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* Grand Princess Fire Dragon from ''LightNovel/{{Maoyu}}'' looks like a beautiful human girl with little horns and a flaming tail. Her father is a bona fide Fire Dragon.

* Mermaids in ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' are of this variety. Mermen are more fishlike and start out as fish with arms when they are born, while mermaids are more mammalian in structure and fit the typical depiction of mermaids (gorgeous human top half, fish tail bottom half).

* ''Manga/MonsterMusume'': Played with as the series goes on, with some of the rare few extra-liminal species males appearing just as good-looking as their female counterparts. ''Definitely'' played straight where the centaurs are concerned, where the males are complete {{Gonk}}s with brains to match while the centauresses are [[AmazonianBeauty considerably more appealing]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Grandia}}'': Milda is an otherwise humanoid woman who doesn't look any different from any of the other long-eared beastfolk of the game. Then you get your first glimpse of the males of her tribe when you meet her husband Darlin, who is... a large, robed, bipedal cow.

-->Why do females [[CuteMonsterGirl look the same in all species]]? [[LampshadeHanging Nobody knows!]]
* [[https://twitter.com/glitchedpuppet/status/883143570739257344 GlitchedPuppet on Twitter]], the author of ''WebComic/{{Floraverse}}'', is most certainly not a fan of this one.
--> Seriously it's 2017 I expect better from everyone by now.\\
'''Image of a male rat next to a cute rat-eared girl:''' Stop doing this shit\\
'''Image of identical male and female rats:''' I will now buy your game

* The Bugrom from ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'' are a race of all-male insect warriors, with hulking battle-tank physiques balanced on sticklike limbs and topped with bug-eyed, helmet-like heads. Their female queen, Diva, looks like a tanned, curvaceous human dominatrix with pink hair and antennae. Go figure...?

** Much more blatant with male Sram from ''Dofus'', who look like skeletons, while the females look like cute girls.

** Twi'leks may be {{Rubber Forehead Alien}}s, but the females depicted are very attractive and often work as dancers or escorts, while the few males are either uninspiring or even repulsive. The most notable Twi'lek men in the films are Bib Fortuna, one of Jabba's creepy servants, and Orn Free Taa, a FatBastard, CorruptPolitician, and KavorkaMan.

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* ''Manga/TwelveBeast'', by the same author as ''Monster Musume'', treats [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent minotaurs]] the same way, with males being the typical bull-men while females are tall, muscular and buxom women with hooves, tails and horns... and whose standard casualwear seems to be cow-print bikinis.
* Mermaids in ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' are of this variety. Mermen are more fishlike and start out as fish with arms when they are born, while mermaids are more mammalian in structure and fit the typical depiction of mermaids (gorgeous human top half, fish tail bottom half).

* Severely {{downplayed|Trope}} with the Hive from ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}''; the female morphs (Wizards, Thralls) are ''slightly'' more lithe and humanlike than the male ones (Knights, Acolytes), but they're still corpselike InsectoidAliens that you'd be hard pressed to describe as sexy. With the other alien races, this is either averted completely (it's near impossible to tell male and female Fallen apart) or straight-up ''{{inverted|Trope}}'' (female Cabal are even more monstrous than males, possessing a pair of fearsome tusks).
* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' has several creatures with male and female counterparts; in almost all instances, the male will be more monstrous and the female will be a CuteMonsterGirl. For instance, there's the Wetman a humanoid one-eyed lobster, and the Wetgal, a pretty lady made out of water with fins on her head and arms. Averted with the Scorpman and Scorpgal (where both are attractive) and the Muckman and Muckgal (where both are monstrous).
* ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'' stumbled into a bit of this with regards to [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent minotaurs]] -- all male minotaurs (including the playable Alistar of ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'') are giant mountains of bulky muscle, whereas the "[[https://lor.mobalytics.gg/cards/04NX010 Thorn of the Rose]]" depicts the first female minotaur as ''very'' skinny and curvaceous, to the point that many fans were confused and assumed the was just a normal human with a bull-shaped mask. However, the "[[https://lor.mobalytics.gg/cards/04NX022 Ruined Reckoner]]" released not long after depicts another female minotaur who's just as big and muscular as her male kin, [[ZigZaggingTrope so it doesn't seem to be a universal rule.]]
* Justified in ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}''; the "female" Medabots are all from lines deliberately designed to reflect feminine archetypes, such as the Nurse or Siren, which in turn are marketed at female Robattlers. They are ''deliberately'' designed to look like cute {{Robot Girl}}s because it makes them more appealing to their intended purchasers. Medabots not marketed specifically towards girls are given more generically robotic forms.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': When the Orion species featured onscreen in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series'' and ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise'', there was a notable difference between [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe their women]], who coined the GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe trope and are considered among the most beautiful of all humanoid women in-universe, and [[HugeGuyTinyGirl their men]], who were big bruisers (sometimes as much as twice the size of their women), usually ugly and not very smart. ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery Discovery'' started subverting this, introducing male Orions who were less solidly built and/or more conventionally attractive, such as in a brothel-casino on Quo'Nos with Orion sex workers of both genders.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': Most on-screen the Orion species feature [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe their women]], who are considered among the most beautiful of all humanoid women, and [[HugeGuyTinyGirl their men]], who are big bruisers (sometimes as much as twice the size of their women), usually ugly and not very smart.

* [[https://twitter.com/glitchedpuppet/status/883143570739257344 GlitchedPuppet on Twitter]], the author of ''WebComic/{{Floraverse}}'', is most certainly and hilariously not a fan of this one.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Twi'leks may be {{Rubber Forehead Alien}}s, but the females depicted are very attractive and often work as dancers or escorts, while the few males are either uninspiring or even repulsive. The most notable Twi'lek men in the films are Bib Fortuna, one of Jabba's creepy servants, and Orn Free Taa, a FatBastard, CorruptPolitician, and KavorkaMan.

This is because male characters being bestial and inhuman can still fulfill a power fantasy (which often involves being [[MenAreTheExpendableGender guiltlessly slaughtered by the hundreds]] by the human player character), while attractive female characters can still be a source of {{fanservice}}. That way both sexes cater to a male audience's interests.

This is because male characters being bestial and inhuman can still fulfill a power fantasy (which often involves being [[MenAreTheExpendableGender remorselessly slaughtered by the hundreds by the human player character]]), while attractive female characters can still be a source of {{fanservice}}. That way both sexes cater to a male audience's interests.

This is because male characters being bestial and inhuman can still fulfill a power fantasy, while attractive female characters can still be a source of {{fanservice}}. That way both sexes cater to a male audience's interests.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has [=PigBearGirl=], the mate of [=ManBearPig=], who is a human woman in a {{Furkini}} with a pig nose and animal ears.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Twi'leks may be {{Rubber Forehead Alien}}s, The females depicted are very attractive and often work as dancers or escorts, while the few males are either uninspiring or even repulsive. The most notable Twi'lek men in the films are Bib Fortuna, one of Jabba's creepy servants, and Orn Free Taa, a FatBastard, CorruptPolitician, and KavorkaMan.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': All the female Twi'leks depicted are very attractive and often work as dancers or escorts, while the few males are either uninspiring or even repulsive. The most notable Twi'lek men in the films are Bib Fortuna, one of Jabba's creepy servants, and Orn Free Taa, a FatBastard, CorruptPolitician, and KavorkaMan. At the same time, this is downplayed, as both sexes of the species are still RubberForeheadAliens, and there are some attractive Twi'lek males, notably [[LaResistance Cham Syndulla]].

* [[https://twitter.com/glitchedpuppet/status/883143570739257344 GlitchedPuppet on Twitter]], the author of ''Floraverse'', is most certainly and hilariously not a fan of this one.

* Justified in ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}''; the "female" Medabots are all from lines deliberately designed to reflect feminine archetypes, such as the Nurse or Siren, which in turn are marketed at female Robattlers. They are ''deliberately'' designed to look like {{Cute Robot Girl}}s because it makes them more appealing to their intended purchasers. Medabots not marketed specifically towards girls are given more generically robotic forms.

* In ''Manga/KillingBites'' transforming half-human hybrid "Therianthropes" come in two flavors. Females retain most of their human body; growing animal ears, fur, fangs, and claws; and end up looking arguably ''more'' attractive than their base human form. Males on the other hand grow far more fur/scales, and even transform their entire head and bodies, looking more like bipedal versions of animals than girls in light furry cosplay.

** Male Sadida have long green hair all over their face, whereas the women appear like curvy {{Cute Monster Girl}}s in bikinis.

** In the beta version of the game, both male and female orcs were muscular, hulking creatures, and both male and female trolls were lanky with a hunched back. After some feedback from the players, they kept the male models with no changes, but changed the female models to what looked like green- and blue-skinned sexy human women, albeit with pointy ears and CuteLittleFangs.
** The three of the four playable BeastMan races, [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent Tauren]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Worgen]] and [[PandaingToTheAudience Pandaren]] also use this trope, with animalistic males (hunched back and savage facial features in the first two, large {{Acrofatic}} build in the third), whereas the females have more human-like build, erect posture, visible breasts and slightly more anthropomorphic facial features. The more recently added [[FoxFolk Vulpera]] avoid this, with both males and females being equally anthropomorphic (which is to say, both are very human-like rather than just the women).

* ''Webcomic/DraconiaChronicles'': Male tigers and dragons are quadripedal (and in the latter case, are [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction several times the size of the female]]). The females still have animal attributes but otherwise resemble curvy humanoid women (female dragons look like nothing so much as they do succubi, having [[NonMammalianMammaries "flight muscles" that look and act suspiciously like tits]]).