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* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': the main villainess Yzma is known In-Universe as "scary beyond all reason" and she's so old Kuzco claims is living proof that dinosaurs once walked the Earth. Almost everyone agrees that she's extremely ugly and the fact she seems to [[DelusionsOfBeauty believe herself beautiful]] doesn't help. Still, the writers don't spare the audience from watching her sleeping in her tent with [[CosmeticHorror night makeup]] and, more famously, [[ShowSomeLeg lifting her skirt in front of the leads]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': the main villainess Yzma is known In-Universe as "scary beyond all reason" and she's so old Kuzco claims is living proof that dinosaurs once walked the Earth. Almost everyone agrees that she's extremely ugly and the fact she seems to [[DelusionsOfBeauty believe herself beautiful]] doesn't help. Still, the writers don't spare the audience from watching her sleeping in her tent with [[CosmeticHorror night makeup]] and, more famously, [[ShowSomeLeg lifting her skirt in front of the leads]].leads]] (it's to retrieve a hidden dagger, much to the heroes' relief).
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'': Shrek exploits this trope at the beginning of the first movie to scare off ogre hunters and protect his privacy. The Allstar Smash Mouth sequence has him having a bath in a quagmire, having a shower with mud (with a clear shot of his buttocks) brushing his teeth with bug guts (the latter scene ending with [[MirrorCrackingUgly his mirror cracking]]) and, finally, roaring at the villagers who wanted to kill him (with a close-up of his teeth and saliva). However, the trope is downplayed later in the movie and sequels because he finds a love interest with AnAesop about inner beauty, his best friends get along with him without any trace of fear (well, as long as [[OhCrap Shrek doesn't lose it]]) and his ugliness is lampshaded only in gags and scenes where either his ogre physique or lifestyle are put in contrast with those of more attractive characters.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'': ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'': Shrek exploits this trope at the beginning of the first movie to scare off ogre hunters and protect his privacy. The Allstar Smash Mouth sequence has him having a bath in a quagmire, having a shower with mud (with a clear shot of his buttocks) brushing his teeth with bug guts (the latter scene ending with [[MirrorCrackingUgly his mirror cracking]]) and, finally, roaring at the villagers who wanted to kill him (with a close-up of his teeth and saliva). However, the trope is downplayed later in the movie and sequels because he finds a love interest with AnAesop about inner beauty, his best friends get along with him without any trace of fear (well, as long as [[OhCrap Shrek doesn't lose it]]) and his ugliness is lampshaded only in gags and scenes where either his ogre physique or lifestyle are put in contrast with those of more attractive characters.


* ''TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragonsFirstEdition''. The ''Unearthed Arcana'' supplement introduced the Comeliness ability score, which covered the attractiveness/beauty of a character. Having a negative Comeliness would cause a viewer to have strong negative reactions.

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* ''TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragonsFirstEdition''.''TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons1stEdition''. The ''Unearthed Arcana'' supplement introduced the Comeliness ability score, which covered the attractiveness/beauty of a character. Having a negative Comeliness would cause a viewer to have strong negative reactions.
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* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'':
** Physical {{muta|nts}}tions with a grotesque or threatening appearance have a stacking "fear score". As a character is afflicted with more and more, they can become a SupernaturalFearInducer or an outright BrownNoteBeing. The mutation "Hideous Appearance" jumps straight to the top of the scale.
** Hag Witches' contact with spirits often causes them to [[YoungerThanTheyLook look much older than they are]], and they can live [[WizardsLiveLonger a very long time indeed]]. The most extreme cases are a SupernaturalFearInducer.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': the main villainess Yzma is known In-Universe as "scary beyond all reason" and she's so old Kuzco claims is living proof that dinosaurs once walked the Earth. Almost everyone agrees that she's extremely ugly and the fact she seems to believe herself beautiful doesn't help. Still, the writers don't spare the audience from watching her sleeping in her tent with [[CosmeticHorror night makeup]] and, more famously, [[ShowSomeLeg lifting her skirt in front of the leads]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': the main villainess Yzma is known In-Universe as "scary beyond all reason" and she's so old Kuzco claims is living proof that dinosaurs once walked the Earth. Almost everyone agrees that she's extremely ugly and the fact she seems to [[DelusionsOfBeauty believe herself beautiful beautiful]] doesn't help. Still, the writers don't spare the audience from watching her sleeping in her tent with [[CosmeticHorror night makeup]] and, more famously, [[ShowSomeLeg lifting her skirt in front of the leads]].
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* ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme:'' The head of the celestial design team is pretty horrified by the design of this new deep sea fish one of his team is working on, straight after being horribly dumped by his girlfriend, and wonders about the guy's overall mental health, what with the fish reproducing by the female luring a mate in, absorbing him into her body and reducing him to nothing more than a pair of testicles. Especially since it's such a dramatic departure from the puffins...

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