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See also: [[Freud Was Right]], [[Nude-Colored Clothes]], [[Accidental Innuendo]]. Will often be [[Nausea Fuel]].
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* Bill Corbett on the Romulan ship in the [[Star Trek]] reboot movie: "Look, a giant space sphincter!"
== [[Live
* [[Yo Gabba Gabba!]]: Muno is a one-eyed monster who... looks like a giant red dildo.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has had more than a few unfortunately designed monsters, but the most famous is probably the ambassador from [[media:alphacentauri3 3714.jpg|Alpha Centauri]]. The cloak he's wearing is a last minute attempt to cover it up. The complaint simply changed from "It looks like a giant dick," to "It looks like a giant dick with a cloak on." Then there's the Vervoids...
* The Blessing from ''[[Torchwood: Miracle Day]]'' is revealed to be a fissure underground which some have remarked [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-gathering,61162/ looks like a vagina.]
== Toys ==
* A really surprising number of the 1980s ''[[Battle Beasts]]'' figures were like this, with their cybernetic armor sporting crotch fins, guns, sliding panels, or just [[Freud Was Right|highly suspicious protrusions.]]
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts
* Yoyo's battle sprite from ''[[Bahamut Lagoon]]'' makes it seem like she has a giant chin, due to her clothes' neckline making her neck look like it's part of her face. (Thankfully, she gets a better sprite halfway through the game.)
* With ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'''s character design being extremely realistic, Vaan's drawn-on chest... shadow... things seem very much out of place.
* Most golems in ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' wear loincloths that look just a little too much like giant flapping dongs.
* Ganon's sprite design in the original ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' has confused a lot of people with some of his poses. Is he pretending to be a catgirl when Link walks in?
** This same game attempted to give Link irises and pupils. Actually, since each eye is two pixels high, he just looks like he has four eyes, which is talked about [http://www.cracked.com/blog/video-game-zoology-how-5-8-bit-characters-would-really-look/ here].
** The [http://www.zeldawiki.org/Kikwi Kikwis] from [[Skyward Sword]] as a whole seem to be scrotum-shaped, with [http://www.zeldadungeon.net/wiki/images/5/5e/Bucha.jpg Bucha] the Kikwi elder
* On the subject of strange 8 bit sprites, Big Mario in the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' has eyes shaped like letter "L"s. It's possible they were supposed to look like they were reflecting light, but that doesn't excuse the fact that his head is permanently twisted at a 90 degree angle to the rest of his body. The [[Compilation Release|compilation]] [[Video Game Remake|remake]] ''Super Mario All-Stars'' just uses the much-improved ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]'' sprites.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' Ramza's sprite changes from chapter to chapter. His last costume contains pants that, due to the sprite artwork, look like they are totally skintight and riding quite far up his butt crack. Fans of the series have affectionately dubbed the disturbing garments the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130118072837/http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/3/3e/Ramza_final.jpg Buttpants].
* Garnet's trance form in ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' has some design elements that bear an unfortunate resemblance to a bare bottom.
** Likewise, it wasn't such a good idea to give Eiko pants that are [[Nude-Colored Clothes|almost the same color as her skin]], since it makes her look like [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Eiko_Carol_character.jpg she's nude from the waist down]. Add to that the fact that she looks very, ''very'' young and most fans react with [[Squick]].
* Daryan Crescend from ''[[Ace Attorney]]'', with his oversized, [http://www.court-records.net/arts/artbook/artofgs-464.jpg phallic pompadour with a patch of white on the tip].
* ''[[Pokémon]]'' has numerous examples:
** Cloyster is one of the first and most infamous, since the the shape of the shell and the position of its main horn look very much like a vagina.
** [[Unfortunate Implications|Jynx's]] original design was so controversial that Nintendo actually had to redesign her. Just compare her [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Jynx_original_design.png original look] to her [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Jynx_anime.png new one.]
** Palkia is perhaps the go-to for "most unintentionally phallic-looking Pokemon design".
** Back when the [[Fur Affinity]] boards allowed people to publicly report potential site violations, a perfectly innocent and accurate drawing of a [https://web.archive.org/web/20121220161137/http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/4986/246363-floatzel_l_large.png Floatzel] was reported for not being marked as mature content.
** Registeel's Generation IV sprite has his right arm raised in a Nazi salute. This was fixed in Platinum and later versions.
** Some people have noticed how [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:647Keldeo.png Keldeo's official artwork] makes it look like it has a butthole. It's unknown if this was intentional.
* In ''[[King's Quest III]]'', because of the limitations of the graphics, the protagonist's sprite has
* In the Xen level of ''[[Half Life]]'', the Gonarch's egg-sack looks like a huge scrotum.
* Compare ''[[BioShock (series)]] 2'''s [[wikipedia:File:Bioshock 2 boxart.jpg|box art]] and [[wikipedia:File:Bombermanii.jpg|the titular]] ''[[Bomberman]]''. You'll never take the former seriously again.
* [http://i42.tinypic.com/nga5w4.png This] ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 4'' promotional statue. Snake's outfit is not unfortunate unless you're allergic to [[Mr. Fanservice|shameless female-aimed fanservice]], but the placement of that lamp seems to be trying a bit too hard.
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* From the ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' episode "Arthur's Birthday" the woman working as a cashier who suggests blowing square breaths for square balloons to D.W. looks high.
* This may or may not have been intentional but the head cat of Birds Anonymous from the [[Looney Tunes]] short of the same name appears to be high.
* Barricade from ''[[Transformers Prime]]'', whom [https://web.archive.org/web/20121108234800/http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Barricade_
== [[Real Life]] ==
* A crucifix in the St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Warr Acres, Oklahoma, depicts Jesus with a distended stomach and abs - which some critics say looks a bit too much [https://web.archive.org/web/20121031230445/http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=18&articleid=20100414_12_0_WRCEhr919446 like an erect penis and scrotum]. The clergy response was basically "[[Whatever]]," and they refuse to discuss the controversy any further.
* As if the vaguely phallic-shaped unicorn-crest on the head of [[wikipedia:Tsintaosaurus|Tsintaosaurus]] wasn't enough, some illustrations (and an infamous toy) also gave it two, inflatable sacs at the base of said crest.
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