History Main / EvilBrunetteTwin

Subtrope of EvilTwin; also see HairOfGoldHeartOfGold and DarkIsEvil.

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* Music/NickiMinaj made use of this in her "Va Va Voom" video, in a parody of ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'', playing a red-haired princess and a black-haired witch.

* 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.

* Invoked in ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' when Rebecca tries to go through an evil transformation and signals this with her appearance by dying her hair dark brown, and wearing white "'cause it's ironic."
* Invoked in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' in episode "Author Author" with captain Janeways fictionalised dark-haired evil version in The Doctor's holonovel

* In ''Series/Anger Management'', Jordan is the smarter educated twin and has blonde hair, while her twin sister Jessica dyes her hair dark, dons breast implants, and works as a cosmetics salesperson. Jessica sleeps with all of Jordan's boyfriends, friends, and her husband, leading Jordan to divorce and into psychiatric treatment.

* An invertion occurs in a story of ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth where Diana meets an evil blonde version of her mother Hippolyta from a mirror dimension called Dimension Chi. In an interesting case, this evil Hippolyta and the dimension she occupies aren't a result of a villain creating them but Hippolyta herself as she wanted to use a ritual to see if being a mother and a queen at the same time was a good choice but accidentally created the evil Hippolyta and her dimension when Diana interrupted the ritual.

* Starfire and Blackfire on ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', though this does not apply to their comic book versions. They also have different eyes, though this didn't stop Blackfire from trying to steal Starfire's identity.

* Gigi Grant, a genie from Franchise/MonsterHigh, has one in her EvilTwin, Whisp. Considering they're genies, it is possibly a shout-out to ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie''.

* Raven-haired Queen Nehelenia is the EvilTwin of Queen Serenity in the original ''Manga/SailorMoon'' manga. Fanon often attributes them to be sisters, but this is unconfirmed. Their connection is written out in the anime adaptation.

* Inverted on ''Series/OrphanBlack'', where Sarah is a brunette and her evil ([[HeelFaceTurn at first]]) twin Helena is blonde. The inversion extends to the other main clones: Cosima and Alison are brunettes, and antagonist Rachel is blonde. Krystal (good and blonde) breaks the pattern, possibly because it's overridden [[DumbBlonde by another trope]].

* 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 Mariah, it is tempting to think that it was just a case of MistakenIdentity.

* NickiMinaj made use of this in her "Va Va Voom" video, in a parody of ''Disney/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 blond Cinderella-esque heroine contending with a brunet AlphaBitch.
* AvrilLavigne did a very ''interesting'' case in her infamous "Girlfriend" video. A black haired bully tries to steal a red-haired lookalike's boyfriend, and ultimately wins. WordOfGod is that the black haired girl is evil and the red-haired girl is good, making the former a VillainProtagonist and the later is a HeroAntagonist. Make of that what you will. Added to that, Lavigne also plays a blonde narrator of sorts.

* ''Series/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!

* Inverted once with ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow'', where Patty and Cathy are revealed to have a third lookalike, yet fair-haired, cousin named Betsy (who was of course Duke in a blonde wig). While somewhat sympathetic, Betsy spent the episode scheming to convince Cathy to return home so she could take her place. She also stole Cathy's date early in the episode.
* Section-Leader Elizabeth Shaw, the MirrorUniverse version of Dr Liz Shaw in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "Inferno", had a brunette bob, in contrast with the regular Liz's shoulder-length blonde hair.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxss4xAEIpU Meet Ellen Degeneres' Evil Twin Sabrina]]
* Inverted on ''Series/OrphanBlack'', where Sarah is a brunette and her evil ([[HeelFaceTurn at first]]) twin Helena is blonde. The inversion extends to the other main clones: Cosima and Alison are brunettes, and antagonist Rachel is blonde. Krystal (good and blonde) breaks the pattern, possibly because it's overridden [[DumbBlonde by another trope]].

* Daria's cousin Hildegarde from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndThePea''.

* Cousin Damina on ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' was a raven-haired version of the good witch Sabrina. Unlike most examples, Damina never got the chance to exploit their resemblance.
* [[WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost Wendy the Good Little Witch]] had one in her cousin, Wildcat.

* 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 meant to have been Ariel's aunt, so it is tempting to think Ursula may have actually resembled Ariel in her youth.
** Most adaptations 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.

* While their resemblance may be limited to the series' art-style, there is also [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Kim & Shego.]]
* Daria's cousin Hildegarde from WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndThePea

* WordOfGod confirmed that had ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' spin-off "Underfist" been successful, Eris would have obtained an evil black-haired twin (to compensate for her love of Hoss making the original Eris good). While the two never made a proper appearance in the "Underfist" special, both Good Eris and Bad Eris can be seen in the end credits.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' recurrent villain Duke Igthron is actually this of his twin blonde brother Sir Victor, the exact opposite of Igthorn, Sir Victor is a heroic noble and faithful knight. Another episode has a FrenchJerk princess who is like the evil version of Princess Calla, but brunette (although she gets better in a latter episode).

* Raven-haired Queen Nehellennia is the EvilTwin of Queen Serenity in the original ''Manga/SailorMoon'' manga. Fanon often attributes them to be sisters, but this is unconfirmed. Their connection is written out in the anime adaptation.

* [[CasperTheFriendlyGhost Wendy the Good Little Witch]] had one in her cousin, Wildcat.

* Inverted on ''Series/OrphanBlack'', where Sarah is a brunette and her evil ([[HeelFaceTurn at first]]) twin Helena is blonde. The inversion extends to the other main clones: Cosima and Alison are brunettes, and antagonist Rachel is blonde.

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

Subtrope of EvilTwin; also see HairOfGoldHeartOfGold and DarkIsEvil

* ''{{Naruto}}'': In [[spoiler:Shippuuden movie 6]], Naruto's evil counterpart turns out to have black hair. The other counterparts, who are not evil, have the same hair as the originals. [[spoiler:However after the real culprit, Tobi, is defeated, Naruto's counterpart becomes blond and probably good again, since he was under Tobi's control.]]

* Narrowly inverted with Vicki and Vanessa on SmallWonder. According to WordOfGod, Vanessa was originally going to wear a blonde wig, but it was dropped when it was realized her main shtick was posing as Vicki anyway.