History Main / GenericCuteness

** Played with when it comes to Chisame. She claims she's frumpy with bad skin and doesn't have the gorgeous figure of some of the classmates like Chizuru. However, no one else comments on it, and some say she actually is as pretty as she seems to look, indicating she just has low self esteem. She also happens to be an [[JapaneseIdol idol]] on the Internet.

* ''Manga/FukakaiNaBokuNoSubeteWo'' makes reference to the character's looks and characters worry about their ability to pass as girls, but everyone already looks like feminine and cute either way. There are slight differences between the male-assigned-at-birth characters and female-assigned-at-birth ones (such as shoulder size or hand size), but it's very subtle.

* ''Manga/FukakaiNaBokuNoSubeteWo'' makes reference to the character's looks and characters worry about their ability to pass as girls, but everyone already looks like feminine and cute either way.

** Inverted and defied in ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' series, where Despair of the Endless is the ''exact physical opposite'' of any woman in the comic books industry.
** Aside from a passing resemblance to Amanda Waller.

* ''Anime/{{Shirobako}}'', despite not really needing ''that'' amount of eye candy for its WorkCom plot, still made ''all'' its characters uniformly beautiful down to the very last one. Yes, [[GrandpaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave even the gramps]]. The worst are barely HollywoodHomely, but even that is a stretch.

** This can be applied to most productions by Creator/KyotoAnimation. Another good example is Midori from ''Anime/TamakoMarket'', who is said to be really attractive, even if every other female character is just as cute

** Katsura Yukiji is described as unable to get a date and also as she ''used'' to be cute. The personality is probably part of it, at least, but you couldn't tell she was 'ugly' to look at her. Or that she was much older than her students... At one point, her students get her to dress in a schoolgirl outfit expecting hilarity... but she actually looks pretty cute, even in universe, much to their disappointment.

* Lina from ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' is constantly [[TheArtifact teased for being flat-chested]], but she's decently developed for a 15-year-old; Recent redesigns to fix this ironically mean Lina has actually become less endowed as she has ''aged''.

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Misty is regarded by many characters - Ash in particular - as being unattractive (especially when compared with her sisters). Many fans of the show would disagree.
* Naota from Anime/{{FLCL}} is stated in the show as being unattractive, even though he really looks just like everyone else.

* Shiruku from ''Manga/KyouranKazokuNikki'' is supposed to be horribly scarred behind her mask, but once it comes off she only appears to have a discoloration around one eye, which isn't too distracting from her otherwise cute face.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' naturally makes all of the ponies adorable. Rarity is treated as the de facto "pretty" cast member, and Fluttershy is apparently attractive enough to have had a brief but successful career as a model, which is odd considering that aside from hairstyle, they literally have the exact same body types as every other female pony.
** This might just be because Rarity's mane and tail have a more elaborate design than the other ponies, and may possibly be intended to be the main indication of her beauty. It must be noted that she also holds herself in a very refined and - at times - sultry manner.

* The PSP remake of ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'' dispensed with the more detailed anime art style, giving everyone generic cuteness instead. A particular offender was Rena, who went from [[http://statici.behindthevoiceactors.com/behindthevoiceactors/_img/chars/rena-lanford-star-ocean-the-second-story-8.65.jpg this]] to [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starocean/images/3/32/SE_Rena_Lanford_Screenshot.png/revision/latest?cb=20090831124229 this]].

** Played with when it comes to Chisame. She claims she's frumpy with bad skin and doesn't have the gorgeous figure of some of the classmates like Chizuru. However, no one else comments on it, and some say she actually is as pretty as she seems to look, indicating she just has low self esteem.

** Asuna is revealed as an example of this whenever she dresses up, which causes people to remark that she looks stunning when she takes care of her appearance. So her friends are basically telling her that she normally looks ugly then? Thanks a lot.

* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon?'': An epidemic in this series, but for the opposite reason. Example: Lyu is supposed to be impossibly beautiful, as an elf, and the same could be said for a good deal of the cast. Syr, however, is described as pretty, but not to the same degree as most of the cast. Syr has the same face as a number of the "impossibly beautiful" characters, and besides face, hair color, and eye color is impossible to differentiate from Lyu, especially as they wear the same uniform.

* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'': Tootie is considered unattractive compared to the other girls on the show, but she doesn't appear to be anything more than a somewhat nerdy, kinda cute little girl. In [[Film/AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner the live action adaptation]], however, she is accurately portrayed as being undeniably unattractive.

* ''Franchise/MetalGear'' qualifies - barring the occasional {{Gonk}}, everyone is distinctive-looking, but highly attractive. Even the inhuman, faceless cyborgs and robots have sexy mannerisms. {{Justified|Trope}} in that the series is a conscious attempt to make a set of games that look like Hollywood movies, so it makes sense for, say, Solid Snake and Naomi Hunter to be way hotter than a ShellShockedVeteran and a nerdy scientist would look in real life.

* Ichigo in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' - it is frequently said that the best that could be said about his face is it looks 'interesting,' yet he isn't noticeably less attractive than any of the other male characters.
** This may be a result of ArtEvolution that moved him from rather [[http://www.mangareader.net/94-8-3/bleach/chapter-1.html awkwardly square faced and beady eyed]] to [[http://www.mangareader.net/bleach/459/18 full blown hunk with bedroom eyes.]] This is also true of most other male characters.

[-[[caption-width-right:330:Now, try to spot the one that's supposed to be ugly.[[note]]The tiger on the lower right?[[/note]]]]-]

* Usagi of ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. Especially jarring in that the series uses OnlySixFaces. This also holds true for her weight, even though when you look at her it's hard to tell that she's supposedly a little overweight.

* Inverted in ''ComicStrip/{{Cathy}}'', which has a distinctive art style that renders every character either unattractive or plain-looking. To the artist's credit, characters who are ugly in-comic are unattractive in-art, but characters who're supposed to be good-looking can have InformedAttractiveness.

* None of the main characters of ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam Life With Loopy'' were intending to be cute (except for Loopy, `cuz she's like, five), however Loopy's older brother Larry seems to be pretty cute according to some fans.

In animation, consistent symmetry invariably means a character will usually lean towards the state of being generically attractive. This is a hard rule in BishoujoSeries where even plain characters will look attractive, but fundamentally a result of drawing a character that is aesthetically pleasing. Also, for obvious reasons, drawing a character ''consistently'' means the hard and fast details should be easily reproducible... and marketable.

* ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' naturally makes all of the ponies adorable. Rarity is treated as the de facto "pretty" cast member, and Fluttershy is apparently attractive enough to have had a brief but successful career as a model, which is odd considering that aside from hairstyle, they literally have the exact same body types as every other female pony.

This trope can lead to InformedDeformity or UglyCute. Contrast InformedAttractiveness (although it ''can'' be a consequence of Generic Cuteness). See also HollywoodHomely and ArtisticAge. Artists might attempt to dispel this by using a BeadyEyedLoser.