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* ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'', Tracey and Edna in "Welcome to the Sixties".

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* ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'', ''Theatre/CinderellaLloydWebber'': The Fairy Godmother's transformation of Cinderella, rather than magic, is primping her and dressing her up to be conventionally attractive like the rest of Belleville.
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* ''A Very Cool Christmas'' has Lindsay spend the weeks leading up to Christmas giving the man she thinks is a mall Santa a chance at a makeover, helping him lose weight, buy new clothes and even get a haircut... only to learn on Christmas Eve that he's the ''real'' Santa. As an added bonus, while Santa was talked into doing this for his wife, he returns to the North Pole to learn that Mrs Claus has had a similar makeover by sheer chance.
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* ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021'', "Whoas-Feratu":
* TheMakeover:
** First lampshaded: Reagan complains that fashionable and trendy Gigi is always trying to give her a makeover.
--->'''Gigi:''' Why does Creator/{{Banksy}} make art on boring walls? The ''challenge''.
** Then inverted: to look invisible on a red carpet, Reagan gives Gigi a make''under'' (gives her frumpy hair and clothes).

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCookieCarnival'', the Cookie Girl receives one from a Hobo cookie so she could enter as a participant in the beauty parade.
* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' episode "Makeover Makeover Makeover".

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCookieCarnival'', the ''WesternAnimation/TheCookieCarnival'': The Cookie Girl receives one from a Hobo cookie so she could enter as a participant in the beauty parade.
* %%* ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'': Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' episode "Makeover Makeover Makeover".Makeover".
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': One episode involves Meg getting a makeover and becoming the lead singer of her Family Band.
* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'': One episode subverts this. In an effort to make her cousin Norma to at least 'look' less embarrassingly weird Sabrina attempts to make her over. It's an absolute success....until Norma's hair springs right back into its bizarre style. No further attempts are made and she goes back to her original weird style.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS2E06TheSpyHumongous The Spy Humongous]]": Boimler gets one from the Redshirts to make him look more captain-like, gaining a slicked-back hairdo and a fresh tailoring job on his uniform that makes him look way more muscular -- mostly, though, it just looks absurd. He's restored to his usual look after making the almighty mess in the dining hall.



* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' involved Meg getting a makeover and becoming the lead singer of her Family Band.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' averts this. In an effort to make her cousin Norma to at least 'look' less embarrassingly weird Sabrina attempts to make her over. It's an absolute success....until Norma's hair springs right back into its bizarre style. No further attempts are made and she goes back to her original weird style.
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* ''Film/FixingPete'': In order to make Pete presentable for a book tour, not only do they have to change his wardrobe but also improve his personality as well, as Pete is somewhat of a {{Manchild}}.
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Simply put, the transformation from mundane (or ugly) to beautiful. This is a theme found in works from all over the world, though probably the best known is the "Literature/{{Cinderella}}" rags-to-riches story. TheMakeover may result in a [[DynamicCharacter permanent change]] in the character, but it's just as likely they'll [[StaticCharacter reform]] at the end of a story as they learn it's alright to BeYourself.

TheMakeover most commonly results in a change in appearance, but it has other forms. A TrainingMontage, for example, is a kind of makeover. TheMakeover is also a major source of CharacterDevelopment, as the physical transformation has an impact on the personality of the character, for better or for worse.

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Simply put, the transformation from mundane (or ugly) to beautiful. This is a theme found in works from all over the world, though probably the best known is the "Literature/{{Cinderella}}" rags-to-riches story. TheMakeover The Makeover may result in a [[DynamicCharacter permanent change]] in the character, but it's just as likely they'll [[StaticCharacter reform]] at the end of a story as they learn it's alright to BeYourself.

TheMakeover The Makeover most commonly results in a change in appearance, but it has other forms. A TrainingMontage, for example, is a kind of makeover. TheMakeover The Makeover is also a major source of CharacterDevelopment, as the physical transformation has an impact on the personality of the character, for better or for worse.
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* Although she was never remotely ugly, the title character of ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'' gets a makeover to cement her rockstar image when she signs a contract with Sharp Records.
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Capitalization was fixed from Main.Glasses And Ponytail Coverup to Main.Glasses And Ponytail Cover Up. Null edit to update index.
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* In ''Film/JustOneOfTheGuys'', Terry (a female posing as a male) gives Rick a makeover to make him more popular.
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* Parodied in [[WebVideo/ShipwreckedComedy "American Whoopee"]]. The popular girl offers to give her [[HollywoodHomely "plain jane"]] friend one. It consists of a cut and a chair spin which reveals her to look exactly the same. They both smile proudly.

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* In the the end of ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'', Claire and Allison bond as the former gives the latter a makeover.

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* In the the end of ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'', Claire and Allison bond as the former gives the latter a makeover.



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* In ''Literature/{{The Hunger Games}}'' Katniss is subjected to one of those, to pretty her up so she can attract sponsors, before she fights to death in the arena. She remarks on how ironic this is. All the other tributes get them too.

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* In ''Literature/{{The Hunger Games}}'' Katniss is subjected to one of those, to pretty her up so she can attract sponsors, sponsors before she fights to death in the arena. She remarks on how ironic this is. All the other tributes get them too.



* In ''Literature/TheGoblinEmperor'', Maia gets several after arriving at the court in ill fitting, black-dyed clothes that once belonged to his cousin. First he gets proper mourning clothes befitting a not-yet emperor, then there's the coronation for which he has to wear all the jewels. And rings. And earrings. And, of course, the crown.

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* In ''Literature/TheGoblinEmperor'', Maia gets several after arriving at the court in ill fitting, black-dyed clothes that once belonged to his cousin. First First, he gets proper mourning clothes befitting a not-yet emperor, then there's the coronation for which he has to wear all the jewels. And rings. And earrings. And, of course, the crown.



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* In ''Podcast/{{Jemjammer}}'', Cacophony insists on doing hair and nails for her companions before the Space Prom. It's more this for Aelfgifu than Jylliana, as Aelfgifu has no real concept of fashion, has never conditioned her hair, and only bathes occasionally.
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* In ''Film/{{Circus}}'', Lily gives Julius a makeover (accompanied by a ShoppingMontage), transforming him from nerdy accountant to geek chic.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCookieCarnival'', the Cookie Girl receives one from a Hobo cookie so she could enter as a participant in the beauty parade.
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* In ''Literature/{{TheHungerGames}}'' Katniss is subjected to one of those, to pretty her up so she can attract sponsors, before she fights to death in the arena. She remarks on how ironic this is. All the other tributes get them too.

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--> '''--WesternAnimation/CloneHigh''', ''"Makeover, Makeover, Makeover: The Makeover Episode"''

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-->'''--WesternAnimation/CloneHigh''', ''"Makeover, Makeover, Makeover: The Makeover Episode"''

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