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Compare [[Beauty Equals Goodness]] and [[Beauty Is Bad]]. Related to [[Evil Is Sexy]].
Compare [[Beauty Equals Goodness]] and [[Beauty Is Bad]]. Related to [[Evil Is Sexy]].


Contrast with [[I Just Want to Be Beautiful]].
Contrast with [[I Just Want to Be Beautiful]].
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== Literature ==
== Literature ==
* ''Jennifer Murdley's Toad'' by [[Bruce Coville]] (part of the ''[[Magic Shop]]'' series) is about an ugly girl with a nice personality. At the climax of the story she encounters a witch who {{spoiler|offers to turn her "inside out," metaphorically speaking, so that her inner beauty will be on the outside, but upon thinking about this, Jennifer realizes that this would make her ugly on the inside, which she realizes would be worse}}. So she stays outwardly ugly (but a good person).
* ''Jennifer Murdley's Toad'' by [[Bruce Coville]] (part of the ''[[Magic Shop]]'' series) is about an ugly girl with a nice personality. At the climax of the story she encounters a witch who {{spoiler|offers to turn her "inside out," metaphorically speaking, so that her inner beauty will be on the outside, but upon thinking about this, Jennifer realizes that this would make her ugly on the inside, which she realizes would be worse}}. So she stays outwardly ugly (but a good person).
* This trope was [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructed]] in one of the ''[[Spellsinger]]'' books. One of the characters is despondent that a beautiful woman he loves won't even give him the time of day. When the protagonist gives the, "She should see you for what you are on the inside", the despondent character points out that in [[Real Life]], looks '''do''' count. They are part of who you are. It might not be the most important, but they still are something. Not to mention that one of the reasons he wants her in the first place is for her looks, so it would be a [[Double Standard]] if he wanted her to ignore his ugliness.
* This trope was [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructed]] in one of the ''[[Spellsinger]]'' books. One of the characters is despondent that a beautiful woman he loves won't even give him the time of day. When the protagonist gives the, "She should see you for what you are on the inside", the despondent character points out that in [[Real Life]], looks '''do''' count. They are part of who you are. It might not be the most important, but they still are something. Not to mention that one of the reasons he wants her in the first place is for her looks, so it would be a [[Double Standard]] if he wanted her to ignore his ugliness.
* Horrifically subverted in a children's book, in which a young monster who accidentally made a "pretty face" (which was considered horrifyingly ugly by the family) and got stuck with it took her mother's advice "true beauty is on the inside" to the literal extreme and flipped her face inside out.
* Horrifically subverted in a children's book, in which a young monster who accidentally made a "pretty face" (which was considered horrifyingly ugly by the family) and got stuck with it took her mother's advice "true beauty is on the inside" to the literal extreme and flipped her face inside out.
* Parodied in ''[[Discworld/Jingo|Jingo]]''—Nobby Nobbs, who is so ugly that he has to carry around a paper from the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork stating he is human, complains that women won't date him. Angua points out to him that maybe he should lower his standards, as he shouldn't expect to be able to date the more sought-after women. Nobby eventually settles on a Verity "Hammerhead" Pushpram, an ill-tempered fish seller whose eyes don't face the same direction and who usually reacts to seeing Nobby by [[Slap Slap Kiss|telling him to bugger off and throwing fish at him]] (because hey, free seafood). When Nobby does land himself a gorgeous girlfriend in a later book, Angua is horrified for her, though fortunately by the end of the book Nobby is back with Verity (largely because she's [[Through His Stomach|a better cook]]), while Tawneee is cured of [[Attractiveness Isolation|"jerk syndrome"]].
* Parodied in ''[[Discworld/Jingo|Jingo]]''—Nobby Nobbs, who is so ugly that he has to carry around a paper from the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork stating he is human, complains that women won't date him. Angua points out to him that maybe he should lower his standards, as he shouldn't expect to be able to date the more sought-after women. Nobby eventually settles on a Verity "Hammerhead" Pushpram, an ill-tempered fish seller whose eyes don't face the same direction and who usually reacts to seeing Nobby by [[Slap Slap Kiss|telling him to bugger off and throwing fish at him]] (because hey, free seafood). When Nobby does land himself a gorgeous girlfriend in a later book, Angua is horrified for her, though fortunately by the end of the book Nobby is back with Verity (largely because she's [[Through His Stomach|a better cook]]), while Tawneee is cured of [[Attractiveness Isolation|"jerk syndrome"]].
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== Webcomics ==
== Webcomics ==
* The ending of ''[[Zombie and Mummy]]'' episode [http://www.zombie-and-mummy.org/go/to/beauty_salon.html "...Go to Beauty Salon"].
* The ending of ''[[Zombie & Mummy]]'' episode [http://www.zombie-and-mummy.org/go/to/beauty_salon.html "...Go to Beauty Salon"].




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