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** Inuyasha recognizes Kagome by smell, not sight. He probably finds the scent of things like body wash and shampoo strange and off-putting.
* ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' Lotte, who is no uglier than Eva or Nina, is apparently deemed so unattractive that guys will dance with her on a dare only.
* Akane Tendo, at least if her erstwhile fiance [[Ranma One Half|Ranma½]] is to be believed, especially when she's going [[Tsundere]] all over his hide. Everyone else seems to think Akane's actually pretty [[Moe|cute]]. Of course Ranma's opinion may be a bit biased due to the [[Can't Stand Them Can't Live Without Them]] nature of their relationship.
* ''[[Earthsea|Tehanu]]'' a novel by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]. Young girl Therru is so disfigured by third-degree burns that people avoid looking at her. In the anime adaptation ''Tales from Earthsea'', she's a sweet young girl who appears to suffer from a bad sunburn.
* ''[[Yotsuba&!]]'' Fuuka is often compared unfavorably to her older sister Asagi, with Yotsuba referring to her at least once as "the not-pretty sister". Fans [[Perverse Sexual Lust|tend to disagree with this assessment]].
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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.
* ''[[ICarlyiCarly]]'' manages to avert this fairly well. [[The Chew Toy]] Lewbert is played [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 [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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