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{{quote|"''Wasn't I a dish?''"|'''Rose''', ''[[Titanic]]'' }}

You all know them, that kindly old lady who lives down the street. The [[Miniature Senior Citizens|tiny]], wrinkly, [[Old Master|owner of the local Dojo]]. The [[White Dwarf Starlet|aged, fading seductress]]. [[Screw Politeness, I Am'm a Senior!|Crotchety old guy]] who lives at the end of the street. Wrinkled, old, musty... but they weren't always that way.

Compare [[Glory Days]]. When found in a live-action production will almost always involve [[Timeshifted Actor]]s.

* Cologne (pictured [httphttps://ranma.wikiafandom.com/wiki/File:Cologne?file=Young_Cologne_-_episode_69.png#Anime here]) in ''[[Ranma ½]]'', but ''not'' Happosai. Despite what he says. [[Word of God]] is that Genma was handsome once too, explaining how he [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife|married someone as attractive as Nodoka]]. The old and wrinkly Harumaki and {{spoiler|the equally old and wrinkly Gyouko}} insist that [[Gender Bender|female]] Ranma looks just like the young Gyouko. Ranma does not take the news well.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130516205141/http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/File:Pinako.png Pinako], Winry's [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/File:Pinako.jpg grandmother]{{Dead link}}, from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. We also have [http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h246/angelpwnscarties/fullmetal/wannatapthat.png young] [http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h246/angelpwnscarties/fullmetal/youngfuhrer.png Fuhrer] [http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h246/angelpwnscarties/fullmetal/idhitthat.png Bradley]. Though he's not at all bad-looking as an older man either.

* Kensei Ma of ''[[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]]'' is a good case. [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/c032/14.html Kenichi's reaction to seeing a picture of a 17-year old Kensei] says more than enough.

** In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'', it's occasionally noted that crazy old grandpa Kinzo used to look a hell of a lot like his [[Bishonen]] grandson Battler when he was young. In the sixth sound novel we see Kinzo when he was serving during [[World War II]] (when he was in his mid-thirties), and he is basically Battler with dark brown hair.

* In ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', [[Old Master]] Dohko was [http://www.pobladores.com/data/pobladores.com/jp/ey/jpeyote/channels/saint_seiya_lycos/images/3691799dohko4.jpg incredibly hot] when young. {{spoiler|In a subversion, his old form is actually a [[Sleep Mode Size]], which he can discard [[Let's Get Dangerous|when it's time to get serious and fight at full strength]]. Dohko ''is still hot''.}}

* The epilogue of the manga version of ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' shows us [[Token Mini-MoeLoli|Azmaria]] [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|Hendrich]] as a 90-year-old woman. She doesn't exactly look ''bad'', but the mangaka opted to draw her rather realistically, making the contrast rather...striking.

* Touhou Fuhai of ''[[Rosario Plus Vampire|Rosario+ Vampire]]''. Or so he says. {{spoiler|The end of Season 2, Chapter 36 proves it.}}

* Professor Sullivan in ''[[Black Butler]]'', in the present a frightening, ancient-looking hag, was a beautiful woman in her youth.... mere 12 years ago. Severe skin damage can do that, especially when combined with not even trying to look pretty anymore.

* [[wikipedia:File:Totenkinder.png|Frau Totenkinder]] from ''[[Fables]]'' used to look like [http://www.comicvine.com/frau-totenkinder/29-5973/all-images/108-206067/photo1/105-962007/ this]. She is also one of the few people who willingly gave up being quite the looker because she eventually got fed up with the physical urges being young gave her.

* Edna Turnblad, in the 2007 film version of ''[[Hairspray]]''. On the "Making of" DVD extra, the wardrobe designer says that John Travolta wanted to play Edna as someone who was a real "buxom babe" in her day (hence the cinched waists, pencil skirts, and other outfits reminiscent of Sophia Loren and other voluptuous actresses of the period). After she kicks Wilbur out, Edna cries over her wedding picture, which depicts a much younger, thinner Edna.

** And Topsy Lavish (nee Turvy) from ''[[Discworld/Making Money|Making Money]]''.

** Mrs. Whitlow, who thanks to a bit of a time blip in ''[[Discworld/The Last Continent|The Last Continent]]'' was revealed to have once been a complete knockout.

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20160310132515/http://www.bridezilla.com/upload/2007/11/death_of_a_bridezilla_farewell_3/fabulous1.jpg Ditto] for Fabulous Moolah.

* [[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20140602232214/http://guide2games.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/max-payne-2-3-800x541.jpg didn't look too bad] by the time of the second game, but a comparison with [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20150308122803/http://sg.hu/kep/2001_09/max_payne_bemutato_01.jpg the first appearance] certainly shows how he managed to age somewhat in the span of only two years.