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7	->''"[[Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1925 Lon Chaney's Phantom in the 1925 silent]] had a hideously damaged face, his mouth a lipless rictus, his eyes off-center in gouged-out sockets. When Christine tore off his mask, she was horrified, and so was the audience. In the Lloyd Webber version, now filmed by Creator/JoelSchumacher, the mask is more like a fashion accessory, and the Phantom's "good" profile is so chiseled and handsome that the effect is not an object of horror but a kinky babe magnet."''
8	-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert''', [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041221/REVIEWS/41201007 review]] of the 2004 film version of ''[[Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004 The Phantom of the Opera]]''
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10	You've just learned that your favorite book, ''The Life and Times of AliceAndBob'', is being made into a [[TheFilmOfTheBook movie]]. In the book, Bob and Alice are not particularly attractive--in fact, they're both described as being very plain-looking. So why does it star Creator/AngelinaJolie and Creator/BradPitt?
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12	An adaptation and biopic trope, Adaptational Attractiveness is when a someone who was originally fat, plain, or even downright ugly is played by a much more conventionally attractive actor -- or, in non-live action media, is drawn/animated in a similar manner. This also applies to clothing: characters whose attire is described as grotesque will become fashionably dressed.
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14	Although sometimes it's who can play the part best, while finding actors who look like the way the characters are described can be problematic. Because let's face it, how many ugly actors -- and still fewer ''actresses'' -- are there in Hollywood?
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16	Related to HollywoodHomely. See also RaceLift, which normally doesn't have the same effect, and ProgressivelyPrettier, when something similar happens but it's not necessarily an adaptation. When this is done to a real life person, it's HistoricalBeautyUpdate. Frequently occurs when a character is PromotedToLoveInterest. See also AdaptationalSkimpiness, AdaptationalCurves, HotterAndSexier, and BeautyInversion. If the casting directors wanted the character to be ugly but an attractive actor gave the best audition, it's AbilityOverAppearance.
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18	The fandom version of this is SelfFanservice.
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20	Contrast AdaptationalUgliness.
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22	!!Example subpages:
23	[[index]]
24	* AdaptationalAttractiveness/AnimeAndManga
25	* AdaptationalAttractiveness/ComicBooks
26	* [[AdaptationalAttractiveness/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
27	** ''AdaptationalAttractiveness/HarryPotter''
28	** ''AdaptationalAttractiveness/MarvelCinematicUniverse''
29	** ''AdaptationalAttractiveness/XMenFilmSeries''
30	* AdaptationalAttractiveness/{{Literature}}
31	* AdaptationalAttractiveness/LiveActionTV
32	** ''AdaptationalAttractiveness/ASongOfIceAndFire'' (''Series/GameOfThrones'' and ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'')
33	* AdaptationalAttractiveness/VideoGames
34	* AdaptationalAttractiveness/WesternAnimation
35	[[/index]]
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37	!!Other examples:
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41	[[folder:Art]]
42	* Art/NefertitiBust: The bust depicts an idealized version of Nefertiti. CT scans that have been performed in 1992 and 2006 confirm that the sculpture underneath the stucco includes stronger signs of aging on the queen than present on the outside, such as wrinkles on the neck and a bump on the nose. The stucco is applied so as to diminish the blemishes.
43	* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_and_the_Sirens Ulysses and the Sirens]]'' by Herbert James Draper, which shows a dramatic depiction of that event, portrays the [[OurSirensAreDifferent Sirens]] as lovely temptresses, rather than the hideous bird-women they are in mythology. (The painting also shows them more aggressively trying to seduce the sailors; the ones in myth were never stated to leave the safety of their island while singing.)
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46	[[folder:Fan Works]]
47	* ''Fanfic/{{Anyone}}'': In canon Midoriya Inko is overweight due to stress eating. In this fic, she is fit and muscular with her hair styled in a bob cut. The exact reason for this difference is never give, but she has a much different lifestyle in this fic. Instead of a (maybe) stay at home mom (we're never told what her job is in canon if she has one), here she is a world-famous chef working in five star restaurants all around the world.
48	* ''Fanfic/ABeaconInTheDark'': Midoriya in the original manga is constantly described as plain-looking by everybody and his adorable status never translates in-universe. In this fic, Midoriya starts working out much earlier and as a result, his muscles are much more voluptuous, and, for a reason never explained, the clothes he has are much more form fitting and showcase it proudly. The art style also helps to showcase both his adorableness and hotness to other characters, and many people praise his looks. In fact, All Might even scoffs at [[MythologyGag Midoriya being called plain-looking]].
49	* ''Fanfic/ANewProblem'': Since the author is aware not many people like the designs of ''WesternAnimation/TheProblemSolverz'' and she wanted to test her own style, she made more cutesy designs for the characters. For example, Roba has more of a ''{{Franchise/Cuphead}}'' style, whilst Alfe has fluffier ears, a more realistic anteater snout, and a fluffy tail.
50	* One ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' fanfic has the canonically overweight Agnes and her SplitPersonality Perdita separate into two slim, beautiful women.
51	* A fanfic of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' titled ''FanFic/ABrighterDark'' did this for Corrin. While the canon appearance of Corrin wasn't exactly ugly, Corrin in the fanfic is much more sexually appealing to match her [[ReallyGetsAround habits]]. [[AmazonianBeauty Her stronger and more muscular build probably helped as well]].
52	** [[spoiler: [[CoveredInScars Though it becomes subverted over time...]]]]
53	* Dipper and Mabel in the ''Fanfic/ReverseFallsAU'' are inexplicably aged-up, electric blue-eyed, hot-as-heck versions of their canon selves. And dressed in sharp magician's outfits to boot!
54	* In [[Literature/HarryPotter canon]], Neville Longbottom's grandmother Augusta was a frail old lady ([[NeverMessWithGranny albeit one more dangerous than she appears]]). In ''Fanfic/PrincessOfTheBlacks'' she's a middle-aged blonde who's just starting to grey and has significant muscles from her hobby of making bronze statuettes. WordOfGod states that it made little sense for her to be a frail old lady when she is only in her sixties and wizards easily live twice as long as Muggles.
55	* Downplayed in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12435293/1/Dark-Light Dark Light]]'' in regards to Inko Midoriya. In canon, stress from Izuku not having a Quirk caused her to overeat and put on weight. Here, Izuku develops a Quirk when he's five so she never starts stress eating and later starts exercising with him to lose any weight she had put on.
56	** Overall, it's rather common in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fics for Inko to either never put on weight or find some way to get back in shape.
57	* In ''Fanfic/ThereWasOnceAnAvengerFromKrypton'', Victor Von Doom never suffered from the facial scarring he did in his backstory and is noted to be rather handsome.
58	* ''The Literature/{{Discworld}} Assassins' Guild Diary'', the only canonical appearance of Miss Smith-Rhodes (Head of Raven House, Tutor in Domestic Science and Organic Poisons) has an illustration of the senior staff in which she is a round, stern, middle-aged woman, looking not unlike the popular perception of Mrs. Beeton. Creator/AAPessimal's Johanna Smith-Rhodes, on the other hand, is a young, attractive, redheaded ActionGirl.
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61	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
62	* In ''Recap/AsterixAndTheGreatCrossing'', TheChiefsDaughter is unattractive and pudgy, and [[PleaseDumpMe escaping marriage to her]] is the reason the Gauls decide it's time to go back home. In the film adaptation, ''WesternAnimation/AsterixConquersAmerica'', she is an IndianMaiden with the body proportions of a bathing suit model and a much prettier face, and [[AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul Obelix is understandably sad to leave her]].
63	* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
64	** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns:'' Gordon's assistant, Officer Merkel, undergoes a variant of this: he's TheFaceless in the comic (where his face is always framed in the shadows), but in the movies his features are visible, and he's one of the more conventionally handsome characters.
65	** In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheLongHalloween'', MafiaPrincess Sofia Falcone goes from the brutish BrawnHilda she was in the comics to an AmazonianBeauty with softer features.
66	* In ''VideoGame/AngryBirds2'', Silver is short and stocky, with a trapezoidal build and a wild, carefree personality similar to the Bad Piggies. The [[WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie2 movie version]] turns her into a calmer large-eyed GadgeteerGenius bird with slender legs and GirlishPigtails.
67	* Downplayed in Disney's version of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}'': Quasimodo is upgraded from hideous to UglyCute, though he still has his book appearance including the wart-like growth over his left eye. Presumably, if they added the little details of how ugly he is, it would be a pain on the animators, and would have scared the children in a movie that's already pretty dark to begin with.
68	* Most translations of the ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' poem describe Grendel's mother as some sort of ugly troll or ogress. In the [[WesternAnimation/{{Beowulf 2007}} animated movie]], she's a nearly-naked Creator/AngelinaJolie in full InkSuitActor mode.
69	* ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'':
70	** Shrek, while rude, crude, and ogreish, isn't really hideous. [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a7/Shrekcover.jpg In the book it was based on...]]
71	** Similarly, Fiona, in both her human and [[CuteMonsterGirl ogre]] forms, is more attractive than the hideous princess from the book.
72	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'', Gurgi is changed from a hideous gorilla-like monster in [[Literature/TheChroniclesofPrydain the original books]] to a cute badger-like animal.
73	* ''Literature/TheLorax'' has the Once-ler, who is [[TheFaceless a pair of green arms]] in both the book and the cartoon adaptation; in the latter, he can be assumed to be middle-aged going by his deep voice. In [[WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012 the 2012 film]], he's a tall, cute 20-something man[[note]]only in the flashbacks; in the present, he is an old man[[/note]] with big blue eyes (in contrast to the creepy yellow ones he had in the book), voiced by Creator/EdHelms.
74	* In the ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' movie, King Oberon looks younger and slimmer than in the books. His beard's less bushy, too. Jack Frost also has this to a lesser degree.
75	* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'':
76	** Baymax was monstrous-looking in the comics. In the movie, he is a [[CuteMachines Cute Machine]].
77	** While Hiro Takachiho wasn't ugly in the comics, Hiro [[AdaptationNameChange Hamada]] is designed to look more adorable.
78	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'': Pinocchio's appearance in the [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Pinocchio.jpg illustrations of the original book resembled a real puppet]]. In the Disney film, Pinocchio resembles a normal living child more then he does a puppet; with only his clearly wooden limbs and stub-shaped nose giving his origin away.
79	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio 1992}}'', Mangiafuoco doesn't have the threatening looks of [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio his book counterpart]] and has a rather cute appearance. In the cover he is not as cute, but is far from the scary Mangiafuoco of the book.
80	* Exaggerated with ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameGoldenFilms'''s version of Quasimodo is HollywoodHomely at worst. He's tall, muscular, has well-combed long hair with a handsome and spotless face... The only part about him that resemble the book character is his hunched back, which is [[InformedDeformity a pronounced slouch]] at most. [[spoiler:He later stands up straight and becomes a {{hunk}}]].
81	* ''WesternAnimation/DorothyMeetsOzmaOfOz'': Uncle Henry and Aunt Em are less weathered and more youthful than described as in the book.
82	* ''WesternAnimation/WonderWoman2009'': Etta Candy in the comics is usually depicted on the heavier side, varying from being just very overweight and boisterous in the early comics, to a ShrinkingViolet, BigBeautifulWoman in the later ones. In the animated movie however, she has an ImpossibleHourglassFigure, and is extremely flirtatious.
83	* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'':
84	** Doctor Otto Octavius aka ComicBook/DoctorOctopus is generally a pudgy man with a ugly scowling face. [[spoiler: Olivia Octavius however besides some frizzy hair with goofy glasses is a slim, sexy scientist. This probably a result of combining Otto with his canon DistaffCounterpart Carolyn Trainer (who’s quite attractive) to make Olivia.]]
85	** Aunt May is a comely older lady rather then the fragile wizened old bag who looks like she could keel over at any moment, as she’s often depicted as in the comics.
86	* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanRedSon''
87	** Played with in Superior Man, in [[ComicBook/SupermanRedSon the comic]] he’s an expy of ComicBook/{{Bizarro}} having the grey zombie-like appearance due being a flawed clone of Supes created by Lex Luthor. In the animated film, he looks like a normal healthy looking man, [[spoiler: before he suffers from a SuperpowerMeltdown and becomes a hideous troll-like beast]].
88	** Superman himself, in the comic as the decades go by he ages gaining white streaks and wrinkles. This also [[EvilMakesYouUgly reflects his turn]] from TheCape who’s merely misguided to full blown BewareTheSuperman dictator. In the animated film Superman keeps his handsome looks as TheAgeless.
89	* ''Animation/TheMysteryOfTheThirdPlanet'':
90	** Gromozeka still has several arms like in [[Literature/AliceGirlFromTheFuture the books]], but at least he has two legs instead of three, two eyes instead of several rows of many small ones, and a bulbous nose instead of a trunk.
91	** [[spoiler:Glot's real form]] is pretty hideous, being a bluish-skinned, toothy, scrawny humanoid with no hair and no neck. However, it's not even close to his book counterpart's [[spoiler:terrifying, scorpion-like EldritchAbomination]] shape.
92	* While Shinnok still has the pale skin of his [[Franchise/MortalKombat game counterpart]], ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegendsBattleOfTheRealms'' depicts with as much more muscular and taller than in the games.
93	* Amanda Waller is once again hit with this trope in the WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse, but this time with something of a caveat: [[WesternAnimation/SuicideSquadHellToPay her debut film]] establishes that she's terminally ill. Granted, she still looks good despite this, but [[spoiler:''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'' later reveals her illness did kill her.]]
94	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022'': In the books, Mr. Wolf’s drawn as scruffy and googly-eyed with a slightly loose suit, making a lot of goofy and slightly ugly faces. The movie makes him sharply-groomed, yellow-eyed, and more conventionally attractive with a trimmer suit.
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97	[[folder:Music]]
98	* Depictions of the late Music/RitchieValens have a tendency to portray him as quite a bit more conventionally handsome than he was in {{real life}}. The real Valens certainly wasn't ''unattractive'', but he had a noticeably broad face, and his plump cheeks gave him a rather babyish appearance. But if he appears on film, television or theatre, he's invariably played by a TallDarkAndHandsome Latino actor with a much slimmer face (see ''La Bamba'', the film and stage versions of ''The Buddy Holly Story'', etc.). Valens' young age may be a factor in this: since he died at the age of 17, some people seem to picture him as a classic teenage heartthrob. In actuality, of course, he had a successful career because he was a gifted musician, not because of his looks.
99	* Music/LindseyStirling uses this to an extent. In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQb2axKpuw Star Wars Medley]]" Lindsey is dressed as Leia, with the traditional long white dress and hair coils. However, her dress is fitted and she wears heels, unlike the original, making her much more attractive.
100	* When the English language Music/{{Vocaloid}}s (Most using Stock Photos as box art) were released in Taiwan, their box arts were changed to be younger and anime style, and in the case of Sweet Ann, more attractive. This move was quite baffling in the case of Big Al, who had already been redesigned as an attractive anime-style man, rather than the resemblance to popular depictions of Frankenstein's Monster that he began with.
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103	[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
104	* In [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]], the Gorgons -- {{Medusa}} and her two immortal sisters -- are described as so ugly that people turned to stone from just looking at them. None of their depictions from Greek vase paintings to modern movies lives up to that image; however, in some cases Medusa actually [[GorgeousGorgon looks classically beautiful apart from her snake-hair]]. There's normally conflicting myths about Medusa's appearance, some sources describing her as a hideous monster, others saying Aphrodite ironically made Medusa retain her mortal beauty and others offering a compromise where Medusa was both beautiful and terrible at the same time.
105	* Sirens in their earliest incarnations were bird women. Most stories that feature them have them as [[SirensAreMermaids beautiful mermaids]].
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108	[[folder:Pinballs]]
109	* [[Creator/MidwayGames Bally's]] ''[[Pinball/StarTrekBally Star Trek]]'' pinball does this to Kirk, Spock, [=McCoy=], and Uhura. Most prominent for the men, who are shown with [[HeroicBuild bulging biceps, broad shoulders, and sculpted pecs]].
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112	[[folder:Theatre]]
113	* In Lynn Rigg's play ''Green Grow the Lilacs'', Ado Annie is described as "an unattractive, stupid-looking farm girl" wearing a "very unbecoming" dress. This description was not carried over into the script of ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'', the musical adaptation of ''Green Grow the Lilacs''; it certainly didn't apply to Celeste Holm of the original cast, who practically qualified as MsFanservice by the production's modest standards.
114	* In ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'', Elphaba is described as having a large nose and otherwise being, appearance-wise, sort of an acquired taste. In [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} the musical version]], she's HollywoodHomely. Then again, not even green skin can make most of her actresses unattractive. Of course, this is intentional; the other characters are so repulsed by her green skin that they don't realize how beautiful she is.
115	* Pretty much anything adapted by Creator/TakarazukaRevue will do this to just about any character. For instance, their adaptation of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' made Kanryu and Saito much prettier than in canon, [[{{Bifauxnen}} for obvious reasons]]. Hell, they even managed to do it to UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln!
116	* In ''Franchise/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', the original book has the Phantom (Erik) wearing a full mask, and his face behind the mask extremely grotesque. He is described as deformed. In [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera the stage musical]], the deformities are limited to half his face, and the portion of his face not covered by the half-mask is handsome. This was done because full face prosthetics inhibited the actor's singing. It also often makes the deformed side actually look worse in comparison- from a skull in the book to a handsome man who appears to be ''rotting'' on one side. The fact that his hair turns out to be a wig, and that he's bald except for a few ratty, diseased-looking wisps of gray hair even on the good side, also makes the deformity makeup pretty effective in the final scene.
117	** Similarly, Erik/the Theatre/{{Phantom}} has been played by a succession of attractive actresses from the Creator/TakarazukaRevue, with prosthetics amounting to a bad birthmark.
118	* In the Original Cast of ''Theatre/NotreDameDeParis'', Quasimodo was played by the wonderfully baby faced Garou.
119	* In the movie ''Film/TheFearlessVampireKillers'', Count von Krolock was a sharp-dressed but otherwise plain aristocrat. In ''Theatre/TanzderVampire'', the musical adaptation, he became MrFanservice extraordinaire. Getting played by a variety of handsome musical actors certainly helps.
120	* In ''Film/BigFish'', the Witch is depicted as a wizened old crone (played by a very heavily made-up Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter) who sees the future through her glass eye. Her counterpart in the ScreenToStageAdaptation is a much younger PerkyGoth who uses a normal crystal ball that doesn't replace any part of her body. This AgeLift was likely done [[spoiler:to enable her to outlive the protagonist and as such show up as one of the cameos at his funeral at the end]].
121	* ''Theatre/WesterosAnAmericanMusical'':
122	** Characters who have scars in the original story don't have them in the play, resulting in Shireen not having her greyscale scar and Tyrion's face looking fine despite "The Siege of King's Landing" covering events that got him disfigured in canon.
123	** Tyrion is extremely ugly in the book and played by an actor older than the character on TV. Combine the lack of scars mentioned above with a CrosscastRole, and you end up with the character looking quite young and smooth-faced compared to his canon counterparts.
124	* Frank Wildhorn’s ''Wonderland'' portrays the elderly White Knight as a [[AgeLift young]] and dashing heartthrob (he even breaks out into a boy band-style pop ballad). This actually plays into the story, as the ending reveals that he’s [[spoiler:an exaggerated version of Alice’s estranged husband]].
125	* Most stagings of Bernard Pomerance's ''The Elephant Man'' play, such as the most recent one starring Creator/BradleyCooper, do not have the actor playing John Merrick don any prosthetics to portray his deformities. Instead, they rely on the actor's physicality to suggest such deformities.
126	* In ''Theatre/MaratSade'': The Director of Charenton, Coulmier, is often presented in adaptations of the play as a well-dressed, good-looking noble. Meanwhile, the real Coulmier was rather short and described as a hunchback.
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129	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
130	* The main cast of love interests in ''VisualNovel/AstoriaFatesKiss'', excepting Hades, is made up of monsters from Myth/ClassicalMythology such as [[MultipleHeadCase Hydra, Cerberus]], and {{Medusa}}. Here, however, they are depicted as attractive men and women who look fully human, with their traditional monstrous appearances relegated to the supernatural Auras that give them their powers as godly monsters.
131	* ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'' presents one of the most dramatic cases for frequent target Franchise/SherlockHolmes.[[note]]or the [[CaptainErsatz identical but legally distinct Herlock Sholmes]] in the [[DubNameChange game's international release]][[/note]] isn't just a youthful {{Bishonen}}; it's revealed he can easily pass for Irene "the face of the most beautiful of women" Adler.
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134	[[folder:Web Animation]]
135	* The animated webcast adaptation of the unfinished ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "Shada" did this with two different characters.
136	** Professor Chronotis was played in the TV version by Denis Carey as a decrepit old man. In the complete web-animation version, he was played by James Fox, and looked [[SilverFox much more well-preserved]] due to being an InkSuitActor.
137	** The graduate student Clare was, in the TV story, dressed in frumpy 1970s office-style clothes. In the animation, she is redesigned as a late-1970s punkette, in a [[SexySweaterGirl tight fluffy sweater]], mildly {{Goth}} make-up, and a studded leather dog collar.
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140	[[folder:Webcomics]]
141	* ''Webcomic/BigEthelEnergy'': The Ethel of ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' [[ProgressivelyPrettier went from a gangly, buck-toothed, messy-haired unattractive girl to a more conventionally feminine but still plain-faced one]]. This version of her was perfectly cute in high school, just unpopular.
142	* ''{{Webcomic/Lovely Lovecraft}}'': The real Howard Phillips Lovecraft was not considered handsome. Lovely Lovecraft shows him as a somewhat good-looking adult and a downright adorable kid.
143	* ''Webcomic/MyGirlfriendsAHexManiac'': The titular Hex Maniac (nicknamed Hexy by the author and readers) has [[AdaptationalCurves a more shapely figure]] than how her trainer class appeared in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''. Also, her spiral WingdingEyes are downplayed; having actual eye features and sheen to appear cuter.
144	* In ''{{Webcomic/Prequel}}'', a webcomic based on ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'', Orcs, Khajiits and Argonians are [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Ridiculously Cute Critters]]. In [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion the game]], unless you're playing with mods, good luck creating even a ''decent'' looking character with these races...
145	* The Aesop that ''Webcomic/{{Aisopos}}'' gives us is a normal boy with cute/good-looking characteristics, in contact to his RealLife counterpart, who was a dwarf and a hunchback. His father Frontis is portrayed as a "humpty-dumpty" instead.
146	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' downplays this with [[PublicDomainCharacter Hel]]. Bear in mind, some of her facial features aren't the prettiest-- her eyes are sunken, her hair is limp and her teeth are yellowed and rotten. But otherwise, she lacks the TwoFaced appearance that she is most famous for.
147	* ''Webcomic/WoodenPlankStudios'' had a PlayedForLaughs case in [[Characters/MetroidMetroidPrimeAndDarkSamus Dark Samus]]. In the ''Videogame/MetroidPrime'' games, she's an UpliftedAnimal living in and off one of Samus's old armors. One strip makes her drop the armor and reveal a "[[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Purple Skinned]] [[https://www.woodenplankstudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/comic_2021_metroidmed_8.jpg Samus]]" instead.
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150	[[folder:Web Videos]]
151	* ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'': Both leads are attractive, but less blatantly than most adaptations of ''Literature/JaneEyre''.
152	** Jane is a downplayed example and done pretty well, considering the source material. She's supposed to look rather plain. Her actress is attractive, but her appearance is not enhanced by make-up or beautiful clothes. She looks like a normal girl who can be good-looking if she tries. When Jane shoots her vlog, she can be goofy, dorky, happy, scared, exhausted, tearful, visibly upset, dishevelled or with a prim and proper bun; wrapped up in an unflattering jumper, wearing her pyjamas or an elegant black dress or really sexy outfits like skinny jeans.
153	** Mr Rochester of the book is often described as downright ugly, though he's intelligent and has mysterious and brooding aura about him which makes him attractive. Mr Rochester in this version is quite handsome if slightly weird. He's not gorgeous as most Mr Rochesters in various adaptations, but other tropes like TroubledButCute successfully pump up his charms.
154	* The monster in ''WebVideo/FrankensteinMD'', while not ''attractive'' per se, is less inhuman/disturbing-looking than in the majority of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' adaptations; he has visible scars on his body, but isn't really the UncannyValley-invoking patchwork creation of the original book.
155	* Creator/FunnyOrDie: Outright mocked in [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/414fa4b226/the-wire-the-musical-with-michael-kenneth-williams this video]] where ''Series/TheWire'' is adapted into a musical. In the video Snoop, a female BloodKnight and ruthless enforcer who was a ButchLesbian in the show and who generally acted and dressed like OneOfTheBoys comes out dolled up and in a dress. She looks at herself and declares in disgust "Man, this some Cinderella bullshit man!"
156	* ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'': Everybody on this show is insanely attractive. Most characters were good-looking, beautiful or handsome in ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' as well, but Mary Bennet and Charlotte Lucas who were plain in the original book are both gorgeous in the web-series too.
157	* WebVideo/SolidJJ's: Discussed in the ''WebVideo/{{Stoogeposting}}'' video "The Three Stooges go Hollywood." The stooges talk about who'd play them in a movie, and both Larry and Curly wish their role would be played by Marlon Brando.
158	* This occurs in ''WebVideo/VaguelyRecallingJoJo'' because the fan can't remember all of the details, and has to fill some in.
159	** Nena is not a {{gonk}}y short woman, but [[GenderFlip a very feminine boy]].[[note]]Bridget from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' to be precise.[[/note]]
160	** ZZ is not a scrawny guy with huge arms, but a guy with a HeroicBuild and a LanternJawOfJustice.
161	** J. Geil uses his default faceless appearance.
162	** Enya gets transformed into a tall, beautiful woman after Polnareff massages her.
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