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* ''Literature/TheEnchantedFiles'': Discussed InUniverse in ''Diary of a Mad Brownie'' / ''Cursed'' when Alex shows Angus a Troll doll, describing it as "something that's so ugly it's cute".
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* ''Literature/AMemoirByLadyTrent'': Baby dragons. While observing wild ones during ''In the Labyrinth of Drakes'', Isabella's narration wryly notes that "there are few things more hideous and adorable than the newly-born of any species". Special mention goes to Lumpy, the deformed but sweet-natured hatchling at Dar al-Tannaneen.

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** Also, Shireen Baratheon: a child which combine the worst traits a girl can inherits from her parents with a childhood disease which disfigured her. She's a quiet, sad little girl that never smiles.

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** Also, Shireen Baratheon: a child which combine combines the worst traits a girl can inherits inherit from her parents with a childhood disease which disfigured her. She's a quiet, sad little girl that never smiles.


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* ''Literature/InCryptid'': Wilbur, the baby [[FearsomeCritters hodag]] Alice keeps in her dorm room, is described as a squat, scaly creature with a froglike face, an alligator tail, and spikes along his back. He's also adorable, and she treats him like a pet, even though [[PetBabyWildAnimal she knows he needs to return to the wild]].
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* ''Literature/ThereIsNoEpicLootHereOnlyPuns'': This is Delta's InUniverse opinion of her giant bees.
--> They were rather adorably fat once Delta got past the stingers larger than her hand. And the buzzing noise like a wood chipper making love to a helicopter... And the angry red colour. But really, the chubbiness made them kinda cute after a while.
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*** According to Oberyn Martell, his dead little sister Elia coo'd at him when he was a baby.
** Also Shireen Baratheon: a child which combine the worst traits a girl can inherits from her parents with a childhood disease which disfigured her. She's a quiet, sad little girl that never smiles.

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*** According to Oberyn Martell, his dead little sister Elia coo'd cooed at him when he was a baby.
** Also Also, Shireen Baratheon: a child which combine the worst traits a girl can inherits from her parents with a childhood disease which disfigured her. She's a quiet, sad little girl that never smiles.



* Pretty much the entire crew of the Ferkel in RodAllbrightAlienAdventures. None of them (save perhaps Plink, and Edgar if you want to count him) are conventionally cute. All are teribly, terribly endearing, particularly Snout.

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* Pretty much the entire crew of the Ferkel in RodAllbrightAlienAdventures. None of them (save perhaps Plink, and Edgar if you want to count him) are conventionally cute. All are teribly, terribly, terribly endearing, particularly Snout.



* Played with in the ''Literature/{{Lensman}}'' series. Ordinary stay-at-home humans find the various StarfishAliens to be utterly horrible-looking (and likewise for ordinary stay-at-home aliens wrt humans), but cosmopolitans, spacehounds, and especially Lensmen are expected to rise above this. In particular, Kinnison and Worsel have a very strong friendship, saying about each other: "He's so hideous that he's positively distinguished-looking."

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* Played with in the ''Literature/{{Lensman}}'' series. Ordinary stay-at-home humans find the various StarfishAliens to be utterly horrible-looking (and likewise for ordinary stay-at-home aliens wrt for humans), but cosmopolitans, spacehounds, and especially Lensmen are expected to rise above this. In particular, Kinnison and Worsel have a very strong friendship, saying about each other: "He's so hideous that he's positively distinguished-looking."
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* ''Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture'': The vacuumorphs are certainly less ugly than the other humans. The fact that [[WoobieSpecies they're all in dire need of a hug]] helps.
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* In Roald Dahl's ''Literature/TheTwits'', it is explained that just as Mrs. Twit's evil thoughts made her ugly, so good thoughts will make you beautiful even if you have "a crooked mouth and a wonky nose and a double chin and stick-out teeth". Accompanying this is an illustration of a very obese woman with all those features and a cheerful smile.

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