History Main / BeautyEqualsGoodness

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** In the series' mythology, this is played with by Dibella, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Aedric Divine]] Goddess of Beauty. She is the goddess of beauty and is one of [[SaintlyChurch the Divines]], a group almost uniformly considered "[[GodIsGood good]]" (or at least benevolent) throughout Tamriel. However, some more conservative religious figures preach about the "charms of Dibella" with a SexIsEvil slant. Additionally, her worshipers have been known to mock the disfigured and use their sexual charms to manipulate others.
** Meridia is a [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] whose sphere is obscured to mortals, but is associated with LifeEnergy, [[LightIsNotgood Light]], and [[ProudBeauty Beauty]]. She is usually considered as one of the few "good" (or at least benevolent) Daedric Princes, though is definitely [[GoodIsNotNice not always nice]], and is characterized as a highly self-righteous {{Narcissist}} who deliberately invokes the idea of beauty being associated with goodness or pleasantness. Meridia takes the form of a beautiful woman, often in various [[{{Stripperiffic}} skimpy outfits]] which show off and/or [[BuxomBeautyStandard enhance her bust]] and [[LegFocus legs]], and is frequently depicted with [[GoodWingsEvilWings angel-like wings]].
** Azura is inarguably the most benevolent of the Daedric Princes, and is strongly associated with beauty. The Khajiit worship her as a goddess of beauty, and her plane, Moonshadow, is said to be so beautiful that it's actually hard to look at. It's somewhat played with though, as this beauty likely stems from the fact that her sphere includes ''vanity''.

** Meridia is a [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] whose sphere is obscured to mortals, but is associated with LifeEnergy, [[LightIsNotgood Light]], and [[ProudBeauty Beauty]]. She is usually considered as one of the few "good" (or at least benevolent) Daedric Princes, though is definitely [[GoodIsNotNice not always nice]]. She invokes the idea of beauty being associated with goodness or pleasantness. Meridia takes the form of a beautiful woman, often in various [[{{Stripperiffic}} skimpy outfits]] which show off and/or [[BuxomBeautyStandard enhance her bust]] and [[LegFocus legs]], and is frequently depicted with [[GoodWingsEvilWings angel-like wings]].

* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'': [[{{DiscussedTrope}} Discussed]]; when Ken is attacked by Fudo, he spares him because he has "the face of a good man". It helps that Ken is an ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter, and Fudo ''had'' just told him that Ryuken had walked away from a fight with him many years earlier, so he wasn't just relying on Fudo's looks.

* Prevalent, if only subtly, in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman''. Both pre- and post-Crisis the character tended to have WorldsMostBeautifulWoman as one of her Olympus-given powers, while most of her villains (especially Dr. Psycho) are the definition of {{Gonk}}. If she ''does'' come up against a beautiful female villain, DefeatMeansFriendship will often come into play, especially during [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks the Golden Age]]. On the other had, one of her [[ArchEnemy arch-enemies]] the God of War [[Characters/WonderWomanAres Ares]], who is usually depicted as a sinister red-eyed armored figure whose evil children happen to look ugly because of their parentage, is revealed to be [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/6535/5822352-aresrebirth.png very handsome underneath]].

* Maybe a bit subverted with [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] Wrestling's Knockouts division; everyone is pretty (in some way), regardless of whether they are good or bad. Even [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Awesome Kong]], the big bad black Japanese wrestler, became a babyface and fan favorite.

** [[MagnificentBitch Azula]] and her QuirkyMinibossSquad are all physically attractive, and they are all bad guys. [[spoiler:The two sidekicks eventually have a HeelFaceTurn, but Azula remains evil throughout]].

** Of course the show usually plays the trope straight with the [=ThunderCats=] all being portrayed as attractive, while their enemies, Mumm-

* Played straight in ''Film/{{Matilda}}''. All the evil characters are either unattractive or just average, whereas Matilda's heaven-sent teacher Miss Honey is probably the only good-looking person in the movie (not counting the cute little innocent kids, that is). This gets a bit silly when the tackily-made-up, unattractively-voiced Mrs. Wormwood starts lecturing Miss Honey about the merits of books versus looks. That's how it was in [[Literature/{{Matilda}} the book]] as well. If anything, the drawings of Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood were ''uglier'' than their live-action counterparts (Mr. Wormwood looked a bit like a rodent, and Mrs. Wormwood is described as being plump, with obviously-dyed hair and a "suet-pudding" face).
* Played very straight in ''Film/SolomonKane'', where Kane in the start is ragged and crazy-looking with his messy beard and hair, and his crazy LargeHam expressions, but after doing HeelFaceTurn he smoothes out his facial hair and becomes ruggedly handsome. Likewise, when TheDragon recruits warriors, he does some kind of demonic possession-thing where the recruits receive horrible scars, black eyes, and bad teeth, [[NoOntologicalInertia all which go away when they die.]] Oh, and TheDragon himself is horribly scarred under his mask, and the BigBad invokes TwoFaced appearance with his tattoos.

* Among the main set of characters from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', Nazz Van Fartanschmeer is the ultimate example for this trope since her open kindness in front of others makes almost every boy in the Cul-de-Sac fall for her.

This trope is problematic for two reasons. First, it implies that the creators believe that attractive people are inherently more moral than unattractive people in RealLife. Second, it implies that the creators believe that [[ViewersAreMorons the audience won't be able to tell the difference between the heroes and villains without obvious visual cues]]. Despite this, it almost goes without saying that this trope is also very old; UsefulNotes/AncientGreece codified it with the concept of "cosmos" (from which we get the term cosmetics), and an attempt was even made [[OlderThanRadio in the 19th Century]] to quantify this attitude into the "science" of physiognomy, which posited a direct correlation between appearance and moral character.

* ''Anime/TheSecretGarden'': Camila is a HotGypsyWoman who's also a practicing doctor and befriends little Mary Lennox.

** Virtually all of the common criminals are butt-ugly. I guess breaking the law only makes you ugly if you do it without the help of a Shinigami.

* Commonly subverted or played with in ''Manga/OnePiece''. Ugly characters often turn out to be stalwart and good in their own right, and more conventionally attractive characters can be really, really awful or kind of ambiguous at best. [[DoubleStandard Unless they're women.]] Nine times out of ten, attractive women are good (Nami, Vivi, Robin, Hancock) while ugly women are evil (Alvida pre-transformation, Miss Merry Christmas, Big Mom). There is the occasional subversion, though, where an attractive woman can be evil (Miss Doublefinger, Kalifa, Monet) and an ugly woman is good (Kokoro, Lola).

** It turns out Sabo himself is a noble and is the only child noble who looks attractive, especially when compared to the {{Gonk}} looking spoiled brats. He's also a TokenGoodTeammate.

* Many ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGallery villains]] are deformed in some way - [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]'s skin is bleached white and he has a permanent smile, [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two-Face]] is scarred down half of his body, [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart2 Mr. Freeze]]'s skin is an unearthly white, [[Characters/BatmanClayface Clayface]] is a giant goop monster, [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart2 Killer Croc]] is reptilian in appearance] and [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]] resembles his namesake animal. In fairness, though, most of the time these deformities are part of what caused them to become villainous in the first place, and there are a few better-looking villains like [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]]. (Oddly, those characters all seem to be female. [[MostWritersAreMale Funny how that works.]])

* On ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' (and ''Justice League Unlimited''), only two of the big seven are even remotely not conventionally attractive. [[Comicbook/MartianManhunter J'onn]], while green, [[VoluntaryShapeshifting is a shapeshifter who can look however he wants]], and Hawkgirl's "weird" look is [[WingedHumanoid angelic wings]]. Now, let's take a look at the villains: Gorilla Grodd, Ultra-Humanite, Parasite, Shade, the White Martians... Except [[MsFanservice the female ones]]. And Luthor. Bodies are likewise ridiculously one-note exaggerations, with TopHeavyGuy being the norm-- and not just in body, but with chins that would make Jay Leno blush. Not surprising, given that they're based on comic book characters (easily the worst offender anywhere). Ultra-Humanite happens to also be a subversion in the comics as his power is stealing bodies and he did once steal the body of a beautiful woman.

It almost goes without saying that this is very old; UsefulNotes/AncientGreece codified it with the concept of "cosmos" (from which we get the term cosmetics), and an attempt was even made [[OlderThanRadio in the 19th Century]] to quantify this attitude into the "science" of physiognomy, which posited a direct correlation between appearance and moral character.

** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'': Played almost absurdly straight with the Muses of Music, who are all attractive women in elegant, brightly colored dresses save for the BigBad Lydia, who was an ObviouslyEvil-looking type with too much eye makeup even while she was one of them.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Often played straight in the earlier films, but also played with.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}}'' sometimes avoids this trope:

** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInPrincessCharmSchool'': Dame Devin is a conventionally attractive RichBitch with a StrongFamilyResemblance to her daughter Delancy.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Italy]] couldn't bring himself to hate the homophobe who had beaten and nearly raped him, Italy didn't despise the bully who singled him out shortly after that ordeal, Italy never hated Austria who had [[AbusiveParents abused him for hundreds of years]], he never resented Germany for the poor treatment he received, he never was angry at Japan for the coldness exhibited towards him, etc. He is also described as being beautiful as both Germany ''and'' Japan.

* ''ComicBook/XMen'' is often pretty good about averting this by having heroes like [[Characters/MarvelComicsBeast Beast]] who have really freakish mutations, or Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} (arguably the most famous of the X-Men) being depicted, both in the art and by the other characters, as a "short, square-built, hairy and smelly man". However, note that almost all of the "grotesque but benevolent" mutants in the X-canon are male. There's a definite double standard there. And they're still frequently drawn as being generically attractive.

* The AntiHero mutant Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}}--longstanding, undisputed favorite of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' franchise--was originally supposed to be a subversion. Five-foot-nothing, slightly hunched, enough hair on his body to wonder why he didn't wind up with the "Beast" codename, and reportedly, poor personal hygiene (even though ''you know as well as I do he couldn't maintain hair like that without being half-metrosexual''). However, because of PopularityPower, many writers sometimes forget the above description and turn him into a sexy funtastic lady-lovin' machine. Maybe it's animal magnetism, or his [[RunningTheAsylum fan-favoritism (the current writers were fans in their youth)]], or they realize that one word has always defined Wolvie: stamina. Even at his ugliest, he looks pretty good for 113!

** These days the Blob looks like a friendly-appearing guy who's about a 100 pounds overweight and has an impressive handle-bar mustache as he reformed and works as Krakoa's bartender as a hobby and way to give back, even when he joined the [[ComicBook/UncannyAvengers2023 Liberation Front]] his looks didn't get worse as he thought the group was for saving captive mutants and fighting their genocidal oppressors. This contrasts with his original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants stint when he started out looking ugly and then he was with the more brutal 2nd Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, his fat and limb proportions were grossly inhuman in size.

** These days the Blob looks like a friendly-appearing guy who's about a 100 pounds overweight and has an impressive handle-bar mustache as he reformed and works as Krakoa's bartender as a hobby and way to give back, even when he joined the [[ComicBook/UncannyAvengers2023 Liberation Front]] his looks didn't get worse as he thought the group was for saving captive mutants and fighting their genocidal oppressors. This contrasts with Brotherhood of Evil Mutants days when he started out looking ugly and when he was with the more brutal 2nd Brotherhood of Mutants, his fat and limb proportions were grossly inhuman in size.

* ''Manga/BeautyAndTheBeastOfParadiseLost'': Deconstructed. The entire manga makes a harsh criticism of people’s obsession with beauty and youth. Especially La Medium, who collects the faces of beautiful women to remain eternally young and attractive. She also sells these faces for women who want to keep their husbands or lovers. Back in the 18th century, many women didn't have money of their own and were forced to depend on men - thus, keep them interested.

* {{Bishonen}} Rokudo Mukuro from ''Manga/Reborn2004'', shown before to be a horrible, ManipulativeBastard with no regard for human life, is later given a few humanizing traits and is depicted as not being ''completely'' evil, with hints that he's just being stubborn with hiding that he doesn't really hate Tsuna anymore (most notably stated by Tsuna, who is convinced that [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter he is, deep down, not such a bad person]]). He's still pretty darn evil, though.
* In ''Manga/BioMeatNectar'', the older and uglier you are, the more likely you will be a completely nasty person who gets eaten alive.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' has Mikasa Ackerman: very attractive and, while jaded and ruthless, still a heroic character.
** When the Rogue Titan makes its debut, the audience immediately knows it to be different from the other titans as it not only saved Mikasa from being eaten but possesses a far more toned and better-proportioned body than the average titan. [[spoiler:It's actually played with- humanlike proportions are common to most Titan Shifters, most of whom are morally ambiguous at best.]]
** This was even lampshaded by Mikasa in the ''Abridged On Titan'' web series where she refers to the Rogue Titan as the "Sexy Titan."
* Parodied in ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'': When they first encounter each other, Blossom and Mojo Jojo get along just fine, and Blossom instructs Mojo on a good way to eat a sandwich cookie. However, when they both realize that one of them is beautiful and the other is ugly, they realize that they must be enemies, and they start fighting.
* Played straight in ''Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}''. Are you ugly? Get yourself life insurance. Are you hot? Redemption road is right over there. Curiously, this does not apply to [[spoiler:female characters]] who die anyway.
* Played straight in ''Manga/DanceInTheVampireBund''. All the vampires can turn into a true form. Guess whose true form looks like a centerfold with some strategically placed armor.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** There are many [[UglyHeroGoodLookingVillain good-looking bad guys and bad-looking good guys]] but Chapter 764 is a little special: Every single [[{{gonk}} grotesque person]] is a heartless [[DrJerk Doctor (and Nurse) Jerk]] who turned away a dying child [[spoiler:future badass pirate surgeon Trafalgar Law]] because they thought he was contagious (he wasn't, his disease was caused by pollution). Fortunately being ugly made it easier to watch the boy's companion [[spoiler:Corazon, incredibly BigBad Doflamingo's secretly kindhearted brother]] destroy them and their hospitals.
** Most World Nobles are malformed and ugly, but St. Homing and his wife, rare examples of ''nice'' World Nobles, look fairly normal and even pretty. [[spoiler:He passed on his good looks, but not his good morals, to his child Doflamingo. And then there's Saint Mjosgard, whose looks ''notably'' improve after he changes his outlook on life and reforms into a better man without the usual God complex.]]
** It turns out Sabo himself is a noble and is the only child noble who looks attractive, especially when compared to the {{Gonk}} looking spoiled brats. He's also a TokenGoodTeammate.
** Shanks is the nicest of the Four Emperors, and also the prettiest. Whitebeard is second-nicest, and while he's not handsome like Shanks is, he's at least human-looking. Big Mom is cruel and psychotically unstable, and she's ''hideous'' (Though [[IWasQuiteALooker she was a quite looker]] as a young adult), and the tyrannical Kaido looks monstrous.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': The sixth Part of the series, ''Manga/StoneOcean'', reveals that [[BigBad Dio Brando]] has at least four sons. They're all very handsome, except for Ungalo, the least sympathetic of them, who looks like [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/4/47/UngaroChar.png this.]] He works for [[SinisterMinister Enrico Pucci]], though two of his better-looking half-brothers are working for him too and aren't much better than Ungalo. Giorno Giovanna, the protagonist of ''Manga/GoldenWind'' and one of the most beautiful of Dio's sons, is an unambiguously good AntiHero who wants to take down TheDon of Passione to free Italy of its crime wave.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'': Starve Venom Fusion Dragon is a horrific BodyHorror monster that scares many people by its look alone. As one way of attacking: it grows its mouth wings into large mouths that devour people and monsters whole, fitting to its carnivorous plant motif. [[spoiler:Once it fuses with Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon to become Supreme King Violet Dragon - Odd-Eyes Venom Dragon, it gets purified and gains a beautiful (yet still somewhat terrifying) appearance. Odd-Eyes Venom Dragon is so beautiful that even Asuka, who used to hate Fusions because they were used to hurt people, is astonished by its appearance alone. When Odd-Eyes Venom uses its Monster Effect to gain more ATK, its wings spread yellow energy, making it look like a blooming flower. It also replaces the carnivorous plant motif for a [[CherryBlossoms cherry blossom]] motif. And unlike the other two Pendulum hybrids, its "WhatBeautifulEyes" description is the opposite of them; its "gem-like eyes are shining in kindness".]]
* Etienne of ''Manga/InnocentsShounenJuujigun'' is an ethereal beauty with white hair, stunning blue eyes, and fine features. He's also an AllLovingHero who is genuinely kinder than most humans are even capable of.
* [[{{DiscussedTrope}} Discussed]] in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'': when Ken is attacked by Fudo, he spares him because he has "the face of a good man". It helps that Ken is an ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter, and Fudo ''had'' just told him that Ryuken had walked away from a fight with him many years earlier, so he wasn't just relying on Fudo's looks.

** Subverted, as about half of the Eternals are jerks, while the Deviants aren't that evil. Played straight with [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]] of Titan, who is an eternal but had the latent Deviant gene. His brother is handsome and the demigod of love, while Thanos is monstrous, with purple skin, black eyes, and a wrinkled chin, and completely evil.
*** And Karkas, whom everyone acknowledges to be the most hideous Deviant, is a DefectorFromDecadence and one of the good guys.

* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Italy couldn't bring himself to hate the homophobe who had beaten and nearly raped him, Italy didn't despise the bully who singled him out shortly after that ordeal, Italy never hated Austria who had [[AbusiveParents abused him for hundreds of years]], he never resented Germany for the poor treatment he received, he never was angry at Japan for the coldness exhibited towards him, etc. He is also described as being beautiful as both Germany ''and'' Japan.
* Aside from the above, [[{{Technopath}} Electro]] is described as being quite ugly in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries''. This is notable, as the other heroes aren't particularly beautiful either.
* ''Fanfic/KnowledgeIsPower'': Many words are spent on how ugly the antagonists are (as well as how beautiful the male protagonists' wives and girlfriends are). Notably, Millicent's shift from rapist to love interest (in a "Humour/Romance" fic!) is accompanied by her working out and losing weight.
* ''FanFic/{{Pokeumans}}'': Asula the Milotic, regarded as the most beautiful Pokemon species, serves as the BigGood of the story.
* Emphasized in ''Fanfic/HogwartsSchoolOfPrayerAndMiracles'' by the narration regarding Hermione.
-->A woman taking pride in her appearance is honoring the Lord; because after all, it is the Lord who gave her a pretty face and nice hair. Taking care of that is important! Harry got the feeling that Hermione was as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside.
* Jack is easily the cutest-looking character in the entirety of ''Cave Story Versus I M Meen'', and he is the main protagonist.
* In ''Fanfic/ForumOfThrones'', this is [[PlayingWithATrope played with]], like in the [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire source]] [[Series/GameOfThrones material.]]

* In ''Fanfic/KarmaInRetrograde'', Touya is a Todoroki and thus an [[ChickMagnet instant heartthrob]] the moment he's gotten out of his RummageSaleReject outfit and into clothes that capitalize on his TroubledButCute good looks. As the serial killer Dabi, he's heavily scarred all over with piercings all over his face. Touya can barely recognize himself when he sees Dabi's picture, saying that he "looks like the walking dead".
* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{ResurrectedMemories}}'': This story [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]] on the issue as the girls are attractive regardless of alignment. Examples include Paulina and Penelope Spectra (bad), Sam, Jazz, and Valerie (good).
** [[spoiler:Ember herself is considered to be very attractive both as a human and as a ghost and her own alignment [[HeelFaceTurn shifts from bad to neutral to good]] during the story.]]

* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'': [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]] all over the place with both the heroes and villains. Godzilla Junior is the BigGood of the kaiju and intentionally acts as a protector yet he looks monstrous with blood-red sclera, massive canine teeth, numerous scars, and a huge body even as a unicorn; ''but'' he looks far less mutated than his morally neutral father and grandfather. The alicorn princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadance are along with other Equestrian heroes and heroines absolutely beautiful and handsome, with morality to fit it to this trope; but extremely heinous villains like the murdering King Sombra and genocidal Queen Crysalis aren't hard on the eyes either. It is played fairly straight with the worst villains however, as completely vile kaiju like Grand King Ghidorah and Gaira are noticeably more hideous than morally gray individuals like Xenilla.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'': Gorgeous redhead heroine Ariel compared to the grossly overweight evil Ursula. This is also made clear by reactions to the characters InUniverse. While everyone tends to be drawn to Ariel for her {{Moe}} appearance and mannerisms, Ursula seems to physically repulse everyone she encounters, excluding [[OnlyFriend her pet eels]]. Ariel, Flounder, and Sebastian look creeped out by her constantly during her VillainSong, and later on [[ExaggeratedTrope all of her wedding guests look horrified]] upon the reveal of what she really looks like. Also applies to [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea the sequel]] when you compare Ariel's pretty daughter Melody and Ursula's ugly, skeletal sister Morgana. Averted when Ursula uses a spell to turn herself into the lovely, buxom maiden Vanessa to enchant Prince Eric away from Ariel. The character herself is treated better by the other characters InUniverse too, especially Grimsby. Though as Ariel's animal friends disrupt her wedding ceremony and she continually loses her composure, she turns from a beautiful, poised bride into a frazzled, crazed-looking woman. By the end she’s a disheveled mess and starts using Ursula’s usual unflattering, ugly facial expressions again, complete with regaining Ursula’s deep, masculine voice after she loses possession of Ariel’s voice. It ends with an offputting SlasherSmile as she returns to her true appearance.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'': The BigBad is FatBastard Radcliffe in comparison to the supermodel-esque Pocahontas and the Adonis-like heroic John Smith. In fact, he's the least sympathetic character in the film, and he's also the ugliest.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'': Cinderella is prettier and much nicer than her cartoonish and mean stepsisters. And the stepsister Anastasia becomes cuter in the sequels as her inner goodness develops. Her WickedStepmother is matronly and haggard-looking - while the FairyGodmother has a sweet grandmotherly appearance.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': The human-looking Chinese heroes against the monstrous-looking Huns.
* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'': Cruella is a skeletal harridan to mark her as the villain, with two likewise unattractive goons. The human protagonists Roger and Anita are conventionally attractive.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': Yzma, the villain, stands out for being so incredibly ugly that she is often called “scary beyond all reason”. The rest of the cast looks great by comparison. This includes Kronk, TheDragon to Yzma, who isn’t really evil anyway and only on Yzma’s side because he doesn’t seem to be smart enough to even realize she’s evil.
* In ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013'' the Boggans are ugly, and the animals they use as mounts (bats, crows, and a star-nosed mole) are ones that are generally disliked by humans. Whereas the Leafmen are all good-looking and ride hummingbirds.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' features a rare, ''justified'' version of this trope. The Outsider lions are scraggly and have duller, scruffier coats. But that's because they were living in a barren wasteland and likely had poor diets, so naturally they were going to be leaner and their coats would be less bright. By the end, [[spoiler:the outsider lions come to live in the pridelands and they have the same body build as the rest of the prideland lions]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Faeries 1999}}'' had the good, beautiful faeries vs. the evil, ugly Shapeshifter and his minions. Though the Prince does hint they're ugly ''because'' they're evil.

* ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'' - Ruber is the only unattractive member of Arthur's knights. Of course he turns out to be the villain.
* ''Animation/RedShoesAndTheSevenDwarfs'' deconstructs this notion as part of its premise. In the backstory, we learn that Snow White's father only married the BigBad because he thought she was as beautiful inside as she was outside (she's actually a VainSorceress); meanwhile, the Fearless Seven were [[ForcedTransformation cursed into their current forms]] because they attacked a fairy princess who they thought was evil because she had the appearance of a classic WickedWitch. And as for Snow White/Red Shoes, she's a pretty and kindhearted young woman.
* This comes in three layers in ''WesternAnimation/TheTaleOfDespereaux''. The cute mouse and porcelain-skinned princess are good, the plain but not hideous Mig and Rascuro are susceptible to evil urges, and the ugly other rats are AlwaysChaoticEvil. Although the movie does state that the princess was partly at fault, for being rude to Mig and flat-out screaming at Rascuro when he tries to apologize.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': After tasting the ratatouille Rémy's made for him, Anton Ego finally begins to smile and his complexion improves considerably. In the epilogue, he's shown with a much healthier skin tone and brighter attitude than he did at the start of the movie.

* ''Anime/GhostInTheShell1995'': In the DVDCommentary for ''Ghost in the Shell: Innocence'', Creator/MamoruOshii laments that he asked the animators to make sure a young female character was ''not'' cute, but they just couldn't help themselves.

* In ''VideoGame/MasterDetectiveArchivesRainCode'', Fubuki Clockford is as beautiful as she is kind, especially when compared to her more... pedantic colleagues, in the Nocturnal Detective Agency. Similarly, Melmami Goldmine in Chapter 0 [[spoiler:who fails to reach Kanai Ward before being brutally murdered by a hitman]] is also rather beautiful, and out of the detectives the player first meets before arriving at Kanai Ward, she is also the least judgmental and the most willing to help Yuma out with his troubles.