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WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
CurledUpWithDakka (Holding A Herring)
2025-03-30 18:56:07

Affably Evil?

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Veanne Since: Jul, 2012
2025-03-30 22:40:58

Definitely Wicked Cultured, Affably Evil is about the villain being nice (until they kill you).

MochaSlushes Since: Aug, 2022
2025-03-30 23:20:37

Yeah, I can see how they would overlap though.

Still think there should be a trope with piano/sax being equated with evil/classiness

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MiinU Since: Jun, 2011
2025-03-31 00:31:37

Wicked Cultured covers that. If not, Cultured Badass definitely does and can just as easily apply to villainous characters, as well as heroic ones.

Florestan Since: May, 2015
Scorpion451 (Edited uphill both ways)
2025-03-31 15:45:45

Man of Wealth and Taste covers evil having class in the sense of having refined taste and style- this can extend into things like their theme music being a genre with sophisticated associations like classical or jazz.

Saxophones specifically overlap this with Creepy Jazz Music and Sexophone.

Edited by Scorpion451
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