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* ''WesternAnimation/RogerRamjet'': Opera singer Clara Kreevich Finork fits this trope perfectly; she is very large, wears a horned helmet and has blonde braids. She appears in "Opera Phantom" as the stereotypical opera singer and returns in another episode [[ItMakesSenseInContext as a baseball player]].
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* ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfAminaAlSirafi'': Amina is exceptionally tall and muscular for a woman, a fact that made her feel awkward and out-of-place growing up but has served her well as a pirate captain. [[spoiler:She [[EmpoweredBadassNormal gains]] outright SuperStrength by eating the food on a magical island.]]
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* ''Literature/{{Spellster}}'': Izzy is a very large, muscular woman who's a bouncer at a brothel which Tracker visits.
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* ''Literature/TheBookOfEve'': One of the laywomen in the convent, Hildegard, is broad and brawny from working the land and has a face likened to a gargoyle. She even has a typical Brawnhilda-esque name and is from Central Europe.
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* In ''LiveActionTV/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'', the Huge Crew are a trio of recurring minor characters that form a GirlPosse of this trope, one notable characteristic being their collective crush on Ned.

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* In ''LiveActionTV/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'', ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'', the Huge Crew are a trio of recurring minor characters that form a GirlPosse of this trope, one notable characteristic being their collective crush on Ned.
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* In ''LiveActionTV/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'', the Huge Crew are a trio of recurring minor characters that form a GirlPosse of this trope, one notable characteristic being their collective crush on Ned.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Psybadek}}'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWNgfLD6X20#t=0m11s Game Over screen]] depicts a fat opera singer [[HellIsThatNoise screaming bloody murder]].

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* ''VideoGame/{{Psybadek}}'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWNgfLD6X20#t=0m11s Game Over screen]] depicts a fat opera singer [[HellIsThatNoise screaming bloody murder]].murder.
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''Anime/LucyMayOfTheSouthernRainbow'': A lighter example than most with Annie Popple. She's a BigBeautifulWoman who's skilled at carrying wood and material, and a good mother to boot.

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* ''Anime/LucyMayOfTheSouthernRainbow'': A lighter example than most with Annie Popple. She's a BigBeautifulWoman who's skilled at carrying wood and material, and a good mother to boot.
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* ''Literature/TheWolfDenTrilogy'': Britannica is considered a foreign barbarian in Pompeii. She is not fat, but she is far too tall, muscled, and masculine for most Roman men to desire her. She is also very aggressive and has a terrifying warcry.
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* VideoGame/{{Bully}} has three {{Gonk ugly}} fat women with man-like voice that like Eunice Pound, Edna the lunch lady and the second monster from carnival freak show Paris aka "The Fat, Ugly Bearded Woman" with the latter being FanDisservice since she wears an dark red bikini.

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* VideoGame/{{Bully}} has three {{Gonk ugly}} [[{{Gonk}} ugly]] fat women with man-like voice that like Eunice Pound, Pound, Edna the lunch lady and the second monster from carnival freak show Paris aka "The Fat, Ugly Bearded Woman" with the latter being FanDisservice since she wears an dark red bikini.



* In two [=DLCs=] from VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird has two female brutes named Space Brutina from Gangstas in Space and Aisha Brutella (a brute clone from Aisha Odekar) from The Trouble with Clones.

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* * In two [=DLCs=] from VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird has two female brutes named Space Brutina from Gangstas in Space and Aisha Brutella (a brute clone from Aisha Odekar) from The Trouble with Clones.
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* VideoGame/{{Bully}} has three {{Gonk ugly}} fat women with man-like voice that like Eunice Pound, Edna the lunch lady and the second monster from carnival freak show Paris aka "The Fat, Ugly Bearded Woman" with the latter being FanDisservice since she wears an dark red bikini.


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* In two [=DLCs=] from VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird has two female brutes named Space Brutina from Gangstas in Space and Aisha Brutella (a brute clone from Aisha Odekar) from The Trouble with Clones.
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** One of a tag team of robot gladiators in the Annihilation Nation arena from ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank3''.

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** One of a tag team of robot gladiators in the Annihilation Nation arena from ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank3''.''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal''.
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* 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 Caball&eacute]]; [[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]]

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* 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 Caball&eacute]]; 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]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'': Subverted with Cupcake, who is introduced as a brawny, angry girl about to smack some kids down for hitting her with a snowball... until Jack Frost hits her with some of his fun-loving magic, at which she laughs and joins them in a snowball fight. Later we see Cupcake has typical girly-girl tastes in pink clothes and unicorns.

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* ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'': Subverted Both played straight and subverted with Cupcake, who is introduced as a brawny, angry girl about to smack some kids down for hitting her with a snowball... until Jack Frost hits her with some of his fun-loving magic, at which she laughs and joins them in a snowball fight. Later we see Cupcake has typical girly-girl tastes in pink clothes and unicorns.
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* Devastation, a ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' villain, is portrayed as a huge, muscular woman on ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''.

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* Devastation, a ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' villain, is portrayed as a huge, muscular yet very attractive and beautiful woman on ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/Encanto'', Luisa is this combined with AmazonianBeauty, a very muscular, strong yet beautiful and attractive woman who is also a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/Encanto'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'', Luisa is this combined with AmazonianBeauty, a very muscular, strong yet beautiful and attractive woman who is also a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/Encanto'', Luisa is this combined with AmazonianBeauty, a very muscular, strong yet beautiful and attractive woman who is also a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak.
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Brawn Hilda is essentially a strong, mannish, usually foreign woman (often Celtic, Germanic, Nordic or Slavic). However, she's ''not'' ''always'' 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.

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Brawn Hilda is essentially a strong, mannish, usually foreign woman (often Celtic, Germanic, Nordic or Slavic). However, she's ''not'' ''always'' 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. However she can also be quite attractive and beautiful to other men. She's also something of an archetype for {{opera}} singers, for reasons we'll get into in a minute.
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Brawn Hilda is essentially a strong, mannish, usually foreign woman (often Celtic, Germanic, Nordic 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.

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Brawn Hilda is essentially a strong, mannish, usually foreign woman (often Celtic, Germanic, Nordic or Slavic). However, she's ''not'' ''always'' 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.
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''Anime/LucyMayOfTheSouthernRainbow'': A lighter example than most with Annie Popple. She's a BigBeautifulWoman who's skilled at carrying wood and material, and a good mother to boot.
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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.bridgemanimages.com/en-US/noartistknown/frida-leider-as-brunnhilde-brunhilde-in-richard-wagner-s-ring-cycle-der-ring-des-nibelungen-at/photo/asset/3912014 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.

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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.bridgemanimages.com/en-US/noartistknown/frida-leider-as-brunnhilde-brunhilde-in-richard-wagner-s-ring-cycle-der-ring-des-nibelungen-at/photo/asset/3912014 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.
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* ''Film/BadBlack'': Supazilla is one of these: she's fat and not particularly beautiful, but she's shown to take down prison guards in a single punch.
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* Subtly implied by Kronk [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVSnY-90xcA in an episode of]] ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'' ([[Franchise/SpiderMan "The Astonishing Kuzco-Man"]]), where he remarks that Yzma, having used a ray that previously gave Kuzco superpowers (but now set to "Medium") to transform into a muscular (and deeper-voiced) version of herself (now dubbed Yzma Woman), "looks more like Pajama Llama than Kuzco does." That being said, he ''does'' give something resembling a gesture of admiration to her flexing right after, although that could just be Kronk's PunchClockVillain tendencies coming into play.

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* Subtly implied by Kronk [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVSnY-90xcA in an episode of]] ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'' ([[Franchise/SpiderMan ([[ComicBook/SpiderMan "The Astonishing Kuzco-Man"]]), where he remarks that Yzma, having used a ray that previously gave Kuzco superpowers (but now set to "Medium") to transform into a muscular (and deeper-voiced) version of herself (now dubbed Yzma Woman), "looks more like Pajama Llama than Kuzco does." That being said, he ''does'' give something resembling a gesture of admiration to her flexing right after, although that could just be Kronk's PunchClockVillain tendencies coming into play.

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