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[[File:palpatine edit 3255.jpg|link=Star Wars|frame|Nothing says evil like a complete [[Evil Makeover|makeover]]...]]
{{quote|''"When in crime one is fully employed''
''Your expression gets warped and destroyed:''
''It's a penalty none can avoid;''
''I once was a nice-looking youth;''
''But like stone from a strong catapult,''
''I rushed at my terrible cult --''
''Observe the unpleasant result!''
''Indeed I am telling the truth!"''
|'''Sir Despard Murgatroyd'''|''[[Ruddigore]]''}}
''Using certain evil superpowers or evil artifacts will leave characters scarred, disfigured, or deformed. So will committing acts of evil repeatedly.''
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{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Claymore]]'': When the eponymous [[Lady of War|Ladies Of War]] tap into their [[Super-Powered Evil Side]], they inevitably become fuck ugly.
** Apparently their normal forms aren't entirely without taint either. When a band of human bandits approaches to rape Teresa, several of them turn off-screen and vomit upon seeing her begin to disrobe for it. Proof that they are already on the path of being ugly.
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* [[Naruto|Kabuto]], for most of his screentime looked pretty normal, even if he technically never really was a good guy. After taking Orochimaru's place however...
* Justin Law in [[Soul Eater]] after a Face Heel Turn he becomes Asura's dragon and after being disfigured he has half his face burned and shows his corruption.
* ''[[One Piece]]'':
** the tyrannical World Nobles are very [[Gonk]]-ish, supposedly due to centuries of inbreeding. [[Word of God|Oda claims]] this is intentional, that he intentionally made the World Nobles ugly to emphasize how rotten they are. Consequently, the few World Nobles who make a [[Heel Face Turn]] show an improvement physically; Mjosgard is just as ugly and repulsive as the others in flashbacks, but after reforming, he loses a lot of weight and almost starts to look handsome. Oddly, this does not seem to apply to the Five Elder Stars, who are clearly World Nobles but higher ranking than the others. They look pretty much like any other old men in the series, hinting they have a vastly different background than the others.
** Charlotte Linlin, aka Big Mom, the [[Arc Villain]] of the Whole Cake Island Arc. As [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/f/fe/Charlotte_Linlin_in_the_Rocks_Pirates.png/revision/latest?cb=20230401214248 this illustration shows], she [[I Was Quite a Looker| was very beautiful as a young woman]], but decades of being a tyranical ruler of Totto Land and a [[Villainous Glutton]] who demanded annual tithes of candy from her subjects, she grew into an obese, hag-like, barely human monstrosity. Of course, even as a young woman, her beauty was very much only skin deep.
* ''[[Dragonball Z]]''; Frieza's henchman Zarbon is a handsome [[Human Alien]], but becomes an ugly toad-man alien when he goes [[One-Winged Angel]]. He admits to Vegeta it's not very pretty, but he values the incredible strength that comes with it.
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* [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America
** Sin, the daughter of [[Arch Enemy]] the [[Red Skull]], received horrible facial scars in an explosion when she tried to put her father's mind into Steve Rogers' body. She is now her father's daughter in every way.
** The Skull himself literally took on his infamous moniker after getting hit with his [[Hoist by His Own Petard|own Dust of Death]] after one skirmish with the Captain.<ref>or in this case, The Captain ''and'' Captain America, as Steve was currently operating under the identity of "The Captain" and John Walker was Cap at the time of the incident</ref>
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* [[Batman]] also has a few:
** Warren White, aka the Great White Shark. Originally a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] arrested for embezzling millions, he thought he could get off easy if he plead insanity; [[Wrong Genre Savvy| a mistake few criminals in Gotham are dumb enough make.]] The horrors of Arkham quickly ''drove'' him insane, and an assault by another inmate resulted in him locked in a freezer. By the time anyone found him, the advanced frostbite and injuries cost him his nose, lips, hair, and several fingers, giving him the hideous appearance of a shark and driving him irrevocably mad. He proceeded to embrace his condition by filing his teeth into points, calling himself the Great White Shark, and started to use his business connections as a liaison and fence for inmates, becoming one of Arkham's most dangerous residents without even having to leave.
** With Two-Face it's either a case of this Trope
* [[Doctor Doom]]: After an accident caused by his own pride and hubris left his face scarred, he fashioned himself a mask to conceal what was, in his eyes, no longer unblemished. Sadly, in his hast to don the mask, he didn't wait for it to cool from the forge that was used to make it, destroying his once handsome features forever.
* [[Iron Man]]'s enemy and [[Dating Catwoman| former lover Whitney Frost]], aka Madame Masque is a terrorist leader with an origin similar to Doom's; a plane crash horribly disfigured her face, forcing her to wear a golden mask (provided by the gold-obsessed criminal leader Mordecai Midas) to conceal it. The scars have since been healed via surgery, but she still wears the mask to continue using her ''nom de plume''.
* [[The Punisher]]'s arch enemy Billy "Jigsaw" Russo used to be a handsome Maggia hitman nicknamed "The Beaut". That is, until Frank got his hands on him and shoved him through a mirror and horribly mangled his face. With his visage hideously scarred beyond recognition, Jigsaw has gotten even worse since then and has sunk to all kinds of new lows in his vendetta against Frank.
== [[Fan
* From the ''[[DeviantArt]]'' series ''Vanguard City'', [[Sinister Minister]] and fundamentalist extremist Father Mattais was believed to have perished in a fire that resulted when the VCPD raided his headquarters. He survived, [https://www.deviantart.com/sara-quinn/art/Old-friends-and-new-34-899984212 but not unscathed], with the incident costing him his looks and much of his already-questionable sanity. (Be warned, this link is SFW, but much of the series is not.)
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'': Voldemort practically turns into a snake from his dealings with the darker sides of magic.
* ''[[League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'': Near the end of the film, one of the [[Mooks]] drinks a concoction that gives him incredible size and strength...and glowing red skin with horrible acne.
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**** That might even be true. The expanded universe seems to have an alarming large number of Sith who suffer accidents that horrifically disfigure them. In a universe where the Force exists, it might be a form of [[Laser-Guided Karma]] that hits them when this happens.
**** Even before falling into the lava, Anakin experienced slight changes in appearance (the glowing yellow eyes in particular).
**** Palpatine, in particular, got that way from getting the piss shocked out of him when Mace Windu deflected his force lightning back at his face. Of course, one could say Mace's assault simply gave him an ugly body to match his much uglier soul. Many fans have theorized this incident is also what drove Palpatine irrevokably insane.
* ''[[Willow]]'': Bavmorda. The more black magic she uses, the uglier she gets.
* Freddy Krueger from [[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]. It's partially [[Justified Trope|justified]] since he was burned to death, but the dream demons probably contributed to his ugly, disfigured look too.
* In the 2020 [[Sonic the Hedgehog (film)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'']] movie, Dr. Robotnik at first looks pretty much like actor [[Jim Carrey]] normally does, the only difference being a (regular-looking) moustache. However, as the film progresses, he loses the hair on his scalp and his moustache gets progressively bushier, until he ''almost'' resembles the Robotnik from the video games. He's not fat - yet - but his appearance could well degenerate further in the sequel.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* [[Oscar Wilde]] played with it in: [[The Picture of Dorian Gray|Dorian Gray's picture]] doesn't just grow old in the place of its possessor, it also bears the cosmetic consequences of his sins, growing ever uglier as Dorian descends into depravation. Notice that by the end of the story the picture is nearly monstrous but Dorian is about 40 years old at most, so most of the change must have come from evil as opposed to aging.
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'': While living in a cave for a few hundred years also does its work, [[Artifact of Doom|Gollum's precious]] affects his appearance greatly.
** In the backstory it's mentioned that Sauron, who used to be a master shapeshifter and used to make use of a beautiful, benevolent appearance was eventually so consumed by wrath that he could only take the form of terrible Dark Lord after his body died in the fall of Numenor.
*** Morgoth, Sauron's old boss, had the same thing happen to him after he destroyed the Trees of Valinor.
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* In the [[Forgotten Realms|Drizzt]] novels, the ritual of ''zin-carla'' brings back a dead person as an undead revenant that retains the appearance and skills it had in life along with all of the other advantages/disadvantages of being undead. The revenant is placed under the total mental control of the cleric of Lloth invoking the ritual, and the strain of it physically withers the cleric. It's heavily implied that Matron Yvonnel Baenre's wrinkled appearance isn't due to her age (though she is over a thousand years old, she would normally still be beautiful since she's a Drow) but because she invoked ''zin-carla'' in the past. Twice. The same thing happens to Matron Malice when she invokes ''zin-carla'' on {{spoiler|Zaknafein}} in a bid to kill Drizzt.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* In Season 7 or ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', the heroine's [[Adorkable]] friend Willow is brought to the edge of the [[Despair Event Horizon]] after Warren murders Tara, and becomes dead set on revenge, absorbing the forbidden knowledge of several tomes of black magic to become more powerful. It has an adverse affect on her physical body, changing her chestnut hair jet black, her eyes ''solid'' black, and her skin pale and covered with dark veins.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* This is one of two options available to the Abyssal [[Exalted]]. As their permanent Essence score increases, they must either work to become the beautiful and stunning incarnations of death, or allow their bodies to decay into putrescence and rot.
* The title characters of ''[[Leviathan: The Tempest]]'' have their human forms become steadily less so as their [[Karma Meter]] plummets.
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''
** Harpies are ugly, savage, predatory beasts; one myth regarding their origin claims the first harpy was a [[Vain Sorceress]] who could turn herself into a bird to spy on enemies, and was also a temptress who used her beauty to destroy and enslave men. Her sons - whom she had many of as a result - were her loyal accomplices, and she shared the power with them. Eventually, however, they angered a powerful fey lord who cursed them to remain in bird form forever, their descendants becoming the harpies.
** Heironeuous, the God of Valor, is a handsome, noble warrior. His evil brother Hextor, the God of War, is an ugly, brutish monstrosity. Some myths claim Hextor was once also handsome, but his violent nature and jealously towards his brother caused him to degenerate into a physical form that matched his ugly soul.
** Same deal with Karontor, giantish god of hate and beasts, and patron of the formorians. Supposedly, he (like most of the Giant pantheon) was a son of [[Top God|Annam]], who showed quite a lot of favoritism towards his firstborn sons; Karontor's jealousy and resentment towards his father and elder brothers caused him to degenerate into an ugly, deformed brute who would embody Hatred and Anger.
== Toys ==
* Played straight in ''[[Bionicle]]'' due to creative license, but averted in the canon storyline. When the Av-Matoran of Karda Nui got turned into evil [[Mook|henchmen]] by the Makuta, they only received their ugliness after being mutated by them through other means. Yet in the comics and books, they went through the makeover right away, to ensure that the kids reading them would get the message immediately.
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
▲== Video Games ==
* ''[[Fable (video game)|Fable I]]'': The main character has his looks change for the worse the more evil they get.
* ''[[Fall From Heaven]]'': The Orcs are human worshipers of a god, who were deformed when the god fell (thus becoming evil).
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* Justified by Gabriel Belmont regarding Carmilla, the tyrannical vampire queen in [[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow]]. In spite of her attempt to make herself [[Evil Is Sexy|sexy]] so that she can attract hapless victims into her prey, Gabriel sees through this very easily (players should immediately recognize her failed disguise as ugly as well) and proceeds to give her a [[Karmic Death]].
* Many of the Tainted in ''[[Lusternia]]''. Notably, this trope is [[Justified Trope|justified]]: the Tainted venerate undeath as an exalted state of being, so the blue skin, [[Glowing Eyes of Doom|red eyes]], and [[Squick|profound decomposition]] are happening for a good reason. Some of their aristocrats are ''hundreds'' of years old. Also, there are ''plenty'' of sexy Tainted - [[Evil Is Sexy|if you're into that kinda thing]].
* In ''[[Dragon Age| Dragon Age: Origins]]'' Loghain Mac Tir is a miserable fellow whose physical condition has deteriorated due to his actions, which he feels makes him a [[Necessary Evil]]. His face has sunken cheeks, his eyes are bloodshot with dark bags under them, and his hair is unwashed, uncut, and uncombed. It clearly seems that stress caused by his self-doubts and self-loathing have made him as unhygienic as he is bitter.
* In ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'', Earthrealm characters who were around in the first three games are about 50 years old by the time the 10th and 11th game comes out. The ones regarded as Good (like Johnny, Sonya, Liu Kang, and Kung Lao) have aged rather well, and still look pretty good for their age. Kano, however, who is squarely in on the Evil end of the moral spectrum, not so much. He's still muscular and an excellent fighter, but is almost always dirty, disheveled, unshaven, [[Uncleanliness Is Next to Ungodliness| and unhygienic.]]
* ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach]]'', Roxy, Chica, and Monte start out as what seem to be robotic versions of cartoon [[Funny Animal]]s, maybe slightly into an [[Uncanny Valley]] but not that high. However, as the game progresses, they become dirty, cracked, and dented, the eventual boss fights mangling them and making them hideous. {{spoiler|This is due to the corruption caused by the true villain, Burntrap, the current vessel for series [[Big Bad]] William Afton. While this corruption is happening to Freddy too, he avoids degenerating because he has Gregory to fix him, a benefit from [[Fighting From the Inside]].}}
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
▲== Western Animation ==
* The ''[[Superfriends]]'' episode "Universe of Evil" portrayed an evil Justice League from a [[Parallel Universe]]. For the most part, [http://superfriends.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Enemies they look just like their normal selves, but with different costumes]. [[Superman]] gets some weird eye makeup. [[Wonder Woman]] particularly stands out, as she has the exact same costume as her normal self, but just seems really hagged-out. Either this trope is at work, or "our" Wonder Woman relies heavily on talented makeup artists for her good looks.
* ''[[Batman Beyond]]'':
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** Also happens to Charlie "Big Time" Bigelow; exposure to experimental agricultural chemicals turns him into a nine-foot-tall, deformed, hulking monster with [[Super Strength]]; which he doesn't mind in the least; he considers himself [[Cursed with Awesome]], and likes the fact that people respect him now, even if it's because they're afraid of him. In his second appearance, Max told Terry that "Charlie always ''was'' a monster, now he just looks the part."
* In ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', Rocksteady and Bebop were two [[Dumb Muscle]] humans who couldn't do anything right before Shredder used mutagen to transform them into... two [[Dumb Muscle]] ''mutants'' who couldn't do anything right. In fact, this Trope was lampshaded by the Shredder himself when the experiment was actually done:
{{quote|'''Rocksteady:''' Hey, you sure this is gonna give us all them powers you promised?
'''Shredder:''' Certainly. Of course, you may have trouble getting a date for Saturday night..}}
:* Later adaptations make them [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/8/87/Oh_ho_yall_got_jokes_huh.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20210216175330 even uglier.]
* [[Magnificent Bastard|Nerissa]] of ''W.I.T.C.H.'' looks incredibly ancient with silver hair and nearly grey skin, despite her being roughly around her fifties or sixties, when her former guardian friends all have more normal appearances. According to Cassidy, draining her life force for extra power has done this to her.
* ''[[Beauty and The Beast]]'' is comparatively subtle about this—as Gaston gets more and more obsessed with killing the Beast, he begins to stand and move in a more bestial manner, and he stops trying to keep his hair and clothing tidy. The Beast, by contrast, seems more and more human as he spends time around Belle.
* In the ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]'' episode "The Most Culturally Impactful Film Franchise of All Time", a [[Bad Future]] scenario shows that Robin (as in, Damien Wayne) has betrayed humanity and become the [[Evil Overlord]] of the post-apocalyptic Earth. He hasn't aged well; his [[Face Heel Turn]] has resulted in him becoming balding, overweight, with a scraggy, unkempt beard, wearing his old costume which now doesn't fit.
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