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3[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eyebrow2_9436.jpg]]
4[[caption-width-right:250:Yep, these guys are baaaad.[[note]]Top to bottom: [[Series/LazyTown Robbie Rotten]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]], [[Film/TheShining Jack Torrance]].[[/note]]]]
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6Nothing says "villain" more than a pair of dark, high-arching eyebrows!
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8It doesn't matter if a villain is smiling, laughing, crying, or frowning, Evil Eyebrows will remain at a permanently high arch on his or her forehead, giving the character a constant expression of menace or disdain.
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10Evil Eyebrows are usually darker and curve higher than any other character's eyebrows. The level of thickness varies--if the hero has thick eyebrows, the villain usually has razor thin ones to counter this. But if the hero has thin eyebrows, the villain's will usually be ''[[BigOlEyebrows thicker than the fuzziest of caterpillars]]''. Either way, they will still have the trademark "evil arch" that every bad guy seems to be born with.
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12Will sometimes have a [[GoodScarsEvilScars scar]] crossing through one of the eyebrows to emphasize the evil.
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14'''Note:''' Please limit examples to evil characters with ''high-arching'' eyebrows. For evil characters with big or fuzzy eyebrows (that aren't arched), please add to BigOlEyebrows or AngryEyebrows.
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16Usually related to UnusualEyebrows and BigOlEyebrows. Frequently paired with ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow.
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19!!Examples:
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23[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
24* Vicious from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' definitely has these.
25* Hiruma of ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' probably has these on purpose, given how genre savvy he is.
26* Subverted as Sasako from ''Manga/ShirokumaCafe'' is so sweet, that it starts to annoy her when people point out that that she still smiles even when she tries to be angry. So she decides to wear fake evil eyebrows to let people know when she's angry. It fails.
27* Dio Brando from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. This is especially noticeable after he [[spoiler:drains Joseph's blood]], as seen [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/9/9a/Jotaro_suprises_DIO.png/revision/latest?cb=20150619213742 here]].
28* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'': BigJerkOnCampus Guel Jeturk has a perpetually furrowed brow that arches his eyebrows like this. [[spoiler:After going through the TraumaCongaLine and becoming a kinder person, his expression softens and his eyebrows grow more level.]]
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31[[folder:Comic Books]]
32* ComicBook/TheJoker.
33* ''ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse'': In Paul Murry's comics, you could always tell the bad guys by their eyebrows.
34* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
35** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Sebastian Ballesteros, who ends up as the most irredeemable and least empathetic ComicBook/{{Cheetah}}, has thick dark high arched brows with little tufts at the peaks. Amusingly [[ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} Jason Blood]]--a more famous DC property--has similar odd brows and spends a while in the book brainwashed into villainy, but he's usually an anti-hero.
36** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Atomia is a monstrously EvilRedhead with long dark permanently arched brows.
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39[[folder:Comic Strips]]
40* Emperor Ming from ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon''.
41* From ''Comicstrip/InSecurity'' we have Gabby, Roy and Charlene's baby daughter whose BigOlEyebrows make her look [[CreepyChild creepy and evil]]... Particularly to Roy's {{Cloudcuckoolander}} GenkiGirl cousin Sedine.
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44[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
45* Scar from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}''. He even has an [[GoodScarsEvilScars evil]] [[MeaningfulName scar]] over one of them.
46* Ratigan from ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective''. It makes sense since he is voiced by and [[InkSuitActor modeled after]] Creator/VincentPrice who also has high-arching eyebrows.
47* Frollo from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}''.
48* Jenner from ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh'' has eyebrows that arch [[DisembodiedEyebrows all the way out of his head]].
49* Laird and Hildegard from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndThePea''.
50* Jafar in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''; while ''everyone'' in the film has BigOlEyebrows to a certain extent, Jafar's high-arched brows really stand out and occasionally appear to [[DisembodiedEyebrows literally stick out]] above the bottom of his turban.
51* Grandma Wu in ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' has these to go along with her VillainousCheekbones but she's really just strict and intimidating rather than malicious.
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54[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
55* Even if you knew nothing about Creator/JackNicholson before seeing ''Film/TheShining'', you'd still be able to guess what's going to happen to him just by looking at his eyebrows alone.
56* Dr Evil from the ''Film/AustinPowers'' series.
57* [[https://40.media.tumblr.com/f45aaed34a58ff678dffb818146d7003/tumblr_nak0r8Pc0o1sfx88eo1_500.jpg The Gardener]] from ''Film/AdeleHasntHadHerDinnerYet'' has them.
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61* Lord Vetinari from the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books is able to terrify people just by raising his eyebrow.
62* ''Literature/TheGrandmother'': The rifleman who stalked and eventually seduced Viktorka had big, arched black eyebrows like a raven's wings, which are joined in the middle, which only serve to accentuate his ominous eyes.
63* Snape from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' is often described as arching his eyebrows, and is a former Death Eater and current SadistTeacher. He's played in the films, naturally enough, by the master of evil-eyebrow-raising, Creator/AlanRickman. After a lot of uncertainty about his true allegiance, he ends up being a NominalHero.
64* Queen Etheldredda from ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'', to the point that she even uses them to express a face of permanent disapproval.
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68* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Along with her constant smirking, Cersei also usually has one or both eyebrows raised. They don't match her hair colour, which by contrast makes them all the more sinister.
69* Robbie Rotten from ''Series/LazyTown'' has thick, arched eyebrows to emphasize that he is, in fact, the villain.
70* Sylar from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' has very impressive and thick eyebrows that are more of the "low and menacing" variety. He is far from nice.
71* Subverted with [[Franchise/StarTrek Mr. Spock]]. Though Dr. [=McCoy=] often [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] that his high eyebrows, pointed ears, and green-tinted complexion made him look satanic.
72* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. Homaged with Dr Chaotica, the Ming the Merciless expy in the holodeck program ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton''
73* After Uncle Leo [[ItMakesSenseInContext gets his eyebrows singed off]] in ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', Elaine draws some crude ones in place. They look so sinister that a doctor starts to interpret everything Leo says as being laced with anger and hostility.
74* In the telenovela ''Tres Veces Ana'', Creator/AngeliqueBoyer plays triplets: Ana Laura- TheIngenue, Ana Lucia- the FieryRedhead and Ana Leticia- the FemmeFatale. Ana Laura and Ana Lucia have rounded natural eyebrows, while Ana Letitia has visible arched longer eyebrows. Of course that she is the BigBad of the telenovela.
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77[[folder:Pinballs]]
78* Buzz the gofer, as seen on the backglass for ''Pinball/NoGoodGofers''.
79* The Devil in ''Pinball/DevilsDare'' has evil brow ridges.
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83* Ox Baker had unusually thick, black pointed eyebrows.
84* Wrestling/SaraDelRey is prone to painting on a second set of eye brows when she's in "Forget athletic competition, I just want to hurt someone." mode and yes, she does often pair this look with {{excessive evil eyeshadow}}.
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88* In Gounod's Faust, Mephistopheles gives probably the oldest example of trope on this page, along with BeardOfEvil goatee, Evil Bass and EvilLaugh (the most known theatrical features of this high ranked demon, along with high and skinny figure kept from Goethe tragedy.
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91[[folder:Video Games]]
92* Seymour Guado from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''.
93* The Administrator from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''.
94* Bowser from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
95* Shimano of ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza1}}'' has BigOlEyebrows that form a nasty glare.
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99* ''Webcomic/{{Hooky}}'': Hans and Hilde Wytte, respectively father and aunt of the protagonists and powerful witches that seek to establish the rule of witches over normal people out of revenge, both have high, thin, slanted eyebrows.
100* ''Webcomic/PixieAndBrutus'': In one strip where Brutus tries to teach Pixie self-defense, he draws heavy, slanted eyebrows on a teddy bear before the lesson to make it look more menacing.
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104* [[WellIntentionedExtremist Jet]] of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has some crazy [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTMdIAgncWukxKAgtLkYPO9ioGiyrajske9Of6RkNv_HaQWgaG1 eyebrows.]]
105* Black Hat from ''WesternAnimation/VillainousCartoonNetwork'' has them, befitting his sinister personality and HumanoidAbomination status.
106* Abraham Kane from ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}''.
107* ''WesternAnimation/TheMadDoctor'': The Doctor has large thick eyebrows.
108* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse'': A staple for evil female characters in this and WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower . Prime examples are Evil-Lyn, Catra, and Scorpia. The male villains sometimes have this too, but usually their eyebrows are fluffier.
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