History Main / EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette

* Toru Akujin from ''Webcomic/{{DemonKing}} is this, emphasis on the eerie. His dad too, as well as Pit the demon hunter and the human form of the demon Marchosias.

* Raven Branwen from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', something that became clearer as the show's animation evolved. While there are plenty of light-skinned and dark-haired characters, Raven's not merely pale but paper-white. She's also one of the most dangerous and enigmatic people on the show, with even her own family being wary of her, and has mysterious and frightening powers.

* David Vanian from Music/TheDamned.

* Hotaru Tomoe from ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' is a CreepyChild who has both a planet-destroying soldier spirit and a demon bent on bringing [[ApocalypseMaiden "silence" to the world]] sealed inside her. Despite all this, when depowered, she's just a sweet girl who is misunderstood due to her [[IllGirl fainting states]] and creepy looks.

** Tom Riddle was one [[IWasQuiteALooker in his youth]], laminated by Frank Dillane and Hero Fiennes-Tiffin's portrayal of him in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', as a sixteen-year-old Tom and eleven-year-old Tom respectively. Both actors crank Tom Riddle's creepiness UpToEleven. This, in turn, creeps Harry out, as he looks a bit like him. Rowling loves this trope.

* Music/TarjaTurunen, [[Music/{{Flyleaf}} Lacey Sturm]], [[Music/WithinTemptation Sharon den Adel]], [[Music/{{Tristania}} Vibeke Stene]], [[Music/{{Nightwish}} Anette Olzon]], Manuela Kraller[[labelnote:*]]formerly of Xandria[[/labelnote]]... needless to say, they're ''everywhere'' in gothic and symphonic metal.

* This is [[Music/TheCure Robert Smith's]] trademark look.

*** While in the films, he's depicted as pale skinned thanks to being played by Alan Rickman, in the books, he may actually have been of a darker skin complexion. Historically throughout classic English literature, particularly Gothic fiction and Gothic romance fiction, "sallow skinned" was often used as an euphemism to refer to characters with a darker skin complexion (usually Italian or Eastern European or generally non-white in contrast to British "proper" pale skin), often used to describe the "demon lover" trope commonly found in Gothic fiction from the mid-18th century to the early 20th century. Given how consistently Snape in the books has been described as sallow skinned, and how sallow skinned was how a lot of the Eastern European students from Durmstrang were described as, particularly Viktor Krum who's described with features that striking resemble Snape's looks, it is a fair implication that Snape in the books was dark haired but also darker skinned as well.

* Isa, from ''Literature/OnlyEchoesRemain'', is preternaturally [[RavenHairIvorySkin pale and beautiful]], with extremely [[RapunzelHair long and lustrous]] ebony hair. Despite her protests, the look ''does'' suit her, as she is [[spoiler: a spirit being specifically designed as a (relatively minor) manifestation of darkness and death.]]

* The titular character of ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'', who was a real person with black RapunzelHair in braids that fall to her waist, and pallor because she was royalty.

* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'':

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Harry, who's got solid black hair (except for the SkunkStripe at the front), and naturally pale skin that only gets paler in the sequel after his run-in with the Red Room [[spoiler: (6 months of captivity and use as a brainwashed Winter Soldier type assassin will do that to you)]]. He's also got an increasingly eerie sense of being a little too graceful, a little too aware, a little too everything, in fact, to be human - and that's ''before'' the traumatic experiences and proclivity for radiating ominous psychic power are taken into account.

* Death the Kid from ''Manga/SoulEater''. He's a nice enough if eccentric chap, but he ''does'' have [[SkunkStripe black-and-white]] hair, slightly creepy yellow eyes, and comes across as eerier than is the norm even for this series when he fights 'properly' or talks about gods, life, and death. And that's before you factor in his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy temporary]] insanity.

* [[GothGirlsKnowMagic Raven]] from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans.'' She's pale as a ghost and half-demon.

** [[http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/3/221015.jpg Haruka Kokonose]]. [[IllBoy It serves as a visual reminder that he is ill]], and is justified by his frequent trips to hospital and the fact that he cannot participate in physical activity. He is actually a [[NiceGuy very nice person]] (if [[CloudCuckooLander somewhat spacey and odd at times]]).

** Most of the Uchiha clan have pale skin and dark (most often black, though brown or even [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue]]-haired Uchiha exist) hair.

* The titular ''Manga/BlueExorcist'', [[AntiAntiChrist Okumura]] [[CuteButTroubled Rin]] is this trope. More so in the manga than anime version, as the anime gave him some color in his skin and changed his dark black hair into a [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair navy blue]]. He also subverts the traditional not TheBigGuy role as he's the [[SuperStrength strongest]] of the main cast.

* Venoct from ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'' is a ninja-like {{youkai}} with very pale skin and [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair dark navy hair]]. He's a powerful fighter, but his {{Perpetual Frown|er}}, [[SupernaturalGoldEyes gold eyes]] and desire for revenge on Rubeus J (whose description is similar to Jibanyan's, no less) make him sinister.

* ''VisualNovel/YoJinBo'''s Bo has [[HairColorDissonance dark navy]] [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue]] hair and the palest skintone in the game besides Hatsuhime.

* [[HeroAntagonist Dib]] from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' is a male example. His sister [[CreepyChild Gaz]] comes close, except that she has dark ''[[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple]]'' hair.

* In season 2 of ''Series/{{Dexter}}'', Dexter's girlfriend Lila is a pale-skinned brunette. Because they're all in sun-filled Miami, this leads Deb to speculate that she's "a [[ActuallyPrettyFunny gross English titty vampire]]". And when Lila [[spoiler:turns out to be [[{{Yandere}} nuts]]]], Deb describes her to the other cops as "[[SirSwearsALot pale as a fucking corpse]]."

** Averted with Delirium and Destruction. The former has pale skin but [[MulticoloredHair mercurial rainbow hair]], while the latter is a hale-looking redhead. With Destiny, you can't really tell because of the hood.

** Drusilla - a MadOracle who Angelus put through every variation on BreakTheCutie before making her immortal so she'd suffer forever. This doesn't stop her from being as dangerous as the rest of the [[FanNickname Fanged Four]].

** ''Film/Scream2022'' does something similar with [[spoiler:Amber, the FalseFriend of the heroine Tara who is revealed to be one of the killers. While her partner Richie, the leader of the murder plot, comes off as more genuinely angry, Amber comes off as AxCrazy, clearly relishing getting to kill people. (Appropriately enough, her actress Mikey Madison previously played a member of the [[UsefulNotes/CharlesManson Manson family]] in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood''.)]]

* ''Film/Scream4'': [[spoiler:Jill's dark hair and pale skin are initially meant to evoke the image of an archetypal FinalGirl, particularly with her similarities to her cousin Sidney. But after TheReveal that she's the Ghostface killer, an AxCrazy AttentionWhore willing to go to any lengths to become famous, they rapidly become this.]]

* Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark fits this trope to a tee. [[spoiler:Then she turns out to be extraordinarily spiteful, cruel, and manipulative (far from the angelic image she's remembered as), so she also fits into the evil, dark-haired, pale-skinned group.]]

* Kirahime from [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/ SilfofinaDragon]]'s VideoGame/SengokuBasara fanfic ''Finally Home'', though she has a bit of red in her hair. It gives a stronger vibe when she dons a [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver black kimono with red flower designs]] and is skilled in BlackMagic.
** Oichi also appears in the fic and fits this trope as well.

** This appearance is a plot point, just not in the way you'd expect. All the characters who have it are distant relatives of each other: their gothic looks show this connection. Notably though, while the Weasleys and the Malfoys are also distant relatives since both have ties to the House of Black, they have very different looks. The Malfoys are pale bordering on albino and the Weasleys are redheads.
** Also, the movies makes Cho Chang into one, which she isn't in the books.