History Main / EvilCostumeSwitch

* ''WebVideo/LifeSMP'': A good number of players {{invoke|dTrope}} this by having a separate skin for when they get knocked down to one life left, where they become {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s whose main goal is to kill everyone else on the server.[[note]]Bdubs, Big B, Scar, Martyn, Pearl, Ren, Scott, Skizz, Joel, Jimmy, Cleo, Gem, Impulse.[[/note]] These Minecraft skins are often either {{red and black|AndEvilAllOver}} or {{grayscale|OfEvil}} (both crossing over with RedIsViolent), with {{red eyes|TakeWarning}}, and sometimes [[UndeathlyPallor grey skin]]. However, there's a small minority of players who don't do this[[note]]Etho, Grian, Lizzie, Mumbo, Tango.[[/note]], making it a ZigZaggingTrope for the series overall.

* It took a while for this to happen to Wrestling/SethRollins after he turned in 2014. Apart from a couple [[Wrestling/TheAuthority Authority]]-esque [[CorruptCorporateExecutive suits]] he has come down to the ring in, Seth continues wearing his Shield uniform (sometimes complete with the Shield patch!) even weeks after defecting. Eventually, he started wearing leather tights that look like they could fit on an ''Franchise/XMen'' villain.

* ''WebVideo/LifeSMP'': A good number of players {{invoke|dTrope}} this by having a separate skin for when they get knocked down to one life left, where they become {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s whose main goal is to kill everyone else on the server.[[note]]Bdubs, Big B, Scar, Martyn, Pearl, Ren, Scott, Skizz, Joel, Jimmy, Cleo.[[/note]] These Minecraft skins are often RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver (crossing over with RedIsViolent), with [[UndeathlyPallor grey skin]] and {{red eyes|TakeWarning}}. However, there's a small minority of players who don't do this[[note]]Etho, Grian, Impulse, Lizzie, Mumbo, Tango[[/note]], making it a ZigZaggingTrope for the series overall.

The most dramatic way to show that the protagonist has gone to TheDarkSide is to give them [[PaintItBlack a new costume]]. This outfit's coolness is sometimes inversely proportional to the coolness of the original, but is just as often [[EvilIsCool much cooler]], more flattering, and ([[MadonnaWhoreComplex for females]]) [[EvilIsSexy sexier]] as it [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains bares more skin and curves]], with a [[GoodHairEvilHair new hairdo]] and [[GoodColorsEvilColors costume colors]] to complete their EvilMakeover and look. A character who returns to the side of good usually ditches the entire costume.

Why does this costume almost always look better than the hero's original? Why, that's because EvilIsCool and/or [[EvilIsSexy sexy]] (either that, or because it was designed second).

* When the ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'' girls get sent to the MirrorUniverse in episode 10, the whole team find themselves in dark, sinister, and [[EvilIsSexy revealing]] costumes rather than their usual outfits. Notably, any instance of a rose on their costumes has been replaced by a cutout of a star - as in, the symbol of the Stars that they've been fighting.

* Technically, ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'''s Wanda Firebaugh was already evil before, but in a sympathetic, VillainProtagonist way, and she rocked the EvilIsSexy look. In Book Two, however, she started dressing as a hideous ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' reject with pale makeup and big, puffy hair with a skunk stripe, which has significantly reduced her DracoInLeatherPants status among fans.
** She later changed back into something sexier.

* ''LetsPlay/LifeSMP'': A good number of players {{invoke|dTrope}} this by having a separate skin for when they get knocked down to one life left, where they become {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s whose main goal is to kill everyone else on the server.[[note]]Bdubs, Big B, Scar, Martyn, Pearl, Ren, Scott, Skizz, Joel, Jimmy, Cleo.[[/note]] These Minecraft skins are often RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver (crossing over with RedIsViolent), with [[UndeathlyPallor grey skin]] and {{red eyes|TakeWarning}}. However, there's a small minority of players who don't do this[[note]]Etho, Grian, Impulse, Lizzie, Mumbo, Tango[[/note]], making it a ZigZaggingTrope for the series overall.

* While possessed by TheDarkSide in ''Film/SpiderMan3'', Peter is actually seen going into a clothing store and buying more black.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'', [[spoiler:Lulianne]] starts off the series in [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=499 a fairly conservative suit of armor]] that leaves only her face exposed, but after [[spoiler:being possessed by the demon Khaless]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8410 switches to a]] [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black outfit]] with very low pants, a [[BareYourMidriff bare midriff]] and a CleavageWindow.

* ''LetsPlay/LifeSMP'': A good number of players {{invoke|dTrope}} this by having a separate skin for when they get knocked down to one life left, where they become {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s whose main goal is to kill everyone else on the server [[note]]Bdubs, Big B, Scar, Martyn, Pearl, Ren, Scott, Skizz, Joel, Jimmy, Cleo[[/note]]. These Minecraft skins are often RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver (crossing over with RedIsViolent), with [[UndeathlyPallor grey skin]] and {{red eyes|TakeWarning}}. However, there's a small minority of players who don't do this [[note]]Etho, Grian, Impulse, Lizzie, Mumbo, Tango[[/note]], making it a ZigZaggingTrope for the series overall.

* In the 2012 adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'', the Once-ler starts out in a simple Depression-era cheap suit while he's simply trying to improve the world. When he finally opens his own business, though, he switches to a flamboyant dollar-bill-green outfit that's a cross between a pimp and a steampunk factory owner.

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* In ''Manga/SazanEyes'': after being coerced and tricked into serving the bad guys, [[spoiler: Yoko]] forgoes her casual clothing for and all-black ensemble with long-sleeved shirt and pants, black encompassing cape and a live serpent draped around her shoulders.
* This trope sort of shows up in the ''Manga/AhMyGoddess!'' movie, when Keiichi is possessed by Belldandy's old mentor, Celestine. However, although the resultant flowing robes and markings ''are'' cooler, he also looks...significantly more righteous and 'good', with the evil only actually being visually hinted at by possessed-Keichi's facial expressions at times.
** Shows up better in the Lord of Terror arc; whenever the [=LoT=] {{Body Surf}}s to someone else, they get an Evil Costume Switch. JustForFun/{{Egregious}} in Keichi's case because the evil costume literally materializes out of thin air.
*** Not only that, he even grows his hair out and dyes it blond in a matter of seconds! The latter of which (dying it blond) only appears in the manga, though. In the anime, his hair is still black when it grows, but unlike the manga, mysteriously goes back to being short after the Lord of Terror is defeated and removed from Keiichi, although the costume still remains on Keiichi (cue his shocked remark at it in the manga).
** The Angel Eater arc is also a great example: Belldandy, while implanted with the devil by Hild, gains a tight and revealing outfit and demon wings.
* A temporary example in ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom''. Following [[WhamEpisode Chapter 128]], [[spoiler: in which she attempts to kill Koro-sensei with [[PsychoSerum her tentacles]] and reveals her true identity to the rest of her class, Kaede Kayano/Akari Yukimura switches to a new look where she lets her hair down and wears a black dress and heels as well as a red scarf. Once her tentacles are removed, she reverts back to her previous outfit as part of BecomingTheMask]].
* ''Anime/BattleSpiritsShonenToppaBashin'':
** When [[spoiler: J Sawaragi]] becomes a member of Numbers Elite, he changes to an identical version of his outfit in black.
** Though an antagonist from the start, when [[spoiler: Number Nine]] is revealed as the true BigBad, he also changes the color of his outfit and nothing else. This time, he wears red.
* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', upon making his FaceHeelTurn by making a DealWithTheDevil to become [[spoiler: the fifth member of the Godhand, Femto]], Griffith's outfit is a darker, more sinister, and skin-tight version of the warrior armor that he wore with the original Band of the Hawk. Then he decides to get what he wants and uses less obvious clothing, reminiscent of his old armor while becoming a VillainWithGoodPublicity.
* After his FaceHeelTurn, [[spoiler: Tousen]] in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' eventually changes his outfit by throwing out all ''black'' elements: while initially he keeps his shihakusho and drops his haori with a white sleeveless coat, he later dons with a sleeveless tunic, and switches his white boots with the usual Arrancar black tabi footwear. He also changes his goggles and orange scarf for a visor and an orange rope.
** Played with Aizen (EvilAllAlong) and Ichimaru [[spoiler:(TheMole)]]: the former dons a white longcoat coat over his Shihakusho, but eventually switches the black robes with a white Arrancar-style outfit plus a pink sash; and the latter dons a white long-sleeved robe first over his Shihakusho, and later over his own Arrancar clothing.
** Orihime pulls one after [[BigBad Aizen]] forces her to make a truly SadisticChoice.
** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with main protagonist Ichigo, whose default outfit is predominantly black while his inner [[SuperpoweredEvilSide hollow]] has a white version of his clothes and sword.
** When [[spoiler:Uryuu]] joins the Vandenreich, he gets their classic uniform. [[spoiler:That has almost no difference to his old costume theme.]] Now he wears a BadassLongRobe and looks like a soldier. It symbolizes that he has lost his individuality.
* In the anime version of ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'', [[spoiler:Sister Rosette Christopher]] starts wearing all black when she [[BrainwashedAndCrazy falls under]] [[CardCarryingVillain Aion's influence]].
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' gives new costumes to [[spoiler: Lelouch and Suzaku]] once they undergo their [[spoiler:(pretend)]] FaceHeelTurn late in the series. Of course, [[LightIsNotGood these new outfits are predominantly white]]. Slightly subverted in [[spoiler: Suzaku's]] case as [[spoiler:he]] wore white even before that. It ''does'' lean to being more [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains skimpy]] than [[spoiler:his]] previous outfit however.
* When [[spoiler: Haruna]] is BrainwashedAndCrazy in ''Anime/CorrectorYui'', her Corrector uniform turns black.
* When he fell under the control of the Digimon Emperor in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120413034534/digimon/images/c/c4/MetalGreymon_%28Vaccine%29_b.jpg MetalGreymon]] gained a more [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120406033003/digimon/images/0/02/MetalGreymon_%28Virus%29_b.jpg sinister]] appearance.
* [[spoiler:[[TheDragon Regina]]]] from ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure'' was already evil when she was introduced. She underwent a HeelFaceTurn later, but still had her RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver costume. The episode after her HeelFaceTurn, [[spoiler:her father [[BigBad King Jikochuu]]]] brainwashed her, and the red parts of her costume has become purple. It's an even ''More Evil Costume Switch''!
* Juvia of ''Manga/FairyTail'', while under [[BrainwashedAndCrazy the control of Vidaldus Taka]], gets a much more revealing outfit.
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', [[spoiler:Ling Yao]] switches his brightly colored clothes out for an all-black ensemble with a BadassLongcoat upon [[spoiler:accepting a Philosopher's stone from Father and becoming Greed. It's later played with: while he sticks with this ensemble for the remainder of the series, it kind of loses the ''evil'' part after Greed pulls a HeelFaceTurn]].
* During the Kodoku arc of ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', Tamahome wears a sophisticated black suit to match his nun-chucks, complete with a blue bandanna and belt to [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience replace his red belt]], as well as a red earring that, apparently, helped with brainwashing.
* In the ''Galaxy Angel Beta'' manga based on ''[[VideoGame/GalaxyAngel Galaxy Angel Moonlit Lovers]]'', [[spoiler:instead of simply being mistaken for evil as she was in the game, Chitose ''actually'']] goes evil, changing not only her costume but the paint job on her ship.
* Male ([[DudeLooksLikeALady insert joke here]]) example from ''Manga/GetBackers'': when Kazuki is BrainwashedAndCrazy, he trades his oversized androgynous t-shirts for a form-fitting black tank top with a cross-like design. Amusingly, his shirt starts out tucked into his jeans but ends up baring his midriff by the time the final battle rolls around. Also averted later on: when Juubei, Toshiki, and Sakura are BrainwashedAndCrazy, they are given white uniforms--although Sakura's does show her cleavage.
* Subverted in ''[[Manga/IkkiTousen Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny]]''. [[spoiler: When Kan'u Unchou goes to Sousou and later fights Hakufu, she is shown in a dark, revealing costume. However, [[UndyingLoyalty she's still loyal to Ryuubi]], though it may seem otherwise. Plus her SailorFuku ''was'' super {{stripperiffic}} already.]]
* In ''Anime/{{K}}: Return of Kings'', when [[spoiler: Saruhiko Fushimi]] leaves his Clan and joins Jungle, he switches from wearing his uniform to wearing a mostly black ensemble with a black fur trim on his hood (that echoes the crow-feather look of his hair), and a beaded necklace that looks rather sexy with his V-neck t-shirt. Pair with punky monochrome-British-flag design sneakers and a fizzle of green electricity from his new powers, and we have a surprisingly good example of this.
* ''Anime/KillLaKill''.
** Inverted. The villains are more covered and wear white, while the heroes are {{Stripperiffic}} in black. As a result, a HeelFaceTurn results in former villains stripping down into black, while a FaceHeelTurn results in former heroes covering up in white. [[spoiler: When BrainwashedAndCrazy, Ryuko dons the white Junketsu and looks far more modest than when she wears her normal {{Stripperiffic}} Senketsu. When Satsuki and the Elite Four join forces with Nudist Beach, they go from wearing modest white uniforms to strategically-placed black belts and little else.]]
** Played straight with [[spoiler:Mako: she normally wears a white and blue SailorFuku, but during episode 7, she changes to a black and red BadassLongcoat, nice hat, and geta sandals when she becomes the Fight Club President (though she still wears her SailorFuku)]]. It doesn't last long, though.
* One of the dubious appeals of a DarkMagicalGirl is [[FashionableEvil cute little girls in black leather outfits]]. See Fate Testarossa in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', who was actually created ''for'' the fanboys; however, Fate keeps the black when she turns good (though she does get a white cape once she grows up).
* When Roll is infected with a virus in ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' to turn her evil, she gains fangs, a whip, and six-inch heels, in addition to becoming more...shapely. Um...she's, like, twelve...
* ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' had Sara, who, besides exchanging her orange frilled dress for a black diva outfit (in the manga; in the anime, she just wore her "civilian" clothes all the time), also changed her hair colour. This form is the ''first'' form in which we see her.
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'', [[spoiler:the crew of the ''Albion'']] changes into the uniform of the newly established Titans team. If you've seen ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', you know what this means.
* When [[spoiler:Shizuru]] had her FaceHeelTurn late in ''Anime/MyHime'', she stopped wearing her standard-issue school uniform for a short while and swapped it out for a dark purple kimono. She is seen wearing it again right before her last fight with [[spoiler: Natsuki]], where she's back to her uniform. [[spoiler: When she and Natsuki are revived after their MurderSuicide, both are in their school uniforms.]]
* ''Anime/MyOtome'':
** [[spoiler:Tomoe]] gets this treatment with her old Robe replaced with a suit of black plate armor.
** [[spoiler:Nina]]'s TransformationSequence after her FaceHeelTurn gave her a black silhouette instead of a blue one. There were a few times when she didn't activate it on her own. Other than that, [[spoiler:she wore basically the same uniform as before, [[PaintItBlack only darker]]]].
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', when [[spoiler:Sasuke]] is inspired to do a FaceHeelTurn, he is wearing a different, black one-piece suit. This is compounded after the time skip when he starts dressing like a [[HoYay gay]] [[FashionVictimVillain pirate.]]
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' contains a subtle male example. After Yui "dies," Gendo switches from his white lab coat and '80s-style prescription glasses to a [[CustomUniform black version of the typical NERV uniform]] and orange sunglasses. Even more subtly, Gendo stops shaving and doesn't zip up the front of his military uniform, showing that he more or less stopped caring what he looked like after losing his wife.
** Rei usually wears a white plugsuit, but in ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'', [[spoiler: Seele's new Rei clone wears a black one. Shinji also trades in his classic blue and white plugsuit for a black variant after betraying Misato and siding with his father]].
*** Evangelion Unit 13 starts off with purple and green coloring, [[spoiler: but the color scheme changes to white and red during Instrumentality]].
** Also in the Rebuild movies, in a case of ''Eviler'' Costume Switch, when Gendo [[spoiler: pulls the rug out from Seele and starts manipulating the Instrumentality and fall of mankind himself, he ditches his trademark orange sunglasses for a crimson-red version of Chairman Keel's ominous, futuristic visor]].
** Yet ''again'' from the Rebuild films, [[spoiler: Misato's colder, more distant (and Gendo-like) demeanor is accompanied by a commander's hat, sunglasses, shiny black boots, and a more militaristic version of her red coat (which she now actually buttons up)]].
* The anime version of ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'' had [[spoiler:Sasame]] changing [[spoiler:his]] simple outfit for an [[EvilIsCool incredibly elaborate]] black and purple one, complete with a demon larva logo, after [[spoiler:he joined the Princess of Disaster. Both of them]] revert to normal at the end, though.
* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
** In ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'', [[spoiler:all Desert Apostles except Dune and Dark Precure got a new costume when they joined... the Desert Apostles]].
** In ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'', [[spoiler:every male Minor Land villain got one when they were brainwashed. And all of them plus [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Siren]], who didn't get one, get a GoodCostumeSwitch after being de-brainwashed]].
* In ''Anime/PrincessTutu'', when [[spoiler:Mytho's heart is poisoned with Raven's blood]], he gains a new costume that is all black with raven feathers. [[spoiler: Rue's outfit as Princess Krahe might also count, although it is more a case of DarkMagicalGirl]].
* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'', [[spoiler: Homura first gets a frilly [[ElegantGothicLolita Gothloli gown]] when she becomes a Witch, and then a [[SexyBacklessOutfit skimpier black dress]] after stealing Madoka's power and ascending as the devil of a new universe]]. The fact that her dress resembles [[Anime/PrincessTutu Princess Kraehe's]] ensemble is probably [[{{Expy}} significant]].
* In ''Anime/QueensBlade Rebellion'', several members of the old cast get costume switches, but Elina's and Ymir's especially reflect their change from being on the side of the "good guys" to being on the side of the "bad guys". Goodbye tiger-striped amazoness costume with blue bra-armor for Elina, goodbye pink and white doll dress for Ymir, hello black leather with metal protrudings and red and grey off colors. Claudette also switches out her amazon costume in favor of a regal white getup.
** In the original anime, Listy gets this in a big way when she is [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed by Aldra.]] She goes from a revealing but still rough-around-the-edges brown leather outfit with a tousled hairdo to a silky black jumpsuit sporting NavelDeepNeckline and slick, straightened hair worn long. Aldra herself goes through this [[HeelFaceTurn in reverse]] between the first series and rebellion, going from an outfit that's all intimidating sharp edges to the garb of a housewife.
* ''Anime/RageOfBahamutGenesis'' has [[spoiler: Jeanne]] after [[spoiler: she]] is left to burn at the stake gaining a darker/more revealing armor out.
* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
** Tuxedo Mask's much cooler "Prince Endymion" armor is first seen out of flashback when he is captured and brainwashed by the Dark Kingdom.
** Sailor Mercury gets a costume upgrade when she becomes Dark Mercury in ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon''. Her TransformationSequence also improves, although that's more likely a case of the special effects crew honing their skills as the series progressed.
** Little Chibi-Usa/Rini, whose face-heel turn involved transforming from a cute little girl into a twenty-something seductress in a slinky black dress. Apparently, evil isn't only cooler; [[EvilIsSexy it's also sexier]]. More, she even tries to seduce her own ''father'' in the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]]. In the [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]], she hates him ''and'' her mom and tries to kill them both. [[spoiler: The enemy still tries to brainwash her mom from the future with similar imagery, but they fail.]]
* In ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', in the Asgard saga, when Polaris Hilda is a good person, she wears a light blue dress. When she is possessed by the Nibelungen Ring and forced to do evil, she starts wearing a crimson and black colored war dress with a black cape. After she's freed from the ring, she returns to her light blue dress.
* ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', [[spoiler: Snake of the Festival Sakai Yuuji]]. He even gets a new hairdo aside from black armor.
* Katsumi Liqueur of ''Manga/SilentMobius'' obtains a black cloak and tight leather clothes when possessed by the demonic sword Medium.
* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'':
** A villain from the first season suffered a full-body burn at the hands of Lina Inverse. He never bothers to remove the bandages (which make him look like a {{Mummy}}) until after his HeelFaceTurn.
** What's more, an evil priestess who wears a full-on black-leather-with-cleavage-and-spikes ensemble is shown in flashbacks wearing a white robe. Why she made the change, since she never ''admits'' to being evil, is uncertain.
* [[spoiler: Justin Law]] in ''Manga/SoulEater''. [[spoiler:The crosses on his priest's robes get replaced by the three eyes of the Kishin. Kid gets a minor version of this following his...encounter in the Book of Eibon: his black and white colour scheme stays, but his suit's all black except for white stripes and a cravat (?).]]
* When [[spoiler:Cellaria]] in ''VisualNovel/SoulLink'' [[spoiler:reveals her true intentions as TheMole]], she spends the rest of the series wearing a black, very {{stripperiffic}} costume that stands in sharp contrast to the [[spoiler:green military uniform]] she was wearing before. She also lets her hair down and [[spoiler:[[TheGlassesComeOff crushes her glasses]]]], apparently taking a page from the book of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'''s [[spoiler: Aizen]].
* [[spoiler: Nia]] in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has to change [[spoiler: her typical white]] dress for a tight, black outfit after being [[GrandTheftMe taken over]] by [[spoiler: Anti-Spirals]].
* In episodes 21-23 of ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'', [[spoiler: we see that both the fake Wild Tiger and Barnaby (though, in his case, it's symbolic of antagonism towards Kotetsu, not 'evil') are sporting black versions of their suits. Barnaby goes back to his usual suit halfway through ep. 23, after regaining his memories and siding with Kotetsu once more]].
* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' plays with this.
** Kaneki undergoes an AntiHero version of this trope, changing from a mousey young man in either baggy clothing or a waiter's uniform to favoring a sleek, black [[SexyBacklessOutfit battle suit with cutouts]]. Even in casual clothing, his style has shifted to favoring monochrome, flattering looks.
** In the sequel, '':Re'', [[spoiler: Seidou Takizawa]]'s transformation has seen him go from dark-haired in conservative suits to [[WhiteHairBlackHeart white-haired]] with black lips and nails, and creepy black robes with bare feet.
* ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' features Wheeljack (no relation to the [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 more famous]] Transformer with the same name). Originally a white Autobot, he performed a FaceHeelTurn and joined the Decepticons, and the next time he was seen, he'd started "wearing" a black sports car as his alternate mode.
* ''Manga/{{X 1999}}'' has this when [[spoiler: Subaru]] makes his FaceHeelTurn and switches his white coat for black.
* During ''Anime/YuGiOh'''s Doma Arc, Mai Kujaku's previously white halter top was replaced with a black one to reflect her [[FaceHeelTurn new evil status]]. She also got a pair of [[ZettaiRyouiki thigh-high, black leather boots.]]
** During the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Battle City story arc, immediately after Malik's subconscious dark side takes over and he becomes [[EvilerThanThou even more villainous than before]], in the very next scene, only minutes later, he has traded his lilac vest and black pants for a black shirt, beige pants and a [[BadassCape purple cape]].
** Played with Yugi and his good SuperpoweredEvilSide. Sometimes, Yami Yugi throws his jacket over his shoulders and wears it like a CoatCape, demonstrating that "EvilIsCool".
* In the second season of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX,'' the bad guy's team's color is white because of the religious overtones of his cause of destroying the world and rebuilding paradise, and all the brainwashed members of his cult wear white. In the episode when his first convert returns to normal, Jun swaps the white trenchcoat for his traditional black one -- and his normal outfit underneath inexplicably reappears along with it. In addition, Kaiser Ryo dons a black trenchcoat after his FreakOut and Judai wears a black full-body armor after being taken over by his [[spoiler:SuperPoweredEvilSide]]. And under [[spoiler:Yubel's possession]], Johan wears a sleeveless outfit that otherwise resembles bondage gear, cranking up the HoYay with Judai to even more ridiculous levels.
* A popular trend in ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', as performed by both Carly, [[spoiler:after coming back after being killed by being thrown off a building]], and Misty, [[spoiler:wanting revenge against Aki/Akiza for killing her brother]], each gaining new black outfits, [[BlackEyesOfCrazy black colored eyes]], and facial markings.
** [[spoiler:Sherry]] gets a new black and white outfit after she becomes allies with [[spoiler:Zone]].
* III Arclight from ''[[Anime/YuGiOhZexal Yu-Gi-Oh! ZeXal]]''. During Episode 47, the middle of a mini-arc and his duel with [[spoiler:Yuma Tsukumo]], he gains gladiator-type armor, complete with cape and helmet and everything. Definitely marked that he was getting serious, considering that right after, he [[spoiler:took away Yuma's 'kattobingu', essentially making him lose all self-confidence and will to win]]. Not even mentioning how in Episode 48, he [[spoiler:killed Astral, Yuma's best friend. While he did help revive him in Episode 49..]]. It marked a serious change from III's normal personality.

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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
** When Peter first found his black costume during the ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'', it just gave him unlimited web-shooters. It was later retconned into granting the wearer superhuman strength and agility. Eventually, Spidey discovered that it was the cause of his fatigue, taking his body out at night while he was sleeping. [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]] figured out that the suit was actually a symbiote trying to permanently bond with him. His rejection hurt it and it tried to fight back. After he got rid of it, it found Eddie Brock, turning him into ComicBook/{{Venom}} and giving them both the means to fight Spider-Man. In a way, Spider-Man's black costume is an inversion: the ''costume'' turned him evil (or just amplified his aggression to feed off his adrenaline, depending on the explanation).[[note]]The idea of the costume corrupting the host was actually introduced in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' and has been kept in every adaptation after it, even making its way into the comics. In the original comics, the reason Spidey rejected it was the prospect of becoming permanently bonded and the symbiote taking over his body.[[/note]]
** Done again when [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Otto Octavius]] [[GrandTheftMe steals Peter's body]] and becomes the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan. He replaces all of the blue coloring on the classic costume with black, and [[WolverineClaws adds claws]] to the hands and feet. After he [[spoiler:seemingly purges the rest of Peter's soul from his body]], he modifies the costume again, ditching the original look altogether for a more sinister look, complete with [[SpiderLimbs four waldoes]] that, in a way, mimic his old [[CombatTentacles tentacles]].
** Ai Apaec, the impostor Spider-Man from the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'' (succeeding [[Characters/MarvelComicsMacGargan Mac Gargan]] in the role), wears a black Spidey outfit inspired by the original symbiote costume. For some reason, it turns his normal form (giant spider from the waist down) into a six-armed human body.
** At the beginning of the [[ComicBook/MarvelNow All-New Marvel NOW!]] ''Amazing Spider-Man'', Characters/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}} switches out the white in her costume for black and added a lot of metal belts (or something), and is acting as the WomanScorned to Spidey for what Doc did to her as the Superior Spider-Man.
* A partial occasion of this is ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_and_Thorn Rose and Thorn]]'', a DC Comics character with a [[SplitPersonality dual personality]]. Rose wore modest outfits, and her alter ego Thorn, if not evil, was definitely more mischievous and dark. She, of course, wore the quasi-Stripperiffic outfit.
* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'':
** Mary Marvel was traditionally treated as the "kid sister" of Franchise/TheDCU and wore a white tunic-and-skirt combo. When she lost her powers, hijacked Black Adam's, and went evil, she traded in her traditional costume for a black, body-hugging number with a mini-can-that-even-count-as-a-skirt. Note that the trope image is ''not'' this costume. Mary once ran into a kinky evil twin in an alternate universe, which was PlayedForLaughs.
** Later, when she goes full-on evil [[spoiler:(actually possessed by Desaad)]] in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', she trades the black miniskirt for an [[http://images.wikia.com/marvel_dc/images/c/c7/Mary_Marvel_Final_Crisis.jpg even trashier latex outfit]]. This one comes complete with [[CombatStilettos thigh-high boots]], a cleavage window, and a shaved head (except for a pair of pink pigtails).
** In ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'', she gives Billy the same powers, and he becomes Captain-Marvel-As-[[AllBikersAreHellsAngels Biker-Punk]]. See it [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3474/3399613930_7dbd525e68_m.jpg here]].
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'':
** At one point, Susan Storm was BrainwashedAndCrazy, courtesy of Psycho-man and Hate-Monger, which prompted her to start calling herself [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Malice, Mistress of Hate]], use her force-field powers in new and unpleasant ways, and [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/11352/965566-fantastic_four_1994_384_18.jpg walk around in a black leather dominatrix outfit covered in spikes]]. This was also an episode of the [[RecycledTheSeries animated series]]. She mopped the floor with the three members pretty easily, too.
** During a period when the Fantastic Four were made to be DarkerAndEdgier, she wore a {{stripperiffic}} costume complete with a [[BareYourMidriff bare midriff]] and a CleavageWindow shaped like a 4 as a way to show how much grittier she had become. This was given a swift RetCon, explaining that it was the evil Malice personality trying to come back via her subconscious. Thankfully, she went back to a more modest look.
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'':
** ComicBook/PostCrisis Supergirl, Kara Zor-El, did this several times.
*** The first time was in ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'', when she is [[BrainwashedAndCrazy captured by Darkseid and turned into one of his Furies]]. This was very brief, but during that time she wore, essentially, skintight red-and-black pants and a black bra.
*** The second time was when she was hit with black kryptonite in ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005: ComicBook/GirlPower'', causing an evil duplicate to suddenly emerge from her body... already wearing a black version of her normal costume. This trope was also lampshaded an issue later, when evil Supergirl switched her costume with the original's at superspeed, in an attempt to fool Batman and Superman as to who was the evil clone. The black costume returned in a later ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' storyline where a battle with the Omega Man accidentally reawakened the Dark Supergirl persona within her.
*** ''ComicBook/DeathAndTheFamily'': When Kara becomes possessed by the evil spirits of Silver Banshee's Clan, her Supergirl suit transforms into a sinister, tattered, white-and-black version. To drive the point home, her hair becomes black and white and her face chalk white.
** In ''ComicBook/AdventureComics'' #313: ''ComicBook/TheCondemnedLegionnaires'' (1963), Supergirl was exposed to a piece of red kryptonite that created [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Satan_Girl_(Pre-Zero_Hour) Satan Girl]], who likewise wore a black outfit. Her version had a cowl and no S-symbol because her identity was originally a mystery.
** In ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' Kara flies off the handle and becomes a [[Characters/GLRedLanternCorps Red Lantern]] (Red Lanterns are berserk anti-heroes at best, and evil jerkasses at worst). She starts wearing a red-and-black version of her costume, complete with a red domino mask and a different ChestInsignia.
** The Matrix-Supergirl was a shapeshifter, who would periodically go BrainwashedAndCrazy or just plain crazy and shift her costume into something sleeveless with spiked bands around her arms.
* While not specifically an evil costume change, [[ComicBook/NewWarriors Speedball]] post-''ComicBook/CivilWar'' dropped his bright orange, yellow, and blue spandex in favor of a new name, "Penance", and an accompanying outfit that was black and red with metal armor and spikes. LOTS of spikes. On the INSIDE. Which served a dual purpose: he needs to feel pain in order to activate his incredibly destructive powers, and [[spoiler:when he found the guy who ''really'' blew up Stamford, he put the costume ''on him'']].
* ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'':
** During his fake FaceHeelTurn, he wore a red and black costume instead of his typical blue and black one. No one was fooled for a second.
** And an [[FutureMeScaresMe evil future]] Nightwing, called Deathwing, initially wore a pointier version of the disco costume, before switching for a costume that includes shoulder spikes, a plunging neckline, and a nipple ring. [[spoiler: Although it was eventually revealed that he was just some guy with FakeMemories.]]
** The red and black came back for the ''ComicBook/New52'' reboot, with the idea to have all the former Robins in red. Fans were initially not happy, citing that he either looks like his evil self or Terry from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''. After implementation, it's gradually settled to more of a BrokenBase.
** In ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' he goes back to the blue-and-black ... and a variant of the red-and-black costume is worn by the ''Rebirth'' incarnation of Deathwing.
* ''ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders'': Looker was known, among other things, for having [[http://www.comicbookreligion.com/char?ID=67&Looker_Lia_Briggs a spectacularly ugly costume]]. When she became a vampire, that pink, black, white, and powder blue eyesore was mercifully dropped, and she now wears a surprisingly more sensible black BadassLongcoat in most continuities.
* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] comics taking place after the movies, Luke Skywalker undergoes Sith apprenticeship in order to explore the Dark Side ([[spoiler:as well as convert other dark-siders over to his side and sabotage the newly cloned Emperor's plans]]). Naturally, [[spoiler:the Emperor]] takes it upon himself to make a "better", more Darth Vader-like artificial hand for Luke, and he gets an ominous-looking cape and glowing eyes. His costume is ''very'' Vaderesque.
** A reversal: an issue of [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Star Wars Infinities]], that verse's ForWantOfANail series, has Darth Vader, after going through the same [[RedemptionEqualsDeath betray-the-Emperor-to-save-his-child]] thing as in the movie, survives, possibly because Leia was there too. At the very end of the comic, we see him again, as one of the good guys... in a costume basically identical to the old one, just white and with a little more cloth, a little less armor. Considering how little space was left, this might just have been [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience shorthand]] for "Hey, Vader's part of the Rebellion now!" since readers might not have known otherwise. The costume is memetic now and has its own action figure.
* During the final few issues of ''[[ComicBook/LukeCage Power Man]] and ComicBook/IronFist'', Iron Fist switched to a red variant of his classic costume after his guilt over accidentally causing K'un-Lun's near destruction temporarily turned him evil. The red costume made a comeback in a later ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' storyline where Iron Fist was [[BrainwashedAndCrazy corrupted]] by Chiantang and forced to fight the Panther.
* As part of ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'', several characters get new costumes after the Inversion causes their CharacterAlignment to change to an opposite of what they normally are. Characters/ScarletWitch sports a darker variation of her red outfit, while ComicBook/IronMan gets a new suit of [[LightIsNotGood all-silver]] armor. Meanwhile, several villains undergo a GoodCostumeSwitch.
* A ''lot'' of examples crop up in the ''Comicbook/XMen'' comics:
** During ''ComicBook/Inferno1988'', Madelyne Pryor, having just undergone a FaceHeelTurn (into her own {{Stripperiffic}} costume) and now calling herself the Goblin Queen, brainwashed Havok into becoming her Goblin Prince. His duties included wearing [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/2a/2c/ae/2a2cae4b02037d68bd77f0fe691def69.jpg this costume]]. According to X-writers at the time, this particular ensemble was supposed to symbolize the ''evil'' in his ''soul''. Basically it was made by throwing razor-sharp glass at his normal costume until it looked suitably evil.
** After being branded as terrorists and fugitives in the aftermath of ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]], [[Characters/EmmaFrostWhiteQueen Emma Frost]] and [[Characters/{{Magik}} Illyana Rasputin]] wore black outfits. Cyke's visor is basically a big 'X' across his head since he's trying to start a revolution and is basically using the X-Men's X as a gang sign. [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]], after a long stint as an anti-hero, started wearing white but switched to black at the start of his ongoing. He went back to wearing white during the [[ComicBook/XMen2019 2019 relaunch]], where he is once again allied with the X-Men.
** Emma previously switched to a black costume during her brief stint as a member of [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]]'s Dark X-Men during the ''Utopia'' crossover with ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''.
** The Marvel comic ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' had a cover depicting the team as evil/good variations. In a time-slipped story, two [=NMs=] see the others as future villains possessed by Amahl Farouk or members of the Hellfire Club. Basically, 1980s colored punk hairstyles, leather and denim cut-offs, chains, tattoos, and smoking. However, when girl-werewolf Wolfsbane reverts to her human shape, she is wearing a rather nice green evening gown.
** A notorious example is [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]]/Phoenix's switch to Dark Phoenix, which was marked by her green costume turning red. (Otherwise, it looked exactly the same; Dark Phoenix is so evil that she does not ''need'' to be {{Stripperiffic}}!) There are subtler changes in the Phoenix's costume that have been ignored in later Phoenix stories: when she first gets her powers, the phoenix symbol on the costume's black neckpiece is small, about the size of the phoenix symbol that nowadays appears over Rachel's eye when she uses her powers. By the time she starts acting AntiHero-ish and being unapologetic about it, the phoenix symbol fills the neckpiece. When Wyngarde's MoreThanMindControl pushes her over the edge and the red suit debuts, the neckpiece is gone, the phoenix symbol now being so large that it covers her torso -- a continuation of the idea that the symbol's growth means an increase in how much Jean is NotHerself. Later artists forget, and though Dark Phoenix's symbol is always torso-covering, the good Phoenix's chest symbol always fills the neckpiece. Amusingly, a later host of the Phoenix, Rachel Summers, once showed up in the red costume, immediately alarming her teammates until she explained that she just didn't like green.
** Whenever [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]] transforms an existing character into one of his Horsemen, he usually gives them a DarkerAndEdgier makeover to complement their new alignment. Examples include replacing Angel's amputated wings with metallic blades and giving him a skull mask after turning him into Death, causing Sunfire's entire body to become covered in atomic flames after making him into Famine, and dressing ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk in a suit of spiky armor and a black mask after turning him into War. When Gambit was made into Death, not only does his hair turn white and his skin blue-black (say it with me: Uhhh!), but he finally gets the memo that [[RuleOfCool black cloaks are cooler]] and wears a black bondage cloak instead of his usual, shabby trenchcoat.
* Creator/PhilFoglio's ''ComicStrip/WhatsNewWithPhilAndDixie'' has Dixie undergoing a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150428205529/http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20091004 literal lampshaded costume switch]], complete with the MostCommonSuperPower.
** Happens instantaneously to Fea in ''Webcomic/{{Yamara}}'', when Dark Natasha sneaks up behind the heroes and slip a ''Helm of Opposite Alignment'' over her head. Next panel, Fea's gone from ditzy faerie to black-clad biker chick, complete with viper tattoo.
** Fea's toad familiar tries to do a costume switch of his own, with sharp false teeth and a spiked leather collar but is told by Fea not to be ridiculous.
* In the third issue of ''ComicBook/FreddyVsJasonVsAsh: The Nightmare Warriors'', it's revealed Maggie from ''Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare'' is either BrainwashedAndCrazy or simply TheMole (her FaceHeelTurn has yet to be adequately explained). After revealing her [[BeneathTheMask true colors]], she [[GoodHairEvilHair lets her hair down]], [[TheGlassesComeOff loses the glasses]], and trades in her power suit for [[HellBentForLeather a tight, black, biker-esque leather outfit]] that's pretty much the definition of NavelDeepNeckline. Also, she gets [[DualWielding twin gloves]] like her father's, though they have fingers tipped with razor blades instead of knives.
* It was more AntiHero Costume Switch, but during ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'', when ComicBook/{{Azrael}} donned the mantle of the Batman, he started out wearing the classic suit. The warning signs of Azrael's unfitness to wear the costume of Batman came when he decided to switch the normal gloves for clawed gauntlets that fired shuriken, then ditched the classic costume all together for a blade-sporting armor (and, briefly, [[TooManyBelts a utility belt on his leg in addition to the normal one]]). By the time the story ended, he'd altered the armor as he went more and more off the deep end, with the Batman-blue being replaced by Azrael-red as a result of his own actions ([[TooDumbToLive namely, firing off a flamethrower after being soaked in diesel]]).
* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern:''
** Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner, and everybody else Parallax has [[DemonicPossession possessed]] gets armor reminiscent of both their costume and the entity's natural form.
** Every dead character who returns as a Black Lantern in ''Comicbook/BlackestNight'' gets an evil version of their old costume.
* A ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' storyline involved time changing so the YJ team [[ForWantOfANail lacked the three founders]] and was much more ChaoticNeutral. Arrowette wore exactly the costume from the page quote.
* Another ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' example: when ComicBook/{{Raven}} had a FaceHeelTurn due to Trigon's influence, she started wearing a bikini under her cloak. She then implanted demonic souls into several Titans, including Changeling (Beast Boy), who wore a version of his red-and-white costume in red-and-black, Matrix-Supergirl, who reverted to the sleeveless spiky outfit mentioned above, and Deathwing, also above, who started wearing a red shirt and a leather vest with ''even more spikes''.
* [[Characters/IrredeemablePlutonian The Plutonian]] from ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'' changes his costume after his FaceHeelTurn from a white suit with a red cape to a red suit with no cape.
* When ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} finally snaps in ''ComicBook/{{Shadowland}}'', he begins wearing an all-new black costume with longer horns, red lining, and wrist blades. When Spider-Man shows up to [[WhatTheHellHero call him out on the whole psychosis thing]], he {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this whole trope. Subverted in ''Daredevil'' Issue 598: DD sports the black costume again, but he's not evil, he's wanted because Mayor Fisk is evil.
* In ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'', Fiona Fox originally wore a one-piece jumpsuit. After her FaceHeelTurn, she traded it in for a black pants/tank top ensemble. She also either tied up or cut her hair - either way, it's considerably shorter as a villain than as a Freedom Fighter.
* In ''ComicBook/AllFallDown'', [[spoiler:Pronto]] gets one of these in his new identity as the Modern Prometheus.
* In ''ComicBook/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', those that are part of Superman's Regime change their costumes accordingly. Some, like Superman, are subtle. Some, like Wonder Woman and Green Lantern, are massive (GL's case is that he lost his Green Lantern Power Ring and switched up for a Sinestro Corps ring.)
* Cyborg Superman from the "Reign of the Supermen" story arc in the ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' comic book titles in 1993, who was already evil, ended up dropping all pretense of being Superman in ''ComicBook/SupermanDoomsdayHunterPrey'' when he commandeered an Apokoliptian robotic body and refashioned it for his use to terrorize the planet Apokolips.
* Omega, the BigBad of ''ComicBook/BatmanLastKnightOnEarth'' is revealed to be [[spoiler:the original Bruce Wayne, having become a FallenHero after {{being tortured|MakesYouEvil}} and traded in the traditional Batsuits for a suit with a face-concealing mask and invoking RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver]].

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* The climax of ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'' has a downplayed example in a sense that the already villainous characters who change their attires become more unlikely to commit a HeelFaceTurn. [[spoiler:When [[TheUsurper King Jewelius]] decides to slaughter all of Ponyville's inhabitants along with the heroes, he and two of his top minions, [[TheDragon Vivian]] and [[KnightTemplar Commander Hildread]], replace their normal attires with battle armors. The final minion, [[TokenGoodTeammate Lieutenant Shackle]], retains her normal uniform, and she's the only one who sees the error of her ways during the final battle and helps the heroes save the day. Even though [[TheSociopath Jewelius]] is the only one of the four villains who has absolutely zero qualms about the attack, Vivian [[MyMasterRightOrWrong remains devoted to Jewelius]], while Hildread [[IgnoredEpiphany chooses her delusions over her conscience]].]]
* In the ''Fanfic/HeroTheGuardianSmurf'' story "The Dark Hero", Hero's gold-colored outfit becomes black when Gargamel's reversal spell (which was originally intended for Smurfette but ended up affecting Hero instead) takes its full effect, changing Hero into an evil "un-Smurf" that served Gargamel.
* PlayedForLaughs in the ''Blog/MiraculousRewrite'' story "Anansi"; when Chat Noir is brainwashed to play the part of the villain by the titular akuma's RealityWarper powers, his outfit as a civilian is changed to include a [[HellbentForLeather black leather jacket]], messy hair, and CreepyShadowedUndereyes.
* Heavily downplayed in ''Fanfic/HarryAndTheShipgirls'' when it comes to Masamune-no-Kotegiri. She is TheDreaded because if she busts out a kimono that was given to her by [[UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga her first master]], it means she has been given Carte Blanche by the Emperor of Japan to execute those who would threaten Japan's people, by any means necessary.
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* Jafar from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', during his VillainSong near the end, when he's tossing Aladdin around and becoming an all-powerful sorcerer/genie. In that one song, he changes his costume style about three times in less than two minutes. In this case, his evil costume becomes even more evil. Interestingly, his powerful wizard form is wearing his old outfit, so he switches outfits to power up (becomes sultan) and then switches outfits back to power up again. The only difference in the costumes is that the hat and shoulders are [[SpikesOfDoom more pointy]] and his snake-staff's mouth is open, representing that his magic is now aggressive like a snake's bite, as opposed to passive, like a snake's hypnotic eyes. Then, he becomes a genie and ''really'' changes clothes.
* Franchise/{{Barbie}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}} movies]]:
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAChristmasCarol'' has a variation. In the present, Catherine wears a {{pink| means feminine}} and white PimpedOutDress. In the possible BadFuture, she wears [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple a purple dress]], and acts as mean and selfish as Eden does.
** Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle''. The villainess does not get an evil costume switch, as her regular clothes were [[ObviouslyEvil already evil enough]]. However, she does transform her flute to make it more [[EvilMakeover evil-looking]]. Played straight in the illustrated {{Novelization}}, where she wore a [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience white tunic]] before turning evil.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', President Business demonstrates a taste for the theatrics when he goes from a simple but sophisticated grey suit and red tie to an all-out ensemble of massive stilt boots, red cape (note: it's shaped like a tie) and a helmet that spurts fire (note: yes, those are coffee cups on his helmet, I'm not joking) whenever he adopts his evil persona of Lord Business. A lot of it symbolises his power and dominance over others, especially prominent in intimidation to any of his lackeys (Good Cop Bad Cop suffers the worst, though), but [[spoiler: the climax]] reflects the fear he can truly instill in his enemies when he's in this state.
* In the 2012 adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'', the Once-ler starts out in a simple Depression-era cheap suit while he's simply trying to improve the world. When he finally opens his own business, though, he switches to a flamboyant dollar-bill-green outfit that's a cross between a pimp and a steampunk factory owner.
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* ''Series/TheJourneyOfFlower'':
** Zi Xun starts wearing dark colours after defecting to the demons' side.
** Qian Gu starts wearing more make-up and dark red clothes after she becomes a demon.
* ''Series/TheEternalLove'': Yi Huai starts wearing dark colours and black eyeshadow after he decides to usurp the throne.
* ''Series/TenMilesOfPeachBlossoms'': Xuan Nu starts out wearing bright colours, but switches to darker clothes after becoming a traitor and marrying Li Jing.
* ''Series/PrincessAgents'': Yan Xun starts wearing black clothes and dark eyeshadow after his FaceHeelTurn.
* In the fourth series ''Series/BlakesSeven'' episode "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS4E7Assassin Assassin]]", [[spoiler:the female assassin pretends to be a slave and spends most of the episode in frumpy clothes, blubbing. Naturally, when the truth is revealed, she stops to change into a rather stylish little black number and redo her hair]].
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** A variation of this happened in early season 2: Drusilla was introduced as a VirginInAWhiteDress to exemplify her child-like mentality and vulnerability. After she got her power restored, thus became more actively evil, she dressed in much darker colors like red and black.
** Dark Willow is the PowerDyesYourHair version. Wishverse Willow is an AlternateUniverse vampire who dresses in a [[EvilWearsBlack black]] [[HellBentForLeather leather]] [[OfCorsetsSexy corset]]. Lampshaded when Willow has to do some DressingAsTheEnemy.
--->'''Willow:''' [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain I'm a blood-sucking fiend! Look at my outfit!]]
** In the episode where Vampire Willow first appears, there was also Vampire Xander, with his leather pants.
** Similarly, Angel's switch to Angelus on ''Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}}'' or ''Series/{{Angel}}'' was usually accompanied by wearing a lot more leather. A [[LampshadeHanging lampshade was hung]] on this in season 2 of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', when the possibility of Angel turning evil made Lorne consider the great benefits of Angel in leather.
** Also lampshaded in "[[Recap/AngelS01E17Eternity Eternity]]", where Cordelia says that she knows he's still Angel because Angelus would never wear the outfit Angel had on.
** Really, any time someone mainly wears leather, they're going to be evil. Other than Buffy herself, who has worn some pretty hot leather pants while still kicking evil's collective ass.
** When Anya is introduced, she has brunette hair. She colors it blond after becoming human, then goes back to brunette when she becomes a vengeance demon again. When she turns human for the second time, she goes back to blond.
* ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'': When Seladon becomes the new All-Maudra, all the negative comparisons to her mother drive her to renounce the crown and deck herself with a new [[EvilWearsBlack black crown and gown]]. Naturally, her new regalia is compared to those of the Skeksis, whom she had pledged her undying allegiance to.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'':
** Eden, after being revealed as a mole, spends a lot of time wearing black leather.
** There's also Sylar, who apparently [[EvilIsCool got contacts]] when he went insane and decided to go around stealing people's brains, not to mention trading in his unfashionable knitwear for a more stylish, [[PaintItBlack predominantly black]] wardrobe. In one of the alternate futures, he is shown wearing glasses again when he becomes good and stops using his powers.
* ''Series/{{Lexx}}'' had the Brunnen-G, who wore very bright colors. When Kai, last of the Brunnen-G, became an [[spoiler:undead]] assassin for His Divine Shadow, his clothes became a blackened version of the same outfit. This was slightly subverted when Kai [[spoiler:joined forces with our "heroes", and his clothes remained black for the rest of the series]].
** Well, he is still undead. The dead do not need colors.
** And then, he was dressed in those clothes, as opposed to choosing himself. The whole point of making undead assassins was that The Order tried (and mostly succeeded) in taking everything from their new servants, including their memories and sense of identity. This was supposed to be doubly ironic in Kai's case, being the one predicted to destroy His Shadow, and turned into ''a tool'' of the villain, while his purpose was supposed to be removed, along with his identity (this last part mostly succeeded). [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters It didn't go too well]] [[BecauseDestinySaysSo on the destiny part]], though...
* Franchise/KamenRider loves to color-code alignments with this. Bussines suits are usually a good sign of someone being evil or turning evil, ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' being an exception.
** Kit Taylor/[[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Kamen Rider Dragon Knight]] is an interesting subversion as he had nightmares about turning evil, complete with a dark PaletteSwap of his usual [[RedIsHeroic red armor]], but his alignment did not change after receiving it. Yes, he is slightly less nice than before, but that's because of the things that has been heaped on him over the course of the story and not even a significant change.
** Eiji Hino/[[Series/KamenRiderOOO Kamen Rider OOO]] starts out wearing bright, garish colors, but midway through the show, he gains a DeadlyUpgrade that slowly begins turning him into a [[HumanoidAbomination Greeed]]. Just like all of the other Greeed wear colors in their human guises matching their monstrous forms, Eiji soon starts wearing almost exclusively purple, black, and white to match his own.
** [[FromNobodyToNightmare Mitsuzane Kureshima]] of ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' starts out with light blue [[TrueCompanions Team Gaim]] hoodie and formal school uniform as a part of his dual life. His progress through darker shirts and sweaters, ending with a black business suit, mirrors both his increasingly awful decisions and his scattering marbles.
** By the end of the first season of ''Series/KamenRiderAmazons'', protagonist Haruka has gone from wearing a pristine white shirt to one that's red and black as he's lost his innocence and embraced his savage nature.
** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'''s Hiiro Kagami changes from his white doctor's coat to a black business suit after being enticed into working for the BigBad. [[spoiler:Kiriya Kujo]] wears a black leather jacket when he makes a similar heel turn, as well as gaining a new Rider form that features far more black and uses the black Proto Gashats as power-ups, which give him dark monochromatic armor. Both characters switch back to their original clothes upon turning face again, but the latter keeps his new gear.
* Parodied in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. Barney's backstory reveals that he became the womanizer he is today due to being rejected by one woman. Classic trope style, Barney shaves, aggressively pulls on his sleeves, then the camera pulls away to reveal his new, entirely black suit.
* In a ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' MirrorUniverse, the gals' alternate versions are dressed in black. In an episode where Piper temporarily becomes evil, her look changes to what Website/TelevisionWithoutPity's recapper aptly described as "Dungeon Mistress Barbie". And then there's the time Prue went undercover as "[[ProfessionalKiller Ms. Hellfire]]".
* In the first season of ''Series/WhoWantsToBeASuperhero'', when the Iron Enforcer became the Dark Enforcer, Creator/StanLee gave him a new (almost entirely black) outfit.
* In season 4 of ''Series/BreakingBad'', Jesse swapped out his brightly coloured hip-hop ensemble for black pants, a leather jacket, and a [[BaldOfEvil shaved head]] after [[spoiler:he kills another meth cook that Gus was planning to replace him and Walter with]].
* At one point in ''Series/RedDwarf'', the ship and its crew acquire dark and light versions of themselves. The Light Crew, predictably, dress in white and gold, while the Dark Crew look like every stereotype you've ever seen of goth S&M freaks.
** Especially Rimmer.
*** Also, when Rimmer is infected by the holo-virus, just LOOK at his clothes! [[spoiler:He's in a red and white checked gingham dress and army boots with a penguin puppet he calls Mr. Flibble]].
* A less extreme version occurs in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', where the holographic Doctor's data back-up boots up in an alien museum and finds that history has painted the Voyager crew as villains. Their uniforms already being mostly black, the main difference was the inclusion of black leather gloves, although Chakotay had a larger tattoo on his face and Seven was still Borg. The undershirts were black instead of the usual grey, as well.
** In the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original]] MirrorUniverse episode, the Imperial Starfleet wore a more gaudy uniform than the originals, with gold sashes and lots of decoration. Kirk's uniform top was a metallic vest, and female crewmembers wore [[{{Stripperiffic}} midriff-exposing]] vests. The ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' mirror episodes went for the leather.
* In an episode of ''Series/LoisAndClark'', where Clark suffers GrandTheftMe, his hijacker dresses him in leather pants and a black lycra shirt. Quoth Lois: "Change out of that stupid outfit, honey."
* ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'': Sailor [[spoiler:Mercury]] dresses noticeably more fashionably and in darker colors when she's brainwashed by Kunzite. Her sailor uniform gains dark accents and a black tulle bow on the back.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
** Clark wears blacks, greens, and reds when evil instead of his usual blues, reds, and yellows. Subverted in season 9, where his superhero costume is black and silver, but he is still good[[note]]Clark has turned his back on human emotions, so the black and silver represent Krypton since the Kryptonian uniform is black with a silver S[[/note]].
** Chloe is once affected by some parasites that makes her go crazy over Clark and doesn't miss the chance to mock Lana on the way about it; she [[EvilIsSexy wears]] [[{{Fanservice}} only]] black compared to the varied colours she normally wears. She even dyed the tips of her hair black. The other time was a bit awkward as she happens to be wearing black when [[spoiler:Lionel persuades her to turn against Clark]].
** In "Wrath", Lana also wears only black after she [[spoiler:gained Kryptonian abilities]] and went psycho.
* Possibly the subtlest is Londo on ''Series/BabylonFive'', whose clothing slowly turned darker and more militant over the course of the first two seasons, without ever changing the basic style. Lampshaded by Vir: "...there's no question the ambassador is going through changes. He even LOOKS different."
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Flash Gordon|2007}}'', Dale is possessed by a witch and dons a vampy red dress and lipstick. Confusingly for the viewer, this makes Dale look like Princess Aura, who has similar facial features to Dale but is distinguished by...her red dress and lipstick.
* In the BBC's ''Series/RobinHood'', both Allan and Isabella start wearing copious amounts of black leather immediately after their {{Face Heel Turn}}s. Lampshaded by the sheriff after Allan shows him several of Robin's secret routes into the castle: "Upgrade this boy to leather."
* Not that he wasn't '''already''' kind of evil to begin with, but once the Dean [[TheDragon gives him the go-ahead]] to take out the remaining players, in the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare "Modern Warfare"]], Senor Chang changes to an outfit similar to that worn by ''Film/TheKiller''.
* ''Series/TwentyFour'':
** Done to Tony Almeida by having him switch to a shaved head, a beard, and a black leather jacket when he's working with the terrorists at the beginning of season 7. [[spoiler: But it actually gets zig-zagged: Almost immediately it's revealed that Tony is actually [[TheMole undercover]] and secretly working with Bill Buchanan and Chloe O'Brien to stop the terrorists, but later on three quarters into the season it then reveals he's working with another set of terrorists. By the time Tony's done this, he's actually ''lost'' his leather jacket by that point. Of course, in the end, he's actually on a rogue vendetta thing targeting the leader of the other group of terrorists... it's complicated. But during a season where he's ''mostly'' presented to us as someone we can't trust, his look reflects it.]]
** [[spoiler: Jack's]] armored-up appearance from one of the final episodes could potentially be seen as this.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** In the Patrick Troughton story "Power of the Daleks", the Doctor notices that the character Bragen has changed into a black, dictatorial uniform and realises that it means he's about to do something awful.
** At the climax of "The Robots of Death", Dask reveals his real identity by showing himself to the others wearing UncannyValleyMakeup, a wavy hairstyle, and clothes that make him resemble one of the robots in the setting.
** Over the course of the 3-part Series 9 finale, the Doctor undergoes a ProtagonistJourneyToVillain (specifically WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds / TheUnfettered) thanks to a TraumaCongaLine "highlighted" by [[spoiler: the death of his companion/sweetheart Clara]]. Thus in the SeasonFinale "Hell Bent", he discards his red velvet Crombie coat in favor of a dusty black overcoat in the early going; when a character points out that this isn't very "Doctor-y", he says "I can't be the Doctor all the time." Eventually he has his HeelRealization and repents, so the episode ends with him receiving a new red velvet coat, among other things.
* Queen Regina in ''Series/OnceUponATime'' evidently went through this when she transformed from the sweet girl she was into the Evil Queen.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** In Season 4 after PrincessClassic Sansa Stark decides to throw in her lot with MagnificentBastard Littlefinger, she does a GrandStaircaseEntrance in a [[PaintItBlack black gown]] with [[SpikesOfVillainy feathers on the shoulders]] (playing on [[BastardUnderstudy Littlefinger's]] [[SymbolMotifClothing mockingbird sigil]]) showing [[EvilIsSexy a good deal more cleavage]] [[SheIsAllGrownUp than usual]]. Littlefinger is [[VillainousCrush visibly stunned]]. It's downplayed in the following season, where she just [[CoordinatedClothes wears the same black cloak and gloves as Littlefinger]] (she's going OopNorth and [[ExposedToTheElements Winter is coming]], after all).
** Although she was already pretty unpleasant to start with, to celebrate by far her most vile acts of [[spoiler: blowing up the Sept of Baelor along with hundreds, if not thousands, of people to destroy her enemies the Sparrows and the Tyrells and usurp the throne,]] Cersei Lannister trades in her red and gold flared-sleeved gowns for some [[EvilWearsBlack black leather]] dresses with silver chains and shoulder armour accessories. Interestingly it's also a reversal of the usual costume switch in some ways because her previous outfits leant towards being elaborate with NavelDeepNeckline but her new ones are modestly high collared and minimalist by comparison, probably because they're [[RuleOfSymbolism designed to resemble]] her [[spoiler: late]] father's clothes.
** After being reinstated as the Faith Militant, the Sparrows swap their humble grey robes for black ones adorned with chains and religious symbols carved into their foreheads.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': In the Season 5 episode "Gone Rogue," XS swaps out her white and purple suit for black leather when she joins the Young Rogues. They lampshade that just changing your clothes doesn't say much about your morality, but admit the [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] GlowingEyesOfDoom are a lot more impressive.
* Done for laughs in a parody of Agatha Christie on ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook''. The Poirot expy knows that he has found the killer when a mousy, frumpy woman he has accused starts doing 'the evil voice', using a cigarette holder, wearing sexy lipstick, and showing more cleavage even though she is ostensibly still wearing the same dress.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor: VideoGame/OperationVIDEOGAME'', Count Spankulot transforms the Sector V Operatives into Spank-Happy Vampires again. They retain their usual attributes shown from "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS3E8BOperationLOCKDOWN Operation: L.O.C.K.D.O.W.N.]]", including Numbuh 4, which is an unlockable cheat, only this time around, ''Numbuh 5'' gets spanked instead of the latter: her costume comes with a blue dress with a jagged hem, white leggings with the gloves to match, a bright red batwing cape and a gold medallion. In addition, her hat is torn up and her red scrunchie is replaced with a blue bat scrunchie.
* In ''VideoGame/DontStarve'''s sequel ''Don't Starve Together'' the playable characters can have different costumes, one of this is the Triumphant skin set, it [[WhatIf depicts what would have happened]] if the characters had become corrupted by the Nightmare Throne. [[spoiler: Inverted with Maxwell's Untriumphant skin, which shows him as William Carter.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Extrapower}}'':
** ''VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce'': Cross Crow, as a part of his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy evil brainwashing]], replaces his usual outfit with a stark black and white ensemble.
** ''VideoGame/ExtrapowerStarResistance'': Valkyries are all brightly dressed with forms and colours that reflect their element. Valdiora, a former valkyrie who has gone demon, dresses in all-black armour punctuated by red, and swings around a similarly black-with-red sword and flail.
* After it's revealed in ''VisualNovel/SixRules'' that [[spoiler:Yukiri was plotting the main character's demise all along, she]] next shows up in a fancy black-and-gold kimono in contrast [[spoiler:to her earlier white one]].
* As soon as he reveals his BigBad status, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' trades in his robes for a black suit of armor. From some of the flashback cinematics, it's clear that this is very similar to what he wore before he started pretending to not be a ManipulativeBastard.
* Common in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[TheVerse verse]], where a shift to the Dark Side is indicated by a switch to black robes and a red lightsaber
** If you remove [[spoiler:Dark Bastila]]'s robes in the first ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', you'll find she's also changed her ''underwear''). The facial features also tend to become more twisted. Inevitably, female Dark Siders look like Goth dominatrixes, while Dark Side males look like George Romero rejects.
** In fact the player character's underwear changes if you go dark side too. This is due to the developers not bothering to give varying dark side skin tones to the body models (since you're rarely unclothed anyway) and instead you get a full-body black suit with red Sith symbols.
** Kreia does this late in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', as shown in a cutscene right after the Exile arrives on Malachor V.
** WordOfGod reveals that Atris and her handmaidens were meant to change their white robes to black after Atris' FaceHeelTurn, but it seemed implausible for them to keep black robes around. The Last Handmaiden, who joins a Male!Exile after they leave the Telos academy, will still use a black version of her default white clothing if she falls to the dark side, however.
** The main character's underwear will change too, but oddly, the Dark Side underwear is actually more conservative, basically consisting of a full body stocking. Those Siths. Such prudes...
** In a scrapped ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront'' sequel, there was supposed to be a Sith version of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Of course, there was a costume change that gave him a lot of similarities to the Emperor.
* In the ''VideoGame/RumbleRoses'' games -- all-woman wrestling titles -- every character has a {{face}} and {{heel}} persona. Most of the heel costumes follow the pattern, except for the characters that ''start'' as heels. Race queen Reiko becomes a biker chick, cowgirl Dixie turns into a Stripperiffic cop, and conversely punk-rock schoolgirl Candy Cane becomes a strait-laced student/cheerleader.
* In ''VideoGame/LaPucelle: Tactics'', the character Eclair develops a "Dark" side, which appears to wear nothing but black lingerie, especially when compared to the dress she normally wears. [[spoiler: Prier]] gets one also, scoring a new outfit similar to the one Succubi wear.
* In the ''Heaven's Feel'' scenario of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'':
** Sakura drops her rather plain pastel outfit and goes with a form-fitting black dress with red trimmings instead. Since the dress is made of pure magic, she's technically naked.
** [[spoiler: Saber]] also gets one of these upon [[TheDarkSide going bad]].
* ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar'':
** [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] starts out as a simple WhiteHairBlackHeart in dark blue robes, but upon [[spoiler:his [[FaceHeelTurn metamorphosis into the Magic Emperor]]]], he gets a brilliant suit of armor with a fancy cape and [[ShouldersOfDoom shoulder plates large enough]] to rival those of [[Manga/ExcelSaga Il Palazzo]]. Some of the remakes also include a flashback scene to his StartOfDarkness [[spoiler:as Dyne helps Althena shed her godhood over Ghaleon's objections]], showing him in robes with an even paler colour scheme.
** [[spoiler:Luna]] goes from wholesome girl to evil slut upon [[spoiler:returning to [[PhysicalGod godhood]] and being brainwashed by said Magic Emperor]].
* In ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'', the heroic paladin Aribeth turns into an evil blackguard about halfway through the game. Since her [[BreastPlate original costume was pretty revealing anyway]], all she has to do is PaintItBlack and get a [[GoodHairEvilHair wilder hairdo]]. She also gets a neat [[PowerGlows blood-red light emanating sword]].
* Anders in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' changes from his old, light blue-grey and light brown robes into a black and grey costume once he loses any hope of improving the mages' lot peacefully. He doesn't turn into an outright villain but certainly embraces his WellIntentionedExtremist side.
* In ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'', [[spoiler:Flonne]] gets a new red-trimmed outfit after becoming a demon. She also gets a pointy tail and little demon wings to go with it. Slightly subverted in that this is treated more like a change of career than character and her personality doesn't change at all -- she's still the same [[spoiler:cheerfully adorable LoveFreak]] she always was and about as evil as a raspberry sundae.
* In ''VideoGame/JeanneDArc'', all of the Transformations tend to look somewhat evil. Additionally, when [[spoiler:Roger pulls a FaceHeelTurn and is overtaken by the Reaper within him, he]] doffs [[spoiler:his]] traveling clothes and wears a dark, menacing suit of armor. Subverted when [[spoiler:he still wears it when he's a guest with you, and you still can see him wearing it]].
* Schirach in ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa'', especially her [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130622152535/http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/9417/schirachhumanoidmm3.png Human]] form.
* Most of the signature heroes in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' have MirrorUniverse {{Evil Counterpart}}s who typically favor darker colors and spikes and such. The two exceptions are the DarkIsNotEvil Infernal and already deeply disturbed Malaise; tellingly, their Praetorian counterparts share their names as well as their costumes.
* Prince Arthas, in ''[[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Warcraft III]]'', after taking up the soul-stealing sword and becoming evil, also manages to pick up armour with a lot of skull motifs and a long purple cloak. Also, his skin and hair turn deathly white. Apparently, he's able to stroll right back into his father's throne room looking like this without raising anyone's suspicions.
** Any corrupted character in the Warcraft franchise really. Sylvanas retrieves her body, now wearing the exact same outfit as when alive but in black. Illidan grows demon horns and hooves. Alexandros Mograine ditches his blue-ish armor for a dark grey and red one, and even his sword "Ashbringer"'s gemstone becomes a skull, which goes back to its old look upon purification.
* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'':
** In the "bad ending" route of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheDraculaXChronicles'', Richter's girlfriend, Annette, gets turned into a vampire/succubus by Dracula and ends up wearing skanky black succubus lingerie.
** In the second ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Pachislot'' game, the dancer/sorceress Angela gets turned into Dracula's minion and goes from wearing white and blue frills to a barely-there red-and-black leather one-piece. Being MsFanservice, both her good and evil outfits are actually equally {{Stripperiffic}}.
* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', [[spoiler:Jill Valentine]] is dosed with PsychoSerum and ends up the BrainwashedAndCrazy [[TheDragon Dragon]] of series BigBad Wesker. She ends up with blonde hair and wearing a purple-and-black leather catsuit. She still wears the costume after you rescue her, but it's justified since she has no time to switch to normal clothes due to the fate of the world being at stake.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' features a rather subtle one: your first clue that Ada Wong has become a full-fledged villain is that she wears blue instead of her trademark red outfit. [[spoiler:Of course you find out this Ada is an EvilTwin named Carla Radames, and the ''real'' Ada Wong wears her typical red.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', whenever you see [[spoiler: Kratos]] after TheReveal, his outfit has switched from [[spoiler:his usual purple skin-tight thing to a white jumpsuit with more belts than is really necessary. He swaps back to purple when he rejoins the side of good. If you pick him over Zelos, you can get the white belted outfit as an alternate costume]].
* In ''VideoGame/ArcRiseFantasia'', when it's revealed that [[spoiler: Adele is the Real Diva]], she swaps outfits so that she wears a shiny red dress that looks like it's weaved out of oversized ribbons, and gets a funky tornado-like head-dress to match.
* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', [[spoiler:Princess Peach]] gets one when [[spoiler:she is possessed by the Shadow Queen. As part of her EvilMakeover, her pink dress turns [[PaintItBlack black,]] and the blue jewels turn [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red.]] She has a [[OminousOperaCape cape]] and a [[HighCollarOfDoom collar]] that goes behind her head in a fan-like way. Also, her skin is white, [[GoodHairEvilHair gets a new hairdo]] and she has [[ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow purple/pink eye shadow]], making her a cross between [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] and [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the Evil Queen]]. This also appears as an alternate costume for Peach in ''VideoGame/ProjectM''; some of her moves now have a darkness status effect]].
* Humorously played in the fifth episode of ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' Season 2. Just before [[spoiler:the Soda Poppers battle the heroes, they switch into demon outfits. Whizzer and Peepers wear [[PaintItBlack black versions of their Soda Poppers uniforms with flame decals]]. Specs, on the other hand, changes into black leather S&M wear with decorative spikes and chides the others on their lack of imagination]].
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'' has two examples from late in the game:
** In the original version, [[spoiler:we have Goro Akechi's Phantom Thief outfit. When he joins the team during the infiltration of Sae Niijima's palace, his outfit is a predominantly-white nobleman's regalia with a red, long-nosed mask not dissimilar to a {{Tengu}}, earning him the codename of "Crow". After TheReveal that he is TheMole and TheDragon, and the halfway point of a subsequent boss fight, his attire changes to a predominantly-black villainous ensemble, and his mask becomes a BlackKnight-esque helmet designed to look like a demonic SlasherGrin, complete with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red lenses over the eye holes]]. Notably, when he rejoins the Phantom Thieves during the events of the "third semester" in ''Royal'', he maintains his villainous outfit, reasoning that he has no further need to hide his true nature.]]
** From ''Royal'': [[spoiler:Also from the "third semester" is the new BigBad, Dr. Takuto Maruki. When we first meet Maruki, he has shaggy hair, light stubble, and a casual ensemble of khakis, blue shirt, and tie underneath his lab coat. With TheReveal of his true nature as a WellIntentionedExtremist willing to rewrite reality under the misguided ambition of freeing the world from pain, he shaves off the stubble, slicks his hair back, and replaces his outfit with an [[LightIsNotGood all-white]] doctor's uniform. With the later reveal that he likens himself to a priest guiding a lost flock to salvation (or a cult leader, depending on who you ask), he dawns a white robe with golden clothes and a golden mask.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', when [[spoiler:Elaine is turned into Lechuck's Demon Bride, her]] usual attire is replaced by [[spoiler:a black gown and a spiky black tiara. Interestingly, she never changes back, even after Guybrush manages to undo her demonic transformation]].
* ''VideoGame/PunchOut'': The Wii version takes it furthern in Title Defense Mode. It takes ''every single opponent in the entire game'', gives them all a badass makeover, and makes them all [[NintendoHard much harder than they are normally]]. Some of the makeovers have practical purposes, namely, Glass Joe's headgear and King Hippo's manhole cover, but for the most part, they just make them look different and distinguishable from their weak counterparts, plus DarkerAndEdgier.
* In ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'', when [[spoiler:Riku opens his heart to the darkness, his]] usual clothes are transformed into a shirt that looks like it's made of black and red muscle tissue with a Heartless emblem on the chest and what looks like a hula skirt.
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'', [[spoiler:"Repliku"]] changes between the two costumes depending on how much of a JerkAss he's being to Sora at the moment.
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', [[spoiler: Sora is an unwitting and downplayed case of this. While at no point does he willingly turn evil, unlike the now-fully-redeemed Riku, who's associated with light yellow and sky blue, Sora's new clothes are primarily black, red, and magenta. Most importantly, the X on his Sleeping Worlds clothes, the Recusant's Sigil, is planted by Xehanort to track him, guide him to where he and his cohorts want him, and shatter his heart to turn him into his [[CloneByConversion 13th and final vessel]] and only narrowly thwarted at the very last second. Even then, Sora still falls to darkness and has to be saved from it]].
* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** The original trilogy has [[spoiler:Godot. While he isn't evil, he had black hair with a red shirt while a defense attorney and mentoring Mia. After his poisoning, he became a bitter and petty prosecutor. His hair was bleached as a side effect of the poison, he uses a visor due to eye damage, and wears a green shirt rather than red because he can no longer see the color]].
** The BigBad of ''Spirit of Justice'' also does this. [[spoiler: When Ga'ran goes full JudgeJuryAndExecutioner as the prosecutor of the final trial, she changes out of her queenly attire for a dark purple outfit and FemmeFatalons that makes her look like more like an EvilSorceress.]]
* The ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' series games have Dialga's normally turquoise coloured pattern turn a kind of orange-red after becoming Primal Dialga. The blue gem on its chestplate also turns red.
* Happens in ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' a few times. [[spoiler: Most notably Kincaid, upon revealing himself as TheDragon for Dim Sun, he...twirls around a few times and changes into a black suit and cape with Dim Sun's logo on it. He also gets a pair of completely black sunglasses, which resemble Blake Hall's. It's from then on he tries to murder you at every opportunity. In Guardian Signs, Edward ditches his white suit for a black one when revealed as the BigBad...until Purple Eyes shows up.]]
* Team Plasma in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' also does this, changing from the white KnightInShiningArmor uniforms in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' to black modern military uniforms in the sequel. It's a {{subver|tedTrope}}sion as Team Plasma was evil in both, except in the original they were {{Straw Hypocrite}}s, while in the sequel they are ObviouslyEvil.
** Some members of the old Team Plasma have become TheAtoner and kept the white uniform, standing in contrast to the black uniforms the evil Team Plasma wears; this makes it a kind of GoodCostumeSwitch, without actually changing clothes.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem'' has Hardin switch from a simple white turban and cloak to a menacing suit of red armor after he falls under [[MoreThanMindControl Gharnef's control]]. In the original game, he somehow [[GoodCostumeSwitch switches back once he dies]]; in ''[[VideoGameRemake New Mystery]]'', he keeps the evil outfit but loses his [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]].
* ''VideoGame/LufiaCurseOfTheSinistrals'': when [[spoiler:Iris,]] a modest dressing priestess in white, transforms into the Sinistrals of Death, Erim, she suddenly wears a black dress sporting a NavelDeepNeckline.
* ''VideoGame/NieR'': [[spoiler: Devola and Popola have ditched the apron portion of their costumes when you meet them in the Shadow Lord's Castle. Cue cleavage]].
* During the transition from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'', Kain switches from his blue armor to a dark red one. Kain is already an AntiHero, but the sequel changes his sprite to emphasise he's turned into a bad guy [[spoiler: due to a LiteralSplitPersonality problem. The good and real Kain is hiding around in a disguise of a Hooded Man]].
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlueChronoPhantasma'', Tsubaki Yayoi is permanently using her 'dark version', which consist of her costume going black, thus counts as having one. On the other hand, Litchi Faye-Ling averts this. Despite joining NOL, she never gets an NOL-custom uniform and still fights with her {{Stripperiffic}} red garb and also wearing her doctor outfit occasionally. It may symbolize her dislike towards the organization and [[ForcedIntoEvil she's just in there because there's no other way if she wants the cure she's looking for]].
* Jacqueline and Marienbard in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur IV]]'' wear light-colored clothes when they fight (and lose) to Raphael. After he "malfests" them, they change to black dresses (that look like maid uniforms).
* In ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' Jun Kazama changes from a white top and jeans to a martial arts gi with CreepyCrows, to signify that she is if not evil then certainly a DarkerAndEdgier death maiden.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has several notable examples:
** Raiden, after his FaceHeelTurn in both the original and rebooted timelines. In the original timeline, his outfit shows more armor, is [[PaintItBlack black]] and he looks more like a samurai, complete with ShouldersOfDoom and a tattered BadassCape. On top of that, his skin turns [[UndeathlyPallor grayish white]], has GlowingEyesOfDoom, and he [[EvilSoundsDeep has a deeper voice]].
*** [[spoiler: He dons a similar outfit at the end of ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatX MKX]]'', following his corruption. Though he drops the BadassCape, he grows out [[FemmeFatalons his fingernails,]] which are [[PaintItBlack black]]. His outfit has the ShouldersOfDoom and even his straw hat is now [[PaintItBlack black]]. Similar to the original timeline, his skin turns [[UndeathlyPallor grayish white]], [[PowerEchoes has reverberating vocal cords]], his eyes are now [[GlowingEyesOfDoom golden-red]], and his lightning turns from blue to red to highlight his corruption, though he does not have the VolcanicVeins the revenants get (when they're brainwashed) in ''MKX''. And, in an up-yours to the Netherrealm's new rulers (Liu Kang & Kitana), he also dons Shinnok's amulet on his chest as a [[BattleTrophy war trophy]].]]
** Some of the revenants in ''MKX'' also switch from their normal costumes to much more eviler ones (this is because they are brainwashed to serve Quan Chi and Shinnok, and are also usable as alternate costumes in non-Story Mode matches). All of them have greyscaled UndeathlyPallor skin, orange-colored GlowingEyesOfDoom, VolcanicVeins and have PowerEchoes in their vocal cords. Jax has SpikesOfVillainy on his metal arms, Sub-Zero dons a costume similar to that of his brother Noob Saibot, Kung Lao gains FemmeFatalons and wears an armored variant of his normal costume, Liu Kang's costume sports ShouldersOfDoom and Kitana wears a variant of her default costume in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 MK9]]'', though her hair is tied in a bun similar to what she had in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 MK3]]''.
** [[spoiler: After Shinnok's defeat at the end of ''MKX'', Liu Kang and Kitana become the new rulers of the Netherrealm; both of them sport eviler costumes than what they had before.]]
*** [[spoiler: Liu Kang's Dark Emperor costume is now RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver, has SpikesOfDoom and [[SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset incorporates skeleton designs]]. Kitana's [[PaintItBlack Dark]] [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains Empress costume]] now sports FemmeFatalons (similar to Raiden and Kung Lao), [[CleavageWindow shows some cleavage]] and even her headgear is reminiscent of Catwoman.]]
** In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' [[spoiler:Once Jax joins up with [[BigBad Kronika]], his costume and cybernetic arms sport her [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine distinctive white and gold motif]]]].
* In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' "The Inspector" storyline, when Excellen is captured, her clothes don't change, but her ''mecha'' does, going from the simplistic Weissritter to the more demonic Rein Weissritter. She keeps it even after returning to the good guys.
** A more literal example would be in ''[[Videogame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Super Robot Wars Alpha 2]]'' with [[spoiler:Bullet]].
* Django gets a minor one in ''[[VideoGame/{{Boktai}} Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django]]'' when he shifts to his vampire form: his colors become darker and bolder, he wears his goggles over his eyes, and his scarf takes on the shape of bat wings.
* ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'': In the first game, there is a rare enemy called the Puffstool which blows out purple gas. If the player character's Pikmin touch this gas, they will turn purple, gain white eyes, and have their flower/bud/leaf replaced with a red mushroom. This shows that those Pikmin are not on the player character's side anymore.
* The ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series has a few examples, including Evil Ryu, Oni (who's basically a MORE corrupted version of Akuma), and a revived Charlie Nash. Inverted with Cammy, who started out as a fully-clothed, brainwashed baddie and later made a [[HeelFaceTurn change]] to become a [[MsFanService scantily-clad]] hero character.
* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' reveals one about a third of the way into the game. [[spoiler: After being shunned by her friends due to a misunderstanding, [[https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0014/1962/products/product_brutallegend_rockerophelia_design.jpg?v=1438975483 Ophelia]] leaves the group, and disappears for three months. As it turns out, she went seeking the Sea of Black Tears, to literally [[DrowningMySorrows drown her sorrows]]. [[http://pm1.narvii.com/5680/fa9704b20f0c20297d4cf332e823d47c093592a2_hq.jpg She comes back looking like this]] and has a new kickass guitar, becoming the villain for the second act. Though it turns out that Drowned Ophelia is really an EvilKnockoff created by the Sea of Black Tears, which still has the real Ophelia trapped in it.]]
* In ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'', a heel-turned [[spoiler:(actually BrainwashedAndCrazy)]] Callie switches out her slightly flattering but still tasteful sequined pop-star outfit for a [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] [[HellBentForLeather black leather ensemble]], complete with belly tattoo and shorts.
* The Remnants of Despair from ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' underwent this after becoming BrainwashedAndCrazy, usually wearing dramatic outfits befitting their talents. After his conversion into Izuru, Hajime gains bright red eyes with radar symbols, a black suit, and extraordinarily long, black hair.
** ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'': as the Servant, Nagito gets an unfortunate case of FashionVictimVillain. His hair is longer and somehow even messier; he sports an odd, black coat with random zippers and buttons; an untucked striped shirt; a [[ConspicuousGloves mitten]] covering Junko's hand and a SlaveCollar.
* Kratos from the ''Videogame/GodOfWar'' series was already pretty close to a VillainProtagonist at the beginning of the series, but he was ostensibly a champion of the Olympians. But when he is the made the new God of War, his despair over being denied respite from the memories of killing his family [[spoiler:and the realization that the Olympians are responsible for taking his mother ''and'' younger brother away from him]] drives him to madness. When ''Videogame/GodOfWarII'' begins, he starts wearing a suit of godly armor eerily similar to the armor Ares wore. And just like Ares, Kratos has begun a campaign of destruction and conquest of Greece.
* ''VideoGame/MonsterWorldIV'': Over the course of the game, various people are slowly corrupted by dark forces. As [[spoiler:Queen Praprill XIII]] is particularly affected and outright turns murderously evil, in the 2021 remake she switches to a black, skimpy outfit.
* At first, [[BitchInSheepsClothing Penelope]] of the ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' franchise wears overalls and presents herself as a WrenchWench {{Meganekko}} to win the trust of the Cooper Gang. She later swaps to a yellow SpyCatsuit in ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'', reflecting her true nature as a [[FourEyesZeroSoul cruel]], [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious]] [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who abused and exploited Bentley for his skills.
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* The "Justice Lords", AlternateUniverse KnightTemplar versions of the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', all wore redesigned costumes with much more black and monochrome. Except for Justice Lord Franchise/{{Superman}}, that is, whose costume was mostly ''white'', reflecting his more black-and-white view of morality than "our" Superman. Note that Franchise/WonderWoman's famously {{Stripperiffic}} outfit becomes extraordinarily ''conservative'' for her evil version, either inverting SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains or reflecting the moralizing KnightTemplar philosophy. Batman's outfit is also slightly brighter and boasts a silvery sheen, as this one no longer operates in the shadows (Gotham under the Justice Lord's reign is a [[CrapSaccharineWorld bright, pristine police state).]]
* Happens on several occasions in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** In "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS2E2BOperationDATE Operation: D.A.T.E.]]", the Sector V operatives are invited to a party by their sworn enemies, the Delightful Children from Down the Lane, and Numbuh One decides to use the invitation as a reconnaissance mission, believing that the party is a trap. His suspicions are ultimately confirmed when he sees the guests, including his teammates, [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] and delightfulized, with their regular partywear being replaced by the typical attire worn by the Delightful Children. However, thanks to [[AccidentalHero Lizzie]], who served as Numbuh One's date, flashing a camera on those who were delightfulized, their personalities and clothing return to normal.
** In "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS3E8BOperationLOCKDOWN Operation: L.O.C.K.D.O.W.N.]]", Numbuhs One, Two, Three, and Four [[spoiler:and Numbuh Three's Big-Bottom Rainbow Monkey Doll]] are transformed into [[ComedicSpanking Spank-Happy]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]]. Sticking to the vampire stereotype, all are given pale skin, tuxes for the guys and dresses with jagged hems for the girls (Numbuh One's tux is black, both Numbuh Two and Four's tuxes are blue and Numbuh Three's dress is black), leggings (both Numbuh One and Two's are both black, Numbuh Three's are purple and Numbuh Four's are white) PointyEars, sharp fangs, [[VampireVords the typical Transylvanian accent]] and the slicked back hair for the guys and MessyHair for the girls (in this case, Numbuh Three), whereas Numbuh One had no hair to begin with and Numbuh Two wears his flight helmet and goggles, which are stretched out in triangles for an angry appearance, all the time. Also included are the gloves (Numbuh One's are white, Numbuh Two's are blue and Numbuh Four's are orange, whereas Numbuh 3 retains the long sleeves from her usual outfit, only they're also jagged), the batwing capes (the boys' capes are red and Numbuh Three's is pink) and the [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS medallions all having their numbers shown]] (both Numbuh One and Three's are purple, Numbuh Two's is golden yellow and Numbuh Four's is orange). How a Spank-Happy Vampire can turn their victims into vampires is by spanking the victim without his/her gloves rather than biting them like the traditional vampire, and the only way the victim can reverse this process is by spanking back the vampire who spanked them, or spank the original Spank-Happy Vampire, Count Spankulot himself. Numbuh One was spanked by Count Spankulot by being lured out of bed into his jail cell at night, then when the lockdown commenced, he went on to spread his vampirism to the others when they had broken some rule during the lockdown: Numbuh Three [[spoiler:and her Big-Bottom Rainbow Monkey doll]] for sleeping through the alarm, Numbuhs Two and Four for leaving the Med Lab after they were told not to (Numbuh 2 to get a snack, and Numbuh 4 to convince Numbuh Five to use the Quadruple Emergency Bypass Code to lift the lockdown) and almost [[FinalGirl Numbuh 5]] for using the Quadruple Emergency Bypass Code.
*** [[spoiler:In that same episode, The EvilMakeover given to Numbuh Three's Big Bottom Rainbow Monkey Doll, called "Big Bottom Vampire Monkey" when transformed, includes a jagged discolored rainbow (pink, purple and red) on its head, a jagged belly, spiky tail, [[HighCollarOfDoom a vampire's high collar]] and its classic Mickey Mouse eyes are replaced with [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing evil red eyes]]. The doll, as well as its owner, who slept through the alarm, were the first victims to be spanked when the lockdown of the treehouse began, as noted by its bottom being ripped and the stuffing falling out.]]
** Numbuh Three is given a volcanic transformation in "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS5E11AOperationHOTSTUFF Operation: H.O.T.S.T.U.F.F.]]" when she turns up the thermostat at her house, causing it to transform into a volcano about to erupt: her nightdress is burned up with the sleeves going up to her elbows and the hem of the shirt going up to the bellybutton, her pajama pants are reduced to shorts, her slippers resemble volcanic demons and she gains a green cape and fiery hair. It is after her teammates turn down the thermostat and get the house back to normal does she return to normal. [[HereWeGoAgain Who knows what's become of Mr. Sanban when he turned down the thermostat in the]] ''[[HereWeGoAgain treehouse]]'' [[HereWeGoAgain while staying there during this incident...]]
* Used extensively in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'':
** Robin: when he dons the [[spoiler:Red X]] costume in order to catch Slade, entering KnightTemplar territory. And again, when he [[spoiler:becomes Slade's apprentice]], wearing another black costume with armor plates and a spikier mask.
** Raven ''always'' wears the dark leotard-under-cloak costume in the series, but once she is briefly seen with a red cloak and the four eyes of Trigon - never a good [[MarkOfTheBeast sign]]. This one shows up again in [[ComicBook/TeenTitans the comic]]; a red-skinned Raven is seen when she's under the influence of her demonic father, and a white-cloaked version appears after she's purified of said influence. Inverted when Malchior is teaching Raven dark magic, whereby Raven's robes turn ''white.''
** When Cyborg goes undercover in the Villain School, he designs a "villain" costume for the occasion, along with his disguise (as himself without cybernetics): himself with rock skin.
** The rather late origin story episode featured Starfire with a much blacker, more armored costume (identical to the one worn by her sister, Blackfire), along with an alien and less-than-girly princess crown. She was a villain for about half the episode, during which she was ''very'' badass.
** Beast Boy...doesn't actually get an evil costume, unless you count his {{shapeshifting}} into The Beast, then yes, all the Titans had an Evil Costume at some point or another.
** Terra also gets an evil costume switch or, rather, two. [[spoiler:The first time we see her, she's wearing a fairly normal-looking outfit. Then, when she leaves and returns later, she's wearing a cooler, but out-of-character, black outfit. Then, when she becomes overtly evil, she gets this much uglier, metallic-looking body armor.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'':
** When the [=HenchCo=] made Mood Reverser was accidentally used on Ron, he simply continued to wear a fictional villain's costume for the rest of the episode, and while said villain outfit was, in fact, quite lame, his regular clothes turned to a [[Series/HappyDays Fonzie-style]] badass look. Also, [[PaintItBlack his skin turned blue]] as a result of getting an infusion of blue-skinned Dr. Drakken's evil, while Drakken's reverted to pink flesh tone.
** During the second appearance of the Mood Reversal device, there wasn't any costume switching. However, when a person was hit, they would glow Red for evil or Blue for good. The only real change that could be noticed was that evil was less cowardly and Ron Stoppable was competent.
** Shego began dressing in a Teacher uniform after being hit by the Moodulator. GoodCostumeSwitch?
** Averted with the FaceHeelTurn in Shego's backstory; her current costume is the same one she wore when she was part of Team Go.
** When Drakken manages to put Kim under MindControl, she [[GoGoEnslavement wears one of Shego's outfits]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':
** [[spoiler:Professor Impossible]] makes the switch following his FaceHeelTurn with Phantom Limb.
** Although technically always a villain as soon as Henchman 21 stopped being a MinionWithAnFInEvil he changed his humorously nonthreatening costume for one with [[SleevesAreForWimps ripped sleeves]] and a retractable knife.
** Dr. Henry Killinger made Rusty a new costume during his [[spoiler:failed]] attempt to turn him into a villain.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Butters adopts the name Professor Chaos and a costume when he wishes to do evil.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderman'':
** Doctor Octopus' first battle against Spider-Man is fought in the civvies he wore during his FreakLabAccident. The fight is soon cut short when his [[CombatTentacles tentacles]] run out of power. He plans to get another, longer-lasting power source, but when he next confronts Spidey, he's also undergone quite the EvilMakeover, having donned a BadassLongcoat and replaced his NerdGlasses with equally badass CoolShades (eschewing the usual goggles derived from the comics).
** As mentioned under Comics, Spider-Man himself with the symbiote. In an interesting twist, in this series, it starts out as just his normal suit in black (a la ''Film/SpiderMan3''). As the symbiote asserts more control, it starts looking more and more like his classic black suit.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** Done straight, then reversed. For all of Season 1, Zuko wore fairly standard villain wear for the show. Lots of militaristic red, ShouldersOfDoom, the whole enchilada. Season 2 had him "on the fence", so he wore mostly nondescript clothes, in the greens and browns of the Earth Kingdom, whose members we had seen both as heroes and villains. After his [[spoiler:subverted HeelFaceTurn]] in the season finale, we see him wear the full black-and-red military garb of Fire Nation royalty, the same as [[PsychoForHire Azula]]. After he [[spoiler:has a real HeelFaceTurn for real]], he gets a red-and-gold costume that isn't nearly so intimidating...though it still looks cool.
** Also, Ozai in the finale, kind of. [[spoiler:He switches to more regal looking robes when he declares himself Phoenix King and goes off to obliterate the Earth Kingdom.]] In this case, it's more of an ''Eviler'' Costume Switch.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': after being possessed by XANA and falling in the Digital Sea, William gains a fully evil (and skintight) costume of black and red spandex with what is sometimes described as a [[OfCorsetsSexy corset]] (maybe to symbolize his servitude to XANA). His [[{{BFS}} sword]] also gets a full change, with a prominent [[MarkOfTheBeast Eye of XANA]] and evil-looking black veins all over.
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':
** Danny in the [[BadFuture evil future]]. The costume change, however, comes some time after becoming a FallenHero. Lesson to villains everywhere: [[MindRape don't ever remove your archrival's emotions/humanity.]] [[EvilIsSexy Girls just love that hypnotic voice of his, though.]]
** Sam also gets not one, but ''two'' evil costumes. One is a rather {{Stripperiffic}} ComicBook/PoisonIvy-ish affair, the other very elegant. Her voice work during it is very much Azula.
** Although his good civilian clothes are only shown in flashbacks, Vlad also gets one. He was a geek in college, now he's a [[EvilIsSexy suave debonaire billionaire]] in a fancy black suit.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
** One episode had Timmy wishing to do the opposite of whatever his parents tell him to do in order to escape their overbearing nature. Unfortunately, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor they tell him to "be good"]], which immediately transforms him into a sinister villain with a long black cloak, classic top hat, and an evil glint in his eye.
** In yet another episode, when Golden Locks, the [[LanternJawOfJustice Crimson Chin]]'s fiance, transformed into Hair Razor as a result of Timmy's wish, she goes from wearing a short dress to becoming a leather-clad bitch.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', when Elisa went undercover to infiltrate Dracon's protection racket, she changed into a low-cut belly top and leather jacket and trousers to seem more criminal-like.
* Princess Jasmine gets one of these in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'', thanks to Abys Mal and a flower that causes LaserGuidedAmnesia. In her new identity as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The Scourge of the Desert"]], she wears a dark-blue version of her usual clothes, a [[InTheHood hooded cape]], her hair in a ponytail (just like how she wore it when she was [[GoGoEnslavement Jafar's slave]] in [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} the original movie]]), and [[WhipItGood wields a whip]]. Interestingly, after getting her memory back, she keeps the outfit (and the whip), wearing it as a SpyCatSuit when Aladdin & Co. infiltrate Mozenrath's city.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': When Barnacle Boy turns to TheDarkSide, he gains a villainous cape and his overall appearance grows darker.
* When Shockwave from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' is still disguised as [[spoiler: Longarm Prime]], he is mostly colored blue and gray, but when all of the Autobots find out that [[spoiler: Longarm]] is actually Shockwave, he actually changes to purple and white (the same colors as [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 G1 Shockwave]]) to show that he is indeed a Decepticon.
** From the same show, the Constructicons go from more neutral colors (pale yellow and grey) to [[MythologyGag their G1 colors (neon green and purple)]] after they are branded as Decepticons. Their personalities don't really change, however. They've just chosen a different playing field.
* Happens quite a bit in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', along with GoodCostumeSwitch.
** When Megatron made [[GeniusBruiser Rhinox]] into a Predacon, his brown hide turned purple and the gold plating turned silver.
** Subverted in the first episode when Dinobot goes from being a Predacon to a Maximal, then played straight a couple of seasons later when [[spoiler: Megatron resurrects him as a Predacon, though justified since Megatron is using Transmetal technology]].
** Justified in season 3 when Black Arachnia turns from Predacon to Maximal due to the Transmetal driver.
* When Grune from ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' reveals himself to be a traitor, he discards his Thunderian armor and dons gold raiments emblazoned with the symbol of Mumm-Ra.
* Jane Porter has actually dressed as Queen La at least twice in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan'' when La turned her evil.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'':
** When [[spoiler: Aqualad]] {{fake|Defector}}s a FaceHeelTurn, he trades his [[spoiler: red and blue swimsuit]] for a suit of black PoweredArmor.
** Artemis dons one as Tigress (a reference to her villainous comic book counterpart) when she [[spoiler: fakes her death and becomes TheMole alongside Aqualad]]. Her outfit consists of a dark orange and black armored bodysuit and a mask. [[spoiler: A glamour charm from Zatanna makes her look like a brunette. Subverted in the finale, as Artemis decides to continue being Tigress as a hero, albeit with her natural hair color.]]
* When [[spoiler: Omi]] briefly turned evil in ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'', his robes turned [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver black with red trim and belt]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' demonstrates this retroactively with Paige, a medic turned elite soldier. As a medic, she had green TronLines and wore a common civilian gridsuit with long sleeves and low-heel boots. As a soldier, her shoulders are exposed and she has CombatStilettos, in addition to the recolored red TronLines. We also see that Dyson kept his soldier's attire, but his lines changed from User-loyal white to User-hostile orange-red.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' has Bubbles take a brief FaceHeelTurn after [[AmnesiacHero losing her memory]] and believing herself to be Mojo Jojo. She promptly heads to his lair, steals his clothes while [[GoneSwimmingClothesStolen he's showering]], and wears them for the rest of the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' [[PlayingWithATrope played with this]] a bit. In the first few seasons, Mandark was a fairly serious threat, but dressed like a typical non-threatening nerd; after suffering VillainDecay later on, he became a CardCarryingVillain and started wearing a [[ObviouslyEvil screamingly obvious]] [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver black-and-red]] [[OminousOperaCape cape]] to prove it.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'': Toki goes all dark and evil, forsaking his childlike ways, and to illustrate the point, wears blood and lots of big spikes.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Trixie dons a dark cloak in lieu of her purple magician's costume when she obtains the Alicorn Amulet, which turns her crazy and evil. Once the protagonists remove it from her, she eventually returns to her usual costume and personality.
** Way before that, Princess Luna swapped her crown and necklace for [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains slightly dominatrix]][[BuffySpeak -y]] armour as part of becoming [[FallenAngel Nightmare Moon]]. She also turns her coat black and makes herself [[LargeAndInCharge the size of her sister]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollz}}'', the brainwashed heroines' costumes are actually less revealing than their normal outfits, being more like MIB suits.
* "Turf Wars", the last episode of the 2006 revival of ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', had Vinnie's old girlfriend Harley, who sided with the Nomad Rats because of the mistaken belief that the Biker Mice abandoned her, doing this. She trades in her beige coat, green shirt, and green pants for black tights and a purple mask to hide the scars she sustained during the Plutarkian invasion.
* The Ice Dancers in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'' swap their purple outfits for black ones for one episode when they decide to become villains.
* In the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck cartoon "WesternAnimation/DonaldsCrime", Donald adopts a black coat and hat when he starts imagining himself as a criminal.
* Two characters in ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' have done this.
** When we first meet [[spoiler:President/Evil Morty]], he's wearing a normal business suit and tie. When he has power and [[spoiler:eliminates the Shadow Council of Ricks]], he's donned a black suit with red tie.
** After the reveal that [[spoiler:Summer's classmate Tammy]] is a spy working for the Galactic Federation, when next we see [[spoiler:her, she]] is dressed in a sexy black uniform.
* At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "The Duck Knight Returns!", [[spoiler:after he escapes into the sewers, the purple dye in Jim Starling's Darkwing Duck costume bleeds out, making it a combination of yellow and red and solidifying his SanitySlippage and transformation into Negaduck]].
* All [[VillainPossessedBystander akuma victims]] in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' get an evil makeover, but this trope applies to [[spoiler:those who are akumatized while wielding a Miraculous: Queen Bee's predominantly yellow costume with black stripes is inverted to yellow on black as Queen Wasp; Rena Rouge and Carapace are (like all of Scarlet Moth's victims) turned red as Rena Rage and Shell Shock; and [[DarkIsNotEvil Chat Noir]] becomes the white-clad [[LightIsNotGood Chat Blanc]]]].
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** In "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS3E8BOperationLOCKDOWN Operation: L.O.C.K.D.O.W.N.]]", Numbuhs One, Two, Three, and Four [[spoiler:and Numbuh Three's Big-Bottom Rainbow Monkey Doll]] are transformed into [[ComedicSpanking Spank-Happy]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]]. Sticking to the vampire stereotype, all are given pale skin, tuxes for the guys and dresses with jagged hems for the girls (Numbuh One's tux is black, both Numbuh Two and Four's tuxes are blue and Numbuh Three's dress is black), leggings (both Numbuh One and Two's are both black, Numbuh Three's are purple and Numbuh Four's are white) PointyEars, sharp fangs, [[VampireVords the typical Transylvanian accent]] and the slicked back hair for the guys and MessyHair for the girls (in this case, Numbuh Three), whereas Numbuh One had no hair to begin with and Numbuh Two wears his flight helmet and goggles, which are stretched out in triangles for an angry appearance, all the time. Also included are the gloves (Numbuh One's are white, Numbuh Two's are blue and Numbuh Four's are orange, whereas Numbuh 3 retains the long sleeves from her usual outfit, only they're also jagged), the batwing capes (the boys' capes are red and Numbuh Three's is pink) and the [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS medallions all having their numbers shown]] (both Numbuh One and Three's are purple, Numbuh Two's is golden yellow and Numbuh Four's is orange). How a Spank-Happy Vampire can turn their victims into vampires is by spanking the victim without his/her gloves rather than biting them like the traditional vampire, and the only way the victim can reverse this process is by spanking back the vampire who spanked them, or spank the original Spank-Happy Vampire, Count Spankulot himself. Numbuh One was spanked by Count Spankulot by being lured out of bed into his jail cell at night, then when the lockdown commenced, he went on to spread his vampirism to the others when they had broken some rule during the lockdown: Numbuh Three [[spoiler:and her Big-Bottom Rainbow Monkey doll]] for sleeping through the alarm, Numbuhs Two and Four for leaving the Med Lab after they were told not to (Numbuh 2 to get a snack, and Numbuh 4 to convince Numbuh 5 to use the Quadruple Emergency Bypass Code to lift the lockdown) and almost [[FinalGirl Numbuh 5]] for using the Quadruple Emergency Bypass Code.
*** [[spoiler:In that same episode, The EvilMakeover given to Numbuh 3's Big Bottom Rainbow Monkey Doll, called "Big Bottom Vampire Monkey" when transformed, includes a jagged discolored rainbow (pink, purple and red) on its head, a jagged belly, spiky tail, [[HighCollarOfDoom a vampire's high collar]] and its classic Mickey Mouse eyes are replaced with [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing evil red eyes]]. The doll, as well as its owner, who slept through the alarm, were the first victims to be spanked when the lockdown of the treehouse began, as noted by its bottom being ripped and the stuffing falling out.]]
** Numbuh 3 is given a volcanic transformation in "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS5E11AOperationHOTSTUFF Operation: H.O.T.S.T.U.F.F.]]" when she turns up the thermostat at her house, causing it to transform into a volcano about to erupt: her nightdress is burned up with the sleeves going up to her elbows and the hem of the shirt going up to the bellybutton, her pajama pants are reduced to shorts, her slippers resemble volcanic demons and she gains a green cape and fiery hair. It is after her teammates turn down the thermostat and get the house back to normal does she return to normal. [[HereWeGoAgain Who knows what's become of Mr. Sanban when he turned down the thermostat in the]] ''[[HereWeGoAgain treehouse]]'' [[HereWeGoAgain while staying there during this incident...]]

** In "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS3E8BOperationLOCKDOWN Operation: L.O.C.K.D.O.W.N.]]", Numbuhs One, Two, Three, and Four [[spoiler:and Numbuh Three's Big-Bottom Rainbow Monkey Doll]] are transformed into [[ComedicSpanking Spank-Happy]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]]. Sticking to the vampire stereotype, all are given pale skin, tuxes for the guys and dresses with jagged hems for the girls (Numbuh One's tux is black, both Numbuh Two and Four's tuxes are blue and Numbuh Three's dress is black), leggings (both Numbuh One and Two's are both black, Numbuh Three's are purple and Numbuh Four's are white) PointyEars, sharp fangs, [[VampireVords the typical Transylvanian accent]] and the slicked back hair for the guys and MessyHair for the girls (in this case, Numbuh Three), whereas Numbuh One had no hair to begin with and Numbuh Two wears his flight helmet and goggles all the time (the latter's flight goggles are stretched out in triangles for an angry appearance). Plus, the gloves (Numbuh One's are white, Numbuh Two's are blue and Numbuh Four's are orange, whereas Numbuh 3 retains the long sleeves from her usual outfit, only they're also jagged), the batwing capes (the boys' capes are red and Numbuh Three's is pink) and the [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS medallions all having their numbers shown]] (both Numbuh One and Three's are purple, Numbuh Two's is golden yellow and Numbuh Four's is orange). How a Spank-Happy Vampire can turn their victims into vampires is by spanking the victim without his/her gloves rather than biting them like the traditional vampire, and the only way the victim can reverse this process is by spanking back the vampire who spanked them, or spank the original Spank-Happy Vampire, Count Spankulot himself. Numbuh One was spanked by Count Spankulot by being lured out of bed into his jail cell at night, then when the lockdown commenced, he went on to spread his vampirism to the others when they had broken some rule during the lockdown: Numbuh Three [[spoiler:and her Big-Bottom Rainbow Monkey doll]] for sleeping through the alarm, Numbuhs Two and Four for leaving the Med Lab after they were told not to (Numbuh 2 to get a snack, and Numbuh 4 to convince Numbuh 5 to use the Quadruple Emergency Bypass Code to lift the lockdown) and almost [[FinalGirl Numbuh 5]] for using the Quadruple Emergency Bypass Code.

** In "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS3E8BOperationLOCKDOWN Operation: L.O.C.K.D.O.W.N.]]", Numbuhs One, Two, Three, and Four [[spoiler:and Numbuh Three's Big-Bottom Rainbow Monkey Doll]] are transformed into [[ComedicSpanking Spank-Happy]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]]. Sticking to the vampire stereotype, all are given pale skin, tuxes for the guys and dresses with jagged hems for the girls (Numbuh One's tux is black, both Numbuh Two and Four's tuxes are blue and Numbuh Three's dress is black), leggings (both Numbuh One and Two's are both black, Numbuh Three's are purple and Numbuh Four's are white) PointyEars, sharp fangs, [[VampireVords the typical Transylvanian accent]] and the slicked back hair for the guys and MessyHair for the girls (in this case, Numbuh Three), whereas Numbuh One had no hair to begin with and Numbuh Two wears his flight helmet and goggles all the time. Plus, the gloves (Numbuh One's are white, Numbuh Two's are blue and Numbuh Four's are orange, whereas Numbuh 3 retains the long sleeves from her usual outfit, only they're also jagged), the batwing capes (the boys' capes are red and Numbuh Three's is pink) and the [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS medallions all having their numbers shown]] (both Numbuh One and Three's are purple, Numbuh Two's is golden yellow and Numbuh Four's is orange). How a Spank-Happy Vampire can turn their victims into vampires is by spanking the victim without his/her gloves rather than biting them like the traditional vampire, and the only way the victim can reverse this process is by spanking back the vampire who spanked them, or spank the original Spank-Happy Vampire, Count Spankulot himself. Numbuh One was spanked by Count Spankulot by being lured out of bed into his jail cell at night, then when the lockdown commenced, he went on to spread his vampirism to the others when they had broken some rule during the lockdown: Numbuh Three [[spoiler:and her Big-Bottom Rainbow Monkey doll]] for sleeping through the alarm, Numbuhs Two and Four for leaving the Med Lab after they were told not to (Numbuh 2 to get a snack, and Numbuh 4 to convince Numbuh 5 to use the Quadruple Emergency Bypass Code to lift the lockdown) and almost [[FinalGirl Numbuh 5]] for using the Quadruple Emergency Bypass Code.