1 | [[quoteright:300:[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/belle_winter_wrap_6322.jpg]]]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:300:[-Give Belle a white mink wrap, fancy dress, elegant jewelry, HighClassFan, and loads of sparkles. The Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es thrive on these tropes.-] ]] |
3 | |
4 | Tropes about, or related to, beautiful people and things. If you see one of these tropes, a major aspect involves being as pleasing to the eye as possible. |
5 | |
6 | Or pleasing in the beautiful sense, since some might find StuffBlowingUp appealing to look at, but that's RuleOfCool. |
7 | |
8 | Sure beauty might be only skin deep, but as always, Administrivia/TropesAreTools. |
9 | |
10 | See also AttractionTropes, GarnishingTheStory. |
11 | |
12 | Contrast DisgustTropes and UglinessTropes. |
13 | ---- |
14 | !!Tropes |
15 | [floatboxright: |
16 | Related: |
17 | + BejeweledTropes\ |
18 | Pretty gems and jewels. |
19 | + CosmeticsTropes\ |
20 | Makup enhances beauty when applied correctly. |
21 | + CostumeTropes\ |
22 | Clothing is often designed to be appealing. |
23 | + DressesGownsAndSkirts\ |
24 | Most dresses are meant to be pretty. |
25 | + {{Fanservice}}\ |
26 | The overlap between beauty and sex appeal. |
27 | + FashionAndModelingTropes\ |
28 | Involves showcasing beauty. |
29 | + FemininityTropes\ |
30 | Being beautiful is a major aspect. |
31 | + ImprobableAppearanceTropes\ |
32 | Being beautiful can ignore reality in fiction. |
33 | + LuxuryTropes\ |
34 | The most beautiful things are often the most expensive. |
35 | + MagicalGirlTropes\ |
36 | These shows like pretty things. |
37 | + TheMakeover\ |
38 | To make one prettier. |
39 | + MarySueTropes\ |
40 | These characters are often the most beautiful. |
41 | + MinkBecomesThisIndexMost\ |
42 | Furs are usually meant to be appealing. |
43 | + OpulentOutfits\ |
44 | They aren't costly to look ugly. |
45 | + PrincessTropes\ |
46 | A princess is usually beautiful in fiction. |
47 | + RuleOfGlamorous\ |
48 | Being beautiful helps our suspension of disbelief. |
49 | ] |
50 | [floatboxright: |
51 | Subcategories: |
52 | + DelicateIsBeautiful\ |
53 | Making men feel better by protecting women, which means they see looking delicate as attractive. |
54 | + APrettyBoyIndex\ |
55 | Tropes of bishie-ness. |
56 | ] |
57 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: A tall, dark-haired beautiful woman with an aloof demeanor. |
58 | * AmazonianBeauty: A muscular woman who is attractive. |
59 | * AngelicBeauty: Their beauty is literally heavenly. |
60 | * AgentPeacock: He's not going to let this job get in the way of being stylish. |
61 | * AttractiveBentGender: She's drop-dead gorgeous even though she's really a he. |
62 | * AttractivenessDiscrimination: Judging people on if one finds them pretty or not. |
63 | * AttractivenessIsolation: Because she's pretty, people think she's too good for them, even when she'd be their friend. |
64 | * AttractiveZombie: Well, at least she wants you for your brains. |
65 | * BeastAndBeauty: A monstrous-looking character and a beautiful-looking character are a romantic couple. |
66 | * BeautifulAllAlong: A pretty person is either disguised, cursed, or just wore their hair the wrong way (and had glasses). |
67 | * TheBeautifulElite: The ruling class are also the prettiest. |
68 | * BeautifulSexualAssaultVictim: Beautiful characters are more likely to be victims of sexual harassment or assault. |
69 | * BeautifulSingingVoice: Regardless of physical appearance, this character has an angelic voice. |
70 | * BeautifulSlaveGirl: And... she's attracting the attention of her master. |
71 | * BeautifulTears: Somehow, tears make this character cuter or more beautiful. |
72 | * BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The first member of this PowerTrio can have many skills, but is still the prettiest. |
73 | * BeautyBreedsLaziness: Someone uses their looks to avoid work. |
74 | * BeautyEqualsGoodness: When fiction casts ugly people as villains. |
75 | * BeautyIsBad: Being attractive doesn't make you nice. |
76 | * BeautyIsBest: Attractiveness is considered above other qualifying factors. |
77 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Fiction makes sure one's looks never get scuffed up. |
78 | * BeautyToBeast: Used to look good, now one is a monster. |
79 | * BigBeautifulMan: Being overweight doesn't mean one still can't otherwise look nice. |
80 | * BigBeautifulWoman: The curves and big bones just add to her looks. |
81 | * BishieSparkle: Anime sparkles represent beauty. |
82 | * {{Bishonen}}: A delicate, androgynous man and boy who is attractive in East Asian media. |
83 | * BlemishedBeauty: A character is perceived as attractive despite outward imperfections. |
84 | * BrainlessBeauty: Looks don't substitute for education. |
85 | * CircassianBeauty: If she's from the Caucasus Mountains, she's the pinnacle of feminine beauty. |
86 | * CostumePorn: Nine times out of ten, detailed costumes are pretty costumes. |
87 | * CrystalLandscape: This SceneryPorn is GemEncrusted. |
88 | * CutenessEqualsForgiveness: Looking pretty means it's all okay. |
89 | * TheDandy: This guy values looks and fashion. |
90 | * DelusionsOfBeauty: The character ''thinks'' they're gorgeous, even though everyone else disagree. |
91 | * EasySexChange: Thanks to modern medicine, the most beautiful women are the ones who used to be men. |
92 | * ElegantClassicalMusician: You aren't playing Carnegie Hall looking like a schlep. |
93 | * ErmineCapeEffect: Royalty makes sure their portraits always look their best, including wearing their regalia, so fiction shows them in regalia all the time. |
94 | * EveryoneLovesBlondes: When blondes are seen as more beautiful than other hair colors. |
95 | * EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Sparkles make everything pretty. |
96 | * EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Jewels having no practical purpose, but certainly a stylish one. |
97 | * FairCop: You have the right to stop undressing them with your eyes. |
98 | * FairytaleWeddingDress: A bride wants to look like a beautiful princess on her wedding. |
99 | * FemmeFatale: Her looks could get away with murder (if not already). |
100 | * FluffyFashionFeathers: Plumes and down on stylish clothes just look appealing. |
101 | * GoldMakesEverythingShiny: Gold adds visual flair. |
102 | * GorgeousGorgon: You'll turn to stone even before you turn to stone. |
103 | * GorgeousGreek: People from Greece are portrayed as attractive. |
104 | * GorgeousPeriodDress: Everyone dressed grandly in that part of the past. |
105 | * HandsomeLech: An attractive CasanovaWannabe. |
106 | * HappyHolidaysDress: It's the most glamorous time of the year, so dress like it. |
107 | * HeadTurningBeauty: Characters are clearly attracted to her on sight. |
108 | * HelloAttorney: Guess ''Vogue'' and ''GQ'' run the bar exam. |
109 | * HereditaryWeddingDress: Wedding dresses that run in the family. |
110 | * HiredForTheirLooks: Especially if they have few proper qualifications for the job. |
111 | * HollywoodBeautyStandards: Fiction makes people more good-looking than in real life. |
112 | * HospitalHottie: Attractive medical personnel. |
113 | * HotConsort: Whether a chief, king, or empress, your spouse or concubine(s) should be among the most beautiful people in the land. |
114 | * HotGod: Makes you get on your knees for several reasons. |
115 | * HotGuyUglyWife: Well, clearly he doesn't think she's ugly. |
116 | * HotLibrarian: Because good literacy is beautifying. |
117 | * HotMenAtWork: Women on the street should be catcalling them. |
118 | * HotTeacher: The teacher is making some of the students hot and bothered. |
119 | * HotWitch: A witch who is a bombshell rather than an ugly, old hag. |
120 | * {{Hunk}}: A tall muscular man who is very handsome, often with a LanternJawOfJustice. |
121 | * IAmNotPretty: Denying one's looks (whether true or not) |
122 | * IJustWantToBeBeautiful: Aspiring to be attractive. |
123 | * IndifferentBeauty: If other people find them attractive, they just shrug. |
124 | * InformedAttractiveness: Characters are very open about finding certain people attractive. |
125 | * InhumanlyBeautifulRace: Our 7 is their 1. |
126 | * InLoveWithLooks: A character chooses their long-term partners based on their looks. |
127 | * IWasQuiteALooker: A character who ''used'' to be good-looking years ago. |
128 | * LasciviousBeautyMark: A facial beauty mark is used to characterize someone as flirtatious, seductive, generally sexually forward, and/or highly desired InUniverse. |
129 | * LipstickLesbian: This hot girl has the hots for other girls. |
130 | * LifeguardFanservice: Lifeguards as hot as the beach. |
131 | * LittleBlackDress: Being pretty, in a simple, but timeless and stylish, way. |
132 | * LongHairedPrettyBoy: Long hair just makes this PrettyBoy look better. |
133 | * LongHairIsFeminine: Past the shoulder adds to conventional attractiveness. |
134 | * LooksWorthKillingFor: Their beauty justifies the means. |
135 | * LovelyAssistant: Yes [[MyEyesAreUpHere her eyes are up there]], but I'm putting the ace of diamonds in the deck well over here. |
136 | * MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: It seems good looks and the urge to conquer the universe ForScience like to alternate generations. |
137 | * MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: Men are attractive as long as they're active and/or physically strong or strive to become so. Women are born attractive and if they're not, nothing but plastic surgery will ever make them attractive. |
138 | * MermaidArcEmergence: Emerging from water in a beautiful, sometimes even sexually so, way. |
139 | * MixedAncestryIsAttractive: Being mixed race is inherently more exotic and attractive than not. |
140 | * ModelCouple: They were paired for this ad because their looks complement each other. |
141 | * ObliviouslyBeautiful: Doesn't get when people find them hot. |
142 | * ParasolOfPrettiness: A classical sign of feminine beauty. |
143 | * PimpedOutDress: The decorations are meant to make the dress, and lady, even prettier. |
144 | * PlasticBitch: People who use surgery to look prettier are unpleasant. |
145 | * PrettyBoy: A delicate, androgynous man and boy who is attractive in Western media. |
146 | * PrettyInMink: A luxury fur garment is meant to look good. |
147 | * PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Being pretty and of royalty doesn't mean she can't kick ass. |
148 | * ProgressivelyPrettier: As the series, franchise, etc. goes on, this person looks more and more attractive. |
149 | * ProudBeauty: Proud of their good looks. |
150 | * RavenHairIvorySkin: Dark hair makes this pale person pretty/handsome. |
151 | * RedheadsAreRavishing: Red hair is associated with attractiveness. |
152 | * RequisiteRoyalRegalia: Wouldn't help make the wearer look regal if the items were plain or ugly. |
153 | * RidiculouslyPhotogenic: Even their DMV pictures come out nice. |
154 | * ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful: I'm hot, so I can get away with it. |
155 | * SeductiveMummy: Mummification either didn't take away her looks, or is altered by magic. |
156 | * SexinessScore: Ranking, rating, or scoring a character's attractiveness and sexual desirability. |
157 | * SexySantaDress: So one can be hot with Christmas cheer. |
158 | * SexySurfacingShot: A person looks more beautiful when emerging from the water. |
159 | * SharpDressedMan: A tailored suit means he's rich, so he must be more attractive. |
160 | * SheCleansUpNicely: This person was surprisingly easy to make pretty. |
161 | * SlidingScaleOfBeauty: Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible explicitly applied to beauty. |
162 | * SmokingIsGlamorous: The beautiful people make a cigarette look beautiful. |
163 | * SoBeautifulItsACurse: When beauty has its drawbacks. |
164 | * StatuesqueStunner: A lady is pretty and tall. |
165 | * StylishProtectionGear: Your spacesuit, HazmatSuit, diving gear, etc. is designed look stylish, while still functioning perfectly. |
166 | * SultryBangs: The use of eye-covering bangs to denote sensuality or seductiveness. |
167 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: The quintessential description of a man who is supposed to be attractive--tall, dark-haired and dark-eyed, and good-looking. |
168 | * TarnishingTheirOwnBeauty: A beautiful character intentionally downplays or outright ruins their beauty for plot reasons. |
169 | * TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside: What you find attractive about this person isn't their looks. |
170 | * UglyAllAlong: An ugly character uses make-up magic (or actual magic) to make themselves look beautiful. |
171 | * TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Either this girl had a hot mom, or her dad's looks skipped a generation. |
172 | * UglyGuyHotWife: Well, at least the wife wasn't judging on looks (unless she's a GoldDigger). |
173 | * UglyHeroGoodLookingVillain: When fiction doesn't cast the ugly people as villains. |
174 | * UnkemptBeauty: You don't need to have a beauty regimen to look nice. |
175 | * VainSorceress: Something about magic that attracts the narcissistic. |
176 | * WastedBeauty: So beautiful they could be a heartrob, too bad they have serious flaws or quirks that (former) admirers find repulsive. |
177 | * WhatBeautifulEyes: They never need to say "My eyes are up here." |
178 | * WhenSheSmiles: If your smile is rare, that makes it look even more attractive. |
179 | * WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Certified by an impartial committee, this woman's looks surpass all others. |
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