History Main / AdaptationalAttractiveness

You've just learned that your favorite book, ''The Life and Times of AliceAndBob'', is being made into a [[TheFilmOfTheBook movie]]. In the book, Alice is average-looking and slightly overweight, and Bob is a balding middle-aged guy. So why does it star Creator/AngelinaJolie and Creator/BradPitt?

* ''Fanfic/ANewProblem'': Since the author is aware not many people like the designs of ''WesternAnimation/TheProblemSolverz'' and she wanted to test her own style, she made more cutesy designs for the characters. For example, Roba has more of a ''Franchise/Cuphead'' style, whilst Alfe has fluffier ears, a more realistic anteater snout, and a fluffy tail.

* ''Fanfic/ANewProblem'': Since the author is aware not many people like the designs of ''WesternAnimation/TheProblemSolverz'' and she wanted to test her own style, she made more cutesy designs for the characters. For example, Roba has more of a ''VideoGame/Cuphead'' style, whilst Alfe has fluffier ears, a more realistic anteater snout, and a fluffy tail.

* ''Fanfic/ANewProblem'': Since the author is aware not many people like the designs of ''WesternAnimation/TheProblemSolverz'' and she wanted to test her own style, she made more cutesy designs for the characters.

** ''AdaptationalAttractiveness/GameOfThrones''

Related to HollywoodHomely. See also RaceLift, which normally doesn't have the same effect, and ProgressivelyPrettier, when something similar happens but it's not necessarily an adaptation. When this is done to a real life person, it's HistoricalBeautyUpdate. Frequently occurs when a character is PromotedToLoveInterest. See also AdaptationalSkimpiness, HotterAndSexier, and BeautyInversion. If the casting directors wanted the character to be ugly but an attractive actor gave the best audition, it's AbilityOverAppearance.

-->-- '''Creator/JKRowling''', ''A Conversation with J.K. Rowling and Creator/DanielRadcliffe''

-->-- '''Creator/JKRowling''', ''A Conversation with J.K. Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe''

* ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'' presents one of the most dramatic cases for frequent target Franchise/SherlockHolmes. Holmes[[note]]or the [[CaptainErsatz identical but legally distinct Herlock Sholmes]] in the [[DubNameChange game's international release]][[/note]] isn't just a youthful {{Bishonen}}; it's revealed he can easily pass for Irene "the face of the most beautiful of women" Adler.

* In ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'', Elphaba is described as having a large nose and otherwise being, appearance-wise, sort of an acquired taste. In [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} the musical version]] she's HollywoodHomely. Then again, not even green skin can make most of her actresses unattractive. Of course this is the point. People focus on the fact that she has green skin and miss the fact that she actually is beautiful.

* ''The Literature/{{Discworld}} Assassins' Guild Diary'', the only canonical appearance of Miss Smith-Rhodes (Head of Raven House, Tutor in Domestic Science and Organic Poisons) has an illustration of the senior staff in which she is a round, stern, middle-aged woman, looking not unlike the popular perception of Mrs Beeton. Creator/AAPessimal's Johanna Smith-Rhodes, on the other hand, is a young redheaded ActionGirl.

Related to HollywoodHomely. See also RaceLift, which normally doesn't have the same effect, and ProgressivelyPrettier, when something similar happens but it's not necessarily an adaptation. When this is done to a real life person, it's HistoricalBeautyUpdate. Frequently occurs when a character is PromotedToLoveInterest. See also AdaptationalSkimpiness, BigBraToFill, HotterAndSexier, and BeautyInversion. If the casting directors wanted the character to be ugly but an attractive actor gave the best audition, it's AbilityOverAppearance.

* In ''Film/BigFish'', the Witch is depicted as a wizened old crone (played by a very heavily made-up Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter) who sees the future through her glass eye. Her counterpart in the ScreenToStageAdaptation is a much younger PerkyGoth who uses a normal crystal ball that doesn't replace any part of her body. This AgeLift was likely done [[spoiler: to enable her to outlive the protagonist and as such show up as one of the cameos at his funeral at the end]].

* The painting ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_and_the_Sirens Ulysses and the Sirens]]'' by Herbert James Draper, which shows a dramatic depiction of that event, portrays the [[EnthrallingSiren Sirens]] as lovely temptresses, rather than the hideous bird-women they are in mythology. (The painting also shows them more aggressively trying to seduce the sailors; the ones in myth were never stated to leave the safety of their island while singing.)

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' Downplays this with [[PublicDomainCharacter Hel]]. Bear in mind, some of her facial features aren't the prettiest-- her eyes are sunken, her hair is limp and her teeth are yellowed and rotten. But otherwise, she lacks the TwoFaced appearance that she is most famous for.

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' Downplays this with [[PublicDomainCharacter Hel]]. Bear in mind, some of her facial features aren't the prettiest-- her face is gaunt, her hair is limp and her teeth are yellowed and rotten. But otherwise, she lacks the TwoFaced appearance that she is most famous for.

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''Downplays this with [[PublicDomainCharacter Hel]]. Bear in mind, some of her facial features aren't the prettiest-- her face is gaunt, her hair is limp and her teeth are yellowed and rotten. But otherwise, she lacks the TwoFaced appearance that she is most famous for.

** Similarly, Erik/the Phantom in ''Theatre/{{Phantom}}'' has been played by a succession of attractive actresses from the Creator/TakarazukaRevue, with prosthetics amounting to a bad birthmark.