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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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* 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 blonde male, 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 ''[[Yandere (disambiguation)|insane]]''. And don't forget that [[The Emperor|Charles di Britannia]] had dark blond hair (comparable to Nunnally's) before age turned his hair white.
* 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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* ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'':
** 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 ''[[Detective Conan]]'', although there is conflict over whether his hair is blond or silver.
* 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.}}.
* ''[[Uchuu Senkan Yamato|Star Blazers:]]'' Everybody chant! DESS-lok Desslok Desslok! DESS-lok Desslok Desslok! DESS-lok Desslok Desslok!
* ''[[Darker Than 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 Than Black]]'' character as the page image</ref>.
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* Vincent from ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'', and with [[Heterochromia]], to boot. {{spoiler|And probably Jack. Maybe.}}
* ''[[Hellsing]]'' has The Major, The Doctor, Luke Valentine, and Warrent Officer Schrodinger. Also Enrico Maxwell, [[Adaptation Dye Job|but only in the manga]].
* 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.
* Justin in ''[[Soul Eater]]''. Blond haired, blue eyed priest, no less. In hindsight, it was probably ''too'' good to be true and very easily dismissed on the basis that the series has an entire cast full of oddities, as it were.
* 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...}}
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* ''[[Inukami!]]'': [[Wake Up Call Boss|Sea of Violence]] and [[Big Bad|Sekidosai]].
* ''[[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.
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* Wilhelm Ryan, the villain from ''The Amory Wars''/''Coheed and Cambria''.
* {{spoiler|Jan Arrah, Element Lad}}, the villain of the [[Legion of Super-Heroes (comics)|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]]'' 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.
* 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 (comics)|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]].
* [[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|Lampshaded]] 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.
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** ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'': Erich Kriegler, who, despite being an Olympic shooter, seems to have graduated from the [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]].
** ''[[The Living Daylights]]'': Necros, a [[Master of Disguise]] who strangles people with his Walkman earphones (and may be more famous as John McClane's first victim in [[Die Hard]]).
** ''[[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 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]].
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* John Kramer in the ''[[Saw]]'' series.
* Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty in ''[[Blade Runner]]''.
== Literature ==
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* 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 ''[[Chronicles of Magravandias]]'' are commonly called the lions of Magrast in public. But privately they, and [[The Evil Prince|Prince Bayard]] in particular, are thought of as [[Deadly Decadent Court|hungry]] [[Big Screwed-Up Family|wolves]].
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* 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 ''[[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.
* 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 [[jerkass]], a [[All Gays Are Promiscuous|manwhore]], a [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|bad boy]], or all of the above. Peter, the blondest of them all, was probably the closest thing to [[Chaotic Evil]] on the show. His hair noticeably darkened once he made his [[Heel Face Turn]]...
* Sawyer from ''[[Lost]]'', at first. Though not evil, he was certainly a [[Jerkass]] at first, especially compared to Jack and Sayid.
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** The Editor, played by Simon Pegg in 'The Long Game'
* John-Paul McQueen from ''[[Holly Oaks]]'' 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!).
* 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 ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' had a villain who slowly assassinated the king and tried to marry the princess. It's no wonder he was caught--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.}}
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== 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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== 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|Rugal Bernstein]], the successor to the mantle. Interestingly enough, Geese is killed by a blond guy, Terry Bogard, and his son Rock is blond (with [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red eyes]] to boot). The [[Big Bad]] of ''Mark Of The Wolves'', [[Meaningful Name|Kain R. Heinlein]], also has red eyes and long blond hair. It's not a coincidence or anything; Kain is {{spoiler|Rock's [[Evil Uncle]] and Geese's brother-in law. Poor Rock. He knew Kain was half-evil, but then he found out the ''other'' half was evil, too...)}}
* 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|Big Bads]] 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 andm 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.
* 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.
* The [[Tales (series)]]:
** In ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'', Kvar, Remiel, and Yggdrasil.
** 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''.
** Also, the Ferines in ''[[Tales of Legendia]]''. Then again, they could just be "[[Well-Intentioned Extremist|misunderstood]]".
* When he's evil, {{spoiler|Richard}} in ''[[Tales of Graces]]''. It's best to consider that ''GREENS'' are evil in ''[[Tales of Graces]]''.
* In the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series:
** Used straight with probably the first major blond male character: [[Final Fantasy II|Emperor Mateus Palamecia]], who is rather astonishingly [[Complete Monster|evil]].
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** In ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', the villain Kefka is an [[Ax Crazy]] blond. However, the majority of the protagonists, male and female, are blond, as well; Kefka is just, uh, [[Buffy-Speak|more...blondier...]]than the rest of them.
** In ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', the original SNES version, Kain is shown to have blond hair in the game's ending (it's the only time his helmet is removed, and it doesn't show in his menu portrait). In the remake, his blond hair is more prominently displayed. It might be argued that Kain isn't really evil, {{spoiler|but as Golbez noted, those that were taken over by Zemus/Zeromus had evil in their hearts. Kain's jealousy over Rosa loving Cecil and not him is what made him willing to turn against his friend. Also, he doesn't have a problem with using brute force to get something done--he says as much to Cecil when Rydia is unwilling to go with them after Mist is burned.}}
** 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.
** You can see that the bad guy, Dysley, in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' is blond. Don't look at his headdress, look at the hair on his back.
** In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'', Llednar Twem, {{spoiler|the form of Mewt Randell's anger}}, has blond hair.
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* ''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.
* ''[[Blaz Blue]]'':
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{{quote|"Brother. I'm so happy! I get to kill you again!"}}
** [[Abusive Parents|Relius Clover]] is even moreso... and [[Complete Monster|let's leave it at that]].
* Alfonso and {{spoiler|Ramirez}} in ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]''
* ''[[Yo-Jin-Bo]]'' has Ittosai, who ranges from a ruthless [[Blood Knight]] to a [[Troubled but Cute]] [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]].
* In the arcade version of ''[[Double Dragon]]'', Billy has blond hair while Jimmy has brown, even though both are technically good guys. When Jimmy was turned into the main bad guy in the NES version, he underwent an [[Adaptation Dye Job]] and had his hair color switched with Billy's, becoming a blond guy in the process.
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