History Main / StraightEdgeEvil

* At the very beginning of ''Film/AmericanPsycho'', it's established that Patrick Batman takes very good care of his health and hygiene. He uses all kinds of expensive products to keep his skin clean, smooth, and to prevent aging. He exercises like mad, quoting that he can do up to 1,000 crunches. And he eats a very strict diet. The trope is zig-zagged though, as when Patrick isn't working out, he's out indulging in HookersAndBlow with his fellow yuppies. He is also ''possibly'' a sadistic serial killer.
* In ''Film/Conspiracy2001'', Nazi official Eichmann is a very composed man who doesn't indulge in the foods or cigars prepared for the attendants at the villa and is reluctant to drink on duty until Heydrich orders him to.

* In ''Film/{{Gotti}}'', the HBO film version from the '90s, Sammy the Bull Gavarno is made fun of by John Gotti and the other mob members for being a faithful husband. He doesn't go "clubbing" or have any mistresses, which is considered a perk and a right in the mafia world. And he turns in early after a job is done to be with her. [[spoiler: This doesn't stop him from killing his brother-in-law after he messed up on a job for them.]]

* ''Franchise/JamesBond''
** In ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' there is Vargas, TheDragon of BigBad Emilio Largo.
-->'''Largo:''' Vargas doesn't drink. Does not smoke. Does not make love. What do you do, Vargas?
** ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' has Eric Kriegler who (according to Bibi) doesn't smoke, only eats health food, and doesn't seem interested in women ([[FilleFatale to her disappointment]]). Justified given that he's a biathlon champion, but he's secretly a KGB assassin as well.

* Both Don Vito and Michael Corleone in ''Film/TheGodfather'' are shown to be conventional family men with few if any personal vices - they aren't womanizers, heavy drinkers, they refuse to have anything to do with a racket that involves illegal narcotics, and they all go through the motions of religious faith by having their children Baptized.

* Both Don Vitto and Michael Corleone in ''Film/TheGodfather'' are shown to be conventional family men with few if any personal vices - they aren't womanizers, heavy drinkers, they refuse to have anything to do with a racket that involves illegal narcotics, and they all go through the motions of religious faith by having their children Baptized.

* ''Series/TheOutpost'': The Prime Order, a fascistic movement that overthrew the royal family about fourteen years ago, prohibits drinking, gambling, drugs, and prostitution (they're introduced smashing up a tavern, which also hosts gambling). Though many of its members (and particularly its common soldiers) ignore these rules, [[TheHeavy Ambassador Dred]] is absolute in his adherence.

* The husband-and-wife team of Sportsmaster and Tigress in ''Series/{{Stargirl}}''. Sportsmaster is an obsessive follower of an intense fitness regime he calls "the Program", which he assumes everyone should be on. Tigress reacts with horror to the processed food in Barbara Whitmore's kitchen and turns down Barbara's offer of coffee because she avoids caffeine. (Barbara offers her water, and she asks what kind, then looks absolutely disgusted when told "tap", presumably due to chemicals.) They've raised their daughter the same way; when they're in prison she's horrified that her foster home serves macaroni and cheese and doesn't even know what wheatgrass ''is''.

* ''Literature/AfterTheRevolution'': The Heavenly Kingdom bans anything heavier than coffee for its inhabitants, and is an expansionist Christo-Fascist state who persecutes and publicly executes minorities [[spoiler:and forces its willing black and Latino inhabitants to become BrainInAJar {{Wetware CPU}}s for {{Attack Drone}}s.]]
* General Sarov, the RenegadeRussian villain from the third ''Literature/AlexRider'' book ''Skeleton Key'', permits himself one vice - a small cup of coffee per day.
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' book 35 gives us the Controller William Roger Tennant, a talk show host and philanthropist, who is described several times as irritatingly perfect. And deep down inside is a frustrated warrior sick of maintaining this easy-going friend-to-all charade.

* Creator/IanMcDonald's ''The Broken Land'' had a villain who drank lots of herbal tea.

* In Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's ''Literature/TheCurseOfChalion'', libertine Dondo dy Jironal sets out to become influential with Teidez, the heir to the throne, via alcohol, carousing, and so on. When Dondo dies, his brother Martou, the BigBad, has some trouble dealing with Teidez, due in part to Martou's Straight Edge tendencies.
* Mamoulian from ''Literature/TheDamnationGame.'' Described in the book as a "puritan," he is revolted by sex and gore and, while in a casino, forsakes alcohol for distilled water. Of course, this doesn't stop him from allowing and ordering his undead minions to commit depraved and horrific acts of torture, murder, and even undead-on-corpse sex.

** Vorbis from ''Literature/SmallGods'' is an ascetic religious man who truly believes in his holy war, [[spoiler: or so ''he'' believes right up until judgement.]] He takes his asceticism so far it becomes a form of ostentation - for instance, he only consumes water and stale bread. If given fresh bread (as his servants once attempted) he will wait for it to go stale before he eats it.
** Vetinari may also be an example, though he's a benevolent dictator rather than a straight villain. (Benevolent in the sense of the Inquisition, mind.) As far as anyone can tell, his biggest self-indulgence is having mimes thrown in a scorpion pit, which even his rivals consider [[EveryoneHatesMimes one of his good points.]]
** Quite a lot of Pratchett's villains of the "smug authoritarian bureaucrat" type are this. As well as the most glaring example above, they also include Trymon in ''The Light Fantastic'', Wonse in ''Guards! Guards!'', and Captain Swing in ''Night Watch''. And then there's Nuggan, who is more or less the god of being SmugStraightEdge. His worshippers are forbidden from eating garlic, mushrooms, and chocolate, which even [[JerkassGods the other gods]] think is a bit much.

* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'': Dolores Umbridge is a Ministry bureaucrat who acts like a prim and proper MisplacedKindergartenTeacher while attempting to micromanage Hogwarts. Her only indulgence is that she's actually a terrifying sadist who forces teenagers to carve lines into their own skin.
* The sadistic and arbitrary serial killer in Creator/DeanKoontz's ''Intensity'' always keeps his word, has a well-ordered and scrubbed-clean house, and even paid for his purchases made at a gas station after killing the attendant...because he is a killer, not a thief.

* [[VillainProtagonist Marduk]] from Anthony Reynolds’ TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 ''Literature/WordBearers'' novels considers drinking [[note]]and consuming any food beyond the bare minimum needed to survive[[/note]] a sin, claiming that it invites weakness, and chastises Burias for helping himself to a bottle from a captive Imperial governor’s wine collection. Being a Chaos Space Marine and a fanatical devotee of the Chaos Gods, this does not detract from his evil in any way: he promptly has his men rip out the governor's eyes to bypass a biometric scanner.
* [[ScienceWizard Masego]] from ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil'' has no real indulgences besides his magical research. He drinks only in moderation, consumes no drugs, eats often but of peasant fare, and is vaguely baffled at the idea of anyone doing something so unhygienic as having sex. In one scene Heiress bemoans his immunity to her attempts to hook him through vices.

* Parodied in ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials Garfield's Feline Fantasies]]'' in which Ramy, Fat Guy's assistant, "doesn't eat, drink, sleep, or smoke."

* Plays were somewhat disreputable during Creator/WilliamShakespeare's day, so the more "straight edge" citizens of England, particularly the Puritans, were outspoken critics and wanted them outlawed. For obvious reasons, Shakespeare hated these buzzkills and liked to make them villains.

* [[ScienceWizard Masego]] from ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil'' has no interest in most vices. He drinks only in moderation, consumes no drugs, eats often but of peasant fare, only socializes with a few people, and is vaguely baffled at the idea of anyone doing something so unhygienic as having sex. In one scene Heiress bemoans how difficult to manipulate this makes him.

* Johan Liebert from ''Manga/{{Monster}}''. He is never seen drinking or smoking. Even when he's in a bar with a glass of alcohol, he's never seen drinking.

* In the 4Kids dub of ''Anime/YuGiOh'', Pegasus drinks juice from a wine glass instead of alcohol, being a PsychopathicManchild. Interesting inverted in ''Anime/YuGiOhTheMoviePyramidOfLight'', where he's shown drinking wine after his HeelFaceTurn.

* Pepper Parks and Cherry Bomb of Wrestling/{{CZW}} are an example by way of technicality since they actually go much further than straight edge. Had CM Punk stuck around, they likely would be trying to remove Pepsi from his life or calling him a fornicator for losing his virginity before marriage. Since Punk did not stick around, they settled for Mountain Dew-loving KavorkaMan Greg Excellent.

* Captain Cold, archenemy of Franchise/TheFlash and leader of the Rogues, forbids his crew from using drugs and vices like them. When he found out that Mirror Master was using cocaine, he beat the crap out of Mirror Master and forced him to quit using. This is justified, as Cold is a strict professional who runs a tight ship; it's difficult to pull off heists if half your gang is whacked off their skull on drugs. He also knows how to play public perceptions of "supervillains", and believes that once they start dealing, they'll be seen as a much bigger problem. Additionally, he has the FreudianExcuse of having had an [[AlcoholicParent alcoholic father]] who [[AbusiveParents used to beat him]], so he despises addicts and considers them weak.

* DependingOnTheWriter: ComicBook/TheJoker. Though both AxCrazy and ''incredibly'' hedonistic in attitude, he generally just doesn't care about things like drugs or drinking (especially in comparison to 'sane' supervillains like ComicBook/LexLuthor or ComicBook/ThePenguin), and occasionally considers sex (or romance in general) a distraction. Of course, his Joker gas exposure is probably ''not'' straight edge.[[note]]Some writers have noted or at least theorized that his poison immunity means he ''can't'' enjoy the buzz of booze or drugs anyhow.[[/note]]

* Ivy Starnes in ''Literature/AtlasShrugged''. Creator/AynRand liked this trope (she herself was a chain smoker, as are many of her heroes). Lampshaded by Ellsworth Toohey in ''Literature/TheFountainhead''.

* Claude "Torch" Weaver from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' is the only one in the series who doesn't cuss or drink. He also [[PyroManiac enjoys setting things on fire]], one of those things having been [[spoiler: ''his wife'']].

** ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' has Eric Kriegler who (according to Bibi) doesn't smoke, only eats health foods and doesn't seem interested in women ([[FilleFatale to her disappointment]]). Justified given that he's a biathlon champion, but he's secretly a KGB assassin as well.

* ''Literature/AfterTheRevolution'': The Heavenly Kingdom bans anything heavier than coffee for its inhabitants, and is an expansionist Christo-Fascist state who persecutes and publicly executes minorities [[spoiler:and forces its willing black and latino inhabitants to become BrainInAJar {{Wetware CPU}}s for {{Attack Drone}}s.]]

* Arnold Rothstein from ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' is a ruthless gangster who doesn't drink (he prefers milk), smoke or use profanity. It's generally assumed that he's faithful to his wife, to the point that others call him "dead from the waist down," though it's eventually revealed that he was simply discreet with his dalliances.

** Tywin Lannister drinks wine, like most people in the Seven Kingdoms, but seems to have only simple, constructive hobbies such as fishing and hunting. He also harshly criticizes whoring. [[spoiler:However, Tyrion finds out that Tywin does, in fact, frequent prostitutes when he discovers Shae in Tywin's bed.[[note]]It's implied that after ''all'' his children and grandchildren have now thoroughly disappointed him, he's just trying for more heirs. There's also some implication that isn't whoring he's opposed to, but being ''known'' for whoring. If no one knows you "partake", that's fine.[[/note]]]]

* Pepper Parks and Cherry Bomb of Wrestling/{{CZW}} are an example by way of a technicality since they actually go much further than straight edge. Had CM Punk stuck around, they likely would be trying to remove Pepsi from his life or calling him a fornicator for losing his virginity before marriage. Since Punk did not stick around, they settled for Mountain Dew loving KavorkaMan Greg Excellent.

* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' villain Ammonia Pine is a NeatFreak almost to a fault, going so far as to use cleaning themed weapons (which she is still compelled to clean with); she's still pretty evil.

* Rikki Kixx is a straight-edge rocker in ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}''. As it turns out, he is unable to indulge in alcohol or drugs for a variety of legal, professional, and health reasons, and is promoting sobriety solely to deny people the joy that he himself can no longer feel. [[spoiler:It backfires ''horribly'', as a little known side effect of a drug his bandmates took in the past kicks in, and causes the audience to see hallucinations, which causes them to drink and do drugs to cope. To make matters worse, his poster boy, Dr. Rockso, fell off the wagon because ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere. And [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Pickles beat his ass for stealing his former bandmates.]]]]

* Chiri from ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' is straight edge (her HotForTeacher tendencies notwithstanding) with SuperOCD, and eventually turns into a complete psycho over the course of the series.