History Main / RedRightHand

* Aubry Jason, a.k.a. Lord Sovereign from ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', has a distinctive scar down the right side of his face. It is what leads Royal Williams to identify him as his parents' killer.
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'''s rogue's gallery has three big examples of this.

* The nevermind of ''ComicBook/{{Birthright}}'' infects a voluntary host to offer strength and give advice on how to serve God-King Lore. The infection manifests as a grotesque mark that progresses from an ugly red scar to [[EyesDoNotBelongThere full-on reshaping]].
* In ''ComicBook/Camelot3000'', Morgan finds that [[{{Squick}} Power Gives You Seriously Nasty Pustules]].

* {{Justified|Trope}} example in ''ComicBook/CreatureTech''. Jameson exchanged his hand for that of the demon Hellcat so he could gain demonic powers, and to prevent his soul from being taken to Hell when he died. [[spoiler:When Dr. Ong cuts off Jameson's hand, the demons of Hell show up for Jameson's soul.]]

* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Characters/DoctorDoom, whose face is so horribly scarred that it's never shown. According to Reed Richards, the scar on his face was only slightly superficial. But Von Doom's ego was so great, that even the slightest imperfection was enough to vow vengeance on Richards. Later, upon receiving his armor from Tibetan mystics, he didn't even wait until the metal had cooled before trying on the mask, which is the true cause of his now hideous deformity.

* A prominent character in the ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' series (particularly in the trade paperback, "The Red Right Hand") develops a literal red right hand (occasionally drawn as his '''left''' hand) after [[spoiler:murdering his girlfriend and recklessly causing the terrible demise of several innocent people, including [[KickTheDog children, infants, and young parents]]]]. The hand becomes redder and darker in accordance with changes to his character as the story progresses.
* While ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} is a red-skinned, twin-horned demon to begin with, he's actually fairly human-looking and easy on the eyes for the most part. With, of course, the notable exception of (yes) his right hand and forearm, which are thrice as big as his human-standard left, only has three fingers and a thumb, and is made entirely of a demonic, totally indestructible mineral, which raises the question of where the eldritch symbols carved into it came from. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that the stone arm is the literal hand of the angel who created this verse's world-ending-monster-equivalent and is thus the means by which Hellboy is prophesized to trigger the apocalypse.]]
* In reflection of his sin, Judas from ''ComicBook/Judas2017'' wakes up in Hell wearing a necklace made from the silver coins he was paid in for his betrayal, resembling the noose he used to take his own life.
* One ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfZelda'' comic book has Link's hand turn red when he takes the Triforce of Power. Sure enough, he soon discovers that WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity.

* Herr Starr, the BigBad of ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'', starts with a nonfunctional right eye and five scar lines around it. As the series goes on, the "redness" only increases: He gets his left ear shot off, a nasty (and phallic) line is cut into his scalp, he loses his right lower leg to cannibals, and [[spoiler:[[GroinAttack his penis gets bitten off by a dog]]. CrossesTheLineTwice when he says "My cock is in the bitch's mouth. And not in a good way."]]

* In ''ComicBook/{{Sojourn}}'', Mordath's evil nature warped the Sigil he received, so instead of a red-and-yellow yin-yang symbol, it was entirely red. Receiving the Sigil in the first place brought him BackFromTheDead, so he's also a zombie.

* In ''ComicBook/XMen'', Reverend Stryker finds the remains of a Sentinel from the future and uses the robot's glowing ''pink'' hand as a glove and an apparent weapon. He dies before he gets to use it. Just goes to show you need to get a real red hand. [[PinkIsForSissies No one respects you with a pink one.]]

** Cinder Fall originally had a FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon but suffered severe scarring along the left side of her face and body thanks to [[spoiler:Ruby's Silver Eyes power]], which better reflects her cruel and selfish nature.
** Salem is a walking embodiment of this trope. Between the bone-white skin, prominent black TaintedVeins on her face and arms, glowing red eyes with black scleras, long black nails, and to top it all off, SMOKE BILLOWING OUT FROM UNDER HER ROBES, it's impossible to mistake her as anything other than the BigBad of the series. [[spoiler: She got it from throwing herself into the Pools of Grimm- before that, she was actually quite beautiful.]]
** Adam Taurus, [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters freedom fighter turned terrorist]] and Blake's abusive, obsessive ex, [[spoiler:wears his signature mask to conceal the Schnee Dust Company brand over his [[EyeScream left eye]].]]

** Zuko's [[GoodScarsEvilScars scar]] and [[ExpositoryHairstyleChange hair]] are used to mark him as a bad guy. [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn After turning good]], he changes his hair to make his scar look less ugly. We also find out that he ''got'' the scar from his father as punishment for what was actually a PetTheDog moment; the scar is actually proof that he is ''redeemable''.]]
** Azula, on the other hand, is obsessive about her personal appearance, and has [[FemmeFatalons perfectly manicured fingernails she sharpens into claws]] in the second season, before her arrival at Ba Sing Se.

** King Sombra. He would look like a fairly unremarkable gray unicorn if not for a deformed red horn that [[BodyHorror looks like it's been melted and seared into a point]]. He's also lacking a cutie mark.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': When we finally see [[BigBad Emperor Belos']] face midway through Season 2, it's shown that he has a diagonal strip of what appears to be necrotic flesh running across it. [[spoiler: This is a sign of his curse, which if otherwise not kept in check will spread and turn him into a HumanoidAbomination.]]

** Megatron of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' had his doctor replace his right arm with one recovered from a dead Prime to grant him said Prime's power. Fittingly, the new limb just happens to be mostly red.
** Megatron is also shown in Prime to at one point have blue eyes during a flashback to his one-time friendship with Orion Pax, and showed them turning red when his attempt to have the council name him as the next Prime didn't work. Indicated to be true of all Decepticons. Similarly, the G1 cartoon depicted almost all Decepticons as having red eyes and all Autobots as having blue eyes. During one episode in which the Autobots minds are briefly altered by Megatron, their eyes turn red, in a cross between this and RedEyesTakeWarning. There were occasional exceptions to the rule on both sides in the cartoon, but generally, if you saw red eyes on a Cybertronian, you could safely assume them to be a Decepticon. The comics tend to avert this in all forms, though IDW and Dreamwave's various Transformers books tend to follow the rule set down by Generation One's animated series, although as CharacterizationMarchesOn, some Cybertronians have been shown with different eye colors and even the Decepticons themselves are no longer purely evil, even if their eyes are still predominantly red.

* Grune, one of the villains from ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'', has only one fang, which is notable, since he's a [[CatFolk saber-toothed cat]]. In the newer series, it's shown how he lost the other one: faced with certain death at the hands of a giant spider, Grune [[LifeOrLimbDecision ripped his own fang out]] to use as a knife.

** Played with towards Allen, whose ''left'' arm is twisted and red, with a big cross on the back of his hand and occasionally a will of its own. His parents abandoned him because it was so freaky. Not only is he a wonderful person, but the scary arm is also actually a holy weapon for destroying Akuma. His other 'mark' is his funny-looking cursed right eye, which is a mark of sin but also one of his [[MessianicArchetype messianic]] attributes, since it causes him suffering and keeps him from ever forgetting there are innocent souls within the Akuma who he wants to save.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':

* In ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', Evrart Claire, the corrupt and manipulative boss of Martinaise's Dock Workers Union, has a lazy eye. It notably adds to his inscrutable and unsettling demeanor.