History Main / LeanAndMean

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[[caption-width-right:265:As if exposing his ribcage isn't scary enough, he reads minds and [[VaderBreath breathes like Darth Vader!]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:285:Nothing burns calories quite like evil does.]]

* Purposely invoked with Hiruma of {{Eyeshield 21}}, whose supposed to resemble a devil. He's mean, but he' more an anti-hero then a villain.

* Apart from the appropritately named Butterball, all [[{{Hellraiser}} Cenobites]] were rather slender.

* LeanAndMean works for cyborgs too, such as [[StarWars General Grievous]].

** [[AccidentalInnuendo Heh-hee]]!
* The [[PansLabyrinth Pale Man]].. *shiver*

* [[NightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]]
* PeterCushing as [[StarWars Grand Moff Tarkin]]. Especially interesting because, despite his amazingly VillainousCheekbones he was PlayingAgainstType after a career of playing SherlockHolmes and [[{{Dracula}} Dr. Van Helsing]].

--> From the back, Vetinari looked like a carnivorous flamingo.

** It was definitely Lord Snapcase. Not only did the obese patrician have a completely different personality that Vetinari, his name was never mentioned. He was merely a stereotype evil overlord. The obese patrician dined on lark's tongues and other exotic foodstuffs; it has been mentioned more than once that Vetinari, on the other hand, eats frugally and considers bread and water entirely sufficient. Vetinari doesn't wear rings or other accessoires except for his signet ring, while the obese patrician is described as wearings rings with precious stones on every finger. Vetinari doesn't bother with gaudy robes or chains of office and instead wear dusty black. And last but not least, it has been mentioned that Vetinari seems to have no vices anyone can find (because if he had, the Guilds would have use it against him by now); so gluttony is right out.

* From IsaacAsimov's ''{{Foundation}}'', part 2: The Mule, [[spoiler:who poses as his own escaped jester, Magnifico]].

* [[KnightTemplar Count Veger]] from the ''JakAndDaxter'' series is tall and skinny. And [[spoiler: responsible for ruining Jak's life]].

* [[spoiler: The Other Mother's true form]] in ''{{Coraline}}''

* Tzekel-Kan, the evil High Priest in ''TheRoadToElDorado'', highlighting his asceticism and religious devotion beside the comfortably worldy (and obese) Chief Tannabok.

** Subverted with Dr. Orpheus, who is tall and thin (and otherwise looks like a stereotypical necromancer) but is actually one of the ''nicest'' characters.

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* PeterCushing as [[StarWars Grand Moff Tarkin]]. Especially interesting because, despite his amazingly VillainousCheekbones he was PlayingAgainstType after a career of playing SherlockHolmes and [[Dracula Dr. Van Helsing]].

* {{Batman}} villain, {{Scarecrow}} is so thin, he was bullied as a child for his ressemblance to [[TheLegendOfSleepyHollow Ichabod Crane]].

[[EvilCostumeSwitch Black robes]] not fitting properly? Just try being a little more evil! [[KickTheDog Kicking puppies]] is good exercise after all! And don't worry about those meals you skip while you're scheming to take over the kingdom. Yes, the combination of your new villainous lifestyle and the laws of narrative causality will make those annoying extra pounds vanish before you can say "Are they even ''feeding'' [[{{Disney/ptitle3if599v0}} Yzma]]?" Obviously, FreudWasRight when it comes to food.

* [[WarOnTerror Osama bin Laden]] is [[http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/terbinladen.htm described by the FBI]] as having a thin build.

->Corpulence makes a man reasonable, pleasant and phlegmatic. Have you noticed the nastiest of tyrants are invariably thin?
--> -- '''Gracchus''', ''{{Spartacus}}''

The reverse VillainousGlutton style is also relatively frequent (cf. Ursula, the Blob), but nowhere as lampshaded as the Lean and Mean look. Also contrast LargeAndInCharge.

* Nnoitra from ''Bleach''.

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[[EvilCostumeSwitch Black robes]] not fitting properly? Just try being a little more evil! [[KickTheDog Kicking puppies]] is good exercise after all! And don't worry about those meals you skip while you're scheming to take over the kingdom. Yes, the combination of your new villainous lifestyle and the laws of narrative causality will make those annoying extra pounds vanish before you can say "Are they even ''feeding'' [[TheEmperorsNewGroove Yzma]]?" Obviously, FreudWasRight when it comes to food.

** Yzma of ''TheEmperorsNewGroove'' takes this to a new extreme, although it's not unreasonable to assume she may have been most attractive a century or two ago.

* Sangrecco from MesmoDelivery, a people smuggler/hitman/demon? in his spare time he's an {{Elvis Impersonator}} presumably of the king's earlier period.