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:
- Alice is in her forties, but not ugly. even after losing her fitness, she's still a good-looking woman.
- Alice was very fabulous as a teen. and as an adult, she looks slightly worn out. but still beautiful nonetheless.
- Alice is rather homely as a teenager, but was a pageant girl in her childhood.
- Silver Fox
- 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.