History Main / BrawnHilda

* Mari from ''Anime/ProjectAKo''. Considering she's Kenshiro of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' turned into a HugeSchoolgirl by the most minimal physical alterations (maybe [[BoobsOfSteel not minimal]], but she's ''huge!'') and a uniform.

* Sakura Ogami from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' is built like an Olympic body builder, is covered in scars, has a deep gravelly voice, and generally looks like she walked out of an episode of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', to the point that her sailor fuku uniform and [[BoobsOfSteel noticeable breasts]] (when she's not covering them with a BadassArmFold) are the only major indications that she's actually a girl (Ishimaru mistook her for a guy at one point regardless).

** [[http://satwcomic.com/iron-lady Lady Germany]] has considerable physical power, a no-nonsense attitude, and, apart from her BoobsOfSteel, is fairly masculine looking, at least for a chibi (she even has facial hair!).

** The titular acrobat in "[[https://www.chicagofilmsociety.org/2011/10/30/continuous-performance-she-was-an-acrobats-daughter/ She Was An Acrobat's Daughter]]" sports bulging biceps, BoobsOfSteel, a ButterFace, and FanDisservice-y circus tights.

* Sakura Ogami from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' is built like an Olympic body builder, is covered in scars, [[ContraltoOfDanger has a deep gravelly voice]], and generally looks like she walked out of an episode of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', to the point that her sailor fuku uniform and [[BoobsOfSteel noticeable breasts]] (when she's not covering them with a BadassArmFold) are the only major indications that she's actually a girl (Ishimaru mistook her for a guy at one point regardless).

* ''Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon'' has the Bog-Burglar tribe, female warriors who embody this almost to a woman, especially the chief, Big-Boobied Bertha. Zigzagged with Hiccup's oft-absent mother Valhallarama, who's a BigBeautifulWoman but also an AmazonianBeauty and still very attractive in middle age. Defied with Princess Tantrum O'Ugerly, who despite the name is an in-universe HeadTurningBeauty, and Bertha's heir Camikazi, a petite TykeBomb.

* ''Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon'' has the Bog-Burglar tribe, female warriors who embody this almost to a woman, especially the chief, Big-Boobied Bertha. Zigzagged with Hiccup's oft-absent mother Valhallarama, who's a BigBeautifulWoman but also an AmazonianBeauty and still very attractive in middle age. Defied with Princess Tantrum O'Ugerly, who despite the name is an in-universe ProudBeauty, and Bertha's heir Camikazi, a petite TykeBomb.

* ''Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon'' has the Bog-Burglar tribe, female warriors who embody this almost to a woman, especially the chief, Big-Boobied Bertha. Zigzagged with Hiccup's oft-absent mother Valhallarama, who's a LadyOfWar, but definitely a BigBeautifulWoman and still very attractive in middle age. Defied with Princess Tantrum O'Ugerly, who despite the name is an AmazonianBeauty, and Bertha's heir Camikazi, a petite TykeBomb.

* Wrestling/BullNakano, particularly in the WWF, though Wrestling/JerryLawler acted as if [[Wrestling/{{Madusa}} Alundra Blayze]] was the mannish one on commentary. Wrestling/AJAKong more briefly in WWF, though she also served the role in Wrestling/{{CMLL}} and even her native Japan, excepting her role in Wrestling/FightingOperaHustle as Erica. Also Dump Matsumoto when she and Nakano teamed as "The Devils Of Japan" in the USA.

* Helga from ''VideoGame/{{Clayfighter}}''.

* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', the {{Gonk}} fetishist has a couple of these in his employ, but the summon spirit Virgo takes the cake; she's approximately the size of a minivan, with a face like a pug that hates everyone in the world, alarmingly out-of-place GirlishPigtails, and such an [[GagBoobs expansive bosom]] that [[PoppingButtons her blouse's buttons burst]]. Later, when Lucy makes a contract with her, it turns out she actually can look very attractive if she wants, but she always takes on the form she thinks will please the contract-holder. Contrary to Natsu's observation, [[MusclesAreMeaningless she's not any less powerful in a more compact form.]]

Brawn Hilda is essentially a strong, mannish, usually foreign woman (often Celtic, Germanic or Slavic). However, she's ''not'' an AmazonianBeauty, her strength is seen as unattractive, as she usually (purposely or not) "emasculates" the hero by beating him up or outdoing him in "manly" activities (such as arm wrestling, boxing, hot dog eating, pretty much anything unfeminine really). She usually has a thick stereotypical accent, a masculine face, and is often a stereotypical female immigrant (maid, mail-order bride, ''etc.'') or some sort of hardcore Olympic-esque athlete. She's also something of an archetype for {{opera}} singers, for reasons we'll get into in a minute.

** A situation similar to the Wagner example in the main description comes up in productions of Puccini's ''Theatre/{{Turandot}}''. The eponymous princess is supposedly so beautiful, men will risk beheading for her hand in marriage -- and yet, because you need "a silver trumpet instead of vocal cords" for the part, most of the sopranos cast in the role fall squarely in this category: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EI0qzcXMOA Monserrat Caballé]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b7E1q8nVss Gwynneth Jones]]; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ4sAJi4304 Eva Marton]]; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWle3od3BCc Birgit Nilsson]]

The {{trope name|rs}} is a reference to the Icelandic queen Brunhild[[note]]whose name means "the hill of battle"[[/note]] in the German epic ''[[Literature/{{Nibelungenlied}} Das Nibelungenlied]]'', the TropeCodifier, if not TropeMaker, for such characters. In the story she challenges men who attempt to wed her into warlike games, throws boulders with ease, and even ties her own husband up and hangs him on the wall. These traits, combined with the large women who usually play her in operatic adaptations, have led people to commonly assume she's an unattractive, mannish woman, even though the story actually [[InformedAttribute describes her]] as more akin to the TheLadette trope. Big women (like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfv7POg6deE Frieda Leider,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRj9f3PCe0M Birgit Nilsson,]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swTTWurVnKc Jessye Norman]]), however, [[AbilityOverAppearance play her in the operas]] because they're usually [[RequiredSecondaryPowers the only ones with the vocal vigor to take on Brünnhilde's role]]. Specifically, singing those long sustained Wagnerian phrases is apt to develop your chest, back and shoulder muscles, making you look more like this even if you aren't fat.[[note]]This happened to Kirsten Flagstad, an active gal who when she first took on the role of Isolde was nonplussed as all her dresses started splitting down the back.[[/note]] "It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings" is likely a reference to Brünnhilde's famous (and memetically [[GlassShatteringSound glass shattering]]) immolation scene in Music/RichardWagner's ''[[Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung Götterdämmerung]]'' adaptation of the story, fully capable of making a lesser woman simply collapse under the effort -- in essence, to sing the part of Brünnhilde you have to ''be'' a Brawn Hilda.

The {{trope name|rs}} is a reference to the Icelandic queen Brunhild[[note]]whose name means "the hill of battle"[[/note]] in the German epic ''[[Literature/{{Nibelungenlied}} Das Nibelungenlied]]'', the TropeCodifier, if not ''{{Trope Maker|s}}'', for such characters. In the story she challenges men who attempt to wed her into warlike games, throws boulders with ease, and even ties her own husband up and hangs him on the wall. These traits, combined with the large women who usually play her in operatic adaptations, have led people to commonly assume she's an unattractive, mannish woman, even though the story actually [[InformedAttribute describes her]] as more akin to the TheLadette trope. Big women (like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfv7POg6deE Frieda Leider,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRj9f3PCe0M Birgit Nilsson,]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swTTWurVnKc Jessye Norman]]), however, [[AbilityOverAppearance play her in the operas]] because they're usually [[RequiredSecondaryPowers the only ones with the vocal vigor to take on Brünnhilde's role]]. Specifically, singing those long sustained Wagnerian phrases is apt to develop your chest, back and shoulder muscles, making you look more like this even if you aren't fat.[[note]]This happened to Kirsten Flagstad, an active gal who when she first took on the role of Isolde was nonplussed as all her dresses started splitting down the back.[[/note]] "It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings" is likely a reference to Brünnhilde's famous (and memetically [[GlassShatteringSound glass shattering]]) immolation scene in Music/RichardWagner's ''[[Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung Götterdämmerung]]'' adaptation of the story, fully capable of making a lesser woman simply collapse under the effort -- in essence, to sing the part of Brünnhilde you have to ''be'' a Brawn Hilda.

Brawn Hilda is essentially a strong, mannish, usually foreign woman (often Celtic, Germanic or Nordic). However, she's ''not'' an AmazonianBeauty, her strength is seen as unattractive, as she usually (purposely or not) "emasculates" the hero by beating him up or outdoing him in "manly" activities (such as arm wrestling, boxing, hot dog eating, pretty much anything unfeminine really). She usually has a thick stereotypical accent, a masculine face, and is often a stereotypical female immigrant (maid, mail-order bride, ''etc.'') or some sort of hardcore Olympic-esque athlete. She's also something of an archetype for {{opera}} singers, for reasons we'll get into in a minute.

Brawn Hilda is essentially a strong, mannish, usually foreign woman (often C-eltic, Germanic or Nordic). However, she's ''not'' an AmazonianBeauty, her strength is seen as unattractive, as she usually (purposely or not) "emasculates" the hero by beating him up or outdoing him in "manly" activities (such as arm wrestling, boxing, hot dog eating, pretty much anything unfeminine really). She usually has a thick stereotypical accent, a masculine face, and is often a stereotypical female immigrant (maid, mail-order bride, ''etc.'') or some sort of hardcore Olympic-esque athlete. She's also something of an archetype for {{opera}} singers, for reasons we'll get into in a minute.

Brawn Hilda is essentially a strong, mannish, usually foreign woman (often Slavic, Germanic or Nordic). However, she's ''not'' an AmazonianBeauty, her strength is seen as unattractive, as she usually (purposely or not) "emasculates" the hero by beating him up or outdoing him in "manly" activities (such as arm wrestling, boxing, hot dog eating, pretty much anything unfeminine really). She usually has a thick stereotypical accent, a masculine face, and is often a stereotypical female immigrant (maid, mail-order bride, ''etc.'') or some sort of hardcore Olympic-esque athlete. She's also something of an archetype for {{opera}} singers, for reasons we'll get into in a minute.

* Wonderfully subverted by Big Bertha in ''Film/SuperMarioBros'': although she's a corpulent (VERY corpulent) muscular woman who beats up everyone she sees, she carries and dresses herself as a FemmeFatale. When the almost-as-corpulent Mario tries to seduce her for the film's MacGuffin, it's played straight, and he's more than happy when she plants a kiss on him afterward.

* Zarya from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' downplays this. She's large and broad, and wields a {{BFG}}. But she's not exactly ugly, and some fans even consider her an AmazonianBeauty.

* {{Series/Miranda}} Hart, who at six-foot-one decided there was only one way to go with what Nature had given her - comedienne and comic actress. Her self-titled TV show depicts her as Literature/BridgetJones Meets Brawn Hilda in contemporary London.

*** Her Brawn Hilda status was established even earlier, in ''Literature/GuardsGuards'', when it is mentioned in passing that her proportions were such that ancient cultures would have worshiped her as a fertility goddess. (Look at a [[http://witcombe.sbc.edu/willendorf/willendorfwoman.html Stone Age fertility idol]] and you'll see what we mean.)
*** And, in a true Discworld fashion, it's directly explained as being a descendant of an old family who's aristocratic status dates all the way back to the days when the people on top were the ones who could crack the most skulls.

* Wonderfully subverted by Big Bertha in ''Film/SuperMarioBros'': although she's a corpulent (VERY corpulent) muscular woman who beats up everyone she sees, she carries and dresses herself as a FemmeFatale. When Mario tries to seduce her for the film's MacGuffin, it's played straight, and he's more than happy when she plants a kiss on him afterward.

* ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk''

* Female super mutants in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series are like this, and sound exactly like the males. In ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', the player can design a female Sole Survivor as this trope, minus the deep voice.