History Main / GoodScarsEvilScars

* Kahn from ''Webcomic/{{EVIL}}'' has one of the variety that goes over his left eye but leaves the eyeball itself intact.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Zuko's scar functions as both a bad scar (making him appear menacing) and good (showing he has suffered). [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished There's also the backstory about why he got it in the first place]], throwing in even more ambiguity. It is also an interesting study in this trope -- earlier in the series, when Zuko is [[CharacterDevelopment worse]], it is thrown into relief more often, making it look worse. It helps here that he starts out wearing a BaldOfEvil, but by far the ugliest part of the scar "just happens" to be under his hair when he grows it out during his quest for redemption.
** Zuko's scar is such a big part of his character that he's both completely unrecognizable and pretty unremarkable [[https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/cap-that.com/tv/avatar/218/images/avatar-the-last-airbender2x18_0942.jpg without it]], as seen in his dream sequence in "The Earth King".
** Later Aang gets [[spoiler:both a scar on his back and foot from being hit by Azula's lightning bolt]].
** Even later, [[spoiler:Zuko gets ''another'' scar on his chest from a partially screwed-up lightning re-direction when TakingTheBullet]].
** [[DefectorFromDecadence Jeong-Jeong]] (who deserted from the Fire Nation army when he realized just how much harm it was causing) also has scars across his eye.

[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]: [[Film/TheDarkKnight Sociopathic murderer]] =\\

* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
** [[BadassNormal Cassandra Cain]], the former {{Comicbook/Batgirl|2000}}, has her entire body covered in scars from her assassin father's [[TrainingFromHell pain-resistance training]]. This ''would'' be a subversion, except that the scars are never actually drawn unless Cassandra is partially or fully undressed. (This happens more often than you would think, but it's okay, she's immune to ComicBookTime and is therefore an adult.)
** The same can be said for Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}} himself as he is covered in scars from his many battles, but they are usually only shown when he talks about them or shows them to someone.
** [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart3 Victor Zsasz]] has dozens, if not hundreds of scars on his body. They're all self-inflicted; Zsasz is a serial killer who carves a tally mark into his skin for every victim he has.
* ''Comicbook/{{BPRD}}'''s Ben Daimio basically averts this -- he has a massive, jagged scar running up the entire left side of his head, and is missing most of his left cheek and ear, so he can't close his mouth completely. [[spoiler:He got it from being killed by a jaguar demon, only to [[BackFromTheDead wake up]] in a body bag a few days later.]]
* In ''ComicBook/CodeNameGravedigger'', a run-in with a Nazi tank leaves Gravedigger with a cross-shaped scar across his face.
* Franchise/TheDCU's Captain Nazi has a long dueling scar across his face that he's very sensitive about.
** As does fellow DC megalomaniac Baron Bedlam.
** Also from Franchise/TheDCU is Lord Havok, an AlternateCompanyEquivalent version of Dr. Doom.
*** An alternate version of Lord Havok is kind of borderline. Not only are his actions ultimately for the good of mankind, but his deformities (underdeveloped limbs and a disfigured face) are much more pathetic than anything else. However, he hides these disabilities behind a suit of "smart metal" and an impressive array of weaponry. He also utterly destroyed his homeland of Russia... to get back at his father, the Czar, for [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas killing his mother]].
* Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}}: After an infusion of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s HealingFactor, the cancer that was killing Deadpool was cured... until it came back full force and left his entire body scarred. As a result of his body fighting the cancer off and the cancer coming back, Deadpool's scarred from head to toe -- and because his cancer effectively ''is'' his healing factor, his exact scars and disfigurements shift and warp. The extent [[DependingOnTheArtist depends on the artist]], ranging from light scratches to discolored patches to full-on tumors (onlookers who don't know what to expect often vomit at the sight of him unmasked). Plus, they work as both since he's somewhere between anti-hero and bad good guy.
** Speaking of Deadpool, there's DC's [[Characters/BatmanDeathstroke Deathstroke]] (Slade Wilson, inspiration for the aforementioned DP), missing his right eye which puts him in RedRightHand territory. On the other hand, he does keep the socket covered 100% of the time, which could be why no one can seem to agree if he's a villain or a good guy (though no one would stretch to call him a hero).
* Perhaps the most famous comic book "evil" example is [[Characters/DoctorDoom Victor Von Doom]]. Accounts tend to vary, but the generally accepted story is that the experiment that blew up in his handsome face in his youth only caused a small scar. However, he was so vain that he [[MinorInjuryOverreaction chose to cover it up forever in a steel mask]]. The ironic thing is that he put the mask on while it was still hot from the forge, which ''really'' messed his face up, and made wearing the mask necessary.

* Inversion: Snake-Eyes, of ''Franchise/GIJoe'', is horrifically scarred with burns from a window that exploded from too much heat and pressure inside the vehicle it was on. He wears a mask -- not from shame, but practicality (when he doesn't wear it, bystanders tend to stare and not do helpful things like duck out of the way of the crossfire) -- and [[TheSpeechless is unable to speak]]. He's firmly on the good guys' side. Though he's the type of person who can [[spoiler:run his girlfriend through with a sword to help her cover]], he strives for both honor and morality in his activities.
** In the ''Reloaded'' continuity, he's got scars all over his body -- bullet wounds, burns, massive cuts. He's also reputedly insane.

* John Gaunt, titular character of the series ''ComicBook/{{Grimjack}}'', who had a classic villain scar to highlight his role as an AntiHero.
** Not to mention that when he [[BackFromTheDead leaves Heaven to inhabit a clone someone else made of him]], an explosion later on creates the scar again.
** Or when he [[BackFromTheDead is reincarnated as Jim Twilly]], he takes a broken glass bottle and scars his own eye, commenting that his face didn't look right.
* [[Comicbook/{{Hawkman}} Fel Andar]], the [[ContinuitySnarl fake Hawkman]], has a generic evil slash scar over one of his eyes.
* In Issue 200 of ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'', protagonist John Constantine received a single 'good scar' vertically upward on his left cheek.
* ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth'':
** [[WellIntentionedExtremist H'el]], the main antagonist, has a scar over his left eye and another across the bridge of his nose. How he got them is unknown.
** [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] has scars all over the left side of his face; which were caused by Superman [[NoodleIncident in a previous confrontation]].
* ComicBook/JonahHex, a morally ambiguous but generally heroic bounty hunter in Franchise/TheDCU's Old West titles, is massively scarred on the right side of his face, to the point where he has stringy strands of flesh over that side of his mouth.
* In ''Comicbook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', Mina's throat is terribly scarred from Dracula's feedings, which plainly were a ''lot'' nastier than [[KissOfTheVampire implied in the novel]]. Ironically, when she reveals this to Alan Quatermain, he's more intrigued than repelled, as he was once married to a woman who'd also suffered neck scars.
* Avoided in ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': Good guy Ferro Lad's face is so scarred that he wears a mask at all times.
** The animated version has another case of good guy with more of a bad-guy sort of scar: Lightning Lad has the scar stopping at his eye and continuing from his eyebrow, ending as a lightning bolt. It glows when he uses his powers. How he got it is unknown, as of the end of Season 1. He's also since lost an arm, having it replaced with an awesome robotic one that can even amplify his powers.
* Oubliette, the daughter of villain Doctor Midas in Creator/GrantMorrison's ''Marvel Boy'', wears a mask to hide her facial scarring; the Evil Scar trope is subverted after [[spoiler:she rebels against Midas, then it's revealed that her face is normal, except for a rather clean fencing scar her father gave her]].
* The ComicBook/{{New 52}} incarnation of Black Manta has three equidistant diagonal scars on his face -- implicitly from his archenemy ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'s trident.
* ''Comicbook/{{Preacher}}'':

* Jigsaw, one of ComicBook/ThePunisher's few recurring foes, is so named because the Punisher threw him face-first through a plate glass window, leaving him with a massive amount of patchwork scars across his face. Making it worse is that he was previously renowned as incredibly handsome.

* ''Comicbook/SinCity'':
** John Hartigan has a distinctive good-guy scar in his forehead... yep, also in the shape of an "X", whereas the villainous Manute has a horrible glass eye [[spoiler:to replace the one that Marv ripped out of him in "A Dame to Kill For"]].

* Flynn "Flyin'" Ryan from ''Comicbook/SteelgripStarkeyAndTheAllPurposePowerTool'' is a Vietnam War veteran with a scarred "R" in his forehead. It was done out of defiance when he and his fellow prisoners were ordered to make an anti-American propaganda video.
* Early in the mid-to-late 90's Image Comics run of the ''Comicbook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Mirage}}'' comic, Raphael has half his face shot off by the Foot Clan and spends the rest of the run resembling [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two-Face]].

* ''Classic'' comic-book example: DC's Harvey Dent (aka "[[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two-Face]]"), who went psychotic after having acid thrown in his face, resulting in massive and freakishly asymmetrical scarring. Half his face is ruined--and, since he's only evil about half the time, this verges on a LampshadeHanging.
** His face has been repaired numerous times, almost always resulting in the dominance of the "good" personality. Sometimes he's coincidentally scarred again, resulting in the return of Two-Face; other times, he's unable to keep his dark half at bay and symbolically scars himself when he gives in to his evil impulses. Only once has an unscarred face resulted in the disappearance of the good side.
*** In ''Comicbook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' his face is fully restored, but the process destroys the good half of his personality.
* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel:
** In the ''Ultimate Doomsday Trilogy'', [[spoiler:Johnny Storm burns off half of Reed Richard's face when he turned evil, though it does eventually begin to heal. By the time of ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}'' it's been reduced to a few small scars]].
** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': John Wraith leads Weapon X, which basically amounts to a mutant concentration camp. Wolverine once slashed him in the face.

** Zato-Ino himself had his snout cut off in his first appearance, and has used a [[RedRightHand carved wood substitute]] since.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
** The [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 pre-Crisis]] version of Doctor Cyber had her face horribly scarred in her first confrontation with Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}}. It is usually hidden behind the faceplate of her PoweredArmor but the injuries left her face disfigured.
** In the ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'' Alcippe has a rugged dueling style scar on her right cheekbone, signifying her heroic but tough and harsh nature.
* ''Comicbook/{{XIII}}'', from the comic of the same name, has a bullet ricochet off his head that [[EasyAmnesia makes him lose his memory]]. The only result, however, is an elegant streak of grey over his temple.
* Perfect Storm from ''ComicBook/XMenForever'' has a huge scar that came right across her face and between her eyes as a result of [[spoiler:Kitty slashing her across the face in retaliation for Storm killing Logan]].
* Havok from ''ComicBook/XMen'' has a large scar running down the right side of his face, leaving his eye intact that fangirls have said makes him look sexier. This scar has since mysteriously disappeared.
* ''Comicbook/YTheLastMan'': Other Beth has a scar running across the bridge of her nose, presumably an impact injury from her plane crash. And Hero's mastectomy scar is a permanent reminder to her of the atrocities she committed as a Daughter of the Amazon.

* ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'': Scarlemagne face is heavily marred with deep gashes.

** [[EnlightenedAntagonist Zaheer]], Book 3's ArcVillain, has several {{Rugged Scar}}s (a cross-shaped one on the back of his head and a Creator/JasonMomoa-esque split eyebrow), likely both to underscore his status as an EmpoweredBadassNormal ''and'' to make him look intimidating. The ambiguity suits him: while he's a serious threat [[spoiler:(almost managing to kill Korra outright)]] during the story arc in which he primarily features, he's also ultimately an AntiVillain[[spoiler:, and willingly ''helps'' her in his final appearance on the show]].
* Lightning Lad from ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2006'' had a lightning bolt scar under one eye that occasionally flashed when he used his powers (lightning, naturally)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'' continues the second movie’s inversion. Kion is bitten by the cobra Ushari at spirit-Scar’s order. Like his brother-in-law Kovu in the movie, Kion struggles with the fear after defeating Scar that he’s becoming like Scar. He’s losing control of his temper and the roar thanks to the venom the bite injected. At the tree of life, he has the venom healed but must accept that the scar won’t define him as evil. Vitani thinks he’s evil when she sees him with a “mark of evil” leading outlanders but both sides figure out the truth that they’re all on the same side when Kiara intervenes in the fight.

Bad guys can also have fashionable scars to go [[EvilMakeover show off their being evil]], which blurs the playing field a bit; more often than not they have big raised slashes (often running up the face, stopping just below the eye, then continuing from the eyebrow up) and mottled, discolored burns. They are not limited to one but may have two or three scars, or be CoveredWithScars; they may have a RedRightHand in the form of a missing eye or ear, missing teeth, or a large chunk out of the nose or chin. Anything they're missing might have an {{Artificial Limb|s}} as a substitute, and in fact they might be so horribly scarred that they generally wear a mask over everything.

* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''Fanfic/{{Sanctuary}}'', where Rayan [[HeroicSacrifice pushes Sarana away from an acid flare but gets hit by it in the process]]. He nearly dies and gets horrific scars that cover most of his body, ruin his face [[spoiler:and render him permanently sterile]]. So in this case, the scars make him look evil, but they're actually a sign of his compassion. (He [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer justifiably]] [[KidsAreCruel angsts]] about it, though.)

* In ''Webcomic/WeakHero'', the protagonist-aligned Alex has a large scar across the bridge of his nose that marks him as a delinquent without sacrificing [[{{Bishonen}} his good looks]]. He's shown with a bandage there before entering middle school, implying that's the timeframe that he earned the scar, but the details of it haven't been revealed.

* [[BadassNormal Cassandra Cain]], the former {{Comicbook/Batgirl|2000}}, has her entire body covered in scars from her assassin father's [[TrainingFromHell pain-resistance training]]. This ''would'' be a subversion, except that the scars are never actually drawn unless Cassandra is partially or fully undressed. (This happens more often than you would think, but it's okay, she's immune to ComicBookTime and is therefore an adult.)
** The same can be said for Franchise/{{Batman}} himself as he is covered in scars from his many battles, but they are usually only shown when he talks about them or shows them to someone.
* [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart2 Victor Zsasz]] has dozens, if not hundreds of scars on his body. They're all self-inflicted; Zsasz is a serial killer who carves a tally mark into his skin for every victim he has.

* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}: After an infusion of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s HealingFactor, the cancer that was killing Deadpool was cured... until it came back full force and left his entire body scarred. As a result of his body fighting the cancer off and the cancer coming back, Deadpool's scarred from head to toe -- and because his cancer effectively ''is'' his healing factor, his exact scars and disfigurements shift and warp. The extent [[DependingOnTheArtist depends on the artist]], ranging from light scratches to discolored patches to full-on tumors (onlookers who don't know what to expect often vomit at the sight of him unmasked). Plus, they work as both since he's somewhere between anti-hero and bad good guy.

* Perhaps the most famous comic book "evil" example is Victor Von Doom. Accounts tend to vary, but the generally accepted story is that the experiment that blew up in his handsome face in his youth only caused a small scar. However, he was so vain that he [[MinorInjuryOverreaction chose to cover it up forever in a steel mask]]. The ironic thing is that he put the mask on while it was still hot from the forge, which ''really'' messed his face up, and made wearing the mask necessary.

* ''Comicbook/SinCity''

* [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Darca Nyl]], patron saint of GoodFeelsGood, is absolutely ''[[http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/2961/blz26.jpg covered]]'' in scars of the good and evil varieties, including [[http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1002/blz47.jpg some on his back]], souvenirs of his old mercenary life. In some scenes they're de-emphasized.

* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** The [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 pre-Crisis]] version of Doctor Cyber had her face horribly scarred in her first confrontation with Franchise/WonderWoman. It is usually hidden behind the faceplate of her PoweredArmor but the injuries left her face disfigured.

* Havok from the X-Men has a large scar running down the right side of his face, leaving his eye intact that fangirls have said makes him look sexier. This scar has since mysteriously disappeared.

* PlayedWith in ''Fanfic/{{Sanctuary}}'', where Rayan [[HeroicSacrifice pushes Sarana away from an acid flare but gets hit by it in the process]]. He nearly dies and gets horrific scars that cover most of his body, ruin his face [[spoiler:and render him permanently sterile]]. So in this case, the scars make him look evil, but they're actually a sign of his compassion. (He [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer justifiably]] [[KidsAreCruel angsts]] about it, though.)

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'': Naturally, the villainous [[MeaningfulName Scar]] has a large vertical scar across his left eye.
** Later inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', where Kovu gains a scar identical to Scar's during his HeelFaceTurn, which functions as a symbol of everything he's pledged not to become. It's then invoked when the other animals treat it as a mark Of evil anyway.

* ''Film/TheFunhouseMassacre'': Jeffrey "Animal The Cannibal" Rameses has a scar on his right eye from when a woman he intended to cut up [[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies and serve to his customers]] [[EyeScreamstabbed him in the eye with a fork]].

** Zuko's scar is such a big part of his character that he's both completely unrecognizable and pretty unremarkable [[https://www.cap-that.com/avatar/218/images/avatar-the-last-airbender2x18_0942.jpg without it]], as seen in his dream sequence in "The Earth King".

* Lightning Lad from ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' had a lightning bolt scar under one eye that occasionally flashed when he used his powers (lightning, naturally)

* In the BigDamnHeroes moment of the Season 3 premiere of ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'', we see that [[spoiler:Charles Ofdensen now has one, from when the Metal Masked Assassin deliberately cut his face in Season 2]].
** After that episode, [[spoiler:the scar seems to have disappeared]]. Brendon Small claimed that there is a reason for this.

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' essentially parodies this with [[EvilCounterpart Evil Rick and Morty]]. Rick's evil counterpart has an ugly looking scar on his upper and lower lip, while Morty's simply has an [[EyePatchOfPower eye patch]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'' continues the second movie’s inversion. Kion is bitten by the cobra Ushari at spirit-Scar’s order. Like his brother-in-law Kovu in the movie, Kion struggles with the fear after defeating Scar that he’s becoming like Scar afterward. He’s also losing control thanks to the venom the bite injected. At the tree of life, he has the venom healed but must accept that the scar won’t define him as evil. Vitani thinks he’s evil when she sees him with a “mark of evil” leading outlanders but both sides figure out the truth that they’re all on the same side when Kiara intervenes in the fight.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'' continues the second movie’s inversion. Kion is bitten by the cobra Ushari at Scar’s order. Like his brother-in-law Kovu in the movie, Kion struggles with the fear that he’s becoming like Scar afterward. He’s also losing control thanks to the venom the bite injected. At the tree of life, he has the venom healed but must accept that the scar won’t define him as evil. Vitani thinks he’s evil when she sees him with a “mark of evil” leading outlanders but both sides figure out the truth that they’re all on the same side when Kiara intervenes in the fight.

* ‘’WesternAnimation/TheLiomGuard'' continues the second movie’s inversion. Kion is bitten by the cobra Ushari at Scar’s order. Like his brother-in-law Kovu in the movie, Kion struggles with the fear that he’s becoming like Scar afterward. He’s also losing control thanks to the venom the bite injected. At the tree of life, he has the venom healed but must accept that the scar won’t define him as evil. Vitani thinks he’s evil when she sees him leading outlanders but figures out the truth when Kiara intervenes in the fight.

* Dr. Blight from ''{{WesternAnimation/Captain Planet|AndThePlaneteers}}'' looks perfectly normal ([[EvilIsSexy and in fact hot]])... until she moves the fringe covering the side of her face, revealing a severely scarred face.

If the scarred person has a {{Love Interest|s}} (and the work is sufficiently idealistic) expect said Love Interest to talk at least once about how they don't care about their loved one's scars.

Compare GoodHairEvilHair, KnuckleTattoos. See also ScarsAreForever, MarkOfShame.

[[folder:Literature]]
* Scarred heroes in urban fantasy/romance is extremely common. Usually the scars aren't disfiguring and may be a wild turn-on for the scaree's love interest. In J.R. Ward's ''Black Dagger Brotherhood'' series, almost every male main character is covered in scars. Zsadist in particular has a nasty ''S''-shaped scar cutting across his face.
* Both Simon and his mother in the ''Literature/AhrimanTrilogy'' have scarring from their battles against [[EldritchAbomination Ahriman]]. Simon's consist of a series of almost kisslike marks up and down his arm.
* "Fighting Jack" Aubrey, from the ''Literature/AubreyMaturin'' books, has a generous assortment of scars which he acquires in large part, during the events of the series. His subordinate Tom Pullings has severe facial scarring, Babbington has an amputated nose (which Doctor Maturin is repeatedly called upon to testify was lost due to frostbite, rather than syphilis), and a number of minor characters have assorted deformities. Maturin acquires serious damage to his hands from French torture (it is implied his fingernails were torn out) that make it harder for him to play his cello, but it got better later on, although only in a relative sense. This is largely omitted in the film adaptation, although Pullings has minor scarring, Midshipman Blakeney has an amputation of one arm, in his role as a composite of several minor characters, and in a reference to the torture, Maturin flexes his fingers before he plays cello.
* Subversion and played straight at the same time. In ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'', [[spoiler:the duplicate]] Thomas Marik is horribly burned across the right side of his body, possibly missing an eye (Artwork seems to vary on this point). However, as a leader he strives for honor and decency, and he is also one of the strongest opponents of the genocidal Word of Blake. [[spoiler:Thomas' scars are cosmetic surgery to make him resemble the horribly disfigured '''real''' Thomas Marik, who is the leader of the Word.]]
** Star Captain Trent also subverts this, as despite being horribly scarred by an Inferno Missile on Tukayyid he is one of the few remaining high ranking Smoke Jaguar warriors who clings to the old ways and tries to remain divorced from the petty politics with the clan, going on to deliver to the Inner Sphere forces the location of the clan homeworlds. Much of the skin on one half of his body (including a large part of his face) has been replaced and is obviously artificial as it is a bit more translucent than normal skin should be.
* In ''Literature/TheBelgariad'', the Murgos are a ProudWarriorRace whose rite of passage to adulthood involves slashing their faces as a blood sacrifice to the [[MadGod insane]] GodOfEvil Torak, which leaves distinctive scars to indicate their zealotry. A friendly Murgo in ''The Malloreon'' sequel series has barely-visible nicks on his jaw as a sign that he only ever paid lip service to the ReligionOfEvil.
* Some of the scalp hunters of ''Literature/BloodMeridian'' bear grisly and noticeable scars, including missing ears and letters branded on the face. A number of these were received as punishment for crimes, emphasizing that while they're the protagonists, they're definitely not heroic.
* Cira of ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' has a scar from the corner of her left eye down the line of her chin to the corner of her mouth, and her body is CoveredWithScars. However, they healed so that her skin lies smooth, and Jerin finds the scars attractive, giving her plain face boldness and character.
* In P.C. Hodgell's ''Literature/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath'', heroine Jame picks up a classic Good Scar in Book 3 (vertical below the left eye).
* In ''Literature/ChungKuo'', Gangster boss Whiskers Lu has had half his face scarred by acid.
* ''Literature/CodexAlera'': [[WolfMan Canim]] Ritualist Marok has arms covered in SelfHarm scars. However, due to the nature of Canim culture and magic in the setting, these hammer home that he is a follower of the GoodOldWays and a good guy. Canim Ritualists have [[BloodMagic to spill blood to work magic]]. [[GoodOldWays Old-fashioned]], self-sacrificing and community-oriented Ritualists will only use their own blood. Power-hungry Ritualists will gladly use [[HumanSacrifice blood from other sources]].
* A young Vlad the Impaler in ''Literature/CountAndCountess'' sustains heavy wounds on his throat and loses part of his ear. It's not long after these events that he makes the jump to AntiVillain.
* Semi-averted in Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's ''Literature/TheCurseOfChalion'': good guy Cazaril has both hands permanently damaged by his time as a galley slave, as well as scarring all over his back (hidden by his shirt) from a near-fatal flogging at the tail end of same. However, other characters perceive these as evil scars, since similar floggings are meted out to rapists and paedophiles. This causes him a bit of bother when he has to use a public bathhouse.
* In the original version of ''Literature/DangerousLiaisons'', after the Marquise de Merteuil's machinations are exposed, she is reported to have contracted smallpox, leaving her with disfiguring facial scarring -- a physical manifestation of her evilness and public shame.
* Father Callahan of ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' has a cross-shaped scar on his forehead; it was supposed to be a swastika, but the Neo-Nazis carving it were stopped before they could finish.
* Subverted with Carnival of Alan Campbell's ''Literature/DeepgateCodex'' series. Her entire body is covered in knife scars [[spoiler:most of which are self-inflicted]], and she also has a thick rope burn around her neck [[spoiler:which is the sole physical remnant of [[AbusiveParents her father's abuse]]]]. Characters who are close to her often remark that she is beautiful in spite of (and even because of) these scars, and that they show [[spoiler:that she really is a kindhearted person despite her horrible reputation]].
* Doom in the ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'' series has a grizzled face, complete with a scar across his eye. He's a good guy.
** And later on, [[spoiler:Lief]] ends up with scars over a substantial part of his face and neck -- such things happen when you have a run-in with a CircusOfFear and almost get brainwashed -- and he remains the good guy he's always been.
* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels avert it to a breaking point with [[TheIgor Igors]]. While they sport horrible scars and work as henchmen for vampires and werewolves, they are extremely skilled doctors with high professional ethics. [[spoiler:In fact, the scars come from their surprisingly ethical principle of testing every medical novelty upon themselves first.]] Female Igors -- Igorinas -- are universally and conventionally beautiful, on the other hand, though they may sport the occasional very fine stitching here and there. It's implied that the reason why they are so beautiful is because Igor surgical skill extends to the field of cosmetic surgery.
** Death's granddaughter Susan also has some Good Scars, in the form of three thin, white marks on her cheek that only show up when she's flushed or angry. She inherited them from the slap that her father received from Death.
** As of ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'' [[spoiler:Samuel Vimes]] has a particularly vicious scar running up his face and across his eye. The scar and accompanying eye patch were actually a plot point in that book.
*** He's pretty scarred up all over from years of chasing guys with names like "Knuckles" across rooftops, something that [[spoiler:Rosie Palm]] brings up while deducing his profession.
** In ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'', 71-Hour Ahmed has a face covered in scars to the point where his beard doesn't grow properly, and Vimes says that there was no way a face like that could be innocent of anything. He is ''not'' actually evil, though; he's [[spoiler:the Klatchian police chief and a counterpart to Vimes]].
* Subverted with Johanna Reyes from ''[[Literature/{{Divergent}} The Divergent Trilogy]]''. While her scar is obvious, ugly by most standards, and even impedes her speech, both Tobias and Tris say it somehow makes her more beautiful and strong.
* ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'': Manfred, one of the first characters introduced in Purgatory, has a scar above his eyebrow that hints at his former life of violence and sin. Despite his scar, Manfred is still noble-looking and beautiful, indicating he is still good despite his failings.
* The [[Literature/DoctorWhoNovelisations novelization of the Doctor Who story]] ''The Dinosaur Invasion'' plays with this: one of the villains, who's doing bad things out of a good motivation, has a distinctive facial scar of the Evil variety, which he got while [[HeroicFireRescue saving an innocent person's life as a firefighter]] before he became a villain.
* Sort of inverted in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' -- Harry gets his hand fried to a crisp by one smarter-than-usual baddy. However, [[spoiler:because the shade of the fallen angel Lasciel was in his mind, a bit of skin on his palm stayed unburnt, in the shape of her angelic sigil. Definitely evil, but also sort of an antiscar]].
** As of ''Turn Coat'', he has also acquired the standard anti-hero eye scar thanks to an angry guy with a knife. This is only one of the more visible ones in his (very large) collection, which also features claw marks, bullet wounds, the aforementioned crispy-fried hand, and marks from having been beaten half to death with a chain. Hell, he's probably gotten a couple of new ones in each book, since they more often than not end up with him in the hospital or at the very least lying on the couch in his apartment, hooked up to an IV. No wonder he's TheWoobie.
** Though Stacy finds them attractive in ''Small Favor''.
** His hand heals noticeably throughout the books, going from practically crippled to stiff to more or less functional by ''Changes''. Waldo Butters attributes this to a sort of HealingFactor which is also responsible for the general long lives of wizards (Harry expects to live to be around 200, unless someone or something kills him off first).
*** So what you are saying is that [[HurtingHero Harry]] [[IronWoobie doesn't actually expect]] [[BeingGoodSucks to live to 200]].
* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' series:
** Averted in ''Literature/{{Tehanu}}'': Therru (good guy) was horribly burned when her natural parents threw her into a fire.
** In ''Literature/AWizardOfEarthsea'', Ged, in a calamitous attempt to summon a long-dead ghost, summons some never-exactly specified evil creature whose first business is to attack Ged and maul one entire side of his face. These scars never leave his face, and so he is reminded every day of his arrogance and the balance that he disrupted.
*** However, Ged's scars are pretty clearly of the attractive-and-fashionable variety; a young man who sees them thinks them "the track of a dragon's claws and the very mark and sign of a hero."
*** Not necessarily, they're described several times as being fairly severe. Murre (the young man above) is impressed by Ged and is pretty naive at the time that quote comes from. Just because he imagines them to be from some heroic feat doesn't mean they aren't disfiguring; it's pretty clear that they are.
* Subverted in ''Literature/TheFirstLaw'' in which more or less ''every'' major character has at least one ugly scar, whether they're good or bad. Logen in particular is more or less one big walking scar and is described as horrendously ugly by many other characters [[spoiler:though his status as a good guy is ''very'' questionable]]. In [[spoiler: ''Literature/BestServedCold'', Shivers has his eye, along with half of his face, horrendously burned. He gets a prosthetic metal eye in its place, but the scar left over is hideous enough to sicken the most hardened warriors. The torture he goes through makes him one of the cruelest characters in the series during The Heroes, which is quite the competition]].
* Averted in Karen Miller's ''Literature/GodspeakerTrilogy'' as the scars that Hekat and Rhian have are '''self-inflicted'''.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** Harry's famous 'lightning bolt' shaped {{achey scar|s}}. It's easily covered up by his fringe. A magical quill in the fifth book gives Harry another scar, this one on the back of his hand, the words "I must not tell lies" in his own handwriting, from writing those words, over and over again, in his own blood during detention.
** In ''Deathly Hallows'', he acquires two new scars [[spoiler:in the same scene: a round one in his chest where Hermione [[ShirtlessScene had to cut out]] the locket-Horcrux that had stuck to his skin, and two snake-bite marks on his arm]].
** Averted with Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody, a professional fighter of Death Eaters and other Dark wizards, who is heavily scarred and disfigured, including missing a chunk of his nose.
** Also averted with [[spoiler:Bill Weasley after he is brutally mauled by werewolf Fenrir Greyback. His face is scarred to the point of resembling Mad-Eye Moody]].
** Similarly averted with [[spoiler:George Weasley when he loses an ear thanks to a Death Eater in the beginning of ''Deathly Hallows'']].
** And in a positively whimsical aversion, Dumbledore claims to have a scar above his left knee in the precise shape of a map of the London Underground.
* Firesong from the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series by Creator/MercedesLackey gets seriously burned across his face by a magical explosion. He gets somewhat depressed about it, since he was the most attractive guy in his whole clan before, and wears a mask, but definitely remains a good guy.
* Jason from ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' has a little one on his lip from trying to eat a stapler when he was two. Lit, Midas' son and bodyguard is covered in them.
* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''Mockingjay'', when [[spoiler: Katniss]] has her uglier scars surgically cleaned up, but is left with some more attractive scars, because she's got to have ''some'' scars to show how bravely she's been fighting. Averted in the end, however, when [[spoiler: she gets only basic skin grafts and there's no attempt to blend them because Coin has no more need of her]].
* Subverted in ''[[Literature/{{Indigo}} Aisling]]'': the witch Niahrin, an unequivocally good character, has massive, grotesque, sickly-pale scars distorting the left side of her face.
* The AntiHero Dustfinger from ''Literature/{{Inkheart}}'' had his face "decorated" by the villain's sadistic [[KnifeNut henchman]]. He has three light, curved lines across his face. The narrator describes this as giving the impression of something glass that had been cracked and then stuck back together. While these do count as "Good Scars", they do cause most people to automatically distrust him ([[WildCard not that their instincts would be wrong]]).
* In the ''Literature/JamesBond'' novels by Creator/IanFleming, James Bond is often described as having a scar down his right cheek. However, in [[TheFilmOfTheBook the movies based on the books]], this scar had mysteriously vanished. Also, one of the Russians, whose timely intervention against 'Le Chiffre' in the first Bond novel ''Literature/CasinoRoyale'' saved him from that villain, left him alive but marked him with the Cyrillic letter Ш (the first letter of the word Шпион, meaning 'spy') carved on the back of his right hand, which ended up leaving a scar that the best efforts of plastic surgeons in the employ of MI-6 could not completely eradicate.
** Bond ''villains'', on the other hand -- along with their henchmen -- are the most scarred-up bunch of mofos ever filmed, and Largo's eyepatch is the only one that could pass for remotely heroic. Le Chiffre from ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' might top them all: a dead, milky blue eye that ''weeps blood'', covered by a jagged, livid scar. Right hands don't get much redder than that.
* Xanatos, the BigBad for half the ''Literature/JediApprentice'' books, has a small, neat broken circle scar on his face. When Qui-Gon attacked Xanatos's father he cut the man's hand and put a notch into a ring he wore. Xanatos ''pressed that ring into his face'', deliberately creating this scar.
* Literature/KateShugak has a faded scar running most of the way round her neck where a child murderer attempted to slit her throat. She ended up killing him with his own knife.
* Played with in the ''Literature/KnightAndRogueSeries''. Michael takes the blame for a rather petty incident in the first book to spare a near stranger the punishment and gets flogged as a result, leaving rather graphic scars all over his back. This is no big deal until [[spoiler:he's rather unfairly tattooed as an unredeemable criminal]] at which point everyone sees his scars and assumes they must have been legal punishment for some unspeakably horrid crime.
* Played with in Creator/DeanKoontz's Frankenstein series. Deucalion, the original Frankenstein's monster, has horrific scarring across half of his face, as well as the expected patchwork scars. He's a good guy, but he's also ''Frankenstein's monster'', and he is still subject to murderous rages.
* Dodge from ''Literature/TheLookingGlassWars'' has a few of these running parallel to each other across one side of his face from getting bitch-slapped by The Cat as a child.
* Averted in ''Literature/MortalEngines'' -- Hester's face was sliced in half as a small child, and the enormous, disfiguring scar that resulted (one eye gone, nose destroyed, lips wrenched to one side) tends to horrify people, but... she's ''[[ByronicHero mostly]]'' one of the good guys. However, there's an in-universe example -- in Pennyroyal's heavily altered version of events, 'Hester Shaw' has an eye-patch and a 'discreet' scar on her cheek.
** Played straight in the film version, where Hester's scar is a lot less grisly.
* Kvothe from ''Literature/TheNameOfTheWind'' acquires a variety of scars on his back as a result of not one but ''two'' severe whippings over the course of a rather short period of time. It's remarked in the book that they are attractive, pale good-guy-looking scars. All of them [[ChekhovsGun but one]].
* In the ''Literature/{{Nightrunner}}'' series, good guys Seregil and Micum have scars aplenty, but in places that can be hidden under clothing. By contrast, the evil Duke Mardus has a big scar across his otherwise handsome face.
** The scar Seregil gets in the first novel is usually covered by his shirt (and before with a glamour) and becomes a plot point in book two ([[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Scar]]?). Even before the MacGuffin that is to blame for the wound gave him...naasty experiences and also scarred Alec's hand when he removed the thing. Alec had no after effects since the magic pattern of the disk was on the side touching Seregil's skin.
** Seregil and Alec acquire many more scars in ''Shadows Return''. This trope is also averted there [[spoiler:when they get their slave marks painfully removed.]]
** Beka also acquires several scars "all in the front". Well, since she's a soldier, ActionGirl, Micum's daughter and more or less Seregil's "niece"...
** Princess Klia looses two fingers after a poisoning attack.
** Tobin from the ''Tamír Triad'' has a half moon shaped scar on his chin, acquired when he was a little child [[spoiler:and Mommy wanted to kill him in a fit of madness. The scar stayed after his transformation]].
* In ''Literature/OneHundredYearsOfSolitude'', Amaranta Buendía horribly burns her own hand in the stove to prove to her mother that she didn't mean to [[DrivenToSuicide drive her first boyfriend Pietro Crespi to kill himself]]. She covers the scars with a black bandage until the day of her death.
* Taizu in Creator/CJCherryh's ''Literature/ThePaladin'' has a classic Good Scar, vertically down from one eye, although it's more severe than many such and goes all the way down her neck.
* Luke from ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' has one going vertically through his eye.
* Possible subversion in ''Literature/{{Redwall}}''; Folgrim in ''Legend of Luke'' has a badly scarred face and a missing eye, yet turns out to be a good guy (once he's broken of his rather horrible habit of devouring his enemies -- said enemies were AlwaysChaoticEvil so the good guys have no problem with ''killing'' them, but they still don't think eating them is okay).
* In ''Literature/TheRiseAndFallOfTheSkyValleyCult'', former pageant queen Syvier has been horribly scarred, and is now an [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]]. She is later revealed to have [[spoiler: mutilated her own face to escape the toxic world her parents forced her into]].
* ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}'' has "Sweet" William Frederickson, who has a full range of evil scars -- hideously disfigured, missing one eye, one ear, most of his teeth and several fingers... Although he is in fact a good guy, very nearly as badass as the titular hero (who has a classic "Good guy" neat scar on one cheek.)
* Pity of the ''Literature/SinisterSixTrilogy'' has scars running down her cheeks, but this was done intentionally by The Gentleman to make her look more helpless and vulnerable.
* Mickelson from ''Literature/SkyJumpers'' has a scar that runs down his right temple to his jaw.
* In the extreme moral ambiguity of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', hero and villain scars are sometimes played straight and sometimes subverted:
** The ferocious and morally ambiguous Sandor "the Hound" Clegane sports a hideously burned face, which has haunted all his life and turned him into the rage-filled drunkard he is. People generally see him as an inhuman monster, but he subverts his villain scars by revealing his underlying humanity over the course of the series, [[ALighterShadeOfBlack especially]] in comparison to [[AxCrazy his older brother]], who gave him the scars in the first place.
** Tyrion Lannister, a deformed dwarf, gets most of his nose cut off by a sword stroke. He was already unfairly hated for his deformities, however, so he thinks of the scar as a bit of a pointless overkill. Everyone assumes that his deformity and scars are proof of his evil nature, and serve to help [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain push him from a basically decent and generous soul into what might be a villain]].
** Beric Dondarrion is patchwork of grisly scars -- and all of them were fatal wounds (stabbed in the eye, speared through the gut, hanged with a noose), but he has been resurrected from the dead multiple times. Since most people don't know about the resurrections, the scars add onto Beric's ShroudedInMyth FolkHero JustLikeRobinHood reputation for fighting for the people and being the man the cruel authorities just can't kill.
** Jon Snow gets cool scars. First he gets his hand burned in a wight attack, forcing him to wear a black glove most of the time. Then he gets his face clawed by a possessed eagle, giving him some cool facial scars that women comment on.
** Although it's yet to be seen, Littlefinger is said to have a scar on his chest gained during a rather one-sided duel with Brandon Stark for Catelyn's affections, [[StartOfDarkness marking the beginning of his transition]] from TheWoobie to a bitter and [[{{Yandere}} somewhat unhinged]] MagnificentBastard.
** Osney Kettleblack has the typical cool anti-hero scars under his eye, but the origin of them is hardly heroic -- he and his brothers were beating up a HookerWithAHeartOfGold and she scratched him. Basically, the scars represent how despite his pretensions to being a cool rogue, he's just a thug.
* Mackenzie Calhoun in ''Literature/StarTrekNewFrontier'' has a scar down his left cheek made by a Danteri in the final battle on Xenex. Kat Mueller has a thinner scar down her right cheek from a fencing incident at Heidelberg. Despite the technology to remove them, neither does.
* Franchise/StarWarsLegends:
** [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Garik_Loran Face Loran]], a Wraith from the Literature/XWingSeries, has an interesting take on this trope. He was a child actor, and in ''Wraith Squadron'' is said to be quite attractive if not for the raised, puckered scar that goes from his left forehead, across the bridge of his nose, and onto his left cheek. In the numerous disguises he takes, he always has to either hide it or incorporate it into the disguise, like when he masquerades as General Kargin, a pirate with "horrible burn victim makeup." He could have it removed with a simple, if pricey, bacta treatment, but he thinks of it as a reminder of what he's done -- he acted for Imperial propaganda, unwittingly helping the cause. After Ton Phanan's [[spoiler:death]] and insistence that Face stop punishing the child he'd been, he does have it removed, but for some time wears a fake scar in the same place.
** ''[[Literature/StarWarsRazorsEdge Razor's Edge]]'': The SpacePirate leader Aral tukor Viest has a scar cutting across the middle of her face, marking her as a rough customer, and wears facial piercings that highlight the scar, making sure everyone notices it and understands its significance.
* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Having fought in a war with incompetent leaders, it should come as no surprise that Kaladin's got a few scars on him (as noted by a lighteyes considering buying him). He gains more in slavery, including a few [[SlaveBrand brands on his forehead]]. When he joins Bridge Four, he gets even more.
* [[TheBeautifulElite Surprisingly]] averted in ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' -- Emily, Sam's girlfriend, is described as being beautiful on one side, but her left arm and the entire left side of her face are covered in scars from when an out-of-control werewolf-Sam attacks her.
* Also averted in Bujold's ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga''. Aral Vorkosigan's L-shaped dueling scar on his cheek adds to his rather thuggish appearance, while his son Miles not only bears an assortment of surgical scars from the piecemeal (emphasis on ''piece''es) replacement of his brittle bones with synthetics but retains one from a needle grenade to the chest that nearly cut him in half. His future wife finds these scars quite a turn on.
* Lijah Cuu from the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}: Literature/GauntsGhosts'' novels has a nasty scar nearly bisecting his face. It "nicely" foreshadows the extent of his treachery.
** Ibram Gaunt also bears a multitude of scars from various injuries sustained in the line of duty. A particularly impressive scar runs across his stomach, which he received [[spoiler:from his uncle Dercius]] in a chainsword duel to avenge his father's death.
* Both played straight and averted in ''Literature/WarriorCats''. Clawface, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as his name implies]], has many scars running along his face. He's a villain. However, [[EnsembleDarkhorse Stonefur]], who has battle-scarred ears, and {{Br|eakTheCutie}}ightheart who has one eye and ear missing and is horrifically scarred in that area, are both heroes. Tigerstar, another villain, has a scar across the bridge of his nose and a split in his ear. Longtail, a hero, has a V-shaped cut in his ear as well. Of course, one has to take into account that almost every character in existence is scarred somehow, but...
* ''Literature/WatershipDown''. In the warren-dictatorship of Efrafa scars are used to identify which 'mark' (section of the warren) you belong to (as the protagonists are rabbits who obviously don't carry identity cards). After his climactic fight with the BigBad Bigwig has so many scars it's joked the Efrafans wouldn't know which mark to put him into, as he's got them all.
* Any number of characters in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' books are scarred, to differing degrees. The main character (Rand), in fact, recently [[spoiler:lost a hand]], and [[spoiler:Mat has had one of his eyes ripped out Towers of Midnight]]. The author is also fond of showing a character's battle experience with scars -- one even has a missing eye, which he has replaced with a patch painted to show a horrifically scowling eye (and if you make him mad enough, his real eye will match it). Another has a nasty scar around his [[TheManTheyCouldntHang neck]], which he covers as best he can with scarves and so on.
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* ''VideoGame/AgeOfConan'' allowed some scars, ranging from discrete cheek scarring to "a bear took a hunk out of my chest". Mostly good alignment in that game, relatively speaking.
* In ''Videogame/AloneInTheDark2008'', Edward Carnby has a rather large, puckered scar over his left eye. It's more prominent than most "good guy" scars, but still reasonable enough to fall into the category. [[spoiler:At the end of the game, when he becomes Lucifer, his scar turns into a super-evil all-out rake-burn on the left side of his face.]] Significant, evil, "I cut my face with glass" scars are also a sign that someone has been possessed by Lucifer in the game.
* Most main characters from the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series have managed to get at least one scar on their faces, either over the right side of their mouth (Altaïr, Ezio, Bayek, and Desmond), beneath their eye (Connor and Arno), or through one of their eyebrows (Edward, Shay, and Jacob). Some characters, such as Bayek and Edward, have multiple scars.
* Taskmaster in ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'' has a straight scar going down the right side of his face, over his eye and eyebrow.
* While the original game's portraits were pretty smooth-skinned, many of the [=NPCs=] in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'' sport scars, including returning ones. In particular, Keldorn and Imoen sport the "over the eye" scar that should be all but impossible without putting the eye out. These can be said to be symbolic -- Keldorn, the grizzled veteran; and Imoen, [[ThePollyanna innocent youth]] having learned the world isn't as nice as she'd like.
* Inverted in ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 3}}''. Vladimir has a hideous scar across the left side of his face and a blind eye. He is the good guy however.
* ''VideoGame/BeyondGoodAndEvil's'' Pey'j has a noticeable scar going over his left eye. Although its origins are never fully explained, he's implied to be a RetiredBadass who used to get into numerous scrapes with the authorities, so we can make some assumptions.
* ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'''s [[TheRival Sabata]] sports what appears to be a scar across his left cheek, starting at the jaw and ending just below the eye -- a classic Evil Scar. [[spoiler:Subverted in that he pulls a HeelFaceTurn toward the end of the first game; double-subverted in that he winds up [[BrainwashedAndCrazy villainous]] again in the third.]]
** That's not a scar. It's not really made clear what it is, but from the characters you see in the games, it's easy to infer that anyone with [[spoiler:Solar Child blood]] probably has marks on his or her cheeks: Django has a rectangular one in the same place as Sabata's sharp one, Aaron/Django from Lunar Knights has one on each side of his face, and [[spoiler:Vampire Ringo]] had similar marks as well. [[http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Nightvol/Boktai/BoktaiDSConceptArt/sabataconceptart.jpg Concept art from Lunar Knights]] that is believed to be [[spoiler:Sartana prior to his death]] also shows such marks. Sabata DOES, however, have a [[spoiler:real scar above his left eye]], revealed in both Shinbok and [[http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee94/BoktaiGallery/5th%20Anniversary%20Book/actionconcept1.jpg early concept art]] of the first game.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Helena Pierce]], [[ThePollyanna T.K. Baha]], and [[GentlemanAdventurer Sir Hammerlock]] all have ArtificialLimbs (well, in the second case, a peg leg) that speak less against their moral character and more of the DeathWorld nature of Pandora. Helena Pierce also has scarring over [[TwoFaced the entire left half of her face]], something mercilessly mocked by [[BigBad Handsome Jack]] and notably no one else.
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** On the Player Character side, Axton has two nicks across his chin and eyebrow that go right in hand with his "grizzled soldier" look while contrasting his [[GloryHound actual personality]], Salvador has a distinct gash on the side of his forehead, and [[MadScientist Gaige]] has has a homemade robot arm after she cut off her original arm ForScience. Finally, [[spoiler:Handsome Jack is disfigured with a massive Vault symbol that was ''branded'' onto his face by Lilith in ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'']].
* Gary, the main antagonist from ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'', had a scar extending up from his eye and through his eyebrow. Strangely enough, the reason for having the scar is never explained.
* Sue from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' sports a scar across her nose of the 'cute and warlike at the same time' variety.
* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes/Villains'' has a few different scarred faces for males and females, and of course it's your choice as to good or evil or in-between. All of these scars either suggest or outright display eye damage, patch optional. Creative players use some of the various markings for face and chest as scars too, or add metal plates, and many are the player-written character bios that mention scarring hidden by clothing.
* Played with in ''VideoGame/DeadInVinland.'' Many of the enemies, from Shieldmaiden {{Mooks}} to the BigBad, have various scars, but nothing especially disfiguring or strange; the Shieldmaiden's scar looks like the XMarksTheHero type. Several members of the PlayerParty are similarly scarred; TheHero Eirik has a thin red scar across the same forearm where he has a sleeve tattoo, [[LadyOfWar Lady]] [[{{Ronin}} Tomoe]] has deep gnarly scars on her upper chest just above the neckline of her outfit (a case of PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars), and [[WhiteMagicianGirl Brother Angelico]] has several small scars just above his neckline as well. [[spoiler: Brother Angelico turns out to be the one place where this trope is played straight; it's later revealed he's AxCrazy and that his back is CoveredInScars from scourging himself with a whip after stabbing people to death and dismembering the bodies. Since he commits both the murders and the self-mutilation during a dissociative state or possibly demonic possession, he doesn't even remember why he has these scars.]]
* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'':
** The protagonist, Agent York, has a small scar on his cheek that he got when (in his own words) he "arrested a Characters/{{Catwoman}} wannabe." It's the talk of the small town he's investigating, and some people are even taking bets on where he got it. [[spoiler: He actually has an extremely prominent heroic scar that covers most of his face, but due to his status as an UnreliableNarrator, it only appears to the player as a notch in his hairline for most of the game.]]
** Sheriff George also has a small, horizontal scar on his left cheek. [[spoiler: It grows bigger every time a murder occurs.]]
* Argilla in ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' has a small scar across one eye, probably to offset the cuteness of her pink hair.
* Adell from ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'' has a pair of straight lines, one on each cheek, in a textbook example of good scars. They're also the reason why he [[HeManWomanHater does not like girls]].
* In ''VideoGame/DragonFable'', [[spoiler: Konnan]] has burn scars that nearly cover his face in Chapter 2. However, he's mostly on the here's side during that chapter, whereas he was evil previously, so they could fall in the "mark of shame" category for what he'd done.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
** To a degree in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' and more so in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', facial scars are an option for your PlayerCharacter during creation. These range from small, somewhat clean blade cuts to borderline ''mutilations''. Whether these are good or evil is up to how you play.
** Series' recurring character Jiub has a gruesome scar over his eye that looks very much like an "evil" scar. Played straight initially, as he was a [[FantasticDrug skooma addict]] and freelance assassin before ending up in prison. After his release, he sought to [[TheAtoner atone for his "sordid" life]], and became a [[LegendaryInTheSequel legendary hero]] by eradicating the [[TakeThatScrappy much reviled]] [[GoddamnBats Cliff Racers]] from Vvardenfell, subverting it.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}'', several of the Assault hunters have scars. Hyde, the HeroicComedicSociopath, has a large burn scar on his face and is missing an eye. Markov, the amiable DeathSeeker, has a large cybernetic covering the that was lost during the attack on his colony. Torvald has heavy scarring across his torso from when he was torn apart. On the monster side, the Goliath has several scars across its chest and abdomen, befitting its nature as the most primal of the monsters.
* Quite a number of the characters in ''VideoGame/FarCryPrimal'' have scars of some type. Jayma the [[NeverMessWithGranny elderly huntress]] has scars on her cheek from wolf bites and scratches on her arm from bear attacks, and actually chides [[TheBeastmaster Takkar]] for not having any scars himself. Tensay the [[WitchDoctor shaman]] has burn marks on his left arm from when he was a slave of the {{Pyromaniac}} Izila tribe, but due to the fact that he wears white paint on his body, you can't tell until he shows you. Karoosh the [[BoisterousBruiser warrior]] has one eye [[EyeScream scratched out]] by Mog, the [[AllCavemenWereNeanderthals Udam]] who [[OutlivingOnesOffspring killed his son]]. And Wogah the [[TheBlacksmith craftsman]] has a scar over his belly, though the fact that he's also [[AnArmAndALeg missing a lower arm]] overshadows this. On the evil side, [[BadassInCharge Warchief Ull]] of the Udam has a [[FacialHorror partially-melted face]], due to being attacked with Izila fire arrows, which makes him look inhuman and disturbing. Batari, the [[HighPriest Sun Daughter]] of the Izila, has a small line of ritual scarification crossing the bridge of her nose, appropriately for someone with a vaguely Afrocentric appearance.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', Setzer has ''many'' scars, but since he's a good guy, they're all clean, non-disfiguring hero scars.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' Zack Fair has a small, clean [[XMarksTheHero x-shape scar]] on his jaw. From the same game, Red XIII / [[AccidentalMisnaming Nanaki]] mentions his many battle scars at one point when Cloud and company are discussing the mysterious men in the Black Cloaks and what [[MadScientist Professor Hojo]] might have done to them.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' plays the trope a little more subtly: Squall has a standard hero scar running diagonally across his forehead and between his eyes. His [[TheRival rival]] Seifer has an identical scar, which would also be a hero scar... if it weren't a mirror image inverse of Squall's, the two of them having mutually scarred one another in the opening FMV.
** Auron, a major good guy from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', has a vertical scar running down one side of his face over his eye. It's a bit more disfiguring than the other Franchise/FinalFantasy examples listed, and includes some damage to the eye itself (mostly hidden behind dark glasses), but is still recognizably a hero scar.
** Basch, a good guy from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', has a non-disfiguring scar on his forehead which he received during his wrongful imprisonment. His back and shoulders are a bit of a mess, however, as seen during the [[ShirtlessScene Barheim Passage segment]] -- still hero scars, though.
** Gladiolus from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' has a clean hero scar vertically across one eye, [[spoiler:and winds up with another across his chest and forehead respectively, leaving him with [[XMarksTheHero a classic hero scar]]]]. [[spoiler: Ignis is not so lucky: after [[EyeScream being blinded]], he winds up with a large, raised patch of scarring over his left eye, along with a few assorted nicks here and there.]]
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** Saix, TheDragon in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' has a similar X scar. Xigbar also has a heavily scarred face as well as an EyepatchOfPower.
** In the prequel, ''Birth by Sleep'', Eraqus, the heroes' mentor, has scars on his eyebrow and cheek. He's about as scarred as Xigbar, but, being a hero, his scars are light. And speaking of Xigbar, we see how he got his scars in the game.
** Squall and Seifer also show up, and their scars still match despite the fact that they have no connection in this universe.
* Vaida, the BrokenBird from ''Franchise/FireEmblem'', has a huge scar over the left side of her face. She starts out as a villain, but your Lord can [[HeelFaceTurn make her join their side]], and her supports reveal that she's no softie but ''does'' have feelings, as well as a fierce loyalty to those she cares for.
** Also, there's Hector's brother, Uther, with a scar across his forehead and another one across his nose. Black Fang's Legault has a double scar across his left eye, and Brendan Reed has dozens of them on his face alone. In contrast, the BigBad, Nergal, has [[spoiler:a bunch of really nasty burns all around his eye, which he hides with a turban]].
*** Let's not even get started on Oguma's X-shaped scar on his cheek...
** Interestingly, Zihark from Path of Radiance has one on his right cheek; literally the only good guy that has one (even though they all fight every other day!).
* ''Website/GaiaOnline'' has at least three examples, two straight, one subverted (maybe).
** Edmund shows the classic Good Scar: an X on his forehead.
** Zhivago the PsychoForHire vampire assassin has an obvious Evil Scar on the left side of his face.
** Marie Von Helson returned after a [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat skyscraper fell on her face]] with an Evil Scar over one eye. Possibly subverted, as she hasn't been particularly evil since then.
** A minor example of Good Scar is Sam, from the Body & Parts shop. While she still doesn't hold a great importance to the plot, she is seemingly good.
* Marcus in ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' has a number of scars but his most notable one would be a strong line running down his cheek which a number of vertical lines running down it, possible due to poorly done stitches or they're just deep wrinkles.
* In ''VideoGame/GodOfWarI'', [[VillainProtagonist Kratos]] sports a crudely stitched up scar over his right eye. When he gets stabbed through the stomach in [[VideoGame/GodOfWarII the sequel]], he gets another on his torso.
* Baiken, of the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' series, lost her right arm and an eye when she was a little girl, leaving her a good character with Evil Scars.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' the somewhat titular protagonist lost his left eye when he was brutally murdered in the backstory. In place of his eye, he now has a really large, patchy scar, which is partially covered by the blacked out lens of his glasses.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', on the final level, a close-up of Sgt. Major Avery J. Johnson is shown. His face appears to be somewhat scarred. However, it is possible that this was not scarring, but [[spoiler: him being distraught about the death of Miranda Keyes]].
* Norman Jayden from ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' has a clean scar across his cheek. Its origin was going to be explained in DLC content that was indefinitely postponed.
* ''VideoGame/InFAMOUS2'': Cole [=McGrath=] is sporting a somewhat noticeable scar.
* Gato, a morally conflicted but typically antagonistic character of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' series, has three large, parallel scars on his back, apparently the result of a bear attack. The scars are typically covered up by his shirt.
** Geese Howard, following the events of the original ''VideoGame/FatalFury'', has a nasty scar on his back, received when he was thrown off the top of Geese Tower. He shows it off in his intro pose.
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''.
** Ont of the most over-the-top examples is Darth Sion (appropriately called the Lord of Pain). Early in the game, a medical officer reports several THOUSAND fractures in his skeleton. Combined with that creepy music and the general dark nature of the game, it'll send chills down your spine. Doubly creepy later on when it becomes obvious that these injuries and scars are all self-inflicted; it's implied that Sion has mastered using pain as a source of power the way most Sith Lords use anger and passion; it would seem to work, he's effectively immortal unless [[spoiler:someone convinces him that letting go and allowing his body to die is preferable to his existence]].
** Darth Malak wears a metal mask for most of the game, concealing the lower half of his face. When he's finally shown without it, it's more horrifying than any simple scar could be. It's not that he hides something underneath it, it's what ''isn't'' there -- he's [[BodyHorror missing the entire jaw]]...
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', [[BigBad Ganondorf]] has a large, glowing scar on his chest. A flashback reveals that he got it by surviving an execution attempt from a sage wielding a sword made out of HardLight. The scar is also Ganondorf's [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak point]], and must be struck several times in order to kill him.
* Averted in ''Franchise/MassEffect'': the player can create a character with scars that range anywhere from tiny and stylish to monstrous gashes, and their character's alignment is up to the player.
** Interestingly, no matter what background you select for Shepard, the manner in which you got that scar is never addressed.
** The sequel has a great deal of fun with this. First Mordin has a classic [[XMarksTheHero X-shaped]] scar and is missing the tip of one of his cranial horns, then Garrus gets some facial injuries that become evil-looking scars during your initial encounter with him, although he's a good guy. Even Commander Shepard him/herself falls to this: you get small facial scars at the start of the game, and you actions determine what happens. Doing [[NeutralGood Para]][[MessianicArchetype gon]] actions will make the scars look a lot softer to the point where they'll [[BeautyEqualsGoodness disappear completely]]. Doing [[ChaoticNeutral Rene]][[AntiHero gade]] actions will cause some [[RedRightHand gnarly looking evil scars, eventually becoming massive burns]] and your [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes will turn red]]!
** Jack also has some scars mixed in along with the {{tattoo|edCrook}}s. From the [[http://i46.tinypic.com/2q3usqr.jpg precision and locations]], they appear to be surgical scars from her time at the Teltin facility.
** [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Wrex]] has a series of scars on the right side of his face that make him look evil, fitting his TokenEvilTeammate status of the first game as a bloodthirsty mercenary. If he survives the first game, he becomes a full on good guy leading his race to a brighter future.
** Mostly averted by Kaidan. Despite having undergone a series of painful and slightly traumatic operations in order to receive his (dangerously outdated) L2 implants, and being an active long-term member of the Alliance military, he of all people would be expected to sport numerous scars of various types, but [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/annakie/4396434255/sizes/l/ the few he has]] are only noticeable under certain lighting conditions if your graphics are set to maximum. Though Thane claims that he was able to recognize Kaidan as a biotic immediately due to his implant scars, so they seem to be [[InformedDeformity invisible only to the player]]. [[FridgeBrilliance The lack of combat scars makes sense]] considering he's both a biotic and a [[CombatMedic field medic]]. In the rare case when something did get through his barriers, he'd know how to treat his injuries to keep scarring from becoming an issue.
** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' DownloadableContent character Zaeed Messani is scarred on the entire right side of his face, with a deep evil scar gouge crossing his whitened eye as a souvenir from [[spoiler:being ''[[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain shot in the head at point blank range]]'']]. He's definitely [[VillainProtagonist not what you'd]] [[SociopathicHero call heroic]].
** This is a bit of a weird example because they're not an organic being, but your geth teammate [[MindHive Legion]] was left with a large chunk of their chest missing after being shot by a panicky human who assumed he was one of the "heretic" geth. They patched it up (slightly) with a piece of Shepard's old armor. The large chunk of black armour with the N7 markings also serve to distinguish them from other Geth platforms.
** BigGood candidate Admiral Hacket has a collection of facial scars that hint at his service record.
** From ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'', teammate Jaal Amal Darav comes with a visible gash on the left side of his face (the reason for which is never given). Depending on the player's choices, he may well end up with a small scar on his right cheek at the end of his loyalty mission.
* Sigma from the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' games has purple facial scars despite being a robot (and having more than one body throughout the course of the series). Originally he got them when a crazed Zero tore up his face in a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown (more severely than what one would conclude from the scars), but this was retconned so that they were from X clawing at his eyes with a white-hot hand. In the manga, they're self-inflicted using the heat from his FingerFirearms.
** In ''Mega Man X7'' Red (bad guy) has a lightning bolt-shaped gash starting from his forehead and ending below his missing right eye, while Axl (good guy) has two clean, straight scars forming an X across the bridge of his nose. Both are robots.
* Colonel Volgin from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' has deep scars all over his face (and presumably his entire body), and The Pain's face is one big bee sting.
** [[spoiler:{{Fallen Hero}}es]] Major Zero and Big Boss both have scars across the eyes, with Big Boss ''lacking'' his eye. As of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'', Big Boss,[[spoiler: or rather his body double Venom Snake,]] now firmly established as an AntiVillain [[VillainProtagonist Protagonist]], sports more than a few thin scars across his face, as well as a [[ArtificialLimbs prosthetic left hand]] and a piece of shrapnel embedded in his forehead [[HornedHumanoid in the shape of a horn]].
** The Boss also has an impressive scar on her abdomen [[spoiler:from a C-section]].
** It's said that [[AxCrazy The]] [[SociopathicHero Fury]] has burn scars on over 90% of his body, but not his face.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'': Skull Face, the villain who blew up Snake's Mother Base and put him in a coma, truly lives up to his name; his face is pretty much nothing ''but'' burn scars, in addition to a GlasgowGrin, and he overall looks as if he's ''rotting.''
* The younger Sub-Zero from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' got a scar running from above his eye downwards between ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3''. As the series progressed, he became [[LegacyCharacter a substitute for his older brother]] and became much more heroic.
* During the interim of ''{{VideoGame/Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', the result of Akihiko Sanada's global journey has left him with several sets of jagged but otherwise neat scars all over his arms and his torso.
** The sequel, ''Ultimax'', introduces Sho Minazuki, who has an X-shaped scar on his face. It's actually smaller and neater than many of Akihiko's scars, but he's the BigBad.
* Soldier:76, aka Jack Morrison, has some facial scaring from the explosion that destroyed [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Overwatch's]] former headquarters; one across the bridge of his nose, one over his mouth, both of them neatly healed cuts. In his default skin, these are hidden behind his mask and visor. Before his face was revealed in the origins trailer, some [[NothingIsScarier fans speculated the scarring from the explosion might be ''much'' worse]] [including but not limited to second degree burns, skin grafts, scar tissue, blindness, etc...].
* Averted in ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', in which the protagonist, known only as The Nameless One, is scarred horribly all over his body -- his skin is almost literally ''made'' of scar tissue from all the wounds he's taken over his millennia-long existence. You can play him as a villainous monster, but the possibility exists for him to be the [[TheCape capiest cape that ever put on a (metaphorical) cape]].
** However, conversation options reveal that [[ICallHimMisterHappy at least one part of him]] is (against all odds) completely intact.
* During the course of events in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', Leon gets a small cut across his otherwise perfect face during a knife fight. Contrast his [[TheRival rival]] antagonist Krauser, who already has several scars along his face and lips.
** And then Krauser gets another one straight across his chest after a lengthy knife fight with Leon.
** Jake Muller of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' has a long, but otherwise clean scar going down his left cheek towards his neck.
** In her epilogue in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'', Ada Wong, the series' resident [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor morally ambiguous]] FemmeFatale, is shown to have a long, straight, and apparently deep scar stretching along the right side of her ribcage. However, no mention of the scar has been made since.
** Due to a device being forcibly ripped off of her, [[spoiler:Jill Valentine]] gets an unusual burn-like scar with pin pricks on her chest, courtesy of a boss fight in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5''. It presumably remains there. In this case, she was BrainwashedAndCrazy.
* [[SkyPirate Vyse]], the main character of ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' has a neat little scar under his left eye. In [[UpdatedRerelease Legends]], it is explained he received it via a knife thrown by [[spoiler:Piastol, AKA the Angel of Death, when they were younger.]]
* In ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur V]]'', the [[CharacterCustomization character editor]] allows you to place facial scars on your character, with most of them heroic-looking, like a neat scar across the cheek or a vertical cut through the eye. The closest thing to evil-looking you can get is a nasty scar with stitches running horizontally across the face, across the nose.
** From the series, WarriorMonk Kilik has a neat checkmark scar below his left eye, and Mitsurugi has a bullet wound scar on his left shoulder. The latter's scar is a ContinuityNod to his ending in the first game ''Soul Edge,'' where he challenges a gunman to a duel; you can fail or succeed against him in the game, but the fact that the scar exists later on notes that he canonically got shot during the duel. Siegfried starts the series with a pretty boy's face but come his return in the original ''Calibur'', he sports a long vertical scar over his left eye, speculated to have been gained during his battle with Souledge/Inferno at the end of ''Soul Blade''.
* In ''VideoGame/Splatoon'', the main villain Octavio has an x shaped scar on his left tentacle-arm. This scar is also present on the tentacles that serve as weak points on bosses.
* ''VideoGame/StarFox2'' was the first game to feature Wolf O'Donnell, Fox's EvilCounterpart. However, thanks to [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment how long Nintendo kept it on the shelf]], it wasn't the game that introduced the character to fans. Originally, Wolf had a very large, vertical scar over his right eye. All of his later incarnations instead have some kind of [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatch]] over his ''[[{{Retcon}} left]]'' eye instead.
** ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault'' brought us Panther Caroso, a suave ladies' man, who has a large white cheek scar on the right side of his face. It greatly resembles a DuelingScar, but there has so far been no indication how he got it. However, the worst that could be said of him is that he is mercenary in his pursuits and not above being a [[TheCasanova shameless]] yet [[ChivalrousPervert noble]] flirt besides.
* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', from what we've seen so far, tends to use massive scarring to indicate a badass. Both [[{{Determinator}} Jace Malcolm]], the Republic trooper who founded [[TheSquad Havoc Squad]], and [[NobleDemon Darth Malgus]] have major facial scarring... mostly from the times they've encountered each other. ''Especially'' the time Malcolm detonated a grenade in ''melee combat''.
** During character creation, all manners of scars are available, from simple, stylish cuts to burn-victim scars an ones that channel [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]]. What manner you play your character is still up to you. At the same time, there is a huge discrepancy in the amount of {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PCs you encounter with Bad Scars on the [[TheEmpire Sith Empire's side]] and [[TheFederation the Republic's]].
* In the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' universe, Sagat (a morally ambiguous fighter, but usually either the final or penultimate fight) has both a missing eye and a giant scar on his chest, the latter of which Ryu, his rival, gave him with his signature Shoryuken. Although he's presented as a ProudWarriorRace guy (and ArrogantKungFuGuy, oddly enough), his boss status means that he's a DesignatedVillain.
** He ''did'', however, kill Dan's father. And he works for Bison...
*** Note that in the case of Dan's dad... [[spoiler:according to a {{Retcon}}, Sagat killed Go Hibiki because he ripped his eye off during a fight, which sent Sagat into an UnstoppableRage. Sagat was ''not'' happy when he calmed down and found out]]. And about Bison, it's also retconned into him being more confused, misguided, and ''extremely'' pissed off, rather than evil and fully converted to Bison's cause.
*** In addition, he made a HeelFaceTurn, choosing to be a WorthyOpponent rather than a RivalTurnedEvil, way back in ''VideoGame/{{Street Fighter|Alpha}} [[{{Prequel}} Alpha]]'', which retconned his appearance in SFII as not actually working for Bison after all. Going back to Dan's dad, Dan coming after Sagat for revenge was what caused him to realize his hatred was destroying him and led him to his HeelFaceTurn in the first place.
** On the good scar side, Cammy's manages to make an overly muscular woman downright ''adorable''.
** [[HuskyRusskie Ah, comrade!!]] [[BoisterousBruiser Zangief]] will be the first to tell you that no scars are as good as those earned when wrestling bears for Mother Russia! Hahaha!
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars64'': Brad Skywind has a cross shaped scar on his forehead, and though people label him a "bad boy", he's a good one.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' has the Sniper, who was previously unscarred but received a cut on his nose and cheek after being slashed in the face by [[KnifeNut The Spy]] in the course of "Meet The Spy." Whether this is a heroic or villainous scar depends on one's personal opinion of Snipers in the game; in-universe he can be either a ColdSniper or a FriendlySniper depending on circumstances.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''
** Sergei Dragunov has several scars, his most notable being the one that runs through his lips and down his chin. He also sports one across his nose, and, if one opts to make him shirtless via customization in ''Tekken 6'', it can be seen that he sports numerous ones over his torso and arms, including a bullet wound on his left shoulder. He isn't exactly a bad guy, but he is at least morally ambiguous.
** Kazuya Mishima, occasional BigBad of the series, sports a large diagonal scar running across his chest in the first two games. However, upon being thrown into a volcano and subsequently coming BackFromTheDead, he now has additional (and numerous) scars all over his body. His father, Heihachi, also sports a large cross-shaped scar on his chest.
** Also, Raven has a large X-shaped scar across the middle of his face.
** Steve Fox has a very large, raised scar that runs pretty much the entire length of his arm.
** Marshall Law, in the later games, has three claw-marks that run across his chest, although this is clearly a nod to [[BruceLeeClone Bruce Lee's famous scars]] in ''Film/EnterTheDragon''.
** Lars Alexandersson has two facial scars: one through his left eyebrow, and one on his cheek.
* Rikimaru, playing character from ''VideoGame/{{Tenchu}}'', sports a scar over the right eye.
* ''VideoGame/UruAgesBeyondMyst'' features Nekisahloth, leader of the HeWhoFightsMonsters Bahro, who's got this big scar where [[spoiler:[[EvilutionaryBiologist Esher]]]] removed a patch of his skin.
* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'':
** The first game both plays this straight and subverts it. On the one hand, the hero Geralt has the stylish rugged variety of scars on his face, notably a large scar which crosses over (but does not damage) his left eye. His body, however, is covered with a horrific collection of claw-marks, stab wound scars and what looks like what's left of a torn off nipple. Fellow Witchers also have scars, and while most are also of the rugged variety, [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080923012432/witcher/images/8/86/People_Eskel_full.png Eskel]] has a truly horrific scar completely covering half of his face, though he is as [[GreyAndGrayMorality close to good as it gets]] in this world as well as a pretty [[NiceGuy decent bloke]].
** In [[VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings the sequel]], Letho and Iorveth have extensive scars. Letho has scars crisscrossing his whole head, it almost looks as though someone tried to scalp him but didn't get the job done. Iorveth, has a very large scar covering half of his face, which apparently destroyed one eye. He covers the scar with a [[NiceHat special hat]] that covers part of his face.
* Osamu Kashiwagi from ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' has a deep evil-looking scar running across his face under his eyes. Subverted because he's one of the more calm and respectable members of the clan and was Kiryu's senior back when he was starting out in the yakuza.
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* Yukito in ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'' has a sword slash across his back from his [[{{Reincarnation}} past life]], which is always hidden. Good guy.
* Kaoru in ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi'' has some rather unsightly scars coming from his grandfather's physical abuse. As with most Good Scars though, you can't see them unless he takes off his shirt.
* [[PyroManiac Nice Holystone]] of ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' has burn scars all over her arms and part of her face following an explosives accident when she was little. The reason why her [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend childhood friend]] Jacuzzi Splot prominently tattooed his face was to draw attention away from her scars. Before you think this is a subversion, remember that ''no one'' in ''Baccano!'' [[BlackAndGrayMorality is 100% good]].
* Guts from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' has a small scar across the bridge of his nose, given to him by adoptive father Gambino when he tried to kill him.
** He's gained progressively more all over his face and entire body over the course of the story from numerous fights against demons. And he's missing an arm [[spoiler:which he hacked off himself]], and eye (which is depicted as permanently closed).
*** The eye is probably always closed because it's still in the socket, but being punctured by a demon's claw makes it completely useless.
** Casca also gains a number of small scars from her battles in the series. During [[spoiler:her sex scene]] with Guts, he spots them, and she feels ashamed of them at first, given the situation, but he's unfazed and finds her all the more admirable for it.
* Played straight with ''Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName''[='s=] Giou Takashiro who has a scar on his left cheek, which he got from his former friend [[BigBad Reiga]].
** Subverted with Usui Shuusei who is most definitely a very good guy (though a slightly [[StepfordSmiler broken]] one). He has some very nasty, discolored and badly-healed burn marks on his upper body from when he [[spoiler: interrupted Hotsuma's suicide attempt]].
* Hinako Aikawa, female lead of ''Manga/BitterVirgin'' has a scar on her stomach which is the result of a C-section. Hinako was a victim of [[AbusiveParents sexual abuse]] to the extent that she got pregnant ''twice'' before the age of 16. We see it only twice in the course of the series.
* In ''Manga/BlackJack'' Dr. Kuroo Hazama aka Black Jack is a good guy who sometimes poses as a bad guy to keep his reputation... and is ''massively'' scarred all over his body and face, to the point his skin has some different colored spots. [[spoiler:He actually got these scars as a child, when a bomb exploded and almost killed him and his mother; he decided to become a doctor after finishing his rehab.]]
* Balalaika, ''Manga/BlackLagoon'''s resident MagnificentBastard, has a huge scar down the right side of her face (and body) from having survived a point-blank frag grenade in the Afghanistan war. The scar has given her the derisive nickname "Fry-face" amongst the Roanapur gangster community, which is only spoken in her presence by people with a death wish. Although a villain by anyone's standard, she never actively antagonizes the {{villain protagonist}}s and indeed hires them on several occasions.
** Her [[TheDragon Dragon]], Boris, has what looks like a knife scar across his nose.
* Manji from ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal'' has three separate scars traveling the length of his face. One goes horizontal through his forehead, one horizontal through the bridge of his nose, and the last vertical through his right eye, which actually blinded him in that eye.
* Zaraki Kenpachi from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has a scar straight down the left side of his face, going from his hairline down to his jaw. Hisagi Shuuhei has three vertical parallel scars on one side of his face (from a Hollow attack fifty years before), apart from a tattooed horizontal line across nose and cheeks and a number 69.
** One character who has scars purely for the cool factor is Tsubaki, one of Orihime's Shun Shun Rikka. He springs into existence with a cool-looking facial scar down the side of his face, despite never having fought before.
** OldSoldier Yamamoto is also covered in scars, which is expected considering that he has been alive and in battle for thousands of years. While he isn't evil, [[WellIntentionedExtremist he isn't exactly what you would call good either]].
** MadScientist Mayuri Kurotsuchi is shown to have what appear to be surgical scars criss-crossing his entire body in the brief scene he is shown without his [[EvilMakeover creepy make-up]] on.
** Nel has a scar on her forehead from when [[spoiler:Nnoitra broke her mask and kicked her out of Las Noches]].
** Kenpachi also has two more scars on his chest, courtesy of Nnoitra.
** Grimmjow has one on his chest after he got hit with Ichigo's Getsuga Tenshou in their first fight.
* In ''Manga/Brave10'', Kakei has a fashionable scar on his jaw, which Okatsu tries to recreate on the other side while assaulting him. Okatsu has scars, too, but they aren't obvious until she gets comfortable.
* ''Manga/BusoRenkin'': Tokiko Tsumura, the protagonist's ActionGirlfriend, has a long scar stretching from cheek to cheek across the bridge of her nose. This scar is very noticeable, representing her status as an AntiHero, but it's clean and even, showing her inherently good nature. Interestingly, the author has stated this comes from her design originally being intended for a female professional wrestler.
* Creator/LeijiMatsumoto's Anime/CaptainHarlock has a large horizontal scar across his left cheek ending at a missing right eye. His female counterpart [[Anime/QueenEmeraldas Emeraldas]] has an identical scar but retains both eyes.
* A ''Manga/CaseClosed'' case is named "The Scar that Evolves Into Love". It's about a pretty and [[DisabledLoveInterest blind]] [[TheOjou rich woman]] named Kurumi Shoudou who hires Kogoro to find her first love, a man who is supposed to have a scar on his chest coming from the time he saved her life years ago: there are three men who hit this profile... but one of them may be a SerialKiller who's on the loose. [[spoiler: It turns out that the Shoudou's butler Taisuke Houya [[SubordinateExcuse was said man]]... and that Kurumi already knew it, but staged a BatmanGambit so he would stop [[GreaterNeedThanmine putting her needs over his own]] and aknoeledge their mutual love. So of course, it's a Good Scar from his part. (The SerialKiller? Neither of the three guys was him. But don't worry, he's caught in the next case.)]]
* ''Manga/{{Claymore}}s'' are all hideously disfigured with scars beneath their armor, presumably as a result of becoming half-yokai. Regardless of their character, they all have potential evil under their skins, and evil was certainly done to ''them''.
* C.C. from ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has a scar of the Geass sigil placed beneath and partially on her left breast and completely covered if she wears even a midriff-baring top. Particularly relevant as she's got a HealingFactor that lets her come back from the dead, yet this one scar never fades, [[spoiler:probably because it was inflicted just before she was tricked into becoming an immortal, and appropriately enough seems to heal when she loses her powers most of the way through the series.]]
** Asahina of the Four Holy Swords has a nice, neat scar going vertically down his face, above and below his eye.
* Jet Black from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' has a large vertical scar running overtop his right eye. Typical good guy scar, and Jet is one of the nicest people in the series.
* Wei in ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' is something of a PsychoForHire and has a nasty burn over half of his face (and likely the rest of his body) following an encounter with electric-powered AntiHero Hei. Also, Wei's power is a form of BloodyMurder and so his arms are covered with scars from his constant cutting of himself, although those scars are usually hidden under clothing.
** Amagiri, a morally ambiguous AntiVillain generally kept one eye [[EyesAlwaysShut shut]], suggesting some kind of injury there (although he did open it occasionally), and at the end of the first season, was seemingly killed in a fire. When he reappears in the interquels, he wears a large [[EyepatchOfPower patch]] over that eye/general area and has lost all of the hair on his head, and has visible scars on his head and face.
** And if you were paying attention during Hei's ShirtlessScene in the second season, he has quite a few scars on his back. Definitely falls into the category of AntiHero scars.
** Mr. Smith, a villainous CIA agent in the second season generally wears sunglasses which cover the fact that while one his eyes is normal, and is blue, the other is milky white and probably nonfunctional, and has a nasty-looking scar running across it.
* Mello (bad guy... [[BlackAndGrayMorality well]], [[EvilVersusEvil sort of]]) from ''Manga/DeathNote'' gets a particularly nasty burn scar over half of his face from blowing up his own hideout to escape capture by the police. (In the manga, the burn scar not only covers the left side of his face, but extends down to his shoulder.)
** Also in the companion novel ''LightNovel/AnotherNote'', [[SerialKiller Beyond Birthday]] gets an even worse burn scar (presumably covering all or most of his body) as a result of [[InterruptedSuicide a failed suicide attempt]].
* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', several characters in the series have scars, and only the good ones at that since their enemies are demonic beings with regenerative abilities as one of their core powers; the hatred fueled slayer, Sanemi Shinazugawa, has a freaky collection of them, making him look somewhat evil, but those are there to show how committed he is in eradicating the actually evil beings destroying human lives; the most positive example is the protagonist himself, Tanjiro Kamado gets some scars along the way, on the chest, neck, and arms, in places where his beauty is not compromised, preserving his sweet nature and appearance. [[spoiler:The greatest demon, Muzan Kibutsuji, is later shown to have several scars he got in a legendary battle before, that could not be healed, just concealed, being the actual evil scars example in the series]].
* Allen Walker, protagonist of ''Manga/DGrayMan'' has a scar through his left eye. He also has a [[FauxSymbolism pentagram-shaped scar]] above that, both gotten from his father when young Allen accidentally had his deceased father turned into a demon. {{Justified|Trope}} in that the scar [[CursedWithAwesome is a curse]] that lets him see the souls of [[TheHeartless Akuma]].
** And as of recently, he has some ''huge'' scars going across his chest from [[spoiler:accidentally impaling himself with his own akuma-purifying sword, which ''wasn't'' supposed to hurt him, but... ended up causing him massive injuries and horrible agony. Because, yes, he's [[TomatoInTheMirror actually]] a Noah]].
** Tyki has similar scars [[spoiler:for very similar reasons; Allen tried to remove the Noah from him, but only succeeded in waking it up]].
* [=MachGaogamon=] (good guy) from ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' (specifically, ''Anime/DigimonSavers'') has one across his snout, but his previous forms (Gaomon, Gaogamon) ''don't''. How ''that'' works is fodder for WildMassGuessing.
** Gatomon's paw gloves conceal "X"-shaped scars from when Myotismon disciplined her. Similar to the [=MachGaogamon=] example, these scars are not visible in her other forms. Gatomon was introduced as one of Myotismon's flunkies, only to perform a HeelFaceTurn when she is revealed to be [[SixthRanger the eighth DigiDestined's partner]].
*** Theoretically, she could still have these scars in her other forms; we've just never seen them. Angewomon has gloves that automatically cover almost all of her arms, Nefertimon has gauntlet-like armor on ''her'' arms, and we never canonically see her Mega forms. There is also Silphymon, but that's actually a combination of her and another Digimon so that could be the reason.
** Also [[SacrificialLion Leomon]] as well as his evolved form [[PaletteSwap Panjyamon]], are covered in scars, although they look less like scars and more like slightly darker patches of skin/fur.
* ''Anime/DivergenceEve'' gives us Luxandra Frail, a woman who is literally covered in scars as part of her backstory. And unlike most characters with a scar across the eye, who seem to have perfectly functioning, intact eyeballs, hers is revealed to have a matching scar on it when she looks off to the side, [[spoiler:in what has to be one of the more disturbing scenes in anime]]. Granted, she is about as good a character as it gets, so maybe it's a subversion?
* Yamcha (good guy) in ''Manga/DragonBallZ'' has 2 scars on his face. One over his eye and an "[[XMarksTheHero X]]" on his cheek. He didn't have them during the earlier sagas, though; they were gained sometime between Goku's defeat of King Piccolo and the start of the 23rd World's Martial Arts Tournament, and it's never explained how he got them.
** Future Gohan has similar scarring on his face and looks a lot like Yamcha.
** We actually see Tenshinhan ([[HeelFaceTurn former bad guy]]) get his scar (a large cut mark from his upper right torso to his lower left) at the hands of his former idol, Murderer/Mercenary Tao.
** Although rarely seen, Vegeta's body is covered with scars. We get a good look at them during the Frieza saga while he is changing into his uniform, with his most recent scar up to that point being Yajirobe's sword slash to his back.
** Goku's father [[AntiHero Bardock]] has a large x-shaped scar on his cheek.
** The rebooted version of Broly in ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'' is covered in scars around his whole body from his harsh upbringing on [[DeathWorld Vampa]], including a prominent x-shaped scar on his chest and one going up his cheek.
* In ''Manga/DragonDrive'' the good-but-disreputable character Rockaku has an eye blinded by a scar (and his dragon has a matching scar). This scar represents the character's grief, anger, and thirst for vengeance for his best friend's death, and it is these emotions that make the character disreputable (getting drunk, lying to friends, diving into battle without strategy).
** AntiVillain-turned-AntiHero Hikaru Himuro is CoveredWithScars after spending the ten-year TimeSkip in Rikyu. His arms appear to have more scarring than intact skin, and two long scars run parallel across his face. They're a result of intense training and battles, and are more a sign of his {{Determinator}} nature and being a total badass than anything negative.
* Eureka, from ''Anime/EurekaSeven'', suffers "vein" scars which cover half of her left body (including her face) after an incident in Episode 19 and remains that way until the final episode whereby her scars are no longer visible on her.
* Juumonji, one of a trio of {{delinquents}} turned American football linemen from ''Manga/Eyeshield21'', has a cross-shaped scar on his face. His father [[HistoryRepeats has a similar scar]]. Mamoru Banba also got several facial scars after his mysterious summer training.
* ''Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor'' Soushi, good guy, has a scar on his left eye. Which is actually plot relevant [[spoiler:when they were both children his best friend Kazuki had to claw at said eye to keep Soushi from being assimilated by the Festum. As a result there is a lot of bad blood between the two since Soushi cannot pilot Fafner due to the injury and Kazuki is in a state of self-denial mixed with guilt over the whole issue]].
* Kenshiro of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' has seven scars that form the shape of the Big Dipper, which were given to him by his rival Shin. The villain Jagi was so badly scarred by Ken that he wears a helmet to conceal it (and to help keep his head from exploding); he also gave himself matching scars on his chest to masquerade as Kenshiro.
* In ''Manga/FrankenFran'', Fran Madaraki has a number of scars across her body, the most notable being a [[GlasgowGrin Glasgow smile]]; they're actually still stitched, because she's a FrankensteinsMonster. Despite certain LiteralGenie tendencies, she is committed to saving lives like a good doctor should. It's best not to ask what [[BodyHorror kind of life]] -- what matters to her is that you're alive.
** Both [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Vero]][[ActionGirl nica]] and [[AxCrazy Gav]][[BloodKnight rill]] have similar scars.
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', the zealous, Ishvalan serial killer Scar has, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you guessed it]], a scar on his face, in the shape of an "X". He is a morally ambiguous character, however, since he actually helps Ed and Al on a few occasions when he could just as easily have killed them.
** On the other hand, Ed has artificial limbs, which are listed above as evil, and Al not only has, but is a giant suit of armor.
*** Ed has another scar on his forehead, gained from a small injury early on in the story. It's usually covered by his hair and it's only purpose is to leak blood comically whenever he gets whacked. It eventually heals over time. WordOfGod is that it took so long to heal because Ed kept getting hit there.
** [[spoiler:Dr Marcoh]] has his face basically blown up. It scars as gruesomely as that implies, but despite an iffy past he is pretty much the most unambiguously good character of all. Very much a subversion (though he feels that after his past that [[TheAtoner he deserves his disfigurement.]])
** [[spoiler:Riza Hawkeye]] has a burn scar of traumatic character development on her back.
** Not to mention the scar on Roy's hand from when he had to [[spoiler:cut a transmutation circle into it to kill Lust]]. This scar also heals during the course of the series.
* Sousuke Sagara of ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' has an X-shaped scar on his cheek. Good guy. The scar actually plays a semi-important role in the final novel: [[spoiler:When Sophia suggests that Kaname change history so Sousuke was a normal boy instead of a child soldier, she ''almost'' goes along with it...but when she sees his unscarred cheek, she realizes that however good a person as he might be, he's not the Sousuke she fell in love with, and rejects the offer]].
** Also, the BigBad of the first season, Gauron, has a deep gash of a scar down one side of his face.
** [[spoiler:Leonard Testarossa]], the BigBad for the overall plotline, gains a vertical scar between the eyes when [[spoiler:he's struggling with Kaname over a gun and she [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally pulls the trigger]].]] After recovering, he drops his AffablyEvil "gentlemanly act" and becomes more of a JerkAss.
* Hayato Jin from ''Manga/GetterRobo'' receives a number of scars on his face -- three on his chin, one across his nose and a couple around his eyes -- which are normally invisible unless he's especially stressed, as well as countless, always-present ones on the rest of his body (which are almost always covered). He's a SociopathicHero, so these are Antihero Scars.
* Kazundo Gouda, the main villain of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex Second Gig'' has a horribly scarred face and bizarrely egg-shaped head. He deliberately kept the scars in spite of being a {{Cyborg}} because he thought that it made him distinctive: when picture of him from before the injury is shown in one episode, most of Section Nine comments on how utterly boring and forgettable he looked. He's got a horrible InferioritySuperiorityComplex that drives much of his villainy.
* ''Manga/GlassMask'' plays with the trope. Maya's mentor Chigusa Tsukikage has half her face horribly scarred after the accident that ended her brilliant acting career (bad scar), but aside of looking creepy with her hair covering the burned half of her face and being the acting version of a DrillSergeantNasty, isn't actually a bad person per se.
* In his first appearance, Duke Togo, aka ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}'', had no scars. Over the course of the series, he's collected a great deal of them on his body. They're covered by clothing much of the time. As for morality, he's best described as TrueNeutral (you pay him, he does the job, no moral issues involved [[ContractOnTheHitman unless you double-cross him]]).
* ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': [[TheProfessor Kenzo Kabuto]] has a scar runs along of the left side of his head, stopping right above his eyebrow. It is not elegant or unnoticeable, even though he is one of the good guys.
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}} UC'''s famous Char Aznable has a scar on his forehead received in a duel with Amuro. Though, Char's intentions are pretty ambiguous, and it's [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor not really an indication]] for his alignment. In-universe, it was rumored among the troops that Char wore his famous mask to hide a horribly scarred face, when it was really just to conceal his true identity; the mask actually kept Amuro's sword strike from being a fatal one.
** The hulking Dozle Zabi, one of Zeon's top naval commanders, has a heavily scarred face. This came from the same car bomb assassination that killed his younger brother Sasro before the start of the series. Despite the scars adding to his already ogre-like appearance, Dozle is (along with his naive youngest brother Garma) the nicest of the Zabi clan, being a devoted husband and father, AFatherToHisMen, and completely uninvolved in the shady dealings that brought his family to power.
* ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' has Bean Bandit, mercenary driver, who helps criminals, bank robbers and so with his badass car, The Buff, which could put KITT into self-pity tears. He starts as a respectful antagonist who occasionally can be an ally. A bit of a hero, a bit of antihero, but the [[XMarksTheHero crossed scar]] between his eyes tells us he truly has a HiddenHeartOfGold. And as it was stated on his own OVA, he watches hero movies twice a week.
* Father Alexander Anderson of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' across his cheek. Odd, considering his HealingFactor (probably gained ''before'' his genetic upgrade to ultimate monster-killer).[[note]][[WordOfGod Kohta Hirano]] eventually explained that, yes, if a Regenerator gained a scar before becoming a Regenerator, it would stay as such[[/note]]
** Above example confirmed by another Regenerator, [[spoiler:Heinkel Wolfe]]. Calling it a scar is debatable, considering that [[spoiler:his/her left cheek and face was blown open Jonah Hex-style by The Captain and has stayed like that for ''30 years'']], but it's still a permanent wound, so I suppose that it counts.
* In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', there's a strip known "Liet's scars". Three guesses as to what it's about. And since Lithuania is a good guy, he's able to hide them under his clothes. It's believed that at least some of these scars (which look like whipping marks) come from Russia's abuse, which has been somewhat hinted yet never confirmed in canon. But {{fanon}} loves to assume it's true in an attempt to [[RonTheDeathEater demonize Russia]] [[SympatheticSue and woobiefy Lithuania]]).
** China has a single but very large scar on his back, [[spoiler:apparently given to him by Japan]].
** Netherlands has a currently unexplained scar over his right eye.
* Kakihara in ''Manga/IchiTheKiller''. He has a horizontal scar running across his cheeks and nose, a horizontal scar across his forehead, and a vertical scar that connects both over his left eye. In addition to a glasgow smile held together by piercings at the edge of his lips. He is arguably the villain even though the good guy isn't any better than him and Kakihara gets more screen time (about 75% of the manga and film).
* Naraku (bad guy) from ''Manga/InuYasha'' has a large spider-shaped scar on his back. This dates back to his days as a human (despite Naraku technically being a HiveMind...) and extends to all his "incarnations", parts of his body given will and intelligence. (This includes Kagura, one of the incarnations. Though Kagura herself evolves more into an AntiHero than a proper villain, she is still forced to reluctantly serve Naraku out of self-preservation).
* In ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', Part 3's Kakyoin has vertical scars in both his eyes [[spoiler:from being attacked by N'Doul, in the very beginning of the Egypt Hen story arc. After his eyesight is mostly recovered, he has to wear sunglasses to cope with the damage.]]
** Also in Part 3, Avdol has apparent scars beneath his eyes, that have a sinuous pattern. He also gets a scar on his forehead [[spoiler:from his "death" at the hands of Hol Horse.]]
** In Part 4, Okuyasu has an X-scar on his face, reminiscent of being attacked by Crazy Diamond, but while he is strong and can erase things with a swing of his right hand, he also is rather... lacking in the thinking department.
** Resident BigBad DIO has a noticeable scar all across his neck, [[spoiler:that is the product of his head being attached to Jonathan Joestar's body.]] As the scar heals, his powers grow stronger.
** From Parts 1 and 2, Speedwagon has a scar that goes from beneath his left eye and across his cheek, mirroring his backstory as a thug. Though, it's ultimately a good scar, since he's a kind-hearted man who's devoted to help the Joestar family.
** And, in Part 7, {{President| Evil}} Valentine has scars on his back that come from past torture; they resemble the American flag. Probably the main reason for him being a VillainWithGoodPublicity despite being an evil lunatic who (among many other things) forced himself onto a 14-year-old girl.
* Yasuri Shichika, protagonist of ''LightNovel/{{Katanagatari}}'', had his body scarred horribly in the last episode; though he covers most of them up, the one on his face is very prominent. He's virtually the only character in the series to receive such wounds.
* Tokine from ''Manga/{{Kekkaishi}}'' has a scar on her hand and arm that is ''almost'' covered by her clothing, but not quite. This is still a good scar, as it's shown that she received it while saving Yoshimori's life.
** And let's not forget Yoshimori himself, whose body is COVERED in little scars all over from his constant physical training and getting tossed around by demons all the time until Tokine can bail him out. All good scars that are generally covered up by his clothes, unless he's wearing shorts or a short-sleeved shirt anyway.
** Kekkaishi is actually something of a subversion: Tokine and Yoshimori's scars look more realistic, not cool.
* GreaterScopeVillain Ragyo Kiryuin from ''Anime/KillLaKill'' has seven star shaped scars that cover all of her back.
* [[EvilOverlord Claw]] from ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'' has a scar over his left eye and unlike other characters with an eye scar, he always keeps his left eye closed.
* Shiro Takamachi of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' has numerous scars all over his body from his [[VisualNovel/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever bodyguard days]] which we only catch a glimpse of when he takes a bath. He's also the kind and [[OpenMindedParent open minded father]] of Nanoha, a very HappilyMarried man, and definitely a good guy.
* Subverted somewhat in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' by Sergei Smirnov, a Russian lieutenant colonel with a facial scar fit for a Bond villain...who turns out to be one of the most sensible, intelligent, and humane characters in the show.
** Also, [[spoiler:WorthyOpponent Graham "Mr. Bushido" Aker gets ''several'' burn scars on the left side of his face and body during the first season finale, which is why he uses a {{mask| power}}. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Gundam_00_Second_Season_-_21_-_Large_38.jpg We see them clearly in Episode 21]]]].
* Domon Kasshu from ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' has a cross-shaped scar on his face. Jerk in several shades that go from JerkAss to JerkWithAHeartOfGold, but mostly good.
** Domon's boss Urube Ishikawa has a scar on his face [[spoiler:thanks to the Devil Gundam]]. Wears a [[MaskPower metallic mask]] over it. [[spoiler:Looks like a good guy, but turns out to be a MagnificentBastard and very dang EVIL.]]
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
** Inverted by All Might. Despite being a hero, he has horrendous scars on his chest from a fight he got in five years ago [[spoiler:with All For One]] that resulted in him losing several of his internal organs. They serve as a bit of a RedRightHand for him and wouldn't look out of place on a villain.
** Todoroki has a prominent scald burn over the upper left side of his face, that looks not unlike [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Zuko's]], but he's ultimately a good, if [[BrokenAce troubled]] guy.
** Played straight by Aizawa, Izuku, and Iida, who all gain neat and attractive scars. Aizawa gets one under his right eye during the attack on USJ, Izuku gets two on his right hand during the Sports Festival, and Iida gets one on his left arm during the fight with Stain.
** Kirishima also has a classic good guy scar in the form of a small cut over his right eye. He received it when his Quirk first manifested as a small child and he accidentally cut himself with his hardening ability while rubbing his eye.
** Principal Nezu has a large, rugged scar across his right eye, possibly from when he was experimented on by humans in the past. Though he is a Pro Hero and undeniably on the side of good, he does have a sadistic streak and enjoys "toying" with humans when given the opportunity, as he still holds a massive grudge over the abuse he endured from them.
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Hatake Kakashi has a scar over his left eye, but it is usually covered by his forehead protector. It is the result of an injury to his eye that led to an eye transplant. Umino Iruka has the horizontal scar through the nose, and a large chunk of the adult population of Leaf Village has some scar or other, generally quite unobtrusive. Morino Ibiki, on the other hand, was very badly scarred in the past during an interrogation, but he is still one of the good guys ([[GoodIsNotNice well]], [[TortureTechnician mostly]]), though he does cover the worst ones up with his bandana.
* The main character of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', Negi Springfield, received a small horizontal scar on his cheek during his fight with Setsuna during the Mahora Martial Arts Tournament.
** He also received a scar [[spoiler:fighting a recreation of his father in the final match of the tournament]]. He could have had it magically healed, but he decided to keep the scar for sentimental reasons.
** Jack Rakan has a scar on each arm. We find out in a flashback that he got these [[spoiler:when the Lifemaker attacked Ala Rubra and cut his arms off]]. Obviously, they have since been reattached. Negi may also have a similar scar after his fight with Kagetarou.
** Ako has a large scar on her back of the more "evil" variety of scars, even though she's anything but. It's a large part of her character background that she is ashamed by it, has a phobia of blood from the accident when she received it, and freaks out when Negi sees it.
* Misato of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has a huge scar from between her breasts to her abdomen from the Second Impact that is rarely seen and Gendo has horrible burn scars on his hands, which is possibly why he wears those creepy little white gloves all the time.
** [[spoiler:It isn't. At the very beginning, it probably was, but after "Asuka Strikes!", there's [[EyesDoNotBelongThere something]] far more gruesome under his right glove...]]
** The doujinshi ''Manga/ReTake'' has [[spoiler:Future!Asuka discarding her plugsuit in the first issue]]. We're not shown what is underneath but her reflection in Shinji's eye shows numerous scars crisscrossing her torso.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Luffy, TheHero, has a small scar under his eye; the manga originally began with him cutting his face to prove himself to be a man, but this was cut out of the anime. His [[spoiler:grandfather (good guy but reluctant villain) has a similar scar over his eye]]. Also, Coby, another good guy, received an X-shaped scar. X-shaped scars tend to pop out in the series, possibly as a tribute to ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', on which Eiichiro Oda (the author) worked as an assistant.
** Roronoa Zoro (AntiHero) possesses a huge scar across his chest from his first bout with Mihawk (which he tried to poorly patch up by himself at first). Later on, he gains scars on his ankles from his attempt to cut his feet off to escape a villain's trap.
** Curiously, one of the major villains in the Enies Lobby arc, [[spoiler:Rob Lucci, has a scar on his back in the shape of the World Government's flag. It's usually hidden by his shirt, though. Lucci is an interesting case-he has a Good Guy-type scar, and is a legally licensed agent of the ''One Piece'' world's governing body, but he is portrayed as a murderous sort who greatly enjoys the killing and spying that he does in his role as a government agent]].
** [[spoiler:After the timeskip, Luffy has an X burn scar on his chest from Akainu's attack and Zoro has lost an eye and has a thin scar from his forehead to his cheek.]]
** Crocodile (villain) also has the huge stitches spreading across his face mid-way down his nose.
** Shanks has three vertical scars over his left eye from a fight with [[spoiler:a WolverineClaws-toting Blackbeard]].
** Brook's old head wound is, pre-skeleton, a bit more messy-looking and disfiguring than the usual Good Guy scar. This may well fall into "[[RuggedScar hard life]]" or "EveryScarHasAStory" territory, though at the moment all we know is he was formerly part of a kingdom's military.
* Gene Starwind of ''Manga/OutlawStar'' is another example of a good guy with evil scars. Including two rather jagged ones running across his cheek and countless others on the rest of his body. Unlike most heroic body scars, his shirt ''doesn't'' cover all of them. It might if he has ''sleeves'', but...
* Gilbert in ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' has a scar across his chest from when Oz accidentally slashed him with a sword at the beginning of the series. This is, in fact, what tips Oz off to his identity.
* The main hero Tetsunosuke in ''Manga/PeacemakerKurogane'' received a scar under his right eye following his battle with Yoshida.
* Ruby from ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' has a pair of scars above an eye conveniently covered by his NiceHat. [[spoiler:He has these because he took a claw from a frenzied Salamence in Sapphire's place. Surprisingly, the scars have less of an impact on ''his'' CharacterDevelopment than they did on ''hers''.]]
* Fakir in ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' has a birth mark that is [[spoiler:supposed to be the scar of the Knight in a fairytale that was torn in two by a monster Raven -- whom he is the reincarnation of]]. Of course, it's always hidden underneath his shirt. [[spoiler:Good guy, although the main heroine doesn't know that in the beginning.]]
* In ''Anime/PumpkinScissors'', the male lead Randel Oland has his ''entire body'' covered by horrific scars, some of which (if this was reality, or if he weren't MadeOfIron) would have resulted in his immediate death. They serve as a physical mark of the horrors he's endured [[spoiler:as a member of the Invisible 9, the nonexistent (on paper, anyway) terror troops of the Empire]]. They're Good Scars though, as Randel himself is a BrokenHero.
** The scars across his nose make him resemble a giant woobie teddy bear when he's not in the influence of the lamp. But when the lamp is working...
* In ''Manga/Reborn2004'', Xanxus has scars all over his body that appear when his anger reaches its apex. He's the BigBad for the second arc, and somewhat of a [[spoiler:WildCard / AloofAlly in the new arc]].
* In ''Anime/RomeoXJuliet'', [[AnAxeToGrind the axe fighter]] Curio got a nice one across his left eye [[spoiler:by protecting a pre-teen Odin (or better said, Juliet) from abusive guards]]. Also a subversion: unlike many other cases, [[EyesAreUnbreakable his eye was permanently damaged]]. And finally, [[spoiler:Curio's EyeScream incident is what prompts Juliet to become the [[VigilanteMan Red Whirlwind]]]].
* Tsukune of ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' has scars all over his body from several ''very'' close brushes with death. His clothes cover all of them, making him a good guy.
* Himura Kenshin, the hero of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', has a single X-shaped scar on one cheek (hence the alternate title for some North American versions of the show, ''Samurai X''). By contrast, one of the series' chief antagonists, Makoto Shishio, is so heavily burned that his body is kept wrapped and bandaged at all times, save for his eyes and mouth.
* Cho Hakkai in ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' has a scar on his belly. He got it during his HeroicBSOD in his {{Backstory}}.
** In a later {{Backstory}} arc we see that Sanzo's body's been covered in scars since his teenage years. Thankfully they're all below his neckline and covered up by his abundant robes, so his handsome face can resume charming fangirls like before.
** Gojyo has two small scars under one of his eyes, from when his stepmother tried to kill him. His hair is usually long enough to hide them if he tilts his head a certain way, but he doesn't always.
* In ''Manga/SakuraGari'', [[spoiler: Masataka]] isn't scarred at the start, but gains ''many'' scars across [[spoiler: his]] back thanks to [[spoiler: Katsuragi whipping him in "punishment" for being his strongest rival for Souma's love. ([[ColdBloodedTorture Among]] [[RapeAsDrama several]] [[AssShove other]] [[FinGore things]].)]]
* Good guy Mugen receives a scar (well, three parallel ones) on his cheek from an enemy with knuckle claws in the three-part finale of ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''.
** Bad guy Umanosuke, leader of the three brothers antagonizing Mugen, however, has a lidless left eye, apparently the inadvertent result of his encounter with Mugen. When his eyepatch comes off, revealing it, he becomes even more unbalanced than before.
* ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'' both subverts this and plays it straight. We have Yuya, the heroine, who has a hideous scar on her stomach (it gets de-hideoused later on, but still counts as a subversion). Then there's Akira (good guy), who is covered in scars, but they are mostly on his back and almost always covered by clothes. And finally, we get Hishigi (a rather dark AntiVillain), who is covered in ''nasty'' scars after [[spoiler: the Devil Eyes that have been keeping him alive are destroyed]].
* Gorobei in ''Anime/SamuraiSeven'' has a large upside down Y-shaped scar on his left cheek, but it's never explained how he got it.
* Giroro in ''Manga/SgtFrog'' has a long straight scar diagonally over his left eye. His eye is perfectly fine though.
* There are characters with scars in ''Manga/SoulEater'', but these are 'good guys'. However, their scars are not all attractive. Soul has a massive scar right down his chest after being struck by Ragnarok (the black blood infection this gives him is plot-relevant), though it has not been referred to or seen recently. Stein is covered in scars due to experimenting on himself. [[spoiler:Black Star obtains a clean scar bisecting the star tattoo on his shoulder that symbolizes his CharacterDevelopment]] in the manga. In contrast, most of the main antagonists are not only unscarred but rather good-looking (Medusa, Arachne, Noah isn't exactly ugly in spite of his dress sense and Asura's face is 'pretty-boy' material even if the rest of him is skeletal, skin-stretching squick).
* Ralph in ''Anime/StrainStrategicArmoredInfantry'' has a classic Evil Scar, right across his eye. Said blind eye turns pink when he's in a murderous rage, accentuating the point.
* Takaya "D-Boy" Aiba of ''Anime/TekkamanBlade'' was stabbed in the eye by the first villain. The eye got better, since he was made of PoweredArmor at the time, but he still got a scar. When the real [[TheDragon Dragon]] showed up, he made a comment on how D-Boy's scar made it look like he was crying.
* Vash (good guy) in ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' is horribly, unbelievably scarred, ''and'' has a missing arm, but his shirt (and an {{Artificial Limb|s}}) covers it up.
** His body is so heavily damaged that some parts of it are ''riveted together with pieces of metal''. Figure that out.
*** [[spoiler:Not so disturbing once it's revealed that he's closer to a plant than a human.]]
*** Yeah. Because [[spoiler:that means that he's keeping them ''[[IShouldHaveBeenBetter voluntarily]]''. That's a ''[[SarcasmMode lot]]'' less disturbing]].
* In ''Manga/UntilDeathDoUsPart'', the AntiHero protagonist has a scar (technically multiple small scars) covering half his face from the [[spoiler:explosion]] that blinded him.
* ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' has multiple examples, as often played straight as not.
** While Thorfinn's body is CoveredInScars, his first (and so far only) facial scar is gained during a ThresholdGuardian [[spoiler:fight against Snake]] that cements him firmly as a good person. The scar is a straight vertical one on his left jaw and cheek, which makes him look more rugged than anything else.
** [[spoiler:Canute]] receives a straight horizontal scar on his left cheek from Thorfinn [[spoiler:at the climax of the first arc]]. Subverted in that [[spoiler:the next time he shows up he is sliding down the slippery slope and becoming a much worse person.]]
** Averted with Floki, who has a rugged straight scar over his right eye (with the eye fully intact) and is a SmugSnake ''per excellence'' and a recurring secondary bad guy for the first third arcs.
** Thorgil has a split lip. True to this trope, he is [[BloodKnight just as menacing as it makes him look]].
** Ulf has some clean scarring on his brow, and is [[spoiler:Canute's]] NobleTopEnforcer during the second arc.
* Balgus (good guy) in ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' has numerous scars, including one dominating the left side of his face.
** In the same series, getting a scar on his face from Van causes Dilandau (bad guy) [[MinorInjuryOverreaction to go crazy(er)]]. And it was very neat, good-guy looking scar, by the way.
* Reiji Takayama from ''Anime/{{Witchblade}}'' has a badass scar. While he's working for a company not very moralistic at best, it serves as a hint that he's not just an armchair arms-trader, but was in some action personally; later he turns out to be a [[BlackAndGrayMorality good guy as much as practical]] -- when the responsibility (and the fact he fell head over heels for the heroine) comes to the fore, he kicks a fair share of bottom for a BadassNormal.
* Tsume in ''Anime/WolfsRain'' has a large cross-shaped scar on his chest, which is seen in both his true wolf form and his human disguise. The younger wolf Toboe says it looks cool, but it is not until near the end of the series (in Episode 29, one of the OVA bonus episodes) that we learn the reason he carries it. [[spoiler:After Toboe dies, Tsume spends some time alone with his friend's body, and confesses to it (and the audience) that the other wolves of his pack scarred him for cowardice when he tried to run away instead of saving his companions from hunters.]]
* In ''Manga/{{xxxHoLiC}}'', [[spoiler:Himawari]] receives a nasty set of scars on [[spoiler:her]] back and neck in place of [[spoiler:Watanuki, who fell from the second story of the school building and onto a shattered pane of glass]].
* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' [[spoiler:Sensui's scars are multiple, as you'd expect of a villain; however, they are entirely covered by his shirt, as you'd expect of a good guy (because he ''used'' to be one). Itsuki becomes scarred over his eye from taking Kuwabara's Rei-ken: a simple heroic scar. Mukuro's scars are also "bad guy" scars that cover half of her body; however, seeing as how she got them (by [[BrokenBird pouring acid over herself to prevent her "father" from raping her as a child]]), as well as her usual hiding of them, makes them "good guy" markings]]. Kurama temporarily gets a heroic X on his cheek as well (giving him a strong resemblance to Kenshin).
* Thief King Bakura from ''Manga/YuGiOh'' has an evil scar -- a vertical slash down from his eye with two horizontal slashes intersecting it. We're never given a story behind it, but given his [[FreudianExcuse back]][[GenocideBackfire story]], it's probably meant to hint at his difficult past.
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** Later inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', where Kovu gains a scar identical to Scar's during his HeelFaceTurn, which functions as a symbol of everything he's pledged not to become. And invoked when the other animal treat it as a Mark Of Evil anyway.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': Manhattan Clan elder Hudson has a long scar down his face. His is particularly striking in that gargoyles wouldn't normally scar, as they heal each night when they enter stone sleep. [[spoiler:Hudson's scar was given to him by the Archmage, making it magical damage, thus likely why it did not heal--though it could also be that if such maiming damage "settles" it might not heal properly.]]
** On the other hand, the original (and villainous) Hunter, Gillecomgain, had three scars across his face (courtesy of Demona), and while most Hunters of future generations are not so badly scarred, the masks they wear pay homage to their progenitor.
* Played straight and subverted by ''several'' characters in ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeRenegades''. [[spoiler:Scrap-Iron]] has some truly Nightmare Fuel looking facial scarring after a missile-massage, and Major Bludd is now sporting a big nasty one across his face after an explosion. Possibly subverted by Snake Eyes, who is extremely heroic, but whose unmasked face managed to unnerve an entire biker gang.

* A ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' case is named "The Scar that Evolves Into Love". It's about a pretty and [[DisabledLoveInterest blind]] [[TheOjou rich woman]] named Kurumi Shoudou who hires Kogoro to find her first love, a man who is supposed to have a scar on his chest coming from the time he saved her life years ago: there are three men who hit this profile... but one of them may be a SerialKiller who's on the loose. [[spoiler: It turns out that the Shoudou's butler Taisuke Houya [[SubordinateExcuse was said man]]... and that Kurumi already knew it, but staged a BatmanGambit so he would stop [[GreaterNeedThanmine putting her needs over his own]] and aknoeledge their mutual love. So of course, it's a Good Scar from his part. (The SerialKiller? Neither of the three guys was him. But don't worry, he's caught in the next case.)]]

* Avoided in ''Comicbook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'': Good guy Ferro Lad's face is so scarred that he wears a mask at all times.

ComicBook/TheJoker: [[Film/TheDarkKnight Sociopathic murderer]] =\\

* C.C. from ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has a scar of the Geass sigil placed beneath and partially on her left breast and completely covered if she wears even a midriff-baring top. Particularly relevant as she's got a HealingFactor that lets her come back from the dead, yet this one scar never fades, [[spoiler:probably because it was inflicted just before she was tricked into becoming an immortal, and appropriately enough seems to heal when she loses her powers most of the way through the series]].

* In ''Manga/{{xxxHoLiC}}'', [[spoiler:Himawari]] receives a nasty set of scars on [[spoiler:her]] back and neck in place of [[spoiler:Watanuki, who fell from the second story of the school building and onto a shattered pane of glass]].

** Speaking of Deadpool, there's DC's ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} (Slade Wilson, inspiration for the aforementioned DP), missing his right eye which puts him in RedRightHand territory. On the other hand, he does keep the socket covered 100% of the time, which could be why no one can seem to agree if he's a villain or a good guy (though no one would stretch to call him a hero).

** ComicBook/LexLuthor has scars all over the left side of his face; which were caused by Superman [[NoodleIncident in a previous confrontation]].

* Early in the mid-to-late 90's Image Comics run of the ''Comicbook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Mirage}}'' comic, Raphael has half his face shot off by the Foot Clan and spends the rest of the run resembling [[ComicBook/TwoFace Two-Face]].

* ''Classic'' comic-book example: DC's Harvey Dent (aka "ComicBook/TwoFace"), who went psychotic after having acid thrown in his face, resulting in massive and freakishly asymmetrical scarring. Half his face is ruined--and, since he's only evil about half the time, this verges on a LampshadeHanging.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
** The [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 pre-Crisis]] version of Doctor Cyber had her face horribly scarred in her first confrontation with Franchise/WonderWoman, it is usually hidden behind the faceplate of her PoweredArmor but the injuries left her face disfigured.

* ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''
** In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', ComicBook/TheJoker sports a nasty GlasgowGrin, which he accentuates with red lipstick. He even offers to explain to his victims how he got his scars, though [[MultipleChoicePast his story is different every time]]. And then there's [[spoiler:Two-Face]]...eurgh.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek''

* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''

* In ''Literature/TheBelgariad'', the Murgos are a {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}} whose rite of passage to adulthood involves slashing their faces as a blood sacrifice to the [[MadGod insane]] GodOfEvil Torak, which leaves distinctive scars to indicate their zealotry. A friendly Murgo in ''The Malloreon'' sequel series has barely-visible nicks on his jaw as a sign that he only ever paid lip service to the ReligionOfEvil.

* ''Series/OnceUponATime''

* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition''
** The protagonist, Agent York, has a small scar on his cheek that he got when (in his own words) he "arrested a ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} wannabe." It's the talk of the small town he's investigating, and some people are even taking bets on where he got it. [[spoiler: He actually has an extremely prominent heroic scar that covers most of his face, but due to his status as an UnreliableNarrator, it only appears to the player as a notch in his hairline for most of the game.]]

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''

** Gladiolus from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' has a clean hero scar vertically across one eye, [[spoiler:and winds up with another across his chest and forehead respectively, leaving him with [[XMarksTheHero a classic hero scar.]]]] [[spoiler: Ignis is not so lucky: after [[EyeScream being blinded]], he winds up with a large, raised patch of scarring over his left eye, along with a few assorted nicks here and there.]]
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''

* In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', [[BigBad Ganondorf]] has a large, glowing scar on his chest. A flashback reveals that he got it by surviving an execution attempt from a sage wielding a sword made out of HardLight. The scar is also Ganondorf's [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak point]], and must be struck several times in order to kill him.

* In the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' universe, Sagat (a morally ambiguous fighter, but usually either the final or penultimate fight) has both a missing eye and a giant scar on his chest, the latter of which Ryu, his rival, gave him with his signature Shoryuken. Although he's presented as a ProudWarriorRaceGuy (and ArrogantKungFuGuy, oddly enough), his boss status means that he's a DesignatedVillain.

* ''WebVideo/DoorMonster'' {{discussed}} this trope in "[[https://youtu.be/ELTusRpPzd8 Resting Villain Face]]", where Mr. Justice is convinced that eye scars are evil, cheek scars are good, and BaldOfEvil is in full force - completely oblivious that his trainee [[YouKnowImBlackRight sports both]].

* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}: After an infusion of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s HealingFactor, the cancer that was killing Deadpool was cured... until it came back full force and left his entire body scarred. As a result of his body fighting the cancer off and the cancer coming back, Deadpool's scarred from head to toe--and because his cancer effectively ''is'' his healing factor, his exact scars and disfigurements shift and warp. The extent [[DependingOnTheArtist depends on the artist]], ranging from light scratches to discolored patches to full-on tumors (onlookers who don't know what to expect often vomit at the sight of him unmasked). Plus, they work as both since he's somewhere between anti-hero and bad good guy.

* In the original version of ''Literature/DangerousLiaisons'', after the Marquise de Merteuil's machinations are exposed, she is reported to have contracted smallpox, leaving her with disfiguring facial scarring--a physical manifestation of her evilness and public shame.

* Averted in ''Literature/MortalEngines'' -- Hester's face was sliced in half as a small child, and the enormous, disfiguring scar that resulted (one eye gone, nose destroyed, lips wrenched to one side) tends to horrify people, but... she's ''[[ByronicHero mostly]]'' one of the good guys. However, there's an in-universe example - in Pennyroyal's heavily altered version of events, 'Hester Shaw' has an eye-patch and a 'discreet' scar on her cheek.

* Possible subversion in ''Literature/{{Redwall}}''; Folgrim in ''Legend of Luke'' has a badly scarred face and a missing eye, yet turns out to be a good guy (once he's broken of his rather horrible habit of devouring his enemies - said enemies were AlwaysChaoticEvil so the good guys have no problem with ''killing'' them, but they still don't think eating them is okay).

* ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}'' has "Sweet" William Frederickson, who has a full range of evil scars - hideously disfigured, missing one eye, one ear, most of his teeth and several fingers... Although he is in fact a good guy, very nearly as badass as the titular hero (who has a classic "Good guy" neat scar on one cheek.)

** Beric Dondarrion is patchwork of grisly scars - and all of them were fatal wounds (stabbed in the eye, speared through the gut, hanged with a noose), but he has been resurrected from the dead multiple times. Since most people don't know about the resurrections, the scars add onto Beric's ShroudedInMyth FolkHero JustLikeRobinHood reputation for fighting for the people and being the man the cruel authorities just can't kill.

** Osney Kettleblack has the typical cool anti-hero scars under his eye, but the origin of them is hardly heroic- he and his brothers were beating up a HookerWithAHeartOfGold and she scratched him. Basically, the scars represent how despite his pretensions to being a cool rogue, he's just a thug.

** [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Garik_Loran Face Loran]], a Wraith from the Literature/XWingSeries, has an interesting take on this trope. He was a child actor, and in ''Wraith Squadron'' is said to be quite attractive if not for the raised, puckered scar that goes from his left forehead, across the bridge of his nose, and onto his left cheek. In the numerous disguises he takes, he always has to either hide it or incorporate it into the disguise, like when he masquerades as General Kargin, a pirate with "horrible burn victim makeup." He could have it removed with a simple, if pricey, bacta treatment, but he thinks of it as a reminder of what he's done--he acted for Imperial propaganda, unwittingly helping the cause. After Ton Phanan's [[spoiler:death]] and insistence that Face stop punishing the child he'd been, he does have it removed, but for some time wears a fake scar in the same place.

* Any number of characters in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' books are scarred, to differing degrees. The main character (Rand), in fact, recently [[spoiler:lost a hand]], and [[spoiler:Mat has had one of his eyes ripped out Towers of Midnight]]. The author is also fond of showing a character's battle experience with scars- one even has a missing eye, which he has replaced with a patch painted to show a horrifically scowling eye (and if you make him mad enough, his real eye will match it). Another has a nasty scar around his [[TheManTheyCouldntHang neck]], which he covers as best he can with scarves and so on.

** Avoided in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', when the real (i.e. good) General Martok had a missing eye and many scars across his face. (He received the scar as a result of his capture, though--and of course, he's a Klingon, member of the archetypal {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}}, so the rules are a bit different.)

* While the boys on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' are surprisingly scar-free, Dean has a permanent handprint on his shoulder, from when Castiel "gripped him tight and raised him from perdition." The handprint was healed by Castiel in the [[Recap/SupernaturalS05E22SwanSong Season Five finale.]]

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', Setzer has ''many'' scars, but since he's a good guy, they're all clean, non-disfiguring hero scars.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' Zack Fair has a small, clean [[XMarksTheHero x-shape scar]] on his jaw. From the same game, Red XIII / [[AccidentalMisnaming Nanaki]] mentions his many battle scars at one point when Cloud and company are discussing the mysterious men in the Black Cloaks and what [[MadScientist Professor Hojo]] might have done to them.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' plays the trope a little more subtly: Squall has a standard hero scar running diagonally across his forehead and between his eyes. His [[TheRival rival]] Seifer has an identical scar, which would also be a hero scar... if it weren't a mirror image inverse of Squall's, the two of them having mutually scarred one another in the opening FMV.
** Auron, a major good guy from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', has a vertical scar running down one side of his face over his eye. It's a bit more disfiguring than the other Franchise/FinalFantasy examples listed, and includes some damage to the eye itself (mostly hidden behind dark glasses), but is still recognizably a hero scar.
** Basch, a good guy from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', has a non-disfiguring scar on his forehead which he received during his wrongful imprisonment. His back and shoulders are a bit of a mess, however, as seen during the [[ShirtlessScene Barheim Passage segment]]--still hero scars, though.
** Gladiolus from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' has a clean hero scar vertically across one eye, [[spoiler:and winds up with another across his chest and forehead respectively, leaving him with [[XMarksTheHero a classic hero scar.]]]] [[spoiler: Ignis is not so lucky: after [[EyeScream being blinded]], he winds up with a large, raised patch of scarring over his left eye, along with a few assorted nicks here and there.]]
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''
** Saix, TheDragon in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' has a similar X scar. Xigbar also has a heavily scarred face as well as an EyepatchOfPower.
** In the prequel, ''Birth by Sleep'', Eraqus, the heroes' mentor, has scars on his eyebrow and cheek. He's about as scarred as Xigbar, but, being a hero, his scars are light. And speaking of Xigbar, we see how he got his scars in the game.
** Squall and Seifer also show up, and their scars still match despite the fact that they have no connection in this universe.
* Argilla in ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' has a small scar across one eye, probably to offset the cuteness of her pink hair.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' the somewhat titular protagonist lost his left eye when he was brutally murdered in the backstory. In place of his eye, he now has a really large, patchy scar, which is partially covered by the blacked out lens of his glasses.

* Sigma from the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' games has purple facial scars despite being a robot (and having more than one body throughout the course of the series). Originally he got them when a crazed Zero tore up his face in a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown (more severely than what one would conclude from the scars), but this was retconned so that they were from X clawing at his eyes with a white-hot hand. In the manga, they're self-inflicted using the heat from his FingerFirearms.
** In ''Mega Man X7'' Red (bad guy) has a lightning bolt-shaped gash starting from his forehead and ending below his missing right eye, while Axl (good guy) has two clean, straight scars forming an X across the bridge of his nose. Both are robots.
* During the course of events in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', Leon gets a small cut across his otherwise perfect face during a knife fight. Contrast his [[TheRival rival]] antagonist Krauser, who already has several scars along his face and lips.
** And then Krauser gets another one straight across his chest after a lengthy knife fight with Leon.
** Jake Muller of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' has a long, but otherwise clean scar going down his left cheek towards his neck.
** In her epilogue in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'', Ada Wong, the series' resident [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor morally ambiguous]] FemmeFatale, is shown to have a long, straight, and apparently deep scar stretching along the right side of her ribcage. However, no mention of the scar has been made since.
** Due to a device being forcibly ripped off of her, [[spoiler:Jill Valentine]] gets an unusual burn-like scar with pin pricks on her chest, courtesy of a boss fight in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5''. It presumably remains there. In this case, she was BrainwashedAndCrazy.
* In the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' universe, Sagat (a morally ambiguous fighter, but usually either the final or penultimate fight) has both a missing eye and a giant scar on his chest, the latter of which Ryu, his rival, gave him with his signature Shoryuken. Although he's presented as a ProudWarriorRaceGuy (and ArrogantKungFuGuy, oddly enough), his boss status means that he's a DesignatedVillain.
** He ''did'', however, kill Dan's father. And he works for Bison...
*** Note that in the case of Dan's dad... [[spoiler:according to a {{Retcon}}, Sagat killed Go Hibiki because he ripped his eye off during a fight, which sent Sagat into an UnstoppableRage. Sagat was ''not'' happy when he calmed down and found out]]. And about Bison, it's also retconned into him being more confused, misguided, and ''extremely'' pissed off, rather than evil and fully converted to Bison's cause.
*** In addition, he made a HeelFaceTurn, choosing to be a WorthyOpponent rather than a RivalTurnedEvil, way back in ''VideoGame/{{Street Fighter|Alpha}} [[{{Prequel}} Alpha]]'', which retconned his appearance in SFII as not actually working for Bison after all. Going back to Dan's dad, Dan coming after Sagat for revenge was what caused him to realize his hatred was destroying him and led him to his HeelFaceTurn in the first place.
** On the good scar side, Cammy's manages to make an overly muscular woman downright ''adorable''.
** [[HuskyRusskie Ah, comrade!!]] [[BoisterousBruiser Zangief]] will be the first to tell you that no scars are as good as those earned when wrestling bears for Mother Russia! Hahaha!
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''.
** Ont of the most over-the-top examples is Darth Sion (appropriately called the Lord of Pain). Early in the game, a medical officer reports several THOUSAND fractures in his skeleton. Combined with that creepy music and the general dark nature of the game, it'll send chills down your spine. Doubly creepy later on when it becomes obvious that these injuries and scars are all self-inflicted; it's implied that Sion has mastered using pain as a source of power the way most Sith Lords use anger and passion; it would seem to work, he's effectively immortal unless [[spoiler:someone convinces him that letting go and allowing his body to die is preferable to his existence]].
** Darth Malak wears a metal mask for most of the game, concealing the lower half of his face. When he's finally shown without it, it's more horrifying than any simple scar could be. It's not that he hides something underneath it, it's what ''isn't'' there - he's [[BodyHorror missing the entire jaw]]...
* Averted in ''Franchise/MassEffect'': the player can create a character with scars that range anywhere from tiny and stylish to monstrous gashes, and their character's alignment is up to the player.
** Interestingly, no matter what background you select for Shepard, the manner in which you got that scar is never addressed.
** The sequel has a great deal of fun with this. First Mordin has a classic [[XMarksTheHero X-shaped]] scar and is missing the tip of one of his cranial horns, then Garrus gets some facial injuries that become evil-looking scars during your initial encounter with him, although he's a good guy. Even Commander Shepard him/herself falls to this: you get small facial scars at the start of the game, and you actions determine what happens. Doing [[NeutralGood Para]][[MessianicArchetype gon]] actions will make the scars look a lot softer to the point where they'll [[BeautyEqualsGoodness disappear completely]]. Doing [[ChaoticNeutral Rene]][[AntiHero gade]] actions will cause some [[RedRightHand gnarly looking evil scars, eventually becoming massive burns]] and your [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes will turn red]]!
** Jack also has some scars mixed in along with the {{tattoo|edCrook}}s. From the [[http://i46.tinypic.com/2q3usqr.jpg precision and locations]], they appear to be surgical scars from her time at the Teltin facility.
** [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Wrex]] has a series of scars on the right side of his face that make him look evil, fitting his TokenEvilTeammate status of the first game as a bloodthirsty mercenary. If he survives the first game, he becomes a full on good guy leading his race to a brighter future.
** Mostly averted by Kaidan. Despite having undergone a series of painful and slightly traumatic operations in order to receive his (dangerously outdated) L2 implants, and being an active long-term member of the Alliance military, he of all people would be expected to sport numerous scars of various types, but [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/annakie/4396434255/sizes/l/ the few he has]] are only noticeable under certain lighting conditions if your graphics are set to maximum. Though Thane claims that he was able to recognize Kaidan as a biotic immediately due to his implant scars, so they seem to be [[InformedDeformity invisible only to the player]]. [[FridgeBrilliance The lack of combat scars makes sense]] considering he's both a biotic and a [[CombatMedic field medic]]. In the rare case when something did get through his barriers, he'd know how to treat his injuries to keep scarring from becoming an issue.
** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' DownloadableContent character Zaeed Messani is scarred on the entire right side of his face, with a deep evil scar gouge crossing his whitened eye as a souvenir from [[spoiler:being ''[[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain shot in the head at point blank range]]'']]. He's definitely [[VillainProtagonist not what you'd]] [[SociopathicHero call heroic]].
** This is a bit of a weird example because they're not an organic being, but your geth teammate [[MindHive Legion]] was left with a large chunk of their chest missing after being shot by a panicky human who assumed he was one of the "heretic" geth. They patched it up (slightly) with a piece of Shepard's old armor. The large chunk of black armour with the N7 markings also serve to distinguish them from other Geth platforms.
** BigGood candidate Admiral Hacket has a collection of facial scars that hint at his service record.
** From ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'', teammate Jaal Amal Darav comes with a visible gash on the left side of his face (the reason for which is never given). Depending on the player's choices, he may well end up with a small scar on his right cheek at the end of his loyalty mission.
* Colonel Volgin from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' has deep scars all over his face (and presumably his entire body), and The Pain's face is one big bee sting.
** [[spoiler:{{Fallen Hero}}es]] Major Zero and Big Boss both have scars across the eyes, with Big Boss ''lacking'' his eye. As of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'', Big Boss,[[spoiler: or rather his body double Venom Snake,]] now firmly established as an AntiVillain [[VillainProtagonist Protagonist]], sports more than a few thin scars across his face, as well as a [[ArtificialLimbs prosthetic left hand]] and a piece of shrapnel embedded in his forehead [[HornedHumanoid in the shape of a horn]].
** The Boss also has an impressive scar on her abdomen [[spoiler:from a C-section]].
** It's said that [[AxCrazy The]] [[SociopathicHero Fury]] has burn scars on over 90% of his body, but not his face.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'': Skull Face, the villain who blew up Snake's Mother Base and put him in a coma, truly lives up to his name; his face is pretty much nothing ''but'' burn scars, in addition to a GlasgowGrin, and he overall looks as if he's ''rotting.''

* Baiken, of the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' series, lost her right arm and an eye when she was a little girl, leaving her a good character with Evil Scars.
* Gato, a morally conflicted but typically antagonistic character of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' series, has three large, parallel scars on his back, apparently the result of a bear attack. The scars are typically covered up by his shirt.
** Geese Howard, following the events of the original ''VideoGame/FatalFury'', has a nasty scar on his back, received when he was thrown off the top of Geese Tower. He shows it off in his intro pose.
* Averted in ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', in which the protagonist, known only as The Nameless One, is scarred horribly all over his body -- his skin is almost literally ''made'' of scar tissue from all the wounds he's taken over his millennia-long existence. You can play him as a villainous monster, but the possibility exists for him to be the [[TheCape capiest cape that ever put on a (metaphorical) cape]].
** However, conversation options reveal that [[ICallHimMisterHappy at least one part of him]] is (against all odds) completely intact.

* In ''Videogame/AloneInTheDark2008'', Edward Carnby has a rather large, puckered scar over his left eye. It's more prominent than most "good guy" scars, but still reasonable enough to fall into the category. [[spoiler:At the end of the game, when he becomes Lucifer, his scar turns into a super-evil all-out rake-burn on the left side of his face.]] Significant, evil, "I cut my face with glass" scars are also a sign that someone has been possessed by Lucifer in the game.
* While the original game's portraits were pretty smooth-skinned, many of the [=NPCs=] in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'' sport scars, including returning ones. In particular, Keldorn and Imoen sport the "over the eye" scar that should be all but impossible without putting the eye out. These can be said to be symbolic--Keldorn, the grizzled veteran; and Imoen, [[ThePollyanna innocent youth]] having learned the world isn't as nice as she'd like.
* Rikimaru, playing character from ''VideoGame/{{Tenchu}}'', sports a scar over the right eye.
* ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'''s [[TheRival Sabata]] sports what appears to be a scar across his left cheek, starting at the jaw and ending just below the eye--a classic Evil Scar. [[spoiler:Subverted in that he pulls a HeelFaceTurn toward the end of the first game; double-subverted in that he winds up [[BrainwashedAndCrazy villainous]] again in the third.]]
** That's not a scar. It's not really made clear what it is, but from the characters you see in the games, it's easy to infer that anyone with [[spoiler:Solar Child blood]] probably has marks on his or her cheeks: Django has a rectangular one in the same place as Sabata's sharp one, Aaron/Django from Lunar Knights has one on each side of his face, and [[spoiler:Vampire Ringo]] had similar marks as well. [[http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Nightvol/Boktai/BoktaiDSConceptArt/sabataconceptart.jpg Concept art from Lunar Knights]] that is believed to be [[spoiler:Sartana prior to his death]] also shows such marks. Sabata DOES, however, have a [[spoiler:real scar above his left eye]], revealed in both Shinbok and [[http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee94/BoktaiGallery/5th%20Anniversary%20Book/actionconcept1.jpg early concept art]] of the first game.

* Quite a number of the characters in ''VideoGame/FarCryPrimal'' have scars of some type. Jayma the [[NeverMessWithGranny elderly huntress]] has scars on her cheek from wolf bites and scratches on her arm from bear attacks, and actually chides [[TheBeastmaster Takkar]] for not having any scars himself. Tensay the [[WitchDoctor shaman]] has burn marks on his left arm from when he was a slave of the {{Pyromaniac}} Izila tribe, but due to the fact that he wears white paint on his body, you can't tell until he shows you. Karoosh the [[BoisterousBruiser warrior]] has one eye [[EyeScream scratched out]] by Mog, the [[AllCavemenWereNeanderthals Udam]] who [[OutlivingOnesOffspring killed his son]]. And Wogah the [[TheBlacksmith craftsman]] has a scar over his belly, though the fact that he's also [[AnArmAndALeg missing a lower arm]] overshadows this. On the evil side, [[BadassInCharge Warchief Ull]] of the Udam has a [[FacialHorror partially-melted face]], due to being attacked with Izila fire arrows, which makes him look inhuman and disturbing. Batari, the [[HighPriest Sun Daughter]] of the Izila, has a small line of ritual scarification crossing the bridge of her nose, appropriately for someone with a vaguely Afrocentric appearance.
* Sue from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' sports a scar across her nose of the 'cute and warlike at the same time' variety.
* The younger Sub-Zero from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' got a scar running from above his eye downwards between ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3''. As the series progressed, he became [[LegacyCharacter a substitute for his older brother]] and became much more heroic.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''
** Sergei Dragunov has several scars, his most notable being the one that runs through his lips and down his chin. He also sports one across his nose, and, if one opts to make him shirtless via customization in ''Tekken 6'', it can be seen that he sports numerous ones over his torso and arms, including a bullet wound on his left shoulder. He isn't exactly a bad guy, but he is at least morally ambiguous.
** Kazuya Mishima, occasional BigBad of the series, sports a large diagonal scar running across his chest in the first two games. However, upon being thrown into a volcano and subsequently coming BackFromTheDead, he now has additional (and numerous) scars all over his body. His father, Heihachi, also sports a large cross-shaped scar on his chest.
** Also, Raven has a large X-shaped scar across the middle of his face.
** Steve Fox has a very large, raised scar that runs pretty much the entire length of his arm.
** Marshall Law, in the later games, has three claw-marks that run across his chest, although this is clearly a nod to [[BruceLeeClone Bruce Lee's famous scars]] in ''Film/EnterTheDragon''.
** Lars Alexandersson has two facial scars: one through his left eyebrow, and one on his cheek.
* Most main characters from the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series have managed to get at least one scar on their faces, either over the right side of their mouth (Altaïr, Ezio, Bayek, and Desmond), beneath their eye (Connor and Arno), or through one of their eyebrows (Edward, Shay, and Jacob). Some characters, such as Bayek and Edward, have multiple scars.
* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'':
** The first game both plays this straight and subverts it. On the one hand, the hero Geralt has the stylish rugged variety of scars on his face, notably a large scar which crosses over (but does not damage) his left eye. His body, however, is covered with a horrific collection of claw-marks, stab wound scars and what looks like what's left of a torn off nipple. Fellow Witchers also have scars, and while most are also of the rugged variety, [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080923012432/witcher/images/8/86/People_Eskel_full.png Eskel]] has a truly horrific scar completely covering half of his face, though he is as [[GreyAndGrayMorality close to good as it gets]] in this world as well as a pretty [[NiceGuy decent bloke]].
** In [[VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings the sequel]], Letho and Iorveth have extensive scars. Letho has scars crisscrossing his whole head, it almost looks as though someone tried to scalp him but didn't get the job done. Iorveth, has a very large scar covering half of his face, which apparently destroyed one eye. He covers the scar with a [[NiceHat special hat]] that covers part of his face.
* [[SkyPirate Vyse]], the main character of ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' has a neat little scar under his left eye. In [[UpdatedRerelease Legends]], it is explained he received it via a knife thrown by [[spoiler:Piastol, AKA the Angel of Death, when they were younger.]]
* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes/Villains'' has a few different scarred faces for males and females, and of course it's your choice as to good or evil or in-between. All of these scars either suggest or outright display eye damage, patch optional. Creative players use some of the various markings for face and chest as scars too, or add metal plates, and many are the player-written character bios that mention scarring hidden by clothing.
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfConan'' allowed some scars, ranging from discrete cheek scarring to "a bear took a hunk out of my chest". Mostly good alignment in that game, relatively speaking.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars64'': Brad Skywind has a cross shaped scar on his forehead, and though people label him a "bad boy", he's a good one.

* Norman Jayden from ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' has a clean scar across his cheek. Its origin was going to be explained in DLC content that was indefinitely postponed.
** Murphy Pendleton from ''VideoGame/SilentHillDownpour'' has a similar scar on his right cheek.

* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', from what we've seen so far, tends to use massive scarring to indicate a badass. Both [[{{Determinator}} Jace Malcolm]], the Republic trooper who founded [[TheSquad Havoc Squad]], and [[NobleDemon Darth Malgus]] have major facial scarring... mostly from the times they've encountered each other. ''Especially'' the time Malcolm detonated a grenade in ''melee combat''.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', on the final level, a close-up of Sgt. Major Avery J. Johnson is shown. His face appears to be somewhat scarred. However, it is possible that this was not scarring, but [[spoiler: him being distraught about the death of Miranda Keyes]].
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
** To a degree in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' and more so in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', facial scars are an option for your PlayerCharacter during creation. These range from small, somewhat clean blade cuts to borderline ''mutilations''. Whether these are good or evil is up to how you play.
** Series' recurring character Jiub has a gruesome scar over his eye that looks very much like an "evil" scar. Played straight initially, as he was a [[FantasticDrug skooma addict]] and freelance assassin before ending up in prison. After his release, he sought to [[TheAtoner atone for his "sordid" life]], and became a [[LegendaryInTheSequel legendary hero]] by eradicating the [[TakeThatScrappy much reviled]] [[GoddamnBats Cliff Racers]] from Vvardenfell, subverting it.
* ''VideoGame/BeyondGoodAndEvil's'' Pey'j has a noticeable scar going over his left eye. Although its origins are never fully explained, he's implied to be a RetiredBadass who used to get into numerous scrapes with the authorities, so we can make some assumptions.
* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition''
** The protagonist, Agent York, has a small scar on his cheek that he got when (in his own words) he "arrested a ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} wannabe." It's the talk of the small town he's investigating, and some people are even taking bets on where he got it. [[spoiler: He actually has an extremely prominent heroic scar that covers most of his face, but due to his status as an UnreliableNarrator, it only appears to the player as a notch in his hairline for most of the game.]]
** Sheriff George also has a small, horizontal scar on his left cheek. [[spoiler: It grows bigger every time a murder occurs.]]
* Played with in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''. During character creation, all manners of scars are available, from simple, stylish cuts to burn-victim scars an ones that channel [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]]. What manner you play your character is still up to you. At the same time, there is a huge discrepancy in the amount of {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PCs you encounter with Bad Scars on the [[TheEmpire Sith Empire's side]] and [[TheFederation the Republic's]].
* In ''VideoGame/DragonFable'', [[spoiler: Konnan]] has burn scars that nearly cover his face in Chapter 2. However, he's mostly on the here's side during that chapter, whereas he was evil previously, so they could fall in the "mark of shame" category for what he'd done.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Helena Pierce]], [[ThePollyanna T.K. Baha]], and [[GentlemanAdventurer Sir Hammerlock]] all have ArtificialLimbs (well, in the second case, a peg leg) that speak less against their moral character and more of the DeathWorld nature of Pandora. Helena Pierce also has scarring over [[TwoFaced the entire left half of her face]], something mercilessly mocked by [[BigBad Handsome Jack]] and notably no one else.
-->''[[KickTheDog Holy nutballs! What happened to your frickin' face?]]''
** On the Player Character side, Axton has two nicks across his chin and eyebrow that go right in hand with his "grizzled soldier" look while contrasting his [[GloryHound actual personality]], Salvador has a distinct gash on the side of his forehead, and [[MadScientist Gaige]] has has a homemade robot arm after she cut off her original arm ForScience. Finally, [[spoiler:Handsome Jack is disfigured with a massive Vault symbol that was ''branded'' onto his face by Lilith in ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'']].
* During the interim of ''{{VideoGame/Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', the result of Akihiko Sanada's global journey has left him with several sets of jagged but otherwise neat scars all over his arms and his torso.
** The sequel, ''Ultimax'', introduces Sho Minazuki, who has an X-shaped scar on his face. It's actually smaller and neater than many of Akihiko's scars, but he's the BigBad.

* Taskmaster in ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'' has a straight scar going down the right side of his face, over his eye and eyebrow.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}'', several of the Assault hunters have scars. Hyde, the HeroicComedicSociopath, has a large burn scar on his face and is missing an eye. Markov, the amiable DeathSeeker, has a large cybernetic covering the that was lost during the attack on his colony. Torvald has heavy scarring across his torso from when he was torn apart. On the monster side, the Goliath has several scars across its chest and abdomen, befitting its nature as the most primal of the monsters.
* Soldier:76, aka Jack Morrison, has some facial scaring from the explosion that destroyed [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Overwatch's]] former headquarters; one across the bridge of his nose, one over his mouth, both of them neatly healed cuts. In his default skin, these are hidden behind his mask and visor. Before his face was revealed in the origins trailer, some [[NothingIsScarier fans speculated the scarring from the explosion might be ''much'' worse]] [including but not limited to second degree burns, skin grafts, scar tissue, blindness, etc...].

* Played with in ''VideoGame/DeadInVinland.'' Many of the enemies, from Shieldmaiden {{Mooks}} to the BigBad, have various scars, but nothing especially disfiguring or strange; the Shieldmaiden's scar looks like the XMarksTheHero type. Several members of the PlayerParty are similarly scarred; TheHero Eirik has a thin red scar across the same forearm where he has a sleeve tattoo, [[LadyOfWar Lady]] [[{{Ronin}} Tomoe]] has deep gnarly scars on her upper chest just above the neckline of her outfit (a case of PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars), and [[WhiteMagicianGirl Brother Angelico]] has several small scars just above his neckline as well. [[spoiler: Brother Angelico turns out to be the one place where this trope is played straight; it's later revealed he's AxCrazy and that his back is CoveredInScars from scourging himself with a whip after stabbing people to death and dismembering the bodies. Since he commits both the murders and the self-mutilation during a dissociative state or possibly demonic possession, he doesn't even remember why he has these scars.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/FamicomDetectiveClub Famicom Detective Club:The Missing Heir]]'' manages to both have a subversion and an inversion. [[spoiler:The protagonist is identified as the child of the missing Yuri Ayashiro, due to sporting a nasty-looking burn mark on his right shoulder that he received while she was rescuing him from a fire, as a baby. The game's culprit, Kyonosuke Kanda, has a more subtle but no less noteworthy set of scratch marks on his left cheek, when he had a scuffle with Azusa Kasuga. Noteworthy, because he was "known" as Amachi up to that point.]]
* Hanako Ikezawa of ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' is a prime example of the "horrendous scar as mark of tragedy" subversion. The right side of her body bears the burn scars of a fire that took her parents from her at a young age, leaving the poor girl a nervous wreck and an extreme ShrinkingViolet.

* You can tell that Kennyo of ''VisualNovel/IkemenSengoku'' is the BigBad (albeit more the [[TragicVillain tragic]] kind than the [[CardCarryingVillain card-carrying]] kind) of that game just by looking at him and the giant scar running across his face, especially in contrast to Shingen and Kenshin who oppose the main character's Azuchi friends but have unscarred countenances and are depicted as more honorable and less dangerous than Kennyo.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Izane is a good guy and has a scar across his left eye.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Zuko's scar functions as both a bad scar (making him appear menacing) and good (showing he has suffered). [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished There's also the backstory about why he got it in the first place]], throwing in even more ambiguity. It is also an interesting study in this trope --earlier in the series, when Zuko is [[CharacterDevelopment worse]], it is thrown into relief more often, making it look worse. It helps here that he starts out wearing a BaldOfEvil, but by far the ugliest part of the scar "just happens" to be under his hair when he grows it out during his quest for redemption.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Lin Beifong, [[SpinOffspring Toph's daughter]] and head of the Republic City [[ExtraOreDinary metalbending police force]], has two thin scars resembling claw marks on her right cheek. Despite some initial trouble, it's a "good" scar, which only makes her look badass and in no way takes away from her attractiveness. [[spoiler:They're courtesy of her attempt to arrest her sister.]]
** The reason [[BigBad Amon]] wears a WhiteMaskOfDoom is ostensibly because his face was horribly scarred after a Firebender attacked him and his family in his youth. When [[http://media.animevice.com/uploads/1/11372/552868-k23.png eventually seen]] it looks pretty evil, drawing his face into a permanent scowling grimace. [[spoiler: It's also a fake, caused by a heavy makeup job, in the event that he ever needed to weather accusations of falsehood.]]
** [[EnlightenedAntagonist Zaheer]], Book 3's ArcVillain, has several {{Rugged Scar}}s (a cross-shaped one on the back of his head and a Creator/JasonMomoa-esque split eyebrow), likely both to underscore his status as an EmpoweredBadassNormal ''and'' to make him look intimidating. The ambiguity suits him: while he's a serious threat [[spoiler:(almost managing to kill Korra outright)]] during the story arc in which he primarily features, he's also ultimately an AntiVillain[[spoiler:, and willingly ''helps'' her in his final appearance on the show]].

* Lightning Lad from ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' had a lightning bolt scar under one eye that occasionally flashed when he used his powers (lightning, naturally)

* Enzo/Matrix from ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' gets a scar across his left eye in his final Game cube as a kid. When the next season starts up, he and his companions have aged up via localized timeskip-the eye has been replaced with a bitchin' gold-colored cybernetic replacement, but the across-the-eye scar still remains. Matrix is very much an AntiHero.
* Dr. Blight from ''{{WesternAnimation/Captain Planet|AndThePlaneteers}}'' looks perfectly normal ([[EvilIsSexy and in fact hot]])... until she moves the fringe covering the side of her face, revealing a severely scarred face.
* Given that Transformers can be repaired perfectly even if they're missing large parts of their body, scars are pretty unnecessary. However, ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' Wheeljack retains the long scar across his Autobot symbol from the accident that led to his FaceHeelTurn. However, it's also possible he made the scar himself ''after'' the accident, so it might not count.
** Ratchet in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' also left the chevron on his forehead broken after his battle with Lockdown, most likely for personal symbolic reasons.
** Ironhide from the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' film series has a scar over his right eye.
*** Also in the movie continuity, there's [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:ROS5-Strongarm.jpg Strongarm]] (from the IDW comics) who has three HUGE slashes across his face (which is sometimes covered up by a face mask). Apparently he was involved in a Decepticon attack that left his entire unit dead and whilst the scars could be repaired, he chose to keep them as a reminder to the Autobots who died under his command.
* In the BigDamnHeroes moment of the Season 3 premiere of ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'', we see that [[spoiler:Charles Ofdensen now has one, from when the Metal Masked Assassin deliberately cut his face in Season 2]].
** After that episode, [[spoiler:the scar seems to have disappeared]]. Brendon Small claimed that there is a reason for this.

* Lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''; when Me-Mow the assassin slashes Finn several times with a tiny dagger, including his cheek, Finn mocks [[SamusIsAGirl her]], stating that [[RuleOfCool "You're just making my face look cooler!"]]
* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' - Tron appears much as he did before the coup, but is ''very'' messed up under his outward appearance (we see a brief glance at the massive scarring). This, like a lot of other things in-series, works as {{Foreshadowing}}.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'':
--> '''Lieutenant Krauss:''' "Oh, I get it. Ze German guy [[PoirotSpeak mit]] ze scar must be ze bad guy. Well you know how I got zis scar? Savink a Jewish girl from a gang of skinheads."
* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Rapture's Delight", after Stan loses his wife Francine to a returned Jesus, he gets a scar down and through his left eye, blinding him on that side. He had become a mercenary, not fighting for either side, until Jesus asked him to help rescue Francine from the Anti-Christ. In DeathEqualsRedemption, he goes to his personal Heaven, which brings him back to Earth at the beginning of the episode. Whether that means the rest of the series is Stan's heaven is not mentioned/discussed.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', Sadie gets a small scar on her cheek after getting attacked by a big fish in "Island Adventure". While it fades over time, it's still visible if you look hard enough. Seasons later, Lars gets a big scar over his eye after he [[spoiler: gets blown up by a Robonoid]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', Throttle's girlfriend Carbine is of the Good Scars variety. Shortly after Throttle, Vinnie, and Modo originally left Mars, she got a thin scar just below her left eye, but her main concern is the survival of Mars, so she's still an ally of the Biker Mice for the most part.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Bad Kaeloo has a scar running through her right eye, which she is somehow still able to open.