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[[Truth in Television]]: Passionate laughter, like screaming, ''is'' a great relief for stress and adrenaline with the added benefit of embarrassing and taunting self-conscious opponents. [[Narm|Just don't take it too far in public.]]
Compare [[Noblewoman's Laugh]], [[Evil Is Hammy]], [[Evil Gloating]], [[Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor]], [[Laughing Mad]], and [[Laugh with Me]]. Contrast [[Annoying Laugh]].
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** See also the various ''Batman'' adaptations, below.
* Appearances of superhero [[The Creeper]] in [[The DCU]] are accompanied by a high-pitched, manic 'Yamazaki is playing Stabby Needles' laugh with an unhealthy amount of girlish glee. Evil giggle ''works''. In the later versions his laughter actually caused damage.
* ''[[Spider-Man]]'' examples:
** [[Norman Osborn]], the first Green Goblin
** Norman also had an accomplice during ''[[The Clone Saga]]'' called Mad Jack who did it a lot too - really bizarre when they were together.
** Lampshaded in one Spider-Man comic when [[Punch Clock Villain| the Shocker]] tries it, only to be shot with a tranquilizer dart by the mercenary villain the Pro, who states that he ''hates'' evil laughs, calling them "unprofessional".
* Storm is one of the good guys, but in [http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/949605.html one issue] of [[Marvel Adventures]] she gets to play the part of a weather witch. Maniacal laughter is part of the package.
* Back in his [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] comics, [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]] could tell which of his [[Rogues Gallery]] he was up against just by the sound of their specific evil laughter.
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* Try as he might, [[Jack Chick]] [[Narm|just can't manage to represent a threatening laugh in print]]. Sorry, Jack, but '''[[Un Evil Laugh|HAW HAW HAW]]''' just doesn't cut it for scary and ominous.
* Played straight with gusto by Ming the Merciless (Types 1 and 4) in every incarnation of ''[[Flash Gordon (comic strip)|Flash Gordon]]'', ever.
== Film ==
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{{quote|'''Mike:''' It only ''now'' struck him as funny; now that he's got some distance behind him.}}
* Emperor Palpatine of ''[[Star Wars]]'' is of the second sort.
** Jabba the Hutt is a good example. "Ho ho ho ho ho ho..." Han Solo's reaction to hearing it is, "I know that laugh..."
* [[Brad Pitt]], of all people, lets out a truly impressive cackle as Jesse James, in ''[[The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford]]'', after quasi-threatening Ford at knife-point.
* ''[[The Boondock Saints]]''. Russian Mafia goon Ivan Checkov gives an evil laugh as he's about to execute one of the protagonists; it's interrupted however by [[Death From Above|a toilet dropping on his head]] courtesy of the other protagonist.
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* In the film ''Hook'', the titular character gets a particularly nice one that's sort of segmented: "Wah ha, wah ha, wah ha ha ha ha ha ha". He does this after coming to a decision, and it works ''beautifully.''
== [[Literature]] ==
* Count Olaf in ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' has a distinctively wheezy voice and a laugh to go with it. In ''The Grim Grotto'', he's doing his darndest to make it the most elaborate, obnoxious evil laugh ever. (This is great fun in the audio books with [[Tim Curry]] doing the reading.)
** In later books in the series, Olaf deliberately inverts this by shortening his laugh to a simple "Ha!"
** In the movie Olaf kind of experiments with it near the end. On the DVD feature Interact Olaf he demonstrates an evil laugh at one point.
* There are many villains with Evil Laugh on ''[[Discworld]]''. One of them (in ''[[
** A relatively minor character in ''[[
** Granny Weatherwax does not do this but her genteel chuckle when she is about to do the Right Thing has been described as far FAR scarier.
** Witches of the Discworld in general try to watch themselves and each other for excessive cackling, which is a sign of going mad and turning into a fairytale-style wicked witch.
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* Wannabe mad scientist Vernon Von Grun frequently does this in ''[[City of Villains]]'' several times when you report back to him after a mission. It is made funnier by him asking you if you can tell that he's been working on the laugh, the laugh changing a few times, him asking you to join him in the laugh, and once breaking into a cough mid-laugh.
** There is also an evil laugh emote for the players, though it lacks sound it does go through physical motions that would make Doctor Frankenstein proud.
* Parodied/subverted in ''[[
{{quote|Alistair: AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! AAAHAHAA-* cough choke gag* I swallowed my mint. }}
* ''[[Command & Conquer]]'':
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* ''[[MAG-ISA]]'' - The bad guy always likes to do the evil laugh for some reason... [http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119730 (1)] [http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119816 (2)] [http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119528 (3)]
* In ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'', when the Light Warriors hand over the last [[MacGuffin|orb of light]], Sarda does one of these. Red Mage dismisses it as allergies and Sarda goes along with that.
* Khrima indulges in evil laugh in [https://web.archive.org/web/20090729022616/http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0068.html this] ''[[Adventurers!]]!'' strip.
* As ''[[A Miracle of Science]]'' puts it, [http://www.project-apollo.net/mos/mos214.html you just know mad scientists have evil laughter competitions.]
* ''[[The Beast Legion]]'' : Dragos on several occasions in the webcomic, gives out an Evil laugh.
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** Almost every Decepticon in ''[[Transformers Armada]]'' indulges in this at least once, most often [[Psycho for Hire]] Cyclonus.
*** Megatron in ''[[Transformers Armada]]'' is the biggest offender, though: he laughs ''a lot,'' never passing up an excuse to do so, to the point that it becomes [[Narm]]ish. As the [[Big Bad]], he has that right, but the ''Cybertron'' version, played by the same voice actor, (who also played the ''[[Beast Wars]]'' Megs) doesn't laugh nearly as much.
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'': Señor Senior Senior views the Evil Laugh as a vital part of villainy. When Señor Senior Junior states this view to Shego (in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0WNfBFfFNc "Two to Tutor"]); she tells him that his father has "warped his mind." He also criticizes his son for having a bad Evil Laugh, telling Señor Senior Jr that "A villainous laugh must be ''deep'', from the diaphragm."
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''
** Bart Simpson's laugh is pretty evil, even when he's laughing about something innocent.
** Mr. Burns has a pretty good one too.
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* ''[[The Smurfs]]'': Gargamel and ... his pet cat, Azrael. Usually, the two laugh – master first and cat next – after Gargamel consecrates his latest scheme to capture and/or kill the Smurfs.
* ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'': Skeletor, usually after announcing his latest plan to stop He-Man and take over Eternia.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Surprisingly, the one time that [[Big Bad|Firelord]] [[Large Ham|Ozai]] gets one of these it’s more like an evil chuckle. Instead, the biggest Evil Laugh of the series goes to [[Cute Bruiser|Toph]].
{{quote|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}HGeoq2DVHMk I AM NOT TOPH! I AM MELONLORD!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!]}}
* A [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade was hung]] on this in at least one episode of ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', in which the arch-enemy of the Crimson Chin; the Nega-Chin looks at his watch and says "Oh. Time for my ''Evil Laugh!''" He then engages in said evil laugh on cue.
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* The hooded Claw from ''[[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop]]''.
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''. Mojo Jojo. For shame!
* In "[[The Tick (animation)|The Tick]] Vs. Europe", the Breadmaster actually ''writes his evil laugh out'', in a taunting letter to the Heroes. [[Lampshade Hanging|Which Arthur points out]].
* In the ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' short ''Solid Serenade'', Tom traps Jerry in Spike's doghouse and gives the audience an Evil Laugh as he closes the door. Then Jerry emerges, being safely escorted out of the enclosure by Spike himself...who utters an Evil Laugh of his own as he shuts the door again. [[Hilarity Ensues]], natch.
** In ''Jerry and the Lion'', Tom traps Jerry in a closet and again gives one of these to the audience as he closes the door... not realizing that Jerry is accompanied by the escaped circus lion who he's befriended. Hilarity once again ensues.
* Dick Dastardly in ''[[Wacky Races]]'' (and everything else he's been in for that matter). In this case though, it doesn't make him threatening at all.
* Nox, the [[Big Bad]] from ''[[Wakfu]]'', can sometimes get into a pretty demented Evil Laugh to conclude some of his monologues.
** It's referred to as his "psychopath laugh" in [https://web.archive.org/web/20101223152328/http://www.ankama.com/fr/206-video-wakfu-serie/3502-voix-wakfu-serie this convention video] with the voice actors (a demonstration is given 40 seconds in.)
** Season 2 [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|the Eliatrope Qilby}} is no slouch in this department either. Since he actually has a visible face, unlike Nox, his Evil Laugh looks much more demented.
* Jack Spicer's obsession with his evil laugh in ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]''.
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* Yet another Joker example, this time from ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', courtesy of [[Mark Hamill]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb8fWUUXeKM Naturally.]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1bmM7Ihv0Y#t=60s Surprisingly enough, Batman himself!]
* In
* Heloise on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' has a strangely adorable one. [[Satan|Lucius]] gives one too.
* The Monarch in ''[[The Venture Bros]]'' likes a good evil laugh. It may be because he actually [[Card-Carrying Villain|works as a villain]] as his full-time occupation, but then he also loves his job. He's also [[Genre Savvy]] enough to know what he's doing.
* ''[[My Little Pony:
* Non-Evil Example: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGjab76TJ3c This absolutely glorious clip from] ''[[Megas XLR]]''.
* ''[[Adventure Time]]'': Princess Bubblegum pulls off a pretty insane evil laugh in "The Duke" when she thinks she finally has an excuse to lock up the Duke of Nuts. In "Mortal Folly" the Lich starts laughing when {{spoiler|Finn is about to defeat him with a sweater.}}
* In ''[[ReBoot]]'', Megabyte and Herr Doktor do this frequently. With Megabyte being voiced by [[Tony Jay]]...
* Green Goblin has a particularly psychotic one in ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]''.
* The [[DCAU]] likes giving this to [[Batman]]. The original scares Harley Quinn half to death with it, when [[Batman Beyond|Batman II/Terry MacGinnis]] does it in [[The Movie]], taunting the Joker (''The Joker!'') into a [[Villainous Breakdown]].
* In ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', Derek Powers gives an awesome Evil Laugh [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJqf6Hpoq_8 here] when he finds out the side effects from his radiation treatment.
* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
* ''64 Zoo Lane''.{{context}}
* In ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', many villains do evil laughs (even the Powerpuff Girls do them sometimes).
* ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' features numerous characters who thoroughly enjoy a good malevolent chortle.
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** In the Umbara arc, General Krell spends the first three and a half episodes as a gruff, domineering officer. However, once he admits that he is a traitor he laughs deeply in ''every following conversation.''
* Angelica in ''[[Rugrats]]'' has plenty of these.
* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'': "You've met your match, Melon Head! Prepare for... PROFESSOR SCAM!!" MUAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
{{quote|'''Edd:'''...He's lost it. ''Honestly?''}}
* A truly ironic example is Gwen the Witch from ''[[Disenchantment]]''. She's actually [[Dark Is Not Evil|a nice old lady]] who wouldn't hurt a fly, but she's under a curse that causes her to cackle evilly every time she talks. This nearly gets her executed for black magic before Bean figures it out.
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