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Veanne
Since: Jul, 2012
MetaFour
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(Old Master)
2024-08-11 00:32:12
To add onto the above...
where maybe he's so smart because he buried himself in books and laboratories since everyone shunned him from other experiences on account of his looks
Inversion of Brainless Beauty as a Justified Trope.
he has no time or interest in cultivating a good look, ends up looking raggedy, unfit, tired and unhygienic.
There's also the deformed, creepy scientist who works for the bad guy who tests his experiments on himself (or gets punished that way), or who survived one too many lab explosions that left him horribly scarred.
Veanne
Since: Jul, 2012
2024-08-11 00:47:18
If it came to be in the pursuit of evil, the Mad Scientist's lab assistant might also count as Evil Makes You Ugly

Do we have this trope? A character who's very intelligent is also very unattractive.
There's a Chicken And The Egg situation there, where maybe he's so smart because he buried himself in books and laboratories since everyone shunned him from other experiences on account of his looks... or, he's so focused on cerebral pursuits, he has no time or interest in cultivating a good look, ends up looking raggedy, unfit, tired and unhygienic.
There's also the deformed, creepy scientist who works for the bad guy who tests his experiments on himself (or gets punished that way), or who survived one too many lab explosions that left him horribly scarred.