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* The Phantom (Erik) of ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' is slowly becoming this.
** He always was to some, due to his extreme [[TheWoobie woobieness]].
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* The Phantom (Erik) of ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' is slowly becoming this.
** He always was to some, due to his extremethis. He’s horribly ugly, and kind of sadistic and stalkerish at that, but the fact that he’s a MASSIVE [[TheWoobie woobieness]].woobie]], socially awkward, laughs at his own (bad) jokes, is often scolded like a child (and pouts like one too), and tries so ''hard'' to woo Christine all make him oddly cute as well.
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** Mr. Fusspot, the PetHeir of ''Literature/MakingMoney'', is a very strange-looking little dog; even Moist can't guess his breed. He's viewed as extremely amusing by Adora Belle, who says people who are feeling blue should come watch him to lift their spirits.
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* ''{{Literature/Redwall}}'' the AlwaysChaoticEvil species are often described as ugly and creepy, but compare [[http://bestiarumvocabulum.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/s_hare.jpg a hare]] (good) and [[http://www.pet-care-portal.com/images/ferret.jpg a ferret]] (bad). People say the author makes the cute animals good. This is a blatant lie. EVERYTHING in Mossflower is cute. Intentional example with Blaggut, a big fat unwashed pirate rat who [[TheWoobie follows his physically-abusive captain around like a puppy]] and is a FriendToAllChildren.
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* ''{{Literature/Redwall}}'' the AlwaysChaoticEvil species are often described as ugly and creepy, but compare [[http://bestiarumvocabulum.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/s_hare.jpg a hare]] (good) and [[http://www.pet-care-portal.com/images/ferret.[[https://www.news-medical.net/image.axd?picture=2020%2F4%2F%40shutterstock_1436827769.jpg a ferret]] (bad). People say the author makes the cute animals good. This is a blatant lie. EVERYTHING in Mossflower is cute. Intentional example with Blaggut, a big fat unwashed pirate rat who [[TheWoobie follows his physically-abusive captain around like a puppy]] and is a FriendToAllChildren.
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** ''Discworld/SmallGods'' has the Great God Om, a cranky, sarcastic, [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly almost-fallen deity]] trapped in the body of a small, one-eyed desert tortoise.
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** And then there's [[TheWoobie Mr Nutt]] of ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals''.
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** And then there's [[TheWoobie Mr Nutt]] of ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals''.''Literature/UnseenAcademicals''.
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** Some illustrators draw Brown Jenkin (the little human-faced monkey-rat-imp familiar from ''Dreams In The Witch House'') this way before events in the story start getting ''really'' sinister. Lovecraft depicts him as a denizen of the UncannyValley, but anything small, furry, and vaguely anthropomorphic is going to be cute to someone.
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** Some illustrators draw Brown Jenkin (the little human-faced monkey-rat-imp familiar from ''Dreams In The Witch House'') ''Literature/TheDreamsInTheWitchHouse'') this way before events in the story start getting ''really'' sinister. Lovecraft depicts him as a denizen of the UncannyValley, but anything small, furry, and vaguely anthropomorphic is going to be cute to someone.
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* Gollum/Smeagol from ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' may not have a good personality, but he's [[TheWoobie pitiful]]. He's so ugly cute; he's absolutely [[IncrediblyLamePun precious]].
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* Gollum/Smeagol from ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' may not have a good personality, but he's [[TheWoobie pitiful]]. He's so ugly cute; he's absolutely [[IncrediblyLamePun precious]].
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* ''Literature/{{DFZ}}'': Adult cockatrices are supposed to be beautiful. Opal notes that the newborn chicks look like half-dead chickens.
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* Reportedly, Tove Jansson's first sketch of a [[TheMoomins Moomin]] was supposed to be a weird and ugly creature. Even that one looks pretty sympathetic.
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* Pular Singe, Garrett's ratgirl apprentice-cum-adoptive-daughter from the ''Literature/GarrettPI'' series, is less than attractive by human standards, but her self-effacing mannerisms and the effort she puts in to fitting in makes her absolutely adorable.
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* Aunt Beast in ''AWrinkleInTime''. She's part of the "really, ''really'' strange looking - but still sweet and lovable" side of this trope. In Wayne D. Barlowe's portrait of Aunt Beast, she's downright lovely - in a [[StarfishAliens very alien]] way.
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* Aunt Beast in ''AWrinkleInTime''.''Literature/AWrinkleInTime''. She's part of the "really, ''really'' strange looking - but still sweet and lovable" side of this trope. In Wayne D. Barlowe's portrait of Aunt Beast, she's downright lovely - in a [[StarfishAliens very alien]] way.
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* ''{{Literature/Redwall}}'' the ExclusivelyEvil species are often described as ugly and creepy, but compare [[http://bestiarumvocabulum.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/s_hare.jpg a hare]] (good) and [[http://www.pet-care-portal.com/images/ferret.jpg a ferret]] (bad). People say the author makes the cute animals good. This is a blatant lie. EVERYTHING in Mossflower is cute. Intentional example with Blaggut, a big fat unwashed pirate rat who [[TheWoobie follows his physically-abusive captain around like a puppy]] and is a FriendToAllChildren.
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* ''{{Literature/Redwall}}'' the ExclusivelyEvil AlwaysChaoticEvil species are often described as ugly and creepy, but compare [[http://bestiarumvocabulum.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/s_hare.jpg a hare]] (good) and [[http://www.pet-care-portal.com/images/ferret.jpg a ferret]] (bad). People say the author makes the cute animals good. This is a blatant lie. EVERYTHING in Mossflower is cute. Intentional example with Blaggut, a big fat unwashed pirate rat who [[TheWoobie follows his physically-abusive captain around like a puppy]] and is a FriendToAllChildren.
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* In ''[[Literature/BigendBooks Zero History]]'' by Creator/WilliamGibson, Olduvai George is described as looking "agreeably simian"
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* In ''[[Literature/BigendBooks Zero History]]'' ''Literature/ZeroHistory'' by Creator/WilliamGibson, Olduvai George is described as looking "agreeably simian"simian".
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* ''{{Redwall}}'' the ExclusivelyEvil species are often described as ugly and creepy, but compare [[http://bestiarumvocabulum.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/s_hare.jpg a hare]] (good) and [[http://www.pet-care-portal.com/images/ferret.jpg a ferret]] (bad). People say the author makes the cute animals good. This is a blatant lie. EVERYTHING in Mossflower is cute. Intentional example with Blaggut, a big fat unwashed pirate rat who [[TheWoobie follows his physically-abusive captain around like a puppy]] and is a FriendToAllChildren.
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* ''{{Redwall}}'' ''{{Literature/Redwall}}'' the ExclusivelyEvil species are often described as ugly and creepy, but compare [[http://bestiarumvocabulum.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/s_hare.jpg a hare]] (good) and [[http://www.pet-care-portal.com/images/ferret.jpg a ferret]] (bad). People say the author makes the cute animals good. This is a blatant lie. EVERYTHING in Mossflower is cute. Intentional example with Blaggut, a big fat unwashed pirate rat who [[TheWoobie follows his physically-abusive captain around like a puppy]] and is a FriendToAllChildren.
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* ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre'': The titular Wild Things are so exaggerated and silly, you just want to hug them all. Generally speaking, Maurice Sendak practically runs off this.
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* ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre'': The titular Wild Things are so exaggerated and silly, you just want to hug them all. Generally speaking, Maurice Sendak Creator/MauriceSendak practically runs off this.
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* The goblins from ''Literature/TheIronTeeth'' web serial are described as ugly but are small and sometimes act cute.
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* Many ''{{Redwall}}'' fans think the villainous "vermin", who are supposed to be ugly and creepy, are cuter than the good "woodlanders".
** It's hard not to agree with them at times: compare [[http://bestiarumvocabulum.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/s_hare.jpg a hare]] (good) and [[http://www.pet-care-portal.com/images/ferret.jpg a ferret]] (vermin). There have been some alternative arguments as to how Jacques draws the distinction between good animals and bad animals, the most popular being that it's based on the literal definition of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermin vermin]]. But that doesn't explain anything since nearly all the good animals are also vermin. So no one really knows except Jacques himself.
*** It generally seems to be based on contemporary urban British perspectives of the animals, which explains the relative ambiguity of wildcats and foxes (although the popularity of ferrets and rats as pets in recent years dates the series slightly). To people in a rural environment, of course, they would ''all'' be vermin, except the hare, who would be lunch.
*** People say he makes the cute animals good. This is a blatant lie. EVERYTHING in Mossflower is cute.
** The best way to describe this is, "some readers will see their appearance based on their personality (If they act evil, they'll look more evil to those readers) while other readers still see them as their real-world counterparts regardless (Fluffy and adorable)"
** It's hard not to agree with them at times: compare [[http://bestiarumvocabulum.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/s_hare.jpg a hare]] (good) and [[http://www.pet-care-portal.com/images/ferret.jpg a ferret]] (vermin). There have been some alternative arguments as to how Jacques draws the distinction between good animals and bad animals, the most popular being that it's based on the literal definition of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermin vermin]]. But that doesn't explain anything since nearly all the good animals are also vermin. So no one really knows except Jacques himself.
*** It generally seems to be based on contemporary urban British perspectives of the animals, which explains the relative ambiguity of wildcats and foxes (although the popularity of ferrets and rats as pets in recent years dates the series slightly). To people in a rural environment, of course, they would ''all'' be vermin, except the hare, who would be lunch.
*** People say he makes the cute animals good. This is a blatant lie. EVERYTHING in Mossflower is cute.
** The best way to describe this is, "some readers will see their appearance based on their personality (If they act evil, they'll look more evil to those readers) while other readers still see them as their real-world counterparts regardless (Fluffy and adorable)"
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* Many ''{{Redwall}}'' fans think the villainous "vermin", who ExclusivelyEvil species are supposed to be often described as ugly and creepy, are cuter than the good "woodlanders".
** It's hard not to agree with them at times:but compare [[http://bestiarumvocabulum.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/s_hare.jpg a hare]] (good) and [[http://www.pet-care-portal.com/images/ferret.jpg a ferret]] (vermin). There have been some alternative arguments as to how Jacques draws the distinction between good animals and bad animals, the most popular being that it's based on the literal definition of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermin vermin]]. But that doesn't explain anything since nearly all the good animals are also vermin. So no one really knows except Jacques himself.
*** It generally seems to be based on contemporary urban British perspectives of the animals, which explains the relative ambiguity of wildcats and foxes (although the popularity of ferrets and rats as pets in recent years dates the series slightly). To people in a rural environment, of course, they would ''all'' be vermin, except the hare, who would be lunch.
***(bad). People say he the author makes the cute animals good. This is a blatant lie. EVERYTHING in Mossflower is cute.
** The best way to describe this is, "some readers will see their appearance based on their personality (If they act evil, they'll look more evil to those readers) while other readers still see them as their real-world counterparts regardless (Fluffycute. Intentional example with Blaggut, a big fat unwashed pirate rat who [[TheWoobie follows his physically-abusive captain around like a puppy]] and adorable)"is a FriendToAllChildren.
** It's hard not to agree with them at times:
*** It generally seems to be based on contemporary urban British perspectives of the animals, which explains the relative ambiguity of wildcats and foxes (although the popularity of ferrets and rats as pets in recent years dates the series slightly). To people in a rural environment, of course, they would ''all'' be vermin, except the hare, who would be lunch.
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** The best way to describe this is, "some readers will see their appearance based on their personality (If they act evil, they'll look more evil to those readers) while other readers still see them as their real-world counterparts regardless (Fluffy
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* {{Literature/Seraphina}}'s "grotesques." Most of them fit this nickname very well; a particular example from the first book is "Pelican Man" (described as having a red wattle, probably more like a turkey than a pelican). Yet something about them is very endearing. You only end up loving them more when [[spoiler:Seraphina finally meets them in the second book, even while you're exposed to more details of the mutations of the ityasaari.]]
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* Many DrSeuss Creator/DrSeuss characters.
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*** The best way to describe this is, "some readers will see their appearance based on their personality (If they act evil, they'll look more evil to those readers) while other readers still see them as their real-world counterparts regardless (Fluffy and adorable)"
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* Quasimodo from ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', especially in the Disney adaptation. In the book, he's a misanthropic asshole.
* Gollum/Smeagol from ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' may not have a good personality, but he's just [[TheWoobie so pitiful]]. He's so ugly cute; he's absolutely [[IncrediblyLamePun precious]].
* Gollum/Smeagol from ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' may not have a good personality, but he's just [[TheWoobie so pitiful]]. He's so ugly cute; he's absolutely [[IncrediblyLamePun precious]].
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* Quasimodo from ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', especially in the Disney adaptation. In the book, he's a misanthropic asshole.
''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.
* Gollum/Smeagol from ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' may not have a good personality, but he'sjust [[TheWoobie so pitiful]]. He's so ugly cute; he's absolutely [[IncrediblyLamePun precious]].
* Gollum/Smeagol from ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' may not have a good personality, but he's
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* ''The Hunger Games'' has a similar case with Buttercup.
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* Gollum from ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' may not have a good personality, but he's just [[TheWoobie so pitiful]]. He's so ugly cute; he's absolutely [[IncrediblyLamePun precious]].
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* Gollum Gollum/Smeagol from ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' may not have a good personality, but he's just [[TheWoobie so pitiful]]. He's so ugly cute; he's absolutely [[IncrediblyLamePun precious]].precious]].
** Not exactly as much in the films, however.
** Not exactly as much in the films, however.
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* Candayce, in the body of a Leptoceratops, starts to think this of the Leptoceratopses which seem enamored of her, and of their babies, after initial difficulties in ''{{Literature/Dinoverse}}''.
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* All the characters in TimBurton's ''The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy: And Other Stories''.
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* The Phantom (Erik) of ''PhantomOfTheOpera'' is slowly becoming this.
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** Then there's Crookshanks, the ginger cat, who is described as having a sort of squashed face. And yet Hermione ''adores'' him.
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* "Literature/TheUglyDuckling": Likely also the TropeMaker.
* ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre'': The titular Wild Things are so exaggerated and silly, you just want to hug them all. Generally speaking, Maurice Sendak practically runs off this.
** Interestingly, ''adults'' seem to be put off by the Wild Things' appearance more than children. This was a major talking point when the film was released; just what side of the "[[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids It is for kids]]" / "[[WhatDoYoumeanItsNotForKids It's not for kids]]" divide does it fall?
* Quasimodo from ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', especially in the Disney adaptation. In the book, he's a misanthropic asshole.
* Gollum from ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' may not have a good personality, but he's just [[TheWoobie so pitiful]]. He's so ugly cute; he's absolutely [[IncrediblyLamePun precious]].
* Many ''{{Redwall}}'' fans think the villainous "vermin", who are supposed to be ugly and creepy, are cuter than the good "woodlanders".
** It's hard not to agree with them at times: compare [[http://bestiarumvocabulum.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/s_hare.jpg a hare]] (good) and [[http://www.pet-care-portal.com/images/ferret.jpg a ferret]] (vermin). There have been some alternative arguments as to how Jacques draws the distinction between good animals and bad animals, the most popular being that it's based on the literal definition of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermin vermin]]. But that doesn't explain anything since nearly all the good animals are also vermin. So no one really knows except Jacques himself.
*** It generally seems to be based on contemporary urban British perspectives of the animals, which explains the relative ambiguity of wildcats and foxes (although the popularity of ferrets and rats as pets in recent years dates the series slightly). To people in a rural environment, of course, they would ''all'' be vermin, except the hare, who would be lunch.
*** People say he makes the cute animals good. This is a blatant lie. EVERYTHING in Mossflower is cute.
* Dobby and, in general, the House Elves from ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Even Kreacher gets better.
** Can't forget Norbert the baby dragon!
** Snape, who has greasy hair, sallow skin, a hooked nose and [[BrokenAce the]] [[AbusiveParents most]] [[AllLoveIsUnrequited tragic]] [[TearJerker back]] [[BackStory story]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast of]] [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend the]] [[TheAtoner entire]] [[YouAreWhatYouHate series]].
*** Alan Rickman's portrayal of the character likely contributed to Snape's [[TheWoobie woobification]]. In the books, the character only becomes sympathetic after he dies.
** The Thestrals - well, for those who can see them, anyway.
* The Other, the [[InstantAIJustAddWater sentient operating system]] of ''Literature/{{Otherland}}'', steals system resources to create a private world for itself, populating it with grotesque mockeries of fairy tale creatures that are nevertheless treated like its children. This is not out of malice, but because it genuinely doesn't understand the context.
* The Phantom (Erik) of ''PhantomOfTheOpera'' is slowly becoming this.
** He always was to some, due to his extreme [[TheWoobie woobieness]].
* The eponymous {{Eldritch Abomination}}s of ''Where the Deep Ones Are'' and ''The Littlest Shoggoth''.
** This isn't uncommon in LovecraftLite in general. It helps that much of the horror fandom doesn't share Lovecraft's apparent aversion to sea life.
* [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraft's]] own Zoogs, by virtue of being small, furry, and tentacle-faced.
** Some illustrators draw Brown Jenkin (the little human-faced monkey-rat-imp familiar from ''Dreams In The Witch House'') this way before events in the story start getting ''really'' sinister. Lovecraft depicts him as a denizen of the UncannyValley, but anything small, furry, and vaguely anthropomorphic is going to be cute to someone.
* Aunt Beast in ''AWrinkleInTime''. She's part of the "really, ''really'' strange looking - but still sweet and lovable" side of this trope. In Wayne D. Barlowe's portrait of Aunt Beast, she's downright lovely - in a [[StarfishAliens very alien]] way.
** Practically ''any'' artist's representation of an Ixchel is likely to fit this trope.
* All the characters in TimBurton's ''The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy: And Other Stories''.
* The more ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' harps on just ''how'' ugly [[ActionGirl Brienne of Tarth]] is, the more you just want to...hug her. That she's one of the most good-hearted characters in the series just makes her that much more adorable.
** The books also have [[TheGrotesque Tyrion Lannister]], who is also one of the more likable characters in the series (although more morally ambiguous than Brienne), and even less conventionally attractive.
*** 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.
** There's also Pia, a serving maid from Harrenhal, who was pretty until she made the mistake of being within arm's reach of Gregor Clegane, who broke her nose and most of her teeth.
* Literature/{{Discworld}} has the Death of Rats. [[http://www.lspace.org/art/kidby/mousmat.jpg It's got BIG BLUE EYES, for Pete's sake!]]
** Death himself, for that matter. He's your stereotypical cowled-skeleton-with-a-blade [[TheGrimReaper Grim Reaper]], and plenty badass when he needs to be, but he's a gently compassionate being who loves cats, makes endearingly misguided efforts to understand humanity, and rides a [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Pale Horse]] named ''Binky''.
*** Especially the way Paul Kidby [[http://www.lspace.org/art/kidby/dthfrnds.jpg draws him]]. Also, bonus [[http://www.lspace.org/art/kidby/rateye.jpg Death of Rats cuteness]].
** ''Discworld/SmallGods'' has the Great God Om, a cranky, sarcastic, [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly almost-fallen deity]] trapped in the body of a small, one-eyed desert tortoise.
** Swamp dragons (and especially Errol) are described as UglyCute.
** And then there's [[TheWoobie Mr Nutt]] of ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals''.
** Discworld [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]], mostly due to their status as a WoobieSpecies.
* Vettul, in the Series/DoctorWho Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures novel ''Vanishing Point'', is a twenty-year-old [[TheIngenue ingenue]] who's ''at least'' 6'6" and has one leg twice as thick as the other, obviously crooked eyes, and an otherwise plain face. She also acts like she has NoSocialSkills, in a completely endearing manner, and manages to have IncorruptiblePurePureness without being cloying. She quite fancies Fitz (and calls him "very beautiful", at which he "[stands] there speechless, blushing crimson", being only average-ish in the looks department), and he her:
-->She looked like a painting of someone beautiful that had gone subtly wrong somehow; as if the artist had been wearing the wrong prescription glasses or something. That said, there was definitely something to her...
** She lives with a group of other people who have various (worse) deformities, and would therefore be persecuted in the {{dystopia}} where they live, and their caretaker, Ettianne:
-->A little man with a bent, frightened face peeped out from behind a table, and Ettianne went over to soothe him.
* 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.
* Smasher from the novel by the same name by Creator/DickKingSmith.
* Many DrSeuss characters.
* In ''[[Literature/BigendBooks Zero History]]'' by Creator/WilliamGibson, Olduvai George is described as looking "agreeably simian"
* 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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* ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre'': The titular Wild Things are so exaggerated and silly, you just want to hug them all. Generally speaking, Maurice Sendak practically runs off this.
** Interestingly, ''adults'' seem to be put off by the Wild Things' appearance more than children. This was a major talking point when the film was released; just what side of the "[[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids It is for kids]]" / "[[WhatDoYoumeanItsNotForKids It's not for kids]]" divide does it fall?
* Quasimodo from ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', especially in the Disney adaptation. In the book, he's a misanthropic asshole.
* Gollum from ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' may not have a good personality, but he's just [[TheWoobie so pitiful]]. He's so ugly cute; he's absolutely [[IncrediblyLamePun precious]].
* Many ''{{Redwall}}'' fans think the villainous "vermin", who are supposed to be ugly and creepy, are cuter than the good "woodlanders".
** It's hard not to agree with them at times: compare [[http://bestiarumvocabulum.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/s_hare.jpg a hare]] (good) and [[http://www.pet-care-portal.com/images/ferret.jpg a ferret]] (vermin). There have been some alternative arguments as to how Jacques draws the distinction between good animals and bad animals, the most popular being that it's based on the literal definition of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermin vermin]]. But that doesn't explain anything since nearly all the good animals are also vermin. So no one really knows except Jacques himself.
*** It generally seems to be based on contemporary urban British perspectives of the animals, which explains the relative ambiguity of wildcats and foxes (although the popularity of ferrets and rats as pets in recent years dates the series slightly). To people in a rural environment, of course, they would ''all'' be vermin, except the hare, who would be lunch.
*** People say he makes the cute animals good. This is a blatant lie. EVERYTHING in Mossflower is cute.
* Dobby and, in general, the House Elves from ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Even Kreacher gets better.
** Can't forget Norbert the baby dragon!
** Snape, who has greasy hair, sallow skin, a hooked nose and [[BrokenAce the]] [[AbusiveParents most]] [[AllLoveIsUnrequited tragic]] [[TearJerker back]] [[BackStory story]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast of]] [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend the]] [[TheAtoner entire]] [[YouAreWhatYouHate series]].
*** Alan Rickman's portrayal of the character likely contributed to Snape's [[TheWoobie woobification]]. In the books, the character only becomes sympathetic after he dies.
** The Thestrals - well, for those who can see them, anyway.
* The Other, the [[InstantAIJustAddWater sentient operating system]] of ''Literature/{{Otherland}}'', steals system resources to create a private world for itself, populating it with grotesque mockeries of fairy tale creatures that are nevertheless treated like its children. This is not out of malice, but because it genuinely doesn't understand the context.
* The Phantom (Erik) of ''PhantomOfTheOpera'' is slowly becoming this.
** He always was to some, due to his extreme [[TheWoobie woobieness]].
* The eponymous {{Eldritch Abomination}}s of ''Where the Deep Ones Are'' and ''The Littlest Shoggoth''.
** This isn't uncommon in LovecraftLite in general. It helps that much of the horror fandom doesn't share Lovecraft's apparent aversion to sea life.
* [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraft's]] own Zoogs, by virtue of being small, furry, and tentacle-faced.
** Some illustrators draw Brown Jenkin (the little human-faced monkey-rat-imp familiar from ''Dreams In The Witch House'') this way before events in the story start getting ''really'' sinister. Lovecraft depicts him as a denizen of the UncannyValley, but anything small, furry, and vaguely anthropomorphic is going to be cute to someone.
* Aunt Beast in ''AWrinkleInTime''. She's part of the "really, ''really'' strange looking - but still sweet and lovable" side of this trope. In Wayne D. Barlowe's portrait of Aunt Beast, she's downright lovely - in a [[StarfishAliens very alien]] way.
** Practically ''any'' artist's representation of an Ixchel is likely to fit this trope.
* All the characters in TimBurton's ''The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy: And Other Stories''.
* The more ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' harps on just ''how'' ugly [[ActionGirl Brienne of Tarth]] is, the more you just want to...hug her. That she's one of the most good-hearted characters in the series just makes her that much more adorable.
** The books also have [[TheGrotesque Tyrion Lannister]], who is also one of the more likable characters in the series (although more morally ambiguous than Brienne), and even less conventionally attractive.
*** 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.
** There's also Pia, a serving maid from Harrenhal, who was pretty until she made the mistake of being within arm's reach of Gregor Clegane, who broke her nose and most of her teeth.
* Literature/{{Discworld}} has the Death of Rats. [[http://www.lspace.org/art/kidby/mousmat.jpg It's got BIG BLUE EYES, for Pete's sake!]]
** Death himself, for that matter. He's your stereotypical cowled-skeleton-with-a-blade [[TheGrimReaper Grim Reaper]], and plenty badass when he needs to be, but he's a gently compassionate being who loves cats, makes endearingly misguided efforts to understand humanity, and rides a [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Pale Horse]] named ''Binky''.
*** Especially the way Paul Kidby [[http://www.lspace.org/art/kidby/dthfrnds.jpg draws him]]. Also, bonus [[http://www.lspace.org/art/kidby/rateye.jpg Death of Rats cuteness]].
** ''Discworld/SmallGods'' has the Great God Om, a cranky, sarcastic, [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly almost-fallen deity]] trapped in the body of a small, one-eyed desert tortoise.
** Swamp dragons (and especially Errol) are described as UglyCute.
** And then there's [[TheWoobie Mr Nutt]] of ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals''.
** Discworld [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]], mostly due to their status as a WoobieSpecies.
* Vettul, in the Series/DoctorWho Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures novel ''Vanishing Point'', is a twenty-year-old [[TheIngenue ingenue]] who's ''at least'' 6'6" and has one leg twice as thick as the other, obviously crooked eyes, and an otherwise plain face. She also acts like she has NoSocialSkills, in a completely endearing manner, and manages to have IncorruptiblePurePureness without being cloying. She quite fancies Fitz (and calls him "very beautiful", at which he "[stands] there speechless, blushing crimson", being only average-ish in the looks department), and he her:
-->She looked like a painting of someone beautiful that had gone subtly wrong somehow; as if the artist had been wearing the wrong prescription glasses or something. That said, there was definitely something to her...
** She lives with a group of other people who have various (worse) deformities, and would therefore be persecuted in the {{dystopia}} where they live, and their caretaker, Ettianne:
-->A little man with a bent, frightened face peeped out from behind a table, and Ettianne went over to soothe him.
* 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.
* Smasher from the novel by the same name by Creator/DickKingSmith.
* Many DrSeuss characters.
* In ''[[Literature/BigendBooks Zero History]]'' by Creator/WilliamGibson, Olduvai George is described as looking "agreeably simian"
* 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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