History Main / PsychoPink

KillerRabbit, BrightIsNotGood, and WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver also often overlap.

* In the Literature/{{Discworld}} of Creator/AAPessimal, an Assassin from a renowned Family is looking to make her name. Aware that the genetic lottery has denied her the striking red hair of her two aunts - both Assassins who have earned the title of ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Red Death]]'' by their country's mortal foe next door, she looks at her strawberry-blonde hair and decides that very faint hint of red isn't going to cut it. She applies creative thought to this problem and decides to do something radical. She has her hair dyed with streaks of brilliant neon-pink. Just to make herself distinctive. And the Pink Death is born. Even if, this being the Discworld, a more literal-mindedness applies at first and titles like ''The Raspberry Ripple Death'' or the ''Merkle And Stingbat Pro-Keratine Salon-Quality Ultra-Bright Shocking Pink with Pro-V Death'' were bandied about.

* The Hart family, famed for their TrainingFromHell and also being extremely good technical wrestlers, have black and pink as their signature colours. A Hart family member will usually have the Sharpshooter as a finisher - a submission that allows them to put an opponent's back under such strain.

** Subverted with Princess Cadence, who's a pink WingedUnicorn introduced seemingly as a BitchInSheepsClothing out to drain the energy of Twilight's brother...but she's actually an impostor. The real Cadence has been imprisoned and replaced by a Changeling queen - who in her true form is coded with [[GreenAndMean green]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'': In one episode, the world's wealthiest people are being mysteriously abducted, and Sam, Alex, and Clover are assigned as protection detail to the next likeliest victim. Their client - a barely veiled Creator/ParisHilton {{Expy}} - not only has pink on the brain, but is later revealed as the one behind the abductions (eliminating the competition so she can become the richest person in the world).

* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': When [[EvilCounterpart Wario]] was first introduced in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'', the artwork at the time portrayed him with pinkish overalls, and he was a greedy villain who took over Mario's castle and hypnotized the inhabitants of Mario Land. The ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' games would change the overalls' color to violet to coincide with his change into an AntiHero.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Ty Lee, one of Princess Azula's posse, who is an acrobat, wears pink, has a [[CheeryPink cheery demeanor]], and claims her aura has never been pinker after upon hearing they're pursuing the Gaang. And despite being a non-bender, she's a dangerous force to be reckoned with through her ability to chi-block her opponents by blocking their pressure points and leaving them [[TheParalyzer paralyzed]]. In something of a twist, however, while she pursues our heroes with delighted glee, she is one of the saner members of the villainous posse, [[TrappedInVillainy only following]] Azula because she is fearful [[JoinOrDie of what would happen if she refused]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Lola sports a pink pageant dress as she usually competes in junior beauty pageants a good chunk of the time. She's also one of the more aggressive of the Loud sisters who isn't afraid to take advantage of her siblings to get what she wants. The others likewise try not to make her purposely mad as she can very scary when angered. Ironically this is in direct contrast to her twin, Lana, who's a messy kid but much nicer.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'': In one episode, the world's wealthiest people are being mysteriously abducted, and Sam, Alex, and Clover are assigned as protection detail to the next likeliest victim. Their client - a barely veiled Creator/ParisHilton {{Expy}} - not only has pink on the brain, but is later revealed as the the one behind the abductions (eliminating the competition so she can become the richest person in the world).

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has Ty Lee, one of Princess Azula's posse, who is an acrobat, wears pink, has a [[CheeryPink cheery demeanor]], and claims her aura has never been pinker after upon hearing they're pursuing the Gaang. And despite being a non-bender, she's a dangerous force to be reckoned with through her ability to chi-block her opponents by blocking their pressure points and leaving them [[TheParalyzer paralyzed]]. In something of a twist, however, while she pursues our heroes with delighted glee, she is one of the saner members of the villainous posse, [[TrappedInVillainy only following]] Azula because she is fearful [[JoinOrDie of what would happen if she refused]].
* Louise, the youngest of the Belcher children in ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' always wears a pink bunny hat and is often called cute by unwary adults, but is really a manipulative sociopath.

* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' Berry from the approptiately named episode "Berry Scary" is a pink imaginary friend with an unhealthy crush on Bloo and a great dislike for Mac due to being the best friend of his crush. While the worst thing she did in her debut episode was manipulating Bloo into ending his friendship with Mac, she commits more vile crimes in her second appearance: keeping a rich family hostage in their own mansion while stealing their property and impersonating a guy named Barry, all of this just to steal Bloo from Mac (whom she attempts to ''murder'' this time).

* Sweetie Bird in certain episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', whether she's trying to hunt Bookworm as a snack, or attempting to torture Furrball who is, more often than not, minding his own business.

* In ''Film/Carrie1976'' and ''Film/Carrie2013'', Carrie's prom dress (which gets drenched with blood and which she wears throughout her school massacre) is a very gentle, feminine pink. This marks a deliberate departure from the book, where Carrie's prom dress is red.
* ''Film/ColorOutOfSpace2020'' chose to depict the titular [[BrownNoteBeing anomalous, reality-corrupting threat]] as a vivid, unnerving magenta, as it would be otherwise impossible to visually depict [[FictionalColour the fictional, spectrum-breaking color]] it was made of in [[Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace the original Lovecraft short story]]. There actually is [[TruthInTelevision a fun scientific basis]] for why magenta in particular was chosen: ''pink technically doesn't exist in the color spectrum'' -- it's a strictly mental interpretation of the human eye observing specific combinations of red and blue together, and thus can symbolically act as shorthand for [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm an entity that neither characters nor audiences should be able to properly comprehend]].

** ''Fanfic/RocketToInsanity'': Subverted. In this fic, the events of ''Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}'' are revealed to be [[AllJustADream nightmares that Rainbow Dash has had]]. Rainbow Dash keeps having recurring nightmares of Pinkie Pie murdering her, which [[SanitySlippage drives]] ''[[SanitySlippage her]]'' [[SanitySlippage to insanity]] and eventually, she assassinates Pinkie.

** ''FanFic/{{Cupcakes}}'': In this infamous fanfic, Pinkie Pie is a serial killer and cannibal who not only uses pieces of her victims in her cupcake recipe but also takes cutie marks, pegasus wings, and unicorn horns and adds them to the dress she wears when torturing somepony.

** Kolulu's true self is a gentle, pacifistic girl. As such, to take part in the battle, she has a bloodthirsty SuperpoweredEvilSide with razor-sharp claws.

* In the ''VideoGame/ApeEscape'' series, the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only female]] of the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Freaky Monkey Five]] is Pink Monkey, a pop singer. While she's normally annoyingly sweet and perky, hitting one of her [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]] (and she has a ''lot'' of them) unleashes Pink's SuperpoweredEvilSide, who's a terrifying {{Tsundere}}. She's probably the scariest and most dangerous of the group, and that's saying something.

* Zola from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' wears all pink, and while she at first seems like a harmless person, she revealrs herself to be batshit insane over time. In fact, everybody underestimated her until it was pretty much too late.

** Goku Black is a deicidal, [[OmnicidalManiac omnicidal]], [[GrandTheftMe body-snatching]] [[ItsAllAboutMe narcissist]], and only gets worse once he unlocks his pink-haired [[SuperMode Super Saiyan Rosé]] form.

* Child star Darla Dimple from ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' dresses exclusively in pink. On-camera and in public, she bubbles with girlish charm and comes across with cutesy-poo goodness to the point of TastesLikeDiabetes. [[NiceCharacterMeanActor When the general public isn't watching]], however, she's [[EnfantTerrible scary]] and a vicious Prima Donna. And if her tantrums aren't enough to scare you, she has a MightyGlacier manservant named Max who is loyal to her every command. That's why everyone at Mammoth Studios walks on eggshells around her.

** Frieza is a [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]], [[TheSociopath heartless]] EvilOverlord with a SissyVillain color scheme centered around pink and [[PurpleIsPowerful purple]]. The pink includes much of his skin in his first three forms, as well as many of his energy blasts (one barrage turns the whole landscape pink for a minute).

* ''Fanfic/TotalUndeadDrama'': A good chunk of the girls change to pink gowns after they're turned into vampires by Storm. But this is the most prominent in Sadie and Katie who were the first two turned by him. While still retaining their air-headed valley girl qualities. They likewise don't hesitate to attack their former friends and ignore the pleas of whom they capture to present to their master.

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'': Majin Buu is an OmnicidalManiac who, in addition to being completely pink, looks pretty silly, at least as Fat Buu.

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Sometimes, looks can be deceiving, especially when it comes to characters or objects wearing [[pink:pink]]. For a color associated with femininity, innocence, playfulness, and love, they are often the ones that need to be watched out for. Female characters often at first appear to be [[ManicPixieDreamGirl quirky]] or [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} crazy in a good way]] before exposing their... well.. [[NothingNiceAboutSugarAndSpice true colors]] in the style of being a {{bitch|InSheepsClothing}} or [[{{Yandere}} crazy in]] [[CuteAndPsycho a bad way]].

Part of SubvertedInnocence, specifically subverting PinkMeansFeminine (supertrope of PinkGirlBlueBoy, PinkIsForSissies / RealMenWearPink, PrincessesPreferPink, and RoseHairedSweetie), CuteAndPsycho, and CheeryPink, juxtaposing what is often seen as a soft, gentle, welcoming color with a more aggressive, unsettling character type.

* [[ObfuscatingStupidity April May]] and [[InformationBroker Redd White]] from the ''VideoGame/AceAttorney'' series, the former being BitchInSheepsClothing par excellence, the latter being [[spoiler: a ruthless blackmailer who killed Phoenix's mentor. He later tried to pin the blame on Maya Fey, the mentor's younger sister.]] Both are clad in pink head-to-toe, including their hair.

* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'': Galacta Knight, the time-travelling "[[WorldsStrongestMan Greatest Warrior in the Galaxy]]", was [[SealedBadassInACan sealed away]] aeons ago for fear of his insane level of power... emphasis on ''[[AxCrazy insane]]'', because his standard response to being awakened is to attack everything in sight! [[spoiler: Just ask [[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot Star Dream]] and [[VideoGame/SuperKirbyClash Parallel Nightmare]].]]
** In ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'', [[spoiler: the inner core of the FinalBoss, [[AlmightyIdiot Void]] [[DestroyerDeity Termina]], takes the form of a pink sphere of [[MadeOfEvil evil energy]] that bears an uncanny resemblance to both [[TheHeartless Dark Matter]] and [[TomatoInTheMirror Kirby himself]].]]

* Clover from ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors''. Another [[RoseHairedSweetie lovely girl in pink,]] [[spoiler: Clover quickly goes [[AxCrazy very literally ax-crazy]] in the game's infamous Ax Ending. Everybody dies.]]

* Juri Han, the psycho UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}} girl from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' and one of the new antagonists of the [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV recent]] [[VideoGame/StreetFighterV games]] has pink as one of her main colors, along with {{purple|IsPowerful}} and [[EvilWearsBlack black]].

* ''WebAnimation/MetaRunner'': Evelyn Claythorne sports a prominent pink hairdo and skirt, and her [=TASCorp=] quarters are absolutely ''slathered'' in pink. And she’s a massive [[PsychopathicManchild Psychopathic Woman Child]] of a Meta Runner, who’s willing to screw over Tari just so that she can have all the glory. [[spoiler: And she seems to have no qualms in joining up with the MadScientist that just murdered her boss if it means gaining an edge over Tari.]]

** Pinkie Pie. The cute, bubbly horse who always loves a party, she quickly [[CuteAndPsycho gets nasty]] when somepony ditches her planned parties, or when somepony [[BerserkButton breaks a Pinkie Promise.]] [[BewareTheSillyOnes Don't break the promise.]] A Pinkie Promise is [[SeriousBusiness very, very serious business.]]

** ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'': [[TheDon Diavolo]], the ruthless kingpin of [[TheMafia Passione]], sports a head of pink hair. Anime versions of [[TheDragon Doppio]] and [[NominalHero Giorno]] also qualify as they are now sporting pink hair and pink clothes respectively.