An index of tropes about the anatomy
(i.e. bodily form and structure) of any living thing, or at least an approximation of one. Contrast Physiology Tropes, which is about the physiology (i.e., bodily functions and activities) of living beings.
Compare Personal Appearance Tropes, Aging Tropes, Costume Tropes, Body Image Tropes.
Tropes:
Categories:
- Anatomy Agony
- Anatomy Arsenal
- Anatomy of Metal
- Appearance Angst
- Artistic Licence – Anatomy
- Autonomous and Artificial Appendage Index
- Bizarre Alien Biology
- Bloody Tropes
- Body Horror
- Body Language
- Can't Stomach This Index
- Dead Body Index
- Dexterity Tropes
- Ear Tropes
- Evil Is Visceral
- Eye Tropes
- Face of the Index
- Fine Feathered Tropes
- Hand Tropes
- Hair Tropes
- Mouthful of Index
- Muscular Index
- Neck Tropes
- Nose Tropes
- No Nudity Taboo
- Nudity Tropes
- Phallic Index
- Scar Tropes
- Sensory Index
- Shell Tropes
- Skeletal Tropes
- Smile Tropes
- Spare Body Parts
- Stay Ahead of This Index
- Stuffy Old Tropes About the Buttocks
- Tail of the Index
- Take These Tropes to Heart
- Teeth Tropes
- These Tropes Are Made for Walking (half are about feet)
- This Is Your Brain on Tropes
- This Index Has Horns
- Tropes Out on a Limb
- Winged Tropes
- The World's Breast Tropes
- Abnormal Limb Rotation Range
- Animation Anatomy Aging
- Anthropomorphized Anatomy: Bodily organs or cells are depicted as Anthropomorphic Personifications.
- Armless Biped: A two-legged creature that lacks arms.
- Artificial Limbs
- Background Body Part: Using cinematography and framing with other objects in the scene to make it look like a character has an extra body part, like a tail.
- Barbie Doll Anatomy: When naked, a character doesn't have visible genitals and/or nipples.
- The Body Parts That Must Not Be Named
- Body Pocket
- Clothing Appendage: A character's "clothes" are actually part of their body.
- Creepy Asymmetry: Something about this character's body is uneven and unnerving.
- Curves in All the Right Places
- Dismemberment Is Cheap
- Elongating Arm Gag
- Extendable Arms
- Gag Lips
- Gem Tissue
- Groin Attack: Suffering an injury in the crotch.
- Having a Heart
- Hermaphrodite: Having both male and female genitalia.
- I Call Him "Mister Happy": Naming your genitals.
- Impossible Hourglass Figure: A female has an unrealistically narrow waist and unrealistically large breasts and hips.
- Injured Limb Episode
- Invisible Anatomy
- Limb-Sensation Fascination
- Monster Modesty
- No Biological Sex
- Odd Organ Up Top: When a different body part or organ is serving as a head.
- Orifice Evacuation
- Orifice Invasion
- Retractable Appendages
- Ribcage Stomach
- Rubber Face
- Rubber-Hose Limbs
- Squish the Cheeks
- Stomach of Holding
- Sudden Anatomy: Character is suddenly depicted with a body part they usually don't seem to have.
- Symbol Face: The biological variant, where a character somehow has a symbol as a face.
- Treasure Chest Cavity
- Triple Nipple: Someone has a third nipple.
- Useless Spleen
- Wearing It All Wrong: Someone wears a garment on the wrong body part.
- Who Needs Their Whole Body?
