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KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#1: Apr 6th 2011 at 3:44:38 PM

I was initially going to suggest "Out Of Your League Relationship" as a YKTTW, but I realized that Ugly Guy, Hot Wife is generally a mess of several ideas being used as one and that should be cleaned up before that YKTTW is even proposed or launched. They generally are:

  • Ugly Guy Hot Wife- The original idea behind the trope is an overweight, slobby guy being married or in a commited relationship to a model-esque woman. Just look at the picture.
    • Goofy Looking Guy Pretty Wife- A gray area of the previous trope, where a guy may not be particularly studly but are otherwise okay looking and the wife may not be exactly model-esque either. Actually a sort of aversion to the previous trope. Cliff and Claire from The Cosby Show and Tim and Jill from Home Improvement.
  • Mediocre Guy Hot Wife- A subjective trope discussing the physical merits of any given man or woman and how well they match up in appearance. Several examples come largely by people adoring a particular actress and assuming no one can live up to how hot they are. That's kind of where the J.D. from Scrubs in the current description comes from.
  • Out of Your League- The idea mostly that the couple in question come from different backgrounds, social groups and even appearance, a sort of romantic Odd Couple. Unlike Ugly Guy, Hot Wife, there is often nothing too unbalanced by the relationship from an outside perspective. They may even look quite good/cute together, sometimes a part of Hollywood Homely (although usually not to the extreme of a Model Couple). One example of this that doesn't fall into either previous category is Leonard and Penny from The Big Bang Theory. The page image for Shes Out Of My League also notes that the two main characters look rather good together.

I don't see too much merit in the subjective "mediocre guy" trope, but that kind of stuff is going to happen no matter what. I just think there needs to be a look over and discussion of how to organize the various pages, including Attractiveness Isolation and the like.

Jabroniville Jabroniville Since: Jan, 2001
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#2: Apr 22nd 2011 at 3:43:52 AM

I don't see the need for "Mediocre Guy Hot Wife", as that would lead to even more exaggerations than even "Ugly Guy" got. It opens up a whole can of worms. "Out of My League" sounds like it would just deviate towards UGHW, so it would probably need a new name. The trope as it is is fairly simple and direct- Ugly Guy. Hot Girl. I don't think it needs dozens of sub-tropes- there's already What Does She See in Him?.

Madrugada Zzzzzzzzzz Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In season
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#3: Apr 22nd 2011 at 7:40:30 AM

We have a thread on Ugly Guy, Hot Wife open right now. If you want to propose work on the others, please make individually linked threads, so that they are tagged.

Locking this one.

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