*tries to think about the most obvious examples of good guys looking spooky/scary as a trope subversion*
If anyone else has any additions they would be very welcomed!
Literally everyone in Undertale
A few Jedi actually had a pretty creepy aesthetic, and a bunch of Sith turned to the Light
Depictions of Death/The Grim Reaper where they're actually dorks (Billy and Mandy was everyone's childhood)
The big fuzzy monster in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
GOOD, FRIENDLY DRAGONS 🙏🙏🙏❤️
The Devil in "actually Lucifer is just a poor misunderstood bb" media (lookin' at you, DC)
Angels where they're accurate to their original flaming wheel many animal heads description
My precious Elias Ainsworth
Demons who quit Hell/children of demons who don't want any of their parents' bullshit (Crowley! Hellboy! Sort of Sebastian Michaelis)
Beauty and the Beast and all its reimaginings
A significant chunk of aliens in popular sci-fi, like most of Doctor Who and Star Trek, Mass Effect, Star Wars, etc
Hollow!Ichigo, and most of the surviving Espada by TYBW (GRIMMMJOOOWW my bb)
Naruto in full demon fox mode
Werewolves and vampires who are actually Soft (Scott McCall, Lestat)
Honestly like half the Decepticons, they're just big babies
The whole "heroes who look like villains" section of BNHA
Batman and a lot of the Batfam in their edgier days
A lot of X-Men, the Hulk, the Thing