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{{quote|''I sometimes wished to have rosy cheeks, a straight nose, and small cherry mouth; I desired to be tall, stately and finely developed in figure; I felt it a misfortune that I was so little, so pale, and had features so irregular and so marked.''|'''[[Jane Eyre]]'''}}
A character, usually female, who describes herself as homely, ugly or unattractive, or is described as such by another character or the author. These types of characters tend to go one of three ways;
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Compare [[Blessed with Suck]], when Jane's plainness acts as an asset, and [[Ugly Cute]]. Contrast [[The Beautiful Elite]] and [[So Beautiful It's a Curse]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Sunako Nakahara from ''[[The Wallflower]]/[[Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge]]''
* Kisaragi from ''[[Elfen Lied]]''. Illustrated in a flash back only in the manga, where young Kisaragi overhears two boys talking about how they wouldn't date her [[Tear Jerker|because she wasn't pretty enough]].
== [[Fan Fiction]] ==▼
* Ivy Malfoy/Potter from
== [[Film]] ==
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* Elizabeth Abbot from ''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'' is described as plain as paper, but is portrayed by [[Hollywood Homely|Tilda Swinton]]. So...
* Wendy Torrence in ''[[The Shining]]''.
▲== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
▲* Ivy Malfoy/Potter from "[[Potters Pentagon]]". [[She Cleans Up Nicely]] but usually chooses not to.
== [[Literature]] ==
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