History Main / FashionVictimVillain

** The [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Pillar Men]] wear nothing but loincloths and over-the-top {{Mayincatec}} accessories. In ''[[VideoGame/JojosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven Eyes of Heaven]]'' Joseph in his Tequila Joseph skin (based off an incident where Joseph ''[[IncrediblyConspicuousDrag badly]]'' [[PaperThinDisguise failed]] a HarmlessLadyDisguise) lampshades it when pitted against Esidisi, claiming that they have no right to criticize ''his'' costume when ''they're'' half-naked.

* The writer of the ''Fanfic/ConsequencesMiraculousLadybug'' series will (at least every other story) have either the narrative or one of the characters point out how Lila's regular hairstyle (two short ponytails on the sides of her head with bangs and long hair) and burnt orange color scheme don't do her any favors (even if she honestly thinks it looks good). In ''THREATENING A TSURUGI'', it's taken further with Lila wearing a burnt-orange dress for the Gabriel ball that she finds "fetching"... but everyone else (including Marinette, Nathaniel, and most of the other ball guests) finds it hideous.

* ''Fanfic/HeroChat'': InUniverse. The team brings up the fact that some of the akuma look...bad. Nino is especially annoyed because some of them are ''great'', so it's not like Hawkmoth is just universally terrible at designing villains.
-->'''Nino:''' You think he still has the kinda cool "dark prom" aesthetic? Or did the effort of fusion mean he went back to clown outfits.\\

* InUniverse and a major plot point in ''Fanfic/HawkmothGetsAReference''. The first chapter has Hawkmoth learning of an online list that makes fun of many of his terrible-looking Akumas, with even his own outfit a target of mockery. It doesn't help that Nooro tells him that the akuma's look majorly 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.
* ''Fanfic/{{The Paragon|MiraculousLadybug}}'': The receptionist at the [=TVi=] studio doesn't mince words when talking about [[FakeUltimateHero the Paragon]]'s costume:
-->One does not simply put that many colors into one costume. And what on earth caused him to think that red and purple actually work together? Breaking news: they really don't, and the Paragon's costume looks like someone fed a lazily drawn rainbow through a blender.

-->'''Joel:''' You're dressed as a space angel. ''Why?''

-->'''Troxartas:''' [[GoGoEnslavement Give her something of yours]], then... something billowy and soft...\\

-->'''Riddler:''' Like the jacket? It keeps me safe when I'm jogging at night.

-->'''''Website/{{Wrestlecrap}} Book of Lists!''''': Maybe she had just seen the show on Broadway. Maybe she imagined that a wrestling ring revival of ''Cats'' would cause her opponent to fall to the ground and quiver in fear -- much like the real show -- thus making for easy prey.

[[caption-width-right:279:Okay, [[VillainsOutShopping he's relaxing at home]], but... ''really'', Victor?]]

* The writer of the ''Fanfic/ConsequencesMiraculousLadybug'' series will (at least every other story) have either the narrative or one of the characters point out how Lila's regular hairstyle (two short ponytails on the sides of her head with bangs and long hair) and burnt orange color scheme don't do her any favors (even if she honestly thinks it looks good). In THREATENING A TSURUGI, it's taken further with Lila wearing a burnt-orange dress for the Gabriel ball that she finds "fetching"... but everyone else (including Marinette, Nathaniel, and most of the other ball guests) finds it hideous.

** ''ComicBook/TheWarlordDC'': [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/Deimosdcu.png Deimos]]. 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.

* ''Franchise/TheTransformers'' fell into this in the G2 toyline. Quite a bit of G2 was just G1 toys that were given a new accessory (often a spring-fired missile launcher that had been repurposed from the concurrent ''Franchise/GIJoe'' toyline) and a new color scheme. Most of the Autobots didn't fair too badly with the latter- a lot of it was just darkening them up which, while out of place compared to the original bright reds and oranges that they tended to favor at least didn't look bad. The Decepticons, however, found themselves frequently being sprayed with eye-searing neon colors.

* ''Franchise/TheTransformers'' fell into this in the G2 toyline. Quite a bit of G2 was just G1 toys that were given a new accessory (often a spring-fired missile launcher that had been repurposed from the concurrent ''Franchise/GIJoe'' toyline) and a new color scheme. Most of the Autobots didn't fair too badly with the latter- a lot of it was just darkening them up which, while out of place compared to the original bright reds and oranges that they tended to favor at least didn't look objectively bad. The Decepticons, however, found themselves frequently being sprayed with eye-searing neon colors.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Many of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Akumatized villains]] have ridiculously gaudy costumes, accentuated by [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation brightly colored skin]] and AnimeHair. Ironically, their creator Hawk Moth is in the fashion industry in his civilian identity. Apparently he doesn't control their outfits (though see the show's [[Fridge/MiraculousLadybug Fridge]] page).

** Sometime during [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks the '90s]], DC introduced ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'s future self from an alternate reality. He started out as a good guy before being turned to the dark side rather quickly and becoming [[DarkAgeOfSupernames Deathwing]]. He was neither the first Bat-family member to pull a FaceHeelTurn nor the last, but he was certainly [[http://www.comics.org/issue/94232/cover/4/ the worst dressed]]. SpikesOfVillainy. Mullet. ''Nipple piercing.'' Only half a shirt, but an enormous [[TheSeventies 1970s]] collar to compensate. Surely, it all made sense in the mind of a madman. Then, in a shocking twist, it turned out he was actually just some guy who had no relation to Nightwing whatsoever and wasn't really from the future. It was the '90s.

** The Gas Gang's "new look", carried over directly from the comics. It was silly even in UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks.

*** And then, there's [[https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/66/Black_White_Ghetsis.png Ghetsis.]] His collar is made to look like the top of a castle, his yin-yang themed robes look as if [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker's Ganondorf]] walked through a paintball fight, his chunky red monocle, triangular hair fringes, and his hilariously skinny ankles on display just put the last nails in the design coffin. Luckily for him, his abomination of fashion doesn't take centre stage to [[spoiler:his [[AbusiveParent unrelenting,]] [[ItsAllAboutMe sociopathic]] ''bastardy.'']]
*** Come [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 the sequels,]] their outfits have changed to look more like [[https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/34/Black_2_White_2_Team_Plasma_Grunts.png members of an anarchist cell]] (which they are), and the effect looks better, but there are still some moments. Zinzolin looks a bit outlandish, [[https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/b/b7/Black_2_White_2_Zinzolin.png wearing a giant purple coat and tall hat]], and Ghetsis' giant poncho-coat has been replaced with [[https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/2/27/Black_2_White_2_Ghetsis.png/185px-Black_2_White_2_Ghetsis.png a black, slimmer, trenchcoat-looking piece, and he has a pretty bitchin' cane too]].

** Superman's EvilCounterpart Ultraman has worn some spectacularly ridiculous get-ups over the years. In the Pre-Crisis era, he wore a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pre-crisis_ultraman_4528.bmp blue bodystocking with massive shoulder spikes]]. In the Post-Crisis era, he wore [[http://comicsgen.fr/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ultraman1.jpg footie pajamas with bubbles on the stomach]]. The New 52 finally gave him a [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/6/66303/3273709-screen+shot+2013-08-28+at+3.48.27+am.png better costume]] closely modeled on Superman's.

[[quoteright:280:[[Film/BatmanAndRobin https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/victor_06.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:280:Okay, [[VillainsOutShopping he's relaxing at home]], but... ''really'', Victor?]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':

*** The exact same thing was done in the first ''Spider-Man'' Playsation game, if "What If?" mode was activated.

* 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 terrible-looking Akumas, with even his own outfit a target of mockery. It doesn't help that Nooro tells him that the akuma's look majorly 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.

** CLAMP also designed an outfit for C.C. to go along with Lelouch's and Suzaku's. It actually looks pretty good, but unfortunately doesn't show up in the series (she does finally wear it in one of the last Picture Drama features).

* From ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatTheMovie'', we have [[BigBad the Duke of Zill]] and his ridiculous looking, [[Franchise/SpiderMan Mysterio-esque]] fishbowl helmet.

** Also from Marvel, we have Black Talon. ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wkKt_mUc7Ug/SYp9NQK_VDI/AAAAAAAAGgc/Qjt2C1RkTkU/s1600-h/BlackTalon.jpg encounter with him]] says it all.
** And ComicBook/{{Mysterio}}, who wears [[FishbowlHelmet what appears to be an upside-down goldfish bowl on his head]]. This is especially hilarious because he's supposed to be a MasterOfIllusion, yet he apparently has never thought that it might be a good idea to create the illusion that he isn't ''wearing an upside-down goldfish bowl on his head''. Eventually they caught on, and when his illusionary gas was enhanced by Dr. Doom, he went around town with the rest of Franchise/SpiderMan's RoguesGallery in various disguises -- a metal band, a punk band, and a schoolboy -- with the [[SexyManInstantHarem rest of them as schoolgirls]]. They didn't know how they appeared.
*** A charming cartoonist named Katie Cook has {{lampshaded}} [[http://katiecandraw.typepad.com/.a/6a00e550a9fd7d88340120a6310488970b-pi the fishbowl effect.]]
*** The exact same thing was done in the first ''Spider-Man'' Playsation game, if "What If?" mode was activated.
*** It seems that everyone has made fun of Mysterio's headgear -- ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' has Spidey bringing it up if he's part of your team on the helicarrier, for example. In fact, "fishbowl for a head" is Spidey's ''favorite'' method of addressing him.
*** They fixed that in ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' where he loses the fishbowl and instead just has a vaguely head-shaped cloud of fog drifting above the metal device he wears around his shoulders. It's actually rather creepy but still, the beads he wears around his left hand look kind of silly.
*** He's [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation been described]] as having been dressed by the [[CampGay Liberace]] [[SpaceClothes Space Program]].
*** ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' faithfully recreates Mysterio's infamous costume and even has Beck himself [[LampshadeHanging describe it as "ridiculous"]], but manages the impressive effort of [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mysteriofishbowlhelmet.png making it look surprisingly good]], as well as giving a clever reason for ''why'' it's so tacky; it's a clumsy mixture of traits [[FollowTheLeader copied]] from various superhero costumes (Thor's cape, Iron Man's PoweredArmor, Dr. Strange's eye motif, etc.) to go along with Mysterio's FakeUltimateHero bit.
** 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. 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.
** The obscure Marvel comic ''Thunderstrike'' featured a villain named Carjack whose specialty was, well, carjacking. Truly a worthy opponent to the successor of [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor the Norse god of thunder]]. He wore a brown trenchcoat, purple pants, huge boots and gloves, and a Dr. Doom-style metallic mask--with dreadlocks. It says a lot when [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] gives him the nickname "Doctor Dumb."
** ''ComicBook/IronMan'' villain Obadiah Stane debuted in [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_vEKet5xf-Q/VsrcUnLZVQI/AAAAAAAAHF8/lytWMXfV4L8/s0-Ic42/RCO020.jpg quite the crazy number]]. A sleeveless longcoat in purple and orange, [[NoShirtLongJacket no shirt beneath it]], a gaudy pendant worthy of [[Franchise/GIJoe Destro]], and a jewel on his forehead. By the time he took over Stark International, though, Stane had thankfully discarded this getup (including the forehead jewel) for [[ManOfWealthAndTaste more tasteful business suits]] (and, eventually, the Iron Monger armor).
** Screaming Mimi, who went around committing crimes first by dressing as some sort of evil ballet dancer / wrestler, in a belly-exposing pale green number, with a comically oversized ruff and pixie boots, before moving on to a sort of vague "evil scarecrow" look. The upgrade to Songbird of the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' did her a ''massive'' favour. She regards her days as a supervillain as an OldShame for more than just the crimes she committed...

*** Ditto with Abner Jenkins, who, well, he ''tried'', especially in his second suit, but a green and purple bug costume was never exactly going to rank among the greats, and his HeelFaceTurn as Mach allowed him to turn down the bug theme and take some cues from people like Iron Man whose power suits did ''not'' look like failed attempts to design a Franchise/KamenRider OC.
** Loki's... interesting fashion sense gets lampshaded repeatedly in ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'', where the characters decide he must be a {{Hipster}}. Amusingly, he instantly knows who people are addressing when they say "Hipster Viking" - and doesn't seem to mind the nickname. (At this point he's more of an AntiHero, but he's still got an eccentric outfit complete with HornsOfVillainy and black nail polish.)
** As an example of what Silver Age villains could look like, the original X-Men faced a professor calling himself the Locust, with a costume to match. And that was one of the tamer cases.

** [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-ASaRlVEAYGo5A.jpg Great Emperor Dolmen]], despite his blue skin and purple sclerae, wears a poofy powdered blonde wig reminiscent of a French aristocrat and a thick, thirteen-pronged crown.

* In ''Manga/{{Shiki}}'', if you are one of the titular [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Shiki]], if you aren't a mook, you get a fabulous outfit. Tatsumi apparently has cat ears as expressive hair and an outfit that probably gets him a lot of willing female Shiki. Then there's the Shiki who apparently is Vampire Lady Gaga. Sunako has utterly insane hair and a Victorian dress, and Megumi's fashion fails could get a page of their own.

** The Vandereich mostly avert this trope due to them PuttingOnTheReich, but Quilge Opie wears the FVV medal with pride, with round sunglasses, a weird hat, horr How spoon shoes, and a VERY ugly bowl haircut ''on one side of his head''. It's bad enough that [[LampshadeHanging Ichigo makes fun of it.]]

* Envy of ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'', who's running around in a skirt and a tanktop that 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.

** Donquixote Donflamingo takes the cake. He wears an unbuttoned white shirt, obscenely loud pink and orange patterned capri pants, red sunglasses, and a pink coat ''made of feathers.'' It seems to be a theme for his gang, too, as his brother had a similar, albeit black, coat, a silly hat, and makeup while many others are equally off in fashion.

* If you're a female villain or MonsterOfTheWeek in ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', you will have a bad outfit. The rare exceptions are good guys turned into bad guys (Black Lady, Mistress 9) or the BigBad (Sailor Galaxia, Queen Nehellenia, Queen Beryl), and some of them have questionable tastes. This is rather ironic when you consider that many of those outfits were inspired by ''actual runway designs''.

** Xenos, the evil priest king from ''[[Literature/{{Gor}} Outlaw of Gor]]''. Even the fact that he was played by the incredibly badass Jack Palance couldn't make up for the fact that he was wearing a long dress and a hat that looked like an opening seed pod.

** ComicBook/TheJoker as he appeared in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' wore a number of garish outfits that make the character's usual purple suit look tasteful by comparison. While he admittedly looks cool in the [[SharpDressedMan black tux and white bowtie]] he wears in a couple of scenes, it seems he prefers to wear glittery jackets with brightly-colored, half-buttoned silk shirts, and he even spends a significant portion of the movie in a dark purple crocodile-skin duster and baggy blue pants [[NoShirtLongJacket while shirtless]] and barefoot -- and ''none'' of this is helped by the character's metal teeth, shaved eyebrows, and gaudy tattoos. His henchmen look even worse, wearing a random assortment of bizarre masks that have no real coordination or consistent theme.
* Xerxes in ''Film/ThreeHundred'' wears a gold cape and speedo and is covered in gold chains and facial piercings. The facial piercings are a shared trait among the Persians, while the speedo seems to be a universal trait in the film's warped version of reality.
* Ming the Merciless in ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}''.

* Todd Spengo from ''Film/MomAndDadSaveTheWorld''. Then again...everyone on the planet of Spengo has bad fashion sense.

* The BigBad from ''Film/WarriorsOfVirtue'' definitely qualifies as this. And in a movie about ninja kangaroos no less.
* Darius Sayle in ''[[Literature/AlexRider Stormbreaker]]''. Because nothing says "scary villain" like Mickey Rourke in a white pimp coat and Jack Sparrow makeup.

* The villain of Jackie Chan's ''Film/TheSpyNextDoor'' ends up being this after his original outfit is damaged in the opening. Most of the rest of his role in the movie is him being dressed in increasingly tacky outfits.
* Dr. Doom's outfit at the climax of ''Film/FantasticFour2015''. It looks like he's covered himself in plastic bags and saran wrap.

* While he's not exactly "evil", the bit character [[DeliberatelyBadExample Ian Drivel]] from ''WebVideo/PhilosophyTube'' wears an incredibly tacky shirt covered in uncensored {{Hentai}} images and a Deadpool-themed knit woolen hat. The series creator described the shirt as "the single worst piece of clothing I have ever allowed to touch my body".

** St. Cloud, ultra-rich {{fanboy}} and Billy and Pete White's arch-enemy, is an interesting case. His regular outfit (a plum-coloured suit and round glasses) is definitely not an example. However, in his first professional encounter with his nemesis, he dresses up in a truly ludicrous outfit that includes a black robe and a Greek helmet with a cloud and lightning bolts attached (punning on his name). He also has a tendency to dress up as a reference to various media; for example, dressing like a Spartan from ''Film/ThreeHundred'' (complete with painted-on abs) when in Greece in the episode "Spanakopita!".

** Gecko Moriah looks like the result of fusing Dracula with the Joker and a pumpkin.

* Enishi Yukishiro from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''. What's with the blue muscle shirt, Chinese pants, and RoundHippieShades? Does he dress in the dark? * If you're a female villain or MonsterOfTheWeek in ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', you will have a bad outfit. The rare exceptions are good guys turned into bad guys (Black Lady, Mistress 9) or the BigBad (Sailor Galaxia, Queen Nehellenia, Queen Beryl), and some of them have questionable tastes. This is rather ironic when you consider that many of those outfits were inspired by ''actual runway designs''.

'''Dr. Forrester:''' (''in a ridiculous outfit'') What is that supposed to mean?! I'll deal with you later! Back to the drill, Frank. ''You will [[Film/{{Superman}} bow down before me, Son of Jor-El!]]'' '''''[[KneelBeforeZod Bow down!]]'''''

Wait. Is that a ''cocktail dress'' he's wearing? Is that a ''bone'' in his nose? Hoop earrings in his ears? A pink satin turban? Clown makeup? A wig that makes him looks like a glam rocker with a bad hair day? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking A lip ring?]]

This trope comes into play whenever a villain decides to don an outrageous, over-the-top costume, usually replete with [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience Dark Colors]], ShouldersOfDoom and SpikesOfVillainy, thinking it will make him look like a fearless, all-powerful badass. Instead, it makes him look pitiable and ridiculous, if not slightly unhinged.

* In ''Manga/CityHunter'', there's an InUniverse example with one of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villains of the Week]]: after he managed to capture both Ryo Saeba and the girl he was protecting, a fashion designer, said girl accuses him of poor fashion taste upon seeing his clothes; this flusters him, as when they meet later after Ryo and the girl made their escape, he has put up ''tackier'' clothes, and inevitably gets further mocked by the protagonists, to his embarrassment.

** For some, the overly fancy looking ornamental sword Lelouch carried was usually taken more seriously after [[spoiler: he got fatally skewered by it in the last episode]] while others have said that the sword actually ruined the aforementioned scene for them.

* Agon of ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' seems to incorporate everything that screams "douche" (rather appropriate given that he's a JerkJock) in to his look which frankly makes his popularity with the ladies rather perplexing. This is a 17-year-old Japanese boy who wears dreadlocks, sunglasses, and a gold chain around his neck at all times. To say nothing of the huge dragon tattoo on his back and his horrendous clothing choices (wearing an animal print dress shirt to a date is just all kinds of wrong...)

* Envy of ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'', who's running around in a skirt and a tanktop that 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.

*** The Vagan have some of the most goofy villain designs in a ''Gundam'' series. Behold BigBad Lord Ezelcant with his enormous nose, chin strap, and corkscrew hair! Or Zanald Beihart's really ugly outfit with a beard, eyemask, and a hair piece or helmet that resembles a nesting swan.

*** The Trinity Team with their white and yellow spandex bike shorts definately count as well. Nena looks fine in hers, but the problem is that Johan wears spandex ''shorts'' and Michael's own pants are horrible as well.

*** Fuala Griffon thinks she rocks a look via using ''cat bells'' as earrings and putting on a pink spacesuit. She doesn't. [[spoiler:It's a bit understandable that she's gone a little [[AxCrazy kooky]] from being [[ThrownOutTheAirlock spaced]] as [[YouHaveFailedMe punishment for her failures]] before being rescued.]]

** Then there's Harry Ord from ''Anime/TurnAGundam''. Huge red bug-eyed sunglasses aside, his formal night clothes consist of a black and yellow stripped suit, he wears purple star patterned pajamas to sleep and his idea of a civilian disguise is a dorky black and yellow sweater waistcoat over a pink shirt and bright red trousers. However, unlike most examples in the franchise, he is firmly on the heroes' side after some initial misunderstanding and conflict, as his [[UndyingLoyalty loyalty]] lies with his queen, Dianna Soriel, who simply wants to peacefully reintegrate the Moonrace back on Earth and end the hostilities between her bodyguards and the local militias.

* About half of the main villains in ''Manga/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/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]''. 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?

** [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Yoshikage Kira]], [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Enrico Pucci]], and [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Funny Valentine]] suffer from this the least, as Kira wears business suits[[note]]The strangest part of his clothes are the colors and his tie.[[/note]], Pucci wears a priest's robe, and Valentine wears a suit and a BadassLongcoat. Their hair however, is another question:

*** Pucci's hair becomes more and more of this as time goes on. First it's just shore short, dyed white, and attached to his eye brows. Then he grows sideburns and cuts them at angles and shaves geometric shapes into his hair. Finally, his hair and eye brows form a star shape and he grows ponytails.

** The grand majority of recruited Stand users in ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' 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.

*** Oyecomova wears a jacket, a pair of boots, a beret with a funeral veil on it, a metallic {{sarashi}}, and a gladitorial kilt that emphasizes his pale skin and clock-vine tattoos. At least the veil has an explanation, since it's supposed to keep sunlight and bugs out of his face, but then there are the wisps of hair ''coming out of his beret''. There's also his facial tattoos, which are supposed to resemble the American flag.

* 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 [[Fiction500 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.

* This is a specialty of Mamoru Nagano. Probably the best example would be Possoidal, the BigBad of ''Anime/HeavyMetalLGaim''. It takes a special kind of person to wear curtain-rods as epaulettes. And then there's at least half the cast of ''Manga/TheFiveStarStories''...

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' villains have this to the extreme. Tomura Shigaraki's first outfit is literally just a v-neck black long sleeved shirts, red sneakers, and black pants. The only evil part of his outfit is the severed hands that cover a crusty face... and those are the subject of [[MemeticMutation many, many memes]]. Dabi has a face covered in skin grafts, with his costume looking straight out of Hot Topic. Himiko Toga and Mustard literally wear their school uniforms with accessories, while [[LizardFolk Spinner]] looks even more like a Ninja Turtle than Stain does. To be fair, most of the heroes aren't much better.

** The World Nobles wear a ridiculous space-suit like costume with bubbles over their heads (it's to prevent them from breathing the same air as commoners).

* ''Anime/PokemonGiratinaAndTheSkyWarrior'' gives us Zero, a villain so obsessed with obtaining Giratina's powers that [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/3c/Zero.png he wears a Giratina-themed jumpsuit]], including the half-rings around the mid-section and neck. It doesn't help that he has a long neck brace, which due to going down his front, resembles a giant red bib, with a '0' numeral printed onto it.
* Enishi Yukishiro from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''. What's with the blue muscle shirt, Chinese pants and RoundHippieShades? Does he dress in the dark? * If you're a female villain or MonsterOfTheWeek in ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', you will have a bad outfit. The rare exceptions are good guys turned into bad guys (Black Lady, Mistress 9) or the BigBad (Sailor Galaxia, Queen Nehellenia, Queen Beryl), and some of them have questionable tastes. This is rather ironic when you consider that many of those outfits were inspired by ''actual runway designs''.

* In ''Manga/{{Shiki}}'', if you are one of the titular [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Shiki]], if you aren't a mook, you get a fabulous outfit. Tatsumi apparently has cat ears as expressive hair and an outfit which probably gets him a lot of willing female Shiki. Then there's the Shiki who apparently is Vampire Lady Gaga. Sunako has utterly insane hair and a Victorian dress, and Megumi's fashion fails could get a page of their own.

** [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/273218 This flash animation]] gives us Marvel's less than stellar choices in villainous fashions. At least ComicBook/{{Galactus}} and ComicBook/{{Loki}} have an excuse.

** ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' villain The Rainbow Raider, whose armor, wristbands and boots are painted in blazing rainbow stripes. Admittedly, he ''is'' colorblind, so it's not really his fault, but still.

** ''ComicBook/TheWarlordDC'': [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/Deimosdcu.png Deimos]]. 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.
** Sometime during [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks the '90s]], DC introduced ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'s future self from an alternate reality. He started a out as a good guy before being turned to the dark side rather quickly and becoming [[DarkAgeOfSupernames Deathwing]]. He was neither the first Bat-family member to pull a FaceHeelTurn nor the last, but he was certainly [[http://www.comics.org/issue/94232/cover/4/ the worst dressed]]. SpikesOfVillainy. Mullet. ''Nipple piercing.'' Only half a shirt, but an enormous [[TheSeventies 1970s]] collar to compensate. Surely, it all made sense in the mind of a madman. Then, in a shocking twist, it turned out he was actually just some guy who had no relation to Nightwing whatsoever and wasn't really from the future. It was the '90s.
** Keith Giffen's Mister Nebula, a parody of Galactus, might as well be the best example of this trope, considering instead of eating planets, this guy travels around the Universe in his Nebulamobile, redecorating planets according to his own sense of aesthetics, which has a ''distinctive'' tasteless flair. He was originally a particularly incompetent interior designer who annoyed the Lords of Order, and got thrown into an alternate dimension. He [[GoMadFromTheRevelation went mad]] in there and returned more obsessed and powerful than ever, to the point even the JLI couldn't really scratch him. J'onn stopped his attempt to remake Earth in his gauche image by taking him to Vegas and convincing him [[TakeThat we were fully on board with his ideas, but wanted to do the remodeling ourselves]]. [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame Nebula, shedding a tear of pride, accepted]].

** No bad costume list could ever be complete without the [[LegacyCharacter first]] [[http://images.wikia.com/marvel_dc/images/6/6a/Chronos_007.jpg Chronos]] from Franchise/TheDCU. Bright yellow boots; black and white striped leggings (''vertical'' stripes at that); a red, yellow and green leotard with an hourglass symbol on the chest; and a flowing yellow cape with a high collar, topped off with a white wrestling mask that has a clock's hour and minute hands painted on it. Mercifully, the outfit was replaced for his appearance on ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]''.

** Superman's EvilCounterpart Ultraman has worn some spectacularly ridiculous get-ups over the years. In the Pre-Crisis era he wore a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pre-crisis_ultraman_4528.bmp blue bodystocking with massive shoulder spikes]]. In the Post-Crisis era he wore [[http://comicsgen.fr/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ultraman1.jpg footie pajamas with bubbles on the stomach]]. The New 52 finally gave him a [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/6/66303/3273709-screen+shot+2013-08-28+at+3.48.27+am.png better costume]] closely modeled on Superman's.

** Two-Face from the Franchise/{{Batman}} universe often plays with this trope. His whole deal is that (a) he has a split personality with half of his persona being a fairly-sane lawyer and the other half being an absolutely crazed lunatic and (b) half of his face has been burned off, so to both represent his fractured psyche and to match his damaged facial / physical appearance he's usually put in a mismatched suit which is essentially two halves of different suits stitched together in the middle to form one. A common element is to have the 'normal' side be a fairly typical man's professional suit, while the 'damaged' side is often a bit more outlandish, whether it's a non-typical bright colour, a rather loud pattern such as checkers or pinstripes, or... [[WTHCostumingDepartment whatever was going on with the]] ''Film/BatmanForever'' [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4965614_4025718618_bf_2.jpg version]]
** Franchise/WonderWoman's third foe to go by ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} ([[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Post-Crisis]] Barbara Minerva) wears pants that manage to look like they're some type of hideous extra-revealing chaps, since they're cheetah print pants with black outer pannels and she herself is cheetah print while powered up.
** Characters/{{Deathstroke}}'s [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c4/Deathstroke_%28Slade_Wilson_-_circa_1984%29.png classic outfit]] is an eye-searingly bright combo of teal scale armor with orange accessories, including the obligatory "underwear outside the pants" and a pair of bizarre, pirate-style boots with ''enormous'' cuffs on them that fold all the way down to his ankles. The overall impression is less like he's a master assassin and more like he's on his way to a rave. Revisions of his outfit have generally replaced the teal with darker blue or even black, streamlined the boots and given the armor a more modern, plated appearance.
* A lot of Golden/Silver Age villains have costumes which look somewhat outdated today, which is why it's a good thing a lot of them have been updated. They include (and are not limited to...)

* The al-Qaeda leader in ''ComicBook/HolyTerror'' is a 4-foot-tall man whose entire body is wrapped up in robes... which just happen to have beads covering up his arms, feet and face. And the normal terrorists have their entire face except their eyes and mouth wrapped up, making them look like [[{{mummy}} mummies]].

* Lucius Malfoy gets [[LampshadeHanging made fun of]] for his dandy outfits in ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor''. Specifically, after singing a letter "Your humble servant, Lucius Malfoy", he gets the following reply:

* This trope is spoofed in ''FanFic/TheReturn'', where BigBad Alexia and her [[TheDragon Dragon]] Aurora continually dress like catwalk models with OTT fake tans and makeup and are mercilessly mocked by the heroes. Thanks to an EvilMakeover [[spoiler:Dark Mercury]] also comes in for ribbing, but she is acting more as a CardCarryingVillain on purpose so probably feels she needs the rather hideous and impractical get up.
* The parody crossover ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/53202/1/Harry_Potter_in_the_Realm_of_Dungeons_and_Dragons Harry Potter in the Realm of Dungeons & Dragons]]'' plays with this. [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry, Ron and Hermione]] wind up in the realm of the animated show ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'', where much amusement is gotten from the fact that the [=D&D=] kids regularly face off with "a one-horned devil in an evening gown."

* ''Fanfic/HeroChat'': InUniverse. The team brings up the fact that some of the akuma look... bad. Nino is especially annoyed because some of them are ''great'', so it's not like Hawkmoth is just universally terrible at designing villains.

* 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 terrible-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.

-->'''Mike Nelson:''' My name is Pleesance [[Music/{{Prince}} and I am funky!]]

* An example occurs in the live-action Creator/DrSeuss movie ''Film/The5000FingersOfDrT''. The costume the title mad conductor wears at the end is probably the most flamboyant example of this trope ever made. The villain's dress-up routine even [[VillainSong gets its own song]] written about it.
* ''Film/{{Insidious}}'' had the demon with the red face, though it's hard to see due to the shots rarely focusing on his figure until the end of the film, he wears something akin of a tight black leather full body catsuit, with boots with black fur up until his kneecaps, with the hair of a 60 year old and using black earrings. Alone, the demon is much more ridiculous than outright scary, but the movie is capable of portraying him as so.

** ComicBook/TheJoker as he appeared in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' wore a number of garish outfits that make the character's usual purple suit look tasteful by comparison. While he admittedly looks cool in the [[SharpDressedMan black tux and white bowtie]] he wears in a couple of scenes, it seems he prefers to wear glittery jackets with brightly-colored, half-buttoned silk shirts, and he even spends a significant portion of the movie in a dark purple crocodile-skin duster and baggy blue pants [[NoShirtLongJacket while shirtless]] and barefoot -- and ''none'' of this is helped by the character's metal teeth, shaved eyebrows, and gaudy tattoos. His henchmen looks even worse, wearing a random assortment of bizarre masks that have no real coordination or consistent theme.

* Todd Spengo from ''Film/MomAndDadSaveTheWorld''. Then again... everyone on the planet of Spengo has bad fashion sense.

* This is almost the ''point'' of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''. Perhaps the bustier is more of a CreepyCrossdresser thing, but as Frank-N-Furter is [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette so pale]], his green surgical scrubs reflect up into his face and makes him look like a dead ringer for [[Series/TheMuppetShow Kermit the Frog]] in drag, and a grade-A fashion victim.

** The stepsisters as well, taking after their mother. The art book describes their styles as being pleasing if not for a few too bright colours or a few too large ribbons and such.
* The General in the 1964 film version of ''Literature/LordJim'', who sports an atrocious crew-cut hairstyle, a moustache-less beard and, in one scene, a waistcoat, which don't help his General Zod-ish appearance.

* De Nomolos from ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'' is a KnightOfCerebus who is taken seriously. But it's difficult ''to'' take him seriously when he's got a outfit that includes a cape, a giant collar around his neck ''with built-in dramatic lighting'', and giant floppy moon boots. However, FridgeBrilliance kicks in-- aside from coloration, it's very similar to the futuristic attire not only seen on his soldiers, but Rufus and his students. Considering that the construction of two robotic simulacrums of Bill and Ted would've been likely to cost a lot of money (if they even used it in the future), it's possible that he simply stole clothes and spraypainted them black for lack of any other options.

* One goblin villain in ''Literature/TheLegendOfDrizzt'' series combined this with RummageSaleReject -- all his clothing was scavenged at random off slain humans, and he had no idea what went with what. For that matter, he had no idea that bras are female-only.

* ''Literature/TheHermuxTantamoqAdventures'': Tucka Mertslin is a cosmetics tycoon, and a heavily parodied LargeHam. While never the BigBad, she's always intertwined with that plot after some fasion. She dresses thusly
-->''Tucka towered over Hermux in her pink and green lizard skin platform shoes. A huge cone-shaped hat added even more to her height. From the top of her hat sprang a fountain of metallic ribbons that fell past her waist. The shiny ribbons swirled about her body like a swarm of hungry eels and made it difficult to see her face clearly. What he could see of it was unsettling.\\

* ''Series/BabylonBerlin'''s Alfred Nyssen - being a ridiculously wealthy UpperClassTwit - is only seen walking around in the gaudiest bespoke clothing that UsefulNotes/WeimarGermany has to offer - most notably Oxford baggies, extra-wide trousers sewn from sack cloth.

** Skagra, the villain of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Shada]]", dresses in a spectacularly tasteless disco outfit - a belted white tunic, a sparkly fedora, a glittery silver cape, a v-neck and shiny white high-waisted trousers tucked into silver platform boots - while carrying around a carpetbag. In the university district of Cambridge. In 1979, which is when the disco era had just started its terminal decline. Script notes indicate that he was ''supposed'' to look utterly ridiculous.

* Human and human shaped villains in ''Franchise/KamenRider'' either opt for a bussiness suit, uniform, traditional japanese clothes or fall into the trap of ridiculousness.
** ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'': [[TheCaligula Ohma Zi-O]] loves gaudy bling waay too much. While his rider suit has EvilIsCool gold and black aestethic, his civilian clothes have gold and silver tassels, sash, something akin to a traditional japanese suit underneath. No wonder it's the only time he turns up in that outfit and even then it's mostly obscured. Funnily enough, his past self is not inclined towards the gaudy and shiny, but still has a weird fashion sense for very much oversized short sleeved shirts, shorts and belts that were at one point used to drag him around by.
*** White Woz's grey and silver coat with a grey beret earned him the nickname ''french Woz'' and complaints about looking like a Disney movie reject. Coupled with his revoltingly slimy and arrogant SissyVillain behavior it truly is a killer.

* ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'': Boss Iron Claw's giant broccoli-shaped hairdo, scruffy bear and glimmering silver poncho makes hard to take him seriously.

* Wrestling/JimCornette has many colorful yet tasteful, well tailored suits, but no one ever talks about those due to the unsuspressable memories of his [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes cheap, color clashing pastel getups]], especially the canary yellow blazer he later called his "[[InvokedTrope heat getting suit]]" in a shoot interview. And that's not even getting into his "wrestler" ring gear, which was perfectly fashionable in 1920 but worn in the 1980s, where {{underwear|ofpower}}({{modesty shorts}}) worn on top of pants was long out of date. It also must be noted that Cornette does own new millennium specs, but will forever be associated with his 1970s thick framed NerdGlasses. That still doesn't get into his GoofyPrintUnderwear, which has been exposed from time to time, some of which was handmade because the store bought variety wasn't always ugly enough for Cornette's tastes!

* Wrestling/ZackRyder wore bright purple tights with different length pants legs, a see-through jacket (which closer inspection shows to really be an extremely gaudy dress shirt), swimming goggles, and a headband on his first ECW appearance. Just in case that look wasn't bad enough, he also spiked all of his hairs straight up. Thankfully, his outfit became more bearable as time went on, as he acquired solid jackets, ditched the goggles for shades, and found sensible tights.
* The Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance has had many odd designs over it's enduring history but perhaps because fashion is associated with women, people really started to zero in on the fact the women's title belt looked especially over sized on heel champions Tasha Simone and Kacee Carlisle after Wrestling/AmazingKong left for Wrestling/{{TNA}} (it was later switched out for a smaller platted model). Later fans became fixated on the even larger National Heavyweight Title was put on men who bordered between heavyweight and junior heavyweight like Kahagas or Vordell Walker when the NWA switched from primarily promoting weight classes to promoting regions on the side of men's singles. Even some legit heavyweights like Wrestling/JamesStorm looked kind of silly with it.

* Speaking of Wrestling/AliciaFox, during her title reign, she had a nightmarish pink and silver outfit that consisted of a skirt and sports bra covered in fringes and tassels, making people wonder if she'd robbed a piñata from some kid's birthday party. She keeps doing it now she's gone and given herself red hair and insists on wearing the pink piñata gear, giving her the look of a melting iced-cake.
* Wrestling/BethPhoenix showed up at ''[[Wrestling/SummerSlam SummerSlam]]'' wearing a cross between a 50s waitress uniform and a nurse's costume. Sadly she's brought out even more of them since.
* 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/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014''), 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.)

* Wrestling/SuYung has a pair of blue leopard print long tights with holes in the front and back around her thighs, they are held by just a little more than a string. Under them is basically an UnderwearOfPower with a superflous pants belt.

* In the event she [[EvilCostumeSwitch even bothered to change clothing]], a heel Wrestling/HanaKimura could usually be identified if she was wearing all white or 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 [[InTheirOwnImage 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.

* Many villains in the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series. A lot of the Amano designed villains look particularly effeminate, all the way back to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' which gave us Emperor Mateus Palamecia, with his sexy black lipstick and his multi-colored hair. These include...
** [[ViewerGenderConfusion Kuja]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' is the most over the top example of this trope, what with his man-thong. Not shockingly, his original character design was done by Amano, and was one of the few that made it to the final game relatively intact.

** Pattern's still going strong with the Aether Foundation in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''. White-with-gold-trim color scheme, and the grunts all wear weird onesie coverall jumpsuits with lots of pouches down the sides of the legs, plus pure white pageboy caps with gold buttons on the top. One of their Admins keeps the color scheme, but opts for a long double-breasted lab coat thing, complete with cowboy boots and flared pants.

* Almost everyone from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', but special care must be taken to name Shinnok, Quan Chi, Sindel, Shang Tsung in [=MK3=], Kano in [=MK3=], and many others. For some reason they don't seem so goofy in the game (except Shang Tsung and his dorky fighting stance), but if you've ever seen pictures of the actors wearing their actual costumes, it's very hard not to laugh. Most of the Earthrealm warriors look rather normal, particularly dressed down characters like Liu Kang and Johnny Cage. Unless doing everything shirtless counts. Sonya, and the ninjas (well, male ninjas anyway) also look rather normal.

** In ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' [[DeadpanSnarker Cassie Cage]] has an habit of insulting the clothes of some villains, [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu including Elder God Shinnok]].

** Jeanne has nothing on Balder, who wears a ''dead white peacock stole'', a golden quarter mask, and an earring-attached monocle over said mask. [[FashionableAsymmetry And a single glove]].

* One of BigBad Sadler's {{The Dragon}}s Ramon Salazar from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''. Not only does he look like a wrinkly literal {{manchild}}, his outfit makes him look like a mini-Napoleon wannabe that makes it practically impossible to take seriously (if not for his better dressed towering mutant {{mooks}}).

* The obscure Japan-only Creator/DataEast game ''Garyo Retsuden'' takes place in [[UsefulNotes/ThreeKingdomsShuWeiWu Three Kingdoms-era]] China, and for the most part, the enemy forces don't look out of place there. At least until you reach the final boss. Red-and-yellow garb you'd normally expect to see in a superhero comic, wild blond hair, red eye-mask, green gloves...you get the idea. Even better, he's none other than Lu Bu. Yes, ''that'' [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Lu]] [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Bu]].

** A hilarious example in an NPC Black Phantom called Xanthous King Jeremiah (Jeremiah the Yellow King in Japanese). As expected from his BossSubtitles, he [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin wears yellow]] getup, which is about as close an equivalent to a near gold yellow yogist's gear (think [[Franchise/StreetFighter Dhalsim]]) with an overly huge, pointy suppository-shaped turban. Even the ''item description'' snarks about its color which "hurts the eyes".
** The yellow turban however, is a legacy item from ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'', where it is awarded to players who play the role of a Boss in a certain map. While the Dark Souls example doesn't do anything special (except being traded for a very rare ring), the Demons Souls variation gives an increase in magic damage, at the cost of wearing what looks like a [[FanNickname custard tornado]]. Slightly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in that the "turban" is actually itself a demonic creature in the form of a yellow robe which summons and possesses the boss to fight the host player, so looking like it's an entirely separate entity riding on top of its wearer's head is probably quite intentional.

* Pagan Min of ''VideoGame/FarCry4'' wears [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20141204042208/villains/images/archive/9/99/20141204044324!King_Pagan_min.jpg a bright pink, almost magenta suit]]. At one point in [[CuckoolanderCommentator Rabi Ray Rana]]'s radio speeches, he says that Pagan looks like he stole a [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]] halloween costume from somebody, and also on another occasion says he looks like "a metrosexual pimp". According to WordOfGod, Min wears the suit as a [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas tribute to his deceased mother]].

* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'', we have the BigBad [[EvilSorceror Jon Irenicus.]] His outfit somehow manages to combine leather bondage harness, a high collar, and enough empty space to show off much of his muscled body. He looks so ridiculous that it's a good thing he's such a powerful spellcaster and MagnificentBastard, because otherwise he'd be impossible to take seriously. Meanwhile, his [[TheDragon sister Bodhi's]] outfit looks fit for a dominatrix/sex fiend, but her dialogue never even hints that she is TheVamp. Of course, given that [[spoiler: neither of them has a soul,]] [[JustifiedTrope you could argue]] that they've stopped caring what they look like.

* A variant with Handsome Jack from ''VideoGame/Borderlands2''. He wears what appears to be a very nice suit, but he wears it extremely shabbily, with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows and the buttons undone so you can see the smudged T-shirt and vest underneath. He's head of a company and really hates his coworkers, so it may be his way of spiting them. He also appears to be wearing a labcoat under another longcoat, and sneakers.

* ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos'': [[TheCaligula Emperor Geldoblame]] resembles a tarted-up, garish, heavy set drag queen. In this case, Geldoblame's terrible sense of fashion serves to really underscore how much of a deranged, war-mongering genocidal lunatic he is.

* [[TheFightingNarcissist Gilgamesh]] from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' seems to love tacky, ridiculously over-the-top outfits and accessories for his "casual" clothing. Pretty much the only normal-looking outfit he has is the track suit he wears in ''Unlimited Blade Works''. And this is to say nothing of his golden armor.

* Black Mage from ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' heralds his transformation into a walking nexus of destructive evil force by wearing a clown costume. This was not his idea, he just annoyed the dark god who was granting him his new powers, and has suffered numerous jokes about his appearance.

** The antagonists from season 2, the C.C Corporation, are a company in charge with designing suits for superheroes; their fashion designers, [[TheDitz Déborah Levinski]] and [[ButtMonkey Maxcence]], have such a horrible sense of fashion that [[MagnificentBitch Carla]] uses it to push [[DarkActionGirl Cindy]] to quitting merely by ''ordering them to do a relooking for her''.

** St. Cloud, ultra-rich {{fanboy}} and Billy and Pete White's arch-enemy, is an interesting case. His regular outfit (a plum-coloured suit and round glasses) is definitely not an example. However, in his first professional encounter with his nemesis, he dresses up in a truly ludicrous outfit that includes a black robe and a Greek helmet with a cloud and lightning-bolts attached (punning on his name). He also has a tendency to dress up as a reference to various media, for example dressing like a Spartan from ''Film/ThreeHundred'' (complete with painted-on abs) when in Greece in the episode "Spanakopita!".

** He does it again in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'', when he dons a new villain costume as the "Ant King". Ben immediately lampshades how ridiculous he looks.

* Fufu Gauche from ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat'' is fashion designer whose ridiculous and tacky fish-themed clothes that he also wears turned him into the laughing stock of the industry. He planned to exact revenge by forced everyone to wear his clothes via transformation ray.

** Pixellator has an opaque visor with a camera lens for one eye, as well as pink hair on only one side of his face. The pastel pink-and-blue on black color scheme doesn't do him any favors.

* In the event she [[EvilCostumeSwitch even bothered to change 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.