A character has some fantastical characteristic, such as wings, or horns, or a tail, of which they are deeply ashamed. They may have been born with them, they may have transformed for one reason or another. Later, some other character (commonly, her love interest) catches a glimpse of these and assures the character that their wings, or horns, or tail, or whatever, are not in fact ugly but very attractive. See also Beautiful All Along, Freaky Is Cool and Nightmare Fetishist. Can be considered a Distaff Counterpart to Beast and Beauty. Compare Beauty to Beast and the Uncanny Valley.