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1[[quoteright:350:[[Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1925 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/phantom_reveal.jpg]]]]
2 [[caption-width-right:350:[[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera "Damn you! CURSE YOU!"]]]]
3
4-> '''Lindar:''' Gnasty Gnorc is a simple creature.
5-> '''Gnasty Gnorc:''' Simple?
6-> '''Lindar:''' He has been contained in a remote world and is no threat to the Dragon Kingdom.
7-> '''Gnasty Gnorc:''' No threat?
8-> '''Lindar:''' Besides, he is ugly.
9-> '''Gnasty Gnorc:''' ''Ugly?!'' That does it!
10-->-- ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998''
11
12Yo tropes' so ugly, that when they tried to join an ugly contest, they said, "Sorry, no professionals."
13
14This index lists tropes about, or related to, hideous people and things. If you see one of these tropes, a major aspect involves being as unpleasing to the eye as possible.
15
16Contrast with TheBeautifulTropes.
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18!!Tropes:
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20[[index]]
21[floatboxright:
22Categories:
23+ DisgustTropes
24+ FilthinessTropes
25+ HighFatIndex
26]
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28* AdaptationalUgliness\
29The adaptation makes a character uglier than they were in the source material.
30* BeautifulSexualAssaultVictim\
31Ugly characters are seen as less likely to face sexual harassment or assault.
32* BeautyInversion\
33An attractive actor is made to look ugly for the role they play.
34* BeautyToBeast\
35Ugliness inflicted magically.
36* BigOlUnibrow\
37Someone has a huge unibrow, which can make them look ugly.
38* BodyHorror\
39Gruesome and horrifying alterations of the flesh.
40* BrawnHilda\
41An unattractive, muscular and mannish woman.
42* ButterFace\
43A woman with a beautiful body, but a not-so-beautiful face.
44* CurlyHairIsUgly\
45Curly Hair = HollywoodHomely
46* DeathByDisfigurement\
47An attractive person dies after being deformed in some way.
48* DelusionsOfBeauty\
49An unattractive/ugly person thinks they are much better-looking than they actually are.
50* EvilMakesYouUgly\
51Having a FaceHeelTurn makes you physically unattractive.
52* GoblinFace\
53An exaggerated facial expression where the character appears much uglier than normal.
54* {{Gonk}}\
55A character whose ugliness is played for comedy.
56* GonkyFemme\
57An incredibly [[LadyLooksLikeADude mannish]]-looking GirlyGirl
58* TheGrotesque\
59A character who is ugly, but has good intentions.
60* GrotesqueGallery\
61Groups or species of creatures with ugly designs.
62* HistoricalUglinessUpdate\
63A historical figure is depicted to be far more ugly than they were in RealLife.
64* HollywoodHomely\
65What would be plain or normal in RealLife presented as hideous InUniverse.
66* HotGuyUglyWife\
67An attractive man with an ugly wife.
68* HumansAreUgly\
69Non-humans think that humans are hideous.
70* IAmNotPretty\
71A character believes they are not beautiful.
72* IWasQuiteALooker\
73A character that used to be attractive but either due to gaining weight, getting old, or otherwise not looking after themselves is now considered to be ugly.
74* InformedDeformity\
75A character is said to be ugly but doesn't look any worse than the other characters.
76* InformedFlaw\
77A character is said to be lacking in something but is no less different than the other characters.
78* KavorkaMan\
79A man who manages to be with a lot of women in spite of his ugliness.
80* LooksLikeOrlok\
81Hunchbacked, gnarly-teeth, pale-skinned, talon-handed and just all-around ''horrifying''.
82* MaskingTheDeformity\
83A character regularly wears a mask that hides a facial deformity of some kind.
84* MirrorCrackingUgly\
85An ugly person breaks a mirror when they look at it.
86* PlainJane\
87A woman who isn't thought of as pretty.
88* PowerUpgradingDeformation\
89Becoming stronger has the price of also becoming uglier.
90* PunishedWithUgly\
91Punishing someone by making them ugly.
92* ScarsAreUgly\
93Scars that elicit disgust or pity.
94* ScaryStitches\
95A character has ugly or unsettling stitches over their countenance.
96* TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction\
97When an ugly man gets hit on by a beautiful woman, she must have ulterior motives.
98* SeriouslyScruffy\
99A character who cannot adhere to a personal grooming routine.
100* SexinessScore\
101Ranking, rating or scoring a character's attractiveness and sexual desirability.
102* ShoeSizeAngst\
103In most cultures, women having large feet has historically been seen as unattractive. This has even resulted in mutilating practices such as foot binding.
104* SlidingScaleOfBeauty\
105A 1 is "attractive beyond all reason", a 15 is "''OH MY GOD! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR FA[[VomitIndiscretionShot BLARGGH]]!!!''"
106* TarnishingTheirOwnBeauty\
107Character deliberately makes themselves uglier for plot reasons.
108* UglyAllAlong\
109A beautiful character revealed to be using make-up or magic to hide their true ugliness.
110* UglyCute\
111An ugly character somehow has a level of cuteness to their hideousness.
112* UglyGuyHotWife\
113An ugly man with a beautiful wife.
114* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter\
115An ugly man has a beautiful daughter.
116* UglyHeroGoodLookingVillain\
117The hero is hideous while the villain is good-looking.
118* UglySlavicWomen\
119Eastern European women are hideous and masculine-looking.
120[[/index]]
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