History Main / SelfFanservice

* You'd be surprised at the sheer amount of fanart that depicts the famously hideously disfigured WebOriginal/JeffTheKiller as a {{bishonen}}. Very possibly disgusted too, since Jeff was only 13 years old in the original {{creepypasta}}.

* While nobody is denying that some of the people of Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses are attractive anyway, fangirls turning the boys into skinny bishies and fanboys making the girls thinner and bustier than they are in real life are both popular.

** Bunnie gets the same treatment in fanart as Sally, albeit more likely to be depicted with BoobsOfSteel due to her role as the [[TheBigGuy heavy-hitting cyborg of the gang]]. And much like Sally, she was also briefly given a FanservicePack in canon after having her robotic limbs upgraded.

* Many characters from ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' get this treatment, either making them more curvaceous or making characters like [[BoobsOfSteel Akane Owari]] or male characters or have more muscles or men be more bishie than depicted in their normal sprites.

* Inverted with ''Film/TheRoom'': fan works such as [[VideoGame/TheRoomTheGame the flash game]] tend to make Johnny and Lisa into {{gonk}} characters because of the RuleOfFunny, which is helped by Lisa being a rather egregious example of InformedAttractiveness and Creator/TommyWiseau, the film's director who also played Johnny, being a lot less attractive than he thinks he is.

** Humanizations of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''[='s=] Mike Wazowski draw him as a handsome, green-haired emo guy with [[PeekABangs hair covering one eye]].

** Many fanartists often draw the characters [[TuftOfHeadFur with big tufts of hair on their heads]] or, more commonly, with [[PeekABangs a large hair bang covering half their faces.]] Some artists go as far as to give them braids or ponytails!

* ''Literature/CampfireCookingInAnotherWorldWithMyAbsurdSkill'': Fel is a giant wolf being, but the significant Furry fandom he gathered since the anime release has started to portray him as a hunky anthro wolf instead.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'':

*** Mater will often by drawn as a borderline hunk with more chiseled features.

*** Most fanart of an adult Lilo Pelekai tends to portray her as a fit, attractive young woman with a slim body and full lips much like her older sister Nani, usually wearing [[BareYourMidriff midriff-revealing clothing]] or a bikini. Contrast the canonical depictions of the adult Lilo in the ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' episode "Skip" and the ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' anime episode "Lilo", which portray her more modestly, wearing clothes that make her look like a responsible adult and having the same mouth that her younger self has, never developing fuller lips.

** Some fanart, including the default UsefulNotes/MikuMikuDance model for Kaito, have him [[BareYourMidriff not wear a shirt under his coat]].

* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Most of the Peanuts gang are kids ranging from ages 6-10, but they often are aged-up in fanart. Charlie Brown will often be depicted with a head full of blonde hair (to be fair, he isn't really bald, it's just the art style). Schrodeder will often be drawn as a pretty boy {{Bishonen}}. Peppermint Patty seems to be hit with this the most, considering her Tomboyish and rather andronymous nature, so she will either be given more bust and hips or {{Bifauxnen}} and often shipped with Marcie.
** Some examples -- [[http://ctw36.deviantart.com/art/Play-it-again-Schroeder-90276883 this picture of Lucy and Schroeder]], [[http://gugi40.deviantart.com/art/Linus-74902185 this Linus]], and [[http://blackjack-davie.deviantart.com/art/Peppermint-Patty-puberty-137735565 this Peppermint Patty]].

*** Similarly, cats with the suffix "-feather" at the end of their names are often given feather earrings or have a feather behind their ears as accessories.

* ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'' features mostly robotic but still humanoid characters. It goes to reason that fan artists will try to humanize them even more, or smooth out their metal parts to create a sleeker appearance. For a more direct example, compare Toa Gali [[http://www.ns-media.com/bionicle/images/bionicle_r3_c1.gif as a set]] and [[http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs22/f/2008/012/e/3/Gali2008_by_Lordstevie.png in fan art]].

* Fanart of Humans and Eldar from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' always make them look attractive. The Eldar are RubberForeheadAliens, so it's not a case of mild CanonDefilement. However, some of the fanart of Tyranids turns them into UglyCute creatures and sometimes even a bunch of {{Ridiculously Cute Critter}}s. On the sexual side there's the Tau, Tyranids, Necrons, and Daemons:

** Farseer Macha's entire character was pretty much re-purposed into a MsFanservice by the fandom. Her only official appearance was in the ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' PC game, and she was covered from head to toe in armor and robes (including her face), but that didn't stop fans from obsessing over her and creating lots of lewd fanfiction and art involving her.
*** She's ditched the helmet for ''Dawn of War III''. While somewhat attractive, her face is longer and sharper then a human's and thus looks, appropriately, a bit alien.

* The boys of ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}'' get a fair bit of this. Tord gets hit with this the most, especially after the SeriesFauxnale revealed what he looks like in uniform, which resulted in a lot of fans giving his "Red Leader" persona the EvilIsSexy treatment, complete with an eyepatch and a long flowing coat. This became HilariousInHindsight when former showrunner Tom Ridgewell revealed what Tord's Red Leader persona ''actually'' looked like...and he has his entire body covered up and his face hidden by a mask.

* In ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', the titular Mr. Hyde is described as "dwarfish", with [[UncannyValley something unsettling about his appearance]]. Several adaptations (and a ''lot'' of fan-art) prefer to make Hyde more [[UnkemptBeauty ruggedly handsome]], which is usually achieved by making him look like Jekyll with wilder hair and more unhinged expressions (and, in some designs, [[TheGlassesGottaGo a lack of glasses]]). This is also frequently done to Jekyll, turning him from an older gentleman into a significantly younger figure (often a {{woobie}}fied {{Bishonen}} to contrast him better with the more rugged Hyde).

** If a Vocaloid with no box art or no anime-influenced art needs to get a design from the fans, there's a 100% chance that they ''will'' turn out to be handsome/gorgeous. Leon can be anything from a blonde-haired PrettyBoy to a hairy {{Hunk}}, whereas someone like Sweet Ann would have her almost creepy box-art appearance turned more generically pretty or in the style of the Crypton Vocaloids. Then there's Amy, Chris, Ken, and Kaori, which have very UncannyValley CGI models for designs, so fans gave them more "Vocaloid-esque" designs. The official Taiwanese box art for Sweet Ann did just that, and even did it to Big-Al, Tonio, Prima, and Sonika even though they're ''already'' attractive as they are.

* ''WebVideo/MonsterFactory'' fanart tends to turn the [[SlidingScaleOfBeauty extreme]] {{Gonk}} character designs that are the entire premise of the show into [[GenericCuteness Generically Cute]] characters, if only because they look like cute caricatures in a cartoony art style rather than their UncannyValley CGI forms. Sometimes they even get drawn to look the way they are (ironically) described in the commentary, such as drawing D-Bomb to look like an actual [[ActionGirl "powerful feminine force"]] instead of a hellish blue-grey polygon soup. The Final Pam gets drawn to look unironically "crisp" in her red dress, quiff and sunglasses, too.

* The Wendy's redhead, pig-tailed, freckle-cheeked girl is often a VERY popular target in most fanart, where she is often sexualized and drawn as very curvaceous with huge buxom. Heck, just typing in "Wendy's Mascot" in the search bar brings up said fanarts more than the actual offical mascot picture. Don't even get us started on the whole "Mega Beef" trend that's been going around lately...

** Rapunzel from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' is already very pretty in canon, but is rather [[HollywoodThin wiry and gangly]] as well as petite, with a long, thin, and narrow waistline with not much in the way of visible curves, much like a Franchise/{{Barbie}} doll. She is also quite small-chested (or even outright flat) and baby-faced, and has somewhat lanky legs and big feet like an awkward teenager that hasn't quite grown into them yet. This is, of course, designed this way to fit in with all her charm, and she is more cute rather than sexy, with her [[TheCutie cherubic face]] and [[TheIngenue child-like and innocent personality]] and [[GenkiGirl mannerisms]] further proving this point. But in fanart, she is often portrayed with [[BuxomisBetter sizeable breasts]], a more womanly face, and a [[RealWomenHaveCurves curvy figure]]. Her hips will be wider, her rear end will be more prominent, her legs will be far more alluring, and her feet are also frequently drawn to be considerably smaller (though not always, and some make them bigger). Some works also make her taller. And her dress will sometimes be much shorter or up higher instead of to her ankles like in the film. Though some fan artists take a different approach and turn her into a BigBeautifulWoman. Being 18 years old, which would already make her adult, she is barely aged up in fanart.

* The ladies of ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' are generally quite pretty, but in fanart they'll more often than not end up much more buxom.

** The [[http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/gallery/#Disney-Heroes Disney Heroes]] fanart collection by David Kawena [[note]]([[NamesTheSame no, not the]] ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' character - although [[https://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Surfers-Goofing-Time2-116653450 he did draw him]])[[/note]] definitely counts. Particularly the Peter Pan one. Here's the princess version of this: [[http://steevinlove.deviantart.com/gallery/23384510 Defenders of the Enchanted Kingdom WIP]].

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation:'' SCP-999 is a friendly blob of orange slime with the power to induce happiness and cure depression. Its article doesn't say anything about it having a face, but fanartists always draw it with one to make it even cuter.

So you've got this series. Maybe it's a TV show. Maybe it's a movie or video game. It got pretty good reviews, [[GuiltyPleasures or maybe it didn't]]. It's now built up a fanbase. Folks are writing {{fanfic}}s, drawing {{fanart}}, and spreading the joy over the Internet. So far so good, right?

** Rapunzel from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' is already very pretty in canon, but is rather [[HollywoodThin wiry and gangly]] as well as petite, with a long, thin, and narrow waistline with not much in the way of visible curves, much like a Franchise/{{Barbie}} doll. She is also quite small-chested (or even outright flat) and baby-faced, and has somewhat lanky legs and big feet like an awkward teenager that hasn't quite grown into them yet. This is, of course, designed this way to fit in with all her charm, and she is more cute rather than sexy, with her [[TheCutie cherubic face]] and [[TheIngenue child-like and innocent personality]] and [[GenkiGirl mannerisms]] further proving this point. But in fanart, she is often portrayed with [[BuxomisBetter sizeable breasts]], a more womanly face, and a [[RealWomenHaveCurves curvy figure]]. Her hips will be wider, her rear end will be more prominent, her legs will be [[ShesGotLegs far more alluring]], and her feet are also frequently drawn to be considerably smaller (though not always, and some make them bigger). Some works also make her taller. And her dress will sometimes be much shorter or up higher instead of to her ankles like in the film. Though some fan artists take a different approach and turn her into a BigBeautifulWoman. Being 18 years old, which would already make her adult, she is barely aged up in fanart.

** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'':

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* The Notepad and Tony the Talking Clock of the ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'' series have popular personifications that are a strange mix between Creator/TimBurton and EvilIsSexy. The Notepad becomes a beautiful lass with pure white skin and multi-colored hair while Tony becomes a blue-skinned {{Biseinen}} with a scruffy beard and a blade. They also seem to flanderize their sinister undertones into full-blown [[AxeCrazy Axe Craziness]], which allows for a MasochismTango when paired with one-another in this form.

The targets of this can vary: in a cast without LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, this can happen to one of the primary [[TheOneGuy male]]/[[TheSmurfettePrinciple female]] characters simply because they're there. It can happen to [[DracoInLeatherPants villains]], because EvilIsSexy. And if your cast has a good [[TheWoobie woobie]], the angst factor may draw fans in.

** Disney FunnyAnimal characters almost never have human-esque breasts. Be it their ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'' characters, ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' characters, or ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'' ones, females are just as flat as males. Expect this rule to get ignored in much of the fanart and fanfiction. Some fans handwave them as having small breasts but still having breasts nevertheless, while others just give them noticeable chests.

** Disney FunnyAnimal characters almost never have human-esque breasts. Be it their ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'' characters, ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' characters, or ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' ones, females are just as flat as males. Expect this rule to get ignored in much of the fanart and fanfiction. Some fans handwave them as having small breasts but still having breasts nevertheless, while others just give them noticeable chests.

** Many fanartists often draw the cats [[TuftOfHeadFur with big tufts of hair on their heads]] or, more commonly, with [[PeekABangs a large hair bang covering half their faces.]] Some artists go as far as to draw them with braids or ponytails!
** Fanartists tend to draw stars on the foreheads or all over the body of the Clan leader, due to the fact cats receive nine lives and their names end with the suffix "-star" when they become leader, although not a signal book ever mention any of the Clan leaders ever having physical stars on their bodies anywhere.