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**** The guy makeover is there in the movie version too. Danny had just gotten his varsity letter in track before Sandy showed up. Though it's true that Sandy's "makeover" is emphasized a lot more.

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**** The guy makeover is there in the movie version too. Danny had just gotten was showing his buddies his newly acquired varsity letter in track just before Sandy showed up.up in her tight leather pants. Though it's true that Sandy's "makeover" is emphasized a lot more.
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**** The guy makeover is there in the movie version too. Danny had just gotten his varsity letter in track before Sandy showed up. Though it's true that Sandy's "makeover" is emphasized a lot more.
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* Many female teen recording artists have this at the end of the JailBaitWait. They abandon their earlier "teen" persona for something more "grown up".
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* The greatest debate surrounding the ''WonderWoman'' TV show is whether Lynda Carter is hotter as Wonder Woman or Diana Prince. There's really no correct answer here.

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* The greatest debate surrounding the ''WonderWoman'' ''Series/WonderWoman'' TV show is whether Lynda Carter is hotter as Wonder Woman or Diana Prince. There's really no correct answer here.

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** They do say in the movie that she has potential, before they stick her on the assignment. And most of the makeover emphasis is on her posture, demeanor, and so on (although the RunningGag about her eating fatty foods [[HollywoodPudgy was a bit unnecessary]]).



** The Disney version played with that as well. After he turns back, Belle seems vaguely freaked out that he's not the same guy.









** She also invokes it earlier, when she looks at a picture of her pre-surgery mother and thinks that she looked better that way. The mother, meanwhile, insists that she was "a fright" back then.






** The nosejob did make her look more conventionally beautiful...but that's not always a plus in an industry that values unique beauty over [[CookieCutterCuties the cookie cutter cuties]].

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** The nosejob did make her look more conventionally beautiful...but that's not always a plus in an industry that values unique beauty over [[CookieCutterCuties the cookie cutter cuties]].



* Several actresses from the HarryPotter movies, at least if one asks this Troper. Bonnie Wright (Ginny), Evanna Lynch (Luna) and to a lesser extend Emma Watson (Hermione) look much more attractive when they are not "dolled out" for a red carpet event.

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* Several actresses from the HarryPotter movies, at least if one asks this Troper. Bonnie Wright (Ginny), Evanna Lynch (Luna) and to a lesser extend Emma Watson (Hermione) look much more attractive when they are not "dolled out" for a red carpet event.









** The makeover fairy makes another appearance in the ''Hercules'' episode, when she takes advantage of Nella and the Chick being trashed and unconscious to apply lipstick and make them "so pretty!"






** It also gives a rather [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped nice]] moral about conforming one's appearance. Leela spends the entire episode celebrating that she's average and just like everyone else, but ultimately realizes that being different was who she was. Notice that [[{{OTP}} Fry]] is the one who supports that, while the plastic surgeon boyfriend ultimately is too narrow-minded to do anything that fits outside of the norm, to the point at which he wants to perform plastic surgery on a ''child'' so she looks more normal and thus fit for adoption.



*** This is a parody, surely?
*** "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?""Oh God no!" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DaXJmo9cro "MAKEOVER!""SUICIDE!"]]

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*** This is a parody, surely?
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*** "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?""Oh thinking?" "Oh God no!" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DaXJmo9cro "MAKEOVER!""SUICIDE!"]]
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** [[TropesAreNotBad Though it's not much of a bad thing]] since she ''does'' [[BeautifulAllAlong look cuter without them on anyway.]]
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** WordOfGod is that this was mandated by NBC because they wanted a sexier female character to market to the young male demographic. There's apparently even an extra on the season 3 DVDs about it.

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** WordOfGod is that this was mandated by NBC because they wanted a sexier female character to market to the young male demographic. There's apparently even an extra on the season 3 DVDs [=DVDs=] about it.
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** This is also done in ICarly with Sam. The boy likes Sam's new look, but reveals that he likes her neutral look even more.
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** Thankfully, Joe's prophecy appears to be coming true these days.
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* Hermione's brief dressing-up in ''HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' is considered this by some, especially in the [[TheFilmOfTheBook movie version]] where one can see the exact difference (not much). Although it is justified in that she was trying to get the attention of one or two very shallow teenagers, not the audience. Plus, [[StatusQuoIsGod it's not permanent]].

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* Hermione's brief dressing-up in ''HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' is considered this by some, especially in the [[TheFilmOfTheBook [[Film/HarryPotter movie version]] where one can see the exact difference (not much). Although it is justified in that she was trying to get the attention of one or two very shallow teenagers, not the audience. Plus, [[StatusQuoIsGod it's not permanent]].



*** This is more because in the books Hermione is a geek that doesn't try to look good that suddenly dressed up all pretty. In the movies she's Emma Watson.

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*** This is more because in the books Hermione is a geek that doesn't try to look good that suddenly dressed up all pretty. In the movies she's Emma Watson.EmmaWatson.

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* One of TV's most controversial Unnecessary Makeovers occurred in ''Felicity'', when the title character cut off her signature mop of brass-blond curls. This might more accurately be called a Marine Corps Makeover, since she was sheared like a sheep, down to nothing but vacuum tracks. The new hairstyle and accompanying wardrobe change, from sweatery to kicky, mirrored the production team's intent to morph the show into something different, including a jarring change from a moody, introspective opening theme to an upbeat pop-song. All done in the name of ratings, the fan reaction was mixed at best, with many viewers outraged and disappointed.
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**Which was the director's intent; she's trying too hard, and still not making it. (Witness scene where she cruises the hall with her new sistahs and stumbles head-first into a garbage can.)
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* In [[That70sShow That '70s Show]], Donna gets an [[UnnecessaryMakeover Unnecessary Makeover]] when she dyes her hair blonde for... Really no good reason at all other than the fact that Jackie [[WallBanger thinks that her red hair looks ugly]].
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* Done in-story to Rahne of the ''NewMutants'' in the "New Mutants Summer Special" issue, when the [[StrawMan evil forces of consumerism]] tried to convince her that she needed makeup and a bland nuclear family life to be happy. Not only was the in-story makeup a disaster (looking like it was drawn on by a small child), but the picture they show her in place of a mirror doesn't look as good as her natural short-haired tomboy look.
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** [[HahvardYahdInMyCahr "Fowah. Suppah. I-er-uh. Want. A. Pahtee plattah!"]] Sorry. Couldn't resist.

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** [[HahvardYahdInMyCahr [[HahvahdYahdInMyCah "Fowah. Suppah. I-er-uh. Want. A. Pahtee plattah!"]] Sorry. Couldn't resist.
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** "Fowah. Suppah. I-er-uh. Want. A. Pahtee plattah!" Sorry. Couldn't resist.

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** [[HahvardYahdInMyCahr "Fowah. Suppah. I-er-uh. Want. A. Pahtee plattah!" plattah!"]] Sorry. Couldn't resist.
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** Arguably, the small step down could also have been intentional -- simply [[TheBeautifulPeople being that pretty]] was kind of unrealistic.
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The SubjectiveTropes variation of BeautifulAllAlong. You take your standard HollywoodHomely ugly-duckling, have her lose her glasses, take down her hair out of that bun, and throw her in some fashionable clothes. Immediately the love interest begins goggling at the new-found beauty.

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The SubjectiveTropes variation of BeautifulAllAlong. You take your standard HollywoodHomely ugly-duckling, have her [[TheGlassesGottaGo lose her glasses, glasses]], take down her hair out of that bun, and throw her in some fashionable clothes. Immediately the love interest begins goggling at the new-found beauty.



See also: JustTheWayYouAre, for a similar reaction in-story

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See also: JustTheWayYouAre, for a similar reaction in-storyin-story. Can be a result of UnkemptBeauty.
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* In ''EarthGirlsAreEasy'', Geena Davis' character is upset that her fiance is sexually disinterested in her; her best friend decides the answer is a makeover. For someone who looks like Geena Davis.
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* The before and after pictures in the ads for weight loss products. In many cases, some people have found the "before" pictures to look healthy and desirable, while the "after" pictures look emaciated and unattractive.

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* The before and after pictures BeforeAndAfterPictures in the ads for weight loss products. In many cases, some people have found the "before" pictures to look healthy and desirable, while the "after" pictures look emaciated and unattractive.
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** ''[[FixFic Fixed]]'' in a lot of fanfics by Emilio Estevez's character revealing he liked her [[JustTheWayYouAre just the way she was]]. OrSoIHeard.

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** ''[[FixFic Fixed]]'' in a lot of fanfics by Emilio Estevez's character revealing he liked her [[JustTheWayYouAre just the way she was]]. OrSoIHeard.
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** To be fair, the movie versions of Ron, Harry and even Draco still treat her the same as their book counterparts do.

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** *** To be fair, the movie versions of Ron, Harry and even Draco still treat her the same way as their book counterparts do. Ron still gets annoyed at her being a "know-it-all" and Draco still thinks of her as a "filthy mudblood", no matter how pretty she is.
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** To be fair, the movie versions of Ron, Harry and even Draco still treat her the same as their book counterparts do.
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*** John Hughes obviously did not do a good job of making Ally Sheedy unattractive or repulsive in her "basket case" state. If she had looked like she did in ''St.ElmosFire'', '''then''' people would have liked the makeover more!

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*** John Hughes obviously did not do a good job of making Ally Sheedy unattractive or repulsive in her "basket case" state. If she had looked like she did in ''St.ElmosFire'', ''StElmosFire'', '''then''' people would have liked the makeover more!
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*** John Hughes obviously did not do a good job of making Ally Sheedy unattractive in her "basket case" state. If she had looked like she did in ''St.Elmo'sFire'', '''then''' I think people would have liked the makeover more!

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*** John Hughes obviously did not do a good job of making Ally Sheedy unattractive or repulsive in her "basket case" state. If she had looked like she did in ''St.Elmo'sFire'', ElmosFire'', '''then''' I think people would have liked the makeover more!

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