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{{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]]''}}
If they're ''not'' evil, they're still jerks, although they may or may not [[Jerk
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.
▲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]].
Often synonymous with [[Light Is Not Good]]; after all, blond guys are more often associated with an angelic appearance than black haired ones.▼
▲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.
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]].
▲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. Blonde is a suitably desirable hair colour for both, therefore...
▲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]].
{{examples}}
▲== Anime & Manga ==
▲* ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]]'':
** General Blue.
** Also in Dragonball, when a Saiyan shifts into their [[Super Mode]], their hair turns blond and their outlook [[Not Himself|changes for the worse]].
* Char Aznable from ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
* ''[[
** On one side, we have [[Ace Pilot]] Mwu La Flaga, who acts as a bit of a [[Big Brother Mentor]] for Kira and his friends, and is just about the coolest guy you could ever meet; and Dearka Elsmann, a [[Dark-Skinned Blond]] [[Ace Pilot]] who comes across as cocky, but is actually a [[Jerk
** And ''[[
* General Peters-Stahl, one of the few outright villains in ''[[
* ''[[
* Johan of ''[[Monster (
* ''[[
* Mello from ''[[
* A flashback story revealed that Hiruma from ''[[
* 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
* Played with in ''[[
* [[
* ''[[
* Krad in ''[[
* Cain from ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Dio Brando. When he was twelve, he tied up his step-brother's dog and stuffed him in the incinerator. Later on in his [[Our Vampires Are Different|un-life]], he carjacked a sedan and had the driver plow through pedestrians on the sidewalk. He is ''[[Complete Monster|bad news.]]''
** 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.
** By the looks of it, part 7 villain Funny Valentine is also one.
* Gin from ''[[
* In the "Fujiyama Gangster Paradise" story arc in ''[[
* ''[[Uchuu Senkan Yamato
* ''[[Darker
* ''[[
* Vincent from ''[[
* ''[[
* Asuham Boone from ''[[
* Justin in ''[[
* The Oni Clan in ''[[Harukanaru Toki no Naka
* ''[[
* Jonathan Glenn, the biggest [[Jerkass]] in all ''[[
* Berg Katse, in ''[[
* Lucia of ''[[
* Cornelius Alba and {{spoiler|Lio Shirazumi}} in ''[[Kara no Kyoukai
* Apos in [[Mnemosyne]]... dear GOD!
* [[Evil Twin|Knives]] from ''[[
* ''[[
** [[Magnificent Bastard]] Andrea Cavalcanti, {{spoiler|actually gangster Benedetto}}, has perfect blond hair.
** The villainous Villefort has white hair in the present day, but flashbacks show that he used to be a rather [[Bishonen]]-looking blond.
* Marik and Bandit Keith from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (
* The ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
▲* The ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' Manga and Brotherhood's [[Big Bad]] Father has Blond Hair while in his Old Man Form {{spoiler|as well as his Final Form}}.
* Reda from ''[[
▲* The main villain Hartmann Bezelheim from ''[[Princess Lover (Visual Novel)|Princess Lover]]''.
* Belphegor, from ''[[
▲* Reda from ''[[Mon Colle Knights (Anime)|Mon Colle Knights]]''. {{spoiler|Lark, on the other hand...}}
* Every notable blond guy in ''[[
▲* Belphegor, from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn (Manga)|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.
* ''[[
▲* Every notable blond guy in ''[[Eyeshield 21 (Manga)|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 blonde 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.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Vicious]] in ''[[
▲* ''[[Mai-Otome (Anime)|Mai-Otome]]'' has [[Evil Genius|John Smith]] in the anime and {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Sergay]] [[Complete Monster|August]] Taiki}} in the manga.
* ''[[Inukami!]]'': [["Wake-Up Call" Boss|Sea of Violence]] and [[Big Bad|Sekidosai]].
▲* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Vicious]] in ''[[Cowboy Bebop (Anime)|Cowboy Bebop]]'', especially compared to the brunet [[Anti-Hero]] protagonist, Spike.
* ''[[
* 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.
▲* 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.
== Comic Books ==
* Played with regarding {{spoiler|Ozymandias}} in ''[[Watchmen (
* Eddie Brock, aka Venom, in ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]''.
* The Dash, an evil speedster in ''[[Flare]]'', is blond.
* The only physical difference between [[The DCU]]'s Impulse and his [[Evil Twin]] Inertia is their hair; Impulse has brown hair, Inertia has blond.
* Wilhelm Ryan, the villain from ''The Amory Wars''/''Coheed and Cambria''.
* {{spoiler|Jan Arrah, Element Lad}}, the villain of the [[Legion of Super-Heroes (
* Kordax, the ancient Atlantean prince in ''[[
* One of the more notable feuds in Marvel Comics is that between the short, dark, noble [[Wolverine]] and the tall, fair, psychopathic Sabertooth.
* Neron, [[The DCU]]'s lord of [[Hell]] for a time in the late '90s and early '00s, appeared as a tall, muscular, pale-skinned man with a mane of blond hair. This was not, however, his true form; he was actually some sort of weird, tentacled, plantlike thing.
* Lucifer, as he appeared in ''[[The Sandman]]'' and [[Lucifer (
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] and [[Knight Templar]] Lucien Draay from the [[Knights of the Old Republic]] comics definitely counts, {{spoiler|at least until his [[Heel Face Turn]].}}
* Not an actual example, but this trope has been [[Lampshade
== Film -- Live-Action ==
* The store owner's son Dennis in [
* In ''[[American Pie]]'', the four main guys are all dark-haired and (somewhat) sympathetic. And then there's Stifler.
* [[James Bond (
** ''[[From Russia
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[For Your Eyes Only (
** ''[[
** ''[[
** In ''[[A View to
** In a recent aversion/inversion, Bond himself is now blond and somewhat more of an [[Anti-Hero]] (although [[Fan Dumb|people complained about him being blond]] and demanded [[Dyeing for Your Art|he dye it to black]], which was wisely ignored).
* Another Roy, Roy Stalin in ''[[Better Off Dead]]''. Also a [[Jerk Jock]].
* Talbot (Josh Lucas) in Ang Lee's ''[[Hulk (
* Any villainous character played by [[Dolph Lundgren]], but specifically Ivan in ''[[Rocky IV]]'' and the badnik in ''[[
* About 80% of all the characters Mark Rolston has played. (The other 20% were just assholes.)
* [[Star Wars|Darth Vader]] (yes, Darth Vader). Although his hair is burned off for most of his time as a villain, his maybe-brown hair is canonically listed as "blond".
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* ''[[The Karate Kid]]'':
** Dark-haired Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) battles Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka, career Evil Blond Guy) for the affections of fair-haired Ali Mills (Elisabeth Shue). {{spoiler|Johnny sweeps the leg, but Daniel still wins in the end.}}
* Zabka played another bully the next year in ''[[Just One Of The Guys]]'' and one final time the year after that in ''[[Back to School (
** Most of the Cobra Kais are blond. In the DVD commentary, director John Avildsen gives the reason why: "In case ya didn't get it!"
* 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.}}
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}}.
* Justin Long is ''Accepted'' by Blake Lively after she realizes she's in another Hollywood love-triangle where the blond guy turns out to be a jerk.
* Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) in ''[[Demolition Man]]''.
* The main hench-villain in the recent ''[[Zorro]]'' movie wasn't only blond, but wore a U.S. Army uniform. How eeeevil can one get, eh?
* John Ryder in the original version of ''[[The Hitcher]]''.
* Cary Elwes's oh-so-British Captain Boone competes for the affections of Lena Headey with Jason Scott Lee's sensitive, dark-haired jungle boy Mowgli in the 1994 live-action adaptation of ''[[The Jungle Book (
* Cary Elwes is also evil in ''[[Twister]]''.
* In ''She's All That'', knowledge of this trope makes the plot's climax and eventual resolution very predictable, since male leads Zack and Dean are, respectively, {{spoiler|brunet and blond}}.
* In ''[[
** And in the third film, Hans' own brother is blond.
* Valentine from the oh so wonky film ''[[Mirror Mask]]'' has dark hair, but wears a mask that has blond Bart Simpson-like "hair". It covers part of his natural dark hair. In the film, Valentine is shown to be a really friendly, helpful guy, even successful (owning a tower and such). {{spoiler|Near the end, he sells out the main character Helena for literally all the jewels he can carry. His dark-haired side soon wins out and his guilt causes him to come back for her, though it's never told whether he gives back the jewels.}}
* Greg Marmalard in ''[[Animal House]]'' is the head of the Omegas, the prick fraternity that is out to shut down the Deltas. On the other hand, the Deltas are chaired by the blond-haired Hoover, who spends the whole movie desperately trying to keep his fraternity from getting kicked off campus.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Revenge of the Nerds]]'', Stan Gable (Ted McGinley) is head of the Alpha Betas, a sadistic-jock-filled fraternity. He torments the titular Nerds for most of the picture, until he learns his lesson after Lewis Skolnick (Robert Carradine) heroically rapes Gable's girlfriend in a funhouse. (Ah, the 80s.)
* Gage, the little blond kid from ''[[Pet Sematary]]''. {{spoiler|He put the 'Evil' in 'Evil Dead'.}}
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* ''[[The Devil Wears Prada]]'' confirms that in any love triangle, dark-haired men like Nate (Adrian Grenier) are caring and compassionate, if overlooked, while blond men like Christian (Simon Baker) are knaves who only seem like a catch until their untrustworthy shenanigans are exposed.
* In ''[[Adventureland]]'', Em ([[Kristen Stewart]]) is torn between the awkward James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) and blond, musically-inclined repairman Mike Connell (Ryan Reynolds), who claims to know Lou Reed. Ladies, here's a hint: always go for awkward. {{spoiler|The audience soon learns that the only connections the married repairman has are with a string of underage girls.}}
* Played extremely straight in ''[[
* In the film adaptation of ''[[Super Mario Bros. (
* [[Jerk Jock|Bradley]] in ''[[The Final]]''. He's pretty pathetic, though.
* Henry from ''[[The Good Son]]''.
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* Played with in the TV movie ''Odd Girl Out'' in which the only male bully is blond, but so is the innocent and sympathetic love interest.
* Ryan Phillippe as Barry Cox in ''I Know What You Did Last Summer''. He might not be the killer, but he's still a jerk.
* The [[Labyrinth
* Many of the characters blond actor Richard Widmark played from ''[[Kiss of Death]]'' to ''[[Murder
* The whole trope was probably jump-started in movies by Alan Ladd, playing the [[Anti-Villain]] Raven in ''This Gun For Hire'' (1942). Ladd started off the film with black-dyed hair, but the dye job was abandoned about halfway through. He went on to play a series of rogues, rebels, and shady characters until [[Hair of Gold|Touched By Technicolor]] in 1949.
* ''[[Dune]]'': Paul is dark-haired, as was his father, Feyd has a reddish-tinged blond thing going, and the Baron is a redhead who leans toward blond.
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* Mark from ''Old School'', considering his first scene is as the boyfriend of the girl that Mitch likes, it's pretty obvious what's gonna happen.
* [[Big Bad]] Jay Hamilton in ''Walking Tall'', played by Neil McDonough.
* 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
* John Kramer in the ''[[Saw]]'' series.
* Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty in ''[[
== Literature ==
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** Ralon of Malven, who filled the same bully role in the original Alanna book, was also blond and blue-eyed. He grew up to be a rapist, was disowned by his family (and hideously scarred with acid), turned to a life of crime under the name "Claw", involved himself in the [[Big Bad]]'s plot to assassinate the king, and, of course, got killed during the climactic battle. Joren's almost progress.
* In the ''[[Angels Unlimited]]'' series, the antagonist, Brice, has a bleach-blond mullet. {{spoiler|After he goes back to Heaven, he still dresses in black, but he cuts off the mullet, spikes it, and only dyes the tips blond. I guess it'll have to do.}}
* ''[[Harry Potter (
** 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.
* {{spoiler|Joker}} from the ''[[
* In the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series, the [[Big Bad]] of the first and second books, Darken Rahl, has shoulder length blond hair and is a [[Complete Monster]] of the highest caliber. [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|For some reason, so seem to be all other "full-blooded" people of his evil empire.]]
* ''[[The Time
* ''[[
* ''[[Maximum Ride]]'' uses this one. Both [[The Woobie|Jeb Batchelder]] and [[Mad Scientist|Roland ter Borcht]] are described as having light hair, and [[Designated Hero|Maximum]] [[Heroic Sociopath|Ride]] herself has blonde hair.
* In ''[[Gone
* In ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'', there's {{spoiler|Luke, who betrays the gods to join Kronos and almost causes the world to be destroyed}}.
* William Vanderveen of the ''Ryan Kealy'' book series fits this trope perfectly. He's blonde, incredibly attractive, seems eternally youthful, had an IQ of [[Readings Are Off the Scale|180+ when he was about eight]], and is [[Disproportionate Retribution|out to destroy America and the rest of Western civilization]] because {{spoiler|his sociopath of a father died when the CIA pulled support for political reasons, his mother committed suicide, more likely than not also influenced by the loss of their daughter/his older sister, who young William himself killed for having less than discreet relations with a local South African.}} So...yeah.
* In ''Morpho Eugenia'' by A. S. Byatt (filmed as ''Angels And Insects''), this applies to both men and women: the dark-haired protagonist marries into a blond-haired family which is obsessive about bloodlines, dark secrets are uncovered, and he leaves town with a brunette.
* Nicolae Carpathia, the Antichrist in the ''[[Left Behind]]'' books. Also, Lucifer himself, as shown in one scene in ''Glorious Appearing''.
* [[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}}.
* Warner in [[Shatter Me]], who wants to use the main character whose touch is fatal as his weapon.
* The Malagash princes in ''[[
* In John [[Le Carre]]'s "Call for the Dead" a German agent is killing people to cover their tracks. He, of course, does not use his real name and makes his contacts give him a nickname to use. He is then called "Blondie".
== Live-Action TV ==
* Adam Monroe, the [[Big Bad]] in the second season of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''.
* Prince on ''[[Lexx]]'' epitomizes this trait. The show also has the [[Magnificent Bastard]] Schlemmi (later Fifi), also a blonde.
* Spike on ''[[
* On ''[[Dexter]]'', Rita's abusive, drug-addicted ex-husband Paul is blond, contrasting with his [[Hair of Gold]] former wife.
* Vim Fuego/Alan Metcalfe from ''[[The Comic Strip Presents]]...''episode ''Bad News'' has a huge rock-star mane of blond hair, and while he isn't evil, he is arrogant, obsessed with his own talent, violent, not above fraud, and arrogant.
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* ''[[One Tree Hill]]'' did it exactly the other way around: blond Lucas is the good (half) brother while black-haired Nathan is more of a bad boy.
* It's nearly a trope on ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]''. If there is a (male) prisoner, Allied soldier, or member of the underground with pale blond Aryan hair, he's almost certainly a spy.
* 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.
* ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'' plays this trope so often that it's ridiculous. Name a blond guy on the show. At one point or another, he has been a [[The Bully|bully]], a [[
* Sawyer from ''[[
* ''[[
** {{spoiler|The Master}}, in the Christmas 2009 finale, has a new-and-improved blond look and a whole new load of crazy to dump on the Doctor.
** Mark Gatiss wears a blond wig to play Prof. Lazarus.
** The Editor, played by Simon Pegg in 'The Long Game'
* John-Paul McQueen from ''[[
* 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
* 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.}}
* The TV movie of ''[[
* ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]'' has Ankh, a bird-type monster born from human desire. To blend into society (and because he was only able to regenerate an arm of his original body), he has [[Puppeteer Parasite|possessed]] the body of a dying police officer, [[Expository Hairstyle Change|turning said officer's hair blond]].
* Baby-faced Jadeite in [[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]. Of the Shitennou, he's the only one who's dedication to Beryl does not waver during the whole season.
* ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'' has Robert Quarles (played by Neal McDonough), a sociopathic mob lieutenant.
== Music ==
* "Jessie", from Rick Springfield's music video of "Jessie's Girl", is blond.
* The music video for [[Muse (
* [[Angelspit]]'s "Devilicious": "If you're needing a villain, baby, I'm your blond".
== Professional Wrestling ==
* The Nature Boy Buddy Rodgers and his [[Expy]] [[Ric Flair]].
* All incarnations of the [[National Wrestling Alliance|Hollywood Blonds]], [[Invoked Trope|obviously]].
* Many blond wrestlers including [[Edge]], [[Chris Jericho]], [[Triple H]], [[Jeff Jarrett]], and [[Christian]] have spent the majority of their careers as heels.
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== 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).
* Brett, the [[Jerk Jock]] in ''[[Thirteen|13]]'', was played by the
== Video Games ==
* [[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.
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', Arthas Menethil, a prince who would later kill his father and become the villain for the third expansion pack ''Wrath Of The Lich King'', is blond (though in undeath, his hair turns [[Evil Albino|white]]). In addition, Prince Kael'Thas Sunstrider is also blond.
* [[Fatal Fury|Geese Howard]], the first [[SNK Boss]]. There's also [[The King of Fighters
* 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
* The aptly named Mr. Blonde in ''[[Perfect Dark]]''. Yes, it's a pseudonym
* 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
* The Silencer from ''[[Crusader:
* The [[Tales
** In ''[[
** Dhaos of ''[[
** Miktran/Kronos in ''[[
** Also, the Ferines in ''[[
* When he's evil, {{spoiler|Richard}} in ''[[
* In the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series:
** Used straight with probably the first major blond male character: [[Final Fantasy II
** In ''[[
** In ''[[
** In ''[[
** In ''[[
** You can see that the bad guy, Dysley, in ''[[
** In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'', Llednar Twem, {{spoiler|the form of Mewt Randell's anger}}, has blond hair.
* ''[[
* {{spoiler|Kristoph Gavin}} in ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]''.
* [[Big Bad|Albert Wesker]], [[Mad Scientist|William Birkin]], [[Villainous Crossdresser|Alfred Ashford]], and [[Fallen Hero|Jack Krauser]] are some of the only blond-haired men in the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' universe, and they're all pretty damn evil.
** Splendidly averted with Leon S. Kennedy, who first appeared in ''[[Resident Evil 2]]'' 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]].
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* [[Magnificent Bastard|Prince Maximillian]] of ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]''. En-''fricking''-core.
* {{spoiler|Dick Winslow}} in ''[[Black Dahlia]]''.
* ''[[Bully (
* ''[[Ghost Trick]]'' uses this with Dandy and {{spoiler|Yomiel.}}
* ''Pokémon Ranger:Shadows of Almia'' has {{spoiler|Kincaid, [[The Dragon]].}}
* ''[[Eternal Sonata]]'' had the snarky Count Waltz.
* Slavik from [[Command
* [[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.
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** [[Abusive Parents|Relius Clover]] is even moreso... and [[Complete Monster|let's leave it at that]].
* Alfonso and {{spoiler|Ramirez}} in ''[[
* ''[[Yo-Jin-Bo]]'' has Ittosai, who ranges from a ruthless [[Blood Knight]] to a [[Troubled but Cute]] [[Jerk
* In the arcade version of ''[[
* {{spoiler|Ludger Brink}} in ''[[The Dig]]'', playing against dark-haired astronaut hero Boston Low.
* Hans Grosse in ''[[
* Johan Elites, the [[Aristocrats Are Evil|mean and arrogant aristocrat]] of ''[[
* Luxord in ''[[
* Nazi Colonel Dierker from ''[[The Saboteur]]'' video game.
* ''Double Switch'': {{spoiler|Eddie}} turns out to be this.
* ''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 ==
* Gilgamesh in ''[[
== Web Animation ==
* ''[[Broken Saints]]'':
** The [[Sociopathic Soldier
** Not to mention {{spoiler|Gabriel, a [[Evil Redhead|strawberry blond]] whose hair seems to shift back and forth depending on the light.}}
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== Web Original ==
* [[The Evil Prince|Geraden]] and [[Young Conqueror|Hannibal]] both have blond hair and appear to work against the heroic Grand Alliance. [[Fallen Hero|Cain]] also ends up as an evil blond guy after his [[Face Heel Turn]].
* The titular Dr. Horrible from ''[[Dr.
* [[The Questport Chronicles|Ato]], who has shades of a [[Heroic Sociopath]] anyway, [[Face Heel Turn|turns full-blown evil]] while {{spoiler|possessed by a demon}}.
== Western Animation ==
* Mike Morningstar from ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force
* Trevor Goodchild from ''[[Aeon Flux]]'' fits the bill. (In the live-action movie, on the other hand, he has brown hair...and turns out to be a good guy.)
* In the DVD commentary for the ''[[
* 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.
* [[Arch Enemy|Remy Buxaplenty]] on ''[[The Fairly
* Chad on ''[[Codename
* In [[
* Dash Baxter from [[Danny Phantom]]. Not really evil, but he is a bully.
* Boog from [[Fanboy and Chum Chum]] is also a
* Bronto, leader of the biker gang "The Bronto Bunch" on ''[[The Flintstones|The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show]]''
* Tobey from [[Word Girl]] is
* Bart Simpson Of [[The Simpsons (
* Geoff of ''[[
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