History Main / EvilBrunetteTwin

* Anabelle and Belladonna from ''AllDogsGoToHeaven''. Once again, they are cousins.
* A rare male example appears with ''PrincessLillifeeAndTheLittleUnicorn'' with the twin princes

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* [[spoiler:Kaito and Gaito]] from ''MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch''.
* On ''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans'', the (brown-haired) Mark has an evil blond clone. This is hand-waved, as the Evil Mark dyes his hair.
* Ben and Albedo from ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien''.
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Having an EvilTwin can be a bitch, they can ruin your life and commit acts of evil, and leave you to take the blame, or simply steal your identity. Occasionally, there are ways to differentiate the good twin and the bad twin, one common way to use this in fiction is to have the good twin have light hair (usually, but not necessarily, blonde, and occasionally red) and the wicked twin have darker hair (often, but not always, black). Usually, an EvilBrunetteTwin will don a wig to create any mistaken identity (and removing said wig is an easy way to expose them). Is obviously a visual cue for the audience so they can tell which is which.

Occasionally, works will reverse the usually set-up, and reveal a brunette villain has a nicer light-haired twin, though this technically plays this straight.

While technically not gender-specific, this tends to be AlwaysFemale, as [[BlondeGuysAreEvil blonde men tend to be evil in fiction.]]

Subtrope of EvilTwin, also see HairOfGoldHeartOfGold and DarkIsEvil

* PowerGirl once fought an evil black-haired clone of herself named "Divine".
* Magica De Spell, the WickedWitch of DisneyMouseAndDuckComics, had a lookalike blonde cousin named Adelia, who was a good fairy.

* Jeannie's Sister (who was also named Jeannie) from IDreamOfJeannie, obviously inspired by Serena, is one of the more well-known examples of this trope. Like Serena, her most common scheme was pretending to be the good Jeannie.
* GilligansIsland had an episode "All About Eva," where a woman named Eva, who resembles a nerdy black-haired version of Ginger, comes to the island. The castaways befriend her and make her over, leading her to resemble Ginger. In the end of the episode, she not only abandons the castaways to return home, but steals Ginger's life!
* TheAddamsFamily gave an interesting case of this, with Morticia's blonde lookalike sister, Ophelia, being the more cheerful and nicer one. Of course, whether Morticia counts as evil varies by the adaption. Deconstructed in that being the more sinister is why Gomez picked Morticia to begin with.

* MariahCarey used this trope in her "Heartbreaker" video. The evil lookalike, Bianca, tried to steal Mariah's boyfriend in the video. While the implication is that the boyfriend was cheating on her, it is tempting to think it was just a case of MistakenIdentity.
* NickiMinaj made use of this in her Va Va Voom video, in a parody of SleepingBeauty, playing a red-haired princess and a black-haired witch.
* TaylorSwift made use of this in her video for "You Belong With Me," contrasting the blonde Cinderella-esque heroine contending with a brunette AlphaBitch.

* Cousin Damina on SabrinaTheTeenageWitch was a raven-haired version of the good witch Sabrina. Unlike most examples, Damina never got the chance to expolit their resemblance.
* [[CasperTheFriendlyGhost Wendy The Good Little Witch]] had one in her cousin, Wildcat.
* Cousin Sunny for Gwen on Ben10UltimateAlien. Her human form was later shown to be an illusion, so it is unclear if she intentionally made herself resemble Gwen or if it was her default form.

** Ironically, Ursula was originally going to have been Ariel's aunt, so it is tempting to think Ursula may have actually resembled Ariel in her youth.
** Most adaptions of ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'' make use of this trope, with the temple princess being a dark-haired version of the titular mermaid, though whether the princess is a villain or an innocent player varies by adaption.
* The Oracle Twins from AmericanDragonJakeLong are boderline example. While both are technically good, blonde Sara is much nicer and friendlier than the darker-haired Kara, who borders on being a TokenEvilTeammate.

* Krystella and Jycella from "WestenAnimation/Chaotic". Unusually, we are introduced to the villainous Krystella first, and are introduced to her nicer sister, Jycella, later on.
* Starfire and Blackfire on TeenTitans, though this does not apply to their comic book versions. They also have different eyes, though this did stop Blackfire from trying to steal Starfire's identity.
* Anabelle and Belladonna from AllDogsGoToHeaven. Once again, they are cousins.
* A rare male example appears with PrincessLillifeeAndTheLittleUnicorn with the twin princes

* [[spoiler: Kaito and Gaito]] from MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch.
* On UglyAmericans, the (brown-haired) Mark has an evil blonde clone. This is hand-waved with the Evil Mark dying his hair.
* Ben and Albedo from Ben10UltimateAlien.

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* Magica De Spell, the WickedWitch of DisneyMouseAndDuckComics, had a lookalike cousin named Adelia, who was a good fairy.

* GilligansIsland had an episode "All About Eva," where a woman named Eva, who resembles a black-haired version of Ginger, comes to the island. The castaways befriend her and make her over, leading her to resemble Ginger. In the end of the episode, she not only abandons the castaways to return home, but steals Ginger's life!
* TheAddamsFamily gave an interesting case of this, with Morticia's blonde lookalike sister, Ophelia, being the more nicer and cheerful one. Of course, whether Morticia counts as evil varies by the adaption.

* Ben and Albedo from Ben10.

While technically not gender-specific, this tends to be AlwaysFemale, as [[BlondeGuysAreEvil blonde men tend to be evil in fiction.]] For example, [[spoiler: Kaito and Gaito]] from MermaidMelody.

** This is inverted with Ben's EvilTwin, Albedo.

* Inverted on UglyAmericans with the (brown-haired) Mark's evil (blonde) clone. This is hand-waved with the Evil Mark dying his hair.

Having an EvilTwin can be a bitch, they can ruin your life and commit acts of evil, and leave you to take the blame. Occasionally, there are ways to differentiate the good twin and the bad twin, one common way to use this in fiction is to have the good twin have light hair (usually, but not necessarily, blonde, and occasionally red) and the wicked twin have darker hair (often, but not always, black). Usually, an EvilBrunetteTwin will don a wig to create any mistaken identity (and removing said wig is an easy way to expose them). Is obviously a visual cue for the audience so they can tell which is which.

* Vanessa for Ariel, Disney's ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', is a magically induced trope example of this trope. They actually look like each other, but Vanessa's constant scowling makes this less obvious. Ironically, Ursula was originally going to have been Ariel's aunt, so it is tempting to think Ursula may have actually resembled Ariel in her youth.

* Starfire and Blackfire on TeenTitans. Both have red hair in the comics, mind you.

* Cousin Serena on ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' is arguably the TropeMaker. Though whether she was mischievous or wicked depended on the episode, Serena was antagonistic, and often indulged in pretending to be Samantha.

* [[CasperTheFriendlyGhost Wendy The Good Little Witch]] had one named Wildcat. Unlike most examples, the two were never given an explained relationship. Since she was obviously meant to be a DistaffCounterpart to Spooky, she is likely Wendy's cousin.

* The Oracle Twins from AmericanDragonJakeLong are boderline example. While both are technically good, blonde Sara is much nicer and friendlier than the darker-haired Kara.

* [[CasperTheFriendlyGhost Wendy The Good Little Witch]] had one named Wildcat. Unlike most examples, the two were never given an explained relationship.

* Krystella (evil) and Jycella (good) from "WestenAnimation/Chaotic". Unusually, we are introduced to the villainous Krystella first, and are introduced to her nicer sister, Jycella, later on.

* Vanessa for Ariel, Disney's TheLittleMermaid, is a magically induced trope example of this trope. They actually look like each other, but Vanessa's constant scowling makes this less obvious. Ironically, Ursula was originally going to have been Ariel's aunt, so it is tempting to think Ursula may have actually resembled Ariel in her youth.
** Most adaptions of TheLittleMermaid make use of this trope, with the temple princess being a dark-haired version of the titular mermaid, though whether the princess is a villain or an innocent player varies by adaption.

* Cousin Damina on [[SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Sabrina And The Groovie Ghoulies]] was a raven-haired version of the good witch Sabrina. Unlike most examples, Damina never got the chance to expolit their resemblance.
** Sabrina's evil twin, Katrina, in the live-action show avoided this.

Having an EvilTwin can be a bitch, they can ruin your life and commit acts of evil, and leave you to take the blame. Occasionally, there are ways to differentiate the good twin and the bad twin, one common way to use this in fiction is to have the good twin have light hair (usually, but not necessarily, blonde) and the wicked twin have darker hair (often, but not always, black). Usually, an EvilBrunetteTwin will don a wig to create any mistaken identity (and removing said wig is an easy way to expose them). Is obviously a visual cue for the audience so they can tell which is which.

* Cousin Serena on ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' is arguably the TropeMaker. Though she was more of a mischief-maker than truly evil, Serena was antagonistic, and often indulged in pretending to be Samantha. Being a witch, of course, Serena favored magic over wigs.
* Jeannie II from IDreamOfJeannie, obviously inspired by Serena, is one of the more well-known examples of this trope. Like Serena, her most common scheme was pretending to be the good Jeannie.

* MariahCarey used this trope in her "Heartbreaker" video. The evil lookalike, Bianca, tried to steal Mariah's boyfriend in the video.

* While literally played straight, "WestenAnimation/Chaotic" gives an unusual example with twins Krystella (evil) and Jycella (good). Unlike most examples mentioned on this page, however, we are introduced to the villainous Krystella first, and are introduced to her nicer sister, Jycella, later on.

* Aunt Agatha in the Olsen twins Halloween special, DoubleDoubleToilAndTrouble, was a black haired witch, who was later revealed to have a nicer, identical twin sister. A flashback showed that both were blonde when they were younger.

* Starfire and Blackfire on TeenTitans.

* Cousin Serena on ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' is arguably the TropeMaker. Though she was more of a mischief-maker than truly evil, Serena was antagonistic, and often indulged in pretending to be Samantha.

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* People have said this of TeresaPalmer and KristenStewart.

* Vanessa for Ariel, TheLittleMermaid, is a magically induced trope example of this trope. They actually look like each other, but Vanessa's constant scowling makes this less obvious. Ironically, Ursula was originally going to have been Ariel's aunt, so it is tempting to think Ursula may have actually resembled Ariel in her youth.

* Cousin Damina on SabrinaAndTheGroovieGhoulies (yes, SabrinaTheTeenageWitch) was a raven-haired version of the good witch Sabrina. Unlike most examples, Damina never got the chance to expolit their resemblance.

* Inverted on UglyAmericans with the (brown-haired) Mark's evil (blonde) clone. This is handwaved with the Evil Mark dying his hair.

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* Inverted on UglyAmericans with the (brown-haired) Mark's evil (blonde) clone. This is handwaved with the Evil Mark dying his hair.