History Main / CurvesInAllTheRightPlaces

* ''Film/AngelOnMyShoulder'': When first meeting Barbara, Eddie does a thorough MaleGaze inspection, even turning her around. After he's done looking over the very snug business dress the costume designers squeezed Anne Baxter into, he says "You got a lot of curves...[[CurvesInAllTheRightPlaces in all the right places."

A StockPhrase for narrators describing [[MsFanservice an attractive female character]], and for FanFic writers trying to make a female character [[PossessionSue inexplicably more attractive than she is in canon]]. It probably describes an hourglass figure — that is to say, large breasts, round hips, and a small waist connecting the two — but ''exactly'' what it means is kind of vague and highly subjective, since readers' ideas of what "all the right places" are, and how ''much'' they should curve, will vary.

* In ''Film/GoWest1940'', [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers Chico Marx]] asked [[TheVoiceless Harpo]] what he had spent $60 on, and Harpo made an "hourglass" figure with his hands. Chico replied "Oh, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint you bought a snake]]." (The gag also appears in ''Film/ADayAtTheRaces'', in which Harpo's attempts to tell Chico about TheVamp who plans to seduce and frame Groucho are interpreted as, "A snake! A big, big snake!" After Harpo's gestures and whistles get more and more exaggerated, "That's-a no snake.")

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[[caption-width-right:350:Betty has curves in all the right places, even if she does say so herself]]

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* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''
-->'''Yusuke Urameshi''': Whoa Keiko, you seem to be busting out in all the right places.
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-> ''She had curves in places other women don’t even have places.''

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': InUniverse, when Sheryl says that she only ordered coffee because she’s on a diet (to hide that she’s poor and it’s the cheapest thing on the menu), Katsuya says something similar to this, which gets him criticized by the girls around him for calling Sheryl fat.

* In the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' series, Kyon uses this description when Haruhi and Mikuru debut their [[PlayboyBunny bunny girl]] costumes in the first light novel.

* Paired with {{Squick}} in the exploration log of [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP]]-[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2264 2264]]:

* The plot of ''Film/JuliaMisbehaves'' follows Julia, who was ousted out of her marriage over a decade ago to a [[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant wealthy American, William]], because of his [[ObnoxiousInLaws classist mother]]. When she arrives back in America to be at her daughter's wedding, she and William reunite. In a rare male example, Julie says that William is not so gangly as he used to be and that he's grown to be a well-built and good-looking man. William hesitates to return the compliment, considering that he sneakily watched her vaudeville performance a few days earlier, in which her [[WardrobeMalfunction long gown ripped on stage]], leaving her dancing [[ShesGotLegs in a leotard]].

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* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Harry Dresden inwardly note this about Wanda Maximoff in the two-shot side story ''Chaos Reigns'', while simultaneously noting the hackneyed nature of the phrase.

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* The plot of ''Film/JuliaMisbehaves'' follows Julia, who was ousted out of her marriage over a decade ago to a [[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant wealthy American, William]], because of his [[ObnoxiousInLaws classist mother]]. When she arrives back in America to be at her daughter's wedding, she and William reunite. In a rare male example, Julie says that William is not so gangly as he used to be and that he's grown to be a well-built and good-looking man. William hesitates to return the compliment, considering that he sneakily watched her vaudeville performance a few days earlier, in which her [[WardrobeMalfunction long gown ripped on stage]], leaving her dancing [[ShesGotLegs in a leotard]].
* ''Film/MurderOnVine''
-->'''Gina Babs:''' She was a swell girl, and swollen in all the right places.
* In ''Go West'', [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers Chico Marx]] asked [[TheVoiceless Harpo]] what he had spent $60 on, and Harpo made an "hourglass" figure with his hands. Chico replied "Oh, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint you bought a snake]]." (The gag also appears in ''Film/ADayAtTheRaces'', in which Harpo's attempts to tell Chico about TheVamp who plans to seduce and frame Groucho are interpreted as, "A snake! A big, big snake!" After Harpo's gestures and whistles get more and more exaggerated, "That's-a no snake.")
* Mark Darcy's father is rather gleeful about him dating [[Literature/BridgetJones Bridget Jones]] (played by [[DyeingForYourArt a curvy and bustier]] Creator/ReneeZellweger) who he describes as "a nice well-built girl" with a bottom that can balance a pint glass.
* ''Film/BloodHarvest'' has a RareMaleExample. Jill describes Scott as having "muscles in all the right places."

* From the ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' series: "'But [[MsFanservice Nada]] weighs as much as you do!' Indeed, Nada weighed more, and in all the right places."
* ''Literature/StalkingTheUnicorn'' by Creator/MikeResnick describes a CatGirl as having "curves in places other girls don't have places."
* ''Literature/TheSunAlsoRises'' has a rather bizarre variation when it describes Brett Ashley as having "curves like the hull of a racing yacht". However striking that line may be as a description, [[FridgeLogic a boat does not exactly have a shape comparable to a conventionally attractive woman]]. Note that the description is not intended to be a StealthInsult or suggest the narrator has a fetish for unusual body shapes, as Brett is considered beautiful by everyone.
* One ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' novel describes an attractive woman as having 'more curves than a box of snakes'.
* In ''Literature/ThisAlienShore'', VenturousSmuggler Sumi thinks that protagonist Jamisia is "slender, but not without a curve or two in just the right place."

* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' episode "[[Recap/TorchwoodS1E2DayOne Day One]]":
-->'''Captain Jack Harkness:''' Now, first of all, she's no little girl. From where I'm standing, all the right curves in all the right places.

* Theatre/{{Ghosts}}: Regina Engstrand, a young, apparently good looking girl, complimented on by all the other cast members.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' during the inverse-IWantSong "What do you want, Paul?". As an example of what Paul might want, mr. Davidson suggests "Someone to keep you lusted" and makes the hourglass-shape with his hands... and keeps going until he has made five bumps.

* Paired with {{Squick}} in the exploration log of [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP]]-[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2264 2264]]:
-->'''Agent Alexander Papadopoulos:''' Okay. If you say so. I remember having to pull Agent Maher away from some woman; wasn't attacking him, quite the opposite. Couldn't blame him. She had curves in all the right places - made it easy to ignore the tentacles.

* Music/{{Mika}}'s "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" is a tribute to BigBeautifulWomen:

* In ''Wicked Fem'', this is Pix's first impression of Lois - generic enough to let the reader fill in the blanks, and self-aware enough to showcase Pix's relentless snark.

* ''Literature/StalkingTheUnicorn'' by Creator/MikeResnick takes this UpToEleven, describing a CatGirl as having "curves in places other girls don't have places."

* Music/{{Mika}}'s "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)":
-->A watering hole\\
With the girls around\\
And curves in all the right places

-->I got that boom-boom that all the boys chase,\\
All the right junk in all the right places.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': InUniverse, when Sheryl says that she only ordered coffee because she’s on a diet (to hide that she’s poor and it’s the cheapest thing on the menu), Kaysuya says something similar to this, which gets him criticized by the girls around him for calling Sheryl fat.

* Overused to the point of becoming first a cliché and then a meme in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic, concerning Hermione [[SheIsAllGrownUp getting a visit from the puberty fairy over the summer]].
** In fact, it's probably the oldest of all the clichés in ''Harry Potter'' fandom: people were making jokes about Harry noticing that Hermione has "changed over the summer" (another stock phrase) when ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' was released.

* Blatantly stated in ''FanFic/OneLessLonelyGurl'' when [[MarySue C'ren]] arrived at Bikini Bottom and someone says that she has "curves in all the right places". Given that this is a TrollFic, that line is a ShoutOut to this.

* ''Wicked Fem'': Pix's first impression of Lois - generic enough to let the reader fill in the blanks, and self-aware enough to showcase Pix's relentless snark.

* In the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' series, Kyon uses this description when Haruhi and Mikuru debut their [[PlayboyBunny bunny girl]] costumes in the first light novel.
-->'''Kyon (narrating)''': The combination of Haruhi, who has a slender build yet with curves, and Asahina, who looks small yet sticks out in all the right places, was too much for my eyes.