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Basic Trope: A character who used to be attractive in their youth.

  • Straight: Alice, the kind old lady, used to be pretty when she was young.
  • Exaggerated: Alice is a very old and hideous witch, but however, she turns out to be a very gorgeous goddess back in her youth.
  • Downplayed:
  • Justified:
    • Alice's good looks fade away due to the stress from the work.
    • Alice can no longer afford beauty treatments once she retires from showbiz.
  • Inverted: Alice, who is a beautiful woman, wasn't good-looking in her teenage years.
  • Subverted: Alice claimed to be a charming lady in her youth, but actually isn't.
  • Double Subverted: ???
  • Parodied: Alice is a White-Dwarf Starlet who still thinks she's a looker. Fan Disservice ensues too.
  • Zig-Zagged: ???
  • Averted: Alice wasn't pretty back in her day.
  • Lampshaded: "hey wait a minute... aren't you one of the flapper girls from those old photos?"
  • Defied: Alice turns out to be ugly as her current self in her youth.
  • Discussed: "Back in my day, I was very stunning."
  • Conversed: ???
  • Implied: There is a picture of a young, beautiful woman atop Alice's dresser but she never mentions having any sisters.
  • Played for Drama: Alice laments about how she lost her good looks, thanks to drug abuse, having a very stressful job, and etc.
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