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{{quote|''Three figures stepped into his line of vision. They were obviously female. They were ''abundantly'' female. They were not wearing a great deal of clothing and seemed to be altogether too fresh-from-the-hairdressers for people who have just been paddling a large war canoe, but this is often the case with beautiful Amazonian warriors.''
|'''[[Terry Pratchett]]'''
The life of a [[Noble Savage]] can be pretty hard, what with all the dirt, parasites, lack of proper medicine, sanitation, nutrition, etc. It's not surprising that a good number of cavemen are nasty, brutish, and short. But their women more than make up for it. Your average cavewoman has the body of a pinup model, with long legs, shapely hips, a flat stomach, thin arms, and [[Buxom Is Better|an impressive set of bam-bams]], all nicely framed by [[Fur Bikini|a few scraps of animal hide]], [[Exposed to the Elements|regardless of the weather]]. For extra bling, she may even wear a [[Feather Boa Constrictor]]. Her skin is clear and fresh; her teeth are perfect; her hair is no more than [[Wakeup Makeup|artfully tousled]]. She has no body hair whatsoever, and no cuts on her legs despite shaving with what could only be a jagged rock. Her features often look suspiciously like she's wearing expertly applied modern cosmetics rather than, say, clay and crushed berries. It's enough to make you wonder why we crawled out of the Stone Age.
When a woman or girl from prehistory or from an uncivilized clime is depicted as a ravishingly sexy bombshell, she is a '''Nubile Savage'''.<ref>For those that don't know, ''Nubile'' refers to a young woman who is ready or suitable for marriage by virtue of her age or maturity. In recent times it has also been used to refer to a sexually attractive young woman.</ref> Savage men can also be examples of this one, especially if they're impressively muscled and garbed in a leopard-skin loincloth. Or less.
Of course, if you'll watch a ''National Geographic''-type documentary, you'll quickly see that women in cultures removed from civilization, while often topless, do not generally resemble Hollywood models. To start, well, Duh, wherever you're looking they're going to have the splay of mainly average-looking people. To the last point, that's from our perspective, anyway (they have rather different standards of beauty, after all). They are also real people, and thus not pre-approved for attractiveness and nudity by a casting director.
The standard look for [[The Chief's Daughter]] and [[Jungle Princess]]. Less standard but still common for the [[Indian Maiden]] and female [[Barbarian Hero]].
Contrast [[National Geographic Nudity]].
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* This applies to both men and women in ''[[Wild Rock]]'' who all look far too perfect for the setting.
* ''[[Rocket Girls]]'': The first time we see Matsuri, she's shown as a Nubile Savage. She quickly catches on to modern life, but never completely lets go of her roots.
* Tania from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''; it is hinted - but not confirmed - that she is a Duel Spirit and member of the Amazoness tribe, much like the mons in her deck.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* [[Lin Carter]]'s works, like Edgar Rice Burroughs', tend to show females from pre-technological tribes this way.
* ''[[Tarzan]]''. Unlike the apes who raised him, he loved water, and swam and bathed regularly. When puberty hit, he taught himself to shave with a knife he found in his father's cabin. He taught himself to only shave the face while leaving his scalp alone, too.
* Rincewind of the ''[[Discworld]]'' series came into contact with a tribe of these after spending a very long time alone on a deserted island. Unfortunately, the long solitude and monotonous diet had left him a bit addled and had left a few of his desires severely crossed... he thought that the beautiful young women who wanted him to help them continue their bloodlines wanted to give him potatoes. It probably didn't help that Discworld wizards are required to be celibate; he already had half a lifetime's worth of experience suppressing his desires - and a fairly horrific memory of [[
* Mowgli from ''[[The Jungle Book (novel)|The Jungle Books]]'', especially as a young teenager in the second book. Looks more mature than his years because "hard exercise, the best of good eating, and baths whenever he felt in the least hot or dusty, had given him strength and growth far beyond his age". And he too doesn't bother with clothing at all when there are no humans around to make him.
* Stealing a page from [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]] (as did pretty much the entire book), the Gura males in [[Robert E. Howard]]'s novel ''[[Almuric]]'' look like Neanderthals while the females look like fashion models.
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** More obscurely, Nanina from wiped Hartnell serial "The Savages."
** It could be argued that the kangs from "Paradise Towers" are an urban jungle example, though better dressed.
* Veronica Layton from ''[[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The
* ''[[Star Trek]]''
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** The series' penchant for [[Green-Skinned Space Babe
* There's one of these in the [[Land of the Lost (1991 TV series)|1991 ''Land of the Lost'' series]].
* Cole from ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]'' although not his Sentai counterpart.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Female Jungle Giants in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', particularly the Kara-Tur setting of ''[[Forgotten Realms]]''. Truthfully, not all of them fit the Trope, but [http://dedpihto.narod.ru/games/Monsters1/MM00120.htm the 2nd Edition illustration] in ''Monster Manual'' made them such via [[Memetic Mutation]]
* The Amazoness archetype in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Tabletop Game)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' game, an [[Always Female]] tribe of [[Hot Amazon]] Warriors.
== [[Toys]] ==
* [https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Cave-Woman_April_and_her_Radical_Raptor_(1994_action_figures) Cave-Woman April and her Radical Raptor!] This was from a bizarre offshoot of the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' toyline with the Turtles as "modern stone-age" types - it didn't last.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* Tangerine of ''[[Sinfest]]'', after [[Satan]] bomphs her, wears the appropriate attire and acts in total obliviousness to society, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209173828/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4231 though not with the usual] [[Exposed to the Elements]] results.
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* ''[[Futurama]]'' has an entire planet of Amazonian women. Amy briefly dressed like one.
* Maybe three-quarters of all the women on ''[[The Flintstones]]'' would count. The men, not so much.
* From the ''[[Star Trek: Lower Decks]]'' episode “Hunting the Least Dangerous Game”, the Dulainians are similar to [[Star Trek: The Next Generation| the Edo]], but more concerned with health than passion, their skimpy outfits meant to show off their tanned, muscular bodies. They are very nubile, however, kissing instead of shaking hands (with tongue!). Unfortunately, their views on justice are also similar to the Edo, as Billups and Rutherford learn the hard way when discovering that they consider it a ''blasphemy'' to enter one of their temples ''without'' a midriff-baring shirt.
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