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* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'': None of the characters are especially unattractive, but a combination of not being especially tall, muscular or fashionable in addition to being socially awkward and you can see why they aren't very lucky with the ladies. For Raj the actor is stuffed in horrible clothes, has his hair done badly, and is a [[Hollywood Nerd]]... and then you see Raj's actor, Kunal Nayyar, off the show, and... he's HOT.<ref>Raj, incidentally, has ''no'' problem ''attracting'' women, just talking to them while he's still sober.</ref> Leonard's fashion sense and hair style makes him look like a teenager, he's noticeable more handsome when he dresses up but that can be said for a lot of people.
** Bernadette is extremely attractive and is recognized as being pretty, but the fact that she has glasses and is rather mousy makes [[Anything That Moves|Howard Wolowitz]] not sure how committed he wants to be, as being rather shallow he is looking for a glamorous supermodel. He eventually recognizes how lucky he is to have her. Even Simon Helberg (Howard) is a lot more attractive off the show, just look at his picture on the [[wikipedia:Simon Helberg|other wiki]]. His character has a ''horrible'' haircut and his clothing makes it clear he has little body fat or muscle on him, including very stuffy turtleneck sweaters.
* The third ''[[Blackadder]]'' series has the Prince being frequently referred to as fat (as historically he was) and having trouble with women, in spite of being played by the very thin (and rather popular with women) Hugh Laurie.
* ''[[Bones]]'':
** [[Lampshaded]] when Booth describes himself and Brennan as the "sexy FBI agent and the sexy scientist".
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* ''[[General Hospital]]'': Part of the backlash on Spinelli is that he's a greasy-haired, geeky nerd with [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]...on a [[Soap Opera]], where anyone under a 9 is ugly. This was stretched even more when they brought in a similarly geeky girl...and hid her behind glasses, [[Girlish Pigtails]], and clothing that went out in the mid-90s.
* ''[[Glee]]'':
** [[Genki Girl|Rachel Berry]] is supposedly less attractive than [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders|Quinn Fabray]]. Now, Quinn's actress, Dianna Agron, is a cute girl, but Rachel's played by Lea. ''Friggin'.'' '''''[http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/8400000/Lea-Michele-on-The-Letterman-Show-05-10-09-glee-8493600-691-1222.jpg Michele]'''''.{{Dead link}}
** In one episode, Quinn's boyfriend Finn describes Rachel has having "a smoking hot body... if you don't like boobs." Rachel is noticeably much, much curvier than Quinn.
** In an [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-en-lea-michele2-2009dec02,0,6625011.story interview] with the actress she mentions how the character is supposed to be considered not attractive in the show.
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* ''[[I Love Lucy]]'': Ethel was the source of constant fat jokes, despite being about the same build as Lucy. To compensate for this, the producers had her wear clothes that were several sizes too small. The [[Urban Legend]] that she was contractually obligated to gain 20 pounds is untrue.
** This was intentional on the part of Vivian Vance. She reasoned that if Fred threw fat jokes at Ethel, and she were actually fat, people would feel bad for her; however, if she was called fat while actually slender, the hypocrisy and dissonance would make it funny.
* ''[[iCarly]]'' manages to avert this fairly well. [[The Chew Toy]] Lewbert is played [https://web.archive.org/web/20140716024727/http://img.likecinema.net/images/movie/player/Jeremy_Rowley_1279986142.jpg by this guy]. However, in the show, they mention that Lewbert used to be a male model, until a psycho ex-girlfriend caused him enough grief to make a [https://web.archive.org/web/20120605092659/http://www.icarly.com/assets/1/image/2009/04/30/import_000012.jpg giant wart] grow on his face, and at that point, he seemed to throw in the towel on hygiene.
* ''[[Inspector Lynley]]'': (BBC Homely?) A mild case in the televised version of the mysteries; in the books, DS Barbara Havers is ''committedly'' unattractive—middle-aged, plain, overweight, and badly dressed. [[Sharon Small]] may not fit the supermodel aesthetic, but she ''is'' stunningly pretty, and no bad haircut or baggy clothes can completely hide this, with the result that Barbara Havers is utterly adorable for the first four series, and then genuinely pretty (they let Sharon grow her hair out for series 5 and 6). Elizabeth George, who wrote the novels, was quite upset by this [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|until she saw Small's performance in the pilot]].
* ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]''
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*** This man obviously never watched the actual show and criticized it on it's premise.
** Actually, the show kind of averts this more often than not. While Betty is not exactly a super model, people around her usually recognize, both verbally and non-verbally, that she's pretty much an average looking woman and that, when she tries, she can look stunningly beautiful. The main problem with the girl is not her actual appearance but her awkward customs and fashion sense, which of course are something people in the fashion business will mock to death. Some characters, including ex-womanizers Matt and Daniel, as well as shallow Amanda even develop crushes on her, along with a series of seriously good looking, if nerdy, guys.
* The Venezuelan soap ''Vieja yo?'' played with this. Its protagonist, Margot, is a housewife just turned 50 who has tried to be an actress for years, and thanks to her skills she ends fronting for an old man to discover who are the really truthful people in his company. Everybody keeps calling "old hag" (even her very unfaithful husband and her three kids), and everybody around treats her like she was truly an hideous old prune. Of course, she is interpreted by Mimi Lazo, who at the time was the Venezuelan poster lady for [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]], and all the calling out is put in the mouth of people who are either envious of her luck and/or looks, or far older and uglier—people who has other reasons to dislike her and just use the "old hag" card to hurt her. Unluckily, her younger [[Love Interest]] fell into the [[Informed Attractiveness]], as he gained weight during the soap and was put in clothing too formal for the poor man in an intent to become more visually suitable for the heroine, but still referred as the second hottest men in the setting.
* ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'': Justin. In one episode his family couldn't believe that a pretty girl would consider dating him. At one point, Alex said that Justin was not cute all. And we are supposed to believe this? Especially since he is played by the ridiculously hot ''David Henrie''.
* ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'': Many male fans insist this one was (unintentionally) inverted wherein Jan Smithers as [[Hot Librarian|shy]], [[Hollywood Nerd|nerdy Bailey]] apparently came off as a whole lot hotter than 'blonde bombshell' Loni Anderson. Loni Anderson stated that the trope was being intentionally subverted and that she enjoyed playing on a show where the two attractive women were loyal co-workers and good friends.
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''Steve''': Thanks, Diana. I know you'd do a wonderful job. But I'm afraid this calls for a really gorgeous girl. Someone who looks great in a bathing suit. Say, I won't be needing you for awhile, is there anything you'd like to do?
'''This Troper''': [[Big OMG|Wow!]] }}
* ''[[Yo Soy Betty, la Fea]]'', the Colombian soap opera on which ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' is based, looks [http://img.timeinc.net/pespanol/i/galeria/2006/septiembre/Betty_Colombia_090506.jpg a bit more convincing] into characterizing Betty as ugly, even when the main actress is [https://web.archive.org/web/20210831201543/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Ana_maria_orozco.jpg actually quite pretty]. Just see [https://web.archive.org/web/20121126055839/http://estb.msn.com/i/79/C1A1B6E4E161C812F7BFBCD0B447.jpg this comparison]. In universe, half of Betty's ugliness are her terrible fashion choices, her unkempt appearance and her awkward mannerisms, and the other half are the lump of self-esteem troubles she has accumulated on her life; once she begins to groom herself, gets clothing and glasses that suit her better and actively
** Also in universe, this is also the crux of the secretarial staff: they are aware that, for normal person standards, they are attractive and even hot (the younger secretaries were played by very pretty actreses and even an actual model), but they work for men like Lombardi and Gutierrez who are surrounded by very pretty but homogeneous looking models, so if you get sightly outside that mold you'll get shunned by them, if they ever noticed you at all.
* ''[[Zoey 101]]'': [[Hollywood Nerd|Quinn Sanders]]
** Or Coco Wexler. She is neither so fat nor so horrible as they say in the series. The fact that his supposed ugliness is accompanied by a series of romantic failures, which appear to be deserved for it, ultimately has [[Unfortunate Implications]], even though her role is kinda the [[Butt Monkey]].
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* [[Avril Lavigne]]. In the video for "Girlfriend", we're supposed to believe that Avril's bratty punk-like "bad girl" character is more desirable than the nerdy girlfriend. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ25-glGRzI Er...] ([[Word of God]] says it's supposed to be satirical, but if that's true, it sure has one hell of a [[Misaimed Fandom]].)
* Saving Jane. The whole point of the song "Girl Next Door".
* [[Taylor Swift]]. In the video for [https://web.archive.org/web/20100117072901/http://www.cmt.com/videos/taylor-swift/377889/you-belong-with-me.jhtml "You Belong With Me"], they put her in [[Hollywood Nerd|really big glasses and a band uniform]] and we're supposed to believe she's The Plain Girl. Yeah, right. And then when [[Beautiful All Along|the glasses come off...]] Just to drive the trope home, the 'hot cheerleader' is played by... [[Taylor Swift]], in a brunette wig.
* Bill Kaulitz, lead singer of [[Tokio Hotel]] has stated on multiple occasions that he looks ugly without his makeup. When seen without his makeup, [[Sarcasm Mode|horror of horrors]], [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|he looks more like a man than usual.]]
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