Created By: totofan4ever on June 15, 2012
Last Edited By: totofan4ever on June 30, 2012
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Suddenly Becomes Beautiful
Something happens that makes a character beautiful to the viewer or another character's eyes.
The main character has a friend who isn't the best looking, but after some plot development the realization of what he/she really means to them becomes overwhelming at one moment. The moment when he/she suddenly becomes beautiful to them. Example: Rumpelstiltskin towards Belle when he catches her falling off of a ladder in Once Upon A Time.
Could also be a YMMY trope when a character on a show is not exactly the best looking, but they become beautiful to the viewer based on how the actor portrays the character or how much the character impacts the viewer. Example: Jeremy Brett in the Granada Sherlock Holmes Series or Matt Smith in Doctor Who
Hello, Unknown Troper. You'll need to get known to lend a hand here.
Chancellor: Her beauty is certainly elusive, Your Majesty.
King: It is. It has eluded you, it has eluded me, it has eluded everyone who has met her. It even eluded the Court Painter. His Last Words were, "Well, I did my best."
After she meets her OTL we, the audience, can see that she has physically changed not at all but the characters in the play think she's more attractive than she used to be.King: Is it possible we were wrong about Prunella all this time? Just now, it seems to me she was looking not quite so plain as usual.
In between, the princess explains to the prince what the blessing meant: