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** … [[HandicappedBadass because he's paraplegic]].
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* '''Gender Inverted''': Rippin' Roberta has a ridiculously big torso and BoobsOfSteel, yet a really tiny lower body.

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* '''Gender Inverted''': Rippin' Roberta has a ridiculously big torso and BoobsOfSteel, torso, yet a really tiny lower body.

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* '''Inverted''': Big Bill has a scrawny torso and sticks for arms but has ridiculously muscular legs.

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Big Bill has a scrawny torso and sticks for arms but has ridiculously muscular legs.

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* '''Defied''':
** The producers wanted to give Big Bill a proportional build and felt that a top heavy build was too cliché.
** Big Bill tries to exercise all his muscles including his leg muscles.

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* '''Defied''':
** The producers wanted to give Big Bill a proportional build and felt that a top heavy build was too cliché.
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'''Defied''': Big Bill tries to exercise all his muscles including his leg muscles.



* '''Reconstructed''':
** Big Bill managed to make a miraculous recovery and can function normally.
** He works out his legs as he does with his upper body.

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'''Reconstructed''': Big Bill managed to make a miraculous recovery and can function normally.
** He works out his
Bill's legs as he does with are StrongerThanTheyLook and are able to support his upper body.


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* '''Untwisted''': Big Bill's thick legs turn out to be a waist down PowerArmor. His real legs are small and scrawny.
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* '''Gender Inverted''': Rippin' Roberta has a ridiculously big torso and [[GagBoobs boobs]], yet a really tiny lower body.

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* '''Gender Inverted''': Rippin' Roberta has a ridiculously big torso and [[GagBoobs boobs]], BoobsOfSteel, yet a really tiny lower body.

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* '''Inverted''': Big Bill has a scrawny torso and sticks for arms but has ridiculously muscular legs.
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* '''Inverted''': Big Bill has a scrawny torso and sticks for arms but has ridiculously muscular legs.
** {{Hartman Hips}}
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** Big Bill is a gorilla, penguin or other non-human that naturally exhibits this trope.

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** Big Bill is a gorilla, penguin penguin, or other non-human that naturally exhibits this trope.

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* '''Justified''': Big Bill only focuses on his upper body when working out.
** Big Bill is a gorilla or other non-human that naturally exhibits this trope.

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Big Bill only focuses on his upper body when working out.
** Big Bill is a gorilla gorilla, penguin or other non-human that naturally exhibits this trope.
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** {{Hartman Hips}}
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** Big Bill is a gorilla or other non-human that naturally exhibits this trope.


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* '''Played For Drama''': [[NonStandardCharacterDesign Big Bill is a topheavy guy in a normally-proportioned universe]], and is viewed as [[TheGrotesque a deformed freak ]].
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* '''Exploited''': [[PintSizedPowerhouse Alice]] kicks Big Bill in the knee and brings him down.

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* '''Exploited''': [[PintSizedPowerhouse Alice]] Annie]] kicks Big Bill in the knee and brings him down.
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* '''Gender Inverted''': Big Roberta has a ridiculously big torso and [[GagBoobs boobs]], yet a really tiny lower body.

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* '''Gender Inverted''': Big Rippin' Roberta has a ridiculously big torso and [[GagBoobs boobs]], yet a really tiny lower body.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Big Bill is so top heavy that his arms and torso make up over 75% of his body weight and he runs with his fists. When Alice kicks him in the knee to take advantage of his physique, his massive body crashes down onto her like a brick wall.



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* '''Conversed''': "How does a man with a body like that walk?"

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* '''Conversed''': "How does a man with a body like that walk?"walk?" "Like a gorilla."

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* '''Reconstructed''': Big Bill managed to make a miraculous recovery and can function normally.

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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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Big Bill managed to make a miraculous recovery and can function normally.normally.
** He works out his legs as he does with his upper body.
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* '''Gender Inverted''': Big Roberta has a ridiculously big torso and [[GagBoobs boobs]] and a really tiny lower body.

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* '''Gender Inverted''': Big Roberta has a ridiculously big torso and [[GagBoobs boobs]] and boobs]], yet a really tiny lower body.
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* '''Gender Inverted''': Big Roberta has a ridiculously big chest and [[GagBoobs boobs]] and a really tiny lower body.

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* '''Gender Inverted''': Big Roberta has a ridiculously big chest torso and [[GagBoobs boobs]] and a really tiny lower body.

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* '''Gender Inverted''': Kelly has a ridiculously big chest and [[GagBoobs boobs]] and a really tiny lower body.

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* '''Gender Inverted''': Kelly Big Roberta has a ridiculously big chest and [[GagBoobs boobs]] and a really tiny lower body.



* '''Defied''': The producers wanted to give Big Bill a proportional build and felt that a top heavy build was too cliché.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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The producers wanted to give Big Bill a proportional build and felt that a top heavy build was too cliché.cliché.
** Big Bill tries to exercise all his muscles including his leg muscles.
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* '''Gender Inverted''': Kelly has a [[GagBoobs ridiculously big boobs/chest]] and a really tiny lower body.

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* '''Gender Inverted''': Kelly has a [[GagBoobs ridiculously big boobs/chest]] chest and [[GagBoobs boobs]] and a really tiny lower body.
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* ''Gender Inverted'': Kelly has a [[GagBoobs ridiculously big boobs/chest]] and really tiny legs.
* '''Inverted''': Big Bill has a scrawny torso and sticks for arms but has ridiculously muscular legs.

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* ''Gender Inverted'': '''Gender Inverted''': Kelly has a [[GagBoobs ridiculously big boobs/chest]] and a really tiny legs.
lower body.
* '''Inverted''': Big Bill has a scrawny torso and sticks for arms but has ridiculously muscular legs.
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* ''Gender Inverted'': Kelly has a [[GagBoobs ridiculously big boobs/chest]] and really tiny legs.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Big Bill's legs are too thin to properly support his upper body and suffered from health problems.

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Big Bill's legs are too thin to properly support his upper body and suffered from health problems.
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** His short legs mean he [[MightyGlacier can't run as fast]] as a regular human being and he's discriminated against when it comes to jobs that require fast running.
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???[[PintSizedPowerhouse Alice]] kicks Big Bill in the knee and brings him down.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Big Bill's legs are too thin to properly support his upper body and suffered from health problems.
* '''Reconstructed''': Big Bill managed to make a miraculous recovery and can function normally.



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* '''Deconstructed''': Big Bill's legs are too thin to properly support his upper body and suffered from health problems.
* '''Reconstructed''': Big Bill managed to make a miraculous recovery and can function normally.



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* '''Conversed''': "How does a man with a body like that walk?"

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* '''Conversed''': "How does a man with a body like that walk?"walk?"
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'''Basic Trope''': A man with a buff upper body but a disproportionately smaller lower body.
* '''Straight''': Big Bill has muscular arms and a broad torso but thin legs.
* '''Exaggerated''': Big Bill's upper body is so muscular, his biceps have biceps; his legs, however, are downright bony.
* '''Downplayed''': Big Bill's legs are small compared to his bulky body but can still realistically support his frame.
* '''Justified''': Big Bill only focuses on his upper body when working out.
* '''Inverted''': Big Bill has a scrawny torso and sticks for arms but has ridiculously muscular legs.
* '''Subverted''': Big Bill was merely wearing a prop to make his upper body look bigger than his lower body...
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but Big Bill was also wearing pants that made his legs look larger than they really were.
* '''Parodied''': Big Bill has the arms and chest of Superman but the legs of a stick figure.
* '''Deconstructed''': Big Bill's legs are too thin to properly support his upper body and suffered from health problems.
* '''Reconstructed''': Big Bill managed to make a miraculous recovery and can function normally.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Big Bill's dimensions tend to fluctuate constantly.
* '''Averted''': Big Bill's body is completely proportional.
* '''Enforced''': The producers gave Big Bill a top heavy build to stand out among the other characters.
* '''Lampshaded''': "With arms like these, who needs legs?"
* '''Invoked''': Big Bill prefers sports that rely on the upper body and trained accordingly.
* '''Defied''': The producers wanted to give Big Bill a proportional build and felt that a top heavy build was too cliché.
* '''Discussed''': "Bill, you'd make a great boxer with a build like that!"
* '''Conversed''': "How does a man with a body like that walk?"

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