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'''However''', they are ''also'' endearing, kind, and sweet. Maybe they retain a few RidiculouslyCuteCritter traits, like big eyes or little awkward legs. Maybe they're TheWoobie. Maybe it is simply that their lovely personality overrides any disgust at their physical appearance. Maybe they're stylized and don't look [[UncannyValley too realistic]].

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'''However''', they are ''also'' endearing, kind, and sweet. Maybe they retain a few RidiculouslyCuteCritter traits, like big eyes or little awkward legs. Maybe they're TheWoobie. Maybe it is simply that their lovely personality [[NiceGuy lovely]] [[WideEyedIdealist personality]] overrides any disgust at their physical appearance. Maybe they're stylized and don't look [[UncannyValley too realistic]].
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* The Trimmings in ''WebVideo/VitaCarnis'' are made out of red, slimy flesh like all the other species of Vita Carnis and look like oversized bugs made from the body parts of dead babies, then there's [[HellIsThatNoise the sounds they make]]. However, they are completely harmless and, in fact, are much more afraid of us than we are of them. They are social, docile and are even kept as pets by some. Admit it, [[https://youtu.be/YjOvqpr0big this video]] does somewhat make you wish you had a pet Trimming, doesn't it?

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* The Trimmings in ''WebVideo/VitaCarnis'' are made out of red, slimy flesh like all the other species of Vita Carnis and look like oversized bugs made from the body parts of dead babies, then there's [[HellIsThatNoise the sounds they make]].make. However, they are completely harmless and, in fact, are much more afraid of us than we are of them. They are social, docile and are even kept as pets by some. Admit it, [[https://youtu.be/YjOvqpr0big this video]] does somewhat make you wish you had a pet Trimming, doesn't it?
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* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': It definitely depends on the artist/writer, but Gorilla Grodd can appear quite cuddly for an evil homicidal gorilla. [[https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fifanboy.com%2Farticles%2Fdc-histories-gorilla-grodd%2F&psig=AOvVaw2AYsL5TxjF_jMK18k6fSsV&ust=1701626805246000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBIQjRxqFwoTCICTgfyr8YIDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAxWhen he's drawn like a normal gorilla]] his boisterous speech and docile expressions almost make you forget he's supposed to be a monster.

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* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': It definitely depends on the artist/writer, but Gorilla Grodd can appear quite cuddly for an evil homicidal gorilla. [[https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fifanboy.com%2Farticles%2Fdc-histories-gorilla-grodd%2F&psig=AOvVaw2AYsL5TxjF_jMK18k6fSsV&ust=1701626805246000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBIQjRxqFwoTCICTgfyr8YIDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAxWhen com%2Farticles%2Fdc-histories-gorilla-grodd%2F&psig=AOvVaw2AYsL5TxjF_jMK18k6fSsV&ust=1701626805246000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBIQjRxqFwoTCICTgfyr8YIDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAx When he's drawn like a normal gorilla]] his boisterous speech and docile expressions almost make you forget he's supposed to be a monster.
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* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': It definitely depends on the artist/writer, but Gorilla Grodd can appear quite cuddly for an evil homicidal gorilla. [[https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fifanboy.com%2Farticles%2Fdc-histories-gorilla-grodd%2F&psig=AOvVaw2AYsL5TxjF_jMK18k6fSsV&ust=1701626805246000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBIQjRxqFwoTCICTgfyr8YIDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAxWhen he's drawn like a normal gorilla]] his boisterous speech and docile expressions almost make you forget he's supposed to be a monster.

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* [[ComicBook/XMen Nightcrawler's]] demonic appearance doesn't exactly falls under the classic definition of "beautiful", yet he's one of the most appreciated MrFanservice among the X-Men; he's basically the male version of a CuteMonsterGirl. Classic ''Comicbook/{{Excalibur}}'' artist/writer Alan Davis may have something to do with this. Originally, Dave Cockrum designed Nightcrawler to look pretty scary as a contrast to his out-going personality (in fact, his very first design was some kind of bat-creature and was so spooky, Marvel nixed the idea). Alan Davis decided to turn him into a handsome swashbuckler type modeled after Creator/ErrolFlynn.
* Broo a mutant [[XenomorphXerox Brood]] that feels compassion and other emotions. Although initially in custody of S.W.O.R.D. he was allowed to join Wolverine's school after he grew older, he has a reserved, polite and nerdy intellectual type personality makes Broo endearingly adorable.
* Shuma-Gorath, a CaptainErsatz of Cthulhu and one of Comicbook/DoctorStrange's minor foes (Minor as in he doesn't appear very often. He is, however, literally an evil god), is a huge, one-eyed squid thing that somehow manages to look huggably cute. His ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' design shrinks him down to human size and makes him look positively shy.
* Many fangirls consider the "fascinatingly ugly" Walter Kovacs, AKA Rorschach, the cutest character in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. This may be more in North America's fandom versus Europe, as the ginger haired appearance carries a more negative connotation across the pond compared to in Canada and America where the awkward appearance is often considered to be rather sweet and endearing.
* The Thing of the ''Comicbook/FantasticFour''. Just look at his [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rLV-ZuNPwJ4/SyrIGE1XnTI/AAAAAAAAGPQ/2ezw0KS6AxI/s400/FF008_13.jpg adorable lumpy face!]]
* Dorothy Spinner from the Comicbook/DoomPatrol is a sweet girl who just happens to have the face of an ape. This is balanced by her personality.
* Comicbook/ManThing, despite being a mindless swamp monster that immolates anyone who feels fear, [[http://www.comicvine.com/man-thing/29-4988/all-images/108-211172/mt5/105-510287/ looks oddly cute]].
* Some of Franchise/{{Batman}}'s stranger foes often veer into this.[[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Waylon_Jones_(New_Earth)/Gallery?image=Young_Croc-jpg/ Just look at Killer Croc in his elementary school years.]]
* ''[[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/876495.html?#cutid1 The Loathsome]]'', a story from EC Comics, is about a girl who was born mutated by atomic radiation, so much so that the doctor tells her mother she was stillborn and ships her off to an orphanage where [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute she's abused because of her appearance]]. But when she's finally [[http://i34.tinypic.com/wt6mvq.jpg shown]] near the end of the comic, she's not nearly as hideous as she was made out to be. Alex Ross used her as the basis for Maggie in ''Marvels''.
* The Spies in ''ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy''.
* Baby Wildebeest from ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''.
* The Iszes in ''ComicBook/TheMaxx''.
* Woola the calot in James Killian Spratt's (NSFW) [[http://www.erbzine.com/mag13/1301.html comic adaptation]] of ''[[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars A Princess Of Mars]]''. [[http://https://www.erbzine.com/mag13/js203.jpg You're a cute little ten-legged killer space dog]], [[http://https://www.erbzine.com/mag13/js204.jpg yes you are!]]
** Sola with her ''enormous'' NonmammalMammaries (though since the Red Martians, indistinguishable from humans except for skin color, are also oviparous, both species may be monotremes as opposed to true non-mammals) in that same work could qualify as well, though she may be more in the CuteMonsterGirl category.
* The gay demons in the ComicBook/{{Chick Tract|s}}, "The Birds and the Bees".

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* [[ComicBook/XMen Nightcrawler's]] demonic appearance doesn't exactly falls under the classic definition of "beautiful", yet he's one of the most appreciated MrFanservice among the X-Men; he's basically the male version of ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': Obelix is a CuteMonsterGirl. Classic ''Comicbook/{{Excalibur}}'' artist/writer Alan Davis may have something to do with this. Originally, Dave Cockrum designed Nightcrawler to look pretty scary as a contrast huge, morbidly obese barbarian warrior [[TheDreaded dreaded]] and loathed by UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome, who is nonetheless adorable thanks to his out-going sweet personality (in fact, and the way the SugarWiki/AwesomeArt portrays his very first design was some kind of bat-creature movements and was so spooky, Marvel nixed expressions.
* ''ComicBook/AnimalMan'': In
the idea). Alan Davis decided reboot, Animal Man's daughter Maxine manifests the power to turn him into a handsome swashbuckler type modeled after Creator/ErrolFlynn.
* Broo a mutant [[XenomorphXerox Brood]] that feels compassion and other emotions. Although initially in custody
animate dead animals. The sight of S.W.O.R.D. he was allowed to join Wolverine's school after he grew older, he has her playing with a reserved, polite and nerdy intellectual type personality makes Broo endearingly half rotted skeletal kitty is oddly adorable.
* Shuma-Gorath, a CaptainErsatz of Cthulhu and one of Comicbook/DoctorStrange's minor foes (Minor as in he doesn't appear very often. He is, however, literally an evil god), is a huge, one-eyed squid thing that somehow manages to look huggably cute. His ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' design shrinks him down to human size and makes him look positively shy.
* Many fangirls consider the "fascinatingly ugly" Walter Kovacs, AKA Rorschach, the cutest character in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. This may be more in North America's fandom versus Europe, as the ginger haired appearance carries a more negative connotation across the pond compared to in Canada and America where the awkward appearance is often considered to be rather sweet and endearing.
* The Thing of the ''Comicbook/FantasticFour''. Just look at his [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rLV-ZuNPwJ4/SyrIGE1XnTI/AAAAAAAAGPQ/2ezw0KS6AxI/s400/FF008_13.jpg adorable lumpy face!]]
* Dorothy Spinner from the Comicbook/DoomPatrol is a sweet girl who just happens to have the face of an ape. This is balanced by her personality.
* Comicbook/ManThing, despite being a mindless swamp monster that immolates anyone who feels fear, [[http://www.comicvine.com/man-thing/29-4988/all-images/108-211172/mt5/105-510287/ looks oddly cute]].
*
''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Some of Franchise/{{Batman}}'s Batman's stranger foes often veer into this.[[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Waylon_Jones_(New_Earth)/Gallery?image=Young_Croc-jpg/ Just look at Killer Croc in his elementary school years.]]
* ''[[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/876495.html?#cutid1 The Loathsome]]'', a story from EC Comics, is about a girl who was born mutated by atomic radiation, so much so that the doctor tells her mother she was stillborn and ships her off to an orphanage where [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute she's abused because of her appearance]]. But when she's finally [[http://i34.tinypic.com/wt6mvq.jpg shown]] near the end of the comic, she's not nearly as hideous as she was made out to be. Alex Ross used her as the basis for Maggie in ''Marvels''.
* The Spies in ''ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy''.
* Baby Wildebeest from ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''.
* The Iszes in ''ComicBook/TheMaxx''.
* Woola the calot in James Killian Spratt's (NSFW) [[http://www.erbzine.com/mag13/1301.html comic adaptation]] of ''[[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars A Princess Of Mars]]''. [[http://https://www.erbzine.com/mag13/js203.jpg You're a cute little ten-legged killer space dog]], [[http://https://www.erbzine.com/mag13/js204.jpg yes you are!]]
** Sola with her ''enormous'' NonmammalMammaries (though since the Red Martians, indistinguishable from humans except for skin color, are also oviparous, both species may be monotremes as opposed to true non-mammals) in that same work could qualify as well, though she may be more in the CuteMonsterGirl category.
*
''ComicBook/ChickTracts'': The gay demons in the ComicBook/{{Chick Tract|s}}, "The Birds and the Bees".



* Lockjaw, the giant pug-like pet dog of Marvel's ''[[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]]''. Although the size of a hippo, he's as cute as any pug. It's also sort of weird, since at one point it was suggested he actually ''is'' an Inhuman who simply got hit with the ugly stick very hard by Terrigenesis. This was retconned later... re-creating the plothole as to just where the Inhumans got him anyway (Terrigenesis does not affect animals).
* Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Tomar-Re]] [[http://images.wikia.com/marvel_dc/images/a/a9/Tomar-Re.JPG qualifies]]. The Post-Crisis version has a larger beak which improves his looks much like the WesternAnimation/{{gargoyle|s}} Brooklyn is like.
* Pooch the Lowbeast from ''ComicBook/HackSlash''. He's superficially hideous with his protruding jaws and cloven hooves, but his loyalty to his masters and his desire to be petted and loved like any ordinary dog make him adorable.
* ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'': [[http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/50494_103098986941_1925313_n.jpg Wobbly Headed Bob]]. It's only obvious that between JTHM and ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' that Jhonen Vasquez is a master at this trope.
** Johnny himself applies. He is uncannily skinny and tall, moves like a bug and has all kinds of beautifully grotesque facial expressions. But the moments where his emotions genuinely shine through makes him loveable to some audiences.
* In the ''Comicbook/AnimalMan'' reboot, Animal Man's daughter Maxine manifests the power to animate dead animals. The sight of her playing with a half rotted skeletal kitty is oddly adorable.
* Mac Manc Mcmanx from ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy''. [[http://thumbs.imagekind.com/member/a614187c-5f71-4b8c-911b-9429c29ccf31/uploadedartwork/650X650/3279f291-ae87-4857-ad09-2a8c7619b8b0.jpg Just look at him!]]. He also counts as a FunnyForeigner.
* ComicBook/{{Morbius}} the Living Vampire is a scientifically-created pseudo-vampire with white skin, claws, fangs, no nose, hollow bones, a bad case of HorrorHunger... and a potential to be [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/c6f1d82fee58a6760f3416caaff331d6/tumblr_misezvIHbi1rxk4eno1_1280.png unbelievably adorable ugly cute]].
* Jim the Cave Troll from ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW''. Sure he's a hulking brute who could easily crush a pony if he wanted to, but he's so innocent and carefree it's hard not to see him as anything other than the softie he really is. And he genuinely did love the Mane Six's company.
** The uncorrupted moon bunny in Issue #7. Fluttershy certainly thinks so.
* Obelix in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' - a huge, morbidly obese barbarian warrior [[TheDreaded dreaded]] and loathed by UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome, who is nonetheless adorable thanks to his sweet personality and the way the SugarWiki/AwesomeArt portrays his movements and expressions.
* The New 52 version of Bizarro is meant to be an underdeveloped clone of Superman. His childlike nature and large puppy-dog eyes make him so endearing, even ComicBook/LexLuthor grows attached to him.



* ComicBook/{{Werner}} might be TheAlcoholic and [[DrivesLikeCrazy a crazy driver]], but he's got a certain level of appeal that gives him a level of charm.

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* ComicBook/{{Werner}} ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'': Shuma-Gorath, a CaptainErsatz of Cthulhu and one of Doctor Strange's minor foes (Minor as in he doesn't appear very often. He is, however, literally an evil god), is a huge, one-eyed squid thing that somehow manages to look huggably cute. His ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' design shrinks him down to human size and makes him look positively shy.
* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'': Dorothy Spinner is a sweet girl who just happens to have the face of an ape. This is balanced by her personality.
* ''Creator/ECComics'': ''[[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/876495.html?#cutid1 The Loathsome]]'' is about a girl who was born mutated by atomic radiation, so much so that the doctor tells her mother she was stillborn and ships her off to an orphanage where [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute she's abused because of her appearance]]. But when she's finally [[http://i34.tinypic.com/wt6mvq.jpg shown]] near the end of the comic, she's not nearly as hideous as she was made out to be. Alex Ross used her as the basis for Maggie in ''Marvels''.
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': The Thing. Just look at his [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rLV-ZuNPwJ4/SyrIGE1XnTI/AAAAAAAAGPQ/2ezw0KS6AxI/s400/FF008_13.jpg adorable lumpy face!]]
* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} Tomar-Re [[http://images.wikia.com/marvel_dc/images/a/a9/Tomar-Re.JPG qualifies]]. The Post-Crisis version has a larger beak which improves his looks much like the WesternAnimation/{{gargoyle|s}} Brooklyn is like.
* ''ComicBook/HackSlash'': Pooch the Lowbeast. He's superficially hideous with his protruding jaws and cloven hooves, but his loyalty to his masters and his desire to be petted and loved like any ordinary dog make him adorable.
* ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'': Lockjaw, the giant pug-like pet dog of the Inhuman royal family. Although the size of a hippo, he's as cute as any pug. It's also sort of weird, since at one point it was suggested he actually ''is'' an Inhuman who simply got hit with the ugly stick very hard by Terrigenesis. This was retconned later... re-creating the plothole as to just where the Inhumans got him anyway (Terrigenesis does not affect animals).
* ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'': Woola the calot in James Killian Spratt's (NSFW) [[http://www.erbzine.com/mag13/1301.html comic adaptation]] of ''[[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars A Princess Of Mars]]''. [[http://https://www.erbzine.com/mag13/js203.jpg You're a cute little ten-legged killer space dog]], [[http://https://www.erbzine.com/mag13/js204.jpg yes you are!]]
** Sola with her ''enormous'' NonmammalMammaries (though since the Red Martians, indistinguishable from humans except for skin color, are also oviparous, both species may be monotremes as opposed to true non-mammals) in that same work could qualify as well, though she may be more in the CuteMonsterGirl category.
* ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'': [[http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/50494_103098986941_1925313_n.jpg Wobbly Headed Bob]]. It's only obvious that between JTHM and ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' that Jhonen Vasquez is a master at this trope.
** Johnny himself applies. He is uncannily skinny and tall, moves like a bug and has all kinds of beautifully grotesque facial expressions. But the moments where his emotions genuinely shine through makes him loveable to some audiences.
* ''ComicBook/ManThing'': Despite being a mindless swamp monster that immolates anyone who feels fear, Man-Thing [[http://www.comicvine.com/man-thing/29-4988/all-images/108-211172/mt5/105-510287/ looks oddly cute]].
* ''ComicBook/TheMaxx'': The Iszes
* ''ComicBook/{{Morbius}}'': Morbius the Living Vampire is a scientifically-created pseudo-vampire with white skin, claws, fangs, no nose, hollow bones, a bad case of HorrorHunger... and a potential to be [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/c6f1d82fee58a6760f3416caaff331d6/tumblr_misezvIHbi1rxk4eno1_1280.png unbelievably adorable ugly cute]].
* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'': Jim the Cave Troll. Sure he's a hulking brute who could easily crush a pony if he wanted to, but he's so innocent and carefree it's hard not to see him as anything other than the softie he really is. And he genuinely did love the Mane Six's company.
** The uncorrupted moon bunny in Issue #7. Fluttershy certainly thinks so.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': The New 52 version of [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Bizarro]] is meant to be an underdeveloped clone of Superman. His childlike nature and large puppy-dog eyes make him so endearing, even [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] grows attached to him.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': Baby Wildebeest.
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': Many fangirls consider the "fascinatingly ugly" Walter Kovacs, AKA Rorschach, the cutest character in the series. This may be more in North America's fandom versus Europe, as the ginger haired appearance carries a more negative connotation across the pond compared to in Canada and America where the awkward appearance is often considered to be rather sweet and endearing.
* ''ComicBook/{{Werner}}'': Werner
might be TheAlcoholic and [[DrivesLikeCrazy a crazy driver]], but he's got a certain level of appeal that gives him a level of charm.charm.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]]'s demonic appearance doesn't exactly falls under the classic definition of "beautiful", yet he's one of the most appreciated MrFanservice among the X-Men; he's basically the male version of a CuteMonsterGirl. Classic ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'' artist/writer Alan Davis may have something to do with this. Originally, Dave Cockrum designed Nightcrawler to look pretty scary as a contrast to his out-going personality (in fact, his very first design was some kind of bat-creature and was so spooky, Marvel nixed the idea). Alan Davis decided to turn him into a handsome swashbuckler type modeled after Creator/ErrolFlynn.
** Broo a mutant [[XenomorphXerox Brood]] that feels compassion and other emotions. Although initially in custody of S.W.O.R.D. he was allowed to join Wolverine's school after he grew older, he has a reserved, polite and nerdy intellectual type personality makes Broo endearingly adorable.


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* ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy'': Mac Manc [=McManx=]. [[http://thumbs.imagekind.com/member/a614187c-5f71-4b8c-911b-9429c29ccf31/uploadedartwork/650X650/3279f291-ae87-4857-ad09-2a8c7619b8b0.jpg Just look at him!]]. He also counts as a FunnyForeigner.
* ''ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy'': The Spies.
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* ''Fanfic/FluffyPony'': Fluffy ponies can be this, especially when abusers want to emphasize the oddity of the creatures.

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* ''Fanfic/FluffyPony'': ''WebOriginal/FluffyPony'': Fluffy ponies can be this, especially when abusers want to emphasize the oddity of the creatures.
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Compare TheGrotesque, {{Gonk}}, UnkemptBeauty, FreakyIsCool, FaceOfAThug, CreepyCute, and the nicer versions of FluffyTheTerrible. But see also WhatMeasureIsANonCute and BeautyEqualsGoodness as those tropes can probably affect these characters, whether it's direct or not. See GrotesqueGallery for what can happen when character designers try for this kind of appeal and fail. Contrast BeautyIsBad.

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Compare TheGrotesque, {{Gonk}}, UnkemptBeauty, FreakyIsCool, FaceOfAThug, CreepyCute, and the nicer versions of FluffyTheTerrible. But But, see also WhatMeasureIsANonCute and BeautyEqualsGoodness as those tropes can probably affect these characters, whether it's direct or not. See GrotesqueGallery for what can happen when character designers try for this kind of appeal and fail. Contrast BeautyIsBad.
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Compare TheGrotesque, {{Gonk}}, UnkemptBeauty, FreakyIsCool, FaceOfAThug, CreepyCute, and the nicer versions of FluffyTheTerrible. But see also WhatMeasureIsANonCute and BeautyEqualsGoodness as those tropes will probably and unfortunately, directly affect these characters. See GrotesqueGallery for what can happen when character designers try for this kind of appeal and fail. Contrast BeautyIsBad.

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Compare TheGrotesque, {{Gonk}}, UnkemptBeauty, FreakyIsCool, FaceOfAThug, CreepyCute, and the nicer versions of FluffyTheTerrible. But see also WhatMeasureIsANonCute and BeautyEqualsGoodness as those tropes will can probably and unfortunately, directly affect these characters.characters, whether it's direct or not. See GrotesqueGallery for what can happen when character designers try for this kind of appeal and fail. Contrast BeautyIsBad.
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* ''WebOriginal/FluffyPony'': Fluffy ponies can be this, especially when abusers want to emphasize the oddity of the creatures.

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* ''WebOriginal/FluffyPony'': ''Fanfic/FluffyPony'': Fluffy ponies can be this, especially when abusers want to emphasize the oddity of the creatures.
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Compare TheGrotesque, {{Gonk}}, UnkemptBeauty, FreakyIsCool, FaceOfAThug, CreepyCute, and the nicer versions of FluffyTheTerrible. But see also WhatMeasureIsANonCute and BeautyEqualsGoodness as those tropes will probably and unfortunately, directly affect these characters. See GrotesqueGallery for what can happen when character designers try for this kind of appeal and fail.

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Compare TheGrotesque, {{Gonk}}, UnkemptBeauty, FreakyIsCool, FaceOfAThug, CreepyCute, and the nicer versions of FluffyTheTerrible. But see also WhatMeasureIsANonCute and BeautyEqualsGoodness as those tropes will probably and unfortunately, directly affect these characters. See GrotesqueGallery for what can happen when character designers try for this kind of appeal and fail.
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* ''ComicBook/DeepSea'': In the climax of the comic, [[TheProtagonist Patricia]] gives birth to the child she was impregnated with by [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination the original source of the world's supply of]] [[AppliedPhlebotinum Crudelis]]]]. The baby is [[spoiler:A HalfHumanHybrid that looks like a cross between a human and a cepholapod with big doe eyes, a cute little bunch of tentacles where the human mouth would be, and a bunch of tentacles with an eye on each one's tip]].

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* ''ComicBook/DeepSea'': In the climax of the comic, [[TheProtagonist Patricia]] gives birth to the child she was impregnated with by [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination the original source of the world's supply of]] [[AppliedPhlebotinum Crudelis]]]]. The baby is [[spoiler:A HalfHumanHybrid that looks like a cross between a human and a cepholapod cephalopod with big doe eyes, a cute little bunch of tentacles where the human mouth would be, and a bunch of tentacles with an eye on each one's tip]].



* ''Webcomic/PlanescapeSurvivalGuide'': Tchick the Beholder is's a giant floating eyeball who has extra eyes on stalks around his bulbous body. And all the other beholders won't even let him play their beholder games!

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* ''Webcomic/PlanescapeSurvivalGuide'': Tchick the Beholder is's is a giant floating eyeball who has extra eyes on stalks around his bulbous body. And all the other beholders won't even let him play their beholder games!



** Their most prominent character, Keeshee, is either this or full-on cute based on wether or not you find snakes ugly; if you do, then you'll still probably love her even if she's a humanoid cobra: She's got a cute face, an endearing personality, her [[https://youtu.be/o54aefC2H_c canon voice]] is Jester from ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' and she even has some BigBeautifulWoman going on.

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** Their most prominent character, Keeshee, is either this or full-on cute based on wether whether or not you find snakes ugly; if you do, then you'll still probably love her even if she's a humanoid cobra: She's got a cute face, an endearing personality, her [[https://youtu.be/o54aefC2H_c canon voice]] is Jester from ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' and she even has some BigBeautifulWoman going on.
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* [[ComicBook/XMen Nightcrawler's]] demonic appearance doesn't exactly falls under the classic definition of "beautiful", yet he's one of the most appreciated MrFanservice among the X-Men; he's basically the male version of a CuteMonsterGirl. Classic ''Comicbook/{{Excalibur}}'' artist/writer Alan Davis may have something to do with this. Originally, Dave Cockrum designed Nightcrawler to look pretty scary as a contrast to his out-going personality (in fact, his very first design was some kind of bat-creature and was so spooky, Marvel nixed the idea). Alan Davis decided to turn him into a handsome swashbuckler type modeled after Creator/ErrolFlynn.
* Broo a mutant [[XenomorphXerox Brood]] that feels compassion and other emotions. Although initially in custody of S.W.O.R.D. he was allowed to join Wolverine's school after he grew older, he has a reserved, polite and nerdy intellectual type personality makes Broo endearingly adorable.
* Shuma-Gorath, a CaptainErsatz of Cthulhu and one of Comicbook/DoctorStrange's minor foes (Minor as in he doesn't appear very often. He is, however, literally an evil god), is a huge, one-eyed squid thing that somehow manages to look huggably cute. His ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' design shrinks him down to human size and makes him look positively shy.
* Many fangirls consider the "fascinatingly ugly" Walter Kovacs, AKA Rorschach, the cutest character in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. This may be more in North America's fandom versus Europe, as the ginger haired appearance carries a more negative connotation across the pond compared to in Canada and America where the awkward appearance is often considered to be rather sweet and endearing.
* The Thing of the ''Comicbook/FantasticFour''. Just look at his [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rLV-ZuNPwJ4/SyrIGE1XnTI/AAAAAAAAGPQ/2ezw0KS6AxI/s400/FF008_13.jpg adorable lumpy face!]]
* Dorothy Spinner from the Comicbook/DoomPatrol is a sweet girl who just happens to have the face of an ape. This is balanced by her personality.
* Comicbook/ManThing, despite being a mindless swamp monster that immolates anyone who feels fear, [[http://www.comicvine.com/man-thing/29-4988/all-images/108-211172/mt5/105-510287/ looks oddly cute]].
* Some of Franchise/{{Batman}}'s stranger foes often veer into this.[[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Waylon_Jones_(New_Earth)/Gallery?image=Young_Croc-jpg/ Just look at Killer Croc in his elementary school years.]]
* ''[[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/876495.html?#cutid1 The Loathsome]]'', a story from EC Comics, is about a girl who was born mutated by atomic radiation, so much so that the doctor tells her mother she was stillborn and ships her off to an orphanage where [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute she's abused because of her appearance]]. But when she's finally [[http://i34.tinypic.com/wt6mvq.jpg shown]] near the end of the comic, she's not nearly as hideous as she was made out to be. Alex Ross used her as the basis for Maggie in ''Marvels''.
* The Spies in ''ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy''.
* Baby Wildebeest from ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''.
* The Iszes in ''ComicBook/TheMaxx''.
* Woola the calot in James Killian Spratt's (NSFW) [[http://www.erbzine.com/mag13/1301.html comic adaptation]] of ''[[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars A Princess Of Mars]]''. [[http://https://www.erbzine.com/mag13/js203.jpg You're a cute little ten-legged killer space dog]], [[http://https://www.erbzine.com/mag13/js204.jpg yes you are!]]
** Sola with her ''enormous'' NonmammalMammaries (though since the Red Martians, indistinguishable from humans except for skin color, are also oviparous, both species may be monotremes as opposed to true non-mammals) in that same work could qualify as well, though she may be more in the CuteMonsterGirl category.
* The gay demons in the ComicBook/{{Chick Tract|s}}, "The Birds and the Bees".
** Oh, golly! They're the best part! [[http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/SpukiKitty/PICS%20for%20Web%20Forums/1jackchickbirdsbees01_zps155adf76.jpg Here they are]], [[http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/SpukiKitty/PICS%20for%20Web%20Forums/21052_03_zps3e0aa3de.jpg and they]] [[http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/SpukiKitty/PICS%20for%20Web%20Forums/3chick_tract_2_zpsa2ccce1b.jpg look like]] [[http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/SpukiKitty/PICS%20for%20Web%20Forums/5jackchickbirdsbees04_zpsf50cc2b4.jpg the gay couple]] [[http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/SpukiKitty/PICS%20for%20Web%20Forums/4jackchickbirdsbees03_zpsfdb8483d.jpg (only cute).]]
* Lockjaw, the giant pug-like pet dog of Marvel's ''[[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]]''. Although the size of a hippo, he's as cute as any pug. It's also sort of weird, since at one point it was suggested he actually ''is'' an Inhuman who simply got hit with the ugly stick very hard by Terrigenesis. This was retconned later... re-creating the plothole as to just where the Inhumans got him anyway (Terrigenesis does not affect animals).
* Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Tomar-Re]] [[http://images.wikia.com/marvel_dc/images/a/a9/Tomar-Re.JPG qualifies]]. The Post-Crisis version has a larger beak which improves his looks much like the WesternAnimation/{{gargoyle|s}} Brooklyn is like.
* Pooch the Lowbeast from ''ComicBook/HackSlash''. He's superficially hideous with his protruding jaws and cloven hooves, but his loyalty to his masters and his desire to be petted and loved like any ordinary dog make him adorable.
* ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'': [[http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/50494_103098986941_1925313_n.jpg Wobbly Headed Bob]]. It's only obvious that between JTHM and ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' that Jhonen Vasquez is a master at this trope.
** Johnny himself applies. He is uncannily skinny and tall, moves like a bug and has all kinds of beautifully grotesque facial expressions. But the moments where his emotions genuinely shine through makes him loveable to some audiences.
* In the ''Comicbook/AnimalMan'' reboot, Animal Man's daughter Maxine manifests the power to animate dead animals. The sight of her playing with a half rotted skeletal kitty is oddly adorable.
* Mac Manc Mcmanx from ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy''. [[http://thumbs.imagekind.com/member/a614187c-5f71-4b8c-911b-9429c29ccf31/uploadedartwork/650X650/3279f291-ae87-4857-ad09-2a8c7619b8b0.jpg Just look at him!]]. He also counts as a FunnyForeigner.
* ComicBook/{{Morbius}} the Living Vampire is a scientifically-created pseudo-vampire with white skin, claws, fangs, no nose, hollow bones, a bad case of HorrorHunger... and a potential to be [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/c6f1d82fee58a6760f3416caaff331d6/tumblr_misezvIHbi1rxk4eno1_1280.png unbelievably adorable ugly cute]].
* Jim the Cave Troll from ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW''. Sure he's a hulking brute who could easily crush a pony if he wanted to, but he's so innocent and carefree it's hard not to see him as anything other than the softie he really is. And he genuinely did love the Mane Six's company.
** The uncorrupted moon bunny in Issue #7. Fluttershy certainly thinks so.
* Obelix in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' - a huge, morbidly obese barbarian warrior [[TheDreaded dreaded]] and loathed by UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome, who is nonetheless adorable thanks to his sweet personality and the way the SugarWiki/AwesomeArt portrays his movements and expressions.
* The New 52 version of Bizarro is meant to be an underdeveloped clone of Superman. His childlike nature and large puppy-dog eyes make him so endearing, even ComicBook/LexLuthor grows attached to him.
* ''ComicBook/DeepSea'': In the climax of the comic, [[TheProtagonist Patricia]] gives birth to the child she was impregnated with by [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination the original source of the world's supply of]] [[AppliedPhlebotinum Crudelis]]]]. The baby is [[spoiler:A HalfHumanHybrid that looks like a cross between a human and a cepholapod with big doe eyes, a cute little bunch of tentacles where the human mouth would be, and a bunch of tentacles with an eye on each one's tip]].
* ComicBook/{{Werner}} might be TheAlcoholic and [[DrivesLikeCrazy a crazy driver]], but he's got a certain level of appeal that gives him a level of charm.
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**Series creator Darían Quilloy himself uses an online avatar that basically looks like a charred corpse with googly eyes and a perpetual smile on its face.
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** The three puppets are: a yellow humanoid with overalls and a mullet cut, a duck with a suit, and a {{Cthulhumanoid}} with spaghetti as a face and dull eyes. For some reason, they manage to be attaching.
** Some teachers count as well: Shrignold may have a funny face, they're also a butterfly; Colin manages to be cute despite having square features; and even the Spinach Can's dorky looks have this effect too.
** Warren from the TV show. He is deliberately designed to be a {{Gonk}} with blemishes covering his body, bulging eyes and messy teeth and the main trio + Colin make multiple insults about his appearance. Despite that, there are some fans out there who think he is oddly endearing, thanks to his [[JerkassWoobie pathetic and tragic existence]] and a somewhat cute voice; even the aformentioned eyes and teeth are seen as more cute than anything to some. [[spoiler: That said, you'd be hard-pressed to find ''anyone'' who finds his [[OneWingedAngel true form]] [[NauseaFuel "cute" in any way]].]]

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* ''WebAnimation/SaladFingers'': The bug-eyed lumpy-headed kid from episode four was strangely endearing.

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**Salad Fingers himself is green, yellow-teethed, bug-eyed, misshapen and, if he really WasOnceAMan, by now he's unrecognisable as one. Still, those big eyes are kinda puppy-doggish at times and he is a strangely wholesome character in personality...most of the time.
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**Of course, Ugly Cute creature=Ugly adorable [[https://youtu.be/f0SGowlKskg plushie]].
**Meat Snakes are also very strong on the Ugly part, not only being ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, but also growing to huge sizes, eating carcasses and changing the shape of its head based on the last skull it ate (yes, these things can show up donning [[UncannyValley a humanoid face]]...) But the fact they are also harmless and, in fact, can be used for benefits like garbage disposal and sanitation does make them kinda cute.
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* The Trimmings in ''WebVideo/VitaCarnis'' are made out of red, slimy flesh like all the other species of Vita Carnis and look like oversized bugs made from the body parts of dead babies, then there's [[HellIsThatNoise the sounds they make]]. However, they are completely harmless (and, in fact, afraid of us much more than we are of them), social, docile and are even kept as pets by some. Admit it, [[https://youtu.be/YjOvqpr0big this video]] does somewhat make you wish you had a pet Trimming, doesn't it?

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*''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': The episode "Loo Loo Land" has many imp children and infants in the background and they manage to be rather adorable despite all being literal demons.
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*Pipi from ''WebAnimation/TheLegendOfPipi'' is a wrinkly little cat who's hairless aside from a few strands of grey hair and has large bulging eyes. He's hideous but oddly endearing, especially when we finally hear him [[TheUnintelligible "speak"]]. Special mention also goes to the weird cat-steed thing he rides at the beginning of the video and to [[spoiler: the dragon Pipi ends up falling in love with.]]



** Like all the other Showstoppers in the series, Sha the sheep and Banny the bunny are UncannyValley animatronics that, in the present day, are dismantled and twisted. However, they're still a [[SweetSheep sheep]] and a [[BunniesForCuteness purple bunny]] respectively. Banny's wide-open eyes still have some of that GenkiGirl energy in them, while Sha still has some of her old features as the Showstoppers' pretty girl, [[PopularWithFurries just ask a portion of the fans...]]
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fans]] and they'll tell you she's still [[ArcWords beautiful]].
** One cutscenen cutscene from the game-within-a-show ''Bunnyfarm'' features the NiceGirl Holly, a horse with a welcoming demeanor that still has a slightly wall-eyed look and a crooked face. Despite this, Banny calls her [[InformedAttractiveness "pretty".]]
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**Like all the other Showstoppers in the series, Sha the sheep and Banny the bunny are UncannyValley animatronics that, in the present day, are dismantled and twisted. However, they're still a [[SweetSheep sheep]] and a [[BunniesForCuteness purple bunny]] respectively. Banny's wide-open eyes still have some of that GenkiGirl energy in them, while Sha still has some of her old features as the Showstoppers' pretty girl, [[PopularWithFurries just ask a portion of the fans...]]
**One cutscenen from ''Bunnyfarm'' features the NiceGirl Holly, a horse with a welcoming demeanor that still has a slightly wall-eyed look and a crooked face. Despite this, Banny calls her [[InformedAttractiveness "pretty".]]

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