History Main / VillainousWidowsPeak

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan''

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* Kazuya Mishima of the VideoGame/{{Tekken}} series sports one, as well as the appropriately malevolent demeanor. As does his son Jin Kazama.

* A short {{Creepypasta}} titled WebOriginal/MereanaMordegardGlesgorv, is the story a strange video that is of a mysterious man staring at the camera with a red filter. At one point he smiles deviously while sporting a widow's peak. The video was haunted and whoever viewed it ripped their eyes out.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'': Ursula's hairstyle gives this off.

* Oberyn Martel of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has one, and while not totally unsympathetic is a jerk who will go for AnythingThatMoves and is known for fighting with [[PoisonedWeapon poisoned weapons]].

* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseHumans Walter Simmons]], the egotistical CorruptCorporateExecutive who creates Mechagodzilla and [[spoiler:engineers Godzilla's entire rampage]] for EngineeredHeroics, sports one of these courtesy of being played by Creator/DemianBichir, and the fact he keeps his hair groomed helps.

* Notably [[PlayingWithATrope employed]] in the RealLife deliberately shaven ''sakayaki'' tonsure of historical {{Samurai}}, supposedly developed along with the topknot (''chonmage'') to allow a better fit when wearing a helmet. Younger Samurai were obliged only to shave and shape their immediate hairline into a highly defined widow's-peak, but older Samurai would extend the tonsure [[ForeheadOfDoom well past]] the crown, while retaining the widow's peak for as long as age-induced baldness would allow, [[ShortHairWithTail sometimes growing]] their topknots into shapes that could be folded back over the tonsure, improbably making this style overlap a bald look and a comb-over. This fashion was gradually adopted by the wider Japanese culture in latter periods, but is now only seen, like topknots themselves, on sumo wrestlers.

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

%%* Mephisto from ''Film/GhostRider''.

* ComicBook/GhostRider foe Lilith is a pretty extreme case.
* ComicBook/TheJoker, DependingOnTheArtist.
* ComicBook/TheRiddler is more often than not depicted as having one.

* ComicBook/{{Sinestro}}.

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* {{Satan}} sometimes has one.
** Music/FrankZappa's "Titties & Beer" features the devil as a little guy with a red suit and widow's peak.
** Franchise/MarvelUniverse villain and Satan-expy Mephisto has one.
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* Look no further than ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'''s [[OmnicidalManiac Yuuki Terumi]].

* Serafine Savoy from ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}''.
* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' depicts both the devil and his "[[ReligionOfEvil fanboy]]" with one.

* On ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold,'' Black Adam (see above) seems to have [[http://braveandbold.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Adam nothing BUT a widow's peak]].

* ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'': [[{{BigBad}} Baron Harkonnen]] is described as having a prominent widow's peak, though it's outshone by his [[FatBastard prominent girth.]]

* Magus from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.
* Lodonya from ''VideoGame/DragonValor''.

* Savinkov from ''VideoGame/{{KGB}}''.
* Axel[[spoiler:/Lea]] from the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series.

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

* [[spoiler:Revan]] in ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' has a widow's peak underneath his mask.

* A young Dr. Wily had one in the ''WesternAnimation/MegaMan'' cartoon.

* Averted with Aqualad from ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', whos has regular-sized widow's peak, but is a hero. Subverted in season 2 when [[spoiler:Aqualad undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and works for Black Manta, but it turns out he was a FakeDefector infiltrating [[LegionOfDoom the Light]].]]

* SelfDemonstrating/{{Sinestro}}.

** Norman Osborn has one. His son Harry used to have an identical hairstyle, but these days he's shaved bald and has a beard, in order to remain as distant from Norman as possible after the American Son debacle during ''Comicbook/DarkReign''.

* Notably [[PlayingWithATrope employed]] in the RealLife deliberately shaven ''sakayaki'' tonsure of historical {{Samurai}}, supposedly developed along with the topknot (''chonmage'') to allow a better fit when wearing a helmet. Younger Samurai were obliged only to shave and shape their immediate hairline into a highly defined widow's-peak, but older Samurai would extend the tonsure [[ForeheadOfDoom well past]] the crown, while retaining the widow's peak for as long as age-induced baldness would allow, [[ShortHairWithTail sometimes growing]] their topknots into shapes that could be folded back over the tonsure, improbably making this style overlap with both BaldOfAwesome and a comb-over. This fashion was gradually adopted by the wider Japanese culture in latter periods, but is now only seen, like topknots themselves, on sumo wrestlers.

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

* Norman Osborn has one in ''Franchise/SpiderMan''. His son Harry used to have an identical hairstyle, but these days he's shaved bald and has a beard, in order to remain as distant from Norman as possible after the American Son debacle during ''Comicbook/DarkReign''.

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* ''Franchise/Dune'': [[{{BigBad}} Baron Harkonnen]] is described as having a prominent widow's peak, though it's outshone by his [[FatBastard prominent girth.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'': Averted by 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.

* Mordack, the primary villain of ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder'', has one.

* Higuchi in ''Manga/DeathNote'' has this kind of hairstyle. He's also a CorruptCorporateExecutive [[spoiler:using the Death Note to kill business rivals.]]
** Ryuk has it too. Hilariously, his English voice actor is also Creator/BrianDrummond, the original voice actor of the aforementioned [[Manga/DragonBall Vegeta]]. At least one Website/YouTube channel has referred to him as "Vegeta on Meth".
* Baron Ashura from ''Anime/MazingerZ'' is TheDragon of the BigBad and he/she has this hairstyle. It is not obvious from first because he/she always wears a cowl, but if you pay attention, you can notice indeed he has one.

* Monkey D Dragon from ''Manga/OnePiece''. Subverted in that, while the [[TheGovernment World Government]] certainly considers him villainous, the story itself portrays him as an AntiHero.
* Sorbet, from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''.

* Ming the Merciless in ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'' may or may not have had one, but the metal skullcaps he wore were clearly evocative of that shape.
* ComicBook/{{Raven}} actually ''[[ArtEvolution grew]]'' one over the course of the ''New ComicBook/TeenTitans'', eventually inspiring a plot concerning her father Trigon.
* Webcomic/{{Snowflame}} has this in the front, and a party in the back. Depending on who you ask, he's also a MysticalWhiteHair.

* ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange''
** Doctor Strange had one when first introduced (as a good-but-unnerving "master of black magic" who was meant to seem vaguely demonic). He still has it, but it's milder now that he's an unambiguous hero.
** His foe Nightmare sports the classic type.
* ComicBook/GhostRider foe Lilith is a pretty extreme case.
* ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'': Dracula, of course.
* Both ComicBook/NormanOsborn has one in ''Franchise/SpiderMan''. His son Harry used to have an identical hairstyle, but these days he's shaved bald and has a beard, in order to remain as distant from Norman as possible after the American Son debacle during ''Comicbook/DarkReign''.
* The ComicBook/SubMariner sports a beautiful one. Whether Namor is villainous or not depends on the continuity.
* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'''s ComicBook/BlackAdam, though he's often more of an AntiHero.

%%* Pik Van Cleef from ''Film/HardTarget''.

%%* Mephisto from ''Film/GhostRider''.
%%* On Poelzig from ''Film/TheBlackCat''.
* Poison Ivy in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' has one. Though that's hardly the first warning sign you'll get from looking at her...
* Sleazy con-man and thief Verbal Kint in ''Film/TheUsualSuspects''.

* Serafine Savoy from ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}''.