Informed Attractiveness: Difference between revisions

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

== Anime and Manga ==

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** Rangiku's curvaceous form is utterly irresistable. Both Kon and Keigo claim this (about her [[Absolute Cleavage]] especially).

** Orihime gets this on a couple of occasions. Not only do Kon and Keigo both worship her cleavage, [[Stalker With a Crush|Chizuru]] is [[Even the Girls Want Her|utterly enamoured]] with her beauty. In the Soul Society arc, beauty-obsessed Yumichika is reduced to a mumbling wreck by her beauty. After the time-skip, school students are gossiping about how wonderful it is to be in the same school as such a beauty and exchanging photos they've managed to sneak of her face. The biggest example, however, is when Shishigawara first sees Orihime's face, he's sent flying backwards through the air before crashing into the ground, dazed and shaken, leaving her [[Rule of Funny|rather confused]] and leaving him wondering whether she's really that inhumanly beautiful or whether it's simply [[All Men Are Perverts|because he hasn't seen a girl for a while]].

** When Riruka first gets a good look at Ichigo's face, she freezes for several moments before his hotness causes her to [[Does This Remind You of Anything|cry out and collapse to her knees, breathless and flushed]]. Ichigo is [[Rule of Funny|rather confused]]. Later on, in a [[Call Back]] to this scene, when she summons Ichigo to her for training, she suddenly tells him to stop and come no closer with a deep blush on her face, leaving him confused yet again.

** When Riruka first gets a good look at Ichigo's face, she freezes for several moments before his hotness causes her to [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|cry out and collapse to her knees, breathless and flushed]]. Ichigo is [[Rule of Funny|rather confused]]. Later on, in a [[Call Back]] to this scene, when she summons Ichigo to her for training, she suddenly tells him to stop and come no closer with a deep blush on her face, leaving him confused yet again.

* [[Sugar and Ice Personality|Chizuru Kawanami]] of ''[[Yumekui Merry (Manga)|Yumekui Merry]]''. She's the only female character that gets [[Bishie Sparkle|sexy sparkly]] [[Love Bubbles|bubbly glowy montages]], the [[Sexophone]], and "oooohhhs" and "aaaaahhhs" from the guys. She's not very popular with the fanbase.

* In ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', Boa Hancock is said to be absolutely freaking gorgeous. Considering Hancock is easily the most physically powerful female character introduced thus far, it's likely that there's an element of [[Hot Amazon]] to this attraction.

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== Comic Books ==

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

* Tulip from the ''[[Preacher]]'' comics is treated by her male companions and female best friend from acting like she's the perfect woman.

* Tulip from the ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' comics is treated by her male companions and female best friend from acting like she's the perfect woman.

* 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!!

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* Princess Leia in ''[[Star Wars]]''. Luke gushes "she's beautiful" upon seeing her for the first time in a grainy, miniature hologram.

* Elizabeth Berkley in ''[[Showgirls]]'' gets a lot of praise, especially for her breasts.

* ''[[Star Trek ~~the~~ Motion Picture (Film)|Star Trek the Motion Picture]]'' has Ilia, a Deltan whose beauty and pheromones give a sexual reaction in many species, so much so that she has an "Oath of Celibacy" on record. She's played by Persis Khambatta, a professional model and Miss India 1965. The male bridge crew all stare when she arrives, with Sulu having the most obvious [[Hello Nurse]] reaction. They just return to professionalism once she announces the oath of celibacy. This is all in spite of the fact that she's completely bald, which one of the authors found [[Author Appeal|quite sexy]].

* ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Film)|Star Trek the Motion Picture]]'' has Ilia, a Deltan whose beauty and pheromones give a sexual reaction in many species, so much so that she has an "Oath of Celibacy" on record. She's played by Persis Khambatta, a professional model and Miss India 1965. The male bridge crew all stare when she arrives, with Sulu having the most obvious [[Hello Nurse]] reaction. They just return to professionalism once she announces the oath of celibacy. This is all in spite of the fact that she's completely bald, which one of the authors found [[Author Appeal|quite sexy]].

* Mary Jane Watson in ''[[Spider-Man (Film)|Spider-Man]]''. Peter Parker harbors a very long crush on her and thinks she's gorgeous. She also easily lands a number of strapping, handsome boyfriends such as James Franco and a hero astronaut.

* ''[[A Knights Tale]]'' has a great deal of fuss made of Jocelyn's beauty. The main character is immediately entranced by the sight of her and does everything in his power to gain her favor. Not much is made of the rest of the female cast. [[Played for Laughs]] when William is thinking of complementing Jocelyn's breasts, only for Kate (the only girl in his inner circle) to state that her breasts aren't that impressive.

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* In ''[[The Hottie and The Nottie]]'' [[Paris Hilton (Creator)|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 (Film)|American Pie]]'', Stifler's mom is considered something of a legend among high school boys and apparently even popularized the term [[~~Stacys~~ Mom|MILF]].

* In ''[[American Pie (Film)|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 ''[[Twenty Fifth Hour (Film)|Twenty Fifth Hour]]'', Ed Norton's character is apparently supposed to be a pretty boy. Numerous characters cringe at the thought of "[[Prison Rape|what they do]] to guys like him in prison." Norton's character is so scared that he's too pretty for prison that he forces his friend to pummel his face into hamburger so he'll be uglier in the critical first few weeks of his sentence.

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** 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.

* Ginger on ''[[~~Gilligans~~ Island (TV)|Gilligans Island]]'' was supposed to be a glamorous movie star of whom Mary Ann was jealous.

* Ginger on ''[[Gilligan's Island (TV)|Gilligans Island]]'' was supposed to be a glamorous movie star of whom Mary Ann was jealous.

* 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]].

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* In an early episode of ''[[Dallas]]'' Sue Ellen gushes over how handsome Cliff Barnes is.

* The ''[[Poirot]]'' television series was pretty bad about this trope, marching out a range of characters who were actresses, models, aristocrats, glamour-queens and various other "beauties" that Hastings would invariably gush over.

* On one episode of ''[[Cheers]]'', Cliff is ashamed that the woman he's dating is ugly (you'd think that he'd be glad to have anyone at all; [[Small Name Big Ego|think again]]). She ends up getting a makeover and having men drooling over her.

* On one episode of ''[[Cheers]]'', Cliff is ashamed that the woman he's dating is ugly (you'd think that he'd be glad to have anyone at all; [[Small Name, Big Ego|think again]]). She ends up getting a makeover and having men drooling over her.

* Jane on ''[[Coupling]]'' is certainly flirty as well as reasonably pretty, but in several episodes, she's hyped up more than would seem believable. One particular episode has Susan being impressed by Jane's breasts.

* ''[[Nip Tuck]]'' makes Julia McNamara's character the object of undying affection for both Sean and Christian. The guys (and later a girl) behave as though she is extremely beautiful. Christian gives her an eight out of ten.

* This trope was played with on an episode of ''[[Jonathan Creek (TV)|Jonathan Creek]]'' in which a pop starlet's husband is only sexually interested in her if she's wearing the tarty makeup and outfits that have made her career so successful.

* In ''[[Gossip Girl]]'', Serena is described as always being the most attractive woman in the room. So much so that Blair (Leighton Messter, considered the more attractive by most watchers) has self esteem issues because of it.

* The plethora of [[Green Skinned Space Babe|alien beauties]] in ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]''. All the main female characters (Aeryn, Zhaan, Jool, Sikuzo) are considered or have been described as "beautiful" or "attractive" within the show, but special attention is always given to Chiana. Given the fact that these alien babes aren't human, we just have to take other characters' words for it. Though, notably, the only human we watch doesn't seem remotely attracted to Chiana, and instead focuses on [[Claudia Black|Aeryn]].

* The plethora of [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|alien beauties]] in ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]''. All the main female characters (Aeryn, Zhaan, Jool, Sikuzo) are considered or have been described as "beautiful" or "attractive" within the show, but special attention is always given to Chiana. Given the fact that these alien babes aren't human, we just have to take other characters' words for it. Though, notably, the only human we watch doesn't seem remotely attracted to Chiana, and instead focuses on [[Claudia Black|Aeryn]].

* Necessary in ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (TV)|Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'' when the time comes to play out the myth of Cupid and Psyche. According to the legends, Psyche was the most beautiful woman in existence, so much so that Aphrodite herself was jealous of her beauty, though the episode makes it clear that the "real" story has nothing to do with their looks.

* Sally on ''[[3rd Rock From the Sun (TV)|3rd Rock From the Sun]]'' gets plenty of attention for her looks.

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* ''[[Fate Stay Night (Visual Novel)|Fate Stay Night]]''

** There are repeated references to how incredibly beautiful both Rin and Saber are.

** Also, Gilgamesh's [[Rank Inflation|A+ Charisma rank]]. Supposedly this should make him more popular than most popular person on the ''planet'' (Saber has B Charisma "Suitable for a king of a country", while most popular person on the planet would have an A rank). He is quite literally described as [[So Beautiful ~~Its~~ a Curse|So Popular Its A Curse]].

** Also, Gilgamesh's [[Rank Inflation|A+ Charisma rank]]. Supposedly this should make him more popular than most popular person on the ''planet'' (Saber has B Charisma "Suitable for a king of a country", while most popular person on the planet would have an A rank). He is quite literally described as [[So Beautiful It's a Curse|So Popular Its A Curse]].

* In ''[[Tales of Phantasia (Video Game)|Tales of Phantasia]]'', during a [[Skinship Grope]] scene, Arche claims that Mint has a really nicely-sized pair of breasts. Arche is often described as attractive too.

* Lucia from ''[[Lunar]] 2'' has just about everybody drooling over her and telling her how pretty she is, to the point where soldiers are second guessing putting her to death because [[Beauty Equals Goodness|"nobody that beautiful can be evil."]]

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* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (Video Game)|Knights of the Old Republic]] 2'', the six Echani Handmaidens are supposed to look identical except for differences in the last, who had a different mother and takes after her mother. She is also supposed to be more beautiful than her half-sisters. Guess what? Her model is ''exactly the friggin' same!''

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

* In ''[[Rise of the Kasai]]'', [[Co Dragons|the twins]] are apparently supposed to be attractive female sorceresses who are able to enslave the whole Horde (the ''all male'' army of the Kasai cult) through magically assisted seduction, and even manage to do this to the main hero, Rau. How much of their power was meant to be based off of actual attractiveness and how much was meant to be pure magic is never really addressed.

* In ''[[Rise of the Kasai]]'', [[Co-Dragons|the twins]] are apparently supposed to be attractive female sorceresses who are able to enslave the whole Horde (the ''all male'' army of the Kasai cult) through magically assisted seduction, and even manage to do this to the main hero, Rau. How much of their power was meant to be based off of actual attractiveness and how much was meant to be pure magic is never really addressed.

* Princess Kaguya of ''[[Touhou (Video Game)|Touhou]]'' is meant to be, well, [[Public Domain Character|Princess Kaguya]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter"], whose beauty was so magnificent that mere legends of it resulted in her being desired by nearly every man in the country, including the Emperor.

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* 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]].

* ''[[~~Eight~~ Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]''. White Mage is described as really hot (at least by Black Mage). Being a [[Sprite Comic]], it's rather necessary to let the reader know.

* ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]''. White Mage is described as really hot (at least by Black Mage). Being a [[Sprite Comic]], it's rather necessary to let the reader know.

* In the character bios for ''[[Keiki (Webcomic)|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 (Webcomic)|Sinfest]]'', [http://www.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.

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* Lois Griffin from ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'' is often described as very attractive and would normally be way out of Peter's league. Inverted by her daughter Meg, who is treated as though she were the single ugliest thing ever to exist in this or any other universe. What makes this really funny is, the only physical difference between them drawing-wise is that Lois is taller, slightly thinner, and [[Heroes Prefer Redheads|red-headed]].

* Quinn Morgendorffer's attractiveness is mentioned frequently throughout the ''[[Daria (Animation)|Daria]]'' series. Daria gets the same treatment when she dresses up like Quinn and gets a [[Beautiful All Along]] scene.

* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Ty Lee calls Azula "the most beautiful, smartest, perfect girl in the world", Azula treats this as an "[[As You Know]]". Explainable in that Ty Lee has a history of [[Professional Butt Kisser|Azula fangirling]], and Azula herself is just a tad [[Small Name Big Ego|egotistical]].

* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Ty Lee calls Azula "the most beautiful, smartest, perfect girl in the world", Azula treats this as an "[[As You Know]]". Explainable in that Ty Lee has a history of [[Professional Butt Kisser|Azula fangirling]], and Azula herself is just a tad [[Small Name, Big Ego|egotistical]].

* Played for laughs in ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]: Bender's Game.'' Hermes turned into [[Punny Name|Hermaphrodite]], the most beautiful of centaurs. He merely looked like a centaur version of Hermes with a boob job and blonde hair.

* The beauty of Belle in ''[[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|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.

* Rarity from ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' is stated to be the most beautiful mare in Ponyville. Fluttershy is considered so attractive that she had a highly successful (but brief) career as a model.

* Rarity from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' is stated to be the most beautiful mare in Ponyville. Fluttershy is considered so attractive that she had a highly successful (but brief) career as a model.

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