Simply put, theEvil Counterpart toThe Chick. Just as the heroic Chick represents diversity and an emphasis on emotion, so, too, does theDark Chick. He/she (the gender ratio is fairly evenly split) is the member of the villainous ensemble that adds a certain indescribable quality. How it does this can vary. Most frequent is for the member to be aToken Minority (relative to their peers; it's not unheard of for this member to be aToken White orThe One Guy), acting out their status to an excessive degree. For example, if this member is theDark Action Girl in a male dominated organization, she'll also base a lot of her actions and dialogue on how she is breaking gender stereotypes. If it's a Scot in an otherwise English group, expect her to be wearing a red plaid kilt and speaking with athick Glaswegian accent while perpetually drunk.

This member is often defined based exclusively on their relative personality beyond ethnic and gender stereotypes, though. If the other members are deadly serious, this is the member that constantly jokes around and pokes fun at the other members, much to their irritation. If all the members of the group are in it for the money or power, this is the person that's just in it for the hell of it. It's fairly frequent that the other members of the organization either don't take this member seriously and/or even actively hate them, but put up with them because they get results or are needed for some facet of the plan.

However, also as frequent is for this member to be defined by their tactics. If the other members revolve their plans around stealth infiltration to get things done, this is the member whose plan involves a 'distraction' - often involving them and a small explosive device. If the organization involves manipulating people through blackmail, then this is the member that seduces people to further the plans. Also common is for this member to factor emotion into their tactics moreso than the other members. Instead of setting up aBatman Gambit based on the logical actions and reactions of the parties involved, they instead set up emotional strife that has little to do with their roles but sets up their actions.

This character archetype almost always overlaps with at least one other. Most often, this is anEnigmatic Minion that is given a large amount of importance. A female Dark Chick will often also beThe Baroness, aDark Action Girl,The Vamp, aFemme Fatale, aPerky Female Minion, or anAlpha Bitch. Prone to theHeel Face Turn when they either realize that they just aren't fit for villainy or find that being a hero would be evenmore fun. If theDark Chick is female and romantically linked with the main villain this chance rises toa near certainty.

The Dark Chick is an integral part of theFive-Bad Band dynamic. It's also the predominant type of member that shows up in theQuirky Miniboss Squad, where pretty much everybody overlaps with this. It's also not impossible for the Dark Chick to show up in aFive-Man Band in place ofThe Chick. In any case, they are liable to becomingThe Face because of their said difference.

The Chick +Dark Chick =Designated Girl Fight

Anime and Manga

• Garma Zabi inMobile Suit Gundam.
  • InGundam Seed, Nicol Amalfi is this to theAntivillainous Le Creuset team. CombiningNice Guy with many traits commonly associated withThe Evil Genius, Nicol was definitely the odd one out on a team that consisted of aManipulative Bastard, hisstoicDragon, aHot-BloodedJerkass, and aDeadpan Snarker, none of whom would know "subtle" if it up and bit them.
  • InGundam Seed Destiny,Cloudcuckoolander andPsychopathic Girlchild Stella is the Dark Chick of the Extended trio. Just contrast her behaviour with that oficy-coldSting,Axe CrazyAuel, orManipulative BastardNeo Roanoke.
• Ninja heir Kyoichi Kunugi inReal Bout High School. His nickname, "Kunoichi" (which basically means "female ninja"), drives the point home.
• Both Kanon Maldini and Nina Einstein (mix of this andEvil Genius) fromCode Geass fulfill this role for Schneizel El Britannia.
• Tayuya fromNaruto. Foul-mouthed, arrogant, andone ofthe least effeminate ninja the Sound village have ever produced (and one of the only females), she hates her teammates at least as much as she hates the enemy. Also aDark Action Girl, based on the impressively kinetic face-punching she inflicts on the titular character.
  • Later on there's Karin, who is part this andEvil Genius. Her teammates abilities are mostly purely offensive or defensive, but hers are based on tracking and analysis (with some stealth and an emergency healing power). She's also mostly therebecause she wants to be with Sasuke (a lot).
  • Zetsu andKonan both serve as this for Akatsuki: almost everyone else in the organization is based on offensive power, their role seems to be more on support and reconnaissance (though Konan eventually gets a chance to demonstrate hersubstantial fighting skills).
    • As didMad Bomber Deidara before his untimely death. Unlike the other Akatsuki he had no loyalty to their leaders, and didn't care about their cause either, serving because he was forced to, and because of his desire to practise hisexplosive art.
• InChrono Crusade, this role can either fall to Rizel (aDark Action Girl whose tactics depend mainly oncontrolling people like puppets while the other warriors in the group are more direct) or to Shader (aPerky Female Minion who doubles as the team'sEvil Genius and rarely does any fighting—and, in fact, doesn't seem to evenlike fighting in the manga).
• Soi inFushigi Yuugi fulfills this role for the Seiryuu seishi.
• InBlack Cat Echidna Parass,Villainous Teleporter andLove Martyr toThe Big Bad serves this role among theleadership of The Apostles Of The Stars. The only girl among the leaders, and present due to her crush on Creed, she's definitely the odd one out.
• Aaronerio Arrurei and Zommari Leroux are the Dark Chicks of Aizen's army inBleach. Both areToken Minorities (Eldritch Abomination andScary Black Man respectively) both are far less than stable, even for Arrancar, and both are definitely weird.
• Yumi,Neutral Female and ex-Hooker with a Heart of Gold is only a member ofBig Bad Shishio's group inRurouni Kenshin because she's in love with the psycho (who does, in fact, reciprocate). She's more or less anAnti-Villain is a group of villainous fighters, and serves as aCool Big Sis toThe Dragon during most of her on screen appearances.
• Zoisite/Zoycite of the Shittenou inSailor Moon, especially in the English dub whereshe had some serious schadenfraude.
  • Mimete from the Witches 5 inSailor Moon S. She was definitely more concerned with meeting celebrities than villainous deeds.Her constant failures led to Tellu eventually killing her byshutting the power off from a television program that increased her powers.Yikes.
  • Fisheye from the Amazon Trio.
  • PallaPalla of the Amazoness Quartet.
• TheGinyu Force fromDragon Ball Z has a male example in Guldo. He's the smallest and weakest but makes up for it with less conventional powers,stopping time by holding his breath and telekinetically freezing his opponents while he beats them.
• LadyDevimon from bothDigimon Adventure andDigimon Adventure 02.
• Neon Genesis Evangelion gives us Akagi Ritsuko, who, like her mother, is "a woman to the end",including killing all the clones of Rei because Gendo chose them over her.
• Sloth in th first series ofFullmetal Alchemist. In the second series at least, the second Greed fills the role instead as a male version of the Dark Chick,complete with aHeel Face Turn
• Yu-Gi-Oh!: Mai Valentine is this to Dartz's following the mental breakdown she suffered at Dark Marik's hands, being the only female member of his gang, as well as totally brainwashed. Among the Big 5, Crump fills this role, having a pathetic backstory and a truly strange obsession with penguins (although he's aNot-So-Harmless Villain when it comes to actually dueling).

Comic Books

• Scarlet Witch in the originalBrotherhood of Evil Mutants.
  • Destiny in Mystique's New Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
• The second Trickster inThe Flash's Rogues. He's aTagalong Kid who's one joke away from being freeze-rayed.
• Superboy-Prime never believed in theSinestro Corps' cause. This lead tobetrayal motivated by revenge.
• Moonstone / Ms. Marvel in theDark Avengers andThunderbolts.
• Wallace has two in theSin City story,Hell And Back. Blue Eyes poses as the friend toThe Chick in order to seduce and kill him. Mariah is more hands-on and simply tries to kill him on the spot. There is also Maxine in that story but she works behind the scenes. All three women work for the same organization and make catty comments about each other quite a bit (Blue Eyes mostly does it in a seperate story).
• Amora, the Enchantress, a villain of Thor's, particularly when she was in the original incarnation of the Masters of Evil.

Film

• James Bond has run into quite a few:
  • Miss Taro inDr. No.
  • Pussy Galore inGoldfinger.
  • Fiona Volpe inThunderball.
  • Helga Brandt inYou Only Live Twice.
  • Rosie Carver inLive and Let Die.
  • Xenia Onatopp fromGoldenEye, who was alsoThe Brute.
  • Elektra fromThe World Is Not Enough.
  • Frost fromDie Another Day.
• Animala, aPetting Zoo Person of indeterminate animal heritage (she's supposed to be made from four different forest creatures and acts most like aCatgirl) inThe Lost Skeleton of Cadavra.
• InBack to The Future Part II, Griff's gang has "Spike", the girl who asks Marty Jr, if he has the 'scrot' to pull the robbery with them, and then grabbing him by the balls and lifting him off the ground.

Literature

• Makala in the third book of theBlade of the Flame trilogy is the only villain who isn't aComplete Monster, at leastnot by choice
• Diana Ladris fromGone (novel) plays this part in Caine'sFive-Bad Band
• Amycus and Alecto Carrow, a pair of sadistic twins who were part of Voldemort's Death Eaters in theHarry Potter series. Also Bellatrix Lestrange, as there aren't many fully-fledged female Death Eaters. Her sister Narcissa Malfoy tries to stay on the edges until her son and husband are in trouble.
• Koman, a sociopathic telepath who joined upFor the Evulz in aFive-Bad Band where everyone else has an objective, is the Dark Chick itDavid Eddings'The Redemption of Althalus. InThe EleniumPrincess Arissa plays this role to the Five Bad Band headed up byAnnias andMartel.

Live-Action TV

• InPower Rangers, the villainesses tend to mix this withDark Action Girl.
  • Scorpina in the originalMighty Morphin Power Rangers.
  • Vypra inPower Rangers Lightspeed Rescue.
  • Camille inPower Rangers Jungle Fury.
• And inSuper Sentai, they have a lot!(The list is as long as that forDragons)
  • Farrah inBioman
  • Zonnette inCarranger
  • Shibolena
  • Shelinda inGingaman, she has reputation for most revealing outfit in the series.
  • Venus inGogofive
  • Lira
  • Tsuetsue
  • And conversely, Lamie inKyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. In fact, sinceBattle Fever J, it became pretty much the norm for the villains to have at least one of these in the team, and the same holds true for the entirePower Rangers franchise.
• Mio Kuroki fromPretty Guardian Sailor Moon.
• Drusilla fromBuffy the Vampire Slayer, especially as part of The Whirlwind, amongst Angelus, Darla, and Spike.
• While she isn't seen very much,Degrassi the Next Generation gives us Amy, who is mostly known for being Sean's rebound andgiving Jay gonorrhea, which he then gave to Alex and Emma.
• OnLeverage, Parker is the Dark Chick of theAnti-VillainProtagonists. The team all have, by season 2 at least, the desire help people for its own sake. But most of the crew are very sane and, although they enjoy the thrill of the chase, they really,really enjoy spending their earnings and living the high life. They also tend to be able to lead relatively normal lives aside from the addiction to con-jobs. Parker, meanwhile, is the loon who enjoys having and fondling money itself, rather than spending any of it. She enjoys the job itself more than any vacation and she has no understanding of any kind of life outside of committing crimes for their own sake.

Theater

• Older Than Steam: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern inWilliam Shakespeare'sHamlet.

Videogames

• Sonia inFire Emblem
  • Fire Emblem: Path Of Radiance has General Petrine, aPyromaniacalLady of War who is utterly devoted toMadKingAshnard. In theory she isCo-Dragons along with General Bryce and The Black Knight, but she is clearly subordinate to both of them, making her this instead.
• Scarlet inFinal Fantasy VII.
• Axem Pink inSuper Mario RPG.
• Male example: Zexion inKingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.
  • And Demyx inKingdom Hearts II, another male example. Ironically, the only female member of the group, Larxene, serves asThe Dragon to theBig Bad ofChain of Memories.
  • In the first game,Ursula served this role.
• Kariya and Uzuki inThe World Ends With You.
• Veronica inShadow Hearts 2.
• Belleza inSkies of Arcadia.
• Shannon inGod Hand.
• Sniper Wolf inMetal Gear Solid.
• Ghost Widow, Countess Crey, and Vanessa DeVore fromCity of Heroes.
• Woof inBatman: Return of the Joker.
• Mz Ruby and Dmitri in theSly Cooper games.
• Mimi inSuper Paper Mario.
• Knights of the Old Republic:
  • The first game hasBastila Shan, after herFace Heel Turn.
  • The second has Visas Marr, before herHeel Face Turn.
• Wendy O. Koopa in theSuper Mario Adventures comics andThe Adventures ofSuper Mario Bros.. 3.
• Fox, from the firstBloody Roar game. A sadistic transvestite in hot pink leather. Also considered his fox beastform "ugly", despite it being one of the most attractive animals to turn into—especially compared to the gorilla and boar.
• Barbariccia/Valvalis of the Four Fiends inFinal Fantasy IV.
• InFinal Fantasy VI,Kefka was the Dark Chick of theFive-Bad Band, despite the presence of Celes, the female general.In a twist, he alsobecomes the finalBig Badby killing another general and then the Emperor.
  • He takes a similar role inDissidia Final Fantasy. In a cast of villains mainly consisting of cold schemers andTin Tyrants, he stands out as a giggling, unserious, destruction-loving maniac that none of the villains seem to take seriously.
  • Another Dark Chick inDissidia Final Fantasy isKuja, whose flamboyance and inexperience tend to separate him from the rest of the Chaos side.
• Thevillainous, ruthlesscrossdresser Flea, one of Magus's generals fromChrono Trigger.
• There's also some examples fromAdvance Wars.
  • Adder inBlack Hole Rising.
  • Lash inDual Strike.
• Whiptail fromHeavenly Sword.
• While there are many examples inCross Edge, Anesha is probably the best example.
• Kartikeya fromWild ARMs 5.
• Tamoko fromBaldur's Gate: The only "minion" ofSarevok who actually cares about him and doesn't want him to go through with his somewhat insane plan. The others are presumably in it for a share of the power he's after. Tamoko has almost made aHeel Face Turn by the time you first talk to her, and the PC can convince her not to attack at the end by being morally good enough.
• Rare PC example:Chloe fromMana Khemia 2.
• Mara Aramov, Elsa Weissenger, and Trinidad in theSyphon Filter series.
• Colonel Masako inRed Faction, and Quill in the second game after herFace Heel Turn.
• Cipher occasionally recruits this kind of character as a "face" (not a Face), to ease the population and divert them from what's going on behind the scenes.Venus andSnattle play it straight, whileLovrina uses it as a cover (she's actually theEvil Genius.)
• Enchantress inMarvel Ultimate Alliance's version of the Masters of Evil.
• Mileena fromMortal Kombat, especially inMortal Kombat 9, where her pre-battle quotes show that she takes a childlike joy in inflicting pain and is clearly insane.
• Valara fromBaten Kaitos Origins, who is easily the most ruthless of theMachina Vanguard.
• Another male example: Yun fromDark Forces II: Jedi Knight.If you're on the Light Side path, hesacrifices himself to give you a fair chance against his mistress, Sariss (who's more of an Evil Genius herself).
• BlazBlue has two, post Continuum Shift. The first is Tsubaki Yayoi, who used to be good friends with Noel, but becomes a victim ofMind Rape and ended upBrainwashed and Crazy, while still struggling to maintain her sanity. The other one isLitchi Faye-Ling, being theToken Good Teammate who's in only for curing herself and Arakune, andis not really happy on her position. While many would peg her as anEvil Genius due to her doctorate, she is a woman who's more moved by emotions rather than intellect, thus putting her as the Dark Chick.
  • And just like the rest ofFive-Bad Band position, Hazama/Terumi fits here the same wayKefka fit his former position: In a place where nearly everyone else is all about keeping Order, he's a chaos-loving, blatantlyAx Crazy psychopath.

Webcomics

• Kusari inSluggy Freelance. She's a female costumed assassin on anOmniscient Council Of Vagueness that consists mostly of maleCorrupt Corporate Executives andMad Scientists. Later additions to the council, Frog (atalking frog) and Corsica (a non-talking frog) might also count. With such characters replacing original members, the board has become varied enough that Kusari doesn't really stand out like this any more. At the same time, her role as the CEO'sDragon has been emphasized more than before.
• Candi Shugari inAngel Moxie.
• The Monster in the Darkness inOrder of the Stick gets pushed into this role after Redcloak took over asThe Dragon. Actively scorned by the other members of Xykon's organization, the MitD is set apart from the rest bynot actually being that evil.
  • Tsukiko, who's also something of aSixth Ranger (and more recently, semi-Co-Dragon with Redcloak), only joined Team Evil because 1) she had a grudge against Azure City for "persecuting" her for herhabits (which has evolved to thinking allHumans Are the Real Monsters) and 2) she'sin love with Xykon.
• Mary is this for theImperial Guard inDubious Company. Unlike the other members of the guard, Mary is unable to recognize her behavior as evil. Conquering neighboringcountries? Killingpeasants? Kidnappingand sacrificingSal so that the Emperor canbecome a god of war? Clearly acts of good. After all, she usedThe Power of Love during all of them.
• InTrue Villains, little Mia performs each task she undertakes with ridiculous adorableness. She is also theTagalong Kid of the group.

Western Animation

• Mochi Mochiato in the Legion of Low Tide fromSushi Pack.
• Sometimes turns up inTransformers.
  • Terrorsaur and Waspinator inBeast Wars. Hell, Terrorsaur's even got the voice and the rack.
    • And Blackarachnia, who is both theDark Action Girl and the Dark Chick - her characterisation is basically 'girl' and 'dark'.
      • Given the amazing quality of the writing forBeast Wars this is not a bad thing.
  • Beast Machines has Thrust.
  • Cyclonus inArmada.
  • Blackarachnia inAnimated, and she doesn't pull theHeel Face Turn.
    • And Slipstream, the female of theStarscream clone group, who seems to be based on Starscream's ability to bitch about everything.
    • Blitzwing is a male example, being set apart from the rest of the group by his weird powers and insanity.
  • Airachnid, a rogue female Decepticon fromTransformers Prime whose hobbies includecollecting endangered species.
• Quackerjack inDarkwing Duck, as part of The Fearsome Five withNegaduck,Megavolt,The Liquidator andBushroot.
• The Baroness inG.I. Joe - seriously, that's what she's called.
• Finn and Chau inJackie Chan Adventures.
• Ty Lee inAvatar: The Last Airbender. Way tooout there to be aDark Action Girl.
• Chameleon inThe Mighty Ducks. Wacky shapeshifter with celebrity impersonation talents to rivalthe Genie.
• Crasher inChallenge of the Go Bots.
• Samy onJimmy Two-Shoes
• Babette (Darph BoBo's Daughter) on "Tripping the Rift"
• The Scarlet Witch inX-Men: Evolution's version of the Brotherhood of Mutants.
• Daisy Dingo fromBlinky Bill.

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