History Main / GonkyFemme

->"...an immensely fat old lady wearing an elaborate ginger wig and a brilliant pink set of robes that flowed all around her, giving her the look of a melting iced cake. She was looking into a small jewelled mirror and dabbing rouge onto her already scarlet cheeks with a large powder puff, while the tiniest and oldest house-elf Harry had ever seen laced her fleshy feet into tight satin slippers."

->...an immensely fat old lady wearing an elaborate ginger wig and a brilliant pink set of robes that flowed all around her, giving her the look of a melting iced cake. She was looking into a small jewelled mirror and dabbing rouge onto her already scarlet cheeks with a large powder puff, while the tiniest and oldest house-elf Harry had ever seen laced her fleshy feet into tight satin slippers.
-->''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''

** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' repeatedly describes Dolores Umbridge, a [[GlurgeAddict glurge-addicted]] MisplacedKindergartenTeacher who loves kittens and the color pink, as squat and toadlike.
** A flashback in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince the next book]] introduces Hepzibah Smith:
-->...an immensely fat old lady wearing an elaborate ginger wig and a brilliant pink set of robes that flowed all around her, giving her the look of a melting iced cake. She was looking into a small jewelled mirror and dabbing rouge onto her already scarlet cheeks with a large powder puff, while the tiniest and oldest house-elf Harry had ever seen laced her fleshy feet into tight satin slippers.

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* Dolores Umbridge of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fame is a [[GlurgeAddict glurge-addicted]] MisplacedKindergartenTeacher who loves kittens and the color pink; she's also repeatedly described as short, squat, and toadlike.

* The Crushinator from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', a huge blocky robot with a masculine voice treated as a delicate beauty by Bender. She then goes to Miss Universe as Miss Earth Moon.
* The Pretties from ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'' are a trio of such characters. They're all typical [[BrainlessBeauty Brainless Beauties]] in fancy dresses and done-up hair despite the fact they're a rhinoceros, a hippopotamus, and an African buffalo.

* The Crushinator from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', a huge blocky robot with a masculine voice treated as a delicate beauty by Bender, she then goes to Miss Universe as Miss Earth Moon.

* In ''Literature/FromRussiaWithLove'' Rosa Klebb is described in quite ugly terms, but when Tatiana is ordered to report to Krebb's apartment for a late night briefing, Krebb is dressed in a babydoll-ish nightie and giggly tries to seduce Tatiana.

The gonky femme is a woman that looks far manlier than the sweet, girly character she actually is. She enjoys make up, boys bands, [[AllGirlsLikePonies ponies]], [[PinkMeansFeminine wears pink dresses]], and so on, making her more like GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak" rather than a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak.

The gonky femme is a woman that looks far manlier than the sweet, girly character she actually is. She enjoys make up, boys bands, [[AllGirlsLikePonies ponies]], [[PinkMeansFeminine wears pink dresses]], and so on, making her more like "girly girl with a tomboyish streak" rather than a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak.

* Dolores Umbridge of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fame is a GlurgeAddict[=/=]MisplacedKindergartenTeacher who loves kittens and the color pink; she's also described as short, squat, and toadlike.

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* Parodied in ''Series/SisterSister''. Former AlphaBitch Rhonda was a beautiful, fashion-savy girly girl. In a later episode, she is shown again, but puberty had kicked in and it wasn't pretty, as she turned into a huge, thug looking mannish woman (Played by a man). She still acted feminine, and her physical change made her sweeter, probably to compensate.

* Dolores Umbridge in [[Ttheatre/AVeryPotterMusical ''A VeryPotter Sequel'']] is a large, muscular woman ([[CrosscastRole played by a man]]), who dresses in pink frilly dresses and has a girly giggle.

* Doris, the Ugly step sister from ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek2}}''. She looks and sounds as man, and her [[UncannyValleyMakeUp heavy make up]] and cute dresses aren't helping at all as it only makes her look more as a trasgender, but then she gets so sickly-sweet and dreamy when describing [[PrinceCharmless Prince Charming]]. She is also very nice, and becomes a loyal and close friend to Princess Fiona.

* Gorgeous Gal is a huge elderly featherless bird who wore a green dress, lots of jewelry and a white wig in the ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' short 'A Fine Feathered Frenzy.' She was so ugly that turned Woody into a ghost. Despite her appearance, her personality is flirty and romantic.

If the girl is tall -and she usually is- she may overlap with HugeSchoolGirl or GentleGiant. See also LadyLooksLikeADude when the character definitely looks like a man. Compare with ButterFace where only the face is "scary, ugly and even masculine" but the body is feminine. Contrast against BrawnHilda, where a girl does not only look mannish, but acts just like that.

* Ursula, the Sea Witch from ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' is an obese, ugly woman inspired largely by DragQueen performer ''Creator/{{Divine}}'', so, apart of borrowing Divine's look, it also borrow his diva personality, hip swinging and heavy make up.

* Ursula, the Sea Witch from ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' is an obese, ugly woman inspired largely by DragQueen performer ''Creator/{{Divine}}'', so, apart of borrowing Divine's look, it also borrow his/her diva personality, hip swinging and heavy make up.

* Shinobu Kandadori from ''Anime/ShinChan'' is a beefy and manly pro-wrestler woman using a dress and GirlishPigtails, but besides her appearance is very sweet and feminine.

The gonky femme is a woman that looks far manlier than the sweet, girly character she actually is. She enjoys make up, boys bands, [[AllGirlsLikePonies ponies]], [[PinkMeansFeminine wear pink dresses]], and so on, making them more like "girly girl with a tomboyish streak" rather than a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak.

The gonky femme is a woman that looks far manlier the sweet, girly character she actually is. She enjoys make up, boys bands, [[AllGirlsLikePonies ponies]], [[PinkMeansFeminine wear pink dresses]], and so on, making them more like "girly girl with a tomboyish streak" rather than a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak.

The gonky femme is a woman that looks far manlier the sweet, girly character she actually is. She enjoys make up, boys bands, [[AllGirlsLikePonies ponies]], [[PinkMeansFeminine wear pink dresses]], and so on, making them more like "girly girl with a tomboyish streak" rather than a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak. Her femininity can be [[InvokedTrope invoked]] by the character to compensate for her scary looks or just be for the comedy.

She may be too bulky and mannish, or very tall and hideous, but no matter how designed, she is ecidedly unfeminine. More often than not she has a muscular build or an [[FatGirl excess of fat]] and her face breaks the standard female design, even sometimes having non-human features. In some cartoonier shows she can be so ugly that she [[{{Gonk}} breaks the medium's art style]].

When making cartoonish shows, appearance reflects a lot a character's personality. So when portraying a [[GirlyGirl feminine character]] the most obvious thing to do is to draw her girly looking and give her a girly voice, but when this trope is on effect, a girly girl can look big, scary, ugly and even masculine.

The gonky femme is a woman that looks far manlier than she really is, as she tends to be a very sweet, girly character. They enjoy make up, boys bands, [[AllGirlsLikePonies ponies]], [[PinkMeansFeminine wear pink dresses]], etc, making them more like "girly girl with a tomboyish streak" rather than [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak the inversion]]. Their femininity can be [[InvokedTrope invoked]] by the character to compensate her scary looks or just for the comedic aspect.

She may be to bulky and mannish, or very tall and hideous, but no matter how is her design, is decidedly unfeminine in some kind, specially when contrasted with other female characters. More often than not she look mannish, has a muscular build or [[FatGirl excess of fat]] (Sometimes combined) and her face breaks the standard female design with masculine or even non-human features. In some cartoonier shows she can be so ugly that [[{{Gonk}} breaks the media's art style]] or directly being a monster of some kind.

Their femininity can take many forms. She can be motherly and nurturing, with mostly [[HouseWife domestic skills and interests]], or a [[FemmeFatale seductive and charming woman]], or [[FragileFlower weak and susceptible]], [[VanityIsFeminine vain and superficial]], [[GenkiGirl energetic and bubbling]], etc. As long as she acts feminine but looks not, she is this trope. See FemininityTropes.

If the girl is tall -And she usually is- may overlap with HugeSchoolGirl or GentleGiant. See also LadyLooksLikeADude when the character definitely looks like a man. Compare with ButterFace where only the face is "scary, ugly and even masculine" but the body is feminine. Contrast against BrawnHilda, where a girl does not only look mannish, but acts just like that.

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* Tina from ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' is of the "Trying to compensate kind. She is a huge tyrannosaurus rex with a deep [[CrossdressingVoice man voice]], but has a manicure and in one episode she is seen auditioning for the cheerleaders.

* Dolores Umbridge in ''Theatre/AVeryPotterSequel'' is a large, muscular woman ([[CrosscastRole played by a man]]), who dresses in pink frilly dresses and has a girly giggle.

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