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[[caption-width:259:The chrome-dome of [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom DOOM!]]]]
-->'''David:''' ''You know, I — right now I have something I want to say. I, David Cross -- me, not the character ... am bald.''\\
'''Paul:''' ''David, I’m all right with this.''\\
'''Jill:''' ''David? I accept you ... but I don't accept the choice that you've made.''\\
'''David:''' ''It's not a choice, Jill. {{God}} made me this way.''\\
'''Jill:''' ''Then I reject God!''
-->--'''Mr. Show''', "Very Special Episode"

In fiction, baldness often equates with lack of moral fortitude. Many, many villains are recognised as such by the audience by their shiny, shaven noggins; It might be the CorruptCorporateExecutive in a political thriller, the sinister evil sorcerer, unholy priest, cult leader or EvilOverlord in sword-and-sorcery, or a thuggish GiantMook readying to crack the hero in two. However, it is most commonly applied to the EvilChancellor and the MadScientist.

Where the hero has his flowing golden locks or a boyish, tousled mop of [[RedHeadedHero red]] or brown hair to indicate his youthful purity, something about the complete ''absence'' of hair makes a bald villain look particularly nefarious, especially while he's [[SlouchOfVillainy slouched on his throne]], steepling his fingers, and delivering a HannibalLecture while the ominous backlight shines off his gleaming chrome-dome.

This might be a throwback to ancient beliefs in hair as a symbol of health and virility, as exemplified by the Biblical story of Samson; it may also be more primal still, as a shaven head more closely resembles a skull, and combined with the natural tendency for us to lose our hair as we grow old, is therefore symbolic of aging and death. As a matter of fact, in ancient Rome, baldness was considered a [[{{Squick}} gross deformity]]. Somehow, that didn't stop the very bald PatrickStewart from being called "The Sexiest Man on TV" in 1992.

Whatever the original reason, Hair Hates Evil, and the about the only times you'll see a kind and moral character without his (or her) hair will be when it's an egg-headed SmartGuy (who's [[{{X-Men}} probably also in a wheelchair]]), a Buddhist monk, a BaldBlackLeaderGuy, or the [[LittlestCancerPatient Littlest Leukemia Patient.]]

The only other good guys who go shaven are {{Badass}} {{Anti Hero}}es, so if a hero shaves his head as part of an ImportantHaircut, it is a sure sign he's about to get DarkerAndEdgier.

The tendency is, indeed, for the moral decay of a character to be inversely proportionate to the length of their hair, with innocent, virginal princesses practically drowning in their romantically flowing locks while the hard-bitten {{Badass}} sports a spiky military crewcut. The most frequent [[AvertedTrope aversion]] of this trope is the WhiteHairedPrettyBoy, whose usually long and luscious tresses exist as a ''symbol'' of his evil, not in spite of it.

For the ultimate combination, supply a bald villain with a [[BeardOfEvil villainous goatee.]] This trope is also a function of GoodHairEvilHair.

Taking this trope way beyond its logical extreme, occasional ''very'' [[ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil mad]] [[MadScientist scientists]] will also shave off their skin and the top of their skull, leaving their [[BrainInAJar brains]] completely exposed.

For aversions, see BaldOfAwesome.
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[[folder:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]

* Nearly all of the major villains in ''DragonBall'' are have no hair: Pilaf, both Piccolos, Frieza, Cell, Majin Buu. They're not exactly bald though, they just have no hair- with the possible exception of Pilaf, none of them are mammals.
** Plenty of bald heroes too: Tien, Krillin & Master Roshi.
***True, but Tenshinhan was originally a villain (albeit one who almost immediately performs a HeelFaceTurn a few eps after his introduction) so the point stands.
***Not to mention, but Krillin originally convinced Master Roshi to train him by bribing him with pornography. And Krillin isn't naturally bald, as he grows his hair back (as a sign that he was no longer living as a monk who renounced all worldly pleasures) after marrying [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Number Eighteen]].
** Considering this is a trope, I think Toriyama might be playing with this a bit. Tien is a bald villain, but becomes a good guy when he finds out people respect it more. Nappa was a classic "bald" villain (and a classic villain in many respects), but gets trumped by the true hero in mere seconds, and replaced by a preferrable haired antagonist.
* Lordgenome from ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Also has the AntiHero goatee.
** And epic chest hair.
*** And his scalp catches fire when he does awesome things such as beating the crap out of mechas with his bare hands.
* Ivan the Terrible (or Ivan of Russia, in the Japanese version) from ''Giant Robo: The Day The Earth Stood Still'' is bald, though he's not the most nefarious of the evil group he's part of, even though he might be one of the biggest nutcases in the entire anime. Though, to be fair, one of the guys dead-set on doing good is bald as well.
* Gluttony of ''FullmetalAlchemist'', although he's actually not nearly as evil as many of the other homunculi, but more of a PsychopathicManchild.
* The evil, baldness-promoting emperor in ''BoboboboBobobo''.
* The {{Big Bad}}s of ''{{Skyland}}'', Oslo and Diwan.
*Both played straight and inverted in Kinnikuman. Buffaloman, originally introduced as the most powerful Devil Superman in the series, reveals himself to be bald in the following arc. However, the reveal only happens when he officially pulls a HeelFaceTurn.
* Vargus of ''MahouSenseiNegima'', who was initially introduced as a thuggish bully of a GiantMook that attacked Negi in the Magic World for no reason, though it's later shown that he's actually a lot nicer than he first appeared.
* GaoGaiGar: In FINAL, Palparepa, the lead protagonist's evil counterpart, is completely bald.
* SuperDimensionFortressMacross: In the film version, all the Zentradi are bald (though their morality varies considerably), and in the original TV series, Bodolza is very bald, and very evil ([[KnightTemplar or at least so mission-oriented not to care about insiginificant things like planetary omnicide]])

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[[folder: {{Comic Books}}]]

* [[{{Superman}} Lex Luthor]] is a classic example, particularly considering his SilverAge motive for villainy was ''revenge against Superman for making him bald''.
** And it wasn't really Supes' fault, but Lex blamed him after one of his experiments went wrong. Furthermore, the story then had Luthor trying to show up Superboy with grandiose engineering projects, only to have each go disastrously wrong enough to require the superhero to step in, which made Luthor irrationally convinced he was being humiliated.
**This sometimes falls afoul of [[AdaptationDecay adaptation decay]] in live-action versions where the actor doesn't want to shave his head or wear a bald cap for long periods. Gene Hackman's version of Lex wears an array of wigs and is only seen bald when imprisoned (rendering his proud "umasking" moment of whipping the rug off at the end of ''Film/{{Superman}}'' rather confusing), and [[LargeHam hamtacular]] John Shea on ''LoisAndClark'' had a full head of curls [[spoiler:until he gets raised from the dead in season two, resulting in all his hair falling out, making Shea look even more the part of a scenery-devouring psycho. When he escapes prison in season three, he is shown in a file photo with the bald look but in the next episode turns up with his old hair back without explanation.]] At the time ''LoisAndClark'' started, though, the comic book Lex had shoulder-length hair (on account of being a clone with the original's brain, posing as Lex Jr).
*** Hackman wanted to have some fun with Lex by heavily implying baldness without showing it. The idea would be each time we see Lex, the wig is worse and more obvious.
* ''[[CaptainMarvel Shazam]]'' villain Dr. Sivana is another bald mad scientist, who is also diminutive, gangly, ugly and wears coke-bottle glasses. He has a thing for talking worms.
* The Kingpin, in MarvelComics. Bullseye from the ''{{Daredevil}}'' movie is also bald and goateed, which looks really wrong on paper.
* Professor Xavier of ''{{X-Men}}'' is ''almost'' a textbook example of the 'kindly eggheaded [[TheProfessor Professor]]' aversion, as he's sometimes portrayed as being morally ambiguous and slightly sinister, and let's not go near his various {{Super Powered Evil Side}}s. It's worth noting that Patrick Stewart is a classic example of BaldOfAwesome.
**In ''[[XMenEvolution X-Men Evolution]],'' Mesmero is bald, with arcane markings on his face and head. Much creepier than the original.
** Apocalypse also lacked hair.
* MarvelUniverse semi-aversion: Moondragon, even when she was not being actively influenced by the malevolent CosmicHorror she named herself after, fit TheGift trope to a tee. Her girlfriend Phyla mellowed her out, some.
* In the ''TeenTitans'' comic series, Superboy shaved his head bald before going on an insane killer rampage and beating up the entire rest of the team. This was mostly him copping to the fact that he's just as much a clone of Lex Luthor as he is {{Superman}}. I Wish I Was Making This Up.
* In the original ''FlashGordon'' comic strips, Prince Barin sported a clean-shaven pate in his first appearances -- but when he did his HeelFaceTurn, his hair grew out with astonishing rapidity. Ming, however, is bald as... someone who is bald.
* The righteous Christian in any {{Jack Chick}} tract will have a full head of hair (except the Bull who started out evil). Villains, atheists and [[StrawmanPolitical goddamn liberals]] will be balding, usually with embarrassing combovers or comb-back-overs.
* [[{{Transmetropolitan}} Spider Jerusalem]]. He accidentally burned off most of his body hair ''in the shower'', but still.
* Henry Bendix, the Weatherman from ''TheAuthority'' and ''Stormwatch''.
* In ''[[LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen League of Extraordinary Gentleman Vol. 1]]'', BigBad Professor James Moriarty is bald (in keeping with his character in the original SherlockHolmes stories)
* Nobeard, one of the Subway Pirates in ''SevenSoldiers'' and rival of the thick BeardOfEvil-sporting Allbeard. It's commonly believed that the two represent series writer GrantMorrison and AlanMoore.

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* [[JamesBond Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], and by natural extension, his parody incarnation, [[AustinPowers Doctor Evil]].
** And naturally, when Scott Evil goes Eeeevil, he gradually loses his hair.
** Also from Bond, [[TheWorldIsNotEnough Renard]].
** Kratt, one of Le Chiffre's henchmen in ''CasinoRoyale''. Mostly because Clemens Schick looks ''hilarious'' with a full head of hair and mysterious and sexy without it.
* Galbatorix in TheMovie version of ''TheInheritanceTrilogy''. With [[BeardOfEvil goatee]]!
* Imhotep in ''TheMummy'', [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as it was pretty much the standard hairdo for Egyptian priests. Also, many, many Egyptian villains.
* Mola Ram in ''IndianaJones and the Temple of Doom.''
** Also the [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi mechanic]] GiantMook in ''Raiders,'' whom Indy fought in a PunchPunchPunchUhOh scenario.
* Nero in [[Film/StarTrek the new Trek movie]] pulls this off superbly, combining it with a variant of TattooedCrook.
* How do you make {{Dracula}} creepier? Give him rat-teeth, long spidery fingernails, bald him up, and call it ''[[Film/{{Nosferatu}} Nosferatu]]''. "Graf Orlok" is so distinctive and has been [[WorldOfDarkness aped]] [[ThirtyDaysOfNight so]] [[SalemsLot many]], [[{{Deadlands}} many]] [[{{Blade}} times]] that the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Nosferatu-type]] vampire is [[{{LooksLikeOrlok}} a trope unto itself]].
* Even Patrick Stewart gets evil sometimes in ''ConspiracyTheory'', ''MobyDick'', and ''PrinceOfEgypt''.
* The two main antagonists in the ''IronMan'' [[Film/IronMan movie]], as fate would have it, are both bald. Reportedly, Jeff Bridges leaped at the opportunity to shave his head.
** As if to make up for this, it has two ''good'' bald characters.
*{{Riddick}} from ''The Chronicles of Riddick'' has a shaven head, but he falls into Badass AntiHero territory. Less so in ''Pitch Black'', where he plays a criminal turned into a ReluctantHero.
* Cypher from ''TheMatrix'', anyone!?
**This editor first realized this trope when she was watching The Matrix with her dad, who told her that "one of these characters is a bad guy and will betray everyone." She immediately said "It's Cypher," and sure enough the next scene showed his betrayal. Her dad asked how on earth she could know that having never seen the movie, and having only walked in the room 10 minutes before. Her answer? "He's bald. And he's the only one with [[BeardOfEvil facial hair]]. Of course he's evil." (The troper was 12 at the time, by the way.)
** BaldBlackLeaderGuy Morpheus gets a pass, of course.
* [[ApocalypseNow Col. Walter Edmund Kurtz]].
* Kobras of ''PumaMan''. The guys on ''{{MST3K}}'' never let him forget it either. Played by DonaldPleasance who was also Blofeld.
--> Tom Servo: "Set it to BALD!"
* The ''[[{{Film/Beowulf}} Beowulf]]'' movie makes Grendel completely hairless. Also, [[BodyHorror none of his tendons are the right length]]. What's more the Dragon in his human form is also bald.
* Darryl Revok of ''{{Scanners}}'' is, at the very least, thinning.
* According to the commentary for ''Film/ShootEmUp'' the director considered having [[TheDragon Mr. Hertz]] be bald, a look dubbed "[[TheFullMonty The Full Blofeld]]".
* ''{{Bullshot}}''. The villain Otto von Bruno is bald, so when he boasts that the hero will soon be out of his hair it earns him a puzzled look from his henchman.
* The Strangers in ''DarkCity''.
* The Cenobites in the ''{{Hellraiser}}'' movies.
* Subverted in the ''DieHard'' films, John [=McClane=] the Heroic Hero being bald. Although that kind of happened along the way than it being a deliberate choice.
* After the events in ''StarWars: Revenge of the Sith'', both Vader and Sidious are bald. As was Maul. Conversely, most of the Jedi have long hair.
* Averted in ''Against a Dark Background:'' Sharrow shaves her head in an attempt to shake off her pursuers, but is not an evil character (just rather dark and abrasive.)

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[[folder:{{Literature}} ]]

* Voldemort in ''HarryPotter'', to play up the whole [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent reptile angle]].
** To be fair on his case, Voldemort was so far gone from anything remotely human that having hair at all would have been a accomplishment.
* BigBad Vorbis from the {{Discworld}} novel ''Discworld/SmallGods'' deliberately shaves and polishes his scalp. InvokedTrope?
* Something of a subversion: Matilda's father (who has plenty of hair, and happens to be unscrupulous) believes that smart people have good, strong hair, and that therefore bald people are dumb. (Matilda points out that {{Shakespeare}} was bald.)
* ''Harap Alb'', a Romanian folk tale, has the "Spân", literarly, "bald man" as the primary villain. The mai character is told that the only thing worse than a bald man is a red haired one... Guess who's daughter he is forced to win over later.
* Although he was not described specifically in the stories, SherlockHolmes ArchEnemy Professor James Moriarty was presented as being bald in the earliest illustrations of the character.
** In many later illustrations, he just had a very badly receding hairline, which also made him look more professorial.
* Rare female example: In {{Ian McDonald}}'s ''Desolation Road,'' [[spoiler: Arnie Tenebrae]] becomes a psychotic, sadistic warlord. At one point, it's mentioned: "She was busy shaving her head."

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[[folder: {{Live Action Television}} ]]

* The Sontarans from ''DoctorWho'', partly because of the PeopleInRubberSuits effect.
* Colin Mochrie in ''WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' is a borderline case; while he's not evil per se (at least, we can hope not), he is balding with a very, ''very'' dark sense of humor.
* Although ''StarTrek'' is usually [[BaldOfAwesome an aversion]], given PatrickStewart's impressive skull, the Borg were more often than not depicted as bald, especially when fully assimilated.
** And that's not even going near Shinzon and the Remans in ''StarTrekNemesis'', whose look was supposedly based on ''{{Film/Nosferatu}}''.
* Speaking of Patrick Stewart, he's the BigBad in the BBC JohnLeCarre serials ''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'' and ''Smiley's People''.
* Rare female example: As ''BattlestarGalactica'''s president Laura Roslin loses her hair [[spoiler:to cancer treatments]] she also becomes increasingly totalitarian.
* ''BlackHoleHigh'': Victor Pearson, the series' antagonist, is bald in the present day, but in the 1987 time zone, he has a full head of hair, almost everything we see of him in this period is sympathetic. He also manages to keep his hair in an alternate timeline where he's a slightly dotty science teacher. The final kicker: in the series finale, which reveals Pearson's ultimately noble motives, Victor is starting to grow his hair back.
* The Technomages of ''[[BabylonFive Babylon 5]]'' all shave their heads, for easier access to the brain and spinal column. Their evilness varies from person to person.
** Meanwhile it's averted by [[DaChief Mister Garibaldi]].
* Averted in ''SesameStreet'' where the main actor who plays Gordon is completely bald, but he is never depicted as anything but the ideal father figure. It extended to real life when the actor was hugged by a little girl who was sexually abused and feared all men, but she knew she could trust good old Gordon.
* Vic Mackey, of ''TheShield''. Though he's not so much ''evil'' as Chaotic (ChaoticGood would be a stretch) and possessed of BlackAndGreyMorality.
* FOOLS! YOU HAVE NOT YET LISTED ME! I! AM! '''[[DoctorWho DAVROS!]]'''
* Billy Zane in ''TalesFromTheCrypt: Demon Knight''.
* Subverted with John Locke in {{Lost}}, [[spoiler: but played straight in the season 5 finale, when it is revealed that Locke had been dead since several episodes and that [[NotHimself the one who had taken his shape]] was the BigBad]]

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[[folder:{{Theatre}} ]]

* Eric Halfvarson. Just... Eric Halfvarson.




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[[folder: {{Professional Wrestling}} ]]

* {{WWE}} wrestler Kane became bald when he lost his mask in a match. By no coincidence, this is also when he started getting really, ''really'' evil. Like cackling horror-movie-villain evil.
*Every Russian wrestler ever.

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[[folder: {{Radio}} ]]

* This even shows up in ''Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey'', a radio show. For a long while during the Novacom saga, Mr. Charles was informally known as "the bald guy."

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[[folder: {{Real Life}} ]]

* [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi skinheads]], anyone?
* Anton [=LaVey=], the founder of the Church of {{Satan}} followed this trope consciously, although the only evil he ever did was [[HarmlessVillain the most banal everyday kind]], completely unrelated to his choice of religion. In religious matters he was simply a LargeHam.
** Deviled ham, surely?
* How about Dick Cheney?

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[[folder: {{Tabletop RPG}} ]]

* ''{{Paranoia}}'' plays to this in its 2nd Edition art; the "Ultraviolet-Clearance" section contains pictures of a "typical GM", an evil-looking robed fellow who is usually seen cutting up the rules or cracking a whip, and is of course completely bald.
* One of evil magocracies of {{Forgotten Realms}} is Thay, where ruling [[http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Red_Wizards_of_Thay Red Wizards]] (both men and women) has shaved ''and tattoed'' heads. This tradition was questioned when [[http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Lauzoril Lauzoril]] (the most charismatic leader there) ignored it and broken when traditional power structure was smashed by internal strife.
* Artwork of various Chaos leaders, especially sorcerers, in ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' usually portrays them as bald, with various Chaos symbols worn on the scalp.

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[[folder: {{Video Games}} ]]

* Kane from ''CommandAndConquer'' is an example of the aformentioned bald-with-goatee combo.
* ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' has several examples, including the BigBad Darth Malak, his apprentice Darth Bandon, and Sith Academy headmaster Uthar Wynn.
** And let's not forget about [[StarWars Darth Vader]] himself. And Jabba, I guess...
** And Darth Maul, bald with horns.
* Kratos in ''GodOfWar'' is bald with an ''[[AntiHero antiheroic goatee]]'', which should [[VillainProtagonist tell you everything you need to know about him]] at a glance.
** The same could be said for Agent 47 from the ''{{Hitman}}'' series, only replace [[AntiHero antiheroic goatee]] with [[AntiHero antiheroic barcode on the back of his head]].
*** The difference between the two is, instead of being an outright psychopath and evil bastard like Kratos, 47 actually has a conscience to a degree, plus he tends to bump off bad people anyways.
*** Or is it professional pride?.. Maybe, both. :]
* Dr. Robotnik / ''Egg''man from ''SonicTheHedgehog''. I Am The Eggman, that's what I am...
** And his nephew Snively, in the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog comics]] and [[SatamSonicTheHedgehog cartoon]], who only has five hairs.
* Also, Dr. Baldhead from the first ''GuiltyGear'', obviously. Part of the tendency for bald villains to be [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate doctors as well.]]
* The ''MegaMan'' series gave us Dr. Wily (who, admittedly, had [[EinsteinHair rather wild hair]] on the side of his head) and Sigma.
**''BobAndGeorge'' added Mynd (a purple palette-swap of Sigma) and Captain Kinesis to the mix.
* ''DevilMayCry 3'' has Arkham. Complete with [[GoodScarsEvilScars giant freaking scar]] over half his face.
* Subverted in the forthcoming Heavy Metal adventure game ''Brütal Legend'': General Lionwhyte, the Glam Metal traitor and servant of the main villain (voiced by Rob Halford of Judas Priest, who is bald; the irony is surely intentional), has a mane of majestic locks ''that allows him to fly''.
* In the most recent teaser trailers for the ''KingdomHearts'' game franchise, [[spoiler:the main villainous figure is a man wearing the exact same outfit as Ansem/Xehanort's Heartless, who is also older, goateed, and bald. In fact, these traits are how we know he's villainous.]]
* Moebius, [[ManBehindTheMan servant]] of the [[EldritchAbonimation Elder God]] from the ''Legacy of Kain'' series is a conniving manipulator who eschews hair of any sort, and is notably bald even in thousand year old murals depicting his younger days when he lead the rebellion against the vampires who ruled over humanity in the past.
* The Helghast in the ''Killzone'' series are all bald. Apparently, this is a side effect of having emigrated to a DeathWorld.
* Mr. Big from the ''ArtOfFighting'' series: a crime boss who kidnapped a teenage girl to blackmail her father and force both her brother and her best friend to fight him.
* Both Sarevok of ''[[BaldursGate Baldur's Gate]]'' and Jon Irenicus of ''Baldur's Gate 2'' had shaven heads.
* Bitores Mendez, one of the villains of ''ResidentEvil 4'', was both [[BeardOfEvil bearded]] and bald. In fact, he looked a lot like Rasputin.
* Both [[{{Gonk}} Earthquake and Gen-An Shiranui]] in ''SamuraiShodown''. Granted, Gen-An has two or three hairs, but he's still an overall baldie. (See also: [[TheSimpsons Simpson, Homer]].)
* Portrait of Ruin has Brauner, who seems to be an Orlok double. Still second fiddle to Dracula though.
* Neff, the main bad guy from ''AlteredBeast''.
* Dr. Elvin Atombender, the MadScientist from ''ImpossibleMission'', making this OlderThanTheNes.
*Although Mafia boss Bruto Cadaverini never actually appears in the third ''AceAttorney'' game, his [[http://media.strategywiki.org/images/a/aa/PW_shikabane.png profile picture]] reveals quite an impressive BaldOfEvil.
* Vigagi and Sikalog, both of the Inspectors (from SuperRobotWars). The first shaves his head bald (or so he says, and doubles as a BerserkButton), and the second was apparently born that way.
* [[spoiler: Mr. Blank]] From SpaceChannel5.

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[[folder: {{Web Comics}} ]]

* Dr. Steve from ''SluggyFreelance'' fits this trope so closely he may or may not be a Lex Luthor parody.
* Belkar from ''OrderOfTheStick'' is bald. And evil. And [[BadassBoast a sexy shoeless god of war]].
** However, ''OrderOfTheStick'' contains numerous aversions; for instance, the other two bald guys in the Order itself, Roy and Durkon, are both LawfulGood.
* Dr. Unpleasant from EverydayHeroes: "Hey mister, your head looks like a [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=archive&chapter=29688#strip2 light bulb]]."
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[[folder: {{Web Original}} ]]

* The Watcher in ''{{KateModern}}'' is an obvious example, although the show also features Tariq Bhartti, who has a shaven head and is a likeable enough individual.
* [[DoctorSteel Dr. Phineas Waldorf Steel]], complete with a BeardOfEvil. Arguably a nice guy, but definitly EvilOverlord-MadScientist themed.
* Secondary ''BrokenSaints'' villain (and big-time sleazebag) Mars is severely bald on the top of his head, with only some grey around the sides and what's left in back pulled into a ponytail.

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[[folder: {{Western Animation}} ]]

* Mr. Burns on ''TheSimpsons''.
** ... but (probably) averted by Homer Simpson.
* Professor Farnsworth in ''{{Futurama}}'', although he's too much of a crazy ineffective old doofus to be truly evil. Plus, he's technically a good guy, as far as taking sides is concerned.
* Cobra scientist Dr. Mindbender in ''[[GIJoe G.I.Joe]]''
** You list Mindbender first and not Destro?!? Foolish fool!
* Exception: Aang from ''AvatarTheLastAirbender''. Definitely had the Monk thing going and was arguably at his least stable when he actually grew his hair out for the first time.
** Of course, [[AntiVillain Zuko]] was at his most evil when he had the least hair.
** [[EvilChancellor Long Feng]] isn't quite bald, but he mostly fits the bill. By what may or may not be coincidence, his voice actor, Clancy Brown, also played Lex Luthor in ''SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''. (Not to mention [[{{Highlander}} the Kurgan]], who shaved his head.
* ''JonnyQuest'''s greatest adversary has always been Dr. Zin, who has always been distinctly bald.
* Asaaj Ventress from ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', one of the few female Balds of Evil, and surprisingly good looking.
* Freakshow of ''DannyPhantom''. Arguably, his whole outfit has the villain look, but when surrounded by {{Goth}}s, not so much.
* Baron Ünderbheit in ''VentureBros''. The show, however, also subverts this trope in that Rusty Venture is bald, and Brock shaves his head at the end of Season 3.
** On the other hand, it might not be so much of a subversion, when you consider the fact that it would be difficult indeed to ever see Rusty or Brock as anything close to being GOOD - one's a JerkAss and the other is basically a HeroicSociopath.
** Brock didn't shave his head mind, he tore his hair off, which itself may be a {{CMOA}}.
* In the ''{{Superman}}: [[TheDCAU The Animated Series]]'' episode "Prototype", a cop who's DrunkOnTheDarkSide as the result of using a thought-[[strike:controlling]] controlled PoweredArmor shaves his head to "ensure conductive contact".
* Mr. Rancid, a CorruptCorporateExecutive from ''AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers''.
* The [[StarCraft Dark Templar]] was a definite {{Subversion}}. On the first game, they were largely regarded as a bunch of dark, shady heretics. One of their defining traits is that they don't have tendrils on the backs of their heads (the protoss equivalent of hair), making them essentialy bald. Zeratul is the most obvious example. It turns out that they are actually one of the most heroic characters in the game.
** This in turn makes the Dark Templar a straight example of ImportantHaircut, but not BaldOfAwesome.
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