History Main / EnemyMime

* Strings (merely called "the Pantomimer" in the Japanese version or "the Killer Doll" in the manga) in ''Anime/YuGiOh'', is a rather strange example, seeming like more of a punk anarchist/goth with his shaved head, eyeshadow, and multiple piercings. Nevertheless, he is referred to as a mime in both versions, even though his only "trick" was standing still on a park bench without moving a muscle (easy to do, as Marik {{Brainwashed}} him into his minion, and seems to have destroyed his real mind in the process).
** Standing ''that'' still is impressive in real life, but real mimes often can do it.
** In [[Manga/YuGiOh the manga]], it's stated that he had murdered his parents, and apparently repressed his entire mind out of guilt, so he was already mindless when Marik found him.

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* In ''Manga/YakitateJapan'', one of the final enemy [[CookingDuel bakers]] is a mime called Shadow. He is able to perfect mimic his boss's [[BigBad Kirisaki's]] baking techniques, which enable his bread to tie with Kazuma's bread.

* For a brief period during the nineties, there was a gang of villainous mimes that made several appearances in the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' titles. They were defeated, at least once, when Spidey [[spoiler:webbed several large sheets of glass into an invisible box around them.]] As seen [[http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6384522.html here!]]

* The French comic book series ''ComicBook/DeCapeEtDeCrocs'' plays with this: the bad guy's foot soldiers are mute mime tribesmen from the Moon (seriously). Their abilities include swordfighting, artistic death and [[http://greenfieldluver.free.fr/never_trust_a_mime.jpg distracting people with the power of mime]].

* There was a one-shot ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' villainess who was a mime who hated loud noises. That's about it. Likewise, Pierrot Lunaire of [[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison the Club of Villains]] has a mime motif.
* One of ''ComicBook/{{Ant}}'''s villains is Jessica Mime, who dresses like a (skanky) mime and has a sort of "mime power" in the form of gauntlets that allow her to make various shapes in the air out of HardLight. She's an obnoxious loudmouth even by non-mime standards, though.

* Mime from ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'' is a mute man, implied to be the ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' universe's [[PracticallyJoker equivalent of the Joker]], who mimes all his actions with invisible tools (lockpicks, guns etc.) that actually work. It turns out that the tools are actually real, just invisible, although whether this is done through advanced technology or some power of his isn't revealed. He also [[TongueTrauma cut out his own tongue]] to [[EnforcedMethodActing enforce his role as]] TheVoiceless.

* {{Invoked|Trope}} several times in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', most obviously with Steve the Mime.

* Bomb Voyage, a briefly-seen villain from the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', is a French mime who uses explosives to perpetrate his crimes. He speaks, but only in French. And his makeup is so subtle that you might not even notice it.

* The [[GangOfHats Hi-Hats]] in ''Film/TheWarriors''. They were ultimately cut from the film, and are only named in the trailer; they weren't developed any further than that until the video game adaptation was released thirty years later.

* ''Film/DeadPresidents'' has three bank robbers (all of them black or Latino) disguise their identities with white-and-black greasepaint during a heist, making themselves look like evil mimes. Chillingly, two of them are killed by the police, so [[WhiteMaskOfDoom the face-paint becomes their death mask]].
* Kit Kat in ''Film/HudsonHawk'' never speaks a word through the whole movie, communicating instead by using pre-printed cards.
* ''Film/TheSnakePit'': After Virginia has a panic attack and [[InsaneEqualsViolent bites one of her handlers on the finger]], the hospital staff simply tosses her into the "snake pit" of the film's title, a dark, subterranean, dungeon-like room where dozens of psychotic women roam about engaging in deviant behavior. One of them [[StepfordSmiler has an eerie smile frozen on her face]] and repetitively and silently performs strange, balletic movements that could be interpreted as mime. (TruthInTelevision, because some schizophrenic people can enter a semi-catatonic state where they perform mime-like movements.)
* ''Film/AnAmericanHippieInIsrael'' has a mysterious pair of silent gun-toting men in black suits, top hats, and silver makeup who stalk the protagonist throughout, mow down a hippie commune save for the four leads, and ultimately [[spoiler:make a getaway in the group's vehicle once they have destroyed themselves]].
* Art the Clown in his currently 2-movie series consisting of ''Film/AllHallowsEve'' and ''Film/{{Terrifier}}'', with sequels on the way, is a horrific homicidal mime who derives pleasure in slaughtering and murdering people. [[WouldHurtAChild Children are not spared of his psychotic ways, either]].

* In the book ''Literature/SingularitySky'' by Creator/CharlesStross, there are monstrous mimes, near-dead white creatures who attack by throwing flesh eating, nanobot-filled pies at people. They never rest or sleep, but occasionally get stuck in invisible boxes.

* Subverted in ''Literature/TheGoneAwayWorld'' by Nick Harkaway where a troupe of mimes are among the good guys [[spoiler: saving the day at the end with their mad kung fu skills]]

* ''Literature/TheFurtherAdventuresOfBatman'': In "Literature/TheSoundOfOneHandClapping", the Joker, Batman’s notorious MonsterClown antagonist, falls in love with Camilla Cameo, also known as "The Mime". She wears mime makeup and the only sounds she ever makes is one scream and one peal of laughter. Quite a {{Foil}} for the garrulous Joker.

* A trio of villainous mimes are behind the murders in ''Series/TheGoodies'' episode "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express".
* One of these was the antagonist, and later protagonist, of the ''Series/FreddysNightmares'' episode "Silence is Golden".
* The child predator in the ''Series/{{Unsub}}'' episode "Silent Stalker" turns out to be a birthday mime who lures his young victims using a show rabbit named Mr. Piper.

* The [[OurElvesAreDifferent Eldar]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Harlequins]] in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' include mimes amongst their number.
* Mr. Mime has been released several times in the ''[[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon Trading Card Game]]''. A common theme among them is their ability to reduce or negate battle damage via their invisible walls.

* In ''VideoGame/NoOneLivesForever 2'', the villains include an entire gang of evil mimes armed with submachineguns. Who sing the French national anthem. You heard that right. ''Singing'' mimes.
* Though barely seen in the movie, the videogame version of ''VideoGame/TheWarriors'' features a street-gang consisting entirely of mimes. Known as the Hi-Hats, the only one of them that talks is their stuttering leader, Chatterbox, who's clearly more of a MonsterClown anyway. They also use blades as their signature weapon, which -- barring two appearances of firearms -- are the most powerful weapons in the game.
** A few of the Hi-Hats ''do'' speak in a moment of great emotion - namely, when the Warriors have knocked Chatterbox from a high scaffolding and appear to have killed him. Crackerjack, the gang's [[TheDragon Dragon]], bursts into ManlyTears and shouts [[FunetikAksent "CHADDUHBAWKS!"]] in his ''extremely'' high-pitched Brooklyn accent, and then another Hi-Hat points up to where the Warriors are hiding and vows, "Time to DIE, Warriors!" In the cut scene to the level's next challenge, as the Warriors are making their escape over the rooftops, we hear (though we never actually see the mimes' lips moving) Crackerjack screeching "After them! Hurry!" and one of his men responding - in a ''very'' [[HellIsThatNoise evil]], [[EvilSoundsDeep sepulchral voice]] - "THIS WAY!"
* The third expansion of ''VideoGame/GuildWars'' features an evil mime that steals the voices of three villagers and prevents the player character from using shout buffs.
* In the first game of the [[VideoGame/BrokenSword ''Broken Sword'' series]], the principal antagonist for the majority of the game is the elusive ProfessionalKiller [[spoiler: and WellIntentionedExtremist bent on stopping the true Big Bads, a group of faux [[UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar Knights Templar]], from ruling the world]], Khan. Khan is a MasterOfDisguise, and his first appearance in the Director's Cut fits this trope. Obviously subverted in that he's not actually a mime and talks later on.
* The ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' game ''VideoGame/PennyArcadeAdventures: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness'' features mimes as enemies. And the final boss of Part One is a [[spoiler:[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Mime Cthulhu]]]].

* In one small area in the game ''VideoGame/ShadowMadness'', mimes are RandomEncounters.
** "They sully the park with their presence!"

* In the third mission of the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' DLC Pack "Corporate Warfare", after you kill a Mime (which gratuitously [[MadeOfExplodium explodes when you kill him]]), a limousine appears with an army of angry mimes bent on revenge.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Mr. Mime and and its previous form Mime Jr. Naturally, they learn moves like Barrier, Reflect, Light Screen, Trick, Role Play, Mimic, and Follow Me. (In the anime, Ash's mom has one as her housekeeper, but that one is actually rather friendly.)
* In the original ''VideoGame/TheSims'' game, a mime would sometimes show up if your party was going badly and make matters worse by annoying your guests.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKyrandia Book 3'', there is a mime performing in the middle of town. [[BewareTheSillyOnes If you mock him too many times, the mime will kill you.]]
-->'''Malcolm:''' I see. You're going to shoot me with an arrow. [[LastWords Let it loose, paste-face!]]
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'': A story arc involved [[PunnyName "four-shadowed mimes"]] (which are internally classified as [[EldritchAbomination "horror"]] monster types) invading the kingdom as advance scouts for the Humorless Ones (who wouldn't send in the clowns: clowns make noise). They first appeared as wandering monsters during April Fools' Day 2012, then invaded in full-force during late October 2012, and popped up a few more times during Halloween events. The mimes showed up in force again for the 2017 [[SavingChristmas Crimbo]] event, trying to suck holiday cheer from the Kingdom for some sinister purpose.
* [[TheMole Traitor]] mimes in ''VideoGame/SpaceStation13''.
* Norm from ''VideoGame/CrashNitroKart'' , although he is mostly an aversion as he is being forced to race against you. His overweight other half on the other hand, is more than willing to kick your butt.
** Although he too is a subversion, as he is a gracious loser. Just don't call him a clown.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Octogeddon}}'', a giant robot mime appears as a boss in Paris.

* ''Webcomic/CaseyAndAndy'' features a Mime Assassin as a recurring antagonist. He utilizes Mime Powers in addition to ordinary and specialized firearms (such as a water-gun loaded with Very Holy Water for fighting off {{Satan}}, who just happens to be dating one of the main characters), but is foiled when the Quantum Cop turns said powers against him, locking him in an invisible, unbreakable box.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has [[spoiler: Kurloz Makara]], the pre-Scratch incarnation of [[spoiler: Gamzee's]] ancestor and one of the many [[TheDragon Dragons]] to [[BigBad Lord English]].

* The "Panous-Panous" -- Mooks in the amateur French sentai show ''WebVideo/FranceFive'' -- have been described as "[[McNinja ninja-mimes]]".

* ''Website/SCPFoundation'' has the joke article [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-5040-j SCP-5040-J]], with two mime gangs fighting each other in utter silence.

* Le Mime, of ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' could create invisible objects. His weakness turned out to be that said objects could be modified by others using their imaginations. He also didn't know when to stop. When he started to [[MirrorRoutine mirror Clay's movements]], Clay took advantage and ''punched himself in the face'' -- Clay could take the hit, Le Mime couldn't.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' has Jazz Hands, a Mime Villain hell-bent on showing the world the beauty of his craft, usually by converting people into mimes. At first he seems to be a poor mime himself, as he never seems to shut up, but [[LetsGetDangerous when he does buckle down he gives the heroines quite a tough time]].
* Perhaps as a nod to the Tim Burton films -- on which many aspects of the series were closely patterned, at least at first -- the Joker on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' had three hulking goons in mime-face named [[ThreeStoogesShoutOut Lar, Mo, and Cur]], who accompany him on his capers in four episodes ("Harlequinade," "Make 'Em Laugh," "Holiday Knights," and "The Creeper"). While they became less menacing with every new appearance, eventually being reduced to comically incompetent DumbMuscle, they are ''quite'' menacing in the earlier episodes, hardly ever speaking and standing around looking angry and bloodthirsty. They were last seen in the animated film ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndHarleyQuinn'', dancing at [[BadGuyBar a karaoke club that is apparently reserved for henchpeople only]].

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' that aired late in the series's run had Garfield, Jon, and Odie visit a carnival. An AmbiguouslyJewish fortune-teller at the carnival places a curse on Garfield, turning him into a werewolf. (Yes, a cat being turned into a wolf. [[SomewhereAMammalogistIsCrying Don't think about it too hard.]]) Once the curse wears off, Garfield gets his hands on the spell book and decides to teach the actress a lesson. When the actress sees which curse Garfield has selected for her, she screams [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment "No! Not that! Anything but that!"]] and tries to run away. But before she can escape, Garfield recites the chant....and turns her into a mime. Some passersby show up and see the woman, scream "A mime!" and run off in terror. Garfield then turns to Jon and Odie and shrugs, saying: [[TakeThat "There are worse things in this world than wolf-creatures, you know."]]
* A Thanksgiving episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' from several years back showed the kids getting ready to stage a Thanksgiving pageant starring Timmy as Helen Keller and Timmy's pet turkey, Gobbles, as Helen's pet. Cartman is in charge of writing the songs for the pageant, but he can't come up with lyrics. The play's director suggests that he put on a blindfold (in order to experience what it would have been like to be Helen Keller) and write down what he sees. Once Cartman's eyes are covered, the screen goes black and then yields to a montage of images. Most of them are "traditional" scary things, such as rotting corpses and vermin -- but we also see the disturbing shot of a mime lasciviously [[LecherousLicking licking his lips]]. What makes it ''truly'' frightening is that when Cartman takes off the blindfold and the director asks him what he has seen, his only response is [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant "Just what I always see when I close my eyes."]]
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' revealed Paris has a lot of "mime on mime violence".
* ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha'' has a minor character named French Twist; not truly evil, but he ''is'' a wrestler who happens to be a mime. (And he ''does'' have the power to turn the imaginary objects he acts out, into real invisible objects.)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'': When the favorite town statue (who was actually a statue performer) is taken down in "Myme Disease", Grojband decides to take the prime performance spot left behind. A turf war erupts between Corey and a group of mimes when they take the last busking spot in the park.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has a mime for the MonsterOfTheWeek, with the standard YourMimeMakesItReal powers, referred to (in his transformed state) only as the Mime.
* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'' has [[PunnyName Mime Bomb]], a high-ranking V.I.L.E. agent with a mime theme. Even before he became a full-fledged member of the organization, he was using his skills to spy on other students for the teachers. Of course, he insists on remaining in character at all times, meaning he mimes out his reports! As a result, Professor Maelstrom wonders who thought it was a good idea to hire the mime as a spy.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' has the joke article [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-5040-j SCP-5040-J]], with two mime gangs fighting each other in utter silence.
* There was a claim circulating on the Web some years back (it even made its way onto Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} until it was removed) that there was a nasty, SnobsVersusSlobs historical rivalry between mimes and {{Blackface}} minstrels, similar to that between vaudeville and burlesque performers, or metal and punk fans in our own day. What make this legend plausible are the many similarities between mimes and blackface comedians: both wear heavy makeup (of contrasting colors, to be sure), white gloves and (at least sometimes in the case of mimes) top hats; and both are loathed by many people nowadays. But the story was soon exposed as a lie when it was pointed out that mime artistry didn't start to become popular in America until Marcel Marceau visited the U.S. in the mid-1950s, by which point blackface minstrelsy was clearly dying out.

* The ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''-verse supervillain Mime from ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'' is a mute man, implied to be his universe's equivalent of ComicBook/TheJoker, who mimes all his actions with invisible tools (lockpicks, guns etc.) that actually work. It turns out that the tools are actually real, just invisible, although whether this is done through advanced technology or some power of his isn't revealed. He also [[TongueTrauma cut out his own tongue]] to [[EnforcedMethodActing enforce his role as]] TheVoiceless.

* There was a one-shot ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' villainess who was a mime who hated loud noises. That's about it. Likewise, Pierrot Lunaire of [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman the Club of Villains]] had a mime motif.

* In ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' # 20 [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie]] is fighting a the villain Romeo Void who dresses as a mime when Tim contacts her to warn her about Calculator being on the move.

* The ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''-verse supervillain Mime from ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'' is a mute man, implied to be his universe's equivalent of ComicBook/TheJoker, who mimes all his actions with invisible tools (lockpicks, guns etc) that actually work. It turns out that the tools are actually real, just invisible, although whether this is done through advanced technology or some power of his isn't revealed. He also [[EnforcedMethodActing cut out his own tongue]] to enforce his role as TheVoiceless.

* Invoked several times in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', most obviously with Steve the Mime.
* The Franchise/{{Batman}} / ComicBook/SinCity crossover ''FanFic/ADarkKnightOverSinCity'' features a gang of "guys in mime makeup" led by the Joker.

* The 1948 black-and-white film ''Film/TheSnakePit'', which was [[FairForItsDay originally supposed to generate sympathy for the mentally ill]] but now comes across as an [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror uncomfortable mixture]] of BlackComedy and psychological horror, has Virginia Cunningham (Olivia de Havilland) committed to an all-female sanitarium after suffering a nervous breakdown. After having a panic attack and [[InsaneEqualsViolent biting one of her handlers on the finger]], the hospital staff simply toss her into the "snake pit" of the film's title, a dark, subterranean, dungeon-like room where dozens of psychotic women roam about engaging in deviant behavior. One of them [[StepfordSmiler has an eerie smile frozen on her face]] and repetitively and silently performs strange, balletic movements that could be interpreted as mime. (TruthInTelevision, because some schizophrenic people can enter a semi-catatonic state where they perform mime-like movements.)
* The SoBadItsGood Israeli CultClassic ''Film/AnAmericanHippieInIsrael'' has a mysterious pair of silent gun-toting men in black suits, top hats, and silver makeup who stalk the protagonist throughout, mow down a hippie commune save for the four leads, and ultimately [[spoiler:make a getaway in the group's vehicle once they have destroyed themselves]].
* Art the Clown in his currently 2-movie series consisting of ''Film/AllHallowsEve'' and ''Film/{{Terrifier}}'', with sequels on the way, is a horrific homicidal mime who derives pleasure in slaughtering and murdering people. [[DeathOfAChild Children are not spared of his psychotic ways either]].

* Perhaps as a nod to the Tim Burton films -- on which many aspects of the series were closely patterned, at least at first -- the Joker on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' had three hulking goons in mime-face named [[ThreeStoogesShoutOut Lar, Mo, and Cur]], who accompany him on his capers in four episodes ("Harlequinade," "Make 'Em Laugh," "Holiday Knights," and "The Creeper"). While they became less menacing with every new appearance, eventually being reduced to comically incompetent DumbMuscle, they are ''quite'' menacing in the earlier episodes, hardly ever speaking and standing around looking angry and bloodthirsty. They were last seen in the animated film ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndHarleyQuinn'', dancing at a karaoke club that is apparently reserved for henchpeople only.

* A Thanksgiving episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' from several years back showed the kids getting ready to stage a Thanksgiving pageant starring Timmy as Helen Keller and Timmy's pet turkey, Gobbles, as Helen's pet. Cartman is in charge of writing the songs for the pageant, but he can't come up with lyrics. The play's director suggests that he put on a blindfold (in order to experience what it would have been like to be Helen Keller) and write down what he sees. Once Cartman's eyes are covered, the screen goes black and then yields to a montage of images. Most of them are "traditional" scary things, such as rotting corpses and vermin - but we also see the disturbing shot of a mime lasciviously [[LecherousLicking licking his lips]]. What makes it ''truly'' frightening is that when Cartman takes off the blindfold and the director asks him what he has seen, his only response is [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant "Just what I always see when I close my eyes."]]

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[[caption-width-right:200:The fact that they don't talk at all just makes them [[NothingIsScarier all the scarier]].]]

A sub-trope of MonsterClown, the enemy of the show is a dastardly white-faced, beret-wearing mute with world domination on his mind. Occasionally they are motivated by a lesser goal, but still, evil... and almost always French. A possible reason for this is that the late Creator/MarcelMarceau (the most [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative famous mime ]] [[SmallReferencePools in the world]]) was French, despite him being a beloved figure who was actually heroic, having saved Jewish children from UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, using mime to keep them quiet while they were waiting to be smuggled out of occupied France.

A SubTrope of GrayscaleOfEvil.

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* ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' has [[spoiler: Kurloz Makara]], the pre-Scratch incarnation of [[spoiler: Gamzee's]] ancestor and one of the many [[TheDragon Dragons]] to [[BigBad Lord English]].

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls'', there is [[NonIronicClown a clown who is genuinely good and just entertaining a child at his party]]. When he gets hit by a tidal wave of bleach, he goes crazy and turns into Mr. Mime ([[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} no relation]]) who tries to silence the whole town and drain its color. When the girls restore the clown back to his normal, innocent self, he's [[DisproportionateRetribution beaten to a pulp and put in jail anyway]]. Even ''[[InteractiveNarrator the Narrator]]'' approved of this. He later appeared at the Girls' birthday party, however. Presumably, he won parole.

Compare to the following tropes: Played for comedy far more often than MonsterClown. If he's particularly scruffy, he probably also LooksLikeCesare. When a mime is not necessarily evil but everybody treats him or her as such, that's EveryoneHatesMimes. When the evil mime doesn't speak, they are also a SilentAntagonist. Contrast with HeroicMime (a hero who doesn't speak, and probably isn't a mime). Also not related to EnemyMine; the name is just a pun on that trope.

Subtrope of GrayscaleOfEvil.

* Somewhat subverted in ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'' when the villainous Sheriff of Rottingham and Prince John watch a mime, decide to kill him, and then change their minds. [[IncrediblyLamePun "A mime is a terrible thing to waste."]]

* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'' has [[PunnyName Mime Bomb]], a high-ranking V.I.L.E. agent with a mime theme. Even before he became a full-fledged member of the organization, he was using his skills to spy on other students for the teachers. Of course, he insists on remaining in character at all times, meaning he mimes out his reports. The teachers wonder who thought it was a good idea to hire the mime as a spy.

* "The Icon" Wrestling/{{Sting}} played with this trope in Wrestling/{{WCW}} during the fall of 1996 and most of 1997, effectively creating an enormously popular new wrestling character in the process. After being framed by Wrestling/HulkHogan's New World Order, Sting announced that he was going to go into seclusion for a while until he thought of a way to [[ClearMyName clear his name]]. As he made this announcement, the audience could see that his "Wrestling/UltimateWarrior"-style greasepaint had begun to consume his face in a bizarre and unsettling literal example of BecomingTheMask, bleaching everything but his nose, lips, and lower jaw clown-white. The following week, Sting appeared in the rafters above the arena with a ''completely'' white face, black lips, and black Gothic "crosses" over his eyes, making him look suspiciously like a mime (although Sting's portrayer, Steve Borden, would eventually admit in an interview that the makeup design was suggested to him by nWo member Wrestling/ScottHall as a tribute to Brandon Lee's appearance in the movie version of ''Film/TheCrow''). Not only that, but Sting [[TheVoiceless did not speak a single word]] while wearing the whiteface for over a year (finally blurting out an insult to Hogan in anger after he was stripped of the WCW Championship). In the meantime, he kept showing up in the ring (sometimes via the rafters and sometimes via the crowd) with a black baseball bat, attacking the nWo or silently subjecting his former allies to a series of "loyalty tests." The whiteface, black bat, and BadassLongcoat that Sting also wore would go on to become key parts of his wrestling [[StealthPun iconography]] and are still part of his signature look today (although he now speaks quite frequently, and has hardly ever been a heel since). Long story short: While Sting was never supposed to be taken as a mime, [[FanNickname his fans took to nicknaming him things like "The Sad Mime" or "The Angry Mime."]]

* "Bomb Voyage", a briefly-seen villain from the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', is a French mime who uses explosives to perpetrate his crimes. He speaks, but only in French. And his makeup is so subtle that you might not even notice it.

A sub-trope of MonsterClown, the enemy of the show is a dastardly white-faced, beret-wearing mute with world domination on his mind. Occasionally they are motivated by a lesser goal, but still, evil... and almost always French. A possible reason for this is that the late Creator/MarcelMarceau (the most [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative famous mime ]] [[SmallReferencePools in the world]]) was French, despite him being a beloved figure who actually heroically saved Jewish children from UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, using mime to keep them quiet while they were waiting to be smuggled out of occupied France.

A sub-trope of MonsterClown, the enemy of the show is a dastardly white-faced, beret-wearing mute with world domination on his mind. Occasionally they are motivated by a lesser goal, but still, evil... and almost always French. A possible reason for this is that the late Marcel Marceau (the most [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative famous mime ]] [[SmallReferencePools in the world]]) was French.

-->'''Malcolm:''' I see. You're going to shoot me with an arrow. [[FamousLastWords Let it loose, paste-face!]]

Some Enemy Mime villains have YourMimeMakesItReal powers, such as the ability to erect an invisible wall or conjure an unheard gale-force wind which one must walk against. Others simply use gadgets to leech the world of sound and color, and hope and fluffy things right along with it. May or may not be affected by the [[StandardStatusAilments "silence" condition]] when fought against. Really, any mime-like character will count.

* A Thanksgiving episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' from several years back showed the kids getting ready to stage a Thanksgiving pageant starring Timmy as Helen Keller and Timmy's pet turkey, Gobbles, as Helen's pet. Cartman is in charge of writing the songs for the pageant, but he can't come up with lyrics. The play's director suggests that he put on a blindfold (in order to experience what it would have been like to be Helen Keller) and write down what he sees. Once Cartman's eyes are covered, the screen goes black and then yields to a montage of images. Most of them are "traditional" scary things, such as rotting corpses and vermin - but we also see the disturbing shot of a mime [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal lasciviously]] [[LecherousLicking licking his lips]]. What makes it ''truly'' frightening is that when Cartman takes off the blindfold and the director asks him what he has seen, his only response is [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant "Just what I always see when I close my eyes."]]

* In the third mission of the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' DLC Pack "Corporate Warfare", after you kill a Mime (which gratitously [[MadeOfExplodium explodes when you kill him]]), a limousine appears with an army of angry mimes bent on revenge.

A sub-trope of MonsterClown, the enemy of the show is a dastardly white-faced, beret-wearing mute with world domination on his mind. Occasionally they are motivated by a lesser goal, but still, evil... and almost always French. A possible reason for this is that the late Marcel Marceau (the most [[SmallReferencePools famous mime in the world]]) was French.

* There was a one-shot ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' villainness who was a mime who hated loud noises. That's about it. Likewise, Pierrot Lunaire of [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman the Club of Villains]] had a mime motif.

* The [[OurElvesAreBetter Eldar]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Harlequins]] in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' include mimes amongst their number.

* A Thanksgiving episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' from several years back showed the kids getting ready to stage a Thanksgiving pageant starring Timmy as Helen Keller and Timmy's pet turkey, Gobbles, as Helen's pet. Cartman is in charge of writing the songs for the pageant, but he can't come up with lyrics. The play's director suggests that he put on a blindfold (in order to experience what it would have been like to be Helen Keller) and write down what he sees. Once Cartman's eyes are covered, the screen goes black and then yields to a montage of images. Most of them are "traditional" scary things, such as rotting corpses and vermin - but we also see the disturbing shot of a mime [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal lasciviously licking his lips]]. What makes it ''truly'' frightening is that when Cartman takes off the blindfold and the director asks him what he has seen, his only response is [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant "Just what I always see when I close my eyes."]]