Top 30 Ugly Duckling Transformations in Movies

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  • @MsMojo
    @MsMojo  Месяц назад +8

    Which of these makeovers do YOU remember the most? Let us know below, and check out our video of the Top 10 Most Ridiculous Makeover Tropes - ruclips.net/video/kTFWoov7adU/видео.html

    • @williambilyeu9801
      @williambilyeu9801 Месяц назад

      I prefer Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle in "Pygmalion" which was the basis for the musical "My Fair Lady." I also like the transformation of Greta Garbo in "Ninotchka" which was remade as the musical "Silk Stockings." 🤔😊👍

    • @mariannewestrope3888
      @mariannewestrope3888 Месяц назад +1

      So glad you included Now, Voyageur. One of my all time favourite movies.

    • @gabrielavonwald
      @gabrielavonwald 11 дней назад

      Barbara Streisand

  • @leiamims3633
    @leiamims3633 Месяц назад +92

    All of these so called “ugly ducklings” were already pretty!

    • @erikayb
      @erikayb Месяц назад +5

      Agreed!

    • @trinaq
      @trinaq Месяц назад +3

      @@leiamims3633 I agree, they were already gorgeous to begin with, but many just needed a confidence boost.

    • @leiamims3633
      @leiamims3633 Месяц назад +3

      @@trinaq I agree!

    • @melissacooper8724
      @melissacooper8724 Месяц назад +3

      The problem I have with these makeover tropes is that the girl ditches her glasses when she gets made over! I mean, couldn't they just give her new frames that are chic on her?

    • @leiamims3633
      @leiamims3633 Месяц назад

      @@melissacooper8724 I agree!

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq Месяц назад +58

    "I don't remember Frump Girl", but I remember you." That line is so romantic, I love that Ian was emotionally connected to Toula's spirit, before her big transformation.

    • @Michelle-DiPalo
      @Michelle-DiPalo Месяц назад +5

      I liked this one the most because she was doing it for herself, where a lot of these makeovers were for other people.

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq Месяц назад +68

    I personally never found Allison's makeover to be a big deal, as it meant that she was bonding with Claire, who was giving her the affection that her own parents never had. Also, Andy clearly liked her long before the makeover even happened, since he stated that he liked seeing her face.

    • @leiamims3633
      @leiamims3633 Месяц назад +3

      I agree!

    • @nixeleth
      @nixeleth Месяц назад +9

      Exactly. Andrew had already approached her several times and shared plenty of bonding moments with her prior to the makeover. I think you hit the nail right on the head by saying that it was a bonding moment for Allison and Claire, seeing as how most of the interactions between them up until then had been more caustic than sympathetic (mostly on Claire's part), so "why are you being so nice to me?" "Because you're letting me" becomes much more significant/meaningful.

  • @sweetandsourdish3723
    @sweetandsourdish3723 Месяц назад +36

    These characters have always been beautiful. They just needed someone to show them. ❤️❤️❤️

    • @yellowcatmonkey
      @yellowcatmonkey Месяц назад

      show them how to be uncomfortable and conforming. anything but themselves..

    • @cocoaorange1
      @cocoaorange1 Месяц назад

      Not necessarily, that is nothing wrong in looking better, but stay the same personality wise.

  • @lolcatz88
    @lolcatz88 Месяц назад +31

    I LOVE Strictly Ballroom! 1. Because it’s Australian, 2. Because Fran’s transformation was slow and subtle and she wasn’t plastered with makeup to make her pretty. I could watch that final dance scene over and over! Amazing movie!

  • @ny.l.a
    @ny.l.a Месяц назад +37

    She was already pretty in “She’s all that” she just had glasses on 😂

  • @gregjaro-mk7zs
    @gregjaro-mk7zs Месяц назад +16

    YES! MIA THERMOPOLIS' MAKEOVER FROM "THE PRINCESS DIARIES" FRANCHISE WAS ICONIC & I LOVED IT! 👸🏻💄👠🎞️🎬🎥🥰

  • @WhatSRV
    @WhatSRV Месяц назад +14

    My favs were Rachael Leigh Cook in She's All That, Sandra Bullock and both Drew Barrymore's entries. Maybe because been a fan of those for 30 years as well.

  • @zamyafields6513
    @zamyafields6513 Месяц назад +15

    *MY FAVORITES:*
    Mia Thermopolis - The Princess Diaries
    Edna Turnblad - Hairspray
    Andy Sachs - The Devil Wears Prada
    Selina Kyle - Batman Returns
    Laney Boggs - She's All That
    Cinderella - Cinderella
    Bridget - Trolls
    Eliza Doolittle - My Fair Lady
    Marisa Ventura - Maid in Manhattan
    Fran - Strictly Ballroom
    Allison Reynolds - The Breakfast Club
    Olive Penderghast - Easy A
    Cady Heron - Mean Girls
    Charlotte Vale - Now, Voyager
    Jo Stockton - Funny Face
    Sam Montgomery - A Cinderella Story
    Fern Mayo - Jawbreaker
    Helen Tasker - True Lies
    Sandy Olsson - Grease
    Anya - Anastasia
    Vivian Ward - Pretty Woman
    Danielle de Barbarac - Ever After
    Josie Geller - Never Been Kissed
    Loretta Castorini - Moonstruck
    Tai Frasier - Clueless
    Zeta Alpha Zeta Girls - The House Bunny
    Toula Portokalos - My Big Fat Greek Wedding
    Gracie Hart - Miss Congeniality
    Katie Simpson - She's Out of Control

  • @Achdujeh
    @Achdujeh Месяц назад +5

    I liked the makeovers of all the girls in 'House Bunny' :)

  • @mmogburn
    @mmogburn Месяц назад +11

    So great to see Strictly Ballroom on the list.

    • @kudrashka9
      @kudrashka9 Месяц назад +1

      Me too. It such a good movie. So underrated!

  • @evonnemccausland3531
    @evonnemccausland3531 Месяц назад +13

    My favorite transformations were TRUE changes in the character... not just exterior changes...Bette Davis in "Now Voyager" and Olivia DeHavilland in "The Heiress"!

    • @justjan147
      @justjan147 Месяц назад +1

      Both are excellent movies!

  • @whimsical_flower
    @whimsical_flower Месяц назад +19

    Sabrina (Hepburn or Ormond version) should have made the list.

    • @jemima438
      @jemima438 10 дней назад

      Completely agree.

  • @marjorieking2290
    @marjorieking2290 Месяц назад +6

    Barbra Streisand in “The Mirror has 2 Faces.” That and “Moonstruck” are 2 of my favorites!

    • @MrMousley
      @MrMousley Месяц назад +1

      I was hoping that Barbra Streisand (The Mirror has 2 Faces) would be on the list.

  • @cliffcorson4000
    @cliffcorson4000 Месяц назад +18

    its movies and shows like these that gave millions of girls/women issues of their self worth and beauty

  • @ineslazalde9629
    @ineslazalde9629 Месяц назад +6

    This is all about the pressure on women. Y'all are beautiful. Don't let the media ever make you think differently.

  • @jessetorres8738
    @jessetorres8738 Месяц назад +19

    So, apparently it is 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, & The Princess Diaries.

    • @alyssakoski8651
      @alyssakoski8651 Месяц назад

      Duh, that’s the formula 😂 I don’t know if any of us are proud we like it, and knowing it sends the wrong message doesn’t stop it from being a popular trope all the same - a guilty pleasure

  • @JoanneRVG
    @JoanneRVG Месяц назад +11

    I absolutely love “Working Girl” and “The Devil Wears Prada”

  • @krsncrs821
    @krsncrs821 26 дней назад +1

    I am so so happy to see Strictly Ballroom on your list. One of my all time favorite movies and the first I thought of when I saw the title of this video. Thank you!

  • @jambgsu07
    @jambgsu07 Месяц назад +10

    Muriel from "Muriel's Wedding" should have made the list.

  • @competitionglen
    @competitionglen Месяц назад +9

    "Tell me about it, stud". RIP Olivia. It was the new attitude as well as hair/make-up/wardrobe update.

  • @glorialoreto
    @glorialoreto Месяц назад +27

    Toula was my favorite because she did it for herself, not for a men

    • @hd-xc2lz
      @hd-xc2lz Месяц назад

      Except that the new look required make up, loss of glasses, change of hair style, i.e. conventional "improvements" intended to attract men.

  • @talesyuki
    @talesyuki Месяц назад +4

    Omgggg St Trinian!! I never see this getting any mention anywhere ever!!! I love it!!!

  • @Disneygirlie
    @Disneygirlie Месяц назад +22

    Not saying she's not pretty, but Hermione's will always be my favourite ❤

    • @trinaq
      @trinaq Месяц назад +2

      I agree, though it's obvious that Emma Watson was always cute, even at a young age, it was when Harry and Ron started to realise that she was, in fact, a girl, especially Ron.

    • @LadyVoldemort
      @LadyVoldemort Месяц назад

      I thought she would be in the top 3... 😅

    • @Klaus-em3ix
      @Klaus-em3ix Месяц назад +1

      In the book it is different: her nose get operated.

  • @blaze556922
    @blaze556922 Месяц назад +7

    It's always funny when they try to hide the hot girl under your glasses and a ponytail when you know full well she is absolutely gorgeous exactly like that and without it

  • @lh5670
    @lh5670 Месяц назад +9

    Muriel’s Wedding. I would have picked that over Strictly Ballroom.

  • @steffanieurbano7646
    @steffanieurbano7646 Месяц назад +3

    Ormond in Sabrina changed my brain chemistry, but Sandra Bullock and Anne Hathaway are my transformation idols.

  • @christineheminger7762
    @christineheminger7762 Месяц назад +4

    24:59 if you put glasses with thick black frames on Allison now, she’d look like a pre-makeover girl in other films

  • @pierre-paulmarcil8850
    @pierre-paulmarcil8850 Месяц назад +14

    No DUFF? Not only did they not made her ugly by adding fake glasses or anything, but also, she's the one who took charge of her own make-over and stayed true to herself while doing so. Can't believe she's not here.

    • @JP_Wu
      @JP_Wu 15 дней назад

      isn't Hilary Duff at # 18?

    • @taniasimcox860
      @taniasimcox860 7 дней назад

      Yes she is 😂

  • @douglasmijangos3327
    @douglasmijangos3327 Месяц назад +4

    Aaaawwwee Man.. a lot of these scenes got me through my Young Lonely Male Teenage Years 😂

  • @isabellep.461
    @isabellep.461 Месяц назад +2

    Amazing Bette Davis!
    Sandra Bullock made me laugh so hard!

  • @Neilfrozn
    @Neilfrozn Месяц назад +6

    Animated entries on this list, really?!?!
    Anyway, my favorite has always been Ally Sheedy in The Breakfast Club.

    • @Klaus-em3ix
      @Klaus-em3ix Месяц назад +1

      Ally Sheedy was much hotter in black! It's not only my opinion, all the other guys around agreed.

  • @PrinceTraumatizin
    @PrinceTraumatizin Месяц назад +10

    queen latifah in last holiday

    • @milesjesu8050
      @milesjesu8050 Месяц назад +1

      Yes! And in her case (unlike a lot of these) it wasn't just about a more glamorous appearance--though that was there too and fun to see--it was a real transformation from inside.

  • @lansesteiner3563
    @lansesteiner3563 Месяц назад +7

    To Wong Fu, Thank For Everything. Julie Newmar:
    After the strawberry festival

  • @samuelcollantes1175
    @samuelcollantes1175 Месяц назад +6

    Definitely Cinderella (ever since my childhood) happy saturday afternoon, Emily, take care and God bless you. Greetings from Colombia to you as well

  • @CanadianFuzzy
    @CanadianFuzzy Месяц назад +4

    Chyler Leigh did the walk down the stairs thing yet again last year in the show The Way Home when going to her daughter's dance to be a chaperone. They even set it to Sixpence's Kiss Me again lol

    • @TwilightLink77
      @TwilightLink77 Месяц назад

      At least she didn’t destroy the staircase this time.

  • @nowaylaowai204
    @nowaylaowai204 Месяц назад +9

    Remember, if you're gorgeous and you're reading this, if you want to be instantly ugly, just slap on a pair of glasses. This message has been Hollywood-approved.

  • @katrin712
    @katrin712 Месяц назад +7

    Selina Kyle was changed beyond the catsuit… she looked entirely different for the whole movie… limiting her to her alternate persona is a shame as it passes by her whole crisis around who she is really in the end…

  • @sockygaldamez9492
    @sockygaldamez9492 Месяц назад +1

    I love that Mia’s makeover was number one it’s definitely one of my favourites ❤️❤️ as well as Sam, Danielle and Sandy’s and everybody else in this list 😊👍👍

  • @gripanimal
    @gripanimal Месяц назад +5

    Not an intentional transformation, but Adrian Balboa is an entirely different woman by the end of "Rocky".

  • @NoCorpoCerto
    @NoCorpoCerto Месяц назад +2

    love this channel so much 🥰one more great vid!

  • @PetyrinaJaye
    @PetyrinaJaye Месяц назад +1

    I wish the magical makeover from 1989’s Teen Witch had made an appearance, but otherwise this was a really great list! Shoutout to Strictly Ballroom!! ❤❤❤

  • @PatrolOfficer161
    @PatrolOfficer161 5 часов назад

    The live action "Cinderella" was pretty awesome also. I suppose Lily James was more of a frump, disregarded blossom than an 'Ugly Duckling' but her transformation both physical and psychological was stunning.

  • @fxboffy
    @fxboffy Месяц назад +1

    "Muriel" is missing, certainly one of the best on the theme, if not the best

  • @fionatsangarides6201
    @fionatsangarides6201 Месяц назад +1

    Mine is she’s all that !! I love that movie !! She is so beautiful !! Both ways !!

  • @richardmeredith6534
    @richardmeredith6534 Месяц назад +2

    Huge omission here, Stockard Channing in "The girl most likely to"

  • @willsmith75
    @willsmith75 Месяц назад +2

    I would've added Sandra bullock character from love potion No.9.

  • @clarisabartol
    @clarisabartol Месяц назад +4

    The mirror has two faces!

  • @ineslazalde9629
    @ineslazalde9629 Месяц назад +2

    Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman should make JD Vance scared.

    • @leiamims3633
      @leiamims3633 Месяц назад +1

      @@ineslazalde9629 😂😅

  • @Luvd007
    @Luvd007 Месяц назад +2

    25:02 I thought we all agreed that was an anti-makeover

  • @aynsleyhamilton8840
    @aynsleyhamilton8840 Месяц назад +1

    Bahaha!! I was watching and kept thinking "Where's Mia?!?! Where's Mia!?!?!" That. That one is my fav. Closely followed by Pretty Woman.

  • @briannahlabelle2458
    @briannahlabelle2458 Месяц назад +4

    Love all of these but haven’t seen all of the movies

  • @JB-sf5do
    @JB-sf5do 6 дней назад

    To me Fran (Strictly Ballroom) and Allison Reynolds (Breakfast Club) are the most successful transformations. They seem more realistic because the characters are comfortable with hiding. Their transformations seem to shock even themselves and they step into them cautiously - but the results are magical.

  • @Animeguy300
    @Animeguy300 Месяц назад +3

    Beauty come from the inside

    • @hd-xc2lz
      @hd-xc2lz Месяц назад

      Not really. In fact the repeated ad nauseam complaint that these actresses/characters were already beautiful says quite the opposite.

  • @wookinooki9023
    @wookinooki9023 Месяц назад +2

    Notice that in the tale of the ugly duckling, there is no sudden transformation. It is just the very slow Progressive evolution Of the central character.

  • @rubysalvosa1293
    @rubysalvosa1293 Месяц назад +2

    You should include Emma Watson in Harry Potter in the ball dance scene

  • @EbbyGebby
    @EbbyGebby Месяц назад +2

    How is Sandy not #1?

  • @cindystrachan8566
    @cindystrachan8566 19 дней назад

    You should make a part 2 so that a few great makeovers you missed could be included.
    Like Agnes Gooch (Peggy Cass) in Auntie Mame.
    Amanda Bynes in What a Girl Wants.
    And Stockard Channing in The Girl Most Likely To…
    Debbie Reynolds in The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
    Among others.

  • @nataliaalejandravacachacon9295
    @nataliaalejandravacachacon9295 Месяц назад +1

    You should have included Cantinflas’ “A volar joven” where Miroslava Stern’s character transformation is amazing.

  • @Beth_Alice_Kaplan
    @Beth_Alice_Kaplan Месяц назад

    You have two of my favorite films on this list: Now, Voyager and Strictly Ballroom.

  • @kphedges707
    @kphedges707 Месяц назад

    HELLLLLOOOOOOOO! You didn't even mention The Duff!

  • @Joytjej
    @Joytjej Месяц назад +3

    Most were never duckly to begin with....

  • @ebrut1986
    @ebrut1986 Месяц назад +1

    Eliza Doolittle will always be my number one❤ I adore Audrey Hepburn.

    • @hd-xc2lz
      @hd-xc2lz Месяц назад

      And she stands out as the most harmed or most isolated by the makeover.

  • @What_Makes_Climate_Tick
    @What_Makes_Climate_Tick 21 день назад

    Some of these aren't really ugly duckling transformations, but moves to conform to a different sector of society. Grease and Working Girl are in this category, and My Fair Lady, Cinderella, and Pretty Woman sort of are. I had forgotten about this part of the plot of Strictly Ballroom, which was a good choice for near the top of the list.

  • @SpiderMonkey20s
    @SpiderMonkey20s Месяц назад +1

    I always preferred Velma, Laney, Fern, and Allison before the makeovers. I guess I've got a type.

  • @Cinderella72291
    @Cinderella72291 Месяц назад +1

    I knew princess diaires would be number 1. Part of me would have loved to be a part of the movie.

  • @poshdelux
    @poshdelux Месяц назад +1

    Miss congeniality deserves to be number one

  • @loveolicity4542
    @loveolicity4542 Месяц назад +5

    Okay. Clearly watchmojo/msmojo hasn’t watched Ever After. Only one of Danielle’s stepsisters mistreated her. In top of that, Danielle’s stepmother/sister also mistreated her own daughter/sister. Please do your research

    • @leiamims3633
      @leiamims3633 Месяц назад +2

      @@loveolicity4542 Ever After is my favorite!

  • @DeltaElites
    @DeltaElites Месяц назад

    Most of these ladies already looked beautiful, especially Sandra Dee. They simply dressed up.

  • @kristinjoni
    @kristinjoni Месяц назад

    Only halfway through watching but I hope Sabrina makes this list. Best makeover ever

  • @erikayb
    @erikayb Месяц назад +2

    Laney Boggs ❤❤

  • @wookinooki9023
    @wookinooki9023 Месяц назад +1

    Pygmalion (wendy hiller), my fair lady, easter parade, thoroughly modern millie, sabrina

  • @JamiePokemonTrainer
    @JamiePokemonTrainer Месяц назад +11

    calling someone an ugly duckling says more about the person who has the nerve to call others ugly. This sort thing is part of the problem going on in society.

    • @hd-xc2lz
      @hd-xc2lz Месяц назад

      Really? So you consider yourself incapable of seeing physical unattractiveness? Lovely.

    • @leiamims3633
      @leiamims3633 Месяц назад

      @@JamiePokemonTrainer I agree, but I think it is going on how others in the movies were treating said characters. Like I said the actresses were already pretty before their makeovers!

  • @Scarter63
    @Scarter63 Месяц назад

    Julie Walters, in Educating Rita was another Pygmalion type transformation, though over time, and not over night.

  • @newbeginnings2056
    @newbeginnings2056 Месяц назад +1

    Afraid to admit this but saw a few of the films including Clueless recently and some like Pretty Woman, The Devil Wears Prada & Grease (more than once - know the script in some films by heart). BUT my favourite has to be the original of Cinderella - not becuase of the transformation because of the story & song which has stood the test of time. 🔔🌹❤🥁🍀👍

  • @NBK1122
    @NBK1122 Месяц назад

    I'm in the middle of watching this. Let's see if Sissy Spacek's Carrie, or Stockard Channing in "The Girl Most Likely To" made the list

  • @Caro-Cooper
    @Caro-Cooper Месяц назад

    Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games did quite a transformation from poor girl to the girl on flames

  • @Pensacolavixen
    @Pensacolavixen Месяц назад

    I am surprised that "Adrian" in the movie- Rocky- did not make the cut. Talia Shire's transformation was great.

  • @glorialoreto
    @glorialoreto Месяц назад +1

    I remember "The Nanny" with My Fair Lady

  • @nixeleth
    @nixeleth Месяц назад +2

    Allison didn't need a confidence boost. Most of her interactions were already with Andrew to begin with, and he was very clearly interested in her before she pulled her hair back and put on some different eye shadow.

    • @cocoaorange1
      @cocoaorange1 Месяц назад

      Yes she did, she was sloppy and tacky.

  • @mauricioalday6931
    @mauricioalday6931 Месяц назад +1

    This year "Hitman" had one too! But It was a male character

  • @Gweny311
    @Gweny311 Месяц назад +1

    I almost clicked away in disgust when Princess Diaries wasn’t on the list and then 😂 there it was at #1

  • @kierradyson8418
    @kierradyson8418 Месяц назад

    Of course I was wondering who could possibly be number one

  • @wraytew8666
    @wraytew8666 Месяц назад

    Emma Thompson as Nanny McPhee and Bernadette Peters as the witch in the flimed version of Into The Woods belong on this list.

  • @alondraxiquivicente120
    @alondraxiquivicente120 Месяц назад +1

    WOW

  • @linusholm3806
    @linusholm3806 Месяц назад +3

    My wish list:
    Top 10 disney junior shows
    Top 10 unimportant pokemon episodes (no catching new pokemon, no evolving, no gym/pokemon leage battle, no meating new rivle, etc)
    Top 10 underrated animated disney series
    Best disney movie per decade
    Top 10 disney reprise songs (deleted included)
    Top 10 disney villains that deserved a villain song
    Top 10 disney couples with a tough start (Both movies and tv-series)
    Top 10 what have I done moment excluding disney and pixar
    Top 10 disney movie ideas (by you)
    👍😉

  • @peepinstreil1
    @peepinstreil1 Месяц назад

    I wouldn’t say that Olive’s “transformation” in EasyA fits in with the ugly duckling transformation the others on the list had.

  • @mousemd
    @mousemd Месяц назад

    What shocked me the most was Anne in that Princess movie. Not sure how well known she was? If she wasn't, that was clever. I didn't know her at the time

    • @LadyVoldemort
      @LadyVoldemort Месяц назад

      I think Mandy Moore was a lot more famous than her back then (I was in uni). At least in my country. So yeah, that was a clever move.

  • @IvettaBM
    @IvettaBM Месяц назад +1

    Kinda sorta unpopular opinion but both Laney from "She's All That" and the girl from "The Breakfast Club" (forgot her name) looked way cuter before the transformation.

    • @cocoaorange1
      @cocoaorange1 Месяц назад

      The Breakfast Girll looked gross prior to the makeover.

  • @luckyluck8843
    @luckyluck8843 Месяц назад +1

    Did maid in Manhattan dirty didn't even show the finished look

  • @Rascool69
    @Rascool69 Месяц назад +1

    The devil wears Prada was not the duckling movie. It was the princess diaries when Mia became princess of genovia

  • @rickbazan4205
    @rickbazan4205 Месяц назад +1

    Another moral of many of these movies is that it takes lots of money to look good.

  • @neleverdonck3078
    @neleverdonck3078 Месяц назад

    where is last holliday? i love that makeover

  • @Zeitloserinnern
    @Zeitloserinnern Месяц назад

    Oh, die Kindheit ist so schön

  • @tiphainemartin3811
    @tiphainemartin3811 15 дней назад

    Great vidéo, thanks! So, we are expecting the same for male characters.

  • @hablah9743
    @hablah9743 Месяц назад +2

    Allison looked so much better betore the makeover though, this was a downgrade for her

  • @wookinooki9023
    @wookinooki9023 Месяц назад +1

    Most of these are variations on Pygmalion and Cinderella, or both.

  • @christopherx7428
    @christopherx7428 23 дня назад

    "Grease" sure was an ugly duckling transformation: She turned into one!

  • @rafaelurdanetacasals
    @rafaelurdanetacasals Месяц назад +2

    How could you leave out Sabrina!!!

    • @katasticone
      @katasticone Месяц назад

      Agreed! This will always and forever be my #1 in this category...both versions!