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This is mostly a DiscreditedTrope (if not a DeadHorseTrope) now, so a character will rarely ask it except when the question is really absurd. For instance, if the character is blatantly fat or skinny, or has a hideous facial scar that will draw more attention, or is an alien trying to mate. One way that it still works is often when a woman is [[ObviousPregnancy Obviously Pregnant]]. Since she is getting noticeably bigger (if not fatter, at least larger and often swollen), this leaves the husband in a particular bind. However, there is still some element of TruthInTelevision. If someone ever asks you this question in RealLife, the answer is always, "You look great," or (depending on how risque you're feeling) "It'd look best on the floor," or (if you've nothing left to lose, or just don't care) "No, [[YouAreFat your fat makes you look fat]]."

-->'''Jack Sparrow:''' " Ladies! Will you please shut it? Listen to me. Yes, I lied to you. No, I don't love you. Of course it makes you look fat. I've never been to Brussels. It is pronounced 'egregious'. By the way, no, I've never met Pizzaro but I love his pies. And all of this pales to utter insignificance in light of the fact that my ship is once again gone. Savvy?"

* In the ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' anime series, Umi has to wear a ''very'' {{Stripperiffic}} [[BellyDancer odalisque]] outfit [[GoGoEnslavement when captured by the Chizeta princesses]], and one of the reasons why she's NOT happy to dress up in it is that she's sure she's put on weight lately.

* Juliet Starling from ''VideoGame/{{Lollipop Chainsaw}}'' is self-conscious about her so-called "ginormous ass", and asks her boyfriend Nick during the game if pink makes it look "less ginormous" or if a costume shows "too much booty".

This is mostly a DiscreditedTrope (if not a DeadHorseTrope) now, so a character will rarely ask it except when the question is really absurd. For instance, if the character is blatantly fat or skinny, or has a hideous facial scar that will draw more attention, or is an alien trying to mate. One way that it still works is often when a woman is [[ObviousPregnancy Obviously Pregnant]]. Since she is getting noticeably bigger (if not fatter, at least larger and often swollen), this leaves the husband in a particular bind. However, there is still some element of TruthInTelevision. If someone ever asks you this question in RealLife, the answer is always, "You look great," or (depending on how risque you're feeling) "It'd look best on the floor," or (if you've nothing left to lose) "No, [[YouAreFat your fat makes you look fat]]."

* A commercial for Creator/{{G4}}'s video game review show ''Series/XPlay'' invoked the trope to advertise the show's "[[BrutalHonesty brutally honest]]" reviews. A woman trying on pants asks her husband/boyfriend if the pants make her butt look big, and he responds, completely disinterested, "No, you just have a really huge ass. The jeans are fine."

* In one ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'' strip, the eponymous character asks whether a dress she is trying on makes her look fat. Dagwood responds by asking whether she means from the waist up or from the waist down, which he insists is a legitimate question. Blondie doesn't get mad but agrees with the saleswoman that she shouldn't have brought her husband along.

* A commercial for ''Series/XPlay'' played up how the show "tells it like it is". A woman trying on pants asks her husband/boyfriend if the pants make her butt look big, and he responds, completely disinterested, "No, you just have a really huge ass. The jeans are fine."

* In the ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'' 2001 TV series, when Francoise/003 has to put on a Chinese dress to help out in Chang/006's Chinese restaurant, she asks the others if she looks fat on it.

* Atom Eve from Comicbook/{{Invincible}} [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/6/65490/1811787-atom_eve.jpg asks if a skirt makes her butt look bigger.]]

---> '''Andy Parsons''':"Do you think wearing this bustle makes my arse look big?"

--->'''Florence:''' Screaming and running away. Not bad. I've met [[ApatheticCitizens humans]] with far worse [[TooDumbToLive survival responses]].