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[[File:BlondEvill_188BlondEvill 188.jpg|link=Eyeshield 21|frame| [[Obviously Evil|Do we really need to say anything else?]]]]

Given that blond heroes were not rare in films 40 or more years ago, this may be a [[Cyclic Trope]], albeit with a longer cycle time than that for female "bad hair colors". That said, it has certainly become a much more prevalent trope in the days since [[Those Wacky Nazis|World War II]], which may be responsible for this, since the Nazis did love blonds. On the other hand, it may be more simple: popular kids are jerks, and so are all cheerleaders. BlondeBlond is a suitably desirable hair colour for both, therefore...

Compare [[Evil Redheads]], [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]], [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]] and [[Evil Albino]]. Contrast [[Hair of Gold]]. The [[Distaff Counterpart]] is [[Blondes Are Evil]].

* Although he's [[Comedic Sociopath|amusingly psychotic]] to the point where it's hard not to like him to an extent, [[Psycho for Hire|Ladd Russo]] from ''[[Baccano!]]'' would most definitely fall under this trope, if not for undecidedly brown tan AND dark blond hair {{spoiler|which turns gray for artisticness in Alcatra}}. I mean, come on. {{spoiler|He shoots a small child's head off and constantly threatens to kill his girlfriend, among other things.}}

* [[Naruto]] himself averts this, as he's the hero, but [[Mad Artist|Deidara]] of the Atatsuki does not. However, Naruto is the host of the Nine Tailed demon fox which is one of the most evil and ill tempered of all of the tailed beasts. His father, 4th Hokage Minato Namikaze, also a blonde maleblond, sealed this beast inside of his newborn son, Naruto. Although this action was necessary and will benefit his home village in the long term, taking an "ends justify the means" approach does not exactly dispel the stereotype.

* ''[[Jo JoJoJo's Bizarre Adventure|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'':

** Brando's most loyal subordinate, Enrico Pucci, is not only this but also subverts the [[Darkskinned Blonde|Dark Skinned Blond]] trope by being pretty damn cunning.

* In the "Fujiyama Gangster Paradise" story arc in ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', one of the main antagonists is a Yakuza scumbag named Chaka, who sports a mane of blond hair (supposedly dyed, as he ''is'' Japanese) [[Dark-Skinned Blond|and very tanned skin]]. He is without doubt the [[Complete Monster|most disgusting, irredeemable fuck]] shown so far in the series, so much that [[Even Evil Has Standards|not even his fellow Yakuza like him]] {{spoiler|and [[Badass]] [[Anti-Villain]] Ginji is just ''too'' happy to deal him a Cool And Unusual Death for abusing the local [[Yakuza Princess]], Yukio.}}.

* ''[[Darker Thanthan Black]]'' very much fits both this trope and [[Blondes Are Evil]], given the huge amount of blond Contractors, who, while varying in terms of morality/likability, are all superpowered sociopaths. The high proportion of blonds might be because Contractors are generally foreign agents, and the favored way to depict a foreigner in Japan is through [[Phenotype Stereotype]] .<ref>which incidentally uses a ''[[Darker Thanthan Black]]'' character as the page image</ref>.

* Asuham Boone from ''[[Overman King Gainer]]'' is vengeful, believes in [[Revenge Before Reason]], and is utterly obsessed with capturing co-protagonist Gain Bijou. If he has to endanger innocents or manipulate subordinates to do so, he will.

* The Oni Clan in ''[[Harukanaru Toki no Naka de]]'' is probably deliberately presented as evil foreigners, and ''anyone'' with blond hair is labelled as evil by the locals.<ref>Ironically, [[Phenotype Stereotype|Shimon]], who also gets bashed for similar appearance, is one of the nicest members of the main cast.</ref> Keep in mind that while this attitude is likely intended to reflect the general time-appropriate xenophobia,<ref>''Haruka'''s world is based on Heian period Japan</ref>, the Oni do actually possess destructive powers and therefore present danger. In reality, though...{{spoiler|Akuram is corrupted by his powers; Ikutidaru repeatedly questions their plans; much of what Shirin does is of the [[Love Makes You Evil]] kind (and she isn't even blond to begin with); Sefuru has a [[Freudian Excuse]] and isn't mature enough to comprehend the situation. ''Then'' you get into the clan's backstory...}}

* Cornelius Alba and {{spoiler|Lio Shirazumi}} in ''[[KaranoKara no Kyoukai:|Garden of Sinners]]''

* Every notable blond guy in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' is (or was) a jerkass, with the exception of Homer and the Yuuhi Guts captain. The biggest jerks in the Pentgram are blondes, Hiruma and Agon dyed their hair blondeblond at some point, and former delinquents Toganou and Juumonji started out as jerks to Sena. Somewhat justified for the Japanese characters who are blonde, since bleached hair = delinquent = jerk.

* ''[[Inukami!]]'': [["Wake -Up Call" Boss|Sea of Violence]] and [[Big Bad|Sekidosai]].

* In ''[[Saint Beast]]'', Pandora is not only a bit of a jerk but can also be considered outright evil for his complicity in so many awful things, no matter how he feels about the acts themselves.

* {{spoiler|Jan Arrah, Element Lad}}, the villain of the [[Legion of Super-Heroes (Comic Bookcomics)|Legion of Super-Heroes]] story Legion Lost, is innocently handsome and blond. To be fair, he was blond for thirty years worth of stories ''before'' he became a villain.

* Kordax, the ancient Atlantean prince in ''[[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]]'' and the greatest villain in Atlantean history. His blond hair was actually seen as a sign of evil by the people of Atlantis, especially in the royal family, which is why Aquaman was abandoned at birth.

* Lucifer, as he appeared in ''[[The Sandman]]'' and [[Lucifer (Comic Bookcomics)|his self-titled series]], was also a tall, blond man. This version of the character was pretty clearly inspired by Milton's ''[[Paradise Lost]]''. And by tall, blond man, we mean that Neil Gaiman ordered the artists who drew Lucifer to make him look like [[David Bowie]].

* Not an actual example, but this trope has been [[Lampshade|Lampshaded]]d whenever the fact that [[Captain America (comics)]] is pretty much the ideal of the Nazi's blond-haired-blue-eyed Aryan Ubermensch has been brought up. Incidentally, there was a period of time where the Red Skull inherited a cloned body of Cap's, pretty much keeping his appearance, blond hair and all, therefore playing this trope straight.

* The store owner's son Dennis in [[Cabin Fever (film)|Cabin Fever]] is more a case of "BlondeBlond Kids are Psychotic", as can be seen in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq_2GOoFaXE this scene].

** ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'': Mr. Stamper, a bleached blond this time.

** In ''[[A View to a Kill]]'', [[Big Bad]] [[Christopher Walken|Max Zorin]] himself is blond and the result of a [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazi]] [[Mad Scientist]]'s breeding experiment in the 1940s.

* In ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', brown-haired Batman battles blond baddies. The Joker's hair is so greasy it looks dark, and cheaply dyed green on top of that, but he's definitely blond. {{spoiler|Like Bruce Wayne, Harvey Dent suffered two terrible losses and assumed a new identity. But while Batman dedicated his life to fighting crime, Two-Face tried to kill a cop's innocent child.}}<br /><br />Harvey Dent was an interesting subversion (or untwist) of the trope -- the angsty, brooding dark-haired hero mopes as his love-interest takes up with a blond, popular, media-savvy politician who wears his idealism on his sleeve. Surely, the blond rival ''must'' be a superficial jerk, incapable of truly loving the heroine and only affecting high principles for show? No, it turns out that he really ''is'' a courageous, noble, if somewhat vain man and a better match for the girl than the hero, {{spoiler|until the poor blond man gets broken to pieces in the most horrible way}}.

* The otherworldly children in ''Village of the Damned'', at least in the colored versions of the original. The remake outright upgrades them to [[Evil Albino|Evil Albinos]]s.

** Also, Barty Crouch Jr. from ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (novel)|Goblet of Fire]]''.

** Gilderoy Lockhart. He's not a Death Eater, but he's definitely a jerk and a fraud. At the end of ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and Thethe Chamber of Secrets (novel)|Chamber of Secrets]]'', he tried to obliviate two twelve-year-olds and planned to leave an eleven-year-old to die, intending to spin a good story about it that will paint him as the hero and the three students as unfortunate collateral damage.

* ''[[The Time TravelersTraveler's Wife]]'' invokes this trope twice over: while neither Ingrid nor Gomez (the blond romantic rivals to the central couple's brunet Henry and [[Heroes Want Redheads|redheaded]] Clare) are bad people, the former is [[Tsundere|needy and confrontational]] and the latter is offputtingly glib and cynical (and has a weird Communism fetish). Neither Henry or Clare view them as legitimate contenders in the [[Love Dodecahedron]] (although Henry and Ingrid dated before he met Clare).

* [[Big Screwed-Up Family|The Lannisters]] from ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' all have blond hair and are all ruthlessly ambitious. {{spoiler|Though we do later find out that many of them are [[Subverted Trope|not all as evil as we're initially lead to believe]], the trope is still played straight with Tywin, Cersei, and especially Joffrey}}.

* Spike on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. He's probably intentionally invoking this trope (the guy's pretty [[Genre Savvy]]); flashbacks reveal his normal hair is mouse brown and curly. Apparently, he dyed his hair black during WWII and began bleaching it in the 70s, probably to attract dumb victims drawn to the "bad boy" association.

* Eric from ''[[True Blood]]'' is the ultimate badass blond: he's a Viking vampire, sheriff of his corner of Louisiana (for the vampires) and owns a nightclub called Fangtasia. He becomes upset when he gets blood in his beautiful, blond hair.

* John-Paul McQueen from ''[[Holly OaksHollyoaks]]'' drove his ex-girlfriend to anorexia, had an affair with his friend's boyfriend, convinced a priest to leave the church, then later left said priest for another bloke. Also, Ste Hay is blond.

* In the [[British Brevity|short-lived]] BBC kids' drama ''Dark Future'', all the villains of the story were blond. Out of the [[Power Trio|trio]] of [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World|schoolaged heroes]], the two girls were both brunette. The villains at one point try to draw the young blond male hero into joining their cause, but then turned on him when they found out...his hair is naturally a dark brown, he just dyed it (which should've been obvious, his dark brown roots were even visible!).

* The TV movie of ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' had a villain who slowly assassinated the king and tried to marry the princess. It's no wonder he was caught--hiscaught—his long blond hair was a dead giveaway. {{spoiler|The princess has him eternally imprisoned and sets her sights on the kind, dark-haired doctor.}}

* The Nature Boy Buddy Rodgers and his [[Expy]] [[Ric Flair]].

* Brett, the [[Jerk Jock]] in ''[[Thirteen|13]]'', was played by the blondeblond Eric Nelsen.

* [[Anti-Hero|Anogia]] from ''[[Luminous Arc 3]]'' played this really straight, until it is revealed that all he went through is to give Miria her eyes back.

* The [[Big Bad|Big Bads]]s of ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' (and the remake, ''Tomb Raider: Anniversary''), ''Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness'', and ''Tomb Raider: Legends'' have all been blonds or platinum-blonds.

* The aptly named Mr. Blonde in ''[[Perfect Dark]]''. Yes, it's a pseudonym andmand, as a matter of fact, he's not really blond; the reptilian aliens mustn't have been trying very hard, because they all use the same holographic disguise.

* The [[Tales (series)]]:

** Dhaos of ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' - although this is also a case of [[Poor Communication Kills]].

** Miktran/Kronos in ''[[Tales of Destiny]]''. It looks like Elraine and Barbatos in the sequel might avert this but then you fight Fortuna...and she's ''blonde''.

* When he's evil, {{spoiler|Richard}} in ''[[Tales of Graces]]''. It's best to consider that ''GREENS'' are evil in ''[[Tales of Graces]]''.

** Used straight with probably the first major blond male character: [[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Emperor Mateus Palamecia]], who is rather astonishingly [[Complete Monster|evil]].

** In ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'', you get the villains {{spoiler|the two Zilart princes of Jeuno, specifically the <s>younger</s> older brother, who is actually behind the first villain}} for the first expansion and {{spoiler|Nag'molada}} for the second.

** Splendidly averted with Leon S. Kennedy, who first appeared in ''[[Resident Evil 2 (Video Game)]]'' as a [[Redheaded Hero]] but has been depicted as having sandy blond hair ever since -- [[Retcon|even in flashbacks to the events of part 2]].

* Slavik from [[Command and& Conquer]] - Tiberian Sun. Total blond evil.

* ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]'':

{{quote| "Brother. I'm so happy! I get to kill you again!"}}

* Alfonso and {{spoiler|Ramirez}} in ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]''

* Hans Grosse in ''[[Wolfenstein 3D]]'', along with every class of [[Mook|Mooks]]s except the Mutant.

** The [[Sociopathic Soldier|Sociopathic Soldiers]]--Lts—Lt. Charles and Lt. Bravado--whoBravado—who are about as [[Complete Monster|evil as you get.]]

* [[Arch Enemy|Remy Buxaplenty]] on ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]''.

* Boog from [[Fanboy and Chum Chum]] is also a blondeblond bully - however, he evidently uses dye, since, at the time the show takes place, his brown roots are quite visible.

* Tobey from [[Word Girl]] is blondeblond and [[Affably Evil|could be considered evil.]]

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