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17	->''"I mean, that is some fuckin' evil hairdo. That's like the devil's haircut, if the devil had hair. Good job to the fuckin' makeup department for making her look evil as fuck.''"
18	-->--'''WebVideo/ExplainedByAnIdiot''', on [[Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest Nurse Ratched]], "[[https://youtu.be/NXF08bPtFko One flew over the Cuckoo's nest Explained by an idiot]]"
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20	Hair, [[GoodHairEvilHair that infallible representation of a person's moral compass.]] In an effort to shape the world of fiction into something more logical than [[WorldOfChaos the unpredictable]] [[RealLife real world,]] authors have long given their characters physical traits that provide artful hints about where said character stands on the good-evil spectrum. [[EvilIsAngular Triangular shapes]] are the preferred way of telling the audience that a character is one bad dude or chick, but few are more unsubtle and in-your-face than a threatening hairstyle. And as far as ''that'' goes, you can't get much more direct than likening them to [[TheDevil Old Scratch]] himself. A [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hairstyle shaped like horns]] is almost always a surefire sign of a heart as black as soot.
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22	Not to be confused with a joke seen in cartoons in which a character's hair (feathers, if it's an avian character like Donald Duck) come together briefly into little devil horns whenever they have a truly malicious idea.
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24	HornsOfVillainy trades symbolism for the real thing.
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27	!!Examples:
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30	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
31	* Lord David, one of the many villains whom Kenshiro meets during his journey in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
32	* ''Manga/KaijuGirlCaramelise'': Kuroe Akaishi has two tufts of hair that stick up in a way resembling horns. Kuroe isn't evil, but she [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting involuntarily turns]] into a potentially dangerous {{Kaiju}} called Harugon, and in this form those hair horns [[MorphicResonance turn into actual horns]].
33	* Akira Kongoh, as well as the rest of his family, from ''Manga/KongohBancho'' appears to have this. In reality, [[HornedHumanoid it's the actual shape of his skull]].
34	* Elyse in ''Manga/MyBalls'' is a demon with real horns that turn into gravity-defying OjouRinglets when she disguises herself as a human.
35	* Blueno from ''Manga/OnePiece'', befitting his bull AnimalMotif. [[IdiotHero Luffy]] even calls him a cow on multiple occasions.
36	* Garou from ''WebComic/OnePunchMan'' has hair that starts out like this but slowly transforms into actual horns as he becomes a monster.
37	* ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. Chibi-Usa/Rini has pointed buns that evoke her RascallyRabbit nature (and the MoonRabbit) and certainly apply as an indicator of malice when she transforms into Black Lady/Wicked Lady. They also evoke the horns of a crescent moon, and her heroic nature as a moon princess.
38	** QuirkyMinibossSquad member Cooan's cat-ear hair would be a more straight example.
39	* ''Literature/{{Shiki}}'':
40	** Akira. He's not evil though; just a victim of a series with crazy amounts of AnimeHair.
41	** Tatsumi, who actually is evil, arguably has them, but they look more like cat ears than horns.
42	* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
43	** Turles, the EvilCounterpart of Goku, has Goku's hairstyle with two horns.
44	** Videl, the daughter of Mr. Satan, has her hair point up into horns occasionally when she's flustered or angry. This is mostly just part of the pun, though, as her name is actually an anagram of "devil".
45	* The president of Lala's fanclub in ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' sports such a hairdo when she (apparently) goes [[Franchise/DragonBall Super Saiyan]] and starts beating up Rito.
46	* Andore of Team Unicorn from ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', who's not quite evil, but more of ManipulativeBastard. As you might guess by his team's name, his hair has a very prominent unicorn horn, which begs the question: how can he wear a biker helmet with that thing sticking out of his head?
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49	[[folder:Comic Books]]
50	* {{Subverted\|Trope}} by ''ComicStrip/{{Bananaman}}'' -- his civilian alter ego Little Eric has horned hair, but it's supposed to represent the shape of a banana, instead of having anything to do with the devil. And far from being evil, he's a bumbling superhero.
51	* Daimon Hellstrom had horn-hair in the front during his [[MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Son of Satan years. As Hellstorm he's let them go and just worn his hair long. In ComicBook/UltimateMarvel he's a minor character with emo spikes.
52	* Former ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' character [[http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/4474/petergray022.jpg "Lil Imp"]] has bunches that form horns.
53	* Cain and Abel, the respective {{Horror Host}}s of ''House of Mystery'' and ''House of Secrets''; in Abel's case, DependingOnTheArtist, the effect is about as subtle as any example you'll find, reflecting the fact that he's not really a sinister or dangerous figure even if he's preoccupied with the macabre.
54	* ComicBook/KlarionTheWitchBoy in [[Franchise/TheDCU the DC Comics universe]]. He's a bad boy.
55	* ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} as he appears in ''ComicBook/Marvel1602''.
56	* It is probably no coincidence that the miller, who delivers the final punishment on the {{Villain Protagonist}}s of ''Literature/MaxAndMoritz'' (1865), has only two locks of hair which look like horns.
57	* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'', Lucifer looks this way.
58	** The hairdo follows Lucifer into [[ComicBook/{{Lucifer}} his own comic book]], although it's subtler there.
59	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': The White Magician (the VillainWithGoodPublicity who killed ComicBook/{{Artemis}}) wore his hair combed in such a way that it resembled horns, foreshadowing his OneWingedAngel look where he had ''actual'' horns.
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63	* The PointyHairedBoss from ''{{ComicStrip/Dilbert}}'' has two horns of hair [[BaldOfEvil and nothing more]], although his [[CorruptCorporateExecutive amorality]] is generally overshadowed by his gross incompetence.
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67	* The [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] Sunshine in ''FanFic/TheReturn'' gains a literal pair when OdangoHair are braided over her horns.
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71	* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'': Mr. Perkins has the "PointyHairedBoss" look going.
72	* Abraham Van Helsing in ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation'' has a hornlike haircut, which is ironic because he's a human who ''hunts'' monsters. But since he is HeWhoFightsMonsters, he is a monster to them.
73	* Lock from ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' has devilish bangs as part of his costume. He's also a well-known troublemaker in HalloweenTown.
74	* The Coachman in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' shows these as he makes his infamous NightmareFace. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Honest John and Gideon are rightfully frightened!]]
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79	* A Wachootoo warrior arranges Ace Ventura's normally duckbilled hairdo like this during ''Film/AceVenturaWhenNatureCalls'', in mockery of his nickname of "White Devil". Ace does not take it well.
80	-->'''Ace:''' All right... ''that's it!'' This "White Devil" thing has gone far enough. ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Nobody! Messes! With the 'do!]]''
81	* Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy wears her hair like this in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.
82	* Raven at the end of ''Film/CecilBDemented'' has this. [[ThePollyanna She loves everybody]], but she's still a Satanist.
83	* In ''Film/TheConstantNymph'', Florence wears very severe looking victory rolls, and unsurprisingly, is our antagonist.
84	* [[MonsterClown Pennywise]] in ''Film/IT2017'' sports this with his hair curling up at the ends.
85	* In ''Film/TheMadMagician'', The Great Rinaldi wears his hair swept to resemble devil horns as part of his StageMagician persona of 'The Master of Black Magic'.
86	* In ''Film/OAutoDaCompadecida'', Satan wears his hair as horns.
87	* ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'': Although ''slightly'' more subtle than most examples, [[BattleaxeNurse Nurse Ratched]]'s hair is curled up in a way that resembles horns.
88	* One of Grace Jones's many, ''many'' styles in ''Film/AViewToAKill'' is a red outfit and hairdo shaped like devil horns. Subtle.
89	* Will Ferrell as evil fashion maven Mugatu in ''{{Film/Zoolander}}''.
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93	* "Ole Devil" Hardin, in the novels of Creator/JTEdson, deliberately combs the hair over his temples into horn shapes to emphasize his Mephistophelean appearance.
94	%%* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', it's the fashion among the male nobles of Slaver's Bay.
95	* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': The supervillain Dr. Diabolik has devil horn-shaped forelocks. Both his children, Jadis and Mal Diabolik, [[HereditaryHairstyle inherited this trait from him]]. In addition, Jadis has an actual devil bonded to her soul which influences her powers, giving her PK field a demonic appearance.
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99	* Quico in ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'' has a couple of small locks sticking out of his cap like horns, intended to signal his childish naughtiness.
100	* Bandora / Rita Repulsa from ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''/''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers.''
101	* In ''Series/MyHero2000'', Mrs. Raven's triplets [[TheGhost are said]] to have gelled their hair into horns.
102	* Vyvyan's tangerine tri-hawk on ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' looks a lot like horns.
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106	* French singer Mathieu Chedid has this, but whether he's evil is questionable. His stage name being "M", the hairdo (with a widow peak) is rather to suggest this letter.
107	* Keith Flint from Music/TheProdigy, during the ''[[Music/TheFatOfTheLand Fat of the Land]]'' era.
108	* Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown of the Music/SpiceGirls.
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111	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
112	* Wrestling/SpikeDudley had a horned beard in his "boss" phase, where he took over Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys.
113	* Toshie Uematsu has three, sometimes as many as four, hair spikes or horns on the front of her head.
114	* Mad Man Manson shaved the center of his head and then spiked up the remaining hair on the sides.
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117	[[folder:Theatre]]
118	* Satine in ''[[Theatre/DraculaALoveStrongerThanDeath Dracula: A Love Stronger Than Death]]''.
119	* Madame Corporation in ''Theatre/NouvelleExperience'' is not evil, but she ''is'' a sometimes intimidating [[TheTrickster Trickster]] and as such has bright red hair styled in this manner.
120	* Ms. Lovett in the original Broadway staging of ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. She has it in the movie too. They're hidden in the general rat's nest of her hair, but she definitely has pointy [[OdangoHair odango]] there.
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124	* Morgana from ''VideoGame/BayonettaOriginsCerezaAndTheLostDemon''. She is an Umbra Witch, a member of an order of [[DarkIsNotEvil not-necessarily-evil]] demon summoners, and fittingly, has her hair styled into four ''massive'' curling, ram-like horns. She's Cereza's SternTeacher and [[TheStoic emotionally distant]]
125	* ''{{VideoGame/Catherine}}'' and her really weird pigtails that just add to her mystery. [[spoiler:For good reason too, as she's a [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]].]]
126	* The Wolf Queen, in ''Videogame/DarkParables: The Red Riding Hood Sisters,'' has black hair which pulls itself up into two pointed hornlike shapes on the top of her head. They're actually supposed to look like wolf ears, not horns, but the effect is basically the same.
127	* In ''VideoGame/DisneyPrincessEnchantedJourney'', Zara's hair is styled into points.
128	* Flemeth's character redesign for ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' includes these. Also, in both games she transforms into a dragon, meaning she has actual horns at certain points.
129	%%* Viola from ''VideoGame/EternalSonata''.
130	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
131	** Ultimecia from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' and ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''.
132	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': Seymour Guado. The guy basically has ''hair antlers'', just in case everything else about him didn't tip the player off to the fact that he is a DevilInPlainSight.
133	** Possibly also The Emperor from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'', although some of them might be actual horns. Maybe. He was designed by Yoshitaka Amano in the eighties, it can be hard to tell.
134	** Mewt Randell from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'', when he gets to be the RoyalBrat in Ivalice.
135	* In the 2009 ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendII'' remake, New God(dess) Venus is redesigned to have these.
136	* The Witchkins in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' wears her hair like this, though she's more mischievous than evil.
137	* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'': Kogure's hair is styled into four horns, two on each side of his head. He also has {{pointy ears}}. He's not evil, but he's still a potty-mouthed BrattyHalfPint and a [[ThePrankster prankster]].
138	* Batreaux from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' has these once he's transformed from a demon into a human. It's actually so hornlike that it takes a bit for the player to realize that's hair, not horn.
139	* {{Parodied}} in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies''. Jinxie Tenma, the paranoid daughter of the head of the Tenma family, immediately assumes Apollo is a demon in part due to his IdiotHair that forms two horns at the front of his head, immediately slapping {{Paper Talisman}}s on his forehead.
140	* Cassandra from the ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'' series has a distinctive horned hairdo. She's introduced [[AxesAtSchool shooting up her school]] [[spoiler:and turns out to be an [[AliensAreBastards member of a malevolent alien race]]]].
141	* When [[spoiler:Volo]] from ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' reveals himself to be the game's true villain, his hairstyle changes to reveal a pair of hornlike points. Ironically, the horns are meant to resemble those of the franchise's benevolent creator god, the titular Arceus, whom [[spoiler:Volo]] worships. When seen head-on, however, the hair horns look more like those of a demon, making him look that much more sinister. For bonus points, he's also [[spoiler:colluding with the Pokemon World's resident SatanicArchetype, Giratina]].
142	* The cave hermit from ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemptionII'' has these, fitting his claims of being "the devil."
143	* ''VideoGame/ScoobyDooFirstFrights'': Tim Toiler from Episode 2 has hair shaped like a pair of horns.
144	* Juri Han from ''[[Franchise/StreetFighter Super Street Fighter IV]]'', which fits since she's a [[HollywoodCyborg cyborg]] assassin working for BigBad Seth.
145	* Seems to be a genetic trait of the Mishima bloodline in ''{{VideoGame/Tekken}}'' who are some of the most morally-compromised people in the series. It's most obvious in Heihachi who looks like he has a pair of horns. Kazuya and Jin loosely show signs of it, but mostly through the pointiness of their hairstyles.
146	* There's a hidden model in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' of an Orc warrior, who's bald with very long horns of hair on the sides.
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150	* Chachamaru Ashikaga from ''VisualNovel/FullMetalDaemonMuramasa'' has a pair of very distinctive bangs that has the appearance of downward bent horns giving her an almost imp-like quality to her. Fitting for the local [[TheTrickster trickster]] [[spoiler:and eventual reveal as the other half of a BigBadEnsemble as well as a SatanicArchetype. The bangs also serve the purpose of hiding her PointyEars, revealing her emishi heritage and nature as [[BastardBastard a bastard child]]]].
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154	* Tord from [[WebAnimation/EddsWorld Eddsworld]], although they were just spikes in the classic era and have only become horns recently.
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157	[[folder:Webcomics]]
158	* ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'', though nowadays he has become somewhat non-evil. Still not a [[GoodIsNotNice nice]] guy, however.
159	* ''Webcomic/ElijahAndAzuu'' has main character Azuu (and all of his family) sporting some variation of horned hair. Has crossed over with Charby above, which joked about the hair.
160	* Dusk in ''Webcomic/FauxPas'' crosses this trope with EarsAsHair -- her normally fox ears curve inward and have a very sharp point.
161	* One of the first characters we meet in ''Webcomic/TheGodOfHighSchool'' is Mujin Park, whose hair (despite his best efforts) always has a few tufts spring back up like horns. As for his morality, [[spoiler:it goes back and forth a bit, but he's utterly ruthless and kills the main character's grandpa the minute they are finally reunited.]]
162	* Chase, in ''Webcomic/ImTheGrimReaper'', thinks Scarlet has "weird hair flicks" on the top of her head for a good chunk of the series. [[spoiler:They're horns.]]
163	* ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'': Mr. Green, the leader of [[CorporateConspiracy Anasigma]], has short, pointy tufts of hair that stick up at the edges of his head and subtly resemble horns.
164	* ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'', who has real horns a well. While basically good, Zebragirl has been transformed into a demon, with the darkness and violence that entails.
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168	* Jimmy's evil clone from ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''.
169	* Aunt Trudy in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingSpiez'', an annoying, but not evil, example.
170	* Norbert from ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'' has his SpikyHair occasionally take this shape, such as when he was possessed by the pond scum in one episode that turned him into a {{Jerkass}}, or whenever he has any ideas that only benefits his self-gain.
171	* Mrs. Dave from ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'' very unsubtly has hair shaped like horns. She's the overbearing mother of Lois' boyfriend.
172	* Cricket Green from ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' has this visible in the curved center portion of his bowl cut whenever he is hanging upside-down or if his hair is pushed up. It's especially noticeable in "Backflip Bill" when he wears a sweatband and goes full-on DrillSergeantNasty.
173	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':
174	** Vlad Plasmius sports this in his ghost-form.
175	** Likewise, Penelope Spectra also sports a similar hairdo. Hmm...perhaps they go to the same stylist?
176	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Nurse Ratchet, being a parody of Nurse Ratched, has her RobotHair styled this way, though it's not as obvious.
177	* ''WesternAnimation/GetAce'': Villain Ned Krinkle has a very messy-looking version of this. [[HereditaryHairstyle So does his cousin Egbert]], foreshadowing that [[BitchInSheepsClothing he's not the sweet kid he initially appears to be]].
178	* [[EnfantTerrible Mandy]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''.
179	* It's not consistent but BigBad Eric from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' is often drawn with his hair messy in a way that obviously mimics devil horns.
180	* ''WesternAnimation/NeighborsFromHell'': even in their human forms, some members of the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Hellmans family]] still have horn-like hairstyles. Back in Hell, Balthazor's hair horns are even longer than his regular ones! Although it is downplayed as they aren't actually evil, with [[NiceGuy Balthazor]] in particular hardly qualifying for it.
181	* Sylvester Sneakly, the alter ego of the Hooded Claw in ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop''.
182	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
183	** One episode sorta does this: Mayor Quimby is making a speech of some sort, but he's extremely sweaty, so when he passes his hand through his hair, he ends up looking like [[TheDevil the Devil.]] Naturally, the TV crew filming him add hellfire surrounding him.
184	** Similarly, in "She of Little Faith", while the town is discussing fund-raising ideas to rebuild the church, the shadow of a horned figure falls upon them. It is then revealed that the silhouette belongs to Mr. Burns, who quickly slicks down his hair.
185	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E9CloakOfDarkness "Cloak of Darkness"]], Captain Argyus of the Senate Commandos has an [[AnimeHair interesting]] hairstyle that includes two horn-like shapes at the back. [[spoiler:He turns out to be TheMole.]]
186	* Holly Blue Agate in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. Her role in the FantasticCasteSystem is basically that of a drill sergeant, and that her position was a way of being ReassignedToAntarctica does not help her overall disposition.
187	* Jinx from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''. She starts out as a villain, but the horned hairdo stays after she [[HeelFaceTurn has a change of heart]].
188	* Klarion the Witch Boy from ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' sports a particularly pointy hairdo.
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