Line #27 Playingwith/BodyHorror


1	'''Basic Trope''': A creature or object is made of, resembles, or has distorted or traumatically injured anatomy.
2	* '''Straight''': A HumanoidAbomination has several extra deformed limbs and its facial features are twisted and vaguely animalistic. It uses tumorous OrganicTechnology.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': An EldritchAbomination appears to be made of a tangle of human organs and eyes, and is terraforming the area around it to resemble its homeland, the BloodyBowelsOfHell.
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** A beautiful HumanAlien has a disfiguring scar, and the architecture of her LivingShip resembles organic forms and anatomy [[UncannyValley just enough to be mildly unsettling]].
6	** BloodyHorror
7	* '''Justified''': A creature or object is actually made from crudely assembled body parts.
8	* '''Inverted''':
9	** Though a creature or object is made of or resembles anatomy, it looks extremely natural and beautiful.
10	** [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angels]] look like collections of platonic solids and thus look shockingly not only inorganic but not even robotic.
11	* '''Subverted''': A creature cloaked in shadow at first appears to be a tangle of limbs, but when it steps out of the shadows it is actually [[TotemPoleTrench one normal human sitting on another's shoulders]].
12	* '''Double Subverted''': At which point it unzips the GenuineHumanHide Person Suit and attacks.
13	* '''Parodied''': The horrific disfigurement is a bad case of acne.
14	* '''Zig Zagged''':
15	** Some zombies are fresh with few to no signs of rot. Others are missing limbs and dragging trails of intestines behind them.
16	** Whether or not the bizarre features on Bob are actually apart of his body or just disjointed cosmetics is left [[AmbiguousSituation ambiguous]].
17	* '''Averted''': The starfish aliens don't remotely resemble earth anatomy.
18	* '''Enforced''':
19	** "Fans loved the dangling eye zombie last season; let's do more of those."
20	** "This ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'' video was created by LetsPlay/Danny2462"
21	** This {{PSA}} [[ScareEmStraight doesn't pull its punches]] when it comes to the consequences of checking/relighting [[DelayedExplosion firework duds]].
22	* '''Lampshaded''': "Why do eldritch abominations always look like a serial killer's compost pile? You'd think at least once in a while one would go with something original, like a talking fire hydrant or something..."
23	* '''Invoked''':
24	** A sorcerer deliberately transforms Alice into a horrifyingly twisted shape to scare off anyone who might try to help a talking bunny or frog.
25	** LovecraftianSuperpower
26	** MalevolentMutilation
27	* '''Exploited''': Alice discovers that having three arms, scales, eyes on stalks, a PrehensileTail, and the ability to make an ogre cry by making a funny face is actually rather useful for an adventures, once you find a nice bulky hooded robe for trips into town.
28	* '''Defied''': A mad scientist takes care to make his cyborg minions look aesthetically pleasing and keep them in good repair, studying the latest trends in jewelry design and plastic surgery.
29	* '''Conversed''': Alice and Bob discuss whether something having too many eyes is scarier than if it has too many limbs.
30	* '''Implied''': The virus victim is never fully shown on screen/described, but the character's reactions and the fragments we do see suggest they have been twisted into a horrifying form.
31	* '''Deconstructed''': The EldritchAbomination which resembles a mass of limbs and organs can barely move or sense its surroundings. After flailing around for a while, it eventually dies from massive infection due to its exposed organs.
32	* '''Reconstructed''':
33	** The next one, learning from its moronic partner's mistakes, takes the time to plan out a mortal-brain-shattering form with an efficiently designed skeleton and metabolism, with usefully placed limbs and sensory organs, before manifesting on the mortal plane
34	** The EldritchAbomination looks like a grotesque, writhing mass of organs without sensory organs, but instead of being pathetic, blind and [[SelfDisposingVillain easily dying of infection]], the creature just keeps going and can somehow sense what's around it, accentuating how unnatural and unbound by normal reality it is.
35	* '''Played For Laughs''':
36	** The anatomy in question is laughably bizarre- for instance, having a foot for a head. Hard to pull off, due to the UncannyValley.
37	** Trying to cheat God in HowManyFingers results in [[Film/BruceAlmighty your hand having multiple fingers and losing your appetite for 3 weeks.]]
38	* '''Played For Drama''': [[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera A character is horribly disfigured]], leaving them [[FreakinessShame ashamed]] and isolated from humanity.
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