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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"Some women are simply sexy forever. [[Helen Mirren]] is a woman like that. She's 64. As she enters her 70s, we'll begin to develop a fondness for sexy septuagenarians."''
|'''[[Roger Ebert]]'''}}
For most people, their looks fade somewhat as they get older, being only appreciated by their long-term loves.
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'''Does not count for immortal or ageless characters.'''
Compare [[Hot Mom]]
Contrast with [[I Was Quite a Looker]]. See also [[Christmas Cake]], and [[Likes Older Women]]. When adding examples, avoid people who are [[Hollywood Old]]. They must be visibly old for the trope to be in effect. Do not confuse with [[Older Than They Look]], or its extreme counterpart, [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]], unless they look old to a normal person despite being far older than that would imply on its own. See also [[Grande Dame]]. For elderly female characters who are more noted for concupiscence than attractiveness, see [[Dirty Old Woman]].
{{noreallife|we'd never reach an agreement!}} However, feel free to go to Creators' pages and add this trope there.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Somewhat strangely, a subversion of this occurs in the [[Distant Finale]] of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. Almost everyone who was older after the first timeskip looks like they aged rather badly, with Rossiu and Simon getting the worst of it, and apparently this happened to Yoko as well, so much so her face is probably not seen in this segment because like her figure (which seems to have taken the ravages of time less well then expected), it's gone downhill rather badly. The only ones who seem to have been immune to this were the ones who were still young after the first timeskip and Leeron (who is far too [[Camp Gay|fabulous]] to age).
* Doctor Kureha from ''[[One Piece]]'' is close to 140 years old, and though [[Older Than They Look|her face looks like someone in their 70s]], [[Male Gaze|her body is far more attractive]]. It helps that she dresses like a teenage girl.
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*** Shakky is also seen in a flashback, and over the years doesn't seem to have aged a day.
* ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' has Bulma's mom, and eventually Chichi. Bulma herself too, if you count Dragonball GT.
* Similar to [[Clannad (
* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', Gauron (not so much in the anime, but in the "Sigma" manga) looks rather rugged and handsome, despite being at ''least'' 50.
** Or, for those of us who don't like them [[Ax Crazy]], there's also silver-haired [[Cool Old Guy]] Andrei Kalinin.
* [http://www.giogio.cn/gh/jostar/joseph_joestar02.gif Joseph Joestar]{{Dead link}} in ''[[
** Joked about in ''[[Manga/Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure Abridged|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure Abridged]]'':
{{quote|
'''D'Arby''': How...recent...is that picture?
'''Joseph''': '''VERY...very...recent.''' }}
** And his grandson Jotaro as a father looks younger than he was as a high-school student, and looks good [http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/antar000/Jojoolder.jpg?t=1280805849 in snakeskin pants].
* [[Hot Dad|Fujimoto]] from ''[[Ponyo
* Balalaika, the leader of Hotel Moscow from ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', is one of the oldest characters in the regular cast (save possibly Sister Yolanda from the Church of Violence), but is still attractive, even with half of her face scarred all to hell.
* While most of the adult women in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* ''[[Hellsing]]'' has Walter who is a [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]] to many fans, despite being at least in his late 60s. Also {{spoiler|Integra after the [[Time Skip]]}}; the narration even mentions it.
** In universe, Alucard has a thing for older people, saying that people like the Queen and {{spoiler|Integra}} become truly beautiful when they are elderly, and that {{spoiler|Walter's}} body was "a trillion times more beautiful" before it was {{spoiler|rejuvenated by vampirism}}. Although Alucard's feelings are at least partially based off of [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|envy that humans can age and die naturally]].
* In ''[[Change 123]]'', Motoko's grandmother doesn't look a day over 40.
* Grandpa Rome from ''[[
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** It seems to be the anime only- In the manga, he appears to be an old man while he's with Chibitalia. Only when he dies, he's young again, such as when he's visiting Italy (and Germany) from heaven.
** Grandmano from the ''[[
* Tsunade from ''[[
* Thorkell the Tall from ''[[Vinland Saga]]''.
* Sanae and Akio Furukawa from ''[[Clannad (
* [[Human Aliens|Leesha]], the Commander of the Saint exploration ship in ''[[Mahoromatic]]'', looks rather youthful and and attractive, even though she is old enough to be Suguru's grandmother. {{spoiler|In actual fact, she ''is'' his grandmother.}}
* ''[[Yandere Kanojo]]'' has Manabu's grandfather, who is portrayed as [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/yandere_kanojo/v03/c024.1/13.html absurdly charming.] It's also implied that he still successful bar hops for women.
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
▲== Comic Books ==
* The ''[[Ultimate Marvel]]'' version of Aunt May.
** So is her ''[[The Spectacular Spider
* ''[[Gold Digger (Comic Book)|Gold Digger]]'' has Julia Diggers, who's in her 50s but looks very good for her age due to constantly working out ''before'' getting an effective age downgrade. Then there's ''her'' mother, Brunhildigard, who if you like the buff types...
** Her husband Theodore is in equally good shape, despite being older than Julia and not getting the same age-down. And that's only his physical body- in his Aura form, he looks like an ''Olympian god''.
* [[
* Old Bruce Wayne in ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'' certainly still holds the appeal he always had.
* Jacob Kane, father of Kate Kane, the modern [[Batwoman]], is in at least his 50s or 60s but is still pretty good looking. It probably helps that he's a career [[Good
== [[Film]] ==
* Mimi Rogers, in 2004's ''[[The Door in the Floor]]''. This 50+ beauty appears alongside a still-got-it Kim Basinger - who was born in December 1953 (58 yo).
* The [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] version of Aunt May -- called simply "May" by Peter and the target of Happy Hogan's infatuation, played by [[Marisa Tomei]].
==
* The [[Robert A. Heinlein|author]] introduction to
▲* Mimi Rogers, in ''The Door in the Floor''. This 50+ beauty appears alongside a still-got-it Kim Basinger - who was born in December 1953 (58 yo).
▲* The [[Robert A. Heinlein|author]] introduction to "The Worlds of Robert Heinlein" predicts that future advances in cosmetics and plastic surgery will result in a society full of hot grandmas.
** Not to mention many of Heinlein's later works where many aging characters undergo 'rejuvenation' to regain youthful bodies.
* ''Sisterhood'' series by [[Fern Michaels]]: Myra Rutledge and Countess Anne "Annie" Ryland de Silva. Both of them are in their 60s and heading on to 70s. Make no mistake, they are old enough to be your grandmother, and they are incredibly sexy! In fact, ''Weekend Warriors'' has Nikki Quinn and Barbara Rutledge commenting that Myra looks better at 60 plus years old than they do at 30 plus years old. Now that's hotness!
* Belgarath in ''[[The Belgariad]]'' is an [[Elderly Immortal]] who looks to be in his eighties or nineties. Right up until he takes off his shirt, demonstrating that while his face may be that of an old man, his body is not.
* [[Kinsey Millhone]] definitely thinks her landlord Henry, who is around eighty, is very sexy.
* In the ''[[1632]]'' series, Ruy Sanchez de Casador y Ortiz is somewhere in the vicinity of sixty, but with a better physique than many thirty-something athletes of the 20th century. His face isn't '''quite''' as handsome as Ricardo Montalban's. On top of the physical charms, he's brave, clever, and (intentionally) funny. It's not surprising anymore that an "uptime" woman who's literally young enough to be his daughter falls in love with him.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==▼
* Agnes Moorehead's Endora in ''[[
▲== Live-Action TV ==
▲* Agnes Moorehead's Endora in ''[[Bewitched (TV)|Bewitched]]''. Creepy, yes; kooky, yes. But hot, nevertheless.
** Ironic, too, because in her youth, Moorehead usually played very dowdy and matronly characters.
* Paul Lassiter's mother in ''[[Spin City]]''. Paul is baffled by all the attention she gets until the other guys point out her sexiness, causing Paul to give her the head to toe. "OH MY GOD! I just checked out my own mother!" "And?" "She's a FREAKING HOTTIE!"
** Well, she was played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000079/ Raquel Welch].
* ''[[
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica
** President Laura Roslin
** Admiral Adama is a Foxy Grandpa. Mrrow.
* Several from ''[[
** Gibbs.
** Jenny Shepherd.
** David McCallum. He's almost eighty and [[Fan Girl
* Honor Blackman in the ITV sitcom ''[[The Upper Hand]]'' (and also in [[Real Life]]).
* The actresses in so many pharmaceutical commercials now.
* Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell from ''[[
* ''[[Star Trek:
* Gemma from ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'', enough to be checked out and commented on by the much younger Prospect, Half-Sack.
** She is, of course, played by [[Married...
* In ''[[
* Blanche Deveraux in ''[[
* ''[[Wheel of Fortune]]'' co-host [[Lovely Assistant|Vanna White]].
* The titular character of ''[[Reba]]''.
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* In ''[[CSI: NY]]'' Mac Taylor definitely fits this trope.
* ''[[The Old Guys]]'' has several attractive older women as recurring characters, particularly Sally and "Sexy Barbara" the [[Hot Librarian]].
* Mona from ''[[
* [[Kyra Sedgwick]]'s Brenda Leigh Johnson on ''[[The Closer]]''.
* Resident sex-bomb Rose from ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'' is portrayed by fifty-something Mary Millar and her age-defying legs.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* In 1971, then 38-year old Eileen Fulton had a clause put in her contract that her ''[[As the World Turns]]'' character Lisa could not become a grandmother (a clause which would remain in effect for some fifteen years), as she was involved in a number of romantic, front-burner storylines, and feared that if Lisa became a grandmother, she would "be put in an apron, sent to the kitchen and forgotten". In the mid-80s, when Lisa's on-screen daughter-in-law suffered a miscarriage on the show, viewers assumed it was due to Fulton's "no grandmother" clause, and the actress was inundated with hate mail.
* ''[[Law
* ''[[Law
* The ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
* Lesley Ann Warren as Jinx Shannon in ''[[In Plain Sight]]''. In her sixties, two adult daughters, alcoholic for 30+ years, and can still work a leotard.
* Diana Rigg as Mrs Bradley in ''[[The Mrs Bradley Mysteries]]''.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* ''[[Peanuts]]'' had a G-rated example in one storyline where Charlie Brown's attempt to introduce himself to the Little Red Haired Girl actually got him as far as her front door, only to be shocked when her grandmother answered; "Even her grandmother has red hair!" he exclaimed in his thoughts. He was only able to squeak out, "You're a cute grandmother!" before leaving with his face red in embarrassment.
==
* Natasha Kerensky of the [[
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
* Several characters in ''[[Fire Emblem]],'' the most notable being [[Sean Connery]]-double [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v139/VincentASM/Site/FE8/Dyussel.gif Duessel] and [[Metal Gear Solid|Big Boss]]-lookalike [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612061120/http://serenesforest.net/fe11/face/rolense.png Lorenz].▼
▲== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'', Snake, due to accelerated aging, looks like he's in his 60s, and he's ''still'' a [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]. From the same game, Big Mama {{spoiler|a.k.a. EVA}} is possibly the only woman in her 80s to pull off [[Absolute Cleavage]] without setting off massive [[Squick]] alarms.▼
▲* Several characters in ''[[Fire Emblem]],'' the most notable being [[Sean Connery]]-double [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v139/VincentASM/Site/FE8/Dyussel.gif Duessel] and [[Metal Gear Solid|Big Boss]]-lookalike [http://serenesforest.net/fe11/face/rolense.png Lorenz].
▲* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4]]'', Snake, due to accelerated aging, looks like he's in his 60s, and he's ''still'' a [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]. From the same game, Big Mama {{spoiler|a.k.a. EVA}} is possibly the only woman in her 80s to pull off [[Absolute Cleavage]] without setting off massive [[Squick]] alarms.
** What about {{spoiler|"The Boss", in the same vein as Big Mama. That's pretty damn good for a woman pushing past middle-age. [[Iron Man|With a child]]. [[Memetic Mutation|Delivered by C-Section]]. [[Overused Running Gag|During the Invasion]] of [[World War II|NORMANDY]].}}
*** The Boss is more of a [[Hot Mom|MILF]]. Canonically she was born in 1922, which makes her 42 in the game. Not a bad age to still be attractive at, but not quite at this level yet.
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* Mainly it's because of the art style in ''[[Castlevania]] Aria of Sorrow'', but Julius Belmont looks pretty damn fine for a 55 year old. Unfortunately, [[Art Shift|he looked like a damn Dwarf]] in ''Dawn''.
* [[The Elder Scrolls|Janus Hassildor]], Count of Skingrad, possibly qualifies, as he is over 200 years old. {{spoiler|Mind you, he's a vampire...}}
* ''[[City of Heroes]]'' has a few. [[Flying Brick|Statesman]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20070509221228/http://www.cityofheroes.com/ (pictured center in the title bar)] fought in [[World War I]]. And then there's Sister Psyche (to Statesman's right), who can "mind-ride," inhabiting another person's body and stopping her aging; technically, she's over eighty years old.
* [[Final Fantasy X|Auron]]. Going by appearance he looks 50. He's actually 35. {{spoiler|It also states that he died at 25, so that's ''including'' the time that he's been an unsent.}} Nonetheless, he certainly looks worn and craggy enough to qualify.
* In ''[[Resident Evil]] [[Resident Evil 5|5]]'', Albert Wesker is 48 years old (ten years older than he was in [[Resident Evil 1|the first game]]). And most people admit he's damn hot.
* Wynne from ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins''. It doesn't help that she is something of a [[Never Mess
** [[Lampshaded]], as resident [[Casanova]] Zevran doesn't hesitate to flirt with her and comment on her "magical bosom". Wynne is not amused.
** [[The Alcoholic|Oghren]] and even (in a DLC) [[Adorkable|Alistair]] flirt with her, too.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130805044653/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/stolen-pixels/6848-Stolen-Pixels-148-Dragon-Aged Parodied] in this ''Stolen Pixels'' comic, where Wynne keeps insisting she's old and helpless while wearing an [[Stripperiffic|outfit that proves otherwise]].
* In ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', Flemeth drops the ragged old lady look that Morrigan and the Warden know her by and instead wears figure-clinging armor, has white horned hair and a generally cleaned-up face.
** Not to mention Leandra Hawke. She looks roughly fifty, but is still a looker and has a figure not far off from that of her daughter Bethany - who is 18 when the story starts.
** Even Snarky!Hawke thinks that Meredith looks somewhat attractive for her age.
* In ''[[Mass Effect]]'', Doctor
** If you take her service history into account, you'll realise that [[Older Than They Look|she has to be around 70 years old]].
*** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Of course that in the future, where genetic fixing and splicing is the norm and medicine is so much more advanced, people would have longer lifespans and look younger!
** [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|Asari]] don't seem to age nearly as much as humans. [[Knight Templar|Samara]] can still pull off that [[Absolute Cleavage]] outfit at nearly a thousand.
* The Eld Witch in ''[[A
** She's quite the Eld Witch [http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk61/Soap-Bubble/A%20Witchs%20Tale/AWTEldWitch.png abomination].
* [[The Medic]] from ''[[
** And Sniper. Even though he looks like he's in his 40's, he's still hot! Heck, most of the cast is at least nearing middle age, and they all appeal to someone's fetish- there's [[Brave Scot|Demoman]], [[Good
* Ansem the Wise, Even/Vexen (minus the stupid expressions they give him, he is rather handsome!) and Master Eraqus from the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series. Also Xigbar. He has partially grey hair but that's no issue (and just look at Braig...).
* The third ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' introduces the character of Kobayakawa Hideaki, Mouri Motonari's grandson... his ''teenage'' grandson. Given that Motonari looks like a [[Bishonen]] in his early twenties, we can only assume both he and his child have mysteriously managed to father offspring at about age five.
** Capcom have mentioned adoption around the topic of Kobayakawa and his granddad. Which begs the question - where are Mouri's sons?
* Completely averted in the game ''[[Banjo
* By [[Memetic Mutation]] only, the "old hags" of ''[[Touhou]]'': Yukari Yakumo, Yuyuko Saigyouji, Eirin Yagokoro, Kanako Yasaka, and Byakuren Hijiri. The last of whom is pretty much canonically Fetish Fuel Unleaded, favoring a bondage-tastic [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] dress and spells that emphasize her physical traits and beauty. Worth noting that all youkai in Touhou are [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|drastically]] [[Older Than They Look]] unless otherwise specified.
** {{spoiler|Suwako Moriya}} plays this trope literally, being the ancestor of {{spoiler|Sanae Kochiya}}, older than Gensokyo, and looking like a [[Token
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'': Twinrova's [[Fusion Dance|combined form]]. Link's [[Jaw Drop|reaction]] mirrors that of many players. Especially notable given how withered-looking Koume and Kotake are separately.
* By the time ''[[Assassin's Creed
* ''[[No More Heroes]]'': Naomi, if sources connected to the games are to be believed, is actually 60 plus years old. You would never think to look at her!
* One of the routes in ''[[Hatoful Boyfriend]]'' suggests that Dr. Shuu is probably about the same age as Ryouta's parents... and in Ryouta's route, it's mentioned that old age is a factor in his mother's failing health. Of course, considering he's still a bird, Dr. Shuu might still be [[Mayfly-December Romance|chronologically younger than the heroine]].
* Mrs Maharassa from ''[[Friendly Hostility]]'', as demonstrated by [https://web.archive.org/web/20150907211800/http://www.friendlyhostility.com/d/20051226.html this strip].▼
* Dan's succubus grandmother, [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1000.php Cyra], and [[Eccentric Mentor|Fa'Lina]] from ''[[
▲* Mrs Maharassa from ''[[Friendly Hostility]]'', as demonstrated by [http://friendlyhostility.com/d/20051226.html this strip].
▲* Dan's succubus grandmother, [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1000.php Cyra], and [[Eccentric Mentor|Fa'Lina]] from ''[[Dan and Mabs Furry Adventures|Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]]''. Fa'Lina is drawn well enough to convincingly look old, but [[Gag Boobs|well...]] The two of them are even more of an example than most of the examples on this page since they're both multiple ''thousands'' of years old. It's a Cubi thing.
* The version of [[Public Domain Character|Diane Adams]] (Miss Masque) that appears in ''Heroes Inc'' seems to follow this trope. The creator even did a nude pin-up drawing of her as a voting incentive.
* Though she's not a main character of ''[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/johnmann/zodiac/series.php Zodiac]'', Cancer's grandmother [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/johnmann/zodiac/series.php?view=single&ID=134515 Natalia Hain] is in very good shape for her age.
* Maggie of ''[[Erfworld]]''. Grey hair, grey skin,
*
* General Tarquin from ''[[
* Mama Fisi from ''Carry On'' is a [[Hot Amazon]]. Her gray wig is the only sign that she could possibly have mid-20s grandchildren.
* King Urtica in ''[[Exiern]]'' despite his white hair and beard is revealed to still have a [http://www.exiern.com/?p=1933 very well muscled and defined] chest and six pack. Not to mention his "come to bed" eyes and smile.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Aaliyah Soldari from the ''Welcome to Omega'' serial novel most certainly fits the bill. Two hundred years old and still beautiful enough to make men faint.
▲== Web Original ==
▲* Aaliyah Soldari from the ''Welcome to Omega'' serial novel most certainly fits the bill. Two hundred years old and still beautiful enough to make men faint.
* Headmistress Elizabeth Carson of the [[Super-Hero School]] Whateley Academy in the [[Whateley Universe]]. She's in her 70s, and looks early- to mid-30s. She'd look like a movie starlet, but she's too [[Large and In Charge|authoritative]].
* The "Mature" section of [[Literotica]] takes this [[Explicit Content|interesting places]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
▲== Western Animation ==
* As ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' follows ''[[Ultimate Marvel]]'', Aunt May [[I Was Quite a Looker|is quite the looker]]. Another contributing factor may be [[Only Six Faces]], as she looks almost exactly like Gwen with gray hair and a bun.
* Same goes for the Aunt May from the ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (
* While one is not seen in ''[[
* Lots of people seem to have the hots for Iroh of ''[[
** The's also Avatar Kyoshi who lived to be over 200 years old, and still has plenty of admirers.
** Also, Piandao and, for some, Avatar Roku.
** [[Even the Guys Want Him|Everyone is gay for Iroh]].
** One might argue Pakku could count as well.
** Basically, Avatar has proven that old guys with beards can be just as sexy as Zuko, the [[Troubled but Cute]] [[Anti-Villain]].
** They're at it again in ''[[
* Ben and Gwen's grandmother Verdona in ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force
** Grandpa Max isn't half-bad either.
* Halinor the Ex-Guardian of Fire and Queen Kadma on the second season of ''[[WITCH (
** For that matter, Will's mom Susan, Irma's mom and Cornelia's mom all range from beautiful to downright gorgeous. MILF-y indeed!
* [[The Simpsons (animation)|Ned Flanders]] ([[Stupid Sexy Flanders]] himself) is over 60. [[Older Than They Look|Really]].
* With only slight signs of aging over the years, Wilma and Betty of ''[[The Flintstones]]'' became grandmothers when Pebbles gave birth to twins in ''Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby''.
* Grandma [[Unfortunate Names|Spankenheimer]] from ''[[Grandma Got Run Over
* Happens briefly to Granny Smith in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* Only implied by Flowerbell about Papa Smurf in ''[[The Smurfs]]'' episode "Papa's Wedding Day" when she's trying to win his heart.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* In general, advances in healthcare as well as a greater awareness of the benefits of physical fitness since 1970 (in the United States, at least) have resulted in an overall pushback of the age at which one is considered (and ''looks'') "old", leading to far more examples of this trope and [[Silver Fox]] among the population in the early 21st century than there were fifty years earlier.
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