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18->''"They called him Malpelo, which means 'evil-haired', because he had red hair: and he had red hair because he was a bad, malicious boy, with every promise of growing up into a first-rate rascal."''
19-->-- ''Rosso Malpelo'' [[note]] evil-haired red[[/note]]
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21Some heroes [[RedIsHeroic are redheads]] and we all know that RedheadsAreRavishing. By contrast, there are also Evil Redheads. These are characters who are ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. (Not to imply that heroes [[DatingCatwoman can't want evil redheads]].)
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23This trope is OlderThanTheyThink -- [[red:red]] hair was supposedly a mark of a witch and favored by Satan himself. In the Balkans, people unfortunate enough to be born with red hair were said to be doomed to rise as vampires when they died, if they weren't vampires already. In some parts of Eastern Europe, babies born with red hair were once common targets of ''infanticide''.
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25Bullies in school media often have red hair because of the [[FieryRedhead temperamental redhead stereotype]]. Note the dovetailing with the ViolentGlaswegian, though that seldom overlaps. Contrast RedheadedStepchild, wherein the redhead is despised but not ''necessarily'' evil, as well as the growing tendency over the past few decades for heroes to have red-haired romantic interests, especially [[SignificantGreenEyedRedhead green-eyed ones]].
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27May be used to visually [[{{Foil}} demonstrate the difference]] between this character and the blond or dark-haired hero.
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30Also see ASinisterClue, another indicator of evil stemming from an ancient superstition.
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45* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'''s Claire Stanfield straddles the line between this and redheaded AntiHero, as a red-headed AxCrazy Heroic Sociopath in a BlackAndGrayMorality universe. It doesn't help that he's a complete WildCard.
46* VillainProtagonist Rebecca "Revy" Lee from ''Anime/BlackLagoon'' has dark red hair that matches her personality.
47* UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo of ''Manga/Brave10'' is [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade far different than his real-life counterpart]]. He has red hair, [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] and is the primary villain in the first series, with a particularly sadistic streak to him.
48* While not necessarily on the [[BigBad enemy]] side, ''Manga/BrokenBlade'''s Girge is a full-on SociopathicHero. Not to mention his golem's [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience color]], and BloodKnight title. What's wrong with this guy?
49* Sir Luciano Bradley, the Knight of Ten, from ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has red-orange hair, but he's an AxCrazy BloodKnight who has a few screws loose, and is a PsychoForHire and TheSociopath who really enjoys killing people ForTheEvulz. His deranged insanity also applies in the sexual field as well, as he forces the Valkyrie Squadron to wear erotically revealing outfits, and even threatened a girl to rape and torture her when she was a POW. [[spoiler:He ends up being done in by that same girl, a fitting end to his villainy.]]
50* Makima of ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' is AmbiguouslyEvil from the start but is the {{Deuteragonist}} of the series... [[spoiler:until her true identity and motivations as the Control Devil are revealed, and she settles into the role of BigBad.]]
51%%* Koros from ''Anime/Daitarn3''.
52* [[DepravedHomosexual Genkaku]] from ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'' was raised a monk, [[spoiler:but due to suffering extreme sexual and physical abuse from his fellow monk as a child, and his pet kitten dying on him]], he became an insane murderer where he kills people in order to "save" them. He also has a crush on one of the protagonists, Nagi Kengamine, to the point where he kills the man's pregnant wife [[spoiler:and [[MoreThanMindControl temporarily makes him go berserk by convincing him that he has no hope in becoming a family man and that all of his happy memories are fake]]]].
53* ''Manga/DeathNote'': VillainProtagonist Light Yagami is the only Japanese person in the series to have light brown hair, which can look reddish depending on the lighting of an environment. When he is feeling particularly malicious, his hair is colored blood red for the viewer.
54* Principal Gakuencho from the first ''Anime/DevilHunterYohko'' {{O|riginalVideoAnimation}}VA, who wants to assist a demon queen with taking over the world, and who is hot for students to boot.
55* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
56** Recoome of the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Ginyu Force]] is very flamboyant and a former ballet dancer, but he's a member of a mercenary group hired by Frieza to go after Goku and his loved ones. Recoome in particular is [[WouldHurtAChild willing to go after Goku's 4-year-old son Gohan, beat him up, and try and snap his neck]], which [[PapaWolf sets Goku on the warpath]].
57** Bojack from the [[Recap/DragonBallZAndroidArc Android/Cell Saga-era]] movie ''Anime/DragonBallZBojackUnbound'' is more of an orange-head, but he's a [[AliensAreBastards villainous alien]] with the goal of universal conquest. Notably, he intended to "thank" Goku for freeing him by pursuing and killing his family and friends. When the latter transforms, his hair actually gets redder. His minions (Zangya, Bido, Bujin, and Kogu) are the same race as him, and almost as mean.
58** Subverted by Android 16, a red-mohawked NiceGuy and GentleGiant who [[FriendToAllLivingThings loves nature]], but sees Goku as his ArchEnemy even after making a HeelFaceTurn. His compassion is what makes [[spoiler:his death at the hands of Cell all the more powerful, as seeing Cell brutally murder him causes Gohan to go Super Saiyan 2]].
59* Lucy from ''Manga/ElfenLied'' could possibly count as a [[AxCrazy homicidally]] TragicVillain [[VillainProtagonist Protagonist]] example of this trope. Though she is more specifically a hot-pink head.
60* Sawa Nakamura from ''Manga/TheFlowersOfEvil'' is a redheaded student with destructive and sociopathic tendencies that [[FreudianExcuse stemmed from living as an outcast in a very isolated town]]... though it goes without saying that her reputation is warranted. For one, she calls people "shitbugs", has a profound lack of empathy, and her relationship with the protagonist, Kasuga, has shades of DomesticAbuse. [[spoiler:It's subverted with the reveal that her hair might be dyed, as a TimeSkip shows her with long ''black'' hair.]]
61* Subverted in ''Anime/{{Free}}''. While not evil, Rin Matsuoka serves as the antagonist of the first season. At least up until his BrokenTears moment in the finale. He later [[TookALevelInKindness Takes a Level in Kindness]] and gets pretty easy-going and cheery (while still blunt and proud at moments).
62* [[ApocalypseMaiden Mayo Sakaki]] from the third ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' OVA. She's a bitchy {{Jerkass}} who constantly tries romantically pursuing her P.E. school teacher, who's already married and can't stand her, and her relationship with the priestess protagonist Miyaka is full of nothing but selfish and petty hatred. [[spoiler:She even steals Miyaka's unborn baby and tries to ''[[{{Retgone}} erase the girl from existence]]'' out of sheer spite.]]
63* ''Manga/FutureDiary'':
64** Gasai Yuno has bright pink hair and is a psychopathic, insane {{Yandere}} who's willing to kill those who get between her and [[TheHero Yukiteru]], and take extreme measures in keeping the objects of her affections "safe". [[spoiler:Subverted]] in the ending, but before that, [[strike:God]]Deus help you if you [[AxCrazy try to separate her from her Yuki]].
65** There's also Takao Hiyama, a teacher at Yuki's school who's secretly a SerialKiller, and his long, red hair is one of the few things not covered by his murder gear.
66* [[BearsAreBadNews Akakabuto]] from ''Manga/GingaNagareboshiGin'', whose name means "Red Helmet", is named for the red patch of fur on his head.
67%%* Iczer-2 is one in the original ''Anime/{{Iczer}}''. However, [[spoiler:she does a HeelFaceTurn in the sequel]]. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; Heel Face Turn aside, how is she evil in the original?)
68* ''Anime/HelloSandybell'': Downplayed with Kitty. She's a SpoiledBrat from a well-off family with red hair and constantly antagonizes Sandy. When Sandybell gains the affections of Marc, she becomes absolutely livid and her bullying increases.
69* [[spoiler:Goki]], TheMole from the manga series ''Manga/KagerouNostalgia''. A nearly [[TheStoic emotionless]] killer completely in thrall to the BigBad, he convinces the heroes that [[spoiler:he is one of them (not hard given his status as the {{Reincarnation}} of one of their former allies) and proceeds to murder their leader]] before defecting back to the villains. He appears to get some regrets about this later though.
70* While not so much evil as "egotistical", flame-haired Maaya Nanako of ''Manga/KenkoZenrakeiSuieibuUmisho'' claims to be leading male Kaname's [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Unlucky Childhood Friend]]. His memories of her are not at all pleasant.
71* ''Manga/{{Lady}}'': Mary Waverly has reddish-pink hair and is a self-absorbed SmugSnake who lives for bullying little Lynn. One of her {{Establishing Character Moment}}s [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals is kicking her cat]], who's nothing but sweet to her, when she's mad. [[spoiler:In the second season, Mary becomes full-on evil as she tries to push the Russell family to bankruptcy by using her grandfather's power to stop them from receving payments they're owed and manipulating Lynn into staying away from the Lady's Crest.]]
72* Yuriannu Faithful from ''Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron'' is one for the villain team, who also engages in purposeful sexual tension with the hero and has a SexySecretary alter ego.
73* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'': Vita and Nove are both shown to be vicious, aggressive foes [[spoiler:before their HeelFaceTurn -- then they become vicious, aggressive allies]]... though [[AntiVillain they aren't really evil]], as Nove is more of a PerpetualFrowner while Vita is just a {{Tsundere}} who's really heavy on the "Tsun" side of the scale.
74%%** Arnage of Hückebein from ''[[Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce Force]]'' plays it straighter. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
75%%** ''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaReflection Reflection]]'' has [[spoiler:Iris]], though they initially appear to be good.
76* ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'':
77** The first shown member of every QuirkyMinibossSquad is a redhead (Izuuru, Sheshe, Fuku). Also twisted with Sara, whose natural colour was bright orange but [[PaintItBlack changed to black]].
78** Aside from Fuku (who never attacks the Mermaid Princesses directly, anyway), the first real member of Michel's Winged Ones who shows up is [[CreepyCrossdresser Lady Bat]], who also has burgundy red hair.
79* Momomi Minoi, the CuteAndPsycho YakuzaPrincess from ''Anime/MezzoForte'', fits quite well. One of her recreational activities seems to be casually murdering her father's employees when they fail to meet her expectations... and that's just when she's having fun. If someone actually tries to get in her way, she will do her best to ensure that they experience [[FateWorseThanDeath far worse]].
80* Ilulu from ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' has magenta hair and is the first genuinely antagonistic dragon in the series (though she later undergoes a HeelFaceTurn and becomes more of a RoseHairedSweetie).
81* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'':
82** Ali Al-Saachez is red-haired and one of the most evil characters in the series. For one, he was once a "freedom fighter" who recruited child soldiers to fight in the name of "God", even though he's an atheist who just wanted an excuse to carry out acts of terrorism.
83** Nena Trinity, though she's more ''[[CuteAndPsycho batshit insane]]'' than anything else.
84** Patrick Colasour, though he's more of an IneffectualSympatheticVillain than truly evil.
85%%** Bring Stabity and Devine Nova fits this trope to a T. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
86* Nao Yuuki of ''Anime/MyHime'', being an IneffectualLoner and DarkMagicalGirl, counts, though she's more "amoral" than outright evil. In the third volume of the [[Manga/MyHime manga]], she actually assists the other [=HiMEs=] by luring Nagi into a trap after their escape from a cavern deep underneath Fuuka. Of course, she says that [[IWasJustPassingThrough she's not doing it for]] ''[[IWasJustPassingThrough them]]''.
87* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Jiroubo is a sadistic orange-haired brute.
88%%** Gaara before his HeelFaceTurn. (Administrvia/ZeroContextExample)
89%%** Tayuya.
90%%** Sasori.
91%%** Pain, [[spoiler:which includes both Yahiko, who was a good guy when he was alive (orange), and Nagato, the actual controller (blood red)]].
92%%** [[spoiler:Madara]] after [[spoiler:becoming the Ten Tails host]].
93%%** Though she's not as evil as the other villains, Karin could qualify as well.
94* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
95** Eustass Kid, who starts [[spoiler:[[AxCrazy impaling people with glee]] once he's in the New World]].
96** Gecko Moria also fits this trope, being the main antagonist of the [[Recap/OnePieceThrillerBarkArc Thriller Bark arc]], or at least in his original coloring in the manga. [[AdaptationDyeJob The anime gave him purple hair.]]
97** Vinsmoke Ichiji, the oldest son of the royal Vinsmoke family [[spoiler:and Sanji's oldest quadruplet brother]], was ''born'' with red hair despite both of his parents being blond-haired. He's also TheEvilPrince who shares his father's Darwinist beliefs in the strong ruling over the weak and royals not serving anyone, [[spoiler:and even joined in his younger brothers' vicious bullying of Sanji for being compassionate]]. However, there's a reason why he's evil: [[spoiler:He and his younger brothers were experimented on in utero against their pregnant mother's will by Judge, who wanted his children to become strong, ruthless warriors by irreversibly removing their empathy. The mother, Vinsmoke Sora, desperately tried reversing Judge's modifications by consuming a dangerous drug to save her sons but ended up saving only Sanji. Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji only have a shred of empathy left]].
98** There are quite a few members of the Charlotte family with varying shades of red: Oven and Basskarte have fire-colored hair, Katakuri has maroon hair, Cinnamon and Mobile are dark brunettes, twin sisters Galette and Poire are fuschia-haired, and Marnier's hair has darker/lighter red-violet colors. All of them are fanatically loyal to their mother, Big Mom/Charlotte Linlin, a pink-haired ruthless pirate queen who, whenever she craves something, goes on a hunger rampage during which she destroys everything and kills everyone until she gets it.
99* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
100** Jessie, the self-appointed leader of [[TerribleTrio Team Rocket]], is a mild example: a villain who works for a criminal organization, she's [[FieryRedhead hot-tempered and morally dubious]], but arguably [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold too decent at heart]] to qualify as evil. Her hair also becomes less "red" and more "purple that's on the red side" from ''Gold and Silver'' onward, though it had a hint of purple even at the start.
101** James' fiancee (and Jessie's [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals inexplicable doppelganger]]) Jessebelle is a stronger example: She's controlling, violently abusive, and, going by the things she keeps in the basement, has a penchant for torture, while lacking any apparent positive qualities whatsoever. Her hair's also a more pure red than Jessie's, and although it also became more purplish on her second appearance, it remained red enough to qualify for this trope.
102* Played with for Kyouko in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. She's the only redhead in the cast and is easily the most amoral and violent, but Sayaka's influence causes her to evolve into more of an AntiHero. She was originally [[spoiler:an overtly heroic person like Sayaka, until her DealWithTheDevil convinced her religious father that she was an evil witch, and he killed himself and the rest of her family]]. After that, she decided to be completely selfish to avoid hurting people she cared about... by not having any.
103* The ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' anime gets an episode full of this trope. When Happosai splits [[GenderBender Ranma's male side and female side]] into two different people, the female side turns out to be evil to the core. The glowing eyes, floating red hair, and supernatural powers certainly don't hurt in making her seem any less sinister.
104* Touga Kiryuu in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. [[spoiler:He tricks his sister Nanami into thinking that they were not blood siblings and that he never loved her, even though they were merely adopted into the same family and Nanami was too young to be able to remember. Also, he gets his friend Saionji expelled from school [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and burns the exchange diary right after Saionji entrusted it to him]].]]
105* Malty Melromarc from ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' is a particularly big example. She begins by framing [[TheHero Naofumi Iwatani]] of raping her ''after'' stealing pretty much everything he has to his name. She keeps going up by manipulating Motoyasu into making a lot of stupid decisions that only cause further problems for other people, sells several of her party members into slavery, plots with the CorruptChurch to kill her entire family so she can become Queen, and rounds it up by joining (or forming) a group that aims to destroy everything in the world, just because she can't handle being beaten. [[spoiler:In the original WebNovel, it's because she's the incarnation of a GoddessOfEvil that is also behind the Waves of Catastrophe that precipitated the summoning of the Four Heroes.]]
106* Himura Kenshin, the titular protagonist of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', was once a legendary assassin named "Hitokiri Battousai", who killed several men before [[UsefulNotes/MeijiRestoration the Meiji era]]. [[MustMakeAmends He turned away from that life, though]], and seeks to atone for his actions because, in his words, the alternative was committing {{Seppuku}}. For every person that tries to kill him, [[MagneticHero there's many more who are inspired by his heroic deeds]].
107* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' pulls this one on multiple occasions.
108** The [[Recap/SailorMoonDarkKingdomArc Dark Kingdom arc]][=/=]Classic season's BigBad, Queen Beryl.
109** The Black Moon arc[=/=]R season's first member of the QuirkyMinibossSquad, Rubeus.
110** The Dream arc[=/=][=SuperS=] season:
111*** [=VesVes=] the Tamer. At least she has the excuse that the QuirkyMinibossSquad to which she belongs is themed after the colours of the Senshi. [[spoiler:She also {{Heel Face Turn}}s into Sailor Vesta in [[Manga/SailorMoon the manga]].]]
112** Galaxia has gold-blonde hair... which fades into blood red. In [[Anime/SailorMoon the anime]], her hair turns completely red when [[spoiler:she is fully corrupted by Chaos in the GrandFinale and becomes "Chaos Galaxia"]], making her even more vicious than she already was.
113%%** The Infinity arc[=/=]S season's Kaolinite, Eudial, Mimete, and Ptilol, all from the Witches 5. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; explain to someone who hasn't seen the show why the Witches 5 are evil.)
114%%** The Stars arc[=/=]Sailor Stars season's Akane Karasuma, aka Sailor Lead Crow.
115* Sa Sakujun from ''Literature/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'' is... not a nice person. He serves as a red-headed ShadowArchetype to [[TheHero Shi Ryuuki]], both being intelligent men, except Sa is willing to manipulate people if they get in their way, and has a hard time understanding the concept of caring for someone other than himself.
116* ''Anime/{{Starzinger}}'': Prince Gaima, the son of King Gyuma, has fire-red hair that reaches his waist, and serves his abhorrent, oppressive tyrant father. He views Princess Aurora as an ArchEnemy, and comes close to ending her when she's separated from the others and left at his mercy.
117* FieryRedhead Princess Rubina from ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' subverts the trope. She was the loyal daughter of BigBad, so you would expect that she would fulfill the trope, right? Wrong. She was loyal to her father but she did not approve of his actions either, and she was [[CallingTheOldManOut the only person who ever called him out on it]]. She also tried to convince both sides to stop the war and find a peaceful solution to the conflict. Unfortunately, it did not work very well for her...
118* Q-vier from ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator'' is a CuteAndPsycho Dorssian {{Child Soldier|s}} who is such a BloodKnight that he ''enjoys'' killing both military and non-military personnel to satisfy his own bloodlust. His violent methods were responsible for killing off one of the Valvrave pilots' girlfriends Aina when a Drossian assault on New JIOR got out of hand because of him.
119* ''Anime/VoltesV'':Accidental example. Heinel is referred as a blonde by his character designers (like in the ''Literature/RomanRoboAnimeClimaxSelection''), but at certain points of the anime, it appears to be ginger or a ginger-blonde colour.
120* Amon Garam from ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' is a [[FourEyesZeroSoul glasses-wearing villain]] who is more of a WellIntentionedExtremist in that he wanted to create a world without poverty and unfairness. However, while his intentions were pure and [[PureIsNotGood he has no inner darkness in his heart]], he still ended up betraying his own morals in order to create the ideal world he wanted, so ultimately he ended up embodying the unfairness he sought to erase by betraying and manipulating his allies.
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124* Capocchio, the clear aggressor in ''Art/DanteAndVirgilInHell'', is shown with hair red as Hell. Fitting for a representation of [[RedIsViolent anger and violence]].
125* Creator/AlexandreCabanel's ''Art/TheFallenAngel'': Lucifer, the most prominent element of the artwork, sports reddish ginger hair. Curiously enough, on further inspection, so do almost all of the non-fallen angels.
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129* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
130** Pamela Isley, alias [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]], is a villainous RedheadInGreen.
131** Hush, one of Bruce's childhood friends, who took TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou route in ''Detective Comics'' #846.
132%%** The Scarecrow can be a redhead depending on the artist. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
133%%** The Riddler is also an example where it depends on the artist.
134%%** [[spoiler:Jason Todd]] was retconned[[note]]Actually re-retconned, as in the pre-[[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Crisis]] continuity he was a redhead who dyed his hair black.[[/note]] into being a redhead. [[spoiler:Batman apparently made him dye his hair black to hide the fact that the role of Robin had gone to someone else.]] (How is he evil?)
135* Chastity is the redhead of all of Creator/ChaosComics's band of Heroic Sociopaths.
136* Bera from ''Helheim'', who effectively destroys an entire village in her war with a rival witch.
137%%* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibles'' has Mezmerella.
138* Clash from ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'' has multi-colored hair with red as the main color. She is not "evil", but she's the character who has done the most violence, [[spoiler:attempting to seriously injure Jem]], which [[EvenEvilHasStandards even The Misfits disagree with]].
139* "Red" Gurdy Pickens, the recurring villain of B.A.'s campaigns, in ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable''.
140%%* ''ComicBook/LadyMechanika'': Joe Benitez seems to be very fond of the trope.
141%%** Commander Winter.
142%%** Mistress Grimm.
143%%** Lady Mechanika's EvilCounterpart.
144* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': The Red Skull's daughter Sin is a redhead and completely AxCrazy.
145%%** When he still had his original body, Red Skull himself was also a redhead. Now he's a ''literal'' version of this trope. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
146* [[spoiler:Lillie [=McGurty=]]] in ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', though her villainy didn't really start until after her hair had turned grey. Ironically, one of the biggest victims of her obsession turns out to be herself, as her machinations in the present were ultimately responsible for the events in 1907 that caused her to become bitter and lonely in the first place.
147* [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]]'s hair is red most of the time in ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' and [[ComicBook/{{Lucifer}} in his own comic]]. Of course he isn't exactly evil in them, but more like a rather amoral AntiHero.
148* Based on the cover art and [[VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVSTheWorldTheGame the video game]], ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'''s ex-girlfriend Envy is one, though they made her blonde in the movie. To be fair, [[spoiler:her "evilness" isn't so clear-cut, as we learn what an UnreliableNarrator Scott is]].
149* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': One of the female assassins in the Wallenquist mob is a FemmeFatale redhead named Mariah. Much like her colleague Blue Eyes, [[SplashOfColor that trait is highlighted]] in the otherwise black and white comic.
150* [[FoxyVixen Fiona Fox]], the {{Love Interest|s}} of Sonic's EvilCounterpart Scourge, in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' after her FaceHeelTurn. Not only her hair is red, but also her ''fur''.
151* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
152** ComicBook/{{Carnage}}'s alter ego [[Characters/MarvelComicsCletusKasady Cletus Kasady]] has red hair and was a SerialKiller serving eleven consecutive life sentences before being infected by the Carnage Symbiote.
153** [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]], the first Green Goblin, is described as having reddish-brown hair and is a very evil supervillain.
154%%** Norman's son, Harry Osborn, the ''second'' Green Goblin, shares his father's hair colour. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; explain why he's evil)
155* ''ComicBook/StabbityBunny'': Issue #1 has Larry, a [[FatBastard fat]], red-headed man who kidnaps Stabbity's owner, Grace. When her ransom is paid, he decides to kill Grace so he doesn't have to do time for her abduction.
156* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
157** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s enemy Blackstarr -- whom the titular heroine fights in ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 her second solo book]]'' -- is a redhead, Nazi super-villain.
158** In ''ComicBook/AMindSwitchInTime'', red-haired Euphor gradually becomes evil after absorbing too much negative emotion.
159** In ''ComicBook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen2019'', [[spoiler:Julian, Jimmy's brother,]] puts a hit out on Jimmy and, failing that, attempts to kill him himself to get his money.
160** Before [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] started sporting a BaldOfEvil, he was a FieryRedhead. Why he's bald depends on the continuity you're reading or watching. Pre-Crisis a lab accident made him go bald and he blamed Superboy, later incarnations don't really give a reason why he's a chrome dome. This is best exemplified in the Post-''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' relaunch, where he at one point [[ContinuityLockout pretended to be his own son while he was living in a clone body]], and he was [[https://filmschoolrejects.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/0cXrH7Y5ju2Y8IOez.jpeg red-haired alllllll over]].
161%%** Lightning Lord, older brother of the Ranzz siblings of ''ComicBook/{{Legion|OfSuperHeroes}}'' fame... although his more iconic look is from after his hair has turned [[WhiteHairBlackHeart white]].
162* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': ComicBook/BlackWidow, a traitor of the team that kills [[Characters/MarvelComicsClintBarton Hawkeye]]'s family and Jarvis.
163* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
164** Giganta, supervillainess with growing powers and foe of Wonder Woman, is a redhead.
165** Villainess Queen Atomia is a redhead who likes to overwrite people's physical forms and minds to make them her slaves.
166** Mona Menise is a redheaded spoiled brat who quickly turns to murder if she doesn't get her way.
167** The second [[Characters/WonderWomanCheetah Cheetah]] was a redhead, and while she was brainwashed into her villainy, she was also a dangerous murderer in that guise.
168** Zara, an Arabian cult leader.
169** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'': Genocide is a redheaded AnthropomorphicPersonification of genocide.
170** ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'': Tomas Byde was already a redhead before he gained his illusion and necromancy powers and became a villain, but the new powers came with brighter, more red hair that glows when he's using his necromancy.
171%%** Circe has been depicted as a redhead since her appearance in the ComicBook/New52. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
172* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
173** ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'': Dark Phoenix is simply redheaded [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] on [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity too much power]] or [[TouchedByVorlons a confused godlike being]], depending on the story/{{retcon}}/[[CanonDisContinuity ret-retcon]]. The way she's thought of more for that one arc than for her ''decades'' of being a hero before, and after it is [[NeverLiveItDown a trope of its own]].
174** [[Characters/MarvelComicsDemons Belasco]], the red-haired, devil-horned sorcerer who stole [[Characters/{{Magik}} Illyana Rasputin]]'s childhood.
175** Mystique's adoptive daughter, auburn-haired Rogue, starts out as a villain.
176** Inversion: Thomas is the evil member of the Cassidy family. Sean and Theresa are red-haired and heroic, while Black Tom has black hair.
177** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMadelynePryor Madelyne Pryor]] goes through a TraumaCongaLine[[note]]abandoned by Scott Summers, attacked by Mr. Sinister, learns that she's a clone of Jean Grey, and that Scott and Jean are now a couple. Ay ay ay.[[/note]], then a FaceHeelTurn that has her make a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with N'astirth the demon]] to become the evil Goblin Queen and helps bring about the ''[[ComicBook/Inferno1988 Inferno]]'' story arc.
178%%** Cain Marko, aka Juggernaut, is a redhead, though it's rarely explicitly shown thanks to his signature helmet of [[LuckilyMyPowersWillProtectMe psi blockage]].
179%%** The shape-changing [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]], whose default body is a combination of blue skin and red hair.
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183* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' subverts this with [[spoiler:Maddie Pryor]]. While she's initially a villain, she's a PunchClockVillain at worst and completely devoid of malice, [[ArtificialHuman created]] and raised with purposefully BlueAndOrangeMorality by Sinister to act as his [[SympatheticSentientWeapon ultimate weapon and bodyguard]], so she genuinely doesn't know that things like MindControl are wrong. Plus, she has a bucket-load of programming in her brain to press the reset button whenever she undergoes visible CharacterDevelopment. When she finds out the truth [[spoiler:(that she's actually Jean Grey's [[SeparatedAtBirth stolen twin sister]])]] and rediscovers some of the suppressed CharacterDevelopment, carefully nurtured by [[spoiler:Gambit]], she [[TheDogBitesBack turns on Sinister]] and pulls a HeelFaceTurn.
184* [[OneSceneWonder Matt]] from ''Manga/DeathNote'' is often portrayed as this in {{fanon}}; in the anime series, Matt's hair is [[BrainyBrunette brown]], in one video game it's light blue, and in the manga, his hair color is undefined. However, whether or not he's really evil [[GreyAndGrayMorality depends on whose side you're on]].
185%%* In ''FanFic/FantasyOfUtterRidiculousness'', Marisa's original appearance as a redhead when she first shows up in ''Franchise/TouhouProject'''s ''[[VideoGame/TouhouFuumarokuTheStoryOfEasternWonderland Story of Eastern Wonderland]]'' is revealed to have been the result of a magic accident that turned her hair red when she was still apprenticing under Mima. Reimu's thoughts show that she'd mistaken it for a wig all those years. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; where does the evil part come in?)
186* Kainatrol in ''Fanfic/FutariWaPrettyCureBlueMoon'' has deep red hair and a red colour scheme, and is probably one of the more evil members of the Etherium and certainly the least likable. Even the first on-screen victim of her MindControlEyes, Mia, has red hair.
187%%* In fanfiction, Ginny from ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' will get this treatment. Ron, too, [[RonTheDeathEater but that goes without saying]]. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
188%%* Far too many portrayals of OC!Scotland in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' are this.
189* The evil alchemist and serial killer Harmonia Pie in ''Fanfic/HisRecipeForLove'' not only has red hair but in the exact shade of red as her decidedly {{Nice G|uy}}irl descendant, Pinkie Pie.
190* The red-headed Wrestling/BeckyLynch is one of the main villains in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14997911/chapters/34760702 The Horsewomen Of Las Vegas]]'', delighting in killing people and being a smart-ass.
191%%* [[CreepyChild Fiona]] from ''Fanfic/KiraIsJustice''.
192%%* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fanfics that have [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith the Kyuubi assume a human form]] almost invariably have it appear as a beautiful red-headed woman. The fact that the Kyuubi's fur is actually ''orange'', not red, is never acknowledged. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; why is the Kyuubi evil?)
193* Downplayed in ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku''. Alexis Lois "Lexi" Luthor is the granddaughter of the infamous [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] and the heir to his company. She isn't shown to be ''evil'' per se and claims that her family has long since left supervillainy. On the other hand, she's certainly amoral, slipping Izuku [[IfIWantedYouDead thinly veiled threats]], effectively stalking him by dredging up all of his personal details through her connections, and not caring if people get hurt by an out-of-control robot that she's more than capable of stopping. All that matters to her is that [[ItAmusedMe she's entertained]] and that she gets one step closer to making the [[ItsAllAboutMe world revolve around her]].
194* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/PastAndFuture'' has [[OriginalCharacter Victoria Madrigal]], who has orange hair. Victoria is also an abusive spouse and mother, kidnapper, and murderer.
195%%* [[spoiler:BigBad Raflesina]] in ''Fanfic/PrettyCurePerfumePreppy''.
196%%* Mr. Cosmo from ''Fanfic/SinfulBehaviors'' has red hair.
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200* Queen Ariana in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsTheIslandPrincess'' has bright red hair and plots to murder King Peter and his family for exiling her family to a pig farm following an assassination attempt. To achieve this, she married an elderly king whom [[BlackWidow it's implied that she killed]] and had a daughter (whom she's neglectful at best towards) for the sole purpose of marrying her off to Peter's son. In the film proper, she bribes a guard to kill main character Ro and her friends by knocking them into the ocean and poisons the kingdom's animals so they'll starve to death in an endless sleep.
201* In ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsMovieIIANewGeneration'', [[BigBad Dark Heart's]] human form is a boy with bright red hair. (A form of ColorCodedForYourConvenience, since he also has red clothes and [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes]], red being the main color of whatever form he takes.) He makes a HeelFaceTurn at the end, though.
202* One of Cinderella's bullying evil step-sisters in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', Anastasia, is a redhead. Subverted in that she later makes a HeelFaceTurn over the course of the film's [[WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue two]] [[WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime sequels]].
203* [[spoiler:Prince Hans]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' has auburn hair, and [[spoiler:takes advantage of Princess Anna's loneliness and naïveté to manipulate her into marrying him so he can take over the throne of Arendelle]].
204* ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'': Cousin Mel is red-haired and tries to get all of Santa's money in a lawsuit because she hates happiness.
205* Buddy aka Syndrome, the main villain of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'', has bright red hair that's styled in a flame-esque way.
206* Kent Mansley, the paranoid government agent in ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'', has red hair and blue eyes.
207* [[AlphaBitch Sunset Shimmer]] (pre-HeelFaceTurn, anyways) from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'', though she also has yellow streaks.
208* ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'' has the BigBad Ruber, with shoulder-length reddish-orange hair [[SignificantGreenEyedRedhead and green eyes]], who wants to take over Camelot and plunge Britain into eternal warfare.
209* ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'' features SignificantGreenEyedRedhead Madame Medusa as the BigBad. She's an abrasive, greedy woman who kidnaps a little girl to force her to enter a dangerous cave and fetch a valuable diamond, verbally abusing her all the while.
210* Sheila Broflovski in ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerandUncut''. While she's generally just a FieryRedhead, in this film she takes that trope into full-on KnightTemplarParent territory, causing the United States to declare war with Canada and [[spoiler:personally shooting Terrance and Phillip dead, the latter of which fulfills a prophesy that allows Saddam Hussein and Satan to rise to Earth and take over the world ([[MyGodWhatHaveIDone though she didn't intend that last part]])]].
211* The Stabbington brothers in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' are a pair of thugs who start out attempting to steal the royal crown with Flynn, before [[spoiler:teaming up with Rapunzel's [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]] Gothel in a scheme to get Rapunzel back under Gothel's control and Flynn/Eugene executed]].
212* From the perspective of players of ''Fix-It Felix Jr.'', the titular character of ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' is this, as the premise of the game is that he wrecks the Niceland apartment building and Felix has to fix it. [[MeanCharacterNiceActor Outside of his day job]], though, he's a NiceGuy.
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216* ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'': The Red Queen, a vindictive and petty woman who has her subjects' heads chopped off left, right and center for crimes such as stealing a bit of cake.
217%%* Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace from ''Film/AugustRush'', played by Creator/RobinWilliams with [[DyeingForYourArt a lot of hair dye]].
218%%* Malachai, the blood-thirsty teen from ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn1984''.
219* Chucky from the ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' franchise is a serial killer who used Voodoo to transfer his soul into a redheaded doll, continuing his killings while searching for a human host to take over the body of.
220%%* Scut Farkus from ''Film/AChristmasStory''.
221* In ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'', there's a scheming female boss who tries to seduce Billy and is a {{Jerkass}} to Kate. She ends up being trapped in Spider Gremlin's web. Guess who saves her bacon.
222* ''Film/{{Holidays}}'': Grainne of ''St. Patrick's Day'' is a CreepyChild who's in a sinister pagan cult that impregnates Liz without consent. Liz begins to qualify as well as she acts more and more deranged as her pregnancy progresses.
223* ''Film/JamesBond'': ** SPECTRE assassin Fiona Volpe in ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' -- so evil she's even immune to Film/JamesBond's legendary [[SexFaceTurn bedroom charms]]!
224%%** Gustav Graves from ''Film/DieAnotherDay''. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
225* Lil from ''Film/RedHeadedWoman'' is a [[GoldDigger gold-digging]] [[TheVamp vamp]] who breaks up marriages without the slightest pang of conscience.
226* ''Film/Revenge2017'': Main antagonist Richard had reddish-brown hair and a lot of freckles. He is an [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery adulterer]] who tries to murder his [[TheMistress mistress]] when she plans to report that she has been raped by one of his friends because it would be bad for his image.
227%%* Magenta from ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' certainly applies.
228* ''Film/TheSchoolForGoodAndEvil2022'': Lady Lesso of the School for Evil is a red head. She even tortures Sophie's hair with an axe.
229* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
230** General Hux from ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. Played with, but ultimately affirmed, in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'', where [[spoiler:he betrays the First Order. It's not a HeelFaceTurn, though -- he's not doing it because he wants the Resistance to win, he's doing it [[NotInThisForYourRevolution because he wants Kylo Ren to lose]]]].
231** Emperor Palpatine. He was red-haired before his hair went white, and is the [[BigBad main villain]] of the whole series, who [[TheCorruptible corrupts]] Anakin to serve as [[TheDragon his lieutenant]] before seizing control over the Republic, turning it into the [[FinalSolution genocidal]], [[FantasticRacism speciesist]] Empire.
232* ''Film/TheresaAndAllison'': Allison has dark red hair, and it turns out is TheCorrupter to her lover Theresa, who despite her resistance is lured into killing a captive human with her.
233* Randal Graves of Film/TheViewAskewniverse could fit in here somewhat. Although he isn't ''technically'' evil, he thinks nothing of spitting water in customers' faces, ordering porno titles in front of children, [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating his best friend into horrible but brilliant verbal traps]], indirectly destroying several of said friend's romantic relationships, and generally causing chaos and frustration wherever he goes. And when he's not in black and white, he is titian-haired (dirty red-blonde).
234* ''Film/WhatKeepsYouAlive'': Jackie is red-haired and a ruthless, homicidal sociopath.
235%%* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
236%%** Mystique, in her true form. [[spoiler:Until she's cured, that is.]]
237%%** Jean Grey as the Dark Phoenix in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
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241* A joke where a man wearing a hat sells his soul to the devil in exchange for all his earthly desires to be granted. Years later, the devil returns to collect, only for the man to remove his hat, revealing a magnificent flame-red mane. The joke, of course, is that [[DisabilityImmunity gingers have no souls]].
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245%%* [[DoesNotLikeMen Violent misandrist]] Adept Red of the ''Literature/ApprenticeAdept'' series.
246* ''Literature/Area51'': The Airlia all have fiery red hair, and are uniformly malicious.
247%%* ''Literature/ChildrenOfTheCorn'' has Malachi.
248* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber'': Brand, who wants to destroy the universe and remake it in his own image. To be fair, the rest of his family has its own moral issues, though by the end, some of them have made some progress toward outgrowing it.
249%%** Brand's redheaded siblings, Bleys and Fiona, are also fairly morally dubious. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
250* Morgan Le Fay in ''Literature/AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt''. The narrator, when explaining why she imprisoned and tormented a man:
251-->He had said she had red hair. Well, she had; but that was no way to speak of it. When red-headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.
252* ''Literature/ACourtOfThornsAndRoses'': One of Amarantha's most noted features is her red-gold hair and she's a ruthless, sadistic tyrant.
253* Celia Madden of ''The Damnation of Theron Ware'', though perhaps "evil" might be a bit strong, as "bitchy" serves just as well. But it still counts.
254* In ''Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids'', the protagonist is fired upon without provocation by a nameless gang leader with red hair. He later shows up in an armoured vehicle as "Torrence", representing a despotic feudal "government" trying to extend its influence over Britain. He shows up again in Simon Clark's sequel, ''Literature/TheNightOfTheTriffids'', 25 years older but still with some red in his hair, and a successful despot with some really nasty secrets.
255%%* In ''Literature/DragonBlood'', the wizard known as Jade Eyes has red hair to go with his green eyes, and he's rather nasty. But he is said to be very good-looking, with that unusual colour combination. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; nasty how?)
256* In ''Literature/GoodOmens'', a woman first introduced as [[MeaningfulName Scarlett]] and later Carmine "Red" Zuigiber is a FieryRedhead who deals in weapons and seems to cause violence through her mere presence. She's eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:the AnthropomorphicPersonification of War, first of the [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Four Horsepeople of the Apocalypse]]]].
257* Grognon from "Literature/GraciosaAndPercinet" becomes the WickedStepmother of Graciosa and repeatedly tries to get rid of her, using methods such as ordering her to be beaten, abandoning her in the woods, and imprisoning her.
258* ''Literature/TheHouseOfNight'': Elliot from ''Marked'' is a pretty big asshole and later becomes an undead Fledgling.
259%%** [[spoiler:Neferet.]]
260* In ''I, Coriander'', Arise insists that Coriander must be evil because of her red hair -- "All these curls, red as the flames of Satan! This is vanity, this is pride."
261* In the ''Literature/{{Illuminatus}}'' trilogy, Satan prefers redheads and they explore this trope in depth. It's a reference to old folk-beliefs. It works because the Black Mass participants believe it should. In an inversion, one of the participants is a protagonist who is taking his first steps in his path away from social conventions toward illumination. He and the redhead get some good sex out of the deal and get to meet [[spoiler:Malaclypse the Elder disguised as]] Satan disguised as Billy Graham.
262* All Shades ({{Evil Sorcerer}}s possessed by spirits) from the ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' have red hair. Even becoming a Shade turns the being's hair red.
263* In ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'', this is one of the reasons Jeeves advises Bertie to steer clear of Bobbie Wickham.
264-->'''Jeeves:''' I would always hesitate to recommend as a life's companion a young lady with quite such a vivid shade of red hair. Red hair, sir, in my opinion, is dangerous.
265%%* Jack Merridew from ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''.
266* ''Literature/{{Middlegame}}'': Erin was raised to be a ruthless assassin and has strawberry-blonde hair that one character, seeing her for the first time, immediately likens to faded bloodstains, "like the aftermath of slaughter". [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}} with her HeelFaceTurn.]]
267* ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'': Ruin, the personification of entropy, chaos, and destruction -- while usually either shapeless or impersonating people -- physically manifests as a redheaded man. Notably, the mind of Ruin (separate from the power) was actually once a man named Ati, and a note in ''Literature/{{The Way of Kings|2010}}'' indicates that Ati was a nice guy before he became bonded to the power and it warped his mind. So his evil had nothing to do with being a redhead and his physical body was essentially completely irrelevant. [[spoiler:We don't even get to see his physical form until he's already dead.]]
268%%* In Creator/IanFleming's ''Literature/{{Moonraker}}'', Hugo Drax has red hair that really underscores his startling appearance. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; appearance aside, how is he evil?)
269* ''Literature/MySweetAudrina'': Vera, Audrina's cousin [[spoiler:and half-sister]], is a very unpleasant person, even as a child; she is constantly trying to get Audrina in trouble and is an AttentionWhore, is a good example of [[TheVamp a Vamp]], and for extra evil [[spoiler:orchestrated Audrina's rape]].
270* In keeping with his fox motif, Mr. Croup from Creator/NeilGaiman's ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'' is a psychopath with lank, red hair.
271* {{Lampshaded}} in the short story "Literature/NobodyHereBut" by Creator/IsaacAsimov, where the protagonist suspects that his girlfriend is bitchy just because she has to live up to her red hair.
272* Fagin, the ruthless leader of a gang of child thieves in ''Literature/OliverTwist''.
273* In Creator/PoulAnderson's ''Literature/OperationChaos'', the genie tries to invoke this, abusing Ginny for having "hair like hell". She ignores it.
274* Roussette in Creator/MadameDAulnoy's ''Literature/PrincessBelleEtoile'' is a redhead with two younger sisters -- [[BlondeBrunetteRedhead one brunette and one blonde]]. Roussette becomes jealous of her sisters because they married princes while she only married an admiral, leading her to make a FaceHeelTurn and side with her sisters' [[ObnoxiousInLaws evil mother-in-law]].
275* Attorney Arcinas of ''Literature/SmallerAndSmallerCircles'' borders on this. His hair is dyed nearly raspberry-red, although he's less ''evil'' and more of an arrogant GloryHound who is willing to risk lives in his quest for fame.
276* Melisandre of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is an marginal example. As a KnightTemplar priestess who worships a fire-themed god and often recommends human sacrifice by burning, she's regarded by many characters as an EvilChancellor. However, she's also firmly committed to fighting the overtly evil [[OurLichesAreDifferent Others]], believing that the brutal actions she recommends are necessary for the greater good of humanity. Ultimately, her morality is somewhat debatable.
277%%* The ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'': (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
278%%** Lumiya, formerly known as Shira Brie.
279%%** Admiral Natasi Daala.
280%%** Mara Jade counts, at least until she has a HeelFaceTurn and gets married to Luke Skywalker.
281* In the Creator/AndrewVachss novel ''Strega'', unlicensed private eye Burke does a job for the titular character, the crazy flame-haired relative of a Mafia boss, who wields a mysterious power over men. [[spoiler:It later turns out that the Mafia boss molested her as a little girl; when Strega told her father, she was beaten for telling "lies", teaching her an early lesson in power that she later puts to use.]]
282* ''Talking to Dragons'', Book 4 of Creator/PatriciaCWrede's ''Literature/EnchantedForestChronicles'', has a redheaded fire-witch (fire-witches in general are prone to red hair) who likes turning people into statues and uses [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] to power her spells.
283* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''Literature/TrashOfTheCountsFamily'', where the redheaded protagonist Cale is a hero... his enemies have [[TheDreaded a difficult time believing that though]] and consider him outright evil.
284%%** The BigBad, who also has red hair, plays this straight. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
285* The ghost of Peter Quint from the Victorian novella ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'', who the main character thinks has come back from the dead to try and corrupt the small boy she's been charged with watching over. Of course, the ghost [[spoiler:may just be in her head]]. Apparently, at the time the novel was written, it was quite common for red-haired characters to be portrayed in this villainous way.
286* Victoria from ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' is a bloodthirsty, ruthless vampire, with fiery red hair to match.
287* ''Literature/TheUnicornTrilogy'': While many people certainly ''believe'' that all redheads are evil witches, Tanaquil is unequivocally good, and her mother Jaive is eccentric and cold, but not particularly ''evil''. The closest this trope gets to being played straight is in Tanaquil's EvilCounterpart Tanakil [[spoiler:and even then she's proven to be less 'evil' and more 'very troubled']].
288* Creator/AnneRice's ''Literature/TheVampireChronicles'': The {{yandere}}-like Armand arguably fits the bill.
289%%** The scary-as-hell Mekare. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
290* Isosceles, one of the evil witches from ''Literature/WarrenTheThirteenth'', has long red hair.
291%%* In the ''Warrior'' trilogy of the ''[[Franchise/BattleTechExpandedUniverse BattleTech]]'' novels, Romano Liao is stated to have red hair and green eyes. This was apparently EarlyInstallmentWeirdness since every depiction of her and the rest of her family after that have given them more common Chinese hair and eye colors. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; how is she evil?)
292%%% There's no female villain in ''The Woman In White''. Were you thinking of ''Armadale''?
293%%% * In ''Literature/TheWomanInWhite'', the female villain is red-haired, and she's stated to have a bit of a FreudianExcuse due to having always been considered ugly because of it.
294* ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'': A student witch named Brynne is part of Lily's gang and acts as the gang's lookout, warning them when someone is coming so they know when they can and can't get away with bullying the other students. She's also a redhead.
295* Bliss from ''Literature/TheWomensRoom''. She's racist and anti-Semitic, has an affair with Adele's husband Paul, and she and Paul conspire to make Mira take the fall for her, leading to Adele growing colder towards Mira. However, it can be argued that she's just another victim and that she's not 'evil' so much as ruthless, jaded, and trying to survive in a harsh world.
296* The [[{{Satan}} Lone Power]] from the ''Literature/YoungWizards'' series often appears as a young man with red(dish) hair.
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300* ''Series/BreakingBad'' zigzags this:
301** In an inversion, to play VillainProtagonist Walter White, Creator/BryanCranston {{dye|ingForYourArt}}d his naturally reddish hair a duller brown shade to represent Walt's bland existence before the character turns to a life of crime. Later in the first season, after starting down the road to evil, Walt [[BaldOfEvil shaves it all]] anyway once he starts losing hair during chemotherapy. But you can still see the red in his [[GoodHairEvilHair facial hair]], which he [[BeardOfEvil grows into a goatee]] starting in the third season.
302** Once Walt and Jesse get their meth business going, two of their customers -- a trailer-dwelling couple, the man nicknamed "Spooge" -- play this straight in their brutal violence (toward their dealers and each other) and their neglect of their poor little son. Inversely, said kid's hair is even more vividly red than his parents'.
303** Patrick Kuby, a former Boston police officer played by Creator/BillBurr, serves as hired muscle for AmoralAttorney Saul Goodman.
304* In ''Series/BurnNotice'', one of the most vicious female characters (and definitely the youngest vicious character), Eve, is played by redheaded actress Aviva. Fiona comments that she's the first natural redhead she's seen since leaving Ireland.
305* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' has some red-haired [=UnSubs=], like Karl Arnold, aka The Fox, a serial killer and rapist who sneaks into the homes of his psychiatry patients and forces them to treat him as their father before killing them and their entire families.
306* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'': The title character is a sociopathic serial killer who grew up with bloodthirsty tendencies and directs his murderous urges at other serial killers since they "deserve it".
307* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In the revival episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E7AmysChoice Amy's Choice]]", the [[MonsterOfTheWeek villain of the week]] is played by red-haired actor Creator/TobyJones. And considering that he's [[spoiler:a twisted manifestation of the Doctor's self-loathing, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor it looks like the Doctor got to be ginger after all]]]].
308%%** In the old-school serial "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E6TheKingsDemons The King's Demons]]", the king's champion has red hair. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
309%%** Turlough started out as this but eventually had a HeelFaceTurn. (And technically the redhead part was enforced: Turlough's actor Creator/MarkStrickson had to dye his blond hair red because long shots made it hard to tell him and Creator/PeterDavison apart.)
310* Edna from ''Series/DowntonAbbey'', who manipulates everyone she meets (but doesn't fool Mrs. Hughes for a second).
311%%* Adaptations of ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' have this going on: (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
312%%** David Lynch's ''Film/Dune1984'' has a strawberry-blond Feyd-Rautha, played by an enthusiastic Music/{{Sting}} in brass underpants.
313%%** The miniseries ''Series/{{Dune}}'' features Ian [=McNiece=] as a Baron Harkonnen rocking the henna look.
314%%** Creator/SusanSarandon plays the villainous redheaded Princess Wensicia in the Sci-Fi Channel's ''Series/ChildrenOfDune''.
315%%* ''Series/{{ER}}'''s Kerry Weaver, although she's ''generally'' more a pain in the ass than actually evil. Helpfully, she's also a brilliant doctor. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
316* Joey Caruso from ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'' is a redheaded bully who serves as the main antagonist of the show.
317* Jimmy Murtha (played by Creator/JoePantoliano) from the short-lived ''Series/EZStreets'' is a violent redheaded mobster.
318* In ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', we have Saffron. Or Yolanda. Or Bridget. [[IHaveManyNames No one's sure what her real name is]], we just know she has red hair. And that she's a con woman who, while she prefers theft, con games, and treachery to outright murder, considers it more a difference in ''style'' than an actual rule.
319* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Melisandre is a KnightTemplar priestess of a fire-themed god who practices blood magic, advocates human sacrifice by burning, and generally serves as an EvilChancellor to Stannis. However, she seems to believe that her actions are necessary to save humanity from the White Walkers, and from what we've seen of them, she may in fact be ''right''.
320* ''Series/GarthMarenghisDarkplace'' has the hero battling evil Scotsmen, with his own hair turned red after a killer bagpipe attack. Fortunately, his personality is not affected (probably because he's already a bigoted {{Jerkass}}).
321* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' has the psychopathic, mother-killing carny Jerome Valeska [[spoiler:and his twin brother Jeremiah]].
322* ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'' features red-haired Charlotte who, while she starts out behaving pleasantly enough, soon shows to be a ManipulativeBitch and a very controlling and jealous girlfriend, and by the end of Season 2 outright attacks the three main leads, apparently wanting to kill them.
323* ''Series/{{Justified}}'' has the [[BanditClan Crowes]], an extended [[TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether family]] of [[EvilPoacher poachers]], smugglers, and ne'er do-wells, most whom have red, or at least red-tinged, hair. Individual members include IneffectualSympatheticVillain Dewey; his [[OpportunisticBastard opportunistic]] thug of a cousin, Daryl; Daryl's [[AmoralAttorney crooked paralegal]] sister, Wendy; and their [[AxCrazy psychopathic]] brother [[PsychoKnifeNut Danny]], whose actor joked that Season 5's message is "don't mess with gingers."
324* The Nomad from ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' has long red hair hidden under her helmet. She is a female cultist of Sauron from Rhûn, and killed the heroic leader of the Harfoots, Sadoc Burrow.
325* Peggy from ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' -- at least if you believe Al about her role in destroying his life by forcing him into marriage. She expects him to be the sole breadwinner of the family without even doing any housework in return, instead just sitting around on the couch all day watching TV and eating Bon Bons. She'll even steal from others if his hard-earned cash isn't enough.
326* ''Series/MelrosePlace'': Kimberly Mancini pretty much swings back and forth between this and FieryRedhead. When she's sort of normal, she's the latter. Other times, she commits some pretty horrible acts of violence.
327%%** Sydney Andrews from the original.
328%%** Violet from the 2009 remake.
329* In ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', [=McGee=] is wooed by a [[spoiler:North Korean-employed red-haired assassin, played by Creator/LindyBooth. Booth seems to have the seductively evil redhead down pat.]]
330* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Zelena, possibly the only example of the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Wicked Witch of the West]] (aside from the original W. W. Denslow illustrations) being portrayed with anything ''other'' than black hair. [[spoiler:Later inverted after her HeelFaceTurn.]]
331%%* Timmy Kirk from ''Series/{{OZ}}'' is very evil and very redheaded.
332* Budnick from ''Series/SaluteYourShorts'' has bright red hair (the other main characters all have blond, brown, or black hair) and is by far the most scheming and manipulative person at Camp Anawanna.
333%%* The Dream Masters on ''Series/{{Sliders}}''. Very ginger and very evil.
334* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': Prior to her HeelFaceTurn, AntiVillain and WellIntentionedExtremist [[DarkActionGirl Tess Mercer]].
335%%** [[spoiler:Tess's brother]] [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] is technically also this, though due to an accident he's actually BaldOfEvil. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
336%%* Sharona in ''Series/SonnyWithAChance''.
337* Spellbinder Ashka from, well, ''{{Series/Spellbinder}}'' is a redhead and also a power-hungry, cunning, vicious bitch.
338%%* ''Series/StargateSG1'': The Goa'uld Hathor inhabits the body of a red-haired woman.
339%%* Seska, the manipulative Cardassian spy from ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''.
340* On ''Series/{{Succession}}'', Shiv — the only daughter in the central family of {{Villain Protagonist}}s — has strawberry-blond hair and is the most ruthless and calculating among her siblings.
341* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
342** Abaddon, the last of the Knights of Hell, throws Hell into a civil war because she wants demons to stop bribing mortals for their souls and just outright take over the world.
343** Then there's Rowena, a powerful centuries-old witch and abusive mother [[spoiler:to the boy who would grow up to be Crowley]].
344%%** [[spoiler:[[MeaningfulName Anna Milton]], who ends up fighting the blonde Mary Winchester in]] "[[Recap/SupernaturalS0513TheSongRemainsTheSame The Song Remains The Same]]". This was, however, a rather sad addendum to her original function (which was perhaps subverted in that the redhead wanted the hero!). (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; how is she evil beyond fighting another character?)
345* Played with Lydia on ''Series/TeenWolf'', particularly in "[[Recap/TeenWolfS01E08Lunatic Lunatic]]". Way to blatantly manipulate Allison and Scott.
346%%* ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' has Catherine Weaver.
347%%* Kitty Monroe in ''Series/TrueJackson''.
348* In ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS05E17AllSouls All Souls]]", [[spoiler:Aaron Starkey]] is quite literally Satan incarnate.
349* ''Series/TheYoungOnes'': Three brunettes, one ginger, all [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist unpleasant]]. Still, guess which one is the most violent and destructive.
350[[/folder]]
351
352[[folder:Music]]
353* The sinister [[NaziNobleman Thin White Duke]] from ''Music/StationToStation'' had red hair, like many of Music/DavidBowie's other stage personas (including less nasty characters like [[Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars Ziggy Stardust]] and Music/AladdinSane). How scary is the Thin White Duke? Ultimately, he turned out to be Bowie's ''last'' stage persona because the guy got LostInCharacter and started losing his grip on reality. In other words, the Thin White Duke became an honest-to-God EnemyWithin, and Bowie decided to give up AlterEgoActing (along with cocaine) because he didn't want to risk that happening again. Also note that in contrast with the usual stereotype of the FieryRedhead, the Thin White Duke is creepy in part because he's so inhumanly cold.
354* Music/{{Garbage}}'s Shirley Manson sings in a rather ''evil'' fashion. Well, she ''did'' get tapped to play [[Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles Catherine Weaver]], after all.
355%%* Dave Mustaine of Music/{{Megadeth}}, at least in his songs.
356* This was Music/DannyElfman's stage persona during his Music/OingoBoingo days. He looks so cheerfully demonic that you have to wonder why he wasn't cast as [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]].
357[[/folder]]
358
359[[folder:Religion & Mythology]]
360* Rumour has it that red hair was considered a positive factor in selection to become a druid -- this may account for the malign reputation of red-headedness amongst those cultures that were hostile to Celts. (And probably among the Christian missionaries too.)
361* ''Literature/TheBible'':
362** It's a common folk belief that many evil figures in scripture, most notably [[Literature/BookOfGenesis Cain]] and [[Literature/TheFourGospels Judas Iscariot]], had red hair, despite there being no textual evidence of this. In Medieval times, when most of the population was illiterate, stained-glass windows in churches would tell various stories from the Bible in picture form and red hair was used as a shorthand for evilness since it evoked the image of fire and Hell. To quote ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'', "Judas is carrot".
363** Esau is described as having red hair at birth; the Talmud describes him as an extremely evil person.
364** Inverted in Robert Graves's ''King Jesus'', where ''UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}'' has red hair, this being one of the eight "signs of royalty".
365** [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] with most depictions of Mary Magdalene, who is generally portrayed with red hair and ([[WordOfDante countertextually]]) depicted as HookerWithAHeartOfGold, so it depends on one's view on the profession.
366** Subverted by David, whom Samuel is reluctant to appoint king because of his red hair, which was associated with violence and bloodshed until God tells him that David would shed much blood, but it would be that of Israel's enemies.
367* At least one painting of Myth/ClassicalMythology's Pandora, the woman whose curiosity brought diseases into the world, gives her fiery red hair and a scary look on her face.
368* OlderThanDirt: The ancient [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian]] pantheon has the god Set, best remembered for hacking his brother Osiris into bits and scattering the pieces about the world. And then there was the attempted schtupping of Horus...sheesh. He was depicted as being a redhead -- or at least red-furred, since he was usually depicted with the head of an unidentifiable animal. There is some speculation about which one, but it resembles an aardvark -- which don't have much fur on their heads anyway.
369[[/folder]]
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371[[folder:Pinball]]
372* Creator/{{Bally}}'s ''Pinball/MataHari'' pinball depicts the title character as a redheaded German spy.
373* In ''VideoGame/PsychoPinball'', the "Trick or Treat" table has a WickedWitch with a full head of (unkempt) red hair.
374[[/folder]]
375
376[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
377%%* Chico Adams is an evil strawberry blond, [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor on the occasions he is evil anyway]], with most of the "red" being concentrated in his beard. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
378* Although she was very popular for most of her career, Wrestling/{{Lita}} in her last year and a half in WWE, after she cheated on boyfriend Wrestling/MattHardy with Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}, leading to a RealLifeWritesThePlot FaceHeelTurn.
379%%* El Maestro, manager of La Artilleria Pesada and Lady Demonique of the New Wrestling Stars invasion in WWC. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
380* Miss Maulie, a pinup lady [[RedBaron affectionately nicknamed]] "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Man's Ruin]]".
381* Almost all the regular redheads of Wrestling/RingOfHonor are evil:
382** Wrestling/VedaScott wasn't evil at first, just cowardly, [[Film/ThePhantomMenace but fear is the path to the dark side]].
383** Wrestling/TaelerHendrix describes herself as "gingerlicious and delicious" and wanted to see a complete HOT takeover of ROH.
384** Wrestling/MariaKanellis played it straight in her first Heel run with the promotion, distracting anyone while The Kingdom does the dirty job. Averted in her second run, where she was a ReasonableAuthorityFigure as a Face.
385%%** Wrestling/ScarlettBordeaux.
386%%** Bob Evans too, [[BaldOfEvil if you were looking at his eyebrows]].
387* Wrestling/SirOliverHumperdink, a manager and heel during the 1970s and 1980s, combined this with BeardOfEvil. Some of his ring names, such as Red Sutton or Rooster Humperdink, reflected on this.
388* Sweet Nancy dyed her hair red for her [[{{heel}} ruda]] run in the International Wrestling Association.
389%%* Wrestling/TheUndertaker. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
390[[/folder]]
391
392[[folder:Radio]]
393* ''Radio/OldHarrysGame'':
394** Thomas, the most loathsome human in Hell, has red hair. [[spoiler:Which means that, as for all redheads in the setting, there are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephilim Nephilim]] somewhere in his family tree.]]
395** It's hinted that {{Satan}} himself is one; given that [[spoiler:all descendants of angels are redheads]], it stands to reason that all angels are as well. Satan himself claims that only the junior angels have red hair, and he had golden hair as an archangel -- but of course he's been demoted quite a lot since then.
396[[/folder]]
397
398[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
399%%* Ashnod the Uncaring, from ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
400* In ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', Chelaxians born with bright red hair are considered to have some sort of fiendish influence. Given the kind of country Cheliax is, this is usually treated as a gift. The most notable example is Ileosa Arvaxni, later Arabasti, who ended up becoming a genocidal tyrant and all-around monster.
401%%* Lelith Hesperax of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', along with a number of both Eldar and Dark Eldar. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
402[[/folder]]
403
404[[folder:Theatre]]
405* Macavity the Mystery Cat from ''Theatre/{{Cats}}'' is stated to be a "ginger cat", and he's the main antagonist of the musical.
406* ''Theatre/{{Heathers}}'': Heather Chandler, in the original off-broadway production at least. She's a ruthless, manipulative AlphaBitch who picks on people she herself even admits never did anything to her.
407* ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'': Given their origin, the "dead butcher and his [[LadyMacbeth fiendlike queen]]" are generally portrayed as redheads.
408* Because of the association with Judas, Shylock of ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'' was originally portrayed as a redhead, which was generally a common trait of GreedyJew-style villains.
409%%* ''Redhead''.
410* ''Theatre/SweeneyTodd'':
411** Sweeney Todd, the murderous barber who kills his customers and disposes of his bodies by having them baked into meat pies, was a redhead in the book. Modern depictions tend to run more toward [[LooksLikeCesare Looking Like Cesare]], though.
412** Many depictions of {{Yandere}} StepfordSmiler Mrs. Lovett have her as a redhead.
413* The BigBad The Mad Hatter from Wildhorn's musical ''Wonderland'' has reddish-brown hair.
414[[/folder]]
415
416[[folder:Theme Parks]]
417* [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal's]] ''Theatre/HalloweenHorrorNights'':
418** Lady Luck is an attractive evil spirit who plays games of chance with people, killing them and eating their remains if they lose.
419** Jack the Clown is an undead MonsterClown serial killer with bright orange hair who loves murder and torture more than anything.
420[[/folder]]
421
422[[folder:Toys]]
423* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'': AlphaBitch catgirl, Toralei Stripes. Her crowning moment is stealing Cleo's routine at fearleading camp as revenge for not being allowed to rejoin the school team after walking out on it.
424[[/folder]]
425
426[[folder:Video Games]]
427* ''VideoGame/CaptiveRPGMaker'': [[spoiler:The protagonist is a redhead and turns out to be the one who kidnapped and killed all the people in the basement. Downplayed as she did it to cure her dad's illness]].
428* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'':
429** Walter Bernhard from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence''. And damn, does he ever have fun with the "evil" part.
430** Subverted in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'': Stella and Loretta are redheaded twins (though occasionally coloured with violet hair), but they're just BrainwashedAndCrazy.
431** Played with in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness''; Isaac is completely nutters, but [[spoiler:it's heavily implied that, half the time, Dracula is driving or at the very least co-piloting him. Isaac's a willing "passenger", but still...]]
432* Bob Page, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' (and GreaterScopeVillain of its prequel games). Oddly, in ''VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided'', his hair appears to be black, though this could be due to in-game lighting -- his concept art still has very dark auburn hair.
433* The ''VideoGame/DevilishHairdresser'' is ([[AdaptationDyeJob usually]]) redheaded. Being the Devil, she's a naughty trickster whose main goal is to ruin the Angelic Hairdresser's day by spoiling her client's looks.
434* In ''VideoGame/DiceyDungeons'', Lady Luck, the sadistic host of the dungeons who enjoys seeing her contestants suffer, has a full mane of cloud-like scarlet hair.
435* Etna of ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' has red hair and, being not just a demon but one of the crueller and more irresponsible demons at that, probably qualifies as "evil" no matter how amusing she is about it. Especially if you ask her beleaguered minions, the Prinnies, whom she regularly uses as impromptu artillery.
436%%* Sepulchure in ''VideoGame/DragonFable'' doesn't have official art of him without the mask, but [[WordOfGod the game's lead artists]] all draw him with long red hair. [[VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds His daughter, Gravelyn,]] has it too. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; why is he evil?)
437* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
438** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]''[='s=] ''Tribunal'' expansion has Almalexia, the redheaded former member of the Dunmeri [[PhysicalGod Tribunal]]. She undergoes a FaceHeelTurn as [[GoMadFromTheRevelation her sanity deteriorates from the loss of her godhood]]. She reaches full-blown AxCrazy status by the end of the expansion's main quest.
439** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'':
440*** Cicero, the lunatic jester/deadly assassin in the [[MurderInc Dark Brotherhood]] questline, has red hair under his jester's hat.
441*** The [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Draugr]], undead cursed thousands of years ago for serving the dragons and dragon cults, tend to have red hair and beards.
442* ''Franchise/FarCry'':
443** Dah from ''VideoGame/FarCryPrimal'' plays with this. He's a member of the CannibalTribe known as the Udam, and is first introduced as an enemy of the Wenja tribe whom [[PlayerCharacter Takkar]] must defeat, and he has short red hair ([[BeardOfEvil on his chin]], since he's a BaldOfEvil). However, DefeatMeansFriendship in his case, and after Takar spares his life and brings him to the Wenja village to teach them how to create [[PoisonedWeapon rot bane]], they end up becoming friends.
444** Jacob Seed from ''VideoGame/FarCry5''. Apart from being TheDragon to the leader of an ApocalypseCult, he's also a SociopathicSoldier and a [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]] who favours [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing people into becoming killers]], in addition to using SavageWolves as attack dogs. Jacob is notable for being the only Seed brother with red hair, instead of brown. He's also a RedheadInGreen, being a former soldier.
445%%* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; how are these examples evil?)
446%%** Reno certainly counts in the original ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', though he's more an AntiVillain than straight evil in other appearances.
447%%** Kuja from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' when in his trance form. He gets [[WhiteHairBlackHeart two evil hair tropes]] for the price of one.
448* Tactical {{R|olePlayingGame}}PGs like ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' portray the enemy units as having red armor and hair. For specific ''Fire Emblem'' examples:
449** Michalis from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' is TheEvilPrince who murdered his father for the throne of Macedon and sided with [[TheEmpire The Dolhr Empire]] with [[CainAndAbel opposition of his two sisters, Minerva and Maria]].
450** Prince Julius from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' is a redhead possessed by the evil dragon god Loptous. He approves of [[spoiler:abducting and sacrificing children to Loptous]] and other such fun. He got his hair color from his father Arvis, who is more of an AntiVillain.
451** Gangrel from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' is a red-headed, mad, tyrannical king of Plegia who wants to see the Kingdom of Yllise razed to the ground.
452** Miklan from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' shares his little brother Sylvain's light red/orange hair, and terrorized him during their childhood before becoming a murderous bandit leader as an adult.
453* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'': Mommy Mearest, the Girlfriend's murderous mother, is a [[EvilDiva demonic ex-pop star]] with dark red hair. She's just as insane as her husband, forcing a musical battle against Boyfriend atop a moving vehicle on a highway during the week "Mommy Must Murder" -- famously finishing her level with "M.I.L.F.", which as of this writing is [[ThatOneLevel one of the toughest songs]] in the base game.
454* In ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'', the wings of the evil god Valmar get implanted into the golden-haired Ellena, creating her red-haired SuperPoweredEvilSide, Millenia. Subverted in that Millenia isn't really evil so much as TheUnfettered, and she [[PetTheDog pets enough dogs]] to qualify as fully good by the end of the game.
455* [[TheDragon Right-Hand Man]] from the ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'' counts as this, given his red eyebrows and mustache. [[spoiler:Especially in his Cyborg form.]] He's the, well, right-hand man of the leader of the Toppat Clan, a large criminal organization.
456* Erol from ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade'' [[spoiler:and ''VideoGame/Jak3'']] is the commander of the Krimzon Guard and the tyrannical Baron Braxis's right-hand man. However, most of the time, his hair is hidden by his helmet.
457* Tiamat from ''VideoGame/LastScenario'' (although she [[spoiler:was a good person before an [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity ancient power took over her mind]]]]).
458* Axel from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', a member of the villainous group Organization XIII who eventually develops into an AntiVillain.
459* Flamberge from ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' is one of the Three Mage-Sisters, a trio of {{Magic Knight}}s in service to the BigBad, Hyness. She's a literal FieryRedhead, and she gets first crack at Kirby and friends while fuelled by vengeful rage after they defeat her closest comrade, the icy Francisca. [[spoiler:Ultimately a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]], though, once the Mage-Sisters become friends with Kirby.]]
460%%* Sandra the gem thief from ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana''.
461* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
462** All the Gerudos, though they're just thieves. Most of them appear to be {{Punch Clock Villain}}s if not BrainwashedAndCrazy, and they aren't villainous at all in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures Four Swords Adventures]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]''.
463** The one out-and-out evil Gerudo is Ganondorf (and some still-redheaded incarnations of his bestial form, Ganon) from various ''The Legend of Zelda'' games. In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'', [[spoiler:it's all that's left of Ganondorf in Calamity Ganon]].
464** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'' has [[EvilChancellor Chancellor Cole]], who has red hair with a VillainousWidowsPeak and mustache and is revealed to be evil early in the game.
465** He's not explicitly stated to be evil,[[note]]since there isn't much canon information about him[[/note]] but there's something just plain ''off'' about the Happy Mask Salesman of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask''. Especially noticeable when you tell him you can't give him Majora's Mask yet. [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa The manga adaptation]] implies that he orchestrated the events of the story for unknown purposes.
466** Yuga of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' sports fancily-curled red hair and is an EvilSorcerer who goes around turning people into paintings for his EvilPlan. Makes sense, since he is apparently the Lorulean counterpart of Ganon(dorf). Fittingly enough, [[spoiler:he even [[FusionDance fuses with Ganon]] and bequeaths his red locks to the latter]].
467** [[spoiler:Demon King Demise]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword''. His hair is literally ''{{flaming|Hair}}''. Fittingly, [[spoiler:Ganondorf is his reincarnation thanks to his DyingCurse on Link and Zelda]].
468** Zant, the villain from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', is revealed to have red hair like all Twili,[[note]]most of whom fall under DarkIsNotEvil[[/note]] but most of it is obscured by his balaclava.
469* ''VideoGame/MasterDetectiveArchivesRainCode'': Yomi Hellsmile has bright red hair, and is the ObviouslyEvil [[TheCaligula Caligula]] controlling the law in Kanai Ward as the Director of the Peacekeepers who doesn't care for the victims of his [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans despotism]]. He is the one ''directly'' responsible for Kanai Ward becoming a dystopia out of every antagonist in the game, and he makes no attempt to hide this fact.
470* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'': [[spoiler:Aribeth]] has reddish hair (much more apparent from her portrait than her character model), though she is only evil for about half of the first campaign and you get to [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor choose whether she stays evil]] in ''[[NeverwinterNights/HordesOfTheUnderdark Hordes of the Underdark]]''.
471* Triumph Studios seems to love playing with this trope in their ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' series of games, as Rose, one of the mistresses of the EvilOverlord protagonist from ''VideoGame/OverlordI'', is a redhead. In ''VideoGame/OverlordII'', all three mistresses have hair colors that are various shades of red. However, Rose and Kelda (the most redheaded of the mistresses) are actually non-evil (Rose believes in Order and Kelda is the [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Victorious Childhood Friend]]) and arguably the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Women]] of the setting.
472* Moira O'Deorain, one of the playable ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' characters, has red hair. She's a geneticist who does everything ForScience and doesn't worry about ethics. She's currently working for the terrorist organization Talon.
473* ''[[VideoGame/{{Pico}} Pico's School]]'' has Cassandra, who [[AxesAtSchool instigates the plot by shooting up her school]].
474* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
475** Silver, TheRival in ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver''/''Crystal'', is a {{Jerkass}} [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]] who abuses his Pokémon and bullies the player. He gets nicer by the end though.
476** Maxie, the leader of Team Magma in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby]]''/''Emerald'' (in ''Sapphire'', the latter helps the player). His entire team is themed red and wants to cause a drought to get rid of the oceans and thus expand the world's landmasses.
477** From ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''/''Platinum'' there's Mars, a female member of Team Galactic's QuirkyMiniBossSquad. Jupiter may also count, although her hair is more of a purple shade. Their team's goal is to [[spoiler:cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt so their leader Cyrus can remake it in his image]].
478** The remakes ''VideoGame/PokemonHeartGoldAndSoulSilver'' updated the sprite design for the criminal organization Team Rocket's executives and gave them all names. One of the female execs, named Ariana, is red-haired.
479** Lavanna and the Team Dim Sun admins in ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger: Shadows of Almia'' all had red hair, and the organization wants to put every Pokémon in the region under their command.
480** The Team Plasma grunts (male and female) from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' are all redheads, and the team is an AnimalWrongsGroup that wants to liberate Pokémon from "cruel" trainers through any means necessary. [[spoiler:Some do a HeelFaceTurn after the group fragments, but the remaining grunts are still redheads, they just wear different costumes from before.]]
481** Most members of Team Flare in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' have red hair, and they're a criminal syndicate that exploits Pokémon for money. [[spoiler:Lysandre]] in particular has a massive mane that makes him look like [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]] if he discovered Rogaine, and his ultimate goal is to [[spoiler:create a beautiful world by destroying every Pokémon and human not part of Team Flare]].
482* ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose'' has Diana, an AlphaBitch who takes part in tormenting the protagonist Jennifer.
483%%* Dr. Eggman from ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' with his badass auburn moustache.
484* Red from ''Franchise/SouthPark'' has the hair colour her name implies, and three of her five cards in ''VideoGame/SouthParkPhoneDestroyer'' give off some serious villainous vibes:
485** Alien Queen Red from the Sci-Fi theme, who is a ShoutOut to the Alien Queen from ''Franchise/{{Alien}}s: Genocide'', wants to [[AlienInvasion take over the planet]], and her summon quote implies a very unpleasant fate for her victims:
486--->'''Alien Queen Red:''' You seem fertile for impregnation.
487** Dark Angel Red from the Mystical theme is a FallenAngel with [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver a red and black colour scheme]] and voice lines like "Hail Satan!" and "Darkness will consume you!".
488** Changeling Red from the Superheroes theme is a shapeshifting supervillainess whose card art depicts her pulling a KillAndReplace and who mocks the forces of good in a very [[CardCarryingVillain card-carrying]] way.
489* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'': Akuma's appearance just screams ObviouslyEvil and his powers are very much of demons. While he does have a code of honor when it comes to killing opponents, it's a very skewed one, and he's still not a nice guy in the slightest.
490%%** Crimson Viper. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
491* Bowser from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', the most iconic villain of the franchise. He constantly comes up with various schemes and plots to either defeat the Mario Bros., kidnap Princess Peach, take over the Mushroom Kingdom (or the world or the universe), or all three at the same time. Despite being a Koopa, he still has some hair. But he's also unwittingly contradicted his evilness at times [[EnemyMine helping his enemies as an excuse to get]] ''[[EnemyMine his]]'' [[EnemyMine way]].
492* Subverted with Axel Almer of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''. He's an honest Evil Redhead in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance'', as well as the GBA version of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration 2''. However, in the subsequent remakes, he's more or less a NobleDemon, not outright evil... then he pulls a HeelFaceTurn.
493* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'': Potentially subverted in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''. Late in the game, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Zelos Wilder was a spy all along]]. However, just prior to the boss fight, [[spoiler:he defects back to the heroes' side]]. If you choose to talk to Kratos in an event prior to this revelation, though, [[spoiler:you kill Zelos instead and Kratos takes his place]].
494%%** Asch from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' is an example, although he's much closer to an AntiVillain or even an AntiHero. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; specifics, please)
495%%** Creed Graphite, the "scarlet-haired devil" from ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts''.
496* [[spoiler:Lara's evil doppelganger]] in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld''. Her hair color is bloody crimson and she serves as TheBrute to [[spoiler:Natla]].
497%%* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': Marisa Kirisame during ''[[VideoGame/TouhouFuumarokuTheStoryOfEasternWonderland Story of Eastern Wonderland]]''. That is, when she was still evil. Or redheaded. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
498* ''VideoGame/TraumaTeam'': [[spoiler:The "Raging Bomber" is revealed to be a woman named Sandra Liebermann. When the player finally sees her in person, she's holding an airport hostage with bombs strapped to her chest, and her general appearance can only be described as "AxCrazy"]].
499* Lady Harken from the original ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' subverts this. She starts out as a member of the Quarter Knights, sporting flowing red hair and red armor. The subversion comes from the fact that [[spoiler:she is really Elmina Niett, a former knight of Arctica and implied LoveInterest for Jack, a genuinely good character who was willing to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice herself]] if it meant Jack (Garrett) could get to safety]].
500%%* Id from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''.
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503[[folder:Visual Novels]]
504* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
505** [[spoiler:Dahlia Hawthorne]] in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations''. She directly killed two people, tried to kill two more, and drove a man to suicide, all to either cover up her earlier crimes or take revenge for being stopped from committing them. Especially notable since this character is highly implied to have dyed her hair, as the rest of her family has dark hair and she herself is also shown to have dark hair on a childhood photo.
506** There's also [[spoiler:Sōta Sarushiro/Simon Keyes]] from ''VisualNovel/{{Ace Attorney Investigations|MilesEdgeworth}} 2'', who is a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.
507%%** [[spoiler:Mimi Miney]] from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'', although [[spoiler:she's naturally a brunette, and only has red hair when [[DeadPersonImpersonation impersonating her dead sister]]]]. It turns out that [[spoiler:she and Dahlia]] have a bit more than a thing or two in common. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; what evil things do they have in common, specifically?)
508* ''Literature/DanganronpaZero'' implies that the ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' series's [[spoiler:BigBad Junko Enoshima, who is obsessed with spreading despair and turned her class into a BrainwashedAndCrazy terrorist group,]] naturally has red hair and red eyes, [[spoiler:which can be seen in her [[TomatoInTheMirror Ryoko persona]]]], although [[spoiler:she normally bleaches it strawberry blonde]].
509* Dennis from ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' is a {{Narcissist}} and EvilNerd who tries to bed girls through trickery, manipulation, and {{Blackmail}}.
510* Subverted with Rena from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. In the first arc, ''Onikakushi-hen'', she seems like an example, as she [[StalkerWithoutACrush stalks]] and tries to murder Keiichi. However, [[spoiler:it's later shown that Keiichi was [[UnreliableNarrator paranoid and hallucinating]] Rena was after him]]. Rena is normally a sweet girl unless [[spoiler:under the HatePlague]] or if you ''seriously'' [[BewareTheNiceOnes mess with her loved ones]].
511* Miho from ''VisualNovel/LiarLiar'' is a redheaded SerialKiller and the accomplice (and [[spoiler:eventual girlfriend]]) to the VillainProtagonist.
512* ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'': Neither is entirely ''evil'' per se, but [[spoiler:Vermilion Akiha and Kohaku]] are both red-haired, {{yandere}}, psychopathic characters, and both have rather unsavory goals.
513** [[spoiler:Akiha]] is "evil" here precisely ''because'' her hair is red, even.
514** [[spoiler:Kohaku]] is essentially the poster girl for StepfordSmiler, BreakTheCutie, EmotionlessGirl, and WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.
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517[[folder:Webcomics]]
518* Bob, of ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', is a ''literal'' {{fiery redhead}}: His hair is red, his powers are fire-based, and when he's really pissed off, his hair tends to burst into flames. His place in the comic tends to swing between HeroicComedicSociopath and outright villain.
519* ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'''s ManipulativeBastard Christian has dark-reddish-brown hair and a soul patch to boot.
520%%** Player 2. He's entirely red, but his actual hair is ginger. Also the only Player with a BeardOfEvil. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
521%%* ''Webcomic/EvilDiva'' has the red hair of the character she's supposed to have. WhiteSheep, unfortunately for her.
522* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', pretty much the entire extended Valois family has been seen to have the same shade of red hair. Although not all of them are quite as evil as others, most fall into this category one way or another just because of their scheming and backstabbing. Out of the confirmed redheads:
523** Aaronev is a former redhead (considering someone mistook his redhaired son for him) who has killed multiple girls, including [[FridgeHorror his own daughter]], in an attempt to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051116 download the mind of his former love interest into a new body]].
524** Martellus has [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130603 kidnapped Agatha and altered her bodily chemistry]] so she is forced to stay near him at all times so that he can force her to marry him, and has tried to kill Tarvek and Gil multiple times.
525** Xerxsephnia [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130701 isn't quite so bad]], but is still triple-crossing Martellus, Gil, and Agatha so that she can discredit Agatha and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20140502 trick Gil into marrying her]].
526** Tarvek is technically a protagonist but is still not exactly the best role model, having [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060526 double-crossed and betrayed]] multiple protagonists and antagonists, with most of his "good" actions being [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110211 calculated to his benefit]].
527** Violetta is the WhiteSheep of the family but is still a trained assassin and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110907 isn't too shabby at political intrigue]] either.
528%%* Mal from ''Webcomic/HeadTrip'' probably counts, although she isn't completely heartless.
529%%* ''Webcomic/LovelyLovecraft'': Hildred Castaigne has auburn hair. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
530* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'': While it may not be Cerise's natural hair color (she dyes it), the trope most definitely applies. From the moment the Hellrunes transfer to [[AllGirlSchool Artemis]], her actions become progressively darker -- from merely plotting to take over the Coven, to trying to take over their new school. It culminates in [[spoiler:Cerise betraying Melissa and Jacqui by outing them as witches, then trying to kill them along with the student council]].
531* PsychoForHire Valentino from ''Webcomic/{{Marilith}}''. In her defense, she was made a psycho killer in a gulag.
532* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
533** Belkar Bitterleaf generally looks bald in most panels, but look at [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0483.html the close-ups]] or his feet: He's a stubbly ChaoticEvil redhead.
534** Pompey, Vaarsuvius's second EvilCounterpart in the Linear Guild, has bright red hair -- part of his being an evil opposite to V involves the fact that V wears red and has purple hair while Pompey wears purple and has red hair.
535** While he's only made a few appearances in the comic, the Norse deity Loki is a literal FieryRedhead and is identified as being ChaoticEvil. On the other hand, he [[AffablyEvil seems pretty nice]] and [[FriendlyEnemy gets along well with Thor]].
536%%* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
537%%** Lysinda. Particularly emphasized in that she sports red hair even when the rest of the strip is in black and white.
538%%** Oasis.
539* Hwaryun from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''. While she is a pretty laid-back person who can even forgive Bam for cutting out her eye in self-defense, she is part of a conspiracy. That means that she was well aware of the cruelties that was ahead of our cute little protagonist and even contributed to these plans.
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541
542[[folder:Web Original]]
543* The [[Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures MS Paint]] [[InteractiveComic Fan Adventure]] ''Roleplay/{{Alanna}}'' has Tristan, primary antagonist and confirmed murderer. [[spoiler:Later in the story, Alanna finds a half-empty bottle of red hair dye.]]
544%%* ''WebAnimation/BrokenSaints'': (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
545%%** [[spoiler:Lear Dunham.]]
546%%** [[spoiler:Lear's son Gabriel also has a reddish tint to his hair, at least in some lights.]]
547* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', Duchess [[spoiler:[[VisionaryVillain Vaetris L'andariel]]]] of the [[TheLegionsOfHell Eastern Horde]] and her sister [[FemmeFatale Nina]] are quite evil and ambitious villainesses who have red hair. It runs in the family.
548%%* ''WebVideo/HeroHouse'' has Red Hood directly reference this in regards to Android 16. May be a case of hypocrisy, as Jason himself has been portrayed as ginger. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
549* ''WebAnimation/MinilifeTV'': General Red of the X-Team has bright red hair and is part of a terrorist organization dedicated to eliminating individuals with special powers.
550* One ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'' customer refuses to be served by a waitress wearing a pentagram necklace. The (black-haired) waitress goes to the back, removes the necklace, and comes to find the customer all smiles, going on about that horrid red-haired heathen who just tried to serve them. [[HenpeckedHusband The customer's husband]] just looks tired, evidently going through this scene any time they eat out.
551* ''WebVideo/RatsSMP'': The Janitor, a human NPC feared by the entire mischief of rat protagonists for being able to capture them as long as he can see them, unlike other humans who have to chase the rats themselves. He's also seen unleashing MisplacedRetribution on the rats on at least one occasion, and is one of the few humans with practically zero redeeming qualities.
552* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
553** {{Jerkass}} and resident bully Cardin Winchester.
554** Notorious criminal Roman Torchwick, whose hair is closer to a dark orange.
555** White Fang leader and [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Faunus Supremacist]] Adam Taurus.
556* ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'': While not an actual redhead, [[EvilBrit Maxwell Lombardi]] has dyed red streaks in his hair. And given that he is one of the few killers in V4 to actually ''enjoy'' killing...well, he fits.
557%%** Melina Frost of V3. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
558* In the audio drama ''Zoolaplex'', antagonist and [[{{Jerkass}} irredeemable scumbag]] [[MagnificentBastard Charles Wickman]] has spiky red hair.
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560
561[[folder:Western Animation]]
562* On ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', TheMusicMeister is a redhead as well as a CardCarryingVillain who proclaims himself to be "the maestro of villainy".
563* Ed Wuncler III from ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' is a destructive criminal who's prone to impulsive outbursts of violence.
564* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'':
565** Greedly sports a distinctive red mohawk and is not a very nice man.
566** Plunder is auburn-haired and has no scruples against [[EvilPoacher poaching]], bribery, and threatening or outright attempting to murder anyone who won't fall in line with his plans.
567* Lenore from ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania|2017}}'' seems like the kindest of Carmilla's sisters, at least compared to Striga's BloodKnight, Morana's TortureTechnician, and Carmilla's AxCrazy FauxAffablyEvil, but she's still fully complicit in their plan to conquer a large region of land and turn the people into livestock. [[spoiler:She shows her true colors in full at the end of the season by tricking Hector into sexual slavery ''and'' normal slavery.]]
568* ''WesternAnimation/COPSAnimatedSeries'': Dr. Badvibes is a MadScientist who makes diabolical machines and gadgets for Big Boss's gang of Crooks.
569* The Wicked Witch in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'' has ''bright, flaming red'' hair. In fact, it could be considered ''orange''.
570* Spectra's human form in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' is a redhead, and she's a VainSorceress who causes despair and depression in people so she can feed off of it to keep herself young and beautiful.
571%%* The Boss from ''WesternAnimation/DanVs''.
572* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'':
573** Sarah is Ed's spoiled, violent, and ill-tempered sister.
574** Lee Kanker, Eddy's bullying and brutish AbhorrentAdmirer.
575* Vicky, the BigBad and {{babysitter from hell}} from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''. Chip Skylark writes a song about her titled "Icky Vicky".
576%%* Demona, from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''.
577* ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'':
578** Mertle Edmonds is a bratty rich girl who bullies Lilo for being weird and serves as a minor antagonist in some episodes.
579** Experiment 627, who has red fur all over him and is designed to be incapable of turning good.
580* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': One of WesternAnimation/BugsBunny's major enemies is WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam, a TriggerHappy, [[HairTriggerTemper easily angered]] {{Jerkass}}.
581%%* Vanessa Warfield from ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}''.
582* Abraham Kane from ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'' is protagonist Mike's primary adversary and runs Deluxe with an iron fist, outlawing any sort of personal freedom in the name of safety and security.
583* ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' has Sid Swashbuckle, a pirate thief with blood-red hair.
584* ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'':
585** Princess Morbucks, who is probably the best example of ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney.
586** Blossom's two {{Evil Counterpart}}s, Brick of the Rowdyruff Boys and Berserk of the Powerpunk Girls (who is a [[ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls comic-only]] character).
587* Eva Medal, the BigBad military leader/CorruptCorporateExecutive of ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfAtlantis'', has bright scarlet hair.
588* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'':
589** Randall Weems is a [[TheStoolPigeon Stool Pigeon]] who snitches on the other kids for his own benefit, being obnoxiously smug about it all the while.
590** Ashley Q. is a member of the Ashleys, a group of rude, spoiled rich girls who look down on the other students.
591** Kurst the Worst is an aggressive bully who steals from the school cafeteria.
592** Gelman is also a bully, though unlike Kurst he only targets one victim at a time. He's feared and hated around the school for this.
593%%** Mundy. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
594* Subverted with The Hex Girls from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheWitchsGhost''. Thorn's black hair is highlighted red and Luna is a dark-skinned redhead. Shaggy and Scooby originally fear that they're evil vampires, but it turns out they're just [[DarkIsNotEvil normal]] {{Perky Goth}}s.
595* Sideshow Bob from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is a murderously egotistical and WickedCultured homicidal maniac who has made it his life's goal to murder Bart Simpson and Krusty the Clown.
596* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
597** In the episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS9E11GingerKids Ginger Kids]]", where Cartman is convinced that "gingers" (pale, freckled, red-headed kids) are monstrous, ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn''-like abominations. In what would have been a surprising example of HypocriticalHumour were we speaking of anyone other than Eric Cartman, after his friends try teaching him a lesson by making him up to look like a "ginger" while he sleeps, Cartman soon decides that "his people" are the master race. And since this ''is'' Cartman we're talking about, he's attempting genocide before the end of the episode.
598** The Ginger kids return in "[[Recap/SouthParkS14E5TwoHundred 200]]" and "[[Recap/SouthParkS14E6TwoHundredOne 201]]" and demand the town hand over Muhammad so they can obtain his ability to not get ripped on. It is revealed that a now AxCrazy Scott Tenorman is their leader. He justifiably wants revenge on Cartman for making him eat his parents and puts him through an ordeal much like the one [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]] puts Commissioner Gordon through in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''.
599* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': Bounty hunter Aurra Sing features a red topknot on an otherwise [[BaldOfEvil bald head]], and she enjoys violence and killing.
600%%** Death Watch member Bo-Katan (since her first un-helmeted appearance in Season 5's "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E14Eminence Eminence]]"). (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; explain what the Death Watch is and why it's evil)
601%%* Hotstreak from ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock''. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
602* Kelly from ''WesternAnimation/{{Stoked}}''. "Evil" is a bit of a strong word for her, but she is a huge {{Jerkass}} who only dates rich boys for their money and takes pleasure in humiliating the employees ranked below her.
603* Montana Max from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' is a selfish, greedy rich kid who enjoys using his massive wealth to make everyone else miserable.
604* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
605** ''Revenge of the Island'' has its BigBad in the form of the devious and unscrupulous ManipulativeBastard Scott.
606** Scarlett, a massive BitchInSheepsClothing with a cruel and psychotic personality hidden under her seemingly reserved and intellectual one.
607* On ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'', the series's initial BigBad, the ancient sorceress Wuya, has red hair in her physical form and is immensely cruel and wicked.
608%%** Jack Spicer. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
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