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* Helen Vaughan from ''[[The Great God Pan]]'', probably one of the first [[Humanoid Abomination|Humanoid Abominations]] in modern fiction. She is described as quite attractive yet . . . off.

** One word: [[The Shadow Over Innsmouth|Innsmouth]]. They have a bit of an "off" look, like they're inbred. {{spoiler|They're actually in''ter''bred with amphibians who practice sacrifice people to [[Religion of Evil|Father Dagon]].}}

* The Vord Queen in the ''[[Codex Alera]]'' ''tries'' to act human and look like a [[Cute Monster Girl]], but mostly just succeeds in making everyone, even Invidia, want to hide under a bed somewhere.

{{quote|Look at her eyes. I don't think she's using them to see you with. They're just beautiful ornaments.}}

* Paolo Bacigalupi apparently has a ''[[Author Appeal|fetish]]'' for girls who fall into this category. The most blatant is the titular character of ''The Wind-Up Girl'', so called because she walks in a jerky manner like a wind-up toy. In-story, this is considered remarkably beautiful, but it's somewhat difficult to visualize how this could avoid falling into the Valley in real life. In-story, it sometimes does. It was also a deliberate design feature to make sure that the main character and others like her couldn't be mistaken for unmodified humans.

* The human-animal things in ''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'' by H.G. Wells. Just reading about those things is disturbing. Reading about how they're created even more so, as Wells goes into just enough detail about the processes to be even more freaky.

* Some of the pictures from ''[[Man After Man: An Anthropology of the Future]]'' have disturbingly human faces. The Aquatics are particularly disturbing, because the rest of their bodies look more like cartoon manatees despite their realistic human face.