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* Creator/LaurenFaust has a doll lineup called ''Toys/MilkyWayAndTheGalaxyGirls'', all characters having the same [[NoodlePeople skinny body shape]]. Later on, [[AvertedTrope she changed all the character bodies to be more diverse]].
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* Initially played straight with ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' (although the dolls did have different face molds) until the release of Nefera De Nile's doll, which has a taller mold as she is older than the rest.

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* Initially played straight with ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' (although the dolls did have different face molds) until the release of Nefera De Nile's doll, which has a taller mold as she is older than the rest.rest (though she still had the same general body shape). G3 averted this further, with a wider variety of body types available.
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* Averted in ''Webcomic/StarImpact'', where women's body types are every bit as varied as those of the men. For example, [[MightyGlacier Aster]] is bulky and muscular, [[FragileSpeedster Phoebe]] is lean and slender, and [[BloodKnight Etna]] is wiry and walks with a slight hunch.

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* Averted in ''Webcomic/StarImpact'', where women's body types are every bit as varied as those of the men. For example, [[MightyGlacier Aster]] is bulky and muscular, [[FragileSpeedster Phoebe]] is lean and slender, [[MiniatureSeniorCitizens Stryker]] is less than five feet tall, and [[BloodKnight Etna]] is wiry and walks with a slight hunch.
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->''"take a shot every time a shonen mangaka can draw 1289321 types of guys but only 1 girl"''
-->-- '''heartmush''' [[https://twitter.com/heartmush/status/991467706787524608 on]] Website/{{Twitter|X}}
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** This was also true of the ''male'' characters; there really was only one body mold for each sex in the original ''He-Man'' and ''She-Ra'' toylines (with a few exceptions). This means that virtually every male character shared He-Man's exaggerated muscularity, especially if they had a toy.

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** This was also true of the ''male'' characters; there really was only one body mold for each sex in the original ''He-Man'' and ''She-Ra'' toylines (with a few exceptions). This means that [[WorldOfMuscleMen virtually every male character shared He-Man's exaggerated muscularity, muscularity]], especially if they had a toy.
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* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' tends towards very outlandish male character designs, but the girls in the series trends towards having very human woman-like body shapes with only height and some small differences in build doing much to make them stand out from each other. ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'' for example has nine female characters who can all be nicely sorted into "adult" (Tawna, Ami, Isabella, Megumi, Liz and Pasadena) and "young" (Coco, Nina Cortex, and Yaya). The only real exceptions are the morbidly obese [[VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity Madame Amberly]], some of the explicitly female Titans in the ''[[VideoGame/CrashOfTheTitans Titans]]'' [[VideoGame/CrashMindOverMutant duology]], [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot4ItsAboutTime alternate Dr. N. Tropy]] who has a bulky design similar to the male version, and Kupana-Wa (who is a ''mask'').
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* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'': Nearly every major character has very similar physical builds that differ only by bust size and species. Some exceptions are the fat lady NPC in ''VideoGame/ShantaeHalfGenieHero'', the Tan Line Island Princess in ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndThePiratesCurse'', and some of the enemies from the collective series.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'': Nearly every major character has very similar physical builds that differ only by bust size and species. Some exceptions are the fat lady NPC in ''VideoGame/ShantaeHalfGenieHero'', ''VideoGame/ShantaeHalfGenieHero'' and ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndTheSevenSirens'', the Tan Line Island Princess in ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndThePiratesCurse'', and some of the enemies from the collective series.

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* Pretty much any game from [[Creator/BlizzardEntertainment Blizzard]] will feature this trope. Prominent examples include:
** ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' isn't the worst in this regard, but a vast majority of female characters play the trope straight, with names like D.Va, Mercy, Sombra, Symmetra, Tracer, and Widowmaker are all slender, conventionally attractive women with long, graceful legs and trim waists, give or take some curves and height. There are some instances where [[SubvertedTrope the artists consciously avoided falling into this]] like Zarya (a short-haired, ripped bodybuilder), Mei (a short, chubby Chinese woman), Moira (a very lanky not-sorceress), and Orisa (a big centaur-adjacent ''robot''), but while you could almost certainly tell the difference between each female character during gameplay, more often than not, this has to with costume and weapon design than the actual shape of their bodies.
** ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'': While not featuring nearly female character as the other examples, the 3 named human female characters encountered in the games all have very lithe, slender bodies that would land a real life woman a career in modeling or even Hollywood. The DLC, [[VideoGame/StarCraftIINovaCovertOps Nova Covert Ops]], adds one extra, a female villain, who averts the trope only by virtue of being a [[CoolOldLady Cool Old Lady]] instead of looking like someone in their mid-twenties. Granted, this could also be said of ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', with [[TheSmurfettePrinciple even fewer (human) female characters]], which is only saved by the fact that the character sprites are too small to make out any difference between Kerrigan and regular Terran Ghosts. Before the 3D engines, the difference was only apparent in the [[AllThereInTheManual concept art]].
** ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': This has been a consistent complaint over character models; the alpha builds, while rough, often had the females look like counterparts to the males of their race, but when it came time for final builds (after receiving yea many complaints about being ugly) it was like the developers threw up their hands and said: "screw it, let's make them all barbie dolls". The dwarf, gnome, and pandaren females actually avert this, however, with the first and last being rather thick and curvy, while the 2nd is appropriately proportioned for such a short race. To a lesser extent, so do the Tauren.



* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' isn't the worst in this regard, but a vast majority of female characters play the trope straight, with names like D.Va, Mercy, Sombra, Symmetra, Tracer, and Widowmaker are all slender, conventionally attractive women with long, graceful legs and trim waists, give or take some curves and height. There are some instances where [[SubvertedTrope the artists consciously avoided falling into this]] like Zarya (a short-haired, ripped bodybuilder), Mei (a short, chubby Chinese woman), Moira (a very lanky not-sorceress), and Orisa (a big centaur-adjacent ''robot''), but while you could almost certainly tell the difference between each female character during gameplay, more often than not, this has to with costume and weapon design than the actual shape of their bodies.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' isn't the worst in this regard, but a vast majority of female characters play the trope straight, with names like D.Va, Mercy, Sombra, Symmetra, Tracer, and Widowmaker are all slender, conventionally attractive women with long, graceful legs and trim waists, give or take some curves and height. There are some instances where [[SubvertedTrope the artists consciously avoided falling into this]] like Zarya (a short-haired, ripped bodybuilder), Mei (a short, chubby Chinese woman), Moira (a very lanky not-sorceress), and Orisa (a big centaur-adjacent ''robot''), but while you could almost certainly tell the difference between each female character during gameplay, more often than not, this has to with costume and weapon design than the actual shape of their bodies.



* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': This has been a consistent complaint over character models; the alpha builds, while rough, often had the females look like counterparts to the males of their race, but when it came time for final builds (after receiving yea many complaints about being ugly) it was like the developers threw up their hands and said: "screw it, let's make them all barbie dolls". The dwarf, gnome, and pandaren females actually avert this, however, with the first and last being rather thick and curvy, while the 2nd is appropriately proportioned for such a short race. To a lesser extent, so do the Tauren.
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* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] (although [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]]) in ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': All the female main characters and most male characters have distinct body shapes but the members of 4*Town have less varied body shapes. Justfied considering they're a boy band.

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* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] (although [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]]) in ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': All the female main characters and most male characters have distinct body shapes but the members of 4*Town have less varied body shapes. Justfied [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] considering they're members of a boy band.
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* Inverted (although Downplayed) in ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': All the female main characters and most male characters have distinct body shapes but the members of 4*Town have less varied body shapes. Justfied considering they're a boy band.

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* Inverted [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] (although Downplayed) [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]]) in ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': All the female main characters and most male characters have distinct body shapes but the members of 4*Town have less varied body shapes. Justfied considering they're a boy band.
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* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': All the female main characters have distinct body shapes but the members of 4*Town have less varied body shapes.

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* Inverted (although Downplayed) in ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': All the female main characters and most male characters have distinct body shapes but the members of 4*Town have less varied body shapes.shapes. Justfied considering they're a boy band.
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* The majority of the characters in ''VideoGame/BangDreamGirlsBandParty'' look like generic anime girls. The only things that distinguish themselves from one another is the hair color, hair style, eye color, and sometimes eye shape.

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* The Despite having a [[ChromosomeCasting nearly all-female cast]], the majority of the characters in ''VideoGame/BangDreamGirlsBandParty'' look like generic anime girls. The only things that distinguish themselves from one another is the hair color, hair style, have similar faces and body types. Distinguishing features are usually marked by hair, eye color, and sometimes eye shape.shape, but female characters that break from the standard design are usually side characters or bit-part antagonists.
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* {{Parodied|Trope}} and {{exaggerated|Trope}} in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'''s ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' parody. At one point, Riff complains to Torg that he has a TwentyBearAsses quest that requires killing only female slime blobs and he can't figure out how to distinguish them. A little later when Zoë is trying to create a character, she complains to Torg about the difference between the way the male and female characters look -- all the female versions are scantily clad and have the same exact generically sexy figure with a different head, even the ugly Jigants ([[ButterFace and the females still have the same Jigant face]]). Upon realising this, Torg becomes GenreSavvy enough to be able to advice Riff, and after hearing his advice, Riff wonders why the hell [[FailedASpotCheck he didn't notice]] it sooner that while most slime blobs are just blobs, some of them have that blob for a head atop the same old bikini'd sexy female body.

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* {{Parodied|Trope}} and {{exaggerated|Trope}} in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'''s ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' parody. At one point, Riff complains to Torg that he has a TwentyBearAsses quest that requires killing only female slime blobs and he can't figure out how to distinguish them. A little later when Zoë is trying to create a character, she complains to Torg about the difference between the way the male and female characters look -- all the female versions are scantily clad and have the same exact generically sexy figure with a different head, even the ugly Jigants ([[ButterFace and the females still have the same Jigant face]]). Upon realising this, Torg becomes GenreSavvy enough to be able to advice advise Riff, and after hearing his advice, Riff wonders why the hell [[FailedASpotCheck he didn't notice]] it sooner that while most slime blobs are just blobs, some of them have that blob for a head atop the same old bikini'd sexy female body.
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* ''VideoGame/SummertimeSaga'': the vast majority of female characters, such as Debbie, Diane, Jenny, all appear to have pretty much the same shape as if the same underlying design was continually reused.
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* An interesting example is in the background of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''; Edna Mode's design studio has three body type mannequins to model her clothes on: huge buff dude, medium-sized buff dude, and woman. [[FridgeLogic Perhaps she refuses to make costumes for any other body types.]] The film itself is an aversion: besides the comically-short Edna Mode herself, female characters include Helen Parr (hourglass figure, prominent thighs, relatively small upper body), her daughter Violet (scaled-down, more petite version of Helen), and the comically, almost disturbingly-thin Mirage.

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* An interesting example is in the background of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''; ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1''; Edna Mode's design studio has three body type mannequins to model her clothes on: huge buff dude, medium-sized buff dude, and woman. [[FridgeLogic Perhaps she refuses to make costumes for any other body types.]] The film itself is an aversion: besides the comically-short Edna Mode herself, female characters include Helen Parr (hourglass figure, prominent thighs, relatively small upper body), her daughter Violet (scaled-down, more petite version of Helen), and the comically, almost disturbingly-thin Mirage.

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