Evil Makes You Ugly: Difference between revisions

[[File:palpatine edit 3255.jpg|link=Star Wars|frame|Nothing says evil like a complete [[Evil Makeover|makeover]]...]]

 

''Indeed I am telling the truth!"''

 

''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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* ''[[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.

* [[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.

* ''[[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.

 

* [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]] has a few enemies that qualify:

** 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 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.

 

* 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.)

 

* ''[[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.

**** 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).

* ''[[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.

 

* [[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.

* 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.

 

* ''[[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).

* ''[[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]].}}

 

* 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]]'':

* [[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.

 

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