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Hartman Hips is wishy-washy in its description— it mentions several times that large hips can be used to emphasize a character's mature femininity, or motherliness, but then it goes back and says "or it can also be sexy... or it can just be realistic... or it can be to get feminine curves into a g-rated show..." etc. Ultimately, the only required description is just, "has large hips"
I think that there is a real characterization-by-appearance trope here— a female character has large hips to emphasize that she is mature, womanly, and/or maternal. This is not, however, how the trope is currently being used
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True ZC Es and potholes (18/50)
- Time Squad zce
- Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown* Hartman Hips: Skippy and Matilda have these. (Justified, on account of their being kangaroos)
- Imperium Nova* Hartman Hips: CHILDREARING HIPS!
- Corpse Bride * Hartman Hips: One of her womanly features that hasn't been affected by decomposition.
- The Cave zce
- Herc's Adventures * Hartman Hips: Atlanta and Circe. The latter in particular shows them off since she's lying on her sofa.
- Mega Man (Ruby-Spears)* Hartman Hips: Depending on how small their waists are drawn, Mega Man, Roll, and Proto Man.
- Darth Wiki/PROTOCOL: * Hartman Hips: A male example.
- Hanging Ten Saga* Hartman Hips: Most of the girls in the series have them.
- Halo: Reach* "KAT'S ASS", among others.
- Sausage Party Best Known for the Fanservice: Ask around and there are two things you will find this film most remembered for: Camille Toh,
- Characters/Gorillaz * Hartman Hips: Seems to have been given these in Phase 4, making him a rare male example of this trope. Interviews have revealed that he actually refers to the pants that he wears that accentuate his hips as "mom jeans", furthering this trope.
- Phantom Rose* Hartman Hips: Reina and a good number of characters sport these.
- My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
- Pepper Ann Hartman Hips: A rare overweight example.
- Characters/Miitopia Fairy Sexy: Downplayed. The Eldest Fab Fairy has Hartman Hips and thigh-highs with a garter,
- Western Animation Kitty is especially popular for her tight leather clothing and Hartman Hips (fitting, considering the show's creator), though slowly taking her over in popularity is her own mother: "Mrs. Katswell", because... well, she's Kitty's mother and already seems a bit curvy
- Injun Trouble (1969) Hartman Hips: The sultry attractive squaw that asks Cool Cat to "Indian wrestle" has these.
Non-creepily states that the character has large hips, no further context (12/50)
- Reversal of Fortune (TLH) * Hartman Hips: Lori is described as having wide hips and large butt in chapter 13.
- Gadget Boy & Heather Hartman Hips: She's very bottom heavy.
- Canada's Drag Race Season 2* Impossible Hourglass Figure: Her Signature Style always includes a boldly projecting cleavage, a cinched waist and exaggerated Hartman Hips, in celebration, she tells us, of her black heritage.
- Trigun Stampede * Fanservice Pack: While conservatively dressed, and very 90s in her original appearance in the anime and manga, her updated appearance has her being wide hipped and very busty, giving her a pronounced but still plausible hourglass figure.
- As Told by Ginger * Hartman Hips: Mrs. Patterson very wide hips and a heavy bottom with a thin body.
- Open Season* Hartman Hips: Giselle has a noticeably large butt.
- Xiaolin Showdown The Heylin * Hartman Hips: As the oldest of the recurring female characters, she has a big butt and very wide hips.
- EDENS ZERO: Demon King's Four Shining Stars * Hartman Hips: She has quite a noticeable pair of hips despite her petite body type.
- F is for Family Not factoring in her Hartman Hips, Sue seems much bigger than a normal pregnant woman.
- The Loud House: Kids Hartman Hips: She seems to sport these, as they are far more prominent compared to that of most of the other girls her age.
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners – Main Characters* Ms. Fanservice: With a slender and curved figure, a pretty large bust, and a white-haired Sci-Fi Bob Haircut, Lucy is a gorgeous character, and one who was clearly designed to appeal to viewers who are attracted to women. It is also not uncommon to see her naked as she prefers ice-filled tubs to keep her cool while in cyberspace over suits.
- Steven Universe — Blue Diamond Hartman Hips: The cinch at her waist gives her a set of these, most noticeable during "Together Alone" when she sashays side-to-side as she enters the ballroom.
Drooling over character butts (8/50)
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime — Demon Lords Hartman Hips: Her Stripperific outfit leaves almost nothing to the imagination, and the light novel and anime frequently emphasize her hips in contrast to her otherwise petite and svelte form◊. An official illustration◊ was made of Milim in a Boobs-and-Butt Pose with Rimuru perched on her butt, and even had a statuette made based on it.
- Big Hero 6 Family and Friends* Hartman Hips: Let's just say that if she were to decide to have children of her own, she would be well equipped for it. Seriously, though, her hips are wider than her shoulders.
◊ - Granblue Fantasy Draph* Stripperiffic: Her outfit leaves very little to the imagination, generously showing off her legs, hips, belly, and chest.
- Teen Titans Go! Only difference I see between their legs is Raven's looks curvier.
- Foxy Vixen Digimon Tamers: Renamon — Rika's digimon partner — is a feminine, anthropomorphic kitsune-like fox whose shapely Hartman Hips are quite hard for viewers to ignore, and she (or an androgynous "he", depending on the dub) is occassionally shown to be a Dude Magnet a few times.
- Lascivious Beauty Mark Balto III: Wings of Change: Stella, Boris's Love Interest, has a notable beauty mark near her beak. Appropriate, considering her rather attractive appearance (she's a goose with Non-Mammal Mammaries and Hartman Hips) and her personality as a flirtatious Femme Fatale.
- Hartman Hips: Their wardrobe manages to conceal it to a certain extent but all the girls have quite prominent hip parts compared to the rest of their rather petite stature.
- Rubble & Crew Hartman Hips: Especially in comparison to her sister, Mayor Greatway's hips are surprisingly big, which is notably on display in some scenes, and when she participates the wiggle and wag victory dance with Rubble and his family in some episodes.
- This one wouldnt be too bad in other context, imo... but this is about a character from PAW Patrol. From Paw Patrol!
Mentioned in universe (6/50)
- Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai* Hartman Hips: According to Sakuta, Tomoe has wide hips. She's not too pleased when he points that out. For example, when they both went to the beach and had a sand castle competition, Tomoe's castle survived the tide because her butt had left massive indentations in the sand that stopped the water.
- Steven Universe Innocently Insensitive: Steven says his dad's oversized golf pants could probably fit on Garnet. Pearl and Amethyst both catch themselves before they laugh.
- Lilo & Stitch: The Series: * Comically Oversized Butt: Cannonball has a large, robust behind that is so heavy that he can cause tidal waves just by jumping into the sea, and the size of his rear end is commented on various times. Lilo even notes that it's bigger than Nani's Hartman Hips.
- Seitokai Yakuindomo * Hartman Hips: Shino is concerned because her butt print is bigger than Aria's.
- Vale's Underground (rewrite) * Hartman Hips: Ruby lampshades this about Harriet when she mentions that Cardin keeps trying to grab her ass."Well, there is a lot to grab."
- Planet Dolan Hartman Hips: A consistent Running Gag. Exploited to the point that one video has her twerking, while another has Dolan claim her hips are the biggest object in the universe.
Discussing the concept of characters having large hips/butts, in general (6/50)
- Honest Trailers 2021 Episodes * "Meet the wide variety of evils infesting this tiny Transylvanian hamlet, starting with the elephant-sized lady in the room who Capcom hit a fetish bingo with by being a mean goth with an insane dumper,
- Stuffy Old Tropes About the Buttocks Hartman Hips: Most female characters with wide hips usually (but not always) have big butts.
- The Colbert Report —>"And the candles' red glare, don't set fire to your hair. You're getting so old and you're shaped like a pear."
- Rule of Sexy Hartman Hips: In reality, the human female body only forms a slight pear shape. (???)
- Halo: SPARTAN-III Program * Hartman Hips: If you choose Six's gender as female, she's given a very feminine and curvy figure. This is likely done so there's a physical purpose for the customizable gender mechanic, and probably also something else going by the camera angles Noble Team tends to find themselves in during cutscenes.
- Phantasy Star Online 2 - ARKS: Guardians * Hartman Hips: Female characters can have these, and even be a bit chubby if so desired.
In addition, because this is an appearance trope, I also looked up the characters when possible, and checked how many actually fit the trope in terms of appearance. I put them in three groups:
- Fully correct: exaggerated pear figure, with a clear silhouette 12 characters, 28%
- Curvy: character has a design that emphasizes the hips, but its less clear-cut 17 characters, 40%
- Not an Example: character just fully does not have big hips, by any definition. 14 characters, 32%
to keep it consistent, here's approximately the standard I used:
I was genuinely baffled by some of the characters listed here. All of these characters are seriously listed as having hartman hips:
- Renamon from Digimon◊ (do people not know the difference between thighs and hips?)
- 2-D from the Gorillaz◊ ???
- This anime girl from That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime◊ also ewww that design
- This other anime girl◊
- Mega-man◊
How To Do It Plot/ Logistics Plot
A plot which focuses heavily on the mundane details of how the characters accomplish something. The characters know what they are trying to do— now they actually have to do it. Stuff like, gathering supplies, putting together plans, testing their designs, — in some stories, this might be handled in a quick montoge, but instead it is shown step-by-step, so that audiences can follow the details.
Often involves
Much more common in video games
