Line #11 Main/MakeoverMontage


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12	[[caption-width-right:350:"I got rid of my glasses and they changed my hair. That's really all they did. They went shopping for me, so the clothes are different too. It wasn't like Extreme Makeover where I got a nose job or anything." - Clay Aiken]]
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14	->''"We'll have you washed and dried\
15	primped and polished till you glow with pride.\
16	Trust my recipe for Instant Bride.\
17	You'll bring honor to us all!"''
18	-->-- ''Disney's WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''
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20	A.K.A. ''Torture Session Montage.''
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22	A girl with frizzy hair, pimples, braces and NerdGlasses is plunked into a chair (maybe even tied down for good measure) in front of a mirror by well-meaning friends and attacked with a flurry of curling irons, combs, hair gel, blush, eyeshadow, eyeliner, lipstick, nail polish, and all manner of powders and waxes. Put her under a bright spotlight, like at a [[JackbauerInterrogationTechnique Jack Bauer Interrogation]], for good measure. Just remember, before you're done, TheGlassesGottaGo. She never exhibits any allergic reactions from the multitude of substances that are put on her, and never stands up for herself if she doesn't want to have a makeover in the first place.
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24	Voila, SheIsAllGrownUp! Often [[BrokenAesop hypocritically paired]] with BeYourself, as the glamorous version the person has never been before is [[BeautifulAllAlong their true self all along]], really! Compare LipstickAndLoadMontage. Comedic ones likely have a heavy overlap with an ImprobableHairstyleSequence. When done to a male character, this is likely to overlap with DraggedIntoDrag and/or MakeoverTorment.
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28	!!Examples
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32	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
33	* A rather dark version of this occurs in ''Anime/{{Interstella 5555}}: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem,'' in which the kidnapped alien band are given a fully automated makeover to make them appear human: their skin is painted, their hair is dyed, their memories are replaced, and they are all fitted with mind control devices.
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36	[[folder:Comic Books]]
37	* ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'': Etta begs Diana to let her do her makeup, but Diana doesn't tell her to go ahead and have at it until she requests that Etta find a look for Wonder Woman. Etta tries out a number of looks before truly feeling inspired and coming up with the one they go with.
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40	[[folder:FanFiction]]
41	* In ''Fanfic/InsertGenericAdventureTitleHere'' a ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]], Light is tasked with making [[{{Leatherman}} Mello]] [[TheInfiltration look like a respectable college student who would attend To'oh University.]] HilarityEnsues or rather en-''[[BadassInANiceSuit suits]]''.
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44	[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
45	* The beginning of ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' has the titular character get “primped and polished” for her appointment with the local matchmaker. Since this test will evaluate her skills as a ProperLady and potential bride, she is bathed, has her hair and makeup done, and all dressed up by various groomers to make her look like the ideal Chinese lady. She [[UnwillinglyGirlyTomboy expresses discomfort]] as she is scrubbed clean, has her hair pulled, and [[OfCorsetHurts has her waist squished to make it look smaller]].
46	* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': Woody getting fixed up by MakeoverFairy Geri is presented this way. His eyes are glossed, hair is touched up, arm is stitched up, [[WhamShot the bottom of his boot is painted over]], etc.
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49	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
50	* ''Film/{{Aquamarine}}'': Claire, Hailey and Aquamarine go on a trip to the local mall, and of course this involves a sequence at the salon. It however just appears to be a day of pampering, and there are no major changes in appearance.
51	* In ''Film/BrideOfChucky'', doll Tiffany dresses herself up using hair dye, black nail polish, makeup, adding a fake mole and even gets a "Chucky" tattoo on her breast and smokes, all to the tune of Music/{{Blondie\|Band}}’s "Call Me".
52	%%* Majandra Delfino in Film/CelesteInTheCity''.
53	* ''Film/{{Clueless}}'': When a "clueless" transfer student named Tai Frasier arrives at the school, Cher decides to make Tai her next project by giving her a makeover with the help of Dionne, providing Tai with confidence and a sense of style.
54	* Creator/RitaHayworth gets one before her photo shoot in ''Film/CoverGirl'' (1944). She doesn't look much different at the end of it, though.
55	%%* Alyson Hannigan in ''[[Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg Date Movie]]''.
56	* In ''Film/TheDecoyBride'', Lara's make up artists give a reluctant Katie a makeover to prepare her for her time as Lara's stand-in. Katie hates it, but finds herself surprisingly pleased by the results. Steve shivers in horror and adds more veil to cover her up.
57	* ''Film/Descendants2'': After six months of putting on an act in Auradon as a PrincessClassic, Mal returns to the Isle of the Lost and gets a badass makeover from Dizzy Tremaine that resembles her old villainous look pre-Auradon, including replacing her pink nail polish with black, gifting her a new studded leather outfit, and dying her hair back to purple. Mal is happy to look more like her old self, which she feels is her real self.
58	%%* Andy, played by Anne Hathaway, in ''Literature/TheDevilWearsPrada''.
59	* ''Film/DirtyDancing'': Baby doesn't exactly get a makeover but her clothes get skimpier and sexier as her dance lessons progress.
60	* Another rare male version in ''Film/TheBoyfriendSchool'' (alt titled: Don't Tell Her It's Me), in which the pre-makeover Gus is post-cancer bald and overweight, but in order to try to seduce the girl of his dreams, he spends months losing weight, exercising, getting tanned, and getting his newly grown hair cut and styled. He also gets a wardrobe change, contacts, and an accent to become the dream guy, Lobo.
61	%%* [[HeterosexualLifePartners Harry and Lloyd]] in ''Film/DumbAndDumber''.
62	* ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy'' - an entire musical number as Julie Brown gives a (completely unnecessary) makeover to Geena Davis.
63	* Rare and elusive all-male version in ''Film/EncinoMan'', in which a caveman is miraculously transformed into a goofy 80s teenager by the two guys who found him. Complete with towel turban and bath beads (which, admittedly, [[ExtremeOmnivore the caveman ate]]).
64	* Another rare male example in ''Film/FixingPete'', as Ashley (Creator/BrookeBurns) is assigned to make Pete (Creator/DylanBruno) have new clothes to make him more presentable for an upcoming book tour.
65	* In ''Film/FreakyFriday1976'', Ellen, in Annabel's body, gets Annabel's braces removed, then gets a haircut and some new dresses, so Annabel could look less like a tomboy.
66	* ''Film/HesAllThat'': Can’t have a ''Film/ShesAllThat remake'' without one. Padgett buys Cameron new clothes, shaves off his facial hair and cuts his long hair.
67	* ''Film/ItsPat'': At one point, Pat goes to a hair stylist and asks to look more like Pat's own gender. This montage includes giving Pat a specific female hairstyle, a specific male hairstyle, and even making Pat bald, before Pat settles on Pat's old hair style.
68	* Fern gets a new look and a new name in ''Film/{{Jawbreaker}}'' to keep her silent about Liz's murder.
69	%%* A rare male version occurs in ''Film/{{Komaa}}''.
70	* In ''Film/LoveDontCostAThing'', Paris cuts Alvin's hair, gets him some new clothes and shows him how to appear more confident.
71	* Marisa's preparation for the ball, complete with a CostumeTestMontage, in ''Film/MaidInManhattan''.
72	%%* Occurs over a course of a few scenes in ''Film/MeanGirls'' with Cady.
73	%%* Occurs in ''Film/MemoirsOfAGeisha'', in both the book and film version.
74	* In ''Film/TheMirrorHasTwoFaces'', frumpy college professor Rose rebounds after getting sexually rejected by her husband by getting a makeover, exercising, changing diets, losing weight, and a wardrobe change.
75	* Another rather creepy variant appears in ''Film/{{Mirrormask}}'', though whether the use of the Carpenters song "Close To You" pushes it into {{Narm}} territory is debatable.
76	* [[HollywoodHomely Sandra Bullock]] undergoes one for ''Film/MissCongeniality''. Waxing was involved. Her hair was thinned and trimmed, and her character went from the natural no-makeup look[[note]]which just means very carefully applied, neutral tone makeup in this case[[/note]] to fancy makeup.
77	* ''Film/MissPettigrewLivesForADay'', wherein Miss Pettigrew gets a mud facial and [[CucumberFacial eats the cucumbers on her eyes]].
78	* ''Film/NationalLampoonsEuropeanVacation'': The Griswalds go through one in Rome when they go through a bunch of new outfits to try on.
79	* Parodied in ''Film/NotAnotherTeenMovie,'' in which the makeover strictly consists of removing Janie's glasses and letting her hair out of its ponytail.
80	* ''Film/OneTouchOfVenus'': Gloria and Molly give Venus a makeover to dress her in modern clothing, during the "That's Him" number.
81	* Played with in ''Film/{{Oresama}}''. It's not directly a montage, but there's a scene where Miyavi gives Shinni a makeover, complete with his music playing as the background track.
82	* In ''Film/PrettyWoman'', Vivian receives one with the assistance of MakeoverFairy "Bridget from women's clothing," who helps take her from an attractive streetwalker to a refined woman.
83	* ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'': Mia is given a princess makeover by MakeoverFairy Paolo and his assistants. She gets another makeover from the same trio in the sequel.
84	* Samantha's sessions with the image consultant Mr. Blondell in ''Film/{{Sam}}'', which allow her to dress, look and move more like a woman.
85	%%* Happens multiple times in a row in the 2007 ''Film/{{St Trinians\|2007}}'' movie.
86	* ''Film/TankGirl''. Rebecca making over the outside of her tank in a animated montage. If you look closely you'll notice that it gets made over from a PT-76 light tank to a M-51 Super Sherman.
87	* In ''Film/ThatThingYouDo'', Mr. White arranges for Faye to be outfitted and styled to the nines for the taping of ''The Hollywood Television Showcase''.
88	* Inverted in ''Film/TimAndEricsBillionDollarMovie''. Tim and Eric get a montage where they get rid of their expensive Hollywood makeovers so they can become PR businessmen.
89	* The application of Aly's "fat" makeup and body suit in ''Film/ToBeFatLikeMe''. Technically it's a "make under."
90	* In ''Film/AVeryBradySequel'', hairstylist Sergio and his coworkers try to give Carol a new hairdo. Her hair proves too stiff to restyle, so she still looks exactly the same at the end of the montage.
91	* How the girls disguise R as a human in ''Film/WarmBodies''. Lampshaded, of course. Doubles as a MythologyGag, as in the book, R says "I wish in real life you could switch to a Makeover Montage".
92	* In ''Film/WildRose1932'', Jiang, wanting Xiao to make a good impression with his family, has her get a makeover in which she's dolled up and dressed in fancy clothes. But Xiao is still a {{Tomboy}} with uncouth country manners, and things go wrong at the dinner anyway.
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96	* ''Series/OneHundredThingsToDoBeforeHighSchool'': In "Be a Fairy Godmother Thing!", CJ gives a makeover to a girl named Scout as part of her attempt to be a fairy godmother.
97	* Suggested by Abed in ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS1E17PhysicalEducation Physical Education]]" when the group wants to get him to impress a girl.
98	* Perfectly parodied in ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2lmojePnA0 "Put Yourself First,"]] a makeover set to song all about how women should put themselves first...for men. "Don't think about it too hard."
99	* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': TheTeaser to "Under My Skin" has a teenage girl undergoing a makeover from her older sister. As this is ''CSI'', it does not end well for her.
100	%% * The ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' episode "Game Night" has one for the creation of [[Creator/NeilPatrickHarris Barney]].
101	* Parodied in the ''Series/ICarly'' episode ''iGo One Direction,'' where they have a parody of typical teenage girl movie, including a makeover-scene. Considering the main audience of the show, this move was pretty ballsy.
102	* ''Series/PowerRangersSuperMegaforce'': Emma and Gia, the pink and yellow rangers, take new recruit Orion, the silver ranger, to get some new clothes and a haircut, as the alien was wearing ragged clothing and had let his hair grow out after his home planet had been destroyed by the bad guys.
103	* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiarsOriginalSin'' has one in Episode 2 when the Liars do their makeup and wear their dresses for the Spirit Week dance, to the sound of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXBdvSj9F2I Bet You Wanna]] by Music/BlackPink.
104	%% * ''Series/QueerEye''
105	%% * ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' has a rare example of Raven doing this for a ''guy''.
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108	[[folder:Music]]
109	* "Like the First Time" ("처음처럼" by 티아라) has a music video that is this. Five friends prepare their glasses & books girl for a 소개팅 (blind date).
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113	%%* The song "Rainbow High" in TheMusical ''Theatre/{{Evita}}'' is essentially one of these.
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116	[[folder:Video Games]]
117	* An optional scene in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' has the group doing this to wild boy Gau.
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120	[[folder:Web Comics]]
121	* Deliberately avoided in ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', when the girls [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=326 go to get haircuts]] in Chapter 15. The comic skips straight to the finished haircut and Red's reaction, with the narrator mentioning in passing that the skipped scene "would have been a very amusing haircut montage."
122	* ''Webcomic/UhOhItsADinosaur'': Ann decides to [[http://itsadinosaur.com/comic/dino_373/ help Kyra become "cute"]] as all girls should be. Kyra is skeptical, at least until the CostumeTestMontage.
123	--> '''Ann''': [[http://itsadinosaur.com/comic/dino_376/ How about a fuzzy pink boa?]]
124	--> '''Kyra:''' Oh! It's a matter of taste because I want eight!
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127	[[folder:Web Originals]]
128	* Parodied in the Bone Mouth sketch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s-bEQOOkk8g "Makeover Montage Goes Awry"]] - [[spoiler: First the recipient of the makeover is murdered by a man lurking in the closet... Then her murderer gets the makeover instead]].
129	%% * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl6hNj1uOkY The Doll Face]] video.
130	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDb6yOVKKxE Parodied]] by ''WebVideo/HardlyWorking''. Sarah does one for David and Pat - into an ordinary black gown, which she says is the only thing she has. At the guys' insistence, she goes through the makeover montage. The resulting product in the end is that she looks a lot like [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} Elphaba]] in a sweater.
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134	* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': [[Characters/HeyArnoldHelgaGPataki Helga G. Pataki]] does this to herself because she's sick of people forgetting she's a girl. The episode ends with her realizing why she always avoids this girly stuff -- it's stupid.
135	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In ''Really Loud Music'', the song “Changing Luna” shows Doug and Michelle giving Luna a complete make-over into what they believe an artist should look like.
136	* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'' has the other animals do this to Stella the Skunk.
137	* Parodied in the penultimate episode of ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'', in which several characters undergo this, to the accompaniment of a song consisting only of the word "makeover" repeated seven times as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DaXJmo9cro here]].
138	--> '''Cleopatra''': Are you thinking what I'm thinking?\
139	'''Cleopatra/Joanne of Arc''': Makeover!/''Suicide!''
140	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
141	** In "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons", there's a montage of Apu trying out different haircuts. For every variant, Homer gives Apu a thumbs up.
142	** "The President Wore Pearls" parodies "Rainbow High" from ''Evita''.
143	* Magnificently spoofed in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': an episode spoofing ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' features two makeover montages -- the first one is pulled out of Queer Eye, and the second happens after TheReveal that the guys from Queer Eye are actually [[spoiler: crab people]]. The boys must be made over into [[spoiler: crab people]] as well and HilarityEnsues.
144	* Smurfette goes through this in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' story "Smurfette's Golden Tresses" with Barber subjecting her through various hairstyles before finally realizing that it's hard for him to improve upon perfection.
145	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryInc'': Daphne undergoes one in "In Fear of the Phantom" when she instructs the Hex Girls to "turn her into a rock star".
146	* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'': When Amber insists that Sofia’s slumber party guests have to fit in with the other princesses at the party, Sofia starts by having Baileywick give them princess makeovers, complete with fancy gowns, new hairdos, and tiaras.
147	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Uglydolls}}'' puts the montage through a song, "All Dolled Up". Mandy helps the Uglydolls dress up to look like Perfection dolls and blend in, despite the fact that she's insistent that they don't have to do this. [[spoiler:The makeover fails in the end for them, and only ostracizes them further.]]
148	* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' episode, "The Bellicose Proxy", when trying to help Guild Stranger S-464 win back his love, Dr. Z suggests he and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch take him to get a makeover, which starts a makeover montage in a mall. [[ImagineSpot It just turns out to be all in Dr. Z's head.]]
149	-->'''Dr. Z:''' (laughs) Then we all get milkshakes.
150	-->''(beat)''
151	-->'''Mrs. Monarch:''' We're not going.
152	-->'''464:''' I don't want to do that.
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