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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Walder Frey has one during and after the Red Wedding.
** Averted by notably humourless Tywin Lannister and dispassionate Roose Bolton, who almost never laugh at all.
* ''Series/OurMissBrooks'': Mr. Conklin laughs ''evilly'' on a couple occasions. This example is from the episode "Two Way Stretch Snodgrass''.
-->'''Mr. Conklin''': I just learned that Biff Mooney, one of the greatest college football players, is interested in a high school coaching job in this part of the country. I've already opened negotiations by mail, and it's a foregone conclusion that he'll accept my offer. Ah-ha-ha-ha (''evil laugh''), ah, I can't wait to see the expression on Brill's face when I tell him about it. Heh, heh, heh (''evil laugh'').\\
'''Miss Brooks''': In some states, that laugh would be banned.
* ''Series/MyHero'': In the episode "Nemesis", Piers, possessed by Rovi, laughs several times. When George asks him why he keeps laughing, he replies "It underscores my evil - it's a flourish."
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': In one episode, Lana, Chloe and Lois get particularly chilling ones [[spoiler:due to being possessed by evil witches]].
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': The nerd trio in season 6 : "We're like... supervillains. Mwahahahaha!" (The script notes "It needs some work"). In the season finale their leader tries this in a demon bar, and belatedly realises they're laughing at him, not with him.
-->'''Warren:''' This... isn't the Evil Laugh of Victory, is it?\\
'''Vampire:''' More like the evil laugh of "You're a dead man."
** The most complete counter-example is the ''Buffy'' season 3 ubervillain, the Mayor. His chuckles and general good humour are completely sincere and natural.
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Lampshaded in one episode when Lorne describes a scene where the BigBad "mwa-ha-ha'd at us." Played extremely straight (and sinister) when the episode "[[{{Recap/AngelS04E10Awakening}} Awakening]]" ends with [[spoiler:Angelus]] opening his eyes and...smiling. Then chuckling softly but continuously until the credits.
** Walder Frey has one during and after the Red Wedding.
** Averted by notably humourless Tywin Lannister and dispassionate Roose Bolton, who almost never laugh at all.
* ''Series/OurMissBrooks'': Mr. Conklin laughs ''evilly'' on a couple occasions. This example is from the episode "Two Way Stretch Snodgrass''.
-->'''Mr. Conklin''': I just learned that Biff Mooney, one of the greatest college football players, is interested in a high school coaching job in this part of the country. I've already opened negotiations by mail, and it's a foregone conclusion that he'll accept my offer. Ah-ha-ha-ha (''evil laugh''), ah, I can't wait to see the expression on Brill's face when I tell him about it. Heh, heh, heh (''evil laugh'').\\
'''Miss Brooks''': In some states, that laugh would be banned.
* ''Series/MyHero'': In the episode "Nemesis", Piers, possessed by Rovi, laughs several times. When George asks him why he keeps laughing, he replies "It underscores my evil - it's a flourish."
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': In one episode, Lana, Chloe and Lois get particularly chilling ones [[spoiler:due to being possessed by evil witches]].
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': The nerd trio in season 6 : "We're like... supervillains. Mwahahahaha!" (The script notes "It needs some work"). In the season finale their leader tries this in a demon bar, and belatedly realises they're laughing at him, not with him.
-->'''Warren:''' This... isn't the Evil Laugh of Victory, is it?\\
'''Vampire:''' More like the evil laugh of "You're a dead man."
** The most complete counter-example is the ''Buffy'' season 3 ubervillain, the Mayor. His chuckles and general good humour are completely sincere and natural.
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Lampshaded in one episode when Lorne describes a scene where the BigBad "mwa-ha-ha'd at us." Played extremely straight (and sinister) when the episode "[[{{Recap/AngelS04E10Awakening}} Awakening]]" ends with [[spoiler:Angelus]] opening his eyes and...smiling. Then chuckling softly but continuously until the credits.
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** Walder Frey has one during and after the Red Wedding.
** Averted by notably humourless Tywin Lannister and dispassionate Roose Bolton, who almost never laugh at all.
* ''Series/OurMissBrooks'': Mr. Conklin laughs ''evilly'' on a couple occasions.
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* ''Series/ThirtyRock'':
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0_PygbFn6Y Liz Lemon]], when
'''Miss Brooks''': In some states, that laugh would be banned.
* ''Series/MyHero'': In
** This was mirroring the
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': In one episode, Lana, Chloe and Lois get particularly chilling ones [[spoiler:due to being possessed by evil witches]].
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': The nerd trio in season 6 : "We're like... supervillains. Mwahahahaha!" (The script notes "It needs some work"). In the season finale their leader tries this in a demon bar, and belatedly realises they're
-->'''Warren:''' This... isn't the Evil Laugh of Victory, is it?\\
'''Vampire:''' More like the evil laugh of "You're
** The most complete counter-example is the ''Buffy'' season 3 ubervillain, the Mayor. His chuckles and general good humour are completely sincere and natural.
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Lampshaded in one episode when Lorne describes a scene where the BigBad "mwa-ha-ha'd at us." Played extremely straight (and sinister) when the episode
* ''Series/ANTFarm'':
** Subverted with vampire Fletcher in the Halloween episode, whose EvilLaugh is a girlish "Tee-hee-hee" while his ''normal'' laugh is easily mistaken for an evil one.
** Played Straight by Sequoia on Creative [=ConsultANT=]. She says Chyna is suspended, then laughs. Angus does it too, but only because he doesn't get her [[IncrediblyLamePun so-called joke]] but fakes it. While Olive knows something is wrong because of that and [[IdolSinger Chyna would never miss an opportunity to sing live.]]
*** Later, Olive and Angus find Chyna suspended [[spoiler: above a shark tank,]] and Angus realizes what she meant and does the EvilLaugh again.
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* ''Series/{{Batman}}'': Frank Gorshin's evil, high-pitched chuckle as The Riddler in the Adam West series.
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* ''Series/{{Batman}}'': Frank Gorshin's evil, high-pitched chuckle as The the Riddler in the Adam West series.
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': Sheldon Cooper, described by Leonard as "One lab accident short of being a supervillain", has a rather droll one used during an escalating prank war with Penny.
* ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'': Does this in one episode about plants that eat meat.
* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': In the episode "Potato", we see, in turn, Captain Rum, Blackadder himself, and Baldrick try out what are definitely evil cackles of the pirate variety. They then stop as the line gets to a disconsolate Percy, asking him if he is not going to join in the "Ha Has".
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': The nerd trio in season 6 : "We're like... supervillains. Mwahahahaha!" (The script notes "It needs some work"). In the season finale their leader tries this in a demon bar, and belatedly realises they're laughing at him, not with him.
-->'''Warren:''' This... isn't the Evil Laugh of Victory, is it?\\
'''Vampire:''' More like the evil laugh of "You're a dead man."
** The most complete counter-example is the ''Buffy'' season 3 uber-villain, the Mayor. His chuckles and general good humour are completely sincere and natural.
* ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'': Does this in one episode about plants that eat meat.
* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': In the episode "Potato", we see, in turn, Captain Rum, Blackadder himself, and Baldrick try out what are definitely evil cackles of the pirate variety. They then stop as the line gets to a disconsolate Percy, asking him if he is not going to join in the "Ha Has".
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': The nerd trio in season 6 : "We're like... supervillains. Mwahahahaha!" (The script notes "It needs some work"). In the season finale their leader tries this in a demon bar, and belatedly realises they're laughing at him, not with him.
-->'''Warren:''' This... isn't the Evil Laugh of Victory, is it?\\
'''Vampire:''' More like the evil laugh of "You're a dead man."
** The most complete counter-example is the ''Buffy'' season 3 uber-villain, the Mayor. His chuckles and general good humour are completely sincere and natural.
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* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': [[UnfazedEveryman Wash]] gives us an example of a good guy doing this in the pilot episode 'Serenity', as a conversation between...two toy dinosaurs. "I think we should call it your grave!" '"[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!]]", "Hahaha! Mine is an EvilLaugh! Now die!"
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* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': Parodied in "Chuck Versus The Subway" by [[spoiler: Daniel Shaw, after he has captured Sarah and Casey]]. And then, in Chuck Versus the Ring, by [[spoiler: Chuck, after he reveals to Daniel Shaw how he beat him and took down the Ring]].
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* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': Parodied in "Chuck Versus The the Subway" by [[spoiler: Daniel Shaw, after he has captured Sarah and Casey]]. And then, in Chuck "Chuck Versus the Ring, Ring", by [[spoiler: Chuck, after he reveals to Daniel Shaw how he beat him and took down the Ring]].Ring]].
* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
** Senor Chang gets a couple of good ones in the episode "[[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]]". He also shares a less cackling one with Dean Pelton at an earlier point.
** One of the German students does an evil laugh when he figures out a plan to get revenge on Jeff and the study group. He's in class when he does it, however, and tries to cover it up by claiming to remember a joke from the German version of ''Series/TheNanny''.
* ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'': UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler has a very low-key, sinister laugh during the final sim of the "Vlad the Impaler vs. Creator/SunTzu" episode.
* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
** Senor Chang gets a couple of good ones in the episode "[[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]]". He also shares a less cackling one with Dean Pelton at an earlier point.
** One of the German students does an evil laugh when he figures out a plan to get revenge on Jeff and the study group. He's in class when he does it, however, and tries to cover it up by claiming to remember a joke from the German version of ''Series/TheNanny''.
* ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'': UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler has a very low-key, sinister laugh during the final sim of the "Vlad the Impaler vs. Creator/SunTzu" episode.
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*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]" has [[spoiler: Creator/JohnSimm's Master, having just turned the entire of humanity into copies of himself, go into an Evil Laugh that lasts 45 seconds, is echoed by all his copies, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking gives us the sight of John Simm in drag]].]]
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*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]" has [[spoiler: Creator/JohnSimm's [[spoiler:Creator/JohnSimm's Master, having just turned the entire of humanity into copies of himself, go into an Evil Laugh that lasts 45 seconds, is echoed by all his copies, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking gives us the sight of John Simm in drag]].]]
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** The Black Guardian's version is good, if rather traditional; it goes something like "nyaaaaahahaha". Captain Wrack, meanwhile, seemed unable to function if she didn't cackle evilly every two minutes or so. The episode ''Enlightenment'', where they both appear, makes for some interesting watching.
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** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora "The Masque of Mandragora"]], the Helix does this, often when there is no other sign of its presence.
** Invoked in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime The Invasion of Time]]" when the Fourth Doctor is pretending to be evil. Of course, developing an evil laugh and using it extensively is an important part of this.
** Subverted in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E2ThePiratePlanet The Pirate Planet]]". The Fourth Doctor is made to WalkThePlank to his apparent death, and the villains all have an evil laugh... only to stop when they [[NotQuiteDead hear the Doctor laughing along with them]].
** The Black Guardian's version is good, if rather traditional; it goes something like "nyaaaaahahaha". Captain Wrack, meanwhile, seemed unable to function if she didn't cackle evilly every two minutes or so.The episode ''Enlightenment'', [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E5Enlightenment "Enlightenment"]], where they both appear, makes for some interesting watching.
** Invoked in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime The Invasion of Time]]" when the Fourth Doctor is pretending to be evil. Of course, developing an evil laugh and using it extensively is an important part of this.
** Subverted in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E2ThePiratePlanet The Pirate Planet]]". The Fourth Doctor is made to WalkThePlank to his apparent death, and the villains all have an evil laugh... only to stop when they [[NotQuiteDead hear the Doctor laughing along with them]].
** The Black Guardian's version is good, if rather traditional; it goes something like "nyaaaaahahaha". Captain Wrack, meanwhile, seemed unable to function if she didn't cackle evilly every two minutes or so.
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** ""[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone Flesh and Stone]]"" has the Angels making a very alien sound that is an approximation of laughter.
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora The Masque Of Mandragora]]'', the Helix does this, often when there is no other sign of its presence.
** Invoked in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime The Invasion of Time]]" when the Fourth Doctor is pretending to be evil. Of course, developing an evil laugh and using it extensively is an important part of this.
** Subverted in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E2ThePiratePlanet The Pirate Planet]]". The Fourth Doctor is made to WalkThePlank to his apparent death, and the villains all have an evil laugh...only to stop when they [[NotQuiteDead hear the Doctor laughing along with them]].
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora The Masque Of Mandragora]]'', the Helix does this, often when there is no other sign of its presence.
** Invoked in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime The Invasion of Time]]" when the Fourth Doctor is pretending to be evil. Of course, developing an evil laugh and using it extensively is an important part of this.
** Subverted in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E2ThePiratePlanet The Pirate Planet]]". The Fourth Doctor is made to WalkThePlank to his apparent death, and the villains all have an evil laugh...only to stop when they [[NotQuiteDead hear the Doctor laughing along with them]].
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** ""[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone Flesh [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone "Flesh and Stone]]"" Stone"]] has the Weeping Angels making a very alien sound that is an approximation of laughter.
**In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora The Masque Of Mandragora]]'', [[Recap/DoctorWho2019NYSResolution "Resolution"]] presents the Helix does this, often when there is no other sign very first instance of its presence.
** Invoked[[spoiler:a Dalek]] engaging in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime The Invasion of Time]]" when this trope, as the Fourth [[spoiler:recon scout Dalek]] taunts the Doctor and company when she establishes communications with it.
* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'': When Echo ispretending to be evil. Of course, developing an in the Attic, she comes across a projection of Boyd Langton. When she asks where her friends are, he lets out a reverberating evil laugh and using it extensively is an important part before telling her she ''has'' no friends (he's lying of this.
** Subvertedcourse).
* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'': Vera Bates, Mr. Bates's [[PsychoExGirlfriend psycho ex-wife]], indulges in"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E2ThePiratePlanet The Pirate Planet]]". The Fourth Doctor is made to WalkThePlank to his apparent death, and the villains all have an evil laugh...only to stop when they [[NotQuiteDead hear the Doctor laughing along with them]].one once.
**
** Invoked
* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'': When Echo is
** Subverted
* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'': Vera Bates, Mr. Bates's [[PsychoExGirlfriend psycho ex-wife]], indulges in
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': [[UnfazedEveryman Wash]] gives us an example of a good guy doing this in the pilot episode 'Serenity', as a conversation between...two toy dinosaurs. "I think we should call it your grave!" '"[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!]]", "Hahaha! Mine is an EvilLaugh! Now die!"
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Walder Frey has one during and after the Red Wedding.
** Averted by notably humourless Tywin Lannister and dispassionate Roose Bolton, who almost never laugh at all.
* ''Series/GetSmart'': Max and 99 are sneaking through a cave looking for a MadScientist when an InescapableNet drops onto them. The cave immediately echoes with the scientist's sinister laugh.
-->'''Max:''' Well we can be thankful for one thing.\\
'''99:''' What's that, Max?\\
'''Max:''' Whoever captured us has a terrific sense of humor.
** Walder Frey has one during and after the Red Wedding.
** Averted by notably humourless Tywin Lannister and dispassionate Roose Bolton, who almost never laugh at all.
* ''Series/GetSmart'': Max and 99 are sneaking through a cave looking for a MadScientist when an InescapableNet drops onto them. The cave immediately echoes with the scientist's sinister laugh.
-->'''Max:''' Well we can be thankful for one thing.\\
'''99:''' What's that, Max?\\
'''Max:''' Whoever captured us has a terrific sense of humor.
* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': [[spoiler:Michael]] lets out one when Eleanor discovers that he's actually evil.
* ''Series/{{House}}'': Gregory House has one, perhaps unsurprisingly. He's not evil, though. He's just DrJerk. Watch the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O89bXKwr4IY BWA-HA-HA-HA!]] here.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Barney does an evil laugh at times (notable in season 6 episode 23); [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog then again, he has been working with a vocal coach.]]
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Barney does an evil laugh at times (notable in season 6 episode 23); [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog then again, he has been working with a vocal coach.]]
* Creator/TimCurry as Pennywise gives a really odd rendition in the miniseries version of ''Literature/{{It}}'':
-->'''Pennywise:''' Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH!
-->'''Pennywise:''' Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH!
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* Staple of villains in ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. Notable examples include:
** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
*** When Tommy was evil in the first season, he tended to do this quite a bit during that particular arc, and it [[{{Narm}} got hilarious very quickly]].
*** "I'll be back! You haven't seen the last of Rita Repuls-''ah-AH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!''" Hear it yourself [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIMzrzHF3-Y here, starting at 1:36.]]
*** Almost all of Lokar's lines are just evil laughs.
** Mesogog, the BigBad of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' is made creepier by ''averting'' this trope. A MadScientist, who doesn't rise his [[{{Sssssnaketalk}} voice]] and keeps his behavior [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent reptilian]] [[IncrediblyLamePun cold]] is a contestant for the scariest villain in the history of the franchise.
** When Chase is transformed into evil elf in the second christmas episode of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', he cackles like this every so often. Somehow it's hilarious without being narmy.
** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
*** When Tommy was evil in the first season, he tended to do this quite a bit during that particular arc, and it [[{{Narm}} got hilarious very quickly]].
*** "I'll be back! You haven't seen the last of Rita Repuls-''ah-AH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!''" Hear it yourself [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIMzrzHF3-Y here, starting at 1:36.]]
*** Almost all of Lokar's lines are just evil laughs.
** Mesogog, the BigBad of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' is made creepier by ''averting'' this trope. A MadScientist, who doesn't rise his [[{{Sssssnaketalk}} voice]] and keeps his behavior [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent reptilian]] [[IncrediblyLamePun cold]] is a contestant for the scariest villain in the history of the franchise.
** When Chase is transformed into evil elf in the second christmas episode of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', he cackles like this every so often. Somehow it's hilarious without being narmy.
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* Staple ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'': Played terrifyingly straight by Papa Lazarou, who has an absolutely nightmarish cackle.
* ''Series/MacGyver1985'': One of the Murdoc-centric episodes ends with [=MacGyver=] answering the phone to hear Murdoc's laughter.
* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': Any time Marcy got one over on Al, she would unleash a loud, shrill, staccato like witch-cackle that could shatter glass.
* ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'': One of the most underated antagonists in history, The Hitcher, provides an interesting subversion. Whereas most villainsin ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. Notable examples include:
** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
*** When Tommy wascontain their evil in laughter until the first season, he tended to do this quite a bit during that particular arc, and final moment, releasing it [[{{Narm}} got hilarious very quickly]].
*** "I'll be back! You haven't seen the last of Rita Repuls-''ah-AH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!''" Hearin one guffaw, The Hitcher laughs evilly AS HE TALKS, spreading it yourself [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIMzrzHF3-Y here, starting at 1:36.]]
*** Almost all of Lokar's lines are just evil laughs.
** Mesogog, the BigBad of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' is made creepier by ''averting'' this trope. A MadScientist, who doesn't riseout through his [[{{Sssssnaketalk}} voice]] and keeps his behavior [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent reptilian]] [[IncrediblyLamePun cold]] is a contestant for the scariest villain in the history of the franchise.
** When Chase is transformed into evil elf in the second christmas episode of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', he cackles like this every so often. Somehow it's hilarious without being narmy.dialogue!!
* ''Series/MacGyver1985'': One of the Murdoc-centric episodes ends with [=MacGyver=] answering the phone to hear Murdoc's laughter.
* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': Any time Marcy got one over on Al, she would unleash a loud, shrill, staccato like witch-cackle that could shatter glass.
* ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'': One of the most underated antagonists in history, The Hitcher, provides an interesting subversion. Whereas most villains
** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
*** When Tommy was
*** "I'll be back! You haven't seen the last of Rita Repuls-''ah-AH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!''" Hear
*** Almost all of Lokar's lines are just evil laughs.
** Mesogog, the BigBad of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' is made creepier by ''averting'' this trope. A MadScientist, who doesn't rise
** When Chase is transformed into evil elf in the second christmas episode of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', he cackles like this every so often. Somehow it's hilarious without being narmy.
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--> Ahhahaha hahaha hahah- ''(cough, pause)'' [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent And now for something completely different]].
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': The episode "Bikini Wax". Tony [=DiNozzo=] gives us a truly epic one when he sees his co-worker Kate's picture on the "The Wet T-Shirt Hall of Fame" as the screen fades to black.
* ''Series/{{Once Upon A Time}}'': Rumplestiltskin is as infamous for his crazy giggles as for his Evil Deals.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': The episode "Bikini Wax". Tony [=DiNozzo=] gives us a truly epic one when he sees his co-worker Kate's picture on the "The Wet T-Shirt Hall of Fame" as the screen fades to black.
* ''Series/{{Once Upon A Time}}'': Rumplestiltskin is as infamous for his crazy giggles as for his Evil Deals.
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* ''Mr. Brain'': There is no doubt Creator/{{Gackt}} was having ''a lot'' of fun playing the role of a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6dwJaSDcYI cannibalistic serial killer]] in this TV series.
-->"I will kill you all and feast upon your flesh! I will...be reborn! [[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]"
* ''Series/MyHero'': In the episode "Nemesis", Piers, possessed by Rovi, laughs several times. When George asks him why he keeps laughing, he replies "It underscores my evil - it's a flourish."
* ''Series/MythBusters'': All the hosts (except [[TheStoic Jamie]]) have indulged in this at least once. For instance, when Adam inhaled sulphur hexachloride...
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': The episode "Bikini Wax". Tony [=DiNozzo=] gives us a truly epic one when he sees his co-worker Kate's picture on the
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* ''Series/OurMissBrooks'': Mr. Conklin laughs ''evilly'' on a couple occasions. This example is from the episode "Two Way Stretch Snodgrass":
-->'''Mr. Conklin:''' I just learned that Biff Mooney, one of the greatest college football players, is interested in a high school coaching job in this part of the country. I've already opened negotiations by mail, and it's a foregone conclusion that he'll accept my offer. Ah-ha-ha-ha ''[evil laugh]'' ah, I can't wait to see the expression on Brill's face when I tell him about it. Heh, heh, heh. ''[evil laugh]''\\
'''Miss Brooks:''' In some states, that laugh would be banned.
* Staple of villains in ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. Notable examples include:
** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
*** When Tommy was evil in the first season, he tended to do this quite a bit during that particular arc, and it [[{{Narm}} got hilarious very quickly]].
*** "I'll be back! You haven't seen the last of Rita Repuls-''ah-AH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!''" Hear it yourself [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIMzrzHF3-Y here, starting at 1:36.]]
*** Almost all of Lokar's lines are just evil laughs.
** Mesogog, the BigBad of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' is made creepier by ''averting'' this trope. A MadScientist, who doesn't rise his [[{{Sssssnaketalk}} voice]] and keeps his behavior [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent reptilian]] [[IncrediblyLamePun cold]] is a contestant for the scariest villain in the history of the franchise.
** When Chase is transformed into evil elf in the second Christmas episode of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', he cackles like this every so often. Somehow it's hilarious without being narmy.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': In one episode, Lana, Chloe and Lois get particularly chilling ones [[spoiler:due to being possessed by evil witches]].
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* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': Sheldon Cooper, described by Leonard as "One lab accident short of being a supervillain", has a rather droll one used during an escalating prank war with Penny.
* ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'': Played terrifyingly straight by Papa Lazarou, who has an absolutely nightmarish cackle.
* ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'': UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler has a very low-key, sinister laugh during the final sim of the "Vlad the Impaler vs. Creator/SunTzu" episode.
* ''Series/{{House}}'': Gregory House has one, perhaps unsurprisingly. He's not evil, though. He's just DrJerk. Watch the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O89bXKwr4IY BWA-HA-HA-HA!]] here.
* ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'': One of the most underated antagonists in history, The Hitcher, provides an interesting subversion. Whereas most villains contain their evil laughter until the final moment, releasing it in one guffaw, The Hitcher laughs evilly AS HE TALKS, spreading it out through his dialogue!!
* ''Series/ThirtyRock'':
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0_PygbFn6Y Liz Lemon]], when she deceives her crush to get him to hang out with her.
** This was mirroring the behavior of evil laughing Spanish-language soap-opera character 'El Generalissimo', a dead-ringer for Jack.
* ''Mr. Brain'': There is no doubt Creator/{{Gackt}} was having ''a lot'' of fun playing the role of a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6dwJaSDcYI cannibalistic serial killer]] in this TV series.
--> "I will kill you all and feast upon your flesh! I will...be reborn! [[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]"
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Barney does an evil laugh at times (notable in season 6 episode 23); [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog then again, he has been working with a vocal coach.]]
* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
** Senor Chang gets a couple of good ones in the episode "[[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]]". He also shares a less cackling one with Dean Pelton at an earlier point.
** One of the German students does an evil laugh when he figures out a plan to get revenge on Jeff and the study group. He's in class when he does it, however, and tries to cover it up by claiming to remember a joke from the German version of ''Series/TheNanny''.
* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': In the episode "Potato", we see, in turn, Captain Rum, Blackadder himself, and Baldrick try out what are definitely evil cackles of the pirate variety. They then stop as the line gets to a disconsolate Percy, asking him if he is not going to join in the "Ha Has".
* ''Series/ANTFarm'':
** Subverted with vampire Fletcher in the Halloween episode, whose EvilLaugh is a girlish "Tee-hee-hee" while his ''normal'' laugh is easily mistaken for an evil one.
** Played Straight by Sequoia on Creative [=ConsultANT=]. She says Chyna is suspended, then laughs. Angus does it too, but only because he doesn't get her [[IncrediblyLamePun so-called joke]] but fakes it. While Olive knows something is wrong because of that and [[IdolSinger Chyna would never miss an opportunity to sing live.]]
*** Later, Olive and Angus find Chyna suspended [[spoiler: above a shark tank,]] and Angus realizes what she meant and does the EvilLaugh again.
* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'': Vera Bates, Mr. Bates's [[PsychoExGirlfriend psycho ex-wife]], indulges in one once.
* ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'': Does this in one episode about plants that eat meat.
* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': Any time Marcy got one over on Al, she would unleash a loud, shrill, staccato like witch-cackle that could shatter glass.
* ''Series/GetSmart'': Max and 99 are sneaking through a cave looking for a MadScientist when an InescapableNet drops onto them. The cave immediately echoes with the scientist's sinister laugh.
-->'''Max:''' Well we can be thankful for one thing.
-->'''99:''' What's that, Max?
-->'''Max:''' Whoever captured us has a terrific sense of humor.
* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'': When Echo is in the Attic, she comes across a projection of Boyd Langton. When she asks where her friends are, he lets out a reverbating evil laugh before telling her she ''has'' no friends (he's lying of course).
* ''Series/MythBusters'': All the hosts (except [[TheStoic Jamie]]) have indulged in this at least once.
* Creator/TimCurry as Pennywise gives a really odd rendition in the miniseries version of ''Literature/{{It}}:''
-->'''Pennywise:''' "Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH!"
* ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'': Played terrifyingly straight by Papa Lazarou, who has an absolutely nightmarish cackle.
* ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'': UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler has a very low-key, sinister laugh during the final sim of the "Vlad the Impaler vs. Creator/SunTzu" episode.
* ''Series/{{House}}'': Gregory House has one, perhaps unsurprisingly. He's not evil, though. He's just DrJerk. Watch the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O89bXKwr4IY BWA-HA-HA-HA!]] here.
* ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'': One of the most underated antagonists in history, The Hitcher, provides an interesting subversion. Whereas most villains contain their evil laughter until the final moment, releasing it in one guffaw, The Hitcher laughs evilly AS HE TALKS, spreading it out through his dialogue!!
* ''Series/ThirtyRock'':
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0_PygbFn6Y Liz Lemon]], when she deceives her crush to get him to hang out with her.
** This was mirroring the behavior of evil laughing Spanish-language soap-opera character 'El Generalissimo', a dead-ringer for Jack.
* ''Mr. Brain'': There is no doubt Creator/{{Gackt}} was having ''a lot'' of fun playing the role of a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6dwJaSDcYI cannibalistic serial killer]] in this TV series.
--> "I will kill you all and feast upon your flesh! I will...be reborn! [[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]"
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Barney does an evil laugh at times (notable in season 6 episode 23); [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog then again, he has been working with a vocal coach.]]
* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
** Senor Chang gets a couple of good ones in the episode "[[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]]". He also shares a less cackling one with Dean Pelton at an earlier point.
** One of the German students does an evil laugh when he figures out a plan to get revenge on Jeff and the study group. He's in class when he does it, however, and tries to cover it up by claiming to remember a joke from the German version of ''Series/TheNanny''.
* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': In the episode "Potato", we see, in turn, Captain Rum, Blackadder himself, and Baldrick try out what are definitely evil cackles of the pirate variety. They then stop as the line gets to a disconsolate Percy, asking him if he is not going to join in the "Ha Has".
* ''Series/ANTFarm'':
** Subverted with vampire Fletcher in the Halloween episode, whose EvilLaugh is a girlish "Tee-hee-hee" while his ''normal'' laugh is easily mistaken for an evil one.
** Played Straight by Sequoia on Creative [=ConsultANT=]. She says Chyna is suspended, then laughs. Angus does it too, but only because he doesn't get her [[IncrediblyLamePun so-called joke]] but fakes it. While Olive knows something is wrong because of that and [[IdolSinger Chyna would never miss an opportunity to sing live.]]
*** Later, Olive and Angus find Chyna suspended [[spoiler: above a shark tank,]] and Angus realizes what she meant and does the EvilLaugh again.
* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'': Vera Bates, Mr. Bates's [[PsychoExGirlfriend psycho ex-wife]], indulges in one once.
* ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'': Does this in one episode about plants that eat meat.
* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': Any time Marcy got one over on Al, she would unleash a loud, shrill, staccato like witch-cackle that could shatter glass.
* ''Series/GetSmart'': Max and 99 are sneaking through a cave looking for a MadScientist when an InescapableNet drops onto them. The cave immediately echoes with the scientist's sinister laugh.
-->'''Max:''' Well we can be thankful for one thing.
-->'''99:''' What's that, Max?
-->'''Max:''' Whoever captured us has a terrific sense of humor.
* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'': When Echo is in the Attic, she comes across a projection of Boyd Langton. When she asks where her friends are, he lets out a reverbating evil laugh before telling her she ''has'' no friends (he's lying of course).
* ''Series/MythBusters'': All the hosts (except [[TheStoic Jamie]]) have indulged in this at least once.
* Creator/TimCurry as Pennywise gives a really odd rendition in the miniseries version of ''Literature/{{It}}:''
-->'''Pennywise:''' "Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH!"
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* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': [[spoiler: Michael]] lets out one when Eleanor discovers that he's actually evil.
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* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': [[spoiler: Michael]] lets out one when Eleanor discovers that he's actually evil. In ''Series/TwinPeaks'', [[BigBad BOB]] has a pretty terrifying laugh. While inside the Black Lodge he laughs ''[[UpToEleven backwards]]'' and it sounds even more perverse and malevolent.
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* ''Series/MacGyver1985'': One of the Murdoc-centric episodes ends with [=MacGyver=] answering the phone to hear Murdoc's laughter.
* In ''Series/TwinPeaks'', [[BigBad BOB]] has a pretty terrifying laugh. While inside the Black Lodge he laughs ''[[UpToEleven backwards]]'' and it sounds even more perverse and malevolent.
* In ''Series/TwinPeaks'', [[BigBad BOB]] has a pretty terrifying laugh. While inside the Black Lodge he laughs ''[[UpToEleven backwards]]'' and it sounds even more perverse and malevolent.
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* In ''Series/TwinPeaks'', [[BigBad BOB]] has a pretty terrifying laugh. While inside the Black Lodge he laughs ''[[UpToEleven backwards]]'' and it sounds even more perverse and malevolent.
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** This cop/writer TV show had an awesome evil laugh moment in the Halloween episode. The main character, Castle, [[spoiler:has an impressive go at it with a running pumpkin drill in his hand and a mild threat to go after any boys who hurt his daughter. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Impressive, that is, until he has a coughing fit.]]]]
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** This cop/writer TV show had an awesome evil laugh moment in the Halloween episode. The main character, Castle, [[spoiler:has an impressive go at it with a running pumpkin drill in his hand and a mild threat to go after any boys who hurt his daughter. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Impressive, that is, until he has a coughing fit.]]]]]]
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* ''Mr. Brain'': There is no doubt {{Gackt}} was having ''a lot'' of fun playing the role of a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6dwJaSDcYI cannibalistic serial killer]] in this TV series.
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* ''Mr. Brain'': There is no doubt {{Gackt}} Creator/{{Gackt}} was having ''a lot'' of fun playing the role of a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6dwJaSDcYI cannibalistic serial killer]] in this TV series.
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** Night Rogue and Blood Stalk, the BigBadDuumvirate of ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' have both some extremely menacing laugh that is not funny even when pulled alonside SlouchOfVillainy (that ''is'' funny). Extra points for Blood Stalk, whose laugh echoes in a way that should turn dreams into nightmares.
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** Night Rogue and Blood Stalk, the BigBadDuumvirate of ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' have both some extremely menacing laugh that is not funny even when pulled alonside SlouchOfVillainy (that ''is'' funny). Extra points for Blood Stalk, whose laugh echoes in a way that should turn dreams into nightmares. [[spoiler:When Blood Stalk becomes Kamen Rider Evol (and reveals his true identity as the demonic spirit of Evolt, the destroyer of Mars), his ''henshin jingle'' includes a psychotic one.]]
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* ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'': Baltan's trademark laugh is widely known in the series.
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** Alien Baltan from the original ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' was a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep and menacing]] "Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho", While very popular with fans, it was actually borrowed from the eponymous mushroom people of the Creator/{{Toho}} horror film ''Film/{{Matango}}''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9lcMOLJnPw Listen to it here.]]
** In ''Series/UltramanGaia'', this is taken UpToEleven by [[http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Gan_Q Gan Q]], an insane {{kaiju}} from another dimension. Clearly insane, it finds everything on Earth hilarious, and spouts maddening laughter that can be heard for miles around it.
** In ''Series/UltramanGaia'', this is taken UpToEleven by [[http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Gan_Q Gan Q]], an insane {{kaiju}} from another dimension. Clearly insane, it finds everything on Earth hilarious, and spouts maddening laughter that can be heard for miles around it.
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** Alien Baltan from the original ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' was had a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep and menacing]] "Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho", While very popular with fans, it was actually borrowed from the eponymous mushroom people of the Creator/{{Toho}} horror film ''Film/{{Matango}}''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9lcMOLJnPw Listen to it here.]]
** In ''Series/UltramanGaia'', this is taken UpToEleven by[[http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Gan_Q Gan Q]], an insane Q, a {{kaiju}} from another dimension. Clearly insane, it finds everything on Earth hilarious, and spouts maddening laughter that can be heard for miles around it.it.
** Many of the {{Big Bad}}s have one.
** In ''Series/UltramanGaia'', this is taken UpToEleven by
** Many of the {{Big Bad}}s have one.
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** And, [[CaptainObvious of course]], Creator/CesarRomero's manic laughter as TheJoker.
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** And, [[CaptainObvious of course]], Cesar Romero's manic laughter as TheJoker.
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** It is kind of obvious that [[Series/KamenRiderExAid Kuroto Dan]] would do this, being a [[MadScientist mad programmer]] and so.
*** Emu, of all people, would have a small psychotic chuckle upon [[spoiler: being possesed by Pallad]].
* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
** When Tommy was evil in the first season, he tended to do this quite a bit during that particular arc, and it [[{{Narm}} got hilarious very quickly]].
** "I'll be back! You haven't seen the last of Rita Repuls-''ah-AH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!''" Hear it yourself [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIMzrzHF3-Y here, starting at 1:36.]]
** Almost all of Lokar's lines are just evil laughs.
* When Chase is transformed into evil elf in the second christmas episode of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', he cackles like this every so often. Somehow it's hilarious without being narmy.
*** Emu, of all people, would have a small psychotic chuckle upon [[spoiler: being possesed by Pallad]].
* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
** When Tommy was evil in the first season, he tended to do this quite a bit during that particular arc, and it [[{{Narm}} got hilarious very quickly]].
** "I'll be back! You haven't seen the last of Rita Repuls-''ah-AH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!''" Hear it yourself [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIMzrzHF3-Y here, starting at 1:36.]]
** Almost all of Lokar's lines are just evil laughs.
* When Chase is transformed into evil elf in the second christmas episode of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', he cackles like this every so often. Somehow it's hilarious without being narmy.
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** It is kind of obvious that [[Series/KamenRiderExAid Kuroto Dan]] would do this, being a [[MadScientist mad programmer]] and so.
so. The more [[LaughingMad deranged]] it gets the more [[NarmCharm hilarious]] it becomes. [[note]]Maybe the most famous evil laugh of the [[Franchise/KamenRider franchise]]. [[/note]]
*** Emu, of all people, would have a small psychotic chuckle upon [[spoiler: being possesed byPallad]].
Parado, who is PerpetualSmiler, but usually leaves the laugh to [[BigBadDuumvirate Kuroto]].]].
** Night Rogue and Blood Stalk, the BigBadDuumvirate of ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' have both some extremely menacing laugh that is not funny even when pulled alonside SlouchOfVillainy (that ''is'' funny). Extra points for Blood Stalk, whose laugh echoes in a way that should turn dreams into nightmares.
* Staple of villains in ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. Notable examples include:
** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
** *** When Tommy was evil in the first season, he tended to do this quite a bit during that particular arc, and it [[{{Narm}} got hilarious very quickly]].
** *** "I'll be back! You haven't seen the last of Rita Repuls-''ah-AH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!''" Hear it yourself [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIMzrzHF3-Y here, starting at 1:36.]]
** *** Almost all of Lokar's lines are just evil laughs.
* ** Mesogog, the BigBad of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' is made creepier by ''averting'' this trope. A MadScientist, who doesn't rise his [[{{Sssssnaketalk}} voice]] and keeps his behavior [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent reptilian]] [[IncrediblyLamePun cold]] is a contestant for the scariest villain in the history of the franchise.
** When Chase is transformed into evil elf in the second christmas episode of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', he cackles like this every so often. Somehow it's hilarious without being narmy.
*** Emu, of all people, would have a small psychotic chuckle upon [[spoiler: being possesed by
** Night Rogue and Blood Stalk, the BigBadDuumvirate of ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' have both some extremely menacing laugh that is not funny even when pulled alonside SlouchOfVillainy (that ''is'' funny). Extra points for Blood Stalk, whose laugh echoes in a way that should turn dreams into nightmares.
* Staple of villains in ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. Notable examples include:
** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
** When Chase is transformed into evil elf in the second christmas episode of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', he cackles like this every so often. Somehow it's hilarious without being narmy.
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* ''Franchise/UltraSeries''
** Alien Baltan from the original ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' was a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep and menacing]] "Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho", While very popular with fans, it was actually borrowed from the eponymous mushroom people of the Creator/{{Toho}} horror film ''Film/{{Matango}}''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9lcMOLJnPw Listen to it here.]]
** In''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', ''Series/UltramanGaia'', this is taken UpToEleven by [[http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Gan_Q Gan Q]], an insane {{kaiju}} from another dimension. Clearly insane, it finds everything on Earth hilarious, and spouts maddening laughter that can be heard for miles around it.
** Alien Baltan from the original ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' was a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep and menacing]] "Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho", While very popular with fans, it was actually borrowed from the eponymous mushroom people of the Creator/{{Toho}} horror film ''Film/{{Matango}}''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9lcMOLJnPw Listen to it here.]]
** In
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*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]" has [[spoiler: Creator/JohnSimm's Master, having just turned the entire of humanity into copies of himself, go into an Evil Laugh that lasts 45 seconds, is echoed by all his copies, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalkingngives us the sight of John Simm in drag]].]]
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*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]" has [[spoiler: Creator/JohnSimm's Master, having just turned the entire of humanity into copies of himself, go into an Evil Laugh that lasts 45 seconds, is echoed by all his copies, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalkingngives [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking gives us the sight of John Simm in drag]].]]
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** Some, no, ''any'' incarnations of the Master worth their salt have a penchant for dramatic mad laughter.
** Creator/JonathanPryce's Master from ''[[AffectionateParody The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' deserves a special mention. His Laugh is so Evil that it causes thunder and lightning to strike ''inside his TARDIS.''
** Creator/JonathanPryce's Master from ''[[AffectionateParody The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' deserves a special mention. His Laugh is so Evil that it causes thunder and lightning to strike ''inside his TARDIS.''
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** Some, no, ''any'' incarnations of the Master TheMaster worth their salt have a penchant for dramatic mad laughter.
** *** Creator/JonathanPryce's Master from ''[[AffectionateParody The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' deserves a special mention. His Laugh is so Evil that it causes thunder and lightning to strike ''inside his TARDIS.''''
*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]" has [[spoiler: Creator/JohnSimm's Master, having just turned the entire of humanity into copies of himself, go into an Evil Laugh that lasts 45 seconds, is echoed by all his copies, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalkingngives us the sight of John Simm in drag]].]]
*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]" has [[spoiler: Creator/JohnSimm's Master, having just turned the entire of humanity into copies of himself, go into an Evil Laugh that lasts 45 seconds, is echoed by all his copies, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalkingngives us the sight of John Simm in drag]].]]
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* In ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', this is taken UpToEleven by [[http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Gan_Q Gan Q]], an insane {{kaiju}} from another dimension. Clearly insane, it finds everything on Earth hilarious, and spouts maddening laughter that can be heard for miles around it.
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* ''Series/IClaudius'': Livia, [[MagnificentBastard awesome schemeing mega-bitch]] that she is, gets an ''epic'' evil cackle at the end of the episode "Poison is Queen". Starts [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAPyE7SRuf8 here]], at 3:58.
* As ''Franchise/KamenRider'' is about villains, monsters (and heroes, too) , this is to be expected every so often.
* As ''Franchise/KamenRider'' is about villains, monsters (and heroes, too) , this is to be expected every so often.
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* ''Series/IClaudius'': Livia, [[MagnificentBastard awesome schemeing scheming mega-bitch]] that she is, gets an ''epic'' evil cackle at the end of the episode "Poison is Queen". Starts [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAPyE7SRuf8 here]], at 3:58.
* As ''Franchise/KamenRider'' is aboutvillains, monsters [[MadScientist villains]], [[EvilIsHammy monsters]] (and heroes, too) , heroes of course), this is to be expected every so often.often.
** ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'': Ryubee Sonozaki has one of these. Regular users of Gaia memories [[PsychoSerum (i.e ones without drivers)]] cross this with LaughingMad.
* As ''Franchise/KamenRider'' is about
** ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'': Ryubee Sonozaki has one of these. Regular users of Gaia memories [[PsychoSerum (i.e ones without drivers)]] cross this with LaughingMad.
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** Parodied in the episode, "The Susie." Jerry suggests that Elaine should "get rid of Susie," an InventedIndividual at her office. He then bursts into laughter at the sight of an offscreen bumper sticker. Unbeknownst to both of them, Mike, [[ItMakesSenseInContext who's trapped in the trunk of Jerry's car]], thinks they're planning to commit murder, and from his point of view, it sounds like Jerry is laughing evilly.
** The blooper reel has several outtakes of Jerry doing his evil laughing while [[Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] keeps cracking up at him and ruining the take. Jerry eventually starts choking on all the cigar smoke on set in the middle of one of his evil laugh takes. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments It's hilarious.]]
** [[SitcomArchNemesis Newman]] does one in "The Calzone" which is cut short when a random fork on the chair he was sitting on pokes him in the rear.
** The blooper reel has several outtakes of Jerry doing his evil laughing while [[Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] keeps cracking up at him and ruining the take. Jerry eventually starts choking on all the cigar smoke on set in the middle of one of his evil laugh takes. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments It's hilarious.]]
** [[SitcomArchNemesis Newman]] does one in "The Calzone" which is cut short when a random fork on the chair he was sitting on pokes him in the rear.
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** Parodied in the episode, "The Susie." "[[Recap/SeinfeldS8E15TheSusie The Susie]]" Jerry suggests that Elaine should "get rid of Susie," an InventedIndividual at her office. He then bursts into laughter at the sight of an offscreen bumper sticker. Unbeknownst to both of them, Mike, [[ItMakesSenseInContext who's trapped in the trunk of Jerry's car]], thinks they're planning to commit murder, and from his point of view, it sounds like Jerry is laughing evilly.
** The blooper reel has several outtakes of Jerry doing his evil laughing while[[Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus keeps cracking up at him and ruining the take. Jerry eventually starts choking on all the cigar smoke on set in the middle of one of his evil laugh takes. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments It's hilarious.]]
** [[SitcomArchNemesis Newman]] does one in"The Calzone" "[[Recap/SeinfeldS7E20TheCalzone The Calzone]]" which is cut short when a random fork on the chair he was sitting on pokes him in the rear.
** The blooper reel has several outtakes of Jerry doing his evil laughing while
** [[SitcomArchNemesis Newman]] does one in
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* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Lampshaded in one episode when Lorne describes a scene where the BigBad "mwa-ha-ha'd at us." Played extremely straight (and sinister) when the episode "Awakening" ends with [[spoiler:Angelus]] opening his eyes and...smiling. Then chuckling softly but continuously until the credits.
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* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Lampshaded in one episode when Lorne describes a scene where the BigBad "mwa-ha-ha'd at us." Played extremely straight (and sinister) when the episode "Awakening" "[[{{Recap/AngelS04E10Awakening}} Awakening]]" ends with [[spoiler:Angelus]] opening his eyes and...smiling. Then chuckling softly but continuously until the credits.
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* As ''Franchise/KamenRider'' is about villains, monsters (and heroes, too) , this is to be expected every so often.
** Chiyoko Shiraishi provides a rare heroic example, when she indulges just little bit too much in her role as a mad scientist in one of the weirder episodes of ''Series/KamenRiderOOO''
** [[EvilPrince Aran]] engages in a mocking one while preparing to unleash his full power as Kamen Rider Necrom in #22 of ''Series/KamenRiderGhost''.
** It is kind of obvious that [[Series/KamenRiderExAid Kuroto Dan]] would do this, being a [[MadScientist mad programmer]] and so.
** Chiyoko Shiraishi provides a rare heroic example, when she indulges just little bit too much in her role as a mad scientist in one of the weirder episodes of ''Series/KamenRiderOOO''
** [[EvilPrince Aran]] engages in a mocking one while preparing to unleash his full power as Kamen Rider Necrom in #22 of ''Series/KamenRiderGhost''.
** It is kind of obvious that [[Series/KamenRiderExAid Kuroto Dan]] would do this, being a [[MadScientist mad programmer]] and so.
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* When Chase is transformed into evil elf in the second christmas episode of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', he cackles like this every so often. Somehow it's hilarious without being narmy.
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* ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'': [[{{Dracula}} Vlad the Impaler]] has a very low-key, sinister laugh during the final sim of the "Vlad the Impaler vs. SunTzu" episode.
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* ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'': [[{{Dracula}} Vlad the Impaler]] UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler has a very low-key, sinister laugh during the final sim of the "Vlad the Impaler vs. SunTzu" Creator/SunTzu" episode.
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* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': [[spoiler: Michael]] lets out one when Eleanor discovers that he's actually evil.
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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Walder Frey has one during and after the Red Wedding.
** Averted by notably humourless Tywin Lannister and dispassionate Roose Bolton, who almost never laugh at all.
** Walder Frey has one during and after the Red Wedding.
** Averted by notably humourless Tywin Lannister and dispassionate Roose Bolton, who almost never laugh at all.
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** Jonathan Pryce's Master from ''[[AffectionateParody The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' deserves a special mention. His Laugh is so Evil that it causes thunder and lightning to strike ''inside his TARDIS.''
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** The Rani plays this trope straight in ''Time and the Rani'', but in the mine shaft scene with the Master and Peri in ''Mark of the Rani'', she [[KansasCityShuffle starts choking]] and knocks Peri out with her poison gas capsules.
** ''The End of Time'' has [[spoiler: John Simm's Master, having just turned the entire of humanity into copies of himself, go into an Evil Laugh that lasts 45 seconds, is echoed by all his copies, and gives us the sight of John Simm in drag.]]
** "Flesh and Stone" has the Angels making a very alien sound that is an approximation of laughter.
** In ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora The Masque Of Mandragora]]'', the Helix does this, often when there is no other sign of its presence.
** Invoked in "The Invasion of Time" when the Fourth Doctor is pretending to be evil. Of course, developing an evil laugh and using it extensively is an important part of this.
** Subverted in "The Pirate Planet". The Fourth Doctor is made to WalkThePlank to his apparent death, and the villains all have an evil laugh...only to stop when they [[NotQuiteDead hear the Doctor laughing along with them]].
** ''The End of Time'' has [[spoiler: John Simm's Master, having just turned the entire of humanity into copies of himself, go into an Evil Laugh that lasts 45 seconds, is echoed by all his copies, and gives us the sight of John Simm in drag.]]
** "Flesh and Stone" has the Angels making a very alien sound that is an approximation of laughter.
** In ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora The Masque Of Mandragora]]'', the Helix does this, often when there is no other sign of its presence.
** Invoked in "The Invasion of Time" when the Fourth Doctor is pretending to be evil. Of course, developing an evil laugh and using it extensively is an important part of this.
** Subverted in "The Pirate Planet". The Fourth Doctor is made to WalkThePlank to his apparent death, and the villains all have an evil laugh...only to stop when they [[NotQuiteDead hear the Doctor laughing along with them]].
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** The Rani plays this trope straight in ''Time "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E1TimeAndTheRani Time and the Rani'', Rani]]", but in the mine shaft scene with the Master and Peri in ''Mark "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E3TheMarkOfTheRani The Mark of the Rani'', Rani]]", she [[KansasCityShuffle starts choking]] and knocks Peri out with her poison gas capsules.
**''The "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time'' Time]]" has [[spoiler: John Simm's Creator/JohnSimm's Master, having just turned the entire of humanity into copies of himself, go into an Evil Laugh that lasts 45 seconds, is echoed by all his copies, and gives us the sight of John Simm in drag.]]
**"Flesh ""[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone Flesh and Stone" Stone]]"" has the Angels making a very alien sound that is an approximation of laughter.
** In''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora The Masque Of Mandragora]]'', the Helix does this, often when there is no other sign of its presence.
** Invoked in"The "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime The Invasion of Time" Time]]" when the Fourth Doctor is pretending to be evil. Of course, developing an evil laugh and using it extensively is an important part of this.
** Subverted in"The "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E2ThePiratePlanet The Pirate Planet".Planet]]". The Fourth Doctor is made to WalkThePlank to his apparent death, and the villains all have an evil laugh...only to stop when they [[NotQuiteDead hear the Doctor laughing along with them]].
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''. In "The Jeopardy Room", the Soviet commissar uses a particularly nasty laugh at the end of the taped message he leaves for the defector he's toying with.
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* Creator/TimCurry as Pennywise gives a really odd rendition in the miniseries version of ''{{It}}:''
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* Creator/TimCurry as Pennywise gives a really odd rendition in the miniseries version of ''{{It}}:''''Literature/{{It}}:''
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* ''Series/{{OnceUponATime}}'': Rumplestiltskin is as infamous for his crazy giggles as for his Evil Deals.
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* ''Series/EerieIndiana'': In the pilot episode, the evil neighborhood woman who has been retaining her youth forever does a rather over the top one (complete with lightning strikes) when Marshall and Simon escape from her house.
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Mr. Conklin laughs ''evilly'' on a couple occasions. This example is from the episode "Two Way Stretch Snodgrass''.
-->'''Mr. Conklin''': I just learned that Biff Mooney, one of the greatest college football players, is interested in a high school coaching job in this part of the country. I've already opened negotiations by mail, and it's a foregone conclusion that he'll accept my offer. Ah-ha-ha-ha (''evil laugh''), ah, I can't wait to see the expression on Brill's face when I tell him about it. Heh, heh, heh (''evil laugh'').
-->'''Miss Brooks''': [[DeadpanSnarker In some states, that laugh would be banned.]]
-->'''Mr. Conklin''': I just learned that Biff Mooney, one of the greatest college football players, is interested in a high school coaching job in this part of the country. I've already opened negotiations by mail, and it's a foregone conclusion that he'll accept my offer. Ah-ha-ha-ha (''evil laugh''), ah, I can't wait to see the expression on Brill's face when I tell him about it. Heh, heh, heh (''evil laugh'').
-->'''Miss Brooks''': [[DeadpanSnarker In some states, that laugh would be banned.]]
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': ''Series/OurMissBrooks'': Mr. Conklin laughs ''evilly'' on a couple occasions. This example is from the episode "Two Way Stretch Snodgrass''.
-->'''Mr. Conklin''': I just learned that Biff Mooney, one of the greatest college football players, is interested in a high school coaching job in this part of the country. I've already opened negotiations by mail, and it's a foregone conclusion that he'll accept my offer. Ah-ha-ha-ha (''evil laugh''), ah, I can't wait to see the expression on Brill's face when I tell him about it. Heh, heh, heh (''evillaugh'').
-->'''Misslaugh'').\\
'''Miss Brooks''':[[DeadpanSnarker In some states, that laugh would be banned.]]
-->'''Mr. Conklin''': I just learned that Biff Mooney, one of the greatest college football players, is interested in a high school coaching job in this part of the country. I've already opened negotiations by mail, and it's a foregone conclusion that he'll accept my offer. Ah-ha-ha-ha (''evil laugh''), ah, I can't wait to see the expression on Brill's face when I tell him about it. Heh, heh, heh (''evil
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* ''Series/{{OnceUponATime}}'': Rumplestiltskin is as infamous for his crazy giggles as for his Evil Deals.
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Mr. Conklin laughs ''evilly'' on a couple occasions. This example is from the episode "Two Way Stretch Snodgrass''.
-->'''Mr. Conklin''': I just learned that Biff Mooney, one of the greatest college football players, is interested in a high school coaching job in this part of the country. I've already opened negotiations by mail, and it's a foregone conclusion that he'll accept my offer. Ah-ha-ha-ha (''evil laugh''), ah, I can't wait to see the expression on Brill's face when I tell him about it. Heh, heh, heh (''evil laugh'').
-->'''Miss Brooks''': [[DeadpanSnarker In some states, that laugh would be banned.]]
-->'''Mr. Conklin''': I just learned that Biff Mooney, one of the greatest college football players, is interested in a high school coaching job in this part of the country. I've already opened negotiations by mail, and it's a foregone conclusion that he'll accept my offer. Ah-ha-ha-ha (''evil laugh''), ah, I can't wait to see the expression on Brill's face when I tell him about it. Heh, heh, heh (''evil laugh'').
-->'''Miss Brooks''': [[DeadpanSnarker In some states, that laugh would be banned.]]
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* Creator/TimCurry as Pennywise gives a really odd rendition in the miniseries version of ''{{It}}:''
-->'''Pennywise:''' "Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH!"
-->'''Pennywise:''' "Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH! Wa-HAH!"
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* ''Series/MyHero'': In the episode "Nemesis", Piers, possessed by Rovi, laughs several times. When George asks him why he keeps laughing, he replies "It underscores my evil - it's a flourish."
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': In one episode, Lana, Chloe and Lois get particularly chilling ones [[spoiler:due to being possessed by evil witches]].
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': The nerd trio in season 6 : "We're like... supervillains. Mwahahahaha!" (The script notes "It needs some work"). In the season finale their leader tries this in a demon bar, and belatedly realises they're laughing at him, not with him.
-->'''Warren:''' This... isn't the Evil Laugh of Victory, is it?\\
'''Vampire:''' More like the evil laugh of "You're a dead man."
** The most complete counter-example is the ''Buffy'' season 3 ubervillain, the Mayor. His chuckles and general good humour are completely sincere and natural.
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Lampshaded in one episode when Lorne describes a scene where the BigBad "mwa-ha-ha'd at us." Played extremely straight (and sinister) when the episode "Awakening" ends with [[spoiler:Angelus]] opening his eyes and...smiling. Then chuckling softly but continuously until the credits.
* ''Series/AshesToAshes'': Jim Keats has a seriously creepy giggly one. [[spoiler: And in the finale, when he's implied to be none other than {{Satan}} himself, he combines it with a weird hissing noise that's pure NarmCharm]].
* ''Series/{{Batman}}'': Frank Gorshin's evil, high-pitched chuckle as The Riddler in the Adam West series.
** And, [[CaptainObvious of course]], Cesar Romero's manic laughter as TheJoker.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':
** This cop/writer TV show had an awesome evil laugh moment in the Halloween episode. The main character, Castle, [[spoiler:has an impressive go at it with a running pumpkin drill in his hand and a mild threat to go after any boys who hurt his daughter. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Impressive, that is, until he has a coughing fit.]]]]
** He has a more successful one when he [[spoiler:suggests building a weather machine out of liquid nitrogen so that Alexis won't have to choose between staying at home to study and going with her friends out of the city]].
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': [[UnfazedEveryman Wash]] gives us an example of a good guy doing this in the pilot episode 'Serenity', as a conversation between...two toy dinosaurs. "I think we should call it your grave!" '"[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!]]", "Hahaha! Mine is an EvilLaugh! Now die!"
* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'': In the episode "The Executive's Executioner", Norm gets saddled with the soul-crushing job of "office hatchetman"; in the end, he uses his new boogeyman-status to get revenge on the executive who inflicted it on him: "This is NORM PETERSON! ''MUHAHAHAHA!"''
* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': Parodied in "Chuck Versus The Subway" by [[spoiler: Daniel Shaw, after he has captured Sarah and Casey]]. And then, in Chuck Versus the Ring, by [[spoiler: Chuck, after he reveals to Daniel Shaw how he beat him and took down the Ring]].
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** Some, no, ''any'' incarnations of the Master worth their salt have a penchant for dramatic mad laughter.
** Jonathan Pryce's Master from ''[[AffectionateParody The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' deserves a special mention. His Laugh is so Evil that it causes thunder and lightning to strike ''inside his TARDIS.''
** [[MadScientist Davros]] combines this with a touch of RoboSpeak at [[LargeHam high volume]] for a memorably batshit insane Evil Laugh. If you're ''really'' lucky, it's probably the finishing touch on a spectacular MotiveRant.
** The Black Guardian's version is good, if rather traditional; it goes something like "nyaaaaahahaha". Captain Wrack, meanwhile, seemed unable to function if she didn't cackle evilly every two minutes or so. The episode ''Enlightenment'', where they both appear, makes for some interesting watching.
** The Rani plays this trope straight in ''Time and the Rani'', but in the mine shaft scene with the Master and Peri in ''Mark of the Rani'', she [[KansasCityShuffle starts choking]] and knocks Peri out with her poison gas capsules.
** ''The End of Time'' has [[spoiler: John Simm's Master, having just turned the entire of humanity into copies of himself, go into an Evil Laugh that lasts 45 seconds, is echoed by all his copies, and gives us the sight of John Simm in drag.]]
** "Flesh and Stone" has the Angels making a very alien sound that is an approximation of laughter.
** In ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora The Masque Of Mandragora]]'', the Helix does this, often when there is no other sign of its presence.
** Invoked in "The Invasion of Time" when the Fourth Doctor is pretending to be evil. Of course, developing an evil laugh and using it extensively is an important part of this.
** Subverted in "The Pirate Planet". The Fourth Doctor is made to WalkThePlank to his apparent death, and the villains all have an evil laugh...only to stop when they [[NotQuiteDead hear the Doctor laughing along with them]].
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Appears under the name "The Plan Laugh", employed by Phoebe -- Joey tries to imitate it, but can't get it right.
-->'''Phoebe:''' Muahahahahaha!!!\\
'''Joey:''' Ho, ho, ho!\\
'''Phoebe:''' It's not ''Santa's'' plan!
** Joey's stalker (played by Brooke Shields) has a pretty scary laugh.
* ''Series/GoodEats'': Alton Brown of does it occasionally, usually when turning a food trope into a SubvertedTrope. Most recently used when getting his veggiephobic niece to eat vegetables (specifically the parsnip).
* ''Series/HellsKitchen'': Strangely enough, Jen in season 4 actually does a LaughingMad version of this after her former team lost. Check it out ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igY7KXw71Gk#t=01m43s 1:43]]).
* ''Series/IClaudius'': Livia, [[MagnificentBastard awesome schemeing mega-bitch]] that she is, gets an ''epic'' evil cackle at the end of the episode "Poison is Queen". Starts [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAPyE7SRuf8 here]], at 3:58.
* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
** When Tommy was evil in the first season, he tended to do this quite a bit during that particular arc, and it [[{{Narm}} got hilarious very quickly]].
** "I'll be back! You haven't seen the last of Rita Repuls-''ah-AH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!''" Hear it yourself [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIMzrzHF3-Y here, starting at 1:36.]]
** Almost all of Lokar's lines are just evil laughs.
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': John Cleese does a surprisingly evil cackle of the psycho variety at the end of the sketch "How Not to Be Seen" (immediately following the explosion of a man, his wife, his neighbour, his house, and the building in which he was born).
--> Ahhahaha hahaha hahah- ''(cough, pause)'' [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent And now for something completely different]].
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': The episode "Bikini Wax". Tony [=DiNozzo=] gives us a truly epic one when he sees his co-worker Kate's picture on the "The Wet T-Shirt Hall of Fame" as the screen fades to black.
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'':
** Jerry does an epic one of these while smoking [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking assholish cigars]] in one episode when Elaine is paying him money, having repeatedly lost her bet with him about not sleeping with David Puddy.
** Parodied in the episode, "The Susie." Jerry suggests that Elaine should "get rid of Susie," an InventedIndividual at her office. He then bursts into laughter at the sight of an offscreen bumper sticker. Unbeknownst to both of them, Mike, [[ItMakesSenseInContext who's trapped in the trunk of Jerry's car]], thinks they're planning to commit murder, and from his point of view, it sounds like Jerry is laughing evilly.
** The blooper reel has several outtakes of Jerry doing his evil laughing while [[Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] keeps cracking up at him and ruining the take. Jerry eventually starts choking on all the cigar smoke on set in the middle of one of his evil laugh takes. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments It's hilarious.]]
** [[SitcomArchNemesis Newman]] does one in "The Calzone" which is cut short when a random fork on the chair he was sitting on pokes him in the rear.
* ''Series/{{Spaced}}'': Tim Bisley does a magnificent one in [=S1E4=]. He finishes the laugh with a VillainExitStageLeft, [[SuperWindowJump diving through the closed window]]. [[ImagineSpot Then the scene returns to reality]].
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': Doctor Chaotica in "The Adventures of Captain Proton", the show's homage to ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]]''. Most noticeable when Chaotica has [[DamselInDistress Constance Goodheart]] tied up as a supreme sacrifice to Queen Arachnia and, later, after Arachnia has agreed to marry him. There's even an TheEndOrIsIt laugh at the conclusion of the episode.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': In the episode "Born Under a Bad Sign", [[DemonicPossession Meg!Sam]] gets to indulge in a chilling ([[EvilIsSexy and strangely hot]]) evil laugh.
* ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'': The Crypt Keeper's famous evil cackle at the intro.
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': Sheldon Cooper, described by Leonard as "One lab accident short of being a supervillain", has a rather droll one used during an escalating prank war with Penny.
* ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'': Played terrifyingly straight by Papa Lazarou, who has an absolutely nightmarish cackle.
* ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'': [[{{Dracula}} Vlad the Impaler]] has a very low-key, sinister laugh during the final sim of the "Vlad the Impaler vs. SunTzu" episode.
* ''Series/{{House}}'': Gregory House has one, perhaps unsurprisingly. He's not evil, though. He's just DrJerk. Watch the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O89bXKwr4IY BWA-HA-HA-HA!]] here.
* ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'': One of the most underated antagonists in history, The Hitcher, provides an interesting subversion. Whereas most villains contain their evil laughter until the final moment, releasing it in one guffaw, The Hitcher laughs evilly AS HE TALKS, spreading it out through his dialogue!!
* ''Series/ThirtyRock'':
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0_PygbFn6Y Liz Lemon]], when she deceives her crush to get him to hang out with her.
** This was mirroring the behavior of evil laughing Spanish-language soap-opera character 'El Generalissimo', a dead-ringer for Jack.
* ''Mr. Brain'': There is no doubt {{Gackt}} was having ''a lot'' of fun playing the role of a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6dwJaSDcYI cannibalistic serial killer]] in this TV series.
--> "I will kill you all and feast upon your flesh! I will...be reborn! [[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]"
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Barney does an evil laugh at times (notable in season 6 episode 23); [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog then again, he has been working with a vocal coach.]]
* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
** Senor Chang gets a couple of good ones in the episode "[[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]]". He also shares a less cackling one with Dean Pelton at an earlier point.
** One of the German students does an evil laugh when he figures out a plan to get revenge on Jeff and the study group. He's in class when he does it, however, and tries to cover it up by claiming to remember a joke from the German version of ''Series/TheNanny''.
* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': In the episode "Potato", we see, in turn, Captain Rum, Blackadder himself, and Baldrick try out what are definitely evil cackles of the pirate variety. They then stop as the line gets to a disconsolate Percy, asking him if he is not going to join in the "Ha Has".
* ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'': Baltan's trademark laugh is widely known in the series.
* ''Series/ANTFarm'':
** Subverted with vampire Fletcher in the Halloween episode, whose EvilLaugh is a girlish "Tee-hee-hee" while his ''normal'' laugh is easily mistaken for an evil one.
** Played Straight by Sequoia on Creative [=ConsultANT=]. She says Chyna is suspended, then laughs. Angus does it too, but only because he doesn't get her [[IncrediblyLamePun so-called joke]] but fakes it. While Olive knows something is wrong because of that and [[IdolSinger Chyna would never miss an opportunity to sing live.]]
*** Later, Olive and Angus find Chyna suspended [[spoiler: above a shark tank,]] and Angus realizes what she meant and does the EvilLaugh again.
* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'': Vera Bates, Mr. Bates's [[PsychoExGirlfriend psycho ex-wife]], indulges in one once.
* ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'': Does this in one episode about plants that eat meat.
* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': Any time Marcy got one over on Al, she would unleash a loud, shrill, staccato like witch-cackle that could shatter glass.
* ''Series/GetSmart'': Max and 99 are sneaking through a cave looking for a MadScientist when an InescapableNet drops onto them. The cave immediately echoes with the scientist's sinister laugh.
-->'''Max:''' Well we can be thankful for one thing.
-->'''99:''' What's that, Max?
-->'''Max:''' Whoever captured us has a terrific sense of humor.
* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'': When Echo is in the Attic, she comes across a projection of Boyd Langton. When she asks where her friends are, he lets out a reverbating evil laugh before telling her she ''has'' no friends (he's lying of course).
* ''Series/MythBusters'': All the hosts (except [[TheStoic Jamie]]) have indulged in this at least once.
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* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': In one episode, Lana, Chloe and Lois get particularly chilling ones [[spoiler:due to being possessed by evil witches]].
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': The nerd trio in season 6 : "We're like... supervillains. Mwahahahaha!" (The script notes "It needs some work"). In the season finale their leader tries this in a demon bar, and belatedly realises they're laughing at him, not with him.
-->'''Warren:''' This... isn't the Evil Laugh of Victory, is it?\\
'''Vampire:''' More like the evil laugh of "You're a dead man."
** The most complete counter-example is the ''Buffy'' season 3 ubervillain, the Mayor. His chuckles and general good humour are completely sincere and natural.
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Lampshaded in one episode when Lorne describes a scene where the BigBad "mwa-ha-ha'd at us." Played extremely straight (and sinister) when the episode "Awakening" ends with [[spoiler:Angelus]] opening his eyes and...smiling. Then chuckling softly but continuously until the credits.
* ''Series/AshesToAshes'': Jim Keats has a seriously creepy giggly one. [[spoiler: And in the finale, when he's implied to be none other than {{Satan}} himself, he combines it with a weird hissing noise that's pure NarmCharm]].
* ''Series/{{Batman}}'': Frank Gorshin's evil, high-pitched chuckle as The Riddler in the Adam West series.
** And, [[CaptainObvious of course]], Cesar Romero's manic laughter as TheJoker.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':
** This cop/writer TV show had an awesome evil laugh moment in the Halloween episode. The main character, Castle, [[spoiler:has an impressive go at it with a running pumpkin drill in his hand and a mild threat to go after any boys who hurt his daughter. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Impressive, that is, until he has a coughing fit.]]]]
** He has a more successful one when he [[spoiler:suggests building a weather machine out of liquid nitrogen so that Alexis won't have to choose between staying at home to study and going with her friends out of the city]].
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': [[UnfazedEveryman Wash]] gives us an example of a good guy doing this in the pilot episode 'Serenity', as a conversation between...two toy dinosaurs. "I think we should call it your grave!" '"[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!]]", "Hahaha! Mine is an EvilLaugh! Now die!"
* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'': In the episode "The Executive's Executioner", Norm gets saddled with the soul-crushing job of "office hatchetman"; in the end, he uses his new boogeyman-status to get revenge on the executive who inflicted it on him: "This is NORM PETERSON! ''MUHAHAHAHA!"''
* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': Parodied in "Chuck Versus The Subway" by [[spoiler: Daniel Shaw, after he has captured Sarah and Casey]]. And then, in Chuck Versus the Ring, by [[spoiler: Chuck, after he reveals to Daniel Shaw how he beat him and took down the Ring]].
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** Some, no, ''any'' incarnations of the Master worth their salt have a penchant for dramatic mad laughter.
** Jonathan Pryce's Master from ''[[AffectionateParody The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' deserves a special mention. His Laugh is so Evil that it causes thunder and lightning to strike ''inside his TARDIS.''
** [[MadScientist Davros]] combines this with a touch of RoboSpeak at [[LargeHam high volume]] for a memorably batshit insane Evil Laugh. If you're ''really'' lucky, it's probably the finishing touch on a spectacular MotiveRant.
** The Black Guardian's version is good, if rather traditional; it goes something like "nyaaaaahahaha". Captain Wrack, meanwhile, seemed unable to function if she didn't cackle evilly every two minutes or so. The episode ''Enlightenment'', where they both appear, makes for some interesting watching.
** The Rani plays this trope straight in ''Time and the Rani'', but in the mine shaft scene with the Master and Peri in ''Mark of the Rani'', she [[KansasCityShuffle starts choking]] and knocks Peri out with her poison gas capsules.
** ''The End of Time'' has [[spoiler: John Simm's Master, having just turned the entire of humanity into copies of himself, go into an Evil Laugh that lasts 45 seconds, is echoed by all his copies, and gives us the sight of John Simm in drag.]]
** "Flesh and Stone" has the Angels making a very alien sound that is an approximation of laughter.
** In ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora The Masque Of Mandragora]]'', the Helix does this, often when there is no other sign of its presence.
** Invoked in "The Invasion of Time" when the Fourth Doctor is pretending to be evil. Of course, developing an evil laugh and using it extensively is an important part of this.
** Subverted in "The Pirate Planet". The Fourth Doctor is made to WalkThePlank to his apparent death, and the villains all have an evil laugh...only to stop when they [[NotQuiteDead hear the Doctor laughing along with them]].
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Appears under the name "The Plan Laugh", employed by Phoebe -- Joey tries to imitate it, but can't get it right.
-->'''Phoebe:''' Muahahahahaha!!!\\
'''Joey:''' Ho, ho, ho!\\
'''Phoebe:''' It's not ''Santa's'' plan!
** Joey's stalker (played by Brooke Shields) has a pretty scary laugh.
* ''Series/GoodEats'': Alton Brown of does it occasionally, usually when turning a food trope into a SubvertedTrope. Most recently used when getting his veggiephobic niece to eat vegetables (specifically the parsnip).
* ''Series/HellsKitchen'': Strangely enough, Jen in season 4 actually does a LaughingMad version of this after her former team lost. Check it out ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igY7KXw71Gk#t=01m43s 1:43]]).
* ''Series/IClaudius'': Livia, [[MagnificentBastard awesome schemeing mega-bitch]] that she is, gets an ''epic'' evil cackle at the end of the episode "Poison is Queen". Starts [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAPyE7SRuf8 here]], at 3:58.
* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
** When Tommy was evil in the first season, he tended to do this quite a bit during that particular arc, and it [[{{Narm}} got hilarious very quickly]].
** "I'll be back! You haven't seen the last of Rita Repuls-''ah-AH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!''" Hear it yourself [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIMzrzHF3-Y here, starting at 1:36.]]
** Almost all of Lokar's lines are just evil laughs.
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': John Cleese does a surprisingly evil cackle of the psycho variety at the end of the sketch "How Not to Be Seen" (immediately following the explosion of a man, his wife, his neighbour, his house, and the building in which he was born).
--> Ahhahaha hahaha hahah- ''(cough, pause)'' [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent And now for something completely different]].
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': The episode "Bikini Wax". Tony [=DiNozzo=] gives us a truly epic one when he sees his co-worker Kate's picture on the "The Wet T-Shirt Hall of Fame" as the screen fades to black.
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'':
** Jerry does an epic one of these while smoking [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking assholish cigars]] in one episode when Elaine is paying him money, having repeatedly lost her bet with him about not sleeping with David Puddy.
** Parodied in the episode, "The Susie." Jerry suggests that Elaine should "get rid of Susie," an InventedIndividual at her office. He then bursts into laughter at the sight of an offscreen bumper sticker. Unbeknownst to both of them, Mike, [[ItMakesSenseInContext who's trapped in the trunk of Jerry's car]], thinks they're planning to commit murder, and from his point of view, it sounds like Jerry is laughing evilly.
** The blooper reel has several outtakes of Jerry doing his evil laughing while [[Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] keeps cracking up at him and ruining the take. Jerry eventually starts choking on all the cigar smoke on set in the middle of one of his evil laugh takes. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments It's hilarious.]]
** [[SitcomArchNemesis Newman]] does one in "The Calzone" which is cut short when a random fork on the chair he was sitting on pokes him in the rear.
* ''Series/{{Spaced}}'': Tim Bisley does a magnificent one in [=S1E4=]. He finishes the laugh with a VillainExitStageLeft, [[SuperWindowJump diving through the closed window]]. [[ImagineSpot Then the scene returns to reality]].
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': Doctor Chaotica in "The Adventures of Captain Proton", the show's homage to ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]]''. Most noticeable when Chaotica has [[DamselInDistress Constance Goodheart]] tied up as a supreme sacrifice to Queen Arachnia and, later, after Arachnia has agreed to marry him. There's even an TheEndOrIsIt laugh at the conclusion of the episode.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': In the episode "Born Under a Bad Sign", [[DemonicPossession Meg!Sam]] gets to indulge in a chilling ([[EvilIsSexy and strangely hot]]) evil laugh.
* ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'': The Crypt Keeper's famous evil cackle at the intro.
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': Sheldon Cooper, described by Leonard as "One lab accident short of being a supervillain", has a rather droll one used during an escalating prank war with Penny.
* ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'': Played terrifyingly straight by Papa Lazarou, who has an absolutely nightmarish cackle.
* ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'': [[{{Dracula}} Vlad the Impaler]] has a very low-key, sinister laugh during the final sim of the "Vlad the Impaler vs. SunTzu" episode.
* ''Series/{{House}}'': Gregory House has one, perhaps unsurprisingly. He's not evil, though. He's just DrJerk. Watch the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O89bXKwr4IY BWA-HA-HA-HA!]] here.
* ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'': One of the most underated antagonists in history, The Hitcher, provides an interesting subversion. Whereas most villains contain their evil laughter until the final moment, releasing it in one guffaw, The Hitcher laughs evilly AS HE TALKS, spreading it out through his dialogue!!
* ''Series/ThirtyRock'':
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0_PygbFn6Y Liz Lemon]], when she deceives her crush to get him to hang out with her.
** This was mirroring the behavior of evil laughing Spanish-language soap-opera character 'El Generalissimo', a dead-ringer for Jack.
* ''Mr. Brain'': There is no doubt {{Gackt}} was having ''a lot'' of fun playing the role of a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6dwJaSDcYI cannibalistic serial killer]] in this TV series.
--> "I will kill you all and feast upon your flesh! I will...be reborn! [[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]"
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Barney does an evil laugh at times (notable in season 6 episode 23); [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog then again, he has been working with a vocal coach.]]
* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
** Senor Chang gets a couple of good ones in the episode "[[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]]". He also shares a less cackling one with Dean Pelton at an earlier point.
** One of the German students does an evil laugh when he figures out a plan to get revenge on Jeff and the study group. He's in class when he does it, however, and tries to cover it up by claiming to remember a joke from the German version of ''Series/TheNanny''.
* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': In the episode "Potato", we see, in turn, Captain Rum, Blackadder himself, and Baldrick try out what are definitely evil cackles of the pirate variety. They then stop as the line gets to a disconsolate Percy, asking him if he is not going to join in the "Ha Has".
* ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'': Baltan's trademark laugh is widely known in the series.
* ''Series/ANTFarm'':
** Subverted with vampire Fletcher in the Halloween episode, whose EvilLaugh is a girlish "Tee-hee-hee" while his ''normal'' laugh is easily mistaken for an evil one.
** Played Straight by Sequoia on Creative [=ConsultANT=]. She says Chyna is suspended, then laughs. Angus does it too, but only because he doesn't get her [[IncrediblyLamePun so-called joke]] but fakes it. While Olive knows something is wrong because of that and [[IdolSinger Chyna would never miss an opportunity to sing live.]]
*** Later, Olive and Angus find Chyna suspended [[spoiler: above a shark tank,]] and Angus realizes what she meant and does the EvilLaugh again.
* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'': Vera Bates, Mr. Bates's [[PsychoExGirlfriend psycho ex-wife]], indulges in one once.
* ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'': Does this in one episode about plants that eat meat.
* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': Any time Marcy got one over on Al, she would unleash a loud, shrill, staccato like witch-cackle that could shatter glass.
* ''Series/GetSmart'': Max and 99 are sneaking through a cave looking for a MadScientist when an InescapableNet drops onto them. The cave immediately echoes with the scientist's sinister laugh.
-->'''Max:''' Well we can be thankful for one thing.
-->'''99:''' What's that, Max?
-->'''Max:''' Whoever captured us has a terrific sense of humor.
* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'': When Echo is in the Attic, she comes across a projection of Boyd Langton. When she asks where her friends are, he lets out a reverbating evil laugh before telling her she ''has'' no friends (he's lying of course).
* ''Series/MythBusters'': All the hosts (except [[TheStoic Jamie]]) have indulged in this at least once.
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