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[[caption-width:200:Kitsurubami of ''{{FLCL}}'' is one of the saner examples of this trope]]
Cousin of the DarkSkinnedRedhead, opposite of the PaleSkinnedBrunette. If the series is matching HairColors to personalities, the DSB is often TheDitz if female (whereas the DSR is often hotheaded). The trope may have some relation to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganguro Ganguro]] fashion trend that took over Japan for part of [[TheNineties the 90s]] consisting of bleached hair and an artificial tan, but the DarkSkinnedBlond is usually [[ButNotTooForeign part foreigner]], as opposed to a Ganguro, who is almost invariably native Japanese.

The addition of a DSB in the cast often adds a foreign flavor to the show, and it is not uncommon for the DSB to be of uncertain or dubious origin. The fact that very few people in real life have this natural combination of hair and skin types helps to create this impression. It's also common for a DSB to be of mixed heritage and have their appearance [[HandWave handwaved]] through this, but more often than not it just goes unexplained.

It should be noted that many such characters featured in {{anime}} or {{manga}} are said to be Indian, which suggests a rather odd Japanese cultural {{stereotype}}.

May overlap with WhiteHairedPrettyGirl or WhiteHairedPrettyBoy. See also HairColors.
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!!Examples:

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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* [=BlackRose=] and her {{Expy}}, Rena, of the ''[[DotHack .hack//]]'' series. Zefie even lampshades it by calling Rena a ganguro.
**Well, it IS an MMO. I'd imagine lots of people go for weird combinations.
***Last I checked Blackrose had PINK hair.
* Lieutenant Kitsurubami of ''{{FLCL}}'' (see above picture). Note that her name is also another way of writing brown, referencing her skin color. She also has a visual {{Expy}} of another DSB, Lal'C Mellk Mal from the later {{StudioGainax}} series ''[[{{Gunbuster}} Diebuster]]''.
* Triela of ''GunslingerGirl'', a girl of uncertain origin. The manga strongly implied that she was from Eastern Europe early on, but recently revealed she was from Tunisia.
* Dearka Elsman of ''GundamSEED'', a male example. Ironically, he's the ''least'' exotic-looking of the Gundam pilots...
** Another one is Loran from ''TurnAGundam''. His hair is technically white, though.
* Integra Hellsing of ''{{Hellsing}}'', explained (in the first anime series) by her being half-Indian. Also ChurchMilitant Alexander Anderson is one of these, and has his appearance {{Hand Wave}}d via his uncertain origin. The fact that he speaks with a Scottish accent in the English versions just makes this more confusing.
** [[{{Cassy}} This troper]] always thought of Anderson as a suntanned Irishman (stereotypes about Irish Catholics would explain his accent and his fierce hatred of Anglo-Protestants).
*** The manga states that Anderson, when not doing the whole {{BadAss}} vampire/heretic/anything-that-looks-at-him-funny-slaying thing, works at an orphanage outside Rome. I don't think I could live in Rome for X years and NOT get a tan. And I also always pictured Anderson as a suntanned Irishman.
**** Per the cover of volume 8, he also seems to have grey hair in the manga, not blond.
***** I wouldn't trust manga covers, Hirano doesn't know what the word consistency means.
* Angol Moa of ''KeroroGunsou''. It is revealed at one point that she modeled her [[MagicalGirl non-magical form]] after an implied ganguro girl who'd left quite an impression on her.
* Kaolla Su of ''LoveHina'', a girl from the island kingdom of Molmol, and her sister, Amalla Su. She's usually mistaken for Indian by other characters, but the blonde hair and other details show otherwise.
* Mahya Blythe of ''{{Mai-Otome}}''. Laula Bianchi, from the same series, has dark skin and ''cyan'' hair.
* Kuu Fei of ''MahouSenseiNegima'', an {{Expy}} of Kaolla Su and a ChineseGirl, though whether anyone from China actually looks like her is a good question. Zazie Rainyday of the same series is also worth noting. It's anyone's guess for this or any other characteristic of hers, though.
** Kuu Fei's skin coloring could be explained as a natural tan and her hair as a dye job both of which is plausible for people from China to have.
** Jack Rakan kind of counts.
* The entire Kuramitsu family of the ''TenchiMuyo'' series, perfect examples of TheDitz, most notably Mihoshi. (One of the [[AllThereInTheManual supplemental novels]] makes it explicit that the Kuramitsu family are descendants of Washuu. Though they all look like her (presumably long dead) ex-husband, with none of ''her'' own physical traits. And Mihoshi, for all her apparently stupidity, is actually [[GeniusDitz much smarter than she seems]].)
* Bikky from ''{{FAKE}}'', explained by his mixed heritage.
* Kalia of ''ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'', who technically has white or silver hair but fits in with the trope.
* Athena Glory from {{Aria}} is one of these, despite the fact she has purple hair - she's a bit of a {{Genius Ditz}}, part {{CloudCuckooLander}}, and very much in line with the trope otherwise.
* Malik in ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}''.
* Aisha Clan-Clan in ''OutlawStar'' is a DarkSkinnedBlond CatGirl...
* The Arrancars Halibel, Ilfort Grantz and Findor Carias of ''{{Bleach}}''.
* HotScientist Rakshata Chawla of ''CodeGeass'' is officially from India but has blond hair. This is never really explained, but considering that [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green and purple heads]] also appear in that universe without much explanation it may not be such a big deal. Likewise, AcePilot Villeta Nu has blue hair and dark skin.
* Wendy Earhart of ''ReadOrDie'' looks like this because of her mixed English/Indian heritage.
* Kei from the anime version of ''Shin Shirayukihime Densetsu {{Pretear}}'' (his skin is lighter in the manga).
* Chelsea Muir from ''CoyoteRagtimeShow'', a ditzy ex-cop and sidekick to an InspectorJavert that looks like Angelina Jolie.
* Lisa Vanette from "Scoop Chase", episode 8 of the original ''BubblegumCrisis'', may be one of the earliest examples. While a city in Japan, [=MegaTokyo=] is a multicultural melting pot, and Lisa probably counts as a "foreigner" because she has both a French name and an uncle who is black ([[DaChief Chief Todo]] of the AD Police).
* Janet "Greenback Jane" Bhai of ''BlackLagoon'', a blond Indian woman who's also a {{Dojikko}}.
* Monique from ''[[BloodPlus Blood+]]''.
* Momo Adachi, the main character of ''PeachGirl''. In fact, she's often bullied because people mistake her for a Ganguro.
* Variation on this trope: in the ''{{FullMetalAlchemist}}'' manga, the Ishbalans/Ishvalans all have white hair, a dark skin, and red eyes. In the anime, they have black hair but Scar's has turned white for some reason (strongly implied to be of traumatic origin).
* Akio Ohtori from ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' is a dark-skinned man with light lavender hair. His actual ethnicity is unknown, although he certainly fits in the definition of foreigner, in the truest sense of the word.
* Bu-ling from ''TokyoMewMew''. Her hair gets a little bit darker when she transforms.
* Barbara, one of Anna's partners in the second season of ''KaleidoStar''.
* Pyunma aka Cyborg 008 from ''{{Cyborg009}}''.
* The ''{{Pokemon}}'' Jynx is apparently based on the Ganguro trend. There's also the legendary Darkrai, who looks more like a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy (as far as Pokemon go, at least).
* Minato Ōba from {{Hyakko}}.
* In ''{{Naruto}}'', Killer Bee, his brother the Raikage, and some other people from the Hidden Cloud Village seem to have dark skin and white hair. (Omoi, Killer Bee, and the Raikage are all depicted in color splash pages with pale blonde hair).
* Koshio Karako, self-proclaimed YamatoNadeshiko of ''DeadmanWonderland''. It's safe to say her assessment is [[{{Badass}} largely]] [[ActionGirl inaccurate]].
* Sela D Miranda from ''{{Basquash}}!''.
* Twellen from ''TowardTheTerra''.
* Urd of ''AhMyGoddess'', who's a half-demon Goddess. She bears an extremely strong resemblance to her mother Hild, who also qualifies.
* Zafira of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', an alien [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Program]]. Hayate was able to pass him off as a foreign relative together with the other Wolkenritter possessing [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair wildly colored hair]].
* Gloria from ''DaphneInTheBrilliantBlue''.
* Atsuko Jackson from ''MichikoToHatchin''. Michiko calls her "Jambo", apparently to tease her for her dark skin.
* If we count ''white'' hair, then NobleDemon Crisaor Krishna from SaintSeiya certainly counts.
** Seiya's old rival Cassius is a VERY brutal, blood thirtsy version of the trope. [[spoiler: But when he dies in a ''[[TearJerker very]]'' [[TearJerker tragic]] HeroicSacrifice, he gets ''huge'' AlasPoorVillain vibes. ]]
** Leo Aiolia and his [[DeadLittleSister deceased]] [[BigBrotherMentor brother and idol]] Sagittarius Aioros count as well, thought their hair is a bit darker than the standard.
* ''KiddyGrade'' has A-ou, who is not just blond but white-haired, and dark-skinned.
* {{Midori Days}}, in an attempt to portray all American females (And then some), bring you Lucy.
* [[CheerfulChild Nijuku]] and [[BrattyHalfPint Sanju]] from ''ShoulderACoffinKuro''. They're a little [[CloudcuckooLander out there]], but their age and relative innocence is the cause for that.
* In anime-based artwork, Rin Hirakoba from ThePrinceOfTennis looks like this sometimes.
* Sherry Cromwell in ToAruMajutsuNoIndex. Apart from making her really stand out at a time that's not very convenient for her, it doesn't appear to mean much.
* Judia from ''[[RagnarokOnline Ragnarok]]'' ''[[AnimeOfTheGame The Animation]]''.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* Connor Hawke, the interracial second ''GreenArrow'', originally had blond hair and very dark skin. Since then, careless artists have tended to draw him much paler, sometimes apparently just making him white.
* In post-One More Day ''SpiderMan'' comics, Harry Osborn's girlfriend Lily Hollister is one of these.
* Angel St. Grace/Devlin from ''Codename: Knockout''.
* African-American superhero Thunder wore a blond wig for a while (to hide her identity), but she has since eschewed it.
* Storm from {{X-Men}}. She is from Africa, and her hair is white.
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[[folder:Film]]
* Sue Storm, as played by Jessica Alba in the ''Film/FantasticFour'' movies is this. This is more a case of her [[DyeingForYourArt Dyeing For Her Art]] though.
* Simon Phoenix, the BigBad from ''DemolitionMan''.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Emberella from ''Discworld/Witches Abroad''. The text notes that this isn't uncommon in Genua (a FantasyCounterpartCulture of New Orleans), which was known for being quite "easy going" with respect to genetic combination, IfYouKnowWhatIMean.
** ''Discworld/TheColourOfMagic'' features an extreme example; a girl with jet-black skin and snow white hair.
* The Clayr, a clan of seers in Garth Nix's ''OldKingdom'' series, are described as looking this way, partly due to living on a glacier and having their skin be nearly constantly tanned by reflected sunlight.
** Has the added bonus of further isolating PaleSkinnedBrunette Lirael from everyone else she knows. [[spoiler:She may be half-Clayr, but it's the Abhorsen look that shows up.]]
* In the ''Warworld'' anthology book series, there's an entire ''race'' of Dark Skinned Blondes, the Frystaaters, whose ancestors were mainly white Afrikaners who moved to a planet with such intense sunlight that they had to darken or die. Since their high-gravity planet also bred super-strength, most people don't tease them about it.
* Mona Aamons Monzano, a character in Kurt Vonnegut's novel ''Cat's Cradle.'' She's of Finnish and black West Indian ancestry.
* Cadence Drake in Holly Lisle's ''Hunting the Corrigan's Blood'', due to her mother's gene splicing as political statement.
* Telemakos, main character of Elizabeth E. Wein's Mark of Solomon books, because his father's British and his mother African. Genetically speaking, this shouldn't be possible (especially as his hair is almost silver- it's that light) but there's no mention of this.
* [[TheFairFolk The Folk]] in Eloise [=McGraw=]'s ''The Moorchild'' are a species of Dark Skinned Blonds; the half-human, half Folk main character inherits the appearance, which becomes a point of teasing and persecution while she's living in a human village.
* The Angyar of Rokanon are an entire race/culture of these in Ursula K. Le Guin's Ekuman universe. The lower-caste Olgyior (of the same species) are {{Pale Skinned Brunette}}s.
* Eloise Pritchart in the ''HonorHarrington'' series has dark skin and "platinum" hair.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* Beyoncé Knowles.
** Granted, not naturally though. [[{{But Not Too Black}} Perhaps in order to stay marketable and appealing...]]
* Strikingly light blond hair is very common among aboriginal Australians, although it always goes deep black before adolescence.
** Oddly enough, a mild form of this is found in many Germanic blondes who work outside. They just tan really well as their hair bleaches.
* Not to mention Tina Turner.
* This is actually relatively common in the West Indies where this troper lives.
** It's also been spotted in the South -- it's a side effect of a shallow gene pool, which cause mutant genes, such as those which cause problems with pigmentation, to pop up more often. (This troper had an example of this for a classmate, and while the carpet was not checked, it ought to be noted that eyebrows tend to be more certain and less...intrusive to check.)
* Polar bears' skin is totally black.
** Their fur is also not exactly white, it's translucent (and thus looks white or dirty yellow). Sunlight shines down the hair shafts and is readily absorbed by the black skin, which allows the bears to take full advantage of the weak Arctic sun.
*Shakira ''awooooooooo...''
*Due to it being a melting pot of races, Brazil boasts spectacular dark-skinned blond people. A prime example can be seen in a documentary named [[http://ffh.films.com/id/15275z/Brazil_in_Black_and_White_Skin_Color_and_Higher_Education.htm Brazil in Black and White]], in which a black student with natural blond hair is known in her school as "the Peroxide".
*Lindsay Lohan, thought not naturally or gracefully.
*It is not uncommon for Algerian people (especially Kabyles) to have blonde hair. Heck, some of them even have blue eyes!
*Hulk Hogan, [[strike:anyone]] brother?
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Rikku from ''FinalFantasyX''. The dark skin is more noticeable in ''X-2'' since there's, er, [[FanService more of it on display]].
** Tidus, although he just might be incredibly tanned.
*** Tidus bleaches; you can see his roots. Also in flashbacks to his childhood, young Tidus has brown hair.
* Archer in ''FateStayNight'', of the silver/white variety, who, besides being of dubious origin has another twist: [[spoiler:He's the adult self of TheHero Shiro, a pale ''redhead''. It has been mentioned that this is caused by the strain on body from tracing, though if such really was the case, he'd probably look albino.]]
** Overuse of magic and magical tampering in this series is known to change peoples' appearance. Sakura Matou should be [[spoiler:black haired and blue eyed, like her sister.]]
*** [[spoiler:And Dark Sakura should be [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple haired]] yet it [[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl all goes white]] when she goes crazy.]]
* Liquid Snake of ''MetalGearSolid'' isn't noticeably dark-skinned in the game itself, but officially artwork shows both him and Fortune (of ''Metal Gear Solid 2'') looking like this. Liquid's colouring is enhanced by spending about ten years in the Middle East being bleached and tanned by the sun (his brother is paler due to living in Alaska, and it's implied he dyes his hair dark); Fortune is your everyday [[ButNotTooBlack naturally-blonde-and-blue-eyed black woman]].
* Peppita Rossetti of ''[=~Star Ocean: Till the End of Time~=]''. She's an alien.
* Vanessa Lewis from ''VirtuaFighter''
* The Kirschwasser realians in ''{{Xenosaga}}'', who also possess [[EyesOfGold gold eyes]], as does every single realian in the game.
* Glen and Cormag of ''FireEmblem: The Sacred Stones'', Hawkeye of ''FireEmblem: The Blazing Sword'' and his daughter Ingrene from ''The Sealed Sword''.
* Damon Gant from ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', and Klavier Gavin from ''[[PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]''.
** It should be noted that Gant's hair is light-colored not because he's blond, but because he's a man in his 60's whose hair has gone grey.
* Elena from ''StreetFighter III''.
* Aion from ''ChronoCrusade''.
* Boman Delgado from ''RivalSchools'', an [[{{Eagleland}} American]] who has his blond hair in a mohawk.
* Tetra, from ''LegendOfZelda - Wind Waker''. But ''only'' when she's Tetra, not [[spoiler:Zelda]].
** [[OcarinaOfTime Sheik]] too, but it's hard to see in the N64 polygone graphics. His/Her artwork makes it more obvious.
* There's an ''entire culture'' of characters with dark skin and fair hair in ''{{Suikoden}} [[SuikodenTierkreis Tierkreis]]'': the Magedom of Janam. Plotting the personalities and apperances of [[YamatoNadeshiko Manaril]], [[TheWisePrince Shams]], [[KnightInShiningArmor Asad]], and sundry supported characters between the DSB and the DarkSkinnedRedhead is an exercise left to the reader, but the end result is undeniable: Janam and its swarthy, light-haired natives seem downright [[IncrediblyLamePun ''otherworldly'']].
* Nao Nao, partner of the equally darkskinned Sota, in ''TheWorldEndsWithYou'', of course, they're ganguro, and it makes sense, considering Shibuya is full of quirky fashions. The game's dialogue plays up her [[TheDitz ditziness]].
* Vaan from ''FinalFantasyXII''.
* Cid from ''FinalFantasyTacticsA2''.
* ''FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' and ''FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' artworks may indicate that Montblanc is a Dark Skinned Blond, or more as a Dark ''Furred'' Blond that is.
* This is the default skin tone/hair color combination in BattlefieldHeroes.
* Ayumi, the protagonist of X-Blades.
* Bazooka Cafe, the Hentai game, has Cocoa the chef. [[OrSoIHeard Or so I heard disclaimer here.]]
* Aisha(Sista A) from RumbleRoses.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* The angel Sariel in the webcomic ''[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/paradis/paradis/series.php Paradis]]'' exhibits this.
* Jones from ''GunnerkriggCourt'' is olive-complexioned with "dirty blonde" hair.
* Judging by [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=000730 this]] Sunday strip, Dr. Haught-Sheik from ''SluggyFreelance'' is one of these.
* Timothy, one of the recurring original characters from the ''{{Hellsing}}''-based ''AndShineHeavenNow''. (WordOfGod says he's Turkish.)
* Edgar from the ''[[http://ff6comic.comicgenesis.com Final Fantasy VI Webcomic]]'' is blond, blue-eyed, and very very tan from living in the desert. This is artistic license, but the artist pulls it off nicely.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
*ScaryBlackMan Bobby Jacks from ''SurvivalOfTheFittest'' was an African-American with blonde hair. The reason for this was never explained.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Spyke from ''{{X-Men Evolution}}'' (and his aunt Storm, though her hair is white and given a {{HandWave}} by saying that it's a distinguishing trait of her people).
* The alternate-universe Hermes from the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "The Farnsworth Parabox" has blond hair, while "our" Hermes is a brunette. Most other characters have color differences in their respective universes in this episode.
* Patti Mayonnaise from ''{{Doug}}''. Though, this is a side-effect of the series' AmazingTechnicolorPopulation more than anything else.
* Xandir from ''DrawnTogether''.
* Ren from ''The PiratesOfDarkWater''.
* Alan "The Brain" Powers' mother from ''{{Arthur}}'' is supposed to be African American and has blond hair.
* Fin from ''{{Stoked}}''
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