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
- Appearance Angst
- Autonomous and Artificial Appendage Index
- Bizarre Alien Biology
- Bloody Tropes
- Body Horror
- Body Language
- Can't Stomach This Index
- Dead Body Index
- Dexterity Tropes
- Ear Tropes
- Eye Tropes
- Fine Feathered Tropes
- Hand Tropes
- Hair Tropes
- Mouthful of Index
- Muscular Index
- Neck Tropes
- Nose Tropes
- No Nudity Taboo
- Nudity Tropes
- Scar Tropes
- Sensory Index
- Shell Tropes
- Skeletal Tropes
- Smile Tropes
- Spare Body Parts
- Stay Ahead of This Index
- Stuffy Old Tropes About the Buttocks
- Tail of the Index
- Teeth Tropes
- These Tropes Are Made for Walking (half are about feet)
- This Is Your Brain on Tropes
- Winged Tropes
- The World's Breast Tropes
- Abnormal Limb Rotation Range
- 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
- Barbie Doll Anatomy: When naked, a character doesn't have visible genitals and/or nipples.
- Big Prick, Big Problems: Being very well-endowed is not as advantageous as it may sound.
- The Body Parts That Must Not Be Named
- Body Pocket
- Clothing Appendage: A character's "clothes" are actually part of their body.
- Curves in All the Right Places
- Dismemberment Is Cheap
- Elongating Arm Gag
- Extendable Arms
- Gag Lips
- Gem Tissue
- Groin Attack: Suffering an injury in the crotch.
- A Head at Each End
- Head Hat: Wearing a head as a hat.
- Heart Beats out of Chest
- Heart in the Wrong Place
- Hermaphrodite: Having both male and female genitalia.
- I Call Him "Mister 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
- Limb-Sensation Fascination
- Literal Change of Heart
- Monster Modesty
- No Biological Sex
- Odd Organ Up Top: When a different body part or organ is serving as a head.
- Orifice Evacuation
- Orifice Invasion
- Retractable Appendages
- Ribcage Stomach
- Rubber Face
- Rubber Hose Limbs
- Squish the Cheeks
- Stomach of Holding
- Sudden Anatomy: Character is suddenly depicted with a body part they usually don't seem to have.
- Treasure Chest Cavity
- Triple Nipple: Someone has a third nipple.
- Useless Spleen
- Wearing It All Wrong: Someone wears a garment on the wrong body part.
- Who Needs Their Whole Body?
