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* Played straight in ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell,'' where Lindesfarne helps Fiona in this way. Later inverted, when Fiona undoes the change to escape unwanted attention -- and going negative, by developing huge ears that she considers unflattering.
* Hanged Man from ''Webcomic/TheManorsPrize'', in backstory. In the past she was unpopular and couldn't get with guys, but after a makeover and a self-esteem boost, she became much more successful romantically.
* Ping of ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' [[http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=1007 attempts]] an inversion, and [[{{Meganekko}} fails]].
* [[Webcomic/{{Narbonic}} Helen Narbon]] finds herself complaining: "Leave it to me to live in a [[GenreSavvy defective fictional universe]]." Of course, the real problem is that she did not lose the glasses.
* Done with shameless {{Anvilicious}}ness in ''Webcomic/NipAndTuck'', where Thelma enters a beauty contest... and things go drastically bad half-way through. Cue one near-{{Narm}}ish "pep talk" from Tuck and "Gosh, I am beautiful!"
** This was actually a followup to her previous "metamorphosis," when she suddenly began wearing less dowdy clothes, changed her hair, etc.... and actually ''scared off'' her romantic interest, Tuck, with her sudden transformation.
** Later discussed [[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00772.html here]]
* Karen from ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'' ''is'' quite good-looking after her makeover...but the "inner beauty" part? [[ManipulativeBastard Forget it]].
* Hanged Man from ''Webcomic/TheManorsPrize'', in backstory. In the past she was unpopular and couldn't get with guys, but after a makeover and a self-esteem boost, she became much more successful romantically.
* Ping of ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' [[http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=1007 attempts]] an inversion, and [[{{Meganekko}} fails]].
* [[Webcomic/{{Narbonic}} Helen Narbon]] finds herself complaining: "Leave it to me to live in a [[GenreSavvy defective fictional universe]]." Of course, the real problem is that she did not lose the glasses.
* Done with shameless {{Anvilicious}}ness in ''Webcomic/NipAndTuck'', where Thelma enters a beauty contest... and things go drastically bad half-way through. Cue one near-{{Narm}}ish "pep talk" from Tuck and "Gosh, I am beautiful!"
** This was actually a followup to her previous "metamorphosis," when she suddenly began wearing less dowdy clothes, changed her hair, etc.... and actually ''scared off'' her romantic interest, Tuck, with her sudden transformation.
** Later discussed [[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00772.html here]]
* Karen from ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'' ''is'' quite good-looking after her makeover...but the "inner beauty" part? [[ManipulativeBastard Forget it]].
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* Amber in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' manages to pull this off without losing the glasses, just getting new ones.
** The hairstyle and more flattering clothing helped, but the point still stands. Especially since they weren't that different from what she wore previously.
* Amber in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' manages to pull this off without losing the glasses, just getting new ones.
** The hairstyle and more flattering clothing helped, but the point still stands. Especially since they weren't that different from what she wore previously.
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'''s Gwynn is a classic example of this, with artist Pete Abrams going to significant lengths to render her more attractive, including redefining the shape of her face.
* Gerard from ''Webcomic/WeakHero'' is a male inversion. In the present day he sports an unflattering green bob that [[EyesOutOfSight covers his eyes]] and gets him nicknamed variations of Broccoli Head. A flashback then reveals that, just a year prior, he was a gorgeous PrettyBoy with a "bad boy" fashion style (slicked-back hair, studded ears, and a leather jacket) that made him a major ChickMagnet. Then he hit the DespairEventHorizon, part of which caused him to receive nasty scarring above his eye, and he changed his look entirely to distance himself from his old persona and ensure he stood out as little as possible.
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* Played straight in ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell,'' where Lindesfarne helps Fiona in this way. Later inverted, when Fiona undoes the change to escape unwanted attention -- and going negative, by developing huge ears that she considers unflattering.
* Ping of ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' [[http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=1007 attempts]] an inversion, and [[{{Meganekko}} fails]].
* [[Webcomic/{{Narbonic}} Helen Narbon]] finds herself complaining: "Leave it to me to live in a [[GenreSavvy defective fictional universe]]." Of course, the real problem is that she did not lose the glasses.
* Done with shameless {{Anvilicious}}ness in ''Webcomic/NipAndTuck'', where Thelma enters a beauty contest... and things go drastically bad half-way through. Cue one near-{{Narm}}ish "pep talk" from Tuck and "Gosh, I am beautiful!"
** This was actually a followup to her previous "metamorphosis," when she suddenly began wearing less dowdy clothes, changed her hair, etc.... and actually ''scared off'' her romantic interest, Tuck, with her sudden transformation.
** Later discussed [[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00772.html here]]
* Karen from ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'' ''is'' quite good-looking after her makeover...but the "inner beauty" part? [[ManipulativeBastard Forget it]].
* Amber in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' manages to pull this off without losing the glasses, just getting new ones.
** The hairstyle and more flattering clothing helped, but the point still stands. Especially since they weren't that different from what she wore previously.
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'''s Gwynn is a classic example of this, with artist Pete Abrams going to significant lengths to render her more attractive, including redefining the shape of her face.
* Gerard from ''Webcomic/WeakHero'' is a male inversion. In the present day he sports an unflattering green bob that [[EyesOutOfSight covers his eyes]] and gets him nicknamed variations of Broccoli Head. A flashback then reveals that, just a year prior, he was a gorgeous PrettyBoy with a "bad boy" fashion style (slicked-back hair, studded ears, and a leather jacket) that made him a major ChickMagnet. Then he hit the DespairEventHorizon, part of which caused him to receive nasty scarring above his eye, and he changed his look entirely to distance himself from his old persona and ensure he stood out as little as possible.
* Hanged Man from ''Webcomic/TheManorsPrize'', in backstory. In the past she was unpopular and couldn't get with guys, but after a makeover and a self-esteem boost, she became much more successful romantically.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/SixTeen 6teen]]'': A brief gag in the fourth episode features Jonsey complaining that there are no hot girls in the nerdy store he's currently in, only for one of the nerd girls to let her hair down and correct her posture so she can blow him off more effectively.
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* ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]'' episode [[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE13MeanSeasons "Mean Seasons"]] plays it straight as a twist. A villain going by the name "Calendar Girl" kidnaps various fashion and cosmetics bigwigs in order to exact her revenge from them. The villain wears a metal mask that conceals her face completely and constantly fumes about how the industry has ruined her, especially her beautiful face. At the end of the episode, [[spoiler: it is revealed that she is still beautiful, but is so distraught and obsessed by her perceived flaws that she believes herself to be immeasurably hideous.]]
* Subverted repeatedly on ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}''. She ''is'' pretty, but has chosen to not play it up because she thinks doing so would be vain. Averted outright at least once though, when Daria was getting fitted for a wedding dress and the seamstress said her body had no curves, making it impossible to fit the dress right. And the dress hung off her like a smock for the rest of the episode.
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* Subverted repeatedly on ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}''. She ''is'' pretty, but has chosen to not play it up because she thinks doing so would be vain. Averted outright at least once though, when Daria was getting fitted for a wedding dress and the seamstress said her body had no curves, making it impossible to fit the dress right. And the dress hung off her like a smock for the rest of the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewBatmanAdventures'' episode [[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE13MeanSeasons "Mean Seasons"]] plays it straight as a twist. A villain going by the name "Calendar Girl" kidnaps various fashion and cosmetics bigwigs in order to exact her revenge from them. The villain wears a metal mask that conceals her face completely and constantly fumes about how the industry has ruined her, especially her beautiful face. At the end of the episode, [[spoiler: it is revealed that she is still beautiful, but is so distraught and obsessed by her perceived flaws that she believes herself to be immeasurably hideous.]]
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* ''[[WesternAnimation/SixTeen 6teen]]'': A brief gag in the fourth episode features Jonsey complaining that there are no hot girls in the nerdy store he's currently in, only for one of the nerd girls to let her hair down and correct her posture so she can blow him off more effectively.
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* Thanks to her FairyGodmother and a PimpedOutDress, this happens to ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}''. This is also the case in many related FairyTale variants, such as "Katie Woodencloak," "Donkeyskin," and "Cap o' Rushes." (Aarne-Thompson Type 501a, to fairy-tale scholars.) A male version would be "Scurvyhead", a blonde prince who keeps his hair covered on purpose so he won't be recognized and just tells everybody he has dandruff.
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* Thanks to her FairyGodmother and a PimpedOutDress, this happens to ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}''. This is also the case in many related FairyTale variants, such as "Katie Woodencloak," "Donkeyskin," and "Cap o' Rushes." (Aarne-Thompson Type 501a, to fairy-tale scholars.) A male version would be "Scurvyhead", a blonde prince who keeps his hair covered on purpose so he won't be recognized and just tells everybody he has dandruff.
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* In ''One Lonely Night'' Literature/MikeHammer is infiltrating a ring of DirtyCommunists, one of whom is a dowdy, plain-looking girl whom he flirts with to get information. She later turns up at his apartment in "a dress that looked like it had been painted on" -- it turns out she's a case of Drop Dead Gorgeous Underneath.
* In Neil R. Selden's ''The Great Lakeside High Experiment'' the main character decided that she and her male friends should pick a "nowhere girl" from their school and see what happened if they gave her a makeover and treated her like they were best friends. When the girl in question gained some self-confidence and started dressing better, one of the boys became attracted to her and when the main character got jealous and let the cat out of the bag the whole thing pretty much blew up in their faces.
* Creator/TanithLee:
** The (initially) unnamed protagonist of ''Literature/TheBirthgrave'' awakens in strange circumstances with no memory of who she is ([[spoiler:she later discovers that the mysterious name "Karrakaz" that she's been hearing for a while is in fact her own]]), and believes she must be hideous because of the startled reactions she sees on the faces of the first few men she meets. For this reason, she wears a mask for most of the book. It's only toward the end that she is finally persuaded to remove it, and discovers what the reader has probably already guessed.
** In ''Literature/ElectricForest'' a homely, deformed woman is offered a chance to exist in a beautiful body, with the understanding that she will care for her old body in stasis, and do whatever her benefactor says. Things proceed something like Creator/JamesTiptreeJr's "The Girl Who Was Plugged In", only to find that [[spoiler:the beautiful body was her actual, original one. She'd been transferred to the ugly one earlier and mind-controlled to believe it was the real her for an government experiment. It gets even weirder!]]
** In ''Literature/TheSilverMetalLover'', the girl's controlling mother has been giving her ''drugs'' to make her unattractive. When she stops taking them, her natural appearance is just about what you'd think.
* Lampshaded in a Colin Forbes novel when the protagonist encounters a female librarian and thinks of those spy movies where the communist IceQueen takes off her glasses and lets her hair down at the end to become a sexy capitalist. He asks the librarian to take off her glasses, but she remains dowdy.
* In ''Limelight'', Penny Green removes her glasses in an effort to blend in with an upscale crowd despite being acutely myopic only to have her journalistic rival tell her that she should never wear them while Inspector Blakely babbles "...so you must wear them. But not wearing them from time to time is also agreeable."
* Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Literature/TheMovingFinger'' does this when [[spoiler:Jerry takes Megan to London]].
* In Neil R. Selden's ''The Great Lakeside High Experiment'' the main character decided that she and her male friends should pick a "nowhere girl" from their school and see what happened if they gave her a makeover and treated her like they were best friends. When the girl in question gained some self-confidence and started dressing better, one of the boys became attracted to her and when the main character got jealous and let the cat out of the bag the whole thing pretty much blew up in their faces.
* Creator/TanithLee:
** The (initially) unnamed protagonist of ''Literature/TheBirthgrave'' awakens in strange circumstances with no memory of who she is ([[spoiler:she later discovers that the mysterious name "Karrakaz" that she's been hearing for a while is in fact her own]]), and believes she must be hideous because of the startled reactions she sees on the faces of the first few men she meets. For this reason, she wears a mask for most of the book. It's only toward the end that she is finally persuaded to remove it, and discovers what the reader has probably already guessed.
** In ''Literature/ElectricForest'' a homely, deformed woman is offered a chance to exist in a beautiful body, with the understanding that she will care for her old body in stasis, and do whatever her benefactor says. Things proceed something like Creator/JamesTiptreeJr's "The Girl Who Was Plugged In", only to find that [[spoiler:the beautiful body was her actual, original one. She'd been transferred to the ugly one earlier and mind-controlled to believe it was the real her for an government experiment. It gets even weirder!]]
** In ''Literature/TheSilverMetalLover'', the girl's controlling mother has been giving her ''drugs'' to make her unattractive. When she stops taking them, her natural appearance is just about what you'd think.
* Lampshaded in a Colin Forbes novel when the protagonist encounters a female librarian and thinks of those spy movies where the communist IceQueen takes off her glasses and lets her hair down at the end to become a sexy capitalist. He asks the librarian to take off her glasses, but she remains dowdy.
* In ''Limelight'', Penny Green removes her glasses in an effort to blend in with an upscale crowd despite being acutely myopic only to have her journalistic rival tell her that she should never wear them while Inspector Blakely babbles "...so you must wear them. But not wearing them from time to time is also agreeable."
* Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Literature/TheMovingFinger'' does this when [[spoiler:Jerry takes Megan to London]].
* In Creator/RobinMcKinley's ''Literature/BeautyARetellingOfBeautyAndTheBeast'', Beauty is convinced at an early age that she's homely and avoids mirrors throughout her adolescence because of her self-consciousness. The Beast's castle is completely without mirrors or even still water, making it that much easier for her to avoid seeing herself; she is thus pleasantly surprised when at the end of the novel the (former) Beast points her at a mirror and she sees that she's bloomed over the course of the book into a very lovely young woman.
* The (initially) unnamed protagonist of ''Literature/TheBirthgrave'' awakens in strange circumstances with no memory of who she is ([[spoiler:she later discovers that the mysterious name "Karrakaz" that she's been hearing for a while is in fact her own]]), and believes she must be hideous because of the startled reactions she sees on the faces of the first few men she meets. For this reason, she wears a mask for most of the book. It's only toward the end that she is finally persuaded to remove it, and discovers what the reader has probably already guessed.
* The (initially) unnamed protagonist of ''Literature/TheBirthgrave'' awakens in strange circumstances with no memory of who she is ([[spoiler:she later discovers that the mysterious name "Karrakaz" that she's been hearing for a while is in fact her own]]), and believes she must be hideous because of the startled reactions she sees on the faces of the first few men she meets. For this reason, she wears a mask for most of the book. It's only toward the end that she is finally persuaded to remove it, and discovers what the reader has probably already guessed.
* In ''Literature/ElectricForest'' a homely, deformed woman is offered a chance to exist in a beautiful body, with the understanding that she will care for her old body in stasis, and do whatever her benefactor says. Things proceed something like Creator/JamesTiptreeJr's "The Girl Who Was Plugged In", only to find that [[spoiler:the beautiful body was her actual, original one. She'd been transferred to the ugly one earlier and mind-controlled to believe it was the real her for an government experiment. It gets even weirder!]]
* Creator/NeilGaiman's short story ''The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch'' plays with this: "Miss Finch" is not the title character's real name, but the narrator calls her that because,
-->"... it's what I thought when I first saw her... Like in one of those movies. You know. When they take off their glasses and put down their hair. 'Why, Miss Finch. You're beautiful.' "
** Since this is a Gaiman story, the circumstances under which she takes off her glasses and puts down her hair turn out to be bizarre, surreal, and strangely disturbing.
* Lampshaded in a Colin Forbes novel when the protagonist encounters a female librarian and thinks of those spy movies where the communist IceQueen takes off her glasses and lets her hair down at the end to become a sexy capitalist. He asks the librarian to take off her glasses, but she remains dowdy.
* Creator/NeilGaiman's short story ''The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch'' plays with this: "Miss Finch" is not the title character's real name, but the narrator calls her that because,
-->"... it's what I thought when I first saw her... Like in one of those movies. You know. When they take off their glasses and put down their hair. 'Why, Miss Finch. You're beautiful.' "
** Since this is a Gaiman story, the circumstances under which she takes off her glasses and puts down her hair turn out to be bizarre, surreal, and strangely disturbing.
* Lampshaded in a Colin Forbes novel when the protagonist encounters a female librarian and thinks of those spy movies where the communist IceQueen takes off her glasses and lets her hair down at the end to become a sexy capitalist. He asks the librarian to take off her glasses, but she remains dowdy.
* In Neil R. Selden's ''The Great Lakeside High Experiment'' the main character decided that she and her male friends should pick a "nowhere girl" from their school and see what happened if they gave her a makeover and treated her like they were best friends. When the girl in question gained some self-confidence and started dressing better, one of the boys became attracted to her and when the main character got jealous and let the cat out of the bag the whole thing pretty much blew up in their faces.
* Played with in Creator/PeterSBeagle's ''Literature/TheLastUnicorn'', near the end of the book, the hard-luck, middle-aged Molly Grue puts her hair down, and the narrator says "she was more beautiful than [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman the Lady Amalthea]]" - because the narrator is following the thoughts of [[spoiler: Schmendrick]], who has fallen in love with her.
* In ''Limelight'', Penny Green removes her glasses in an effort to blend in with an upscale crowd despite being acutely myopic only to have her journalistic rival tell her that she should never wear them while Inspector Blakely babbles "...so you must wear them. But not wearing them from time to time is also agreeable."
* In ''Limelight'', Penny Green removes her glasses in an effort to blend in with an upscale crowd despite being acutely myopic only to have her journalistic rival tell her that she should never wear them while Inspector Blakely babbles "...so you must wear them. But not wearing them from time to time is also agreeable."
* Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Literature/TheMovingFinger'' does this when [[spoiler:Jerry takes Megan to London]].
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* Creator/NeilGaiman's short story ''The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch'' plays with this: "Miss Finch" is not the title character's real name, but the narrator calls her that because,
-->"... it's what I thought when I first saw her... Like in one of those movies. You know. When they take off their glasses and put down their hair. 'Why, Miss Finch. You're beautiful.' "
** Since this is a Gaiman story, the circumstances under which she takes off her glasses and puts down her hair turn out to be bizarre, surreal, and strangely disturbing.
* Played with in Creator/PeterSBeagle's ''Literature/TheLastUnicorn'', near the end of the book, the hard-luck, middle-aged Molly Grue puts her hair down, and the narrator says "she was more beautiful than [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman the Lady Amalthea]]" - because the narrator is following the thoughts of [[spoiler: Schmendrick]], who has fallen in love with her.
* In Creator/RobinMcKinley's ''Literature/BeautyARetellingOfBeautyAndTheBeast'', Beauty is convinced at an early age that she's homely and avoids mirrors throughout her adolescence because of her self-consciousness. The Beast's castle is completely without mirrors or even still water, making it that much easier for her to avoid seeing herself; she is thus pleasantly surprised when at the end of the novel the (former) Beast points her at a mirror and she sees that she's bloomed over the course of the book into a very lovely young woman.
-->"... it's what I thought when I first saw her... Like in one of those movies. You know. When they take off their glasses and put down their hair. 'Why, Miss Finch. You're beautiful.' "
** Since this is a Gaiman story, the circumstances under which she takes off her glasses and puts down her hair turn out to be bizarre, surreal, and strangely disturbing.
* Played with in Creator/PeterSBeagle's ''Literature/TheLastUnicorn'', near the end of the book, the hard-luck, middle-aged Molly Grue puts her hair down, and the narrator says "she was more beautiful than [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman the Lady Amalthea]]" - because the narrator is following the thoughts of [[spoiler: Schmendrick]], who has fallen in love with her.
* In Creator/RobinMcKinley's ''Literature/BeautyARetellingOfBeautyAndTheBeast'', Beauty is convinced at an early age that she's homely and avoids mirrors throughout her adolescence because of her self-consciousness. The Beast's castle is completely without mirrors or even still water, making it that much easier for her to avoid seeing herself; she is thus pleasantly surprised when at the end of the novel the (former) Beast points her at a mirror and she sees that she's bloomed over the course of the book into a very lovely young woman.
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* Creator/NeilGaiman's short story ''The Facts in the Case In ''One Lonely Night'' Literature/MikeHammer is infiltrating a ring of the Departure of Miss Finch'' plays with this: "Miss Finch" is not the title character's real name, but the narrator calls her that because,
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* In Creator/RobinMcKinley's ''Literature/BeautyARetellingOfBeautyAndTheBeast'', Beauty is convinced at an early age"a dress that looked like it had been painted on" -- it turns out she's homely and avoids mirrors throughout her adolescence because a case of her self-consciousness. The Beast's castle is completely without mirrors or even still water, making it that much easier for her to avoid seeing herself; she is thus pleasantly surprised when at the end of the novel the (former) Beast points her at a mirror and she sees that she's bloomed over the course of the book into a very lovely young woman.Drop Dead Gorgeous Underneath.
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* In ''Literature/TheSilverMetalLover'', the girl's controlling mother has been giving her ''drugs'' to make her unattractive. When she stops taking them, her natural appearance is just about what you'd think.
* Implied in Creator/TamoraPierce's ''Literature/SongOfTheLioness'' books, when [[SweetPollyOliver Alanna]] decides to break disguise for one night and attend a royal ball. Bonus points for making specific references to 'looking like Squire Alan in a dress' and 'doing something with Squire Alan's hair' to achieve the full effect. Although since Alanna is clearly described as being not ugly but not ''stunning'' either, it's more of an affirmation that she can actually look and act convincingly feminine if she wants.
* Implied in Creator/TamoraPierce's ''Literature/SongOfTheLioness'' books, when [[SweetPollyOliver Alanna]] decides to break disguise for one night and attend a royal ball. Bonus points for making specific references to 'looking like Squire Alan in a dress' and 'doing something with Squire Alan's hair' to achieve the full effect. Although since Alanna is clearly described as being not ugly but not ''stunning'' either, it's more of an affirmation that she can actually look and act convincingly feminine if she wants.
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* Implied in Creator/TamoraPierce's ''Literature/SongOfTheLioness'' books, when [[SweetPollyOliver Alanna]] decides to break disguise for one night and attend a royal ball. Bonus points for making specific references to 'looking like Squire Alan in a dress' and 'doing something with Squire Alan's hair' to achieve the full effect. Although since Alanna is clearly described as being not ugly but not ''stunning'' either, it's more of an affirmation that she can actually look and act convincingly feminine if she wants.
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* The MTV show ''Made'' had a number of episodes where a {{Tomboy}} or nerd girls wanted to become homecoming queen and are given a coach to transform them into one. The most startling transformation was Kitty from season 4. She was a genuinely geeky but sweet girl with an anime obsession who wore glasses, and baggy clothes and was madeover into an incredibly ''gorgeous'' girl with a great body who proceeded to win second place in her high school beauty pageant.
* In the Mexican telenovelas "Alcanzar Una Estrella II" and "Sonadoras", Laura and Lucia go through this after their makeovers.
* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'': Hanna was overweight when part of Alison's gang, but after Alison went missing Hanna worked extra hard to lose weight and weigh less than Alison, which by the start of Sophomore year she managed. After this, Hanna took the missing Alison's place as the most popular girl in High school.
* Mona was slightly overweight in her Freshman year, and had braces and glasses and wore her frizzy hair in either bunches or pigtails. Mona was desperate to be well-liked and upset when Hanna stopped hanging out with her so she could spend time with Alison, and as Alison realised how much Mona wanted to be popular, she sought out to make her as unpopular as possible and Mona then had no friends, eventually getting Mona to resent Alison and her friends. However, after Alison went missing Mona lost weight, had her braces taken out, straightened her hair and removed her glasses. She then joined her friend Hanna in becoming the two most popular girls in school.
* In the Mexican telenovelas "Alcanzar Una Estrella II" and "Sonadoras", Laura and Lucia go through this after their makeovers.
* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'': Hanna was overweight when part of Alison's gang, but after Alison went missing Hanna worked extra hard to lose weight and weigh less than Alison, which by the start of Sophomore year she managed. After this, Hanna took the missing Alison's place as the most popular girl in High school.
* Mona was slightly overweight in her Freshman year, and had braces and glasses and wore her frizzy hair in either bunches or pigtails. Mona was desperate to be well-liked and upset when Hanna stopped hanging out with her so she could spend time with Alison, and as Alison realised how much Mona wanted to be popular, she sought out to make her as unpopular as possible and Mona then had no friends, eventually getting Mona to resent Alison and her friends. However, after Alison went missing Mona lost weight, had her braces taken out, straightened her hair and removed her glasses. She then joined her friend Hanna in becoming the two most popular girls in school.
* In the Mexican telenovelas "Series/AlcanzarUnaEstrellaII" and "Series/{{Sonadoras}}", Laura and Lucia go through this after their makeovers.
* The MTV show ''Series/{{Made}}'' had a number of episodes where a {{Tomboy}} or nerd girls wanted to become homecoming queen and are given a coach to transform them into one. The most startling transformation was Kitty from season 4. She was a genuinely geeky but sweet girl with an anime obsession who wore glasses, and baggy clothes and was madeover into an incredibly ''gorgeous'' girl with a great body who proceeded to win second place in her high school beauty pageant.
* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'':
** Hanna was overweight when part of Alison's gang, but after Alison went missing Hanna worked extra hard to lose weight and weigh less than Alison, which by the start of Sophomore year she managed. After this, Hanna took the missing Alison's place as the most popular girl in High school.
** Mona was slightly overweight in her Freshman year, and had braces and glasses and wore her frizzy hair in either bunches or pigtails. Mona was desperate to be well-liked and upset when Hanna stopped hanging out with her so she could spend time with Alison, and as Alison realised how much Mona wanted to be popular, she sought out to make her as unpopular as possible and Mona then had no friends, eventually getting Mona to resent Alison and her friends. However, after Alison went missing Mona lost weight, had her braces taken out, straightened her hair and removed her glasses. She then joined her friend Hanna in becoming the two most popular girls in school.
** Hanna was overweight when part of Alison's gang, but after Alison went missing Hanna worked extra hard to lose weight and weigh less than Alison, which by the start of Sophomore year she managed. After this, Hanna took the missing Alison's place as the most popular girl in High school.
** Mona was slightly overweight in her Freshman year, and had braces and glasses and wore her frizzy hair in either bunches or pigtails. Mona was desperate to be well-liked and upset when Hanna stopped hanging out with her so she could spend time with Alison, and as Alison realised how much Mona wanted to be popular, she sought out to make her as unpopular as possible and Mona then had no friends, eventually getting Mona to resent Alison and her friends. However, after Alison went missing Mona lost weight, had her braces taken out, straightened her hair and removed her glasses. She then joined her friend Hanna in becoming the two most popular girls in school.
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* Series/Zoey101 deconstructs this in "Quinn Misses The Mark". After Quinn learns her long-term boyfriend Mark dumped her for a pretty girl named Brooke, she [[BeAWhoreToGetYourMan glams herself up in an effort to win him back]]. Quinn immediately becomes a head-turning beauty among other students who are asking her out from the moment they lay eyes on her. While Quinn enjoys the attention, Zoey and Lola [[TrueCompanions tell these new suitors to buzz off since they know they wouldn't have given her a second look before the makeover and tell her to go back to her old self]]. Her plan tragically fails when Mark hates what she did and tells her he dumped her because he and Brooke have more in common, causing Quinn to break down knowing it's really over for good. Logan, of all people, is the one who snaps her out of it giving her a JustTheWayYouAre speech despite the fact she looks like the girl she usually dates.
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* Series/Zoey101 ''Series/Zoey101'' deconstructs this in "Quinn Misses The Mark". After Quinn learns her long-term boyfriend Mark dumped her for a pretty girl named Brooke, she [[BeAWhoreToGetYourMan glams herself up in an effort to win him back]]. Quinn immediately becomes a head-turning beauty among other students who are asking her out from the moment they lay eyes on her. While Quinn enjoys the attention, Zoey and Lola [[TrueCompanions tell these new suitors to buzz off since they know they wouldn't have given her a second look before the makeover and tell her to go back to her old self]]. Her plan tragically fails when Mark hates what she did and tells her he dumped her because he and Brooke have more in common, causing Quinn to break down knowing it's really over for good. Logan, of all people, is the one who snaps her out of it giving her a JustTheWayYouAre speech despite the fact she looks like the girl she usually dates.
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* Music/DougStone's No. 1 country hit from 1991 "In a Different Light," which featured an outwardly ugly female co-worker of an office boy -- her hair worn in a bun, thick glasses and unfashionable business suits. The guy fantasizes about taking her out and one night actually does. When the two have sex, he sees her in all her beautiful glory -- with no glasses, "your hair falling down, and love in your eyes."
* Music/DougStone's No. 1 country hit from 1991 "In a Different Light," which featured an outwardly ugly female co-worker of an office boy -- her hair worn in a bun, thick glasses and unfashionable business suits. The guy fantasizes about taking her out and one night actually does. When the two have sex, he sees her in all her beautiful glory -- with no glasses, "your hair falling down, and love in your eyes."
* Music/KatyPerry's nerdy character Kathy Beth Terry in "Last Friday Night" gets an 80's makeover for the party. Not explained how she ended up back in her original getup after passing out.
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* The character of Phoebe in ''Hoodwinks''. She is introduced as the secretary with her hair up in a bun, glasses and wearing a baggy shawl. At the end of the play Clete takes off her glasses, pulls her hair down and unwraps the shawl to reveal a fashionable gown, saying "I always knew you were a pretty girl, Phoebe". This happens before the ending musical number.
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* The character of Phoebe in ''Hoodwinks''.''Theatre/{{Hoodwinks}}''. She is introduced as the secretary with her hair up in a bun, glasses and wearing a baggy shawl. At the end of the play Clete takes off her glasses, pulls her hair down and unwraps the shawl to reveal a fashionable gown, saying "I always knew you were a pretty girl, Phoebe". This happens before the ending musical number.
%%* Subverted in [[https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/4782084/ this]] page of ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate''.
%%* Guineas, from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is a rare male example.
%%* Lampshaded in [[http://www.pvponline.com/comic/2001/08/12/sun-aug-12 this]] ''Webcomic/PvP'' strip.
%%* Guineas, from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is a rare male example.
%%* Lampshaded in [[http://www.pvponline.com/comic/2001/08/12/sun-aug-12 this]] ''Webcomic/PvP'' strip.
* Discussed in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1880 this]] ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' strip:
-->'''Marigold:''' I fucking '''hate it''' in movies and TV shows where they have the nerdy weirdo girl and all they have to do is comb her hair and put on some makeup and all of a sudden she's '''so beautiful how did we ever not notice before'''. That's not how it '''works''' in real life. It's '''bullshit'''.
** And, ironically, played straight with ''Marigold herself''. Her appearance issues mostly stem from bad hygiene and grooming and [[IAmNotPretty even worse self-esteem]]. When she does clean herself up, ''everyone'' is impressed.
* Shaenon Garrity does it straight (more or less) in ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' in the ''Tin Soldier'' story arc, when dumpy little Marcie of the Department of Irradiation gets a makeover from Tip Wilkins. Her glasses get changed to better glasses, her hair stays up in a perm, but the rest of the trope plays out precisely, including everyone suddenly seeing her as sexy. On the other hand, Dr. Lee already looks extremely sexy with her hair ''up'' and her glasses ''on''. No makeover needed there.
* In ''Webcomic/TriquetraCats'', Rain Soricha in her adopted civilian life wore a pair of [[NerdGlasses thick spiral lensed Nerd Glasses]]. When she becomes a super powered magic user, she removes them to reveal big sparkly doe eyes, which takes everyone by shock.
-->'''Marigold:''' I fucking '''hate it''' in movies and TV shows where they have the nerdy weirdo girl and all they have to do is comb her hair and put on some makeup and all of a sudden she's '''so beautiful how did we ever not notice before'''. That's not how it '''works''' in real life. It's '''bullshit'''.
** And, ironically, played straight with ''Marigold herself''. Her appearance issues mostly stem from bad hygiene and grooming and [[IAmNotPretty even worse self-esteem]]. When she does clean herself up, ''everyone'' is impressed.
* Shaenon Garrity does it straight (more or less) in ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' in the ''Tin Soldier'' story arc, when dumpy little Marcie of the Department of Irradiation gets a makeover from Tip Wilkins. Her glasses get changed to better glasses, her hair stays up in a perm, but the rest of the trope plays out precisely, including everyone suddenly seeing her as sexy. On the other hand, Dr. Lee already looks extremely sexy with her hair ''up'' and her glasses ''on''. No makeover needed there.
* In ''Webcomic/TriquetraCats'', Rain Soricha in her adopted civilian life wore a pair of [[NerdGlasses thick spiral lensed Nerd Glasses]]. When she becomes a super powered magic user, she removes them to reveal big sparkly doe eyes, which takes everyone by shock.
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%%* Guineas, from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is a rare male example.
%%* Lampshaded in [[http://www.pvponline.com/comic/2001/08/12/sun-aug-12 this]] ''Webcomic/PvP'' strip.
* In ''Triquetra Cats'', Rain Soricha in her adopted civilian life wore a pair of [[NerdGlasses thick spiral lensed Nerd Glasses]]. When she becomes a super powered magic user, she removes them to reveal big sparkly doe eyes, which takes everyone by shock.
* Shaenon Garrity does it straight (more or less) in ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' in the ''Tin Soldier'' story arc, when dumpy little Marcie of the Department of Irradiation gets a makeover from Tip Wilkins. Her glasses get changed to better glasses, her hair stays up in a perm, but the rest of the trope plays out precisely, including everyone suddenly seeing her as sexy. On the other hand, Dr. Lee already looks extremely sexy with her hair ''up'' and her glasses ''on''. No makeover needed there.
* Discussed in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1880 this]] ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' strip:
-->'''Marigold:''' I fucking '''hate it''' in movies and TV shows where they have the nerdy weirdo girl and all they have to do is comb her hair and put on some makeup and all of a sudden she's '''so beautiful how did we ever not notice before'''. That's not how it '''works''' in real life. It's '''bullshit'''.
** And, ironically, played straight with ''Marigold herself''. Her appearance issues mostly stem from bad hygiene and grooming and [[IAmNotPretty even worse self-esteem]]. When she does clean herself up, ''everyone'' is impressed.
* Subverted in [[https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/4782084/ this]] page of ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate''.
%%* Lampshaded in [[http://www.pvponline.com/comic/2001/08/12/sun-aug-12 this]] ''Webcomic/PvP'' strip.
* In ''Triquetra Cats'', Rain Soricha in her adopted civilian life wore a pair of [[NerdGlasses thick spiral lensed Nerd Glasses]]. When she becomes a super powered magic user, she removes them to reveal big sparkly doe eyes, which takes everyone by shock.
* Shaenon Garrity does it straight (more or less) in ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' in the ''Tin Soldier'' story arc, when dumpy little Marcie of the Department of Irradiation gets a makeover from Tip Wilkins. Her glasses get changed to better glasses, her hair stays up in a perm, but the rest of the trope plays out precisely, including everyone suddenly seeing her as sexy. On the other hand, Dr. Lee already looks extremely sexy with her hair ''up'' and her glasses ''on''. No makeover needed there.
* Discussed in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1880 this]] ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' strip:
-->'''Marigold:''' I fucking '''hate it''' in movies and TV shows where they have the nerdy weirdo girl and all they have to do is comb her hair and put on some makeup and all of a sudden she's '''so beautiful how did we ever not notice before'''. That's not how it '''works''' in real life. It's '''bullshit'''.
** And, ironically, played straight with ''Marigold herself''. Her appearance issues mostly stem from bad hygiene and grooming and [[IAmNotPretty even worse self-esteem]]. When she does clean herself up, ''everyone'' is impressed.
* Subverted in [[https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/4782084/ this]] page of ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate''.
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%%* Lampshaded in [[http://www.pvponline.com/comic/2001/08/12/sun-aug-12 this]] ''Webcomic/PvP'' strip.
* In ''Triquetra Cats'', Rain Soricha in her adopted civilian life wore a pair of [[NerdGlasses thick spiral lensed Nerd Glasses]]. When she becomes a super powered magic user, she removes them to reveal big sparkly doe eyes, which takes everyone by shock.
* Shaenon Garrity does it straight (more or less) in ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' in the ''Tin Soldier'' story arc, when dumpy little Marcie of the Department of Irradiation gets a makeover from Tip Wilkins. Her glasses get changed to better glasses, her hair stays up in a perm, but the rest of the trope plays out precisely, including everyone suddenly seeing her as sexy. On the other hand, Dr. Lee already looks extremely sexy with her hair ''up'' and her glasses ''on''. No makeover needed there.
* Discussed in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1880 this]] ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' strip:
-->'''Marigold:''' I fucking '''hate it''' in movies and TV shows where they have the nerdy weirdo girl and all they have to do is comb her hair and put on some makeup and all of a sudden she's '''so beautiful how did we ever not notice before'''. That's not how it '''works''' in real life. It's '''bullshit'''.
** And, ironically, played straight with ''Marigold herself''. Her appearance issues mostly stem from bad hygiene and grooming and [[IAmNotPretty even worse self-esteem]]. When she does clean herself up, ''everyone'' is impressed.
* Subverted in [[https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/4782084/ this]] page of ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate''.
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* The hentai manga ''[[WereSlut Were-Slut]]'' combines this trope with ClarkKenting (and, perhaps, a more subtle form of lycanthropy). After main character Kimiko swallows the Beauty Stone, she becomes so beautiful that she gets flak from her teachers about wearing make-up and has to hide her gorgeous looks behind her usual nerd-glasses. This also keeps people from realizing that she's the Were-Slut, a side-effect of the expired Beauty Stone that... well, it's hentai, so it should be obvious by now. Also subverted by the fact that the boy she took the Beauty Stone to seduce was already in love with her and she only needed to have more confidence in herself (or just be blindly in heat) to make him her boyfriend.
* In ''Kodomo no Jikan'', we have Shirai, much to the shock of her co-workers.
* Subverted in the Hideshi Hino manga ''Skin and Bone''. The main character goes from obese to skinny, but still retains the same {{Gonk}} face.
* The hentai manga ''[[WereSlut Were-Slut]]'' combines this trope with ClarkKenting (and, perhaps, a more subtle form of lycanthropy). After main character Kimiko swallows the Beauty Stone, she becomes so beautiful that she gets flak from her teachers about wearing make-up and has to hide her gorgeous looks behind her usual nerd-glasses. This also keeps people from realizing that she's the Were-Slut, a side-effect of the expired Beauty Stone that... well, it's hentai, so it should be obvious by now. Also subverted by the fact that the boy she took the Beauty Stone to seduce was already in love with her and she only needed to have more confidence in herself (or just be blindly in heat) to make him her boyfriend.
* In ''Kodomo no Jikan'', we have Shirai, much to the shock of her co-workers.
* Subverted in the Hideshi Hino manga ''Skin and Bone''. The main character goes from obese to skinny, but still retains the same {{Gonk}} face.
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* The hentai manga ''[[WereSlut Were-Slut]]'' combines this trope with ClarkKenting (and, perhaps, a more subtle form of lycanthropy). After main character Kimiko swallows the Beauty Stone, she becomes so beautiful that she gets flak from her teachers about wearing make-up and has to hide her gorgeous looks behind her usual nerd-glasses. This also keeps people from realizing that she's the Were-Slut, a side-effect of the expired Beauty Stone that... well, it's hentai, so it should be obvious by now. Also subverted by the fact that the boy she took the Beauty Stone to seduce was already in love with her and she only needed to have more confidence in herself (or just be blindly in heat) to make him her boyfriend.
* In ''Kodomo no Jikan'', we have Shirai, much to the shock of her co-workers.
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* The hentai manga ''[[WereSlut Were-Slut]]'' combines this trope with ClarkKenting (and, perhaps, a more subtle form of lycanthropy). After main character Kimiko swallows the Beauty Stone, she becomes so beautiful that she gets flak from her teachers about wearing make-up and has to hide her gorgeous looks behind her usual nerd-glasses. This also keeps people from realizing that she's the Were-Slut, a side-effect of the expired Beauty Stone that... well, it's hentai, so it should be obvious by now. Also subverted by the fact that the boy she took the Beauty Stone to seduce was already in love with her and she only needed to have more confidence in herself (or just be blindly in heat) to make him her boyfriend.
* In ''Kodomo no Jikan'', we have Shirai, much to the shock of her co-workers.
* Subverted in the Hideshi Hino manga ''Skin and Bone''. The main character goes from obese to skinny, but still retains the same {{Gonk}} face.
* Kaede of ''[[Manga/ShinozakisanKiWoOtaShikaNi Don't Become an Otaku, Shinozaki-san!]]'' is a bespectacled otaku, so it's quite a shock to Akina when she sees how pretty Kaede is when the glasses come off.
* In ''Kodomo no Jikan'', we have Shirai, much to the shock of her co-workers.
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* Kaede of ''[[Manga/ShinozakisanKiWoOtaShikaNi Don't Become an Otaku, Shinozaki-san!]]'' is a bespectacled otaku, so it's quite a shock to Akina when she sees how pretty Kaede is when the glasses come off.
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* Likewise, in ''Manga/StrawberryOneHundredPercent'', Toujou Aya becomes better looking by letting her bangs down, and beautiful by taking off her glasses and unbraiding her hair.
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* In ''Manga/StrawberryOneHundredPercent'', Toujou Aya becomes better looking by letting her bangs down, and beautiful by taking off her glasses and unbraiding her hair.
* In ''Manga/StrawberryOneHundredPercent'', Toujou Aya becomes better looking by letting her bangs down, and beautiful by taking off her glasses and unbraiding her hair.
* The hentai manga ''[[Manga/WereSlut Were-Slut]]'' combines this trope with ClarkKenting (and, perhaps, a more subtle form of lycanthropy). After main character Kimiko swallows the Beauty Stone, she becomes so beautiful that she gets flak from her teachers about wearing make-up and has to hide her gorgeous looks behind her usual nerd-glasses. This also keeps people from realizing that she's the Were-Slut, a side-effect of the expired Beauty Stone that... well, it's hentai, so it should be obvious by now. Also subverted by the fact that the boy she took the Beauty Stone to seduce was already in love with her and she only needed to have more confidence in herself (or just be blindly in heat) to make him her boyfriend.
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* Parodied in ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'', when a "modernised" version of this trope (in a ShowWithinAShow that's now shown) involves a woman taking off her contact lenses to be revealed as beautiful.
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* Parodied in ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'', when a "modernised" version of this trope (in a ShowWithinAShow that's now shown) involves a woman taking off her contact lenses to be revealed as beautiful.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': In her Linda Lee Danvers/[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Linda Lang]]/[[ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth Kara Danvers]] SecretIdentity, Kara dyes and braids her hair and wears glasses in order to look like an inconspicuous, average, geeky brunette instead of a stunningly beautiful blonde with an athletic build.
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': When Pepper Potts first appeared, she had freckles and looked like a teenager. Several issues later, she "got a makeover" and became the more better-known version of the character (in terms of looks).
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': When Pepper Potts first appeared, she had freckles and looked like a teenager. Several issues later, she "got a makeover" and became the more better-known version of the character (in terms of looks).
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': When Pepper Potts first appeared, she had freckles and looked like a teenager. Several issues later, she "got a makeover" and became the more better-known version of the character (in terms of looks).
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': In her Linda Lee Danvers/[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Linda Lang]]/[[ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth Kara Danvers]] SecretIdentity, Kara dyes and braids her hair and wears glasses in order to look like an inconspicuous, average, geeky brunette instead of a stunningly beautiful blonde with an athletic build.
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* Parodied in ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'', when a "modernised" version of this trope (in a ShowWithinAShow that's now shown) involves a woman taking off her contact lenses to be revealed as beautiful.
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* Parodied in ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'', when a "modernised" version of this trope (in a ShowWithinAShow that's now shown) involves a woman taking off her contact lenses to be revealed as beautiful.
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* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': Justified with Rei, whose [[UncannyValleyGirl abnormally still body-language and lack of affect]] were down to the tranquilisers Gendo cajoled Ritsuko into prescribing so that she'd be more biddable. Once she's off those, and even before her SignificantWardrobeShift, Asuka notices the difference and realises to her surprise that "Wondergirl" is actually ''cute''. And then a bit later on she [[SheCleansUpNicely tries on a party dress that flatters both her complexion and her figure]], and shoots past "cute" all the way to [[ClosetKey "made Asuka realise she was bisexual"]].
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* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': Justified with Rei, whose [[UncannyValleyGirl abnormally still body-language and lack of affect]] were down to the tranquilisers Gendo cajoled Ritsuko into prescribing so that she'd be more biddable. Once she's off those, and even before her SignificantWardrobeShift, Asuka notices the difference and realises to her surprise that "Wondergirl" is actually ''cute''. And then a bit later on she [[SheCleansUpNicely tries on a party dress that flatters both her complexion and her figure]], and shoots past "cute" all the way to [[ClosetKey "made Asuka realise she was bisexual"]].
* In ''Fanfic/OffTheLine'', when Vincent was a boss mob, his head was circled with jagged horns and had claw-like hands with leathery wings. He was a Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette with visible veins on his skin with his hair covering his face, giving him a very demonic appearance. When he's changed into a pet mob, he loses the horns, the claws and the veins and gets some color in his skin. He's noted to be very good-looking.
* In ''Fanfic/OffTheLine'', when Vincent was a boss mob, his head was circled with jagged horns and had claw-like hands with leathery wings. He was a Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette with visible veins on his skin with his hair covering his face, giving him a very demonic appearance. When he's changed into a pet mob, he loses the horns, the claws and the veins and gets some color in his skin. He's noted to be very good-looking.
* In ''Fanfic/OffTheLine'', when Vincent was a boss mob, his head was circled with jagged horns and had claw-like hands with leathery wings. He was a Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette with visible veins on his skin with his hair covering his face, giving him a very demonic appearance. When he's changed into a pet mob, he loses the horns, the claws and the veins and gets some color in his skin. He's noted to be very good-looking.
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* Creator/ElizabethMontgomery, of all people, pulls this in ''When The Circus Came To Town''. Dull, colorless Mary hasn't had much of a life, living in a small town caring for her mother, so when Mom dies Mary decides to join the circus. Having spent the film learning to overcome lifelong inhibitions, she literally unpins her hair at the end. It's supposed to be an affirmation of freedom, but owing to Elizabeth's expression it comes off more like Instant Sexpot.
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* Creator/ElizabethMontgomery, of all people, pulls this in ''When The Circus Came To Town''. Dull, colorless Mary hasn't had much of a life, living in a small town caring for All Creator/JenniferGrey has to do is take off her mother, so when Mom dies Mary decides mousy cardigan and put on some lipstick to join the circus. Having spent the film learning to overcome lifelong inhibitions, she literally unpins her hair at the end. It's supposed to be an affirmation of freedom, but owing to Elizabeth's expression it comes off more like Instant Sexpot.become a sex kitten in ''Film/DirtyDancing''.
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* ''Series/FatherBrown'': In "[[Recap/FatherBrownS2E10 The Laws of Motion]]", Phyllis's bookish look transforms when she does the classic TheGlassesGottaGo and LettingHerHairDown to become a sultry sex kitten for Walter.
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** ''Literature/ElectricForest'' and in ''Literature/TheSilverMetalLover'', where the girl's controlling mother has been giving her ''drugs'' to make her unattractive.
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** In ''Literature/ElectricForest'' a homely, deformed woman is offered a chance to exist in a beautiful body, with the understanding that she will care for her old body in stasis, and in do whatever her benefactor says. Things proceed something like Creator/JamesTiptreeJr's "The Girl Who Was Plugged In", only to find that [[spoiler:the beautiful body was her actual, original one. She'd been transferred to the ugly one earlier and mind-controlled to believe it was the real her for an government experiment. It gets even weirder!]]
** In ''Literature/TheSilverMetalLover'',where the girl's controlling mother has been giving her ''drugs'' to make her unattractive.unattractive. When she stops taking them, her natural appearance is just about what you'd think.
** In ''Literature/TheSilverMetalLover'',
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* Subverted in ''Film/{{Legend 1985}}'' for many fans, who consider Mia Sara more attractive as [[EvilIsSexy "Dark Lili"]] than "Princess Lili". The fact her EvilCostumeSwitch gets a NavelDeepNeckline certainly didn't hurt.)
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* Subverted in ''Film/{{Legend 1985}}'' for many fans, who [[SexyVillainsChasteHeroes consider Mia Sara more attractive as [[EvilIsSexy "Dark Lili"]] Lili" than "Princess Lili". Lili"]]. The fact her EvilCostumeSwitch is [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains skimpier]] and gets a NavelDeepNeckline certainly didn't hurt.)
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* ''Literature/TheSagaOfTuck'' characters spend an awful lot of time trying to convince [[spoiler:Jill]] that she looks pretty in a dress and make-up. Several characters later sign up for the cosmetology vocation course simply to work the "magic" out for themselves.
* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': {{Discussed|Trope}} in [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/content_page/9/372-the-big-idea The Big Idea]] with Delta Spike:
--> Harlan had a brief flash of déjà vu, looking at Delta Spike. Then he realized that she was the picture of a Hollywood ‘Girl Scientist’, the one who’s supposed to be a drab little geek, but you know that the second that she takes off her glasses and lets her hair down, she’s absolutely gorgeous. Delta Spike had long glossy black hair that was tied up in a style that really didn’t suit her. She wore a pair of thick clunky-looking black frame glasses that couldn’t have done a better job of disguising her classic features if she’d designed them for just that task. Still, she smiled prettily enough.
--> Harlan had a brief flash of déjà vu, looking at Delta Spike. Then he realized that she was the picture of a Hollywood ‘Girl Scientist’, the one who’s supposed to be a drab little geek, but you know that the second that she takes off her glasses and lets her hair down, she’s absolutely gorgeous. Delta Spike had long glossy black hair that was tied up in a style that really didn’t suit her. She wore a pair of thick clunky-looking black frame glasses that couldn’t have done a better job of disguising her classic features if she’d designed them for just that task. Still, she smiled prettily enough.
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* Played straighter by WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, who hated how he looked as a kid and young teenager, but now is relieved to be a PrettyBoy adult who gets a lot of attention (whether it's creepy/rapey or the nice kind).
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* Parodied (in a ShoutOut to ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'') by Creator/TeamStarKid in ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick'': Joey takes off Sally's glasses and quickly decides that she's more attractive with them on.
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* ''Literature/TheSagaOfTuck'' characters spend an awful lot of time trying to convince [[spoiler:Jill]] that she looks pretty in a dress and make-up. Several characters later sign up for the cosmetology vocation course simply to work the "magic" out for themselves.
* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': {{Discussed|Trope}} in [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/content_page/9/372-the-big-idea The Big Idea]] with Delta Spike:
--> Harlan had a brief flash of déjà vu, looking at Delta Spike. Then he realized that she was the picture of a Hollywood ‘Girl Scientist’, the one who’s supposed to be a drab little geek, but you know that the second that she takes off her glasses and lets her hair down, she’s absolutely gorgeous. Delta Spike had long glossy black hair that was tied up in a style that really didn’t suit her. She wore a pair of thick clunky-looking black frame glasses that couldn’t have done a better job of disguising her classic features if she’d designed them for just that task. Still, she smiled prettily enough.
* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': {{Discussed|Trope}} in [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/content_page/9/372-the-big-idea The Big Idea]] with Delta Spike:
--> Harlan had a brief flash of déjà vu, looking at Delta Spike. Then he realized that she was the picture of a Hollywood ‘Girl Scientist’, the one who’s supposed to be a drab little geek, but you know that the second that she takes off her glasses and lets her hair down, she’s absolutely gorgeous. Delta Spike had long glossy black hair that was tied up in a style that really didn’t suit her. She wore a pair of thick clunky-looking black frame glasses that couldn’t have done a better job of disguising her classic features if she’d designed them for just that task. Still, she smiled prettily enough.
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* ''Literature/TheSagaOfTuck'' characters spend an awful lot of time trying to convince [[spoiler:Jill]] that she looks pretty in Played straighter by WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, who hated how he looked as a dress kid and make-up. Several characters later sign up for the cosmetology vocation course simply to work the "magic" out for themselves.
* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': {{Discussed|Trope}} in [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/content_page/9/372-the-big-idea The Big Idea]] with Delta Spike:
--> Harlan had a brief flash of déjà vu, looking at Delta Spike. Then he realized that she was the picture of a Hollywood ‘Girl Scientist’, the one who’s supposedyoung teenager, but now is relieved to be a drab little geek, but you know that PrettyBoy adult who gets a lot of attention (whether it's creepy/rapey or the second that she takes off her glasses and lets her hair down, she’s absolutely gorgeous. Delta Spike had long glossy black hair that was tied up in a style that really didn’t suit her. She wore a pair of thick clunky-looking black frame glasses that couldn’t have done a better job of disguising her classic features if she’d designed them for just that task. Still, she smiled prettily enough.nice kind).
* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': {{Discussed|Trope}} in [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/content_page/9/372-the-big-idea The Big Idea]] with Delta Spike:
--> Harlan had a brief flash of déjà vu, looking at Delta Spike. Then he realized that she was the picture of a Hollywood ‘Girl Scientist’, the one who’s supposed
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* Series/Zoey101 deconstructs this in "Quinn Misses The Mark". After Quinn learns her long-term boyfriend Mark dumped her for a pretty girl named Brooke, she [[BeAWhoreToGetYourMan glams herself up in an effort to win him back]]. Quinn immediately becomes a head-turning beauty among other students who are asking her out the moment they lay eyes on her. While Quinn enjoys the attention, Zoey and Lola [[TrueCompanions tell these new suitors to buzz off since they know they wouldn't have given her a second look before the makeover and tell her to go back to her old self]]. Her plan tragically fails when Mark hates what she did and tells her he dumped her because he and Brooke have more in common, causing Quinn to break down knowing it's really over for good. Logan, of all people, is the one who snaps her out of it giving her a JustTheWayYouAre speech despite the fact she looks like the girl she usually dates.
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* Series/Zoey101 deconstructs this in "Quinn Misses The Mark". After Quinn learns her long-term boyfriend Mark dumped her for a pretty girl named Brooke, she [[BeAWhoreToGetYourMan glams herself up in an effort to win him back]]. Quinn immediately becomes a head-turning beauty among other students who are asking her out from the moment they lay eyes on her. While Quinn enjoys the attention, Zoey and Lola [[TrueCompanions tell these new suitors to buzz off since they know they wouldn't have given her a second look before the makeover and tell her to go back to her old self]]. Her plan tragically fails when Mark hates what she did and tells her he dumped her because he and Brooke have more in common, causing Quinn to break down knowing it's really over for good. Logan, of all people, is the one who snaps her out of it giving her a JustTheWayYouAre speech despite the fact she looks like the girl she usually dates.
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* Series/Zoey101 deconstructs this in "Quinn Misses The Mark". After Quinn learns her long-term boyfriend Mark dumped her for a pretty girl named Brooke, she [[BeAWhoreToGetYourMan glams herself up in an effort to win him back]]. Quinn immediately becomes a head-turning beauty among other students who are asking her out the moment they lay eyes on her. While Quinn enjoys the attention, Zoey and Lola [[TrueCompanions tell these new suitors to buzz off since they know they wouldn't have given her a second look before the makeover and tell her to go back to her old self]]. Her plan tragically fails when Mark hates what she did and tells her he dumped her because he and Brooke have more in common, causing Quinn to break down knowing it's really over for good. Logan, of all people, is the one who snaps her out of it giving her a JustTheWayYouAre speech despite the fact she looks like the girl she usually dates.
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* Played with fairly mercilessly in an episode of ''Anime/RamenFighterMiki'' where our heroine meets a scary teacher who looks like a StringyHairedGhostGirl. Even her attempts to look friendlier just make her scarier. However, she has the ability to become quite attractive and give off an extremely friendly vibe, ''but apparently only while she's eating ramen''.
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* Played with fairly mercilessly in an episode of ''Anime/RamenFighterMiki'' the ''Manga/RamenFighterMiki'' anime where our heroine meets a scary teacher who looks like a StringyHairedGhostGirl. Even her attempts to look friendlier just make her scarier. However, she has the ability to become quite attractive and give off an extremely friendly vibe, ''but apparently only while she's eating ramen''.
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* This is actually done twice with Willow in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': although she neither wears glasses nor her hair in a bun, this is done by changing her out of her overalls-'n-jumpers outfits she wore through the first three seasons; in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E5Homecoming Homecoming]]", she looks gorgeous in her formal gown and in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E16Doppelgangland Doppelgangland]]", she astonishes the boys when she puts on Vamp Willow's sexy black leather outfit. Examining her chest, she says "Oh. Look at these." And do they ever!
** Thrice, actually. The first time was in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E6Halloween Halloween]]". Buffy convinces Willow to dress a little more racily for Halloween and Willow proceeds to put her hair up, apply a bit of make-up and wear a midriff top with black mini skirt and boots. She eventually feels too self-conscious and goes out wearing a BedsheetGhost costume over the outfit. At the end she tosses the costume away and walks more confidently in the original outfit just as her future boyfriend Oz drives by and notices her.
** Thrice, actually. The first time was in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E6Halloween Halloween]]". Buffy convinces Willow to dress a little more racily for Halloween and Willow proceeds to put her hair up, apply a bit of make-up and wear a midriff top with black mini skirt and boots. She eventually feels too self-conscious and goes out wearing a BedsheetGhost costume over the outfit. At the end she tosses the costume away and walks more confidently in the original outfit just as her future boyfriend Oz drives by and notices her.
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** As Willowin ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': although she neither wears glasses nor her hair in a bun, this is done by changing her out of her overalls-'n-jumpers outfits she wore through the first three seasons; in seasons. In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E5Homecoming Homecoming]]", she looks gorgeous in her formal gown and in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E16Doppelgangland Doppelgangland]]", she astonishes the boys when she puts on Vamp Willow's [[AlternateSelf Vampire Willow]]'s [[OfCorsetsSexy sexy black leather outfit.outfit]]. Examining her chest, she says "Oh. Look at these." And do they ever!
**Thrice, actually. The first time was in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E6Halloween Halloween]]". Buffy convinces Willow to dress a little more racily for Halloween and Willow proceeds to put her hair up, apply a bit of make-up and wear a midriff top with black mini skirt and boots. She eventually feels too self-conscious and goes out wearing a BedsheetGhost costume over the outfit. At the end she tosses the costume away and walks more confidently in the original outfit just as her future boyfriend Oz drives by and notices her.
** As Willow
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*** And of course it's played with in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E20GoFish Go Fish]]" with Buffy herself, who confronts Angelus while drawing out the small stake she was holding her hair bun in place with, letting her hair fall in the process. Angelus immediately mocks the trope, saying "Why, Ms. Summers! You're ''beautiful''!"
*** This trope could also be applied to Xander in "Go Fish". He spends the majority of the series in rather unflattering clothes, and goes undercover ("Not under much," as Buffy says) on the swim team, and Cordelia, Buffy, and Willow [[EatingTheEyeCandy are rather stunned to find out that Xander has a good body when in a Speedo]].
*** This trope could also be applied to Xander in "Go Fish". He spends the majority of the series in rather unflattering clothes, and goes undercover ("Not under much," as Buffy says) on the swim team, and Cordelia, Buffy, and Willow [[EatingTheEyeCandy are rather stunned to find out that Xander has a good body when in a Speedo]].
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** The trope is lampshaded in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E20GoFish Go Fish]]" with Buffy herself, who confronts Angelus while drawing out the small stake she was holding her hair bun in place with, letting her hair fall in the process. Angelus immediately mocks the trope, saying "Why, Ms. Summers! You're ''beautiful''!"
*** This trope could also be applied to Xander in "Go Fish". He spends the majority of the series in rather unflattering clothes, and goes undercover ("Not under much," as Buffy says) on the swim team. Cordelia, Buffy, and Willow [[EatingTheEyeCandy are rather stunned to find out that Xander has a good body when in a Speedo]].
*** This trope could also be applied to Xander in "Go Fish". He spends the majority of the series in rather unflattering clothes, and goes undercover ("Not under much," as Buffy says) on the swim team. Cordelia, Buffy, and Willow [[EatingTheEyeCandy are rather stunned to find out that Xander has a good body when in a Speedo]].
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* In ''VisualNovel/DramaticalMurder'', Clear wears a full-face gas mask at all times because his father told him that his face would be too disturbing for people to look at. In his route, Aoba persuades him to finally take the mask off, and... you guessed it, the only thing about Clear's face that disturbs him is how [[{{Bishonen}} distractingly pretty]] it is. [[spoiler:The real reason his "father" had him wear the mask was to prevent him from being recognized as an android, as he looks identical to his evil android "brothers" who work for the BigBad.]]
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* In ''VisualNovel/DramaticalMurder'', Clear wears a full-face gas mask at all times because his father told him that his face would be too disturbing for people to look at. In his route, Aoba persuades him to finally take the mask off, and... you guessed it, the only thing about Clear's face that disturbs him is how [[{{Bishonen}} [[PrettyBoy distractingly pretty]] it is. [[spoiler:The real reason his "father" had him wear the mask was to prevent him from being recognized as an android, as he looks identical to his evil android "brothers" who work for the BigBad.]]
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* Gerard from ''Webcomic/WeakHero'' is a male inversion. In the present day he sports an unflattering green bob that [[EyesOutOfSight covers his eyes]] and gets him nicknamed variations of Broccoli Head. A flashback then reveals that, just a year prior, he was a gorgeous {{bishonen}} with a "bad boy" fashion style (slicked-back hair, studded ears, and a leather jacket) that made him a major ChickMagnet. Then he hit the DespairEventHorizon, part of which caused him to receive nasty scarring above his eye, and he changed his look entirely to distance himself from his old persona and ensure he stood out as little as possible.
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* Gerard from ''Webcomic/WeakHero'' is a male inversion. In the present day he sports an unflattering green bob that [[EyesOutOfSight covers his eyes]] and gets him nicknamed variations of Broccoli Head. A flashback then reveals that, just a year prior, he was a gorgeous {{bishonen}} PrettyBoy with a "bad boy" fashion style (slicked-back hair, studded ears, and a leather jacket) that made him a major ChickMagnet. Then he hit the DespairEventHorizon, part of which caused him to receive nasty scarring above his eye, and he changed his look entirely to distance himself from his old persona and ensure he stood out as little as possible.
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* ''WebAnimation/AttackOnMika'':
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogIjS7RAlYI I was left behind by my family, but a handsome gang leader saved me?!]]'': The messy-haired Ai Sonozaki gets a makeover from Taketora's beautician friend and is revealed that she's pretty.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD_mkXkL8ko She was hiding her true self... But what was she really hiding from?]]'': After being shoved into the pool by [[AlphaBitch Rikan]] and her friend, the shy, freckle-faced Kana Takagi emerges as a beautiful girl, much to both bullies' confusion. Turns out [[spoiler:she used makeup to hide it under a "plain girl" facade.]]
** ''[[https://youtu.be/F3YlFR2_23k My classmate looked down on me because I was a middle school graduate..]]'' [sic]: When Taizou left Tomoya and Nagisa behind after [[JerkJock Taizou]] set him up a blind group date and both went to an izakaya for some drinks, Nagisa revealed her pretty face when she took off her glasses and face mask. The reason Nagisa wears them is that [[spoiler:she was tired of so many guys asking her out because of her looks.]]
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBh3RCPlkL8 They excluded me from the after party for being fat and smelly, so...]]'': Daichi was mocked by Taizou, Aira, and Ririna for being a fat introvert at a match-making party. They were no kinder to Lui who is plain-looking and wears glasses. Later, it was revealed that the looks were a façade and took off their glasses. Daichi was muscular, and Lui looked beautiful without their fake looks. Ririna and Aira tried to get together with Daichi but he rejects them in favor of Lui.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogIjS7RAlYI I was left behind by my family, but a handsome gang leader saved me?!]]'': The messy-haired Ai Sonozaki gets a makeover from Taketora's beautician friend and is revealed that she's pretty.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD_mkXkL8ko She was hiding her true self... But what was she really hiding from?]]'': After being shoved into the pool by [[AlphaBitch Rikan]] and her friend, the shy, freckle-faced Kana Takagi emerges as a beautiful girl, much to both bullies' confusion. Turns out [[spoiler:she used makeup to hide it under a "plain girl" facade.]]
** ''[[https://youtu.be/F3YlFR2_23k My classmate looked down on me because I was a middle school graduate..]]'' [sic]: When Taizou left Tomoya and Nagisa behind after [[JerkJock Taizou]] set him up a blind group date and both went to an izakaya for some drinks, Nagisa revealed her pretty face when she took off her glasses and face mask. The reason Nagisa wears them is that [[spoiler:she was tired of so many guys asking her out because of her looks.]]
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBh3RCPlkL8 They excluded me from the after party for being fat and smelly, so...]]'': Daichi was mocked by Taizou, Aira, and Ririna for being a fat introvert at a match-making party. They were no kinder to Lui who is plain-looking and wears glasses. Later, it was revealed that the looks were a façade and took off their glasses. Daichi was muscular, and Lui looked beautiful without their fake looks. Ririna and Aira tried to get together with Daichi but he rejects them in favor of Lui.
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* ''WebAnimation/MangaSoprano'': In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHA8jZaxXgM High school girls who fool around with makeup look down on beautiful women with no makeup]]'', Mina shoves Kanade into the pool because Alto dumped the former in favor of the latter. When Kanade emerges from the pool, she's revealed to be pretty.
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* Avoided in ''Film/{{Hairspray}}''. Tracy Turnblad is short and overweight and her make-over can only do so much. Then again, she became popular before the make-over, which is more of a perk of already being popular, by winning the crowd over due to her upbeat attitude and dance ability rather than looks. The love interest, Link Larkin, likes her because she makes him grow as a person, and because he's narcissistic enough to be beautiful enough for both of them. Tracy's mother, Edna Turnblad, is traditionally played by a man, compounding the problems. Her husband, however, doesn't even notice the make-over, as he is in love with her no matter what (and he's as thick as a 1960's bomb shelter door when it comes to noticing things).
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* Avoided in ''Film/{{Hairspray}}''.''Theatre/{{Hairspray}}''. Tracy Turnblad is short and overweight and her make-over can only do so much. Then again, she became popular before the make-over, which is more of a perk of already being popular, by winning the crowd over due to her upbeat attitude and dance ability rather than looks. The love interest, Link Larkin, likes her because she makes him grow as a person, and because he's narcissistic enough to be beautiful enough for both of them. Tracy's mother, Edna Turnblad, is traditionally played by a man, compounding the problems. Her husband, however, doesn't even notice the make-over, as he is in love with her no matter what (and he's as thick as a 1960's bomb shelter door when it comes to noticing things).
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* For about a quarter of the runtime of ''Some Freaks'', Jill is overweight and dressed in a deliberately off-putting semi-"punk rock" style (including piercings and green hair worn in an "undercut"). Partway through the film, she graduates high school and moves to college in California, where she loses 50 pounds, stops wearing her piercings, keeps her hair long and in her natural blonde color, and dresses more conventionally. She surprises her high school boyfriend with the changes, but he likes her better the old way - he keeps trying to tempt her off her diet, to the point of trying to trick her into eating some extremely fatty homemade mac and cheese, which leads to their breakup. It's also notable that even after her makeover, she's still considered heavy enough to be invited to a frat's "cattle call", a frat party where all attendees must invite a fat girl.
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-->'''Tommy:''' Can we make a rule that if it worked in a Freddie Prinze, Jr. movie, we can't do it real life?
-->'''Sue:''' What are you talking about?
-->'''Tommy:''' Some dumb chick-flick where he tries to turn this ugly girl into a prom queen, except she's really a supermodel and we're not supposed to notice because she's wearing glasses or something.
-->'''Sue:''' What are you talking about?
-->'''Tommy:''' Some dumb chick-flick where he tries to turn this ugly girl into a prom queen, except she's really a supermodel and we're not supposed to notice because she's wearing glasses or something.
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-->'''Tommy:''' Can we make a rule that if it worked in a Freddie Prinze, Jr. movie, we can't do it real life?
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'''Sue:''' What are you talkingabout?
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'''Tommy:''' Some dumb chick-flick where he tries to turn this ugly girl into a prom queen, except she's really a supermodel and we're not supposed to notice because she's wearing glasses or something.
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'''Sue:''' What are you talking
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