Contrast and compare Beauty Equals Goodness, when an otherwise heroic or non-evil character looks beautiful, angelic, and lovable while the story's villains are ugly. This is the parent trope to Enfant Terrible when applied to children since a common assumption is that Children Are Innocent. ![]() They Look Just Like Everyone Else! is a similar idea but refers to villainous characters who look ordinary and unremarkable. Another related trope is The Fake Cutie, who likes to act cute, but whose real personality is anything but. Very close to this is Wolf in Sheep's Clothing when someone disguises themself to look less threatening, but who might be anti-heroic or misunderstood rather than pure evil or evil at all. A Bitch in Sheep's Clothing is someone who pretends to be nice but is actually a Jerkass being nice or mean isn't the same as being good or evil, which is why we have tropes like Affably Evil and Good is Not Nice. A Killer Rabbit is someone or something who looks weaker than they are, but not necessarily more innocent. ![]() This is different from Beauty Is Bad or Evil Is Sexy because looking attractive and looking innocent or virtuous are not necessarily the same thing. On the other hand, they could be completely upfront about being evil and allow their enemies to be spooked by the discrepancy between their appearance and their actions. On the one hand, because they look just like you'd expect a good character to look, they could try to inflict more harm by deceiving others about their real intentions. Therefore, it makes for an unsettling contrast or even a shocking revelation when a character looks benevolent on the outside but turns out to have a malicious personality. We assume someone's good if their face looks innocent, compassionate, virtuous, or honest, while we assume the worst of someone who looks mean, untrustworthy, immoral, or threatening. ![]() Much of the time, in keeping with Black-and-White Morality and Beauty Equals Goodness, we expect to be able to tell good and bad characters apart just by looking at them. Description of Carcer Dunn, Night Watch (Discworld)
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