History Main / FashionVictimVillain

* In the event she [[EvilCostumeSwitch even bothered to changer her clothing]], a heel Wrestling/{{HanaKimura}} could usually be identified by simply wearing almost all white or almost all black, depending on if one was watching Wrestle-1, JWP or World Wonder Ring Stardom. However, when she was "drafted" into International Army she overtook it, turned the group into Tokyo Cyber Squad, then began donning a rainbow of neon and pastel colored hair dye, makeup and clothing that critics described as "eye searing" and taking her "sexy but dangerous" gimmick too far.

* The Romulans of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' wore truly hideous uniforms with [[ShouldersOfDoom massive shoulder pads]] in patterns that looked like they were taken from curtains. And in the two-parter "Unification", we see this fashion sense extended to the civilian population. WordOfGod [[CreatorBacklash grew to hate these costumes]], so ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' would give [[SecretPolice the Tal Shiar]] better-looking uniforms, and ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'' got rid of them for good.

* ''Anime/VoltesV'': Throughout the series, we're told of [[TheEmpire Planet]] [[AliensAreBastards Boazania's]] [[NonActionBigBad Evil]] [[AristocratsAreEvil Emperor]] [[HateSink Zambajil]]. We're told of how he wants to [[EvilColonialist enslave the entire galaxy]], [[FantasticRacism looks down on the human race]], [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil subjects his slaves to whippings and hard labour]] and [[spoiler: [[PrincelingRivalry arranged multiple assassination attempts on his nephew's life due to him being the true heir to the throne]]]]. Many [[WarRefugees Boazanian refugees]] speak of Zambajil's name with fear, shuddering as they recall [[IndustrializedEvil his tyranny]], while [[TheBeautifulElite members of his own court]] speak of his name [[ProfessionalButtKisser with praise and adoration]]. Thing is, when the audience finally gets a proper look at Zambajil, he looks like [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zambajil_from_voltes_v.png this]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': The Joker looks like the bastard son of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Sideshow Bob]] and [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 Envy]] with his dreadlocks and [[DoesNotLikeShoes the fact that he walks barefoot all the time.]]

* ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur 3'': As if Asteroth didn't have enough going against him with his low tier rating (well, aside from his {{Good Bad Bug|s}}), his alternate costume from the first two games (an executioner's hood and SpikesOfVillainy coming from his shoulders) got modified into a claw hammer hat and nails protruding from his shoulders. So much for his having ''any'' chance of being taken seriously.

** Also, major villain Lord English has an impressively gaudy outfit. Features include a solid gold peg leg, a gold tooth, and a trenchcoat whose edges constantly flash through a rainbow of colors. Not to mention billiard-ball eyes that do the same thing.

** The BigBad of ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' [[spoiler:[[https://www.pidgi.net/wiki/File:Kristoph_Gavin_-_Apollo_Justice_Ace_Attorney.png Kristoph Gavin]]]] is frequently mocked by the fandom for his shoes.

** We also have Nanana Najahkoop, who in addition to having arguably the weirdest name in a series known for having some strange names, also wears a Sternritter jacket that only covers his chest, leaving his stomach exposed, Nnoitra-style parachute pants, a five-pointed haircut that looks like it has black licorice sticks protruding from it, bug-like goggles of some sort, and ''checkerboard'' teeth. Then we have [[TheGunslinger Lille Barro]], with one of the weirdest haircuts in ''Bleach'' (to the point that people still wonder if it's ''actually'' his hair or a hat) and a sniper's rifle covered in white fur as his weapon of choice. There's also Shaz Domino and his leopard-print pimp outfit.

* Episode 17 of ''Anime/KillLaKill'' had Ragyo Kiryuin wear something that looks like a cross between [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka]], [[Franchise/PowerRangers Rita Repulsa]] and [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Walpurgisnacht]]. Given that she is [[FictionFiveHundred filthy rich]] and [[TheFashionista a fashion designer]], this is most likely an intentional parody of extravagant "haute couture" outfits worn by real life celebrities - Ragyo has been nicknamed "Music/LadyGaga" by the fans for a good reason.

* When [[spoiler:Sugata]] joins the Glittering Crux in ''Anime/StarDriver'', he comes out wearing... ''[[http://www.japanator.com/elephant//ul/18986-annotated-anime-only-edition-winter-2011-week-11/stardriver23a-620x.jpg this.]]'' Even in a show full of CampStraight, and bad fashion choices, his outfit just goes beyond.

* InUniverse and a major plot point in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34346623/chapters/85463296 Hawkmoth gets a Reference]]''. The first chapter has Hawkmoth learning of an online list that makes fun of many of his teribly-looking Akumas, with even his own outfit a target of mockery. It doesn't help that Nooro tells him that the akuma's look majorily came from ''his'' head with only minor influences from his targets. This leads him to improve his compatibility with the Butterfly Miraculous and watching anime for more references to improve the akuma appearance, ultimately boosting their own power in addition.

* ''Animation/MavkaTheForestSong'': [[https://imagedelivery.net/4_JwVYxosZqzJ7gIDJgTLA/1da178ef-5514-4f54-e0c5-24bf42c27b00/public Frol]] looks rather... flamboyant with his purple jacket and assorted purple PeekABangs that stick out like sore thumbs in a village where everyone wears vyshyvankas, not to mention his [[FurAndLoathing fox skin scarf]]. From the look of it, this was [[PluckyComicRelief intentional]] considering how vain and buffoonish he is.

Compare HighlyConspicuousUniform if the {{Mooks}} are fashion victims, too. Compare ScaryImpracticalArmor, which is more for show than protection. Compare EmbarrassingButEmpoweringOutfit if the tacky duds are [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman the source of the villain's powers]].

%%* [[DepravedHomosexual Arbitro]] from ''VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi''

** The Vandereich mostly avert this trope due to them PuttingOnTheReich, but Quilge Opie wears the FVV medal with pride. Round sunglasses? Check. Weird hat? Check. Horrible spoon shoes? Check. VERY ugly bowl haircut ''on one side of his head''? Oh baby, CheckPlease. It's bad enough that [[LampshadeHanging Ichigo makes fun of it.]]

* Yzma from ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' sports some of the most extravagant costumes ever worn by a Disney villain, and that's even counting Maleficent and Jafar.

* Envy of ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'', who's running around in a skirt and a tanktop that [[BareYourMidriff only covers the chest]], and has their hair in what looks like a palm tree. First-Anime!Wrath is as bad or worse, since it's that same outfit on a ten-year old boy.

-->-- '''Joel''', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E06AttackOfTheGiantLeeches Attack of the Giant Leeches]]"

** [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/Deimosdcu.png Deimos]] from ''ComicBook/TheWarlord''. Between the pixie boots, the bare midriff, the long, dangling loincloth, the random high collar and the huge sleeves, there's something here for everybody to laugh at.

* ''Anime/XMen'': Magneto's costume in this version looks suspiciously like he's wearing a diaper.

** Electro is another ''Spider-Man'' villain who gets a lot of gaffe for his costume. The main thing is that mask resembles a starfish made of lightning bolts, but the rest of his lightning bolt-bedazzled costume is pretty ridiculous too. [[ComicBook/WarMachine Jim Rhodes]] was none too pleased about having to impersonate him once. ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' averts this by giving him an army green insulation suit, and having his mask become real electricity that obscures his face. It's considerably cooler looking. A number of other adaptations avert it these days by going with his ComicBook/UltimateMarvel version, a blue-white electric EnergyBeing.

* In ''FanFic/ShadowsAwakening'', Jade feels this way about her EnemyWithin, the Queen of the Shadowkhan. The narration somewhat agrees with her, at least so far as commenting that the Queen's dress is [[{{Stripperific}} far too revealing for a prepubescent girl]].

* At Payback 2014, for the [[Wrestling/TheShield Shield]] versus Evolution match, almost everybody kept it simple. The Shield were in their typical SWAT-team tactical vests, and and Wrestling/RandyOrton and Wrestling/TripleH wore their typical black trunks. Wrestling/{{Batista}}, on the other hand, out of absolutely nowhere, chose that night to debut a set of trunks, shin-guards, and armband/elbow-pad/sleeve things that were an alarmingly bright shade of [[http://www.wrestlesite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/66.gif blue.]] Comparisons to everything from the Smurfs to the Power Rangers to Megaman soon followed. What makes it stranger is that he never wore those blue trunks before (instead wearing red or black), and walked out of the company the next night (a planned walkout, as he needed to leave to promote ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''), making their appearance all the more sudden and inexplicable. And this doesn't even begin to get into his wearing of leather vests and skinny jeans (which, on his muscular build, look strange and uncomfortable, not to mention making it impossible to properly do his Batista Bomb, leading to one noticeable blowout on Raw.)

* [[http://www.talesonline.net/symphonia/yggdrasil.jpg Yggdrasil]] in ''Videogame/TalesOfSymphonia''. It's a jumpsuit. Also, it is extremely disco and leaves absolutely nothing whatsoever to the imagination. [[ViewerGenderConfusion Except his gender.]]

* About half of the main villains in ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' suffer from this. You probably won't find many fans, even hard core ones, who disagree with the statement that the characters look like they're from a glam version of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. Although considering the franchise is essentially fueled by outrageous {{Camp}}, this [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools isn't typically seen as a mark against it]].

** Most villains would never be able to get away with half of the costumes Dio Brando wears throughout ''Manga/StardustCrusaders''. Like his orange jacket and crotchless pants with green heart headband, belt and kneepads and pointed shoes. Also, his [[TheRenfield Renfield]], Vanilla Ice, has an even sillier outfit. Has anyone in Dio's inner circle ever heard of pants?

** The grand majority of recruited Stand users in Manga/StoneOcean fall under this. From Johngalli A's outfit sporting many circular holes with round patches dangling from his shirt, Miraschon's hair remaining connected with hanging bangs somehow connecting with each other in an oval shape, Sports Maxx's relatively normal outfit decorated with endless comma signs and boasting circles for eyebrows, D an G's fluffy toga and pickelhaube helmet, Guccio's stripperific outfit with revealing shoulders, hips and midriff or Miuccia Miuler wearing a sweater shaped like intestines with dangling eyeball-esque accessories from it. The irony of most of Part 6's characters getting their names from fashion brands or designers hasn't been lost on anyone.

** ''Manga/SteelBallRun'' has some as well.

** The [[Manga/{{JoJolion}} Rock Humans]] proudly continue this tradition, with Yotsuyu's spiky green bodysuit, cropped top and floral-printed bloomers, Aisho wearing a bunch of sleeves around his neck and one as a hat, Tamaki is sporting both retina-searing pink aviator sunglasses and the worst comb-over in manga history (to the point where the Hishigakatas cannot believe he managed to get a date with [[MsFanservice Hato]]), Urban Guerrilla's weird breathing apparatus/hood/goggles headpiece, and Poor Tom, who, aside from his shorts and sandals, has seemingly ''drawn'' his clothes over his body. The exceptions so far are the A. Phex twins, whose footballer-inspired uniforms are fairly normal, Doctor Wu Tomoki's pretty mundane medical outfit[[note]]Save the three name tags that say "[=DoCToR=]", to make sure you know that he's a doctor.[[/note]], and Satoru Akefu's dapper suit and hat.

* In its deconstruction of superheroes, ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' features a lot of snide comments about the intentionally silly costumes that heroes and villains wear. Veidt's bright purple-and-gold suit and mask are overtly compared to Studio 54 excess - while featuring sculpted nipples to intentionally invoke [[Film/BatmandAndRobin those]] that adorn our WTHCostumingDepartment page.

-->-- '''Joel''', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', "Film/AttackOfTheGiantLeeches"