History Main / SexierAlterEgo

* ''Series/{{Jekyll}}'': Most people seem to consider Tom Jackman's [[EvilIsSexy alter-ego Mr. Hyde to be considerably sexier]] than Jackman, with even two lesbian characters agreeing that he's hot. Katherine Reimer (Jackman and Hyde's assistant) is seemingly the only person who considers Jackman better looking than Hyde.

Compare ADarkerMe. Compare also to ShapeshiftingSeducer where a shapeshifter capable of assuming many forms takes on several in an attempt to appeal to a specific person. SheCleansUpNicely should be used for when a character changes from their usually dull or unattractive wardrobe, hairstyle and such to be more attractive (particularly at a formal event) however this new appearance is not associated with an alter ego or alternate physical form. Also see EvilIsSexy.

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':

* Franchise/{{Superman}} sometimes falls into this, particularly in the earlier ages, with his Clark Kent persona wearing mild-mannered clothing, general weak posture, and self-effacing personality, contrasting Superman's tight clothing, powerful stance, and determined attitudes.

* Kinji in ''LightNovel/AriaTheScarletAmmo'', normally tries to avoid anything even remotely romantic to avoid going into Hysteria mode. When he goes into it, he becomes a smooth ladies' man.
* [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Black Hanekawa]] from ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}''. While Araragi always thought that [[HollywoodHomely Tsubasa]] [[{{Meganekko}} Hanekawa]] was an attractive girl, when "Black Hanekawa" appeared the first few times, her normally black hair turned white, wore lingerie fit to be in a Victoria's Secret catalog, showing off her surprisingly fit, lithe body, and also had cat ears and spoke with 'nyaa's. What made her dangerous was that even a mere touch would painfully drain the life force out of said person, regardless of whether or not she wanted to, and she was smart enough to pose a threat even to the strongest of supernatural creatures. The only times she would appear was when Tsubasa was extremely stressed out so the 'Cat' took over and rampaged on the town to relieve said stress.

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': Sugou Nobuyuki seems to be going for this with his Oberon avatar, given its long blond hair, fancy clothes, and [[TheGlassesGottaGo lack of glasses]]. However, his [[FacialDialogue facial]] [[SlasherSmile expressions]] and body language ruin the effect.

* ''Manga/StoryOfADumbPrefectAndHighSchoolGirlWithInappropriateSkirtLength'': StudentCouncilPresident [[MsFanservice Yamato Nadeshiko]] is introduced dressed in a short skirt, [[BareYourMidriff baring her midriff]], and [[LettingHerHairDown with her hair down]]. At the end of the chapter, she unfolds her skirt, braids up her hair, and puts her glasses back on for her normal look (though she's quite good-looking like that too). Vice President Kogori Kaoru [[LovesMyAlterEgo is attracted to this "gal version"]] but can't seem to see through her PaperThinDisguise.

** The Mask unlike Stanley is confident, wears a nice suit and is very easy looking but also like Stanley he is a {{Nice Guy}} and is a genuine hero who cares about his friends and will protect the people who live in Edge City despite they can annoy him at times.
** Eve unlike Evelyn wears a red dress with blue eyeshadows, red lips, wears jewellery and necklace and is very confident as well as she gets attached to Stanley in no time at all but also like The Mask she is a {{Nice Girl}} who cares about him and treats him nicely despite that she is a lot more stronger than The Mask.
** Masked Dr Neuman unlike his unmasked self who has a average appearance has a yellow coat, blue trousers, red and black tie and his hair is very much straight up as well which can make him very attractive because of that and though he is a supervillain he is {{Affably Evil}} as he does not hurt anyone who does not try to get in his way unless they try to which he does try to kill them.

* The main character of ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', Haru, is [[OlderThanHeLooks a chubby looking teen]] with a tall and slender robotic avatar called "Silver Crow" which he uses exclusive in the titular virtual reality fighting game.

* In ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoQogaKnellOfArCiel'':

* In ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'', Joule's powers manifest into an EnergyBeing known as Lumen, the Muse (Cyber Diva in Japan). Joule is a 13-year-old girl, while Lumen is probably what she'd look like when she's 4 years older, mixing this with OlderAlterEgo. The two of them were actually compared to each other by Gunvolt and their friend Zeno (who's a fan of Lumen back when she was still a celebrity) and the latter explicitly states that he "likes the parts of [Lumen] that are all grown-up and bouncy."

*** The former case, which is called Nagi (Negi's father's name) by certain people, also ended up fooling Evangeline as well as infatuating Ako Izumi.
** [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampiric]] CuteWitch Evangeline A.K. Mcdowell is a similar case. She has the body of a 10 year old girl, but uses magic to become older and very much TheVamp.

* ''Manga/MeruPuri'': Aram is under a curse that causes him to age up to a teenager when exposed to the dark, likewise changing him from a cute boy to {{Bishonen}}. Of course, to the girls in the manga, this might be viewed as a CursedWithAwesome ability.
* ''Manga/DNAngel'': Daisuke changes into Dark, a [[TheCharmer suave]], TallDarkAndHandsome, older looking PhantomThief who is the heart throb of most of the ladies, except for Riku, who prefers Daisuke.
* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Koenma (usually in the form of an infant with a pacifier) is able to take on an older, more {{Bishounen}} appearance. Admittedly, an older more bishounen appearance with a pacifier, but its the thought that counts.
* In ''Manga/DGrayMan'', the [[BigBad Millennium Earl]] normally looks like a rotund, cartoony demon but occasionally takes on a ruggedly handsome human form.
* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'':
** [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really 20,000 Years Old]] Washu Hakubi normally looks like a young teenager, and she pulls a fast one on Tenchi by unexpectedly transforming into her adult form to seduce him which is, needless to say, much more well endowed. The "alter ego" is her true form, but she's spent most of life in the younger form because she long ago decided that adult society was just too screwed up for her to want any part of.
** Arguably applies to Sasame and Tsunami as well, although in this case it's more ''just growing up''.
* Yugi in ''Anime/YuGiOh'' is a dorky cute boy, but the [[SuperPoweredAlterEgo spirit of the puzzle]] is a full out {{bishonen}}, who is far more successful at attracting [[LovesMyAlterEgo Tea's attention]] than Yugi. Lampshaded, of course, in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' (see the current page quote, above).
* ''Manga/TenjouTenge'' has Maya Natsume, who actually inverts this trope. Her real form is that of a voluptuous young woman, but she spends most of her time in the form of a young girl, making most people think it is her regular form.
-->"Bob? If that weird little girl suddenly turns into the kind of stacked voluptuous chick you’d see working in a sketchy nightclub, what should I do?"
* When shy Aimi Komori applies her magic eye shadow, she becomes the sexy, superpowered cat burglar Manga/ShadowLady.
* In ''Manga/PsychicSquad'', there's a HospitalHottie who also happens to be a powerful [[PsychicPowers Esper]] with powers of illusion. It's eventually revealed that her perky-and-pretty appearance is ALSO an illusion, which she maintains whenever anyone's around - underneath it, she's got a face straight out of a ''Film/HammerHorror'' movie - think 'Frankenstein' more than 'Dracula'.
* ''Kichiku Megane'' stars the adorable, shy, [[ExtremeDoormat door matty]] uke Saeki Katsuya, who turns into a [[FetishizedAbuser sadistic and sexy]] seme when he puts on his glasses.

* ''Manga/AhiruNoOujisama'' has Reiichi and Omae. Reiichi can change back, Omae can't.
* In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', Ryuko's scruffy old homeroom teacher, Aikuro Mikisugi, can reveal himself to be a ridiculously {{bishonen}} and [[YouCanLeaveYourHatOn chronically stripping]] member of LaResistance with little more than a HairFlip and GlassesPull.
* Kinji in ''LightNovel/AriaTheScarletAmmo'', normally tries to avoid anything even remotely romantic to avoid going into Hysteria mode. When he goes into it, he becomes a smooth ladies man.
* The main character of ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', Haru, is [[OlderThanHeLooks a chubby looking teen]] with a tall and slender robotic avatar called "Silver Crow" which he uses exclusive in the titular virtual reality fighting game.
* Natsuki from ''Anime/UtaNoPrincesama'' may count. He turns into [[ADarkerMe Satsuki]] when he takes off his glasses.
* [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Black Hanekawa]] from ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}''. While Araragi always thought that [[HollywoodHomely Tsubasa]] [[{{Meganekko}} Hanekawa]] was an attractive girl, when "Black Hanekawa" appeared the first few times, her normally black hair turned white, wore lingerie fit to be in a Victoria's Secret catalog, showing off her surprisingly fit, lithe body, and also had cat ears and spoke with 'nyaa's. What made her dangerous was that even a mere touch would painfully drain the life force out of said person, regardless of whether or not she wanted to, and she was smart enough to pose a threat even to the strongest of supernatural creatures. The only times she would appear was when Tsubasa was extremely stressed out so the 'Cat' took over and rampaged on the town to relieve said stress.
* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': Sugou Nobuyuki seems to be going for this with his Oberon avatar, given its long blond hair, fancy clothes, and [[TheGlassesGottaGo lack of glasses]]. However, his [[FacialDialogue facial]] [[SlasherSmile expressions]] and body language ruin the effect.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Carrot is a GenkiGirl rabbit Mink that loves adventure. When the full moon is out, she can activate her Sulong form, making her taller, makes her hair longer (and go from blonde to white), and makes her voice much deeper.

* DC Character Looker was a frumpy librarian until she got her powers, and then she could turn into a redheaded hottie. Eventually, though, after she became a vampire, the sexy became her ShapeshifterModeLock.
* ComicBook/{{Shazam}}:
** Billy Batson is an average child, but his alter-ego Captain Marvel is an attractive, muscular man. This is explained in comics set in the future that show that Captain Marvel is what he looks like as an adult. Utilized in the ''ComicBook/BillyBatsonAndTheMagicOfShazam'' continuity, where Billy is stuck in a LovesMyAlterEgo situation with a ComicBook/LoisLane {{Expy}}.
** Likewise with his twin sister Mary Batson, and her alter-ego Mary Marvel.

* Both Prime and Elven from ''ComicBook/TheUltraverse''.
* Compare mousy Jennifer Walters to the AmazonianBeauty [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Green-Skinned Babe]] that is the ComicBook/SheHulk.
* {{Inverted|Trope}} with Big Bertha of the ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers. Her superheroine form is immensely fat, while her regular form is the most popular swimsuit model in Wisconsin. ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} prefers her as Big Bertha... but then, he's Deadpool. As of the team's [[Comicbook/MarvelNow2016 2016 series]] either her civilian form is fat too or she gave up transforming on some level, as she's now [[BigBeautifulWoman a plus-sized model]].
* Franchise/{{Superman}} sometimes falls into this, particularly in the earlier ages, with his Clark Kent persona wearing mild-mannered clothing, general weak posture, and self-effacing personality, contrasting Superman's tight clothing, powerful stance, and determined attitudes.
* A RunningGag in the French comic ''{{ComicBook/Melusine}}'' is that her werewolf boyfriend always runs away before sunrise (interrupting the romantic moment and leaving her confused) because it turns out his human form is a textbook specimen of the GeekPhysique (and he's all too aware of it: every such strip ends with him scrawny and bespectacled saying "Can't let her see me like this").
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' cohabits the DC universe with a version of herself from an AlternateUniverse called ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'', who is about ten or fifteen years older and wears a different costume. Technically, they're the same person (Kara Zor-El of Krypton), but the latter is ''much'' bustier and prone to being treated as MsFanservice than her younger counterpart.

* Mare Do Well in ''Fanfic/TheGamesWePlayFriendshipIsMagic'' exploits this against Rainbow Dash, using the fact that the persona is essentially a blank template upon which she can project whatever personality she likes to entice Rainbow into an actual relationship. The trouble is, Rainbow has no idea ''whose'' alter ego it actually is, which leads to many complications.

* Tyler Durden (Creator/BradPitt) in ''Film/FightClub'' is The Narrator's (Creator/EdwardNorton) more charismatic alter-ego. In his own words, he "look(s) like you want to look and fuck(s) like you want to fuck." Interestingly, since he only looks like Brad Pitt to the Narrator, the difference is entirely in his actions and attitude.
* ''Film/BatmanReturns'' puts this in play for Catwoman - instead of a confident and seductive professional thief, Selina Kyle is a mousy secretary for [[Creator/ChristopherWalken Max Schrek]], and only dons the black vinyl cowl for revenge after he pushes her out a window to her not-quite-death.
* Corrine in ''Film/TheInitiationOfSarah'' mostly appears as a beautiful blond young women in her 20s, while her true physical appearance is that of an wrinkled old hag with grey hair and black teeth.

* The ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' episode "The Tale of the Dark Dragon" had two students taking a special serum that made them temporarily into their "true" selves (more good looking, confident etc). Their desperate repeat use of it to remain beautiful, however, gradually corrupts them [[EvilMakesYouUgly and the transformation]]. Once they were able to accept their deep psychological issues, the beautiful transformation became permanent.

* Candice from ''{{Series/Heroes}}'' casts illusions of her appearance (similar to Shapeshifting, but her shape doesn't really shift it just looks like it). She usually appears as a HotChick but her real appearance is a lumpy, acne covered mess named Betty.
* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Mudd's Women", Mudd has pills that he claims makes a woman more attractive. [[spoiler:It was eventually revealed that a placebo produced the same results, with the aesop being that attitude and confidence is what makes a woman attractive. Of course, given that they clearly showed women physically changing as a result of the pill rather than just acting differently, it was something of a BrokenAesop.]]

* In the singing competition ''Series/AlterEgo2021'', many of the contestants take advantage of their customized avatars to make themselves more conventionally attractive than they look in real life. Particular mention goes to Wolfgang Champagne, a hunky werewolf who is actually a 60-year-old truck driver, and Safara, a sassy diva who's actually a shy, overweight young woman.
* Inverted with Dwayne Dibbley on ''Series/RedDwarf'', who is [[CoolCat The Cat]]'s ''dorkier'' alter ego: a clumsy, badly-dressed, bucktoothed nerd with a literal pudding bowl haircut. He first appeared in "Back to Reality" [[spoiler:as the man The Cat hallucinates being in "reality"]]; the writers worked him into the series a few more times, including as an impromptu disguise.

* In ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoQogaKnellOfArCiel'', playable Reyvateils have multiple personas, some of which are older and sexier than the main teenaged ones.
** A character named Mute is a [[AmazonianBeauty hyper-masculine woman]]. She has an alternate TokenMiniMoe form, where she suddenly becomes a lot less aggressive and arguably cuter.
* In ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'', Joule's powers manifest into an EnergyBeing known as Lumen, the Muse (Cyber Diva in Japan). Joule is a 13-year-old girl, while Lumen is probably what she'd look like when she's 4 years older, mixing this with OlderAlterEgo. The two of them were actually compared to each other by Gunvolt and their friend Zeno (who's a fan of Lumen back when she was still a celebrity) and the latter explicitly states that he "likes the parts of [Lumen] that are all grown-up and bouncy."
** ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt2'' reveals that [[spoiler:[[MasterOfIllusion Zonda's]]]] true form is that of [[spoiler:a young girl probably no older than Joule. Her male and female forms that she uses in her boss battle and were originally presumed to be her true form, on the other hand, are MrFanservice and MsFanservice respectively as they look like they're in their late teens to early twenties and represent the sin of {{Lust}}]].
** ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt3'' brings another case: [[spoiler:One member of the antagonistic ATEMS knights, Layla, is an EvilCounterpart to the above-mentioned Joule: A young, unremarkable girl who can create a Muse-like DigitalAvatar names Luxia who is curvier and dressed in a revealing BedlahBabe attire.]]

* ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'': The second trilogy introduces Kahlua, a mage with straight blonde hair and an ability to transform into the more assertive purple-haired Tequila, who is notably more busty to the point Kahlua's jacket opens to accomodate the change in bust size.

* Bluster Kong in the CG ''WesternAnimation/{{Donkey Kong Country}}'' cartoon accidentally created a Nutty Professor type potion in one episode. It turned him from a sniveling, cowardly, balding ape into a smooth talking ladies' gorilla called Leo Luster. Candy Kong forgets about her date with DK and falls for him instantly. His coolness is so potent that he can use it to hypnotize King K. Rool and his goons into giving back the Crystal Coconut willingly. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSHX1BvmN_4 And he does it all through a catchy musical number!]]
* Present in the ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' television series as well as the comic above. Cornelia even wonders at one point if she can date older boys in her Guardian form. [[spoiler:In Season Two she does just that with Taranee's older brother.]]
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', when Gus loses his glasses, all kids outside his small circle of friends no longer recognize him and mistake him for a new kid. He takes on a new cool kid identity, Guy, and several girls crush on him throughout the episode.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Mask}}'':

** ''Azure Striker Gunvolt 2'' reveals that [[spoiler:[[MasterOfIllusion Zonda's]]]] true form is that of [[spoiler:a young girl probably no older than Joule. Her male and female forms that she uses in her boss battle and were originally presumed to be her true form, on the other hand, are MrFanservice and MsFanservice respectively as they look like they're in their late teens to early twenties and represent the sin of {{Lust}}]].

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* In the singing competition ''Series/AlterEgo'', many of the contestants take advantage of their customized avatars to make themselves more conventionally attractive than they look in real life. Particular mention goes to Wolfgang Champagne, a hunky werewolf who is actually a 60-year-old truck driver, and Safara, a sassy diva who's actually a shy, overweight young woman.

* The ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' episode "The Tale of the Dark Dragon" had two students taking a special serum that made them temporarily into their "true" selves (more good looking, confident etc.). Once they were able to accept their deep psychological issues, the transformation became permanent.

* ''Manga/StoryOfADumbPrefectAndHighSchoolGirlWithInappropriateSkirtLength'': StudentCouncilPresident [[MsFanservice Yamato Nadeshiko]] is introduced dressed in a DangerouslyShortSkirt, [[BareYourMidriff baring her midriff]], and [[LettingHerHairDown with her hair down]]. At the end of the chapter, she unfolds her skirt, braids up her hair, and puts her glasses back on for her normal look (though she's quite good-looking like that too). Vice President Kogori Kaoru [[LovesMyAlterEgo is attracted to this "gal version"]] but can't seem to see through her PaperThinDisguise.

* ''Kichiku Megane'' stars the adorable, shy, [[ExtremeDoormat door matty]] uke Saeki Katsuya, who turns into a [[BespectacledBastardBoyfriend sadistic and sexy]] seme when he puts on his glasses.

* In ''Manga/MobPsycho100'', Mob's [[SuperMode 100% Courage explosion]] apparently comes with a [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/mob-psycho-100/images/2/25/Courage.gif/ sparkly-eyed shoujo makeover]], much to Dimple's confusion.

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* Natsuki from ''Anime/UtaNoPrincesama'' may count. He turns into [[ADarkerMe Satsuki]] when he takes off his [[{{Megane}} glasses]].

This trope is for characters of any gender that have an alternate form or identity that is much sexier than their normal mode. It's not necessarily because their "civilian" mode is ugly, but it is generally more mundane or otherwise less appealing than their "heroic" mode. Depending on the genre, the changes can be accomplished through either regular means such as acting and swapping wardrobes or though various [[MagicAndPowers magical]] or [[AppliedPhlebotinum phlebotinum-driven]] methods. This usually involves a change in a character's physical appearance, but sometimes it's purely a change in personality traits and behavior, suggesting that the character in question is deliberately [[ObfuscatingStupidity making themselves appear unattractive]] to hide their SecretIdentity.

* Moka from ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'', when she transforms from Outer Moka into Inner Moka. This is especially evident in the anime where a lot of the transformation sequence is just her, um, various assets almost doubling in size. Also, Inner Moka's voice is deeper and much more sultry than Outer's. Possibly a bit subverted later on because [[spoiler: Inner Moka is actually the real personality and Outer is the alter ego created to tone down her powerful vampire aura.]]

* This was a main plot point in both versions of ''The Nutty Professor''. In both versions, the titular professor invents a way to change himself from a nerdy looking fellow in the [[Film/TheNuttyProfessor1963 original film]] (and a rather overweight guy in [[Film/TheNuttyProfessor1996 the remake]], as shown in the page image) into a smooth ladies man. The original even concluded with [[spoiler: the titular professor coming clean to a large group of people while he lets the formula wear off. There are no cuts, and both the professor and his alter ego were played by Jerry Lewis, so the transformation is almost entirely just Lewis ''changing his physical mannerisms'' and putting on a pair of glasses.]]

* ''Series/FamilyMatters'': Supreme nerd Steve Urkel is in love with one of the other main characters Laura, but his nerdiness and forwardness repulses her. He creates a machine utilizing a concoction he calls "Boss Sauce" to become Stefan Urquel, a sexier version of himself who was a smooth ladies' man and just as smart as Steve (though it was subtly implied Steve was just a little bit smarter). However, the first time usage also had Stefan be a world-class jerk. Later iterations had Steve perfect the formula so Stefan would retain Steve's positive qualities like his niceness and even attempted becoming Stefan permanently. Later Stefan became his own man when Steve cloned himself and Laura decided to use the clone to become Stefan. Stefan himself addresses Steve as "the man who created him." (Stefan is essentially Jaleel White, Urkel's actor, being himself)

* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Mudd's Women", Mudd has pills that he claims makes a woman more attractive. [[spoiler: It was eventually revealed that a placebo produced the same results, with the Aesop being that attitude and confidence is what makes a woman attractive. Of course, given that they clearly showed women physically changing as a result of the pill rather than just acting differently, it was something of a BrokenAesop.]]

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* ''Manga/TenjouTenge'' has Maya Natsume, who actually inverts this trope. Her real form is that of a voluptuous young woman, but she spends most of her time is spent in the form of a young girl, making most people think it is her regular form.

* Moka from ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'', when she transforms from Outer Moka into Inner Moka. This is especially evident in the anime where a lot of the transformation sequence is just her, um, various assets almost doubling in size. Also, Inner Moka's voice is deeper and much more sultry than Outer's. Possibly a bit subverted later on because [[spoiler: Inner Moka is actually the real personality and Outer is the alter ego created to tone down her powerful vampire aura.]]

*** This is also played for drama at times, like in ''ComicBook/{{JSA}}'', where he pursues a relationship with Stargirl... only after showing her the truth about him being Billy Batson (i.e., her age). Because he's not willing to do the same with the rest of the [=JSA=], they react ''poorly'' when they find out about the relationship, causing Billy to leave.