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The [[Incredibly Lame Pun|biggest]] way to tell if it's this trope is if the wearer's head could fit in one of those sleeves (not counting her hair).
 
Often part of a [[Pimped -Out Dress]], especially a [[Fairytale Wedding Dress]].
 
Compare [[Shoulders of Doom]], [[Eighties Hair]], [[Giant Waist Ribbon]], [[Mega Twintails]].
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== Anime ==
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** The [[Feelies]] version of the ACROSS Membership Card included with the first DVD [[Lampshade Hanging|hung a lampshade on this]] by requiring the member to indicate their "Shoulder pad size."
* Allen Schezar from [[Vision of Escaflowne]]. In one scene, his pet owl lands on one of the shoulder-poofs, and it ''isn't even dented''.
* ''The [[Pimped -Out Dress|Dress]]'' from ''[[Paradise Kiss]]''.
* The girls' school uniform in ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]''.
* ''[[Scrapped Princess]]'' seems to have this large pointed sleeve puffs as a unisex clothing item.
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* In ''Seinfeld'': "I Don't Wanna Be A Pirate!"
* [[Glee (TV)|Glee]] episode "Theatricality", Kurt wears [[Giant Poofy Sleeves]] perhaps combined with [[Shoulders of Doom]]
* Blake of ''[[BlakesBlake's Seven (TV)|Blakes Seven]]'' tended to have sleeves that could double as sails. Between that and Avon's indecently-tight leather, this led to ''plenty'' of costume jokes.
* The 1999 BBC mini-series of ''[[Wives and Daughters]]'' is set during the Romantic Era (though the book was written in the 1860s) and most definitely features [[Giant Poofy Sleeves]] in some of the fancier gowns.
* For a season of [[AmericasAmerica's Next Top Model]], Miss Jay Alexander's sleeves got bigger each episode. Finally resulting in [http://topidol.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm-j-alexander-giant-sleeves-tyra-banks.jpg this.]
 
== Toys ==
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== Western Animation ==
 
* In the [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney version]] of ''[[The Little Mermaid (Disney)|The Little Mermaid]]'', Ariel's [[Princesses Prefer Pink|pink]] [[Pimped -Out Dress|dress]] has regular puffs, but her [[Fairytale Wedding Dress]] fits this.
* Though they're not quite as giant as Ariel's, Bridget's dress in ''[[An American Tail]]''.
* Charlotte's party dress from ''[[The Princess and The Frog (Disney)|The Princess and The Frog]]''.