple'' were based entirely off this archetype, with the addition of forked tongues and whip-like tails ending in curved, venomous stingers. The weirdest thing was they were divided into three subraces based on how ''hairy'' they are; "normal" diabolus is as hairy as your average person, the "hirsute" has a dense layer of fur on its goat-like legs, and the "bald" is completely hairless from the top of their bald head to the tip of their hooves. The kicker? They were a peaceful race whose most common InUniverse character alignment was ''ChaoticGood''. People just tended to demonise them because, well, they looked so much like devils.
221** ''TabletopGame/NentirVale'': Tieflings (introduced as demon or devil-blooded humanoids in ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'') are revamped to having basically this appearance, as well as an origin of having been born due to diabolic pacts forged by a corrupt empire.
222* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'': Replace Red with ''Green'', and you get the majority of demons. This even applies to Malfeas, the biggest and baddest of them all.
223* ''TabletopGame/HeroRealms'' has Tyrannor, the Devourer, a tall demon with red skin and huge horns.
224* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': In their celestial forms, Calabim, the demons of entropy and destruction who serve as Hell's frontline bruisers, are tall, leering, red-skinned, horned, bat-winged figures. Impudites similarly resemble their most recent mortal guise, but with leathery wings, horns, and a dark halo. Balseraphs are a borderline variant; they remain giant winged serpents like their Seraph counterparts, but blood-red and with batlike instead of feathered wings.
225* ''Franchise/{{Warhammer}}'':
226** The more humanoid daemons of [[WarGod Khorne]] have the most traditionally demonic visual theme of all the daemons of the Chaos Gods, sporting red skin, cloven hooves and horns. The mighty Bloodthirster Greater Daemons of Khorne also add great bat-like wings to the theme.
227** ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Tge fallen Primarch Magnus [[RedBaron the Red]] has huge horns along with his naturally [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation red skin]] makes him resemble the devil.
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231* Classic Mummers' play/ Passion play/ Pantomime devils in their red longjohns and hood with cute little horns on.
232* The Devils in ''Theatre/NouvelleExperience'', who are not villains but naughty tricksters, are a goofy version of this trope -- red-clad with half-masks that have various permutations of horns and squat or extended noses. The ruler of the MagicalLand, Madame Corporation, initially dresses in HeavenlyBlue but has red hair styled to look like horns, and during the second half of the show she switches to a red version of her costume.
233* As mentioned above, Goethe's ''Theatre/{{Faust}}'' traditionally gives Mephistopheles as close to this appearance as could conveniently be replicated onstage with a limited budget for makeup, and may be the origin for much of it. Interestingly, though, Mephistopheles actually appears to [[LampshadeHanging hang a lampshade]] on the idea that this is just what devils always look like -- at one point he chews out a witch for not recognising him, essentially saying "Look, I've got a hoof and I dress all in red, who else was I gonna be?"
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237* ''VideoGame/ArenaOfValor'': One of the leaders of the Lokheim forces is Maloch, a huge red devil with a {{BFS}} whose design may be a bit inspired by ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''. The kicker, though? He's ''not'' the ultimate leader despite his design; that honor goes to his close friend, [[EvilOverlord Volkath]].
238* ''VideoGame/BarnyardBlast'', an AffectionateParody of old-school horror-action games, have none other than ''Satan'' himself (complete with gigantic horns and hooves-like feet) as the FinalBoss.
239* ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'', technically [[OurDemonsAreDifferent all those weird beings]] that aren't possessed humans are demons since they all came from Hell. The monsters of the "Demon" lineage are your classic demon depiction except they don't have the red skin.
240* The Bloodthirster enemies from ''VideoGame/BloodySpell'' are hulking, demon-like monsters with goat's horns and a RecurringBoss. The strongest versions are bright red, and falls under this trope.
241* ''VideoGame/{{Broforce}}'': Eventually, Satan will take a form of a classic red devil when decides to put up a real fight against the player.
242* The titular Daemon in ''VideoGame/DaemonSummoner'' is a SealedEvilInACan and serves as the last boss; when appearing before you the Daemon seems to tick every single box associated with classical depictions of Satan, from gigantic horns to leathery wings and huge claws. It's even fought in a burning, hell-like environment.
243* ''VideoGame/DemonSkin'' have a giant horned devil with red skin and cloven hooves as one of the bosses, who looks just like Satan without being referred by name. Said demon swings a FlamingSword as a weapon.
244* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'':
245** Diablo himself is a mix between this, and Franchise/{{Godzilla}}. But if the first ever trailer for the game is any indication, his original design was much closer to this.
246** The most powerful of Diablo's EliteMooks also took this form: the Balrogs from ''VideoGame/Diablo1997'', the Megademons from ''VideoGame/DiabloII'', and the Oppressors from ''VideoGame/DiabloIII''.
247** The Fallen are a race of typical horned devils. The first and second game sport imps, who are hunchbacked and dwarf-sized, and shamans who are larger and smarter and walk upright. The third game adds several other varitions. Some of them are red, others take on other hues like blue, yellow, black and purple.
248* If you're looking for one in ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'', then you need look no further than Oryx, the Taken King.
249* Specimen 11 from ''VideoGame/SpookysJumpscareMansion'' has the horns and red skin.
250* Illidan from ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}''. Several of the demons including the Succubi, the Eredar and especially the Doomguard also qualify.
251** The Eredar are probably the closest major race, possessing the whole red skin with hooves and horns scheme. Draenei (probably the nicest of the playable races) look exactly the same except for being blue rather than red, a sign of their common heritage.
252** There were also the Daemons from the original ''VideoGame/WarcraftOrcsAndHumans'' and ''VideoGame/WarcraftIITidesOfDarkness'', who took this form before the Burning Legion was developed and expanded upon in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIIIReignOfChaos''.
253* Faust from ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'' who is more of a Big Purple Devil
254* [[AerithAndBob Carlos]] from ''VideoGame/{{Requiem}}''. Interestingly enough, he is one of your [[SuperMode Super]] [[OneWingedAngel Modes]].
255%%* [[LouisCypher Lou]] from ''VideoGame/GuitarHero''
256* ''VideoGame/HandsOfNecromancy'' have the Hell Burners, red-skinned, horned demons with hooves for legs blatantly based on Satan as one of the stronger enemy types. They appear occasionally in the early levels set in the mortal world, but when you reach ''hell'' they're expectedly all over the place.
257* The recurring summons Diabolos and Ifrit from ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
258** Chaos, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', looks like this. It's implied that he [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous only gained this appearance after growing/absorbing too much power]], though.
259*** Same look for his original incarnation in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'', where he was [[spoiler:Garland after gaining the power of the Four Fiends and being sent by them back to the Chaos Shrine two millenia into the past.]]
260* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
261** Mehrunes Dagon, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[DestroyerDeity Destruction]], typically takes this form when he manifests, along with being MultiArmedAndDangerous. While none of the Daedric Princes are truly "evil", instead operating on their own scale of BlueAndOrangeMorality as dictated by their spheres of influence, Dagon is one of the most [[OmnicidalManiac outright malevolent]] of the Princes toward mortals and is thus near-universally labeled as "evil".
262** Molag Bal possibly plays this trope straighter then Dagon, while his skin is usually green or blue he possesses more prominent horns as well as digigrade legs making him fit the goat-like aspects more
263** Sanguine, the Daedric Prince of [[FunPersonified Debauchery]] and [[TheHedonist Hedonism]], most commonly takes the form of a short, portly devil with horns. His ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'' form even has bright red skin.
264** The Dremora are a race of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent lesser Daedra]], most often found in service to Mehrunes Dagon as his LegionsOfHell. They also fit the aesthetic, being {{Horned Humanoid}}s with [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver gray/black skin and red]] FacialMarkings.
265** Morphoid Daedra, a form of lesser Daedra which appear in the spin-off DungeonCrawler game ''[[VideoGame/AnElderScrollsLegendBattlespire Battlespire]]'', play the aesthetic straight (though they appear to be more orange than red).
266* The titular creatures from ''VideoGame/TheHorde'' are bright red and horned.
267* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' has the Cyberdemon, Hell Knights and the Baron of Hell. Hell Knights used to be a PaletteSwap of the Baron of Hell until ''VideoGame/Doom3'' and ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' [[DivergentCharacterEvolution turned them into hornless humanoid alien figures]]. [[{{Satan}} The Dark Lord]] himself, introduced in ''The Ancient Gods'' [[DownloadableContent DLC]] for ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'', resembles this trope to a T in his Praetor Suit, being hulking, blood-red, and having horns (however, outside the suit, [[spoiler:he looks identical to the Doom Slayer]]).
268* Tchernobog of ''VideoGame/Blood1997'' invokes this, but looks more skeletal.
269* [[BigBad Mephistopheles]] from ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' add-on ''Hordes of the Underdark''. Huge, red, horned, hoofed.
270* Raum from ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'' fits this to a T: a hulking red menace with large horns, hind hooves and a tail. He also uses the [[GatlingGood Hellfire Gatling]] gun, which can tear away [[YourSoulIsMine soul fragments]] from enemies to be used as armor that isn't affected by the Cauterize item.
271* The Devil/Devil Gen character from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''. Alternative costume was an angel in early appearances.
272* ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' and its sequel has the aptly-named Horned Reaper, a powerful (but [[HairTriggerTemper tempermental]]) high-end minion that resembles a hulking humanoid with red skin and horns.
273* Lucifer from the ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'' series fits, with Satans and Red Arremers (of which Firebrand from ''VideoGame/GargoylesQuest'' is one) being lesser breeds.
274* ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' both plays it straight and subverts. There're the Daemons in Ultima: extraplanar beings, who are usually evil, and often look like big, red, and horned humanoids. However, there're also the Gargoyles, especially prominent in ''VideoGame/UltimaVI''. The Gargoyles are also red and horned humanoids, but they are a mortal race, who just happen to look devilish. Many people in the world of Ultima confuse the two: for example, a sorceress Rotoluncia in ''VideoGame/UltimaVIIPartII'', upon seeing a scholar traveling with a Gargoyle henchman, starts pestering the scholar for secrets of controling Daemons.
275* ''VideoGame/UnendingDusk'' have red-skinned, demon-like horned monsters modelled directly after Satan as recurring enemies, both human-sized and towering GiantMook-variety enemies in several stages.
276* ''VideoGame/{{Belial}}'' has devils of all colors, notably Satan (whos looks like the standard Big Red Devil, only gray).
277%%* Eidolon from ''[[VideoGame/{{Hexen}} Hexen II]]''.
278* Devilman from ''VideoGame/DevilWorld'' has the standard appearance, but strangely enough, he's ''blue''.
279* Horned, the {{invincible|MinorMinion}} [[StalkedByTheBell hurry-up enemy]] from ''VideoGame/TheFairylandStory''. Not that big, though, being SuperDeformed like every other character in the game. Horned is bigger and more vincible as the boss of the homage stage in ''VideoGame/RainbowIslands''.
280* Vargh TheCorrupter from ''VideoGame/GhostlyMatter'' is the BigBad (though not the final boss) and a demon who looks just like the Lord of Darkness in the film ''Legend''. There's also an EliteMook looking like the typical red-skinned devil with horns, a tail and pitchfork who stands still and summons flaming meteors.
281* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'''s incarnation of Hades is clearly inspired by this aesthetic, [[EverybodyHatesHades naturally]].
282* The very Diablo-like demon lord Ssyba, the final boss of ''VideoGame/{{Arcuz}} 2''.
283* Typhon, the FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/{{Phelios}}'', though he's purple (in the UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame) or blue (in the Platform/SegaGenesis version) rather than red.
284* One of the villains in the original ''VideoGame/KingsBounty'' is Urthrax Killspite, alias "The Demon King", who is a big '''green''' devil. Demons are also a higher-tier army unit (of course Urthrax has some) that line up almost perfectly with the trope description; instead of pitchforks, they attack with EyeBeams that have a chance of instantly slaying half the members of any unit they attack.
285* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowGatOutOfHell'': Satan is an 8 foot tall, bright red, muscular man with giant goat horns.
286* ''Squeeze Box'' for the Platform/{{Atari 2600}} ended the game with a red devil dancing in the flames once you lost your last life.
287* ''VideoGame/SacredOdysseyRiseOfAyden'' will throw red-skinned, horned expies of Satan in the last third, when you're fully upgraded with weapons and equipment. They're the EliteMooks of the game, far stronger and deadlier than halflings and orcs.
288* In ''VideoGame/{{Infernal}}'', Hell's chief agent on Earth takes on this form when he's fought at the end, although looks basically human before that point.
289* Demons in ''VideoGame/NexusClash'' cover a pretty wide range of archetypes ranging from [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] to [[DealWithTheDevil tempters]] and everything in between, but the Infernal Behemoth plays this trope absolutely straight.
290* The Devil in ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' is black and furry instead of red, but otherwise fits this trope perfectly. [[spoiler: It's later played straight for the FinalBoss battle once he reaches his OneWingedAngel form, turning his body dark red.]]
291* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
292** Walhart from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' very much looks the part, being a [[LargeAndInCharge huge]] red-armored villain whose helmet has a pair of horns.
293** Likewise with Edelgard from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses''; she dresses in bright red during the war phase, wears a horned CoolCrown, and is strongly opposed to the [[CrystalDragonJesus Church of Seiros]]. While she is not very tall or bulky, [[PintSizedPowerhouse she's the single most powerful fighter unit in the game]].
294* Hellspawned Demon players in ''VideoGame/MutantFootballLeague'' resemble the archetype a bit. Though skin color can vary by team (all Deadlanta Vultures players are a deathly pale grayish blue, for instance), most are screamingly firetruck red. They also have no stomachs and [[LeanAndMean eerily long, scrawny limbs]]. No cheeks or lips either, so they [[PerpetualSmiler constantly]] have a gruesome SlasherSmile on their face.
295* The BigBad of ''{{VideoGame/Grow}} RPG'' is all red and have horns.
296* In ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'', Samael fits the depiction the best of all the demons, and while he's ''not'' actually the Big D, he ''is'' the next in line for the throne of {{Hell}} by virtue of being [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership the most powerful demon alive aside from Lucifer]].
297* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'': Week 4 introduces five men working for the Girlfriend's parents, one driving the limo the Mom and the Boyfriend are standing on and the other four dancing on top of another limo in the background -- they have pink skin, large toothy grins, and black horns coming out of their flat tops, evoking the standard demon appearance. Interestingly, unused sprites for the backup dancers show that their horns are legitimate, and not [[DevilishHairHorns hair horns]] like the Father has.
298* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'':
299** Darkin tend towards this aesthetic, best shown by [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/5/58/Aatrox_Render.png/revision/latest?cb=20200324150018 Aatrox]]; Rhaast, in games where he wins the battle of wills with Kayn, resembles a smaller, wingless version. (Varus doesn't, but Varus was {{Retcon}}ned into a Darkin and his design wasn't updated to match the others.) While they're not ''demons'', technically, they're a riff on the "fallen angel" concept, being ascended Shuriman demigods, corrupted and trapped in the shape of {{Evil Weapon}}s.
300** There's also Gatekeeper Galio, an alternate skin that transforms the normally [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous, goofy]] [[OurGargoylesRock gargoyle protector]] into an (oddly-enough) [[AffablyEvil just-as-boisterous and goofy]] devil giant, complete with horns, wings, and spectral green flames. His personality is changed to be [[JudgementOfTheDead a judge that sends his enemies to a circle of hell based off their sins]], and [[EvilIsPetty he isn't remotely picky]].
301* ''VideoGame/{{Perish}}'' have it's first boss, Katharao of the Damned, an eyeless, horned demon who glows red when you inflict enough damage to it.
302* The first boss of ''VideoGame/SavageHalloween'', Big Daddy, is a gigantic red devil with wings, who can swoop in and out of the area to attack you. He can also dispense baby red demons (wearing diapers!) as a WeaponizedOffspring attack.
303* While the ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' series has had many characters who were either demons or {{Satanic Archetype}}s, none fit this bill like Minion from the second game. He's the towering red demon who Calypso, the creator of the Twisted Metal tournament, stole his powers from when he EscapedFromHell, and he enters the tournament in order to get them back. When he wins, he doesn't bother making a wish, instead simply opening a portal to Hell and [[DraggedOffToHell furiously throwing Calypso back]] as he [[AintTooProudToBeg begs for mercy]]. He's also by far the toughest character in the game, driving a tank that you face as a mid-game boss and which is only playable through a cheat code because it's otherwise a GameBreaker.
304* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': If you belong to the demonic Burning Legion or have, at least, had contact with their Fel magic, chances are you end up like this.
305** [[WarcraftTheAllianceExodar Draenei]] are alien [[FaunsAndSatyrs goat people]] with hooves for feet, curved horns on their heads, and red-to-blue skin. If you corrupt them with demonic magic, you get the Eredar, a near-perfect depiction of this trope. Very notable is Kil'jaeden, who is gigantic and has red skin and corkscrew horns.
306** Continuing the LargeAndInCharge trend and while not as humongous as most demon bosses, Illidan is drawn way bigger than other night elves after he absorbs Fel magic to hunt demons. He also gets a pair of curved horns and hooves. Although his skin is purple.
307** The Legion's Doomguards are red, muscly, horned, hooved humanoids with bat wings protruding from their backs. The Succubi, also affiliated with the Burning Legion, are very similar except that, rather than having bulging muscles, they are HotAsHell.
308* ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'':
309** Houndoom is a {{Hellhound}} version of the trope.
310** [[JackassGenie Hoopa]] in its [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Unbound form]] resembles a giant demon with massive horns, a goatee-like beard, cloven hoof-like feet, and a long, pointed tail.
311** Ironically, [[SatanicArchetype Giratina]] averts this trope, only being big and red, and instead resembling [[DragonsareDemonic a six-legged insectoid dragon]].
312* ''Franchise/TouhouProject''; While Yuma Toutetsu normally wears blue and has a humanlike complexion with white hair, she is able to take on this form of the need arises, such as in her final battle against Flandre Scarlet.
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316* The ''WebAnimation/RetardedAnimalBabies'' incarnation of Satan actually looks like this... [[http://omegafactor90.deviantart.com/art/Satan-Motivational-Poster-92556419 in that he's big, has horns and he's red.]] [[EldritchAbomination As for the rest of his appearance]]...
317* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'':
318** "Parsnips A-Plenty" shows the Old-Timey Poopsmith as a devil who torments Sir Strong Bad and The Kaiser (the King of Town's Old-Timey counterpart).
319** One Strong Bad Email had Strong Bad imagine his "stupid baby brother" Strong Sad suddenly sprouting a pair of horns and a tail. Strong Sad then arrives dressed as Calibos from ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}''.
320* Most of the cast of ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' are imps with red skin, horns, hooves, and spade-tipped tails. However most other demons are some combination of human and animal like their {{Hellhound}} receptionist Loona and owl-like investor [[Literature/ArsGoetia Stolas]].
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324* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' the devil is red skinned, has the horns and the tail, and wears the red suit.
325** For quite a while, he had two demon girls, Fuchsia and Baby Blue, who have the horns and tails, but wear bikinis of the color that matches their name. However, after Fyoosh's HeelFaceTurn, he's had to make do with succubi of non-red colors.
326* Some of the demonic characters, including the titular protagonist of ''Webcomic/MyBestFriendMarneao'', are this, with a varied appereance. The titular character and his father, [[TheDevilIsALoser Lucifer]]. are red skinned, horned devils with a tail. There is also a secondary character named Miltch who follows the archetype, lacking the red skin.
327* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' the Jäger general known as Gargantua [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120511 looks like this]], and wears SpikesOfVillainy. He doesn't seem particularly evil, but evidently [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120525 flies into rage]] when insulted.
328* Laampros from ''Webcomic/TheYoungProtectors'', who is a giant red demon lord from hell with giant black horns and bat wings. Also, he's always naked.
329* ZigZagged with the devils of ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons''. [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Due to their evolving nature]], their appearance depends on the color of their mask. While some of the mask colors have very un-demony appearances (such as the skittering bug-like forms of Pale Devils and the skull-faced lizard-things that are Green Devils), it is, fittingly enough, Red Devils who sport the most classically demonic appearance. Shaggy black fur, ram horns and cloven hooves are a common feature, even if there are some deviations from the norm (like [[https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-6-56/ Oskar's]] tengu-like mask or [[https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-10-127/ Princess']] EightiesHair).
330* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': In the "[[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/parable-036 Parable]]" storyline, which is a spoof of ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'', when Susan's CharacterModelKarmaMeter is on the evil side, she looks like this minus the red skin ([[https://www.egscomics.com/uploads/1582587686-s20-001-B-ParSusan-Devil.png red hair though]]).
331* Parodied in [[https://www.oglaf.com/dickens/ this]] ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'' strip (two pages). Turns out that every species has its own devil, who looks like one of them in a Big Red Devil suit. They all take orders from the Devil Suit in a Devil Suit.
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336* Diva from ''Webvideo/MusicalHell'' is [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/divamusicalhell.png depicted as a female version of this]].
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340* ''WesternAnimation/BradysBeasts'': Brady's monster has features evocative of a devil — bat wings, a pointed tail, and cloven hooves.
341* The prime-time ''Bugs Bunny Show'' had an episode where Sam ended up in FireAndBrimstoneHell in new footage as a device for linking to classic cartoons, where the Devil (big, red, goatee) offers to send Sam back to earth if he'll send Bugs down there. After a few typically unsuccessful attempts, Sam has enough and dons a devil suit, gleefully opting to stay down there.
342* Pluto (no, not [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup that Pluto!)]] is depicted as a red-skinned, tights-wearing pantomime devil in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Classic Disney Short|s}}'' ''WesternAnimation/TheGoddessOfSpring'', a loose retelling of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the story of Hades and Persephone]].
343* The Red Guy from ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' and ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel''. In the pilot episode he was THE Devil outright.
344* Appears twice on ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''. Once when he declines keeping the cast of ''Series/{{Wings}}'' on the air for another season:
345-->'''Satan''': Tell them there are some things even MY power cannot accomplish!
346** And again when he auditions to be Roger Ebert's replacement.
347--->'''Auditioner''': And so Tim Allen's performance proves, once again, that while Disney movies may not win awards, they keep America smiling. How was that?\
348'''Gene Siskel''': You're Satan, aren't you?\
349'''Auditioner''': ''[transforms into Big Red Devil]'' You win another round, Siskel, but we shall meet again! BLEH!!
350* WesternAnimation/DangerMouse meets 2% of himself in "The Good, the Bad and the Motionless"--a devil doppleganger who freezes Penfold in time and challenges DM to a fight at Stonehenge.
351* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'', Asmodeus has this appearance. Satan himself takes on two forms: One is a handsome man, the other is a short, fat, slovenly man. Both forms include a goatee, horns, and bright red skin.
352* WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck: There have been ''many'' times when he's so angry that he's resembled a devil. The cartoons [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R09WVwjutus "Rocket Ruckus"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkIrdmY3GlQ "Trombone Trouble"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kk0AGH50V8 "Soup's On"]] are just a few.
353* Shows up on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' along with the "Super Devil".
354* Chernabog in ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'''s "Night On Bald Mountain" sequence, has horns and bat-wings. He was originally called Satan. After the controversy this received, Disney {{retcon}}ned him from Satan to Chernabog, an evil Slavic deity.
355* In ''WesternAnimation/FuggetAboutIt'', Jimmy's boss morphs into one and prepares to eat him alive. Luckily it was a story Jimmy was telling when stoned.
356* Beelzebot, aka the Robot Devil of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' is the robotic equivalent.
357* Doctor Satan in ''WesternAnimation/TheHauntedWorldOfElSuperbeasto'' becomes this after gaining all the [[RunningGag sudsy powers of Hell]].
358* ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'':
359** Charlie, despite being the daughter of Lucifer normally seems mostly human aside from some colouration. However, when angry she grows red horns ''and'' her sclera turn red, dominating her colour palette even more than the red suit typically does. She also has the cloven hoofs associated with the trope--she's just wearing shoes. At her most demonic, she also has the tail.
360** On the other hand, fitting the spirit of the devil more, Alastor, an insanely powerful former human, is quite tall, dresses all in red, and is a [[DealWithTheDevil dealmaker]], but has deer-like antlers instead of goat horns. Promotional material also shows him as being hoofed and wearing shoes over it.
361** Lucifer himself shows where Charlie gets it--while his feet remain unseen, in ''his'' demonic form, he shares both the horns and tail. However, red is only a secondary component of his colour scheme compared to white--fitting for a FallenAngel.
362* Subverted with the Heinous Family on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', who are ''[[TheNapoleon Little]]'' Red Devils with the exceptions of [[FatIdiot Beezy]] and [[TheDreaded Lucius I]] (at least judging from his picture).
363* {{Satan}}'s appearances in ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''.
364** The short "Satan's Waitin'" depicts him as a dog, as Sylvester, a cat, is the one in Hell.
365* Tirek from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyRescueAtMidnightCastle'' and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is [[MixAndMatchCritters a mix of]] a Big Red Devil, a KillerGorilla, and a [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaur]].
366* HIM from ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' has the red skin, the horns, the {{yellow eyes|OfSneakiness}}, the [[BeardOfEvil goatee]], and rather than hooved feet, crab claws.
367* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'': The Season 3 episode "Game Over" had a ''Franchise/MortalKombat''-esque game, where the User chose as his PlayerCharacter a red demon with large horns and fiery wings, even named Zaytan as if to make it even more obvious.
368* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'': Satan looks like this during his brief appearance at the end of the episode "Sven Hoek".
369* Flanders the Devil in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
370** Also shows up when Bart gets hit by a car. And occasionally, when the Halloween specials take a turn for a demonic, these guys show up. In a twist, when the traditionally demonic-looking mascot of “Red Devil Realty” comes to life in “Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores”, Bart acts as his [[GoodAngelBadAngel shoulder devil]] to encourage him to destroy Springfield Elementary.
371* ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'': After he died and sent to Hell, Charlie meets Satan who has become depressed due to his mismanagement of Hell. After being tortured by his minions, Charlie pointed out that he made Satan happy.
372* Satan from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' in the flesh.
373* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'': The crew encounters a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien who looks like this, and is revealed to be the basis for the myth of {{Satan}}. However, he's not evil just a trickster and Kirk refuses to judge him based on his appearance and his reputation.
374* In ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', Tom's father is a HumanAlien, while his mother is a bright red [[GiantWoman 40-foot tall]] demon with bat wings. Who cries lava tears.
375* Trigon from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''.
376* [[PlanetEater Unicron]] from ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' is essentially this version of Satan in the form of a robot.
377** WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime on the other hand [[spoiler:his role is more like [[GodIsEvil The Unwilling Creator of Humans]]]]
378* El Colorado, the MonsterOfTheWeek in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/VictorAndValentino'', has the horns, goatee and pitchfork one would expect, but also has one hooved foot while the other resembles a chicken foot, a fairly common representation of the devil in mexican folklore (as well as him randomly licking a jawbreaker he found under a bed).[[note]]Mexican parents often tell kids to not pick up candy that has fallen to the floor because "the devil licked it already"[[/note]]
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