Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Main / TheBeautifulElite

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* The Countess in ''Series/{{Schmigadoon}}'' (a parody of Elsa Von Schrader from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'') is wealthy, beautiful, clever, and fashionable. [[spoiler: However, her paramours all inevitably kick her to the curb to shack up with the help.]]

to:

* The Countess in ''Series/{{Schmigadoon}}'' (a parody of Elsa Von Schrader from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'') is a wealthy, beautiful, clever, and fashionable.fashionable socialite who lives in a world straight out of a Golden Age musical. [[spoiler: However, her paramours all inevitably kick her to the curb to shack up with the help.]]

Added: 410

Removed: 154

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Series/{{House}}'': When Dr. House is in a coma hallucinating his team, they're all dressed in absurdly stylish clothing throughout the hallucination.



* The Countess in ''Series/{{Schmigadoon}}'' (a parody of Elsa Von Schrader from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'') is wealthy, beautiful, clever, and fashionable. [[spoiler: However, her paramours all inevitably kick her to the curb to shack up with the help.]]



* ''Series/{{House}}'': When Dr. House is in a coma hallucinating his team, they're all dressed in absurdly stylish clothing throughout the hallucination.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ComicBook/EmmaFrost's [[ComicBook/EmmaFrost2003 2003 limited series]] reveals the Frosts to be this. Winston, the family patriarch, is an abusive control freak who also cheats on his wife Hazel and pits his children against each other to win his approval. He is also homophobic towards his gay son whose boyfriend he has deported and expresses NoSympathy when his son attempts suicide. Hazel for her part is implied to resort to drugs and alcohol to deal with the chaos of her family. The eldest daughter Adrienne is a manipulative sociopath who thinks little to nothing of hurting her siblings to get her father's approval and in [[ComicBook/GenerationX future stories would become a villain herself]]. The second eldest daughter Cordelia a teenage Goth rebel who frequently acts out to get her parents' attention. Christian is a closeted homosexual who turns to drugs after his boyfriend is deported. And of course, we have Emma who starts out as a descent person but will become the White Queen in the future.

to:

* ComicBook/EmmaFrost's [[ComicBook/EmmaFrost2003 2003 limited series]] series reveals the Frosts to be this. Winston, the family patriarch, is an abusive control freak who also cheats on his wife Hazel and pits his children against each other to win his approval. He is also homophobic towards his gay son whose boyfriend he has deported and expresses NoSympathy when his son attempts suicide. Hazel for her part is implied to resort to drugs and alcohol to deal with the chaos of her family. The eldest daughter Adrienne is a manipulative sociopath who thinks little to nothing of hurting her siblings to get her father's approval and in [[ComicBook/GenerationX future stories would become a villain herself]]. The second eldest daughter Cordelia a teenage Goth rebel who frequently acts out to get her parents' attention. Christian is a closeted homosexual who turns to drugs after his boyfriend is deported. And of course, we have Emma who starts out as a descent person but will become the White Queen in the future.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Subverted in ''Literature/WhileTheClockChimes'', the invisibles possess such a dazzling beauty that it can blind others if seen. Hence their use of invisibility caps to protect everyone around them. However, their appropriately luxurious lifestyle takes its toll on the kingdom's treasury and their cruelty causes them to have ZeroPercentApprovalRating. [[spoiler:Finally, when they lose the invisibility caps, it is revealed they are really hideous.]]

to:

* Subverted in ''Literature/WhileTheClockChimes'', the invisibles possess such a dazzling beauty that it can blind others if seen. Hence their use of invisibility caps to protect everyone around them. However, their appropriately luxurious lifestyle takes its toll on the kingdom's treasury and their cruelty causes them to have a ZeroPercentApprovalRating. [[spoiler:Finally, when they lose the invisibility caps, it is revealed they are really hideous.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* Manfred von Karma of the VisualNovel/AceAttorney series was a man murderously obsessed with "perfection". So instead of LA attorneys, all members of his family (Edgeworth, Franziska, and himself) live more like European nobility than LA lawyers, from {{Classy Cravat}}s, to expensive cars, to globetrotting lifestyles, to perfect prosecution records, to [[RoyallyScrewedUp terribly dysfunctional family dynamics]].
[[/folder]]

Changed: 484

Removed: 436

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


TruthInTelevision, to some degree. In most societies, wealth and attractiveness are highly correlated: The wealthy have much greater access to resources that improve their own appearance, and the attractive have much greater access to financial and material success, whether through marriage or career opportunities. Beyond that, ''the very standards of beauty'', especially feminine beauty, are usually pirmarily a demonstration of wealth! Hey, LifeIsntFair.

to:

TruthInTelevision, to some degree. In most societies, wealth and attractiveness are highly correlated: The wealthy have much greater access to resources that improve their own appearance, and the attractive have much greater access to financial and material success, whether through marriage or career opportunities. Beyond that, ''the very standards of beauty'', especially feminine beauty, are usually pirmarily primarily a demonstration of wealth! Hey, LifeIsntFair.



* {{Lampshaded}} in ''Manga/BlackButler'' with the Phantomhive family. In fact, chapter 32 (which was entirely about the backstory of the Phantomhive family) is ''titled'' "Beautiful People." To quote Baron Kelvin:

to:

* {{Lampshaded}} {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Manga/BlackButler'' with the Phantomhive family. In fact, chapter 32 (which was entirely about the backstory of the Phantomhive family) is ''titled'' "Beautiful People." To quote Baron Kelvin:



* The vast majority of the significant cast in ''Manga/HanasakeruSeishounen''. They're all so regal that even when the situation is funny they stay in bishounen/bishojo mode! And then you have the occasional normal looking character (Gonk by comparision).

to:

* The vast majority of the significant cast in ''Manga/HanasakeruSeishounen''. They're all so regal that even when the situation is funny they stay in bishounen/bishojo mode! And then you have the occasional normal looking character (Gonk by comparision).comparison).



* Virtually every named character in ''Manga/CroiseeInAForeignLabyrinth'', especially when the story involves [[TheOjou Alice]]. It fits classical Japanese notion that everything in the GayParee is beautiful.

to:

* Virtually every named character in ''Manga/CroiseeInAForeignLabyrinth'', especially when the story involves [[TheOjou [[{{Ojou}} Alice]]. It fits classical Japanese notion that everything in the GayParee is beautiful.



** The Elliots were much the same way... To a point. After a car accident killed the drunken, abusive patriach, the surviving wife became horribly scarred. Fortunately their son Tommy was a beautiful and charming adonis on-par with Bruce Wayne.... until his face was terribly scared in the act of becoming Hush. Then swings back into insanity when Tommy gets plastic surgery to make his own face identical to Bruce's.

to:

** The Elliots were much the same way... To a point. After a car accident killed the drunken, abusive patriach, patriarch, the surviving wife became horribly scarred. Fortunately their son Tommy was a beautiful and charming adonis on-par with Bruce Wayne.... until his face was terribly scared in the act of becoming Hush. Then swings back into insanity when Tommy gets plastic surgery to make his own face identical to Bruce's.



* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: As a Prince of Asgard, it's expected that Loki's wardrobe be lavish and majestic, but he takes the "beautiful" part ''much'' more seriously than Thor or Odin. Loki's attire is noticeably more elaborate than theirs, and it always flatters his statuesque frame leaving no doubt that he's part of the ruling class. In ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', Loki's LuxuryPrisonSuite and his SimpleYetOpulent prison uniform are visual cues that he was once a member of Asgard's elite. In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', he indulges in a bit of decadence by being a RecliningReigner with five lovely female servants offering him GrapesOfLuxury and [[WineIsClassy wine]].

to:

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: As a Prince of Asgard, it's expected that Loki's ComicBook/{{Loki}}'s wardrobe be lavish and majestic, but he takes the "beautiful" part ''much'' more seriously than Thor or Odin. Loki's attire is noticeably more elaborate than theirs, and it always flatters his statuesque frame leaving no doubt that he's part of the ruling class. In ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', Loki's LuxuryPrisonSuite and his SimpleYetOpulent prison uniform are visual cues that he was once a member of Asgard's elite. In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', he indulges in a bit of decadence by being a RecliningReigner with five lovely female servants offering him GrapesOfLuxury and [[WineIsClassy wine]].



* In Jim Butcher's ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', the White Court.
** Averted with Inari Raith, Thomas' little sister. Cute, but not blinding, jaw-droppingly beautiful like Lara, although that's only because she is still human. It is shown in the same book that teenaged Thomas was, while not ugly, slightly overweight and had a "squint that suggested a need for glasses." So becoming a White Court vampire literally ''makes'' you one of the beautiful people. They're [[HornyDevils Succubi and Incubi.]]

to:

* In Jim Butcher's Creator/JimButcher's ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', the White Court.
**
Court. Averted with Inari Raith, Thomas' little sister. Cute, but not blinding, jaw-droppingly beautiful like Lara, although that's only because she is still human. It is shown in the same book that teenaged Thomas was, while not ugly, slightly overweight and had a "squint that suggested a need for glasses." So becoming a White Court vampire literally ''makes'' you one of the beautiful people. They're [[HornyDevils Succubi and Incubi.]]



* The Fairest from ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost''; the name of the group literally derives from FairestOfThemAll, and they pretty much embody the Beautiful Elite - complete with its darker aspects. They were kept largely for either sex or decoration by the [[FairFolk Gentry]], and they get the ability to use magic to enhance their presence and their ability to manipulate and persuade, along with a Contract called Vainglory which at high levels simultaneously makes them inhumanly beautiful and utterly terrifying even if they weren't to start with (and many are). Meanwhile, they pay for it by having an extra hard time with their Clarity (simultaneous KarmaMeter and SanityMeter) because they and those around them tend to mistakenly believe that BeautyEqualsGoodness even when they're subverting it like mad.

to:

* The Fairest from ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost''; the name of the group literally derives from FairestOfThemAll, and they pretty much embody the Beautiful Elite - complete with its darker aspects. They were kept largely for either sex or decoration by the [[FairFolk [[TheFairFolk Gentry]], and they get the ability to use magic to enhance their presence and their ability to manipulate and persuade, along with a Contract called Vainglory which at high levels simultaneously makes them inhumanly beautiful and utterly terrifying even if they weren't to start with (and many are). Meanwhile, they pay for it by having an extra hard time with their Clarity (simultaneous KarmaMeter and SanityMeter) because they and those around them tend to mistakenly believe that BeautyEqualsGoodness even when they're subverting it like mad.



** ComicBook/MonetStCroix is the daughter of a Monégasque Ambassador to France and the granddaughter of a French aristocrat. Combined with her SuperpowerLottery and beauty which makes her the LustObject of numerous men and one can see why she has an ego the size of a continent.

to:

** ComicBook/MonetStCroix is the daughter of a Monégasque Ambassador to France and the granddaughter of a French aristocrat. Combined with her SuperpowerLottery and beauty which makes her the LustObject of numerous men and men, one can see why she has an ego the size of a continent.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


To some degree, this tends to be TruthInTelevision. In most societies, wealth and attractiveness are highly correlated: The wealthy have much greater access to resources that improve their own appearance, and the attractive have much greater access to financial and material success, whether through marriage or career opportunities. Heck, ''the very standards of beauty'', especially feminine beauty, are (or at least have been for most of history) chiefly a demonstration of wealth! Hey, LifeIsntFair.

to:

To TruthInTelevision, to some degree, this tends to be TruthInTelevision.degree. In most societies, wealth and attractiveness are highly correlated: The wealthy have much greater access to resources that improve their own appearance, and the attractive have much greater access to financial and material success, whether through marriage or career opportunities. Heck, Beyond that, ''the very standards of beauty'', especially feminine beauty, are (or at least have been for most of history) chiefly usually pirmarily a demonstration of wealth! Hey, LifeIsntFair.



Not to be confused with ElitesAreMoreGlamorous.

to:

Not to be confused with ElitesAreMoreGlamorous.
ElitesAreMoreGlamorous, which is for a different sort of elite.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** The Toreador, [[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade their Old World counterparts]], are more of a TragicMonster version of the trope. The Toreador obsessively pursue physical perfection and beauty, art and emotion, as a way of trying to compensate for their undead status and remind themselves of how they once were alive -- a battle they're all ultimately doomed to fail at because [[CreativeSterility being Embraced removes their creative spark]]. Toreador ''[[FullyEmbracedFiend antribu]]'' take this [[MadArtist exactly as badly as you'd expect]].

to:

** The Toreador, [[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade their Old World counterparts]], are more of a TragicMonster version of the trope. The Toreador obsessively pursue physical perfection and beauty, art and emotion, as a way of trying to compensate for their undead status and remind themselves of how they once were alive -- a battle they're all ultimately doomed to fail at because [[CreativeSterility being Embraced removes their creative spark]]. Toreador ''[[FullyEmbracedFiend antribu]]'' antitribu]]'' take this [[MadArtist exactly as badly as you'd expect]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** ''The Beautiful and Damned'' starts out with this in play until the main couple's awful life choices start catching up with them.

to:

** ''The Beautiful and Damned'' ''Literature/TheBeautifulAndDamned'' starts out with this in play until the main couple's awful life choices start catching up with them.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** ''ComicBook/NewMutants'': DBobby da Costa aka ComicBook/{{Sunspot}} [[ButNotTooBlack is the son of wealthy Afro-Brazilian businessman Emmanuel da Costa and his white American mother archaeologist Nina da Costa]]. In his youth Bobby was temperamental and pig-headed towards his team mates but mellowed out as he grew up.

to:

** ''ComicBook/NewMutants'': DBobby Bobby da Costa aka ComicBook/{{Sunspot}} [[ButNotTooBlack is the son of wealthy Afro-Brazilian businessman Emmanuel da Costa and his white American mother archaeologist Nina da Costa]]. In his youth Bobby was temperamental and pig-headed towards his team mates but mellowed out as he grew up.

Added: 1814

Changed: 98

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* The premise of ''Series/BeverlyHills90210.''

to:

* A staple of the shows produced by executive producer[=/=]creator Darren Star:
** ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'': A mid-Western family moves to Los Angeles, and promptly runs into massive amounts of culture shock when the two point-of-view characters (Brandon and Brenda Walsh) meet the students and cultural elite at a preppy L.A. high school.
** ''Series/MelrosePlace'': A SpinOff of the aforementioned ''90210'', which followed the lives and careers of a group of twentysomethings living in an apartment complex in the prestigious Melrose neighbourhood.
** ''Series/ModelsInc'', a SpinOff of ''Melrose'', focusing on the mother of one of the ''Melrose'' characters, who runs a modeling agency in Los Angeles and gets wrapped up in the drama of her models.
** ''Series/CentralParkWest'': A newspaper publisher and her husband move to New York, where they meet the staff of a fashion-oriented magazine and become immersed in the city's high-society culture.
** ''Series/TheStreet'': Several stock brokers in NYC climb the social ladder, with plenty of sexual escapades along the way.
** ''Series/SexAndTheCity'': A group of thirtysomething [[FourGirlEnsemble single women]] document their challenges and successes in the dating scene in New York.
** ''Series/KitchenConfidential'': A disgraced chef is given the opportunity to run a prestigious New York restaurant and make a career comeback.
** ''Cashmere Mafia'': Four childhood friends decide to make a pact and support each other's careers in the pursuit of fame and fortune in New York.
** ''Series/{{Younger}}'': A middle-aged divorcee pretends to be a much-younger employee to join a prestigious publishing firm, and gets wrapped up in the machinations of several powerful individuals.
** ''Series/EmilyInParis'':
The premise FishOutOfWater main character moves to Paris to take a job with a French marketing firm, and is drawn into a world of ''Series/BeverlyHills90210.'' decadence.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace'': The FashionDesigner's life epitomizes this trope, and Andrew wants in. When he is shut out, Andrew goes on a killing spree.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Series/SchittsCreek'': The Roses used to be this, and through most of the series, the goal is to regain their status. We get glimpses of their former life throughout, such as the {{flashback}} to one of their famous Christmas Parties and visits from David's famous photographer ex Sebastien and later Alexis's socialite pal Klair.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Both the dueling biopics ''Film/YvesStLaurent'' and ''Film/SaintLaurent'' portray the fashion designer's jet setting life of wealth, fame, lavish parties, beautiful muses, handsome lovers and gorgeously appointed homes.

to:

* Both the dueling biopics ''Film/YvesStLaurent'' ''Film/YvesSaintLaurent'' and ''Film/SaintLaurent'' portray the fashion designer's {{fashion designer}}'s jet setting life of wealth, fame, lavish parties, beautiful muses, handsome lovers and gorgeously appointed homes.homes. Saint Laurent himself was handsome, as are the actors portraying him.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* Both the dueling biopics ''Film/YvesStLaurent'' and ''Film/SaintLaurent'' portray the fashion designer's jet setting life of wealth, fame, lavish parties, beautiful muses, handsome lovers and gorgeously appointed homes.

Added: 257

Changed: 355

Removed: 16

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


!!Too Good To Be True

to:

!!Too Good To to Be True



* ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'' is about French aristocrats living the high life right before UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution. {{Invoked|Trope}} and endlessly {{lampshade|Hanging}}d with Gardes du Corps, the senior cavalry regiment of the French Army and the main unit of the royal guard: they're an elite regiment largely composed of aristocrats, the members are chosen not just for their skills but also for their beauty, and people are so open on their good looks that everyone who learns Oscar's regiment replies with a variant of "Of course he's so beautiful!" and Girodelle (another officer of that regiment) ''flat-out admits that he '''has''' to be beautiful if he was accepted in the Gardes du Corps''.

to:

* ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'' ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' is about French aristocrats living the high life right before UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution. {{Invoked|Trope}} and endlessly {{lampshade|Hanging}}d with Gardes du Corps, the senior cavalry regiment of the French Army and the main unit of the royal guard: they're an elite regiment largely composed of aristocrats, the members are chosen not just for their skills but also for their beauty, and people are so open on their good looks that everyone who learns Oscar's regiment replies with a variant of "Of course he's so beautiful!" and Girodelle (another officer of that regiment) ''flat-out admits that he '''has''' to be beautiful if he was accepted in the Gardes du Corps''.



[[folder:Art]]

to:

[[folder:Art]][[folder:Arts]]



[[folder:Mythology and Religion]]

to:

[[folder:Mythology and [[folder:Myths & Religion]]



[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

to:

[[folder:Anime and & Manga]]




[[folder:Film]]

to:

\n[[folder:Film]][[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]



* ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'': Nellie Oleson, in her teen-aged days. Nellie is very attractive … and very conniving, snobbish and cruelly mean. It is implied that her mother – and we know how she was – was also attractive many years earlier.

to:

* ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'': Nellie Oleson, in her teen-aged days. Nellie is very attractive … attractive... and very conniving, snobbish and cruelly mean. It is implied that her mother -- and we know how she was -- was also attractive many years earlier.






[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]

to:

[[folder:Professional [[folder:Pro Wrestling]]



* Dark Eldar in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''. Tall, pale and beautiful, but also complete sociopaths who literally feed on pain and suffering. Their Craftworld cousins are slightly more benevolent, in that they won't kill you for fun (but will kill you if you have any reason to do so).

to:

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
**
Dark Eldar in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''.Eldar . Tall, pale and beautiful, but also complete sociopaths who literally feed on pain and suffering. Their Craftworld cousins are slightly more benevolent, in that they won't kill you for fun (but will kill you if you they have any reason to do so).



[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* The Magician Clans of ''Anime/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'' are surreally beautiful- partly because their wealth gives them access to genetic engineering on a mass scale, and breeding with any of the mundane fragile ''humans'' is frowned upon. There are heroic Clan members, but they are still privileged, segregated, [[OneManArmy intimidating]] people who've been above the law their whole lives, and their behaviour shows it. A "good" magician is a egalitarian vigilante who understands ''noblesse oblige'', like Franchise/{{Batman}} on his better days. An evil magician wants to slaughter everyone alive, and probably can.

to:

[[folder:Anime and & Manga]]
* The Magician Clans of ''Anime/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'' are surreally beautiful- beautiful -- partly because their wealth gives them access to genetic engineering on a mass scale, and breeding with any of the mundane fragile ''humans'' is frowned upon. There are heroic Clan members, but they are still privileged, segregated, [[OneManArmy intimidating]] people who've been above the law their whole lives, and their behaviour shows it. A "good" magician is a egalitarian vigilante who understands ''noblesse oblige'', like Franchise/{{Batman}} on his better days. An evil magician wants to slaughter everyone alive, and probably can.



[[folder:Film]]

to:

[[folder:Film]][[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Virtually every named character in ''Manga/IkokuMeiroNoCroisee'', especially when the story involves [[TheOjou Alice]]. It fits classical Japanese notion that everything in the GayParee is beautiful.

to:

* Virtually every named character in ''Manga/IkokuMeiroNoCroisee'', ''Manga/CroiseeInAForeignLabyrinth'', especially when the story involves [[TheOjou Alice]]. It fits classical Japanese notion that everything in the GayParee is beautiful.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru'': This is largely the point of the novel, with Yumi as audience surrogate. Even the author states that it's like a fairy tale set in modern time.

to:

* ''LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru'': ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs'': This is largely the point of the novel, with Yumi as audience surrogate. Even the author states that it's like a fairy tale set in modern time.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* Franchise/WonderWoman is the princess of the Amazons and is considered to be as beautiful as Aphrodite. Despite this, she is one of the kindest and sweetest people you'll ever meet in the DC universe.


Added DiffLines:

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** Cordelia is rich, beautiful and serves as the AlphaBitch for much of her time on the show. [[RichesToRags Her family losing their wealth]] sets on the path to humility.
** Even before he became a vampire, Angel was a handsome man and his father was a linen and silk merchant. He was also, as the First Evil put it, "a drunken, whoring layabout", whose only real ambition was to travel the world for excitement and adventure. His bad traits got taken UpToEleven after he became Angelus. Having his soul restored turned into TheAtoner and made him much more humble.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* The titular GirlPosse from ''Film/{{Heathers}}''
* The Plastics from ''Film/MeanGirls'' are the most popular girls at school and are even referred to by Damian as "teen royalty".

to:

* The titular GirlPosse from ''Film/{{Heathers}}''
''Film/{{Heathers}}''.
* The Plastics from ''Film/MeanGirls'' are the most popular girls at school and are even referred to by Damian as "teen royalty". They are also gossiping, shallow, spiteful and arrogant people.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ComicBook/EmmaFrost's [[''ComicBook/EmmaFrost2003'' 2003 limited series]] reveals the Frosts to be this. Winston, the family patriarch, is an abusive control freak who also cheats on his wife Hazel and pits his children against each other to win his approval. He is also homophobic towards his gay son whose boyfriend he has deported and expresses NoSympathy when his son attempts suicide. Hazel for her part is implied to resort to drugs and alcohol to deal with the chaos of her family. The eldest daughter Adrienne is a manipulative sociopath who thinks little to nothing of hurting her siblings to get her father's approval and in [[ComicBook/GenerationX future stories would become a villain herself]]. The second eldest daughter Cordelia a teenage Goth rebel who frequently acts out to get her parents' attention. Christian is a closeted homosexual who turns to drugs after his boyfriend is deported. And of course, we have Emma who starts out as a descent person but will become the White Queen in the future.

to:

* ComicBook/EmmaFrost's [[''ComicBook/EmmaFrost2003'' [[ComicBook/EmmaFrost2003 2003 limited series]] reveals the Frosts to be this. Winston, the family patriarch, is an abusive control freak who also cheats on his wife Hazel and pits his children against each other to win his approval. He is also homophobic towards his gay son whose boyfriend he has deported and expresses NoSympathy when his son attempts suicide. Hazel for her part is implied to resort to drugs and alcohol to deal with the chaos of her family. The eldest daughter Adrienne is a manipulative sociopath who thinks little to nothing of hurting her siblings to get her father's approval and in [[ComicBook/GenerationX future stories would become a villain herself]]. The second eldest daughter Cordelia a teenage Goth rebel who frequently acts out to get her parents' attention. Christian is a closeted homosexual who turns to drugs after his boyfriend is deported. And of course, we have Emma who starts out as a descent person but will become the White Queen in the future.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** ComicBook/MonetStCroix is the daughter of a Monégasque Ambassador to France and the granddaughter of a French aristocrat. Combined with her SuperpowerLottery and beauty that makes her the LustObject of numerous men and one can see why she has an ego the size of a continent.
**

to:

** ''ComicBook/NewMutants'': DBobby da Costa aka ComicBook/{{Sunspot}} [[ButNotTooBlack is the son of wealthy Afro-Brazilian businessman Emmanuel da Costa and his white American mother archaeologist Nina da Costa]]. In his youth Bobby was temperamental and pig-headed towards his team mates but mellowed out as he grew up.
** ComicBook/MonetStCroix is the daughter of a Monégasque Ambassador to France and the granddaughter of a French aristocrat. Combined with her SuperpowerLottery and beauty that which makes her the LustObject of numerous men and one can see why she has an ego the size of a continent.
**
continent.

Added: 337

Changed: 101

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
** ComicBook/MonetStCroix is the daughter of a Monégasque Ambassador to France and the granddaughter of a French aristocrat. Combined with her SuperpowerLottery and beauty that makes her the LustObject of numerous men and one can see why she has an ego the size of a continent.
**
[[/folder]]



%%%* The titular GirlPosse from ''Film/{{Heathers}}''
%%%* Plastics from ''Film/MeanGirls'',

to:

%%%* * The titular GirlPosse from ''Film/{{Heathers}}''
%%%* * The Plastics from ''Film/MeanGirls'', ''Film/MeanGirls'' are the most popular girls at school and are even referred to by Damian as "teen royalty".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


[[folder: Comic Books]]

to:

[[folder: Comic [[folder:Comic Books]]

Added: 1054

Changed: 1

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


[[folder: Comic Books]]
* ComicBook/EmmaFrost's [[''ComicBook/EmmaFrost2003'' 2003 limited series]] reveals the Frosts to be this. Winston, the family patriarch, is an abusive control freak who also cheats on his wife Hazel and pits his children against each other to win his approval. He is also homophobic towards his gay son whose boyfriend he has deported and expresses NoSympathy when his son attempts suicide. Hazel for her part is implied to resort to drugs and alcohol to deal with the chaos of her family. The eldest daughter Adrienne is a manipulative sociopath who thinks little to nothing of hurting her siblings to get her father's approval and in [[ComicBook/GenerationX future stories would become a villain herself]]. The second eldest daughter Cordelia a teenage Goth rebel who frequently acts out to get her parents' attention. Christian is a closeted homosexual who turns to drugs after his boyfriend is deported. And of course, we have Emma who starts out as a descent person but will become the White Queen in the future.
[[/folder]]




* ''Film/{{Seconds}}'' depicts a elderly man who pays to literally be remade as one of the Beautiful People; in a nice touch, post-transformation he is played by Rock Hudson. It doesn't work out very well.

to:

* ''Film/{{Seconds}}'' depicts a an elderly man who pays to literally be remade as one of the Beautiful People; in a nice touch, post-transformation he is played by Rock Hudson. It doesn't work out very well.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Franchise/XMen'':
** ComicBook/WarrenWorthingtonIII is a handsome, blonde-haired man of OldMoney origins with [[WingedHumanoid wings]] making him a literal AngelicBeauty.
** Betsy Braddock aka ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} is the daughter of a British lord and had a modeling career for a time.
** This is one of the complaints that the Morlocks - a community of [[TheMorlocks sewer-dwelling mutants]] - and especially their leader Callisto and flesh-shaper Masque had about the X-Men. The X-Men - self-appointed ambassadors of the mutant community - are almost all powerful and attractive (even the inhuman-looking ones wouldn't have much trouble getting a date) and live in a mansion (or they did when the Morlocks were around), while the Morlocks were all freakish (some due to the afore-mentioned flesh-shaper) outcasts who lived in a sewer, relatively few of which had impressive powers. They accuse the X-Men of being elitist snobs who have a [[ButNotTooForeign "but not TOO mutant"]] policy toward new recruits.
* Most of the founding families of Gotham.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* This is one of the complaints that the Morlocks - a community of [[TheMorlocks sewer-dwelling mutants]] - and especially their leader Callisto and flesh-shaper Masque had about the Franchise/XMen. The X-Men - self-appointed ambassadors of the mutant community - are almost all powerful and attractive (even the inhuman-looking ones wouldn't have much trouble getting a date) and live in a mansion (or they did when the Morlocks were around), while the Morlocks were all freakish (some due to the afore-mentioned flesh-shaper) outcasts who lived in a sewer, relatively few of which had impressive powers. They accuse the X-Men of being elitist snobs who have a [[ButNotTooForeign "but not TOO mutant"]] policy toward new recruits.
* Most of the founding families of Gotham.

Added: 1786

Changed: 2425

Removed: 2851

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Replaced dead link and removed another. Removed empty folder.


Don't always count on BeautyEqualsGoodness. Sometimes BeautyIsBad, and they spend their time plotting to torment the poor, decent normal folk like (maybe) you and me. This type of character is the TropeMaker for ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful, and often benefits from ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney as well.

to:

Don't always count on BeautyEqualsGoodness. Sometimes BeautyIsBad, and they spend their time plotting to torment the poor, decent normal folk like (maybe) you and me. This type of character is the TropeMaker {{Trope Maker|s}} for ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful, and often benefits from ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney as well.



* Most of the cast of ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. Mostly applicable to the Sohma family however, who are all incredibly good-looking, rich, and mysterious (to the point at which one person asks if their good looks are a genetic trait). On the other hand, the good looks aren't ''always'' a good thing, as proven by Yuki (who is constantly either mistaken for a girl or forced into dressing like one for his lovesick fans).
** It's justified with the Sohmas, since most of the Sohmas in the main cast are supernatural. Apparently being possessed by a Zodiac spirit makes you better-looking.

to:

* Most of the cast of ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. Mostly applicable to the Sohma family however, who are all incredibly good-looking, rich, and mysterious (to the point at which one person asks if their good looks are a genetic trait). On the other hand, the good looks aren't ''always'' a good thing, as proven by Yuki (who is constantly either mistaken for a girl or forced into dressing like one for his lovesick fans).
**
fans). It's justified with the Sohmas, since most of the Sohmas in the main cast are supernatural. Apparently being possessed by a Zodiac spirit makes you better-looking.



* ''Manga/SpecialA'': Not only is the entire cast ''beautiful'', but Special A is the most elite class in the already prestigious academy.
** Lampshaded in episode 13, when someone comments, "Amazing. Which modeling group are they from?"

to:

* ''Manga/SpecialA'': Not only is the entire cast ''beautiful'', but Special A is the most elite class in the already prestigious academy.
**
academy. Lampshaded in episode 13, when someone comments, "Amazing. Which modeling group are they from?"



* The mangaka Chi-Ran never draws anyone in any other manner than a) very beautiful and b) very feminine, whether they're [[BoysLove male]] or [[GirlsLove female]], major or minor; they live in pretty surroundings too, whether mansions or nightclubs.

to:

* The mangaka Chi-Ran never draws anyone in any other manner than a) very beautiful and b) very feminine, whether they're [[BoysLove [[YaoiGenre male]] or [[GirlsLove [[YuriGenre female]], major or minor; they live in pretty surroundings too, whether mansions or nightclubs.



* ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'' is about French aristocrats living the high life right before the French Revolution.
** {{Invoked}} and endlessly {{Lampshaded}} with Gardes du Corps, the senior cavalry regiment of the French Army and the main unit of the royal guard: they're an elite regiment largely composed of aristocrats, the members are chosen not just for their skills but also for their beauty, and people are so open on their good looks that everyone who learns Oscar's regiment replies with a variant of "Of course he's so beautiful!" and Girodelle (another officer of that regiment) ''flat-out admits that he '''has''' to be beautiful if he was accepted in the Gardes du Corps''.

to:

* ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'' is about French aristocrats living the high life right before the French Revolution.
** {{Invoked}}
UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution. {{Invoked|Trope}} and endlessly {{Lampshaded}} {{lampshade|Hanging}}d with Gardes du Corps, the senior cavalry regiment of the French Army and the main unit of the royal guard: they're an elite regiment largely composed of aristocrats, the members are chosen not just for their skills but also for their beauty, and people are so open on their good looks that everyone who learns Oscar's regiment replies with a variant of "Of course he's so beautiful!" and Girodelle (another officer of that regiment) ''flat-out admits that he '''has''' to be beautiful if he was accepted in the Gardes du Corps''.



** The Wayne family has this reputation among Gotham's citizens. There's ''extremely'' handsome and charismatic playboy [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]]. Aside from that we have his sons and daughter (adopted and not): [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]], [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Jason Todd]], [[NerdsAreSexy Tim]] [[ComicBook/RedRobin Drake]], [[IndifferentBeauty Cassandra]] [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Cain]] and adorably precocious Damian Wayne. ''All'' of them, Dick in particular, are portrayed as exceedingly good looking.

to:

** The Wayne family has this reputation among Gotham's citizens. There's ''extremely'' handsome and charismatic playboy [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]]. Aside from that we have his sons and daughter (adopted and not): [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]], [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Jason Jason]] [[ComicBook/RedHood Todd]], [[NerdsAreSexy Tim]] [[ComicBook/RedRobin [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Drake]], [[IndifferentBeauty Cassandra]] [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Cain]] and adorably precocious Damian Wayne. ''All'' of them, Dick in particular, are portrayed as exceedingly good looking.



** Averted with the Cobblepots. It's even shown that Penguin's ancestor looked pretty much just like him, so being chubby, short and having a sharp nose run in the family.

to:

** Averted with the Cobblepots. It's even shown that Penguin's ComicBook/ThePenguin's ancestor looked pretty much just like him, so being chubby, short and having a sharp nose run in the family.



* ''Fanfic/ForumOfThrones'': Argella Durrandon embodies this trope. She is famously beautiful, always well-dressed, has received flawless education and she is also the heiress to the Kingdom of the Stormlands.

to:

* ''Fanfic/ForumOfThrones'': ''Fanfic/ForumOfThrones'':
**
Argella Durrandon embodies this trope. She is famously beautiful, always well-dressed, has received flawless education and she is also the heiress to the Kingdom of the Stormlands.



* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': Professor X was born beautiful and lives in an old-fashioned BigFancyHouse on a magnificent estate. Every stick of furniture and decorative item inside of his residence are SimpleYetOpulent. Ditto for his impressive collection of vintage cars and the inside of his personal plane. Xavier is enamoured with classic three-piece suits which cost a pretty penny, and he was quite the peacock when he was younger. ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' accentuate his delicate facial features, his vanity and the splendour of his lifestyle. While he is generous to those he cares about, and he's the most altruistic character of the film series, it's made crystal clear that he ain't no Buddha--Charles derives great pleasure from basking in the luxury that his incredible wealth provides.

to:

* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': Professor X ComicBook/ProfessorX was born beautiful and lives in an old-fashioned BigFancyHouse on a magnificent estate. Every stick of furniture and decorative item inside of his residence are SimpleYetOpulent. Ditto for his impressive collection of vintage cars and the inside of his personal plane. Xavier is enamoured with classic three-piece suits which cost a pretty penny, and he was quite the peacock when he was younger. ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' accentuate his delicate facial features, his vanity and the splendour of his lifestyle. While he is generous to those he cares about, and he's the most altruistic character of the film series, it's made crystal clear that he ain't no Buddha--Charles derives great pleasure from basking in the luxury that his incredible wealth provides.



* Whit Stillman's films (including ''Metropolitan'' and ''Film/TheLastDaysOfDisco'') are all about this type.

to:

* Whit Stillman's Creator/WhitStillman's films (including ''Metropolitan'' ''Film/{{Metropolitan}}'' and ''Film/TheLastDaysOfDisco'') are all about this type.



* George R. R. Martin's ''Literature/{{A Song of Ice and Fire}}'' makes heavy use of this trope; an unrealistically-high proportion of the Great Houses of Westeros seems to consist of glamorous, insanely gorgeous men and women. Some particular examples are:

to:

* George R. R. Martin's Creator/GeorgeRRMartin's ''Literature/{{A Song of Ice and Fire}}'' makes heavy use of this trope; an unrealistically-high proportion of the Great Houses of Westeros seems to consist of glamorous, insanely gorgeous men and women. Some particular examples are:



* Anne Rice. All of her vampires, but especially Louis, Armand and, of course, Lestat are gorgeous and rich.
** Of course most of the above were chosen as vampires mainly for their looks, and they had money because they stole it; Lestat turned Louis at least partially because he had good stable wealth, and needed a nice place to care for his elderly human father.

to:

* Anne Rice.Creator/AnneRice. All of her vampires, but especially Louis, Armand and, of course, Lestat are gorgeous and rich. \n** Of course most of the above were chosen as vampires mainly for their looks, and they had money because they stole it; Lestat turned Louis at least partially because he had good stable wealth, and needed a nice place to care for his elderly human father.



* The Clackers and assorted fashionistas in ''The Devil Wears Prada''. Of course, this comes at the cost of being shallow and obsessed with fashion and dieting to the point of neurosis.

to:

* The Clackers and assorted fashionistas in ''The Devil Wears Prada''.''Literature/TheDevilWearsPrada''. Of course, this comes at the cost of being shallow and obsessed with fashion and dieting to the point of neurosis.



** {{Deconstructed}} in ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby,'' a classic novel that starts off by showing all the glamor of the rich, then revealing the ugly truths behind why some of them are this way.

to:

** {{Deconstructed}} {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby,'' a classic novel that starts off by showing all the glamor of the rich, then revealing the ugly truths behind why some of them are this way.



* During the first few chapters of ''Literature/WarAndPeace'', there are various beautiful ladies hanging around a beautiful people party, where all the other beautiful people notice them being beautiful even in relation to their beautiful-to-begin-with-selves, and in fact whatever they do must be accompanied by a beautiful description of how beautifully beautiful they are, and their beautiful dresses, and the beautiful way they do their graceful beautiful beauty walk, and overall their beautifully beautiful beauty, lest you for a second forget what these ladies' apparent defining characteristic is. [[http://www.quoteworld.org/quotes/5974 And also, you're drunk.]]
* The good guys in Ayn Rand novels. Example: John Galt from ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'' is a brilliant enough scientist to rewrite the laws of physics, a brilliant enough engineer to build a perpetual motion device using his discoveries, a brilliant enough philosopher and orator to AuthorFilibuster on UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} for HOURS, and a brilliant enough leader to get every industrialist on Earth to join a utopian society of his own creation. Also, he's [[IncorruptiblePurePureness incorruptible]]. And torture proof. And every word of his physical description is dripping with swooning adoration.

to:

* During the first few chapters of ''Literature/WarAndPeace'', there are various beautiful ladies hanging around a beautiful people party, where all the other beautiful people notice them being beautiful even in relation to their beautiful-to-begin-with-selves, and in fact whatever they do must be accompanied by a beautiful description of how beautifully beautiful they are, and their beautiful dresses, and the beautiful way they do their graceful beautiful beauty walk, and overall their beautifully beautiful beauty, lest you for a second forget what these ladies' apparent defining characteristic is. [[http://www.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20061230023918/http://www.quoteworld.org/quotes/5974 And also, you're drunk.]]
* The good guys in Ayn Rand Creator/AynRand novels. Example: John Galt from ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'' is a brilliant enough scientist to rewrite the laws of physics, a brilliant enough engineer to build a perpetual motion device using his discoveries, a brilliant enough philosopher and orator to AuthorFilibuster on UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} for HOURS, and a brilliant enough leader to get every industrialist on Earth to join a utopian society of his own creation. Also, he's [[IncorruptiblePurePureness incorruptible]]. And torture proof. And every word of his physical description is dripping with swooning adoration.



* Subverted in ''Literature/WhileTheClockChimes'', the invisibles possess such a dazzling beauty that it can blind others if seen. Hence their use of invisibility caps to protect everyone around them. However, their appropriately luxurious lifestyle takes its toll on the kingdom's treasury and their cruelty causes them to have ZeroPercentApprovalRating. [[spoiler:Finally, when they lose the invisibility caps, it is revealed they are really hideous]].

to:

* Subverted in ''Literature/WhileTheClockChimes'', the invisibles possess such a dazzling beauty that it can blind others if seen. Hence their use of invisibility caps to protect everyone around them. However, their appropriately luxurious lifestyle takes its toll on the kingdom's treasury and their cruelty causes them to have ZeroPercentApprovalRating. [[spoiler:Finally, when they lose the invisibility caps, it is revealed they are really hideous]].hideous.]]



[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* Rosé Mulan from ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'' comes from wealth and it's treated her well, as she's a gorgeous woman with an air of class and sophistication. That said, beneath her charm is someone who's skilled in lockpicking and enjoys breaking society's rules.
[[/folder]]



* Princess Voluptua in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.'' Lampshaded by the fact her appearance ''is'' an illusion, and she actually [[StarfishAlien isn't humanoid at all.]]
* All main characters in ''Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}'' - ''especially'' the nonhuman characters who live with Rai. It gets very funny when one of the characters (a young, spoiled idol) visits school bringing her famous "handsome" boyfriend, only for a bunch of her friends to dismiss him as "average" and "not so good looking." She's pissed off, until she [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/noblesse/v02/c096/3.html gets a glimpse of the people they've been hanging out with]] - M21 and ''especially'' Rai.

to:

* Princess Voluptua in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.'' Lampshaded by the fact her appearance ''is'' an illusion, and she actually [[StarfishAlien [[StarfishAliens isn't humanoid at all.]]
* All main characters in ''Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}'' - ''especially'' the nonhuman characters who live with Rai. It gets very funny when one of the characters (a young, spoiled idol) visits school bringing her famous "handsome" boyfriend, only for a bunch of her friends to dismiss him as "average" and "not so good looking." She's pissed off, until she [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/noblesse/v02/c096/3.html gets a glimpse of the people they've been hanging out with]] with - M21 and ''especially'' Rai.



* In ''Webcomic/{{unTouchable}}'', modern vampires have learned to absorb LifeEnergy simply by touching humans. To facilitate this, they are genetically predisposed to good looks and charisma, and are not shy about using this to their advantage. They're FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires on the whole, but do maintain an air of smug superiority.

to:

* In ''Webcomic/{{unTouchable}}'', modern vampires have learned to absorb LifeEnergy simply by touching humans. To facilitate this, they are genetically predisposed to good looks and charisma, and are not shy about using this to their advantage. They're FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires {{Friendly Neighborhood Vampire}}s on the whole, but do maintain an air of smug superiority.



[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* Rosé Mulan from ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'' comes from wealth and it's treated her well, as she's a gorgeous woman with an air of class and sophistication. That said, beneath her charm is someone who's skilled in lockpicking and enjoys breaking society's rules.
[[/folder]]



* The cast in WesternAnimation/BeverlyHillsTeens are all insanely rich, good looking and nice to everyone, the only exception is Bianca who is total self centered snob.
* The ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' all six girls are gorgeous, half of them are royalty, and they all have cool powers to fight evil, and sometimes use them to make fine dresses for themselves.

to:

* The ''WesternAnimation/BeverlyHillsTeens'' cast in WesternAnimation/BeverlyHillsTeens are all insanely rich, good looking and nice to everyone, the everyone. The only exception is Bianca who is total self centered snob.
* The In ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' all six girls are gorgeous, half of them are royalty, and they all have cool powers to fight evil, and sometimes use them to make fine dresses for themselves.



* The {{Zeerust}} World of Tomorrow from the 1930s-1950s, (Up to the early-60s WesternAnimation/TheJetsons) with shiny new CrystalSpiresAndTogas and not a speck of dirt anywhere -- in some cases, not even on the ground (which is artificial).
** ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' jokes with this, where in the future, everything--"even the dirt"--is clean.

to:

* The {{Zeerust}} World of Tomorrow from the 1930s-1950s, (Up to the early-60s WesternAnimation/TheJetsons) with shiny new CrystalSpiresAndTogas and not a speck of dirt anywhere -- in some cases, not even on the ground (which is artificial).
**
artificial). ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' jokes with this, where in the future, everything--"even the dirt"--is clean.



* Mount Olympus, with its inhumanly-beautiful, behaviorally-chaotic inhabitants is one of the prototypes for this trope, which makes it OlderThanFeudalism. There were some exceptions among the Olympians, however, such as Hephaestus, who was scorned for his ugliness.

to:

* [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Mount Olympus, Olympus]], with its inhumanly-beautiful, behaviorally-chaotic inhabitants is one of the prototypes for this trope, which makes it OlderThanFeudalism. There were some exceptions among the Olympians, however, such as Hephaestus, who was scorned for his ugliness.



** Witches, on the other hand, take this trope and veer it straight into TheFairFolk territory. They're very beautiful and grandiose, and [[{{Squick}} They'll be sure to make their murders just as grandiose and magnificent]].

to:

** Witches, on the other hand, take this trope and veer it straight into TheFairFolk territory. They're very beautiful and grandiose, and [[{{Squick}} They'll they'll be sure to make their murders just as grandiose and magnificent]].



* Shuu Tsukiyama from ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', known as the "[[RedBaron Gourmet]]" for being an exceptionally PickyPeopleEater. In stark contrast to most Ghouls that are orphaned and living in poverty, Tsukiyama is the son of an extremely powerful and wealthy family with connections in both human and Ghoul society. As a teenager, he was the SchoolIdol of a prestigious private Academy and is known for his eccentric but high-end taste in fashion. [[AmbiguouslyBi Kaneki]] notes that he "looks like a model", though quickly learns that his cultured demeanor hides a ruthless and twisted killer even by Ghoul standards. Later in the series, he uses his considerable wealth to assist and remain close to Kaneki, having become a {{Yandere}} StalkerWithACrush. [[spoiler: The sequel implies the result of having developed into a better person is that he's become a grief-stricken IllBoy in poor physical condition -- while leaving him looking [[TheOphelia beautiful and frail during the times he's not loosing control of his sanity]]]].

to:

* Shuu Tsukiyama from ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', known as the "[[RedBaron Gourmet]]" for being an exceptionally PickyPeopleEater. In stark contrast to most Ghouls that are orphaned and living in poverty, Tsukiyama is the son of an extremely powerful and wealthy family with connections in both human and Ghoul society. As a teenager, he was the SchoolIdol of a prestigious private Academy and is known for his eccentric but high-end taste in fashion. [[AmbiguouslyBi Kaneki]] notes that he "looks like a model", though quickly learns that his cultured demeanor hides a ruthless and twisted killer even by Ghoul standards. Later in the series, he uses his considerable wealth to assist and remain close to Kaneki, having become a {{Yandere}} StalkerWithACrush. [[spoiler: The sequel implies the result of having developed into a better person is that he's become a grief-stricken IllBoy in poor physical condition -- while leaving him looking [[TheOphelia beautiful and frail during the times he's not loosing control of his sanity]]]].sanity]].]]



[[folder:Fan Works]]
[[/folder]]



[[folder:Music]]
* "Beautiful Dirty Rich" by Music/LadyGaga seems to be about people of this nature. Many other examples from Music/LadyGaga have also appeared in her work, most notably "Paparazzi". The video takes place in a nice looking mansion, but during the TalkyBookend part Gaga is thrown off a balcony by her boyfriend. It gets worse from there on out, as there are repeated shots of models' corpses throughout the video, among other things, and at the end [[spoiler: Gaga gets revenge on her boyfriend by poisoning his drink]].
* Music/MarilynManson's ConceptAlbum ''Antichrist Superstar'' features a race of beautiful, superior beings who lord over the oppressed masses. The story is told from the perspective of "Wormboy", a downtrodden {{Muggle}} who seeks to join the ranks of these {{Ubermensch}}ian overlords and become the titular Antichrist Superstar. There's actually a song on the album entitled "The Beautiful People" (the original name of this trope).
* Music/DavidBowie's "Oh! You Pretty Things" tells the story of a perfect next generation, homo superior, who will discard and destroy the current population of humanity.
[[/folder]]



* In Scott Westerfeld's book ''[[Literature/{{Uglies}} Pretties]]'' everyone gets turned phenomenally [[TheBrainlessBeauty beautiful]] at age sixteen,[[spoiler: but given brain lesions, so that they're all the same and follow the herd.]]

to:

* In Scott Westerfeld's Creator/ScottWesterfeld's book ''[[Literature/{{Uglies}} Pretties]]'' everyone gets turned phenomenally [[TheBrainlessBeauty beautiful]] at age sixteen,[[spoiler: but given brain lesions, so that they're all the same and follow the herd.]]herd]].



* Creator/TerryPratchett's novel ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'' features the exceptionally beautiful FairFolk who are described as evil, violent sociopaths. They get away with it because they are so beautiful that people don't think they're good enough to stop them.
** The beauty turns out just to be a glamour field though - to anyone that can see through it, they look vaguely feline and not especially attractive at all.

to:

* Creator/TerryPratchett's novel ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'' features the exceptionally beautiful FairFolk [[TheFairFolk Fair Folk]] who are described as evil, violent sociopaths. They get away with it because they are so beautiful that people don't think they're good enough to stop them.
**
them. The beauty turns out just to be a glamour field though - to anyone that can see through it, they look vaguely feline and not especially attractive at all.



* In Creator/PoulAnderson's ''Sargasso of Lost Starships'', the alien race appear as stunningly beautiful, because of their vast psychic powers. They're also sadistic and completely insane.
* In Creator/PoulAnderson's ''Queen of Air and Darkness'', there are TheFairFolk, stunningly beautiful, on a distant planet. [[spoiler:Psychic aliens, actually.]]

to:

* Creator/PoulAnderson:
**
In Creator/PoulAnderson's ''Sargasso of Lost Starships'', the alien race appear as stunningly beautiful, because of their vast psychic powers. They're also sadistic and completely insane.
* In Creator/PoulAnderson's ** ''Queen of Air and Darkness'', there are TheFairFolk, stunningly beautiful, on a distant planet. [[spoiler:Psychic aliens, actually.]]



* ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode, "Number 12 Looks Just Like You", may have been inspired by ''Literature/BraveNewWorld.'' (It was based on a Charles Beaumont story.) The future ''Dystopia'' in which the story is set forces its people to undergo an operation that makes them beautiful and ditzy. (Said people are only allowed to choose from a small number of idealized forms for their new bodies - which is why except for the main character [[spoiler: until she goes through the operation at the end]] all the roles in the episode are played by only three people - and thus have to wear nametags in order to identify each other.)

to:

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' episode, "Number "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E137Number12LooksJustLikeYou Number 12 Looks Just Like You", You]]", may have been inspired by ''Literature/BraveNewWorld.'' (It was based on a Charles Beaumont story.) The future ''Dystopia'' in which the story is set forces its people to undergo an operation that makes them beautiful and ditzy. (Said people are only allowed to choose from a small number of idealized forms for their new bodies - which is why except for the main character [[spoiler: until she goes through the operation at the end]] all the roles in the episode are played by only three people - and thus have to wear nametags in order to identify each other.)



[[folder:Music]]
* "Beautiful Dirty Rich" by Music/LadyGaga seems to be about people of this nature. Many other examples from Music/LadyGaga have also appeared in her work, most notably "Paparazzi". The video takes place in a nice looking mansion, but during the {{Talky Bookend|s}} part Gaga is thrown off a balcony by her boyfriend. It gets worse from there on out, as there are repeated shots of models' corpses throughout the video, among other things, and at the end [[spoiler: Gaga gets revenge on her boyfriend by poisoning his drink]].
* Music/MarilynManson's ConceptAlbum ''Music/AntichristSuperstar'' features a race of beautiful, superior beings who lord over the oppressed masses. The story is told from the perspective of "Wormboy", a downtrodden {{Muggle|s}} who seeks to join the ranks of these {{Ubermensch}}ian overlords and become the titular Antichrist Superstar. There's actually a song on the album entitled "The Beautiful People" (the original name of this trope).
* Music/DavidBowie's "Oh! You Pretty Things" tells the story of a perfect next generation, homo superior, who will discard and destroy the current population of humanity.
[[/folder]]



* Wrestling/MattSydal and Lizzy Valentine on Wrestling/WrestlingSocietyX, Sydal mixing this trope with GorgeousGeorge, as he was so effeminate his returned affections toward Valentine was all that cast doubt on him being gay.
* Wrestling/{{TNA}} stable Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople were a wannabe version of this. While they were physically fine as hell, they dressed more like streetwalkers than like anything classy.

to:

* Wrestling/MattSydal [[Wrestling/EvanBourne Matt Sydal]] and Lizzy Valentine on Wrestling/WrestlingSocietyX, Sydal mixing this trope with GorgeousGeorge, as he was so effeminate his returned affections toward Valentine was all that cast doubt on him being gay.
* Wrestling/{{TNA}} [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] stable Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople were a wannabe version of this. While they were physically fine as hell, they dressed more like streetwalkers than like anything classy.



** {{Subverted}} with one of their Bloodlines, the Carnival -- an entire bloodline of [[TheFreakshow freaks]]. Imagine having the hungers and desires of someone who could trade entirely on their looks, but looking like you just crawled out of an auto wreck.

to:

** {{Subverted}} {{Subverted|Trope}} with one of their Bloodlines, the Carnival -- an entire bloodline of [[TheFreakshow freaks]]. Imagine having the hungers and desires of someone who could trade entirely on their looks, but looking like you just crawled out of an auto wreck.



* The Magician Clans of ''Anime/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'' are surreally beautiful- partly because their wealth gives them access to genetic engineering on a mass scale, and breeding with any of the mundane fragile ''humans'' is frowned upon. There are heroic Clan members, but they are still privileged, segregated, [[OneManArmy intimidating]] people who've been above the law their whole lives, and their behaviour shows it. A "good" magician is a egalitarian vigilante who understands ''noblesse oblige'', like ComicBook/{{Batman}} on his better days. An evil magician wants to slaughter everyone alive, and probably can.

to:

* The Magician Clans of ''Anime/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'' are surreally beautiful- partly because their wealth gives them access to genetic engineering on a mass scale, and breeding with any of the mundane fragile ''humans'' is frowned upon. There are heroic Clan members, but they are still privileged, segregated, [[OneManArmy intimidating]] people who've been above the law their whole lives, and their behaviour shows it. A "good" magician is a egalitarian vigilante who understands ''noblesse oblige'', like ComicBook/{{Batman}} Franchise/{{Batman}} on his better days. An evil magician wants to slaughter everyone alive, and probably can.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
General examples are not allowed.


[[folder:In General]]
* Almost all cases of [[OurElvesAreBetter high elves and space elves]], from Tolkien elves to the [[Series/BabylonFive Minbari]], will look like this. Taken to impressive levels in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' movies, where elves apparently caused everything to move in slow motion and all looked like Australian and New Zealand models. Or like [[Music/FlightOfTheConchords Brett McKenzie]].
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


Don't always count on BeautyEqualsGoodness. Sometimes BeautyIsBad, and they spend their time plotting to torment the poor, decent normal folk like (maybe) you and me. TropeMaker for ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful.

to:

Don't always count on BeautyEqualsGoodness. Sometimes BeautyIsBad, and they spend their time plotting to torment the poor, decent normal folk like (maybe) you and me. This type of character is the TropeMaker for ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful.
ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful, and often benefits from ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney as well.

Top