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2[[caption-width-right:353:[[MindControlMusic You]] ''[[MindControlMusic will]]'' [[MindControlMusic remember her name]].]]
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4->''"Let me tell you my evil scheme\
5I'm gonna enslave your minds with a predictable melody\
6And uncomplicated rhymes\
7And if I asked you to, you'd even change your name to 'Amy'\
8Because you're gonna yodel-odel-odel-obey me."''
9-->-- '''Dr. Doofenshmirtz''', ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', "Yodel-Odel-Obey Me"
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11There is this one pop singer, who recently became the biggest thing since television. She's beautiful and came out of nowhere all of a sudden. Oh, and her voice is so wonderful and clear and great and, and, and... ah, let's just listen to her new single! ...Oh wait, how come I'm so tired suddenly? Why are the words "[[MassHypnosis OBEY ME]]" stuck in my head? I don't remem... OhCrap
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13Congratulations, you encountered the Evil Diva! With her magical voice, microphone, instrument, etc, the Evil Diva becomes a rising star and draws all of the world's attention to herself and her "talent". Her songs may seem better to you than they actually are, [[MindControlMusic hypnotizing you]], turning you into TheHeartless, stealing your soul, or the like. She's also AlwaysFemale. In an UrbanFantasy setting, you can expect her to be a magical creature in disguise, usually a [[OurSirensAreDifferent siren]] or a [[HotAsHell demoness]]. She's a subtrope of the IdolSinger and may or may not overlap with the DarkMagicalGirl. As such, she has a tendency to pull a HeelFaceTurn.
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15TheHero may or may not be immune to the effects of her music. His/Her {{Sidekick}}s or TrueCompanions are usually not. Her fighting style usually incorporates ThePowerOfRock, and her appearance usually signals a MusicalEpisode.
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17Compare MagicIdolSinger, of which this is the EvilCounterpart. Also compare and contrast TheDiva, who may act like her but doesn't go out of her way to be a bitch.
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19Not to be confused with the webcomic ''Webcomic/EvilDiva''. Or with an evil DramaQueen or all-female examples of EvilIsHammy, though both generally do apply to an Evil Diva.
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27* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Diva]] from ''Anime/BloodPlus''. Her voice could activate "Chiropterans"; a chiropteran is created by a human ingesting a chemical substance made by the series' NebulousEvilOrganisation. This is a downplayed version as Diva's voice is "merely" used to ''activate'' the evil component in people who ingested it (ice cream bars handed out at an air force base during a tour segment of Diva, as a test case, followed by a '''world-wide''' distribution of the chemical, it being included in dozens of popular and generic food items). She is also less interested in the EvilPlan than her [[TheDragon primary chevalier]].
28* Miku Izayoi from ''Literature/DateALive'' made her debut as this, being a mysterious, nationwide popular idol who broke into stardom with her captivating voice without appearing in person. She turns out to be a Spirit that DoesNotLikeMen with a sociopathic personality who uses MindControlMusic to enslave the girls that she takes fancy on, and she spent the latter half of the second season as Evil Diva before she mellows out from her newfound trust in Shidou. Late in her arc, Miku revealed that she was a rising idol who had her career ruined by a false scandal which turned her former (male-majority) fans against her and lost her voice when she needs it the most. Though she managed to regain her voice (courtesy of Phantom), her opinion on men were rock bottom until she encountered Shidou who genuinely cares about Tohka and is willing to risk his life to fulfill his DeclarationOfProtection.
29* Misa Amane from ''Manga/DeathNote'' is an Evil Diva by the second arc. She's a model and actress by day, and by night, she's the Second Kira. Not to mention her room is full of Gothic ornaments and she hangs out with occultist friends.
30* Subverted in ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness''. [[spoiler:Maria Wong seems to fit this at first... but it turns out she was a [[BrokenBird mentally-destroyed]] IdolSinger, who was turned into [[OurVampiresAreDifferent a sort-of vampire]] by Muraki after she was DrivenToSuicide to escape from her abusive mother/manager. In reality, Maria is FAR closer to WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds than this trope.]]
31* Corona from ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'', who joins the Orochi after she loses her fame. [[spoiler:It doesn't help that she already had [[RapeAsBackstory very severe issues]] before that. In the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, however, Corona's life is retconned and she's able to be a successful IdolSinger without either being raped or having to resort to prostitution, presumably because either she managed to do things in another way, or the fans are more appreciative to her. Or the guy that suggested prostitution to boost her fame even for a bit no longer existed.]]
32* ''Manga/{{EL}}'': the masked terrorist "Gimmick", who is revealed early on to be Reiko, the purple-haired idol singer/assassin seen in the opening of the anime.
33* Glitter from ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}'' is not powerful or magical, though she is incredibly bitchy and possessive (also doubles as NiceCharacterMeanActor) - going as far as to drive Laura away from Travis, who she has fallen in love with.
34* [[VirtualCelebrity Sharon Apple]] from ''Anime/MacrossPlus'' turns into this after [[spoiler:being illegally implanted with a military chip by one of her two creators]], and uses her newfound abilities (hypnotic voice included) to [[spoiler:take over Macross City in an attempt to show her love to Isamu by killing him. Ironically, the one who destroyed her was her ''other'' creator.]].
35* Aya Asia from ''Manga/MajinTanteiNougamiNeuro''. She's not exactly evil, but she can blow your brain with her song.
36* ''Anime/{{Megazone 23}}'''s Eve was a not-so-evil version of this; she was the VirtualCelebrity public face of the master computer that maintained the {{Masquerade}} for the titular CityInABottle. A military junta eventually manages to take control of enough of Eve's systems to make her circulate propaganda for the new world order.
37* Alala from ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'', but only in the anime. All of the Winged Ones use MagicMusic for evil, but anime!Alala goes through the Evil Diva plot and targets civilians to brainwash into fanboyism.
38* Lunar of ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid''. She's not straight-up ''evil'', per se, but she certainly acts like a bitch most of the time.
39* While not ''evil'' per se, Onpu Segawa from ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' was an IdolSinger who used her magic for her own selfish desires, such as using MindControl to make herself look even better than she already was. Not only that, she could use forbidden magic without the negative side-effects thanks to a magical charm from her mentor. [[spoiler:She eventually does a HeelFaceTurn and joins up with the main group when they save her from the punishment when said charm rots away from overuse]].
40* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
41** In [[Manga/SailorMoon the manga]] and ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'', Mimete of the Witches 5 is an idol and uses her music as a method of brainwashing. It's pretty apt that her counterpart Senshi is wannabe idol Sailor Venus. In the first anime, Mimete's a wannabe idol instead of an actual one and eventually ends up on television. [[FateWorseThanDeath Forever]]. One of Mimete's minions in the anime is U-Tahime, who even looks like an opera singer.
42%%** They were a common opponent in ''Manga/CodenameSailorV''.
43* Subverted in ''Anime/SevenMortalSins''. The Demon Lord of Melancholy, Astaroth, is living on earth and using the internet to become an IdolSinger. Lucifer immediately guesses she's doing it to claim more human souls, but this turns out to be a false assumption. Astaroth is a TokenGoodTeammate who just loves singing and doesn't care about gaining [[DealWithTheDevil Followers]]. She's more than happy to give up her throne in Hell, to focus on her music.
44* Utau Hoshina from ''Manga/ShugoChara'' rips out the Egg of Dreams from the hearts of her fans. [[spoiler:Until she has her HeelFaceTurn, that is.]]
45* Ellen "Siren" Kurokawa in ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' is the "Diva of Minor Land", able to summon [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] with her voice. [[spoiler:She later pulls a HeelFaceTurn]].
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49* In ''The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist'', the eponymous jazz saxophonist in "The Siren Song of Circe O'Shaughnessy" makes her listeners commit burglaries for her.
50* After Comicbook/BlackCanary becomes a singer, and is assigned to a band by the record company, the band's former lead singer Bo Maeve becomes a supervillain in retaliation.
51* One of Adam Warren's ''ComicBook/{{Gen 13}}'' stories had a twist on this: although the song "Happy to Be Happy" caused most of the effects of this trope, it turns out that the singer wasn't responsible. The song itself was a hyper-advanced EarWorm that was trying to spread itself to gain extra brainpower.
52* ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' has Envy Adams, one of Scott's exes who found massive success in the music world and has transitioned from cute geek girl into full-on AlphaBitch. That said she isn't so much evil as a JerkAss with hints of JerkAssWoobie.
53%%* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' has the D-List villain, The Hypno-Hustler.
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57* The Dazzlings from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks''. They dress like {{Idol Singer}}s just like every other character who appears on stage, yet they have the additional ability to compel the students of Canterlot High into turning the school's rock concert into a competition to sustain [[EmotionEater their craving for disharmony]].
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61* The title characters in ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats2001'' become like this, albeit unwittingly. Josie herself winds up getting {{brainwashed}} with [[SubliminalSeduction subliminal messages]] in order to turn her into ThePrimaDonna who will break up the band and pursue a solo career, since [=MegaRecords=] was getting annoyed with Melody and Valerie and felt that Josie could sell more records on her own. This was all masterminded by Fiona, the diva-ish CEO of [=MegaRecords=] and a more conventional example of this trope. While not a singer herself, she was the one responsible for putting subliminal messages into her label's music in order to [[SubliminalAdvertising sell consumer products to teenagers]]. [[spoiler:Her ''real'' goal, however, was to use the messages to [[RevengeOfTheNerd get people to like her and look up to her as a fashion idol]], having never gotten over the brutal humiliation she suffered in high school for her bad teeth and her lisp.]]
62* HotWitch Alisa in ''Film/NightWatch'', played by Russian pop star Zhanna Friske.
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66* The would-be assassin in the first episode of ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}''. The singer was a disguise, a glamor, but she still put everyone into a coma-type thing so she could kill Uther and Arthur and only failed due to Merlin's intervention.
67* Mio Kuroki from ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'', an IdolSinger whose popularity rivals Minako Aino's. She is also a perfect example of UncannyValleyGirl since she has a facade of a sweet caring wholesome girl, fitting in the classical image of an IdolSinger, but is nothing but pure evil and [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]].
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71* Very common in opera. Almost every major soprano -- and quite a few mezzos -- have been accused of being this. Whether they ''actually'' are or not, eh, it's something else.
72* Music/BillieEilish plays up this image, with one of her most iconic lyrics being "I'm the bad guy... ''[[CardCarryingVillain duh!]]''". That said, it's all just an act, with her being closer to a PerkyGoth in real life.
73* Music/{{Poppy}}'s original persona was this, a robotic performance-art parody of teen pop and [[JapanesePopMusic J-pop]] music filled with ironic [[Creator/DavidLynch Lynchian]] creepiness and implications that she was controlled by TheIlluminati. Later on, however, she underwent a GenreShift to straight HeavyMetal, especially after breaking from producer Titanic Sinclair.
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77* ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'': The "[[Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin Pied Piper]]" DJ Hamlyn is an [[ItsAllAboutMe egotistical]], [[TheHedonist hedonistic]] [[ThePornomancer Pornomancer]] who feeds -- [[EmotionEater literally]] -- on the adoration of his audience and enhances his performances with {{Glamour}} and EmotionControl. He also kidnaps people to trade to TheFairFolk for the FantasticDrug to which he's addicted.
78* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The Bard CharacterClass relies on tons of Charisma, granting MagicMusic and plenty of mind-affecting powers, which makes for a dangerous combination in an Evil-[[CharacterAlignment aligned]] Bard with no moral qualms about using them on hapless citizens.
79%%* Also a common occurrence among Abyssals in ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''. Or [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Solars]].
80%%* One of the many suggested plots in ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds''.
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84* Lord Raptor from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'', at least in the backstory, was a male instance of this. The OVA series even includes a scene where he delivers another performance merely to suck up everyone's souls.
85* "The Trickster" Ji-Woon Hak in ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' is a male example, a vain [[KoreanPopMusic K-pop]] idol who let the rest of the BoyBand he was part of die in a fire so he could embark on a solo career and have all their fame for himself, all while telling the press afterwards that he tried to save them. After that, he became a SerialKiller who kidnapped and murdered people and then [[LovesTheSoundOfScreaming incorporated their screams into his songs]]. As [[MadArtist murder replaced music as his primary artistic outlet]], the quality of the latter began to slip, and his fed-up producers and label executives responded by restricting his creative freedom. He responded in turn by torturing them all to death during a "private performance", leaving as the SoleSurvivor the producer Yun-Jin Lee who made him a star in the first place (and who was starting to suspect that Ji-Woon was responsible for the mysterious murders that followed him at every concert) as a reward for her efforts to give him the fame he deserved. It was here that [[EldritchAbomination the Entity]] claimed both him and Yun-Jin.
86* {{One hit wonder}} [[The80s '80s]] pop star Bibi Love in ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'', although she's not so much the "{{take over the world}}" variety as she is the "[[AxCrazy go crazy]] and kidnap people during a ZombieApocalypse" variety. [[spoiler:Unlike the game's other psychopaths, she [[HeelFaceTurn snaps out of it and can be rescued]].]]
87* ''VideoGame/{{Emogame}} 2'' has, as its main villains, The Friends Theory, a band formed by the cast of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' that uses the power of Creator/{{MTV}} and SubliminalSeduction to turn America into a nation of soulless, corporate, yuppie zombies.
88* Vita Clotilde of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel''. A famous opera singer with numerous fans, she also moonlights as "Misty," host of a radio show in the town of Trista where most of the first game takes place. And as an extraordinarily powerful witch nicknamed "the Azure Abyss" whose songs can project images over long distances, mind control her enemies, and cause large-scale destruction. She's also a higher-up in [[SecretCircleOfSecrets Ouroboros]], helps mastermind the assassination of the chancellor and the course of the Erebonian civil war, and [[BigBadDuumvirate serves alongside Crow and Duke Cayenne as co-big bad]] in the second game.
89* [[TheDitz Linda]] from ''VideoGame/OkageShadowKing'' ends up doing this, albeit accidentally. She hypnotized the entire city of Madril into loving her singing, not aware that she had somehow absorbed some of [[HarmlessVillain Evil King Stan's]] magic power. [[spoiler:Upon finding out what she was doing, she runs off to her dungeon and fights the party because she thinks it is training from her "Coach", Stan. Upon her defeat, the power goes back to Stan, and she cheerfully joins the party.]]
90* [[TheDragon Courtney Gears]] of ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal'' could mind control fellow robots with her songs, though the theming was fairly obvious. Unlike most of the other examples, she's a {{sadist}} [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who tortures people for fun and has no qualms about using {{Loony Fan}}s (such as Skidd) as test subjects. When Ratchet discovers [[FinalSolution her true agenda]] and a video recording of her MoralEventHorizon, she pulls him into her dance lair and fights him with a BossRemix of her only known song.
91* Clyostra Direfin in ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerII'' was a Bretonnian opera singer who, on her way to the High Elves to give a performance, steered her ship into a storm rather than be delayed and subsequently drowned. However, her rage at being denied was so great that she became a [[OurBansheesAreLouder banshee]] GhostPirate who wants to sink Ulthuan beneath the waves so she can finally give her performance.
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95* The third episode of ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' introduces the [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] pop star Verosika Mayday. Part of her work is to travel to Earth during Spring Break in a HumanDisguise, where she performs on stage while using her succubus power as a CharmPerson to enflame the entire crowd's lust until they dissolve into a sinful orgy.
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99* The Songster from ''WebComic/AxeCop'', in spite of being male, is a world-famous singer whose songs have RealityWarping powers that he uses for mind control to start with. Axe Cop is immune because he wears earplugs because he hates all concerts that are not by himself or Johnny Cash. Mind you, that also causes him to miss what's going on and be unable to stop it.
100* Gog-Agog from ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' has a monopoly on entertainment in Throne and is the biggest (or indeed, ''only'') entertainment star in the hub of the multiverse. She is also a MadGod WormThatWalks [[TheAssimilator who can turn other people into copies of herself]] by infecting them with a piece of herself, which has some... Not-so-nice implications about any would-be competitors in the entertainment industry. The TournamentArc reveals she's responsible for arranging Solomon's tournament because until Solomon cut a deal with her she would assimilate and devour most of the competitors because she was feeling left out.
101* ''Webcomic/{{Superidol}}'' is all about a Music/{{Vocaloid}}-esque Japanese IdolSinger named Rei Rei, who becomes an international obsession. So many people want to be like her that they get surgery to look like her and act like her regardless of gender, slowly leading to an AssimilationPlot.
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105* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' has the Brain taking on the persona of "Bubba Bo Bob Brain", who has "calculated every ingredient necessary to become a country music superstar".
106* Ember [=McLain=] from ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''. She is in this trope’s page image. She's a ghost in a rock band whose [[PopularityPower powers]] get stronger when people [[SayMyName say her name]]. While most of her fans are brainwashed, she does have genuine fans. Ember has one of the most extensive backstories out of the ghosts, as her VillainSong is all about it and WordOfGod later confirmed it. Her FreudianExcuse is that she was an unpopular girl who was asked out as a prank. She waited all night but the boy didn't come. When she went home she was too exhausted to wake up when a fire broke out and died in her sleep.
107* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'': After a stint at being a supervillain because Timmy stole attention away from his magic show, Mr. Bickles finds himself on the receiving end when [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Britney Britney]] crashes his act with her own supervillain persona, the Platinum Princess, because she got kicked out of Vegas to make way for his new show. PlayedForLaughs, of course.
108* Pizzazz from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' qualifies. Vain and egotistical, she wants the whole world to know who she is and half the songs the Misfits sing are either about how great she is or what a bitch she is. Arguably, though, Pizzazz is something of a deconstruction, as her desire for fame stems from a largely loveless childhood and a father who spoiled her rotten.
109* Experiment 624: Angel from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''. She appears irresistibly attractive to all the other experiments and her voice has the power to reverse the morality of every experiment made before her, and thus, only Stitch (626) and Reuben (625) are immune. Probably wouldn't work on [[GigglingVillain 6]][[TheHyena 2]][[LaughingMad 7]] either.
110* Vaingloria in ''WesternAnimation/{{Phantom 2040}}'' is a singer employed by [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Rebecca Madison]] to brainwash the masses. While she loves the fame, she's something of a PunchClockVillain when it comes to the brainwashing. Voiced by [[Music/{{Blondie|Band}} Debbie Harry]].
111* Dr. Doofensmirtz from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' tries to be the [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]] to this trope in "Bubble Boys". He wears a cowboy hat that makes his voice hypnotic, making whoever is listening to his song want to obey him.
112* Sour Grapes from ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' is a parody of this with her trademark ear-splitting vocalize she uses when she's excited or when she wants to annoy people.
113* Tiffany Javelins, a.k.a. the Sinister Songstress was this in her first appearance (before her HeelFaceTurn) in ''WesternAnimation/TeamoSupremo''.
114* Ricky Mathis from ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' is an [[UnwittingPawn unwitting male example]], being manipulated by someone who has world conquest as his goal.
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