History Main / ProgressivelyPrettier

* ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload'': Makoto Yuki in the original release of ''VideoGame/Persona3" is average looking and depicted as a shorter kid with hair falling over one eye along with a sallow face, leading many fans to joke about him being emo. However, in both ''VideoGame/Persona3DancingInMoonlight" and ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload' his appearance is altered to depict him as being taller as well as now possessing a Bishonen look, looking more conventionally attractive. In addition, the sallowness of his face is also removed.

* ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload'': Makoto Yuki in the original release of ''Video Game/Persona3" is average looking and depicted as a shorter kid with hair falling over one eye along with a sallow face, leading many fans to joke about him being emo. However, in both ''Video Game/Persona3DancingInMoonlight" and ''Video Game/Persona3Reload'' his appearance is altered to depict him as being taller as well as now possessing a Bishonen look, looking more conventionally attractive. In addition, the sallowness of his face is also removed.

* In the original ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'', Medusa was designed as [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vg2SEZfWIz4/SyWyW-_XZpI/AAAAAAAABPk/2kNLT3aRJq0/s400/NES-KI-ART-03.jpg a pudgy one-eyed monster.]] Come ''Uprising'', Medusa was given [[http://static.zerochan.net/Medusa.%28Kid.Icarus%29.full.624988.jpg quite the facelift.]] [[spoiler:Her face reverts back to something akin to her original appearance when she TurnsRed in her boss fight, however.]]
** Likewise, in earlier artwork, both [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/kidicarus/images/6/61/Youngpit.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120612004310 Pit]] and [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/63/ce/44/63ce4444c56cc56aed4fa176af750766.jpg Palutena]] looked really plain. Then ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' made Pit look like [[https://ssb.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/d/d0/Pit_SSBB.jpg/1200px-Pit_SSBB.jpg this.]] This revamped design was so well received that it was kept for the much anticipated ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' while making him [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/kidicarus/images/7/7a/UprisingPit.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100617164558 look slightly younger,]] and Palutena herself received a similar redesign for her cameo appearance in ''[[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/kidicarus/images/d/dd/PalutenaBrawl.png/revision/latest?cb=20120627193953 Brawl]]'' and now looks drop-dead gorgeous in ''[[https://i.imgur.com/UqPHgJA.jpeg Uprising.]]'' Both cases are also involved with a few decades of ArtEvolution given the period of waiting between games.

* While how ugly ComicBook/JonahHex is widely [[DependingOnTheArtist depends on the artist]], Creator/JoshBrolin's [[Film/JonahHex portrayal]] is downright handsome compared to Jonah's best appearance in the comic. They tried for the bug-eye, but Josh [[http://io9.com/5520961/first-clear-image-of-jonah-hexs-poker-face revealed in an interview]] that he could have lost his eye for real.

*** The CG film ''Advent Children'' made [[ScaryBlackMan Barret]] more conventionally attractive... and gave him a fishnet vest...

* The [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Ghouls]] in the ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' series have become more attractive with each new installment. In the [[VideoGame/Fallout1 first game]] they're [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/4/40/FO01_NPC_Set_N.png/ hideously deformed mutants]] with rotting flesh. Since then they've gained more human characteristics with each game. In ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' and ''[[VideoGame/Fallout76 76]]'', some are even lucky enough to still have [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/2/26/FO76WL_Wayward_Mort.jpg/ hair]], [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/a/a1/FO4_Vault_tec_rep_ghoul.png/ ears]], and fairly [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/8/8b/Billyboy.jpg/ smooth skin]].

** The Ghoul in the [[Series/Fallout2024 television adaptation]] is the best-looking of his kind thus far, with a [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/b/b9/FL-Fallout-7.webp/ relatively human appearance]] aside from not having any hair or a nose. WordOfGod ([[https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/fallout-amazon-series-cast-kyle-maclachlan-xelia-mendes-jones-aaron-moten-1235305085/ here]]) says his prosthetic makeup was designed to be light enough for him to still be "kind of hot."

* The [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Ghouls]] in the ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' series have become more attractive with each new installment. In the [[VideoGame/Fallout1 first game]] they're [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/4/40/FO01_NPC_Set_N.png/revision/latest hideously deformed mutants]] with rotting flesh. Since then they've gained more human characteristics with each game. In ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' and ''[[VideoGame/Fallout76 76]]'', some are even lucky enough to still have [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/2/26/FO76WL_Wayward_Mort.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000 hair]], [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/a/a1/FO4_Vault_tec_rep_ghoul.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000 ears]], and fairly [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/8/8b/Billyboy.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000 smooth skin]].
** The Ghoul in the [[Series/Fallout2024 television adaptation]] is the best-looking of his kind thus far, with a [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/b/b9/FL-Fallout-7.webp/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20231128165714 relatively human appearance]] aside from not having any hair or a nose. WordOfGod ([[https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/fallout-amazon-series-cast-kyle-maclachlan-xelia-mendes-jones-aaron-moten-1235305085/ here]]) says his prosthetic makeup was designed to be light enough for him to still be "kind of hot."

* The [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Ghouls]] in the ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' series have become more attractive with each new installment. In the [[VideoGame/Fallout1 first game]] they're [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/4/40/FO01_NPC_Set_N.png/revision/latest? hideously deformed mutants]] with rotting flesh. Since then they've gained more human characteristics with each game. In ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' and ''[[VideoGame/Fallout76 76]]'', some are even lucky enough to still have [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/2/26/FO76WL_Wayward_Mort.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000? hair]], [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/a/a1/FO4_Vault_tec_rep_ghoul.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000? ears]], and fairly [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/8/8b/Billyboy.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000? smooth skin]].

* The [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Ghouls]] in the ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' series have become more attractive with each new installment. In the [[VideoGame/Fallout1 first game]] they're [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/4/40/FO01_NPC_Set_N.png/revision/latest?cb=20101028051908 hideously deformed mutants]] with rotting flesh. Since then they've gained more human characteristics with each game. In ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' and ''[[VideoGame/Fallout76 76]]'', some are even lucky enough to still have [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/6/62/Bobbi_No-Nose.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20180722194511 hair]], [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/a/a1/FO4_Vault_tec_rep_ghoul.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20191025182839 ears]], and fairly [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/8/8b/Billyboy.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20180707200418 smooth skin]].

* The [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Ghouls]] in the ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' series have become more attractive with each new installment. In the [[VideoGame/Fallout1 first game]] they're hideously deformed mutants with rotting flesh. Since then they've gained more human characteristics with each game. In ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' and ''[[VideoGame/Fallout76 76]]'', some are even lucky enough to still have hair, ears, and fairly smooth skin.
** The Ghoul in the [[Series/Fallout2024 television adaptation]] is the best-looking of his kind thus far, with a relatively human appearance aside from not having any hair or a nose. WordOfGod ([[https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/fallout-amazon-series-cast-kyle-maclachlan-xelia-mendes-jones-aaron-moten-1235305085/ here]]) says his prosthetic makeup was designed to be light enough for him to still be "kind of hot."

** The Ghoul in the [[Series/Fallout2024 television adaptation]] is the best-looking of his kind thus far, with a relatively human appearances aside from not having any hair or a nose. WordOfGod ([[https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/fallout-amazon-series-cast-kyle-maclachlan-xelia-mendes-jones-aaron-moten-1235305085/ here]]) says his prosthetic makeup was designed to be light enough for him to still be "kind of hot."

* Terra's Esper form in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' is described by most of the characters in-game as frightening, and though her ingame sprite is too SuperDeformed to really tell, [[http://www.espritduo.com/Amano/FF06/Terra%20(Esper)%203.jpg her concept art]] certainly lives up to that description, looking feral and dangerous, with bulging yellow eyes and sharp teeth. ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H1oJYNNCXBc/maxresdefault.jpg prettied her up]] into a CuteMonsterGirl whose only animalistic traits are smallish claws, pink skin, and BarbieDollAnatomy.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'':
** Reno in at first wasn't supposed to be a pretty boy, (in contrast with Rufus [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQEAq3eKxrRI8OHbnMLK2yEU-BL_vMZB1E6dA&usqp=CAU for instance]]). Later the ''Compilation'' gave him GenericCuteness to bring him in line with fandom portrayal of the character.
** The CG film ''Advent Children'' made [[ScaryBlackMan Barret]] more conventionally attractive... and gave him a fishnet vest...
** Slightly reversed in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'', where both Cloud and Barret are redesigned to look a bit more like their original conceptions, even where this makes them uglier (Cloud's unappealingly skinny build, Barret's more disfiguring scars). Played straight with Biggs, Wedge and Jessie who now [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/43/40/15/43401558aac337aa931bc2421a8041ca.jpg way more attractive]] than their original designs as well as [[https://static2.gamerantimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Tifa-Lockhart-old-vs-new-header.jpg Tifa]] and [[https://assets1.ignimgs.com/2019/06/04/ff7comp-br-1559609129219_160w.jpg?width=1280 Aerith]] who are now high-graphics level super beautiful, which considering how attractive they were already is no small feat.

* Albert Heinrich/004 in ''Manga/{{Cyborg009}}'' started out ''much'' stranger-looking than simply having MonochromaticEyes and a GlasgowGrin-level mouth; his early appearances had him sporting an unflattering bowl-cut hairstyle that gave his head a very mushroom-like cast, his nose was elongated and pointy (but still only second to 002's GagNose), and his facial structure amounted to mostly being a long narrow jawline. Ishinomori gradually drew him more normalized over the course of the manga with the ensuing ArtEvolution, to the point where he looked rather handsome in the final chapters of the manga.

** When he was first introduced, [[Characters/VenomEddieBrock Eddie Brock]] was a ''very'' poorly kempt middle-aged man, and although he was very muscular, he had an oversized, grotesque frame. All of this was meant to signify that he was in a poor place mentally and that he was clearly villainous. [[BeautyEqualsGoodness As he became more heroic]], he got more of a standard HeroicBuild and looked about a decade younger, to the point where nowadays he's a bona fide ChickMagnet.

* ''Characters/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl'': Squirrel Girl was a veritable {{Gonk}} in [[http://www.the-isb.com/images/SquirrelGirl02.jpg her debut.]] She's gotten [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSHxCVoYPArKos9oyEbNhARvydbexy19imjlQ&usqp=CAU much cuter]] since. Almost [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] in her case, as she went from a near-pinup in looks (as in [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luomnyHMbS1r08pt9.jpg this page]] from ''New Avengers'') to [[http://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/543416bceebf3.jpg "funny-looking but still cute"]] in ''The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl''.

** When Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} was first introduced to the X-Men, he was about 5'4", quite unattractive, and apparently didn't like to bathe. [[EnsembleDarkhorse As]] [[BreakoutCharacter his]] [[SpotlightStealingSquad popularity]] [[WolverinePublicity grew]], he became less unattractive. Then the TallDarkAndHandsome Creator/HughJackman portrayed Wolverine in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', and people seemed to forget that one of Wolverine's old nicknames was "dog face."

** In Franchise/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Sabrina’s aunts Hilda and Zelda in their earliest appearances looked like your typical ugly evil witches, after a while they were redesigned into middle aged women in puritan style clothing, and by the 90’s they became younger beautiful women, looking only about a decade or two older than their niece.

** The six foot body builder Shaniqua was a ridiculous case where WWE clumsily gave her breast implants the on camera {{handwave}} of "swelling" caused by [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield Brandshaw]]'s clothseline from hell and based the [[Wrestling/RonSimmons APA]]-Basham Brothers feud around it.

* With every ''Franchise/DragonAge'' game, fan-favorite side character Cullen gets better looking. His biggest fans kept pleading with the developers to make him a potential {{love interest}} for the player character. They finally got their wish in the third game, ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' -- and fittingly, this is where he's at his most attractive.

* Aya in ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' isn't ugly, but the art style gives her eyes with very large pupils. The sequel refines her face to make her look younger while keeping the semi realistic look. The third game makes her look even younger despite [[OlderThanTheyLook actually being older than she looks]], but this is due to [[spoiler:the "Aya" the player controls is actually Eve, who is younger than Aya and the two had swapped bodies at the start of the game.]]

* King had a harder, more stereotypically "butch" face in ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'', presumably to [[SamusIsAGirl hide the fact that she's a woman]]. In the sequels and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', she's drawn with more conventionally attractive facial features. Compare her appearance in ''[[http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/King?file=King-aof.jpg Art of Fighting]]'' to how she looks in ''[[http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/King?file=King2000fix.jpg KOF 2000.]]''

** A common occurrence in remakes is the prettying-up of much of the cast, partially due to ArtShift. Some of the characters in the ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' remakes are more attractive now than they were in the original. Morty is a prime example. Originally only somewhat attractive, in the remakes he's a full-on Bishonen. Will and the now named Ariana and Archer are also more attractive in the remakes than in the original. The rival was redesigned to at least look somewhat older, is quite thinner, and much more of a Bishonen with his hair now cut shorter, the male player character also looks somewhat taller and older, lost a lot of weight, and is drawn to look cuter than mischievous-looking; even Pryce is upgraded from a somewhat ugly old man to looking very good for his age.
** Applies to the ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' remakes ''Fire Red'' and ''Leaf Green'' as well, though it's most noticeable with [[PlayerCharacter Red]] and [[TheRival Blue]], who went from being two average looking, if maybe a bit scrawny, looking boys in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' to {{bishonen}} who look at least two years older than they should be in the remakes.

** Hex Maniacs. Originally looking like homely girls in witch attire, upon returning in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' they received a considerably cuter and more feminine redesign.
* Chell from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' and ''Videogame/Portal2'' somehow gets younger and prettier between games. Compare [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110426214052/half-life/en/images/5/59/Chell_daydreamin.jpg Chell 1]] and [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120621160761/half-life/en/images/a/a4/Chell_Portal.png Chell 2.]]

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[[caption-width-right:127:From [[FrankensteinsMonster Frankensteinian]] to [[InformedDeformity sunburnt]].]]

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* Helga from ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', for most of season 1 she is pretty ugly with an ape like face, a thicker [[BigOlUnibrow unibrow]], a big nose, and a big overbite, from season 2 onwards her features are made softer and she gets cuter as a result.

* In the ''VideoGame/SplinterCell: Conviction'' forums, a number of fans have expressed distaste at the Creator/UbiSoft's drastic change of Anna Grimsdottir. In the first two games, she wears glasses and has a haircut and outfit befitting an office worker or bureaucrat. She lost the glasses (sorry {{Meganekko}} lovers) and looked a little prettier in ''Chaos Theory'' but still bore a resemblance to her past versions. In ''Conviction'', however, she looks much more conventionally attractive than in the other games.
* The majority of the characters in the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' series became prettier looking, especially Wolf, Fox, and Leon where their faces and eyes look more pronounced and defined compared their more basic and gruffer looks in the past.

[[caption-width-right:127:From [[FrankensteinsMonster Frankensteinian]] to sunburnt.]]

In the case of males, this is particularly common in villains and anti-heroes when they undergo a HeelFaceTurn or when they TookALevelInKindness, because BeautyEqualsGoodness. May also be the case with female villains when they become more heroic, but those are more often [[EvilIsSexy already attractive]].

* Some film adaptations of ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' have Hyde be more handsome than Jekyll or equally as handsome to keep with the EvilIsSexy trope. In the book and most early adaptations he is short and has an indescribable air of deformity and repulsiveness that characters could instinctively sense.

** LadyMacbeth throughout the years. The historical person the character is based on was older than Macbeth, and he was her second husband. She's often imagined as approaching middle age, and Orson Welles in his version cast the late-30s Jeanette Nolan. Roman Polanski cast Francesca Annis in his [[Film/Macbeth1971 1971 version]] - aged twenty-six and considerably prettier than she had been portrayed before - and gave the character a nude sleepwalking scene. The 2006 modernized Australian film likewise had her young and pretty, with a skimpy wardrobe to invoke EvilIsSexy. The 2015 film went backwards and cast Marion Cotillard (who had just turned forty). Then was the infamous Patrick Stewart version that amped up Macbeth's age and reimagined Lady Macbeth as a young trophy wife.

** Lord Licorice is actually [[EvilIsSexy attractive]] as of the 2013 redesign. They toned down how cartoony he looks and gave him an actual color palette besides being pink (he has black and red hair, a human skin tone, and wears a BadassLongcoat)

* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'':

** Strangely enough Heihachi has gone through this, in the earlier games he's as [[https://www.fightersgeneration.com/news2020/char/heihachi-tekken3-face-render.jpg wrinkled as prune]] but in ''VideoGame/Tekken7'' his skin is much [[https://post-phinf.pstatic.net/MjAyMDAyMjBfMTM1/MDAxNTgyMTgzMjY4ODMx.nYESA3PUGiK9VWwB4Sf3auyo9nPt9J-SOmic9xFivbQg.Q0CYBgV8jf3UKhrMGJH-gn2-PgyUqEablxnJgDlcRW8g.JPEG/1496437585_tekken-7-heihachi-mishima.jpg?type=w1200 smoother]] despite being well into his 70s.

** Already played by HollywoodHomely Creator/AlysonHannigan, Willow became steadily more attractive as the show proceeded. WordofGod said that the executives wanted Willow to look more hip and less nerdy. She started wearing clothes that were more 'adorkably cute' than nerdy - with plenty of fuzzy sweaters and eccentric t-shirts. In the college seasons, her hairstyles started becoming more fashionable. By Season 6 she was about as fashionably dressed as the other females on the show. In this case, the clothing change is used to show Willow becoming more confident and powerful.

** Reno in at first wasn't supposed to be a pretty boy, (in contrast with Rufus [[http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-01/art/ff7-turks.jpg for instance]]). Later the ''Compilation'' gave him GenericCuteness to bring him in line with fandom portrayal of the character.

** Link from was pretty funny looking in his first few appearances, thanks to unkempt hair, a stubby nose, and huge ears all on a rather plain face. Then ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' chiseled his face and cleaned up his hair, turning him into one of the most famous {{Bishonen}} in video game history. Just compare this concept artwork of him in ''[[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTXEUHe5yVMCyOpYOrdyVKtWf60HyEVEJMkOA&usqp=CAU The Adventure Of Link]]'' to his concept art for ''[[http://zeldawiki.org/images/f/f8/Oot_Link_facial_expression_concept.jpg Ocarina of Time.]]'' The latter has become the basis for his design in all subsequent games featuring his adult form, and many will argue that he gets even prettier with each new game. Even ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'' and the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'' remake, which reuse his ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'' design, use a SuperDeformed art style to make Link more baby faced and cute than he was in the original artwork.

* Link from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' was pretty funny looking in his first few appearances, thanks to unkempt hair, a stubby nose, and huge ears all on a rather plain face. Then ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' chiseled his face and cleaned up his hair, turning him into one of the most famous {{Bishonen}} in video game history. Just compare this concept artwork of him in ''[[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTXEUHe5yVMCyOpYOrdyVKtWf60HyEVEJMkOA&usqp=CAU The Adventure Of Link]]'' to his concept art for ''[[http://zeldawiki.org/images/f/f8/Oot_Link_facial_expression_concept.jpg Ocarina of Time.]]'' The latter has become the basis for his design in all subsequent games featuring his adult form, and many will argue that he gets even prettier with each new game. Even ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'' and the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'' remake, which reuse his ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'' design, use a SuperDeformed art style to make Link more baby faced and cute than he was in the original artwork.
* The Zora race from various ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' gone through several changes as the series progressed. ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' had them as [[https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/zelda/images/1/14/Zora_Artwork_%28Ocarina_of_Time%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20110427011925 humanoid beings with a tail on their head, large fins on the arms, and webbed feet.]] The eyes also gave them an alien-like appearance. By ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', the design was mostly kept the same, but with more details and their faces were made more humanlike. ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' pretties up the Zoras further by giving them [[https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/zelda/images/6/66/Zora_%28Breath_of_the_Wild%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20170222152444 a more sleek and slim look, changes their eyes to look more catlike, and their feet are human shaped with webbing in between the toes.]]

** Peter Parker is a classic example. Drawn by Steve Ditko, Peter was a skinny, thin-faced geek and Spider-Man was thin and more spider-esque. When John Romita Sr - a former romance comic artist - took over the pencilling duties, Peter Parker became significantly more handsome and Spider-Man took on a more muscle-bound appearance. May be {{Handwave}}d in that when Ditko was drawing it, Spidey was a teenager, and as he got older and got real exercise to go with his superstrength, his frame may well have filled out naturally.
*** The artists' notes in the first volume of ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' bear this out: in that series he's a high-schooler again, and he's drawn explicitly scrawnier and ganglier than the main universe version, with a note that he is supposed to be very thin, not having built up muscle from years of webslinging.

*** This is acknowledged in "Along Came a Child" from ''Marvel Comics Presents #120'', which features a teenager who turns out to be the boy who witnessed Peter climbing up a building in ''Amazing Fantasy #15''. Having figured out that Spider-Man is the same odd boy he saw years ago, he strikes a deal with J. Jonah Jameson, and the Daily Bugle publishes a police-sketch that accurately depicts Peter as he appeared in ''AF #15''. Of course, Peter no longer looks like that.

* ''Characters/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl'': Squirrel Girl was a veritable {{Gonk}} in [[http://www.the-isb.com/images/SquirrelGirl02.jpg her debut.]] She's gotten [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSHxCVoYPArKos9oyEbNhARvydbexy19imjlQ&usqp=CAU much cuter]] since. Almost [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] in her case, as she went from a near-pinup in looks (as in [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luomnyHMbS1r08pt9.jpg this page]] from ''New Avengers'') to [[http://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/543416bceebf3.jpg "funny-looking but still cute"]] in her current title ''ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl''.

* [[Characters/ShazamBlackMarvelFamily Black Adam]] started out as a villain with a hooked nose, pointed chin and slightly Sinestro-esque facial features. As his character has matured into an anti-heroic/anti-villainous KnightTemplar type, he retained a hooked nose and arched eyebrows, although they became less prominent, but his jaw got stronger and larger, and his features more handsome, and while his features still look appropriately cruel and proud, he is now generally accepted as being good looking, to the point of Creator/DwayneJohnson being cast to play him in the [[Film/BlackAdam2022 film adaptation]]. Incidentally, the change in features made Adam look a ''lot'' like Marvel's [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor the Sub-Mariner]]. Their personalities are very similar to boot; it's a wonder Marvel didn't react to the new and improved Black Adam with a lawsuit.
* Duela Dent, aka "Joker's Daughter" (among her other aliases) stated out with a huge pointed chin and exaggerated, clown-like features when in costume, along with having a wild purple bouffant wig. When she was brought back by Devin Grayson and Phil Jimenez in ''JLA/Titans'', she only wore white face paint and looked much less exaggerated. Before her death in ''Countdown'', she was also depicted as being attractive ''in'' costume, along with her hair now being red.
** When depicted out of costume initially, she just looked like an average teenage girl with short hair. However, this trope got inverted for a while when George Perez drew her as a plain, heavyset woman in her ''New Teen Titans'' cameo, with bad makeup and gaudy violet hair. A ''Team Titans'' cameo then showed her as a gaunt and haggard-looking mental patient, before Jimenez and other later artists would draw her to be an attractive young woman with a bob cut.
* [[ComicBook/NewGods Mad Harriet]] went from an ugly green-haired woman with a creepy SlasherSmile to rival the Joker to a much more conventionally-attractive woman who just happens to be completely off her rocker. Compare [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSN-sR1RZfYhusKpANXzwMWf4uENkfYKJIChQ&usqp=CAU picture one]] to [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/warner-bros-characters/images/a/a9/Mad_Harriet.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160105064631 her DCAU appearance.]]
* The female Dove in ''ComicBook/HawkAndDove'' has been made of this since her introduction. In her opening miniseries, Creator/RobLiefeld infamously couldn't decide on her cup size, or even whether her costume had cleavage, but by the time of her ongoing she subverted MostCommonSuperpower by having merely human-sized (large b-cup, with natural tear-drop shape!) breasts, something she was self-conscious about. Virtually every artist since has drawn her with larger breasts, however. Her human form's hair color has changed in ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' to match her costumed look, though this is more forgivable given that her team has two leggy blondes already.
* [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] started out as a pudgy, middle-aged man usually dressed in plain grey clothes, but slimmed down dramatically around the time he started wearing his purple and green ensemble. After the mid-80's reboot, Lex was once again portrayed as middle-aged and heavyset man, although one always wearing expensive suits, but he once again became slimmer and younger-looking with time. Some more modern versions of Lex have a body rivaling the likes of ''Batman'', because of Lex's pathological need to be the best at everything.
* ComicBook/JonahHex in his first few Weird Western stories was a crouching, bulky gnomeish growler whose face wounds had tatters in places. A year later he's upright, statuesque and while the face is still disfigured the wounds are smaller and his filmy eye has gotten clearer. From Two-Face in a cowboy hat to Hollywood perfection with the mouth string thing.
* Sensor of the postboot ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' was a giant alien snake with the ability to create illusions, allowing her to appear as a beautiful woman. But that wasn't enough, apparently, as she was later "hyper-evolved" into a more human appearance. Incidentally, since she was (apparently) originally fairly attractive by snake alien standards, she considered her semi-humanoid form hideous.
* [[Characters/GreenLanternThaalSinestro Sinestro]], from ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' mythos, used to be drawn as a skinny guy with a huge head. As he's become more prominent, he's bulkier now, and his head is average sized. His relatively recent shift to AntiHero has only magnified this.
* From ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'', [[Characters/SuicideSquadSupportStaff Amanda Waller]], pre-Flashpoint: [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Amanda_Waller_(New_Earth)/Gallery?image=Amanda_Waller_001-jpg fat and hefty.]] Amanda Waller, post-Flashpoint: [[http://www.themarysue.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/tumblr_lrj8fd1iWV1qbujox-136x550.jpg not so much.]] (Also possibly subjected to skin-lightening, though even her chunky middle-aged self's facial features varied with the artist.) After much fan grousing, ComicBook/DCRebirth made her fat again.
* Golden Age Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} debuted with a very nondescript appearance, which made sense considering his disguise was just a pair of glasses. By the Silver Age he'd become the flawless heartthrob audiences are familiar with and the explanations for why nobody recognizes him became increasingly elaborate.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Etta Candy]] started out as visibly overweight, incredibly short (though her early appearances had her taller), and was drawn in a cartoonishly stylized manner. After she was re-introduced in the '70s, she was drawn to be of average height and she ranged from still being kind of chubby to more HollywoodPudgy. George Perez's take on Etta started out as overweight and plain (which made her jealous of Diana), though she gradually lost weight over his run and in Bill Messner-Loeb's stories, which led to a storyline about her being anorexic. She then regained weight and was depicted as either somewhat thicker than Diana, or as heavyset as she was before. After she was brought into Creator/GailSimone's run, Etta was revamped as a curvy blonde woman who [[DependingOnTheArtist sometimes]] appeared to be on the [[BigBeautifulWoman BBW]] side (her more athletic look was eventually implied to be from the training she got as a secret agent). Now in the ''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'' continuity, Etta has been reimagined as an attractive [[RaceLift black woman]] who doesn't appear very chubby at all. Like Amanda Waller, DC Rebirth made Etta fat again, though Creator/GregRucka and the artists split the difference by keeping the Race Lift.
* The second ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie Sandsmark started out as a geeky non-feminine girl who could easily be [[LadyLooksLikeADude mistaken for a boy]] with close cropped hair and baggy clothes and was even described by DC representatives as "horse-faced". By the time she was on the Teen Titans her appearance was that of a generic pouty lipped blonde prom queen who wore PaintedOnPants and a cleavage showing tank top.

* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': Deadpool's appearance was horrific when it was first seen, due to the artificial origin of his healing factor reacting with incurable cancer. Over time, it changed and simplified from "bubbles and nodules of flesh with random hair" to "flesh-coloured de-uglified Ben Grimm", and some artists go even further. In ''ComicBook/CableAndDeadpool'', about 75% of his skin actually looked perfectly normal, with the rest just resembling bad acne. Didn't stop people from nearly retching when they saw him on the street. This is another that goes back and forth depending on who's drawing him, since sometimes he looks alright, others he's back to his horrific look. Since his power has been described as leaving his body tissue in constant, dynamic flux, this makes sense.
** There was a time he was given the face of [[CaptainErsatz Thom Cruz]], and spent most of the issue [[TakeThat trying to get rid of it]].

* While [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]] has always maintained a certain "je ne sais quoi," there is no arguing that, as Kid Loki, his design grew from [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/aa9fc8169b4895e08882fc8a311ad34a/tumblr_mfz3hyvR2u1r2mzigo1_1280.png "eyebrowless goblin child"]] to [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/ad42603b2281d19d805600fc55302987/tumblr_mf4kfw9xp61rxd4cao5_250.png "handsome young lad."]] Having now [[spoiler:been granted an older body through Wiccan's magic,]] he now has the appearance of [[spoiler:a young adult in their late teens/early twenties.]] The reaction from the various online fans seems to be something along the lines of [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/b4c27dbd8d2b17b3eb7c05445d188cca/tumblr_mv4ob7twpf1rt6kpxo1_r2_500.png "Oh no]] [[Memes/SpongeBobSquarePants he's hot."]]

*** Peter does look less spindly and more conventionally attractive even towards the end of Ditko's run. That change began with ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #8 when Flash Thompson broke his glasses, and Peter decides he doesn't need to do that much ClarkKenting, considering the spider bite corrected his vision.

* [[Characters/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl Squirrel Girl]] was a veritable {{Gonk}} in [[http://www.the-isb.com/images/SquirrelGirl02.jpg her debut.]] She's gotten [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSHxCVoYPArKos9oyEbNhARvydbexy19imjlQ&usqp=CAU much cuter]] since. Almost [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] in her case, as she went from a near-pinup in looks (as in [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luomnyHMbS1r08pt9.jpg this page]] from ''New Avengers'') to [[http://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/543416bceebf3.jpg "funny-looking but still cute"]] in her current title ''ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl''.
* Songbird from the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' is both this trope and its inverse. When she was first the villain Screaming Mimi, she was drawn anywhere from being a KISS reject to a new wave albino. Once she ditched the heavy makeup and dyed her hair mostly red, her natural good looks started shining through. This hit its peak with the Warren Ellis run, where the art direction simultaneously softened her features and refined her chin and cheekbones. The artist also gave her bright blue eyes. However after she was made a warden at the Raft, she got a butch hair cut and a somewhat more square jawline.

* ''ComicBook/LukeCage'': Mariah Dillard started out as an extremely overweight woman with a jowly, heavily lined face and a habitually scowling expression. More recently, she has been redesigned as a BigBeautifulWoman with a curvier figure, a smoother face, and more flattering clothes.
* ''ComicBook/SonOfSatan'': Inverted with Daimon Hellstrom. He was originally a handsome redhead with a HeroicBuild. These days he ditched his hellfire trident and took up black magic more seriously, and his looks have taken a nosedive. He lost all his hair and he's gotten a lot skinnier; in his appearances in ''ComicBook/AvengersUndercover'' and ''ComicBook/StrikeForce'', he looks like Anton Levay with pointy ears.

** Downplayed with Wrestling/RebeccaKnox. While she was a flexing fitness nut she was also a goofy dancer who wrestled in traditionally feminine garb like {{minidress|Ofpower}}es. She did appear more dolled up and baring more skin, including cleavage (which is to say [[PetitePride Knox]] had visible cleavage!) in WWE that she had on the independent circuit, but she did not resort to any cosmetic surgeries or even outfit padding. She did it all naturally. The inverted, as she became "The Man" and became less feminine and more covered up than she ever had been before.