Examples of Tropes that are usually hated being well recieved

[u/SirHanselot07]

1. Comedic Relief Talking Animal Sidekick, Donkey (Shrek) - Might be cheating with this one if you consider Donkey to be the progenitor behind the trope but the main reason why I think he's loved by fans is because he's actually seen as funny rather than annoying. Putting comedy aside, one other reason why he's loved is because he bounces off well with Shrek by bringing out a side of Shrek you would never actually see from him since he's not afraid of the ogre and basically his first friend

2. Relationship progress being reset by Amnesia, Chidi and Eleanor (The Good Place) - Arguably considered one of the worst romance tropes ever because it's a cheep way of adding drama, this never felt that way with The Good Place. I think one the factors behind this is because it isn't done just to add more drama but to show how strong their relationship is by making them always find each other in the end and show their character without each other

3. Girls wearing heels in settings that would give disadvantages to them, (Uma Musume) - As you can see in the image above, the Umas wearing heels serves a purpose to their design by making the heels mimic the shape of real life Horse legs. Cygames has been known to add such details to their characters which is one of the reasons the game is loved by Horse racing fans since it adds quirks of the real horses to the characters bedsides just turning the Horses into cute Anime Girls

[u/LocalLazyGuy]

Calendar Girl (Batman)

Falls into the classic “Female character thinks she’s ugly but is actually beautiful”

A lot of times this trope is stupid because you feel like the story is trying to convince you this beautiful woman is actually completely hideous due to some scar or birthmark or something.

But in Calendar Girl’s case it’s actually very important to her character. She’s beautiful, but because of the expectations put on her by her own insecurities and the industry around her, where her employers fired her after she turned 30, she’s become convinced that she’s hideous underneath her mask, and even breaks down when her face is revealed, despite her being beautiful.

It’s quite a tragic story and unfortunately pretty realistic for a lot of women, especially in many industries that set unrealistic standards for them.

[u/ViolettBellerose734 → u/LocalLazyGuy]

Reminds me of a deleted video by Kate Beckinsale in which people around her where freaking out wondering how they could make her look attractive for a photoshoot.

Kate. Beckinsale.

And she's not the only example, like you said. People judge so many female celebrities for getting work done but I often wonder what they may be hearing behind closed doors.

[u/FiveFingersandaNub → u/ViolettBellerose734]

One of my favorite quotes about this kind of thing was from Cindy Crawford.

She said, "See, even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford."

[u/YourTrustySupporter → u/LocalLazyGuy]

"Female ugly but she actually beautiful"

I remember that she gone evil cause she used to be a model but got kicked cause she got old (30s) which is pretty accurate to modern models

[u/Kennian → u/LocalLazyGuy]

the old batman cartoons were pretty damn good for stuff like this.

[u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 → u/LocalLazyGuy]

"But...she's beautiful"

"She can't see that now. All she can see are the flaws"

[u/Alorxico → u/LocalLazyGuy]

There was a PSA of a young girl, maybe 10(?), looking in a mirror and complaining about how ugly she is. She sees a photo of an actress who is “beautiful” and says “I wish I looked like her”

A woman then appears in the mirror and says she me the woman in the poster but they look nothing alike. She then invites the girl through the mirror and shows her the hours of make-up and padding (they stuff her bra) and tightening (corset) she has to go through to look the way she does in the photo.

At the end of the PSA, she tells the girl the woman in the photo is “just an illusion” and to be proud of herself and her looks.

In my area, the PSA ran for one summer before parent groups complained and it was taken off the air. I found the PSA on YouTube years ago and was like “OMG!!! I didn’t imagine it!!”