An index of tropes about the anatomy
(i.e. bodily form and structure) of any living thing, or at least an approximation of one. Contrast Physiology Tropes, which is about the physiology (i.e. bodily functions and activities) of living beings.
Compare Personal Appearance Tropes, Aging Tropes, Costume Tropes, Body Image Tropes.
Tropes:
Categories:
- Anatomy Agony
- Anatomy Arsenal
- Anatomy of Metal
- Autonomous and Artificial Appendage Index
- Bizarre Alien Biology: Aliens having anatomy that is strange when compared to human anatomy.
- Bloody Tropes
- Body Language
- Can't Stomach This Index
- Dead Body Index
- Ear Tropes
- Eye Tropes
- Fine Feathered Tropes
- Hand Tropes
- Hair Tropes
- Mouthful of Index
- Muscular Index
- Nose Tropes
- No Nudity Taboo
- Nudity Tropes
- Scar Tropes
- Sensory Index
- Skeletal Tropes
- Smile Tropes
- Stay Ahead of This Index
- Tail of the Index
- Teeth Tropes
- These Tropes Are Made for Walking (half are about feet)
- Winged Tropes
- Abnormal Limb Rotation Range
- A-Cup Angst: A woman is upset that she has small breasts.
- Anal Probing
- Animation Anatomy Aging
- Anthropomorphized Anatomy: Bodily organs or cells are depicted as Anthropomorphic Personifications.
- Armless Biped: A two-legged creature that lacks arms.
- Artificial Limbs
- Ass Shove: A person has something shoved up their ass.
- Barbie Doll Anatomy: When naked, a character doesn't have visible genitals and/or nipples.
- Big Breast Pride
- Boobs of Steel
- Body Horror
- Breast Attack
- Breast Expansion
- The Body Parts That Must Not Be Named
- Body Pocket
- Bust Chart
- Butt Brand
- Clothing Appendage: A character's "clothes" are actually part of their body.
- Curves in All the Right Places
- D-Cup Distress
- Dismemberment Is Cheap
- Extendable Arms
- Fake Boobs
- Fake Muscles
- Flexing Those Non-Biceps
- Funbag Airbag
- Gag Boobs: A woman has oversized breasts for comedic effect.
- Gag Lips
- Gag Nose
- Gainaxing: Scenes where a woman's breasts jiggle.
- Gem Tissue
- Groin Attack: Suffering an injury in the crotch.
- A Head at Each End
- Heart Beats out of Chest
- Heart in the Wrong Place
- Hermaphrodite: Having both male and female genitalia.
- Hidden Buxom
- I Call Him "Mr. Happy": Naming your genitals.
- Impossible Hourglass Figure: A female has an unrealistically narrow waist and unrealistically large breasts and hips.
- Injured Limb Episode
- Invisible Anatomy
- Lantern Jaw of Justice: Good guys have huge chins.
- Limb-Sensation Fascination
- Literal Change of Heart
- Marshmallow Hell: A woman smothers someone with her breasts.
- Meet My Good Friends "Lefty" and "Righty": Someone names their fists.
- Misty May
- Monster Modesty
- Multiboobage: A female with more than two breasts.
- No Biological Sex
- Nose Shove
- Odd Organ Up Top: When a different body part or organ is serving as a head.
- Organic Bra: A female being who would otherwise have bare breasts has an organic covering to keep her nipples hidden.
- Orifice Evacuation
- Orifice Invasion
- Pain to the Ass
- The Pratfall: Falling on your butt as a form of comedy.
- Retractable Appendages
- Ribcage Stomach
- Rubber Hose Limbs
- Sinister Schnoz: Bad guys with long, pointy noses.
- Squish the Cheeks
- Stomach of Holding
- Sudden Anatomy: Character is suddenly depicted with a body part they usually don't seem to have.
- Thanks for the Mammary
- Treasure Chest Cavity
- Triple Nipple: Someone has a third nipple.
- Useless Spleen
- Who Needs Their Whole Body?
