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24	Villains who are in management positions, such as [[TheDon mob bosses]] and [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocrats]], can often be found wearing formal clothing. Wearing [[LightIsNotGood bright white suits draws a stark contrast against their villainy]], just as their [[WickedCultured display of culture and wealth]] contrasts against the teams of low-brow grunts who enforce their will.
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26	Due to their role in the organization (near, if not at the top), these characters tend not to be very hands-on, [[TheChessmaster planning]] things out and ordering {{mooks}} to carry out the plans. During a MobBossSuitFitting, both their organisational skills and taste in clothing can be emphasized. Don't be surprised if the [[SharpDressedMan fancy suit]] also symbolizes [[BadassInANiceSuit their ability to beat up their own thugs]]. Then again, it can also be used to [[WhiteShirtOfDeath foreshadow their inevitable (and bloody) downfall]].
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28	Not technically gendered, as a woman in a tailored white dress or [[LadyInAPowerSuit pantsuit]] and similar position in a villainous organization would still apply, but this list [[AlwaysMale skews heavily towards male examples]].
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30	SubTrope to LightIsNotGood (subverting the association of [[LightIsGood white/light with Good]]), ManOfWealthAndTaste (classily-dressed villain), and WickedCultured (villains with an interest in consuming and sharing high-class culture). SuperTrope to FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit, where the villain has [[SmallTownTyrant political control of a rural area]], [[FatBastard obesity]]/[[VillainousGlutton gluttony]], and a white suit (that typically needs cleaning). Speaking of baddies in hot climates--where lighter-colored clothes, which absorb less heat, come in handy--another character likely to dress like this is an EvilColonialist in the tropics. Contrast with EvilWearsBlack (villainy is associated with black clothing) and FashionVictimVillain (villains with flamboyantly bad/weird taste in clothing).
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32	See also TheRichHaveWhiteStuff, where characters are shown to be rich by having possessions (including homes and clothing) ostentatiously white. Can lean towards WhiteIsPure when the villain is obsessed with keeping their suit clean.
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39	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' tends to associate the color white with evil or at least antagonistic forces. Byakuya was the main antagonist for most of the Soul Society arc and, as with the other Gotei 13 Captains (most of which were antagonists as well during this arc) wore a white haori over his black Shinigami uniform. Sōsuke Aizen and his cohorts all wear variations of fancy-looking all-white clothing in contrast to the dark uniforms of the Gotei 13. [[ANaziByAnyOtherName The Wandenreich]], the villains of the final arc, also wear all-white uniforms.
40	* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Solf J. Kimblee, the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Crimson Alchemist]], always wears a spotless white suit and hat after his release from prison.
41	* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
42	** ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' has Paptimus Scirocco, who stands out among the [[StateSec Titans']] leadership with his white CustomUniform, contrasting the [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver black and red uniforms]] worn by most Titans officers.
43	** Similarly, ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'''s Gilbert Durandal ([[{{Expy}} who takes several cues from Scirocco]]) wears a white uniform, making him stand out as the chairman of ZAFT.
44	* ''Anime/SherlockHound'': Sherlocks criminal Nemesis Moriarty wears an all white suit with cape.
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48	* ''ComicBook/ActsOfVengeance'': While hiding his identity, Loki dresses in a business suit, rather than his usual Asgardian outfit. It is, naturally, white.
49	* ''ComicBook/{{Oxymoron}}'': Oxymoron uses an all-white suit with a red tie, hinting at his AxCrazy nature.
50	* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': All the active agents of the KnightTemplar AncientConspiracy the Grail have a dress code of white suits and red ties.
51	* ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'': Gideon Graves (both [[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld the movie]] and the comics) wears a pristine white suit. He's an evil music executive and final boss who was secretly behind much of the conflict, as he set up the League of Evil Exes.
52	* Wilson Fisk (a.k.a. [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin the Kingpin]]) from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', and other ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' comics usually appears in a white blazer or business suit. It's used to reinforce his VillainWithGoodPublicity status in-universe.
53	* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Gregory Stark, the older twin brother of Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, wears a white suit, and is described as having his brother's genius, and none of his morals. [[spoiler:He turns out to be the BigBad of the ''Ultimates vs. New Avengers'' crossover, and when he activates his powers, the suit turns into pure white light.]]
54	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
55	** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Angle Man was originally a thief with ties to organized crime who wore a light suit and matching fedora, before being suited up in green spandex in the Silver Age. He returned to his white suit and fedora and became a GentlemanThief ComicBook/PostCrisis.
56	** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': The appropriately named White Magician wears a white suit and cape ensemble and is a former hero turned villain.
57	* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Arcade's fashion style is nothing if not consistent. From his first appearance to this day he's worn white zoot suits exclusively. That, compounded with the fact that he's a PsychoForHire and the inventor of [[DeathCourse Murderworld]], makes it this trope.
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61	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}: ''[[spoiler:The BigBad, Ernesto De La Cruz, the HiddenVillain who killed his partner Hector, the protagonist Miguel's great-great-grandfather, and stole his songs, wears a shining white suit with a matching sombrero]].
62	* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'': [[spoiler:Hans wears a blazer atop otherwise [[HeavenlyBlue blue]] inner vestments, as well as distinctive white gloves and a full-white suit during Elsa's coronation party. Contrary to traditional Disney expectations, this doesn't affect [[LightIsNotGood his morality]] ''[[LightIsNotGood one bit]]'' -- he's actually a cruel usurper who has no qualms about murdering his way to a throne, breaking an innocent girl's heart along the way.]]
63	* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'': [[EvilOverlord Lord]] [[BigBad Farquaad]] wears an opulent, white outfit for his wedding to Fiona.
64	* Lex Luthor, the wealthy criminal mastermind in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'', spends most of the movie in an all-white suit.
65	* Bowser's white suit from ''Super Mario Odyssey'' comes back in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', with Bowser flying to the Mushroom Kingdom and wearing the getup for [[spoiler:a forced wedding with Peach, much like in ''Odyssey'']].
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69	* Rory Gaines from ''Film/Blackjack1998'' wears a white tuxedo suit throughout the film, including when carrying out hits and attacking the hero, Jack, in the final battle. For the latter, it proves problematic because Jack has an AbsurdPhobia of the colour white owing to having a flash grenade detonating before his face in the opening scene.
70	* ''Film/TheComfortOfStrangers'': Robert, the mysterious, menacing and murderous stranger portrayed by Creator/ChristopherWalken, wears a solid white suit in almost all of his scenes, including the one in which he slices the male lead's throat.
71	* Lucifer, the smooth manager of Hell in ''Film/Constantine2005'', wears an old-fashioned ensemble in the style of a FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit.
72	* ''Film/CoupDeTorchon'': Vanderbrouck, the obnoxious {{Jerkass}} who delights in insulting Lucien, wears a crisp white suit. This makes him stand out in tropical Africa. It also sets up a gag where Lucien saws through the wood panels of the outhouse, causing Vanderbrouck to fall through them. When they fish him out, Vanderbrouck's formerly white suit is covered in human waste.
73	* Big Daddy, a plantation owner from ''Film/DjangoUnchained'', is seen wearing a pretty nice white suit. He likes to think of himself as a sophisticated aristocrat, but he's actually a barbaric thug who engages in violence, slavery (including sex slavery), and bloodsports, although he behaves genteelly for much of the movie.
74	* In ''Film/EatABowlOfTea,'' the [[spoiler:wife has an affair with]] a SmugSnake who wears a white suit -- probably to show how flashy he is.
75	* ''Film/GateOfFlesh'': In this film set in the rubble-strewn slums of Tokyo soon after the end of World War II, Ishii the crime boss strolls around in a crisp white suit. This is especially notable because the little band of prostitutes the film centers around all wear bright primary colors, and all the rest of the Japanese men in the WretchedHive are generally dirty and sweaty and wearing more humble clothing.
76	* The second film in ''Film/TheGodfather'' trilogy had Don Fanucci, a freelance extortionist who was the ''padrone'' of Hell's Kitchen, who would often wear white suits with black overcoat and a white panama hat.
77	* In ''Film/TheGrandDuel'', SissyVillain Adam Saxon is the baby of [[SiblingsInCrime the Saxon brothers]], a dressed-all-in-white dandy, and a psychotic killer to boot who goes into near orgasmic delight whenever he gets to kill someone.
78	* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', the StarterVillain wears a full white suit including a trademark white panama hat.
79	* ''Film/JamesBond'':
80	** Sometimes, whenever Bond is wearing his black (or midnight blue) tuxedo, the villain will wear a white dinner jacket to contrast.
81	** In ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', Francisco Scaramanga is usually seen wearing an all-white suit.
82	* ''Film/KillBill'': O-ren Ishii's pure white, formal kimono, while it also makes for some nice [[SnowMeansDeath visual symbolism]] during her [[WhiteShirtOfDeath eventual defeat]], it also fits with her role. She's a mob boss, the head of the {{yakuza}}, and a polite, dignified, yet ruthless leader who makes herself scarce when combat begins, only reappearing once all her minions have been killed.
83	* ''Film/TheLadykillers2004'': CaperCrew leader Professor Dorr wears a fine white suit in several scenes, adding to his SouthernGentleman appearance.
84	* Saruman the White from Peter Jackson's ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' wears a white robe. Unlike in the books the films are based on, it doesn't seem to be able to change its colour.
85	* ''Film/LordOfWar'': Andre Baptiste, Sr., the brutal dictator of Liberia who uses drugged-up {{child soldier}}s and rules with an iron fist, favors a pure white uniform, except on ceremonial occasions.
86	* The villains in both ''Film/ElMariachi'' and ''Film/{{Desperado}}'' wear white suits, contrasting with the hero's black mariachi suit.
87	* ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'': The main villain Doc Hopper, who's most commonly clad in an old-fashioned, white pinstriped suit. He's a greedy corporate executive/restaurant owner who's out to force Kermit to be his spokesman by any means necessary but relies on his minions, especially his BeleagueredAssistant Max to do everything for him, including driving him around.
88	* ''Film/PacificRimUprising'': Liwen Shao is introduced as a coldly imperious corporate executive in an elegant white [[LadyInAPowerSuit suit]], who [[HatesBeingTouched refuses a handshake]] and exploits a tragedy to promote her business. {{Subverted\|Trope}} when she joins forces with the protagonists [[spoiler:to help save the world from the ''actual'' villain]] and {{defrost\|ingIceQueen}}s a bit.
89	* ''Film/Pitfall1962'': An ominous fellow in the white suit stalks the protagonist, an unfortunate miner. The villain's crisp, neat suit stands in dramatic contrast to the filth and dirt and sweaty, desperate people that surround him in Japanese mining country. He gets away with multiple murders.
90	* ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'': Al G. Rhythm.
91	* As in the aforementioned ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'', wealthy criminal mastermind Lex Luthor wears a white tie and overcoat in ''Film/SupermanReturns'', plus he spends a lot of time in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' wearing a white jacket and pants.
92	* ''Film/TheUntouchables1987'': Aside from the infamous BatterUp dinner scene and when he impersonates an officer, PsychoForHire Frank Nitti wears a white suit for almost every scene he's in, contrasting the dark suit worn by his opponent Eliot Ness.
93	* Most of Creator/JohnWoo's villains, who tend to be mob bosses, (Shing from ''Film/ABetterTomorrow'', Ko Ying Pui from ''A Better Tomorrow II'', and Mr. James Wong from the game ''{{VideoGame/Stranglehold}}'' among others) wear white, the better to show off the blood from the bullets they receive. The main heroic Woo example, of course, is Ah Jong from the final showdown of ''Film/TheKiller1989'' (though then again, [[spoiler:he is the one out of the two heroes of the movie to die]].)
94	* ''Film/HoboWithAShotgun'': The main antagonist of this iconic grindhouse film wears a white suit with black shirt and white tie.
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98	* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'': Ladd Russo is the nephew of the Russo Family [[TheDon Don]]. He suggests a plan where he and his buddies kidnap a train for ransom. His uncle agrees because [[AxCrazy Ladd is nuts]], but asks why they're wearing [[BadassInANiceSuit fancy suits if they plan on killing everyone on the train]]. Ladd explains that he wants to see [[WhiteShirtOfDeath the white suits covered in red blood]], [[spoiler:Later in the novels, he then comes back to his uncle and murders him by surprise, which effectively puts him in charge of the family business.]]
99	* In ''Literature/BloodFever'', BigBad Count Ugo Carnifex is in his 60s, and has white hair and a gaunt face. [[NeatFreak He is exceptionally clean]]; this stems from a traumatic incident where he had to hide from enemy soldiers in a septic tank. He usually wears a white Roman tunic and pants, further symbolizing his cleanliness.
100	* Judge Holden in ''Literature/BloodMeridian'' appears in white suits whenever he's come into money. He's heavily implied to be a DevilInDisguise.
101	* TheIlluminati in ''Literature/{{Duumvirate}}'' all wear white, and their servants wear black. The bioengineered title characters ''are'' white for the same reason.
102	* In the books of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', the wizard Saruman continued to wear white robes after his FaceHeelTurn; however, by the time of the War of the Ring, he had exchanged the white robe for a rainbow-colored one and called himself "Saruman of Many Colours". It kinda almost still counts because the robe still looks white at a glance; Gandalf has to look a little more carefully before he notices the weird visual effect that the multicolored weave has. [[spoiler:After Saruman's fall from power, when he's encountered as a beggar, such clothes as he has left are "rags of grey or dirty white"]].
103	* While [[BigBad Mr. Charles]] from ''Literature/RaceToTheSun'' wears a black suit, his two bodyguards, Mr. Rock and Ms. Bird, wear white suits -- and they are both implied to be shape-shifting, man-eating monsters, too.
104	* ''Literature/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'': Demon Lord [[TheChessmaster Clayman]] wears an all-white ensemble suit and is one of the more malevolent Demon Lords whose constantly scheming for his own ends with no regards to who gets hurt. His subordinate Gelmund wears a similar white ensemble and was the one tasked by Clayman in creating a puppet Demon Lord to rule the Forest of Jura, which involved manipulating and slaughtering the monster races there without a care in order to [[CannibalismSuperpower literally feed]] the growth of the Orc Disaster, himself a manipulated being who just wanted to save his people from a famine. This in turn ends up {{foreshadowing}} [[spoiler:the white-clad Yuuki Kagurazaka as a villain, who is in fact the man Clayman himself is working for.]]
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108	* In ''Series/BlakesSeven'', the classy but vicious and ruthless Supreme Commander of the Space Force ([[spoiler:and later President of the Federation]]), the BigBad Servalan, dresses entirely in white for most of the first two seasons (until they changed the costume designer).
109	* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Wilson Fisk wears a white jumpsuit to denote his status as a new inmate upon his arrival in prison. Midway through season 3, after his release from prison, he's able to upgrade his wardrobe to the fancy white suits he wears in the comics.
110	* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'': One of the Hand leaders, Sowande, is known on the streets of Harlem as "White Hat" because he wears a white Panama hat and suit, which sharply contrast with his black skin.
111	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Scaroth, in his human disguise as Count Scarlioni, typically favours a very natty white suit with teal accents. He's the main villain of the serial, with a long-term plan that would lead to life on Earth being RetGone.
112	* ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'': Boss Hogg, the greedy, unscrupulous SmallTownTyrant of the show, is always shown wearing a white suit.
113	* In ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', [[PracticallyJoker Jerome Valeska]] wears a striking white or very light grey suit coat [[spoiler:on the last day of his life.]] He generally tends to favor white, yellow, and red in his clothing, in contrast to [[Comicbook/TheJoker his identical twin brother,]] Jeremiah Valeska, who is much more fond of [[ColorCodedCharacters purple and green.]]
114	* ''Series/KamenRider'': Underneath his black OminousOperaCape, [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr. Shinigami]] wears a white tuxedo.
115	* ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'': The executive members of [[TheSyndicate Criminal Syndicate Bioron]] all wear white uniforms. This was done as a deliberate choice by the character designer so it would be a departure from [[EvilWearsBlack the typical villain attire]].
116	* Members of unscrupulous [[ResearchInc Dyad Institute]] from ''Series/OrphanBlack'' frequently wear white, but the best example is Rachel Duncan, who is rarely seen wearing anything other than business-wear.
117	* Jim Moriarty of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' dresses in a white suit at one point in ''The Reichenbach Fall'', ironically clothed in the Western color of purity and virtue, when he is in fact a complete psychopath who's rotten to the core. The color fits with his status as a villain who is a sophisticated, intelligent schemer.
118	* Various BadFuture episodes of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' show PresidentEvil future-Lex in a pure white suit. Combine this with the [[RedRightHand black-gloved right hand]] and the effect is really unsettling. On Clark's trip inside Lex's head, bad Lex is shown dressed in the exact same way. The finale also shows him wearing it on a TV screen right after he's won the election.
119	* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E12TheRoyale The Royale]]" the main antagonist Mickey D briefly appears at the Hotel Royale wearing a white suit, staying just long enough to kill a bellboy who was far too interested in Mickey's girlfriend.
120	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
121	** In a BadFuture where most of humanity has been wiped out by a ZombieApocalypse engineered by Hell, Lucifer takes to wearing a white suit in his strongest vessel, [[spoiler:Sam Winchester]]. After all, his name means "Lightbringer".
122	** Asmodeus, the fourth Prince of Hell, and one of the BigBadEnsemble of season 13, wears an immaculate all-white suit.
123	* The White Violin in ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019'' wears an all-white suit while performing a concerto that will end the world. [[spoiler:She's Vanya Hargreeves after she becomes a FallenHero; the white suit is a side-effect of her powers bleaching her clothes and skin the more powerful she gets.]]
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127	* Music/TheStupendium, for their ''VideoGame/EvilGenius2'' song, wears a glitzy white [[TheSeventies 1970s-style]] suit with an orange shirt, orange-tinted glasses, and several pieces of jewellery, for their character as a flamboyant evil genius.
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131	* In ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'', white represents Ultraviolet security clearance, reserved for the High Programmers entrusted with maintaining The Computer. Plays on both aspects of white; High Programmers are considered by The Computer and many citizens[[note]]remember, most of the population is Infrareds too stupid and drugged not to take the party line at face value[[/note]] to be beyond reproach, but players know that most of them are unspeakably corrupt and that their manipulations are partly responsible for The Computer's insanity.
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135	* Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice: Downplayed with the [[WarriorPrince Prince of Morocco.]] He's not exactly a villain but he ''is'' an AbhorrentAdmirer whom Portia will be bound to marry if he succeeds at her EngagementChallenge. When he arrives at her home to attempt the challenge he is dressed entirely in white.
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139	* In the second ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' game, The Conductor, a mysterious individual who presides over an illegal auction selling evidence from past cases, wears a white suit with a black necktie.
140	* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'':
141	** Arius is the main villain of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2''. He wears a white suit and is an EvilSorcerer, MadScientist, and CorruptCorporateExecutive all rolled into one.
142	** Sanctus, the SinisterMinister of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' wears a white and gold Vicar's robe. His [[TheDragon Dragon]] Credo and MadScientist Agnus dress in white uniforms as well. Subverted with Gloria who wears a white CustomUniformOfSexy [[spoiler:but is actually an undercover Trish in disguise.]]
143	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has Rufus Shinra, the Vice President of [[MegaCorp the Shinra Electric Power Company]] and son of President Shinra, who wears an impeccably tailored long white suit while being a BastardUnderstudy to his father and planning to turn the Planet into a police state under his control. Subsequent installments in the ''Franchise/CompilationOfFinalFantasyVII'' would tone his villainy down considerably however, although he remains an untrustworthy manipulator.
144	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'', meanwhile, leaves it rather ambiguous as to where his standing as Shinra President will be, as his speech about controlling the Planet through fear is removed, and his father absorbs most of Rufus' original style. However, Rufus himself remains a shady character.
145	* Scorpion, the powerful [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs triad]] leader of ''VideoGame/HongKongNinja'', is dressed in a sleek white-silver suit, with matching white streaks in his hair. And somehow have ShockAndAwe abilities, matching his colour scheme.
146	* Almost everyone in TheMafiya in ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' wears a white suit. It's actually a ShoutOut to the series ''Series/MiamiVice''.
147	* Inverted in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' -- [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Nick]] may be a dubious, morally ambiguous con man who dresses up in a white suit, but he’s not the bad guy.
148	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'': Blind the Thief, the Dungeon Boss of Thieves' Town, wears a long white smock in his true, monstrous form.
149	* Vlad from ''VideoGame/MaxPayne 2'', [[spoiler:a traitorous piece of work.]]
150	* It's no surprise that the white suited man in ''VideoGame/OnimushaDawnOfDreams'' is going to fall into this category. [[spoiler:What is more of a surprise is the fact that he's an [[CanonCharacterAllAlong even more powerful incarnation]] of the first game's BigBad.]]
151	* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', Sugimura, Haru's lecherous, abusive fiance from the ArrangedMarriage her father set up for her, wears a white suit.
152	** The Royal UpdatedReRelease adds [[spoiler:Dr. Takuto Maruki, revealed with slicked-back hair and a striking white suit. Underneath the jacket, elements like the high circular shirt collar and buttons are visually reminiscent of MadScientist labcoats. In addition, the initial draft was distinctly ''wedding attire''; a design indicating his unresolved grief for his ex-fiancée Rumi.]]
153	* Derek Simmons of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' wears a white suit and is the villain of Leon's campaign. The suit gets [[spoiler:shredded when Simmons is mutated by Carla]].
154	* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]] wears a white wedding tuxedo in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' when trying to make Princess Peach his wife.
155	* ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'' has Akira Nishikiyama wearing a white suit and tie with a black shirt. Averted in ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'', a prequel, in which he dons a more casual [[RedIsHeroic maroon suit]] and is one of your allies from the get-go. The villain in a white suit role for ''0'' is instead taken by [[TheBrute Kuze]].
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159	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': [[color:#2ED73A:D]][[color:white:o]][[color:#2ED73A:c Scratch]] not only wears a white suit, he ''is'' pure white himself (with a [[TheBlank blank white face]] to match) and types with white text. Doc Scratch is sophisticated, polite, and an excellent host, but he's also a villainous [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] who manipulates everyone into making a home for the EldritchAbomination he gives rise to.
160	* John Henry Hunter, the [[LightIsNotGood villain]] of ''Webcomic/NextTownOver''. His white suit is AwesomeButImpractical as well, since the outfit, uncharacteristically pristine and fancy for the West, makes it easier for [[BountyHunter Vane]] [[DarkIsNotEvil Black]] to locate his whereabouts.
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164	* Rare female example in ''WebVideo/AnimeCrimesDivision''. Mrs. Prestige, an executive in Prestige TV City, wears a white suit and has white hair, showing her sophistication and well, prestige, as well as her nefarious intentions. [[spoiler:She's the leader of TOXIC and the BigBad of Season 2. She takes over Neo Otaku City as part of a scheme to convert all the anime fans into Prestige TV fans.]] She's rarely involved in hands-on fighting.
165	* In ''WebVideo/TheElevenLittleRoosters'', the saboteur, [[spoiler:Gavin the 3rd, aka Mavin due to having a [[SplitPersonality Split Personality with Michael,]]]] wears a white suit while manipulating the other agents into killing each other.
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169	* Black Mask wore a white suit in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' and he hasn’t taken it off since.
170	* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017''. [[Characters/DuckTales2017FlintheartGlomgold Flintheart Glomgold]] normally wears a stereotypically Scottish outfit as part of his whole schtick to try and outdo Scrooge at everything, but when Scrooge fakes his own death he shows up to the funeral in a white, sequinned suit and top-hat (along with an absolutely legendary display of LastDisrespects) just so he can rub it in his hated rival's face that he outlived him.
171	* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] and his Emperor's Coven wear white {{All Encompassing Mantle}}s as part of their uniform... though Belos himself wears dark armor under his robes, signalling [[RuleOfSymbolism to the audience]] that he's hiding his dark nature under a white cover.
172	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Grand Admiral Thrawn wears a white [[PuttingOnTheReich Imperial uniform]] with gold trim and has the WickedCultured attitude to match.
173	* ''WesternAnimation/StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters'' has [[spoiler:Malcolm Kane]], who wears a white suit for most of the show before he is revealed to be a villain with ulterior motives.
174	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Cat Blanc, the akumatized form of Cat Noir from a (thankfully averted) BadFuture, wears a snow white version of his regular costume and has white hair. He's also powerful enough to ''destroy the universe'', and completely insane with grief due to having killed everyone he loves.
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