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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." 🤔😊👍
"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.
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?
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!
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.
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.
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.
*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
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.
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
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!
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.
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
tough. My sympathy goes for the poor children and women and MEN dying in war zones, not to women and girls in rich countries being so privileged that their only issue is getting affected by fictional movies.
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…
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.
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.
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
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.
My favorite transformations were TRUE changes in the character... not just exterior changes...Bette Davis in "Now Voyager" and Olivia DeHavilland in "The Heiress"!
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.
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!! ❤❤❤
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
women put pressure on themselves and on other women. Don't victimize them, please. Women are just as shallow and sexist as men and also want 'mr charming' rather than average guy.
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.
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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
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. 🔔🌹❤🥁🍀👍
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 😊👍👍
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.
@@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!
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.
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
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." 🤔😊👍
So glad you included Now, Voyageur. One of my all time favourite movies.
Barbara Streisand
"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.
I liked this one the most because she was doing it for herself, where a lot of these makeovers were for other people.
All of these so called “ugly ducklings” were already pretty!
Agreed!
@@leiamims3633 I agree, they were already gorgeous to begin with, but many just needed a confidence boost.
@@trinaq I agree!
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?
@@melissacooper8724 I agree!
These characters have always been beautiful. They just needed someone to show them. ❤️❤️❤️
show them how to be uncomfortable and conforming. anything but themselves..
Not necessarily, that is nothing wrong in looking better, but stay the same personality wise.
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!
Me too!! ❤❤❤
❤
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.
I agree!
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.
YES! MIA THERMOPOLIS' MAKEOVER FROM "THE PRINCESS DIARIES" FRANCHISE WAS ICONIC & I LOVED IT! 👸🏻💄👠🎞️🎬🎥🥰
She was already pretty in “She’s all that” she just had glasses on 😂
And a wig. A bad wig.
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.
*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
Toula was my favorite because she did it for herself, not for a men
Except that the new look required make up, loss of glasses, change of hair style, i.e. conventional "improvements" intended to attract men.
Barbra Streisand in “The Mirror has 2 Faces.” That and “Moonstruck” are 2 of my favorites!
I was hoping that Barbra Streisand (The Mirror has 2 Faces) would be on the list.
Omgggg St Trinian!! I never see this getting any mention anywhere ever!!! I love it!!!
I liked the makeovers of all the girls in 'House Bunny' :)
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.
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
So great to see Strictly Ballroom on the list.
Me too. It such a good movie. So underrated!
Sabrina (Hepburn or Ormond version) should have made the list.
Completely agree.
Muriel from "Muriel's Wedding" should have made the list.
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!
I absolutely love “Working Girl” and “The Devil Wears Prada”
Not saying she's not pretty, but Hermione's will always be my favourite ❤
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.
I thought she would be in the top 3... 😅
In the book it is different: her nose get operated.
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
"Tell me about it, stud". RIP Olivia. It was the new attitude as well as hair/make-up/wardrobe update.
To Wong Fu, Thank For Everything. Julie Newmar:
After the strawberry festival
Muriel’s Wedding. I would have picked that over Strictly Ballroom.
its movies and shows like these that gave millions of girls/women issues of their self worth and beauty
tough. My sympathy goes for the poor children and women and MEN dying in war zones, not to women and girls in rich countries being so privileged that their only issue is getting affected by fictional movies.
Animated entries on this list, really?!?!
Anyway, my favorite has always been Ally Sheedy in The Breakfast Club.
Ally Sheedy was much hotter in black! It's not only my opinion, all the other guys around agreed.
24:59 if you put glasses with thick black frames on Allison now, she’d look like a pre-makeover girl in other films
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…
Huge omission here, Stockard Channing in "The girl most likely to"
Amazing Bette Davis!
Sandra Bullock made me laugh so hard!
Ormond in Sabrina changed my brain chemistry, but Sandra Bullock and Anne Hathaway are my transformation idols.
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.
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.
isn't Hilary Duff at # 18?
Yes she is 😂
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
At least she didn’t destroy the staircase this time.
Aaaawwwee Man.. a lot of these scenes got me through my Young Lonely Male Teenage Years 😂
queen latifah in last holiday
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.
love this channel so much 🥰one more great vid!
Not an intentional transformation, but Adrian Balboa is an entirely different woman by the end of "Rocky".
My favorite transformations were TRUE changes in the character... not just exterior changes...Bette Davis in "Now Voyager" and Olivia DeHavilland in "The Heiress"!
Both are excellent movies!
Definitely Cinderella (ever since my childhood) happy saturday afternoon, Emily, take care and God bless you. Greetings from Colombia to you as well
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.
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!! ❤❤❤
Love all of these but haven’t seen all of the movies
"Muriel" is missing, certainly one of the best on the theme, if not the best
The mirror has two faces!
Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman should make JD Vance scared.
@@ineslazalde9629 😂😅
Bahaha!! I was watching and kept thinking "Where's Mia?!?! Where's Mia!?!?!" That. That one is my fav. Closely followed by Pretty Woman.
I would've added Sandra bullock character from love potion No.9.
Beauty come from the inside
Not really. In fact the repeated ad nauseam complaint that these actresses/characters were already beautiful says quite the opposite.
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.
You should have included Cantinflas’ “A volar joven” where Miroslava Stern’s character transformation is amazing.
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.
Mine is she’s all that !! I love that movie !! She is so beautiful !! Both ways !!
You have two of my favorite films on this list: Now, Voyager and Strictly Ballroom.
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.
HELLLLLOOOOOOOO! You didn't even mention The Duff!
"Grease" sure was an ugly duckling transformation: She turned into one!
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
@@loveolicity4542 Ever After is my favorite!
25:02 I thought we all agreed that was an anti-makeover
Only halfway through watching but I hope Sabrina makes this list. Best makeover ever
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.
You should include Emma Watson in Harry Potter in the ball dance scene
ugh no? Hermione was never an 'ugly duckling'
Miss congeniality deserves to be number one
This is all about the pressure on women. Y'all are beautiful. Don't let the media ever make you think differently.
women put pressure on themselves and on other women. Don't victimize them, please. Women are just as shallow and sexist as men and also want 'mr charming' rather than average guy.
I always preferred Velma, Laney, Fern, and Allison before the makeovers. I guess I've got a type.
I knew princess diaires would be number 1. Part of me would have loved to be a part of the movie.
Sorry. What about Goldie hawn from death becomes her!! Best transmission EVER
Most were never duckly to begin with....
Most of these ladies already looked beautiful, especially Sandra Dee. They simply dressed up.
How is Sandy not #1?
Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games did quite a transformation from poor girl to the girl on flames
I am surprised that "Adrian" in the movie- Rocky- did not make the cut. Talia Shire's transformation was great.
Julie Walters, in Educating Rita was another Pygmalion type transformation, though over time, and not over night.
Eliza Doolittle will always be my number one❤ I adore Audrey Hepburn.
And she stands out as the most harmed or most isolated by the makeover.
Of course I was wondering who could possibly be number one
I remember "The Nanny" with My Fair Lady
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
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.
Yes she did, she was sloppy and tacky.
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Top 10 disney junior shows
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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)
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This year "Hitman" had one too! But It was a male character
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
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.
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. 🔔🌹❤🥁🍀👍
Great vidéo, thanks! So, we are expecting the same for male characters.
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 😊👍👍
I almost clicked away in disgust when Princess Diaries wasn’t on the list and then 😂 there it was at #1
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.
Really? So you consider yourself incapable of seeing physical unattractiveness? Lovely.
@@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!
I wouldn’t say that Olive’s “transformation” in EasyA fits in with the ugly duckling transformation the others on the list had.
The devil wears Prada was not the duckling movie. It was the princess diaries when Mia became princess of genovia
Emma Thompson as Nanny McPhee and Bernadette Peters as the witch in the flimed version of Into The Woods belong on this list.
Pygmalion (wendy hiller), my fair lady, easter parade, thoroughly modern millie, sabrina
where is last holliday? i love that makeover
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.
The Breakfast Girll looked gross prior to the makeover.
Laney Boggs ❤❤
Allison looked so much better betore the makeover though, this was a downgrade for her
I'm sorry but Anne Hathoway it is just gorgeous.
Oh, die Kindheit ist so schön
Did maid in Manhattan dirty didn't even show the finished look
No Haley Mills in Pollyanna?
How could you leave out Sabrina!!!
Agreed! This will always and forever be my #1 in this category...both versions!