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[[File:BlondEvill 188.jpg|link=Eyeshield 21|frame| [[Obviously Evil|Do we really need to say anything else?]]]]
{{quote|''"Blond'' guys ''aren't [[Dumb Blonde|dumb]]. They're evil. Like in'' [[The Karate Kid]] ''and [[World War Two]].''"
|'''Bart Simpson''', ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''}}
Fair-haired guys in media frequently end up evil. This is especially noticeable if he is compared to a nice, dark-haired hero (think Harry Potter vs. Draco Malfoy) or if he is on the opposite end of a [[Love Triangle]]. And if his blond hair is ''long'', you'd better hope [[The Lord of the Rings|he's an elf]], because if not, that's pretty much evil incarnate. In many ways, this trope can be seen as the less extreme version of the [[Evil Albino]].▼
▲{{quote|''"Blond'' guys ''aren't [[Dumb Blonde|dumb]]. They're evil. Like in'' [[The Karate Kid]] ''and [[World War Two]].''"|'''Bart Simpson''', ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''}}
▲Fair-haired guys in media frequently end up evil. This is especially noticeable if he is compared to a nice, dark-haired hero (think Harry Potter vs. Draco Malfoy) or if he is on the opposite end of a [[Love Triangle]]. And if his blond hair is ''long'', you'd better hope [[Lord of the Rings|he's an elf]], because if not, that's pretty much evil incarnate. In many ways, this trope can be seen as the less extreme version of the [[Evil Albino]].
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.
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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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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'':
** General Blue.
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* 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.}}
* [[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 blond, 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.
* ''[[Code Geass]]'' has Prince Clovis and {{spoiler|V.V.}}. The former is an insecure wreck who commits mass slaughter to cover his screw ups, the latter is just plain ''[[
* 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.
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** Draco and Lucius Malfoy.
** Gellert Grindelwald.
** Also, Barty Crouch Jr. from ''[[
** Some of the minor Death Eater characters, such as Yaxley, are also blonde.
** Gilderoy Lockhart. He's not a Death Eater, but he's definitely a jerk and a fraud. At the end of ''[[
** 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.
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* ''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]].
* {{spoiler|Dimitri}} crosses into this territory in ''[[Fire Emblem: Three Houses]]''. {{spoiler|When he learns that Edelgard is the Flame Emperor and loses his mind, the fair-haired prince becomes a bloodthirsty madman willing to kill friend and foe alike in the most brutal ways imaginable. He gets better in the Azure Moon route and is more of a [[Hero Antagonist]] in [[Villain Protagonist|the Crimson Flower route]], but in Verdant Wind and Silver Snow, he dies consumed by anger and hatred}}.
* Rufus, one of the "Crow Men" being hunted by Primrose Azelhart in ''[[Octopath Traveller]]'' (ironically though, his name means ''red''-haired in Latin). Already a bad guy from the offset since he helped murder her loving father, he's later revealed to be a crime lord who sells women into sexual slavery while encouraging his customers to use and abuse their slaves as they please. Esmeralda, a high-ranking member of his organization (The Obsidians) fought as the final boss of Tressa's route, however, is an example of how [[Gender Inverted Example|Blond Gals Are Evil]].
== Visual Novels ==
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