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{{quote|'''Prince Herbert''': But I don't like her.
'''King of Swamp Castle''': Don't like her? What's wrong with her? She's beautiful! She's rich! She's got huge... [[Unusual Euphemism|tracts of land!]]
|from ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]].'' <ref>A [[Subverted Trope]], as she really ''does'' have huge (literal) tracts of land, which is what the king was talking about (while making a 'big boobs' hand gesture.)</ref>}}
Within various forms of media there is a prevalent assumption among creators that large breasts automatically make a woman more attractive. This often leads to significant focus on said breasts, or the character with the largest breasts getting treated as the [[Hello, Nurse!|most attractive]] in-
This trope is not simply "Big Breasts = Hot Girl," the female character needs to be seen as more attractive in-universe because of her larger breasts. Her breasts should at least be referenced in dialogue if not an integral part of the character. Male characters often gawk at her breasts and may be easily influenced if said female character flaunts her breasts, leading to [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!]] Female characters, especially flat chested ones are often prone to jealously and yearning for larger breasts.
In [[Real Life]], some do consider an overly-large bosom attractive, but a woman who ''is'' a D-cup might see such a yearning as misplaced, as it can be both unwieldy and painful.
The logical opposite to [[A-Cup Angst]], and [[Petite Pride]], and the [[Distaff Counterpart]] to [[Bigger Is Better in Bed]]. While [[Bigger Is Better in Bed]] applies [[Bigger Is Better]] to penis size and quality of sex, respectively, this trope applies it to breast size and attractiveness. ▼
▲The logical opposite to [[A-Cup Angst]], and [[Petite Pride]], and the [[Distaff Counterpart]] to [[Bigger Is Better in Bed]]. For when busty equates ''dangerous'', see [[Boobs of Steel]]. While [[Bigger Is Better in Bed]] applies [[Bigger Is Better]] to penis size and quality of sex, respectively, this trope applies it to breast size and attractiveness.
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* Despite being flat as a board, posters for ''[[King Arthur]]'' were doctored to make [[Keira Knightley]] look like a [[Big Bra to Fill|C-cup]].
* [[Emma Watson]] was also on the receiving end of some Photoshop enhancement on certain ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' posters.
* In ''[[Devil Hunter Yohko]]'', [http://www.animeresimleri.com/img742.htm Yohko Mano] [[
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* Sailor Jupiter (a.k.a Makoto/[[Dub Name Change|Lita]]) from ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' has breasts that range from visibly larger to twice the size or more ([[Fan Service|depending on the scene
▲* In ''[[Devil Hunter Yohko]]'', [http://www.animeresimleri.com/img742.htm Yohko Mano] [[Lampshades]] the fact that, despite being the most buxom character in the show, every romance she has ends in disaster. In fact it is her lack of romantic success that ensures her role as [[The Hero]], since the initial activation of being a devil hunter is a [[Virgin Power]]. Afterwards a hunter can have all the sex they want, as demonstrated by Yohko's grandmother.
▲* Sailor Jupiter (a.k.a Makoto/[[Dub Name Change|Lita]]) from ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' has breasts that range from visibly larger to twice the size or more ([[Fan Service|depending on the scene)]] of her cohorts. Unfortunately she can't get a boyfriend to save her life, [[Huge Schoolgirl|because she's about 6 feet tall]] and [[No Guy Wants an Amazon|is physically strong and active to be off-putting to most guys]].
* ''[[Iketeru Futari]]'' [[Huge Schoolgirl]] Yuki subverts this. [[Big Breasts, Big Deal|She actually doesn't like her big breasts]] due to the the physical discomfort and all the [[All Men Are Perverts|unwanted attention]] she gets, but she's willing to use them to seduce her childhood friend [[Chivalrous Pervert|Saji]]. [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Unfortunately for her]] Saji only has eyes for the more [[Petite Pride|petite]] Koizumi. She eventually gives up on Saji, becomes a model and finds a new love interest in Kaede, only to find out that Kaede has a phobia of breasts, due to a [[Marshmallow Hell]] incident with his mother when he was a baby. Fortunately Kaede gets over it becomes a couple with Yuki.
* In ''[[Onegai My Melody]]'', schoolgirl Iijima has very large breasts indeed and lusted after by the boys in class for having such "bodacious boobs."
* Chapter three of the manga series ''[[Asklepios]]''
* ''[[Bleach]]'': Although there are a lot of buxom babes in this manga, only one fits this trope: Rangiku Matsumoto. She's not above using her appeal to help her get what she wants, such as the time she tried to convince Ichigo to let her sleep at his house by unbuttoning her blouse. Aside from the occasional reference (usually [[Gag Boobs|comedic]], but sometimes insulting) in the manga and its related omakes, the anime [[Up to Eleven|takes this much further]] and has a field day using Matsumoto's chest as actual weapons to help her manipulate men (usually Hisagi). There's even one omake (turned into an episode) where the shinigami are at the beach and she begins training Orihime in the art of carrying water with breasts instead of buckets - much to Ichigo's [[Freak-Out|horror]] (Nanao in the episode).
* ''[[Jungle de Ikou!]]'' Mii has extremely huge breasts, the explanation being that since she's the spirit of fertility and reproduction her huge breasts represent Earth's life-giving energy.
* ''[[Rosario
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Ukraine]] from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' has huge breasts, representing the [[Ukraine|country's]] large and fertile farmlands, or in other words, "huge tracts of land."
* Kaoruko from ''[[Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge]]'', her large breasts are the reason she's much more popular them her flat chested partner Aimi.
* The rival cake shop in episode nine of ''[[Kamen no Maid Guy]]'' makes use of this trope. They get away with selling [[Lethal Chef|terrible food]] to their predominantly male customers because they're too busy staring at the [[Distracted by the Sexy|waitress' large breasts to notice how bad it is]]. Also this trope is very much in effect for [[Gag Boobs|Naeka]], much to [[My Eyes Are Up Here|her annoyance]] and her friends' [[Meal Ticket|financial gain]].
* ''[[Airmaster]]'' [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Nakanotani Mina]]. [[Big Breasts, Big Deal|Unfortunately it's much to her dismay]] as it's the main reason why she get hit on so much. Ironically despite being the most attractive female in the series Mina and her breasts are mainly played for [[Gag Boobs|satire]] and the source of many awkward situations .
* Haruka Gracia in ''[[Basquash]]''. She's from the moon, where it's fabled that due to the low gravity women all have gargantuan, perfectly spherical breasts, so here her "lunar bust" became the focal point of [http://img4.gelbooru.com//images/378/0d760bacd3befee91175c0b68a489aa77a3c7399.gif?489053 attraction from most men and jealousy from most women]
* Over half the male cast in ''[[Desert Punk (manga)|Desert Punk]]'' is enamored with [[Femme Fatale|Junko's]] [[Gag Boobs|huge breasts]] and [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!|she is more than willing to take advantage of that]].
* The premise of ''[[Manyu Hikencho]]'' takes this trope [[Up to Eleven]]. The size of a woman's chest not only determines a woman's attractiveness but her wealth and worth in society as well. Small breasted women are outcasts and well endowed women are showered with wealth and power. Villains tend to use some sort of dark magic to ''steal'' the bust size of the unfortunate underclass, while the [[Samurai]] heroine acts [[Just Like Robin Hood]] to steal it ''back'', keeping some for herself to become more and more powerful. [[Widget Series|(Yeah, it's ''that'' kind of anime.)]]
* ''[[Macross Frontier]]''. Ranka goes to the [[Beauty Contest|Miss Macross competition]] and suffers [[A-Cup Angst]] in the face of the competition, ''all'' of whom follow this trope to a T. There is also an infamous line said by [[Ms. Fanservice|Sheryl Nome]] ''while she's groping her own breasts''.
{{quote|''Sheryl Nome: "My chest isn't the same as yours: Mine brings people hopes and dreams."'' }}
* Yo-Han from ''[[Need a Girl!]]'' makes extensive speeches about how Bigger = Hotter. He is very much a breast man.
* ''[[Slayers]]'' sometimes get weird in this regard. Lina, with quite a good figure, is called "flat" and is [[A-Cup Angst|awfully concerned]] about this. Of course, it's more understandable when compared to her usual
* The homunculus Lust in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' has pretty impressive breasts, though it only gets brought up once.
{{quote|'''Mustang:''' I can see how she tricked you. You've always been a sucker for big boobs.
'''Havoc:''' I'm sorry sir. ''(cue [[Cherubic Choir]])'' I just love them so much! }}
* [[Played With]] in ''[[Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?]]'': While other large-breasted women have no trouble attracting men, Kami Hestia — whose in-universe nickname is "loli big-boobs" — can't get a date to save her life.
* Downplayed in ''[[How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord]]''. The fantasy realm is certainly a [[World of Buxom]] where every female inhabitant is a [[Ms. Fanservice]], and Shera (one of the two females of the [[Power Trio]]) is indeed the busty type. However, Rem (the other member) is more [[Petite Pride]], and manages to be just as Fanservice-y as Shera.
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Love and Rockets]]'' has quite a bit of this. Luba's breasts are enormous. So are most of her female relatives, especially her mother Maria and half-sisters Fritzi and Petra. Their huge busts are constantly commented on by others and are a very integral part of the characters of Luba, Maria, and the rest of the girls in the family. The attention they receive runs the realistic gamut from fascinated and aroused men, disgusted men with a preference for thinner women, and jealous women who call them names like blimp-chest. Luba in particular has complained that her build makes people automatically assume that she is a slut. Petra actually had the largest breasts out of all the women in the family until she had a breast reduction, going down to simply "regular busty." Luba's daughter Doralis has a delightful combination of huge rack and voluptuous hips and ass. Her other daughter Guadalupe looked like she was going to escape the "family curse"... until she got pregnant.
* [[Alejandro Jodorowsky]]'s ''[[Megalex]]'':
** Adamâ, one of the book's protagonists. She has large breasts and wears a very revealing set of overalls. Fellow hero Ram obviously is fond of them and gropes her when she tells him to "grab my waist" to hold on during a hippodrile ride. She is not amused by Ram's mistake.
** Shalise, the holographic projection of the police clone training ship. She tells the clones that she's been "endowed with a feminine personality" while she caresses her considerable bust.
* Knockout from ''[[Invincible]]'' wears large prosthetic breasts, her boyfriend wishes otherwise but [[Punch Clock Hero|her salary has doubled because of them]].
*
* Jamie Schaffer, the [[Boobs of Steel|muscle]] of the ''[[Chaos Campus]]'' cast, has enormous breasts... however, they're not natural. She puts on a
* ''[[Gold Digger (Comic Book)|Gold Digger]]'' features this conversation between the busty [[Catgirl]] Brittany and her also-busty sister Gina:
{{quote|'''Brittany:''' '''You've gotta be joking!!!''' You're '''gorgeous'''! Look at you! Look at '''''these'''''! <{{smallcaps|[[Skinship Grope|hoist]]}}>
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'''Brittany:''' Do you know how many gals would '''kill''' for a nice, firm set like '''yours'''??? What man wouldn't fall all over himself just to get to '''talk''' to you?'' }}
* In [[Fan Work]], almost every [[Canon]] [[Hello, Nurse!]] or [[Ms. Fanservice]] is often [[Flanderization|flanderized]] into this mold, usually with a healthy dose of [[Big Breasts, Big Deal|pride]] in her "assets", even when (or perhaps because) there is little to no [[
▲== Fanfic ==
▲* In [[Fan Work]], almost every [[Canon]] [[Hello, Nurse!]] or [[Ms. Fanservice]] is often [[Flanderization|flanderized]] into this mold, usually with a healthy dose of [[Big Breasts, Big Deal|pride]] in her "assets", even when (or perhaps because) there is little to no [[Canon|canonical]] evidence for or against it.
== Film ==
* ''[[Superbad]]'' has an (unseen) girl who apparently had huge breasts, but she got breast reduction surgery. Seth claims that this is "slapping God in the face," but Evan counters that "she had back problems," and "now that she can exercise comfortably, she's in the best shape of her life."
* In ''[[All the Boys Love Mandy Lane]]'', [[Alpha Bitch|Chloe]] [[Invoked Trope|invokes]] this trope by wearing a padded bra to make her breasts appear larger. When she takes it off, we [[Fan Service|get to see]] that she's rather flat-chested.
* Jessica Rabbit from ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]''. She is based on a pinup drawing, after all.
{{quote|"I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way."}}
* The eponymous character from ''[[Kick-Ass]]'' is obsessed with large breasts, going so far as to watch photos of female african tribals.
* The male lead in ''[[Friends with Kids]]'' sincerely believes this, leading to [[A-Cup Angst]] from his would-be girlfriend.
* Zigzagged in ''[[Weird Science]]''. When "building" the virtual girl - that somehow turns into [[Magical Girlfriend|Lisa]] - they consider giving her huge boobs, but then change their mind and give her reasonably-sized ones. Later in the film, however, when they try to do it a second time as a "gift" for some boorish - and shallow - upperclassmen, said upperclassmen insist on making them huge. Fortunately, this second attempt fails.
== Literature ==
* In one of the ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' novels, one girl uses artificial means to try and [[Breast Expansion|increase her breast size]], but it backfires because she becomes [[Gag Boobs|too big]]. Jenny Humphries, on the other hand, has naturally huge breasts that garner her plenty of attention from male characters.
* Alicia, one of a series of [[Alpha Bitch
**It's outright stated she apparently was forced by her parents, to get [[Breast Expansion|silicone implants]] ''at the age of twelve'' thanks to some shady plastic surgeon, presumably to make her more "viable" for marrying off to another rich guy. While air headed, even she hates this happened to her.
**Likewise, Massie's internal dialogue outright states [[Breast Expansion| she has implants too]], or had, as she compares a particularly bad event to the time her impalnts "burst".
* Kylie in ''[[Duumvirate]]'' was buxom before she could genetically alter herself. After, she jumped chest-first into this trope.
* In ''[[Warbreaker]]'' gods are mortals who have died and come [[Back
* The trope is given a bit of a disturbing cast in ''[[The Hunger Games]]'': a near-throwaway line from Cinna near the end of the first book mentions that the Games officials almost had Katniss's breasts surgically enhanced without her knowledge or consent while she was tranquilized and recovering from the Games, to make up for the weight she lost during the whole experience. Fortunately, Haymitch threw enough of a fit that they backed off and agreed to let Cinna simply pad her clothes instead.
== Live
* ''[[Nip Tuck]]'' has a double subversion in the episode [[Gag Boobs|Jenny Juggs]], where the eponymous character
* When Kevin from the American ''[[The Office|Office]]'' tries to figure out who is hotter, Karen or Pam, he specifically notes that Pam has bigger breasts.
* [[Korean Drama]] ''[[The City Hunter]]'':
{{quote|'''Yoon-sung''': (denying interest in a girl) And more importantly, you’re a B-cup, aren’t you? I don’t ever see anyone under a C-cup as a woman.}}
* One arc on ''[[30
{{quote|'''Liz:''' If I had knockers like that, I'd be thanking God too.}}
* In the first season of ''[[Eastbound and Down]]'', [[Jerkass]] protagonist Kenny Powers is obsessed with the ample breasts of ex-girlfriend April; in her first scene the camera zooms in on her cleavage as Kenny stares. In Season 2 he dates the gorgeous but less bosomy Vida, only to decide that he's "a tit man" and go back to April.
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** In episode "And the Kosher Cupcakes", when Max and Caroline meet the Jewish family they're delivering cupcakes to, the mom exclaims "Look at the breasts on this one!".
* Penny on ''[[Happy Endings]]'' says that she used to draw attention to her cleavage to get bigger tips during [[Fan Service with a Smile|her waitressing days]]. It's still one of the first things that people notice about her.
== Music ==
* "You Chesty Thing", a [[Bob Rivers]] [[Song Parody]] of Hot Chocolate's "You Sexy Thing", extols the [[Gag Boobs|supposed virtues]] of [[Breast Expansion|silicone]].
== Recorded and Stand-Up Comedy ==
* A stock line: "(insert name of buxom actress here) has admitted in an interview that her breasts have opened doors for her."
== Tabletop RPG ==
* People with the Eros genemod in ''[[GURPS]]: Bio-Tech'' have "exaggerated sexual characteristics" as part of the modifications for making them attractive. Sarcastically from the vignette: "Yes, you too can be stacked like a [[Sex Bot|pleasure]] [[Artificial Human|bioroid]]."
* In ''[[Shadowrun]]'', the player can get breast implants of varying sizes. Gamemasters are encouraged to use discretion in determining actual in-game effects.
== Video Games ==
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'''Donnelly:''' Are ya talking about the ''Normandy'' or Miranda?
'''Daniels:''' I'm talking about the one covered and protected, not ''bouncing in the breeze''. }}
* This appears in ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'' with Judith, who is regarded as the sexiest party member because of her large breasts.
* In a meta example, the developers of ''[[League of Legends]]'' [http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=6133044#post6133044 have explained] that so many of their female characters have enormous busts because subtlety is hard to do with the graphics engine.
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* ''[[Saints Row the Third]]'' has a sex appeal slider in it's [[Character Customization]]. For Females all it does is increases the size of their bust.
* In the ''[[Queen's Blade]]'' PSP game, Spiral Chaos, Reina and Cute cup their breasts in disappointment while looking at Cattleya's massive melons.
* In ''[[
* ''She Will Punish Them'' is an "dark erotic fantasy" Indie game where the [[Villain Protagonist]] is a [[Horny Devil|succubus]] and [[Dark Action Girl]]; the player can customize any part of her appearance, literally. And by that, it means ''any'' part. So if the player is of the mindset that Buxom is Better, she ''will'' be. Or if the player prefers her to have [[Petite Pride]], he [[Subverted Trope|she can be that instead.]] (Curious? [https://steamcommunity.com/app/1213740#scrollTop=733.3333129882812 Get it] on [[Steam]].)
* ''[[Shantae]]'' actually averts this. Despite being a [[Ms. Fanservice]] living in a [[World of Buxom]] where even the Mooks are busty, the heroine herself is usually depicted with a modest bosom. Her nemesis Risky Boots, [[Evil Is Sexy| on the other hand...]]
=== Visual Novels ===▼
▲== Visual Novels ==
* Mia Fey from ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' was once able use her large breasts to get information out of a [[Dirty Old Man]] witness. Also, in the first game she gets a small boy to start talking with a Cheshire Grin smile when Phoenix had a hard time getting him to cooperate at all.
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[Nip and Tuck]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20130301034636/http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00879.html Hortence assumes it], but [https://web.archive.org/web/20120528082551/http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00881.html in fact she has body issues], and even more pragmatically [https://web.archive.org/web/20120528082616/http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00882.html back aches].▼
▲* In ''[[Nip and Tuck]]'', [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00879.html Hortence assumes it], but [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00881.html in fact she has body issues], and even more pragmatically [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00882.html back aches].
* Dr. [[Gender Blender Name|Edward]] Bunnigus of ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' is a [[Designer Babies|gene-tweaked]] test-tube baby, as her parents were mentally stunted and therefore not permitted to produce naturally. The "model" of her gene-tweaking was the "Exotic Dancer" package, hence her massive mammaries and her name ('''"ED"'''ward). She's used her considerable assets as a stripper and pole dancer to pay her way through medical school, and in one case [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-01-22 "weaponized" her body during a strip search].
* Didi of ''[[Ménage à 3]]'' is this trope in perfection. Her chest inspires lust in everyone she meets.
** However, this ''also'' slips into [[Blessed with Suck]] territory, as she's never had a partner last more than 2 minutes at sex as a result - with one poor guy lasting [[Jizzed in My Pants|-39 Seconds]].
== Web Original ==
* In ''[[Chakona Space]]'', Chakats all have positively huge breasts (with in-story justification that they're actually made from a spongy tissue that stores a sort of natural sports drink they secrete when they're not in full pregnant lactation mode). Of course, there's no shortage of endowments among non-chakat races, either.
* ''[[Tasakeru]]'': Faun, who is not only "spectacularly well-endowed", but [[Ms. Fanservice|only (barely)]] [[Stripperiffic|covers her assets with a bandolier]].
== Western Animation ==
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== Real Life ==
* [[Breast Expansion|Breast
* While women with large breasts generally do attract attention and admiration, there is also a good number of reasons why buxom is not always better in real life.
** Clothing is produced for the average/slim body, so in order to get clothes that flatter a buxom body, one needs to either [[Crack is Cheaper|have clothes tailor-made]], spend time and/or money to fix ready-made clothes, or to limit oneself to certain textiles and patterns.
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** If your body type doesn't match your bust size, it can look awkward.
** Which is why [[Big Bra to Fill]] exists. Hollywood is fixated on abnormally slender women, and a poorly executed version of this trope can very quickly turn into [[Gag Boobs]].
* Buxom really is Better for one thing some couples love to do: intermammary intercourse, also known as a tittyjob or ''paizuri'' (if you're a consumer of [[Hentai]]). The bigger the breasts, the more fat to wrap around the partner's member, and that means stronger penetration stimulation.
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