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17	->''"Well, aren't we ''fierce?'' Guards, castrate him."''
18	-->-- '''Ard''', ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal''
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20	The Sissy Villain, as his name would suggest, is a man whose heart is as twisted as his wrist is limp.
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22	Due to [[DoubleStandard social stigmas]] against [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide male femininity]] and "unmanliness", there's a strong tendency in fiction to assign effeminate traits to villains: flamboyant mannerisms, [[EffeminateVoice delicate voices]], [[LeanAndMean light builds]], prissiness, [[APrettyBoyIndex femininely pretty]] looks, [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness grandiloquent]] [[BreakThemByTalking speeches]], {{giggling\|Villain}}, [[WickedCultured love for poetry and opera]], [[ManOfWealthAndTaste impeccable fashion sense]] ([[CreepyCrossdresser not always in men's clothing]]), fondness for [[RightHandCat Persian cats]], etc. Evil, it seems, is swishier than a silk skirt.
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24	Frequently, TheHero pitted against the Sissy Villain is either a manly man (any [[RealMenWearPink feminine traits he has are merely there to underscore his masculinity]]) or a {{tomboy}}, and making the villain "unmasculine" is intended to emphasize this. After all, [[BrokenAesop there's nothing manlier than beating up a sissy]]. It doesn't even matter that [[AgentPeacock the limp-wristed villain is powerful]], he '''looks''' weak and homosexual and that's what matters.
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26	The Sissy Villain is probably the second most common portrayal of CampGay men (besides "one-dimensional joke character") but is not necessarily synonymous with DepravedHomosexual. While Sissy Villains are frequently [[DepravedHomosexual gay]] or [[DepravedBisexual bisexual]], most of them are merely [[AmbiguouslyGay sexually ambiguous]] or seemingly asexual, and some of them are [[CampStraight straight]]. The Sissy Villain isn't intended to creep out the audience just because of the implication that he might like men (although this occasionally factors in), but because he ''acts'' like a real wimp. Either way, he's AlwaysCamp.
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28	This trope shows up mainly in Western works and those Japanese works aimed at a male audience; if the villain is presented as [[{{Bishonen}} certain kinds of swishy]], [[MisaimedFandom some fans]] are likely to declare him [[DracoInLeatherPants utterly fabulous]].
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30	Sissy Villains show up frequently in anime, where they often have {{white hair\|BlackHeart}}. Two common subtropes are CreepyCrossdresser and EunuchsAreEvil. See also FashionVictimVillain, GorgeousGeorge, DepravedHomosexual, DepravedBisexual, and PsychoLesbian. May sometimes overlap with [[HeManWomanHater misogynistic]] [[StrawMisogynist views]] in the context of the EffeminateMisogynisticGuy. Contrast RealMenWearPink, and occasionally, EvilSoundsDeep. When his ambiguous (nor not so ambiguous) sexuality is PlayedForLaughs, that's QueerPeopleAreFunny. Not to be confused with NonActionBigBad, although they can overlap. If the villain in question is either {{Satan}} himself, or one of his minions, he's a FlamingDevil.
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32	The DistaffCounterpart is NothingNiceAboutSugarAndSpice.
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34	Note: An AgentPeacock is considered badass, even though you wouldn't expect it at first. A Sissy Villain emphasizes his viciousness through feminine behavior. The tropes can overlap, especially when Agent Peacock is evil.
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38	!!Example subpages:
39	[[index]]
40	* SissyVillain/AnimeAndManga
41	* [[SissyVillain/{{Film}} Films — Live-Action]]
42	* SissyVillain/LiveActionTV
43	* SissyVillain/VideoGames
44	* SissyVillain/WesternAnimation
45	[[/index]]
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47	!!Other examples:
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50	[[folder:Comic Books]]
51	* Xerxes in ''ComicBook/ThreeHundred'' was also one. Creator/FrankMiller likes this trope.
52	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
53	** [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] is [[DependingOnTheWriter sometimes]] portrayed like this, perhaps most famously in ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', in which he wears high heels, applies ([[DruggedLipstick poisoned]]) lipstick, and [[FoeRomanceSubtext is obsessed with Batman to an implicitly romantic/sexual degree]]. The miniseries was so successful that this characterization was integrated with his canon appearances, especially the queer sexual subtext, with the Joker often being depicted as a [[CombatSadomasochist sadomasochistic]] DepravedBisexual obsessed with [[InLoveWithYourCarnage inciting Batman to violence]]. Of course, the Joker has typically been depicted as [[BrightIsNotGood flamboyant in dress]] and [[EvilIsHammy personality]] long before ''The Dark Knight Returns'', so this trope already had some precedent -- for his part, Creator/FrankMiller [[WordOfGod has said that]] he was just exaggerating the pre-existing homoeroticism of the ''Batman'' comics.
54	** Flamingo, who is introduced in ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'', is a {{gayngster}} sent by TheCartel. He loves to wear pink, has quite the flamboyant personality, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick eats his victim's faces]].
55	* ''ComicBook/Camelot3000'': Modred is pretty queer-coded is noticeably skinnier than other male characters, wears a bright red suit with frilly cuffs and neckerchief, and is often drawn standing in a fairly effeminate way or making stereotypically gay expressive hand gestures. He is explicitly sexually attracted to women however.
56	* ''ComicBook/CaptainKlutz''[='s=] Sissyman is a fairly... ''blatant'' example.
57	* ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'': The galactic emperor from an in-universe FanFiction (read by Empowered) who forces Major Havoc and Syndablokk to have sex together.
58	* In ''ComicBook/FreedomFighters2018'', Addie, a full-grown man, still calls his father "Daddy" and keeps David Mathis chained up up almost naked in his torture dungeon. He also implies that he has proclivities that probably would have gotten him executed years ago if he weren't the son of the current Fuhrer and Hitler's grandson.
59	* Hardcore, one of ComicBook/LukeCage's enemies in MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks, wore a purple outfit, appeared to be wearing red lipstick in some of his appearances, and constantly quoted poetry. One of his weapons was also a hyper-sharpened fingernail.
60	* How much of it is based on historical behavior and how much is writer embellishment is debatable, but King James I is well on his way to this in ''ComicBook/Marvel1602'' and ''definitely'' this in ''1602: New World''.
61	* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]] is a somewhat deconstruction of this. He actually became villainous ''because'' he was too ''sissy'' for Asgardian standards. Being a scrawny human-sized ice giant living in a land that ranks brute force and power above intellect and magic, with a brother who is the personification of the former is his FreudianExcuse. Loki's later incarnations have actually come out as bisexual and genderfluid, and have generally become more AntiHero than a villain, underscoring this and supporting the idea that [[InternalizedCategorism internalized homo/biphobia and transphobia]] are also part of Loki's problem.
62	* The Yellow Bastard from ''ComicBook/SinCity'' is a SpoiledBrat with a dose of DirtyCoward.
63	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
64	** [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Volume 1]]: The Silver Age LGBT+ trio of villains THEM! includes the [[CreepyCrossdresser drag queen]] "Moose Mama".
65	** [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Volume 2]]: The rather effeminate kreel Emperor of [[TheEmpire the Sangtee Empire]] turns out to be [[spoiler:a woman who is forced to pass as a man in public due to her society but does not ''want to'' and overrules the laws that require it following her confrontation with Wondy which she seems to use as an excuse]]. The governor of the Empire capitol ship the final confrontation occurs on is also rather campy with his ornate robes, gestures, and preference for walking about in open nightgowns, but is the ''least'' antagonistic of the Empire's nobles, save his giddiness at getting to witness tortures and executions ordered by his Emperor, and is mostly a villain by proxy due to his position.
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68	[[folder:Fan Works]]
69	* ''WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesKpts4tv'': In which Light Yagami's TransparentCloset is a RunningGag, Mello plays up the EvilBrit {{Gayngster}} angle and is frequently mistaken for Music/LadyGaga, [[FlamingDevil Ryuk]] who pretty much [[MemeticMolester goes after anyone]] and is rather fond of watching ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', and also [[spoiler: Souichiro]] who [[RonTheDeathEater becomes a villain in this series]] and [[CreepyCrossdresser on occasion cosplays]] as Manga/SailorMoon.
70	* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': Parodied with Zarbon. His canonical effeminacy is taken to the extreme, and it seems like every other line out of his mouth is some kind of homoerotic DoubleEntendre. [[spoiler:Even Freeza is surprised to learn he's actually [[CampStraight straight]].]]
71	* [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort]] (!) is inexplicably wearing high heels in one scene in ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment and only for that scene]]. This prompted one dramatic reading to display the caption "VOLDEMORT IS IN DRAG" and pause for a few seconds (complete with RecordNeedleScratch) to let this image sink in.
72	%%* Glyde in ''FanFic/MegaManReawakened''.
73	* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'':
74	** Bakura and Marik, who are [[DepravedHomosexual gay]] and in the TransparentCloset, respectively.
75	** Also Pegasus, who is CampStraight only because we know he had a wife.
76	--->'''Marik:''' Foolish fools! There are no women in ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' There are only extremely girly men. ''And I am the most girly of them all!''\
77	'''Pegasus:''' Keep ''telling'' yourself that.
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80	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
81	* In ''WesternAnimation/PlaymobilTheMovie,'' Emperor Maximus has a high-pitched voice, very campy mannerisms, and appears to be wearing makeup. Pretty much a given with his [[Music/AdamLambert voice actor]].
82	* The evil Nekron in ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce'' is this to a T, but with this being a Frazetta film even he gets a shirtless swordfight scene eventually.
83	* ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'':
84	** Scar from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' is easily the most limp-pawed feline ever to grace the big screen. This becomes a ParentalBonus for the Swedish Viewers where Scar is dubbed by the '''Very''' Gay and '''Very''' Out Actor/Singer Richard Wolff. How out is he? He penned a song describing his ComingOutStory titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J67JyB3PxVo "Beautiful Boys, Beautiful Men."]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rJODmZtvuI Don't worry, Scar is still awesome.]]
85	** ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'''s anthropomorphic depiction of Prince John out-swishes Scar to such a degree that ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' villain looks positively {{Leatherman}} by comparison.
86	** Sure, they take the cake for the felines, but what about ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'''s Ratigan? Until he drops the veneer and goes feral during the climactic ClockTower scene, anyway. (He was still rather imposing even before then, due to his enormous size and strength compared to the other characters. Well, as imposing as a [[IAmNotWeasel big mouse]] can get, at least.) His effeminate behaviour adds to the FoeRomanceSubtext between him and Basil.
87	** "Honest" John Worthington Foulfellow in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' has his moments, though it may be more of a LargeHam persona thing. See the bit where he prances around and mimes throwing flowers while describing Pleasure Island "where ''every'' day is a holiday!"
88	** ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'': {{Downplayed\|Trope}} with Shere Khan. He's a [[TheDreaded genuinely feared]] predator of the jungle (he's mentioned as being stronger than the entire wolf pack combined) but his wrath is hidden by an amusingly flamboyant, playful and soft-spoken demeanor. {{Averted\|Trope}} in [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook2 the sequel]], where he's much more serious.
89	** Tamatoa the giant crab from ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}''. He is vain, shallow, and campy with effeminate mannerisms and a voice like Music/DavidBowie.
90	** The color didn't yet have quite the same [[PinkGirlBlueBoy significance]] in the 1940s, when the movie is set, but the weasel leader's pale pink suit in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' gives this impression to a number of 21st-century viewers. (It ''did'' have that significance in 1988 when the movie was ''made'', though, so one wonders.)
91	** Disney's human villains aren't immune either. Take ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'''s mincing, flouncing, bow-wearing villain Governor Ratcliffe, for one. Most of that façade was forced on him by his assistant, Wiggins, who was extremely effeminate. Ratcliffe had his boisterous and rowdy side on occasion, though it was often just an act as well; when his men stood up to him, he folded.
92	--->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick:''' Nothing says sinister like little pink bows on your pigtails!
93	** King Candy from ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', [[spoiler:up until the moment when it's revealed that it was an act to conceal his ''real'' identity, Turbo]]. He lives in a ''[[InsistentTerminology salmon]]''-colored castle, has a lisp, hops around with various effeminate mannerisms. [[spoiler:The castle's actually a plot-point: it's girly because he stole it from a 10-year old princess.]]
94	** Sarousch, the RepulsiveRingmaster from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameII'', is a textbook {{narcissist}}, staring at his reflection constantly and even saying "I could kiss me". In fact, in most Disney films you can tell if a villain is a Sissy Villain based on his eyelids. If they are heavy and almost purple you can be sure that's the intention. This is because their eyelids look like they have eye shadow on them to give the implication they're wearing make up. Disney seems to be quite fond of using this.
95	%%** Captain Hook of ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''.
96	* ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'': the rebel leader Ard in the segment "Den". He's rather puny-looking and talks like a stereotypical CampGay (see page quote above) but it turns out he has a HealingFactor which lets him shrug off being plugged multiple times with an automatic rifle.
97	* Marvin [=McNasty=] from ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppiesAndTheLegendOfBigPaw'' has his moments of being flamboyant, particularly when he swings his hips during his performance of "[[VillainSong The King of Everything]]".
98	%%* ''WesternAnimation/RockADoodle'': The Grand Duke and his hench-owls.
99	* Meritus, the antagonist of the first ''VideoGame/{{SEER}}'' movie, has a very feminine appearance with lipstick, a beauty mark, and eyelashes that suits his obsession with symmetry and elegance perfectly.
100	* The Chief Blue Meanie in ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' is prissy, prone to mood swings, and in one scene suggestively strokes the index finger of the Flying Glove. His voice can go from falsetto to baritone at the drop of a hat.
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103	[[folder:Literature]]
104	* [[CorruptChurch The Pardoner]] from ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''. He's a rather effeminate guy, and there's a scene where the Host, a BoisterousBruiser makes a threat which could be loosely paraphrased as "I'd cut off your balls if you had any."
105	* Valentine Wolfe, evil space aristocrat junkie extraordinaire, from the ''Literature/{{Deathstalker}}'' books. He's more outrageously decadent than feminine, but he does wear makeup and have a rather {{camp}} way of expressing himself at times, while remaining an absolute unholy terror in the highest echelons of the DecadentCourt.
106	--> '''[[ChurchMilitant Vicar]] Kassar:''' You look like a degenerate. Wipe that paint off your face.\
107	'''Valentine:''' ''Lick it off.''
108	* The villain of German novel ''Der Eiskristall'' is an unusual variation - it is implied that he turned to evil partly because he was [[FreudianExcuse bullied]] about his [[{{Elfeminate}} feminine looks]]. While he is trying to assert his masculinity with extreme violence, he is not helping his case with the HoYay he has with one of the male protagonists.
109	%%* Percy Wetmore from Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/TheGreenMile''.
110	* MadScientist and BigBad Nirai Kujen in ''Literature/TheMachineriesOfEmpire'' is very pretty, loves his frills, sometimes behaves in a camp manner, and is bisexual. He's also a sadistic psychopath with a body count in the billions, if you count direct and indirect results. Doesn't have the common homophobic implications of the trope as the setting is an EveryoneIsBi FreeLoveFuture.
111	* In the self-titled first book in the prose ''Literature/ModestyBlaise'' series, female PsychoForHire Mrs. Fothergill is a distaff counterpart, as she is depicted with a lot of ButchLesbian signifiers but is never explicitly described as such. (She seems to be more into killing people than sex of any kind.)
112	* Emperor Ublaz Mad Eyes of ''{{Literature/Redwall}}''. His evil plan, which results in the slaughter and misery of hundreds of creatures by his followers, is to get hold of the ArtifactOfDeath. The Artifact Of Death consists of six ''pink pearls'' which he wants to wear in a crown. They don't even have any magical powers (except for bringing horrible luck on everyone who owns them, but he apparently doesn't know that), he just wants a pink pearl crown. Yeah.... He also wears silk robes and perfume and paints his nails.
113	* Lord Pumphrey, a.k.a "Pumps" in ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}''. Variously known as "the molly," "that woman," and believed to have [[VillainousCrush a crush on the hero.]] He is also one of the most effective {{Manipulative Bastard}}s in the series, even mocking Sharpe to his face when confronted. He is, thus far, a well-earned KarmaHoudini.
114	* Zhong Ye, the [[EunuchsAreEvil eunuch]] sorcerer BigBad in the young adult novel ''The Silver Phoenix: Beyond The Kingdom of Xia''. However, while he is dandified and creepy, he's portrayed as a depraved ''heterosexual'' - and the heroine is the reincarnation of his lost love.
115	* Mr. Jones in Creator/JosephConrad 's ''Victory'' is the murderous, amoral ringleader of a group of bandits, and is described as a foppish, homosexual dandy. In spite of (or perhaps because of) his effeminacy, he also [[EffeminateMisogynisticGuy hates women]] and doesn't tolerate their presence.
116	* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
117	** The [[EunuchsAreEvil eunuch]] [[AristocratsAreEvil Lord]] [[EvilChancellor Varys]] ''looks'' like this trope to an absolute T - he wears fancy robes in non-militaristic styles, indulges in fine perfumes of exceedingly good taste, powders and shaves a lot, swishes quite primly and silently, expresses bemused understanding of other peoples' sexual foibles (while pointing out his lack of same with no subtlety whatsoever) and has a habit of {{giggling\|Villain}} and [[StepfordSnarker snarking]] at both opportune and inopportune moments. [[spoiler:And then subverts this trope, being a MasterOfDisguise and a MasterActor, playing up the "sissy" aspect because that's what people expect to see - behind the perfume and giggles he's a {{Determinator}} who isn't afraid to [[WhatTheHellHero get all up]] [[HannibalLecture in the hero's grill]]. Possibly the top [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] in a series notorious for its GambitPileup]].
118	** The downplayed Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish. In a nation where the ruling class follows a strictly martial lifestyle, Littlefinger is overtly all brains and no brawn. He has a small stature and an immaculately groomed appearance, and he chews mint so his breath is always fresh. He earned his place at court with his head for accounting and exists as a SleazyPolitician, always quick with a quip. He's also a [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] and DevilInPlainSight whom everyone seems to agree is up to some scheme or another.
119	** From ''Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg'' we get [[SubvertedTrope Daemon Blackfyre II]]. On paper, he's this trope: heads a rebellion that would see Egg and his side of the family dead if it succeeds, has a very TransparentCloset, enjoys dressing up in an overly rich "[[PaperThinDisguise disguise]]" a smidge too much and is about as accomplished martially as your average bag of marshmallows. But... he's not much of a villain (malicious and cruel he isn't; somewhat boorish is the most he manages) and he is ''definitely'' no mastermind. Those would be his "followers" using him. He pays the price for playing the Game, regardless.
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122	[[folder:Mythology & Religion]]
123	* Loki from Myth/NorseMythology fits this. Several incidents present him as unmanly (particularly when he was [[MisterSeahorse impregnated]] by a horse), and the contrast with the manly hero plays out in his relationship with Thor. However, pre-FaceHeelTurn by Loki, he and Thor are more like SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan[=/=]VitriolicBestBuds.
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126	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
127	%%wrestling examples returned to their chronological order. If you don't know when an example took place in relation to the others, please place it at the bottom.
128	* The effeminate heel, GorgeousGeorge, is an archetype in wrestling. Didn't actually start with Wrestling/GeorgeWagner, but he is one of the most imitated.
129	* Wrestling/ExoticAdrianStreet, ''the'' most imitated GorgeousGeorge, more so than the original Gorgeous George himself. Despite acting like a sissy, he would talk himself up like he was the toughest thing ever.
130	* On the managerial side of things we have Wrestling/JimCornette, best known for cowering with Wrestling/TheMidnightExpress and crying about his mother up until a video of him getting out of his car to yell at a Dairy Queen worker who did not bring him the meal he ordered started circulating amongst wrestling fans, turning him into a {{memetic badass}}.
131	* Wrestling/AdrianAdonis' gimmick went from tough biker to flamboyant, effeminate gay. Actually, flamboyant is an understatement. In reality, Adonis was given the gay "Adorable Adrian" gimmick as a punishment after he failed to act on Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's request to lose weight (Adonis was pudgy, and Vince has a well-documented preference for chiseled, muscular physiques). No one expected Adonis to embrace the gimmick the way he did. He even kept it after he left the WWF in 1987.
132	* [[Wrestling/RickMartel Rick "The Model" Martel]], who incidentally feuded with an {{ambiguously gay}} but ''not'' sissy Wrestling/ShawnMichaels.
133	* Subversions: Big Dick Johnson is kind of a sissy, but he's never portrayed as villainous; Wrestling/{{Goldust}} is pretty effeminate, but he's definitely ''not'' a sissy.
134	* Lacey, a straight woman, later described the early advances of her eventual boyfriend Wrestling/JimmyJacobs as being "gay". Jacobs had always been something of a dork but at some point he decided he was "tough", so tough he no longer had to do anything considered "tough" and would in fact go out of his way to do the opposite of tough, such as stripping down and cuddling with a picture of his future girlfriend while singing her praises. Jacobs was such an example it made the JerkJock Wrestling/ColtCabana (who the fans were happy to see [[Wrestling/NelsonErazo Homicide]] attempt to murder) into a baby {{face}} just for opposing him.
135	* [[Wrestling/CodyRhodes "Dashing" Cody Rhodes]], before he TookALevelInBadass. He gave grooming tips and his BerserkButton was [[NotInTheFace being hit in the face.]]
136	* Wrestling/TylerBreeze, who's billed from a different location depending on the season. His Titantron is a live feed of his phone's camera taking selfies.
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138	[[folder:Radio]]
139	* Mr. Gently Benevolent in ''Radio/BleakExpectations'' epitomises and parodies this trope whilst being AmbiguouslyGay.
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142	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
143	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
144	** Fulgrim, following his FaceHeelTurn, starts wearing make-up and perfumes and increasingly lurid clothing. Subverted in that he's still a PhysicalGod: the effect is less sissy and more insane.
145	** A lot of Slaanesh's male servants fall under this trope, even the eight-foot-tall [[SuperSoldier Space Marines]] and [[TheHorde Warriors of Chaos]]. Androgynous, fond of garish colors, silks, and perfumes... and [[AxCrazy utterly lethal]].
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148	[[folder:Theater]]
149	%%* King Herod is often portrayed this way in ''Music/JesusChristSuperstar''.
150	* Don Dorcha from ''Film/{{Lord of the Dance\|1997}}'' is a subversion. You'd expect a villain who only expresses himself through dance to have at least a shade of sissy, but Don Dorcha and his army are never anything less than foreboding and menacing.
151	* Farquaad is played up as this in ''Theatre/ShrekTheMusical''.
152	* Herbert from ''Theatre/TanzDerVampire''. While the degree of his villainy is debatable and highly dependent on the actor, Herbert still remains a clingy, aggressive and bloodthirsty vampire. A VERY flamboyant bloodthirsty vampire. He's also the responsible for Alfred's nightmare during the "Carpe Noctem" dance sequence.
153	* ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'':
154	** Lord Voldemort is a NeatFreak who can't sleep knowing there are clothes just lying around in his bedroom, and a fan of romantic comedies like ''Film/ShesAllThat''.
155	** Professor Quirrell is even more of one, to the point that [[EveryoneHasStandards even Voldemort calls him a sissy]].
156	** Gender Inverted in the sequel, where Dolores Umbridge is the epitome of macho. Dumbledore even [[LadyLooksLikeADude mistakes her for a man]] initially.
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159	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
160	* From ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
161	** Richard Wellington is a mean of wealth, taste and art. He himself is a great [[spoiler:con]] artist. Oh, and [[AlwaysMurder a murderer, of course]].
162	** Subverted with Jean Armstrong. He's sissy all right, but not evil, just desperate because of how deep in debt he is.
163	** [[spoiler:Kristoph Gavin]] pays a lot of attention to his looks, and even wears nail polish. That doesn't stop him from being downright terrifying.
164	** FINALLY, Florent L'Belle would LIKE to point out that the only VILLAINS here are those UNABLE to comprehend his MAGNIFICENT beauty.
165	* Miguel Kurashiki in ''VisualNovel/RoseGunsDays'' fits the trope to a T, with a strong emphasis on the [[EffeminateMisogynisticGuy mysogynistic]] part. He also has a close relationship and plenty of HoYay moments with his boss Caleb. Season 2 gives him a good deal of CharacterDevelopment though.
166	* ''VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi'': Arbitro swishes about in a feather boa, has a cleanliness fetish, collects statues of pretty boys....
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169	[[folder:Web Animation]]
170	* The Blue Laser Commander in the WebAnimation/CheatCommandos [[ShowWithinAShow section]] of ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' has a high-pitched, screechy voice, similar to [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero Cobra Commander]]. And though his terrorist organization has many plots for world domination, for whatever reason, between the Commandos and their own ineptitude, [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything few are ever actually seen]].
171	* ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones'': Before his HeelFaceTurn, Serial Designation N is an Disassembly Drone who got mistreated by his comrades, because of his effeminate and goofy personality. That also contrasts [[BewareTheSillyOnes how deadly he can be when he's on the job]].
172	* ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' has this interpretation of Lucius the Eternal, a DepravedBisexual with a disturbingly high-pitched voice and CampGay mannerisms that occasionally resemble those of a high-school girl shrieking about a boy band. As with all Slaaneshi champions, you're lucky if all he does is kill you.
173	* ''WebAnimation/NomadOfNowhere'' has Don Paragon, dandy, pompous, and flamboyant ruler of The Oasis, who forces people to pay a fortune just to get in so they can ''buy'' water and other goods from the only water source for miles and is the one trying to catch the titular character.
174	* ''WebAnimation/{{TOME}}'' has the shapeshifter playing Actor Ravenfreak who generally looks more like a guy stole a female character's gear and it was too small.
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178	* Gerald, one of Nanase's ex-boyfriends from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is all over the place on this trope (though he's more of a Sissy {{Jerkass}} than an outright villain.) He's very muscular (in fact, he's downright massive in one flashback,) but he wears androgynous goth clothing with eye shadow and lipstick. However, it's quickly revealed that he does this deliberately to get people to give him hell for it so he can pick fights with them. And when he first shows up, the people he's antagonizing are three girls (including Nanase) and an [[{{Bishonen}} androgynous-looking guy.]]
179	* Keith Feddyg from ''Webcomic/{{Fans}}'', a minor villain from [[BreatherEpisode Book 4]] and BigBad of book 6, probably the most blatant example of a DepravedBisexual in T's comics, his first arc centering on a sex cult he created.
180	* ''Webcomic/WeakHero'':
181	** As opposed to his partner-in-crime Seongmok, who's quiet and extremely buff, Dongha has long, luscious hair, [[LeanAndMean an equally long build]], and giggles madly with every sentence.
182	** Giju has long hair, eyeshadow, a beauty mark, and black nail polish, and is the resident psycho of Cheongang with an eerie fixation on Wolf that is, at the very least, FoeRomanceSubtext.
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186	* {{Discussed\|Trope}} by ''WebVideo/TheAmazingAtheist'' in his review of ''Film/Hercules2014'', in which Scotty says that it's obvious that King Eurystheus will turn out to be evil because he has two pet peacocks and acts slightly effeminate. [[spoiler:He's right.]]
187	* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' plays up the already effeminate Zarbon's campness to the point that he speaks almost entirely in homoerotic {{double entendre}}s. [[spoiler:However, it's {{subverted\|Trope}} in episode 17, which reveals that he is in fact CampStraight and shocked to find out that everyone around him thinks he's gay.]]
188	* This seems to be a common theme for ''Website/ChannelAwesome'':
189	** {{Downplayed\|Trope}} with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic. He's weak, assholish, completely and irreparably fucked up and frequently ScreamsLikeALittleGirl, as well as preferring toppy ActionGirl women so much that {{Chickification}} is [[HairTriggerTemper one of his many]] BerserkButton triggers. However, his less-than-masculine aspects are just part of who he is, and he's really a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold good guy at heart]] and (depending on your perspective) either an AntiHero or AntiVillain.
190	** WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses couples villainy with being a complete slut. He definitely qualifies behind the WickedPretentious façade, especially in episodes 61-62, which give him some JerkassWoobie moments.
191	** WebVideo/BennettTheSage has moments of this, though he tries to hide it with TestosteronePoisoning.
192	** WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob has moments of this, overlapping with WickedCultured as he's a [[StrawCritic parody]] of TrueArtIsAngsty critics.
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