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* ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'': For a thematically gothic movie, the undead pale in comparison to Barkis Bittern, who is shown to be '''A LOT''' more soulless than any of them (which is further proven by the fact that [[spoiler:he was the one who killed Emily for her previous wealth]]).


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** ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 The Lion King]]'''s Scar physically stands out as having a much darker complexity than the rest of his family does (including his mane). His [[spoiler:former]] minions the Hyenas share a certain dark physical complexion, as well, though not entirely the same as his.
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* ''VideoGame/BlueSkies2'': Most demons are dark elemental and the BigBad [[spoiler:Matria]] has an army of them, which she plans to use alongside her ultimate demonic child to wipe out all life on Vyen.
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The logic behind the trope is as follows: [[PrimalFear most humans fear the dark]], at least to some degree; our sight is the sense we depend on the most, and we cannot see well in the dark, therefore a lack of light makes us feel very vulnerable to danger.[[note]]Leopards, one kind of predator our ancestors had to deal with on the African plains, prefer to hunt on moonless nights so that they can sneak up on their prey. Humans that ''weren't'' afraid of the dark probably became leopard chow.[[/note]] Furthermore, the fact that it's so hard to see in the dark (well, for humans, anyways) has caused some of us to associate dark with deception. Evil is associated with deception, fitting in with darkness. If you want to be even more obvious about it, give the bad guy a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast name]] that has something to do with dark, shadows or the color black.

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The logic behind the trope is as follows: [[PrimalFear most humans fear the dark]], dark]] (a.k.a. "'''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_the_dark nyctophobia]]'''"), at least to some degree; our sight is the sense we depend on the most, and we cannot see well in the dark, therefore a lack of light makes us feel very vulnerable to danger.[[note]]Leopards, one kind of predator our ancestors had to deal with on the African plains, prefer to hunt on moonless nights so that they can sneak up on their prey. Humans that ''weren't'' afraid of the dark probably became leopard chow.[[/note]] Furthermore, the fact that it's so hard to see in the dark (well, for humans, anyways) has caused some of us to associate dark with deception. Evil is associated with deception, fitting in with darkness. If you want to be even more obvious about it, give the bad guy a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast name]] that has something to do with dark, shadows or the color black.
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** ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'': Both the Bowler Hat Guy and DOR-15 sought out to find Lewis and have tried to ruin the latter's successful future. However, this trope is ''far'' more prevalent on DOR-15 herself than the former (who is really [[spoiler:a future Mike Yagoobian, Lewis' old roommate]]), since she has much more sinister tricks up her sleeve, [[spoiler:where it includes betraying her partner-in-crime, who [[EvenEvilHasStandards felt devastated]] about her overall goal]].

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** ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'': Both the Bowler Hat Guy and DOR-15 sought out to find Lewis and have tried to ruin the latter's successful future. However, this trope is ''far'' more prevalent on DOR-15 herself than the former (who is really [[spoiler:a future Mike Yagoobian, Lewis' old roommate]]), since she has much more sinister tricks up her sleeve, [[spoiler:where it includes betraying her partner-in-crime, who partner-in-crime (who [[EvenEvilHasStandards felt devastated]] about her overall goal]].plans)]].

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