History Main / VillainousWidowsPeak

* Vegeta from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', as well as Raditz. Notably, he still has it after his HeelFaceTurn.

For some reason, in fiction, it seems like it's also an omen of becoming the villain (or, at least, becoming one big badass). Maybe because it makes one's hairline look like AngryEyebrows.

* This is a racial trait in the ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'' series, in which it is called a "noble's point" and all "Dragaerans" (read [[OurElvesAreBetter elves]]) have them except for the Teckla, who are still elves, but are the peasant class. Not evil per se, but they have a tendency to be pretty ruthless, especially if you are a Teckla or [[FantasticRacism human]].

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': The White Magician, a power obsessed magic user who killed ComicBook/{{Artemis}}, has a widow's peak as a human, after going demonic OneWingedAngel not so much.

* Although all male lions in ''Disney/TheLionKing'' have the appearance of a widow's peak, Scar has one that complements his dark, evil character.

** The Master has one of these in some of his incarnations, most noticeably on Creator/RogerDelgado. They gave Delgado that widow's peak for the role — they thought it looked more sinister than a receding hairline. (They also widened the white streaks in his beard.)

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* Sinestro.

Can overlap with ForeheadOfDoom. See also BaldOfEvil, where there's no hair left up top.

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* Vegeta from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', as seen in the trope picture, as well as Raditz. Notably, he still has it after his HeelFaceTurn.

%%* Julian from ''Series/KindredTheEmbraced''.
%%* Eddie Munster from ''Series/TheMunsters''.
* Dr. Chaotica from the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' holodeck program "Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton". As an {{expy}} of Ming the Merciless, it's required.

** The oppressive Moroks from "The Space Museum" have this as their [[RubberForeheadAliens Rubber Forehead]]. So do the Dominators in "The Dominators".
** The Master from had one of these in some of his incarnations. Most noticeably on Roger Delgado. They gave Roger Delgado that widow's peak for the role -- they thought it looked more sinister than a receding hairline. (They also widened the white streaks in his beard.)
** Antiheroic example -- The Fourth Doctor actually has a very prominent widow's peak in the classic, Dracula shape, though there's an [[QuirkyCurls enormous volume of curly hair that covers it up]], so it's only visible when he scrapes his hair backwards (see "Pyramids of Mars" and "The Seeds of Doom" for a couple of examples). This fits his CreepyCute personality very well -- he likes to appear [[ObfuscatingStupidity silly]] and [[ManChild innocent]] to cover up a [[UnscrupulousHero seriously dark side]].
* In the ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' two-parter "In a Mirror Darkly", Mayweather's MirrorUniverse counterpart has a widow's peak.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** Evil Willow, although she also wears one naturally while a good character.
** Dracula, of course, bears one as well during his apparition.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Tywin Lannister has a sharp blond one. Justified because it is actor Creator/CharlesDance's real hair, while the character's counterpart from the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' books sports a BaldOfEvil after completely shaving his head.
** The first and third Mountain are slightly balding at the front of their heads, with a slight notch of hair just above the forehead.

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* Look no further than [[OmnicidalManiac Yuuki]] [[{{VideoGame/BlazBlue}} Terumi]].
* G-Man of the ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' series has one, though the character so enigmatic that it's hard to even know whether or not he's really evil or not.
* Hikawa of ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne]]'' has a very impressive one.
* Kazuya Mishima of the VideoGame/{{Tekken}} series sports one, as well as the appropriately malevolent demeanor. As does his son Jin Kazama.
* Maxie of ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' fame has this, though he's more a WellIntentionedExtremist than anything else. There's also Lawrence III, from the second movie.
* Lodonya from ''VideoGame/DragonValor''.

* Maximilian from ''VideoGame/{{Rochard}}''.

** Tywin Lannister has a sharp blond one. Justified because it is actor's Charles Dance real hair, while the character's counterpart from the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' books sports a BaldOfEvil after completely shaving his head.

In real life, the widow's peak (a distinct point in the hairline in the center of the forehead) is a result of a lower-than-usual position of the intersection of the bilateral periorbital fields of hair-growth suppression on the forehead and is a dominant inherited trait. The term widow's peak is from the belief that hair growing to a point on the forehead is an omen of early widowhood.

* G-Man of the ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' series has one, though he's more AmbiguouslyEvil than anything.

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* Ryo Narushima from ''Manga/{{Shamo}}''.

* SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, DependingOnTheArtist.

* ''{{Shazam}}'''s ComicBook/BlackAdam, though he's often more of an AntiHero.

* Pik Van Cleef from ''Film/HardTarget''.
* Legendre from ''Film/WhiteZombie''.
* Mephisto from ''Film/GhostRider''.
* On Poelzig from ''Film/TheBlackCat''.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''

** Antiheroic example - The Fourth Doctor actually has a very prominent widow's peak in the classic, Dracula shape, though there's an [[QuirkyCurls enormous volume of curly hair that covers it up]], so it's only visible when he scrapes his hair backwards (see "Pyramids of Mars" and "The Seeds of Doom" for a couple of examples). This fits his CreepyCute personality very well - he likes to appear [[ObfuscatingStupidity silly]] and [[ManChild innocent]] to cover up a [[UnscrupulousHero seriously dark side]].

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* The Duelist from ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011''.
* Averted by [[WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine Terence the Tractor]], who while he has a widow's peak or at least the appearance of one, is nothing but level-headed and helpful.

* Although all male lions in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'' have the appearance of a widow's peak, Scar has one that complements his dark, evil character.

* Sorbet, from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''.

* ''Series/GamOfThrones'':

* Tywin Lannister in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' has a sharp blond one. Justified because it is actor's Charles Dance real hair, while the character's counterpart from the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' books sports a BaldOfEvil after completely shaving his head.

* Giovanni, the infamous leader of Team Rocket, in ''{{Pokemon}}''.

* Although all male lions in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing,'' have the appearance of a widow's peak, Scar has one that complements his dark, evil character.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing,'' Scar has a widow's peak to complement his dark, evil character.

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* Both ComicBook/NormanOsborn and his son Harry have one in ''Franchise/SpiderMan''.

* Monkey D Dragon from ''Manga/OnePiece''. Subverted in that, while the [[TheGovernment World Government]] certainly considers him villainous, he's portrayed as an AntiHero in-story.

* Monkey D Dragon from ''Manga/OnePiece''.

* [[SternTeacher Mrs. Jeepers]] in the ''BaileySchoolKids'' series is described as having one, and her students suspect that she is a vampire.

* Tywin Lannister in ''Series/GameOfThrones''. Justified because it is actor's Charles Dance real hair, while the character's counterpart from the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' books sports a BaldOfEvil after completely shaving his head.