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[[caption-width-right:330: "Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a goat of wealth and taste."]]

* The main antagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' is well [[BigBad The Devil himself]]. While already having a goat like appearance, during the first phase of his boss fight. One of his attacks is having his face morph into a goat head (complete with rectangular-shaped pupils) and his hands turn into hooves. Even his EvilLaugh sounds like goat bleats during that attack.
* ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' has Goatmen, poleaxe-wielding enemies that have the heads and legs of goats and the torsos of men, who appear in Act 1 and 2.

* William the Kid, the main villain of the first ''VideoGame/SPYFox'' game, is an anthropomorphic goat. He is a CorruptCorporateExecutive who kidnaps cows so he can rule the diary world with goat milk.
* This is averted in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''. The rulers of the monsters, Toriel and Asgore, are goat like creatures called "boss monsters", but they’re actually very friendly towards their people and are not truly evil. [[spoiler: Even after the game’s BigBad reveals himself to be their son Asriel, he isn’t really that evil either.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Witchery}}'' has Leonard, {{Baphomet}}, and the Bafometyr, which are all humanoid goat-like demons. Subverted by the Cambions, as while they are goat-like [[HalfHumanHybrid half-demons]], they're DarkIsNotEvil, being neutral to players and helping to defend the villages they live in.

There's something a little unsettling about fully-grown goats and rams. Their long curved horns remind us of [[BigRedDevil typical portrayals]] of {{Satan}}. Their [[GoodEyesEvilEyes horizontal pupils]] are a good way to invoke the UncannyValley.[[note]]Other grazing mammals like horses and cows have these kinds of pupils too, but they're not as obvious as goat pupils.[[/note]] The tuft of hair on a goat's chin resembles a BeardOfEvil. For this reason, it is common to portray goats and rams as scary, aggressive, or monstrous in fiction.

Compare BrutishBulls for other negative portrayals of bovids, and ExtremeOmniGoat for the stereotype of goats as {{Extreme Omnivore}}s. For goat- or ram-like humanoids, see FaunsAndSatyrs, who may be portrayed as benign or as aggressive and demonic. Contrast SweetSheep for positive portrayals of sheep and rams.

There's something a little unsettling about fully-grown goats and sheep. Their long curved horns remind us of [[BigRedDevil typical portrayals]] of {{Satan}}. Their [[GoodEyesEvilEyes horizontal pupils]] are a good way to invoke the UncannyValley.[[note]]Other grazing mammals like horses and cows have these kinds of pupils too, but they're not as obvious as goat pupils.[[/note]] The tuft of hair on a goat's chin resembles a BeardOfEvil. For this reason, it is common to portray goats and rams as scary, aggressive, or monstrous in fiction.

*** The villain turned AntiHero Discord has a design meant to invoke this trope, with his long face, horns, and beard making him look especially goat-like.

* ''Manga/Overlord2012'':
** During the aptly-named Katze Plains Massacre, Ainz' Dark Young spell (a ShoutOut to Lovecraft's Shub-Niggurath) summons colossal goat-footed {{Eldritch Abomination}}s that sound like regular goats, which only makes them seem all the more alien and wrong as they stomp on tens of thousands of people with utter impunity. Ainz then rides one of them and forces his "allied" army to acclaim him.
** The light novel goes into further detail, noting that one soldier was left with such tremendous mental scarring that whenever he hears a goat bleating, he goes into a fugue state where he snaps to attention and starts screaming "ALL HAIL AINZ OOAL GOWN!" as he cries and pisses himself. Not one of his squadmates mocks him for it, as they were there too.
** Ainz' former guildmate Ulbert Alain Odle (also know as World Destruction and Demon of Great Disaster, and was an ''even stronger'' mage than Ainz) had the form of a goat-headed man. From Ainz' memories and the personality of his custom-designed NPC Demiurge, it's clear he had a serious edgelord problem.

* In the Creator/{{Atlus}} game ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'', [[RuleOfSymbolism sheep and ram related imagery is used everywhere in the game]]. This includes the dream world, and the real world. The BigBad [[spoiler: is Thomas "Chop" Mutton (aka "Boss")]] who spends most of the game [[SinisterShades wearing sunglasses.]] Before the final battle, it's revealed that his eyes are horizontal (like a real sheep) which terrifies Erica Anderson and Vincent Brooks.

* ''ComicBook/Aquila'': the Phrygian god Attis, traditionally depicted as a handsome, curly-haired youth, is instead depicted as [[AdaptationalUgliness a goat-man with massive muscles and a necklace of skulls]]. Presumably this is to make him look [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman less human, and therefore more acceptable for Aquila to kill]] when he attacks the anti-hero while Aquila's trying to behead his eunuch high priest.

* In ComicBook/Aquila, the Phrygian god Attis, traditionally depicted as a handsome, curly-haired youth, is instead depicted as [[AdaptationalUgliness a goat-man with massive muscles and a necklace of skulls]]. Presumably this is to make him look [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman less human, and therefore more acceptable for Aquila to kill]] when he attacks the anti-hero while Aquila's trying to behead his eunuch high priest.

* In Aquila, the Phrygian god Attis, traditionally depicted as a handsome, curly-haired youth, is instead depicted as [[AdaptationalUgliness a goat-man with massive muscles and a necklace of skulls]]. Presumably this is to make him look [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman less human, and therefore more acceptable for Aquila to kill]] when he attacks the anti-hero while Aquila's trying to behead his eunuch high priest.

* In [[ComicBook/Aquila Aquila]], the Phrygian god Attis, traditionally depicted as a handsome, curly-haired youth, is instead depicted as [[AdaptationalUgliness a goat-man with massive muscles and a necklace of skulls]]. Presumably this is to make him look [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman less human, and therefore more acceptable for Aquila to kill]] when he attacks the anti-hero while Aquila's trying to behead his eunuch high priest.

* In [[ComicBook/Aquila]], the Phrygian god Attis, traditionally depicted as a handsome, curly-haired youth, is instead depicted as [[AdaptationalUgliness a goat-man with massive muscles and a necklace of skulls]]. Presumably this is to make him look [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman less human, and therefore more acceptable for Aquila to kill]] when he attacks the anti-hero while Aquila's trying to behead his eunuch high priest.

* In [[ComicBook/Aquila Aquila]], the Phrygian god Attis, traditionally depicted as a handsome, curly-haired youth, is instead depicted as [[AdaptationalUgliness a goat-man with massive muscles and a necklace of skulls]]. Presumably this is to make him look [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman less human, and therefore more acceptable for Aquila to kill]] when he attacks the anti-hero while Aquila's trying to behead his eunuch high priest.

* In the [[ComicBook2000AD 2000 AD]] comic [[ComicBook/Aquila]], the Phrygian god Attis, traditionally depicted as a handsome, curly-haired youth, is instead depicted as [[AdaptationalUgliness a goat-man with massive muscles and a necklace of skulls]]. Presumably this is to make him look [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman less human, and therefore more acceptable for Aquila to kill]] when he attacks the anti-hero while Aquila's trying to behead his eunuch high priest.

* ''ComicBook/Aquila'': The Phrygian god Attis, traditionally depicted as a handsome, curly-haired youth, is instead depicted as [[AdaptationalUgliness a goat-man with massive muscles and a necklace of skulls]]. Presumably this is to make him look [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman less human, and therefore more acceptable for Aquila to kill]] when he attacks the anti-hero while Aquila's trying to behead his eunuch high priest.

* ''https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Aquila'': The Phrygian god Attis, traditionally depicted as a handsome, curly-haired youth, is instead depicted as [[AdaptationalUgliness a goat-man with massive muscles and a necklace of skulls]]. Presumably this is to make him look [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman less human, and therefore more acceptable for Aquila to kill]] when he attacks the anti-hero while Aquila's trying to behead his eunuch high priest.

* ''[[ComicBook/Aquila Aquila]]'': The Phrygian god Attis, traditionally depicted as a handsome, curly-haired youth, is instead depicted as [[AdaptationalUgliness a goat-man with massive muscles and a necklace of skulls]]. Presumably this is to make him look [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman less human, and therefore more acceptable for Aquila to kill]] when he attacks the anti-hero while Aquila's trying to behead his eunuch high priest.

* ''ComicBook/Aquila'': The Phrygian god Attis, traditionally depicted as a handsome, curly-haired youth, is instead depicted as [[AdaptationalUgliness a goat-man with massive muscles and a necklace of skulls]]. Presumably this is to make him look [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman less human, and therefore more acceptable for Aquila to kill]] when he attacks the anti-hero while Aquila's trying to behead his eunuch high priest.

* ''ComicBook/Aquila'': The Phrygian god Attis, traditionally depicted as a handsome, curly-haired youth, is instead depicted as [[AdaptationalUgliness a goat-man with muscles like [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]] and a necklace of skulls]]. Presumably this is to make him look [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman less human, and therefore more acceptable for Aquila to kill]] when he attacks the anti-hero while Aquila's trying to behead his eunuch high priest.

* ''Film/DragMeToHell'': In the movie, Mrs. Ganush curses Christine with the Lamia, a goat demon that will mess with her for three days before dragging her to hell for eternity. At one point, the goat ends up attacking Christine while yelling obscenities.