Fashion Victim Villain: Difference between revisions

== Comics ==

* [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/273218 This flash animation] gives us [[Marvel]]'s less than stellar choices in villainous fashions. At least Galactus has an excuse.

** In the tie-in comic for ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', [[Devil May Cry|Dante]] even comments, upon looking at him, that adding a cape and a cane, Galactus would be the biggest pimp he'd ever seen.

** Also from Marvel, we have Black Talon. [[Deadpool]]'s [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wkKt_mUc7Ug/SYp9NQK_VDI/AAAAAAAAGgc/Qjt2C1RkTkU/s1600-h/BlackTalon.jpg encounter with him] says it all.

* A utilitarian example occurs in the ''[[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]'' film, ''[[Dr. No]]''. The protective suit the title character wears at the end of the film is Narmtastic.

** This was parodied at the end of the first ''[[Austin Powers]]'' movie. The clear see-thru suit Dr. Evil is wearing seems to serve no useful purpose, other than making him comically slide off chairs whenever he tries to sit on them.

* The ''[[Masters of the Universe (film)|Masters of the Universe]]'' movie. Frank Langella's golden Skeletor costume, acquired after he achieves ultimate power, plows a line right through Narm and crosses back over to [[So Bad It's Good|Totally Awesome]] again. It's like a gay metallic Chiquita-Banana-ator.

* An example occurs in the live action [[Dr. Seuss]] movie ''[[The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T]]''. The costume the titular mad conductor wears at the end is probably the most flamboyant example of this trope ever made. The villain's dress-up routine even [[Villain Song|gets its own song]] written about it.

* Whil the [[Batman (film)|Batman]] franchise is partially based around silly costumes, Riddler's light-up jacket from ''[[Batman Forever]]'' qualifies. It's so bad he [[Lampshade Hanging|makes a joke]] about it:

** Really, Riddler spent the entire movie getting steadily more ridiculous, culminating in a costume containing five thousand pounds of glitter.

** Mr. Freeze from ''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]'' wears a bathrobe. With polar bear slippers. [[Franchise Killer|Just another nail in the series coffin.]]

* [[Megamind]] plays with this a lot, as the [[Villain Protagonist]] wears ever more ridiculous giant collared outfits. He's [[Genre Savvy]] enough to know that the key to being a super-villain is "PRESENTATION!" (cue Guns N' Roses).

* Matthew Patel in ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'' is dressed pretty ridiculously, to the point where someone actually thinks he's dressed like a pirate. Patel responds defensively:

** Patel is deliberately portrayed as a typical over-the-top Bollywood villain.

* Even for the 80s, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QObDZUscd4k Velvet Von Ragnar], played by Gene Simmons from the movie ''Never Too Young To Die'', had hilariously bad fashion sense.

* As noted, ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' has had plenty of movies that feature this trope. The top page quote comes from the movie ''[[Operation Double 007]]'', which had the main, middle-aged male villain dressing in a flowy silver caftan and (at the end) a skintight red pleather suit.

** Traxartus, the villain of the movie ''Deathstalker'', frequently wore short tunics with boatneck collars, pink fur, and satin turbans.

'''Crow:''' Wait -- something of ''mine''... }}

** ''[[Puma Man]]'' had [[Big Bad]] Donald Pleasance wearing a girly black and silver tunic.

** Xenos, the evil priest king from ''[[Gor|Outlaw of Gor]]''. Even the fact that he was played by the incredibly [[Badass]] Jack Palance couldn't make up for the fact that he was wearing a long dress and a hat that looked like an opening seed pod.

** Even Dr. Forrester himself, after Joel and the bots discuss world domination schemes and costumes following the ''[[Undersea Kingdom]]'' short in the ''[[Attack Of The Giant Leeches]]'' episode.

'''Dr. Forrester''' ''(in a ridiculous outfit)'': What is that supposed to mean?! I’ll deal with you later! Back to the drill, Frank. ''You will [[Superman (film)|bow down before me, Son of Jor-El!]]'' '''''[[Large Ham|Bow down!]]''''' }}

* What about The Master's outfit from the end of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' movie? I mean, ''seriously''. [http://www.agonybooth.com/movies/Doctor_Who_1996.aspx?Page=4 Photos here]

* This is [[Invoked Trope|invoked]] with the {{spoiler|Soda Poppers}} in [[The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police|Sam and Max.]]

* Konstantin Brayko in ''[[Alpha Protocol]]''.

** [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Henry]] [[Big Bad|Leland]] is more restrained, but still has a deeply unfortunate taste in shirts and ties. Thorton comments on it, but never to his face.

*** One such comment is about how the only thing Leland and Brayko seem to have in common is a similar taste in shirts and ties. Ouch.

* Galgarion, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[RPG World]]'', has a designer that does this to him (the comic largely being an [[Affectionate Parody]] of the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series, we are ''not'' spared the Kuja outfit).

* Parodied in ''[[The Non-Adventures of Wonderella]]'', as Hitlerella [http://nonadventures.com/2011/02/05/joke-and-mirrors/ points out] the possible downsides of a [[Darker and Edgier]] costume change to Jokerella.

* ''[[Homestuck]]'': [[Royal Brat|Eridan Ampora]]. Bright purple [[Ominous Opera Cape]] with a [[High Collar of Doom]], blue [[Scarf of Asskicking]], black shirt, blue-and-black striped pants, thick [[Hipster]] glasses, purple hair highlight, and [[Bling of War|an absurd amount of rings]]. [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004308 It turns out how you'd expect it to]. It appears he's trying to emulate the appearance of his [[Famous Ancestor]] Dualscar, but he's trying just a bit too hard at it. It's also [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|not the only thing he's trying too hard at]].

** And even though he apparently wasn't a villain in that timeline, his [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006590 God Tier outfit] inspired much lulz, especially his pantaloons.

== Western Animation ==

* The ''[[Animaniacs]]'' episode "Good King Yakko" (a pastiche of ''Duck Soup'') has the Warners meeting with an evil dictator from a neighboring country. They mock his formal, pseudo-historical garb.

'''Yakko:''' Does ''he'' know you're wearing it? }}

* When Valmont from ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' is possessed by the demon Shendu, Shendu forces him to wear sorcerer's robes, which Valmont comments on looking like a dress.

'''Ratso''': Oh. (''[[Beat]]'') Yes it is. }}

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': All Hail Phoenix King Chicken Head! Let us say Ozai [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|looks rather more imposing]] [[Shirtless Scene|stripped to the waist]] (or at least without the helmet, which he abandoned after the coronation).

* Yzma from ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]'' sports some of the most extravagant costumes ever worn by a Disney villain, and that's even counting Maleficent and Jafar.

* In ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', Doctor Venture explains this to his son:

** Among the tons of examples of actual characters, The Monarch stands out quite nicely in black and orange spandex with armored bits and huge butterfly wings.

* ''[[Kim Possible]]''