Line #24 Main/CurvesInAllTheRightPlaces


1	[[quoteright:350:[[ComicBook/ArchieComics https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/curves.png]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:Betty has curves in all the right places, even if she does say so herself.]]
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4	->''"She had curves in places other women don't even have places."''
5	-->-- '''Creator/CybillShepherd''', referring to '''Creator/MarilynMonroe'''
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7	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]].
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9	It probably describes an ImpossibleHourglassFigure — that is to say, large breasts, round hips, and a small waist connecting the two — but ''exactly'' what it means is vague and highly subjective, since readers' ideas of what "all the right places" are and how ''much'' they should curve will vary.
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11	Compare SexyFigureGesture, where someone says this with their hands.
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13	!!Examples:
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15	[[foldercontrol]]
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17	%%[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
18	%%* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''
19	%%-->'''Yusuke Urameshi''': Whoa Keiko, you seem to be busting out in all the right places.
20	%%[[/folder]]
21	%%
22	[[folder:Fan Works]]
23	* ''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.
24	* Blatantly stated in ''FanFic/OneLessLonelyGurl'' when 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.
25	* ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager''. As befits a 1950's sci-fi tale, Captain Janeway's introduction has the reader assured that her "space-black uniform failed to conceal the feminine curvature underneath."
26	* In the ParodyFic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/11012124 The Last Kiss Goodbye]]'', the PrivateEyeMonologue notes that:
27	-->She was a hot-looking blonde with more curves than a Major League playoff and lips that were oral sex waiting to happen.
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29	[[/folder]]
30
31	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
32	* ''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...in all the right places."
33	* ''Film/BloodHarvest'' has a RareMaleExample. Jill describes Scott as having "muscles in all the right places."
34	* ''Film/BridgetJonesDiary'': 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.
35	* 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/ADayAtTheRaces1937'', 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.")
36	* 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 in a leotard.
37	* ''Film/MurderOnVine''
38	-->'''Gina Babs:''' She was a swell girl, and swollen in all the right places.
39	* ''Film/NorthByNorthwest''
40	-->'''Eve Kendall''': I'm a big girl.\
41	'''Roger Thornhill''': Yeah, and in all the right places, too.
42	* Played with in ''Film/OsmosisJones''.
43	-->'''Osmosis:''' [looking at a centerfold in ''DNA Monthly''] Nice genes. You got the chromosomes in all the right places.
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45	[[/folder]]
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47	[[folder:Literature]]
48	* In the ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' series, Kyon uses this description when Haruhi and Mikuru debut their [[PlayboyBunny bunny girl]] costumes in the first light novel.
49	-->'''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.
50	* ''Literature/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.
51	* One ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' novel describes an attractive woman as having 'more curves than a box of snakes'.
52	* ''[[Literature/AFableOfTonight Stalking the Unicorn]]'' by Creator/MikeResnick describes a CatGirl as having "curves in places other girls don't have places."
53	* ''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.
54	* In ''Literature/ThisAlienShore'', VenturousSmuggler Sumi thinks that protagonist Jamisia is "slender, but not without a curve or two in just the right place."
55	* From the ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' series: "'But [[MsFanservice Nada]] weighs as much as you do!' Indeed, Nada weighed more, and in all the right places."
56	* In ''Literature/WickedFem'', 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.
57	-->She has the cutest figure, like all the things you want, in the exact amounts you want them.
58	[[/folder]]
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60	[[folder:Live Action TV]]
61	* Played with in a Harpo Marx TV appearance. When the host of the program asks why Harpo is late coming out Harpo makes an hourglass figure with his hands. Unlike Chico (see Film above) the host gets it immediately, and asks Harpo if he has one for him (the host) too. Harpo nods, walks offscreen, and comes back with two bottles of Coke.
62	* ''Series/{{Rhoda}}'': When Rhoda (Valerie Harper) sees Mary (Mary Tyler Moore) after a long absence, she comments on how great she looks.
63	-->'''Mary''': Yeah, I gained ten pounds.
64	-->'''Rhoda''': And all in erogenous zones!
65	* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' episode "[[Recap/TorchwoodS1E2DayOne Day One]]":
66	-->'''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.
67	[[/folder]]
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69	[[folder:Music]]
70	* Music/{{Mika}}'s "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" is a tribute to {{Big Beautiful Wom\|an}}en:
71	-->''No need to fantasize \
72	Since I [[PubescentBraces was in my braces]] \
73	A watering hole with the girls around \
74	And curves in all the right places''
75	* Music/MeghanTrainor's "All About That Bass"
76	-->''I got that boom-boom that all the boys chase,\
77	All the right junk in all the right places.''
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80	[[folder:Theatre]]
81	* ''Theatre/{{Ghosts}}'': Regina Engstrand, a young, apparently good looking girl, complimented on by all the other cast members.
82	* 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.
83	* Lola's song "A Little Brains—A Little Talent" in ''Theatre/DamnYankees'':
84	-->You gotta stack those decks with a couple-a extra aces,\
85	And this queen has her aces\
86	In all the right places!
87	* "Honey Bun" from ''Theatre/SouthPacific'':
88	-->Where she's narrow, she's narrow as an arrow\
89	And she's broad where a broad should be broad!
90	[[/folder]]
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92	[[folder:Web Original]]
93	* Paired with {{Squick}} in the exploration log of [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP]]-[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2264 2264]]:
94	-->'''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.
95	* ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' characters Charlene Norris and Kallie Majors, from versions four and three respectively, are described this way.
96	* {{Discussed}} and parodied by the Twitter blog ''Blog/WorstMuse'' in the following tweet:
97	-->[[https://twitter.com/WorstMuse/status/486988217397178368 "If a character has curves, make sure to specify that they are in all the right places. Otherwise, readers will be confused."]]
98	[[/folder]]

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