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Author: SeptimusHeap

Aug 25th 2017 at 8:26:31 AM

Wonder if we can do something with these examples:
* WhiteDwarfStarlet:
** The short film ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIWRI1g_NFE Conventional]]'' stars Creator/KarenGillan (who also wrote and directed it) as a former UsefulNotes/{{scream queen|s}} whose career burned out once she was seen as too old by casting directors, and laments how her TypeCasting as "the hot chick who dies in horror movies" essentially made it impossible to get any different roles. Now, she's had extensive (and obvious) plastic surgery to hide her age, and she works the convention circuit where the only people who still care about her are [[LoonyFan the most deranged fans]] of her older films. [[spoiler:When one of them kills her during a photo session, her last words are "thank you", partly because it will finally [[DeadArtistsAreBetter put her name back in the spotlight]], and partly because she hated how pathetic her life had become.]]
* HollywoodHomely:
** ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Xander, despite actor Nicholas Brendon being an incredibly attractive guy, and the character rather witty, he is the bottom of the social barrel at Sunnydale High, and numerous cracks are made at his inability to get girls. He dates the cheerleader Cordelia from Season 2 onwards. He was told to stop working out by producers because they didn't want Xander to look too buffed. Joss mentions this trope in the DVD commentaries:
--->'''Creator/JossWhedon''': Of course, Nicholas Brendon is way too good-looking, but this is Hollywood, so get over it.
* Recap.SupernaturalS02E18HollywoodBabylon
** * WhiteDwarfStarlet: Sam says Elise Drummond was fired after the studio exec "uses her up". Although she is still [[HollywoodHomely quite attractive]], [[DoubleStandard she was considered]] to be too old to act in film. According to the dates on her tombstone, she would have been 31 years old when when she died. 
* ''Film/AspenExtreme''
** HollywoodHomely: Lampshaded in-universe. Dexter's lack of movie star good looks are what initially prevent him from being hired as a ski instructor, despite the fact that he's a better skier than the other candidates.
* Recap.TheSimpsonsS11E16Pygmoelian
** HollywoodHomely: Discussed InUniverse by the producers of ''It Never Ends'' after rejecting Moe's audition.
-->'''Producer:''' What were you thinking?
-->'''Casting:''' Well, you said you wanted gritty. In other words, ugly.
-->'''Producer:''' I wanted Mary Ann on ''Series/GilligansIsland'' ugly, not Cornelius on ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' ugly. TV-ugly, not...ugly-ugly.[[note]]'''Moe:''' I've been called ugly, fugly, pugly, pug-fugly... but not ugly-ugly![[/note]]
*** After plastic surgery makes him handsome, he wears an eyepatch on the show, which apparently makes him Hollywood Homely.
* WebVideo/StuffYouLike
** HollywoodHomely: Discussed InUniverse in the Mycroft and Lestrade episode. TV!Lestrade is much better looking than his literary counterpart
--> '''Sursum Ursa''': Because we cannot [[SarcasmMode ever, ever have ugly people on our screens.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Dandelion}}''
** HollywoodHomely: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed.]]
-->'''Jiwoo:''' If she was ugly, it would have ended after 5 minutes of being aired.
-->'''Heejung:''' ''...true. Usually the main female character isn't ugly. The film might describe the woman as being plain-looking, but they actually use a really pretty actress.''
* ''Series/HotInCleveland''
** HollywoodHomely: In-Universe - the entire premise of the show. The main women are seen this way in Los Angeles, but are pretty in Cleveland.
* ''Literature/TheDevilWearsPrada''
** HollywoodPudgy: In-universe, as a pot-shot to the fashion industry in general. Size-six Andy is considered fat at work and has to lose weight. It's also implied at one point that Miranda has postponed a photo shoot with Gwyneth Paltrow until she's lost some weight. The Gwyneth mention was due to the fact that at the time, she'd just had one of her children.
* ''ComicBook/LoveAndRockets''
** HollywoodPudgy: In-universe. The series points out how ludicrous this is with Doralis, one of Luba's daughter who stars in a hit TV variety show. She started out as a back-up to an anorexic blond who insults her for her incredibly voluptuous figure. The blond ends up getting edged out of the show and Doralis gains millions of male and female admirers.
* Quotes.HollywoodPudgy
->The second it was revealed yesterday that the 2015 Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit Issue would feature their first “plus-size model“, people put on their coats and shoes, walked their asses down to the nearest book store, bought a dictionary, wrapped it up, and threw that shit in the [=FedEx=] truck bound for the SI head office with a note attached that read ''“The definition of ‘plus-size’ is on page 798, take a look – xo, everyone with working eyes“'', because their so-called plus-sized model looked pretty much like an original recipe model...''“A variety of sizes”'' – sure, if the sizes range from [[{{Newspeak}} XS (xtra sexy) to XL (xtreme-ly sexy).]]
-->--'''''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/02/07/sports-illustrated-swimsuit-model-robyn-lawley-hates-that-shes-considered-plus-size/ DListed]]''''', "''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Model Robyn Lawley Hates That She’s Considered Plus-Size"
* Quotes.HollywoodHomely
->Five minutes into the film, I relaxed, knowing it was set in the real world, and not in the Hollywood alternative universe where Creator/JuliaRoberts [[HollywoodDateless can't get a date]].
-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert''', on ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding''.

captainpat, the quotes in these examples might make the trope a bit clearer, specially Joss Whedon's quote.