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* In the second episode of Ruby-SpearsSuperman, Superman has a problem with an alien monster from a space police officer's spaceship. He had a choice between a ugly male and a beautiful female as either cop or crook.. It turns out the ugly male cop was the cop and the female was the crook. Bonus point for revealing that her stage was cocoon stage of the alien monster race had a battle with.

* While Bluto might not be a dandy, he sure has his archenemy, {{Popeye}}, beaten.

* Film/{{Hellboy}} is more frightening than ugly, but at least two of his enemies ('''Grigori Rasputin''' and his Nazi henchwoman, Ilsa Haupstein) are definitely [[EvilIsSexy sexy-type villains]]. Also note Prince Nuada, a very handsome elf prince, is the main antagonist of the second movie.

* ''DeathNote'' has handsome and charming VillainProtagonist Light facing unsocial and somewhat wild-looking HeroAntagonist L. Interestingly, though, whenever Light is being particularly evil, his face tends to twist into asymmetrical grins and other bizarre expressions that utterly break his boyish handsomeness.
** And this ironically fits the rule of EvilMakesYouUgly, no matter how attracting one's physical appearance.
* In ''SinCity'', Marv has a face that looks like a worn out slab of concrete and fights mostly normal looking people (and Elijah Wood). He's [[HeroicSociopath sort of]] the good guy, mainly by comparison though.
* The Aesop that just won't die in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': First, there's [[VillainWithGoodPublicity David Xanatos]]. Then comes [[BadassGrandpa Macbeth]]. Then the creators decided to finally make it explicit with the Hunter family, especially [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy the youngest Canmore brother]].
* Rorschach of ''{{Watchmen}}'' is quite homely and short, both of which are mentioned in-story at least once. Also, he smells bad, dresses scruffily and has terrible table manners. And the villain, [[spoiler:Ozymandias, is attractive in a sort of fey, {{Bishounen}} way and WickedCultured. Subverted in that they're both {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s, but Rorschach is also a NobleBigot, a rape apologist, a NietzscheWannabe, a HeroicSociopath... but, then again, Rorschach killed a handful of dangerous criminals, whereas Ozymandias killed two million innocent people... with the intention (possibly successful) of saving billions from nuclear war. Just figure it out for yourself]].
* ''{{Anime/Monster}}'': While not really ugly, Tenma is somewhat old and plain, and occasionally sports the unshaven hobo look, in stark contrast to [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Joh]][[CompleteMonster an]].

* Rock Lee and Kimimaro during their battle together in {{Naruto}}. Rock Lee has [[{{Gonk}} strange, perfectly circular eyes with pronounced bottom lashes, as well as Big Ol Eyebrows and a super-shiny bowl cut]] (although unlike most characters in the series and the protagonist himself he has a HeroicBuild) while Kimimaro is a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy.
** Naruto and Sasuke. While Naruto was generally an out-cast with strange facial markings and pore hygiene and Sasuke was a typical {{Bishonen}}, but subverted when Sasuke gets [[DeadlyUpgrade Cursed Seal]] and becomes very [[EvilMakesYouUgly demonic in appearance]].
* Kitano and Suda of ''AngelDensetsu''. Suda is meant to be a parallel or antithesis to Kitano. While Kitano is frightening in appearance and often called a monster, while actually being kind and gentle, Suda is quite attractive and charismatic, whom people often adore and proclaim to be awesome or hot (If by people, you mean Ikuko). However, he is more like a monster in his behavior, often lying to people and manipulating them to achieve his ends. He even goes so far as to try to turn Koiso against Kitano in order to emotionally devastate him and win the war going on between them at the time.
* ''{{Berserk}}'': on the Hero side you have Guts, a huge man with an [[{{BFS}} even huger sword]] who looks like he's killing people all the time [[spoiler:(he is killing all the time and ''it shows'', it's just not people he's killing)]]; on the Villain side you have Griffith, an unbelievably beautiful man heralded as TheMessiah, who is selling the world to the GodOfEvil.
* The original StarWars trilogy often had location-example of this trope. The Rebel bases and ships were rusty, dirty, and falling apart. The Empire basis and ships were often clean and shiny. This emphasized the Rebels as underdogs that were scraping to get by while the Empire was very sterile and totalitarian.
* Played with in {{Harry Potter}}. [[{{TheHero}} Harry]] starts off as a scrawny ten year old with "knobbly knees" and {{Nerd Glasses}}, but is definitely implied to get more attractive as the series progresses. [[{{BigBad}} Lord Voldemort]] on the other hand, is stated to be very good looking when he was younger, but as he gets older [[http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp19/pinkpandachan16/pictures%20of%20people%20in%20places%20and%20time/large_lord-voldemort.jpg?t=1247704758 this diminishes]] "somewhat" (although it was his own fault). This is also shown with Draco Malfoy; although Harry is more unconventional than ugly, he's not played up to be anywhere near as good looking as [[{{DracoInLeatherPants}} his enemy]], who is described to sound almost {{bishonen}} (and a bit [[{{WorldWarII}} Aryan]]).
* In the second episode of Ruby Spears's version of {{Superman}}, Superman has a problem with an alien monster from a space police officer's spaceship. He had a choice between a ugly male and a beautiful female as either cop or crook.. It turns out the ugly male cop was the cop and the female was the crook. Bonus point for revealing that her stage was cocoon stage of the alien monster race had a battle with.

* Disney's ''[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty and the Beast]]'' uses this with ugly hero The Beast and HandsomeLech villain Gaston. This is [[OlderThanTheyThink "borrowed"]] from Jean Cocteau's film ''La Belle et la Bête''. Interestingly, in Cocteau's version, the same actor played both the Beast and the Gaston-equivalent, and when the latter is killed, he takes on the Beast's appearance and the Beast's human form is that of the handsome villain. This situation leads the Belle character to muse whether she preferred this old form; this line was actually suggested to end Disney's movie as well.

* ''{{Hairspray}}'': The whole plot revolves around Tracy, a fat girl, going up against TheLibby Amber and her mother, Velma. Velma and Amber are both beautiful beauty pageant winning blondes but are horrible bigots to everyone. Tracy and her mother Edna (who is always played by a man to prove the point), meanwhile, are kind, genuine people.

** Naruto and Sasuke. While Naruto was generally an out-cast with strange facial markings and pore hygiene and Sasuke was a typical [[Bishonen]], but subverted when Sasuke gets [[DeadlyUpgrade Cursed Seal]] and becomes very [[EvilMakesYouUgly demonic in appearance]].

* ''DeathNote'' has handsome and charming VillainProtagonist Light facing anti-social and somewhat wild-looking HeroAntagonist L. Interestingly, though, whenever Light is being particularly evil, his face tends to twist into asymmetrical grins and other bizarre expressions that utterly break his boyish handsomeness.

* The Aesop that just won't die in ''{{Gargoyles}}'': First, there's [[VillainWithGoodPublicity David Xanatos]]. Then comes [[BadassGrandpa Macbeth]]. Then the creators decided to finally make it explicit with the Hunter family, especially [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy the youngest Canmore brother]].

* Played with in {{Harry Potter}}. [[{{TheHero}} Harry]] starts off as a scrawny ten year old with "knobbly knees" and {{Nerd Glasses}}, but is definitely implied to get more attractive as the series progresses. [[{{BigBad}} Lord Voldemort]] on the other hand, is stated to be very good looking when he was younger, but as he gets older [[http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp19/pinkpandachan16/pictures%20of%20people%20in%20places%20and%20time/large_lord-voldemort.jpg?t=1247704758 this diminishes]] [[{{Understatement}} somewhat]] (although it was his own fault). This is also shown with Draco Malfoy; although Harry is more unconventional than ugly, he's not played up to be anywhere near as good looking as [[{{DracoInLeatherPants}} his enemy]], who is described to sound almost {{bishonen}} (and a bit [[{{WorldWarII}} Aryan]]).

* ''TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' uses this in both the original work and the DisneyAnimatedCanon film. In the original, outside social shunning in general, the good-hearted Quasimodo has his counterpart in handsome Phoebus, who is an utter bastard (and who, typically of Victor Hugo, gets a KarmaHoudini). Disney's LighterAndSofter version has a heroic Phoebus, thereby going closer to embracing BeautyEqualsGoodness, but their film does compare Frollo's monstrous nature with Quasimodo's appearance. However, their Frollo isn't particularly hideous, if the [[DracoInLeatherPants fangirls are to be believed.]] In the book, Frollo wasn't that bad a guy.

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** Naruto and Sasuke. While Naruto was generally an out-cast with strange facial markings and pore hygiene and Sasuke was a typical [[Bishonen]], but subverted when Sasuke gets [[ADeadlyUpgrade Cursed Seal]] and becomes very [[UglyIsEvil demonic in appearance]].

* Rock Lee and Kimimaro during their battle together in {{Naruto}}. Rock Lee has [[{{Gonk}} strange, perfectly circular eyes with pronounced bottom lashes, as well as Big Ol Eyebrows and a super-shiny bowl cut]] (yet is still considered UglyCute by some fans) while Kimimaro is a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy.

** That's kind of a weird example, in that the Beast doesn't become the good guy until FAR into the movie-- he is ''kidnapping'' Belle, remember.

** He tries to force Esmerelda to marry him and has her killed when she won't; he also indirectly gets her mother killed. I'd say that's pretty bad.
*** The difference is he starts out as a nicer guy and only becomes corrupted as the story goes on. He's bad from the start in the movie.

*** [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Maybe.]]

* Played with in {{Harry Potter}}. Although {{The Hero}} isn't ugly at all (seen more as unconventionally attractive), he's not played up to be anywhere near as good looking as his enemy [[{{DracoInLeatherPants}} Draco Malfoy]], who is described to sound almost {{bishonen}}. Tom Riddle was also described as being very attractive- however, this trope is then flipped, as throughout the series Harry is implied to get progressively better looking in contrast to [[http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp19/pinkpandachan16/pictures%20of%20people%20in%20places%20and%20time/large_lord-voldemort.jpg?t=1247704758 the antagonist]], who only got worse.

* ''{{Anime/Monster}}'': While not really ugly, Tenma is somewhat old and plain, and occasionally sports the unshaven hobo look, in stark contrast to [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Johan]].

* Rorschach of ''{{Watchmen}}'' is quite homely and short, both of which are mentioned in-story at least once. Also, he smells bad, dresses scruffily and has terrible table manners. And the villain, [[spoiler:Ozymandias, is attractive in a sort of fey, {{Bishounen}} way and WickedCultured. Subverted in that they're both {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s, but Rorschach is also a NobleBigot, a rape apologist, a NietzscheWannabe, a HeroicSociopath... but, then again, Rorschach killed a handful of dangerous criminals, whereas Ozymandias killed two million innocent people]].

* Rorschach of ''{{Watchmen}}'' is quite homely and short, both of which are mentioned in-story at least once. Also, he smells bad, dresses scruffily and has terrible table manners. And the villain, [[spoiler:Ozymandias, is attractive in a sort of fey, {{Bishounen}} way and WickedCultured. Subverted in that they're both {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s, but Rorschach is also a NobleBigot, a rape apologist, a NietzscheWannabe, a HeroicSociopath... but, then again, Ozymandias kills 2 million people]].
* ''{{Anime/Monster}}'': While not really ugly, Tenma pales in comparison to Johan.

** That's kind of a weird example, in that the Beast doesn't become the good guy into FAR into the movie-- he is ''kidnapping'' Belle, remember.

* ''{{Monster}}'': While not really ugly, Tenma pales in comparison to Johan.

** And this ironically fits the rule of EvilMakesYouUgly.

* ''DeathNote'' has handsome and charming VillainProtagonist Light facing anti-social and somewhat wild-looking HeroAntagonist L. Interestingly, though, whenever Light is being particularly evil, his face tends to twist into asymmetrical grins and other bizarre expressions that utterly break his boyish handsomeness.

*** The difference is he starts out as a nicer guy and only becomes corrupted as the story goes on. He's bad from the star in the movie.