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Let's face it, some characters look odd. Something about their design makes them look ugly, or freaky, or... phallic.
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* [[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
== Toys ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]] 2'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRorgqSTSGQ This Dusk] looked a little happy to see our keyblade hero.
* Yoyo's battle sprite from ''[[
* With ''[[
* Most golems in ''[[
* Ganon's sprite design in the original ''[[The Legend of Zelda (
** 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].
** [http://www.zeldadungeon.net/wiki/images/5/5e/Bucha.jpg Bucha] the Kikwi elder from [[Skyward Sword]] is shaped like a scrotum.
*** Really, the [http://www.zeldawiki.org/Kikwi Kikwis] as a whole look like scrotums, but Bucha most of all.
* 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 ''[[
* 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 [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.
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*** However, this only happened in generation four, and 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, for eyes, a solid line of red pixels, making him look like [[X
* In the Xen level of ''[[Half Life]]'' the Gonarch's egg-sack looks like a huge scrotum. That said, with such a name, it <s>might be</s> definitely is intentional, at least according to ''Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar''.
* Compare ''[[
* [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.
* The dragons in [[Adventure (
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', Kefka Palazzo's final form is clothed in nothing but a waistwrap. Unfortunately, one of the folds ended up in the wrong place, which makes Kefka seem like he's a little too happy to see you. [[Memetic Mutation|This was promptly acknowledged by many, many people]].
* [[Pokémon Gold and Silver
* The [[Punny Name|Orc Chasm]] in ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' is shaped quite a bit like a vagina, though given the name this was probably intentional. The valley beyond it was originally represented by two mountains a short distance apart from each other with a row of trees at the bottom, looking uncannily similar to two knees and pubic hair. This was allegedly accidental on the artist's part, and it was eventually edited to use the same graphic as its predecessor.
* [http://www.gamesradar.com/the-worst-box-art-of-2007/ This article] should tell you everything about what's wrong with the box art for [[Touch Detective|Touch Detective 2 1/2.]]
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== [[Visual Novels]] ==
* In the [[OEL Manga|OEL]] murder mystery visual novel ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* [[Invoked Trope]] in [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/08/06/ this] ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' comic.
* Frequently lampshaded in ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* One notorious example is the preacher from Disney's ''[[
** [[Heh, Heh, You Said "X"|Hehe, you said "slipped into"]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsqr-UaR7Mo This video] starting at around 4:32. With [[Dingo Pictures|the company that made it]], this sort of thing is to be expected.
* From the ''[[Arthur (
* 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 [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Barricade_%28Prime%29 according to TFWiki], has a crotch shaped like [[Transformers (
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