History Main / FreakyIsCool

* One reason why [[http://fanhistory.com/wiki/Wingfic wingfic]] doesn't really work as a set-up for a HurtComfortFic is that readers are liable to wonder why there's so much {{wangst}} involved in something so cool as [[CursedWithAwesome acquiring a pair of wings]].

* Disney Adventures magazine once ran a ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' one-shot comic about Lisa venturing under the school to discover {{mutant|s}} substitute teachers. The mutants loved to teach but were forced to hide underground ages ago because people were afraid of their hideous appearance. Lisa assures them things are different now... and the last page shows one of the mutants substituting for Mrs. Krabopple's class. Children cry out, jump, Bart shouts out "He's a mutant freak!"... and then they erupt into cheers, shouting how cool it is, and "Teach us everything you know, Freak-Man!" And the mutant smiles, shedding a [[TearsOfJoy happy tear]].

* Not only is Amanda Sefton in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' okay with the way Nightcrawler looks, his appearance is what made her pursue him in the first place. After all, chicks dig the fuzzy dude.

* The Doctor, from ''Series/DoctorWho''. They often react this way themself to the MonsterOfTheWeek and stands around cooing over it when they probably should be running.

* In the ''Series/{{House}}'' fanfic "Invasion of the Cuddy Snatchers" House finds out he was having sex with a shape-shifting alien who had taken on Cuddy's appearance (we never find out what it really looked like) -- and isn't upset about it in the least. He even says, "Cool."

* In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'', Lexi (a sentient book capable of separating his pages into a human form, and having just been made up into what is an {{expy}} of [[Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS Specter]]) is intrigued with [[ShrinkingViolet Chloe Cerise's]] love of the macabre and untapped talent in writing horror stories, something that Chloe has been trying to hide due to everyone she knows only wanting her to be into Pokémon.
** Back home, Chloe's little brother Parker also finds Chloe's writing to be amazing and even encouraged her to make ''more'' stories.
* In ''Fanfic/ManehattansLoneGuardian'', when Leviathan first meets Gray, it's while the former is a bipedal pile of sentient metal that's heavily damaged to the point her insides can be seen. Gray, being heavily into horror, is undeterred; the meeting makes her heart race, but nothing more. And Drama Heart, who runs a horror-centric theater, is straight-up excited.

* In the epilogue of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', [[spoiler:Raiden finally meets his son, who initially recoils upon seeing him. Raiden asks if he's scared, but the kid says he thinks Raiden's like a comic book superhero. Apparently he was watching (or told about) Raiden's [[Awesome/MetalGear big scenes.]]]] He even [[WeaponJr flourishes his toy katana like Raiden did in MGS2]].

* A city-wide phenomenon in the animated pilot for ''VideoGame/DefendersOfDynotronCity''. Dr. Mayhem invented the mutation-inducing Proto-Cola to terrify the populace... but everyone loves it, and the cool effects it has. The very first minutes show a [[JustForPun nuclear family]] where dad has four arms, mom has an eyeball for a head, and their kid has two heads, and they all think it's swell.

* Even though Zelgadis of ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' [[CursedWithAwesome hates having ugly skin due to his nature as a chimera]], Amelia thinks he's cool.

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* Disney Adventures magazine once ran a ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' one-shot comic about Lisa venturing under the school to discover {{mutant|s}} substitute teachers. The mutants loved to teach but were forced to hide underground ages ago because people were afraid of their hideous appearance. Lisa assures them things are different now... and the last page shows one of the mutants substituting for Mrs. Krabopple's class. Children cry out, jump, Bart shouts out "He's a mutant freak!"... and then they erupt into cheers, shouting how cool it is, and "Teach us everything you know, Freak-Man!" And the mutant smiles, shedding a [[TearsOfJoy happy tear]].

* In ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', Joey Wheeler assures Mako Tsunami "You're not a freaky fish guy, you're ''the'' freaky fish guy!"

* In ''Film/Hellboy2004'', where Hellboy hangs out with a little kid. It's a little less used in the [[Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy second one]], where Hellboy's some combo of urban legend come true, celebrity, and [[HumansAreBastards feared monster.]] [[RunningGag Who is also ugly]].

* The ''Literature/{{Fablehaven}}'' series has Raxtus, a tiny, [[strike:[[HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster gay]]]] fairylike dragon. Never accepted among his own species, he becomes a great ally for the humans, because he's one of the only ''friendly'' dragons in the whole series.
* [[spoiler:Michael]] from the ''Literature/KnightAndRogueSeries'' is so freaked out by the idea of humans using magic that when he gains the ability ''thinking about it'' can make him sick. Fisk is too logical, and to a degree, too fascinated, by the magic to think of it as anything other than a gift.

* In ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'', due to the events of the War the previous year and his very unique upbringing, Kanata thinks of himself as more monster than human and relates heavily to weird-looking, ugly deep-sea creatures. When he shows one to Kaoru in a management event, he claims not to like them but says that Souma does, and indeed Souma adores Kanata [[spoiler:even though he is the only member of the cast who truly believed he was a God and not human]] and is eternally grateful to him for 'teaching him the value of the ocean' no matter how weird it all is.

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. Where to start? Ah, right, from the first page.
** Attitudes toward the folk "with a predetermination towards etheric sciences" in the Court... vary. Anja hid from her crush the fact that she's a magic-user (not that being put in Chester house wasn't a telltale sign). Surma advised her to solve this problem by ignoring it. When a shrub-dog attacked them and Anja bounced it away with a "[[DeflectorShields purple bubble thing]]", Donald thought it was cool.
---> The author's comment: See, he's into it, Anja.
** Jack has finally figured out that he's got a crush on ''Zimmy'', of all people, a be-fanged and hollow-eyed girl who has no control over her ability to inflict reality-warping nightmares on other people (same nightmares she suffers constantly herself) and who acts like a massive jerk to absolutely everyone so they'll keep their distance for their own safety.
* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'': [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5490 In a flashback to how they met]], a pre-tainting Naal'suul finds Kiel'ndia EatingLunchAlone at school and, after learning about her "friends" ([[spoiler:which is [[BreakingTheFourthWall the readers]]]]), is amused and tells her she likes "weird". Kiel'ndia believes this is how they became friends, but Naal'suul reveals she saw Kiel'ndia as more of a jester back then; they didn't really become friends until Kiel'ndia [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe kept talking to her after her tainting, despite her growing emotionally distant and isolated from everyone]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', Beast Boy's reaction on first finding out that Cyborg is half-machine: "Cool!"
** In [[ComicBook/TeenTitans the comics]], Beast Boy himself was something of a TeenIdol, despite his green skin and hair. (In the comics, he originally lacked the [[ComicBook/XMen Nightcrawler]]-esque PointyEars and CuteLittleFangs -- [[RetCanon but they've been showing up in recent versions]].) He also starred in a TV series. Yeah, ''that'' Gar Logan.
** A scene in the comics, also replicated almost verbatim in the TV series, had Cyborg -- bummed because of his [[WhatHaveIBecome state]] -- get cheered up by running into a kid with a prosthetic hand who gushes that Cyborg's parts are much cooler because they're "all shiny and stuff"... and not, say, because he's a frikkin' ''superhero'' who ''saves the world''.
* Apparently, when Hak Foo goes through certain magical procedures that increase his powers in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', and doesn't care about the side effects. Noted when Jackie fought him after he became Daolon Wong's servant.
-->'''Jackie:''' Look at yourself, Hak Foo. You've become Daolon Wong's servant, his slave. Is this how you want to spend your life? As a freak?\\
'''Hak Foo:''' Yes.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' uses this trope quite a bit, most notably when Hudson befriends a blind man (though he later learns that the man figured out he wasn't human).
** Don't forget Elisa and Beth's conversation about Gargoylian(?) beauty, right after Beth first meets them. And possibly Derek's wards, the people who live in the sewer/tunnel systems.

* Sam in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''. She loves all things strange and unique, so she is immediately excited and drawn to Danny being half-ghost long before he eventually got around to accepting himself for his abnormality. She also got on his case when he temporarily gave up his powers and became normal again in the GrandFinale, though she was probably more disappointed that Danny gave up being a hero.
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''. Grim befriends a {{Goth}} lady who's enamoured with his macabre and misanthropic disposition. However, when he reveals himself as the GrimReaper, she freaks out and runs away screaming.
* WesternAnimation/KimPossible herself invokes this in the episode where Ron accidentally suggests the creation of a love ray. After seeing its effects he frets about the idea that Kim might have one.
** Heck, Kim even made it clear that she found Ron weird but liked him anyway when they first met in Pre-K.
* Not only is Amanda Sefton in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' okay with the way Nightcrawler looks, his appearance is what made her pursue him in the first place. After all, chicks dig the fuzzy dude.

* B'wana Beast, of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', has the power to make instant MixAndMatchCritters. Most characters look at his pigeonrats and spiderhorses and call him "[[DamnedByFaintPraise eccentric]]", except [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], who's a ten-year-old kid.
-->'''Captain Marvel:''' A kangaroo and a lizard?\\
'''B'wana Beast:''' Yep. \\
'''Captain Marvel:''' An earthworm and a rhinoceros?\\
'''B'wana Beast:''' Easy.\\
'''Captain Marvel:''' A dog and a... a slightly smaller dog?\\
'''B'wana Beast:''' Do you really have to ask?\\
'''Captain Marvel:''' Awesome!
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10''
** In the original series we had Kai, Ben's first crush. Deconstructed in that she was really only interested in him because of the freaky affliction he was experiencing in that episode, and rather bluntly tells him she's no longer interested after it wears off.
** In ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' and ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' [[LoveInterest Julie]] really seems to enjoy weird things from having a boyfriend who can turn into different aliens and a pet who can turn into literally anything, also finding enjoyment in the heroic activities, usually giving a grin when she's fighting with Ben or Ship.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Pinky Pie loves Discord's cotton candy clouds that rain chocolate milk, but Fluttershy is the only pony whom truly apprecciates Discord's chaotic magic and accepts him for what he is, much for his surprise. Spike and Big Mac eventually learn to enjoy his powers, too, when they realize how much lively Discord can make a simple RPG game.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': In "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E24StuntinOllyOllyOrganFree Olly Olly Organ Free]]", everyone loves Patrick's [[BodyHorror horrific, appliance-filled body]] because of the useful tools he has built in, like a hair dryer and a pencil sharpener. Cecil and Bunny even try eating furniture so they can look like him.

* A city-wide phenomenon in the animated pilot for ''VideoGame/DefendersOfDynotronCity''. Dr. Mayhem invented the mutation-inducing Proto-Cola to terrify the populace... but everyone loves it, and the cool effects it has. The very first minutes show a [[JustForPun nuclear family]] where dad has four arms, mom has an eyeball for a head, and their kid has two heads, and they all think it's swell.

* For all of her life, the title character from ''Manga/KotouraSan'' was ostracised by nearly everybody she knew, as a consequence of being a {{telepath|y}} who oftentimes had difficulty distinguishing between people's thoughts and their outward speech, and therefore had a tendency to [[InnocentlyInsensitive blurt out private information without realising it]]. She grew up friendless and was raised by her grandfather after her parents divorced each other and disowned her. It wasn't until she started high school when she encountered [[ChivalrousPervert Manabe]], who reached out to her in spite of everything, did she ever see any change in her circumstances. In fact, he quite enjoyed the fact that she could read his mind, as he liked to [[DirtyMindReading imagine her in sexually compromising positions]] [[TheGadfly solely to tease her]]. At one point, when a cold left rendered her unable to read minds at all, he found that it was no fun to fantasize about her ''unless'' she could see it.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'', a young man named Shinra is infatuated with a female [[HeadlessHorseman Dullahan]] that he and his father have been sheltering for the last twenty years. The fact that she's ''missing a head'' just makes her cuter in his eyes.

* Even though Zelgadis of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' [[CursedWithAwesome hates having ugly skin due to his nature as a chimera]], Amelia thinks he's cool.

* ''{{Series/Legion|2017}}'': In "Chapter 22", Charles Xavier asks Gabrielle if she thinks his telepathy is weird.