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He thinks too much: such men are dangerous."''|'''Caesar''', ''[[Julius Caesar (theatre)|Julius Caesar]]''}}

[[Evil Costume Switch|Black robes]] not fitting properly? Just try being a little more evil! [[Kick the Dog|Kicking puppies]] is good exercise after all! And don't worry about those meals you skip while you're scheming to take over the kingdom. Yes, the combination of your new villainous lifestyle and the laws of narrative causality will make those annoying extra pounds vanish before you can say "Are they even ''feeding'' [[The Emperor's New Groove|Yzma]]?"

Sometimes used for a [[Freud Was Right]] explanation, where the villain is nasty and vicious ''because'' she's so hungry. Very common among fashion-oriented shows to explain why the size 0 model is so cranky.

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* Most incarnations of Ragdoll in [[The DCU]], but in ''[[The Batman]]'' it was taken to serious extremes; the Ragdoll is a tall, rail-thin thief and contortionist who is literally capable of fitting inside a top hat. Also, as he is often depicted as frail, one of The Joker's [[I Have Many Names|many nicknames]] is "The Thin White Duke of Death."

* The [[Batman]] villain [[Scarecrow]] is so thin that he was bullied as a child for his resemblance to [[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow|Ichabod Crane]].

* Many skinny aliens in [[Sillage]] turn out to be villains. Most notable of them is consul Atsukau, a corrupt politician and collector of lovers from different species, obsessed with the protagonist.

* In ''[[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]]'', it's mentioned several times how skinny [[Ax Crazy|Johnny]] is.

* ''[[Mesmo Delivery]]'': Sangrecco, a people smuggler/hitman/demon? In his spare time he's an [[Elvis Impersonator]] presumably of the king's earlier period.

* Loki is probably the skinniest male in Asgard. He is also one of [[The Mighty Thor|Thor's]] meanest villains. Mind you, it only holds when compared to Asgradians. When compared to most normal humans, he seems pretty toned.

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** [[Peter Cushing]] as Grand Moff Tarkin. Especially interesting because, despite his amazingly [[Villainous Cheekbones]] he was [[Playing Against Type]] after a career of playing [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[Dracula|Dr. Van Helsing]].

* In ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]'', the Pale Man.

* ''[[Home Alone]]'': Inverted in the first two movies, where short, round Harry is clearly the more malevolent half of the Wet Bandit Gang. Tall, skinny Marv, by contrast, borders on [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] much of the time.

* In ''[[Hellraiser]]'', all Cenobites are rather slender, except [[Fat Bastard|Butterball]], of course.

* Loki in ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]''.

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== Literature ==

* In ''[[Harry Potter]]'', Voldemort is often described as being tall and thin, with long, thin fingers. Snape is often described as thin, perhaps to invoke this trope, even though he is not ''evil'' per se.

* ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'': Villain Count Olaf is tall and thin, and said to have a hungry look in his eyes.

* Several characters in ''[[Discworld]]'' have this aesthetic, even if they're not necessarily evil:

** Lord Vetinari is a scheming Machiavellian dictator and is thin as a rail, voluntarily subsisting on nothing but bread and water. However, while he describes himself as evil, he is never an outright antagonist and is often on the heroes' side. Strangely, his (unnamed) appearance in the first book is as a [[Fat Bastard]], and was generally considered to be his predecessor until [[Word of God]] confirmed they were the same character.

** Granny Weatherwax, a manipulative [[Good Is Not Nice]] character in the same vein, is also tall, thin and wears black, though her slimness is not quite emphasised as much. It's more obvious contrasted with her fellow witch and lifelong friend, the short, plump, amicable Nanny Ogg.

** Lacrimosa in [[Discworld/Carpe Jugulum|Carpe Jugulum]], who actually ''is'' evil, is the epitome of this, though, especially lampshaded in that she's mostly seen from the POV of Agnes Nitt, a large girl of roughly her own age...

* Utilized, and oft-lampshaded, in Robert Jordan's ''[[Wheel of Time]]'' novels, in that all skinny innkeepers that the protagonists come across in their journeys are invariably up to no good.

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* The Spy from ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' is incredibly impolite (the Spy has [[I Banged Your Mom|banged the Scout's mom]] and loves to boast and troll the Scout about it, which could make you feel sorry for the biggest [[Jerkass]] in the game that Scout undeniably is) and very tall and slender, which his [[Badass in a Nice Suit|badass-in-a-nice-suit]] attire makes even more noticable. Furthermore, also alongside Scout and Sniper, he's the most prone to calling the Heavy "fatty" and "morbidly obese".

** The Administrator, when she appears in the supplemental materials, is very thin, and seems to be totally amoral and have no emotions other than anger.

* Both Mitsuhide and Mitsunari from ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' are [[Ax Crazy]] [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|White Haired Pretty Boys]] who are also tall and almost skeletal in appearance. In Mitsunari's case it's because he's too busy angsting to eat, while Mitsuhide is probably just that evil.

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* ''[[Bratz]]'': Burdine and the Tweevils.

* Lawson from ''[[Recess]]''.

* Ms. Bitters of ''[[Invader Zim]]'', in keeping with her snakelike demeanor.

* Nightmare Moon, Discord and The Flim Flam Brothers from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' all qualify.

** So does {{spoiler|Queen Chrysalis}}.

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