Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Difference between revisions

 

{{examples}}

== Anime & Manga ==

* ''[[Black Jack]]'': one episode featured a strong example of this—Souno, a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] young girl from an old and rather traditional Japanese family, who had been kept indoors all her life due to suffering form a debilitating disease that would cause her life to drastically shorten if she was exposed to sunlight (as well as killing her off before she turns 18 even if she avoids it). She's spent most of her life in a sealed room, practicing Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, under the watch of her very severe [[Overprotective Dad]]; thus, Souno is perfectly pale, with perfectly black hair, and a perfectly exquisite face...a beauty in a bottle. (Remember, the "Nadesico" part of [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] refers to a particular type of flower—probably a deliberate parallel in this case.) Fortunately, Doctor Blackjack is there to help—along with his [[Cheerful Child|lively assistant]], Pinoco, who strikes a really cute [[Intergenerational Friendship]] (sorta) with Souno and gives her the courage to get the treatment she needs.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''

* In ''[[The Secret Agreement]]'', Iori is a male example. He's more of a [[The White Prince|White Prince]] than a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]], though.

* Saori from ''[[Wandering Son]]'' is a [[Dude Magnet]] and fits this trope.

* Kaede Rukawa of ''[[Slam Dunk]]'' is incredibly pale and handsome. Ironically, he tans the easiest out of everyone.

* Saya Kisaragi from ''[[Blood C]]''.

* Naru from ''[[Ghost Hunt]]'' is this, as frequently noted by Mai.

* Hana of ''[[Gate 7]]'' definitely is [http://www.mangareader.net/gate-7/9/3 this]. [http://www.mangareader.net/gate-7/9/11 Everybody in-universe agree with me.]

* Sebastian from ''[[Kuroshitsuji]]'' is a male example.

 

== Arts ==

== Fan Works ==

* Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way from ''[[My Immortal]]''.

 

 

* Several ladies from the ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' series, including Bellatrix Lestrange ([[Helena Bonham Carter]]), Cho Chang ([[Katie Leung]]), Katie Bell ([[Georgina Leonidas]]), Pansy Parkinson ([[Scarlett Byrne]]), and Mary Cattermole ([[Kate Fleetwood]]).

* The titular character of ''[[La Reine Margot (film)|La Reine Margot]]'', as played by Isabelle Adjani who actually has this coloring.

 

 

{{quote|''... there she stood, raven-haired and violet-eyed, snowy fair and finely fit, as if carved by the gods from a solid block of desire.''}}

* The ''[[Gemma Doyle]]'' Trilogy's Pippa is renowned for her beauty and fits this trope to a T.

* ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'': the Qiao sisters were this, and the book plays up that part of the reason Chi Bi happened was that Cao Cao was after them because of this trope.

* The titular characters of [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s ''Berenice'' and ''Ligeia''.

* Scarlett O'Hara, the heroine of ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'', has black hair and very fair skin.

* Alice Cullen from ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]''.

* Many tragic heroines in 18th century Gothic Horror novels are described this way.

* Yennefer from ''[[The Witcher]]'' books. She is pale with raven black hair and wears only black and white. Like all sorceresses, she is incredibly beautiful.

* Irene/Attolia from ''[[The Queen's Thief]]'' is one (fair skin, very beautiful, dark haired).

* Inverted in ''[[Fairest]]'' with Ava, described to have black hair and pale skin, but is ugly.

* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'':

** Septa Lemore is considered "handsome" by Tyrion Lannister.

* Gwen Cooper from ''[[Torchwood]]''.

* Jane Margolis from ''[[Breaking Bad]]''.

* Bay from ''[[Switched At Birth]]''.

* Lady Mary Crawley and Lady Sybil Crawley from ''[[Downton Abbey]]''. They get inherited it from their mother, Cora.

* Abby from ''[[NCIS]].''

* Jenna Hamilton on ''[[Awkward (TV series)|Awkward]]''

* Fiona Coyne and her blonde brother Declan are rich. With her dark brown curls she is referred to as a princess and one of the hottest girls at [[Degrassi]] school.

 

 

== Music ==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6hiKSJvHl4 This example] has black hair, pale skin, blue eyes, and is likening a boy to a constipated monkey through song.

* [[My Chemical Romance]]: Gerard Way ''used'' to be this. Then he went to white and now bright [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|red]] hair. Apparently, he's dyed it back to black.

* The models seen in those Robert Palmer videos like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE "Addicted To Love".]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XST5L2lO2hQ "Your Lips Are Red"] by [[St. Vincent]] explicitly follows this this trope, with unsettling deconstructions.

* Zhen Ji from ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]''.

* Two of the five princesses depicted in the second ''[[Dark Parables]]'' game have this; of course, one of them ''is'' [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (novel)|Snow White]].

 

 

== Western Animation ==

* [[Betty Boop]] was designed around this trope.

* Kylie Griffin from ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]''.

* Asami from ''[[The Legend of Korra]]''.

* [[Perky Goth|Gwen]] and [[Lovable Alpha Bitch|Heather]] from ''[[Total Drama Island]]''.

 

{{reflist}}