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[[File:Mrs_Lovett_horns_Hair.png|link=Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (
Hair, [[Good Hair, Evil Hair|that infallible representation of a person's moral compass.]] In an effort to shape the world of fiction into something more logical than [[World of Chaos|the unpredictable]] [[Real Life|real world,]] authors have long given their characters physical traits that provide artful hints about where said character stands on the good-evil spectrum. Triangular shapes are the preferred way of telling the audience that a character is one bad dude or chick, but few are more unsubtle and in-your-face than a threatening hairstyle. And as far as ''that'' goes, you can't get much more direct than likening them to [[The Devil|Old Scratch]] himself. A [[Exactly What It Says
Not to be confused with a joke seen in cartoons in which a character's hair (feathers, if it's an avian character like [[Donald Duck]]) come together briefly into little devil horns whenever they have a truly malicious idea.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Ox Ford from ''[[
* The president of Lala's fanclub in ''[[
* Andore of Team Unicorn from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!
* ''[[
** In the case of Chibi-Usa, the hairstyle is meant to evoke the image of a rabbit. Cooan would be a more straight example.
* Elyse in ''[[
* Akira in ''[[
* Turles, the [[Evil Counterpart]] of [[
** Videl, the daughter of Mr. Satan,has her hair point up into horns occasionally when she's flustered or angry. This is mostly just part of the pun, though, as her name is actually an anagram of "devil".
* Lord David, one of the many villains whom Kenshiro meets during his journey in ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''.
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* Daimon Hellstrom had horn-hair in the front during his [[Bronze Age]] Son of Satan years. As Hellstorm he's let them go and just worn his hair long. In [[Ultimate Marvel]] he's a minor character with emo spikes.
* Subverted by [[Banana Man]] -- his civilian alter ego Little Eric has horned hair, but it's supposed to represent the shape of a banana, instead of having anything to do with the devil. And far from being evil, he's a bumbling superhero.
* Former ''[[The Dandy (
== Comic Strips ==
* The [[Pointy-Haired Boss]] from ''[[
== Fan Works ==
* The [[Horny Devil|succubus]] Sunshine in ''[[The Return (
== Films -- Animation ==
* Maleficent, the evil fairy from Disney's ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]''. It's also entirely possible that it's not actually hair and those are genuine horns.
* In ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]'', the Coachman's hair actually becomes like this during the scene where he says "They'll ''never'' come back... [[Nightmare Face|...as BOYS!!!"]]
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy wears her hair like this in ''[[Batman and Robin (
* A Wachootoo warrior arranges [[Ace Ventura]]'s normally duckbilled hairdo like this during ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'', in mockery of his nickname of "White Devil". Ace does not take it well.
{{quote| '''Ace:''' All right...''that's it!'' This "White Devil" thing has gone far enough. ''[[This Is Sparta|Nobody! Messes! With the 'do!]]''}}
* Raven at the end of ''[[Cecil B. Demented]]'' has this. [[The Pollyanna|She loves everybody]], but she's still a Satanist.
* Will Ferrell as evil fashion maven Mugatu in ''[[
* One of Grace Jones' many, ''many'' styles in ''[[A View to
== Literature ==
* "Ole Devil" Hardin, in the novels of [[
== Live-Action TV ==
* Bandora / Rita Repulsa from ''[[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger]]'' / ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]].''
* Vyvyan's tangerine tri-hawk on ''[[
== Music ==
* Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown of the [[
* French singer Mathieu Chedid has this, but whether he's evil is questionable. His stage name being "M", the hairdo (with a widow peak) is rather to suggest this letter.
* [[
== Theater ==
* Ms. Lovett in the original Broadway staging of ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (
== Video Games ==
* There's a hidden model in ''[[World of Warcraft
* Seems to be a genetic trait of the Mishima bloodline in ''[[
* ''[[
** Ultimecia from ''[[
** Possibly also The Emperor from ''[[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Final Fantasy II]]'', although some of them might be actual horns. Maybe. [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made
** Mewt Randell from ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'', when he gets to be the [[Royal Brat]] in Ivalice.
* Juri Han from ''[[Street Fighter
* In the 2009 ''[[SaGa 2
* Flemeth's character redesign for ''[[
* [[
* Viola from ''[[
* Batreaux from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* Jinx from ''[[Teen Titans (
* ''[[The Simpsons (
** One episode sorta does this: Mayor Quimby is making a speech of some sort, but he's extremely sweaty, so when he passes his hand through his hair, he ends up looking like [[The Devil|the Devil.]] Naturally, the TV crew filming him add hellfire surrounding him.
** Similarly, in "Lisa the Buddhist", while the town is discussing fund-raising ideas to rebuild the church, the shadow of a horned figure falls upon them. It is then revealed that the silhouette belongs to Mr. Burns, who quickly slicks down his hair.
* Mandy from ''[[
* Klarion the Witch-Boy from ''[[Young Justice (
* Jimmy's evil clone from ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
* Averted in ''[[
* ''[[
** Vlad Plasmius sports this in his ghost-form.
** Likewise, Penelope Spectra also sports a similar hairdo. Hmm...perhaps they go to the same stylist?
* Aunt Trudy in ''[[
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