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Villains and evil characters tend to wear excessive, dark colored makeup on and around their eyes. The key word here is ''"excessive"'', as in "singlehandedly keeps a cosmetics company in the black" (no pun intended). There's a few ways for the character to apply the Evil Eyeshadow: there's always some on the eyelid accompanied with mascara to darken and lengthen the eye lashes, and the "excessive" extra can be applied as upper or lower eyeshadow... or ''both'' to go the extra villainous mile. The color isn't restricted to just black, but just about any color as long as it's sufficiently dark.
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Despite [[Winx Club|the Trix girls]] being the page pic, guys can wear Excessive Evil Eyeshadow, usually in the form of [[Guyliner]]. They also tend to be a lot... ''quirkier''... than other guy villains. It's also worth noting that this [[Sub-Trope|Sub-tope]] of [[Obviously Evil]] is so exclusively villainous it's rare to see even [[Anti-Hero|Anti Heroes]] use Excessive Evil Eyeshadow. If the character also wears a lot of makeup in addition to the excessive evil eyeshadow, expect him/her to be a [[Monster Clown]]. When the darkness is natural, rather than from cosmetics, it's [[Creepy Shadowed Undereyes]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Yuda from ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''.
* Kodachi Kuno in ''[[Ranma
* Orochimaru from ''[[Naruto]]''.
* Sesshomaru and Naraku from ''[[Inuyasha]]'', also indicating their nobility.
* Drocell Caines from ''[[Black Butler]]'' (anime only).
* In ''[[Bleach]]'', [[Filler Villain]] Muramasa has large fields of purple eyeshadow in a fancy shape. He is fairly reserved, but definitely bold, mysterious, and unsettling. Although being the spirit of a zanpakuto weapon, it could just be part of his anatomy.
== Card Games ==▼
* ''[[Munchkin (Tabletop Game)|Munchkin]]'' has a card called Evil Eyeshadow. It gives +1 bonus, too.▼
== Comic Books ==
* [[Marvel Comics]]' villainess The Enchantress.
** Emma Frost is a dual example. She's the trope played straight during her White Queen of the Hellfire Club days, but she subverts it now that she's one of the ''[[X-Men]]'', but [[Costume Inertia|still wears]] the silver-white eyeshadow and lipstick.
* [http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnq13u1U1I1qkycczo1_500.jpg Queen Zsu Zsa's consort] from ''[[Baritarian Boy]]'', that 'verse's equivalent of Vlad the Impaler. [[Pimped-Out Dress|Pimped Out Doublet]] and decidedly [[Villainous Fashion Sense]] aside, some would kill to make their own eye makeup look that good.
== Film ==
* [[Disney]] examples:
** [http://images.wikia.com/villains/images/d/dd/Madame-medusa.png Madame Medusa] in ''[[The Rescuers (Disney film)|The Rescuers]]''
** [http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj42/DeivisGiannini/CruellaDevillepose_jpg.png Cruella de Vil] in ''[[
** [http://nechel.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/sw_queen.jpg The evil queen] in ''[[Snow White and
** The [http://media.monstersandcritics.com/articles/1255698/article_images/theydontcallherthewickedstepmotherfornothing.jpg wicked stepmother]{{Dead link}} in ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]''
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20190915131831/http://www.gb93.com/site_images/2011-05-28/maleficent-sleeping-beauty-200a032410-fp.jpg Maleficent] in ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]''
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428014054/http://img.buzznet.com/assets/imgx/8/1/2/5/0/4/1/orig-8125041.jpg Zira] in ''[[The Lion King]]''.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140106235244/http://blog.ohsorad.com/images/yzma.jpg Yzma] in ''[[The Emperor's New Groove
** Ursula and Morgana from Disney's ''[[
*** [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_obZu0g1cpoc/SPPhpPdN4YI/AAAAAAAABtA/3HsUs0siTFI/s400/cap078.jpg Marina del Rey] in the prequel.
*** Vanessa, Ursula's human disguise, also utilized this in some official still arts of her.
** [http://www.awn.com/files/imagepicker/1/strikeenchant05_Enchanted-Narissa_color_L.jpg Queen Narissa]{{Dead link}} from Disney's ''[[Enchanted]]''.
** Mother Gothel from ''[[
** Rare male example: Jafar from ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''. .
** Subverted with the witches from ''[[
** Rare heroic example: Megara from ''[[Hercules (
* The Red Queen from ''[[Alice in Wonderland (
* Komodo from ''[[Warriors of Virtue]]'' wore pretty heavy eyeliner.
* If you have trouble keeping Robot!Maria and the real Maria straight in ''[[Metropolis]]'', just remember the robot wears too much eyeliner, and the real Maria doesn't wear any (visible) makeup.
* Peter Parker, while under the influence of [[Clothes Make the Maniac|his new black suit]] in ''[[Spider-Man (
* Ludmilla from ''[[Bartok the Magnificent]]''.
* [[Depraved Kids' Show Host|Mr. Robbie]] from ''[[The Psychopath]]''.
* Frank-n-Furter from ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''.
* Poison Ivy at the end of ''[[Batman and Robin (
* [[The Joker]] in ''[[Batman (
* Lola, the [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant]] and [[The Dragon]] in ''[[The Transporter|Transporter 2]]''.
* Azkadellia from the [[Sci Fi]] miniseries [[Tin Man (TV series)|Tin Man]].
* The [[Evil Overlord]] in ''[[The Forbidden Kingdom]]'' is quite fond of green eyeshadow.
== Literature ==
* In ''[[
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Of course not. Do I look like one?
The guard looked at her occult bangles, her lined cloak, her trembling hands and her face. The face was particularly worrying. Magrat had used a lot of powder to make her face pale and interesting. It combined with the lavishly applied mascara to give the guard the impression that he was looking at two flies that had crashed into a sugar bowl. He found his fingers wanted to make a sign to ward off '''the evil eyeshadow.''' }}
▲== Live Action TV ==
* Angel when he becomes Angelus on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]].''
** The [[Darker and Edgier]] Wishverse Buffy.
* Mimi from ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]''. As I recall, Drew considered her evil. So evil, she's the page picture for [[Uncanny Valley Makeup]].
* Robbie Rotten from ''[[
* Dr. Renfro / Madame X from ''[[Dark Angel]]''.
* Caroline from ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' gets this upon first becoming a vampire. Dropped after a few weeks when writers realized it was ridiculous, as Caroline isn't evil nor is she trying to look different, and other vampires don't have this effect.
* "Evil" Kirk in the ''[[Star Trek:
▲* ''[[Munchkin (
== Video Games ==
* This distinguishes the more evil of the two consorts in ''[[Overlord]]''.
* [[Token Evil Teammate|Morrigan]] of ''[[Dragon Age]]'' wears tons of purple eyeshadow around her [[Eyes of Gold]].
== Web Original ==
* Prince Jazan subverts in the ''[[Neopets]]'' Ancient Egypt-themed "Lost Desert" plot. For most of the plot he's played as a villain, with heavy guyliner. (That is, heavier than other characters.) Later on he's revealed to have been controlled by the real [[Big Bad]], and makes a [[Heel Face Turn]]. He never stops wearing the guyliner.
* Dark Nella from [[
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'''Dark Nella:''' I know, and eyeliner.
'''The Chick:''' Where are your glasses? ''*[[GASP]]!*'' You're ''[[Evil Makeover|evil!]]'' }}
* Sara Waite of the [[Whateley Universe]] isn't a villain, but she has this as part of her "scary goth girl" character design. [[Lampshaded]] in her introduction; the narrative describes her as "wearing enough make-up to deflect low caliber projectiles at close range". It's not actually makeup
* Mocked in [[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
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== Western Animation ==
* Pictured above, the Trix Girls from ''[[Winx Club]]''.
* Master Cyclonis from ''[[
* Wuya in her human form from ''[[
* Ember from ''[[Danny Phantom]]''
* [[The Joker]] has this in [[Filmation]]'s version of ''[[Batman]]'', which was produced in 1968.
* [[Harley Quinn]] has this in her 2019 series, wearing blue eyeshadow over her right eye and red over her left.
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[[Category:Evil Tropes]]
[[Category:Villainous Fashion Sense]]
[[Category:Obviously Evil]]
[[Category:Eye Tropes]]
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