Many villains, especially from musicals or {{Disney}} animation, have impressive [[VillainSong songs]] in which they boast about [[EvilFeelsGood how good it feels being evil]], or that use to expose their EvilPlan.

But there are also villains that don't have a song. While TheHero and his or her companions have their own musical numbers, the villain doesn't sing a single note. This choice can be made for various reasons: to show that the villain is a SeriousBusiness individual, to highlight his or her scary nature, or maybe because the villain has [[RealLifeWritesThePlot a bad voice]]. It could also have happened that the villain was originally meant to have a song, but for various reason it ended up being [[CutSong cut]].

Remember: this trope applies when there's the lack of a VillainSong in a work in which such a song would be expected.

Contrast VillainSong. Could overlap with EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor, but not always. EvilIsCool and EvilIsHammy have less chance to apply to a villain who follows this trope.
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* The Queen from ''Disney/SnowWhite''.
* Despite singing a single line while playing the piano, the Stepmother in ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' has no VillainSong, which makes her even more scary.
* Maleficent from ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwyJR8hdBCM was actually going to have]] a VillainSong, but it was [[CutSong cut]]. She instead gloats over her evil deeds with a Villain Poem that mocks the traditional version of her FairyTale.
* Yzma from ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.
** Yzma was going to have a (completely awesome) theme called "Snuff Out The Light" when the movie was still called The Kingdom Of The Sun, but obviously that never happened.
* Tzekel-Kan in ''TheRoadToElDorado'' didn't get a song.
* Shan Yu from ''Disney/{{Mulan}}''.
* Clayton from ''{{Disney/Tarzan}}''.
* Jafar from ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' is a borderline case: he only did a DarkReprise of "Prince Ali" but had no VillainSong of his own, although some were written for him.
** In ''Return of Jafar'', however, he had "You're Only Second Rate".
* Cruella De Vil from ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' never sang, although others [[TheVillainSucksSong sing about her]].
* Madame Medusa from ''Disney/TheRescuers''.
* Hades from ''{{Disney/Hercules}}'', despite being such a LargeHam. He did sing in the TV spinoff, however.
* Shere Khan from ''Disney/TheJungleBook'', who actually did not sing at all except for the final lyrics of "That's What Friends Are For." He was originally going to have his own VillainSong, however.
** George Sanders does his very best to make his one singing line count, though, ending it on a bone-rattling bass note.
* Inverted in ''HomeOnTheRange'' where the evil cattle thief and yodeler Alameda Slim is the only character to sing in the film.
* For ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', King Candy originally had a song, but it was cut because it didn't fit in with the rest of the film.

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[[folder: Film - Live Action ]]

* ''SinginInTheRain'': Lina Lamont has no singing number, since her voice is really awful. It should be remembered, however, that Jean Hagen (the actress portraying her) was a good singer. (Of course, portraying Lina's horrible speaking voice is a challenging vocal feat in itself).
* In the movie version of ''Theatre/{{Oliver}}'', Bill Sykes never sings, although other people sing about him. In the stage version, instead, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzBrwdY-GA he does.]]
* In the classic 1939 film ''TheWizardOfOz'', the Wicked Witch doesn't get to sing. It's worth noting, however, that her counterpart in ''TheWiz'' does have a song.
** And then there's ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'', where the Witch gets buckets of songs and her antagonist the Wizard gets to sing as well.
** Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote some new songs for the stage version of "The Wizard of Oz", including a song for the Witch called "Red Shoes Blues". The song is better than the title suggests and it basically opens the second act.
* Inverted in ''{{Labyrinth}}'' -- It was JimHenson's idea to have a singing villain, and from there the filmmakers hired [[Music/DavidBowie a performer]] who not only filled the role but also wrote all the songs. Jareth gets ''three'' on-screen musical numbers, and the only other characters who sing are a menacing WackyWaysideTribe.
* The "evil landlord" in the film version of ''{{Rent}}'' is the only one who doesn't sing.
* Prudy, Penny's mother in ''{{Hairspray}}'' doesn't get to sing, although Alison Janney has a musical background.

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* There are many [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer fans of Buffy]] who see the appeal of both the MusicalEpisode "Once More With Feeling," and the villainous activities of [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain the Trio of Warren, Andrew, and Jonathan]]. Such fans would, no doubt, have loved for the episode to have a VillainSong by the Trio. The writers surely could have come up with something good, and of course the actors were all guest stars who were probably completely available for an episode in that season. No doubt, though, it would have been too difficult, and involved sacrificing too much of the screen time used for other stuff, to rewrite the episode in such a way that it included the Trio. But the magical effect that caused everyone to burst into song was operating throughout Sunnydale, so of course there must have been some such song that happened off-screen, which was not recorded by the TV show--but that's exactly the kind of thing FanFiction is for...

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has quite a few musical numbers and while the majority of the songs are sung by [[{{CloudCuckooLander}} Pinkie Pie]], everyone else has gotten in on the action at least once. If not a solo number then during a CrowdSong. However, thus far ''none'' of the antagonists have had a VillainSong. This is especially odd when several of the antagonists have had [[LargeHam hammy enough personalities]] that it would fit them.
** Finally averted with [[ConArtist the Flim Flam Brothers]] in season 2.
** And then a [[BigBad proper villain]] finally gets a song in the finale. Technically, the villain [[TheVillainSucksSong is sharing it]], but since she sings [[hottip:half:And her voice actor is actually singing both parts]], it still counts.
* Squiddy from ''TeamUmizoomi'', other than the fake fanfare.

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