History Main / AdaptationalUgliness

* Paragus in ''Anime/DragonBallZBrolyTheLegendarySuperSaiyan'' is a tan-skinned and dark-haired like all the Saiyans. In his canon version in ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'' he's pale, haggard, and grey-haired. This is partly due to Paragus getting an AgeLift since the original movie took place during the Cell Saga while the canon movie is [[SettingUpdate set well past]] the Buu saga so it only makes sense Paragus would be older. It can also be attributed to the fact Paragus has been stuck on the CrapSackWorld Vampa all this time. Some BeautyEqualsGoodness at play too, since Paragus is more [[AbusiveParents vile]] than his original counterpart.

** ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'': Think ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} couldn't get uglier than being a living tumor? Here, they managed to find a way, as its version of Wade has his skull exposed and the top missing, exposing his brain and all of it enclosed in a plastic dome.

** Downplayed with Creator/IanMcKellen's Magneto. While [[SilverFox not ugly by any means]], he's considerably older than the character in the comics and much less physically imposing. While Magneto was buff and chiseled in the comics, in the original trilogy, his white hair is the result of him being seventy-something years old. Justified, since the movies don't have the comics' [[ComicBookTime sliding timescale]] or the multiple instances of him being de-aged and re-aged, so he had to be a realistic age for a Holocaust survivor. This gets rectified when you see Creator/MichaelFassbender's Erik Lehnsherr in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', where his younger self is [[TallDarkAndHandsome conventionally handsome]].

** A downplayed example as the characters aren't specifically ugly, however, quite a few of them have had more simplistic designs than their game counterparts. Cilan, for example, is still very handsome but isn't quite as cute as in his game official art. Most commonly a lot of trainers are given younger, shorter looks to better fit against 10-year-old Ash as well, especially females such as Serena (who is at minimum 16 in the games but was aged down to a 10-year-old) and Lillie (who only seems one year younger than her game counterpart but is much shorter than her).

* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel

** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''

* Subverted in the {{Elseworld}} ''ComicBook/TheSupermanMonster'', a retelling of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' with Lex Luthor playing the part of Victor Frankenstein and Superman as FrankensteinsMonster. Reflecting how the monster in the original novel was described as hideous, the Superman Monster upon being brought to life appears pale and deformed (which, combined with being created by Luthor in this continuity, [[CompositeCharacter makes him a bit like Superman's imperfect clone Bizarro]]). Over time, the Superman Monster's ugliness wears off and he becomes as handsome as the Man of Steel is traditionally depicted.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': Vi's appearance has changed significantly between [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends the original game]] and this series. While not to the point of being unattractive, she looks significantly more rugged, with [[https://imgur.com/a/hw0dYhi a less rounded face, multiple scars, and no makeup]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake'': In the original ballet, Rothbart's daughter Odile is Odette's IdenticalStranger (and is [[ActingForTwo usually played by the same ballerina]] to enforce this). In the movie, Odile is an unpleasant-looking EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette who only resembles Odette when disguised by a magic illusion.

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* Grandmama Addams of ''The Addams Family'' comic is a mostly normal-looking old woman and is largely unchanged from the first TV series. In the 1991 ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' film she's unhealthily pale and has rotten teeth, while in ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues'' she's downright scary-looking with greyish yellow, blotchy skin, discolored and crooked teeth, and extremely darkly sunken eyes. In both movies, her hair is more unkempt as well.

* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake'': In the original ballet, Rothbart's daughter Odile is Odette's IdenticalStranger (and is [[ActingForTwo usually played by the same ballerina]] to enforce this). Here, Odile is an unpleasant-looking EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette who only looks like Odette when disguised by a magic illusion.