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{{quote|'''Dave''': How can you have a goatee without shaving? Does it just materialize?
'''[[Gender Bender|Male Helen]]''': Well, yes. I'm evil.
|''[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/narbonic_plus/series.php?view{{=}}archive&chapter{{=}}31475#121222 Narbonic]''}}
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What is it about bad guys and facial hair? For some reason, we often take being clean-shaven as an indicator of being strait-laced and, under more traditional morality, a good person, pure of spirit. In older, simpler days, a traditional hero would not even have five o'clock shadow, even if he's been on the run and well away from his shaving mirror for a week.
Conversely, a man with facial hair is less pure, at the very least a [[Darker and Edgier]] [[Anti-Hero]]
Note that this generally applies to small, well-groomed beards, especially goatees. Having a [[Beard of Barbarism|huge bushy beard]] turns one into a [[Nature Hero]], [[Seadog Beard|sailor]], grizzled old prospector or [[Boisterous Bruiser]]. Except, of course, for the beards recommended by certain religions that are in the public focus at the moment.
The characters who sport a '''Beard of Evil''' are usually either the [[Big Bad]] or a second-in-command. This may play into the fact that in both western and eastern culture, goatees are traditionally worn by members of the aristocracy, and [[Aristocrats Are Evil]].
The Beard of Evil has a long history of being associated most closely with the [[Evil Twin]] or [[Evil Counterpart]], and you [[Mirror Universe|probably already]] [[Star Trek:
[[Satan]] is also frequently depicted with a goatee (which probably came from depictions of [[Faust|Goethe's Mephistopheles]] as a 16th-century gallant).
A subset of [[Good Hair, Evil Hair]]. Not to be confused with [[Growing the Beard]] or the [[Badass Mustache]]. No real reason why a beard can't be
{{examples}}
== [[Advertising]] ==
* In a Priceline ad [[William Shatner]] plays both his normal helpful negotiator self and his [[Evil Twin]] who's trying to trick people into paying too much for hotel rooms. Guess which one has a beard.▼
== [[Anime]]
* Dr. Hell from ''[[
* Gendo Ikari from ''[[
* "That Man" from ''[[Excel Saga (
* In episode 12 of ''[[Dennou Coil]]'' beards start appearing on the (pre-adolescent) main characters. These beards are actually Illegals, virus programs that occasionally cross over into reality and are generally antagonistic. These particular Illegals are sentient, forming their own mini-civilizations on each person's face and revere the person they exist on as gods. They then go on to launch missiles and wage civil war on each other and, once that's stopped, "interplanetary" war. After realizing the futility of war, the Illegal beards leave their hosts to find their Promised Land.
* General Regius of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
* Lordgenome is about the only human on ''[[
** His beard also gets significantly larger and begins to curl at the ends as he gets angrier (most notably when his head bursts into flames).
* That first enemy that appears in ''[[
* ''[[One Piece]]''
** [[Evil Counterpart|Blackbeard]] initially had no beard, but he grows one - [[Rule of Cool| with three braids]] - during the [[Time Skip]].
* Jose, in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds (Anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds]]'' definitely counts. ▼
** Also, four of [[Evil Old Folks| the five Elder Stars]] (the cabal that heads the World Government) have beards. Jaygarcia Saturn in particular is [[Mad Scientist|very]], [[Would Hurt a Child|''very'']] [[The Sociopath|evil]] - just ask poor {{spoiler|Kuma}} and {{spoiler|Bonney}} - and interestingly, {{spoiler|his beard becomes much fuller and thicker when he assumes his demonic [[One-Winged Angel]] form}}.
* The Count of Monte Cristo in ''[[Gankutsuou (Anime)|Gankutsuou]]'' sports a sharp, blue goatee to complete his Byronic character. He isn't exactly pure evil, but definitely counts as a [[Manipulative Bastard]] willing to get innocents mixed to his pursuit of vengeance. ▼
** [[General Ripper|Admiral Akainu]] grows quite the menacing, well-groomed beard during the timeskip. But amusingly enough, he's gone from an [[Ax Crazy]] purely evil [[Knight Templar]] who'd murder friend and foe alike at the drop of a hat to developing [[Even Evil Has Standards|a few redeeming qualities]] after {{spoiler|becoming Fleet Admiral}}. Not to mention, he's turned into something of a [[Non-Action Big Bad]] thanks to {{spoiler|his new job turning him into something of a desk jockey.}}
* In ''[[Zero no Tsukaima (Light Novel)|The Familiar of Zero]]'' when he arrives, Ward is shown a few times in flashbacks where he acts kind to the main character, and has no beard. However, in the present, he has a beard, and is, well, evil.▼
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''
** Lecter from the [[Filler Arc| Virtual Nightmare Arc]] had the typical diabolical goatee.
* [[Blue Exorcist (Manga)|Mephisto Pheles]] has one impressively sharp, blue, goatee. Interesting, considering [[Faust|what]] his [[Names to Run Away From Very Fast|name]] is an obvious pun off of. Whether or not he is evil however, has [[Wild Mass Guessing|yet to be fully revealed.]]▼
▲** Jose, in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!
▲* The Count of Monte Cristo in ''[[
▲* In ''[[
* Emperor Ganishka from ''[[Berserk]]''. His beard is long, thick, and disheveled. Appropriately, he's one of the most monstrously evil characters in the setting what with all the murders, massacres, and grotesquely brutal [[Fate Worse Than Death|Fates Worse Than Death]] that he's responsible for.
▲* ''[[Blue Exorcist]]'':
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
▲== Comic Books ==
* While the titular hero himself might sport a trim goatee, ''[[Iron Man]]'' also plays it straight with Stane, who has a full beard and a [[Bald of Evil|bald head]].
** It's debatable whether this was deliberate on the part of the writers and artists, but Tony finally grew a goatee (after decades of having just a mustache) around the same time that he became much more morally ambiguous than he'd ever been
* Serial killer/rapist Mr. Gone from ''[[The Maxx]]'' combines [[Bald of Evil]] with a wild
* Rasputin in ''[[Hellboy (
* ''[[Seven Soldiers]]'' features the nefarious Subway Pirates, rival factions of which are led by the barbaric Allbeard (whose incredibly thick, long beard covers up pretty much his entire face) and the slick Nobeard (who has a [[Bald of Evil]] and is incapable of growing hair anywhere on his body). Mentions of other pirates from bygone eras of subway privateering are also made, including luminaries like Falsebeard and the like.
* Marvel's [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]] old time villains Count Nefaria and Graviton.
* ''[[Empowered]]'':
* Inverted by the [[Pre
* Similar to the ''[[
* Referenced in a universe-hopping arc of ''[[
* Minor [[
** A [[Post-Crisis]] version of Amalak was introduced a couple of years ago. With the cool beard, naturally.
* Taken [[Up To Eleven]] by Deimos (a henchmen of Ares, [[Wonder Woman]]'s foe) whose beard is, itself, evil, being ''made of snakes''.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Referenced in the ''[[Harry Potter]]/[[DC Universe]]'' crossover ''[[First Times]]'', featuring Hermione Granger, Green Lantern. When Hermione meets her [[Evil Twin]] from the Crime Syndicate of Amerika, and the two work out that the Syndicate's attack on Earth is a ploy by Owlman to put him in charge of both universes, they part on peaceful (if not exactly amicable) terms to warn their respective sides -- but not before Hermione Butcher complains
{{quote|Your dimension’s all wrong, anyways. ... Few goatees here either, like that old show when they crossed over to the soft dimension, everyone there all smooth and nice and cuddly. No one boldly going to enslave new worlds. Pathetic pacifists.}}
==
* [[
▲* In a Priceline ad [[William Shatner]] plays both his normal helpful negotiator self and his [[Evil Twin]] who's trying to trick people into paying too much for hotel rooms. Guess which one has a beard.
▲* [[Yellow Peril|Fu Manchu's]] evil beard was so famous that the mustache style is named after him. In the original novels, however, he is clean shaven.
* In ''[[The Dark Knight Saga|Batman Begins]]'', Ra's al Ghul's and Henri Ducard's fu manchus are our first clue that the League of Shadows is [[Knight Templar|evil]]. (Well, the first clue for those who hadn't read the comic books.) Bruce Wayne also sports a rather scraggly beard at the beginning of the film, but it's gone by the time he [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|disavows killing]] and severs ties with the League.
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate|Doctor]] Smith in [[The Film of the Series]] ''[[Lost in Space]]'' gave away his role as villain this way.
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* A staple of [[Disney Animated Canon]] villains:
** Scar, Simba's evil uncle from ''[[The Lion King]]'' has a tuft of scraggly black fur on his chin reminiscent of a goatee.
** Jafar in ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' deserves a mention. Not-evil men like the sultan and captain of the guard also have beards in the movie, but Jafar's is not only a goatee, but ''twisted''.
*
** Hugo Drax of ''[[
** From ''[[For Your Eyes Only (
:: Other than that, there are actually very few major Bond villains with a beard, only henchmen.
* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'', naturally. Jack Sparrow, Hector Barbossa, and Davy Jones (who has a beard made of ''tentacles'') are all rather shifty, but the real [[Big Bad]] is clean-shaven, as is his second-in-command. "Good guy" Will Turner also has a goatee, to complement his pirate lineage.
* Captain Corso of ''[[Titan
* In nearly 80% of all kung fu movies made in China in the 60's and 70's from Run Run Shaw or Golden Harvest, the villain was always the old guy with the white beard.
** Parodied in ''[[Kill Bill]] Vol 2'', with Pai Mei.
* In ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]: [[Prince Caspian]]'' the Telmarine aristocrats are bearded and bad, except for the eponymous Caspian, who is clean-shaven and a good guy.
* ''[[The Matrix]]'' has Cipher's beard to couple with his [[Bald of Evil]], as noted in that article.
* In ''[[
* Averted in ''[[Once Upon a Time
* [[Christopher Lee]] sported an actual beard later in life and exceled at playing bad guys, so many of his roles have this Trope, including Count Dooku in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' prequels and Sauruman in ''[[Lord of the Rings (film series)|Lord of the Rings]]
* The title character of ''[[
* Fouché sports one in ''[[The Duellists]]''. He was clean-shaven in real life.
* The [[Big Bad]] McComb sports an evil beard in ''[[Time Cop]]''.
*
** {{spoiler|Doubly appropriate as he's voiced by [[Leonard Nimoy|the page image]] - though his appearance is based on [[Sean Connery]].}}
* Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane in '[[Iron Man (
* Although technically not a beard, [[Edward Norton]]'s character in [[The Italian Job (2003 film)]] sports a rather evil-looking moustache.
* Christo and Shabal from ''[[
* Dr. Arliss Loveless, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Wild Wild West (film)|Wild Wild West]]'' has one of the [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/File:Arliss_Loveless.jpeg strangest beard styles] in film history; seriously, could you even call it a goatee? Still, it ''does'' make him look pretty evil.
* [[Big Bad|William Afton]] has one in the film version of ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's]]''.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
* ''[[
▲== Literature ==
▲* ''[[Inheritance Cycle (Literature)|Inheritance Cycle]]'': Galbatorix has a beard in the film adaption. During ''Brisingr'', Eragon seems to assume that Galbatorix has a beard when he mentions him.
▲* In the ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]'' universe:
** Lord Vetinari is commonly depicted with a tidy goatee.
*** He's not that evil, though. He does, however, have a 'menacing elegance'. Oh, yes, and he's ''[[Magnificent Bastard|awesome]]''.
** Parodied in ''[[
* In ''[[
* The eponymous character of ''[[
* The ''[[Moonraker (
* Simon's beard in ''[[I Capture the Castle]]'' makes Cassandra compare him to a gargoyle. And Rose makes him shave it off before {{spoiler|she agrees to marry him.}}
* ''[[Harry Potter (
* [[Older Than Radio]] example: Chernomor, [[Big Bad]] from the ''Ruslan and Ludmila'' (1820) by Alexander Pushkin, has a ''very'' long beard. He also has a [[Bald of Evil]].
* In ''[[
* In the ''[[
* ''[[In Death]]'': [[Complete Monster]] Isaac McQueen ends up putting on a goatee at the end of ''New York To Dallas''.
* In-universe discussion in [[The Hunger Games]] : during her {{spoiler|first}} Games, Katniss notices that although many of the boys in the arena are old enough to grow beards, and have been away from razors for a good two or three weeks, not a single one has done so. She suspects that their Capitol stylists have done some sort of procedure on their faces to prevent this, presumably to keep them looking young and innocent.
** And in the film version, [[Ascended Extra|Seneca Crane]] sports a particularly stunning example.
* ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' has [[No Name Given|the man with a beard but no hair]], who's apparently so evil that Lemony Snicket won't even tell us his name.
* The mirror universe of ''[[
▲== Live Action TV ==
**
▲* The mirror universe of ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' more or less gave us the cliché of the [[Evil Twin]] with a Beard of Evil, as evil Mr. Spock has a goatee. Ironically, Evil Mr. Spock is far and away the ''least'' evil person in the mirror universe.
** And in ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise
▲** Recently given a [[Shout Out]] in a Priceline commercial. You guessed it, Evil Shatner with a goatee.
▲** And in ''[[Star Trek Enterprise (TV)|Enterprise]]'', Star Trek does a [[Shout Out]] to ''itself'' by giving Mirror Soval a Spock-beard. ([[Wild Mass Guessing|Common fashion amongst Mirror Vulcans?]])
*** While, for obvious reasons, Mirror T'Pol couldn't have a beard, she did have long flowing locks of hair to distinguish her from her closely-cropped regular counterpart.
*** This seems to have been the fashion among ''commanding'' Vulcans. Mirror Spock's personal guard didn't have a beard, and neither did either of the Vulcans Mirror T'Pol enlisted to help her retake the ISS Enterprise from Archer. [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
** An episode of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
*** However, he wasn't really evil.
* On ''[[Knight Rider]]'', Michael Knight's [[Evil Twin]], Garthe Knight, sports a Beard of Evil.
* ''[[
** The Master's most iconic appearance, as portrayed by Roger Delgado, is bearded, as is that of Anthony Ainley. Ainley was intentionally trying to look like Delgado. There was substantial disappointment that Eric Roberts did not "sport the goat" as the Master in the 1996 telefilm. The Master also had a beard as portrayed by Jonathan Pryce in the [[Comic Relief]] spoof "The Curse of Fatal Death," and as voiced by [[Derek Jacobi]] for the animated "Scream of the Shalka," though fans were sufficiently used to the idea that no one was seriously bothered {{spoiler|when Sir Derek Jacobi and John Simm played beardless Masters in 2007}}.
** Inverted in that the Brigadier has a mustache, while his evil-universe counterpart is clean-shaven. He sports an [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|Evil Scar]]-and-[[Eyepatch of Power]]-combo instead.
** And for maximum cross-trope linkage, in the 2007 Children In Need mini-episode "Time Crash," when the Tenth Doctor mentions the Master to the Fifth Doctor, this exchange ensues:
{{quote|
'''Tenth Doctor:''' No, no beard this time...Well, [[The Beard|a wife]]... }}
** And now, {{spoiler|the 2009 Christmas specials feature John Simm's Master with a Stubble of Evil.}}
* Though he [[Heel Face Turn|later redeems himself]], Captain Bialar Crais of ''[[
* Ares has a
* In Tom's first two appearances, in ''[[
* Played straight in an episode of ''The Jamie Foxx Show'' in which Foxx's character is accidentally forced to switch places with a criminal look-alike who is physically identical in all ways except for a scrawny beard.
* In the ''[[
** How could you tell that Gideon was evil? He has a goatee.
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' had the evil warlord known only as White Beard.
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'':
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]]:
{{quote|
** Note that they were in fact evil, or at the very least quite self-centered. Prime universe SG-1 may have cared more about their universe than others, but they at least didn't go looting the others.
** In one [[Alternate Universe]] episode that had to be a reference to ''[[
** In a non-alternate-universe example, recurring villain Ba'al sported a tidy diabolical goatee.
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' episode "Doppelganger": Sheppard inquires about the other Sheppard, "Did I have a goatee?"
* Inverted in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' with Barney's 'origin story' in the episode "The Re-Return." At the start of the flash back he's a wide-eyed, innocent, [[New Age Retro Hippie]], complete with long hair and a soul-patch. When he becomes the Barney we know from, presented as the 'evil' version, he shaves it off.
* Jack Bass is evil enough when he first appears in ''[[Gossip Girl]]''s second season. When he returns in season three he's even more evil, and is now sporting a goatee.
* One of the themes in ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' is Walter's physical and mental transformation from nerdy teacher to [[Badass]] drug dealer. First he [[Bald of Awesome|went bald]], ostensibly due to chemotherapy, then he grew a rather sinister goatee.
* In ''[[The Middleman]]'''s [[Mirror Universe]], every single male character is bearded; most but not all are more evil than their clean-shaven counterparts.
* Gaius Baltar in [[Battlestar Galactica
* ''[[The Collector (TV series)|The Collector]]'': While meeting the younger Morgan in flashbacks, the Devil [[The Nth Doctor|takes the form]] of a goateed Colin Cunningham, his most consistent avatar in the series by far.
* On ''[[
== [[Music]] ==
* Kunt and the Gang's song
* Hooray for Gooba! has a song titled
== [[New
▲* Kunt and the Gang's song ''Men With Beards (What Are They Hiding)'' has the singer theorizing all beards are Beards of Evil.
▲* Hooray for Gooba! has a song titled ''My Evil Twin Has a Mustache'' wherein the narrator/singer bemoans the fact that his friends cannot distinguish between himself and his [[Evil Twin]] when he blatantly has a mustache. There is also the matter of the [[Kick the Dog|puppy-kicking]]...
* ''[[Gaia Online]]'' has both mocked this and played this straight. (But mostly mocks it)
** On the serious side: Vladmir Von Helson, the arguably most evil character in the story line, had a particularly sinister goatee before he was ashed.
** On the other hand, recent micro updates starring [[Mr Wizard]] parodies Dr. Singh and Timmy have featured several characters with beards of evil (which is either [[The Virus]], or a case of [[Body Snatcher
* The tabletop game ''[[Warhammer
* [http://i41.tinypic.com/24vmlqe.jpg This] motivational poster, created during Mirrorverse Week on [http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_startrek/ ONTD_STARTREK]
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==▼
* Ming The Merciless in ''[[Flash Gordon (
▲== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* Ming The Merciless in ''[[Flash Gordon (Comic Strip)|Flash Gordon]]'', perhaps unsurprisingly, sports what is known as a Fu Manchu.
** And Dr Chaotica in ''[[Voyager]]'''s [[Show Within a Show]] homage ''The Adventures of Captain Proton!''
* In the comic strip ''[[Mark Trail]]'', ''
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* Following his [[Face Heel Turn]], the cleanshaven space around [[Hulk Hogan]]'s iconic blonde fu manchu was filled in by a black five-o'clock shadow.
* [[Daniel Bryan]]'s [http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/images/photos/001/578/400/whc_daniel_bryan_by_windows8osx-d4jmgpp_original.jpg?1329708118 has to be seen to be believed, following his] [[Face Heel Turn]]. Compare his current appearance to the completely clean-shaven image on his Trope page and marvel at the difference.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'',
** The barbazu (or [https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2019/07/dd-monster-spotlight-bearded-devils.html "bearded devils"]) are [[Elite Mook]]s practically designed around this Trope, and probably the only monster in the game with beard-attacks.
** Mordenkainen from the ''[[Greyhawk]]'' setting is the biggest case of [[Heel Face Revolving Door]] in the game, and while he always has a beard, it's longer and scraggier when he's in an evil mood.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Inverted in the ''[[
* ''[[Command
** Kane in the first game complements his evil beard with his [[Bald of Evil|complete lack of other hair on his head]].
** That crazy adviser of Romanov in Red Alert 2 also has a evil beard. And, like Kane, [[Bald of Evil|Yuri lacks hair on the head]]
** ''[[Command
* This seems to be a defining character trait in the ''[[God of War (
* Lampshaded in ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'', where a skit involves Anise spinning a tale to [[The Ojou|Natalia]] how the [[Big Bad]]'s beard is a source of his evil powers. Just ''one'' source, mind you: You ''don't'' want to know what his ponytail does.
** Not to mention his ''eyebrows'' having the ability to tell him where his enemies are.
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* Rasputin (yes, again) in ''[[Shadow Hearts]] Covenant'' makes sure to retain the beard even after transforming into a horrible demonic sin against nature.
* Played straight and inverted in ''[[Half-Life]]''. Dr. Breen, when you finally see him, has a full beard and is allied with the [[Big Bad|Combine]]. Gordon Freeman, the hero, has what is best described as a Goatee of Asskicking.
* The [[Older and Wiser]] ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* Team Rocket Executive Petrel in ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver
* Master Xehanort from ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]]'', which is [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] now that [[Leonard Nimoy]] is playing him in the English version.
** Luxord and that baby-blond beard of his.
* The Prowler "La Lupo" from ''[[
* The [[Obviously Evil]] Ser Alrik in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' sports one.
* ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Edvard de Santigo from ''[[Supernormal Step]]'' has a [http://supernormalstep.com/62/ very malicious-looking goatee].
* ''[[
** Elan's [[Evil Twin]] brother Nale has a blond beard to serve as his distinguishing villainous mark.
** As Vaarsuvius pointed out [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0596.html after dealing with Kubota], "that mustache did not do him any favors" when trying to determine whether Kubota was to be considered an enemy of the Order.
* ''[[
** Jim, Qui-Gon's player, suspects Sio Bibble (or [[My Name Is Not Durwood|"Bubble"]], as he calls him) of being evil due to his beard and position as Amidala's [[Evil Chancellor|trusted adviser]]. It's not true, but despite his bit-part in it, Bibble is one of the few campaign details Jim never needs to be reminded of.
** Having established his firm belief in the Beard of Evil as a guaranteed indicator of a character's untrustworthiness, Jim refuses to let anyone see his character sheet, claiming [[Blatant Lies|Qui-Gon is clean-shaven.]]
** This is also mentioned in a later comic with Bail Organa.
*** Flat out lampshaded in the GM's notes for the campaign that took place in between the first and second movie (based on ''[[The Princess Bride (
* In ''[[
* [[Invoked Trope]] by ''[[Van Von Hunter]]'' when Van ''drew'' a goatee on his [[Evil Twin]] so that they could be told apart.
* In ''[[Mac Hall]]'' this was inverted [http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-03-07 here] and then played straight [http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-03-12 here]
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'', strip [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2470.html #2470] is a repeat of [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2461.html #2461] in the [[Mirror Universe]], complete with backwards layout and goatees. Unfortunately, the Nazis are the same. ([http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2477.html Maybe not].) And ''of course'' the comic links here.
* In ''[[
** What? He's not a spy, he's a plumber! Clearly!
* Invoked, discussed, and [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[Jet Dream (
{{quote|
'''El Teen Gringo:''' "But what of Lincoln? Moses? Zeus? You're blinded by your dangerous obsession! Bah! You'll never understand. Taste some ''Teen Gringo Justice'' -- Fist Style!" }}
== [[Web Original]] ==
* In ''[[
* Mars, a [[One-Scene Wonder|minor but memorable]] villain from ''[[Broken Saints]]'' features a little goatee, but otherwise sports a [[Bald of Evil]].
* In the first episode of ''[[
* During the [[Christmas Special]] of ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'', Goku realizes that Turles is his [[Evil Counterpart]] in all but one way.
{{quote|
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15S0g8pG6HU Pedophile Beards]
* [[Mirror Universe|Enforcers]] [[Protectors of the Plot Continuum|of the Plot Continuum]] Makes-Things had a beard, probably inspired by Emperor Spock's (see page image). In the prime multiverse, the Mysterious Somebody had a beard, as an [[Expy]]-cum-clone of [[The Thrawn Trilogy|Joruus C'baoth]].
* {{spoiler|General James Ironwood}} has grown one by the start of V7 of ''[[RWBY]]'', hinting early on at his coming shift from military hero to tyrant.
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
* Pastiched on ''[[
▲== Western Animation ==
* David Xanatos, the [[Anti-Villain]] of ''[[Gargoyles]]'' fame [[Xanatos Gambit|well known for his convoluted plans]] sported such a beard. He bore more than a passing resemblance to his actor, who played [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Commander Will Riker]] and whose beard was notable for [[Growing the Beard|another reason]].
▲* Pastiched on ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'': in their mirror universe, ''everyone'' has a goatee, including the "Evil" Cartman, who, as the opposite of the "real world" Cartman, is polite, helpful, and a genuinely good person. The unbearded Cartman rips off his beard (as a unit...) after he finds out that Stan and Kyle want to send him to the alternative universe and keep the "evil Cartman."
**
* ''[[Transformers]]'':
** Unicron the [[Planet Eater|giant, planet-eating, robotic, chaos god]] had a mustache and goatee. He also gave one to his minion Scourge, along with a lovely set of pink fingernails.
** As does the evil Junkion Detritus.
* In the ''[[
{{quote|
* Vlad Masters from ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. Also Skulker and even Danny's [[Evil Counterpart]] Dark Danny sports one.
* This is played with in ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', with the character of Dr. Orpheus, a good guy who looks evil (the eponymous brothers describe him as looking like "a Dracula"). The Monarch and Dr. Venture, on the other hand, are both rather unsavory characters with beards.
** Lampshaded when Hank puts on a fake goatee and 21 comments that he looks like the "[[Star Trek:
* Several ''[[Birdman]]'' villains have this kind of beard, most notably Number One, the leader of F.E.A.R.. This is useful, since apart from this and a small skull insignia, he looks exactly like all of his henchmen.
* An episode of ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' involves the mystery of a mobile mustache super-weapon. When asked by Arthur why the government brought such a horror into the world, the only response he got was:
{{quote|
* Parodied with Chad Ghostal, Space Ghost's [[Evil Twin]] brother on ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''. His facial hair is different every time he's on screen.
* An episode of ''[[Codename
* Fire Lord Ozai in ''[[
* The Villain on the ''[[Jimmy Timmy Power Hour]] 3''.
* ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'':
** Warp Darkmatter, who is more or less Buzz's [[Evil Counterpart|evil equivalent]], sports a typically roguish goatee.
** Evil Buzz Lightyear from the [[Alternate Universe]].
* The [[Affably Evil]] Hank Scorpio from ''[[The Simpsons (
* Gargamel in ''[[The Smurfs]]'' attempts to grow his own
** Gargamel did sport a fake Beard Of Evil when he was masquerading as the dream date wizard Harlequin in order to get his hands on Hogatha's "magic whistle," which was really her bird call. However, during a kiss, the fake beard attached itself to Hogatha's face, revealing her dream date to be Gargamel, yet Hogatha doesn't notice it until after Gargamel is gone when she looks at herself in the mirror and says, "I have charm, I have beauty, I have a beard...A BEARD?!?"
** Gargamel's godfather Lord Balthazar sports one.
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** Also, {{spoiler|Tighten/Titan/Hal}} has no beard to speak of, and is actually the main antagonist of the film. Then again, the movie makes a point of subverting the superhero tropes pretty thoroughly.
* Dr. XXX of [[The Mad Doctor]] cartoon short
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across
* Lampshaded {{spoiler|and played straight}} with {{spoiler|Cesar Salazar}} in ''[[Generator Rex]]'' after a six month [[Time Skip]].
* [[Double Subverted]] by Grune of
* Here's how you tell the male heroes apart from the male villains in ''[[Visionaries]]'': If he's got a full beard, he's either a bad guy or he's [[Mysterious Backer| a wizard]], and wizards tend to be morally ambiguous at best. Good guys are usually clean-shaven, except Leoric, who has a [[Badass Mustache]].
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Anton LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan, grew a diabolical goatee to go along with his [[Bald of Evil]] and to fit in the part.
* Attila the Hun, the notoriously cruel barbarian warrior known (in Western history) as the "Scourge of God," reportedly wore a beard.
* The Mongolian ruler [[Genghis Khan]], who declared himself the "''Wrath'' of God," and is remembered throughout Eastern Europe and the Middle East as a brutal, genocidal warlord (but considered a hero by his own people).
* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: The Romans had a fear of uncivilized peoples (for good reason, as it turns out). They marked civilized men as shaved, and unshaved ones as [[Beard of Barbarism|barbarians]].
** The Emperor Hadrian grew a beard. During his reign he was often considered to be something of a tyrant. (His modern image as a placid old man with a passion for architecture and pretty boys wouldn't be shared by the Jews he persecuted and drove out of Jerusalem, or the senators he executed without a trial...)
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* Gaal of the black metal band Gorgoroth is infamously known as the most evil man in Norway. That he has [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IxOXtjKDR8w/SRVxT7JmE4I/AAAAAAAAAUg/6ntH96R6YBI/s320/Gaahl_-13086.jpg a very impressive beard of evil] certainly helps.
* Blackbeard. How could you make your beard any more evil than stuffing it with [[Incendiary Exponent|burning firecrackers]]?
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* After being exposed for multiple affairs behind his wife's back and generally having his good guy reputation destroyed, Tiger Woods returned to the golf scene after a hiatus, and at his very first press conference... sported a Goatee!
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* [[Osama Bin Laden]], Al Qaeda, and the Taliban have all sported large, bushy beards as part of their interpretation of Islam. However, the idea that it is preferable for a Muslim man to have a beard is actually rather uncontroversial, and there are plenty of Muslim men who aren't terrorists and prefer the large, bushy beard. Shortly after 9/11, this was satirized in a Capitol Steps song in which they warned Bin Laden & Company that the USA has "a new beard-seeking missile!"
* Averted by many, many, many real-life, movie, and comic book stage magicians, only some of whom are evil.
* [[Adolf Hitler]], the size of his mustache being inversely proportional to his evilness! It also greatly reduced the number of [[Good Hair, Evil Hair|toothbrush mustaches]] among the world's population after WWII.
* [[Grigori Rasputin
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