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* In ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy,'' Jakob was attacked by a magician and left with permanent black-and-gray bands on his skin as a result. He spent the next few years locked in his room. Bartimaeus barely notices the "hideous" bands and assumes they were intentional. Apparently men from Zimbabwe's Banja tribe will actually pay magicians to use that spell on them.

* Beast was also popular with women much of the time, especially during his stint with the [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers]]. There's just something about blue fur and CuteLittleFangs. [[NerdsAreSexy Brains don't hurt either]], plus he's a WalkingShirtlessScene.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Tieflings (demon-bloods), overlapping with FreakinessShame, have +1 Intelligence and Charisma (and -1 Strength and Wisdom) in AD&D 2. Example: [[{{Planescape}} factol]] Rhys of the Transcendent Order is goat-legged, but it's not like her portraits left everyone guessing why she has Charisma 18 (on a scale of 3-18 for humans). Especially one in ''The Factol's Manifesto'' -- looking best when in action is normal for Cyphers, and calling her "ActionGirl" would be an understatement.

** The way that he did it (taking her to a real zombie and demon bar in the underworld and then practically exploding in hellfire) was certainly convincing but I can't help but think that it would have ended better if he went a little slower with it.

* The cast of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''... they aren't easily freaked out, to the point where [[Film/{{Jumanji}} Goonmanji]] in "[[BSideComics Newspaper]]" [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth failed to impress them much]]. Especially Tedd. In-continuity he wasn't even surprised when his crush turned out to be a {{shapeshifter}} and commented on various [[ShapeShifterMashup hybrid forms]] she assumed later exclusively in FetishFuel terms. [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2008-08-21 His reaction]] when [[VitriolicBestBuds Susan]] demonstrated magic-related knowledge?

-->'''Ragdoll''': ''It just goes to show that sometimes the scars are on the inside, like with [[ComicBook/LexLuthor Luthor]] and that [[{{VandalSavage}} Vandal fellow]], and [[ComicBook/SecretSix my friends]], too. Which is much less fun and only half as sexy. I pity them, to man, if you must know. Better to be odd and whole than normal and broken, I always say. Rats. I sure hope I start to decompose soon!''

* In ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy,'' Jakob was attacked by a magician and left with permanent black-and-gray bands on his skin as a result. He spent the next few years locked in his room. Bartimaeus barely noticed the "hideous" bands and assumed they were intentional. Apparently the Banja people of Zimbabwe will pay magicians to use that spell on them.

* ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' does this with centaurs. In one {{anvilicious}} episode about prejudice, a maligned centaur travels into town and gets lots of hard glances even with Herc around... except for a bunch of little kids who think a guy with a horse for a butt is pretty awesome.

* In the JackieChanAdventures fic ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'', not only do we have the canon Hak Foo, but Jade, who LOVES how she looks creepy now, and likes her new powers a LOT.

* [[spoiler:Michael]] from the ''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 ''TheBartimaeusTrilogy,'' Jakob was attacked by a magician and left with permanent black-and-gray bands on his skin as a result. He spent the next few years locked in his room. Bartimaeus barely noticed the "hideous" bands and assumed they were intentional. Apparently the Banja people of Zimbabwe will pay magicians to use that spell on them.

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* This trope is the emotional crux of KimiNiTodoke: It's a pretty normal rendition of the story SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy...with one important change; the 'most popular guy,' Kazehaya, is a very [[NiceGuy compassionate boy]] who likes her quiet SugarAndIcePersonality and doesn't want to change her. (This, combined with good writing, is the reason the story is so heartwarming.)

* In the JackieChanAdventures fic ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'', not only do we have the canon Hak Foo, but Jade, who LOVES how she looks creepy know, and likes her new powers a LOT.

* A similiar case in another ''Fanfic/ProjectDarkJade'', fanfic Webwork where Jade positivley loves being [[spoiler: A humanoid spider demon]] since now she is super strong, fast, durable and has access to powerful magic. [[spoiler: Two of her three minions feel the same.]]

* In ''[[MahouSenseiNegima Negima]]'', "freakiness" is part of the reason [[spoiler:Setsuna]] never reveals that she's part demon and has wings. (Her wings are ''white'' instead of black like they're supposed to be, and she was cast out from her relatives as a result.) When she ''does'' reveal them for the first time with that admission, Asuna incredulously points out the obvious: the wings are ''cool'', and to humans she looks like an ''angel''.

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

** In a flashback in ''{{Slayers}}: Evolution-R'' it's shown how children who used to be friendly with Zelgadis now run away from him shouting "Monster!". These were the same children who were shown happily playing with wolf-man Dilgear and fish-man Noonsa without batting an eyelid. In this case, it's justified because Dilgear and Noonsa, while monstrous, are natural beings. Zelgadis is a chimera, an unnatural fusion of three creatures, so he is still monstrous by the standards of their universe.

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

* [[SecretSix Ragdoll and Black Alice]] share this view.
-->'''Ragdoll''': ''It just goes to show that sometimes the scars are on the inside, like with [[ComicBook/LexLuthor Luthor]] and that [[{{VandalSavage}} Vandal fellow]], and [[{{SecretSix}} my friends]], too. Which is much less fun and only half as sexy. I pity them, to man, if you must know. Better to be odd and whole than normal and broken, I always say. Rats. I sure hope I start to decompose soon!''

* Creastor/JerryLewis, in UsefulNotes/{{France}}.

* Often experienced by Nightcrawler in the ''Comicbook/XMen'' franchise. Every time he feels a little put off by his appearance (basically he looks like {{Satan}} except with short blue fur), he meets someone who ''really'' likes it. Usually an available woman whose fetish is, coincidentally, pointed tails, blue fur, and CuteLittleFangs. This is enough of a theme in his life that "[[CursedWithAwesome chicks dig the fuzzy guy]]" is the ''default'' view on Kurt's appearance; it only starts being portrayed as genuinely freaky when it's his turn in the X-Men Angst Hotseat.

* ''RanmaOneHalf'':

* 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]].
* Rider of [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Fate/stay night]]. Despite actually being ''cursed'' for [[SoBeautifulItsACurse being as attractive as she is]], she's still immensely shocked to hear Shirou admit she's quite beautiful. Also in reference to her eyes, which apart from the [[TakenForGranite dangers]] they can cause are also apparently incredibly beautiful, though she also seems to feel that they are freakish in appearance.

->''"I think youre freaky and I like you a lot."''
-->-- DieAntwoord, I Fink u Freeky

* For all of her life, the title character from ''Anime/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 a flashback in ''{{Slayers}}: Evolution-R'' it's shown how children who used to be friendly with Zelgadis now run away from him shouting "Monster!". These were the same children who were shown happily playing with wolf-man Dilgear and fish-man Noonsa without batting an eyelid. In this case, it's averting IfJesusThenAliens and is justified because Dilgear and Noonsa, while monstrous, are natural beings. Zelgadis is a chimera, an unnatural fusion of three creatures.

** In a flashback in ''{{Slayers}}: Evolution-R'' it's shown how children who used to be friendly with Zelgadis now run away from him shouting "Monster!". These were the same children who were shown happily playing with wolf-man Dilgear and fish-man Noonsa without batting an eyelid. In this case, it's averting AllMythsAreTrue and is justified because Dilgear and Noonsa, while monstrous, are natural beings. Zelgadis is a chimera, an unnatural fusion of three creatures.

** Oddly, in a flashback in ''{{Slayers}}: Evolution-R'' it's shown how children who used to be friendly with Zelgadis now run away from him shouting "Monster!". Why oddly? Because the same children were also shown happily playing with wolf-man Dilgear and fish-man Noonsa without batting an eyelid.
*** This is because Dilgear and Noonsa, while monstrous, are natural beings. Zelgadis is a chimera, an unnatural fusion of three creatures.
* When Luffy and Sanji of ''OnePiece'' notice that Chopper is a reindeer man that can change into a large form, they conclude he must be a monster, sending Chopper running off in shame... right before Luffy and Sanji mention that such a thing also sounds ''awesome''.
** Same goes for Brook, who is a living skeleton. At first, they were freaked out... but perhaps the fact that they soon arrived on Thriller Bark, which had tons of zombies everywhere helped to ease them into the whole skeleton thing. Plus Brook is ''awesome''.
*** Not everyone were freaked out, [[FluffyTamer Luffy]] asked him to join his crew right when they met.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'', Kiel'ndia and Naal'suul's relationship [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=5490 began this way]].