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If they're ''not'' evil, they're still jerks, although they may or may not [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|be nice underneath]], and they usually lose. Where a [[Betty and Veronica]] usually has a [[Hair of Gold|blond]] Betty and a dark- or [[Heroes Want Redheads|red-haired]] Veronica, a male version of this setup will do the reverse.

 

 

Often synonymous with [[Light Is Not Good]]; after all, blond guys are more often associated with an angelic appearance than black haired ones.

 

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]].

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* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'':

** General Blue.

* 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.}}

* Played with in ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]''. Kevin Smith is an angry, bitchy, aggressive American boy who is an absolute [[Jerkass]] for quite a while...{{spoiler|and comes from a broken family with a negligent father, also blond. When he's defeated and comes to terms with himself, he shows a sweeter side, though not losing his [[Hot-Blooded|strong temper]] completely.}}

* Krad in ''[[D.N.Angel]]'', who is also a prime example of [[Light Is Not Good]] thanks to his angelic appearance and utterly sadistic personality.

* Cain from ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' is blond, angelic looking, and a completely evil bastard.

* Reda from ''[[Mon Colle Knights]]''. {{spoiler|Lark, on the other hand...}}

* Belphegor, from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', while not ''evil'' per se, is a psychopathic [[Knife Nut]] with a [[Slasher Smile]] and an [[Evil Laugh]]. He's also one of six elite assassins known as the Varia. Byakuran, the [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]], is this troupe through and through, if you consider white a shade of blonde. Ken, on the other hand, averts this trope, despite being Mukuro's flunky.

* ''[[Mai-Otome]]'' has [[Evil Genius|John Smith]] in the anime and {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Sergay]] [[Complete Monster|August]] Taiki}} in the manga.

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Vicious]] in ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'', especially compared to the brunet [[Anti-Hero]] protagonist, Spike.

* ''[[One Piece]]'' has [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Donquixote Doflamingo]].

* 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.

 

== Film -- Live-Action ==

* In ''[[American Pie]]'', the four main guys are all dark-haired and (somewhat) sympathetic. And then there's Stifler.

* [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] faces muscular blond henchmen on a regular basis:

** Draco and Lucius Malfoy.

** Gellert Grindelwald.

** Some of the minor Death Eater characters, such as Yaxley, are also blonde.

** Dudley Dursley. In the film he got an [[Adaptation Dye Job]].

* The Daimons in the ''[[The Dark Hunters|Dark Hunter]]'' books are perpetually 27, beautiful, tall, blonde...and will kill you and suck out your soul to elongate their lives. Jerks.

** Mark Gatiss wears a blond wig to play Prof. Lazarus.

** The Editor, played by Simon Pegg in 'The Long Game'

* 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!).

* In the pilot of the Stephen King series ''[[Haven]]'', Ted, the blondest guy in town, turns out to be a {{spoiler|con-man and accomplice to murder who was pretending to love a woman for her money.}}

== Theater ==

* In ''[[Spring Awakening]]'', the basic idea is that all the children are good and naive and the adults are evil. However, there is an exception to the lovable children: Hanschen, the Aryan seducer and predator who creeps everyone out and seduces this poor, awkward guy, Ernst, who has a desperate crush on Hanschen. Of course, despite the fact that this takes place in GERMANY of all places, Hanschen is usually the sole blond. [[Word of God]] has [http://blogs.denverpost.com/runninglines/2009/12/03/spring-awakening-in-denver-tidbits-and-leftovers/ basically confirmed] that this trope is being invoked on purpose (and so one assumes that the dark-haired Hanschens, understudies aside, are only that way because they couldn't pull off the desired blond).

 

 

* Liquid Snake from ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''. Especially bad since Solid Snake, to whom Liquid is [[Cloning Blues|supposedly genetically identical]], has brown hair.

* The [[Big Bad]]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.

* None of the all-blond Branstein clan in the ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' franchise are actually evil, although you are nominally fighting against Maier and Elzam at the beginning of ''Original Generation'', Rai is kind of a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|jerk]], and Elzam is an [[Aloof Big Brother]] (and [[Expy|A CHAR]]).

* The Silencer from ''[[Crusader: No Remorse|Crusader]]'' is revealed as blond in a rarely-seen death animation. A half-subversion in that he is the protagonist, but even if he isn't evil, he is far too willing to carelessly shoot unarmed surrendering civilians for no reason.

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

* [[Vampire|Raphael]] in the [[Soul Series]]. Heroic Siegfried (who briefly becomes big baddie Nightmare) is blond, although as Nightmare, his hair is only seen in one incarnation and it's bright red.

** Paging Major Jin Kisaragi.

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

* ''MLB Power Pros 2008'' has this when {{spoiler|Sittch}} reveals that he was {{spoiler|a spy for the Galaxy Sharks all along}} and dyes his hair blond.

* Deus from ''[[Asura's Wrath]]''. He combines this with [[Scary Black Man]].

 

== Visual Novels ==

* In the DVD commentary for the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Anthology of Interest II" wherein Bender is turned into a human, it's stated that Mili Smythe "insisted that Bender be a blond man" as "blond men are more disgusting".

* Episodes of ''Cadillacs and Dinosaurs'' typically revolved around some sort of conflict between the jet-black-haired (and heroic and environmentally-conscious) Old Blood Mechanic Jack Tenrec and evil Poacher Hammer Terhune, whose most prominent physical feature was his enormous, blond flattop mullet. Additionally, perhaps the only other blond male character to appear was Shawn Russell, another Old Blood Mechanic who, in direct contrast to Jack, was depicted as being arrogant, corrupt, and greedy to the extent that he was willing to betray everything the Old Blood Mechanics were supposed to stand for.

* Chad on ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', who was a KND Operative until his [[Face Heel Turn]]. {{spoiler|Of course, the penultimate episode revealed that he was a long term mole for the KND}}.

* In [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]], {{spoiler|Senate Guard Commando Captain Argyus}} is the first {{spoiler|Senate Guard}} ever to be seen unmasked onscreen, revealing his elaborately coifed blond hair.

* Dash Baxter from [[Danny Phantom]]. Not really evil, but he is a bully.

* Bronto, leader of the biker gang "The Bronto Bunch" on ''[[The Flintstones|The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show]]''

* Bart Simpson Of [[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]].

* Geoff of ''[[Total Drama Island]]'', while being the host at ''Total Drama Aftermath''. He got better, though.