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Pretty much the only way in anime to make someone ugly or unusual looking is to do it deliberately and often non-subtly. If a character is not attractive looking, they're usually absurdly ugly. The result can be extremely jarring if it deviates too much from the rest of the show's look, although it tends to be more tolerated in comedies and non-human characters.

This is because of Generic Cuteness. Occasionally, Artistic Age means that Gonk has to be applied to make older characters seem downright decrepit in order to seem older than the generically young cast.

Not to be confused with a certain type of power droid, which looks more like a walking trashcan/safe.

Also note to be confused with The Gonk, which is a silly, rather ironic and totally awesome tune from the original Dawn Of The Dead.

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