- While not attractive, Quasimodo from Disney's version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame is upgraded from hideous to Ugly Cute. Presumably, if they added the little details of how ugly he is, it would be a pain on the animators, and would have scared the children in a movie that's already pretty dark to begin with.
- Shrek:
- Shrek, while rude, crude, and ogreish, isn't really hideous. In the book it was based on...
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- Similarly, Fiona, in both her human and ogre forms, is more attractive than the hideous princess from the book.
- Shrek, while rude, crude, and ogreish, isn't really hideous. In the book it was based on...
- In The Black Cauldron, Gurgi is changed from a hideous gorilla-like monster in the original books to a cute badger-like animal.
- The Lorax has the Once-ler, who is a pair of green arms in both the book and the cartoon adaptation; in the latter, he can be assumed to be middle-aged going by his deep voice. In the 2012 film, he's a tall, cute 20-something man with big blue eyes (in contrast to the creepy yellow ones he had in the book), voiced by Ed Helms.
- Superman vs. the Elite: Manchester Black, while still retaining the thuggish look of the character from the comics, makes him a little bit thinner and gives him a much less gaunt face, as well as animesque hair.
- In the Rainbow Magic movie, King Oberon looks younger and slimmer than in the books. His beard's less bushy, too. Jack Frost also has this to a lesser degree.
- Big Hero 6:
- Baymax was monstrous-looking in the comics. In the movie, he is a Cute Machine.
- While Hiro Takachiho wasn't ugly in the comics, Hiro Hamada is designed to look more adorable.
- In Pinocchio (1992), Mangiafuoco doesn't have the threatening looks of his book counterpart and has a rather cute appearance. In the cover he is not as cute, but is far from the scary Mangiafuoco of the book.
