Top 10 Most Ridiculous Makeover Tropes

These makeover tropes are just ridiculous. For this list, we’ll be looking at on-screen transformation tropes - most of which are used on female or female-identifying characters - that left us a little bit befuddled or made us roll our eyes. Our countdown includes a man knows best, the conformist, all grown up, and more! What do YOU think is the most ridiculous makeover trope? Let us know in the comments!
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What do YOU think is the most ridiculous makeover trope? Let us know below, and be sure to also check out our video of the Top 10 Iconic Teen Movie Makeover Scenes - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3qlg3emeqmmkKM

[@shajidasalazar4301]

​@Trami Nguyen yn😅;9; I dp. : pbux😊

[@Missmagazinebura]

The princess diaries

[@graffic13]

Sorry but some women do need a man a Gay man to fix their broken fashion. He's usually paid a ton of money and is called a stylist. And let's not get started on male cosmetologists... thanks for the man bashing Ms. MOJO... always fun.

[@trinaq]

I've always loathed that they give an already gorgeous girl frumpy clothes and glasses, and expect us to be surprised when she's made over, as if she wasn't already beautiful to begin with.

[@ELmayberry]

right 😂😂

[@heatherweeks1487]

It's no wonder I'm 41 and refuse to wear glasses. I know the glasses are generally trendy these days, but growing up in the 80s and 90s only the ugly loser types wore them!! I'm already awkward and weird looking, but at least I could remove my glasses and feel part way okay!! 🤣

[@starsandbeyond5848]

It took me ten years to realize that glasses didn't make me look ugly, because movies like these were the reason I was made fun of at school . Confidence has nothing to do with looks, it is accepting yourself and loving who you are.I'm glad I love the person I have become through the years.

[@Jay-Zech]

Good for you! I love my glasses and I have no intention of changing them because of a shallow Hollywood stereotype. If you like your glasses, that’s all that matters.

[@starsandbeyond5848]

@@Jay-Zech After all we need to see better, it's not our fault :)

[@Jay-Zech]

@@starsandbeyond5848 Exactly. I can’t legally drive without my glasses, I need them lol.

[@bjbinmke]

Good.

[@soniquecat4745]

Yeah, you just need glasses that suit you. I have few friends who will blow riddiculous money on shoes or handbags but then buy cheap frames and then they remove their glasses when they want to look "good" O.o Just get nice frames and they might become your thing that makes you look cool and special Fortunatelly, I have seen a change in how glasses are perceived. I work with kids and lot of girls actually see their glasses as accessory (and I have even seen their friends be jealous of their glasses :)).

[@SassafrasTee7366]

I want to see confidence makeovers for all people. No matter what gender, presentation, or sexuality. Confidence is what makes a person attractive.

[@soniquecat4745]

This is why I loved Amy's makeover in Big Bang THeory. She kept her glasses, but just gotten a pair more suited for her face and more trendy. She chopped off few inches off her hair, but did not dramatically alter it. She got clothes that were more modern, but again, she was not suddently showing off lot of skin.

[@jessetorres8738]

So, apparently it is what's on the outside that counts, since in pretty much all of these films/shows, once the female (or in some cases male) character starts to look good, that's when people start to like/pay attention to them, & it has been this way ever since My Fair Lady, & continued in films like Pretty Woman, She's All That, & Princess Diaries.

[@cooperminion825]

In fairness to Pretty Woman, she wanted a change. Plus, the ladies at the 1st store made her feel like she was worse than trash and she didn't want to feel like that again

[@tazdolla5590]

These films are comedies they’re not to be taken seriously

[@EmilyWhite2013z]

I will say Princess Diaries made it pretty clear the main love interest liked her before her makeover.

[@sailorsister211]

One of the reasons why I love Cloudy with a Chance of meatballs, is Sam makeover, she went from hair down and no glasses to hair hold back and glasses aka being herself. Flint thought she was gorgeous, it wasn't forced on her.

[@maddog6620]

I think the most ridiculous makeover trope is Princess diaries from Disney

[@Missmagazinebura]

I agree

[@cocoaorange1]

She looked nicer.

[@Jay-Zech]

I’ve had glasses almost my whole life, they’ve become part of my personality. When people think of what I look like, my glasses are a huge part of that. Not to mention that I actually like my face with glasses better, I think they compliment my face. Why should I have to wear uncomfortable eye contacts because someone else doesn’t like glasses? I honestly hate that trope.

[@MsMinoula]

It is the most stupid of all

[@Shastasnow]

No kidding. But I got teased for glasses and even my own mother wanted me to give contacts a try. I spent 30 mins at the eye doctors trying to get a contact that did not even match my prescription out of my eye because I am just that blind. 🥸 Glasses forever or walk around blind for me lol.

[@Jay-Zech]

@@Shastasnow Exactly. I’m glad society has become more accepting of glasses, cause I have no plans to start wearing contacts lol

[@peggiejohnson2022]

The contact trope drives me nuts. Glasses are beautiful.

[@marcelina.x]

I hate the glasses trope. Growing up I watched hundreds of movies that made glasses a thing for ugly nerdy people so when I had to start wearing glasses in elementary school because my vision got worse, I cried for hours, begging my mom not to make me wear them because I was afraid other kids would have just another thing to make fun of me for. It really took me years to accept what I look like and actually like myself with my glasses on.

[@vanessavchannel]

Same as you!

[@alyzu4755]

The sad thing is that seemingly more people are buying into these ideas through social media than they did through movies. I've seen it all over. Just yesterday a guy on KZbin was complaining about women who go to the grocery store without (gasp!) doing their hair and makeup. And so, SO many similar comments (from men and women). We still put so much value in appearance and degrade people who don't meet up to our beauty standards.

[@nickitacocat]

I loved in Gilmore Girls when Lane wanted to be prettier/cooler and started wearing contacts but Zach and her mom told her that she looks great WITH them and they suited her!

[@malloryweeks3306]

Me too

[@BalletBullet1]

You know makeovers is more than just putting on makeup or taking off glasses, it’s about the confidence to pull it off. The actors may be already attractive but the characters themselves don’t see it.

[@klo5126]

As someone had wavy/curly hair, as a kid growing up the hairdresser always want me to rebond/straighten my hair because straight hair is more beautiful that the natural wavy/curly hair. I’ve realised I’m beautiful regardless

[@jalabi99]

How about the "only my gay friends can give me an effective makeover" trope? Even in films I otherwise love, like _Crazy Rich Asians,_ this trope is so played-out.

[@supertransistor8762]

I hate the "fashionable gay friend" trope as a whole, it just pisses me off

[@Pinkranger87]

I wear glasses and I wear my hair in a ponytail A LOT. So I was like "Are they coming for me"

[@Kiraiko44]

The whole 'making over an already attractive person' thing always makes me mad lol especially when yeah they tend to just let their hair down or straighten curly hair and then remove their glasses, a little mascara and lip stick and voila! HOLLYWOOD MAKEOVER lmao that's more like the difference between someone's day look and their going out look

[@Missmagazinebura]

The worst one is he’s all that cuz the guy is attractive and he has a six pack

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

Every movie: drop the glasses you will look better

[@Missmagazinebura]

Lol 😂 or you’ll be blind

[@allychat8496]

Definitely the glasses make a person ugly trope is the worst follows closely by hot people pretending to be “ugly” to be made beautiful just by changing clothes or pulling out a hair tie. I personally find people with glasses more attractive but that’s just me.

[@Angi3_6]

A trope i hate is the removal of curly/kinky hair. In many cases, a character’s life is IMPROVED when they get their hair straighten. It reinforces Euro-centric beauty as the ONLY valid standard of beauty.

[@amandawagner6099]

I agree, even though I am of European descent, with naturally curly hair that I like to straighten once in a while for something different. 😄

[@NC-ij9rb]

Yeeeeessss!!!! Princess diaries is the biggest perpetrator

[@egyptianqueen4007]

True but thin lips and long straight hair isn't the ideal beauty standard anymore. I think black beauty is embraced more now with the bigger lips, darker skin and curvy body shapes.

[@JesusMartinez-rr2ry]

But none compare to the true atrocity that is putting cucumber slices over the eyes. You do know that a makeover scene is f---ed up if that is also included. Sometimes in tandem with an exfoliating mask too.

[@Missmagazinebura]

And Paulo eating the cucumber

[@Punmaster9001]

They put this shit in movies for decades and then people wonder why so many teens have insecurities about their looks. Where's the eye-rolling emote when you need it?

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

8 - This one can apply of males as well. I once had a guidance council tell me that I could make "better" friends if I changed literally everything about myself. The backhanded dig at my friends was bad enough, but I called her out on it saying: "I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not." 1 - In my opinion, glasses make women MORE attractive, except for those weird cat-eye-shaped glasses from the early 60s and the unnecessarily large square-framed glasses of the late 70s.

[@Crawlingdreams418]

Miss Congeniality doesn't count, tho. They actually fixed their own mistake of the original in the sequel, where gracie was also forced into the same makeover, but they got her back to her old self

[@TributesAndUnique]

I hate how they also act like curly hair is ugly. All these curly girls end up having their hair straightened to look “presentable”.

[@sailorsister211]

One of my favorite makeovers trope was in Hannah Montana. First of all, I love Lily since she wasn't exactly not like other girls but she wasn't a girly girl either. When Miley thought Lily need a makeover just bc how she acts like one of the guys and so she can get a date to a high school dance. The guy Lily liked asked her to the dance before Lily got a makeover, the whole Matt asking Lily to the dance after Miley told her to act was just coincidence. Miley push to the makeover just bc Matt may change his mind about the dance, he did once she got the makeover since it wasn't Lily. Miley was pointed as the bad guy for changing Lily to someone she wasn't. Lily didn't even want the makeover, she was happy with the way she was, it was Miley who pushed. I can understand Miley trying to teach Lily simple table matters but changing her no.

[@starrsmith3810]

The changing yourself for popularity is almost ALWAYS said to be a bad thing in the movies.

[@kailiahseekings]

Bratz Forever Diamondz had a scene where Sharidan got a makeover with an actual song playing in the background called "Shining Like Real Diamonds" which is actually the song "Forever Diamondz". They're trying so fricking hard to be meta in their own right.

[@Sistik123]

bull shit about weight, I lost weight then magicically i was mor attractive.

[@stingrey1571]

As someone who wears glasses. The Clark kent/Superman disguise does work. however based on romcoms. If zendaya began wearing eye glasses, she suddenly becomes a troll.

[@OscarMPG1]

It has always been about looks. I was once a fat kid with glasses and no sense of fashion. Thus girls ignored me and I had no friends. Then I went away for a summer, lost weight, gained muscle got contacts, and a new wardrobe. When I came back I was turning girls heads and got friends. The lesson is makeovers are like the movies. I like these cliches.

[@jenniferzackschewski2189]

In the movie Ladybugs, Rodney Dangerfield’s character removes Penny Pester’s glasses and her hair ties, and boom, she’s beautiful.

[@supertransistor8762]

Do a top 10 wirst makeover scenes in movies! Never stopped hating on the breakfast club one

[@lynnevetter]

Bah... I loved She's Out of Control as a kid. Fabulous! lol

[@user-vu1hh2yq7p]

Sometimes it's cutting off the hair, like in ,,She's all that'', ,,Jawbreaker'' and ,,The Devil wears Prada''

[@bheast86]

how about going blonde? Brittany Murphy was deemed hot when she did that in almost all her post-CLUELESS roles (though not CHERRY FALLS), and Nicole Kidman largely did away with red-headedness

[@dominikamagdalena9638]

If I think about it, Lindsay Lohan and Emma Stone also played hot girls while being redheads. What's more, I'm not a movie star, but I consider myself cuter as a redhead than as a blonde (and I was born as a blonde). Personally, I find redheads and brunettes more attractive than blondes. Of course, blondes can be hot as well and I appreciate their beauty, too.

[@scabrerah]

Since the beginning of humanity, looks are important and in today standards has changed but in the reality the majority of all cases looks continue to be a thing. We have to remember that beauty (inside & outside) it depends on the eye of the beholder.

[@zk6019]

"female or female-identifying characters" what does that mean? you only mentioned women here. Like no transgender poeple or anything.

[@Missmagazinebura]

The worst makeover scene is he’s all that because the guy is already attractive . Just give him a hair cut and shave him . Plus he has a six pack

[@marialebedev417]

I think that the only reason anyone should ever change anything about their appearance is to make THEMSELVES happy, not because someone else made fun of them. I got lip fillers and a nose job, but because I wanted that. I have never before been made fun of because of my small lips and large nose. But I do like the way I look better after the surgery. I have also switched styles over the years to make myself happy. If I feel like it, I wear jeans and a sweater, if I feel like wearing a miniskirt and a tight top, I wear that. I diet and work out because I have a small frame and I like the way it feels better when I’m leaner. It’s all about taking care of yourself to make yourself happy, first and foremost. It’s your own body, you can do whatever you want with it.

[@egyptianqueen4007]

That's so interesting. I used to be bullied for having big lips and wanted them reduced but now that people find it so beautiful I embrace my natural beauty.

[@MChrisH]

I don't agree with number 4, especially when they switch actors or actresses before and after the time skip. People can change a lot after a growth spurt, to the point that they look like a completely different person

[@michaelfritz5816]

Even doctors, have no right to comment on a persons weight. No one has that right.

[@cethomas324]

I think that's going way too far. Being overweight or obese IS a medical condition, and can lead to very serious health outcomes, including death. So is anorexia and being underweight. Of COURSE your personal doctor, if performing a physical exam, can comment on your weight if it's a problem. Everyone else, I would agree, can keep it to themselves!

[@lindacoolbaugh962]

I love Jawbreaker. One of my guilty pleasure movies!

[@Deviousallan]

weight loss is better for health in some cases

[@wingsofmae]

You are most beautiful when you choose the clothes that make you happy and comfortable. Happy is beautiful. Screw social beauty standards and screw these movies for suggesting others' view of you should matter more than how you feel.

[@runeorbie4122]

Yes

[@cocoaorange1]

Makeovers are fun, just don't take them too seriously.

[@CarolHardesty]

#10 and #6 are *extremely* sexist and one-sided, #8 and #7 have always irritated me (there's more to life than popularity; also conformity sucks, people!), #5 is mean-spirited, and #3 and #1 are just plain silly.

[@carmensandiego3691]

How about all those women who feel the need to show off their bodies to get attention from men but deny that by saying they dress like that for themselves?

[@dominikamagdalena9638]

I gotta say something about weight loss. Don't get me wrong, I'm telling this as an overweight woman who used to be obese. Losing weight may actually help you become more attractive. I see the difference. The closer I'm getting to the standard, the better I feel with myself. When I lost some weight, I was more willing to go on dates: I wasn't that ashamed of myself anymore. I realize some people don't need weight loss to gain confidence and that's great (people should take care of their health, though), but in most cases, people look for the one on their own level. For instance, attractive people date attractive people and average people date average people. If I'm attracted to cute people only, my chances of dating them are smaller if I'm overweight or obese. Of course, it may happen that an overweight/obese girl would date a slim, handsome guy. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's definitely more difficult for a bigger girl to appeal to slimmer, attractive men. You can't imagine how many times I've heard that I'm too demanding and that I should start seeing people who are "more like me". That hurts, but maybe it's true to some extent.

[@sarahduke8157]

Do the makeover for you not for some mean girl or another person that is not your friend

[@RohanneMay]

In defense of Wesley Crush, he watches project runway.

[@sarahduke8157]

It the same thing the ugly ducking or plus size friend gets the makeover and the hot blonde mean girl and villian doesn't what the girl becomes and she falls in love with Paul rudd zac efon or James Franco and Gerard butler

[@maddog6620]

You are awesome 😎

[@goodcommunitylife]

I love to wear glasses!

[@marialebedev417]

But I gotta say, I guess my personal tastes do tend to lean toward more conventional beauty standards. But you like what you like, you know? One of my former crushes had unbelievable large biceps and pecs. And his face looked like Elijah Wood’s. I lusted after him so bad!

[@hamil73brenda15]

You all make too much of everything. Were we not all entertained!!!!

[@sarahduke2839]

Nobody is a duff

[@freddiemolinajr.8397]

decent video

[@youmadbro9024]

The guy picking the makeover part never bothered me since I'm most movies he's trying to help win a mans attention it whatever. Guys know what guys like.

[@Sistik123]

I mean they arent wrong so top 10 list of what could be.

[@minakoaino7043]

My favorite is Mia's it's not ridiculous but she was beautiful the way she was

[@sarahramsey9454]

inner beauty is more important skin deep is where it lies no one needs pressure\stress to change they're image everyone comes in different sizes or at least in different ways no one really needs to revamp they're look nobody's perfect stay true to yourself treat others the way you want to be treated

[@realalldway-raw4996]

The best makeover for me is Ms. Congeniality for sure. Sandra Bullock totally took off her make up, grew eyebrows to make herself plain Jane. That's why when they put all that makeover.... I was really like WOW! Girl crush. Plus her hips were nice and shaped as we all know Men love to see in the woman.

[@cocoaorange1]

I have to see it.

[@andyliu1296]

Funny this is the same channel that posts lists about the vain and shallow red carpet or met gala looks.

[@bjbinmke]

I like Gerard Butler a whole lot.

[@sarahduke8157]

The all grown up where the daughter is a tom boy and she likes a boy so she gets a makeover and the dad says word like tart because he wants to see the tom boy daughter as a boy and that she want her to have a boy

[@hrithikashetty6200]

The host for this video had to get a lot of things of their chest. Preach it honey.

[@kimble90126]

Wow

[@aleksandrakettner905]

🍹

[@Emily-eq1ts]

When I had frizzy hair and braces and glasses I got the most compliments on how I looked and I loved my glasses

[@Nerdygirl42]

I think that the makeover in Pretty Woman is problematic. Like if you only could be beautiful if you have money and wear expensive dresses! Julia Roberts is also pretty at the beginning of the movie when she has her unique style.