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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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''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 work in improving her self-worth, the people around her do begin to perceive her as attractive.
* ''[[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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