History Main / UglyGuyHotWife

** Future Cartman is as fat as he ever was, complete with patchy facial hair and a pig nose. He's also got a thin, pretty wife who is completely devoted to him.
** Future Stan is played with. Since he's somewhere between 48 and 50, he looks about typical for a man of his age. His Alexa - which is now a holographic simulation of a nagging wife - looks young and attractive. [[spoiler: Played straight in the final scene where he has some ShipTease with Future Wendy, who looks quite striking despite being a similar age.]]

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': Jessica is a sexy, glamorous toon-human while her husband Roger is a goofy toon-rabbit. The movie plays with this a bit, since ''Jessica'' is considered to be the lucky one by other toons (humor is the foundation of toon culture, and Roger is an A-List star on equal standing with the likes of Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse). When Eddie asks her what she sees in Roger she answers "He makes me laugh".

* ''Series/ColdFeet'' has the overweight, balding and slovenly Pete married to the gorgeous Jenny. Ultimately subverted as, during the course of the series, this trope takes its toll on both characters, with both Pete and Jenny (who were high-school sweethearts) recognising that she really ''was'' out of his league [[note]]the fact that he discovered that she had a secret crush on his best friend didn't help[[/note]], ultimately leading to the couple breaking up as a result.

** Considering that Jake is not quite the best looking guy on the show and is not as conventionally attractive and appealing as the other male characters on the show, compared to his son Henry, once Henry gets older and hits puberty in the later seasons of the show, Jake and Henry start to turn into a gender-inverted case of "TheUglyGuysHotDaughter."

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': From the episode "See No Evil", Lloyd Ventrix is drawn with a perpetual scowl, along with reddish brown eyes, huge lips and visible pock marks. His ex-wife Helen, while not Catwoman or Poison Ivy level good looking, is a much more pleasant looking person that their daughter takes after.

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' featured ''Film/AttackOfTheGiantLeeches'' has Dave and Liz Walker. Between this trope and Liz' complete lack of affection for Dave, it comes as no surprise when she's caught cheating.

** Eleanor, played by reasonably attractive Margaret Colin, gets married to a guy played by [[Film/ThePrincessBride Wallace Shawn]]. Blair is outraged at having such an ugly stepfather, until she discovers his conniving personality makes them a good match.

* ''Series/HenryDanger'': Henry and Piper's mom and dad, Jake and Kris match this trope quite well. Henry and Piper's mom, Kris, is a gorgeous blonde that Ray Manchester/Captain Man, the superhero who is Henry's (and eventually Piper's) boss on the show, can't resist having an obsessive crush on despite the fact that he's fully aware that she's married. Henry and Piper's dad, Jake, on the other hand, is not extremely ugly, but he is considerably plain and average-looking compared to his stunning wife. And as far as being dorky is concerned, he has a tendency to be quite eccentric and quirky compared to her on top of the fact that he's not as attractive and appealing as her.

* Creator/FranchisoDeGoya's [[http://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-goya/the-wedding-1792 painting]] ''Art/The Wedding'' (1746-1828) [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin depicts a marriage between]] a beautiful young woman and a [[{{Gonk}} pudgy man with an ape-like face]].

* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': MadScientist Doctor Thaddeus Sivana, nemesis of Captain Marvel, could be charitably described as a hideous little troll of a man who makes Dennis Kucinich look like Fabio. His wife Venus Sivana, on the other hand, lives up to her name. By way of an explanation, the {{UsefulNotes/Golden Age|OfComicBooks}} version of Sivana was characterized as a kind, benevolent man who was driven to villainy and madness after his wife's death and the [[TheyCalledMeMad scientific community's rejection of his ideas]]. This was the pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} origin, it makes less sense with the latter versions who seem to always have been mean.

* Felix and Calhoun from ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' are an Ugly Guy, Hot Girlfriend example. Though Felix isn't ''ugly'' (he's actually widely considered to be very cute), he's rather goofy-looking, especially compared to [[StatuesqueStunner Calhoun]]. [[spoiler: This is played straight when Felix and Calhoun get married in the epilogue of the movie.]]

* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'': The Mado family sees this trope all the way through. Kureo was a pasty-faced dude with stringy white hair, perpetual MadEye, and a slight hunch. His beloved wife, Kasuka? An elegant, blonde LadyOfWar that was apparently a [[IncrediblyLamePun dead ringer]] for their beautiful daughter, [[UglyGuysHotDaughter Akira]].

* Played with in ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'', as Princess Fiona -- a beautiful young woman who is cursed to turn into an ogre at night -- opts to become an ogre all the time after she falls in love with Shrek.

*** This is one of several relationships between characters for which the song "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" is used as a motif, including Sandor Clegane/Sansa, [[BodyguardCrush Jorah Mormont]]/Daenerys Targaryen, and [[GenderFlip Brienne of Tarth/Jaime Lannister]].

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] and PLayedForDrama. Dr. Cyril Psycho is a man with dwarfism with an exceedingly oversized head and [[EvilMakesyouUgly eventually]], bulging eyes, while his fiancee Marva is a blonde bombshell. Marva is obivously not attracted to Psycho and is secretly attracted to Ben Bradley, a traditionally handsome man. After Bradley [[FrameUp frames Psycho]] for a crime he didn't commit to [[RemovingTheRival remove him as a rival]] for Marva, Psycho reaches the conclusion that Marva masterminded the scheme. When Psycho is finally released from prison, he forces Marva into [[AwfulWeddedLife an intentionally abusive marriage]] as revenge. Marva leaves him as soon as she's freed of his mental control by Wonder Woman.

* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': MadScientist Doctor Thaddeus Sivana, nemesis of Captain Marvel, could be charitably described as a hideous little troll of a man who makes Dennis Kucinich look like Fabio. His wife Venus Sivana, on the other hand, lives up to her name. By way of an explanation, the {{UsefulNotes/GoldenAge|OfComicBooks}} version of Sivana was characterized as a kind, benevolent man who was driven to villainy and madness after his wife's death and the [[TheyCalledMeMad scientific community's rejection of his ideas]]. This was the pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} origin, it makes less sense with the latter versions who seem to always have been mean.

* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': MadScientist Doctor Thaddeus Sivana, nemesis of Captain Marvel, could be charitably described as a hideous little troll of a man who makes Dennis Kucinich look like Fabio. His wife Venus Sivana, on the other hand, lives up to her name. By way of an explanation, the GoldenAge version of Sivana was characterized as a kind, benevolent man who was driven to villainy and madness after his wife's death and the [[TheyCalledMeMad scientific community's rejection of his ideas]]. This was the pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} origin, it makes less sense with the latter versions who seem to always have been mean.

* Snake-Eyes and Scarlett, in the ''Franchise/GIJoe'' comics. Though he possesses near-superhuman athletic potential and muscles like a fitness model, he's horribly scarred, at least on his face. (In one example, ''most of his face was cut off'', and he deliberately stopped the bleeding by ''igniting gunpowder on his face''.) Meanwhile, she's a [[HeroesWantRedheads smokin' hot redhead]] who arguably puts up with way too much of his weird shit than can be justified by ninja sex.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Peter and Lois Griffin, with a little LampshadeHanging, as the couple was once described in an in-universe news report as "a fat man inexplicably [[HeroesWantRedheads married to an attractive redhead]]", along with an artist's impression of what they might look like - [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred and Wilma Flintstone]]. Lois came from a ridiculously wealthy family and could have hired a different gigolo every night, if she were looking for a hunk.

The trope both reveals and helps maintain one of the most wide-spread cases of a DoubleStandard around with regards to acceptable levels of attractiveness for leading actors and actresses. While actors are generally held to a high standard of attractiveness, there are still some leading roles available for plain looking guys, [[BigFun funny fat guys]], {{cool old guy}}s, and average joes. The beauty standard for women, however, is much higher. In order to be a leading lady it is an unspoken prerequisite that you are at the very least physically attractive. Women who are plain looking, overweight, past a certain age or any combination of the above rarely get to portray main characters. In many cases, they even struggle to land roles as side characters or extras. Even female characters [[HollywoodHomely who are supposed to be unattractive in-universe]] are often portrayed by supermodel-class women who have undergone some type of BeautyInversion. Therefore, the reverse (HotGuyUglyWife) is almost unheard of. And if it is present, it is [[UnfortunateImplications usually played for laughs]]. Basically, it's positive discrimination for men in-universe while remaining plain old-fashioned discrimination out-of-universe.

** ''Film/FiftyFirstDates'', ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'' and ''Film/{{Blended}}'', all feature People Magazine's "Most Beautiful Woman" winner Creator/DrewBarrymore as the romantic lead opposite Sandler.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'': Richard "Dick" Marion Daring and Karen Jane "K" Mildred Daring, as Dick is a big, pudgy, hairy idiot (though not nearly as bad as many other cartoon examples), and his wife's a hot spy.

* In several comedies starring Creator/AdamSandler, his generally schlubby protagonists' love interests are largely played by conventionally attractive actresses.
** Creator/SalmaHayek plays his character's fashion designer wife in ''Film/GrownUps''. None of his friends can believe that she'd settle for a "blob of crap" like him, until it's revealed she married him for his personality.
** In ''Film/{{Click}}'', Michael Newman's wife is played by Creator/KateBeckinsale. Marty, the clerk who sells Newman the remote in the "Way Beyond" section of a Bed Bath and Beyond cannot believe they're married and is in awe of her beauty.
** ''Film/FiftyFirstDates'', ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'' and ''Film/{{Blended}}'', all feature People Magazine's "Most Beautiful Woman" winner Creator/DrewBarrymore as the romantic lead opposite Sandler.

* In several comedies starring Creator/AdamSandler, his generally schlubby characters' love interests are largely played by conventionally attractive actresses.
** Creator/SalmaHayek plays his ex-model wife in ''Film/GrownUps''. None of his friends can believe that she'd settle for a "blob of crap" like him, until he reveals she married him for his personality.
** ''Film/{{Click}}'', Adam Sandler's wife is played by Creator/KateBeckinsale. Marty, the clerk who sells him the remote in the "Way Beyond" section of a Bed Bath and Beyond cannot believe they're married and is in awe of her beauty.
** In ''Film/FiftyFirstDates'', ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'' and ''Film/{{Blended}}'', feature People Magazine's "Most Beautiful Woman" winner Creator/DrewBarrymore as the romantic lead opposite Sandler.