History Main / Gonk

* ''Manga/{{BECK}}'' has at least a couple. Koyuki's friend Tanabe appears to be fourteen going on forty at the start of the series, and the gentleman who sells him his Fender also has some physical oddities.

While this trope is applicable to almost anyone who looks rather unorthodox with their physical design, probably the easiest type of individual to be classified as such is the one who ''behaves'' '''''[[LackOfEmpathy very]]''''' ''[[{{Jerkass}} badly]]'' in front of others, much more so if it's their default trait, especially since that can indicate or suggest that they're basically '''ugliness personified''', to which the trope itself can also act like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly, as well as being a much more [[EvilCounterpart negative relative]] to UglyCute, from such moral case.

While this trope is applicable to almost anyone who looks rather unorthodox with their physical design, probably the easiest type of individual to be classified as such is the one who ''behaves'' '''''very''''' ''badly'' in front of others, much more so if it's their default trait, especially since that can indicate or suggest that they're basically '''ugliness personified''', to which the trope itself can also act like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly, as well as being a much more negative relative to UglyCute, from such moral case.

An example of NonStandardCharacterDesign. Compare OddballDoppelganger, the aforementioned EvilMakesYouUgly and UglyCute tropes, BeautyEqualsGoodness, and BeautyIsBad.

** '''AKU''', the personification of evil all throughout the show.

While this trope is applicable to almost anyone who looks rather unorthodox with their physical design, probably the easiest type of individual to be classified as such is the one who ''behaves'' '''''very''''' 'badly'' in front of others, much more so if it's their default trait, especially since that can indicate or suggest that they're basically '''ugliness personified''', to which the trope itself can also act like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly, as well as being a much more negative relative to UglyCute, from such moral case.

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': The Scotsman is not a pretty sight, but his wife is even bigger and uglier than he is, and considerably [[HairTriggerTemper more angry]]. It gets funnier: it's shown in the TimeSkip prior to Season Five that the pair have had a large number of daughters who are all [[AmazonianBeauty amazonian]] ''[[StatuesqueStunner knockouts]]''.

While this trope is applicable to almost anyone who looks rather unorthodox with their physical design, probably the easiest type of individual to be classified as such is the one who ''behaves'' '''''very''''' ''badly'' in front of others, much more so if it's their default trait, especially since that can indicate or suggest that they're basically '''ugliness personified''', to which the trope itself can also act like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly, as well as being a much more negative relative to UglyCute, from such case.

While this trope is applicable to almost anyone who looks rather unorthodox with their physical design, probably the easiest type of individual to be classified as such is the one who ''behaves'' '''''very''''' ''badly'' in front of others, much more so if it's their default trait, especially since that can indicate or suggest that they're basically '''ugliness personified''', to which the trope itself can also act like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly from such case.

Occasionally, ArtisticAge means that Gonk gets applied to make older characters seem downright decrepit in order to seem older than the generically young cast.

An example of NonStandardCharacterDesign. Compare OddballDoppelganger, the aforementioned EvilMakesYouUgly, and BeautyEqualsGoodness, as well as the latter's opposite trope BeautyIsBad.

While this trope is applicable to almost anyone who looks rather unorthodox with their physical design, probably the easiest type of individual to be classified as such is the one who ''behaves'' '''''very''''' ''badly'' in front of others, much more so if it's their default trait, especially since that can indicate or suggest that they're basically '''ugliness personified''', to which the trope itself also acts like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly from such case.

While this trope is applicable to almost anyone who looks rather unorthodox with their physical design, probably the easiest type of living being to be classified as such is the one who ''behaves'' '''''very''''' ''badly'' in front of others, much more so if it's their default trait, especially since that can indicate or suggest that they're basically '''ugliness personified''', to which it also acts like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly.

While this trope is applicable to almost anyone who looks rather unorthodox with their physical design, morally speaking, the easiest type of living being to be classified as such is most probably the one who ''behaves'' '''''very''''' ''badly'' in front of others, much more so if it's their default trait, especially since that can indicate or suggest that they're basically '''ugliness personified''', to which it also acts like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly.

While this trope is applicable to almost anyone who looks rather unorthodox in their physical design, morally speaking, the easiest type of living being to be classified as such is most probably the one who ''behaves'' '''''very''''' ''badly'' in front of others, much more so if it's their default trait, especially since that can indicate or suggest that they're basically '''ugliness personified''', to which it also acts like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly.

Morally speaking, while this trope can be applicable to almost anyone who looks rather unorthodox in their physical design, probably the easiest type of living being to be applied with it is the one who ''behaves'' '''''very''''' ''badly'' in front of others, much more so if it's their default trait, especially since that can indicate or suggest that they're basically '''ugliness personified''', to which it also acts like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly.

Morally speaking, while this trope can be applicable to almost anyone who looks rather unorthodox in their physical design, probably the easiest type of being to be applied with it is someone who ''behaves badly'' in front of others, much more so if it's by default, especially since it can indicate or suggest that they're '''ugliness personified''', to which it also acts like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly.

Morally speaking, while this trope can be applicable to almost anyone who looks rather unorthodox in their physical design, probably the easiest kinds of beings to be applied with it are those who are ''behaving badly'' in front of others, more so if it's by default, especially since it can indicate or suggest that they're '''ugliness personified''', to which it also acts like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly.

Morally speaking, while this trope can be applicable to almost anyone who looks rather unorthodox in their physical design, probably the easiest kind of beings to be applied with it are those who ''behave badly'' by default, especially since it can indicate or suggest that they're '''ugliness personified''', to which it also acts like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly.

Morally speaking, while this trope can be applicable to almost any character who looks unorthodox in their physical design, probably the easiest kinds of characters to be applied with it are those who ''behave badly'' by default, especially since it can indicate or suggest that they're '''ugliness personified''', to which it also acts like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly.

** Ed, in the first season, albeit a more {{Downplayed}} example compared to Lee considering his joyful personality. Starting with season 2, he underwent ArtEvolution to make him more stylized and less UglyCute; his head became a smoother, more simplified triangle shape, and his gums became less prominent when he would speak.

Morally speaking, while this trope can be applicable to almost any character who looks unorthodox in their physical design, probably the easiest kinds of characters to be applied with it are those who, by default, are ''behaving badly'', especially since it can indicate or suggest that they're '''ugliness personified''', to which it also acts like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly.

Morally speaking, while this trope can be applicable to almost any character who looks unorthodox in their physical design, probably the easiest kinds of characters to be applied with it are those who ''behave badly'', especially since it can indicate or suggest that they're '''ugliness personified''', where it also acts like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly.

Morally speaking, while this trope can be applicable to almost any character who looks unorthodox in their physical design, probably the easiest kind of characters to be applied with it is to those who are ''behaving badly'', especially since it can indicate or suggest that they're '''ugliness personified''', which also makes it act like an automatic version of EvilMakesYouUgly.

Morally speaking, while this trope can be applicable to almost any character who looks unorthodox in their physical design, probably the easiest kind of characters to be applied with it is to those who are ''behaving badly'', especially since it can indicate or suggest that they're '''ugliness personified'''.

An example of NonStandardCharacterDesign. Compare OddballDoppelganger, EvilMakesYouUgly, and BeautyEqualsGoodness, as well as the latter's opposite trope BeautyIsBad.

** Ed, in the first season. Starting with season 2, he underwent ArtEvolution to make him more stylized and less UglyCute; his head became a smoother, more simplified triangle shape, and his gums became less prominent when he would speak.

An example of NonStandardCharacterDesign. Compare OddballDoppelganger and BeautyEqualsGoodness, as well as the latter's opposite trope BeautyIsBad.

An example of NonStandardCharacterDesign. Compare OddballDoppelganger and BeautyEqualsGoodness.

An example of NonStandardCharacterDesign. Compare OddballDoppelganger.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' has no recurring Gonks, but a lot of ugly one-shot characters. (They tend to be very well-detailed, perhaps to contrast better with the detail-light main cast. [[http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2008/01/03 They do have to go the extra mile, but they are perfectly capable.]]

** [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair The sequel]] has Teruteru Hanamura, who is stouter than the other males and has eyes that are drawn as two black blotches. They become normal if he's shocked, angry or [[AnythingThatMoves lustful]]. He's also thought of as being funny-looking InUniverse.

Not to be confused with a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonk popular 60s and 70s toy.]] They fall in [[UglyCute a better category]]. Nor is this to be confused with the Gonk and Geefle from ''Series/SesameStreet''. Or the [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/GNK-series_power_droid power droids]] from ''Franchise/StarWars''. Or the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXwz3wCmcTk Herbert Chappell composition]] that was best used in ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978''.

* In ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', as a contrast to King's normal child-like fairy form, his human form is a fat slob-looking man
* ''Manga/SoulHunter'': Choukoumei's three sisters, Venus, Queen and Madonna, don't share their brother's [[AgentPeacock handsome looks]] and are grotesquely ugly. They're convinced to be Beautiful.