History Main / BaldOfEvil

* ''VisualNovel/FamicomDetectiveClub: The Girl Who Stands Behind'': Genjiro had no strand of hair on his head in life and was such a scummy con artist and LoanShark, he drove Teruhiko Uchida to suicide after taking away his factory.

* Bevan the butler in ''Film/WouldYouRather''. He's a former MI5 operative, skilled in torture techniques, and has absolutely ''no'' qualms about shooting people dead.

** Kane is an example of the aforementioned bald-with-goatee combo.
** Yuri from ''Red Alert 2'' also counts and, like Kane, has an evil beard.
** Both Raveshaw [[spoiler:and later Dr. Petrova after her FaceHeelTurn]] from ''Command and Conquer Renegade'' go bald after becoming genetically warped NOD {{Super Soldier}}s.

* Concept art shows that the haunted house ''Ride/{{Insanity}}'' from Ride/UniversalStudios' ''Theatre/HalloweenHorrorNights'' had a scareactor with the thuggish variant, coupled with a wifebeater, a lot of tattoos, and [[PsychoKnifeNut a large knife]].

** Both the pre-Crisis and pocket dimension versions of Characters/SupermanGeneralZod General Zod]] were completely bald and the Zod from ''ComicBook/ForTomorrow'' was bald on the top of his head. ''ComicBook/LastSon'' {{Retcanon}}ned a version of the Zod from ''Film/SupermanII'' into continuity and hence has a full-head of hair. ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' split the difference and kept its Zod bald, but gave him the movie Zod's BeardOfEvil.

** [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] is a classic example, particularly considering his [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] motive for villainy was ''[[DisproportionateRetribution revenge against Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} for making him bald]]''. And it wasn't really Supes' fault, but Lex blamed him after one of his experiments went wrong. Naturally, this has had fun poked at it several times, such as by [[Characters/GLOrangeLanternCorps Larfleeze]] during the events of ''ComicBook/BlackestNight''. Also, in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', Lex, accompanied by Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} and ComicBook/{{Steel}}, revealed that he had a secret laboratory... fronted by a ''barbershop''.

* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': Bullseye is bald and has a bullseye scarred into his forehead.
* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': Dr. Sivana (who predates Luthor by a couple of months) is a bald mad scientist, who is also diminutive, gangly, ugly, and wears coke-bottle glasses. He also has a thing for talking worms.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'': Brain Wave is bald.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
** ComicBook/TheKingpin, in Creator/MarvelComics.
** The Vulture, one of Spider-Man's oldest enemies. (Except for the brief period before ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'' when he became a young man and had hair.)
** [=MacDonald=] "Mac" Gargan, the ComicBook/{{Scorpion}}, has always been bald, but it became more noticeable during his stint as ComicBook/{{Venom}} due to him being shown bareheaded a lot more.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** ComicBook/LexLuthor is a classic example, particularly considering his [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] motive for villainy was ''[[DisproportionateRetribution revenge against Superman for making him bald]]''. And it wasn't really Supes' fault, but Lex blamed him after one of his experiments went wrong. Naturally, this has had fun poked at it several times, such as by [[Characters/GLOrangeLanternCorps Larfleeze]] during the events of ''ComicBook/BlackestNight''. Also, in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', Lex, accompanied by ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and ComicBook/{{Steel}}, revealed that he had a secret laboratory... fronted by a ''barbershop''.
--->'''Steel:''' Gotta hand it to you, Luthor; ''nobody'' would think to look for you here.
** The funniest thing is ''Luthor wasn't originally bald''. He was actually an EvilRedhead until someone drew him without hair. [[OlderThanTheyThink And before Luthor there was the Ultra-Humanite]], Superman's original arch-nemesis.
** Bizarro Lex Luthor is bald, as Bizarrogirl points out in [[ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}} her eponymous story arc]]. She finds it sexy, much to Kara's disgust.
** Both the pre-Crisis and pocket dimension versions of General Zod were completely bald and the Zod from ''ComicBook/ForTomorrow'' was bald on the top of his head. ''ComicBook/LastSon'' {{Retcanon}}ned a version of the Zod from ''Film/SupermanII'' into continuity and hence has a full-head of hair. ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' split the difference and kept its Zod bald, but gave him the movie Zod's BeardOfEvil.
** ''ComicBook/SupermanVsShazam'': Karmang is a completely bald mad scientist and evil sorcerer who intends to obliterate two parallel Earths.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
** Professor Xavier is ''almost'' a textbook example of the "kindly eggheaded [[TheProfessor Professor]]" aversion, as he's sometimes portrayed as being morally ambiguous and slightly sinister, and let's not go near his various {{Super Powered Evil Side}}s.
** ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} had hair in his youth, but as soon as En Sabah Nur went from slave to conqueror, his standard look became bald.
* From the cosmic side of Marvel there's ComicBook/{{Nebula|MarvelComics}}, who lost her long hair along with [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul becoming a very mean cyborg.]]
* ''ComicBook/TheEyeOfMongombo'': Hans Welterschmertz Gruber is bald and [[ThoseWackyNazis a “Greedy Nazi”]]. Norbert Nuskle, [[ForcedTransformation Cliff]] [[QuackingUp Carlson’s]] ex-boss, is also bald, but he’s just a {{Jerkass}}.

* Remember Creator/ArchieComics' own super hero imprint? Well, a recurring super villain dubbed the "Brain Emperor" introduced in the original "Mighty Crusaders" becomes the BigBad in ''ComicBook/NewCrusaders''.
* Franchise/MarvelUniverse semi-aversion: Moondragon, even when she was not being actively influenced by the malevolent monster she named herself after, fit TheGift trope to a tee. Her girlfriend Phyla mellowed her out, some.
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'' foe Obadiah Stane. Notably, he lost his hair as a child due to the trauma of watching his father "win" a game of RussianRoulette. He was determined from that moment not to be a loser like his old man, and rather quickly became a ManipulativeBastard and TheChessmaster, winning a tournament at age eight by killing his opponent's dog and stuffing the body in the kid's locker the night before the final day of competition.
* In the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' comic series, ComicBook/{{Superboy}} shaved his head bald before going on an insane killer rampage and beating up the entire rest of the team. [[BrainwashedAndCrazy This was due to a mental command which was placed in Superboy's brain from after he was cloned in Cadmus.]] %% Depending on how you view his "anti-hero" antics, the ComicBook/{{New 52}} version is this when fresh out of the test tube.
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample** Henry Bendix, the Weatherman from ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' and ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}''.
* In ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' Vol. 1, BigBad Professor James Moriarty is bald (in keeping with his character in the original Literature/SherlockHolmes stories).
* Nobeard, one of the Subway Pirates in ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory2005'' and rival of the thick BeardOfEvil-sporting Allbeard. It's commonly believed that the two represent series writer Creator/GrantMorrison and Creator/AlanMoore.
* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'':
** Tintin's ArchEnemy Rastapopoulos's head is bald outside of some sideburns.
** Also, recurrent conspirator Jurgen is short on hair, though he has some on the top of his head.
* ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'''s Zelda -- a genetically engineered mook to an evil (but he's getting better) child genius -- has no body hair at all, not even eyebrows (or possibly eyelashes). She hates it (she used to have very long and luscious hair). It's explained as the result of having "Dolphin DNA" being used in her gengineering.
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* The Duke of Lorraine in ''ComicBook/RexMundi''.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* The Absorbing Man from ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor''.
* Many ''ComicBook/SinCity'' villains have this going for them: Manute, Wallenquist, Liebowitcz, Cardinal Roark, and the Yellow Bastard. There was also an evil rich guy with an odd sense of [[ParentalIncest family values]] in the short story ''Daddy's Girl''.
* In ''[[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Asterix and the Goths]]'', at least seven of the rival kuningōz are bald.
%% * In ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'', Eggman tries to instill this onto Snively after Shadow yanks his hairs out. Instead, he takes an Egg Lobster and races to Freedom HQ to get them back.
* ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock'': Underneath his Terminator uniform, Grand Master Torquemada is a brawny, bald-headed man.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superlopez}}'': The look sported by recurring villains Escariano Avieso, Refuller D'Abastos, Al Trapone (who hides his under a hat most of the time) and Giorgio Papino, aside from one-time villain Luminous Light, who actually exploited it (see BlindedByTheLight below).
* The ''Star Wars: Clone Wars'' comics introduced Asajj Ventress, a bald woman who wanted to be a Sith apprentice and killed numerous Jedi for Count Dooku.
* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel:
** ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'': Shawn, Norman Osbourne's hitman, is bald.
** ''ComicBook/UltimateGalactusTrilogy'': Misty Knight is attacked by a mystery hitman that shot the man she was investigating. This woman had no distinctive features except for her bald head and her tattoos.
** [[ComicBook/TheUltimates Ultimate Avengers]]: Tyrone Cash, of a sorts. He has a haircut that leaves a good portion of his head bald and his remaining hair in the style of a tribal tattoo. It looks intimidating as hell when he's hulked out.
* ''ComicBook/Venom2003'': Vic and Frankie are introduced wearing wigs, but actually have their heads shaved so they could be fitted with cybernetic devices that would let them control the Venom symbiote clone, with the intent of taking it down to New York to find the original Venom.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Manlius, the cruel dictator who rises to power in the political chaos left in Aurania after Clea's attacks and enslaves the local women, is bald.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'': The evil Amazon Alkyone who took issue with Wonder Woman's creation and decided to kill her is bald.

* ''ComicBook/ElMarvo'': 8-Ball, second-in-command to [[BigBad Sokrates]], has no hair on his head.
* ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfAeroGirl'': The Strong Man of the Three Ring Gang has no hair on his head.
* ''ComicBook/PrisonWitch'' gives us Diane Freeway, a vicious gang leader who lost all her hair to chemotherapy.
* In ''ComicBook/TheFurtherAdventuresOfIndianaJones'', evil treasure hunter Siegfried Klexx (who has a bad habit of [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness murdering his dig crews once they have served their purpose]]) is as bald as an egg.

* The BigBad of ''ComicBook/JupiterJet'' is Pluto Patriarch, who hasn't a hair on his head.
* ComicBook/{{Thanos}} (also known as The Mad Titan), who's been bald and obsessed with Death since he was a little kid.
* Van Grote, a Hessian [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi by Any Other Name]] TortureTechnician in ''ComicBook/{{Tomahawk}}'' #112; who seems have been designed to combine as many stereotypical evil Prussian attributes as possible.
* ''ComicBook/GIJoeReloaded'' depicted the villain Destro as being bald when not wearing his famous metallic mask, which was notable due to most continuities establishing that he did have hair and that his mask only made it look like he was bald.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* The Strangers in ''Film/DarkCity''.

* Nobeard, one of the Subway Pirates in ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiers'' and rival of the thick BeardOfEvil-sporting Allbeard. It's commonly believed that the two represent series writer Creator/GrantMorrison and Creator/AlanMoore.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' added Mynd (a purple palette-swap of Sigma) and Captain Kinesis to the ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' mix.

* Baron Ünterbheit in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''. The show, however, also subverts this trope in that Rusty Venture is bald and Brock shaves his head at the end of Season 3. On the other hand, it might not be so much of a subversion, when you consider the fact that it would be difficult indeed to ever see Rusty or Brock as anything close to being GOOD -- one's a {{Jerkass}} and the other is a SociopathicHero.

* Neff, the main bad guy from ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast''.

* ''Film/Nadja'': A new version (more or less) of ''Film/DraculasDaughter''. The titular character, Nadja Dracula is a vampire and the daughter of Dracula is slapped by other character and her wig fails, revealing her bald head.

* ''Film/Nadja': A new version (more or less) of ''Film/DraculasDaughter''. The titular character, Nadja Dracula is a vampire and the daughter of Dracula is slapped by other character and her wig fails, revealing her bald head.