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* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': After Sauron mentally traps Galadriel, he shows her a vision of what could be their future together. Sauron's imposing form is clad in his spiky, obsidian armor, complete with a menacing crown. Galadriel wears a simple chestplate shaped after her feminine forms and a flowing long dress underneath.

** This trope also applies to the Wyvern Riders of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': [[ActionGirl Cherche]] and [[CharClone Gerome]]. One of them wears form-fitting armour that shows off their curvaceous body and frames their gentle face while carrying a sleek-looking axe. One of them wears thick armour, has sharp facial features and carries a bulky axe. Guess which is which.

* ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''
* ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire''
* ''WesternAnimation/HomeOnTheRange''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' (also by Creator/{{Pixar}}) actually did this with the characters' windshields. Male cars have angular eyelids, while female have curved eyelids.

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': Ultra-feminine Jessica Rabbit's design is a collection of curves. As well as her more obviously [[GagBoobs globular features,]] her hair falls in curves across her face.

In humans, this trope is somewhat [[TruthInTelevision true to life]]. The differences between male and female physiology generally revolve around bearing and nurturing young; the average adult human woman has more fat than a man of the same size, which functions as fuel reserves for a developing baby during [[PregnancyTropes pregnancy]]. This means there's technically no reason for a female robot or non-mammalian creature to look this way; it's just our brains' visual cue telling us "This android/alien/whatever is ''female.''"

In humans, this trope is somewhat [[TruthInTelevision true to life]]. The differences between male and female physiology generally revolve around bearing and nurturing young; the average adult human woman has more fat than a man of the same size, which functions as fuel reserves for a developing baby during [[PregnancyTropes pregnancy]]. This means there's technically no reason for a female robot or non-mammalian creature to look this way; it's just our brains' visual cue telling us "This person/android/alien/whatever is ''female.''"

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* This is basically the gist of the Wyvern Rider and Pegasus Knight classes in ''Fire Emblem''. The former tend to have sharper, angular, and more blocky designs as opposed to the sleek and more form-fitting uniforms of the Pegasus Knights.
** In the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Jugdral continuity]], this is zigzagged. The predominantly-male Wyvern Riders tend to be brutish-looking male characters and the mounts themselves are rather bulky-looking things. However, the most important characters - [[WellIntentionedExtremist Travant]] and [[AntiVillain Arion]], and [[spoiler:[[LadyOfWar Altenna]]]] - are, respectively, a pair of [[{{Bishounen}} biseinen]] and [[spoiler:AloofDarkHairedGirl]]. By contrast, the female-only Pegasus Knights feature highly feminine women like Mahnya and Ferry riding sleek winged horses. However, a trio of antagonistic Pegasus Knights in the endgame all have ''very'' triangular faces.

* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Brother Tai has a noticeably more angular appearance than his crush, Sister Tigress, who has more curved lines in her design.

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* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Brother Tai has a noticeably more angular appearance than his crush, Sister Tigress, who has more curved lines in her design.
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* Even descriptions of men and women follow this pattern. When describing the "ideal" shape for men, the most common terms are a V-Shape (broad shoulders, slim waist) or X-Shape (same, but with more developed legs.) Women, however, are usually described as hourglass- or pear-shaped.

* This is played with subtly in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''. Whenever Mulan is in her [[SweetPollyOliver male soldier disguise]] her jawline is angled slightly.
* In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', the Iron Man armor that [[spoiler:Pepper Potts-Stark]] wears in the final battle noticeably features more curved lines and shapes than Tony Stark's, which is all sharp mechanical angles. Where his helmet has rectangular eye sockets and a harsh mechanical frown, hers is slightly rounder, with wider oval-shaped eyes and a softer jawline. Her armor is also much more [[BreastPlate conforming to the shape of her body]] than Tony's is.

* Scratte from ''WesternAnimation/IceAge3DawnOfTheDinosaurs'' has HartmanHips and looks more curvaceous than Scrat.

In humans, this trope is somewhat [[TruthInTelevision true to life]]. The differences between male and female physiology generally revolve around bearing and nurturing young; the average adult human woman has more fat than a man of the same size, which functions as fuel reserves for a developing baby during pregnancy. This means there's technically no reason for a female robot or non-mammalian creature to look this way; it's just our brains' visual cue telling us "This person/android/alien/whatever is ''female.''"

This is a foundational trope for character design in comics, and extremely pervasive with human(oid) characters. It's very common for male and female characters to be clearly differentiated with exaggerated straight-line/curved line designs to the point where we don't even notice any more.

* When a UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} man takes testosterone, it often reduces the fat in his face, giving him a more angular, masculine jawline. Not every trans man develops a LanternJawOfJustice, but comparing before-and-after photos will show a very marked difference in facial structure. Unfortunately for trans ''women'', estrogen alone rarely has a comparable effect, and many resort to plastic surgery to feminize their faces.

For animal examples, please only list examples that are both on the same (or at very similar) level(s) on the SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism; examples where female animals are actually more anthropomorphic than male animals and not merely more curvaceous go under HumanoidFemaleAnimal. See also BizarreSexualDimorphism.

* When a UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} man takes testosterone, it often reduces the fat in his face, giving him a more angular, masculine jawline. Not every trans man develops a LanternJawOfJustice, but comparing before-and-after photos will show a very marked difference in facial structure. Unfortunately for trans ''women'', estrogen alone rarely has the same effect, and many resort to plastic surgery to feminize their faces.

Masculine Lines, Feminine Curves is about more angular, more square and more muscular men, male animals, aliens, monsters, fantastical and mythical creatures, and robots and more curvaceous and rounder women, female animals, aliens, monsters, fantastical and mythical creatures, and robots. Female characters can be angular, but they are usually curvier and less square than male characters.

In humans, this trope is somewhat [[TruthInTelevision true to life]]. The average adult female human has more subcutaneous fat which makes her appear smoother and more curvaceous, gives her a rounder face, and naturally functions as fuel reserves for her baby during pregnancy. The average male, on the other hand, has less, therefore his muscles and his already rather angular skeletal structure, are more pronounced.

* Inverted with human clavicles; men's clavicles are more curved than women's clavicles.

In humans, this trope is somewhat [[TruthInTelevision true to life]]. The average adult female human has more subcutaneous fat which makes her appear smoother and more curvaceous, and which naturally functions as fuel reserves for her baby during pregnancy. The average male, on the other hand, has less, therefore his muscles, and his already rather angular skeletal structure, are more pronounced.

This is a foundational trope for character design in comics. Part of the problem with human examples is that they are so pervasive! It's very common for (human) male and female characters to be clearly differentiated with exaggerated straight-line, curved line designs to the point where we don't even notice any more.

In humans, this trope is somewhat [[TruthInTelevision true to life]]. The average female human has more subcutaneous fat which makes her appear smoother and more curvaceous, and which naturally functions as fuel reserves for her baby during pregnancy. The average male, on the other hand, has less, therefore his muscles and bones are more pronounced.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' plays this straight with Gallade, whom due to it being a male-only species, has a very angular body, but subverted with the more feminine-looking Gardevoir (and to a much lesser extent, Kirlia), where despite having a curved body, can actually be both genders. Ralts, on the other hand averts this as it appears to have a gender-neutral appearance.
** While both have NoBiologicalSex, Reshiram and Zekrom were designed as polar opposites, with one of them being that they are designed to have feminine and masculine features respectively.

Bird and mammal characters in the lower end of the SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism (from NearlyNormalAnimal to FunnyAnimal) tend to be given chest ruff for these purposes on females to give a distinct NonMammalMammaries look. Female characters might also be given HartmanHips.