Line #25 ObviouslyEvil/WesternAnimation


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13	ObviouslyEvil in WesternAnimation.
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15	* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' "[[Characters/AdventureTimeTheLich The Lich]]" (Formally The Lich King before fear of being sued by [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Blizzard]]) there is nothing subtle at all with his appearance. (Dark hood, horns, skeletal body with flesh still hanging off) even the creator's pre-production notes state in large letters "THE LICH KING ISN'T FUNNY!"
16	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Oh yes ''The Core is''. This being has a color scheme of mainly black, red, and orange; multiple red-orange eyes with HellishPupils; mind-control capabilites; and can even summon its assimilees as avatars with FacialHorror. Plus, it painfully subjects poor Marcy to mind-control procedures and gleefully abuses Andrias to do whatever it wants to, even if it goes against his will.
17	* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' in regards to [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderZuko Zuko]]. He starts out as the heroes' first antagonist who's [[BaldOfEvil bald]], [[RedRightHand scarred]], and clothed in the [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black colors]] of the [[TheEmpire Fire Nation]]. However, it becomes clear after several episodes that he's actually a [[AntiVillain rather sympathetic antagonist]] with an [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished incredibly sad backstory of how he got scarred]] and [[spoiler:he eventually does a HeelFaceTurn]].
18	** Tellingly, he appears "[[BaldOfEvil bald]]" (actually all his hair is done in a restricting top knot), in the first season, but as his more sympathetic qualities pile up, he gets a SignificantHaircut that gives him a more TroubledButCute look.
19	* In a flashback in the direct-to-DVD movie ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'', three muses are shown. One is dressed in a simple [[http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg78/evalana/muse01.png blue tunic]], another in a [[http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg78/evalana/muse02.png royal purple tunic]], and the third has an [[http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg78/evalana/muse03.png elaborate costume in muted shades of purple and red, with dark eyeshadow]]. Yeah, guess which one turns evil.
20	* WesternAnimation/Ben10:
21	** Oh, how surprising. The towering, tentacled alien warlord Vilgax - who looks like Darth Vader's and Cthulhu's lovechild, with his [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]], menacing [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver black-reddish armour]], [[BeardOfEvil beard of tentacles]] and [[CreepyHighPitchedVoice high-pitched]], [[EvilSoundsRaspy raspy voice]] (provided by Creator/SteveBlum, who's often typecast as villains) - isn't a paragon of goodness? ''Gasp in shock!''
22	** And let's not forget Ghostfreak because a chilling ghost-like alien with razor-sharp claws and rotting purple skin wasn't terrifying enough. No, let's add in some black-and-white tentacles for good measure. And his charming head is a lovely upside-down [[SkullForAHead human skull]] complete with crooked fangs. He talks in a [[EvilSoundsRaspy voice that sounds like it's been smoking for decades]] (thanks again to the ever-versatile Steve Blum). But don't worry. If you somehow miss all these subtle details, ''Omniverse'' [[SarcasmMode kindly]] gave him a makeover to really drive home the Grim Reaper vibe. Oh, did we mention his real name is [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Zs'Skayr]]? Remember that while you're hiding under your bed covers after seeing him on screen.
23	* Completely lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', when Buzz's best friend and closest teammate, Warp Darkmatter, is revealed to [[EvilAllAlong have been working for Emperor Zurg all along]]. When Buzz expresses shock at this, Warp says "My name's 'Darkmatter'. Who's surprised here?"
24	* The basis of ''WesternAnimation/{{Captain Planet\|AndThePlaneteers}}''. The producers obviously believed that kids wouldn't be able to tell Exxon apart from Ecover, so they portrayed villain like this. Hoggish Greedly had a pig-face, Verminous Skumm looked like some kind of human/rat hybrid, Sly Sludge was short, fat, greasy, and overall unattractive, and Duke Nukem was made of some kind of glowing yellow bricks. Subverted by Dr. Blight, who other than the scarred half of her face, is a rather attractive woman. Zarm is a less-obvious example.
25	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes'':
26	** Monica is shown sitting on a throne of skulls, and the text of the contract she offers is in the shape of a skull.
27	** David Nababirdy is a [[BaldOfEvil bald]], [[EvilOldFolks elderly]] [[EvilPoacher bird collector]] who [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking wears a monocle]], and [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast his last name tells you what exactly he does]]. David even lampshades how the monocle makes him appear evil.
28	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Vlad Masters]]. Fittingly, his ghost form looks like Dracula.
29	* Ziard, the inventor of [[BlackMagic Dark Magic]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'', has long, unkempt black and white hair, and wears [[BlackCloak dark robes]] decorated with [[SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset skulls]] and [[CreepyCrows black feathers]]. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as it turns out he was actually reasonably well-intentioned.]]
30	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' once had a cigarette company taking over Peter's factory. They were pictured very true to the trope. ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' had some fun and reversed the standard roles, so the cigarette factory workers were a friendly bunch with no negative ambitions, while Rob Reiner's anti-tobacco activist group was Obviously Evil behind closed doors.
31	* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': {{Subverted}} with a demonic otherworldly being named [[Characters/FinalSpaceCelestialEntities Phil]] in one episode. He looks like [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/final-space/images/4/4f/Final_Space_S2_E9_31.png/revision/latest?cb=20200204185138 this]], he sounds like the type of guy who'd be caught approaching children and offering them candy, and his offer to let Gary take the map from his creepy-looking pocket feels entirely like a lure, plus the fact he dwells in a dimension with pools of wailing phantoms doesn't help. As it turns out, he's actually entirely trustworthy.
32	* ''WesternAnimation/FlowersAndTrees'': While the other characters are beautiful, colorful flora and fauna, the evil tree is rotten and gray, has a lizard in his mouth that acts like his tongue, lives in an area with dead trees and a skull, and is introduced with vultures perched on him and bats flying out of his mouth. You'd better be-leaf he's evil.
33	* If you can't tell that [[https://pm1.narvii.com/6442/fad28adf476ee65d01b672253c7b2c4a482e2099_00.jpg Van Kleiss]] from ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' isn't a nice man just by looking at him, [[EvilSoundsDeep his voice]] (courtesy of Creator/TroyBaker) should do the job.
34	%%* [[JerkJock Sperg]] from ''Grim Adventures'', although he's more of a Jerkass.
35	* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' Skeletor: The man has a ''SkullForAHead'', people, the color scheme and creepy HQ are flat out ''redundant''.
36	** Subverted in [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 the 2002 show]] with the Speleans, a species of evil looking bat people that are actually quite friendly.
37	* Jiminy Cricket pokes fun at this in a ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' sketch parodying "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)":
38	-->''Avoid anyone who has a fiendish cackle, a sinister smile, or a diabolical glare -- not necessarily in that order.''
39	* Dr. Claw from ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget''. Never has a villain fit this trope without ever showing his face. [[EvilSoundsDeep His deep, sinister voice]] was enough to show viewers he was bad news.
40	* ''WesternAnimation/IvanhoeTheKingsKnight'' features one of its Norman villains Philip de Malvoisin as a pale-skinned, black-haired man. There is no one else, Norman or otherwise, with such a look and he looks genuinely sinister.
41	* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' gives us [[LouisCypher Lucius Heinous VII]], who is red with horns, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast has a first name similar to "Lucifer" and a last name that is literally synonymous with "evil"]], and runs a city called [[DescriptiveVille Miseryville]]. [[MadScientist Heloise]] wears a blood red dress and has [[ScarsAreForever a scar on her forehead]].
42	* Most ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' villains are ''really'' unsubtle in their constant [[KickTheDog dog kicking]], their blatantly selfish, malevolent motives, and their choices of wardrobe and lighting. For instance, Dr. Ashida in "The Dragons of Ashida" is such an arrogantly megalomaniacal [[EvilLaugh cackling]] YellowPeril MadScientist that he makes the series' BigBad, Dr. Zin, seem AffablyEvil and restrained by comparison.
43	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaijudo}}: Rise of the Duel Masters'' seems to have a liking for playing with this trope. The [[BigBad Choten]] is a blonde, long-haired guy dressed costume, specialized in Water Creatures, with a rather AffablyEvil attitude, while his [[TheDragon Dragon]], [[DarkActionGirl Alakshmi]], is a dark-skinned, white-haired woman with a strong tendencies to {{Psychotic Smirk}}s and trained in using [[DarkIsEvil Darkness Creatures]], her favourite being [[PerversePuppet Razorkinder Puppet]]. As the show goes on, it's made quite clear that the real Monster is the Choten, while Alakshmi (though not exactly nice herself) is a more [[JerkassWoobie sympathetic]] AntiVillain.
44	* ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfKorra'' has [[spoiler: Unalaq, Korra's uncle and the Big Bad(sort of) of Book 2. How Korra fails to immediately realize he's up to no good when just about everyone else does is completely baffling.]]
45	* The short lived and relatively obscure late '80s cartoon ''WesternAnimation/LittleClownsOfHappytown'' has the villain Awful B. Bad. He's a DastardlyWhiplash in a purple suit and bowler hat, and has a [[TheNapoleon fiery temper despite being vertically challenged]]. You can't get much more obviously evil than that.
46	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Monsuno}}'' has the [[TheSyndicate Eklipse]] organisation; it's led by [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr]] [[StevenUlyssesPerhero Emmanuel Klipse]], a MadScientist dressed in [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]] with a BeardOfEvil, a FauxAffablyEvil attitude, and the Monsunos he produces and sells are red. He is so obviously evil that even when he shows up and offers a deal to the protagonists, they are immediately aware they shouldn't trust him.
47	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
48	** The villain of the Season 2 finale, [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicQueenChrysalis Queen Chrysalis]] looks like a freaky insect-demon hybrid, complete with monochromatic eyes, sharp fangs, and jet-black body. Chrysalis' obviously evil personality can also be seen in her disguise, yet it doesn't help that said disguise is supposed to act like the opposite of her.
49	** The villain of the Season 3 premiere, [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicKingSombra King Sombra]] is an undead monster formed by shadows, and is so blatantly obvious in his villainy it's surprising to know the only thing is missing is an EvilLaugh.
50	** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicLordTirek Lord Tirek]] in the Season 4 finale makes all the previous examples look like diabolical masters of subtlety. [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver Red and Black Color Scheme]]? Check. BlackEyesOfEvil with [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing yellow pupils?]] Check. [[EvilSoundsRaspy Raspy voice]] that becomes a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep, growling voice]] the more powerful he gets? Check. [[EvilIsBurningHot Fire-based Magic]]? Check. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Sees Friendship as a weakness?]] Check.
51	** Subverted with [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicDiscord Discord]] and [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicStarlightGlimmer Starlight Glimmer]]. Discord is a [[MixAndMatchCritter draconequus, a creature of chaos that's a mishmash of various creatures]], who turns Ponyville into a realm of disarray [[ForTheEvulz for his own amusement]] and brainwashes Twilight's friends into turning against her. Starlight, on the other hand, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity looks like an ordinary unicorn, but she forms a cult around the belief that having the same cutie marks is the ideal way of life, brainwashes her citizens into following it, and nearly manipulates the Mane Six into doing the same.]] However, both Discord and Starlight had a HeelFaceTurn: Discord was redeemed by Fluttershy because he was touched by her friendship with him, while Starlight was reformed by Twilight after the former [[HeelRealization realized the damage]] she did when she [[spoiler:created multiple {{Bad Future}}s out of revenge on her foiling her plan in the Season 5 opener.]]
52	* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'':
53	** The Beast is a HornedHumanoid [[DarkIsEvil with an entirely black body]] [[LightIsNotGood except for his creepy glowing eyes]], [[EvilSoundsDeep a voice like Darth Vader]], and [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast a name based on one of the Biblical names for the Antichrist]], and everybody who knows of him is terrified just by hearing someone mention him in a conversation. Safe to assume he's not the good guy.
54	** Subverted with many of the other inhabitants of the Unknown, like [[spoiler:Enoch]] and [[spoiler:Auntie Whispers]], who have creepy appearances, voices, and demeanours, but turn out to actually have been GoodAllAlong.
55	* WesternAnimation/ThePiratesOfDarkWater features the evil pirate Bloth, who is evil. He is fat, balding and sports fangs, in addition to some type of Film/MadMax apparel. Even still, in their first meeting, Wren doesn't judge him by his appearance, being willing to work with him until he eventually shows his true colors.
56	* ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppiesAndTheLegendOfBigPaw'' had [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Marvin McNasty]]. A cackling, purple suited, sharp toothed man who looks like the lovechild of [[Film/{{Nosferatu}} Renfield]] and [[Film/BatmanReturns the Penguin]]? [[SarcasmMode Nah, nothing suspicious about him!]]
57	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': Most villains are easily identifiable as such due to their demeanors or appearances—especially since most of them aren't human—even if they have [[VillainWithGoodPublicity good publicity]].
58	** Invoked in the season five episode "Substitute Creature" with the titular character, Mr. Green, stepping in when Miss Keane is sick. The guy is green-skinned with an eyepatch, demonic horns, and villainous gray suit complete with a cape that looks like fire, but he spends the whole episode seemingly being just a good teacher, despite the girls' skepticism. In the end, [[spoiler:the trope truly is subverted: Mr. Green is a monster, yes, but he's a genuinely good person and teacher]].
59	* [[EvilChancellor Councilor Zottornick]] from ''WesternAnimation/PrincessSissi'' has a pale scrawny face, is [[BaldOfEvil bald]] and has a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep sounding voice]]. With him looking like that, one should really wonder why Empress Sophia trusts him so blindly. [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/princess-sissi/images/5/5c/Councillor_Zottornick.png/revision/latest?cb=20130817092650 He really looks like a trustworthy person, don't you think?]]
60	* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' manages to play this straight, {{subvert\|edTrope}}, {{invert\|edTrope}}, '''and''' {{lampshade\|Hanging}} this trope with the strange tolerance [[CityOfAdventure Mainframe]] and its guardian Bob gives towards viruses. In the world of computers, viruses can't help but obey their evil programming, which is why [[TechnicalPacifist Bob doesn't like killing them]], but wishes to reprogram them. But the two viral strains in Mainframe are far too powerful for Bob to ever capture or control, and he won't call for help, so the city endures two years of chaos before it goes too far (and THAT'S ''before'' the series starts).
61	** ''Played Straight:'' Megabyte and Hexadecimal are ''destructive'' and look the part. Megs is in all secondary colors (and [[{{Expy}} looks suspiciously like]] ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}), Hex is red and black and both are riddled with SpikesOfVillainy, talons and sharp teeth. Bob ''really'' hopes to convert these two... Somehow... [[spoiler:Both manage AffablyEvil moments, but Megabyte's are just moments where there wasn't anything evil to do and Hexadecimal seems to get the excuse that she is mentally unstable and her HeelFaceTurn was more Bob really, really wanting to convert her than her deciding to do good.]]
62	** ''Inverted:'' The series biggest BigBad was a [[LightIsNotGood French-accented, brightly colored ingenue]] supervirus who's based off Joan of Arc.
63	** ''Lampshaded:'' "Maybe it's a benign virus..." The virus is ten feet tall, clawed and red-and-secondary-colored. "Oh, yeah! You can tell by ''looking'' at it!"
64	** ''Subverted:'' When Megabyte's brainwashed mooks go from secondary colors to normal, this is usually the cue that they are no longer evil. Not so, ''at all''.
65	* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': Downplayed. [[Characters/RickAndMortyEvilMorty Evil Morty]] puts up a facade when he needs to, but his villainy is apparent even before his confrontation with Rick C-137 in the season 5 finale. As Rick points out, good guys don't have mutant Mortys crawling out of the sewers warning of doomday weapons, which earns a simple "{{Touche}}" from Evil Morty.
66	* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'''s enemy [[Characters/SamuraiJackAku Aku]], [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Shapeshifting Master of Darkness]], is about as obviously evil as they come. He's got [[SpikesOfVillainy natural spikes on his shoulders and elbows]], an EvilLaugh, [[EvilIsHammy he's as hammy as they come]], and to top it all off, [[IncendiaryExponent his eyebrows are made of fire!]] Well he ''is'' MadeOfEvil. It's a bit hard to come off as benevolent when you're an EldritchAbomination. His [[BilingualBonus name]] is literally the Japanese word for 'evil'.
67	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''
68	%%** Played with [[spoiler: Mayor Jones]]. Even before being revealed as the BigBad of season one, he is clearly an amoral {{Jerkass}}, fulfilling this trope in hindsight.
69	** PlayedForLaughs in the episode "The Gathering Gloom", where Velma ''immediately'' identifies the creepy gravedigger, [[AristocratsAreEvil Count]] [[MeaningfulName Evallo Von Meanskrieg]], as the Graveyard Ghoul that's been terrorizing people, but no one believes her because it seems too obvious. This is a guy whose aptitude test actually shows he's pure evil, and is prone to muttering, "''(mumble mumble) evil and what-not."
70	-->'''Velma:''' Guys? Guys! You see that? He's ''growling'' at me! Actually growling.
71	** George Avocados was a suspect in multiple episodes for various reasons, but only became a villain after Mystery Inc. inadvertently destroyed his livelihood by ruining his chances for mayor and blowing up his avocado farm. And in the episode where he finally turns, he's pretty much the only suspect.
72	-->'''George:''' And I suppose you're wondering, [[RedHerring after so many prior misdirects]], why now.
73	-->'''Daphne:''' Actually, no. Not really. We kinda always knew you were evil.
74	* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': The plot of the first couple of episodes has Adora realize that she was lied to all her life and the [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerTheHorde Horde]] are actually the bad guys, but it has to be said that the Horde didn't do much to sell the deception. They field armies of FacelessGoons, their symbol is a set of batlike wings, Adora was personally raised by an EvilSorceress in a creepy mask who uses dark magic, and their HQ is in a place called the ''Fright Zone''. Hordak, the founder of the Horde, is a seven-foot-tall man with fangs, glowing red eyes and [[SkullForAHead a skull-like facial structure]] who wears black and red armor. In fact, Adora seems to be the only one who was actually fooled, as trying to tell her best friend and fellow solider Catra about her realization gets an EverybodyKnewAlready response.
75	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' gives an example of this concerning [[Characters/TheSimpsonsCharlesMontgomeryBurns Mr. Burns's]] bid to buy Santa Little Helper's brood.
76	-->'''Lisa''': [whispering] Mom, don't give the puppies to him, he'll be mean to them.\
77	'''Marge''': Hmm... she's right, Homer. There's something about his face I don't trust.\
78	[Burns stifles an evil chuckle while looking really malevolent]
79	** Or when Homer wants to sell Bart's elephant (ItsALongStory), Lisa again points out that the prospective buyer is not to be trusted:
80	--->'''Lisa:''' I'm pretty sure this guy is an ivory dealer. His hat is ivory, his boots are ivory, and I'm pretty sure that check is ivory!
81	--->'''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Mr Blackheart]]:''' Little girl, I've been many things: Whale hunter, seal clubber, [[BitingTheHandHumor President of the Fox Network...]] and like most people, yeah, I've dealt a little ivory.
82	** There was also the time Reverend Lovejoy preached that "The Devil walks among us!" in one of his sermons. Bart leaps on a guy sitting in front of him who bears a resemblance to several traditional depictions of Satan proclaiming "I got him!"
83	* Subverted by [[BigBad Tombstone]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''. He's an albino ScaryBlackMan with ''teeth he's apparently filed to fangs''... and he's ''still'' a VillainWithGoodPublicity. If someone did say anything, he could just say the accuser was discriminating against him because of his looks. Overt prejudice isn't really the issue -- the creepy factor is. Tombstone is freaky-looking and is every so often outright accused of being [[BigBad the Big Man]], but he's invested enough effort into his VillainWithGoodPublicity campaign that he's still accepted as a beloved pillar of the community, so much so that the police take ''his word over Spidey's'' on at least one occasion.
84	* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'':
85	** Invoked InUniverse by Ensign Boimler when he and Ensign Mariner encounter a very suspicious-looking Ferengi.
86	-->'''Boimler''': He could not be any more Ferengi -- the big ears, the beady eyes, the greedy thing they do with their hands.\
87	'''Ferengi''': ''(performs greedy hands gesture)'' Hyoo-mon. Myah.\
88	'''Boimler''': Ferengi are the most untrustworthy race in the galaxy. He probably just wants to lure us over there so he can mug us.
89	** A later episode portrays a rehabilitation program for wayward and megalomaniacal AI, including a computer with the moniker Tyranakillucus.
90	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': Chancellor Palpatine secretly being EvilAllAlong was [[CaptainObviousReveal never that much of a surprise to begin with]], but in the film series, he at least kept up the appearance of being a kindly old man when not in his Darth Sidious persona. Here, he's given a much more openly villainous design, with large, dark shadows around his eyes and a tendency to [[FingerTenting Clasp Your Hands If You Deceive]]. He frequently plays an ObstructiveBureaucrat and has a fondness for [[KickTheDog Kicking Dogs]] even when there is no real benefit to doing so.
91	* King Koopa and the Koopa Pack in ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'', due to its pastiche nature, offered most genres' worth of Obviously Evil design. Because it's a comedic show, though, the lowest {{mooks}} are occasionally given AffablyEvil moments when they think nobody is looking.
92	* [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Trigon the Terrible]] from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''. Not that he can help it, though, as he's a red, four-eyed demon the size of a skyscraper who doesn't care about labels pitiful mortals might give him. [[CardCarryingVillain The Brotherhood of Evil]], on the other hand, has no excuse. At least the Brotherhood of Evil didn't get weird like they do in the comics.
93	* ''WesternAnimation/AThousandAndOneAmericas'': Early on during the seventh episode, while Chris helps a friendly Mayan priest find out who stole the Pakal mask, they meet a rude temple guardian called Balam who dismisses their contributions to the case of the mask's theft, and at a later point Chris is told by the priest that Balam is a HotBlooded fan of war and would likely use the aforementioned theft as a good excuse to scapegoat the neighboring nations for it and cause a war. Unsurprisingly, it is him who plotted the mask's steal, and the priest also discovers that [[spoiler:it was Balam who attempted to trap him and Chris inside a temple chamber forever]].
94	* From ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats\|1985}}'':
95	** The ghastly wizened mummified warlock Mumm-Ra. Quite scary transformation, also.
96	** In Chile, the [[{{Phlegmings}} saliva strings attached to an open mouth]] are often called "The Mumm-Ra".
97	** There is an episode that is dedicated to deconstruct this trope. Two warring alien beings arrive on the Third Earth, one is a sleek looking golden robot/cyborg and the other is vicious looking monster. Lion-O immediately assumes the monster must be evil and takes the side of his alien foe, and assumption that by the end of the episode is proven VERY wrong.
98	* This is something of a tradition among the Decepticons of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''. More often than not, they even design their ships to be unnecessarily spiky and menacing. Examine their ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' designs, for example. [[BigBad Megatron]] is a huge grey behemoth with ShouldersOfDoom, RedEyesTakeWarning and prominent razor-sharp fangs. [[TheStarscream Starscream]] is similarly red-eyed, but with a perpetual hunch and a diabolical smirk seemingly spot-welded on his face. They don't get more benevolent-looking from there.
99	* The Predacons of ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' inherited a lot of the Decepticon blatancy and then combined it with a selection of traits taken from bugs and dinosaurs for additional unpleasantness; it's hard to imagine who would look at, say, Tarantulas, a spider-bot with a mouthful of razor-sharp fangs, and conclude that he's in any way a positive addition to the team. Even the Predacons who were created from repurposed Maximal shells still end up broadcasting their villainy; Inferno, for example, is a giant pyromaniac fire ant with a SlasherSmile and glowing red eyes. When the [[MixAndMatchCritters Fusors]] debut, it's not hard to guess which of them will stay with the Predacons and which will join the Maximals given that one of them combines the traits of [[AnimalStereotypes stereotypically noble wolves and eagles]], and the other is a scorpion with a snake for a tail and turns into a sort of teal Darth Vader thing.
100	* ''WesternAnimation/WhoKilledWho'': As a gag, when the detective pushes a button marked 'RING BELL FOR SUSPECTS', the butler, maid, and chauffeur come in, and they all look rather sinister. It then turns out that they're actually pretty cheerful.
101	* Lord Darkar, the BigBad of the second season of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', is what he says about himself: "Fists of iron, eyes of fire, and wit as sharp as a sword." His armor is based off of a skeletal phoenix and his name suits him well as he is a being of darkness, making it a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Name to Run Away From Really Fast]]. He's got SpikesOfVillainy, an EvilLaugh, BlackEyesOfEvil, VillainousCheekbones, and [[DarkIsEvil dark magic]]. He has quite a scary transformation, too. His profile even suggests that his helmet can pull up to reveal his terrible face.
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Context ObviouslyEvil / WesternAnimation