Informed Attractiveness: Difference between revisions

'''Remember that this is not about how attractive or unattractive you subjectively believe the character to be.'''

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* [[Haruhi Suzumiya]]

** Haruhi Suzumiya is described as being stunningly beautiful in both the novels and the anime.

* Neviril of ''[[Simoun]]'' is supposed to be awe-strikingly stop-you-dead-in-your-tracks gorgeous. This troper can't say that he's known many who care for Neviril. Now Yun, on the other hand...

* [[Wonder Woman]] is canonically described as the [[World's Most Beautiful Woman]], having being blessed at birth by the goddess Aphrodite.

* Mystique briefly infiltrated the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' as a new student named Foxx. Character dialogue constantly reminds us she is stunningly gorgeous, to the point she drove one character into insane lust and possibly seduced Gambit.

* In ''[[Mandrake the Magician]]'', writer Lee Falk sometimes went to extreme lengths to point out just how beautiful Mandrake's fiancée Narda is. She once won a secret contest arranged by a mad collector to determine who is the most beautiful woman in the world (not that she was happy to win it, since the collector was ''really'' mad, and wanted to include her in his collection). She also won an intergalactic beauty contest, competing against ''ten million'' alien women!!

* The aftermath of the Conquest event in ''[[Invincible]]'', Eve reforms her body from scratch; after awakening in an intense care unit Mark is happy to see that she's alive and fine, then he notes that her boobs look bigger, Eve remarks that when she rebuilt herself some "improvements" were unconsciously made. That said, her bossom doesn't look any different than usual, Eve was always quite busty since day one, the way Mark immediatly notes how bigger she is now doesn't match the unnoticeable "change" in her actual design.

* In the live-action ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|movies]], the turtles are almost wanking over April. She's pretty much the first woman they've ever met in person.

* Dale Arden is described as beautiful in ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'', despite, you know...[[Ms. Fanservice|Princess Aura]], ''right next to her''. "She (Dale) even rivals your daughter (Aura)."

** Gilderoy Lockhart, played by [[Kenneth Branagh]], has a considerable in-universe fan girl following.

** [[Harry Potter/Characters/Order of the Phoenix Members|Fleur Delacour]]. In the movies she is described as a breath-taking beauty with Veela (a stunningly beautiful magical creature) ancestry. Possibly justified in that [[Harry Potter (novel)|the books]] imply that she possesses a magic charm that men find entrancing, but the audience obviously is not susceptible to.

* Another book-derived film example: ''[[Being There]]'', in which Chance the Gardener is described by a senator's wife as "very, very sexy" to Eve, who agrees with that assessment. In the book, he's described as a cross between a young Ted Kennedy and Cary Grant. Interestingly, Sellers deliberately gained weight for the role, believing that Chance would live a sedentary lifestyle.

* Kelly LeBrock in ''[[Weird Science (film)|Weird Science]]'' is supposed to be the absolute teen dream girl.

* In ''[[El Mariachi]]'', Domino is supposed to be so beautiful that the local crimelord is willing to shower her with gifts to have her. The Mariachi sidesteps around this trope by saying, "She was the most beautiful creature I'd seen all day... next to the turtle." Director [[Robert Rodriguez]] apparently realized that his microscopic budget wasn't going to afford any supermodels, so he'd better not go overboard.

* Lucy and Johanna in ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''. The Judge goes psycho over them, though he is himself a psycho.

* In ''[[The Hottie and The Nottie]]'' [[Paris Hilton]] is the most beautiful woman in [[Los Angeles]] to the point where guys flock around her jogging route just to see her run. It may or may not be significant that Paris Hilton is one of the executive producers.

* Amanda Jones in ''[[Some Kind of Wonderful]]'' is said to be the most attractive girl in school , while tomboy Watts is pretty much invisible to her best friend Keith.

* In ''[[American Pie]]'', Stifler's mom is considered something of a legend among high school boys and apparently even popularized the term [[Stacy's Mom|MILF]].

* Silken Floss is repeatedly called "the most beautiful woman ever" by the Octopus' goons in ''[[The Spirit (film)|The Spirit]]''. Sand Serif, played by [[Eva Mendes]], doesn't get this hyperbolic of an assessment. The people who make this statement, however, are simple-minded clones who were created by Floss to begin with.

* In Nino's dream in ''[[Amelie]]'', the headshots in one of his pictures come alive and argue over whether Amelie is all that attractive. Some will only say that she's rather pretty, but another insists that she's beautiful. Interestingly, the character was written for [[Emily Watson]], and was probably going to be somewhat [[Hollywood Homely]] before [[Audrey Tautou]] was cast. During the press tour, one reporter even asked Jean-Pierre Jeunet why he had bucked his previous tradition by casting such a conventionally attractive actor in the lead.

* Characters in ''[[Clerks II]]'' describe Dante's [[Romantic False Lead]] as extremely beautiful. Not surprisingly, she's played by [[Kevin Smith|the director's]] wife.

* In the movie to the musical ''[[Rent]]'', Maureen is described as a girl who "all the boys would look at since puberty".

* ''[[Snow White and the Huntsman]]'' sees [[Kristen Stewart]] cast against [[Charlize Theron]] as "fairest of them all".

* In the [[Barbra Streisand]] vehicle ''[[The Mirror Has Two Faces]]'', her [[Hollywood Homely|plain Jane]] character Rose undergoes a makeover to win over her inattentive husband. Suddenly, whereas no one gave her a second look before, every male within sight is fawning and gushing over her, even her 20-something years younger students, to the point where she needs to stop in the middle of a lecture to chastise them for ogling her.

* In ''[[The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]'', the book had Lucy learning about a spell that would make her so beautiful that (according to descriptions of the spell book's illustration of her [[Imagine Spot]]) all of Narnia would be plunged into a bloody civil war as suitors fought for her hand.

* In ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'', Jane Bennett is "the most beautiful of the Bennett girls."

* Lanfear in [[Wheel of Time]] is described as the world's most beautiful woman, even though Graendal is described as much more attractive. Just look at their pictures on [[The Wheel of Time/Characters|the character sheet.]] The explanation is [[A Wizard Did It|probably magical]].

* In ''[[Friends]]''

** In season 7, Rachel chooses to hire a handsome male assistant instead of a more experienced woman, risking her job because he's ''just so pretty!'' Rachel, Phoebe, and even Chandler gush about how good-looking he is.

** Likewise, the first season episode with Victoria's Secret model Jill Goodacre. Chandler is nearly hypnotized by her hotness.

** Chloe, the girl Chandler and Joey constantly fawn over (before we're even introduced to her!) and Ross eventually cheats on Rachel with.

* Nelle Porter is characterized as a sort of blonde goddess in ''[[Ally McBeal]]'', which factors heavily into her unlikely relationship with nebbishy John Cage.

* In ''[[The New Adventures of Old Christine]]'', Mr. Harrison is supposed to be so hot that [[Even the Guys Want Him]].

* Every DVD release of ''[[Mork and Mindy]]'' points out that Mindy is pretty.

* In ''[[Burn Notice]]'', Gabrielle Anwar's character is repeatedly referred to as attractive, even getting into parties, VIP club sections, et cetera solely on her looks.

* The character of Michelle Richardson in ''[[Skins]]'' is depicted as the best looking girl in school.

* In the ''[[Angel]]'' episode "The Bachelor Party", the fiancé of Doyle's ex-wife Harriet meets Angel and thinks that he is Doyle, saying that Harriet didn't tell him what a handsome man he was. Then he's introduced to Doyle and is relieved ("Oh, that's better").

* Parodied in ''[[The Kids in The Hall]]'' with a film showing us "The Most Handsome Man in the World!", who is barely real-life average, strutting down the street, acting up to his title.

* ''[[Flight of the Conchords]]'': Bret sings about a girl he's obsessed with: "She's so hot she's making me sexist!"

* ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'': This trope is the very reason why Jan Brady will spend most (if not all) of her adult life cursing the name of her sister Marcia (to a long line of therapists trying to reconstruct her self-esteem, most likely), having spent her entire childhood being told Marcia is prettier than she is.

* Played with in regards to Rory in ''[[Doctor Who]].'' When Rory is first introduced, he's presented as much less attractive than another friend of Amy's. The Doctor expresses some shock that Amy, who is played by a former runway model, would go out with someone who looks like Rory. Making fun of his [[Cleopatra Nose]] is also a [[Running Gag]] for several episodes. The Dream Lord {{spoiler|who is actually the Doctor's split personality}} refers to the Doctor as the "handsome hero" in comparison to Rory. Later, however, the TARDIS refers to Rory as "the pretty one," to the Doctor's shock. Amy also calls him "the most beautiful man in the world," though she seems to be talking about him as a person.

* Mary on ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' was constantly referred to as being, as one of her co-workers put it, "terrifically attractive and desirable," and virtually every male guest character fell for her and wanted to date her.

* On ''[[Supernatural]]'', Dean Winchester is often referred to as "the pretty one" or "Abercrombie".

* [[wikipedia:Helen of Troy|Helen of Troy]] is described as the most beautiful woman in the world in Greek mythology, as determined by the goddess of love, Aphrodite.

* Pro wrestling is very prone to this, showing up in two ways:

** They seem to randomly assign somebody as more attractive than the others, and frequently talk them up as such. [[Kelly Kelly]] has somehow gotten the reputation (mostly thanks to [[Jerry Lawler]] obsessing over her) as the most beautiful Diva on the roster.

** A (usually female) stable will frequently become a group of [[Alpha Bitch]]es, will be considered, by themselves and others, the most beautiful and start to attack others female wrestlers they don't see as worthy. [[Lay Cool]] did it, as did [[TNA]]'s The Beautiful People, who said point-blank they were "Cleansing the World, One Ugly Person at A Time."

* ''[[Suikoden V]]'': Lyon gets a lot of attention from the males, more than any other female, even more than [[Ms. Fanservice|Jean]]!

* ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]''

* According to NPC chatter in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', [[Big Bad|Seymour]] is quite the catch and [[White Magician Girl|Yuna]] is lucky to have him. Seymour is apparently one-quarter plant, with disproportionately large, long-fingered and longer-''clawed'' hands, a pattern of ridges on his face that resemble nothing so much as veins, blue hair that grows into tree-root-like stalks, and a handful of other strange features. His robes are also loosely tied giving him an [[Absolute Cleavage]] outfit. However, it gives him the distinct look of having a hairy beer-belly.

* For both the games and anime, Milotic is stated to be the most beautiful [[Pokémon]] in existence. Later generations of ''Pokemon'' games introduce Pokemon Contest, which includes beauty as one of the Pokemon's primary stats, though a Pokemon with a maxed out beauty stat is going to look exactly the same as one with nothing invested in it.

* Chun Li from ''[[Street Fighter]]'' has been [[Word of God|officially stated]] to be the most beautiful woman in the entire roster, personal preferences be damned.

** Of course, it's possible this was intentional. Echani apparently breed ''ridiculously'' true, and the Handmaiden you have with you is only the half-sister of the other five, and is shunned for this... it would make sense if the difference was tiny enough to only be apparent to the Echani themselves, and that their exceedingly petty poor treatment of her is as much due to jealousy as anything else.

* In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', Miranda is supposed to have been genetically modified to be perfect, even her looks.

* All of the females in ''[[Sonichu]]'', except for Mary Lee Walsh, who has Informed Great Age instead.

* ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' has a few, particularly Luna, who is said to be quite fetching despite her [[Cute Little Fangs|tusks]].

* In the character bios for ''[[Keiki]]'', the author admitted that he couldn't draw beautiful girls very well, and asked the readers to "take [his] word" about Marie Magnolia's beauty.

* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209165420/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4140 the angels are astoundingly beautiful because Lil' Evil says so -- probably necessary in the cartoony style.] Then, this is playing with [[Beauty Equals Goodness]] to show how profoundly [[Amnesiac Dissonance]] has affected him. Also, 'Nique is held to be so attractive that fifteen seconds in a sexy outift is enbough to persuade hundreds of men to the devil. Even though her figure is exactly like the devil girls, who don't get nearly that response.

* Played for laughs in the College Humor "[[Hardly Working]]" shorts. Sarah is the only recurring female character. In some sketches every man in the office will be lusting after her, while other times they'll talk about how sad it is that she can't attract a man.

* Played for laughs in ''[[The Spoony Experiment]]'''s ''Party Mania'' video, where "the two [[Bishonen|hottest guys in school]]" and "two creepy, socially awkward [[Nerd]]s with personal hygiene problems" are played by the same guys.

** But played straight with [[The Nostalgia Critic]] (Ask That Guy as well), [[The Nostalgia Chick]], Spoony himself, [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]], [[Benzaie]], [[Web Video/Jew Wario|Jew Wario]], [[Obscurus Lupa]] and [[Marz Gurl]]. They're considered the pretty ones on the site, and if you're not into them, the constant perving they get both in-universe and out can get a little overbearing.

* The animation style of ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' is such that most female characters essentially look the same except with [[Only Six Faces|different hair styles, hair colors]] and [[Limited Wardrobe|clothing]], while [[Alpha Bitch|Paulina]] is the one all the guys swoon over.

* The same thing happens on ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]].'' Mary Jane is presented as so stunning even the popular girls are instantly jealous of her, even though really she and geeky Gwen having basically the same design; Gwen just wears glasses and less fashionable clothes. Late in season 2 Gwen [[The Glasses Gotta Go|stops doing that]], and everybody comments about [[Beautiful All Along|how stunning she is]].

* The beauty of Belle in ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' is at one point described as "[having] no parallel".

* Starfire from ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' is constantly praised for how beautiful she is by the heroes, villains, and bystanders.

* Stan Smith in ''[[American Dad]]'' is constantly talking about how hot Francine's sister Gwen is, but so far she's never appeared on screen.

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