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* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate3'': Karlach the tiefling barbarian [[MadeASlave spent ten years as a slave-warrior]] in the Nine Hells. Her body and arms are covered in enough scars to qualify as BodyHorror, but her face is completely unblemished.

*** In the sequel graphic novel ''Skull Island: The Birth of Kong''; though [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandKaijuAndOtherCreatures Kong's parents]] wouldn't exactly be considered beautiful to humans, in Riccio's MaybeMagicMaybeMundane dreams, after the two apes are killed and the Skullcrawlers have left; both their corpses are shown to be uneaten, intact and no worse for wear apart from several gouges in their chests. Which is very puzzling since the entire source of the Skullcrawlers' hyper-aggression is all-consuming Horror Hunger.

* {{Averted|Trope}} in ''Webcomic/StarImpact''. Whenever female boxers withstand hits to the face, they appear properly bruised and swollen -- which goes double for [[TheHero Aster]].

* In ''Anime/DarlingInTheFRANXX'', the WildChild Zero Two had a childhood where she was treated more like a circus lion than a human, complete with chains and sedatives. Yet in the present day (when she's someone's LoveInterest) she wears a perfectly coiffed military uniform, her hair is well-groomed, and she is able to function in human society just as well- if not ''better''- than people who had human contact growing up. She is also a total DudeMagnet, even though [[NubileSavage she likes to catch and eat raw fish]].

** Horrifically subverted in regards to how [[spoiler:Midnight is killed. During the heroes' battle with the Paranormal Liberation Front, Midnight tries to knock out Gigantomachia with her Quirk, only to be intercepted by a massive chunk of concrete thrown by Mr. Compress. She falls to the forest floor bloodied and badly injured with her hair disheveled and her mask in disarray. She is later confirmed to have died in her fight with a villain, the manga never shows her body, but an earlier scene of her face down in a pool of blood confirms it wasn't pretty.]]

* In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', Nico Minoru's powers are fueled by her being constantly wounded, and at one point, she willingly suffers torture at the hands of her evil ancestor in order to get a power boost, and yet with the exception of ''ComicBook/AvengersArena'', in which her left hand and forearm are blown off, requiring her to replace it with [[ArtificialLimbs a prosthetic]], she's never been shown to have any permanent scars.

* ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'': Phèdre usually heals from injuries without any scars; even after being burned and partly FlayedAlive, her scars are only mentioned once and don't detract from her sex appeal (or ability to get into her amorous adventures) at all when realistically they should be quite severe. She {{lampshade|Hanging}}s her improbable healing as a side benefit of the divine blessing that supports her [[CasualKink Casually Kinky]] life as a sacred prostitute.

* In ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'', Nazi officer Captain Halsing provides a Rare Male Example by appearing unexpectedly clean and well-kempt after a long and arduous trek through the wilderness. This is specifically commented on and showcases his competence and fastidious nature. More symbolically, it also illustrates the [[RepressiveButEfficient insistent neatness and orderliness]] his fascist state represents.

* {{Inverted|Trope}} with a Japanese game show that features Masahiro Chono slapping contestants. Later, it was decided to bring Wrestling/AmazingKong onto the show, but she was politely asked to leave after making a man bleed.

* Played with in [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] when they had a women's First Blood match but at the end, there was only a small trickle of blood when Tara hit Wrestling/{{Daffney|Unger}} with a toolbox.

* Following the original film mentioned above, Judy rarely fell victim to effects of the game in ''WesternAnimationJumanjiTheAnimatedSeries''. Even when it was her that broke the rules, ''Peter'' was inexplicably punished or transformed for it, something he lampshaded the unfairness of.

* Following the original film mentioned above, Judy rarely fell victim to effects of the game in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Jumanji}}'' animated series. Even when it was her that broke the rules, ''Peter'' was inexplicably punished or transformed for it, something he lampshaded the unfairness of.

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** In ''Arachnid'', Alice gets beat up so much by Kamadouma that she spends one chapter with bandages and an EyepatchOfPower. Gokiburi considers her ''"moe"'' anyway. Later on, Dinoponera tortures Alice by stabbing her in the palms, arms, legs, and butt with a potent venomous needle. This ''does'' leave visible scars on Alice's palms, but the sequel ''Manga/{{Blattodea}}'' is drawn by the illustrator of ''Caterpillar'' and so Alice goes back to looking pristine. In fact, one chapter retcons away the slash injury Kabutomushi had suffered during the Arachnid Hunt.

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', both students and heroes end up in dangerous situations against villains and disasters that leave them bloodied, heavily injured, and often scarred, however, this only applies to the male characters. Female characters are rarely, if at all, seriously injured and at worst rendered unconscious without serious external damage due to an enemy's quirk.

* ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'' provides a male example in the form of [[DistressedDude Joseph]] [[WaistcoatOfStyle Oda]]--despite taking quite a beating throughout the game, any blood or bodily harm he receives never sticks to him for long, and he usually looks pristine again by the next cutscene. His fellow detectives, on the other hand…

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* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'': Kagura regularly averts this. She is seen picking her nose or ears nearly as often as Gintoki and is even proud of herself for being the first Shonen Jump heroine to vomit on television. But aside from her, the other female characters tend to be subjected to milder cases of ToiletHumour, if any, compared to what the guys get into.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'':

* The leading heroines of ''Manga/SailorMoon'' are often the victims of AmusingInjuries. Heck, at one point, Usagi even ends up being the butt of a fart joke. The others are not amused.

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