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* ''Theatre/AGentlemansGuideToLoveAndMurder'': In the Broadway production, Major Lord Bartholomew D'Ysquith's costume included a massively padded upper body, which combined with actor Jefferson Mays' natural legs to give this effect; you can see it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzvfXocGbGY&t=3m47s here]], along with Mays' commentary.
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* Brick from ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' isn't one of the most extreme example of this trope, [[http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/willburns1/Screen%20shot%202009-10-22%20at%2012.15.24%20PM.jpg but his legs are noticeably thinner than the rest of his body,]] which keeps his body distinctly triangular. Bandit Bruisers have similar builds, as well.
** Salvador the gunzerker from ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' follows this trope a bit closer than Brick from the first game, [[http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg541/zegamer/Borderlands%202%20pc%20game/borderlands2gunzerker.jpg with legs that look as if they were placed onto the wrong body]], due to steroid abuse stunting his growth.

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* [[https://borderlands.fandom.com/wiki/Brick Brick the Berserker]] from ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' isn't one of the most extreme example of this trope, [[http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/willburns1/Screen%20shot%202009-10-22%20at%2012.15.24%20PM.jpg but his legs are noticeably thinner than the rest of his body,]] body, which keeps his body distinctly triangular. Bandit Bruisers have similar builds, as well.
** [[https://borderlands.fandom.com/wiki/Salvador Salvador the gunzerker Gunzerker]] from ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' follows ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' is a much truer example of this trope a bit closer than Brick from the first game, [[http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg541/zegamer/Borderlands%202%20pc%20game/borderlands2gunzerker.jpg trope, with legs that look as if they were placed onto the wrong body]], body due to steroid abuse stunting his growth.growth. His huge barrel chest and beefy arms perched on stumpy legs gives him a distinctly Dwarven appearance, which inspires Tiny Tina to make all of her ''Bunkers and Badasses'' Dwarves look like him.


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** Goliaths are huge lumbering lumps of DumbMuscle, boasting misshapen but heavily built upper bodies (with varying levels of fat and muscle) placed onto very short legs with unflatteringly tight belts struggling to hold their pants on. Normally they that stump around firing twin rifles like a wanna-be Gunzerker, with heavy implications of even ''worse'' steroid use than Salvador.
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* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} by ''Webcomic/StarImpact'''s Dove. He's got a massive, broad chest, arms with more length and muscle mass than a lesser man has in his whole body, and a mountain-like LongNeck, but a normal-sized waist and legs.

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* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} by ''Webcomic/StarImpact'''s Dove.[[https://www.starimpactcomic.com/comic/chapter-5-page-20 Dove]]. He's got a massive, broad chest, arms with more length and muscle mass than a lesser man has in his whole body, and a mountain-like LongNeck, but a normal-sized waist and legs.

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* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} by ''Webcomic/StarImpact'''s Dove. He's got a massive, broad chest, arms with more length and muscle mass than a lesser man has in his whole body, and a mountain-like LongNeck, but a normal-sized waist and legs.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JadeArmor'': The Crimson Lord has a very muscular upper body but thin legs.
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* In Tebo's ''[[ComicBook/TheSmurfs Smurfs]]'' tribute album "Qui est ce Schtroumpf? (Who's That Smurf?)", Hefty Smurf is drawn with a massive torso and equally huge arms. Considering how he usually looks like [[FacelessMasses any average Smurf]] even when he has his heart tattoo, this really makes him stand out all the more.
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* Brock Samson of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', who is deliberately drawn with the upper body of a gorilla but stick-like legs. It's more exaggerated in the {{Pilot}}.

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* Brock Samson of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', who is deliberately drawn with the upper body of a gorilla but stick-like legs. It's more exaggerated in the {{Pilot}}.
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* ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'': Both the Demon King Odin and Lord Brigan have torsoes that are roughly twice as tall and at least ''three times'' as wide as their hims and legs. This gets accentuated even further by the fact that both of them keep their legs bent when they walk, further emphasizing the size difference. Oddly, they are the only humans in the game with these strange proportions, as all other humans - including Odin's own daughters - are more realistically proportioned.

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* ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'': Both the Demon King Odin and Lord Brigan have torsoes that are roughly twice as tall and at least ''three times'' as wide as their hims waist and legs. This gets accentuated even further by the fact that both of them keep their legs bent when they walk, further emphasizing the size difference. Oddly, they are the only humans in the game with these strange proportions, as all other humans - including Odin's own daughters - are more realistically proportioned.
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* ''Animation/LaGolda'': Malcom is the top-heavy one of the kids.

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* ''Animation/LaGolda'': ''WebAnimation/LaGolda'': Malcom is the top-heavy one of the kids.
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* ''WebAnimation/TheRhinoAndTheRedbill'': Niles is built like this, which isn't much of a surprise since real-life rhinoceroses also have relatively thin legs that support their massive bodies. Despite this, they are surprisingly nimble, and the same goes for Niles himself.
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* ''Vikingskool'' has instructor Hammerson, a guy with a huge torso and arms and teeny tiny legs.

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* ''Vikingskool'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Vikingskool}}'' has instructor Hammerson, a guy with a huge torso and arms and teeny tiny legs.
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* Lord Carnuss' Bonecrusher in ''Literature/TrialOfChampions'', a gigantic monster with a muscular, nigh-impenetrable upper body and laughably spindly legs. Fighting it with a sword and shield is borderline suicidal, but using a [[HobblingTheGiant trident and net]] will take it down in no time.
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* ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'': Both the Demon King Odin and Lord Brigan have torsoes that are roughly twice as tall and at least ''three times'' as wide as their hims and legs. This gets accentuated even further by the fact that both of them keep their legs bent when they walk, further emphasizing the size difference. Oddly, they are the only humans in the game with these strange proportions, as all other humans - including Odin's own daughters - are more realistically proportioned.

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