History Main / GenericCuteness

* To fans of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', [[{{Cyclops}} Leela]] is a classic CuteMonsterGirl and MsFanservice to the Nth degree. In-universe, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome she tends to get the reactions you'd expect a person with a single giant eye to get in real life]], which range from [[KidsAreCruel casual bullying]] to KillItWithFire.

* ''Literature/TheKingkillerChronicle'': ''Every'' female character in ''The Name of the Wind'' is described as beautiful, cute, attractive, or the like. There don't appear to be any wrinkled old women running around. The next book in the series, ''The Wise Man's Fear,'' manages to avert this; several female characters are described as old or plain.

* Shiruku from ''LightNovel/KyouranKazokuNikki'' is supposed to be horribly scarred behind her mask, but once it comes off she only appears to have a discoloration around one eye, which isn't too distracting from her otherwise cute face.

* Lampshaded in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'', where Franchise/{{Batman}} has Oracle use an EnhanceButton to see the face of a woman who managed to blur herself on a security tape. Didn't help, since in the Franchise/{{DCAU}} all women look the way Bruce Timm draws women, i.e. attractive.

* An entire episode of ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion'' is premised on the three main female pilots going on crash diets after gaining what normal people would consider a trivial amount of weight. Since they're maladjusted teenage mecha pilots, it's plausible -- except that their character animations exhibit no evidence whatsoever of said weight gain.
* ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'': Shinomi is FormerlyFat, but from the "before" picture and flashback scenes of her, she really doesn't look ugly at all (definitely not {{gonk}} like some female characters) and not that fat either. Of course, the ComicalOverreacting of the boys saying "Who's that monster!?" could be intended to show how immature and shallow they are.

This makes it especially jarring [[InformedAttribute when we're told]] [[HollywoodHomely a character is physically unattractive, gained a few pounds, or has bad skin]]. It's too much work to draw these minor details. The only way to combat Generic Cuteness is with a {{Gonk}} or you end up with a disarming cutesy look in some [[GrotesqueCute wildly inappropriate things]].

** Yotsuba, whose [[CharmPoint gimmick]] is being a cook, is a slight aversion, as she is visibly plump but not grotesquely so. And even then, her plumpness is eventually visibly phased out.

* Fuuka from ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'' is often mocked for being plain-looking, having funny eyebrows, or being somewhat overweight (particularly over having "fat thighs"). These traits are somewhat visible, but she could only really be considered "unattractive" in comparison to her much more conventionally attractive sister, Asagi. Ironically, mangaka Kiyohiko Azuma admits that Fuuka really ''is'' supposed to be plain-looking, but [[CharmPoint it's supposed to be charming]]. This can be seen early on in the manga, where [[GentleGiant Jumbo]] initially describes Fuuka as a ''{{bishoujo}}'', and then downgrades her to just a ''shoujo'' after seeing Asagi.