History Main / SinisterSchnoz

It's one of the great mysteries of life. One speculation is that children tend to have small, upturned noses, and since ChildrenAreInnocent, large noses are associated with age and lack of said innocence. (This is similar to HairOfGoldHeartOfGold.) Another possibility is that they're an {{Animal Motif|s}} inspired by the long hooked beaks of [[FeatheredFiend scavenging birds]] such as [[VileVulture vultures]] and [[CreepyCrows ravens]].

[[SeriousBusiness It's one of the great mysteries of life.]] One speculation is that children tend to have small, upturned noses, and since ChildrenAreInnocent, large noses are associated with age and lack of said innocence. (This is similar to HairOfGoldHeartOfGold.) Another possibility is that they're an {{Animal Motif|s}} inspired by the long hooked beaks of [[FeatheredFiend scavenging birds]] such as [[VileVulture vultures]] and [[CreepyCrows ravens]].

[[SeriousBusiness It's one of the great mysteries of life.]] One speculation is that children tend to have small, upturned noses, and since ChildrenAreInnocent, large noses are associated with age and lack of said innocence. (This is similar to HairOfGoldHeartOfGold.)

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* The Boogie Man from Music/{{Gorillaz}} has an extremely long nose. It's the only facial feature visible. Murdoc also has a rather bulbous nose. He's not ''technically'' a "bad guy", though.

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* Creator/JohnKricfalusi refers to this as the "turd sniffer" on ''Blog/JohnKStuff'':
-->"I'm not sure if Disney invented it, but animators know that the quickest way to turn the audience against someone is to have them sniff the ceremonial turd. Decent people instinctively know you shouldn't be poking your nose around that area and won't root for the turd sniffer."
* Creator/PedroPascal, who portrays villains and anti-heroes across various mediums, sometimes refers to his "sharp nose" as a reason he'll "probably be playing bad guys forever..."

* ''Franchise/{{EXTRAPOWER}}'': ''[[VideoGame/EXTRAPOWERAttackOfDarkforce Attack of Darkforce]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/EXTRAPOWERStarResistance Star Resistance]]'' gives us Sunny Day, sporting a long mosquito-like snout flowing out from his propeller-topped head. He and Funny Face form a duo of lieutenants in the Dark Force army, nominally [[GoldfishPoopGang comedy relief]] but dangerous tools of Dark Force all the same, commanding mechanized troops and relishing in attacking civilians. Star Resistance also introduces Moon Base, a bioroid enemy deployed as base defense and an expert is saturating the screen with as many bullets on its own as the entirety of their escort units combined.
* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'': [[spoiler:Luke Atmey]].

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* Variously used in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''. While the Gauls all have big tomato-like noses (a characteristic of many FrancoBelgianComics), several villains have them as well. UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar has a tall, pointy nose, but so do several heroic characters (and women meant to be attractive more than humorous are shown with more normal noses as well).

** Murdoc's [[AbusiveParents abusive]], adoptive father Sebastian Niccals has a nose like a Tengu.

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'': [[spoiler:Luke Atmey]].

* Quite a few villains in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, e.g. [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Frollo]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], and [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Captain Hook.]]

Almost anytime a character has a large nose, [[ObviouslyEvil he's a bad guy]]. Villains have big noses. They might be long and pointy, or a giant hook down their face, and may be emphasized with CreepyShadowedUndereyes. Bonus points if he has a BadassMustache that he can twirl like a true DastardlyWhiplash. But for whatever reason, bad guys rock the big noses. Maybe it's symbolic of how ugly they are on the inside? Maybe it's just to [[OnlySixFaces distinguish]] between the honest good guys and the [[PinocchioNose less honest]] bad guys for the audience. No one nose.[[note]]Hold your tomatoes, please.[[/note]]

* Wario and Waluigi of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', though they aren't always villains.

This is a common anti-Semitic stereotype, especially if the nose in question is crooked and many GreedyJew stereotypes can be found with some kind of beak-like nose. The word "schnoz" derives from "schnozzle" which in turn derives from the Yiddish "shnoits" for "snout".

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. In Coup By Clam", VillainOfTheWeek Doctor Tumii has an impressively-sized nose (albeit with squick-inducing snot) that gets [[ManBitesMan bitten off by Rygel]] towards the end of the episode.

** Watto in ''Episode I: Film/ThePhantomMenace'' has a huge nose, which contributed to the case of critics who called him an [[SpaceJews anti-Semitic stereotype]].

** Palpatine/Sidious' actor, Ian [=McDiarmid=], has a rather large nose, which is very visible in the Prequel Trilogy and the last episode of the Original Trilogy. It is often the most visible part of his upper face when he's in his Sith robes, apart from his mouth and chin even when his eyes are fully hidden. And he is the [[MagnificentBastard main villain of the saga]], leaps and bounds beyond the small-time desert merchant Watto.

** This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in one volume, where ''one of his own [[{{Mook}} mooks]]'' (accidentally) likens his nose to that of a proboscis monkey.

* Variously used in ''{{ComicBook/Asterix}}''. While the Gauls all have big tomato-like noses (a characteristic of many FrancoBelgianComics), several villains have them as well. UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar has a tall, pointy nose, but so do several heroic characters (and women meant to be attractive more than humorous are shown with more normal noses as well).

* ''Videogame/DarkestDungeon'': Most of the vampires seen in the ''Crimson Court'' DLC have some impressively pointy and elongated noses. There is a reason for this, however, and it's the fact the curse turned their noses into mosquito proboscises, complete with blood-sucking capacity.

* The [[spoiler: purple Raiment wielder]] in ''{{Webcomic/Parallax}}'' has a very pointy one.
* Schtein, the VillainProtagonist of ''Webcomic/StringTheory''. PlayedForLaughs when he expresses regret that his estranged daughter (whom he's never met) has inherited his nose.

* The [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S6_NBC_Respirator Avon S6 NBC Respirator]], made famous by the Special Air Service during the UsefulNotes/IranianEmbassySiege, features a distinctive nose.

* Creator/PedroPascal, who portrays villains and anti-heroes across various mediums, has remarked that his "sharp nose" has probably sentenced him to "playing bad guys forever."

* Creator/PedroPascal, who portrays villains and anti-heroes across various mediums, has snarked that his "sharp nose" has probably sentenced him to "playing bad guys forever."

* Creator/PedroPascal, who portrays villains and anti-heroes across various mediums, has snarked that his "sharp nose" has probably doomed him to "playing bad guys forever."

* Franchise/StarWars