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{{quote|''"Well, hello from the neck down."''
|'''Zapp Brannigan''' upon seeing a [[Gender Bender|gender-swapped]] [[Idiot Hero|Fry]], ''[[Futurama]]''}}
{{quote|''"It must be that ass, cuz it ain't your face!"''
|'''Nelly''', "Tip Drill"}}
Suppose you're a heterosexual man and you see a gorgeous woman walking down the street. [[Male Gaze|Your eyes pan up]] the [[She's Got Legs|long luscious legs]], that round bottom [[Sexy Walk|swaying oh so nicely]], that slim waist, [[Buxom Is Better|full, round breasts]]...[[Gonk|BUTTERFACE!]] ([[Don't Explain the Joke|"But her face", get it?]])
This is when a girl is otherwise a total package, but [[Mother Nature]] didn't ''complete'' the package and [[Mirror-Cracking Ugly|she has a face with the shapelessness and sliminess of butter]]. The kind of face that makes you want to [[Brown Bag Mask|put a bag over it]]. Often [[Played for Laughs]] in cartoons and comedy films. In gags, the woman will often be wearing a veil, setting up for [[The Reveal]]. This woman often ends up being a [[Abhorrent Admirer]]. Somewhat the opposite of the [[Gorgeous Gorgon]].
Although this is mostly intended for female characters, the trope is hardly applicable to women only and some male characters also qualify as [[Spear Counterpart
Also known by the acronym BOBFOC ("Body Of Baywatch, Face Of Crimewatch").
The Japanese have their own word for it, "bakku-shan" (a combination of "back" and "schön", German for "beautiful"). Hence, "beautiful only from the back". In the Philippines, this is called "hipon," which means "shrimp," because when eating shrimps, you only go for the body and not the head (A similar analogy is used in Australia, with "Prawn", and in Central America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, with "Camarona"). Meanwhile in Poland, in an inversion of [[Lie Back and Think of England]], this kind of woman is described as "flag on her face, and for the Motherland!". In Brazil, the common nickname is "Raimunda", for "feia de cara mas boa de bunda" (ugly face, but [[Skewed Priorities|a pretty ass]]).
{{noreallife|Needless to say, this is considered a ''hugely'' impolite thing to say to another person.}}▼
▲Needless to say, this is considered a ''hugely'' impolite thing to say to another person.
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* The one hundred forty years ''young'' [[Battleaxe Nurse|ass-kicking medic]] Kureha in ''[[One Piece]]'' has a lovely, hourglass shaped body, but the face of a hag
▲== Anime & Manga ==
** In a flashback, Franky's adoptive mother Kokoro the mermaid. Young Kokoro was quite a looker... from the neck down. She ''did'' have a prettier face when even younger, but her life hardships attacked her face first.
▲* The one hundred forty years ''young'' [[Battleaxe Nurse|ass-kicking medic]] Kureha in ''[[One Piece]]'' has a lovely, hourglass shaped body, but the face of a hag. Also Young Kokoro was quite a looker...from the neck down.
* The Abyssal Eaters from ''[[Claymore]]''; 11 women that are either outright naked if not [[Stripperific]], with pretty good bodies.....but their eyes are sewn shut and their teeth are just weird.
* In the [[Hot Springs Episode]] of ''[[Outlaw Star]]'', Gene and Jim are happy to find a woman pulling the [[Marilyn Maneuver]]...until they look up and realize she's a ''[http://www.oocities.org/katizua/bios/silgrian1.JPG Silgrian]'' woman.
* Celty from ''[[Durarara!!]]'' is a variation: her problem isn't that her face is ugly, but that [[Headless Horseman|she doesn't have one]]. Or rather, she did, but it's never been ''attached''. Her head does, in fact, have a pretty face, but given that it's in a jar instead of on her body...
* Pakunoda from ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]''. She may sport an impressive cleavage, but her crooked nose spoils everything.
* ''[[Bleach]]'': [http://static.zerochan.net/full/34/18/373434.jpg This] is Tia Harribel. [http://images.wikia.com/bleach/en/images/1/1b/Harribel.png This] is Tia Harribel when she unzips her jacket...
** Subverted when she unleashes her [[Super Mode|resurrection]], as the bone mask disappears and her fully uncovered face is as gorgeous as you'd expect from any adult woman drawn by Tite Kubo.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
== Card Games ==▼
* The Geisha Gorgon in the ''[[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'' card game.▼
* [http://images.wikia.com/digimon/images/0/0b/Kinkakumon_b.jpg Kinkakumon] from ''[[Digimon (game)|Digimon Jintrix]]''.▼
* Sadie Hawkins from the ''[[Li'l Abner]]'' comic strips.
* Way back in the early days of the [[Justice Society of America|JSA]], Johnny Thunder was thrown back in time and was betrothed to a princess who always wore a veil. Since this example belongs to this trope, you can see where this is going...
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* In ''Judge Bao and the Jade Phoenix'', there's a prostitute named "Two Moons", for [[Gag Boobs|reasons that prove themselves quite obvious]], and a very impressive figure. She also always goes around wearing a hat with a veil that hides her face. Considering the title of this trope, it should be obvious why.
* In ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'', Eddie Valiant sees what he thinks is the silhouette of Jessica Rabbit in the window of an apartment. But when he gets up there, she's wearing the same outfit... Butter Face!▼
▲== Films -- Live-Action ==
▲* In ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'', Eddie Valiant sees what he thinks is the silhouette of Jessica Rabbit in the window of an apartment. But when he gets up there, she's wearing the same outfit...Butter Face!
** What actually happened is, it was really Lena Hyena, who'd somehow managed to make herself look just like Jessica (toon physics or something), excluding the face. As soon as she saw Eddie, the rest of it unraveled.
* ''[[Deuce Bigalow]], European Gigolo'': The chick from Chernobyl with the, erm, ''appendage'' in place of her nose.
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** Makes sense for this trope when you take into account that {{spoiler|Princess Vespa's stunt double is a grotesque-looking man with long, straggly hair and a cigar, who just happens to have a fantastic body}}.
** Princess Vespa herself was an example before undergoing ''major'' rhinoplasty. The Spaceballs [[Blackmail]] her father the king by threatening to undo it (he cracks almost instantly).
*** Well, [[Big No|by her response]], she wasn't [https://web.archive.org/web/20130619094610/http://movieclips.com/yC9st-spaceballs-movie-giving-up-the-combination/ any bigger of a fan of going back] either!
* In ''[[Porky's Revenge!]]'', Porky's daughter Blossom is like this, with Porky forcing a [[Shotgun Wedding]] on Meat because she told her father they went "all the way". (They hadn't, and however far they did get, it was all Blossom.)
* The Witches of Ar in ''[[The Beastmaster]]'' are bikini-clad centerfoldesque women... with hideously deformed faces.
{{quote|'''[[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony:]]''' Gaahah! [[Shout-Out|What's wrong]] with [[
* In ''[[The Three Stooges]]'', Curly or Shemp often ended up with one of these while Moe and Larry got attractive women.
** A few times, Curly and Shemp ''became'' this as they dressed up in a drag disguise.
* Done as a gag with a horse-faced alien prostitute in the [[So Bad It's Good]] 1980s movie ''Space Raiders''.
* '40s film star Martha Raye was often this. She had a great body and a terrific singing voice, but was often the "butterface" sight gag in films like 1941's ''Hellzapoppin'' due to her
* Played with in [[John Waters]]' ''[[Cry-Baby]]'' - the aptly named Hatchetface is introduced in the classic "gag" manner in the opening scene, where two hoodlums standing in line behind her waiting to get vaccinations reach for her attractively swaying bottom-only to be shocked when she turns around and reveals her flattened nose, crossed eyes, and horrible teeth. The traditional [[Abhorrent Admirer]] aspect of this trope is averted in the rest of the film, though-she has a very happy relationship with one of the male characters of the film, and none of the Drapes treat her any differently than the gorgeous Wanda, played by [[Traci Lords]].
* One issue of ''Fangoria'' played with this in a sneak peek of ''[[Splice]]'', describing [[Uncanny Valley Girl]] Dren as a "butterlegs".
* Parodied with the ghoul that attacks Shorty in the second ''[[Scary Movie]]''. At first he's horrified and it looks like she's strangling him, but he's actually having sex with her, solving the problem with a paper bag ("No no, no kissing!"). They're still together at the very end.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* Marian Halcombe in ''[[The Woman in White]]'' by [[Wilkie Collins]].
{{quote|To see such a face as this set on shoulders that a sculptor would have longed to model—to be charmed by the modest graces of action through which the symmetrical limbs betrayed their beauty when they moved, and then to be almost repelled by the masculine form and masculine look of the features in which the perfectly shaped figure ended—was to feel a sensation oddly akin to the helpless discomfort familiar to us all in sleep, when we recognise yet cannot reconcile the anomalies and contradictions of a dream.}}
* In ''[[Infinite Jest]]'' by [[David Foster Wallace]], Joelle Van Dyne is genuinely gorgeous until an accident leaves her face "hideously and improbably deformed." Her body, however, remains pristine.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* A complete inversion of this trope occurs in the ''[[Twilight Zone]]'' episode "The Eye of the Beholder" (aka "The Private World of Darkness"). The main character's face — [[Bandaged Face|bandaged until the reveal at the end]] — is [[Beautiful All Along|just as beautiful]] as her body...but to the standards of all other characters — who have hideous faces — ''she'' is the one with the butter face.
* On ''[[Reno 911!]]'', Deputy Trudy Weigel is said to have a decent body but she's still a triple-bagger (a bag for you, a bag for her, and a bag for anyone unfortunate enough to be watching).
* On ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', this turns out to be the case with a woman who was wearing a full burqa and veil on her date with Larry's blind friend...who [[Completely Missing the Point|dumps her as soon as he finds out she's ugly.]]
* This was often a gag on ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'', in a manner similar to the ''Spaceballs'' example above (the "female" actor would actually be a man in drag, often with a rugged face and a beard).
* In one ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode, one of Quark's customers requests a holobrothel session with [[Kiss Me, I'm Virtual|a duplicate of Major Kira]]. Kira and Odo find out about it, and hack the program so that the client is greeted with an image of Kira's body topped off by Quark's head.
* [[Patty Maloney]] as the [http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:The_little_woman.jpg little woman]{{Dead link}} in the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "The Thaw".
* The title character of the ''[[Masters of Horror]]'' episode "Jenifer" is this. Possibly to the point of [[Exaggerated Trope|exaggeration]], in that her face looks downright monstrous while still having a model's body.
== [[Music]] ==▼
▲== Music ==
* Many who have watched [[Queen]]'s video for "I Want to Break Free" have admitted that, facial hair aside, Freddie Mercury makes a pretty hot chick. Then of course, there's the drummer, Roger Taylor, who borders on [[Uncanny Valley]].
* [[Aphex Twin]]'s music video for "Windowlicker". [[Nightmare Face|The end.]]
* The Strawbs' song (covered later by The Monks), "Nice Legs, Shame About the Face".
* Nelly's song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r67xcDqKQYo "Tip Drill"]<ref>
* The [[Alternative Rap]] group Black Sheep's song "Strobelite Honey" is about the rapper Dres meeting a girl in a club. He can't see her face due to the strobe lights, but he can make out her "slammin" silhouette. Then he gets her in the light. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* [[Medusa]] always has a hideous face with snakes for hair, and usually fangs, a beard, and bulging eyes as well. But sometimes she's depicted with a beautiful, human body. Then again, in ancient Greek artwork she's usually depicted with a scaly, clawed, inhuman body below the neck. And one of the oldest images of her incongruously makes her a centaur with a leering skull for a head.
*
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy|Recorded and Stand-Up Comedy]] ==
* Comedian Pablo Francisco has a routine called "Nice body, ugly face."
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
▲=== Card Games ===
▲* The Geisha Gorgon in the ''[[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'' card game.
▲* [http://images.wikia.com/digimon/images/0/0b/Kinkakumon_b.jpg Kinkakumon] from ''[[Digimon (game)|Digimon Jintrix]]''.
=== Tabletop
* One of the sample characters in the Nosferatu clanbook from ''[[Vampire: The Requiem]]'', Mary Contrary. She loves to wear [[Stripperiffic]] clothes that compliment her hot body, but her face..."looks like it's been hit with a shovel. Over and over again". Of course that being a Nosferatu, Mary takes this trope [[Up to Eleven]]. It would be bad enough just with this description, but then we actually get to see her.
* In the ''[[Scarred Lands]]'' monster book ''Creature Collection II: Dark Menagerie,'' the [[Meaningful Name|Blood Maiden]], is introduced as an otherwise gorgeous shoal-dwelling siren who just so happens to have a ''lamprey-like maw instead of a face.'' Obviously, they feed on blood, and not only that, but they [[Single Gender Race|are all female]] as well. Guess how they reproduce?
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
▲== Video Games ==
* ''Any'' game that features orcs fits this trope. Both male ''and'' female orcs qualify in that they ''always'' have attractive bodies and horrible faces.
* The nurses in the ''[[Silent Hill]]'' series apparently have [[Hospital Hottie|very nice bodies]], and ''tumors'' for heads.
* The Battle Nuns in ''[[Brutal Legend]]'' look pretty hot from the neck down. Their, uh, "faces", on the other hand...{{spoiler|look like zippers (and little more) that produce weaponized [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot
* Mileena from ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' looks like your typical [[Femme Fatale]] in a purple ninja outfit. That is, until she takes off her mask and turns out to have [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]].
** Same can be said about Baraka, a [[Rare Male Example]], whose body is suitably muscular and athletic for a fighting game but whose face is ''anything'' but attractive.
** Shao Kahn is another male example. The guy has the physique of a bodybuilder and normally wears little else than a loincloth, boots, shoulderpads, and a harness. He also normally wears a full-faced helmet, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120501101941/http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060613183108/mk/images/5/5b/Shao_Kahn_comic.jpg but when he doesn't...] except in ''[[Mortal Kombat: Annihilation|Mortal Kombat Annihilation]]'', where he has a normal human face (specifically, that of Brian Thompson) under the helmet.
*** He also has a normal human face in ''[[Mortal Kombat: Legacy]]''.
* The Ghost Lady from [[Uninvited]]. When seen from behind, she does kind of look harmless and look like [[Gone with the Wind|Scarlett O'Hara]]. When you look at her face, though...well, she doesn't really have a face, per se.
* [[Chivalrous Pervert|Zevran]] of ''[[Dragon Age]]'' mentions this trope by name in a conversation with Leliana, remarking on a woman that he'd been ogling. Leliana tells him, "You are a very bad man."
* Luna of ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' got this sort of response from Siggy, [[Gorgeous Gorgon|even though her face is fine]], and from several supporting characters. She has orc tusks because of a curse.
* Demonstrated in [http://www.explosm.net/comics/406/ this] ''[[Cyanide
* Thelma of ''[[Nip and Tuck]]'', in her original appearance, is implied to be this. [[She Cleans Up Nicely]], though.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Carly Jean-Dooley in ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' version four is described this way.▼
* ''[[Cracked.com]]''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_17251_the-10-coolest-foreign-words-english-language-needs.html The 10 Coolest Foreign Words The English Language Needs] has a Japanese word for this, the aforementioned "bakku-shan".▼
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the [[Tex Avery]] cartoon ''Big Heel-Watha'', the chief's daughter is one of these... but turns out to be [[Red Hot Riding Hood|Red]] wearing an ugly mask.
** A similar switch happens in the [[Woody Woodpecker]] cartoon, ''Socko in Morocco''. Woody and an Arab vulture fight over a harem girl; in the end they lift the veil to see a horridly ugly face. (Woody finds out after the vulture gives up that the face was a mask and she's really beautiful.)
** Another Avery "Droopy" cartoon, ''The Chump Champ'', has the Queen of Sports, who looks shapely from the neck down, but is a [[Funny Animal|literal dog]] from the neck up.
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** Even more to the point, in reference to late night Cinemax: "There was one on last night where the girl had a butt face but her breasts was immaculate."
** Another episode had Meg join the Baton Squad in school, after being rejected as a cheerleader. The squad contains all unattractive girls...and one perfectly acceptable looking one. Meg asks her why she's in the group, and when she opens her mouth a super-long tongue rolls out.
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' pilot, [[
* Mrs. Manface from ''[[Batman: The
* Bleh from ''[[Drawn Together]]'', if only because of her eyes.
* [[Professional Killer|Curare]], a villain from ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', has a rather nice body. But apparently she wears the mask for reasons besides stealth. When Terry sees her without it, he looks rather repulsed, though we don't get to see it.
* ''[[Cars|Cars 2]]'': During the scene where Mater, Finn McMissile and Holly Shiftwell are looking for Tomber, an odd three-wheeled car running the local black market in Paris, France; Mater actually sees a car facing away from him while inside the black market, and as soon as Mater talks to her, the car immediately turns around, revealing that her eyes are actually on her headlights instead of her windshield like everyone else's! Mater than screams and drives away to find his teammates.
▲== Web Originals ==
▲* Carly Jean-Dooley in ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' version four is described this way.
▲* ''[[Cracked.com]]''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_17251_the-10-coolest-foreign-words-english-language-needs.html The 10 Coolest Foreign Words The English Language Needs] has a Japanese word for this, the aforementioned "bakku-shan".
== Real Life ==
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