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In western media, Christian [[Our Demons Are Different|demons and devils]] often have a very specific appearance. You can usually spot them by their [[Horned Humanoid|horns,]] [[Good Wings, Evil Wings|demon wings]], [[Amazing Technicolor Population|red skin]], [[Goatee of Evil]], furred legs with hooved feet, and sometimes a [[Prongs of Poseidon|trident]] (pitchfork). [[Satan]] himself often takes this appearance.

* [[Satan]] in a good number of his appearances. Interestingly, in the [[The Bible|Bible]] itself, the closest thing Satan ever came to looking like this is the red seven-headed dragon form he took on in the [[Book of Revelation]].

 

* Zodd from ''[[Berserk]]'' evokes the Big Red Devil more than his more [[Eldritch Abomination|Lovecraftian]] counterparts, what with his great horns and gigantic bat wings when he goes Apostle, though his appearance, though humanoid, is more a cross between a tiger, a bull and an ape.

** Another example is Femto, the fifth member of the Godhand, who is blood-red with sinister batlike [[Cape Wings]] and has the feet and talons of a bird of prey, though he has no horns to speak of and other than that looks mostly human (fitting considering that {{spoiler|before the Eclipse, he was once Griffith, one of the main characters of the manga}}).

* ''[[Digimon]]'': [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7q_ePd2dEHg/SjUacByZAwI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/5YM6S8TiMzI/s320/venommyotismon.jpg Venommyotismon]

** Devimon as well.

** Subverted with [[Satan]] who looks more angelic

* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'', {{spoiler|the demon inside of Soul is a mix between this and [[The Imp]].}}

* Ruby-Eye Shabranigdo in the anime and manga of ''[[Slayers]]'' (his appearances in the novels wildly differ).

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Kid Devil from [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]] is just a red devil of average teenage boy height, but his future Red Devil self fits the trope perfectly.

* Some Hell Lords in the [[Marvel Universe]] like Mephisto and Lucifer, the latter of whom turned out to be a rebellious angel named Marduk Kurios who more or less ''is'' the actual Lucifer, despite most Hell Lords just pretending to be [[Satan]] [[For the Evulz]]. Mephisto is slightly less stereotypical in that his "horns" is actually just his pointed red hair hair, but he is still a tall, red, humanoid demon, if thinner and lither than most. His ''true'' form is similar but somewhat more alien, his head looking something like an eyeless lizard with no hair or horns whatever.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* Evil in ''[[Legend]]'' has red skin and black horns.

* Subverted in ''[[Devil's Advocate]]'' and then played straight as the Al Pacino devil goes from looking like an ordinary guy to showing his true form, which is the trope played straight.

* The Devil (Liz Hurley) in the remake of ''[[Bedazzled]]'' rejects this image as "Too 'trick-or-treat'".

** In the original, George Spigot (Lucifer) preferred to look fully human, but always wore red socks as a nod to people's expectations.

* While demonic creatures in ''[[Constantine]]'' are shown as having monstrous forms, this trope is subverted for Satan's onscreen appearance as a [[Man in White|human man dressed in a white suit]] with feet covered in black sludge.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* In ''[[Childhood's End]]'' the Overlords are [[Genre Savvy]] enough to warn humans about this before letting themselves be seen.

 

* The Beast from the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episodes "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit", who claims to actually be [[Satan]].

* A briefly seen member of the audience in the [[Blackadder]] episode ''The Witch Smeller Pursuivant''.

* The Halloween episode from season 4 of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' featured a frat house accidentally getting turned into a giant summoning circle or something that would bring a fear-based demon matching this description into the physical world. In the end, the trope is pretty subverted when he really does have this appearance, but is only about 3 inches tall (they just step on him at the end, problem solved).

* A demon named Izzerial the Devil appears in ''[[Angel]]'' with this appearance. He's possibly the Buffyverse version of Satan.

* One episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' featured a being who claimed to be every species conception of the Devil. When she presented herself as Satan, she looked pretty much exactly like this.

 

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* In ''Warhammer'' and ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'', demons of Khorne in general and Bloodthirsters in particular.

 

* In ''[[Damn Yankees]]'' the devil wears a red suit.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

** Chaos, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', looks like this. It's implied that he [[Evil Makes You Monstrous|only gained this appearance after growing/absorbing too much power]], though.

* ''[[Diablo]]'' is a mix between this, and [[Godzilla]]. But if the first ever trailer for the game is any indication, his original design was much closer to this.

** Some of them, at least. [[Light Is Not Good|Aurorans]], however...

* ''[[Doom]]'' has the Cyberdemon and the Baron of Hell.

* The aptly-named Horned Reaper from ''[[Dungeon Keeper]]'' and its sequel.

* In [[Ultima VI]], the Gargoyles which have invaded Brittania and tried to sacrifice the Avatar during the intro are large, red, horned humanoids.

* Eidolon from ''[[Hexen|Hexen II]]''.

* Devilman from ''Devil World''. Strangely enough, he's ''blue''.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

** He has two demon girls, Fuschia and Cyan, who have the horns and tails, but wear bikinis of the color that matches their name.

* In ''[[Girl Genius]]'' the Jäger general known as Gargantua [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120511 looks like this], and wears [[Spikes of Villainy]]. He doesn't seem particularly evil, but evidently [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120525 flies into rage] when insulted.

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' has the Old-Timey King of Town, who just happens to be their equivalent of the Devil.

** One Strong Bad Email had Strong Bad imagine his "stupid baby brother" Strong Sad suddenly sprouting a pair of horns and a tail. Strong Sad then arrives dressed as Calibos from ''[[Clash of the Titans]]''.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Satan from ''[[South Park]]''.

* The Red Guy from ''[[Cow and Chicken]]''.

* [[Satan]]'s appearance in ''[[Animaniacs]]''.

* Trigon from ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''.

* Doctor Satan in ''[[The Haunted World of El Superbeasto]]'' becomes this after gaining all the [[Running Gag|sudsy powers of Hell]].

* [[Planet Eater|Unicron]] from ''[[Transformers]]'' is esentially this version of Satan in the form of a robot.

* The Heinous Family on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''.