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One theory behind this phenomenon in comics is that American superheroes are drawn in a "larger than life" artstyle. Heroes are supposed to look dynamic and impressive, villains look evil and shady, and thus women are sometimes drawn to accentuate any womanly features far more heavily than a realistic style would. (And yes, to the extent this is true, there is a DoubleStandard at work here that males aren't depicted as improbably muscular nearly as frequently.)

Whether the superheroine/villainess is a {{mutant|s}}, an {{amazon|ianBeauty}} princess or a {{Human Alien|s}}, if she's female, she is straining against the bonds of gravity... but not in a flying sort of way.

One theory behind this phenomenon in comics is that American superheroes are drawn in a "larger than life" artstyle. Heroes are supposed to look dynamic and impressive, villains look evil and shady, and thus women are sometimes drawn to accentuate any womanly features far more heavily than a realistic style would. (And yes, to the extent this is true, there is a DoubleStandard at work here that males aren't depicted as super-manly men nearly as frequently.)

[-[[caption-width-right:300:Comics like big busts, [[Music/SirMixALot and they cannot lie]].[[note]]From left to right, top to bottom: Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}}, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Invisible Woman]], Characters/PowerGirl, [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Ms. Marvel]], Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], [[ComicBook/{{Gen13}} Caitlin Fairchild]], ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}, Characters/{{Catwoman|SelinaKyle}}, and [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]].[[/note]]]]-]

* Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}} is one of the few superheroines who has had breast implants, and she proudly flaunts her body.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Aberrant}}'', part of the ''TabletopGame/TrinityUniverse'', has a "Mega-Attribute" section of powers which are enhancements of the standard "attributes" that all characters have in the Storyteller system--strength, dexterity, and so forth. Although "Mega-Appearance" comes in many forms, the pic accompanying the section is of a woman with gigantic breasts being photographed by paparazzi. This is partially justified by the way that nova bodies tend to reshape themselves according to the subconscious desires of the nova upon eruption; thus, if a woman wants to be a big-boobed goddess, she gets to be a big-boobed goddess.

* In 'Calvin and Hobbes' after reading one of Calvin's comic books Hobbes observes that "Amazon Babe's" most incredible superpower is keeping her astonishing cleavage within her costume.

* ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga'' says that superheroines (and superheroes to a lesser extent) make ample use of illusion magic to make themselves appear as incredibly beautiful physical paragons. This includes an extensive bust for every woman. Gary asks about it and Cindy basically says they do it because they can and it's lucrative as a marketing opportunity.

[-[[caption-width-right:300:Comics like big busts, [[Music/SirMixALot and they cannot lie]].[[note]]From left to right, top to bottom: Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}}, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Invisible Woman]], Characters/PowerGirl, [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Ms. Marvel]], Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], [[ComicBook/{{Gen13}} Caitlin Fairchild]], ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}, Characters/{{Catwoman|SelinaKyle}}, and Characters/{{Mystique}}.[[/note]]]]-]

* ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}'' has three superheroines in The Seven, Queen Maeve (Wonder Woman analogue, ith the expected results), Starlight (actually more average-sized than in the [[Comicbook/TheBoys original comic]], but wears silicone padding when in her corporate-mandated revealing\skintight new outfit to invoke the trope), and Stormfront (exploited in her skin-tight form-fitting leather outfit - though the actress made sure to point in an interview that it's padded, "I'm a late bloomer").

* In an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Gen13}}'', when Grunge absorbed Caitlin's power, he also acquired her bust size. Apparently, boobs ARE part of her superpowers. In the post-[[CanonDisContinuity Worldstorm]] version, she was explicitly [[MsFanservice genetically engineered for attractive appearance]]. Regardless of continuity, her large breasts were always the ''result'' of her powers. In her first appearance, she suddenly turns from mousy and slender to [[AmazonianBeauty muscular and curvy]] when her powers activate. This is attributed to an increase in "[[BoobsOfSteel muscle mass]]".

* ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}'' has three superheroines in The Seven, Queen Maeve (Wonder Woman analogue, [[BoobsOfSteel with the expected results]]), Starlight (actually more average-sized than in the [[Comicbook/TheBoys original comic]], but wears silicone padding when in her corporate-mandated revealing\skintight new outfit to invoke the trope), and Stormfront (exploited in her skin-tight form-fitting leather outfit - though the actress made sure to point in an interview that it's padded, "I'm a late bloomer").

A SubTrope of HeroicBuild. Compare BoobsOfSteel, BuxomBeautyStandard, CleavageWindow, FormFittingWardrobe, HiddenBuxom, IHaveBoobsYouMustObey, {{Stripperiffic}}, WorldOfBuxom. See also TopHeavyGuy (a male exaggerated torso). Might extend to a BoobBasedGag if done for comedy.

One theory behind this phenomenon in comics that American superheroes are drawn in a "larger than life" artstyle. Heroes are supposed to look dynamic and impressive, villains look evil and shady, and thus women are sometimes drawn to accentuate any womanly features far more heavily than a realistic style would. (And yes, to the extent this is true, there is a DoubleStandard at work here that males aren't depicted as super-manly men nearly as frequently.)

!Examples

* Latex Red, a former member of the ]][[ComicBook/ThreeLittleKittens 3 Little Kittens]]'' team, had her breasts augmented to enormous size, considerably larger than her head, in an attempt to out-do her former teammates. However she rapidly loses her balance and falls over a railing on her very first outing as a villain. In a later appearance, the boobs actually become a plot point when [[spoiler:Red reveals that she's hiding nuclear weapons in them. No, really]].

* In ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'', Darlene makes David redraw their comic book to remove this superpower from all the female characters.

* In the ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' episode "If You Believe in Me, I'll Believe in You", Sophie and Julia find Tommy Elliot's collection of ''Kitty Delgado'' comics, and Julia laughs that "There's no way a cat burglar's squeezing into all those tight spaces with ''those'' jubblies." This is probably a specific TakeThat at Jim Balent's ''Comicbook/{{Catwoman}}'' covers.
* ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}'' has three superheroines in The Seven, Queen Maeve (Wonder Woman analogue, [[BoobsOfSteel with the expected results]]), Starlight (actually more average-sized than in the [[Comicbook/TheBoys original comic]], but wears silicone padding when in her corporate-mandated revealing\skintight new outfit to invoke the trope), and Stormfront (exploited in her skin-tight form-fitting leather outfit - though the actress made sure to point in an interview that it's padded, "I'm a late bloomer").

* This is also true in ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'', which isn't surprising given the game was made by the same developers as ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes''. And likewise, some clothing options make it easier to downplay it (or not) than others.

* Averted in ''Webcomic/M9Girls''. The M9 Girls have pretty realistic and assorted body types: Clau is scrawny, and petite Karla is barely a B cup. Pato is buxom, but has a robust body to go with it. Only Any has a slender, curvy body, but it is mostly evident when she is in costume.
* In ''Webcomic/UnitM'', Shield [[http://unitmcomics.thecomicseries.com/comics/19 sports breasts]] that are larger than her head. When she tries to [[http://unitmcomics.thecomicseries.com/comics/28 post]] a selfie on social media, she's almost immediately [[http://unitmcomics.thecomicseries.com/comics/29 harassed]] regarding their size.
* In ''Webcomic/SwordCatPrincess'', most of the main female cast is [[http://swordcatprincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/18/ large-breasted]], with the artistic intention being to accentuate their warmth, softness, and womanly humanity; this is used as a visual counterpoint to the [[http://swordcatprincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/50/ relatively small-breasted Arayna]], to make her seem less soft and inviting in contrast.
* In Scott Kurtz's ''Webcomic/PvP'', Jade complains that she can't make a super-heroine on [=NCSoft=]'s ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' {{M|assivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame}}MORPG without producing an avatar with a back-breaking pair of breasts. When Brent and Francis explain that this condition fits the genre, [[http://www.pvponline.com/comic/2004/06/12/sat-jun-12/ Jade retaliates]] by naming her character ''the Titillator'' with the battle-cry macro, "Eyes up here!" On the other hand, she's got a decent pair herself, and her bustier sister Miranda uses hers as psychological weapons. After failing to manipulate a male character on one occasion, she looked down at her breasts and asked, "Are these on?" Brent once dreamed of Jade in a classic comic-book style - appropriately drawn by Frank Cho himself -- and was awestruck with the results.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sidekicks}}'' all of the females introduced into the story (however briefly) are noticeably buxom except for Iblis, who seemingly makes up for it with her NavelDeepNeckline outfit, and Limpid, who is only a teenager (and could always grow into it). This is especially noticeable with Mybee, who seems to be around the same age as Limpid, yet is quite busty for her size.
* Alternately parodied and embraced in ''Webcomic/{{Supermegatopia}}'', especially by the characters of Buxom Gal, an explicit parody of Power Girl whose breasts expand as she absorbs energy and contract as she uses it, and Distraction Damsel, whose "super power" is to distract bad guys (and everyone else) with her assets and precisely-timed "wardrobe malfunctions".
** Lampshaded by the newspapers of that world, who have offered a large reward for photos of Buxom Gal after more than a week of not using her powers. Sadly, the constant amount of supervillain attacks means she can barely go one day without expending her power.

* The whole premise of ''Webcomic/SidekickGirl'' is that superheroes are chosen because they "look the part" and sidekicks are assigned on the basis of the heroes' needs. This leaves the intelligent and skillful but [[HollywoodHomely relatively plain]] Valerie as HypercompetentSidekick to a telegenic and curvaceous blond bombshell BrainlessBeauty named Illumina, with a (highly inaccurate) reputation for getting a long string of sidekicks killed with her incompetence. Valerie was picked because she can't die -- and [[BlessedWithSuck that's it]]. No HealingFactor, no immunity to injury or pain. She just doesn't ''die'' from anything. She can suffer, though. Man, can she suffer.
* Discussed in [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/up-up-and-away-pt-1/ this strip]] from ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'':
-->'''Aubrey''': Oh, I wanna be a superhero! All that power and might! The cool abilities and costumes! The shockingly perfect boobie-spheres that have their own unique center of gravity!\\
'''Davan''': I noticed fighting for truth and justice wasn't in that little wish list.\\
'''Aubrey''': Davan, super women have super boobies. Super boobies are a "get out of fighting for good" card in the TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}} game that is our lives.
* The titular character of ''Webcomic/TheChallengesOfZona'', and even more so the giantess Liri, who would be at least a DD if she was human. As Liri is around 15 feet tall, her breasts pretty much demand their own postal code.
* ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'' contains three examples, all parodies and all lampshaded:
** For the titular superheroine this appears to actually be part of her superpowers because the FreakLabAccident that gives Heather super-powers changes her from modest to busty while toning her everywhere else.
** Super Milf is a blatant lampoon of this trope, as justified in her origin story. She was a scientist investigating the mysterious alien bio-reactors discovered by the military. The reactors suddenly went critical and a huge explosion ensued. Miraculously, no one was killed, but the reactors somehow merged with her breasts, turning her into a very powerful and very busty superheroine. She claims that her costume's generous cleavage vents heat from the reactors in her breasts.
** Greta Gravity justifies this by explaining that her powers are generated by her adipose (fat) tissue, so she has to keep her weight up to maintain them. Of course, she carries most of that weight in her giant bust and other assets. This in turn is justified: the reason she stays so perky and curvaceous is that she uses her gravity-warping abilities as super-powered support and shapewear. In other words, Greta's breasts ''literally'' defy gravity.
* Mentioned on ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' when Faye teases Penny about [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=956 her possible identity as Pizza Girl]].
* In the ''Webcomic/LeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes'', all heroines and villainesses are very well built.
** For some it's their only power. Buckeress, for example, was able to get onto the team because of it. As the art style [[ArtEvolution changed]] Buckeress was drawn to be bigger and bigger until she was at least twice as powerful] as the other lady heroes and villains.
** Mary Sue, a parody of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mary Sues]] has this as a literal superpower. She can eat as much as she wants and whatever she wants, and the only place she will gain weight is [[BreastExpansion her chest]].

* In ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'', Ye Thuza becomes internet famous for being a Masked Vigilante. [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2010/09/02/0196-no-night-in-spiderman/ When her husband shows a piece of her fan art]], she gets annoyed that she is drawn with big breasts, which would be impractical for fighting crime.

* Justified in ''Webcomic/{{Exiern}}'': An archwizard/seamstress was sick of dealing with "three sizes" and "unhealthy body shapes" so she cast a permanent spell to make every woman sexy as hell and the exact same shape. Since the world of Exiern has an in-universe system to justify retcons and author switches, this sex-based myth is going to stick in one form or another.

* In ''Literature/{{Brennus}}'', much as in the Whateley Universe, the Adonis expression of the Physique power reshapes people according to their perception of attractiveness. It's also literally the Most Common Superpower in the setting, as it often comes as a sub-power.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', huge breasts are among the common physical characteristics of the female characters. However, in what may be a super-heroine first, Characters/TheWasp's costume ''downplays'' her figure. This is only fully revealed in "The Casket of Ancient Winters", where she has a swimsuit scene that reveals this.

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

* In ''Anime/AkahoriGedouHourLovege'', Kaoruko naturally fits this trope, but her partner Aimi doesn't. Instead, she simulates it thanks to her super suit equipped with fake breasts made of "Paff-Paff X", a material bouncy enough to reflect anything, including incoming missiles.

* The [[http://ragnell.blogspot.com/2006/05/power-girl-you-be-judge.html urban legend]] goes that legendary comics artist Wally Wood, one of the original artists for ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' at Creator/DCComics, started enlarging her chest issue-to-issue to see [[ItAmusedMe how far he could go with it before the suits upstairs caught on.]] Again, this is just a myth; however, it started a tradition, and it's often considered one -- er, ''two'' of the main features of the character, i.e. that she has ''even larger'' breasts than the average generously-endowed {{superhero}}ine. Plus the "boob window" over her cleavage making them that much more obvious.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies'' when Batman, Superman, Katana, and Power Girl are discussing the [[WeNeedADistraction need to distract]] the Toyman (a thirteen-year-old Japanese [[TeenGenius boy genius]]). Power Girl (in her [[CleavageWindow costume with the big window in the chest]]) asks why everyone is suddenly staring at her before realizing the obvious.
** The same issue gave us this other great lampshading, when Superman and Batman talk with the Toyman about his invention after Power Girl is done distracting him:
---> '''Superman''': Will it work?\\
'''Toyman''': [[IsTheAnswerToThisQuestionYes Does Power Girl have big]]--\\
'''Batman''' (cuts him off): Alright then, let's go.
** Many of the artists and writers have had other characters point her figure out (such as in the preceding example), unlike other heroines in skintight and revealing clothing that other characters seemingly ignore. Even ''Power Girl'' is aware of her figure. In ''ComicBook/PowerTrip2005'' she commented that she doesn't need to wear a mask because "most of the time...they ain't lookin' at my face."
** Some contemporary artists (from the last decade or so) also draw her as muscular, built like a body-builder. Adam Hughes, especially. He even drew a sketch of her lifting her own breasts for exercise in one of his convention sketchbooks.

* ComicBook/WonderWoman:
** As originally drawn in the 1940s, she had an average chest. Obviously, things have changed since then, mostly due to the influence of the [[Series/WonderWoman1975 1970s TV series]] where she was played by the famously well-endowed Creator/LyndaCarter. Tellingly, she is described as ''canonically'' [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman the most beautiful woman in]] Franchise/TheDCU. All the beholders have the same tastes, then?
** Characters/BlackCanary once told Wonder Woman that the latter has "our community's second most famous bosom." The most famous one is Power Girl's. Hers are apparently practically considered a national treasure.
** Her big bust became so iconic that the casting of Creator/GalGadot in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse drew some flack from people who thought she had a big bra to fill even though her bust size is much closer to her original comicbook appearance as well as the classical Greek ideal that she's supposed to resemble. Gadot took it in good humour and even brought it up in a few interviews, most famously when she [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8pQMJrcNY asked Jimmy Kimmel what he thought of her breasts]]. Interestingly, her ComicBook/DCRebirth appearance [[https://comicnewbies.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/wonder-woman-tests-her-powers-rebirth-1.jpg seems to be averting this trope]] [[ComicBookFantasyCasting to more closely resemble Gadot's body type]].
* Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} is -usually- not as well-endowed as her Earth-Two adult counterpart Power Girl but she still has a very nice bust when she [[http://www.therobotsvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/SupergirlHotPants.jpg grows]] [[http://www.superman.nu/supergirl/costumes/carmine.jpg up.]] In ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'' she is the most buxom female character.
* ComicBook/RedSonja explains why she dresses like that, which is that she wants to be the lightning rod for men who would attack a woman, as they are more likely to grab a woman dressed in a revealing outfit, and Sonja wants to be the one to get their attention so she can deal with them.
* ComicBook/SheHulk is on record as the single most buxom female character in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse while her powers are active, but when she's not "hulked out", her proportions are perfectly average. Her proportions have been lampshaded more than once.
* In an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Gen13}}'', when Grunge absorbed Caitlin's power, he also acquired her bust size. Apparently, boobs ARE part of her superpowers. In the post-[[CanonDisContinuity Worldstorm]] version, she was explicitly [[MsFanservice genetically engineered for attractive appearance]]. Regardless of continuity, her large breasts were always the ''result'' of her powers. In her first appearance, she suddenly turns from mousy and slender to [[AmazonianBeauty muscular and curvy]] when her powers activate. This is attributed to an increase in "[[BoobsOfSteel muscle mass]]".
* {{Subverted|Trope}} and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in the Capes backup of ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' #27, wherein Knockout dons large prosthetic breasts while getting into costume. Her also superpowered boyfriend comments that he wished she "didn't have to wear those anymore," to which she replies that her salary has doubled since she started wearing them, and that "the world just doesn't ''want'' flat-chested superheroines." Parodied later in that same series. When Atom Eve rebuilds herself using her matter-manipulation powers, in the middle of a life-or-death fight, she takes the opportunity to make some "improvements" by upping her cup-size. "Subconsciously". She then passes out, and is quite surprised by her new figure when she wakes up in the hospital. Knockout later gives up wearing the prosthetic breasts once she and Kid Thor join up with the Guardians of the Globe after Capes Inc. disbands, due to both being comfortable in her own skin, and having a government salary that is already generous enough as it is, and doesn't hinge on the size of her breasts, but on her abilities as a hero.
* ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'':
** Spoofed when mousy archaeologist Nina Dowd is transformed into the super-villainess Mighty Endowed. Her breasts are literally super-powered (she can [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey fire man-hypnotizing beams]] from them), but she quickly finds her chest is so big she can't stand up without help.
** Likewise, when Arrowette is convinced that she's going to have to turn evil, one of her major concerns is the costume that goes with a lifetime of villainy.
--->'''Arrowette''': Oh God... [[EvilCostumeSwitch I'll have to get a tight, skimpy, black leather outfit that shows off my cleavage]]. Oh God... I'll have to get cleavage.

* Lampshaded in one of the last ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' strips. Steve Dallas is showing Opus a comic book, and points out to him that "all the women look like Music/DollyParton in zero gravity!"
* Latex Red, a former member of the 3 Little Kittens team, had her breasts augmented to enormous size, considerably larger than her head, in an attempt to out-do her former teammates. However she rapidly loses her balance and falls over a railing on her very first outing as a villain. In a later appearance, the boobs actually become a plot point when [[spoiler:Red reveals that she's hiding nuclear weapons in them. No, really]].
* Lampshaded also in Outlaws case (issue #2 of ''Agent X'') when Alex wakes up to her wig having fallen from the bedstand to his face which surprises him and he starts screaming
-->'''Alex''': A wig? *points to boobs* Are...are those real?\\
'''Outlaw''': Well...hate to tell you this, cowboy, but...\\
'''Alex''': AAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\\
'''Outlaw''': What, did you reckon that they just grew all of us out on a perfect body farm somewhere?\\
'''Alex''': Well, I just naturally assumed...
* One of the girlfriends of Comicbook/SavageDragon sees a photo of Dragon's deceased wife, the busty superheroine Smasher. She wonders out loud if her power was the power to defy gravity. ''Savage Dragon'' creator Erik Larsen flat out admits that he utilizes this trope. In fact, he lampshaded this with Earth Girl, a superheroine with ... um, great power who often finds herself the victim of a WardrobeMalfunction.
* In an issue of ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'', Barbi (an attractive woman who certainly has no reason for ACupAngst) describes going into a comic book store; the creepy clerk says "we don't usually see breasts as small as yours here", [[DontExplainTheJoke presumably because]] the only women ever seen in that store are on the pages of the comic books.
* ''ComicBook/BlackCat''. Lampshaded occasionally. Best one that comes to mind is the time Spider-Man [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/16a75f549c567affe67ca224ff413a9d/3fcf99c8304b70b2-17/s1280x1920/a83389bb6fa7353d8cdc32bf18a4e22da1607482.jpg questions how she can move so acrobatically with them weighing her down.]][[note]]They act as ballast.[[/note]] Similarly to Wonder Woman, she had an average bust size when she first appeared (in ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #194).
* Lampshaded in ''ComicBook/StrikeforceMorituri''. First a female character celebrates that her enhancement process has given her a bigger bosom, and later other female characters are amused/skeeved by the size of the breasts they have been depicted with in the in-universe propaganda comics about them.
* The eponymous ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'' a.k.a. May "May Day" Parker doesn't have absolutely huge breasts but average-sized ones, despite her mother, MJ Watson, being rather gifted in that department, suggesting that this is partly down to the fact that she's still a teen. However, when two of her friends, who have no idea she is Spider-Girl, decide to draw an indie comic based on the heroine they ramp up her breast size -- as well as change her outfit to be more revealing and to display a head of long blonde locks. May Day finds the entire thing silly.
* Jules from ''ComicBook/BazookaJules'' is a teenager with a slender build but thanks to a micro-robotic weapon fusing with her body anytime she's in danger she transforms in an adult version of herself with extremely large breasts. When she asks her professor why activating her powers makes her breasts so big, he explains that the weapon automatically provides its user with physical enhancements and weapons its user wants for the situation. One of the enhancements Jules has been subconsciously commanding the weapon to get her is large breasts.
* In Brian Tarsis' erotic graphic novel ''City of Dreams'', when the heroine steps through the mirror into the fantasy world and becomes her alter ego, her first comment is "I am the Princess - look at these tits!"
* Subverted in [[http://ps238.nodwick.com/?p=384 two]] ''ComicBook/PS238'' [[http://ps238.nodwick.com/?p=385 strips.]] Villainess "The Kestrel" is blackmailed with medical pictures proving that hers aren't all-natural. She had it done because she's "got a mystique to maintain in this business." Beyond that, author/artist Aaron Williams rarely portrays any of his women with the Most Common Superpower. Especially Piffany, who is short and rather dumpy. The aversion in ''[=PS238=]'' is justified in-universe by the fact that most of the superheroines in the comic are still prepubescent.
* In the first issue of DC's New 52 ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws, [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Red Hood]] has to break Arsenal/Speedy/Red Arrow out of a prison in a Middle Eastern country. While they're being chased, Arsenal asks if Hood brought any backup, and Hood replies, "38 of them." While Arsenal's still trying to figure that out, [[Characters/TeenTitansStarfire Starfire]] flies by and blows up a tank.
* When mild-mannered college student Sopie Bangs becomes paranormal super-heroine {{ComicBook/Promethea}}, her friend's first comment is "You finally got boobs!"

* Lucy from ComicBook/HalloweenMan, even more so since becoming plus-sized, which has given her the Most Common Super Power in spades due to BreastExpansion as well as becoming a {{B|igBeautifulWoman}}BW. A lot of this has been played for laughs, recently leading to a few MyEyesAreUpHere moments.

* Creator/JossWhedon has mentioned that when he was getting started with ''[[ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight]]'' comics, he had some trouble finding comic book artists who were skilled at drawing women with average-sized breasts.
* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Nick Fury jokingly asks if Monica Chang had a "boob job," but she just tells him to shut up. Either way, she's as stacked as every other woman Leinil Yu draws.
* Lampshaded in ''ComicBook/YoungbloodJudgmentDay'' by a superheroine from the sixties who says that she was considered as well-endowed back in the day, but compared to today's heroines, she feels flat-chested.
* {{Justified|Trope}} in ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'': the Guardians of Kandrakar are five teenaged girls [[SexierAlterEgo whose transformations give them the]] ''[[SexierAlterEgo idealized]]'' [[SexierAlterEgo version of their older bodies]], and it compensates for their perceived flaws. Thus Will, Taranee and Hay Lin, who suffer from breast envy, get larger breasts, Irma, who is pudgy, gets slimmer... And Cornelia, who is perfectly OK with her body, just gets an OlderAlterEgo and is noticeably flatter (though she still has an above-average bust size) than the others.
* Amusingly parodied in one of Creator/JhonenVasquez's ''Meanwhile'' strips, which features a pair of dimension-hopping travelers arriving in a parody superhero universe, and end up fighting two heroes there: a man so [[TopHeavyGuy enormously overmuscled that he can't lift his own arms]], and a woman whose breasts are so [[BoobBasedGag ridiculously huge]], especially in proportion to her stick-thin body, that all it takes to defeat her is ''tapping her in the forehead'', causing the weight of her breasts to literally ''break her back'', the top half of her body falling to the ground, and her head being immediately crushed to a pulp when her breasts land on it.

* [[http://members.adult-fanfiction.org/profile.php?no=1296887221 MarvelMaster616]]'s Franchise/MarvelUniverse fics attempt to justify it - apparently, the X-Gene attempts to compensate for its rarity by making its carriers more attractive (there is also a higher sex drive attached, which is why these fics are often PornWithPlot). One fic actually has Jean posing for a ''{{Magazine/Playboy}}'' centerfold, and the playmate responsible for shooting asks outright who does her boobs - she cannot believe they're real.

* In ''FanFic/OriginStory'', Alex Harris is a clone of Characters/PowerGirl, so naturally this trope applies. And they are remarked upon several times, not only by other people, but by Alex herself and (especially) Louise, Alex's girlfriend, who really, ''really'' appreciates them.

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]

* ProtoSuperhero the Literature/DominoLady is notably well-endowed, with much text devoted to how her sheer white gown stretches across her ample bust.

* Subverted in [[http://ps238.nodwick.com/?p=384 two]] ''ComicBook/PS238'' [[http://ps238.nodwick.com/?p=385 strips.]] Villainess "The Kestrel" is blackmailed with medical pictures proving that hers aren't all-natural. She had it done because she's "got a mystique to maintain in this business." Beyond that, author/artist Aaron Williams rarely portrays any of his women with the Most Common Superpower. Especially Piffany, who is short and rather dumpy. The aversion in ''[=PS238=] is justified in-universe by the fact that most of the superheroines in the comic are still prepubescent.

A SubTrope of HeroicBuild. Compare BoobsOfSteel, BuxomBeautyStandard, CleavageWindow, FormFittingWardrobe, GagBoobs, HiddenBuxom, IHaveBoobsYouMustObey, {{Stripperiffic}}, WorldOfBuxom. See also TopHeavyGuy (a male exaggerated torso).

* Latex Red, a former member of the 3 Little Kittens team, had her breasts augmented to enormous size, [[GagBoobs considerably larger than her head]], in an attempt to out-do her former teammates. However she rapidly loses her balance and falls over a railing on her very first outing as a villain. In a later appearance, the GagBoobs actually become a plot point when [[spoiler:Red reveals that she's hiding nuclear weapons in them. No, really]].

* Amusingly parodied in one of Creator/JhonenVasquez's ''Meanwhile'' strips, which features a pair of dimension-hopping travelers arriving in a parody superhero universe, and end up fighting two heroes there: a man so [[TopHeavyGuy enormously overmuscled that he can't lift his own arms]], and a woman whose breasts are so [[GagBoobs ridiculously huge]], especially in proportion to her stick-thin body, that all it takes to defeat her is ''tapping her in the forehead'', causing the weight of her breasts to literally ''break her back'', the top half of her body falling to the ground, and her head being immediately crushed to a pulp when her breasts land on it.

** For some it's their only power. Buckeress, for example, was able to get onto the team because of it. As the art style [[ArtEvolution changed]] Buckeress was drawn to be bigger and bigger until she was at least twice as [[GagBoobs powerful]] as the other lady heroes and villains.

* Invoked in [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/XYx-bzCN1WA_-fhQhprTuhYtaz_l85zz0Wjq3u6J5T1TVx1WmcjlUfvFKsKr6wSYc9yc1a80Idiz=s0?rhlupa=MTcxLjI1NS4xMjcuMTE5&rnvuka=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKExpbnV4OyBBbmRyb2lkIDUuMS4xOyBOZXh1cyA0IEJ1aWxkL0xNWTQ4VCkgQXBwbGVXZWJLaXQvNTM3LjM2IChLSFRNTCwgbGlrZSBHZWNrbykgQ2hyb21lLzYwLjAuMzExMi4xMTYgTW9iaWxlIFNhZmFyaS81MzcuMzY= the cover]] for the first issue of ''Westernanimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' (the story itself had the mice become a BatmanParody).

* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5529512/chapters/12945616 Harry Potter and the Golden Ring]]'' Harry and Remus have a conversation with Characters/PowerGirl the morning after her and Harry's drunken Vegas wedding.

Common because [[MostWritersAreMale Most Artists Are Male]], of course, which is why this rarely involves MyEyesAreUpHere.

A SubTrope of HeroicBuild. Compare FormFittingWardrobe, {{Stripperiffic}}, GagBoobs, BoobsOfSteel, CleavageWindow, WorldOfBuxom, BuxomIsBetter (open preference for large chests), TopHeavyGuy (a male exaggerated torso). See also IHaveBoobsYouMustObey.

* In ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' protagonist Sydney Scoville, who works for a government agency mostly comprised of superheroines, is told that whatever causes supers to be super in the first place makes them extremely busty yet fit with not an ounce bodyfat anywhere but their breasts. Sydney, who has no superpowers of her own because her abilities come from a halo of [[{{Phlebotinum}} orbs]] is flat-chested and suffers some ACupAngst over her scrawny nerd girl appearance (particularly compared to the aptly-named Maxima).