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|'''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
Once upon a time they were attractive, ''very'' attractive. This will be revealed to the rest of the cast if they ever run into a [[Fountain of Youth]], or via old photographs or perhaps just to us the viewers in a [[Flash Back]].
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** The [http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/File:Danz%C5%8D.jpg same]{{Dead link}} can be said about [http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/File:A_Young_Danzo.png Danzo].
* Genkai from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''. Conclusively proven due to her ultimate technique having the side effect of temporarily shifting her back to her younger state.
* [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.
* Miss Maria Graceburt from ''[[Mai-Otome]]''. And she reverts to that youthful look of hers whenever she activates her Otome powers, much to everyone's shock.
* In ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'', Tokaki and Subaru are an elderly couple that the heroes meet late in the story. They're actually two warriors of Byakko who fought several decades before; when Subaru uses her power to manipulate time, they can revert to their younger forms.
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* 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.
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' reveals that Shion and Mion's grandmother was rather attractive in one of the anime-only omakes much to Mion's surprise.
** 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.
* Mosquito from ''[[Soul Eater]]'', around 400 years ago, was actually quite handsome. [[Tall, Dark and Snarky|And taller. And much more sociopathic]].
** Sid tells Liz at one point that he used to be quite handsome (not when he was younger so much as when he was ''alive'' - he is/was likely in his 30s or so). She is unconvinced.
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** Jennifer in ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back To The Future Part II]]'', as Jennifer and her older self run into each other in 2015.
*** [[Your Mileage May Vary|Depending on how you see it]], Biff was also quite the [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]] in his youth.
* 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.
* In the fantasy movie ''[[Willow]]'', the sorceress Fin Raziel claimed that she was a young and attractive woman before she was turned into a a ferret by the Witch Bavmorda. The roguish hero Madmartigan therefore really wants to see her true form. Sadly, she had spent a long, long time in animal form, and when changed back to human, she found herself to now be a hag.
* In ''Beerfest'', we discover that Grandma was actually quite attractive when she came over from Germany. A very attractive whore. Erk.
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* ''[[The Triplets of Belleville]]'' - The Triplets themselves.
* ''[[My Big Fat Greek Wedding]]'' - Yiayia shows Toula a picture of herself as a beautiful young girl.
* [[A Christmas Carol|Ebenezer Scrooge]] as played by [[Albert Finney]] in the 1970 musical ''[[Scrooge]]''. Finney was 34 and handsome when he made the film, and while considerable effort was made to transform him into the elderly and unattractive miser for the majority of the film, he used his own, unchanged face for the young Scrooge.
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** Gytha Ogg (before she was simply "Nanny") as well. She certainly had [[Really Gets Around|an active love life]]...
*** Granny Weatherwax also, although she was "handsome" or "striking" rather than "beautiful". Even in the current stories' time she's not the stereotypical ugly old witch, having good teeth, good posture and an average-size nose (much to her annoyance).
** And Topsy Lavish (nee Turvy) from ''[[
** Mrs. Whitlow, who thanks to a bit of a time blip in ''[[
* Amanda Jennings (Mrs. Jennings) in [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s short story ''[[Magic, Inc.]]''.
* As stated above, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, in Neil Gaiman's book ''[[Coraline (novel)|Coraline]]'', former music-hall artistes, now elderly and swathed in cardigans.
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