See Grotesque Gallery for when character designers try for this kind of appeal and fail. But see also What Measure Is a Non-Cute? and Beauty Equals Goodness as those tropes will probably and unfortunately, directly affect these characters. Not to be confused with Grotesque Cute, which is generally when evil things are done by (or to) conventionally cute things.Ĭompare The Grotesque, Gonk, Cute Monster Girl, Freaky Is Cool, and the nicer versions of Fluffy the Terrible. " Busukawaii" is a name in Japanese for fans of these characters. And yet, all these traits seem to say, "Gotta love me!" They come into the world as discolored wrinkly blobs that scream like the world is ending whenever anything upsets them. Consider: very young human babies aren't conventionally cute at all that takes a few months. There are some who argue that this trope has much to do with parental instinct. Indeed, many times these characters are so ugly, they're just adorable. In short, even though they should not be cute by any sense of the word they are anyway. Maybe they are stylized and don't look too realistic. Maybe it is simply that their lovely personality overrides any disgust at their physical appearance. Maybe they retain a few Ridiculously Cute Critter traits, like big eyes or little awkward legs. However, they are also endearing, kind, and sweet. Creatures who are, to put it kindly, less cute than other creatures. There's Generic Cuteness, the Ridiculously Cute Critter, and the Moe.
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