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* The Admirals Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji from ''[[One Piece]]'', who, mostly because they are based on actual actors, are drawn in a style more realistic than most others (especially Akainu), almost to the point of falling in the [[Uncanny Valley]].
** [[Mad Scientist|Caesar Clown]]'s design is remarkably different from most of the characters in the series, to the point of many fans thinking he looks like somebody out of [[Naruto]].
* ''[[Armitage III]]'': The Second-type androids, along with {{spoiler|Naomi Armitage and Julian Moore}}, are designed and drawn in a traditional, big-eyed Anime style. The humans, D'anclaude, and the {{spoiler|Third-type androids}} are designed in a more realistic style (and with [[Mukokuseki|more visibly European facial features]]).
* The fusions in ''[[
* Not unlike the ''[[South Park]]'' celebrities example are the monkey and dog in ''[[Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan|Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan]]'', who look like people with photographed heads.
* In ''[[Cromartie High School]]'', whenever Kamiyama encounters one of his former middle school classmates, they're always depicted in a simplistic cartoony style that contrast the series' semi-realistic style.
* There are birds in ''[[Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu|Haré+Guu]]'' that are drawn in a crude, primitive style.
** Guu herself has more simplistic style than the rest of the cast, lacking fingers and toes in most situations, and moves with boneless flops.
* Done intentionally in ''[[Darker
** Also, [[Mad Scientist|Dr. Schraeder]] and his crazy hair that's [[Miniature Senior Citizens|probably taller than he is]].
* Most of the game characters in ''[[.hack//Sign]]'' have standard [[Anime]] designs, except for "A-20", who appears in a couple of episodes and has a much more cartoony appearance and no visible nose. This looks especially strange when she's interacting with Mimiru. Of course this does lampshade the fact that the animated characters we're watching are actually supposed to ''be'' animated characters and not real people.
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** Justified, because in the film, at least, he is a rat.
* [[Tangled|Rapunzel]], unlike all the other [[Disney Princess|Disney Princesses]], is actually animated using CGI instead of cel animation, so she often looks very strange when they are all in a group. It also explained why she had to be redesigned when she is greenlighted into the franchise so that she can blend in with the other princesses.
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses|Kidagakash]] from ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire|Atlantis the Lost Empire]]'' for some reason despite being an Atlantean actually looks more like a Caucasian woman with tanned skin and [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|white hair]], while the other Atlanteans (including [[Leonard Nimoy|her father, King Kashekhim Nedakh)]] have more ethnic designs. She is also the only character in the film to have [[Blue Eyes]], something no one else in the film has.
** Also, the shape of her fingers: They have rounded tips, while the males have square-tipped fingers, the other females also have similarly-drawn fingers ([[Wrench Wench|Audrey]] has squared fingers because of her tomboyish nature, while [[Blondes Are Evil|Helga]] has claw-like fingers to fit her role as [[The Dragon]]).
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** In contrast to the bright colors and simple faces of everyone else, Detective Badd has drawn facial definition and much darker colors.
* In ''[[Professor Layton VS Ace Attorney|Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney]]'', the [[Crossover]] with ''[[Professor Layton]]'', Phoenix and Maya retain their typically manga style while the rest of the world is drawn mostly in the style of [[Professor Layton|Professor Layton's]] universe. There are other characters drawn in an anime style, though.
** If you think about it, Professor Layton himself looks a little creepy with his plain black cartoon eyes while everyone else around him has sclerae.
* The Professor, his pet dog (who thinks it's a cat) Mochi, and his spaceship in ''[[Contact (video game)|Contact]]'' are in a [[Retraux]] pixel art style that's vastly different from everything else in the game.
* In ''[[Disgaea]]'', the few characters with above small [[Gag Boobs|breasts]] ([[Catgirl|the Nekomata]], [[Horny Devils|Succubus]], and Jennifer) are significantly different looking because they were drawn by a different character designer (who did designs for earlier [[Nippon Ichi]] games).
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* Another ''Mario'' example would be those realistic-looking grubs found in the "Gusty Garden Galaxy" level from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' (which can be used by Mario/Luigi as ladders to get from one planet to another there), which totally clashes with the series' art style especially when there are already Wigglers (cartoony grublike enemies that debuted in ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' which get angry were Mario/Luigi were to stomp on them) found in that game.
* It's not as if [[Comic Book Fantasy Casting|characters based off real actors]] is uncommon in the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' world, but the BB Corps in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 4'' took it that one [[Uncanny Valley|creepy]] step further by being digitally-scanned-in [[Serkis Folk]], instead of completely digitally rendered like everyone else. While they look quite pretty on their own, if you don't look too closely, there's enough of a subtle anime influence to the faces of the rest of the cast that the proportions look subtly off in comparison, and their eyes in particular look completely dead. They'd all undergone heavy [[Mind Rape]] and were no longer either physically or psychologically entirely human, so this was [[Fan Disservice|very, very intentional]].
* In ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'', one of the gym leaders, Cilan, is a polite young man with green hair and... [[Skintone Sclerae]], making him the first and probably only character in the entire franchise to have these. It looks rather creepy [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Ash_and_friends_BW.png compared to everyone else].
* ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'' has Magnus, an old(er), muscled, bearded, deep-voiced, dark-clothed, [[BFS]] user. He completely (and intentionally) clashes with the rest of the game's aesthetic by looking noticeably less stylized (and by being the Anti!Pit in design).
* ''[[Skullgirls]]'' has Peacock, who is drawn in a way similar to 30's cartoons while other characters have an ''[[Animesque]]'' design.
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== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[Tsunami Channel|Experimental Comic Kotone]]'', the author had difficulty drawing a convincing middle-aged father... so he based [http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2006-03-27&comic=ExCoKo Laika's dad] on a character from ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]'', making stand out next everyone else, who are drawn in a simplified [[Moe Moe]] style.
* In ''[[Fite]]'', Mutali was originally designed to look very out-of-place compared to the rest of the characters, but the author changed his mind and switched to a character design in a style more like the others. [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/mike_luce/fite/series.php?view=single&ID=46349 Original,] [http://home.comcast.net/~x8099/thomasblue/fite5to8.html#5 final.]
* Gharsena, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Garanos]]'', is the only character who's drawn [[Black Eyes|without any light reflections in her eyes]], no doubt to emphasize her [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsterdom]].
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* The title character of ''[[Kappa Mikey]]'' is drawn in "American" style, [[Thick Line Animation|with a thick black outline]], while just about everything else is uses an [[Animesque]] style. This is because he's an American [[Animated Actors]] in Japan.
* The first episode of the ''[[Krypto the Superdog (animation)|Krypto the Superdog]]'' cartoon has an appearance made by Superman, who's sporting his ''[[DCAU]]'' looks. This is in contrast to all the other characters, who are drawn in an art style reminiscent of ''[[Dennis the Menace US|Dennis the Menace]]'' or a classic [[Hanna-Barbera]] cartoon.
* In the obscure cartoon ''[[Project G.e.e.K.e.R.]]'', the title character is drawn in a simpler and more cartoony style than the rest of the more realistic cast. Justified in that he's an artificial human with incredible shape-shifting abilities, and it's even Lampshaded a few times in the show (like when he tries to grow extra fingers on account he's the only character on the show with [[Four-Fingered Hands]]).
* In ''[[South Park]]'', Ike looks different from everyone else. This is explained because he is Canadian. Later on we see that Canadians are drawn like him. It is questionable whether or not this was planned from the beginning.
** There are also a few characters whose heads are just taken from celebrity photos. A handful of examples include the Christina Aguilera monsters that Cartman sees in "Timmy 2000", Ben Affleck at the end of "How To Eat With Your Butt", Mr. Garrison after his nosejob in "Tom's Rhinoplasty", and of course, Saddam Hussein.
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* In ''Undergrads'' most of the characters are relatively realistically drawn. Except gimpy, who has a lizard like face, one bulging discolored eye, and pretty much looks like a cartoon character that's been microwaved.
* In ''[[The Mis Adventures of Flapjack]]'', Flapjack, K'nuckles, and Bubby are drawn in a bit of a more cartoon-ish style than the [[Grotesque Gallery|rest of Stormalong Harbor]].
* [[Word of God]] states that Jet and his gang in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' were a stylistic departure compared to the other characters, much more closely resembling the style of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'', but were kept because the creators loved the designs too much.
* Penny on ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' looked ridiculously more realistic than everyone else on the show, who had exaggerated cartoony features.
** Averted in ''[[Gadget and the Gadgetinis]]'', where her design is closer to how everyone else in the show looks.
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* The title duo from ''[[Fanboy and Chum Chum]]'' are constructed more realistically and carefully than the rest of the characters. [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3474/3789426538_b445375f9a_z.jpg Especially prominent in this shot].
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'': [[God]] is actually the ''only'' character in the show to ever actually be drawn with [[Four-Fingered Hands|five fingers on each hand, and five toes on each foot.]]
** The Space Coyote in Homer's hallucination from "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (voiced by [[Johnny Cash]]) is drawn in a boxier style partially to resemble the style of coyotes in American Southwestern sand paintings.
* ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]''. Ahsoka Tano's facial markings for some reason look ''absolutely'' nothing like that of a normal Togruta's (compare her to Shaak Ti's).
* Similar to ''The Little Engine That Could'' example mentioned above, Jeremy Jet from ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'', for some reason, unlike all of the other mechanical characters in the show, has his face drawn on his cockpit while everyone else's are drawn either on their smokeboxes (most of the steam locomotives, Trevor, George, and Buster), their front panels (Toby, Spencer, Cranky, Colin, Kevin, Rocky, Harold, Daisy, Boco, Diesel 10, Elizabeth, Isabella, Madge, Derek, "the Diesel", Bulstrode, Thumper, Scruff, 199, and most of the rolling stock), or their grilles (Salty, Rusty, Diesel, 'Arry and Bert, Mavis, Splatter and Dodge, Den, Dart, Sidney, Norman, Paxton, Dennis, and most of the non-rail vehicles).
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** In "Ponyville Confidential", a pegasus colt named Featherweight has rather skinny legs and big eyes compared to the rest of the ponies in the school.
* In the show ''[[Dinosaur Train]]'', all of the younger dinosaurs are drawn in a more cartoony manner, while all of the adult dinosaurs are drawn more realistically.
* The ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' episode "Zoobotnik" featured Katella the bounty huntress who was drawn more human like than the rest of the humanoid characters.
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', besides lacking [[Powerpuff Girl Hands|hands, feet,]] or [[The Noseless|noses]], are drawn with a focus on curves rather than the heavily angular designs of most other character to make them stand out even more. There is one episode that shows what they would look like if they had been born as normal little girls, but those designs still seem... off.
* Unlike the other ''[[Animaniacs]]'' characters (even Slappy Squirrel), the Warner Sibs from have designs that look rather like those of inkblot style characters of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Their eyes look more [[Animesque]]/inkblot-esque than other character's eyes and their [[Furry Ear Dissonance|ears look more like]] [[Kingdom Hearts|less crooked Shadow Heartless antennae]] [[Furry Ear Dissonance|with rounded tips than like cat or dog ears of any sort]]. This because [[Backstory|they were first drawn around that era, but proved too wild for audiences of the time, so they had to be locked away in the water tower]].
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